Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 920
Nuxia limped out of the camp. His right leg was cut and wounded more than 20 years ago in order to protect a soldier he didn't know. He took off his helmet and let his white hair be messed up in the wind. Luan Wu looked extraordinarily desolate, and her tall and straight body had always hunched down at this moment, bent over, leaning on a spear, and walked out.

Inside the city, it was already dilapidated, and there were young soldiers sitting on the ground everywhere. They looked a little frightened and uneasy, holding the long knife in their hands tightly, and the clothes on their bodies turned pitch black. It's stuck on their bodies, they haven't changed their clothes for a long time, and even the food is getting a little insufficient, and they can't even eat enough.

Under such circumstances, no one in the city vented their dissatisfaction, nor caused a mutiny. This was all because of Nuxia's amazing prestige among the soldiers. Nuxia looked at these people one by one, following his gaze, The soldiers stood up one by one and bowed to salute him. Nuxia looked at these young people and felt a sharp pain in his heart. What's the use of continuing to persist?
King Guishuang has surrendered, and Guishuang has perished.

No matter how much he persisted, it was meaningless. Even the surrender of King Guishuang made the sacrifices of tens of thousands of soldiers who died here meaningless. For a while, the old general was a little confused, and he lost his Faith, seeing the uneasiness on the faces of these young people, and listening to the groans of the seriously injured soldiers, he turned his head away in pain.

He didn't know how to announce the news about King Guishuang to these people.

After hesitating for a long time, Nuxia still opened his eyes. He looked at the crowd calmly and said, "The battle is coming to an end, warriors."

"What?!", everyone's eyes widened, in disbelief, the war is over?Is the Han army going back?Finally waited for this day?These people's eyes were full of hope, and some even burst into tears. Looking into their eyes, Nuxia said seriously: "Yes, our king negotiated with the Han army, and finally decided to end this war. You guys You can go back to farming."

"Great! Good!!"

Everyone roared, hugged each other, wept with joy, and talked about the situation in their hometown. Nuxia looked at the excited faces, and the joy in his heart was unstoppable. Finally, he also showed a long-lost smile. Looking at the crowd, he waved his hand and said, "You guys wait here, I'm going to talk to the general of the Han army about your return home."

"In the future, you will farm well"

"General? Then you will be our lord? You promised us to be our lord!"

"Yes, this lord, only a general can be here, and we are willing to shepherd sheep for the general!"

Nu Xia's figure trembled, but she didn't say much, she just smiled and asked the soldiers to move away the debris blocking the city gate, and then walked out with the young man from the court, the lieutenant general After walking for a while, Nuxia stopped and said to the lieutenant beside him: "You should go back. If I don't come back this time, you can go back by yourself." Open the gates and don't resist."

"But... general."

"Follow my orders."

"Honestly!", the deputy general saluted him, then turned and left.

Nuxia led the young people to the front of the Han army camp step by step. The soldiers of the Han army immediately set up their yellow crossbows and aimed at them, but Nuxia didn't show any panic on his face, just walked towards them step by step. When he came, the soldiers seemed to recognize him, and hurriedly sent someone to inform the general. When Nuxia came to the gate of the tent, he finally stopped and looked at the fortress-like tent in front of him.

The flashing crossbow arrows in the hands of those soldiers also made him very curious. He didn't look like a prisoner who came to surrender, but like a tourist who came to visit, looking at everything around him curiously, looking at it, the tent The door suddenly opened, and the bearded general that Nuxia was familiar with also came out with a young man without armor.

Nu Xia looked at this man, his eyes were full of approval. This bearded general was the bravest man Nu Xia had ever seen. He had personally seen this man kill at least 20 soldiers on the city wall. Yu Li, he had fought against this person before, when the spear collided with the spear, he knew that he was definitely not the opponent of this person, this person was tall and brave, if it was not for the war, Nuxia felt that he would Will definitely become friends with this person.

Guan Yu was also looking at the old man in front of him, this old man, but he was deeply impressed, Guan Yu had never met such a tough person, at his age, he was limping, and he could even knock down seven or eight Guan Yu was a soldier of the Northern Army, which made Guan Yu admire him very much. He squinted his eyes, but in his heart he had some understanding of why he came here.

King Guishuang surrendered. He knew the news earlier than Nuxia. Even the young man who informed Nuxia was put into the city under his signal. Xia came alone, and it was very possible that he wanted to surrender to the big man, which made Guan Yu a little complicated. On the one hand, he really wanted to compete with this old man, and on the other hand, he also really wanted the big man to get the old man's allegiance.

During the Battle of Guishuang, some people were staring at the land, and some were staring at the population, but Guan Yu was staring at this old man. He is a handsome man, a general, and he is not inferior even among the generals of the Han Dynasty. Guan Yu was about to ask the translator beside him to translate, but Nu Xia said, "You don't need him to come. I can also say a few words."

Guan Yu was taken aback, "Oh? Your Excellency can speak elegant words?"

"Ten years ago, the old man knew that Guishuang's future crisis must come from the Han Dynasty. I learned a lot, including your language and your history. You have a saying, if you want to defeat your enemy, you have to You need to understand your enemy, right?" Nuxia asked with a smile, Guan Yu stroked his beard, nodded, and said, "Your Excellency is really admirable, I don't know what advice you can give me this time?"

"I came here to surrender. Our king surrendered. I came here this time to ask Your Excellency to spare the names of the [-] soldiers in my city. If Your Excellency agrees, I will immediately order the city gate to be opened." As Nu Xia said, his eyes were also a little sad, Guan Yu didn't question him, if he didn't want to, what can you do, he still respects this old general in his heart.

"Okay, I welcome General Nu's surrender. You can rest assured that I will never kill innocent people indiscriminately!"

"Thank you, Your Excellency." The old general said, and he was about to bow to Guan Yu. As soon as his legs bent down, Guan Yu suddenly stepped forward and held him back. The old general raised his head in surprise, and Guan Yu shook his head. Said: "It doesn't have to be like this." Guan Yu dragged Nu Xia up, and then said: "I, the Son of Heaven, have always respected talents, and your talents are sufficient even in the Northern and Southern Army. Perhaps, after the general He is my colleague."

Nu Xia smiled and didn't answer, but instead asked: "Then can we hand over the city now?"

"Okay!" Guan Yu replied cleanly, and Nuxia sent the young man, and the Northern Army also sent men there. Under the order of the young man, the lieutenant led the soldiers out of the city gate. The soldiers watched They looked very happy, even though the Han army took away their ordnance, the Han army looked at them, and felt a little strange in their hearts. How can a subjugated person be so happy?
Nu Xia had been watching the Northern Army soldiers arrange these Guishuang soldiers, and then was taken to his camp by Guan Yu, and the two talked about the war, "This time, the general dragged us for two years." Time, it completely disrupted our idea of ​​a quick battle. Even I was insulted by the people in the court, saying that I was old and could not win even tens of thousands of remnants.”

Guan Yu said with a smile, Nu Xia shook his head, and said: "However, I have been playing up, saying that you will definitely attack. My suggestion is that the national strength gap between the two sides is too large, so we must be prepared to defend to the death. It is best to hand over the full authority of Gao Fu to me, let me take charge of a group of elites, and stick here, as long as you are exhausted until you have no food and supplies, it will be considered a victory..."

"However, the king doesn't trust me. He arranged a lot of miscellaneous soldiers, but he disrupted my deployment, and he didn't pay the soldiers. He even sent several nobles to restrict me and supervise me. I already knew that, Gao It cannot be defended, so I built the city of Silas in advance and arranged a group of elite soldiers around it."

"The old general is talented, but unfortunately, he didn't meet the Ming Lord."

The old general seemed to be recalling, and said with a smile: "There are also Mingzhus. I have met Mingzhus more than 70 years ago."

"Huh? 70 years ago? Old General, you have a long life this year?"

"Six out of eighty."

"What??" Guan Yu was really startled this time, his eyes widened. He saw that the person in front of him would be older than himself, but he never expected that he would be so old. That's right, Guan Yu subconsciously showed some respect. As a Han Chinese, he still has a strong idea of ​​respecting the elderly.

The two have been chatting, talking about the war, both of them have gained a lot, and then Guan Yu took him to visit some ordnance of the Han army, and even the construction of camps, daily drills, etc. These are all shocking, and it is not unreasonable to think that they have failed. After nearly half a month, those captured soldiers were also sent back to their hometowns, and the big man no longer pursued their former identities.

In the past half month, Guan Yu and Nu Xia had a very pleasant conversation, and they had a great time. Guan Yu had already treated the old man as his confidant. The old man told Guan Yu a lot of things, especially to the side Anxi, the old general was very disdainful, and told Guan Yu many ways to fight Anxi. In the past, King Anxi brought people to crusade against Guishuang, and the old general led the team himself, and the king who killed Anxi almost died on the spot.

According to him, he just led three thousand warriors to attack from the flanks and penetrated the opponent's formation of 6 people. King Anxi turned his head and ran away in fright, and Guishuang also occupied a lot of land in Anxi.

Another night, Guan Yu and Nu Xia were chatting in the tent, with the candles flickering beside them.

"Longevity."

"What's the matter? Don't you want to go with me to see Lord Zhuge Ling? I promise, he won't be rude to the general."

"I want to ask you one thing."

"General, please speak."

"Would you please have a fight with me?"

"Huh? The general wants to compete with me?"

"No, let's fight with long swords." The old general said kindly with a smile on his face, "I want to die in the hands of my most respected enemy."

Guan Yu looked at him blankly, and let out a long sigh helplessly.

"General, you are a good general, why don't you choose a virtuous king, and sacrifice yourself for a fool?"

"I'm not for that fool. If one day Guishuang invades your country and your emperor is equally incompetent, then general, would you surrender Guishuang?" Nuxia asked with a smile.

"I understand."

In the battlefield, Guan Yu held a long knife and was neatly dressed. He looked at Nu Xia in front of him. Nu Xia was also holding a long knife and his upper body was naked. The thin, rickety figure covered with scars seemed so tall at this moment, " Kill!!" The old general roared angrily, then limped towards Guan Yu and slashed at Guan Yu's head with the long knife in his hand.

For a while, Guan Yu raised his long knife, blocked the blow, and kicked the old general's abdomen. The old general took a step back, dodged the attack, and swung the long knife in his hand towards Guan Yu again. The two chopped at each other in no time, and the old general did his best every time, getting more and more strenuous. As for Guan Yu, he was always able to do it with ease.

After fighting for a long time, finally, Nu Xia had no more strength, and he was a little slower to attack. Guan Yu had already seen his flaws, and he stretched out his hand to grab his forearm, while the long knife in the other hand It pierced directly into his heart.

The old general's white beard was gradually stained with scarlet blood. He stood like that, with blood pouring out of his heart, and Guan Yu's entire arm was dyed red.

The old general slowly raised his head and looked at the distant sky.

"Long live Guiguishuang"

(End of this chapter)