The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 241 The Covenant Under the City
The weather on this day is still so good. The residual summer heat of more than ten years ago has disappeared a lot, and the weather has started to cool down instead.

However, the sunshine in autumn is very good, and it is very comfortable to bask in. People can't help but think of the golden ridges of wheat at home and the busy scene of the threshing field.

On the top of the high wall in Fancheng, a dark and dignified color flashed. In fact, it was not because the city wall was too old to turn black, but because it was stained with too much blood.

Behind the battlements is a dignified face with full beards and domineering eyes.He is the governor Cao Ren.

The golden wheat and the busy threshing floor just now were not Cao Ren's own imagination.It was when a few soldiers not far away were whispering about their hometown, and he heard it. Even he was infected by their words, and his imagination floated along.

But this is not a good thing, war is full of cruelty, if the soldiers imagine their hometown is too beautiful, then it can only show that the soldiers are starting to miss home, they are tired of fighting - especially in this harvest autumn , they must be thinking about the harvest at home this year!
Cao Ren sighed secretly, but there was nothing he could do.But in fact, it wasn't the only thing that made him feel in danger.

His eyes looked at the Jingzhou army in the distance.In the past ten days, they seem to have been completely reborn, and they will conduct training in batches early in the morning every day-not only the soldiers practice, but the officers also participate together.

And the mental outlook of the soldiers who were sent out to besiege the city was different.When they lined up in the past, they always seemed a little slack, and some old fritters would sit on the ground lazily, but recently this situation has gradually decreased until it disappeared!
Now, those formations are so neatly arranged, and every soldier is standing upright, and the officers are training them to walk in formation.The extremely high slogans from their mouths can always wake up the soldiers who are dozing off at the top of their own walls.

Moreover, there are always a few strange people patrolling around the army formation, and sometimes you can hear them reprimanding the lazy soldiers.But who are they?And who trained these originally lazy Jingzhou troops into what they are now?
Another thing that worried Cao Ren was that Guan Yu hadn't shown his face since he retired that day. Where is he now?Could it be that he is hiding somewhere and planning some conspiracy?

Cao Ren didn't want to think about it anymore, in fact, he was a little afraid to think about it.After several months of confrontation with a god-like figure like Guan Yu, he has already begun to feel physically and mentally exhausted as a hero.

Man Chong saw Cao Ren looking out of the city in a daze from a distance, walked over and asked, "Captain, are you watching the Jingzhou Army's drill?"

Cao Ren was noncommittal, but asked, "Bo Ning, do you think this is the same Jingzhou army as before?"

Man Chong smiled and said: "Aren't they the Jingzhou Army or what kind of army? They stay under our noses every day, where else can they go?"

Cao Ren sighed: "But in just ten days, they have changed so much!"

Man Chong said: "Maybe Guan Yu has learned a lesson from the last retreat, and now he has begun to strictly enforce military discipline?"

"In that case, it will be very bad for us! By the way, is there enough food and grass in the city?"

Man Chong's face suddenly sank, and he said in a low voice: "There is not much left, if not for every battle where many people die, the food and grass would have run out. Looking at it now, I am afraid it can only last half a year. of the month."

Cao Ren's heart sank, and he muttered, "Half a month, half a month, it's hopeless to expect the reinforcements to reach here within half a month..."

At this time, three knights in white armor and riding a white horse suddenly rushed over behind the Jingzhou army array below the city.After they chatted with the general of the formation, the general immediately asked the deputy general to wave the command flag to issue instructions.Then all the formations turned around at the same time, and retreated seven or eight hundred feet in an orderly manner before stopping again.

Cao Ren didn't understand what the Jingzhou army was doing under the city, so he asked Man Chong, "What are they doing?"

Man Chong was also confused by them, just shook his head and said: "But I can't figure it out either."

Just when Cao Ren and Man Chong were puzzled, the three white-eared guards suddenly pulled out a white cloth and tied it to a long spear. Then they rode their mounts together and ran towards Fancheng holding the white flag high.

What the three of them did made Cao Ren and Man Chong feel a little dumbfounded, they couldn't figure out what the three of them wanted to do.Man Chong teased in a very rare way: "Does the three of them want to capture our Fancheng?"

When Cao Ren heard this, a smile appeared on his serious face, and he said, "Maybe they have something to tell us, otherwise they wouldn't have come here with the white flag."

The three white-eared guards soon came to the shooting distance of the archers, and some archers were about to attack, but Cao Ren stopped them.

When the three people came to the moat, they saw that there was still no arrow shooting on the city, but their leader——it turned out to be Zhao Feng, who stepped forward and shouted at the city: "This general, Zhao Feng, is driven by the prince of Hanzhong!" Hurry up and pass it on to Governor Cao Ren, my family has something to convey to me!"

The guard at the top of the city shouted immediately: "What is the son of the king of Hanzhong, can my family's governor be here when you call him?"

Zhao Feng immediately moved his dantian with luck, and shouted loudly: "Idiot and reckless man, how noble is the status of my family's eldest son, how can I allow you to insult me. Come down and fight with me if you have the guts!"

Zhao Feng's yell was based on his true energy, his voice was as loud as 20 people yelling at the same time, and the two white horses next to him were so frightened that they almost knocked over the white-eared guards on the horse.And the guy talking nonsense at the top of the city was almost frightened and fell to the ground.

When Cao Ren saw this, he couldn't help admiring Zhao Feng's strength, and shouted: "The enemy general should be so arrogant, this governor is Cao Zixiao!"

Zhao Feng looked in the direction of the voice, but he saw a tall general in black clothes, black armor, dark complexion and beard.Looking at his image, Cao Ren should be right.

Zhao Feng didn't dare to be rude anymore, and immediately bowed his hands and saluted: "Captain Cao, my family has something to tell the general to bring to you."

Cao Ren said, "Then tell me and listen."

Zhao Feng raised his voice and said: "My family's eldest son said that he wants to meet with the governor today to discuss an important matter. Whether the soldiers of the governor Cao can survive depends on this meeting!"

Cao Ren sneered and said, "Liu Chan, little boy, how dare you speak so wildly? If you want to discuss it, it's the Lord Guan Yu who should come!"

Zhao Feng clasped his hands again and said: "The governor doesn't know, the army outside the city is already in power by my family's son. That is to say, the current Fancheng is besieged by my family's son. Dudu Cao, you should know by now, Does my family have the strength to talk to you?"

Cao Ren's heart was shocked. The recent changes in the Jingzhou army outside could not have been caused by the seemingly educated son Liu Chan, right?But if this is Guan Yu's plan, he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to capture himself when he meets his son Liu Chan?Then it will be impossible if Fancheng is not broken!

Thinking of this, Cao Ren was already annoyed, and shouted: "This is Guan Yu's plan. He wants to deceive the governor to meet and catch him. Do you want to deceive the governor with such a trivial trick?"

As he spoke, Cao Ren raised his right hand, about to order the archers to shoot.

Zhao Feng hurriedly shouted: "Captain Cao wait a moment! In order to show our sincerity, my family's son has just ordered the army to retreat for a mile, which shows our sincerity. If you agree to meet, my family's son can make an appointment with you. The time and place of the meeting are up to you Let's decide."

Now Cao Ren started to run into difficulties instead, and Liu Chan's conditions seemed to be really sincere.He turned his head to look at Man Chong, his eyes full of questions.

In fact, Man Chong still can't figure out what kind of medicine Liu Chan's gourd is selling, and said: "I don't know what to do for the time being."

At this time, Zhao Feng shouted loudly again: "Dudu Cao, my family's son also said that if you refuse to agree because of fear, you can throw the helmet off your head and let the general take it back to my family's family as a pawn." Urinal!"

No matter how well-mannered Cao Ren was, he couldn't help being furious when he was scolded in front of many soldiers like this, and shouted: "Idiot boy, how dare you insult me ​​with words! If it wasn't because you are an envoy, I would immediately let you Thousands of arrows piercing the heart. You go back and tell Liu Chan that we will meet at Putuan Mountain in the west of the city in two hours, and both sides are only allowed to bring one hundred guards there, so don't play any tricks then!"

When Zhao Feng saw that the mission was accomplished, a bright smile appeared on his face, and he saluted, "I'll go back and report to the general." After saying that, he took his two subordinates back.

Man Chong said worriedly: "Captain, are you really going to see that Liu Chan? If something goes wrong, what should we do?"

Cao Ren waved his hand and said, "Did Bo Ning really think that I made a hasty decision because I was provoked by Liu Chan's words? In fact, Fancheng is in danger now, and the soldiers in the city are homesick. The situation is really worrying. So I went to see Liu Chan At that time, you secretly arranged people to follow. After I gave the signal, you suddenly rushed out and captured Liu Chan in one fell swoop. When the hostages are in your hands, Fancheng will be safe."

Man Chong nodded and praised: "It turns out that the governor is so fussy. The general will arrange troops immediately!"

(End of this chapter)