Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3256 What is it

The sound of the arrow piercing the air contained the idea of ​​tearing everything apart and penetrating everything. Then it struck the bricks with a pop, splashing out sparks, and fell down.

As the last arrow fell ineffectively, the raid on Anyi failed.

Some things cannot be solved just by having ideas, thoughts, and subjective initiative.

People's willpower can often create miracles, but the problem is that one person's willpower is very small. Only by winning over the majority and focusing the minds of the majority of people can it be possible to turn the miracle into reality.

Outside of Anyi, what Pei Jun expected was naturally a successful surprise attack.

But he didn't consider that he was not the only smart person in this world.

The sky has gradually dimmed, and only the burned wreckage of the ramming car under Anyi City is still releasing its last brilliance.

At the city gate, there were corpses scattered on the ground, most of them were Pei Jun's men, and there were also some ordinary soldiers of Cao's army. No one could have imagined that even if Cao Jun’s soldiers joined Pei Jun’s ranks, they still could not successfully break through the Anyi city gate...

Chicken thieves, as long as they succeed in stealing once, they want to do it a second time or a third time.

The same is true for Pei Jun.

He speculated once before, which brought him huge profits, but he didn't think it was because the wind was in place, but because he could fly. As a result, he fell down and hit his head at the foot of Anyi City. Broken blood flow.

But the problem is that Pei Jun still doesn't think it's his fault, or he knows it in his heart, but he doesn't dare to admit it.

If he admitted it, wouldn't it prove that he couldn't fly at all?

So once he can't fly, what's the difference between him and an ordinary dolphin?

Cao Hong also frowned slightly. Although he originally expected that Pei Jun would not be able to take Anyi so easily, he did not expect Anyi's resistance to be so tenacious. At the beginning, Cao Jun laughed at Pei Jun's men for being soft-footed shrimps with low combat effectiveness. But after they swarmed up, they added equipment such as rams and ladders, but they still failed to capture them and were burned down. Chariots and other siege equipment.

The flash of fire was like a silent mockery.

"Do you know who is guarding the city?" ” Cao Hong asked the guard on the side.

The guard hurriedly ran to ask the military academy on the front line. After a while, he reported back: "It is said that he saw Pei's son Ji in command..."

"Pei Ji..." Cao Hong frowned, "I've never heard of..."

Cao Hong nodded, then shook his head, as if he had remembered the name in his heart, and seemed to be lamenting that they were both Pei's, so why was the gap so big?

Everything went well at first, indeed.

At first, Cao Hong saw the chaos on the city from a distance, and thought that Pei Jun's plan was working. However, he didn't expect that Pei Jun's men could not rush in for a long time, and then there were signs of calming down on the city. , immediately knew something was wrong and sent soldiers to support, but unfortunately they still failed to attack the city.

"Something went wrong and we were unable to break the city..." Pei Jun came to Cao Hong and bowed down to apologize.

Cao Hong squinted his eyes, "Something went wrong?" What's wrong? 』

Pei Jun lowered his head, "A certain subordinate has obviously assassinated the guard, but he never thought..."

"What have you not thought about?" "Cao Hong asked, "Did you never think that there were still defenders in the city to resist, or that your men were weak and incompetent, or that if Anyi couldn't be captured...ah haha, I wonder if Fengxian has thought about it. If we can't conquer Anyi quickly, what else will happen? 』

Pei Jun only felt a chill running down his spine.

He escaped from Anyi secretly...

Of course, this "secretness" may be due to Pei Mao in the city turning a blind eye. After all, for Pei, placing multiple bets is not a bad thing, but the problem is that Pei Jun is not just "betting", He was also planning to turn around and give Pei's desk desk away!

If the table is really overturned, then all the chess games will be reset, Pei Jun will become the orthodox of the Pei family, and Pei Mao will come to an end. However, Pei Jun overestimated himself, and underestimated Pei Mao, Pei Ji, and others. The table was gone. It can be lifted!

This time, the problem becomes bigger.

It's mainly Pei Jun's own problem.

Pei Jun surrendered to Cao Cao, and the Pei family could bear it. After all, there was still a "people have their own ambitions" to cover up and explain something. But now they turn around and assassinate the guard and raid Anyi, so Pei Jun is still in the city. The fate of my relatives may be bad...

Of course, Pei Jun could also say "what's the trouble for a man", or "share a piece of meat soup" and so on, but in fact, when the gangster leader Liu Shizi said sharing meat soup, he was "sacrificing" his relatives and choosing himself. The greater interests of his subordinates, so Liu Bang's subordinates will be grateful to Liu Bang and get closer to Liu Bang.

But what can Pei Jun have?

He sacrificed the small family in the city. Will Cao Jun benefit?

Sacrifice was originally a solid-colored animal used for sacrifice. That is, cattle, sheep, and pigs. This order cannot be interchanged at will. There should be no ambiguity about what level corresponds to what kind of "sacrifice".

Even the animals going to the guillotine have class differences, let alone among the current Cao army?

Even though Cao Hong kept saying "Fengxian" every time, it seemed that he was very affectionate, but actually looking at Pei Jun was like looking at a cow, sheep, and hog!

The skin on Cao Hong's face wrinkled, and he looked like he was smiling, "Fengxian... but is there any good strategy?" If there is no other way, you might as well go to the Prime Minister and ask for his life! 』

Pei Jun trembled and said, "So, I, ah...I'm going to think of a way..."

Cao Hong's face trembled again, "Then how long does it take for Fengxian to consider it?" 』

"Three, no, two, no, no," the sweat rolled down Pei Jun's face, "Tomorrow, tomorrow morning!" 』

Cao Hong clapped his hands and said, "Good!" Don't say that you didn't give Fengxian a chance! Someone come! Let me go and have a good rest first! 』

The guard responded suddenly, but Pei Jun staggered back.

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Anyi city head.

Exhausted, Pei Ji leaned against the wooden pillar of the city gate tower, looking at the fire at Cao Jun's camp in the distance outside the city. In a daze, these Cao Jun campfires were like a boundless net, and he was a bird caught in this net, struggling, unwilling to face death, but unable to see the hope of breaking free.

Although defending the city occupies a certain advantage, it does not mean that it can avoid casualties.

Especially when Pei Jun launched a sneak attack at the beginning, almost half of the people killed or injured in that moment accounted for half of the entire battle!

"I reminded you..." Pei Ji said slowly, "Why are you still so careless..."

Pei Hui did not respond and lowered his head.

"You were supposed to defend this battle..." Pei Ji pulled at a rag that was about to fall off from his robe. I don't know if he was hit by a weapon or hooked somewhere while running. Fortunately, he was not injured, but his robe was torn and swayed in the wind, which was very annoying.

Pei Hui still lay motionless.

"Alas..." Pei Ji sighed.

He originally thought that he was ready for war and mentally prepared to face casualties, but when he faced all this, he still felt fear welling up in his heart.

Facing the instinctive fear of death.

During the battle, Pei Ji didn't have time to think so much. He just ordered his soldiers almost instinctively to check and fill in the gaps, fill the previous loopholes, counterattack Cao Jun's attack, and strangle Pei Jun's rebels. But after the battle, Pei Ji Only then did Ji realize that his hands were shaking all the time, and he even had to hide it by tearing his own robe.

Why are you afraid of death?

Pei Ji asked himself.

Aren't you already mentally prepared?

Pei Ji didn't realize that most of the time, the anxiety about death was actually lurking in the unconscious. Only when certain events happened to remind him, would those anxieties break through the taboos of thought and linger in people's minds. , bringing about lingering fear.

Pei Ji suddenly realized that if he died, he would have nothing.

No breathing, no warmth, no everything.

What is left is decay and annihilation.

Pei Ji felt as if something had pinched his heart and blocked his trachea, forcing him to sit down next to Pei Hui.

The cold armor on Pei Hui's body made Pei Ji calm down a little.

After all, if you can feel the cold, it proves that you are not dead yet.

Under the light of torches, the soldiers guarding the city of Anyi dragged the dead and wounded from the top of the city to the bottom of the city.

The dead were like piles of rotten flesh, rubbing against the bricks and gravel on the ground, making a swishing sound, and from time to time they were knocked dullly against the stone and wood.

As for the injured, they moaned and screamed endlessly...

This is only the first day.

Even some of the city defenders who were not injured during the battle were either sitting or lying in the corners of the city in despair, as if they were lonely ghosts without any vitality.

Several soldiers of the Pei family walked up to Pei Ji and said, "Young Master Ji... let's carry Mr. Hun Lang down..."

"Oh..." Pei Ji nodded, stood up, and moved away, "Uh, wait..."

Pei Ji pointed at the armor on Pei Hui and said, "Take off the armor and I'll put it on." 』

"Ji Shao Langjun, this... this armor is covered with blood..." The soldier was stunned for a moment, "How about I go get a new one for you, Lang Jun?" 』

It was not that Pei Ji didn't have his own armor, but at this moment, he felt that it might be more meaningful to put on Pei Hui's armor.

"It doesn't matter. I'm not afraid of death. Are I still afraid of this blood?" Pei Ji smiled and said, "What's more, this is my brother's blood... Come on, help me put it on!" 』

Several soldiers stepped forward, took off the armor from Pei Hui's body, wiped it briefly, and then put it on for Pei Ji.

The thick smell of blood lingered and was a bit pungent, but Pei Ji didn't find it disgusting. He reached out and touched the gap on the back of the armor. The blood that had not completely dried up was stained on his hands, and it seemed that there was still a trace of his brother's soul...

Pei Ji stood on the steps of the city gate tower, with his brother's body lying next to him.

He raised his hand, which was covered with Pei Hui's blood.

"What's this? ! Pei Ji shook his hand and said, "This is blood!" My brother's blood! 』

"My brother is dead!" Pei Ji shouted, "I'm still alive!" 』

The remaining defenders on top of the city focused their attention on Pei Ji.

"I'm wearing my brother's armor! This is his blood! Pei Ji looked around and saw the confused, scared, panicked and helpless eyes of everyone, as if he saw the weak version of himself in his heart.

"This is our home!" Pei Ji shouted, "Behind us are our relatives, our brothers and sisters, and our fellow villagers! My elder brother is dead, but I say that he is still alive! Because his blood is still in me! His spirit is still by my side! I still remember everything about my elder brother, from childhood to adulthood, everything! '

'He didn't like reading, but liked to play with guns and sticks. He liked to eat meat, like to drink, and like to lie down under the osmanthus tree in my house and snore when he was drunk! ' Pei Ji shouted, "He is dead! But I will not forget him! The Pei family will not forget him either! The Pei family will not forget all the warriors who died bravely for our home and for us to survive! '

'What are you? ' Pei Ji looked around at the soldiers, "You are warriors! Warriors! Warriors who protect all our beautiful things from being plundered, destroyed, and destroyed by Cao's army! '

Pei Ji opened his hands, "Look at it all! This is our city! Our home! This is where our Pei sons grew up! This is the place we protect together! '

'Hold your weapons tight! Put on your armor! '

'Carry the blood of the dead warriors! Accompanied by their unyielding spirits! '

'Protect our own home! '

The defenders on the top of the city paused for a moment, then looked at each other, and some light and fire began to burn in their eyes.

'Protect your own home! '

'Oh oh oh oh...'

...

'It's not good! 'At dawn the next day, before Pei Jun could come up with any 'clever tricks', he heard his servants hurriedly shouting outside the tent, 'It's not good! On the top of the city, on the top of the city... Lang Jun... Lang Jun...'

The servants were so anxious that they couldn't even speak smoothly, and Pei Jun was confused at first, but soon understood, and his face turned pale.

Pei Jun hurriedly ran out of the tent, but he didn't know what he stepped on, and fell to the ground with a puff. Before he could stand firm, his foot went weak again and hit the wooden stake at the door of the tent. He immediately had a bruised face and a nosebleed.

Pei Jun covered his nose with one hand and staggered. When he arrived in front of Anyi, he looked up and saw several heads pushed out from the top of the city wall...

When Pei Jun looked closely, his head buzzed and he was completely dumbfounded!

"No! No no no!"

Pei Jun remembered that he had clearly sent his mother out of Anyi, but for some reason, he saw his mother's gray hair on the top of the city wall and saw that his mother was still in Anyi City!

"This is impossible! Impossible!"

Pei Jun shouted and shouted, his eyes widened, and then he saw the figure of the old housekeeper who had always been with Pei Mao. He immediately understood, collapsed to the ground, kowtowed heavily, tears and nosebleed flowed out together, "Mother..."

Pei Jun's mother neither shouted nor cursed, but looked at Pei Jun with an indescribable expression. Perhaps with some regret, or perhaps mixed with some reluctance, or some complaints, but his mother said nothing, just a slight bitter smile at the corner of her mouth.

This is her cub... Pei Ji stood on the top of the city wall, gritting his teeth and shouting: "A man who betrays his clan and ancestors, pursues profit and forgets righteousness, his behavior can be said to be extremely evil! ' 'Now there is this thief, who is from the clan, and should be well-read and knowledgeable, but his ambition is despicable, greedy, and he has abandoned the teachings of his ancestors, despised the rules of the family, and for his own selfish desires, he has harmed his clan and clan. It is really a shame for the family! ' 'He puts profit first, disregards the feelings of flesh and blood, does not think of the righteousness of compatriots, and acts alone, arrogant! Little do they know that the benefits are nothing but clouds and smoke, like dew and lightning, like flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water! The grace of the family and the affection of blood are long-lasting and will accompany us forever! ' 'You must know that the world has righteousness, and the articles are overflowing with righteousness! People's hearts have a set plan, and they act uprightly and sincerely! ' 'Now this thief is disloyal and unrighteous, with a golden and jade appearance, but rotten cotton inside, and will surely become a curse for all ages! '

'Alas, right and wrong, all depends on a single thought! '

Pei Ji looked at Pei Jun kneeling on the ground under the city, his eyes gradually became cold.

If he remembered correctly, Pei Jun lost his father a few years ago, and it was his mother who diligently raised him and was very kind to Pei Jun. If there was anything good, let Pei Jun eat it first. His mother's daily food and clothing were very simple, and she tried her best to meet Pei Jun's needs for studying. Almost all the money was spent on Pei Jun, and now...

But raised such a thing?

Pei Jun just knelt down and cried under the city, without even raising his head.

Pei Ji exhaled a long breath and whispered to Pei Jun's mother: "Old lady, you raised a good son! '

Pei Ji tied Pei Jun's mother out again, and waited until he saw Pei Jun before shouting those scolding words. Although it was unpleasant, it was equivalent to giving Pei Jun a chance after all.

An opportunity to commit suicide.

If Pei Jun could apologize by committing suicide, then his sins would be forgiven. Although Pei Jun's mother would be sad and might not live well, she would at least survive, which was a ray of hope for Pei Jun to fight for his mother.

However, it was obvious that Pei Ji had been shouting for such a long time, but Pei Jun was still kneeling and crying under the city.

He didn't even try to fight for it.

Pei Jun's mother listened to Pei Ji's words, did not refute, and still did not speak, but just sighed softly, her eyes still on Pei Jun under the city...

"Such a disloyal, unrighteous, unkind and unfilial person! 」

Pei Ji shouted, "You will harm your fellow clan members and harm your family!" They used to be brothers and sisters, but now they are enemies! Who is he? A person who has forgotten his roots! In the past, they shared the same clan and ancestors and were connected by blood, but now they have gone in the opposite direction and become separated from the family tree. Therefore, according to the order of the family leader, this thief is expelled from the clan immediately! Eliminate clan status and become strangers from now on! 』

"Since you are a stranger, if you harm someone from my clan, you will have to pay with blood!" 』

"Someone is coming!" 』

"Behead the thieves and sacrifice their flesh and blood to my battle flag!" Pay homage to my dead soul! 』

After Pei Ji ordered, someone immediately came forward and held down Pei Jun's mother and other people related to Pei Jun.

Cold light flashed and blood flew.

Pei Jun yelled, fainted and fell to the ground.

Cao Hong, who was in Cao Jun's camp, snorted, "Trash!" Drag it back and send it to the lord... Come on, pass my order to the general and prepare to attack the city! 』