Liu Chan handed a piece of silk the width of two fingers to Guan Ping and said,""There's a plague in the city, and there's also the help of righteous men who want to burn down the Cao army's granary.”
"This is a good thing. We can attack the city now!”Guan Ping said excitedly.
However, when he raised his head and saw Liu Chan's pained expression, Guan Ping asked,""What's wrong with you? Constipated?"
Liu Chan looked at the smoke and dust that shot through the clouds and said to Guan Ping,""The grain inside should be ours, but now it's all burned down.”
"You're so confident that you can break through Jiangling City?" Guan Ping laughed. Now that the rations had been burned, Cao Ren would probably retreat immediately.”
"We won't retreat for the time being. Cao Ren isn't stupid enough to put all the rations in one place. The city should be able to hold on for a while.
Let's wait a little longer." Liu Chan said.
"This is a great opportunity. Why don't you stop the soldiers from attacking the city?”Guan Ping was puzzled.
"We have to preserve our strength to take down Jiangling.”Liu Chan said.
"It's just a pity for those righteous men who burned the rations for us. They probably thought that after burning the rations, we would choose to attack the city.”Guan Ping said.
Liu Chan ignored Guan Ping, took the letter from the city and went to Liu Bei's camp.
After Liu Bei finished reading, he said to Liu Chan,"This is indeed the best time to attack the city."
We don't know when the earthquake you're talking about will come.”
" The earthquake will definitely come back," Liu Chan said with certainty." Let's wait a little longer."
Moreover, the best time to attack the city was when the plague broke out on a large scale.”
It wasn't difficult for Liu Bei to keep his cool. In this situation, he should keep his cool even more.
"How long will it take for the plague to completely break out?”
Liu Chan thought for a moment and said," In about four or five days, the population in the city will be halved.”
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Ma Shun, covered in blood, and his remaining two brothers ran wildly. The three of them chose remote and deserted streets. The streets were dirty and filled with a stench. As the three of them ran, countless wild cats and rats fled in all directions.
Stepping into the dirty and smelly ditch, Ma Shun reached out his hand and fumbled about in the ditch. He lifted a piece of cloth used as a tent. The black ditch water was instantly stirred and flowed down. A hole that could accommodate one person appeared. The three of them entered in a single file. After the last person entered the hole, he used the cloth to re-arrange the hole. Then, he placed a wooden board under the cloth to prevent the cloth from collapsing due to too much water in the ditch.
However, there was still black stinky ditch water flowing into the hole, but it was not worth mentioning compared to the water flowing into this ditch.
As the curtain covered the entrance of the cave, the bottom of the ditch flowed in with the water. After a quarter of an hour, it was restored to its original state without any clues.
A group of soldiers who were searching for them ran past, not noticing the smelly ditch at all.
After Ma Shun and the other two entered the cave, they walked along the tunnel. After walking for dozens of meters, they suddenly saw the light. After lighting the candles, the scene in the cave was clear at a glance. There were several water tanks that stored drinking water, and many of the food was placed on the side. It was enough for the three of them to eat for a month.
"Have a good rest. Don't make a big commotion.”Ma Shun sat on the ground, panting heavily as he spoke to the two.
To be able to burn rations with Ma Shun in this city with several people, which one of them wasn't a daring and afraid of death? Hearing this, they didn't say much. After a battle and then running for their lives, they were indeed tired. The two of them directly lay on the ground.
One of them even muttered,"If you want to die, then die. Even if you want to die, you have to have a good sleep before you die."”
In just a short while, the three of them began to snore like thunder.
This underground cave was accidentally discovered by one of Ma Shun's brothers. It was originally a cellar. At first, it was not so big. The few of them spent more than half a year secretly digging this cellar. In fact, the total time spent was only one or two days. The main reason was that the guards were too strict with them.
After expanding the cellar, the few of them placed the water and food they needed for survival in case they needed them in the future. They just happened to use the rations they burned this time.
However, there were only three brothers left.
The sky was already dark. Cao Ren was furious that he couldn't find the three people who had escaped.
Furious roars kept coming from the district office that had been set up as a command center.
"General, the most important thing is to put out the fire immediately. Once the fire spreads, the whole city will be burned down.”Chen Jiao was originally lying in bed to recuperate. When he heard that such a big thing had happened, he immediately came over to discuss the aftermath with Cao Ren.
Cao Ren calmed down after venting his anger and said to Niu Jin,""Arrange for people to put out the fire. Don't let the fire spread.”
"I'll arrange it immediately."
"How much food do we have left?" Cao Ren looked at Chen Jiao.”
"Only the people in the city can eat half a month's worth of rations.”Chen Jiao said.
Cao Ren fell silent. After thinking for a long time, he said,""Let the lord think of a way to send in provisions. As long as there are provisions, Jiangling City will be able to defend.”
Chen Jiao wanted to persuade Cao Ren to give up Jiangling, but Cao Cao told Cao Ren to defend Jiangling but didn't send any reinforcements. He even allowed Guan Yu to block Xiangyang City. This was enough to show his attitude. Although he said that Cao Ren would defend Jiangling, he was actually giving up Jiangling.
Of course, Chen Jiao didn't think that Cao Cao wanted to kill Cao Ren. That was impossible.
Cao Ren and Cao Cao were brothers from the same clan. If Cao Ren was killed, the entire Cao family and Xiahou family would be estranged from Cao Cao. Without the support of the Cao family and Xiahou family, Cao Cao's foundation would collapse instantly.
If it wasn't to trick Cao Ren, then there was a second meaning behind this order. Chen Jiao really wanted to ask Cao Ren," General, don't you understand?"
"General, about the plague in the city…"
"Get Man Chong to kill me. Kill all those who are infected!”Cao Ren said coldly.
Chen Jiao's hands and feet were cold. He was also infected.
"Don't panic, Chief. I naturally won't kill you.”Sensing Chen Jiao's strange behavior, Cao Ren quickly comforted him.
Thousands of laborers were gathered together. Man Chong led thousands of soldiers and surrounded them. The flames flickered. These laborers faced the soldiers who had drawn their swords and swords. They were silent. They seemed to have guessed their ending.
"Release the arrows." The full pet was emotionless. After giving the order, thousands of arrows flew towards the dense crowd at the same time.
This scene might not even be recorded in the annals of history. Even if there was a record, it would only be a cold sentence. However, if one were to witness it personally or be one of them, one would be able to deeply experience that kind of despair.
Arrows came out of nowhere in the darkness, reaping lives one after another. Many slaves wanted to hide, but they had nowhere to hide. Their companions kept falling beside them. This kind of despair was probably something that spectators who read history would never be able to understand.
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