[The Three Kingdoms] Golden Sun Exhibition

49 – The Era of Nonsense (4) Introduction

A person who has done something crazy once is likely to do it again.

Ordinary people do not understand the thoughts of crazy people.

They make decisions based on common sense and cannot even guess the thoughts of those who act in an unreasonable way.

However, if there was someone who suffered damage due to an unreasonable action, the decision should have been made based on non-common sense, not common sense.

There is no way that a person who massacred once will not massacre again.

I had to think like that.

Creep, crease.

The people of Xuzhou felt it keenly.

What I could have felt from afar, I ended up feeling with my body.

After Cao Cao’s army withdrew, he returned to his hometown thinking that he would do it again.

His fate changed when he returned with the thought that it would be okay, if not near the ten castles occupied by Cao Cao, then near the land where he had previously committed massacres.

It was a foolish move in the end, but who can say anything about returning to a bloody land?

– Where would people like us who farm for a year go somewhere else?

– All of my relatives are in Xuzhou. There is no place to leave.

– Jojo and Dokyeom are all from there, so why should we suffer?

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The people simply returned to the land where they had lived for generations.

And most of them did not return to continue living in the ruins.

– Ah, son…! I’m sorry, I’m sorry!

– mother! mother! Soja should have died! Sigh, wow!!

– honey! How did it snow…?!

-The eyes are not important. We met each other alive, I’m glad we met each other alive…!

I just wanted to find out if any family members I lost while running away were alive or dead.

If alive, to live together, if dead, to at least bury the body.

They couldn’t even make a proper promise to meet somewhere and ran away without any hesitation from Cao Cao’s army, so the only place they could meet without an agreement was in their hometown.

We gathered together again, hoping to find each other alive…

-Oof.

Most of them are dead.

Jo Jo was the one who brutally beat and killed the dog that was tied up in the house.

The people of Xuzhou saw with their own eyes what it meant to kill an ant without leaving even a single young one behind.

There was no one alive.

The bodies were brutally murdered and dumped into the river or buried deep in the ground.

The ground was full of traces of people being killed while running away, and even the corpses seemed to have been horribly mutilated by wild animals that came in during the winter.

The people of Western Zhou were so offended by this atrocious act that they said they would not even turn their heads to the west where Cao Cao was.

But I had to look west.

I never would have guessed that the reason for retreating was ‘because winter is cold.’

Creep, crease.

“aaah!!”

The smell of blood began to emanate from everywhere.

Cao Cao’s army marched further east from the castle they had occupied and began laying waste to Western Zhou again.

Those who have tried it once are better at it, and Cao Cao’s army advanced much faster than before.

Cao Cao’s army destroyed Western Zhou ‘efficiently’, as if protesting that the previous massacre was not done well because it was their first time.

In fact, their movement was so rapid that they arrived right in front of Xuzhou Castle within a few weeks of heading east.

The people of Xuzhou entered Xuzhou Castle and were in fear.

Prince Dogyeom couldn’t even properly respond to Jojo’s actions.

Excluding the soldiers in Xuzhou, most of the soldiers in Taoqian’s army are members of a band of thieves who ran rampant in Xuzhou.

Will they really sacrifice their lives for the people of Western Zhou against the being called Cao Cao?

you’re welcome.

Dogyeom disintegrated in an instant.

The bandits were so afraid of Cao Cao’s army that they abandoned the mountains and ran away, and the government soldiers who had been in cahoots with the bandits threw down the military banner of Taoqian army and ran away pretending to be bandits.

There was no one to stop it.

Perhaps because of the shock of tens of thousands of troops being massacred last year, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, gathered all his troops at Xuzhou Castle to respond to Cao Cao.

No matter how Cao Cao’s army was on an expedition, it would not be able to easily breach or cross the castle wall.

Dokyeom closed the door tightly.

And thanks to this, the people of Western Zhou, who could not enter the castle, had to leave north and south to avoid the pursuit of Cao Cao’s army.

Cao Cao’s army settled in the west of Zhou and began manufacturing siege weapons.

The materials they brought were from the homes of the people of Western Zhou, and the equipment of the troops was strengthened by plundering major military warehouses in Western Zhou.

Dogyeom tried to defeat Jojo by all means.

They attempted to fire arrows, conduct night raids, and send envoys to make peace peacefully.

Arrows were useless against the huge shield, the cavalry that went out on a night raid were all killed along with their horses, and the messenger flew over the castle wall with only his neck full, with a letter in his mouth that said, ‘Dogyeom, open the castle gate and commit suicide.’

Kill Dokyeom.

Kill everything that gets in the way of killing Dokyeom.

Only then did the people of Western Zhou begin to realize one by one.

If things continue like this, it will only be a matter of time before Cao Cao takes over Western Zhou.

Now that things have come to this, wouldn’t just offering up Dokyeom be the way for us to survive…?

That was the moment when the West Zhou was filled with only despair.

North.

Approximately two thousand troops arrived at Xuzhou Castle.

* * *

“Yoo Hyeon-deok! You are the savior of my life!”

Dokyeom hugged the man with particularly large ears tightly.

“I never thought Gongsun Zan would really send reinforcements!”

“hahahaha, then of course it is. How can we just sit back and watch what is happening in Xuzhou?”

Liu Bei took the gun and bowed his waist.

There was some blood on his body as he had to break through the siege of Cao Cao’s army and enter through the North Gate, but Tao Qian patted Liu Bei’s shoulder regardless of the blood.

“Welcome, welcome! I thought you would become a very big person! I can still see you fighting with your brothers against Lu Bu at Hurouguan! hahahaha!”

“Thank you for remembering me fondly.”

“Yes, yes. Look at my spirit. How can I treat you as guests? Please think of this as your hometown and stay comfortably. Thank you so much for coming all the way.”

Do-gyeom gave Yu-bi a spacious mansion.

Thousands of troops led by Liu Bei took up positions in a dungeon inside the Western Zhou Fortress, and the relief army, including Liu Bei, gathered at the mansion and began discussions.

“Will Cao Cao just step down?”

“That won’t happen. Cao Cao will not return until he kills Lord Dokyeom.”

“Brother. What are you so worried about? Me and Brother Unjang, we’ll go out and sweep it away!”

“I don’t know how much support Dokyeom will provide, but there is no chance of victory.”

“hmm….”

The opinions of various generals were directed to the field.

But Liu Bei looked at the map and shook his head.

“I’m not saying this out of fear of defeat. But it’s a bit wrong to fight as soon as we arrive. We came down from Bukpyeong to Xuzhou, and the soldiers haven’t gotten used to this land yet.”

“Isn’t it okay to change your water by pouring some alcohol into your stomach and spitting it out for a night or two?”

“Ikdeok. The situation here is more serious than in the plains. Didn’t you see when you came here? How devastated the people are.”

“Hmph.”

Liu Bei was fiddling with the flag of Cao Cao’s army positioned on the map and beyond the wall.

“Since we came as a relief force, there must be something big to hope for. Cao Cao will be under pressure just because we came. Let’s take a moment to see how it goes.”

“Gong Yu. May I express my opinion?”

A young man wearing silver armor stepped forward.

“Please speak, Ja-ryong.”

“If we stay here for a long time, Dokyeom will become suspicious of us.”

“Uh huh, I have doubts. Ja-ryong, please refrain from talking.”

“Do you believe in this man named Do-gyeom? My first impression of this Jo-un, this man named Do-gyeom… was similar to many Ganwoongs.”

The handsome young man, Jaune, shook his head with a stern expression.

“He welcomes us now, but if we don’t move, Dokyeom will misunderstand us.”

“How can you misunderstand?”

“…You could think that they are trying to take over Western Zhou from the inside.”

“…….”

Liu Bei didn’t say anything.

Everyone in the mansion was silent.

“hehehe, hehehe. That’s really ironic. It’s against morality to think like that.”

Liu Bei played with his beard and smiled bitterly.

“As soon as I saw Dokyeom, I got that exact look in his eyes. I wonder what we can do to Jojo if we use these bastards.”

“Brother, that’s….”

“I know. It’s just my hunch. How can you easily judge a person just by looking at their impressions?”

“Brother, did you forget that I evaluated Jojo the first time I saw him? I said he was a crazy b*tch. Have you ever been wrong in your way of seeing people?”

“…….”

Liu Bei covered his face with both hands.

“Dokyeom will put us in the vanguard. People may say this, but he won’t send us out of the gates and tell us to fight. Right?”

“…….”

No one could open their mouths at Liu Bei’s words.

Regarding Yu-bi’s impression, they also felt the same way when they saw Do-gyeom.

“Humans become desperate when they are cornered. That is when human nature comes out.”

Liu Bei lowered his head for a moment, then raised his head with a friendly smile.

“Let’s eat first and think about it. I’m getting hungry after running so far. hahahaha, I’m sure they won’t give even a single grain of rice to the people who came as a relief force.”

“Ah, are you hungry? Of course, if you’re going to fight Cao Cao, you have to eat a hearty meal! Hey, bring me food so I can break my upper legs!”

“…….”

Liu Bei comes to Xuzhou as a relief force.

* * *

After the news that Cao Cao arrived right in front of the castle of Western Zhou, unfortunately, the news of Western Zhou was not immediately delivered to us.

Would it make a difference if I knew?

Or will I become more anxious?

There are times when they say knowledge is poison and ignorance is medicine, but now I feel more at ease with what I know.

Still, there is nothing I can do.

My job is to do my best for the school’s work.

Hyeongju was a very peaceful place, and I was quietly concentrating on school work today.

“Master.”

Sima Yi quietly came to see me.

Dressed in official uniform like Teacher Su-gyeong, she smiled secretly at me and came into my room.

“Well, next year is the last year.”

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