Jianming Chaos

It turned out that Guan Yu had been tricked by Kong Ming, and he had already led people to use sandbags in the upper reaches of the Baihe River to contain the downstream water. When it was four o'clock, when he heard someone shouting horses from the lower reaches, he immediately pulled up the sandbags to stop the long-simmering mountain torrents. pour out.

This move was really good, and most of Cao Jun, who was caught off guard, was rushed away.As everyone knows, the Storm God also played a certain role in this regard.

Xiahou Dun led the remnants to flee to Boling Ferry.When approaching the ferry, an army blocked the way, and the leader shouted loudly: "Zhang Fei from Yan is here, and Cao Jun hastened to accept his order!"

Seeing that it was Zhang Fei, Cao Jun was shocked. Some people lost control of their bowels and bladders on the spot, and some even collapsed on the ground.

It turned out that Zhang Fei was tricked and immediately led his troops to intercept and kill Guan Yu halfway after he flooded the army.

When the two teams faced each other, Zhang Fei asked sharply, "Is the old thief Cao Cao here?"

Xiahou Dun didn't answer him, he patted his horse and straightened his gun.Zhang Fei dismounted to fight.

Xiahou Dun shot several times in a row, but Zhang Fei was like a child playing, dodging twice without any effort.

Xiahou Dun became furious and stabbed again.Zhang Fei clamped his gun under his armpit and swung him vigorously, throwing him off the horse.He yelled again at the horse, which was frightened and ran away.

Zhang Fei put his gun on the ground and said with a smile: "If I roar casually, your horse will abandon you. It seems that you are not the strongest, let the strongest come out!"

Xiahou Dun quickly got up, in a panic.Unwilling to go back like this, he rushed forward with bare hands.

Zhang Fei shook his head, easily dodged the attack, and kicked him far away.Xiahou Dun felt as if he had been knocked into the air by a mad cow, and he couldn't get up all of a sudden.

Zhang Fei pointed at him with a snake spear and said, "You don't have the will to fight anymore, so you don't need to fight anymore. Seeing that you are blind in one eye, I have let you go, don't force me anymore!"

Xiahoudun struggled to get up, nodded his thanks slightly, and then returned to the formation covering his wound.

Seeing this, Xia Houyuan was dissatisfied, shouted, and rushed forward.Zhang Fei was like a wolf like a tiger at the moment, he didn't pay attention to him at all, brandishing a snake spear, the more he fought, the more courageous he was, and before the tenth round, he beat Xia Houyuan back.

Zhang Fei shouted loudly: "Incompetent bastard, dare to fight with me! Let the most powerful person come out!"

At this time, a man rushed out with a big knife in his hand and shouted: "Xu Chu, the general of the vanguard army, came to ask for advice!"

Zhang Fei fought with a snake spear.The two confronted each other more than [-] times, but there was no winner.

Xu Chu's usual weapon was a sledgehammer, but he had no choice but to cut it off with Zhiming's divine sword, but with his excellent skills, he still managed to draw with Zhang Fei.It's a pity that his left arm was injured and he couldn't use his maximum power. In addition to the embarrassing escape just now, he was exhausted and gradually lost.

Zhang Fei suddenly yelled, and swept his spear across, knocking the saber away.Xu Chu suffered a severe concussion in his left arm, and the arm injury occurred, and he suddenly cried out in pain.

Just as Zhang Fei was about to stab him with a spear, seeing him clutching his left arm, he said, "So you were injured. Well, I won't kill you today. It would be dishonorable to kill a seriously injured person anyway. We didn't do our best today. After you recover from your injury, we will fight again!"

Xu Chu thanked and retreated to the formation.Seeing that Zhang Fei was brave and invincible, Cao Jun fled back one after another.Zhang Fei led his army to chase him down, and ordered the sergeant: Let Xu Chu go.

After chasing and killing for more than ten miles, Zhang Feifang ordered to withdraw the army.The army returned to the upper reaches of the Baihe River, assembled with Zhao Yun and others, and led the division.Liu Bei and Kong Ming were already waiting at the city gate to welcome the troops into the city.

Back at the county government office, Liu Bei prostrated himself on the ground and said, "Thank you, military division, for helping our army win again!"

Kong Ming quickly helped him up and said: "My lord, please get up, it's too early to be happy, the battle is not over yet."

After finishing speaking, he said to Zhiming: "General Lei did a good job, he burned the shit out of Cao Jun!"

"It all depends on the arrangements made by the military adviser. We are just following orders." Zhiming said, clasping his fists.In fact, everyone didn't know how fierce the battle he had experienced in Xinye.

"General Guan did a good job. Cao's army was swept away!" Kong Ming praised Guan Yu, and then praised Zhang Fei and others.Everyone admired its tactical arrangements.

Liu Bei suddenly saw that Zhiming's sword was a bit special, so he borrowed it to have a look, and praised: "This sword shines brightly, what a sword!"

Everyone saw that this sword was indeed extraordinary, like the Xuanyuan Sword used by Emperor Xia Yu in ancient times, and they were all amazed.

Zhiming claimed that he found it in Xinye, and Liu Mi said: "I have a suitable scabbard here, and I will give it to the general now."

He ordered someone to go to the study to take out an exquisite scabbard and hand it to Zhiming himself.Zhiming put the Excalibur into the scabbard, it was just the right size, and thanked Liu Mi.

Liu Bei asked Kong Ming: "What do the military advisers think should be done next?"

Kongming thought for a moment, and said: "Cao Cao's vitality has been seriously injured this time, I'm afraid he will send someone to surrender first; if he fails, he will attack again."

"Then how to deal with it?"

"Surrender is of course unacceptable. After the lobbyists leave, we will quickly abandon Fancheng and go to Xiangyang to rest temporarily. Fancheng is not a place to stay for a long time, so we must abandon it."

"Xiangyang has surrendered to Cao Cao, how dare you take our army in?"

"That's not necessarily the case, maybe Liu Cong will let us into the city because of his love for the lord's uncle and nephew."

"Of course Liu Cong is easy to say, but what if Cai Mao gets in the way?"

"Cai Mao is not an unreasonable person. As long as Liu Cong orders to open the door, he dare not refuse; if he can't enter Xiangyang, he will make another plan."

"It has to be like this." Liu Bei sighed, "The order will go on, and all preparations for the relocation will be made, and we will move to Xiangyang within two days."

When Zhiming thought of Xuechan's death, he felt an indescribable emotional entanglement.They'd only met a few times, so they weren't exactly friends, but if he had known in advance that she was in Xinye, he might have saved her life.It can be said that the two of them had the opportunity to develop a life-and-death relationship, but due to the limited communication conditions, a tragedy happened.Zhiming swears that if he encounters a similar situation in the future, he will definitely be obliged to shoulder the heavy responsibility.

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The defeated army fled back to Wancheng, and the leading generals pleaded guilty in unison.Cao Cao asked about the situation of the battle, and Xiahou Dun explained it in detail.

Cao Cao repeatedly sighed: "Kong Ming strategized, decisively won thousands of miles, and he is well versed in fire attack, water attack and other tactics, and the old man is far behind!"

Suddenly, he found that the generals of the White Tigers were not there, so he asked everyone.Xu Chu said: "At that time, the fire was very fierce. General Baimei asked us to withdraw from the city first, and the White Tiger Squadron stayed behind to wipe out the enemy army. We haven't seen them since then."

At this time, Xu Shu next to him counted his fingers and shouted: "It's over!"

"What's wrong?" Cao Cao asked anxiously.

"I can't feel their breath anymore, I'm afraid..." Xu Shu hesitated to speak.

"Can you feel their breath?" Cao Cao was surprised.

"...Yes, I was born with a strong sense." Xu Shu found out that he had slipped up, so he quickly made up for it.

"You mean, they're... dead?" Cao Cao frowned.

"I'm afraid it is." Xu Shu's expression was solemn, "It's not that he died in the flames, but was killed by the enemy."

Everyone was shocked.Cao Cao didn't believe it: "How is this possible? They are the generals of the White Tigers!"

"Is there such a powerful person? Zhang Fei? Guan Yu? Or Zhao Yun?" Xu Chu questioned.

Xu Shu shook his head: "No, there is someone else who is a master, perhaps even stronger than the other generals."

"Is there any general in Liu Bei who is more powerful than Zhang Fei? Why have I never heard of it?" Cao Cao expressed his doubts.

"Could it be him?" Xu Chu thought of Zhiming, "I met a young warrior outside Xinye City. He held an exceptionally sharp sword that could split people in half instantly. Although he was young, he His martial arts skills are excellent, he is not like an ordinary soldier. I fought with him for a while, but I was still unable to defeat him. Then Zhao Yun shot an arrow and injured my left arm. I saw that the situation was not good, so I avoided him and ran away."

"The master Xu met should be the person I just mentioned. After all, I have stayed with Liu Bei before and know the situation there." Xu Shu said.

"Is there really such a person in Liu Bei's army?" Cao Cao still didn't believe it.

"It's true, this person should have joined Liu Bei's camp not long ago." Xu Shu's tone was unquestionable, "Besides, because of his appearance, the White Tigers have lost a lot of people this time, including Guiyinghu and a few others. famous generals; even their wives were killed.”

Everyone was really taken aback.Cao Cao was a little melancholy, after all, Xuechan was once his beloved person.

Xu Shu paced back and forth, saying: "Crouching tiger, hidden dragon inside Liu Bei's army, there is a mysterious new force that is preventing us from marching towards success."

"A mysterious new force? Could it be that the person you mentioned was arranged by heaven to help Liu Bei? Could it be that he is more difficult to deal with than Kong Ming?" Cao Cao was dubious about Xu Shu's words at the moment.

"I can't say for sure at the moment. Prime Minister, I have an unfeeling request from a humble official. I don't know if it is feasible?" Xu Shu asked for instructions.

"Sir, please speak."

"Please let me go to Fancheng to recruit Liu Bei. Although the success rate is not high, but with my friendship with him, it is worth a try; if he does not surrender, it will not be too late to send troops."

"Well, that's fine." Cao Cao nodded, "Actually, the old man also wanted to surrender just now. The old man hoped to get rid of Kong Ming first, but it seems that the other party has taken precautions and strengthened his protection; now it seems that this move It’s not going to work, so I can only trouble Xu Canjun to go there first, and find out what Liu Bei has to say.”

"I am willing to serve the prime minister. In addition, I suggest that the remaining members of the White Tiger Team should be arranged back to Xuchang as much as possible to prevent the imperial court from mutiny. After all, Emperor Xian is always watching for any opportunity to regain power. I have a clear idea of ​​the pursuit of Liu Bei." .” Xu Shu did not want the White Tigers to lose more troops, so he pretended to say this.

Cao Cao thought for a while, and agreed to arrange for most of the rest of the White Tigers to return to Xuchang first, leaving only 500 people to continue participating in this pursuit.

Xu Shu retreated, the real purpose of his surrender was to assassinate Liu Bei and Kong Ming, and to confirm the identity of the mysterious master.He suddenly thought of a question: If Zhiming really returned to Liu Bei, would he have informed Liu Bei of Xu Shu's death?If Liu Bei knew about this, what words should he use to successfully enter the county government and convince Liu Bei that Xu Shu is not dead?According to Yue Gonghu's previous description (eavesdropping on the conversation between Zhiming and Xuechan in the dungeon), Zhiming's trespassing alone in Baihuzhai was not approved by Liu Bei, and it was an unauthorized action. From the perspective of strict military discipline, Zhiming He must not dare to tell Liu Bei about going to the cottage, otherwise he may be punished by military orders; in addition, Zhiming went to Beijing in the name of escorting Xu Shu, and now that Xu Shu is dead, he also has to bear military responsibility.Therefore, he concluded that it was absolutely impossible for Zhiming to tell Liu Bei about Xu Shu's death from his own standpoint; therefore, the assassination plan was still feasible.

Xiahou Dun raised doubts: "The prime minister is so relieved to let him go? After all, he used to be Liu Bei's man."

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Xu Shu has changed his mind, and now he is devoted to the old man, and he will not leave forever. You can see people's eyes and know people's hearts."

Xia Houyuan asked: "What if Liu Bei refuses to let him go?"

Cao Cao said without hesitation: "Attack Fancheng and take Liu Bei directly!"

"Prime Minister, if the surrender fails, should we send spies to the other side's position to find out the reality before attacking? Didn't Xu Canjun say that there is a mysterious new force helping Liu Beijun? Moreover, even General Xu Chu can't beat him." Shouldn't those who fall down be more on guard?" Zhang Liao was worried.

"Having said that, battles still have to be fought. There is no need to send professional spies. Let Xu Canjun take part in the recruitment process. The person he mentioned is just a warrior, just like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Even if there are a few more, it will not be a great climate; the one who really needs to beware is Kong Ming. I, Cao Cao, have gone through countless battles, and I have never been afraid; anyone who stands in my way, no matter who it is, I will kill it!" Cao Cao's words With a loud voice, his dominance of the world was once again displayed, which made all the generals fear.

The next day, Xu Shu came to Fancheng alone by ferry and went to the county government office to see Liu Bei.Yamen servants came in to report.

When Liu Bei learned that Xu Shu was coming, he was overjoyed and said, "Hurry up!"

The yamen servant was about to go back when Zhiming stopped him: "Wait a minute! He said his name is Xu Shu?"

The yamen servant nodded.Zhiming said, "Tell me his general appearance."

The yamen servant described the appearance of the seeker, which was exactly the same as the real Xu Shu.Liu Bei and others looked at Zhiming suspiciously, wondering what he was up to.

Zhiming explained: "I'm afraid that someone will pretend to be Xu Shu to assassinate the Lord."

"Impossible?" Zhang Fei didn't believe it. "Everyone here has seen Mr. Xu, who dares to be so bold? Cao Cao must have sent him to be a lobbyist, just as Kong Ming said."

"Come here without any entourage, maybe he came back to join the elder brother." Guan Yu analyzed.

"Impossible, he will never leave his mother in Cao Cao's hands, and Cao Cao can't let him go easily, there must be fraud in this matter. The outsider is definitely not Xu Shu, please believe me!" Zhiming clearly remembered The scene of Xu Shu committing suicide in Baihuzhai is an undeniable fact.