Chapter 161 - Helping Lu Zhi
With the help of Liu Guanzhang and Tai Shici, Kong Rong defeated Guan Hai's Yellow Turban Army and drove Guan Hai out of Beihai County, coupled with the cooperation of officials and troops in various places, so that the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou had to turn from offensive to defensive.
After a few days, Liu Bei found that Tai Shi Ci's martial arts were extraordinary, so he asked Tai Shi Ci: "Brother Ziyi, I think you are strong and far beyond ordinary people, I don't know where you come from?"
Tai Shi Ci said: "I was born in the immortals outside the city, and the ancestors had produced the Yuanying Zhenjun, but unfortunately it is now the middle of the family road, but there are still some family martial arts that can be learned, a few years ago, I was hunting in the mountains, and suddenly there were two red shadows falling from the sky, falling to my side, that is, now I have this pair of tiger Huang flame whips in my hands, this whip still has a set of exquisite whip methods, after I learned, since then the strength has increased greatly, and it has today's level. ”
Liu Bei listened, remembering that there was a matter of divine soldiers leaving the island on Penglai Immortal Island, and felt that the pair of Tiger Huang Flame Whips in Tai Shi Ci's hands must be one of the original divine soldiers on the island, and he chose Tai Shi Ci as his master. The gods have spirits, they automatically choose the master, and the person chosen must be an extraordinary person, this Tai Shi Ci is not bad, so Liu Bei also paid more attention to Tai Shi Ci, and soon after, the relationship between the two began to be very good.
A few days later, Liu Bei heard that the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou was attacking Xuzhou, Liu Bei asked Kong Rong to resign, prepared to rescue Xuzhou, and invited Tai Shi Ci to go with him, Tai Shi Ci said that he was also willing to go, so Liu Bei took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Tai Shi Ci to lead 3,000 soldiers to Xuzhou.
Originally, there were no very powerful Jindan generals in the official army of Qingxu and Xuzhou, so Guan Hai could lead hundreds of thousands of yellow turbans to suppress the officers and troops of the two places, but now due to the activity of Liu Guanzhang and others, Guan Hai was unable to do so, and had to suppress a state first, considering that there was some pressure to suppress Qingzhou, so Guan Hai transferred the main force of the yellow turban to Xuzhou.
Guan Hai didn't expect Liu Guanzhang and Tai Shici to chase after Xuzhou, and fought with them for a while, and found that they still couldn't help them, fighting alone, Guan Hai could still fight for a while, if they attacked together, then Guan Hai would only have to escape, and at this time, when Guan Hai wanted to crush with troops, he found that at this time they had already combined with the official army in Xuzhou. When the soldiers in the Qi refining period came, it was simply a massacre, and Rao was a lot of soldiers, and it was very painful to be killed by them like this.
Due to the rescue of Xuzhou, Liu Bei and others thus got acquainted with Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao Qian, Tao Qian and Liu Biao, Tao Qian is one of the few immortals to return to the true one, to this realm of power, generally only to protect the territory and the people, and no heart to expand the territory, in line with the principle that more is better than less, has been to rule the immortals rarely disturbed, so the realm of Xuzhou presents a state of living and working in peace and contentment, after the outbreak of imbalance, although the city and outside the city are also greatly affected, but it is not as serious as other states, Guan Hai can lead the Yellow Turban in Qingxu and Xuzhou, but also because the Yellow Turban in Xuzhou is not strong enough to fight against the government, it is not worth sending a single member of the future to manage, so Guan Hai will manage the Yellow Turban forces in the two places.
Guan Hai moved to Xuzhou to avoid the edge of Liu Guanzhang and others, but now a group of heroes chased over, coupled with the strength of the Xuzhou army, under the two pincers, Guan Hai was defeated, and had to escape from Xuzhou with the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army and the main force of the Yellow Turban.
Liu Guanzhang started from Youzhou, fought all the way to Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and has gained some fame, and many immortals in the land of Sanzhou have begun to know that there are three heroes who call themselves Taoyuan Sanjieyi.
Just when Liu Guanzhang was fighting in various places, Xianhan's army and the main force of the Yellow Turbans were also in full swing.
The pioneer of the Yellow Turban, the pioneer general Bocai, gathered hundreds of thousands of the main army of the Yellow Turban, defeated Zhu Jun in the first battle, and surrounded Huang Fusong in Changshe in World War II, forcing Lu Zhi, who went north to conquer the Yellow Turban base camp, had to come back to help Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song.
When Liu Bei drove the Qingxu Yellow Turban Army led by Guan Hai out of Xuzhou, he also heard the news of Lu Zhi's battle against Bocai, so Liu Bei asked Tai Shi Cidao: "Brother Ziyi, I recently heard that Beizhonglang will Zigan Zhenjun Zhanbo Cai in Changshe, Ziyi doesn't know, in fact, Zigan Zhenjun was my mentor when I was a child, and my division is now a major general, I want to help, I don't know if Ziyi is interested in going with Bei?"
Zigan is Lu Zhi's Taoist number, when Liu Bei's parents were still alive at home when he was young, Lu Zhi was Liu Bei's mentor and learned to get started with cultivation, for example, Gongsun Zhan, a native of Liaoxi, was Liu Bei's senior brother.
After many days of getting along, Tai Shi Ci knew that Liu Bei and the three were immortal disciples, and Liu Bei was also a relative of the Han family, and was not surprised that Lu Zhi was Liu Bei's young teacher, Tai Shi Ci was not surprised, seeing that Liu Bei invited him to go with him to help Lu Zhi, Tai Shi Ci felt that it would be easier to get military merits by helping the army of immortals, and it would be much easier to be an official in Xianhan in the future, so he was gladly willing to go.
So Liu Bei returned to Qingzhou, met Zou Jing, explained the matter, and returned the 3,000 Qingzhou troops he brought out to Zou Jing, and then he and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Tai Shici led 500 people from the headquarters to Changshe County, Yuzhou.
When he came to Changshe, Liu Bei found that the Yellow Turban Army had already entered the county town of Changshe at this time, and launched a fierce street battle with the defenders.
Liu Bei and others hurriedly entered the county town of Changshe to rescue the defenders here, but there were too many Yellow Turban Army, Liu Bei only had five hundred soldiers, and everyone had to kill one and count one.
There were no immortals in Changshe City for a long time, only a large number of defenders and a large number of Yellow Turban troops were engaged in fierce confrontations, and people were scattered everywhere. Soon, Liu Bei and the others were surrounded by the Yellow Turban Legion, Liu Beiyun made the male and female double-strand swords, the sword qi was vertical and horizontal, killing waves of Yellow Turban soldiers, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Tai Shici together, in the chaos of the army to kill a bloody road.
I didn't find Lu Zhi's whereabouts, and suddenly, at this time, a defender soldier hurriedly ran over and said to Liu Bei and the others: "Is it the righteous army? The Yellow Turban Army is approaching our own formation, please go over and support!"
Liu Bei learned that Lu Zhi's main force had set up a base in the county government, and the Yellow Turban Army was attacking this position, which was currently in danger.
So Liu Bei said to everyone: "If this formation falls, we will lose, and we have to hurry up to support!"
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Tai Shici also thought so, so everyone began to march towards the county capital, while defeating the Yellow Turban generals who led troops along the way.
Coming to the outside of the county government, Liu Bei saw a yellow turban general, who was commanding the Yellow Turban Army to attack the county government of Changshe, there was a formation outside the county government, and the attack of the Yellow Turban Army hit the formation, emitting all kinds of light, constantly consuming the energy of the formation, if the energy is exhausted, the formation will naturally break, then there will be more than the Yellow Turban Army like ants to enter the county government, and the loss of this formation will not only endanger the safety of the head of the defenders, but also make the morale of the defenders plummet. A drop in morale means that the various buffs inflicted on the soldiers are at a low point, which is undoubtedly not fatal to the defenders.
Liu Bei led everyone to kill the Yellow Turban Army attacking the formation, and the Yellow Turban General was about to command the Yellow Turban Army to encircle and suppress Liu Bei and his group, but he was not able to be close to Guan Yu, and he didn't blink an eye, so that he was unprepared in the future, and he was killed with a knife, and the remaining Yellow Turban soldiers were leaderless, even if they were several times that of Liu Bei and others, they had no fighting will at all, and they immediately scattered and fled.
Guan Yu killed the Yellow Turban general who attacked the formation, relieved the danger of the formation, and saw the defenders inside come out, and said to the first general: "Oh, you came just in time, who killed the thief general He Yi...... Hey, it's just a rebel army, so why don't you hurry up and fight me!"
After speaking, the general no longer paid attention to Liu Bei and the others, and led the defenders to kill the fleeing Yellow Turban Army.
Seeing the general's face, Zhang Fei couldn't help but say angrily: "Look at his virtue, what are you dragging ......?"
Liu Bei stopped Zhang Fei and continued: "Third brother, we originally came to rescue Zigan Zhenjun, why bother with that person. ”
Tai Shi Ci said: "Look at that person only in the Jindan realm, not Zigan Zhenjun, could it be that Zigan Zhenjun is not in the city?"
Liu Bei said: "Since we have come here, don't worry so much, let's help them defeat the Yellow Turban Army first!"
Everyone took the lead in agreeing, so everyone began to follow the main force of the defenders here and began to eliminate the Yellow Turban Army that attacked the city, and finally with the activity of Liu Bei and others, the defenders finally drove the Yellow Turban Army out of the city. At this time, Liu Bei learned that Lu Zhi was not actually here, but confronted the main force of the Yellow Turban on the battlefield of Changshe, thousands of miles southeast of it, because of the sneak attack of the Yellow Turban Army, he was almost taken by the Yellow Turban Army, cutting off Lu Zhi's back road, fortunately, Liu Bei and others arrived in time, which solved the crisis of Changshe County. Afterwards, the defending generals who guarded this place didn't say anything thankful, completely looked down on Liu Bei and the others as just rebels, and Liu Bei didn't care, and rushed to the Changshe battlefield with Guan Yu and others.
In Lu Zhijun, Liu Bei and others entered the account to give gifts, which had the intention of coming from the Tao. Lu Zhi was overjoyed, leaving Liu Bei and others to listen to the tune in front of the tent.
When Bocai's army was hundreds of thousands, Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun, and Huangfu Song combined with less than 100,000 soldiers, before Bocai defeated Zhu Jun and surrounded Huangfu Song, it has caused heavy losses to the conquest army, and now the Bocai army is in full swing, and the place where the conquest army is defending is precarious, if it were not for the geographical advantage of the Changshe battlefield to facilitate defense, Lu Zhi and his group of conquest troops are estimated to have been unable to hold on.
For the war, Lu Zhi lamented that thousands of troops are easy to obtain, and a general is difficult to find, Lu Zhi said: The Yellow Turban thieves are several times larger than our army, but they are just a rabble, and they can be broken with a snap of their fingers, but the first wave of thieves is strong, and they boast that they are the first in Jindan, and our generals are invincible, and many people are killed by them, which makes our army's morale collapse, and its strength is less than one-third, so it is powerless to fight, so it has to hold on to this day. ”
Liu Bei told him about his own affairs, so that Lu Zhi didn't need to worry, saying that his second brother, third brother and friend Tai Shici were all heroic figures, but they could fight Bocai. However, Lu Zhi didn't know the strength of Liu Guanzhang and the others, and didn't think that they would be able to defeat Bocai, but he was also a little relieved.
There is no Yuanying Zhenjun in the Yellow Turban camp, and only Lu Zhi needs to be in charge here, while Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song went to the rear to recruit soldiers, so Liu Bei and the others did not see them. The next day, the Bocai army came to attack again, Liu Bei asked to fight, Lu Zhi had the mentality of giving it a try, and allocated 1,000 sergeants to Liu Bei, so Liu Bei took 1,500 soldiers and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Tai Shici to kill the attacking Yellow Turban Army. The four people took the lead in the charge, all holding divine soldiers, wearing armor, stepping on flying swords, such as the posture of the god of war, the Yellow Turban general who led the team was not everyone's opponent at all, was stabbed to death by Zhang Fei with a snake spear, Jin Dan was crushed by Tai Shici, and everyone killed a group of Yellow Turban soldiers to lose their armor, and the officers and soldiers behind them were greatly inspired, and they were also brave and fearless, so this thousand five hundred people were like tigers and sheep, killing more than 10,000 people in the Yellow Turban vanguard army scattered and fled.
Liu Bei returned victorious, Lu Zhi was overjoyed, Zhang Fei proudly said that the Yellow Turban Army was nothing more than that, but Lu Zhi said that they just killed a Yellow Turban general, if they met Bocai to lead the troops, it would not be so easy, Zhang Fei didn't believe it, saying that he wanted to know Bocai, Lu Zhi just smiled and didn't speak.
A few days later, Liu Guanzhang and Tai Shi Ci repelled the attack of the Yellow Turban Army, during which they killed many generals, including Bo Cai's fierce generals and Wu Ba, the commander of the Yellow Turban Canal, and finally Bo Cai decided to personally lead the army to attack.