Xuzhou, Pengcheng.

Today, the city is very lively, with lanterns hanging in front of every house, and the clamor of selling is much higher.

The reason is very simple, the state pastor who is loved by the people of Xuzhou is going to marry today.

Originally, Liu Bei repeatedly instructed not to disturb the people. But somehow, as if someone was doing something to him, the news spread quickly, and now everyone in the city knows about it.

Everyone spontaneously began to prepare for the celebration, and even chose a wealthy family with high moral standing to send congratulatory gifts.

Facing the mountains of "a little bit of thin gifts" in the house, Liu Bei couldn't cry or laugh a little.

I have been working hard, but I just married a relative, and I made the people spend so much. But when he asked who sent it out, Zhang Fei's head shook like a rattle.

Needless to say, it must have been the eighteen "unidentified people" who did it at someone's behest.

Looking at Liu Bei's appearance that he knew but couldn't get angry, Zhang Fei's heart snickered.

……

Completely different from the lively scene in the city, in a remote old mansion, Mi Shu was sitting quietly on the steps, watching Zhao Yun wipe the thin gun in his hand.

"Tang Zhou...... He's dead? Finally, Mi Shu couldn't help but speak.

Zhao Yun didn't look at her, just nodded.

"Hebei General Hall, is it destined to disappear?" Mi Shu said the same thing as Tang Zhou.

Zhao Yun's hand suddenly stopped, because this was the third time he had heard this.

The first person to say this was the Thirteen Sages and Elders Zhang Jiao.

It was the Yellow Turban Rebellion that was suppressed, and the Thirteen Sages said it with remorse when they realized that the Hebei General Hall would suffer a catastrophe.

At that time, Zhao Yun, Mi Zhu and others were present.

Even if they took different paths, after all, they had worked together once, and they still went to send the last class of the Thirteen Sages.

Every time Zhao Yun closed his eyes, he seemed to be able to see that the thin and revealing Thirteen Sages had misty eyes, lying on the bed, one hand desperately stretched out to the sky, shouting: "The sky is dead, the sky is dead!" ”

Then, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and a hero who shook the decaying Han Dynasty died miserably.

Now that Mi Shu said this again, Zhao Yun's heart was also touched.

"Perhaps, this is the fate of the big man. Maybe God is still protecting the descendants of the Liu family. Zhao Yun said expressionlessly.

"After today, I will be Liu Bei's wife."

"Then you shouldn't sneak out again. If it is known that you came out to see other men on your wedding day, I am afraid that it will ruin Liu Bei's reputation. ”

"Don't you want to ask him why he married me?" Mi Shu was a little angry.

"It's nothing more than trying to control Zizhong through this."

"So you already knew."

Zhao Yun did not answer.

"It's getting late, it's time for me to go."

"Go back and tell Mi Fang that Tang Zhou's men are not all wiped out." Zhao Yun suddenly spoke.

"Can't you kill after all, how many people are left?"

"Like all my men left, six thousand."

"What!?" Mi Shu exclaimed in surprise, "Where are they now?" ”

"As you can imagine, there's only one place for them to go."

"You! Then why don't you eradicate them. Mi Shu was a little annoyed. Of course, she knew the place Zhao Yun was talking about - the Yellow Turban Grain Depot.

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Thirteen Sages were originally preparing to seize some states and counties to fight against the imperial court for a long time, so every time the Yellow Turban Army plundered the grain, grass and ordnance of the government, they would find a secret place in the states and counties where they revolted and store it.

But he didn't expect that his approach would be opposed by the other main halls, and he didn't expect that he would lose so quickly. As a result, these mysterious granaries were sealed before they could be used.

If these 6,000 people use the grain depot in Xuzhou, then whoever they support, that person will become the lord of Xuzhou.

"Rest assured, they are always Yefeng, and they will not use troops for their own benefit. They just want to live. Zhao Yun said with certainty.

"I hope they won't be used by people with intentions, and they will leave." After speaking, without waiting for Zhao Yun to respond, Mi Shu turned around and left.

……

It seems that in troubled times, everything is contrary to people's expectations.

On today's happy day, Zhang Fei couldn't continue to stay in the city to celebrate. Because it was close to noon, he was secretly sent out by his eldest brother Liu Bei.

Liu Bei got a piece of news that disturbed him - Chen Gong and the others' soldiers and horses went to Xiaopei to join Lu Bu.

Zhang Fei naturally knew the severity, and without saying a word, he came to Xiaopei City with 5,000 men and horses.

When Lu Bu heard that Zhang Fei was coming with troops, he immediately opened the door to greet him.

The work on face still has to be done, and Zhang Fei has no choice but to get off the horse and give up.

"Brother Yidexian, I was about to congratulate Xuande, why did you come here first?" Lu Bu asked with a smile.

"Hehe, it's just that some patrolling scouts reported that Chen Gong and other generals who left because of a dispute with you before came to the vicinity of this place. The eldest brother was afraid that Brother Lu would be in trouble, so he sent me over to help. Now it seems that the probe must have been a false alarm. Zhang Fei also replied with a smile.

"The public platform is indeed in this small pei, but it is not for my city." As he spoke, Lu Bu pointed his hand, and Chen Gong, Cao Xing and the others walked out of the city gate.

"After all, the generals have been born and died with me for many years, and there were some disputes before, but they have repented later, and now I have settled my old suspicions with them."

"Oh? Hehe, isn't it a double happiness today? Now that Brother Lu and the generals have been relieved, why don't they go to Pengcheng together for a glass of wine? Zhang Fei laughed and looked at Chen Gong and the others.

"That's very good, if the state pastor doesn't mind, then I might as well be respectful."

Chen Gong smiled and arched his hand.

After that, Lü Bu went to Pengcheng with Zhang Fei with Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, Cao Xing, Hao Meng, and Cheng Lian, leaving Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, and Diao Chan in the city.

Before leaving, Chen Gong whispered to Gao Shun and Cheng Lian, and later led the trapping camp and a team of wolves to pick them up.

This is also a helpless move. Since Lu Bu took away the baggage camp, Chen Gong and the others had been relying on Tang Zhou's grain supplies from the grain depot before. Of course, Tang Zhou kept an eye on it, and did not let Chen Gong know that there was a grain stock.

But when Tang Zhou died, Chen Gong's soldiers and horses ran out of food. At this time, Lu Bu lived in Xiaopei, and they couldn't go to loot the villages and towns, so they had no choice but to come to join Lu Bu.

They didn't expect that they had been acting in secret, but they still hadn't escaped Liu Bei's eyes. Now that he is warmly invited by Zhang Fei, if he can't twist it, it will definitely make him suspicious.

So Chen Gong took a compromise and left half of the generals to defend the city. And the main generals, including himself and Lu Bu, went to congratulate him, and Zhang Fei would not be embarrassed any more.

But both sides know that this peace, full of suspicion, will not last long......

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Yangzhou, 30 miles southwest of Qu'a.

During this time, Sun Ce conquered Meiling, Huyi, and Jiangcheng all the way. What made him even more overjoyed was that Zhang Zhao, the old man of the Seven Sages, personally commanded 10,000 "Leaning Han" subordinates, used fire oil and strong crossbows to set fire, and captured Moling City, which had made Sun Ce and Zhou Yu quite sad before.

In fact, this is also thanks to Zhenrong. This person's old habits are difficult to change, and soon after Sun Ce left, he killed Xue Li as he killed Zhao Yu, the magistrate of Guangling County.

And the "wise" Lord Liu Xuan, Sun Ce did not come to the rescue of the siege before, but at this time he personally led a large army to crusade against Zhenrong. Timid, he fled into the mountains, and was soon killed by the sixth night marshal of the six sages, Chang Ao, who led the crowd.

Liu Miao threw down the new city guard and withdrew the army, but the newly appointed city guard was nothing compared to Xue Li, and the seven sages were directly scared out of the city and surrendered by a burst of rockets.

In this way, when Sun Ce and the Seven Sages converged in Qu'a, they had already swept away all the parts of Liu Xuan.

This is also due to the strategy that the three virtuous elders secretly discussed from other main halls, that is, each virtuous elder charged three more night marshals.

Among the six night commanders, three are generals and three are assassins, so that whether it is a battlefield duel or a killing of important personnel, the strength of the "Tilting Han" is far stronger than that of other single assassin organizations like the night blade.

It was also this kind of strong accumulation of strength that made Sun Ce like a bamboo, and quickly leveled Liu Xuan's power.

At this time, Liu Miao stood at the head of the city, looking at Sun Cejun below, and had lost the desire to resist.

But not all of his generals were like him.

The gate of Qu'a suddenly opened, and the three generals went out of the city with their soldiers and horses.

Sun Ce looked around, there were Fan Neng and Yu El, who were defeated by him in Hengjiangjin before, and Zhang Ying, who was defeated by him in Danglikou.

"Ce'er, go ahead. Presumably this is the last fight of Liu Xuan's mourning dog. Zhang Zhao patted Sun Ce on the shoulder.

Sun Ce nodded and led the horse forward.

Zhou Yu and the others were about to follow, but they were stopped by Zhang Zhao, "Let the people of Jiangdong take a look at the tiger power of the Sun family." ”

When Zhang Ying saw that only Sun Ce was coming by himself, he was instantly furious and shouted: "Sun Ce Xiaoer, is there no one to bully our army!" And he led his horse to meet him.

It's no wonder that he is so annoyed, because in the eyes of outsiders, Sun Ce does look down on the other party a little - he didn't even bring any blades.

Zhang Ying clenched the spear in his hand and stabbed him in the heart as he exchanged horses with Sun Ce.

Sun Ce saw the momentum of the gun, dodged and dodged, then turned his left hand into a fist, pushed the gun to the right very quickly, and then hit Zhang Ying with a heavy fist with his right hand, hitting Zhang Ying's throat. This brought the speed of the war horses on both sides, and the force was so fierce that Zhang Ying was knocked off the horse.

Yu Mi hurriedly drove forward and came to Zhang Ying's side to take a closer look, only to find that Zhang Ying's neck bone had been broken, and his head was softly tilted to the side at this time.

Yu Mi was surprised and also very angry, so he danced his big axe, clamped the horse's belly, and rushed to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce had already stopped his horse at this time and was sitting upright on his horse. Seeing Yu Mi cut down with an axe, he took off his stirrups with both feet and jumped off his horse.

Yu Mi's big axe directly cut down Sun Ce's war horse, but at the same time, Sun Ce rushed to Yu Mi's horse with an arrow step.

He grabbed Yu Mi's armor with one hand, grabbed the saddle with the other, and turned over directly and sat behind Yu Mi.

Yu Mi secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, but the tomahawk was too long, and it was inconvenient to be close to his body.

Sun Ce exerted all his strength, and hit Mi Mi's waist with both fists at the same time.

With a miserable scream, Yu Mi only felt that his eyes were dark, and when he regained consciousness, the blade had already been taken off, and he was being coerced by Sun Ce to run towards the enemy formation.

He tried to struggle, but as soon as he exerted the slightest force, he felt a burning pain in his lower back, presumably because his ribs had been broken.

Seeing this, Fan Neng shouted: "The rats are gone!" So he hurriedly chased after him, trying to save Yu Mi.

But when he chased after Sun Ce only twenty steps away, Sun Ce suddenly turned around and shouted.

Man can resist fear, but war horses cannot go against instinct. This sound was like a fierce tiger, and it frightened the war horse to its feet.

Fan Neng was caught off guard and was thrown down. But this was not the worst, because the next moment, the hooves of the fleeing war horse happened to step on his head.

There was a muffled sound, blood and brains splashed everywhere, and Fan Neng was "betrayed" by his war horse.

Sun Ce stopped the war horse and threw it down, only to find that he was also breathing. It turned out that due to Sun Ce's excessive force, the broken ribs pierced Yu Mi's lungs.

There was a moment of silence, and thunderous cheers erupted in Sun Ce's army, while the soldiers of Liu Xuanjun outside the city stood in place at a loss.

Seeing this scene, Liu Miao sat down at the head of the city.

After a long time, he slowly got up and said in a weak voice: "Order, Kaesong surrenders." ”