Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 27 A Promise of a Thousand Gold

At noon, when our whole army was in the middle of the village, the groom handed me my male and female swords, and I hesitated for a moment and waved my hand to let the groom stand down. In comparison, I still like to use the knife, I like its fierceness, I like its indomitable progress, riding the high speed of the horse, walking with the wind, swinging the knife to cut the enemy off the horse, how happy it is. Why force it to be similar to history, I am who I am.

Under my command, the wall facing the Yellow Turban Army in front suddenly fell, and 6,000 soldiers rushed out, Guan Yu was in the center, Zhang Fei was on the left, and Guan Hai was on the right. The soldiers in the front row raised their bright spears. At the sound of the order, the three teams came out in unison, and steadily approached the enemy army with passionate singing.

I couldn't let the enemy have a chance to breathe, so I tightened my arms and shields, drew my sabre, and shouted to Zou Jing's troops: "Chinese army, advance." I am invincible. ”

All the soldiers responded in unison: "I am invincible." ”

"Drum sound", I rode my horse and gave the order in a loud voice: "Goal, straight ahead, forward." ”

The drums sounded, the blood of the soldiers was boiling, and with neat steps, we sang the national mourning with swords and guns.

When the Chinese army led by me entered the firing range, Guan Hai's troops had already begun to jog, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw this, and also waved his hand to order the soldiers to jog and began to warm up before the attack.

In between the drums, I shouted the order: "Archer, open bow, shoot up, release"

At my command, a round of arrows came out of the bow and pounced on the opposing soldiers. The sky was filled with the sound of bowstrings crumbling and arrows crunching. Although the hit rate of these three rounds of arrows was not high, because it was fired from the back, the Yellow Turban soldiers began to look up overhead in a panic, dodging in all directions, and the team was even more scattered.

At this time, Guan Hai's team had begun to sprint with all their might, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's troops also entered the sprint, and the soldiers learned from Guan Hai while running, letting out a strange scream. The three armies crashed into the small earthen embankment as if it were a torrent, quickly causing the embankment to collapse.

I immediately gave the order: "Archers, spearmen, stand still." He turned his head and instructed Zou Jing: "Captain Zou, this is handed over to you, you can find an opportunity to fight outside the formation." ”

Without waiting for him to reply, I rushed to the front of the formation, brandishing my sword and shouting, "Swordman, come with me." After saying that, he rushed into the enemy formation first.

There were panicked enemy troops everywhere, and the ranks of tens of thousands of people were unorganized, and when they saw us rushing towards us, the most reaction of the enemy soldiers was to scatter and flee, and the soldiers who did not have time to flee organized a weak resistance and quickly disappeared into our torrent. I brandished my saber and shouted at the soldiers: "Advance, take the Chinese army directly, and capture the thief alive." ”

The soldiers responded in unison: "Take the Chinese army directly and capture the thief alive." ”

I rode to the front, and even if someone blocked the way, I didn't want to slash and kill along the way, so I directly used my knife to pull away the opponent's blade and trampled on the horse to knock things down.

Forward, we keep moving forward, killing the enemy's Chinese army.

When they arrived at the enemy's Chinese army, they saw that Guan Zhangguan and the three of them were in a fierce battle. The enemy's team of about 3,000 people lined up in a dense formation, desperately resisting Guan Zhangguan's three-sided attack, and the Yellow Turban soldiers, who had no swords and guns, connected their arms to each other, and used their bodies as shields to block our swords and guns. Many of the Yellow Turbans, even when they died, used their arms to connect themselves to their comrades. The living Yellow Turbans have the flesh and blood of their dead brothers on their faces. Their faces were full of unyielding fortitude.

Good man, what my big man lacks is such a good man who would rather die than give in. I waved my hand to stop the attack attempt of our department, called two lieutenants of Zou Jing's department, and said to them: "There are three fierce generals attacking here, it is enough, you leave me 50 soldiers, and the rest are divided into two teams, disperse the surrounding miscellaneous soldiers, and do not let them gather here, which is a great achievement." Go ahead. ”

Immediately before the battle, I watched the tragic fight. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei cherish their famous horses, and pay attention to protecting the horses every time they attack, and leave after a short battle, but with the terrifying attack ability of these two people, no less than 100 Yellow Turban soldiers are pulled out from the opponent's tight formation every time they attack. However, the attack method of these two people still follows the attack of personal heroism, with themselves as the vanguard, leading the department to hit the opponent's embankment like a tide.

Looking back at Guan Hai, this reckless man was also angry, except for Zhang Fei's roar, the audience was full of his strange screams, and the soldiers he led did not retreat an inch, once they launched an attack, they stood firm and firmly held on. As for himself, hovering outside the formation, where there was strong resistance, he let out a strange cry: "A certain platoon dodges, wait for me to kill the enemy." Immediately, a whirlwind rushed in, crushing several of the most stubborn resistors, and quickly flashed out of the formation, from which the soldiers took a step forward and continued to kill the enemy.

Under the fierce attack of these people, the encirclement shrank smaller and smaller. There are fewer and fewer people resisting. Strangely, the three of them were surrounded on three sides, although the back road was completely unattended. But none of them fled, mighty and unyielding. Such loyal and righteous people, I will not be moved by them, but I will also preserve this integrity for our nation.

Thinking of this, I shouted an order to stop the attack of Guan Zhangguan and the three of them. Then he shouted to the array: "Leader, who is it?" I am Liu Bei and Liu Xuande of Zhuo County. The leader came out and saw him. ”

The Yellow Turban soldiers were silent, and I shouted again, "Who is leading the army here?" Now that your great power is gone, and your defeat is imminent, these soldiers are loyal and righteous men, and I cannot bear to kill them, will you use the blood of these warriors to witness your defeat? ”

Silence, hatred in my heart. Just as he was about to give the order to attack again, a gap flashed silently in front of the formation, and a strong man walked to the front of the formation supported by two people, and said to me in a weak voice: "I am the leading general, the Yellow Turban Army Jizhou Thorn Assassin Zhang Niujiao." Liu Bei of Zhuo County, I have been famous for a long time"

Huh, General? Jizhou Thorn History? This man has a lot of temperament. The highest military governor of a state in the Han Dynasty was nothing more than a school captain, including a fierce man like Gongsun Zhan, and as for the general, they all needed to be appointed by the imperial court. This person dares to call himself a general, what a big tone, and the history of Jizhou assassination, who is Jizhou in his hands now, Zhang Jiao dares to appoint Jizhou assassin history, it is really funny.

I looked at Zhang Niujiao, and saw that he had bandages in three places, one of which was near the left side of his chest, and the blood oozed red from the bandage, but it still showed the might of an eagle. I nodded, it seems that this man is the first soldier, in front of the battle, but he was wounded by our bow and arrows, and is surrounded here, looking at his condition, he is not far from death.

I said slowly: "Your Excellency has plundered Jizhou, and the people have suffered unspeakably wherever you have passed, and their sins are unforgivable. Today, Your Excellency is besieged here by me, there is no way to escape, the general trend has gone, the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, not the following order to cease the war! I see these warriors, fighting to the death for you, I can't bear them to die in battle, I give you a share of glory, in order to save these brave warriors, what do you think? ”

Zhang Niujiao gasped and said to me with difficulty: "I don't know what glory Your Excellency wants to give me? ”

I looked down at him majestically and said to him, "How about I give you the glory of fighting and dying with me?" ”

The Yellow Turban soldier immediately let out an uproar, and when he looked at his injuries, he also showed a sarcastic smile. I smiled coldly, and said to him: "The eldest husband was born in the world, he should stand up to the sky and the earth, and he should die in battle." As far as I am concerned: I would rather die with a sword than die in bed from an injury and illness, and my head will be taken by others to take credit. Do you think it is not right for you to be surrounded on all sides by me today, wounded and dying of my wounds, and I have given you this glory? ”

When Zhang Niujiao heard this, his face immediately became solemn, his arms shook, separated the person who supported him, bowed to me slightly, and said: "In the past, I heard the rumor that 'if you don't know Liu Xuande in your life, it is in vain to call you a hero', and I often have no anger. Today, when I heard Xuande Gong's words, it seems that my Zhang Niujiao is shallow. Since Xuande Gong has given me this glory, so that I will not die in bed due to injury and illness, and let my brother not die on the battlefield, how can I live up to Xuande Gong's good intentions. ”

Zhang Niujiao whispered to the people around him: "Bring a sword, let me fight with Xuande Gong." ”

The people around me handed over a sword, Zhang Niujiao held the sword in his hand, his body shook, I frowned, and ordered: "Take a gun and let him support his body." ”

Zhang Niujiao took the spear handed by Xiang Yong, plunged the head of the spear into the soil, stood with the gun in one hand, looked around, and ordered: "Everyone, the general trend has gone, put down the sword." Hearing this, the sound of abandoning the sword sounded around him.

Zhang Niujiao turned his head to look at me and said to me: "Xuande Gong has made a promise, and in the future, my brothers will all rely on Xuande Gong to take care of them." ”

I nodded, and said angrily, "Your Excellency, I will not treat these loyal and unyielding men badly. After saying that, I jumped off my horse and ordered the Yellow Turban soldiers in a loud voice: "Get out of the way of the people around me, let me fight your leader." ”

When the Yellow Turban sergeant heard this, he flashed out of a clearing, stood with his horns on his gun, and watched me walk in slowly, with a calm face and a look of relief from everything.

I raised my saber diagonally, the tip of which was pointed into the air, and stood still. Zhang Niujiao seemed to understand the ritual, and at my signal, he raised his sword and crossed it with my sword in the air. I looked at Zhang Niujiao and read aloud the motto that I had to recite during the Izumo Castle competition: "In the battle between the brave, there are no losers, and today you and I fight each other, no matter whether we win or lose, we are all brave." ”

Zhang Niujiao replied with a smile: "Being able to fight and die with Xuande Gong is indeed the glory given to me by Xuande Gong, and today I will live up to Xuande Gong's expectations." After speaking, Zhang Niujiao's body shook, and his face turned pale for a while.

I took two steps back, and stepped forward again, the tip of my sword pointing downward diagonally, gently touching the tip of the sword hanging from the horns. Zhang Niujiao smiled knowingly and nodded at me. I immediately took two steps back and said solemnly, "I'm here." ”

Zhang Niujiao nodded vigorously, and with great difficulty moved the sword to his chest, and I took a dodge forward, and the saber faced the wind. It flew across his neck, bringing up a bloody glow.

The carotid artery was severed, and the blood splattered high, and the sound sounded like the wind and whimpering. When the surrounding soldiers saw this, they all knelt down with tears in their eyes and wept in a low voice.

Zhang Niujiao showed a relieved smile on his face, as if he wanted to say something, and seemed to let go of something.

When I saw this, I immediately replied to him: "You fought and died with me Liu Bei, I will write this sentence on your tombstone, I will bury you well, take care of your brothers, and never let others harass your grave, you can go with confidence." ”

When Zhang Niujiao heard this, he fell down with a bang.