Chapter 34: The Hero's End
Zhang Jiao's eyes looked at Xiao Yuan's eyes tightly, and after a long time, his body gradually relaxed, and his body with his arms propped up fell back on the bed.
"General Xiao, my life is not long in coming, if it weren't for my believers outside, I wouldn't want to live even a day, my sins are too heavy" Zhang Jiao's hoarse voice carried a hint of exhaustion.
"In that case, why are you rebelling?"
"In my early years, I traveled the world, saw the sufferings of the people, and when I got the Taiping technique, I thought that I was the chosen one, and I had to bear the responsibility of saving the people of the world and the dire situation, but I didn't expect it, alas"
"I didn't expect the inferiority of human nature, once people suddenly have power beyond their imagination, what they do after that is not even as good as the princes and nobles you hate"
Xiao Yuan saw Zhang Jiao slumped on the bed and nodded slightly.
"General Xiao is right, not only those people but even my two younger brothers were fascinated by the sudden power, and after hearing General Xiao's name of benevolence and righteousness for a long time, I also hope that General Xiao will show me a clear way, so that I can feel at ease even under the spring."
After Zhang Jiao finished speaking, his eyes slowly closed and tears slid down his face.
"You want to die?"
"Ugh"
"With me here, it's hard to die because of your illness," Xiao Yuan said as the corners of his mouth slowly rose as he looked at Zhang Jiao.
"What, is there any way you can heal me?"
Zhang Jiao was conceited that his medical skills could be regarded as the top in the world, and he had already sentenced himself to death, but he didn't expect Xiao Yuan to be able to save her, so he couldn't help but say in surprise.
"But it's better for you to die than to live."
Zhang Jiao was a little blinded by Xiao Yuan's logic, and he understood what Xiao Yuan meant when he rolled his eyes. If he dies, the spiritual pillar of the Yellow Turban Army will be gone, and the rest of the people will be just a mess of scattered sand, which can be broken at will.
"Do you want to die or live?"
"Dead"
Zhang Jiao was a little relieved this time, opened his mouth and laughed, and let go of the hand that had been covering his abdomen because of the pain.
"But I want you to live, now let all the Yellow Turban Commanders come over."
"Uh, okay," Zhang Jiao was slightly stunned, and then said with a painful face.
In the corner room.
Zhang Jiaoqiang cheered up and sat on the bed, Zhang Liang, Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang and other Qu Shuai who were in charge of the Yellow Turban Army around him were all sitting around the bed.
"Big brother, do you feel better," Zhang Liang asked with concern.
He knew clearly in his heart that if he didn't have this big brother, he would just be a living in a small village and being bullied, and he would have the scenery of commanding hundreds of thousands of people to fight.
"Brother Xian is worried, my brother has been feeling better and better in recent days, you will drink the divine water in front of you."
Zhang Jiao motioned for everyone to drink the runic water burned from the ashes lit with rune paper in front of them, which was the tradition of the Yellow Turban Army, and Zhang Jiao was first famous for his rune paper to save people, so this runic water also became a necessary procedure for the Yellow Turban leader's gathering.
Even though they all know that the water doesn't really do anything. But I drank them all anyway.
A trace of pain appeared on Zhang Jiao's face, and then he hid it.
"Brothers, since I preached, I have taken it as my mission to cure diseases and save people in the world, but during the time I was in bed, I found that I was wrong, I was really wrong."
Zhang Jiao said, tears flowed down from the corners of his eyes,
"Big brother, what do you mean by this, although Xiao Yuan's house is outside the city now, it's only 20,000, and we are seven times as much as him, why is the big brother so negative" Zhang Liang jumped to his feet first and asked at Zhang Jiao.
"Third brother, the two defeats in Zhuojun and Yingchuan have lost most of us, not counting the brothers of other small parties, those are all living human lives, don't you wake up, the combat power of the official army is not comparable to ours"
"Heavenly Master, although our combat strength is low, but in terms of numbers, we still have nearly 300,000 people, and it is not impossible to overthrow this corrupt man if we gather together" Pei Yuanshao also had red eyes, stood up and said loudly to Zhang Jiao.
"And then, have you ever wondered how many more people have died because of this?"
"How can those who do great things be held up by these little things, sacrificing their humble lives for success, it is worth it"
The look of pain on Zhang Jiao's face became even more intense.
"Master Zhang, forget it, don't say it again, their hearts are already dark"
Xiao Yuan walked out from behind with his hands behind his back.
"Who are you?" shouted in unison
"Xiao Yuan"
"Xiao Yuan? You are Xiao Yuan, I didn't expect you to dare to appear here" Zhang Liang roared loudly, his right hand clenched the hilt of the knife on his side and said, "Brothers, I will kill it as soon as possible, and the officers and soldiers outside will be defeated"
The sound of drawing knives sounded one after another.
"Presumptuous, General Xiao is my guest, put down the knife for me, cough cough"
"Big brother, he is an officer and soldier, and we are a traitor in their eyes, do you also take refuge in the officers and soldiers?"
Everyone looked at him with red eyes, hoping that Zhang Jiao could give them an explanation.
"I'm saving you, at the beginning, my brothers rebelled just to seek the well-being of the common people in this world, 'the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, the world is auspicious' The words are still imprinted in my mind, but now, we have become a scourge in this world, a group of brothers and even bandits and bandits are looting everywhere under our banner, cough cough" Zhang Jiao coughed even more severely because he was too excited. But it was still suppressed.
"Big brother, I don't care, I just know that now I am a thousand times better than before, and I don't want to live the old days of being bullied again"
"Heavenly Master, do you want to leave us alone?"
Everyone shouted indignantly, Pei Yuanshao had already raised his long knife and came towards Xiao Yuan.
"Zhang Jiao, I said that they have rotted from their hearts, now you believe it" Xiao Yuan looked at the farce in front of him, and said without any emotion in his voice.
"Ah" Pei Yuanshao, who rushed forward with a knife, suddenly fell to the ground with a wail.
The screams continued to resound in the crowd one after another, as if they were contagious.
"Big brother, why did you do this" Zhang Liang looked at Zhang Jiao in confusion. And Zhang Jiao's constantly suppressed expression gradually appeared painful.
"Let's end this farce with the lives of a few of us, don't blame me, third brother," Zhang Jiaosheng said with tears in his eyes.
"General Xiao, I hope that after we die, you can let go of the people outside and keep our promise, cough cough" After speaking, blood flowed from the corner of Zhang Jiao's mouth.
"Cough cough" The coughing sound became heavier and heavier, and finally Zhang Jiao could no longer suppress the stuffiness in his chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
They all fell to the ground and died.
"Hey, why bother," Xiao Yuan sighed faintly as he looked at Zhang Jiao's corpse.
Originally, Xiao Yuan hoped that Zhang Jiao and the rest of the Yellow Turban generals could survive and his illness could be cured, but Zhang Jiao insisted on refusing, believing that only when they died could he smooth out the sins he had committed.
"It's time"
'Boom, boom, boom', a loud explosion appeared at the north gate of Wangdu County.
"Kill"
"Kill"