Chapter 60: The First Battle of the Three Brothers

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, the three of them sat on the steps with their arms crossed in a daze, watching the people behind them enter and leave the house, Liu Bei sighed and patted Zhang Fei's shoulder and said, "Third brother, let's go"

Zhang Fei stood up a little reluctantly, this mansion had been sold by Zhang Fei, and at this time, a servant holding a scroll of paintings, ran over and said, "Master Zhang, your words"

Zhang Fei took it and shook it open, there was a woman painted on the scroll, beautiful as a fairy, Liu Bei looked at it, and suddenly Liu Bei pointed to the seal at the bottom of the scroll as if he had seen a ghost and said, "Yun Chang, come and see, is it that I am dazzled, how is this the name of the third brother." ”

Guan Yu came over, looked at this picture scroll carefully with a pair of Danfeng eyes, turned his head to look at Zhang Fei, turned his head to look at the picture scroll, and finally calmly said to Liu Bei, "Big brother, you are not dazzled, it is indeed the name of the third brother."

Zhang Fei scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Then my hobby is painting."

Liu Bei stared at Zhang Fei with his eyes, and he didn't expect that Zhang Fei, who was five big and three thick, was still a master of painting, Liu Bei stretched out his thumb and said to Zhang Fei, "You are amazing!" ”

Zhang Fei's big black face was a little embarrassed when Liu Bei looked at him, but he just smirked vigorously.

After the episode, the three of them used the money from the sale of the house to start recruiting the rebels, and soon a team of 500 people was pulled up by the three.

But a new problem came again, that is, there was no horse, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were at a loss, Liu Bei smiled mysteriously, "You two come with me"

Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to a manor, and Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei, "Yide, do you know where this is?" ”

Zhang Fei nodded, he didn't know what Liu Bei was doing here, the owner of this mansion was called Su Shuang, and he was a well-known businessman in Youzhou.

After Liu Bei let people report, there was a hearty laugh in the house not long after

"Hahaha, nephew Liu Xian, what kind of wind blew you here?"

A slightly chubby middle-aged man appeared in front of Liu Bei and the others, grabbed Liu Bei's hand and said, "Let's go, let's talk inside"

This slightly chubby man is Su Shuang, Su Shuang took Liu Bei and the three of them into the mansion, and after getting people to prepare refreshments, Liu Bei arched his hand and said to Su Shuang, "Uncle Su, Xuande is here today to ask Uncle for a favor."

Su Shuang held the teacup and asked, "What's the matter?" Virtuous nephew, but it doesn't hurt to say."

"I want to borrow some horses from my uncle," Liu Bei said, and said again about recruiting the rebels

After hearing this, Su Shuang put the teacup on the case, looked at Liu Bei and said, "I want a horse, it's really time for you to come, it just so happens that Zhang Shiping from Zhongshan County is also in my house." Now this Yellow Turban Army is really getting more and more excessive, blocking the roads and robbing the merchants, it is simply evil."

"Lao Su, Lao Su, went to drink"

A rough middle-aged man outside the hall walked in with a big grin, and when he saw that there were so many people in the hall, he was a little flustered, Su Shuang quickly got up and pointed at the man and said, "What is it really about, No, he is Zhang Shiping"

Liu Bei got up and nodded politely, and after Su Shuang introduced Liu Bei and the three to Zhang Shiping, Zhang Shiping looked at Liu Bei and the three of them with blazing eyes and said, "You want to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army?" ”

Liu Bei nodded, and Zhang Shiping hit it off, "Okay, I'll give you five hundred horses for free, I don't have any other requirements, I just hope that you will clear the roads in Zhuo County and Zhongshan County for me, and now Lao Tzu can't go back if he has a home."

Several people discussed overnight in Su Shuang's mansion, and on the second day, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei began their slow journey with the five hundred soldiers recruited.

Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping not only gave them horses, but also gave them a lot of money, in Su Shuang's words, their businessmen hope that this troubled world will end as soon as possible, and the yellow scarves are everywhere, and their business is really difficult to do.

Youzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Liu Yan covered his forehead and looked at the stacks of urgent documents in front of him, after Lu Zhi entered Jizhou with the fifth school of the Northern Army, the small Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou ran to Youzhou one after another.

Liu Yan has a headache, these yellow turbans are inexhaustible, as many as carp crossing the river, huh?

Liu Yan took the latest battle report handed over by Captain Zou Jing, Liu Yan slowly opened the battle report, and the things on the battle report made Liu Yan shocked. There were a few short sentences written on this battle report: Guangyang City was lost, Taishou Liu Wei was killed, and the thief army was marching towards Zhuo County.

Liu Yan stood up and asked Zou Jing, the captain standing beside him, "When did this happen?" ”

Zou Jing whispered, "It just came."

Liu Yan walked back and forth, feeling a little panicked in his heart, "How many people are on the other side, and who is leading the troops?" ”

Zou Jing took two steps forward and said, "The thief is Cheng Yuanzhi, and Deng Mao is leading 50,000 thieves to Zhuo County."

Liu Yan sighed and said, "How many soldiers do we have?" Can you go to support Zhuogun? ”

Zou Jing shook her head helplessly and said, "Most of Youzhou's troops went to Jizhou with Lu Zhonglang, and now it would be good to have three or five thousand defenders in each county, I'm afraid that Zhuo County will fall soon." ”

Liu Yan hit several cases with his fist, and Liu Yan seemed to have made up his mind, "Zou Jing, you lead 5,000 people to rush to Zhuo County to support"

Zou Jing asked in astonishment, "My lord, isn't there an empty city here?" ”

Liu Yan clenched his fists and said, "I can't care so much, you hurry up and prepare."

Zou Jing wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he didn't say anything, he left the state pastor's mansion after giving a salute to Liu Yan.

Outside the city of Zhuo County, there was a team of 500 people, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei sat in the military tent and discussed things.

Liu Bei laid a map of the territory of the Han Dynasty in front of him, and Liu Bei circled his fingers on the map, and then designated his hand in Guangzong City, Jizhou

"Let's go here" Liu Bei said with burning eyes, "Guangzong is the base camp of Taiping Dao, and Lu Zhi, who leads the army, is my mentor, so I can take care of it."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both nodded in agreement after a glance, Liu Bei strode out of the military tent, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei followed.

Liu Bei waved his sleeves in the face of the five hundred volunteers who had been assembled

"Let's go!"

"Oh!"

The five hundred volunteers shouted, they were all recruited by the three Liu Bei brothers, and in the daily exercises, the five hundred volunteers were convinced by the ability of the three Liu Bei brothers.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei turned over their horses respectively, and the three of them walked in front of the team, marching towards Guangzong City in Jizhou along the way.

"Huh, big brother, the scout came to report, and a team of officers and soldiers was found in front" Zhang Fei rode to Liu Bei's side, "Do we want to meet?" ”

Liu Bei thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, let's see"

It didn't take long for Liu Bei to follow Zhang Fei to see an army of about 5,000 people from a distance, these officers and soldiers were wearing the standard armor of the Han Empire, their pace was vigorous and steady, and the banner was embroidered with a big Zou character, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei glanced at each other, and the two horses brought up the smoke and dust all the way, Liu Bei shouted while running, "Liu Bei, the leader of the volunteer army in Xiazhuo County, dare to ask which general it is?" ”

Hearing Liu Bei's shout, this army immediately stopped, and quickly formed a defensive lineup, under the banner, Zou Jing was dressed in fish-scale Confucian armor, with a sword on his waist, and slowly spoke, "Youzhou Captain Zou Jing, just asked the strong man what's the matter?" ”

Liu Bei had already stopped his horse at this moment, keeping a certain distance from Zou Jing, Liu Bei opened his mouth and said, "The leader of the Volunteer Army in Xiazhuo County, I specially came here to ask if there is anything you need to do here?" ”

"Leader of the Volunteer Army" Zou Jing's eyes lit up, and now he led 5,000 troops to aid Zhuo County, but the enemy has 50,000 people, and he met the righteous army here, which is really good, Zou Jing rode out of the battle and said, "How do you call a strong man?" ”

Liu Bei hugged his fists and said, "After Liu Bei's word Xuande, King Jing of Zhongshan, the great-grandson of His Excellency Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty" Liu Bei pointed to Zhang Fei beside him and said, "This is my third brother, Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide"

"Liu Bei, Liu Xuande," Zou Jing muttered, then raised his head and said in amazement, "Lu Zhi, Lu Zhonglang is your teacher?" ”

"Exactly" Liu Bei replied, Zou Jing was overjoyed, sure enough, it was this kid, the officialdom of Zhuo County in the past was caused by this kid, it was rumored that he still had some relationship with the state pastor Liu Yan, and I didn't expect him to be the leader of the volunteers.

Zou Jing waved his hand to let the armorer lift his guard, invited Liu Bei to his side, and said, "Xuande, where are you going?" ”

Liu Bei opened his mouth and said, "I have nothing to do, I am preparing to lead the troops to Jizhou to help the teacher Lu Zhi."

Zou Jing nodded, and said with a heavy face, "I'm afraid you won't be able to go now."

"Why?" Liu Bei asked suspiciously, and Zou Jing opened his mouth and said, "Taiping Dao Cheng Yuanzhi, Deng Mao led 50,000 Yellow Turban troops are heading towards Zhuo County, Xuande might as well stay and help me."

Liu Bei frowned, he couldn't imagine that the Yellow Turban Army was going to attack Zhuo County, Zou Jing opened his mouth at this time and said, "How many people are there in Xuande?" ”

"Five hundred!"

Zou Jing was slightly disappointed when she heard this, five hundred people is tantamount to a drop in the barrel, but it is better than nothing.

Liu Bei asked Zou Jing and said, "Where have the enemy troops arrived?" ”

Zou Jing asked someone to take a marching map, pointed to a place, and said, "According to the enemy's marching speed, they should be here in Daxing Mountain."

"Daxing Mountain" Liu Bei looked at the map, his eyes were shining, the terrain of Daxing Mountain was like the mouth of the gourd, narrow in front and wide in the back, Liu Bei said to Zou Jing, "Captain Zou, this is an excellent ambush location"

Zou Jing frowned and said, "You mean to take the initiative?" ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "The enemy is 50,000, we only have about 5,000 people, if we defend Zhuojun City, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and this Daxing Mountain Pass is a gourd mouth, we will block this gourd mouth, and then set up an ambush on both sides, and give the enemy a surprise when the time comes."

Zou Jing thought for a moment with a solemn face and said, "Just according to what you say"

Daxing Mountain, the terrain is complicated, to the bottom of Daxing Mountain is a gourd mouth like a valley, at this moment here is full of people, it is a large army, these people are clothed with hair, wipe their foreheads with yellow scarves, it is the Yellow Turban Army of Taiping Road, the number of this Yellow Turban Army is about 50,000 people, the first two people, one is named Cheng Yuanzhi, is a small square Taoist master in Youzhou, make a big knife, the other is called Deng Mao, with a short gun.

Cheng Yuanzhi and Deng Mao just walked out of the gourd mouth of Daxing Mountain, Cheng Yuanzhi saw that there were just three or four thousand people behind him who had just passed the gourd mouth, so he said to Deng Mao, "Urge the ones behind, let them hurry up"

Deng Mao was about to leave, when suddenly a gong sounded in front of him. Deng Mao, Cheng Yuanzhi turned around, only to see a team of people in front of him, all light green light armor, the first person was Liu Bei Liu Xuande, Liu Bei was on the left Guan Yun Chang holding the Qinglong Yanyue knife, Dan Feng eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, three-foot long hair without wind automatically, and Zhang Yide was holding a snake spear in his hand, and the leopard's eyes were wide open. Liu Beile armistice horse holding the cadre Mo Ye pointed at Cheng Yuanzhi and said: "Anti-country and traitor, why don't you surrender early!" ”

Cheng Yuanzhi squinted his eyes and scolded unlucky, but when he saw that the other party was only five hundred, Cheng Yuanzhi gave Deng Mao a look, and Deng Mao understood and took his Yellow Turban Army to kill him directly.

Liu Bei's side, Zhang Fei was anxious, without waiting for Liu Bei to speak, he jumped out of the horse alone, and before Deng Mao could react, Zhang Fei's eight snake spears shook and passed through, Deng Mao looked at the big hole in his chest that was dug out by Zhang Fei's blow in disbelief, and his body was crooked and fell off the horse.

Cheng Yuanzhi was shocked, this is how the freak from there killed Deng Mao all at once, just as Cheng Yuanzhi was about to retreat, a cold snort suddenly sounded in his ears, Cheng Yuanzhi's pupils shrank sharply, and the hand holding the knife was still in the future, and a long-haired man wearing a brocade green and hundred flowers robe appeared in front of him abruptly, the man's Danfeng eyes suddenly opened, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand swung down, and the blood flashed, Cheng Yuanzhi was actually split in half by Guan Yu.

As soon as the rest of the Yellow Turban Army saw that the leader was dead, they began to flee with no military discipline, and at this time, the five thousand elite Han troops led by Zou Jing were ambushed on both sides of Daxing Mountain.

Liu Bei rode his horse and walked slowly on this battlefield,

Close your eyes

Shook his head helplessly,

This fight was his own first

Compared with Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's dazzling performance

He almost didn't kill a single person

Because he looked at their frightened eyes

The cadre Mo Ye was finally put away by him

People in troubled times

When the times are troubled and die

But I'm Liu Bei

After all, I still can't bear it

Attack these Yellow Turban Army, who were supposed to be ordinary people

These people rebelled because of hunger and misery, and because they had dried up their tears

They were also subjects of the Han Empire

Liu Bei's closed eyes seemed to have tears streaked across them

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also seemed to see Liu Bei's strangeness, Guan Yu came to Liu Bei's side and said in a deep voice, "Since you are already our brother, let's show the courage to move forward in this troubled world!" ”

Liu Bei opened his eyes

"Ah, you're right"

Liu Bei's eyes were firm under the sun,

The face is resolute