This is not an earthquake. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBecause the vibration from the feet is very slight, but it gradually increases from far and near. It is very regular and seems to be the sound of some kind of animal running. Zhang Wu listened to this sound with his ears, and always felt very familiar, as if there was information about this sound hidden in some corner of his memory.

"What's that sound like?" Zhang Wu tried to recall. Somehow, after hearing this voice, his heart suddenly panicked, as if something bad was about to happen. Finally, he remembered the origin of the sound: in the darkness of the night, the iron horse struck, and the sound of the horse stepping on the earth was the same as what he heard in front of him. "Cavalry, it's Li Shengjun's cavalry!" His eyes widened suddenly, and he stared at the direction from which the voice had come, and there was a horror on his face.

"Li Sheng's cavalry?" Chen Sunmeng, who had been following Zhang Wu's side, was stunned for a moment when he heard his eldest brother say this, and then came to his senses: "Retreat quickly, with our current military situation, it would be terrible if Li Sheng's cavalry ran in." Speaking of which, Chen Sun was also afraid of abnormalities. Although they also knew that Li Sheng's cavalry was not many, and it was only a mere 500 cavalry, as far as the current situation was concerned, the opponent's 500 cavalry was enough to defeat their team. Because, the formation on his side is in chaos, and he can't withstand the surprise attack of the cavalry at all.

"I understand that, too. But, isn't it too late to say this? Zhang Wu said bitterly and helplessly: "It takes time to rectify the team, and what we lack most now is time." If we stop to rectify, I'm afraid that we will be caught up by the opponent's cavalry before we can put it in order. At that point, you should understand what will happen to us. ”

"Alas, that's right!" Chen Sun nodded, a little frustrated. "What should I do?" He asked Zhang Wu. He should have answered these things, but now he was clearly in a mess, his head was muddy like mush, and he had no idea at all. He could only ask his brother.

"I can only make the final decision." Zhang Wu said helplessly.

"The final decision?" Chen Sun was taken aback: "Is it that bad that thing?" Of course, Chen Sun understood what the so-called final decision was: it was a plan for himself and Zhang Wu to flee alone when everything was going to be over. I think that at the beginning, everyone had just come out of the mountains, and everything outside was unknown. Thinking of the worst-case scenario, the two of them made such a plan in advance - to carry out this plan meant that the two of them gave up everything in front of them. Is this really necessary?

"Are you willing?" Chen Sun asked Zhang Wu. Now, can you still give up just like you didn't have anything at the beginning?

Zhang Wu was silent, he thought about himself carefully, and found that he could no longer bear the kind of life with nothing.

"In that case, why not give it a go? We have chosen this path, and now we have to stick to this path. Chen Sun saw his brother's intentions, so he said while the iron was hot. Although he also knew that the upcoming battle would be very hard, and it might even be the last battle of his life, he still made up his mind and planned to fight the other party fiercely. "The worst is death, is the boss afraid of death?" Chen Sun said excitedly.

"I'm afraid...... I'm afraid of a ball! Zhang Wu asked, scolding. All of a sudden, the kind of arrogance in him returned.

"That's good......" Chen Sun nodded heavily. He knew that from this moment on, Zhang Wu, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army who used to dominate in the south of Runan, had returned, and his arrogance, his arrogance, his ferocity, and his fearlessness were the root of the people who worked for him in the past. Although in the past six months, the stable life has eliminated a lot of his boss's domineering spirit, but Chen Sun knows that the stable days have only been consumed by the boss's superficial majesty, and in his bones, his deeply etched domineering spirit has not melted. Once he came back to his senses, everything was still possible under that strong domineering spirit.

"Hmph......" This is Zhang Wu's response to Chen Sun's muttering. There's nothing bad about it, it's just a habit. A long time ago, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun got along like this.

Gradually, the figure of the cavalry on the opposite side appeared. One of the first generals, riding a white horse, wearing white armor, a white robe, and holding a bright silver spear, was something that Zhang Wu and Chen Sun had never seen before.

"Not Zhou Rui?" Zhang Wu and Chen Sun glanced at each other, and their hearts secretly jumped. Since that battle, the horror of Zhou Rui, a young general commanding the cavalry, has been deeply imprinted in their minds. They were afraid to see Zhou Rui, so when they saw that the commander was not coming from the familiar young face they saw, they suddenly felt a little relieved. After all, the person in front of them, they couldn't see anything powerful about him.

"Kill, brothers. They've cut us off, and if we don't want to die here, we'll have to kill the enemy behind. Rest assured, they are not very powerful. Although it was cavalry, it was only 500 people under the command of an unknown general. We still have a chance to win, and as long as we can get back to the city, we can rely on the city to defend. They came across the river, but they didn't have much siege equipment. Zhang Wu agitated at his men. Now that his head has sobered up, he is no longer as reckless as before. He knew exactly what his men wanted most at the moment.

"Oh!" The soldiers shouted in unison. Under the constant blows, they are already on the verge of despair, they are demoralized, and they are already in mourning. Although the words of mourning for the victory of the soldiers may not be 100% accurate on the battlefield, people will indeed burst out with amazing strength for that one percent of hope in the most difficult times. Zhang Wu had successfully forced out the mourning of these people.

On the one hand, there is a vigorous army that comes on the way, and on the other hand, there are mourning soldiers who have to work hard to survive, what will be the result of a head-on collision between the two? Perhaps it was Zhao Yun's vigorous army that slaughtered the mourning soldiers and fled, because they were as sharp as a dagger; Perhaps it was Zhang Wu's mourning soldiers who drowned the vigorous people in the crowd like a sea without splashing a wave, because their strength was as terrifying as the tide; Perhaps, the collision of the two is destined to have a good kill.

Fragmentation is a spark that bursts out from a collision. Blood is the residue of life. People fight for their own interests. Zhao Yun's team was like a sharp blade deeply inserted into Zhang Wu's formation. The soaring hooves of the horses increased the speed of the entire team to an extreme. Break through, break through, keep breaking through, and ensuring the speed of the entire team is the key to their survival in this battle. After all, the team of five hundred people was too small compared to the entire Zhang Wujun.

After only being in contact with the other party for such a short time, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun felt that something was wrong. They originally thought that the enemy general on the other side was just a nameless incompetent, but it was like it seemed that the other party was nameless and not wrong, but it was not incompetent, on the contrary, he was very "capable". To make the enemy fear on the battlefield is not something that ordinary generals can do. You have to be a very brave person to do it, which is already very rare. In the raid, you can also notice the changes in the cavalry formation from time to time, and the formation of the cavalry is always restricted, which is even more rare. Those who can do both, although they are not famous generals, undoubtedly have the prototype of famous generals.

Seeing the other party rushing left and right in his team with such a vote, as if his side was just their backyard, Zhang Wu suddenly couldn't help it. "It's all about us!" He thought in his heart, and a pair of eyes the size of mung beans stared at the spear in and out of Zhao Yun's hand in and out of his body: "This person is really hateful." He was annoyed, but the knife in his hand was clenched tighter, and he was still holding back. However, his patience could not last long. Because Zhao Yun has been smooth again and again, he has been stimulated again and again.

"Kill!" Seeing that his hard work was being destroyed little by little, Zhang Wu's heart ached, he couldn't continue to endure it, so he roared loudly, and ran straight towards Zhao Yun: "Come and see the knife!" He shouted, the war knife in his hand was round above his head, but it slashed towards Zhao Yun's body like a tornado. He saw the opportunity when Zhao Yun was being entangled by his own men, and wanted to rely on this quick knife to get rid of this guy who felt that it was very dangerous. Although there was a suspicion of a sneak attack, he didn't care at all, because he knew that if he didn't, he would only end up dead.

The knife quickly rolled away, approaching Zhao Yun. As if he didn't know anything, Zhao Yun still sent the spear in his hand into the chest of an enemy in front of him. Did he really not know that someone was sneaking up on him? How is this possible? If he didn't know, then he wouldn't be that Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong with amazing martial arts. In fact, everything that Zhang Wu attacked was completely under his control. He heard Zhang Wu's level from the sound of the sword wind that Zhang Wu rolled up. He didn't think that could pose much of a threat to himself, so he didn't react until Zhang Wu's knife was very close to him, about a foot.

Zhao Yun moved suddenly, and the spear in his hand retreated violently, but it was extremely swift and quickly used the root of the spear to pull away the big knife that Zhang Wu had chopped. Because the force seemed to be a little too great, Zhao Yun's whole person was turned around by this gun. He changed from facing Zhang Wu from the original side to Zhang Wu on the front, and the spear in his hand also crossed an elegant arc and handed the sharp blade in front of Zhang Wu.

The transition between the two sides was completed in this instant, making the soldiers watching outside smack. They couldn't see exactly what the movements between Zhao Yun and Zhang Wu were, and for them, these delicate changes were just something that could be done in the blink of an eye. With just a flash of light in front of them, they saw that Zhang Wu was in danger.

"What a fast gun!" Not only did the soldiers who watched think so, but even Zhang Wu, who was in the bureau, was shocked by such a thought. However, unlike outsiders, who had nothing to do with him, he who directly confronted Zhao Yun felt the killing intent coming from the silver spear. Because of this, he was frightened and felt dangerous, and the knife in his hand unconsciously pulled back, and the person swayed with it, trying to move away from the dangerous place.

It was a very good decision, and he saw the opportunity very well. If he didn't end up facing a general of Zhao Yun's level, but someone else, then he could still dodge it in the end. However, he was fighting against Zhao Yun after all, so it was a pity that he had no possibility to dodge.

When his body shook slightly, showing a swaying appearance, Zhao Yun had already seen through the thoughts in his heart. So the silver spear moved in an impossible way. It was as agile as the long snake, swaying from side to side and shining with the silver reflection on the tip of the spear to reflect Zhang Wu's eyes, which made Zhang Wu dazzled for a while, and inevitably paused. And this short meal is what Zhao Yun wants to see. The swaying tip of the spear suddenly became straight, and its rapid forward protrusion was like a bolt of lightning that passed through Zhang Wu's throat in one fell swoop. Red blood spurted out, and Zhang Wu's body froze slightly on the horse for a while, and then collapsed. Hit the ground, splashing up a cloud of dust. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Wu fell like this, and everyone in the audience couldn't help but be stunned

"Yu ......" may be lamenting the death of his master, and the war horse under Zhang Wu couldn't help but neigh, adding a bit of sadness to the calm situation caused by Zhao Yun.

Listening to its low voice, Zhao Yun suddenly set his eyes on its body, and then was attracted by its majestic body. "It's a good horse." Zhao Yun thought so, he took a few steps forward and gently grabbed its reins as if no one was there, and was about to take it back. This move was so natural, as if they were the only ones in heaven and earth.

"Damn, I'm going to avenge my big brother!" Although the nature between the people and horses is a little abrupt at the moment, it is indeed a beautiful thing, but some people can't see this beautiful existence, and the birth interrupts the continuation of this scene. The sudden voice was very hoarse, faintly with a slight cry, as if it was extremely sad and angry. Zhao Yun escaped the prestige, but saw that the person who spoke out was Chen Sun, the second leader of Zhang Wujun. I saw him burst into tears, his cheeks were red, and he was sad about Zhang Wu's death. Seeing Zhao Yun treating others as nothing like this, he couldn't help but become more and more angry, as if his mind was swollen for a while, and no matter what the gap between his own level and Zhao Yun had reached, he shouted and galloped over the horse, raising his gun to stab Zhao Yun under the horse.

Seeing that Chen Sun was menacing, Zhao Yun smiled disdainfully. He could see from Chen Sun's posture that Chen Sun's kung fu was worse than Zhang Wu's. "Even Zhang Wu is not my one-in-one general, let alone you Chen Sun?" Zhao Yun took pity on him and went crazy, so he didn't answer, turned his horse back, the gun in his hand stabbed out like a meteor shower scattered in the sky, and he only picked Chen Sun under the horse.

At this time, a soldier under Zhao Yun had already stepped forward, and used the weapons in his hands to cut off the heads of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun and handed them to Zhao Yun, and he raised these two heads high with spears, and ordered the remaining people in Zhang Wu's army: "Zhang Wu and Chen Sun are dead, if you don't surrender, when will you wait?" Do you have to go on the road with Zhang Wu and Chen Sun? His voice was not loud, but it was clear to everyone on the field. So, Zhang Wujun began to be restless: first he scattered and wanted to flee, but then found that no matter how he escaped, he was not as fast as Zhao Yun's cavalry, and he couldn't escape at all, so he helplessly knelt on the ground one by one, threw down the weapons in his hands, and surrendered to Zhao Yun's side.

At this time, Zhao Yun and Yang Xu also solved the problem of Niu Er and others, and the raid team led the troops to catch up. They originally wanted to cooperate with Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun's movements were so fast, and they suddenly eliminated the enemy here with the power of cavalry assault and their own super martial arts, which made them surprised and happy. While letting their men and horses take over the matter of cleaning up the battlefield, they sent people to report to Li Sheng in the direction of the ferry: Now that Zhang Wu and Chen Sun are dead, there should not be many enemies on Shaxian's side, and they plan to attack Shaxian City directly.

On October 29 of the sixth year of Jian'an, the defenders of Shaxian City surrendered to Li Shengjun the day after the death of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun. At this point, the Jiangxia rebellion was put down. Li Sheng was in service, with a mere army of 6,500 to break Zhang Wu, Chen Sun's rebel army of 20,000 people in Shaxian, and his female general Zhao Yun immediately beheaded Zhang Wu and Chen Sun in the battle array, beheaded more than 3,000 people, captured more than 10,000 people, and surrendered the rebel general Niu Er.

At that time, Eastern Wu and Jingzhou were held at Xiakou, blocked by Huangzu's Hengjiang iron cable and could not advance. It was originally to be moved after Zhang Wu and Chen Sun disturbed the rear of Huang Zu, but they didn't want to, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun were defeated so quickly, and then heard that in the area of Yuzhang, the Shanyue tribe had signs of instability, so they immediately retreated and did not dare to go west. Jiang Xia was a little peaceful.

Half a month later, the good news of Li Sheng and Huang Zu was sent to the hands of Mu Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Liu Biao was overjoyed at first sight, thinking that this was one of the few great victories in Jingzhou in recent years - only under his own southern expedition to capture the four counties of Jingnan, he discussed with his ministers to reward Huang Zu, Li Sheng and others. In the end, Huang Zu was appointed as the general of Anton and the marquis of Guannei, and Li Sheng was promoted to Xiyang County to be the Taishou of Changsha, and sent envoys to report to Jiangxia and Xiyang.

Needless to say, the envoy to Jiangxia was Li Sheng's old "acquaintance" Yi. Because it has been a long time, and the Yi nationality has brought good news at this moment, Li Sheng is also rare to have a luxury in addition to the great joy, he has set up several tables of banquets in his county government to entertain the Yi nationality, accompanied by the soldiers who performed well in this expedition and Li Sheng's staff, which can be regarded as a celebration banquet.

For the I, participating in this kind of banquet is the first time for a big girl to go to a sedan chair. Different from the kind of banquet he had seen before, the banquet that Li Sheng set up was a dozen people sitting around one table. Li Sheng asked everyone to sit together, and there was no longer the difference between the host and the guest. This is difficult to understand for the Yi nationality, but for those soldiers who have been with Li Sheng for a long time. Such a partial preparation, although somewhat surprising, is still acceptable. After all, when Li Sheng was in the barracks before, he often ate with these soldiers in the camp. Maybe the environment at that time was different from what it was now, but it was probably the same, but it was just a change of environment to a more formal occasion - this is what Li Sheng told them, he knew that they could understand, and he knew that they would soon leave it all behind. After a few cups of yellow soup, the atmosphere became warm. Most of the military, mainly Li Sheng's staff, quickly adapted to this way of eating. So, the cups and bowls at the banquet were staggered, and most of the hosts and guests let go of their original Sven appearance and became enthusiastic, and they began to talk.

"Congratulations to Zixu on his promotion to Changsha Taishou. You're going to have to drink a few more cups today. After all, it's a good day, and it's not okay not to get drunk. You must know that you are now the youngest Taishou in Jingzhou, and you are also the most promising person in Jingzhou. Yi Yuan staggered to his feet, raised his glass and said to Li Sheng. He is a bold person, although his face soon turned red, faintly drunk, but the wine glass in his hand has never been put down, he never knows how to postpone the reason for others to toast, on the contrary, he will find so many reasons to do a few cups with others.

"Oh? Is that so? Then there must be controversy over Jingzhou. Although I have made so many contributions, Lord Liu Biao, who likes celebrities, must still have doubts. Li Sheng raised his wine glass with a little surprise, drained the wine in the glass in front of Yi Yuan, and then asked.

"That's ......" Yi Yuan shook his head and nodded: "At that time, I received the good news from you, although Lord Liu was very happy, but he just wanted to put you in an official position like Changshi and County Sima, and he didn't plan to let you go too much." It has nothing to do with your ability, for Lord Liu, such an official position is held by an old man and a celebrity, and you are indeed too young. ”

"Then why ......" The people at Li Sheng's table listened attentively, they were very interested in the various secret reports that Yi had said.

"Lord Liu doesn't have this plan, but the rest of his subordinates do. Whether it is Liu Biao's close ministers and confidants, such as Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, etc., or celebrities in Jingzhou, such as Sima Hui, Pang Degong, Huang Chengyan, etc., they all agree with Zixu's appointment as Taishou. They say that they don't know how long the world will be chaotic. They are all old men, and they don't know if they can see the time when the world will return to stability. Since this is the case, then there is a preparation for long-term planning, if the new person is promoted at the right time, I am afraid that in the future, there will be no one available in Jingzhou. Yi said with a smile. He repeated the words of others in his own words to explain how Liu Biao changed his mind.

"This is probably said by Mr. Sima, Mr. Degong and Mr. Chengyan." Li Sheng guessed.

"How do you know?" Izan was surprised: "I didn't say they said that. Did they tell you beforehand? ”

"No......" Li Sheng shook it gently, and said after another glass of wine: "Actually, I guessed it." This was also an easy thing to do, and I was a student of theirs, so I was naturally familiar with their tone. ”

"That's it!" "It's amazing that you can understand who said it just by repeating the words I repeated. However, I still have to test you. I want you to guess what Cai Mao and Zhang Yun used to persuade the lord. Yi Zhi was obviously a little mouthful, and his words seemed a little unstable. If it were in normal times, he would never have asked someone else a question that could be explained normally.

"Oh? Any tips no? Li Sheng was also a little drunk, so he didn't feel weird about Yi's behavior.

"Yes." Yi Yuan shook his head, no one could understand whether he was nodding or shaking his head. I only heard him say intermittently and vaguely: "The so-called ...... Show, that's it...... It's what they say, and ...... And that Mr. Sima...... They say very similarly, but ...... Sounds ...... Let people understand their selfishness. ”

"Oh?" Li Sheng was slightly stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses: "Is there something involving the two sons?" ”

"If you know, it's good." Yi Yuan shook his head for a while, but smiled coldly: "Cai Mao, Zhang Yun's bastard...... I really want to make Jingzhou theirs. ”

"Oh!" Li Sheng smiled noncommittally, and he already knew very well in his heart what Cai Mao and Zhang Yun said to Liu Biao. Probably, it doesn't come directly from their mouths; It is very likely that it was Mrs. Cai, Liu Biao's pillow person, who said it, but in general, it was Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Kuai Yue who agreed that it was necessary to find a close minister for the second son: "If the lord plans to establish the eldest son, then he only wants to have a city and a land for the second son to raise; If the lord plans to set up a second son, then please also ask for a humerus minister for the second son. The words may be different, but Li Sheng guesses that that's what they said.

"Hmph, no matter what they say, anyway, I can become a taishou, and that's a good thing." Li Sheng thought so, and fell down drunk, and a smile lightly lifted on the corner of his mouth. He didn't care about Cai Mao, Zhang Yun or anyone else, he belonged to that camp. From his own point of view, the question of belonging to this camp is a trivial matter, and the key is how much strength he has. This is also one of the reasons why he wants to become a taishou: unlike the county order, the power of the taishou is very large, and it is a powerful official position that can control the fate of more than a dozen counties and nearly one million people. Moreover, compared to the prefectural order, which has to report everything to the top, Taishou can basically decide on various policies and measures within his jurisdiction. This is what Li Sheng values most. Since he has the intention to establish some merits in this troubled era, he cannot but make changes in this troubled world, and the "freedom" that is too observant of his authority can greatly reduce the restraint of his power and feet.

The wine ran out all night, and everyone was drunk.