Guan Yu stroked the long hair under his chin, and said quietly: "A few days ago, I heard that Brother Wen Yuanxian was infected with a serious disease in Xiaopei, Guan was still worried, and specially sent someone over to greet Brother Xian's condition, but I couldn't imagine that in just a few days, Brother Wen Yuanxian was completely sick, and he was full of energy, which is really gratifying!" ”

Zhang Liao couldn't help but feel ashamed, his illness was completely made up by Lu Bu, and now Guan Yu mentioned this matter before the battle, which did make Zhang Liao a little embarrassed, but he couldn't talk about it in detail, Zhang Liao had to change his words: "Liao and Brother Guan have the friendship of fellow villagers, and the personal relationship is very strong, but the two countries are fighting, each is its master, Liao is serving under the command of Wen Hou, and he should be loyal. ”

Guan Yufeng's eyes widened, and he said sharply: "Wen Yuan's loyalty and righteousness are unparalleled, and naturally only the heavens can show it, but who is Lu Bu, is it worth Wen Yuan's death?" Thinking that on the day when Lu Bu was defeated and left Yanzhou, he fled south in a hurry, with no food and clothing, Liu Yuanjun ignored his previous suspicions, treated him leniently, gave him grain and grass, and paid him to the county, and Lu Bu had to survive. Lu Bu didn't want to repay the favor, but took advantage of Liu Yuanjun's expedition to the south, sneaked up on Tancheng, and stole the position of state pastor. The big husband acts in heaven and earth, he has a clear conscience, a good bird perches in the sycamore, a good minister serves the lord, and the public is righteous and honest, why should he stoop to the thief and clean his name? ”

When Zhang Liao heard this, he was ashamed. Zhang Liao joined the army in his early years, and served under Ding Yuan, the assassin of Bingzhou, but he has always been a minor position and cannot be reused. After Lü Bu punished Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun took power, wantonly promoted the generals of the state system, cultivated the power of the lineage, Zhang Liao was a native of Yanmen Mayi, was promoted to the cavalry captain, thanks to Lü Bu's kindness, Zhang Liao has always been loyal to Lü Bu. Therefore, when Lu Bu was exiled to Kanto and displaced, Zhang Liao never gave up. Sacrifice your life to follow.

But Lu Bu's sneak attack on Xuzhou. Zhang Liao was still very touched, unlike the attack on Yanzhou, Yanzhou belonged to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao had no kindness to Lu Bu. There is nothing wrong with Lu Bu taking Yanzhou. But Xuzhou is different. Liu Ze is kind to Lu Bu. As Guan Yu said, when Lu Bu was in the most danger, Liu Ze sheltered him and helped him. But on the other hand, Lu Bu took the opportunity to seize other people's territory, and he was not kind in any way. Guan Yu's words still deeply touched him, people can't stand without trust, Lu Bu chose treachery, which made Zhang Liao, who had always valued courtesy, righteousness and shame, feel confused.

However, Guan Yu can belittle Lu Bu like this, but Zhang Liao cannot, and then chooses Lu Bu as the master, Zhang Liao must unconditionally support Lu Bu's decision, although he does not agree with what Lu Bu did.

"The Lu of the Eater, the matter of loyalty to the king, for the general, only know how to act under orders, the right and wrong of Lu Wenhou is not something that can be slandered as a subordinate, although you and I have brotherhood, but each has its own master, there is no need to gossip anymore, take it!" As soon as Zhang Liao urged his crotch to get off his horse, he rushed up with a halberd.

Guan Yu sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that it is indeed not easy to persuade Zhang Liao with words, seeing Zhang Liao rushing up with a halberd, he naturally can't back down, not to mention that deep in his heart, he also wants to be with Zhang Liao for a long time, and at the moment he waved his knife to parry each other, and the two fought in one place.

You come and go, the two fought viciously for more than 30 rounds without a win, at this time, the Yishui Pass suddenly thick smoke billowed out, the sound of killing was everywhere, Zhang Liao was shocked, didn't Liu Ze send someone to attack Yishui Pass? But Yishui Pass is a cliff on one side, and Linshui is close to Linshui on the other, even if Liu Ze wants to send troops to sneak attack, it is impossible, but what is the fireworks and shouting of killing on Yishui Pass.

Zhang Liao panicked in his heart, so he naturally had no intention of fighting, and turned his horse back, wanting to see what was going on.

was really guessed by Zhang Liao, although Guan Yu volunteered to persuade Zhang Liao, but Liu Ze didn't have much hope, with Zhang Liao's loyalty, it was definitely impossible to solve the role in three languages or two, and it was almost impossible to persuade Zhang Liao until Lu Bu was really defeated. However, Zhang Liao actually abandoned the pass and went to fight, which was beyond Liu Ze's expectations, he had an idea and immediately had a bold idea.

Yishui Pass was originally in Xuzhou, Liu Ze had already drawn a detailed map of Xuzhou, on the top of Mengshan Mountain, there is a secret path to the top of the mountain, although from the top of the mountain to Yishui Pass is a straight cliff, but it is not difficult for the specially trained Jin Yingwei. Liu Ze immediately ordered Xiao Wolf to lead one hundred Jinying guards and five hundred daredevils selected from each battalion to climb to the top of Mengshan Mountain from the secret path, tie dozens of ropes on the top of the mountain, and descend vertically into Yishui Pass.

Since Zhang Liao went out of the city and took away half of the troops, the defense of Yishui Pass was naturally very desolate, and most of the troops were sent to the south and west city walls, and there was almost no one to guard this section of the cliff, maybe no one could believe that the divine soldiers descended from heaven.

The death squad quickly descended into the city, encountered almost no resistance, and immediately lit the wolf smoke to report to the camp, which naturally caused chaos in Yishui Pass.

Zhang Liao turned his horse back and urgently asked Song Xian what the situation was in the city, Song Xian was also at a loss, and he couldn't figure out what the reason was, Zhang Liao was about to return to the city, and Liu Ze sent Zhang Fei, Tai Shici, Guan Hai, and Chen to all the people and horses to rush up and come to grab the pass. Zhang Liao had few men and horses, how could he resist the enemy, so he had to temporarily fight and retreat, preparing to retreat to the pass and hold on.

However, the 500 death squads sent by Liu Ze led by Jin Yingwei were all brave men, not only setting fire everywhere in the city, but also intercepting and killing the Lu army defending the city.

Zhang Liao fought desperately, but there were many soldiers in Liu, and the tide came up, Zhang Fei was even more in the lead, rushing to the front, looking at Zhang Liao and killing him, shouting from afar: "Hugh is going to leave Zhang Liao Song Xian, all the sons, kill!" "Liu Jun's momentum is like a rainbow, and his momentum is like a bamboo.

Song Xian saw that Guancheng had been lost, and if he continued to fight, he was afraid that there would be a risk of annihilation of the whole army, his face was pale, and he urgently persuaded Zhang Liaodao: "General Zhang, Guancheng has been lost, it is better to retreat quickly, and then try a good strategy!" ”

Zhang Liao sighed and said: "Wen Hou ordered me to stick to Yishui Pass for a month, I didn't expect that Yishui Pass had been lost in just three days, what face did I have to see Wen Hou!" ”

"General Zhang, the enemy army is strong, and it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, so let's withdraw first!" Song Xian said urgently.

Zhang Liao secretly thought that it was impossible to hold Yishui Pass again, and if he continued to fight, he could only increase casualties, so he had no choice but to lead the remnants to withdraw from Yishui Pass. Zhang Liao looked at the Yishui Pass full of fireworks, and sighed: "One step is almost lost, we took the liberty to give Liu Ze a chance to take advantage of, I didn't expect him to make a surprise soldier from the cliff, using the trick of the army, unexpected, I really lost this battle." ”

One sentence frightened Song Xian into uneasiness, and after careful study, it was precisely because Song Xian insisted on fighting Zhang Liao that he accommodated him, if Zhang Liao insisted on defending Yishui Pass, Liu Zejun might not be able to succeed lightly. The more Song Xian thought about it, the more he was afraid, after going back to see Lu Bu, Lu Bu would definitely be held responsible, if Zhang Liao told the truth, with Lu Bu's temper, he would never be spared. What to do? Song Xian thought for a while, ready to come to a wicked person to sue first, preemptively, and shift all the responsibility to Zhang Liao, although his relationship with Zhang Liao is not good or bad on weekdays, and he has never complained, but when the disaster comes, he can't take care of the friendship of the robe.

Zhang Liao didn't realize that Song Xian was already holding back his bad water at this time, and while he led the army to retreat to Tancheng, he was still in deep chagrin, blaming himself for his command mistakes.

After returning to Tancheng, Zhang Liao and Song Xian went straight to see Lu Bu and said that Yishui Pass was lost.

With a "horn", Lu Bu slapped heavily on the case, and said angrily: "Zhang Liao, do you know how much Ben Hou values you?" No one dared to send Benhou to guard the heavy task of guarding Yishui Pass, but he only sent you there, but you--you actually only guarded it for three days! All of Benhou's plans have been ruined by you! What does Benhou want you to do? ”

Zhang Liao bowed his head and arched his hand: "The loss of Yishui Pass is the dereliction of duty of the last general, please punish the lord!" ”

Song Xian hurriedly said: "My lord, I can't complain about General Zhang in this matter, General Zhang and Guan Yu fought outside the city, no one expected that Liu Ze would send a strange army to fight into the pass from the cliff, so as to cause this defeat." ”

Lu Bu snorted coldly, his anger did not decrease, and said: "Zhang Liao, you have also followed Benhou to fight for many years, don't you know the truth of refusing to defend against danger, Yishui Pass is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you stick to it, how can Liu Ze break through the pass lightly?" ”

Zhang Liao was embarrassed, and it was a common law for soldiers to refuse to defend at risk, but Zhang Liao was also hot-headed by Song Xian's efforts to go to war, so he went out of the city to fight, but Zhang Liao didn't think there was anything wrong with going to war, and the law of impermanence was impermanent, and it was not necessarily the best choice to defend it. But the battlefield is a place where heroes are judged by success or failure, since Zhang Liao has been defeated, there is nothing to say, but Zhang Liao did not mean to put all the responsibility on Song Xian, after all, he is the main general, and it is also his order to go out of the city to fight. "It's the last general who is careless and hasty, and I ask the lord to deal with it in accordance with military law."

Lu Bu turned his eyes to look at Song Xian, his gaze became more stern, and he said in a deep voice: "Song Xian, as a deputy general, you did not advise the wrong actions of the main general, and sat back and watched the loss of Yishui Pass, what should you be guilty of?" ”

Song Xian was still glad that Zhang Liao had taken all the responsibility off his shoulders just now, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but at this time, Lu Bu scolded him, which made Song Xian even more flustered, and seeing the chill in Lu Bu's eyes, Song Xian couldn't help but shudder. Compared with Lu Bu's importance to Zhang Liao and Wei Xu, Song Xian understands that his status is just the same as Hao Meng Cheng Lian, Hao Meng and Cheng Lian are still uncertain about their life and death, and the moody Lu Bu is likely to ask for his head in the next moment. Song Xian was in a cold sweat, and he was thinking about it quickly, he couldn't let Lu Bu continue to be entangled on this issue, and sooner or later, Song Xian's forcible battle would be revealed. He rolled his eyes and thought about it. (To be continued......)