Zhang Ren's sudden appearance caught everyone in front of him off guard.

Look at the soldiers who surrounded them, there were 5,000 people, although the Shadow Elite had the quality of one as ten, if it was a match, the difference in strength would be very large.

The situation is not optimistic.

However, Xu Ji has an urge to laugh, it's funny to think about it, Yanzhou Xu Ji, who has two states and 200,000 troops, will be surrounded by people, and it is a big joke to say it.

It's a pity that Xu Ji really didn't have the mood to laugh at this time.

Xu Ji didn't expect Zhang Ren to appear here at all, but at this time, Xu Ji's heart had vaguely captured Zhang Ren's purpose for coming. That is to say, he did not come to Xu Ji, because it was impossible for Zhang Ren to know about Xu Ji's coming to Chang'an.

So Zhang Ren's purpose should be to rescue Liu Bei of Liu Xie.

Zhang Ren didn't know Xu Ji, and among these many people, he only knew two people: Liu Xie and Shi A.

Shi A saw Zhang Ren in front of him, rode forward, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Ren, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhang Ren looked at Shi A and said indifferently: "May I ask our first sword master of the Han Dynasty, Mr. Shi A, where is Lord Liu Bei?" ”

Zhang Ren's attitude of speaking made everyone present change their color.

The reason why Shi A rode the horse in advance was to let Zhang Ren see that the person sitting in front of him was Liu Xie, which made Zhang Ren have some scruples.

Who knew that Zhang Ren didn't even look at Liu Xie out of the corner of his eye. That is to say, Zhang Ren didn't even pay attention to Liu Xie, the emperor, which means that Xu Ji and others have lost the capital to negotiate with Zhang Ren.

This meaning is also very clear: Liu Xie's life and death are not in Zhang Ren's heart at all. If necessary, Zhang Ren even killed Liu Xie.

Liu Xie is also a smart person, and he immediately understood Zhang Ren's thoughts

Shi Ah glanced down at Liu Xie, who was shivering under his arms and his body was cold. I sighed in my heart: human nature is like this, and many people are not afraid of a heroic death. But they will lose their dignity as a human being and the courage to resist under the weight of long-term pressure, and Liu Xie is the best example.

remembered what Xu Ji had just said about taking care of Liu Xie. There was pride in his heart, just a few years ago on the night outside Luoyang City, his most beloved master was lying in his arms, and he said the same thing when he left. And I gave it to myself.

It was Master then, and now it's my turn. We must not disappoint Master's expectations of you.

In an instant, Shi A's momentum suddenly became stronger, and the war horse under his crotch felt the change of Dao Shi'a, and couldn't help but kick his horse's hooves back and forth.

Xu Ji's eyes flashed, and he didn't understand why Shi A had such a change. However, Xu Ji knew that at this moment, Shi A had finally reached the realm of his master Wang Yue, and even surpassed it.

The "natural qi" that had originally wrapped around Shi Ah became cheerful, making Shi A's whole person have a sense of eagerness to explode, and his next move was completely unpredictable.

Zhang Ren also sensed Shi A's change, so he was about to give an order for the archers to surround him, but he heard Shi A on the other side say coldly: "Lord Zhang Ren, if you want to find Liu Bei." That's the wrong person, because Liu Bei and why are we together, he is now dealing with Ma Teng. ”

A strange look flashed in Zhang Ren's eyes, and he forgot the order he was about to give. He still said indifferently: "Really? But Liu Bei will definitely come to you, right? ”

Of course, Xu Ji understood what Zhang Ren meant by this. That's naturally because of Liu Xie.

Shi Ah knew it, looked up to the sky and smiled, and then said to Zhang Ren expressionlessly: "Since this is the case." Zhang Ren, do you dare to block our way? ”

Zhang Ren laughed and looked at Shi Adao: "There is no one in this world that I Zhang Ren dare not stop." If you want to blame it, you people can only be blamed for being troubled, and you have to make an event to meet the Son of Heaven. It made my lord very worried, so he sent me Zhang Ren to Chang'an to see what the hell you were doing, and immediately found out that something was wrong with Liu Bei. Here today, I was originally going to intercept Liu Bei, but I didn't expect it to be Shi Ah you, originally I thought you were Liu Bei's person just now, but now it seems that it is not. But none of these things matter, because my purpose has been achieved. ”

Of course, Xu Ji and the others understood that Zhang Ren's so-called "purpose" was referring to Liu Xie.

Sure enough, Liu Yan didn't take Liu Xie to heart for a long time. Only then Xu Ji couldn't imagine that Liu Yan would be so eager to do it, and at this moment, Xu Ji figured out a lot of things.

Thinking of this, Xu Jizong immediately stepped forward, first made a gesture to the ghost elites behind him to prepare for a move, and then smiled at Zhang Ren: "Lord Zhang Ren's purpose has naturally been achieved, there is originally a 'Son of Heaven Qi' in Shu!" Where will we survive? ”

Zhang Ren didn't expect a person he didn't know to come up from behind, and he actually broke his intentions with a word, looked at Xu Ji, and when he found that Xu Ji's expression was more impeccable than Shi A's, a look of horror flashed in his eyes.

Xu Ji said indifferently: "Now I just want to ask one thing clearly, when the princes entered Beijing, were you the one who intercepted and killed the envoys from all over the country halfway?" ”

Zhang Ren's body shook, and he couldn't help but say, "Who are you?" How could it be possible to know about this matter? ”

Xu Ji continued to ask: "One night, did you send people to attack Yanzhou envoy Le Jin and Guangling envoy Bao Xin in front of Lord Cai Yong's mansion?" ”

As soon as Xu Ji's words came out, Zhang Ren's expression finally changed greatly, and he shouted, "Who are you?" How do you know these things? ”

Xu Ji finally fully understood what was going on.

For a long time, the Han clan has been secretive about the attitude of the princes in various places towards Liu Xie, and they did not say a word, to put it bluntly, it is the role of the so-called "Guangwu Testament".

For the Han clan relatives, in addition to Liu Yu, with the legitimate reason of "Guangwu's will", who doesn't want to be the emperor, Liu Xie's status is not recognized is a good thing for these people, which means that this Liu Xie may be abolished at any time, once Liu Xie is abolished, these people can immediately take Guangwu's will to say things.

Liu Bei in history is the best example, as soon as Liu Xiecai was deposed, Liu Bei did not think about crusading against the Cao family. ordered Liu Xie to ascend to the rank again, but went directly to become the emperor. He is the Orthodox.

This kind of mentality is only afraid that Liu Yan, Liu Biao, and Liu Miao everyone has. It's just that Liu Miao is now inseparable from the war, and Liu Biao is busy with the governance of local affairs in Jingzhou and has no time to take care of the affairs of Chang'an.

Only Liu Yan is different, this Liu Yan has been governing Shuzhong for many years, and the prosperity of Yizhou is only second to the two states under the jurisdiction of Xu Ji, and Liu Yan's mind is extraordinary, his political ability is only after Liu Yu, if it is said that military and diplomatic ability, it is not comparable to Liu Yu. It's really a bit of the capital of being an emperor, so it's impossible for him to ignore this matter.

Once Liu Xie is officially recognized by the princes of the world, Liu Yan will completely lose the opportunity to be emperor.

That's why Zhang Ren went to Chang'an to assassinate the princes of various places. The purpose was naturally to sabotage the princes from all over the country to enter Chang'an to meet Liu Xie.

In the past, Liu Xie was not recognized, and they could still be their own soil emperor, but now if they are allowed to develop, I am afraid that they will not even be able to be the soil emperor.

Therefore, when the princes were fighting with Dong Zhuo, Liu Yan did not think of rescuing the emperor. It's about sitting back and watching what happens.

Now Zhang Ren is targeting envoys from all over the world, which is just a continuation of Liu Yan's policy.

As for the Bingzhou horse, it is easy to disguise, after all, Liu Yan is the history of Youzhou Thorn. It was really easy for Zhang Ren to get some horses in Bingzhou.

The only unexpected thing is that Zhang Ren was suspicious, and the word "Zhang" was deliberately written on the banner. Otherwise, I am afraid that Xu Ji will see all kinds of strange things about Zhang Ren after coming to Chang'an. I had long thought it was him

Therefore, Zhang Ren's two attacks on the envoy were indiscriminate. As long as it is an emissary, it is within his attack range.

Speaking of which. Even Liu Xie, who doesn't know much about the insider, already knows Zhang Ren's disobedience at this time.

Zhang Renzhong was a very human being, and he calmed down in an instant, and said to Xu Ji: "Your Excellency hasn't told me who you are!" But it doesn't matter, none of that matters. The important thing is that Yuan Shao's intelligence is really not wrong. Sure enough, someone wanted to rob the emperor out of Chang'an. ”

Xu Ji's heart beat a few times, he didn't expect Yuan Shao, who seemed to be impossible to cheer up, to be so troublesome, first told Wang Yun the news that Liu Bei was going to rescue Liu Xie, and now even Zhang Ren knows about it, it seems that Yuan Shao really has some skills, this time when he returns to Yanzhou, he must find an excuse to solve Yuan Shao's big trouble, who knows what tricks he will use.

Liu Xiezhi said that his life was at stake at this time, and he couldn't help but say in a hurry: "Zhang Renqing's family, the widow is here, don't you recognize the widow?" Come to the rescue, I have been kidnapped by these thieves, as long as you get the widow, the widow will make you a liege! Widow ......"

As soon as Liu Xie's words came out, the Yanzhou army, including Shi A, the two people who have deep feelings for Liu Xie, were all furious, and they didn't understand why Liu Xie said this.

Xu Ji saw more and more clearly what kind of person Liu Xie was, this person's heart had already planted the seeds of suspicion, and he thought that others were pawns that could be used and could be discarded at any time, this kind of person was no longer corrigible, so he didn't move at all, just looked at Liu Xie coldly.

Xu Ji's cold eyes made Liu Xieru fall into the ice cellar and could no longer speak.

Zhang Ren ignored Liu Xie, but said indifferently to Xu Ji: "The emperor is the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, so naturally he will only stay in the palace and above the court, right?" And how did it come here? ”

Liu Xie was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't understand what Zhang Ren meant.

What does this Ren want? Liu Xie became more and more confused, he had already made up his mind to speak like this, and he was ready to be at his mercy. Why does this Zhang Ren still ignore himself?

Xu Ji looked at Liu Xie, who was full of doubts, and sneered: "My emperor, don't you still understand?" If Lord Zhang Ren wants to prevent us from succeeding and save you, why do you need to go to such trouble? Why didn't he tell Dong Zhuo or Situ Wang Yun directly, it's a hundred? Is that right, Lord Zhang Ren? ”

Liu Xie was stunned when he heard this, and immediately understood what Xu Ji meant, Zhang Ren came today for the life of him, the emperor.

As Xu Ji said, in fact, it is too simple to stop Liu Bei or Xu Ji's actions, as long as Dong Zhuo or Wang Yun is notified to take strict precautions, because in that case, others will have no chance to rob Liu Xie.

Now Zhang Ren is resigned to it, obviously hoping that after someone kidnaps Liu Xie, he will annihilate him outside the city, and as soon as Liu Xie dies, all Liu Yan's troubles will be lifted.

Only then did Liu Xie realize that he had been too naïve just now. It turned out that he thought that what he had lost was only freedom, and he was taken away by Zhang Ren to Shuzhong to live the life of a caged bird again. Who knew that Zhang Ren even wanted his life. I can't help but despair completely.

Zhang Ren glanced at Xu Ji appreciatively and said, "A wise character like you is really rare in the world. It's a pity that you and I are not friends or foes, otherwise we should drink and talk. ”

After a pause, he whispered to Xu Ji and the others: "Don't worry, General Ben has always done things neatly, and the traces left by my subordinates after they succeed are naturally all traces of the Bingzhou cavalry, and they will definitely not suspect us." Presumably, the brother on the other side had already expected this. ”

Xu Jiha said with a smile: "Lord Zhang Ren is too polite, this is not a difficult thing to guess, but Lord Zhang Ren also has something that he didn't expect." Immediately, his voice turned, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Lord Zhang Ren really can't hear who the contemptible person is?" ”

Zhang Ren's body was shocked, and he couldn't believe it: "Yanzhou envoy is happy." Impossible. ”

Xu Ji snorted coldly and said, "Wrong, I'm Yanzhou Thorn Shi Xu Ji!" ”

"What!" Zhang Ren was completely stunned, looking at Xu Ji in disbelief, only then did he realize that he had offended a person who could not be offended.

What kind of person is Xu Ji? His own identity is high, and his reputation has been rising step by step in the past few years, as long as Xu Ji is allowed to fight his way out of the encirclement today, Yizhou will never have peace.

If Xu Ji was allowed to take Liu Xie out of the encirclement, Yizhou would become the target of the world, although he did not leave any big rebellion when he spoke just now. But Liu Xie has already understood his intentions, where will he live a good life in the future.

The remorse in my heart continued unabated.

What Xu Ji wants is Zhang Ren's consternation at this moment, if Zhang Ren is reversed, it will be difficult to do. Burst out: "Do it!" ”

The Shadow Elite behind him was already ready. Hearing Xu Ji's order, they stepped forward together, holding a crossbow in their hands and rushing in the direction of Zhang Ren's army.

Zhang Ren didn't expect the other party to say that he would do it. I didn't say hello at all, and I was caught off guard. Hurriedly shouted: "The archer releases the arrow!" ”

Zhang Ren's soldiers reacted at this time and hurriedly rushed forward. can have lost the opportunity, Xu Ji's shadow elite has already ridden a horse to bully Zhang Ren's soldiers.

"Sick ——!"

The neat slogan sounded, and the crossbow arrows in the hands of the two hundred people were fired at once, and hundreds of crossbow arrows shot towards Zhang Ren's army like flying locusts.

Where did Zhang Ren want to get such a magical bow and crossbow in the world? However, his reaction was also as fast as ever, facing the black-pressed crossbow arrow on the opposite side, he let out a long roar, and the spear in his hand flashed, blooming like a little plum blossom smoke.

The crossbow arrows were blocked by him one by one, and he deserved to be a few generals in Shu, and he really had amazing karma under his hands.

It's a pity that the soldiers brought by Zhang Ren don't have such good skills.

Under the lightning of the crossbow arrows, countless soldiers fell to the ground screaming, and the worst was the archers under Zhang Ren's hands, who didn't even have a chance to draw their bows and shoot arrows, so most of them were shot dead.

Zhang Ren's army was in disarray.

In just this rain of arrows, Zhang Ren lost more than 600 people.

The most critical point is that Zhang Ren's position is completely chaotic.

At this time, Chen Zhi also rushed up with all the soldiers, and in a blink of an eye, he was in a scuffle with the panicked Zhang Renjun. Chen Zhi seemed to have picked Zhang Ren directly.

Gunshots.

At this time, Zhang Renjun, who was surrounded from behind, was completely unable to shoot arrows, because this would accidentally injure his own people who were fighting in front.

Only to rush to death, hoping to form an encirclement posture with Zhang Ren against Xu Ji's army.

"It turns out that the person who broke off in the small alley that night was Lord Zhang Ren himself, and he really did it himself!" And Xu Ji, who was not far from Chen Dongan's side, sneered. Although he is not a pure martial artist, he is not a scribe who is powerless, and he also has excellent skills around him, what kind of eyesight has he trained for a long time? Naturally, he saw Zhang Ren's reality at a glance.

Zhang Ren was completely suppressed by Chen Zhi's marksmanship at this time, where would he still have the time and mood to answer Xu Ji's question? Such marksmanship was rare in the world, and this pressure was unprecedented except for the pressure he felt from his own master.

Even that night, Xu Chu didn't put so much mental pressure on himself.

This pressure made Zhang Ren feel that his physical strength was being rapidly consumed.

Is this the strength of Chen Zhi, who is second only to Lu Bu, who is rumored to be superb?

Under the fame, there will be no vain! Zhang Ren only felt that his throat was bitter.

The point of light in front of him was repeatedly strong and dazzling, making him powerless to resist.

Familiar screams sounded in his ears, but he couldn't do anything, because his eyes were already so white that he couldn't see anything.

Sometimes, the total light is also a kind of abyssal darkness.

Beside Xu Ji, Wen Ping, Xu Huang, and Yu Ban were unstoppable, and no one could stop their one-and-a-half-move.

Knives, spears, axes.

For a while, I saw flesh and blood flying!

And Shi A is only responsible for protecting Liu Xie.

The soldiers of Zhang Renjun, who joined later, were useless, they were just lambs in the tiger's mouth.

After only a while, Zhang Ren couldn't resist it.

Suddenly, in a silvery white, a little tip of the spear suddenly came, pointing straight at Zhang Ren's throat.

Can't hide!

Zhang Ren was desperate.

Who knew that at this time, a long knife was handed over, swinging away the tip of Chen's gun!

At this time, Xu Ji was also surprised, who had this ability?

Xu Ji looked and saw a middle-aged man sitting majestically on the horse, but his face was red at this time, obviously shocked by Chen Zhi!

"Who is Your Excellency?" Chen Zhi, who had been silent at this time, also asked indifferently.

"Under Yan Yan, please ask General Chen for a move!" (To be continued......)