034 First Battle Yellow Turban
Zhang Fei didn't react at first, feeling that with the skills of his three brothers, even if he only had five hundred soldiers and horses, it would be enough to repel Cheng Zhiyuan. Listening to Li Xiang's scolding, he reacted, even if their brother had this ability, Liu Yan shouldn't just give this bit of soldiers and horses, not to mention that Liu Yan didn't know their brother's ability at all. In this way, Liu Yan's intentions are very sinister.
This made Zhang Fei also furious, and he was about to go to Liu Yan to settle accounts with the snake spear. Liu Bei and Li Xiang hurriedly stopped, no matter what Liu Yan did, they couldn't do anything to him. Liu Yan is an authentic Han family member, and in the Liu clan, his status is second only to the patriarch Liu Yu. If Zhang Fei dared to touch a single hair of him, the three brothers would have no place under the big man.
Zhang Fei was not a completely reckless martial artist, after listening to Liu Bei and Li Xiang's persuasion, he could only poke the snake spear into the soil three feet deep with hatred, and said, "Big brother, then what should we do now?" ”
Liu Bei shook his head and sighed: "There is no way, I can only follow the order to attack." However, after we help him retire Cheng Zhiyuan, he must get out as soon as possible. If he is still under his command, he is afraid that he will be killed sooner or later. ”
Li Xiang also said: "Liu Yan is really not worth clinging to, but he can't be cheapened before leaving, what compensation should be wanted, we can discuss it now." ”
Liu Bei hesitated: "This ...... Isn't that right? ”
Li Xiang shook his head and said: "There's nothing wrong with it, with our brother's ability, any person in the upper position will try his best to win over." Although Liu Yan is insidious, he is not a fool, and the reason why he puts us together is because he doesn't know our brother's ability. When we retreat from Cheng Zhiyuan, he should know and regret offending us. At that time, he should think about whether to repair the relationship with us, or make up for us, and then break up with the amicable ones? If we don't accept his compensation, we are afraid that he will suspect that we are holding a grudge against him, and perhaps he will strike first to get rid of those who may take revenge on him in the future. ”
Zhang Fei laughed and said: "Second brother is right, if we don't slander him, I'm afraid he will assassinate us." Big brother, what should we order? ”
Liu Bei also smiled and nodded, and said, "I don't know what to ask for for a while, but I'm not in a hurry about this matter, just think about it slowly." But that Cheng Zhiyuan, there are 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and we only have 500, how should this battle be fought? I'm not worried about whether I can win the war, I'm only worried that the three hundred brothers we have recruited will suffer heavy casualties in the first battle, how can I bear it? ”
Li Xiang groaned: "I heard that although the Yellow Turban Army is called an army, it is actually an ordinary people, and they don't know the way of battle at all. We may be able to start from this aspect, cut through the opponent's formation with elite, and go straight to Cheng Zhiyuan. As long as Cheng Zhiyuan dies, the rest of the yellow scarves will inevitably disperse in a hurry. ”
Zhang Fei shouted: "Why bother? When the time comes, my second brother and I will go to call the battle, and when we fight, won't it be enough to poke him to death with a spear? ”
Of course, Li Xiang knows that fighting generals are very popular in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but he always feels that it is too nonsense, this kind of behavior has little effect on the war, what does it mean to fight? Listening to Zhang Fei's words, it seems that this thing is true. If that were the case, things would be much simpler.
In the end, Liu Bei clapped his hands and said: "Then let's make preparations with both hands, first call the battle general, if Cheng Zhiyuan doesn't dare to go out, he will burst into battle and kill him!" ”
After discussing it, the three of them went back to rest. Li Xiang didn't have anything to do, it was still early, and he was a little excited about going to the battlefield for the first time, or nervous, so he couldn't sleep at all, so he simply practiced "King Kong Palm" in the house.
Speaking of which, Li Xiang was still a little puzzled, this plane couldn't practice internal strength, but for some reason, the progress of cultivating "Mighty King Kong Palm" was extremely fast. Although Guan Yu has excellent physical fitness, there is no reason to be faster than the martial arts plane, right?
In fact, since learning the "Mighty King Kong Palm", Li Xiang has not studied this set of palms well. The reason is that this set of palm techniques is from the outside to the inside, starting from the external power, and finally generating the internal force. It can be that Li Xiang practiced internal skills first, and then practiced "Mighty King Kong Palm" after having internal skills. In this way, many of the essences of "Mighty King Kong Palm" are difficult to understand thoroughly. In the real world, internal force cannot be cultivated, but the progress of "Mighty King Kong Palm" is also slow, and it is also impossible to understand the essence of the palm method. Like the Three Kingdoms Plane, the situation where you can't practice internal skills, but your external skills progress extremely fast, is really very special.
Anyway, since the external skills are more convenient to practice than the internal skills, then practice the external skills! Therefore, Li Xiang has been cultivating this set of palm techniques. Although it has not been a long time, Li Xiang also feels that his physical strength has made great progress, and his strength has also improved slightly. I want to wait for the completion of "King Kong Palm", like Ma Chao and Xu Chu, for a whole day, and the physical strength is enough to consume.
Early the next morning, Liu Bei set off with his army. The 300 warriors they recruited walked in front, and the captain Zou Jing led 200 old and weak people to walk behind. This made Li Xiang and the three of them even more angry, look at the people brought out by Zou Jing, the old and the young, the old beard is white, and the little one wears a helmet and even covers his eyes. How can such a soldier fight? is purely cannon fodder, and it is not distressing when it is all dead. And Zou Jing himself is well-dressed in armor and riding a high-quality horse, needless to say, what kind of intentions are there.
Li Xiang and the three of them didn't bother to say anything, so they didn't see it, and took the people out of the city. But the news that the Yellow Turban Army is coming has been spreading for a long time, and Cheng Zhiyuan has not yet reached Zhuo County. Li Xiang and the others walked for dozens of miles before they met them at the foot of Daxing Mountain.
When they saw these Yellow Turban Army, Li Xiang and them were all a little dumbfounded. What kind of army is this? It's clearly a refugee! All of them are yellow and thin, and most of them are old and weak, women and children, and the so-called camping is just to get together and find a flat place to lie down directly, not to mention things like antler trenches, there are very few tents, not to mention any planning, not even a straight road. When Cheng Zhiyuan led the troops out, he had to drive the people who were blocking the road to pass.
Seeing this scene, Li Xiang's excitement about going to the battlefield for the first time suddenly dissipated without a trace. Who can get excited in the face of such an enemy? It's just bullying children, what's the point? But the Yellow Turban Army himself didn't think so, Cheng Zhiyuan heard that someone was calling for a battle, and he didn't hesitate to come out with someone. When he saw that the other party was only 500 people, he pouted his lips even more contemptuously.
Liu Bei didn't know what to think, and took a few steps forward and shouted: "Traitor, don't you get off your horse and surrender?" If you continue to resist stubbornly, you will be left dead without a corpse! ”
Cheng Zhiyuan already looked down on this mere 500 people, and he was ashamed to ask him to die without a corpse, how could he not be angry? immediately ordered his lieutenant general Deng Mao to fight. Deng Mao's martial arts can be regarded as top-notch under Cheng Zhiyuan, but as soon as he came out, he was rushed up by Zhang Fei, who had already itched his hands, and stabbed him with a spear. That Deng Mao didn't catch a single move.
Cheng Zhiyuan and Deng Mao's friendship is obviously very good, seeing that Deng Mao was killed, he rushed out to avenge his brother without thinking about it. He didn't want to think about it, even if his martial arts were stronger than Deng Mao, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to kill Deng Mao in seconds, right? Now he wants to challenge the master who killed Deng Mao in seconds, isn't it looking for death?
Zhang Fei had already killed an enemy general, and he wanted to leave one for Li Xiang, and the two brothers shared their exploits one by one. But Li Xiang was really not interested in such an opponent, and he didn't move while sitting on the horse. Zhang Fei saw that Li Xiang didn't move, so he laughed and accepted it all. However, two spears were used this time, which shows that Cheng Zhiyuan's martial arts are indeed a little stronger than Deng Mao, but it is only a little.
Cheng Zhiyuan and Deng Mao, one is the chief general and the other is the deputy general, both of them died, and the Yellow Turban Army was completely deprived of the commander, and there was a big chaos. Liu Bei took the opportunity to order his five hundred soldiers to rush forward and make them even more chaotic. The so-called army was defeated like a mountain, and the Yellow Turban Army, which only cared about escaping, never thought about fighting with the official army, and 50,000 people were chased and beaten by 500 people. In the end, more than 20,000 people surrendered, but fortunately, most of them were old and weak, otherwise Liu Bei, who only had 500 soldiers and horses, would not dare to accept their surrender.
And Li Xiang was by Liu Bei's side from beginning to end without moving, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife was not stained with blood. For these people, Li Xiangzhen has no desire to do anything.
After a big victory, Liu Bei and others returned to Zhuo County with great might. When Liu Yan heard that Liu Bei had really returned victorious, he hurriedly invited representatives of the great families of Zhuo County to join him in a warm welcome at the city gate. After entering the city, more people cheered in the middle of the road, giving Liu Bei and others enough face.
After that, he ordered people to set up a banquet to reward the three armies. During the banquet, he praised the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang very much, so that Zhang Fei tried to find fault and turn his face several times but failed. After the banquet was over, Liu Yan let everyone else disperse, and only invited Liu Bei to go to Taishou Mansion to see him.
Listening to the words of the person who came to invite Liu Bei, Li Xiang glanced at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei knew how to go. Li Xiang and Zhang Fei waited in the camp for a long time, and Liu Bei came back with a smile. As soon as he saw the two brothers, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Second brother and third brother, Liu Taishou promised to show his merit to the court on behalf of our brothers!" ”
Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard this: "Then what kind of official will the imperial court seal the eldest brother?" Let's defeat Cheng Zhiyuan in one battle and solve the difficulties in Youzhou, at least we have to be a school captain, right? ”
Liu Bei shook his head and said: "This is not something we can know, even Liu Taishou can only be on the table, how to reward depends on the court." ”
Li Xiang said: "There is no hurry to reward him, and is our brother satisfied with this credit?" The yellow scarf has not yet subsided, and there are still many opportunities for meritorious service. ”
Liu Bei agreed: "What the second brother said is that although the yellow scarves in Youzhou have been broken by us, the yellow scarves in other places are still making a lot of trouble. And we don't plan to be an official under Liu Yan, it's better to find an opportunity to leave Youzhou and find other meritorious opportunities. ”
They discussed it like this, but they didn't expect the opportunity to come so quickly. The next day, Liu Yan asked Liu Bei again to come over to discuss the matter. Liu Bei went to find out that it was Gong Jing's request for help from Qingzhou that was sent here. Although Liu Yan promised to compensate Liu Bei, he also knew that the relationship between the two sides could not be intimate, and he also wanted to drive them away from Youzhou. happened to write to Gong Jing for help, so he wanted to hand over this task to Liu Bei. This is exactly what Liu Bei wants, and the two sides hit it off. Liu Yan immediately transferred 5,000 troops, headed by Zou Jing and supplemented by Liu Guanzhang, and rushed to Qingzhou.