Chapter 135

"Could it be that he likes Lady Yi, who gave birth to a child, even more? Amazing!"

"Look at the big-eared thief's expression, he was also shocked. His backyard is being eyed!"

"Two heroes meeting and chatting about family matters, no one else can do that."

"If I were Cao Cao, I would have finished off the big-eared thief now."

"Dreaming, the twenty thousand troops Cao Cao brought are not Liu Bei's match."

"Liu Xuande, this is my newly recruited brave warrior Dian Wei."

Liu Bei looked at the tower-like Dian Wei, who looked like a bear in human skin!

"A true brave warrior!"

Now it was Liu Bei's turn to be envious. Although Dian Wei wasn't good at leading troops, he could be a full-time bodyguard, and he looked fierce; girls would lose their color when they saw him.

Dian Wei cupped his hands and said in a muffled voice,

"I have long heard of Lord Liu Xuande's bravery and would like to ask for some advice."

"Bold!"

Zhao Yun stepped out from the crowd.

"How can you challenge my lord!"

Dian Wei's eyes lit up.

"You are Zhao Zhao Zilong? I want to challenge you."

Zhao Yun looked at Liu Bei and saw him nod.

"Good, let me learn from you."

The two of them quickly went down to prepare.

Dian Wei held a pair of double iron halberds weighing eighty jin, mounted his horse, kicked the horse's belly, and roared as he charged toward Zhao Yun!

Zhao Yun held his silver spear and kept accelerating!

The two horses got closer and closer!

"Clang!"

The two horses crossed, and there was a loud noise!

Dazzling sparks erupted between their weapons, and the surrounding air seemed to form a shockwave!

Liu Bei nodded. The strength of the two was not much different.

Dian Wei was known for his strength,

and Zhao Yun's martial arts were extraordinary, and his strength was also great!

The two opened up a distance and charged at each other again!

Cao Cao smiled.

"Liu Xuande, my Dian Wei is not bad, right?"

Liu Bei nodded.

"The strength is not bad."

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The two fought for more than a dozen moves in an instant.

Although Dian Wei's body was strong, he was very flexible.

His wide body was unusually flexible, and the iron halberds in his hands kept greeting Zhao Yun!

Unfortunately, he was facing Zhao Yun, whose strength was not inferior to his, and whose martial arts were far better than Dian Wei's!

Zhao Yun's spear technique was light, elusive, and unpredictable, making it impossible to guard against.

Soon,

Dian Wei fell into a disadvantage.

His large iron halberds were difficult to defend against Zhao Yun's long spear, so he could only rely on exerting strength to speed up and consume physical strength to fight!

The eighty-jin iron halberds were a bit heavy at this time!

"Clang, clang, clang!"

After another dozen moves, Dian Wei was panting and sweating profusely, while Zhao Yun looked calm and relaxed!

"Clang!"

With a loud noise, Dian Wei's physical strength declined, his iron halberds were knocked away by Zhao Yun's spear, and he fell off his horse!

Liu Bei nodded. Zhao Zilong's seven-in-and-seven-out, fighting Xu Zhu to the point where he didn't dare to fight one-on-one, was not for nothing!

If it were Zhang Fei fighting, he would probably have had a good fight with this Dian Wei.

Zhao Yun's moves were exquisite, his basic skills were good, and his strength was also very high; he was simply the natural enemy of pure strength generals like Dian Wei!

Liu Bei's soldiers quickly reacted.

"Mighty!"

"Mighty!"

In the army, the strong are respected, and Zhao Yun defeating Dian Wei naturally boosted morale!

Cao Cao laughed heartily.

"Good, Zhao Zilong is indeed brave!"

Dian Wei was already the best fighter in his army, yet he was defeated by Zhao Yun. Although Cao Cao felt a bit uncomfortable, he wouldn't show it.

Liu Bei smiled.

"Brother Mengde, your Dian Wei is very good. If he had been at Sishui Pass that day, he would definitely have been able to behead that Hua Xiong."

This was Liu Bei's compliment.

Cao Cao felt even more uncomfortable, thinking of that Guan Yunchang!

Other people's martial generals are just good!

After eating and fighting, it was time to set off.

Liu Bei bid farewell to Cao Cao and led his army to set off!

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei's iron cavalry.

"Xun Wenruo, what do you think of Liu Bei?"

Xun Yu murmured,

"A hero of the current age, clear thinking, neither humble nor arrogant, terrifying!"

Cao Cao's heart rose with infinite pride.

"Only with such an opponent is it interesting."

"Zhao Zilong, you were too fast. Next time, let me have this kind of competition!" Zhang Fei said carelessly.

Liu Bei smiled.

"You would probably have a good fight with this Dian Wei. Cao Cao probably wants to keep us for dinner."

Zhang Fei muttered,

"Big Brother, you saw that again? Maybe I can knock that Dian Wei off his horse in ten moves!"

Liu Bei looked at Zhao Yun.

"Zhao Zilong, what do you think of this Dian Wei?"

Zhao Yun thought for a while.

"Amazing strength, not bad moves, most of his martial arts are in that pair of iron halberds."

Liu Bei smiled.

"Zhao Zilong is indeed clever!"

Dian Wei was the one whose iron halberds were stolen by Hu Hu Cheer, and in the end, two hands couldn't beat four hands...

Liu Bei sighed with emotion.

"Although Dian Wei is brave, it is the bravery of a common man. Zhao Zilong is not only brave but can also lead troops in battle, and has the wisdom to command troops, far surpassing him!"

Zhao Yun cupped his hands.

"This is thanks to my lord's cultivation."

Somewhere in Taishan Commandery,

Liu Bei's cavalry marched toward Kong Beihai Commandery in a grand manner.

Along the way, they didn't commit any crimes and even gave some grain and grass to the refugees.

A beautiful and refined young girl stood by the road watching the cavalry go by.

"Where is Liu Bei? I didn't see him, what a pity!"

The servant on the side said in a low voice,

"Miss, let's go back to Taking Xuzhou quickly. I'm afraid this Qingzhou is going to be in chaos again."

The woman shook her head.

"No, we are going to Qingzhou. Let the shops in Taking Xuzhou transport more grain, grass, and sea salt. There will be big business to do in Qingzhou soon!"

Servant?? He really couldn't understand, but the young lady had a natural business sense, and she was never wrong every time!

In Qingzhou, Kong Beihai Commandery, outside Duchang City,

"Bang!"

"Liu Bei actually rushed to aid Kong Rong!"

Guan Hai was very angry and kicked the table open.

Originally, he just came to find Kong Rong to 'borrow' ten thousand shi of grain.

Who knew that this corrupt Confucian Kong Rong actually opened his mouth and closed his mouth, saying he was a thief, and there wasn't a single grain of food!

Could Guan Hai endure that?

In a few rounds, he chopped Kong Rong's deputy general Zong Bao to death, scaring Kong Rong into closing the city gate immediately!

Kong Rong also threatened him, saying he and Liu Bei were good brothers, and told him to weigh it up.

Guan Hai admitted that Liu Bei was indeed capable of fighting, but others had to be able to come.

"Coming from Bingzhou to Kong Beihai is over a thousand miles away, and passing through other people's territory in between, how much grain and grass would be consumed just on the road."

"I didn't expect this Liu Bei to really come!"

Guan Hai felt that this Liu Bei was sick, but he had to admire Liu Bei's loyalty!

"Good, this time I will defeat the world-shaking Liu Bei and raise the prestige of our Huang Jin Army!"

Guan Hai had fifty thousand Huang Jin soldiers under his command, and more than ten thousand family members cheering, looking indeed powerful!

However, Guan Hai knew himself that dealing with someone like Kong Rong who didn't cultivate military affairs was fine, but dealing with Liu Bei, who had been through many battles and defeated Dong Zhuo, was not enough.

"What do you all think we should do?"

Guan Hai looked at the few scholars around him who were forced to be military advisors.

A middle-aged scholar cupped his hands.

"Commander, Liu Bei is a fierce general of the current age, our army cannot fight him head-on. Why don't we go to Donglai Commandery to find food?"

"Indeed, Liu Bei's troops are all cavalry; one charge and we will scatter."

Guan Hai was furious.

"Trash! Trash!"

"I just won't retreat, and I will defeat Liu Bei to let these warlords of the Han Dynasty see!"

These 'military advisors' couldn't be relied on, so Guan Hai could only do it himself.

"The area around Guangxian and Shiqingshan has many mountains, and there are not many roads suitable for cavalry. I will set an ambush there and defeat Liu Bei in one battle!"

"I will take thirty thousand elite soldiers, and you all take twenty thousand soldiers and others to guard here. Don't let the government officials see it and notify Liu Bei!"

"Yes!"

Unfortunately, although Guan Hai set off that night and was very careful,

how could the military discipline of the Huang Jin Army be hidden from Taishi Ci, a master archer with superb archery skills who never missed a shot?

Could someone with bad eyesight be a master archer?

Taishi Ci soon discovered the abnormality. After careful observation, he hurried to Kong Rong to report.

"Administrator, Guan Hai has about thirty thousand troops leaving the camp. I observe that they are all their elites, and they should be going to ambush Lord Liu Xuande."

Kong Rong was shocked.

"What should be done? Brother Liu Xuande is in a hurry to rescue me. What if he is ambushed!"

He was afraid that Liu Bei would be defeated, and then no one would come to rescue him!

Taishi Ci cupped his hands.

"Administrator, if Guan Hai wants to defeat Lord Liu Xuande, he must set an ambush on the mountain road, and he himself will go there."

Kong Rong didn't understand; he was just a scholar and didn't understand military affairs.

Taishi Ci continued,

"The Huang Jin Army outside the city is now leaderless. The Administrator only needs to give me three thousand soldiers, and I will definitely break the enemy!"

"By then, Guan Hai will be unable to attend to both ends, and we can join forces with Lord Liu Xuande to attack from front and back and crush them!"

Kong Rong waved his hand.

"Taishi Ziyi, the art of war says, appear weak when you are strong, and appear strong when you are weak. If Guan Hai is pretending to mobilize troops and is actually tricking us into leaving the city, wouldn't that be falling into his trap? Not appropriate, not appropriate!"

Taishi Ci felt a sense of powerlessness and secretly thought,

"This Kong Rong is indeed not a wise master! Letting go of such a good opportunity."

If it weren't for Kong Rong's grace to his mother, Taishi Ci really wouldn't want to care about this matter.

He cupped his hands.

"Administrator, please allow me to leave the city to report the news, so that Lord Liu Xuande won't be calculated by Guan Hai."

Kong Rong definitely agreed to this; otherwise, if Liu Bei were really defeated, he would be miserable.

"Good, how many people does Taishi Ziyi want to take?"

"I alone am enough!"

Kong Rong??

That night, the city gate of Duchang opened slightly.

Taishi Ci held his spear and jumped on his horse, killing his way into the thief's formation, charging left and right as if entering an empty space, and soon broke out of the encirclement!

The Huang Jin Army still wanted to chase,

but Taishi Ci put away his spear and held his bow, nocking an arrow and shooting!

"Shoo, shoo, shoo!"

The few Huang Jin cavalrymen who chased first fell off their horses in response!

The Huang Jin Army didn't dare to chase anymore. Everyone was just making a living, with a few dozen jin of grain a month, why bother!

They let Taishi Ci leave!

Kong Rong saw it clearly on the city tower.

"Alas, Taishi Taishi Ziyi is truly brave!"

"If Brother Liu Xuande takes a fancy to him, should I let him go?"

In Taishan Commandery,

In the area of Guangxian,

Liu Bei's army was cooking food.

Zhang Fei was cursing.

"Ding Yuan Shao is really stingy; what he gave us is all old rice, too much!"

Liu Bei didn't care; it was good to have something to eat in this day and age. Wasn't old rice still rice?

He looked at the sky in the distance.

"Guo Fengxiao, there are less than two days left to Duchang. Do you have any strategy to break the enemy?"

Guo Jia looked around.

"My lord, it's still early, yet you are cooking food. I think you already have a plan."

Liu Bei smiled.

"Nothing can be hidden from you, Guo Fengxiao. The Taishan Commandery area has many mountains, and this place is not far from Shiqingshan, which is perfect for an ambush. If I were Guan Hai, I would definitely lead troops to wait for us."

Guo Jia cupped his hands.

"My lord is wise."

— Author's Notes —

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