Chapter 250

Somewhere in Taishan Commandery,

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

committing no crimes along the way and even giving some grain and fodder to the refugees.

A young girl, refined and elegant, stood by the side of the road watching the departing cavalry,

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

The servant beside her whispered,

"Miss, we should hurry back to Xuzhou; I'm afraid this Qingzhou is going to be in chaos again."

The girl shook her head,

"No, we are going to Qingzhou. Have the shops in Xuzhou transport more grain, fodder, and sea salt; there will be big business to do in Qingzhou soon!"

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

Qingzhou, Beihai Commandery, outside Duchang City,

"Bang!"

"Liu Bei actually rushed to aid Kong Rong!"

Bring Guan Hai was very angry and kicked the desk away,

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

but he knew this pedantic Kong Rong actually opened his mouth and closed his mouth saying he was a bandit, and there wasn't a single grain to be had!

Could Bring Guan Hai endure that?

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

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

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

"From Bingzhou to Beihai, it's over a thousand miles, passing through other people's territory; how much grain and fodder would be consumed just on the road?"

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

Bring 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 my Huang Jin!"

Bring Guan Hai had fifty thousand Huang Jin soldiers under his command, plus over a hundred thousand family members cheering them on; it really looked like they had many people and great momentum!

However, Bring 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 simply not enough.

"What do you all say we should do?"

Bring Guan Hai looked at the few scholars beside him who had been forced to serve as military advisors,

A middle-aged scholar cupped his hands,

"Commander, Liu Bei is a fierce general of the age; our army cannot match him. Why not go to Donglai Commandery to find food?"

"Exactly, Liu Bei has cavalry; one charge and we will scatter."

Bring Guan Hai was furious,

"Trash! Trash!"

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

These 'military advisors' couldn't be relied upon, so Bring Guan Hai had to do it himself,

"The area around Shiqingshan in Guangxian has many mountains, and there aren't 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 to go, and you all take twenty thousand soldiers and the others to guard here. Don't let the government soldiers see it and notify Liu Bei!"

"Yes!"

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

how could the discipline of the Huang Jin be hidden from the peerless archer Taishi Ci, whose arrows never missed?

Could someone with bad eyesight be a master archer?

Taishi Ci quickly discovered the abnormality, and after careful observation, he hurried to Kong Rong to report,

"Governor, Bring Guan Hai has about thirty thousand troops leaving the camp. I observed that they are all considered their elite; they must be going to ambush Governor Xuande."

Kong Rong was shocked,

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

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

Taishi Ci cupped his hands,

"Governor, if Bring Guan Hai wants to defeat Governor Xuande, it must be an ambush in 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 outside the city is now leaderless. Governor, just give me three thousand soldiers, and I will definitely defeat the enemy!"

"At that time, Bring Guan Hai will be unable to attend to both ends, and we can join forces with Governor Xuande to attack from front and back and defeat them!"

Kong Rong waved his hand,

"Ziyi, military strategy says: appear weak when strong, appear strong when weak. If Bring 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 said,

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

If it weren't for Kong Rong's kindness to his mother, Taishi Ci really wouldn't want to deal with this matter.

He cupped his hands,

"Governor, please allow me to leave the city to report the news, so as not to let Governor Xuande be calculated by Bring Guan Hai."

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

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

"I alone am enough!"

Kong Rong??

That night, the Duchang city gates opened slightly,

Taishi Ci held his spear, mounted his horse, and killed his way into the bandit formation, charging left and right as if entering an empty land, and quickly broke through the encirclement!

The Huang Jin still wanted to pursue,

Taishi Ci put away his spear, held his bow, and shot arrows!

"Shoo, shoo, shoo!"

The leading Huang Jin cavalry fell off their horses in response!

The Huang Jin didn't dare to pursue anymore; everyone was just making a living, earning a few dozen catties of grain a month, why bother!

They let Taishi Ci leave!

Kong Rong saw it clearly on the city tower,

"Alas, Taishi Ziyi is indeed brave!"

"If brother Xuande takes a liking to him, should I let him go?"

Taishan Commandery,

Guangxian area,

Liu Bei's army was cooking food,

Zhang Fei cursed,

"Yuan Shao is truly stingy; what he gave us is all old rice. Excessive!"

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

He looked at the sky in the distance,

"Fengxiao, it's less than two days' journey to Duchang. Do you have any strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Guo Jia looked around,

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

Liu Bei laughed,

"Nothing can be hidden from you, 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 Bring Guan Hai, I would definitely lead troops to wait for us."

Guo Jia cupped his hands,

"My lord is wise."