Chapter 33

"Quick, kill him for me!"

Zhao Yun was even faster than the soldiers under Liu Shi's command; in the blink of an eye, he had already reached within a meter of Liu Shi.

"Die, rebel general!"

With a flash of silver light, before Liu Shi could even draw his blade, Zhao Yun had already taken his life with a single thrust of his spear!

Zhao Yun drew his sword and slashed, severing Liu Shi's commander flag!

"Liu Shi is dead!"

"Liu Shi is dead!"

Liu Bei hurriedly ordered his soldiers to shout it out!

When the Huang Jin soldiers saw this,

their commander was gone,

and even the commander flag was gone,

they dared not resist any longer and turned to flee toward the rear.

In almost an instant, the entire Huang Jin army collapsed!

What followed was the harvesting of military merit, capturing prisoners, and collecting spoils of war!

The pursuit lasted for the better part of the day.

Of the sixty thousand Huang Jin soldiers, thirty thousand were captured; the others were either killed or fled, their whereabouts unknown.

Zhao Yun held Liu Shi's head, knelt on one knee, and felt deeply moved; he finally had a place to put his skills to use!

"My lord, your subordinate has not failed your mission!"

Liu Bei helped him up.

"Zilong, I did not misjudge you. This time, I will record you for the primary merit!"

Zhang Fei returned, grumbling,

"Big Brother, I only killed a Luo Shi; it wasn't satisfying at all!"

Liu Bei laughed heartily.

"Yide, don't be impatient; there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Zou Jing remarked with emotion,

"Brother Xuande, your soldiers and generals are extraordinarily valiant; I am truly envious."

Liu Bei smiled.

"Brother Zou, being able to crush the Qingzhou Huang Jin this time is the merit of both you and me."

Zou Jing nodded to himself; Liu Bei was capable and did not hog the credit—he was a person who knew how to share.

The netizens in the broadcast room also remarked with emotion.

"I misjudged him; I didn't expect the Eared Thief to actually be a general's talent."

"Zhao Zilong taking the head of the enemy commander from amidst ten thousand troops made my blood boil! He truly is a tiger general!"

"Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are also very fierce; they beat the Huang Jin army until they were scurrying like rats!"

"This Liu Bei has such good luck; he actually picked up these three peerless fierce generals!"

"Bai Yuekui and Miss Hua Mulan are also amazing; their movements are graceful, without a single wasted motion. Killing a man every ten steps—impressive!"

"I suddenly have some confidence in the Xia Kingdom; perhaps this Liu Bei really can accomplish something."

"If Liu Bei succeeds, the Xia Kingdom will make a fortune. He is ranked very low in the system, so the rewards will definitely be super valuable!"

Qingzhou City,

Governor Gong Jing raised his cup.

"Brother Xuande, you are truly worthy of being a scion of the Han imperial clan; you saved my Qingzhou City in a single battle!"

Liu Bei cupped his hands.

"Governor, your defense was well-organized. Liu Shi only took a desperate gamble to attack us when he saw no other opportunity, which also gave us a chance to break the enemy."

Gong Jing stroked his beard and laughed.

"Brother Xuande is too modest."

He knew clearly in his heart that if Liu Bei hadn't come to reinforce them, Qingzhou City might have already changed hands.

What Liu Bei said made Gong Jing feel quite comfortable.

"Come, come, Brother Xuande, let us continue to drink."

After three rounds of drinks,

Gong Jing asked again,

"Xuande, how do you intend to handle the thirty thousand Huang Jin prisoners you captured?"

Liu Bei knew this fellow was eyeing these prisoners.

He paused.

"Our army suffered relatively heavy losses this time, so we intend to select one thousand men from them to replenish our ranks. How about you handle the remaining prisoners, Governor?"

Gong Jing was overjoyed; he could sell these thirty thousand people to those powerful clans later, which would also be a considerable income.

"Good, good! Brother Xuande, I will cover the equipment for those one thousand men!"

"I will also gift you two hundred horses and two hundred fine bows and crossbows."

Liu Bei cupped his hands to express his gratitude.

As for the military supplies captured from the Huang Jin army this time, aside from giving a portion to Zou Jing, he kept the rest, which was quite a harvest.

Just the grain alone amounted to over ten thousand shi, enough for the soldiers to eat for more than three months.