Chapter 38

Liu Bei looked at Guo Jia,

"Guo Fengxiao, there is still an army of ten thousand Baibo soldiers led by Yang Feng in Yangxian. Please give me a strategy to take it with the least cost."

Guo Fengxiao laughed heartily,

"Brother Liu Xuande, you already had an idea in your heart, didn't you?"

"Zhao Yun just captured the Baibo minor commander Hu Cai; using him to trick the city gate open and take Yangxian will be as easy as turning over one’s hand!"

Liu Bei nodded, "Guo Fengxiao, what a great strategy."

"Pass the order down, bring Hu Cai up!"

Hu Cai surrendered quickly and agreed to defect, leading Zhao Yun’s disguised troops toward Yangxian.

Yangxian,

Yang Feng frowned as he looked at the countless routed soldiers outside the city,

"Could it be that the Great Commander was defeated?!"

"Impossible, Liu Bei only has a few thousand men!"

A young man beside him, holding a giant mountain-splitting axe with sharp eyes, said in a deep voice,

"Minor Commander, I fear the Great Commander fell into Liu Bei’s lure-the-enemy strategy and was ambushed."

Yang Feng slammed the parapet fiercely,

"This Liu Bei is truly treacherous!"

Hu Cai led several hundred routed soldiers and shouted under the city,

"Open the city gate quickly!"

"Yang Feng, the Great Commander is dead, open the city gate quickly!"

Yang Feng was shocked; he didn't expect Guo Tai to have actually kicked the bucket,

Great Commander Guo, who was in high spirits an hour ago and boasted about taking Luoyang, was actually dead!

Yang Feng’s heart was in chaos,

"Quick, open the city gate quickly!"

The city gate opened,

and Zhao Yun led Hu Cai and charged in.

The young man holding the giant mountain-splitting axe suddenly shouted,

"Oh no, Minor Commander, Hu Cai has already defected! Although these routed soldiers are in a chaotic formation, their eyes are sharp, and they are not panicked at all!"

"They are guarding the city gate and not moving at all!"

Just then,

"Rumble..."

Dense hoofbeats came from afar; Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led their cavalry and charged fiercely toward the city gate!

Yang Feng hurriedly ordered his soldiers to close the city gate,

and a flash of silver light,

Zhao Yun used a "sweeping across a thousand armies" move, directly sweeping down a group of Baibo soldiers!

Yang Feng held his blade and stepped forward, attacking Zhao Yun frantically!

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Zhao Yun steadily defended for three moves,

then thrust his silver spear forward, forcing Yang Feng back.

Before Yang Feng could react, the spear shot out like a dragon, piercing Yang Feng’s throat in one move!

Yang Feng was dead!

The axe-wielding youth swung his giant axe and charged at Zhao Yun!

"Clang!"

Spear and axe collided,

and the youth retreated a few steps.

Zhao Yun exclaimed,

"You young general actually have decent strength!"

The youth’s eyes were fierce,

"Your strength isn't bad either! Give me your life!"

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The two instantly fought together!

After twenty-some moves, the youth’s mountain-splitting axe was knocked away, and he himself was knocked to the ground!

Zhao Yun pointed his long spear at the youth’s throat,

"Tie him up!"

At this time, the reinforcements had arrived,

and Zhao Yun shouted loudly,

"The Lord has ordered: upon entering the city, you may only pursue and kill Baibo soldiers; you are not allowed to disturb the common people. Anyone who plunders the people will be beheaded!"

"Understood!"

The young man was stunned, his eyes full of surprise, thinking to himself,

"There are actually government troops with such good military discipline?!"

"What kind of person is this Liu Bei?"

When Liu Bei led his troops into the city, the city had already been mostly cleared.

Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said,

"Lord, Yang Feng has been executed, and Yangxian has not been harmed in the slightest!"

Liu Bei nodded,

"Good, Zhao Zilong, you’ve worked hard. I heard you also captured a young general holding a mountain-splitting axe?"

"Lord, this young general’s martial arts are quite good; it took me over twenty moves to take him down."

Liu Bei was stunned,

"Mountain-splitting axe, extraordinary martial arts, from Hedong? Could it be Xu Huang, Xu Xu Gongming, one of Boss Cao’s Five Elite Generals?"

"Bring him to see me."

Soon, Xu Huang, tied up like a dumpling, was brought over.

Liu Bei said in a deep voice,

"Bandit general, state your name!"

Xu Huang said coldly,

"Xu Huang, Xu Xu Gongming, from Yangxian, Hedong. Do what you will, kill or beat me as you please!"

Liu Bei slammed the table,

"As a native of Yangxian, you don't think about protecting your hometown elders, but instead become a bandit and help the evildoer. What is your crime!"

Xu Huang snorted,

"I am guilty of a capital crime, but Niu Fu’s Xiliang soldiers are even worse than the Baibo Army—burning, killing, looting, and killing innocents for merit; they are even more deserving of death!"

Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said,

"Lord, according to the people of Yangxian, this Xu Huang turned to banditry to protect the people of Yangxian from being harmed by the Baibo Army."

Liu Bei looked at Xu Huang,

"Is this true?"

Xu Huang said in a deep voice,

"Although I turned to banditry, I would never harm the people of Yangxian."

Liu Bei walked over and untied Xu Huang,

"In that case, you may go home."

Xu Huang was a bit stunned; he hadn't expected Liu Bei to let him go.

He cupped his hands and said,

"Thank you, Commandant Liu!"

After saying this, he turned and walked away with long strides.

Zhao Yun wanted to say something, but Liu Bei waved his hand to signal him not to be anxious; if he was his talent, he wouldn't run away.

"Bai Yuekui, what are our gains this time?"

[Backup QQ Group: 89396446]

Bai Yuekui cleared her throat,

"Commandant, this time we killed over five thousand enemies, captured 60,000 Baibo soldiers, 4,500 warhorses, 20,000 shi of grain, tens of thousands of weapons and arrows, and 50 million cash!"

"Baibo Army leaders Guo Tai, Yang Feng, and Han Han Xian have been executed, and Hu Cai has surrendered."

Everyone was very excited,

and Zhang Fei said loudly,

"Damn it, this Baibo Army is too fragile!"

Guan Yu still had his eyes half-closed, his face indifferent; he didn't think much of this Baibo Army!

Liu Bei looked at Gao Shun, who was sitting upright,

"Gao Shun, you intercepted the main force of the Baibo Army head-on this time and shot Guo Tai to death with arrows. I will credit you with the first merit."

Gao Shun was moved inside; his previous superiors would have wanted to steal all the credit, but Liu Bei wouldn't even steal this first merit...

He stood up and cupped his hands,

"Thanks to the Commandant for equipping the Trapping Battalion with the best armor and crossbows, I dare not claim the credit."

Liu Bei patted Gao Shun on the shoulder,

"This credit belongs to you."

He looked around,

"The main force of the Baibo Army has been annihilated, but everyone, don't relax. I have received news that Li Le and Yufuluo have another eighty thousand troops marching south from Taiyuan Commandery and will arrive in Hedong in a few days. Most of them are cavalry skilled in archery."