Chapter 435

Zhang Liao didn't forget to mock him!

Zhang Xiu was furious and attacked Zhang Liao fiercely as well!

The two exchanged over thirty moves in an instant, and Zhang Xiu gradually couldn't hold on.

"Clang!"

With a loud bang, Zhang Xiu lost his strength, his long spear slipped from his hand, and Zhang Liao took the opportunity to strike fiercely!

"Whoosh!"

Zhang Xiu's head flew off!

Zhang Xiu was dead!

The surrounding soldiers were shocked; the commander had died too quickly!

Zhang Liao shouted,

"Zhang Xiu is dead! Kneel and you will be spared!"

The soldiers also shouted along,

"Zhang Xiu is dead! Kneel and you will be spared!"

Zhang Xiu's soldiers had no heart to fight anymore; they threw down their weapons one after another and knelt on the ground.

Hu Cheer was also tied up tightly!

Zhang Liao and Yan Xing gathered the surrendered troops while sending a fast horse to report to Liu Bei!

Ba He Ba Li was extremely annoyed at this moment. He was about to surround Liu Bei, but he didn't expect Zhang Xiu's home to be stolen!

"The eared thief is indeed treacherous!"

He didn't have the guts to lead ten thousand troops to fight Liu Bei's five thousand, so he led his troops back,

but he ran into Zhang Xiu's routed army.

"What? The lord was killed?!"

"Fell into Zhang Liao's ambush?"

Ba He Ba Li suddenly felt so lost. The dream had woken up too quickly, and he felt terrible!

The A-San broadcast room was also in despair!

"It's over! We can't kill the eared thief, and Ba He Ba Li doesn't know what to do either!"

Ba He Ba Li thought for a moment.

"Generals, follow my orders! Move with me toward Yexian!"

Zhang Xiu was dead; he had become the last remaining seedling of Dong Zhuo's forces. The system had just prompted him that he could start his own business and become a lord.

Ba He Ba Li almost cursed out loud. In this ghostly situation, was it a good time to start a business?!

He planned to defect to Cao Cao. Once they defeated Liu Bei and occupied Wancheng, he would be a warlord himself!

Thirty miles north of Xinye City,

"Report!"

"My lord, Zhang Liao and Yan Xing ambushed Zhang Xiu. Zhang Liao beheaded Zhang Xiu in battle, and Wancheng was taken by Xu Sheng! Ba He Ba Li led ten thousand troops to defect to Xia Hou Dun."

Everyone was overjoyed!

Liu Bei smiled.

"Kongming, Shiyuan, this time it's all thanks to your planning!"

The two cupped their hands.

"We owe it to the lord for giving us the opportunity to perform."

Liu Bei stood up tall.

"Alright, now we move our troops to Wanxian to confront Xia Hou Dun's sixty-thousand-strong army."

"Understood!"

Duyang,

on the road from Yexian to Wanxian,

Xia Hou Dun finished listening to the scout's report and cursed loudly.

"Zhang Xiu is truly trash!"

"Liu Bei is unharmed, yet he himself was killed, and Wancheng was stolen!"

Li Dian frowned.

"General Xia Hou, our army's joint effort to surround and annihilate Liu Bei has failed. We should return to Yexian."

Xia Hou Dun glared at Li Dian.

"Li Mancheng, you are too cowardly. Zhang Liao only has eleven thousand men; adding Liu Bei's five thousand, they only have sixteen thousand."

"Our army has fifty thousand troops, plus the ten thousand Ba He Ba Li brought; that's sixty thousand in total. This is the perfect time to kill Liu Bei, take Wancheng, and occupy Nanyang Commandery for our lord!"

Le Jin's eyes also lit up. If these two things were done, it would definitely be a great merit!

Just then,

a scout came to report.

"Report!"

"General, Liu Bei has appointed Zhuge Liang as commander in Wanxian and ordered him to lead thirteen thousand troops out of the city to the north to meet our army!"

"He himself is staying behind in Wanxian with three thousand troops."

Xia Hou Dun:?

"Who is this Zhuge Liang? How does he get such trust from Liu Bei?"

Li Dian cupped his hands.

"Commander, this Zhuge Liang is a farmer from Nanyang who lived in seclusion in Longzhong. Recently, Liu Bei appointed him as an advisor in the General's Mansion."

Xia Hou Dun was furious and kicked over the table.

"How dare Liu Bei humiliate me like this!"

"He actually sent a farmer to be commander and even came out of the city to campaign against me?!"

Xia Hou Dun felt he had suffered a great humiliation and was genuinely offended.

"Pass the order: the whole army is to set out and rush to Wancheng. I want to kill that farmer and slice Liu Bei into pieces!"

Li Dian cupped his hands.

"Commander, Liu Bei using a farmer as commander is likely a trick to make us arrogant. We must be on guard."

Xia Hou Dun waved his hand.

"No matter. Liu Bei is indeed in Wancheng. Whether it's a trick or not, as long as we crush Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei will have no troops to use, and he will be a turtle in a jar!"

"Send someone quickly to report the situation here to our lord."

"Understood!"

Zhuge Liang was currently assigning generals northeast of Wanxian.

"Huang Zhong, listen to my order."

"Present."

"I order you to be the vanguard and lead four thousand troops north of Bowang Slope to meet Xia Hou Dun."

Zhang Fei laughed loudly.

"Zhuge village rustic, what are you doing? Xia Hou Dun has sixty thousand troops; you're sending Huang Zhong with four thousand—isn't that just sending him to his death?"

Zhuge Liang frowned.

"Zhang Fei, the lord appointed me as commander, and the command seal is here. If you dare to speak recklessly again, I will apply military law!"

Zhang Fei remembered Liu Bei's warning and snorted.

Zhuge Liang continued,

"When General Huang engages Xia Hou Dun, he is only allowed to lose, not to win!"

Huang Zhong:?

Lu Xun's eyes lit up.

Zhang Fei muttered, feeling that this village rustic was like Cao Cao's spy!

Zhuge Liang continued,