Chapter 547

Seeing Lord Xuande stay behind, the surrendered Yuan and Cao soldiers felt at ease.

"Lord Xuande is benevolent and righteous; he will definitely not kill us!"

Soon,

Ju Yi, Xu Huang, and others also arrived with troops. Liu Bei had them gather the laborers and routed soldiers; these people were the pillars of their families, and now that the outcome was decided, there was no need to create further tragedy.

Guo Fengxiao cupped his hands.

"My lord is benevolent and righteous; in the future, when you enter Hebei and the Central Plains, these people and their relatives will surely welcome you along the road!"

Xun Gongda sighed with emotion.

"Only my lord is so benevolent and righteous; Yuan Shao and Cao Cao ignored them and fled for their own lives, they are not fit to be lords!"

Jia Xu looked at the laborers and routed soldiers filling the mountains and plains.

"After this battle, the three heroes of Guandong will no longer have the strength to launch an expedition against Guanzhong!"

He felt at ease in his heart; following the lord is good, as one can both maintain one's health and build merit.

Liu Bei laughed.

"This great victory is the result of our army's arduous defense over the past few months. Send the notice down: the spoils of this great victory have already arrived in Taiyuan and will reach Hedong in a few days. Have everyone bring the surrendered soldiers and laborers back to the camp."

"Understood!"

"Fengxiao, with your constitution, you had better not pursue; take the captives back."

Guo Fengxiao cupped his hands.

"Thank you for your concern, my lord."

Liu Bei handed these tasks to Xu Huang, Guo Fengxiao, Jia Xu, and others, while he himself took his personal guard cavalry and continued to march toward Henei.

With the sound of thundering hooves, Liu Bei wiped the snowflakes from his face.

"Shiyuan, where have we arrived?"

"My lord, we are currently in Wenxian, Henei Commandery."

"Wenxian?"

Liu Bei was stunned. Isn't this the hometown of Military Sima Yi, the famous health-maintenance expert with the 'eagle-gaze and wolf-glance' who outlived three generations of Cao Wei?

Liu Bei could not bring himself to like Military Sima Yi; this guy was an old schemer, an opportunist, and good at faking illness!

His ability was certainly outstanding, but Liu Bei did not want to use him. The Eight Princes Rebellion of Western Jin and the chaos of the Five Hu were all thanks to this Sima family, causing the people of the Central Plains to suffer a tragic fate!

He felt too disgusted to use him.

Liu Bei was still thinking when Chen Dao drove his horse over.

"My lord, there are thousands of rogue soldiers ahead plundering the people of Wenxian."

Routed soldiers after a great battle were very dangerous to the common people.

These people had already lost their minds; they didn't even know if they would survive, so how could they refrain from burning, killing, and plundering?

Liu Bei shouted.

"Generals, hear my order: protect the people, kill the rogue soldiers without mercy!"

"Understood!"

With the sound of thundering hooves,

The cavalry charged into the rogue soldiers like tigers into a flock of sheep.

The rogue soldiers who had just been plundering the people were instantly cut down by the cavalry like melons and vegetables!

Liu Bei noticed a carriage in the distance being besieged by rogue soldiers.

A young and beautiful woman was wielding a sword to fend off the rogue soldiers trying to rush the carriage.

Many servants around her were already dead, leaving only this woman and her maid.

Three rogue soldiers knocked the long sword from the woman's hand and grinned hideously as they reached for her!

"Capturing a beautiful maiden is not a loss!"

"Hurry up and grab her, take her and run, Liu Bei's army is coming!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Three iron arrows flew over, striking the three men squarely in the face, and they collapsed to the ground with a thud.

The woman turned her head and saw Liu Bei putting away his bow; she couldn't help but have her eyes light up and praised him inwardly.

"Sword-like brows and star-like eyes, a sharp gaze, what a handsome general!"

Liu Bei rode over.

"Miss, are you alright?"

The woman bowed gracefully.

"Zhang family of Pinggao, Henei, thank you, benefactor, for saving my life."

Although she looked a bit flustered, she was still quite composed.

Liu Bei praised her inwardly; for a woman to be so composed in such a situation, her courage was not bad.

He observed the woman before him; she was beautiful, and while there was naturally a gap compared to Zhen Mi and the Two Qiaos, she was about the same as Lady Gan.

She was young and beautiful, and her clothes could not hide her fiery figure; one look and it was clear she was a daughter of a scholar-official family—for no other reason than that her nutrition had kept up.

The woman was also secretly sizing up the benefactor before her.

"Tall and straight, sword-like brows and star-like eyes, carrying an air of authority, yet giving one a sense of closeness. Which general of Liu Bei's army is this benefactor? So handsome..."

The broadcast room's barrage exploded.

"I say Brother Bei, aren't you pursuing the routed Cao and Yuan armies? How did you turn into a hero saving a beauty?"