I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 37, fight against Liu Bei

Liu Bei took a look at the terrain of the mountain, and found that it was indeed not suitable for cavalry combat, so he said to Gongsun Zan, "Brother, the soldiers of the Lei Gong Department are not bad at fighting. We just rushed over, and our strength has not fully recovered. It's better to rest for a night." "

Gongsun Zan was only dissatisfied with the loss he had just lost, but after all, he has been in the army for more than ten years and has rich experience, so he naturally knew that now was not the time to continue fighting, so he agreed after Liu Bei's persuasion.

After resting overnight, Gongsun Zan led [-] cavalry to break through the fortifications made by Xu Wei.

Liu Bei looked at Xu Wei's army, which was heavily guarded and disciplined. The yellow turban bandits who fought with them were completely different. Even their own troops couldn't arrange such a neat army formation. He sighed: "This Lei Gong is really With some ability, it's no wonder that brother will suffer in his hands."

Gongsun Zan said: "Brother, I didn't pay attention for a while, but now I'm ready, with the power of my cavalry, it's enough to defeat the enemy!"

Then he saw a big flag, on which was written the four characters of "Tian Xing Dao" and exclaimed: "Unexpectedly, this Lei Gong is still a member of the Green Forest Heroes."

I think Liu Bei was a member of Youzhou Ranger back then, and he was a leader in Zhuo County. Otherwise, he would not be able to recruit hundreds of younger brothers with a single flag, so he also has a good impression of Xu Wei, who was born as a Ranger.

Liu Bei said: "This terrain is not conducive to our cavalry attack! I'd better let my younger brother persuade me for a while. If the enemy surrenders, it will be a great achievement for our brothers."

Gongsun Zan asked Liu Bei to try.

Liu Bei stepped forward and asked, "Who is your leader? How dare you come forward to talk to me!"

Xu Wei stepped forward and said, "What do you want to say?"

"My subordinate Liu Bei, seeing that your fortifications are well-arranged and your military formation is fortified, you are probably a capable person. Why don't you abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, and serve the emperor!"

Xu Wei was startled when he heard Liu Bei's name. He didn't expect to see the emperor of Shu Han, but that's all. After all, the two sides are enemies now.

Xu Wei laughed when he heard that Liu Bei wanted to surrender by himself: "Liu Bei, do you know why I rebelled in Wei County?"

Liu Bei was at a loss, is there any story in this?

Xu Wei said viciously: "At the beginning I led hundreds of refugees through Wei County, but Zhao Zhong's cousin saw my luxurious carriage and sent soldiers to kill us all. If I hadn't held him hostage, we would have died if we found it. It was in his hands, and then I hid in the deep mountains. Out of anger, I recruited tens of thousands of refugees to break into Zhao Zhong's manor with 1000 shi of grain, which was regarded as revenge for myself.

But the prefect of Wei County was worried about being retaliated by Zhao Zhong, and led the army to kill us. The officials forced the people to rebel, and I had to lead everyone to resist.But this prefect was incompetent, instead he was killed by himself, and we finally occupied Wei County, but we didn't expect the court to be so corrupt, and created millions of refugees in just one year, everyone was ignited by me and started to riot again.Such a corrupt court, why should I seek refuge?Waiting for Zhao Zhong to bring someone to kill me! "

"Zhao Zhong!" Hearing this name, Liu Bei's eyes were full of anger. If he hadn't acted recklessly, he would still be a county captain. If he hadn't bought and sold officials, how could there be millions of yellow scarf thieves in Jizhou again? Now Liu Bei can't wait to hack Zhao Zhong to death .

Liu Bei continued: "Zhao Zhong, a treacherous official, caused troubles in the court. He will be punished sooner or later. Qu Shuai also knows that Zhang Niujiao and the others have been destroyed. You are not the court's opponents alone. Qu Shuai, you continue to fight against the court. It's just a struggle. , Master Liu Yu of Youzhou is a rare good official, Qu Shuai might as well surrender to the court and save the lives of his subordinates."

Xu Wei smiled and said: "I admit that Liu Yu is a good official, but today's emperor is a fool. Not to mention that he appointed a treacherous minister like Zhao Zhong, but he promised to exempt Jizhou from taxation for one year, but he turned his back on it. Not only did he not exempt Taxes, on the contrary, increase taxes by 10 yuan per mu. Otherwise, how could there be a million Yellow Turbans in Jizhou? This is not an official rebellion.

Do you know why there are millions of people rebelling at every turn?Because the big man can't survive anymore!As long as Liu Hong, a foolish king, is in power, how can we save our lives? Instead of resting our swords and waiting for the court to slaughter, I still prefer to take up the sword and attack those corrupt officials who bully the common people! "

"Rebellious officials and traitors, dare to call His Majesty by name directly, come and kill me!" Gongsun Zan said angrily.

Then he whispered to Liu Bei: "Don't persuade, this Lei Gong can't stay, or if His Majesty knows what happened today, we can't afford it!"

Although Liu Bei felt that what Xu Wei said was right, he was a little dissatisfied with Liu Hong, a foolish emperor, but after all, there were limitations.

Gongsun Zan commanded his cavalry to dismount, and quickly cleared the antlers and traps in front of the battle formation. However, Xu Wei's barbed wire fence was not only dense, but was also driven into the ground by Xu Wei with wooden stakes. It was impossible to pull it out, and it was difficult to cut it with a sword. break!

But Xu Wei had already commanded the crossbowmen to shoot at Gongsun Zan's soldiers. With all the arrows fired, Gongsun Zan's soldiers suffered heavy casualties.At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led their troops and held huge shields to guard against the direct arrows from the hard crossbow. At the same time, they also used bows and arrows to fight back. Unfortunately, they all used riding bows to shoot, which was not as far as Xu Wei's crossbow, so After beating for a whole day, he was suppressed by Xu Wei, and he didn't even remove much of the antlers.

After dark, the two sides called for money to withdraw their troops.

As soon as Gongsun Zan counted the casualties, there were more than 500, and he was very distressed. His men were all the most elite cavalry in Youzhou, and now they were wasted in this small valley.

Liu Bei persuaded: "Brother, we can't continue fighting like this. We clean up in the front and the enemy deploys in the back. It is impossible to clean up these fortifications even if our cavalry is exhausted. The terrain of the valley is really not conducive to our cavalry attack. Let's wait and see." Master Liu Yu brings the infantry over to fight the enemy, they are only [-] people and not as good as our elite, they cannot be our opponents with [-] troops!"

Gongsun Zan said: "The large army of bandits must be at Dahukou Pass. If they enter Bingzhou, the current situation of Bingzhou will be the same as Jizhou back then. At that time, our brothers will not only have to say that they have made military exploits, but will also be punished." The imperial court reprimanded me."

Only then did Liu Bei remember that Bingzhou's army was basically brought to Jizhou by Fu Bian. There were no more than 5000 soldiers in Bingzhou, and they were scattered in Bingzhou with a radius of several thousand miles. It could be said that there was no defense at all. With 7 soldiers and 20 refugees around him, Liu Bei's face changed instantly when he thought of so many refugees rushing into Bingzhou, which would change the color of the whole Bingzhou.

(End of this chapter)