Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 642 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey

The setting sun on the horizon scattered its last afterglow, casting a long shadow on Duan Xuan's body.

The long and narrow shadow dragged on the ground, extending to the feet of Ma Teng, Han Sui and others, as if he was still resentful when he died and stretched out his hand to hold everyone back.

Everyone unconsciously walked around the shadow. Ma Chao spurred his horse around in disgust and said to Ma Teng: "Father, how should I dispose of this man's body?"

Ma Teng hesitated and said, "Forget it, don't worry about it."

"Right now, the most important thing is to get to Huaicheng as soon as possible."

Everyone rode away, leaving only corpses on the ground. The two most conspicuous ones were Duan Xuan and Guo Bang.

The two people who took different paths are now on the same land, less than a few feet apart. This tragic battle has come to an end at the same time, and it also marks the complete end of Dong Zhuo's line of Liangzhou warriors.

Not far from Huaicheng, hundreds of miles away, Lu Bu, the leader of another faction in the Bingliangbian army, the Bingzhou faction, was galloping on his horse in a hurry.

Although he understood that Huaicheng was probably over, he was unwilling to accept it. The disappointment and anger of losing everything again were biting his heart like a poisonous snake. He couldn't help but tighten the Fangtian Painted Halberd in his hand.

Cao Cao!

I shouldn't have retreated from Yanzhou in the first place, but fought to the death with him, so that there wouldn't be today's chaos!
Zhang Liao, who had driven back Yuan Shu's army from the rear, had already caught up and said, "Marquis Wen, shouldn't you inquire about the news in advance so that you can do something better?"

Lu Bu had a gloomy look on his face, "No need, we'll just charge into the city when the time comes."

"Otherwise, when Ma Teng and Han Sui arrive, what chance will we have?"

Zhang Liao sighed secretly after hearing this. Lu Bu had a good idea, but is it really that easy to rush into Huaicheng?
He originally wanted to persuade Lu Bu to retreat for the time being and then take action slowly, but Lu Bu rejected Zhang Liao's idea not only because there might be reinforcements on the opposite side, but also because Lu Bu was still worried about the emperor and his family.

But in Zhang Liao's view, it is impossible for Cao Cao to leave a chance for Lu Bu. Instead of doing this, it is better to temporarily abandon Huaicheng and find allies to attack Cao Cao together.

The outline of Huai City in the distance gradually appeared. Lu Bu was impatient and immediately rushed into the city. He heard a shout from the top of the city. Archers leaned out and aimed at Lu Bu. The rain of arrows instantly covered him.

Lu Bu used Fang Tian Hua Ji to strike the arrows, and roared angrily: "Despicable and shameless, you have the guts to come out of the city and fight me!"

Cao Ren poked his head out from the top of the city and shouted: "Lu Bu!"

"The Emperor orders you to put down your weapons and enter the city alone!"

Lu Bu was furious after hearing this, "Fuck your mother!"

"You have the guts to go down to the city and challenge me to a duel!"

Cao Ren shook his head. He was not stupid. Who would challenge Lu Bu in a single fight?

Dian Wei on the side was eager to try, and said to Cao Ren: "I can capture Lu Bu alive if I take 20 people out of the city!"

Cao Ren thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "Then you should be careful. If the momentum is not right, rush back immediately."

Dian Wei nodded in agreement, but he was disapproving in his heart. He had won consecutive battles recently and had killed many famous people. He was also full of confidence. He thought that Lu Bu was also a human being, and he was also a human being. Why should he say who is higher than the other?

I will take Lu Bu's head today and become famous all over the world!
He picked up a pair of iron halberds, mounted his war horse, and led the troops out of the city. The sergeant at the top of the city lowered the drawbridge, and Dian Wei rode out. He came a dozen steps in front of Lu Bu, pointed his iron halberd at Lu Bu, and said, "Lü Bu, I am Cao Cao." Guard Dian Wei under the public account!"

"I will fight with you today to let you know that there is heaven outside the world and there are people outside the world!"

Lu Bu looked cold when he saw Dian Wei's weapon, "It seems that if I, Lu Bu, don't go to the battlefield for a few years, some people won't take me seriously!"

"Use short-hand soldiers against me, you're looking for death!"

He shouted loudly, clapped his horse and rushed out. Fang Tian pointed his halberd at the sky and rushed towards Dian Wei.

When Dian Wei saw it, he didn't dare to be careless. He only said he looked down on him, but in fact he didn't really look down on Lu Bu. After all, the other person became famous much earlier than he did!
So when Dian Wei saw the opponent coming towards him, Fang Tian smashed his halberd on his head. He then had two halberds and wanted to block, and then took the opportunity to lock the opponent's halberd.

As long as Lu Bu couldn't draw out the long halberd, he could take the opportunity to get close to the opponent, and then lock the long halberd with one short halberd, freeing up the other short halberd to stab the opponent to death!
However, the expected impact did not come, and the halberd was withdrawn again, drawing a circle, and struck down with a more ferocious posture.

Dian Wei subconsciously blocked it, but Fang Tian's painted halberd still did not fall, but drew an arc and retracted it.

Dian Wei looked at Fang Tian's painted halberd spinning faster and faster, and not only gritted his teeth, the opponent was constantly using feints to gain momentum!

He yelled, "What kind of tricks are you playing? I don't have the guts to compete in strength!"

Before he finished speaking, Fang Tian's painted halberd, which had returned to the highest point, suddenly accelerated and crashed down with a shrill sound of wind!
Dian Wei was startled and hurriedly raised his halberd to block, only to hear a loud clang as the two halberds collided with Lu Bu's, and the deafening sound was heard.

Dian Wei felt his wrists were extremely sore and his mouth was filled with the smell of blood. He knew that he had been seriously injured after just one blow from the other party.

However, he was aroused and roared wildly. He raised his arms vigorously, trying to separate Fang Tian Huaji.

The next moment, Dian Wei lightened his arms. Lu Bu did not choose to press down to compete with his strength. Instead, he raised Fang Tian's painted halberd and smashed it down on the head again!
Dian Wei was struggling to lift up at this time. Just when the old strength was exhausted and the new strength was not yet generated, Lu Bu used all his strength and immediately smashed Dian Wei's halberds and accelerated his fall.

Dian Wei's strength gave out, and two halberd poles were pressed down and hit him on the head. Dian Wei suddenly felt severe pain in his head and felt dizzy.He felt his forehead was wet, and a line of blood flowed down the bridge of his nose. He roared wildly, and pounced on his horse, not retreating but advancing, wanting to fight Lu Bu at close range!
But Lu Bu didn't give him this chance. He clamped his legs together, stepped back two steps on his horse, swept his halberd, and slashed towards Dian Wei's flank.

Dian Wei subconsciously raised his iron halberd to block, but Fang Tian shook his halberd, and the tip of the halberd stabbed Dian Wei's throat.

Cao Ren could clearly see from the top of the city that Lu Bu's halberd was extremely long. This not only meant distance suppression, but also meant that he could cover a large area in front of him as long as he turned the back end of the halberd slightly.

But when Lu Bu moved his fingers, Dian Wei had to wave his arms in response. Both the strength and energy consumption were several times greater than Lu Bu's.

If this continues, even an iron man named Dian Wei will not be able to hold on. It can be said that the more the fight continues, the slimmer Dian Wei's hope will become!

Cao Ren couldn't help but sigh, Lu Bu was both thick and thin, and he was not a man who competed with brute strength. Now that he saw that Dian Wei had a bad start, he was already showing signs of defeat. He was afraid that Dian Wei would make a mistake, so he would pay him to come back.

When Dian Wei heard the sound of gold on the city wall, he was unwilling to accept it, but he still made a few feints and tried to retreat towards the city. How could Lu Bu let him go? At that moment, the halberds drawn in the sky were like splashing water, cutting off Dian Wei's retreat.

Seeing this, the soldiers around Dian Wei came to rescue one after another, but Zhang Liao came up and stabbed one by one with his crescent halberd. In an instant, seven or eight people were stabbed off their horses.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Cao Ren quickly called dozens of archers to shoot at Lü Bu and Zhang Liao randomly. Seeing arrows raining down, Lü Bu was forced to put away Fang Tian's painted halberd to block. Dian Wei took the opportunity to feint his halberd and fled into the city.

He was about to flee to the city gate, but when he heard the sound of a bowstring behind him, he subconsciously shrank his head, and an arrow flew past his neck.

Dian Wei was congratulating himself, but then there was another sound of a string, and Dian Wei felt a sharp pain in his vest. He knew that he had been hit by an arrow, so he yelled and ran away to the city.

Lu Bu put down his bow and was about to take advantage of the situation to kill him, but he was too impatient to shoot arrows from the top of the city, so he had to retreat immediately.

Dian Wei returned to the city. When Cao Ren hurriedly went down to the city to take a look, he saw that Dian Wei's arrow from the north had penetrated the armor and penetrated three inches deep into the flesh. The bleeding continued, but luckily no bones were injured.

The doctor came up to help treat Dian Wei's injuries. Dian Wei sat on the ground with a gloomy face, knowing that he could still fight on foot, but there was still a big gap between him and Lu Bu!

He was angry and thinking about how to regain his position. Suddenly he remembered that Lu Bu's subordinates and their families were all in the city, and his eyes lit up.

Above the main hall in the city, Liu Xie was attending court.

But what is different from usual is that the square in front of the palace built by Zhang Yang and named Yang'an Palace has now become an execution ground.

Wu Shuo, Wu Zilan and others were escorted to the square in front of the palace. The executioner raised his ax high and then slashed it down.

The head and body were separated, and Gululu rolled far away. The blood line drawn out was crooked, like the last words written by a dying person.

Looking at the heads rolling on the ground, the minister's face turned pale, and he covered his mouth and felt like vomiting.

Liu Xie pretended to be calm and stared at the calm Cao Cao in the audience, with anger and unwillingness surging in his heart.

Why, why did I lose so miserably?

He had clearly eliminated all of Cao Cao's informants, so why did the news still leak out?

Not long after, the woman's shrill cries came over, and Dong Guiren was dragged to the ground all the way.

Also being taken into custody was Dong Cheng, whose hair was disheveled and his clothes were stained with blood. He had obviously been tortured and interrogated.

With his head hanging down, he was lifted up and placed on the wooden platform.

With a shout, Dong Cheng subconsciously raised his head and glanced at Liu Xie.

Liu Xie saw extremely complex emotions in his eyes, reluctance, regret, or fear?
The next moment, the ax was swung down, and all these emotions disappeared into nothingness along with the extinguished pupils.

Dong Guiren's cry came, "Father, Dad!"

When she saw the soldiers coming to drag her, she shouted frantically, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, save me!"

"I still have your Majesty's child!"

Liu Xie subconsciously opened his mouth and looked at Cao Cao as if asking for help.

Cao Cao seemed to understand what Liu Xie meant and said, "It is indeed an insult to the dignity of the Tian family."

Just as Liu Xie breathed a sigh of relief, he heard Cao Cao say: "Take him to the back hall and hang him with white silk."

Liu Xie stared at Cao Cao's back with his eyes wide open, but saw that the other man had not turned around to look at him.

Cao Cao was carrying his back, with murderous intent in his eyes.

Everyone in the world has betrayed me, so don’t blame me for betraying everyone in the world.

(End of this chapter)