Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 649 Fierce Generals Gather
When he first heard the news of Sun Ce's assassination, Liu Bei panicked for a while, and then forced himself to calm down. Now that the matter has come to this, the top priority is how to deal with it in the next step.

He couldn't help but have a headache. It was not an accident that Sun Ce was assassinated at this time. This not only seriously disrupted Liu Bei's plan to please the emperor, but also gave Liu Bei a hint of danger.

You must know that there are still Yuan Shu's remnants of troops near Nanyang, Yingchuan. With Liu Bei's own strength, even if he can defeat them at a relatively small cost, it will be difficult to have enough power to deal with other forces, such as Ma Tenghan, who is likely to intervene. So they allied their forces. If Sun Ce could lead the army at this time and Liu Bei joined forces with him to respond, the chance of victory would be much greater.

However, Sun Ce was assassinated, and Jiangdong had obviously lost hope. This meant that if Liu Bei continued to march, he would inevitably face the situation of fighting alone. Even if he could catch Liu Xie by then, he would be surrounded by enemies hotly pursuing him. Next, can Liu Bei retreat safely?

If Liu Bei is defeated by the enemy again, the little fortune Liu Bei finally saved will be in vain. Will he give up Yuzhou to others and then flee to an unknown place to seek a chance to make a comeback?
If I continue to lose like this, what if I can't stand up one day?

Liu Bei hesitated and had to ask Guan Zhang to summon all the officials under his command to discuss the next move.

The counselors arrived soon. Mi Zhu Mi Fang, Sun Qian Jian Yong and others took turns to give advice, but their opinions were often different. Liu Bei saw that none of these advisers could convince anyone, and he became even more depressed. It would be great if he had someone who could make the final decision!

The counselors were not strong enough, so the lord could only work hard. Liu Bei finally said: "I think we should continue heading north."

“But we need to be more cautious in our actions.”

"The route will be along the junction of Nanyang and Yingchuan. This way we will encounter as few enemies as possible."

"Opening this channel will also be very beneficial to accepting Jingzhou scholars in the future."

"I, my second brother, and my third brother will be in the front line, and the others will build defenses in the towns along the way and be ready to respond."

"After entering Sili, we will cross Yinbaishili in Henan and reach Hedong. If things are not harmonious by then, we will retreat."

"If I can luckily avoid the enemy and catch the emperor, I will return as quickly as possible!"

Jian Yong said: "The emperor originally wanted to move to Yuzhang, but now that Sun Ce is assassinated, does the place of worship need to be changed?"

Liu Bei hesitated for a moment and said: "Now is not the time to consider this. We will wait until the emperor is welcomed to make a decision."

Everyone immediately bowed and accepted the order and waited for them to disperse. Guan Yu saw Liu Bei's worried look and said, "Brother, please don't worry too much. Maybe things are not that bad."

"Sun Ce had a bad relationship with the nobles in Jiangdong. I heard that he killed many people. It is common for him to be hated and seek revenge. There may not necessarily be someone behind him."

"In addition, the biggest threat, Cao Cao, is attacking Yecheng. Yuan Shu, Ma Teng and others are not a worry."

Liu Bei sighed: "I hope so too."

"Otherwise, if we go north this time, we might fall into someone else's scheme."

Zhang Fei shouted: "Brother, I can't have the ambition of others, I don't have the prestige of my own!"

"At worst, we three brothers will attack together and see who can withstand it?"

With a pop, Zhang Liao thrust his crescent halberd into the chest of an enemy soldier. He twisted the gun and pulled it out with a shaking hand. The enemy immediately fell off his horse and died.

After fighting all night, the enemy troops chasing Sui Gu had been killed in large numbers, but the soldiers under Zhang Liao and Sui Gu also suffered heavy casualties.

Zhang Liao was a little surprised. He originally thought that the opponent relied on their numerical advantage to defeat Sui Gu, but now it seems that the opponent is not only familiar with the terrain of Montenegro, but also extremely well-trained. They are not ordinary bandits!
He ordered people to capture a few people alive and interrogated them personally. Only then did he realize that these people were indeed the remnants of the previous Black Mountain army!
Zhang Liao asked them who was the leader, but these people couldn't speak clearly. They only said that they acted in the name of the leader. As for the people above, they didn't know.

Zhang Liao looked through the weapons and armor of these people and found that they were not crudely made. Those who can afford such soldiers and horses must not be ordinary people.

Moreover, there are only two possibilities for those who have the ability to gather the remnants of the Montenegrin army. One is the descendants of the Yuan family who captured Montenegro, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, and the other is the several leaders who once served as leaders of the Montenegrin army.

The children of the Yuan family have no reason to secretly support bandits, and they still ambush Zhang Yang's men in such a place. After all, everyone knows that Zhang Yang is Yuan Shao's man!

The answer is ready to come out, Zhang Yan!

Zhang Liao cursed, got up and mounted, and said to Sui Gu: "These people are dead, and the Black Mountain Passage is almost safe now. I am afraid that Marquis Wen will suffer a loss, so I will go back to respond immediately. The general will be troubled here."

Sui Gu immediately agreed. When he saw Zhang Liao leading his troops and galloping away, he gathered hundreds of his men while watching the remaining Montenegrin prisoners having a headache.

What to do with these people?
He thought for a while and asked his men to strip off the armor and weapons from the prisoners and clear the way. The prisoners were left with only thin linen clothes and immediately complained incessantly. Sui Gu said bitterly: "I haven't chopped off your heads, so be satisfied!"

"Don't piss me off, or I'll kill them all!"

After hearing this, the prisoners remained silent and continued to clean the battlefield honestly.

Sui Gu was also extremely depressed at the moment, Zhang Yang was actually dead!
The territory in Huaicheng was also lost, what should I do next?
Bored, he led his soldiers to capture prisoners, clearing obstacles along the way, and marched for dozens of miles to the Black Mountain Passage. Seeing that most of the day had passed, he was about to camp temporarily, but a spy came over and said that there was something strange in the Black Mountain Passage.

Sui Gu became nervous. He climbed up the tree and took a look. His face suddenly became extremely ugly. Smoke and dust were billowing in the woods in the distance, coming quickly. It was obvious that someone was marching in a hurry!
He quickly climbed down the tree and ordered the soldiers to dodge. The soldiers thought that the enemy was coming and immediately panicked. When the Montenegrin prisoners saw this, they whistled and fled in all directions.

When Sui Gu saw this, he jumped up and cursed in anger, and ordered the soldiers to chase and kill the escaped people. However, he did not have enough manpower on his side, and many prisoners fled into the mountains and forests.

However, due to this delay, the leading troops from the opposite side arrived early. Sui Gu cursed in his mind and prepared to escape immediately, but saw two generals from the opposite side rushing towards him.Sui Gu took a quick look and saw that among the two men, he did not recognize the general carrying the big bow, but the appearance of the other one was that of an acquaintance of his in Huaicheng.

He couldn't help but said: "Gongming, why are you here?"

The person who came was none other than Taishi Ci Xu Huang. When Xu Huang heard someone calling his name, he took a closer look and said in surprise: "White Rabbit, how come I met you here?"

"Is Zhang Hou okay?"

When the two were in Huaicheng together, Xu Huang was from the Baibo Army and Sui Gu was from the Black Mountain Army. The two armies had been close for a while, so the two were familiar with each other. However, since Xu Huang followed Yang Feng and left Huaicheng, the two of them have I lost contact with him, but I didn’t expect to meet him here by chance.

When Sui Gu heard Xu Huang mention Zhang Yang, he said in a solemn voice: "Zhang Hou has been killed!"

Xu Huang was shocked, "What's going on?"

Taishi Ci also came over and listened to Suigu relaying what he heard from Zhang Liao. He thought it was too late. Cao Cao had indeed secretly come to kidnap the emperor!

When he heard that Lu Bu was attacking the city and Zhang Liao went back to respond, his expression changed slightly. "not good."

"Cao Cao has many tricks and tricks. I'm afraid it will be difficult for Marquis Wen to fight against him."

"I'm afraid that Marquis Wen will make mistakes, so let's rush to Huaicheng immediately!"

He handed over to Xiang Suigu, "I'll go first, General, please help yourself!"

Before Sui Gu had time to speak, Taishi Ci Xuhuang had already led his troops away, feeling very depressed.

I also want to avenge Zhang Yang, why don’t you guys take me with you?
I am also a military commander after all, so if Tai Shi Ci doesn't believe me, that's all. Why don't you, Xu Huang, take me with you?

He thought that since Taishi Cixuhuang came from the Black Mountain Pass, the roads along the way must have been opened, and it would be useless to stay here. Do you want to go back to Huaicheng to have a look?
Maybe the city has been breached and he can avenge Zhang Yang with his own hands?

Thinking of this, Sui Gu rushed back with his soldiers, but along the way he saw scattered groups of civilians and scattered vehicles approaching.He asked someone to stop a few people and said, "Where do you come from?"

The common people said tremblingly: "Report to the general, we escaped from Huaicheng."

After hearing this, Sui Gu asked suspiciously: "Huaicheng?"

"Isn't there a war in Huaicheng? How did you escape?"

The people talked about their escape from the south gate. The last few people said: "Marquis Wen's army released us at that time. We all escaped from the south gate guarded by him. We have not heard of anyone escaping from the other three gates." .”

Sui Gu felt even more in love. According to this, Lu Bu really broke into Huai City?

But no one from the other three gates came out. Does that mean Lu Bu didn't control the city?

Sui Gu looked at the carriages passing in front of him, and thought to himself that these people were really lucky. I am afraid that the people in the other three sects were in bad luck, right?

Taishi Ci and Xu Huang galloped all the way to the vicinity of Huaicheng, only to see an army surrounded in the center, rushing left and right, unable to get out. The leading general among them was besieged by three people, and his soldiers fell one after another, and were about to be captured. All enemies are destroyed.

Taishi Ci recognized the people who participated in the siege and said: "Those are Cao Ren and Dian Wei in the Battle of Xuzhou!"

"But I don't know those who are surrounded!"

Xu Huang spoke out: "The one surrounded in the middle is Wenhou General Zhang Liao!"

The two looked at each other and rode out at the same time. Taishi Ci took out his big bow. The enemies in the distance were hit by arrows and fell from their horses. After a while, a passage was cleared.

Zhang Liao was besieged by three men and almost died several times. Except for Cao Ren, the other two were extremely powerful generals. Later, Zhang Liao had no power to parry, so he had to flee for his life in a hurry, but was defeated by the enemy. Surrounded by everyone, where can you escape?

Just here, two generals rushed over to rescue the siege. Zhang Liao saw that one of them was Xu Huang, and immediately shouted: "Be careful, the enemy generals are very powerful!"

When Taishi Ci saw that Zhang Liao was not referring to Cao Ren or Dian Wei, but a young white-robed general whom he did not recognize, he was immediately curious. Could this man be more powerful than Dian Wei?
Xu Huang knew that Taishi Ci was very capable with bows and arrows, so he immediately said: "Please ask General Taishi to raid the formation, and I will go meet this man!"

He wielded a long ax and killed him immediately. When he saw Xu Huang coming at him in a menacing manner, he swung his spear and stabbed Xu Huang in the chest. Xu Huang struck out with his long axe. The two of them fought for more than ten times in an instant. Xu Huang was shocked and turned pale. Why is the other side so powerful?

He shouted: "Who is coming?"

The person on the other side laughed and said: "Xiliang Ma Chao!"

"You don't need to tell me your name, you will die by my gun anyway!"

(End of this chapter)