Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 84 Like-minded, Kong Rong praised Liu Bei

"It's hit!"

Zhang Rao looked in horror at the fire baskets thrown down from both sides of the valley.

In this dark night, the line of sight was already affected, and with the flames, the yellow turban thieves couldn't tell the road ahead and the road behind.

Coupled with the thick smoke that gradually ignited, it dazzled the eyes even more.

A group of yellow turban thieves screamed and ran away in the valley.

However, the battlefield is ruthless, and water and fire are even more ruthless.

This is a life-and-death situation, no matter whether it is Guan Yu or Ying Xun, no one dares to show any mercy on the battlefield.

Seeing the fire rise.

The county soldiers ambushing on both sides began to shout in unison.

"By the order of Duke Xuande, thank the God of Fire!"

"By the order of Duke Xuande, thank the God of Fire!"

"By the order of Duke Xuande, thank the God of Fire!"

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The chorus of two thousand soldiers shouted loudly enough to reach the valley.

Zhang Rao still knows some tricks, but for ordinary yellow scarves, Vulcan is more deterrent than XX!
With his way, he also gave his body.

Although pretending to be gods and ghosts cannot deceive the wise, it can deceive the fools.

The yellow scarves in the valley were already burned by the fire and fled around. At this time, they heard "Thank you Vulcan!" in their ears. They all thought they had offended the sky and knelt down and begged for mercy.

moment.

In the dark night, a ferocious lightning flashed suddenly, followed by a roar.

Although Guan Yu and Ying Xun had already received Zheng Ping's instruction, they were still terrified when they saw the lightning and heard the thunder.

"Beihai Zheng Xianmou, can you even predict when thunder and rain will come?"

"Such supernatural powers are truly frightening!"

Subconsciously, Ying Xun felt a little more panic in his heart.

However, Ying Xun's fear is actually a bit superfluous.

Zheng Ping lived in Qingzhou for the rest of his life, and he used the Zheng family's manpower to observe and record the weather in Qingzhou ten years ago.

He also studied a large number of ancient books on astronomical predictions, and even studied the techniques of divination.

Even so, Zheng Ping could only roughly predict some obvious changes in the sky, such as rain within three days.

Zheng Ping couldn't predict exactly when it would rain tonight.

For this reason, Zheng Ping also specially kept Tai Shici in the camp, just to avoid the time of rain before the success of the fire plan.

But these risk prevention, Zheng Ping will not tell everyone.

As a counselor who makes plans and plans, one must be calm and unrevealed, and secretly check and balance without saying anything, so that people can feel unpredictable.

Doing your best and obeying the destiny is like this.

Victory in this world has a lot of luck and coincidences.

For example, the great magician Liu Xiu, Zhang Jiao who used thunder and rain to deceive believers, Zhou Lang who was favored by Dongfeng, and so on.

Stabilizing his mind, Ying Xun put away the panic in his heart and began to organize the county soldiers to shout.

"Under the order of Lord Xuande, please let the Lord of Thunder send rain to save the common people!"

The same is true for Guan Yu on the opposite side!
Soon, the shouts of the county soldiers sounded from both sides of the valley.

"Under the order of Lord Xuande, please let the Lord of Thunder send rain to save the common people!"

"Under the order of Lord Xuande, please let the Lord of Thunder send rain to save the common people!"

"Under the order of Lord Xuande, please let the Lord of Thunder send rain to save the common people!"

And in the valley, the yellow turban bandits who had already been scorched by the fire also agreed one by one.

for a moment.

Only the patter of rain fell from the night sky, and the fire in the valley was gradually extinguished.

However, the appearance of this rain made the Yellow Turban soldiers in the valley even more frightened.

They invite "Vulcan" again, and "Thunder Lord" again. Can such officers and soldiers resist?

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

More than half of Zhang Rao's hair was burnt, and he slumped on the ground murmuring, letting the rain wash away.

Who can resist Liu Bei who can ask the God of Vulcan to send fire, and who can ask Thunder God to send rain?

"No wonder Yide told Guan not to offend Mr. Xianmou before he went to Youzhou. It was too scheming." Guan Yu wanted to say "dirty" at first, but felt it was inappropriate.

If he hadn't known Zheng Ping's deployment in advance, Guan Yu would probably have been frightened by the scene of inviting "Vulcan" and "Thunder Lord".

This is too much of a bluff!

Almost subconsciously, Guan Yu thought of the first time he met Zheng Ping.

Facing the defeated county soldiers, he calmly pretended to be the captain of the thief, and killed the county soldiers who wanted to escape without any hesitation. It was obviously fake, but it felt more real than the real one!
Although the rain was not heavy, it fell in the middle of the night.

Hesitant Guan Yu and Ying Xun had already blocked the valley, and it was difficult for the Yellow Turban bandits to escape from the valley, so they had to let the rain drench most of the night.

Cold, hungry, sleepy, and smoked by fire, including Zhang Rao, these yellow scarf soldiers really experienced the ruthlessness of fire and water.

Guan Yu and Ying Xun prepared rain gear and shelters in advance. Although they were a little embarrassed, they were much more comfortable than the yellow scarves in the valley.

By dawn, the rain had receded.

Guan Yu and Ying Xun returned to the valley again.

The yellow turban bandits had already lost their will to fight, only Zhang Rao and his personal guards were still trying to struggle.

Seeing Guan Yu and Ying Xun coming, Zhang Rao was shocked and angry.

"Thief, how dare you pretend to be a god!"

After thinking about Zhang Rao all night, the more he thought about it, the more something went wrong.

If this Lei Gong was really invited by Liu Bei, why did the rain stop until now?

It wasn't until Guan Yu and Ying Xun arrived with the county soldiers who were also drenched by the rain that Zhang Rao figured it out.

What invited "Vulcan" and "Lei Gong" are all Guan Yu and Ying Xun's bluffing people here!

Guan Yu snorted coldly and didn't answer.

Ying Xun smirked, "As long as you yellow scarves pretend to be gods, our officers and soldiers are not allowed to pretend to be gods? Give you a chance and kill yourself!"

Suicide?

Zhang Rao didn't want to commit suicide!
He still has more than [-] young and strong yellow scarves, and more than [-] old and weak women and children under the Jucheng, so why should he commit suicide?
"Stubborn!"

Guan Yu saw Zhang Rao's intentions, and directly bullied him, raised the knife in his hand, and slashed at Zhang Rao.

Zhang Rao wanted to resist, but how could he resist Guan Yu's blade?
With this knife, Zhang Rao lost half of his body.

After Guan Yu brought back Zhang Rao's head and the Yellow Turban soldiers, Liu Bei in the camp let out a long breath.

Liu Bei was quite frightened last night.

It rained in the middle of the night, and Guan Yu and Ying Xun did not return for a long time, and no scouts reported the battle situation.

If Zheng Ping hadn't played chess with him all night, Liu Bei would have wanted to lead the troops to the valley himself.

"Long Yun!"

Liu Bei stepped forward to meet Guan Yu, and then carefully looked at Guan Yu. Seeing that there was no sign of injury, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Guan Yu also saw Liu Bei's worry, and said hastily: "My brother was worried because I didn't think carefully. The night rain came suddenly, and my brother was worried that Zhang Rao would take the opportunity to escape, so I just kept guarding the mountain pass and forgot to send a message to my brother."

"Yun Chang, let's report the specific battle situation first." Zheng Ping was calm overnight.

If Ye Yu causes the strategy to fail, Guan Yu and Ying Xun will return to the camp early.

If you don't reply, it proves that the strategy is successful, so naturally you don't have to worry about it.

It's just that Liu Bei was really worried, so he played chess with Liu Bei to resolve Liu Bei's worries.

Guan Yu nodded, and reported the details of the ambush in the valley to Liu Bei and Zheng Ping.

Hearing the time of the fire and the time of the rain, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Fortunately, God is so beautiful that Zhang Rao was able to be killed in this battle."

Zheng Ping pondered for a while, then suggested: "Your Majesty, the Yellow Turban bandit soldiers are already frightened, you can send this group of Yellow Turban bandit soldiers back to disturb the morale of the rest of the Yellow Turban bandits."

"Next, it's time for negotiations!"

Liu Bei's purpose is not to completely wipe out these more than [-] yellow scarves, but to let these more than [-] yellow scarves return to the countryside again.

Killing Zhang Rao made the Yellow Turban frightened, Liu Bei had the initiative, whether it was war or peace, it all depended on Liu Bei's thoughts.

Zhang Rao died in battle, and Liu Bei would "please God". This explosive news began to spread among the Yellow Turban thieves, and it also caused panic among the Yellow Turban thieves.

"Even Zhang Qushuai is dead, who can defeat Liu Bei?"

"You guys didn't see it. Last night, the god of fire and the god of thunder came into the world again. I'm surprised that I survived."

"Is this Liu Bei the reincarnation of General Tiangong? Can he even invite the art of God?"

"I heard that Mr. Xuande has always been benevolent. Could it be that he is really the reincarnation of a great virtuous teacher?"

"I don't care about so-and-so's reincarnation. I only care that this food is in Liu Bei's hands. Can he control our food?"

"Several Qu Shuai are discussing, saying that Liu Bei intends to negotiate peace with us."

"Peace talks? We are thieves and he is an official, how can we talk about peace?"

"It's not something we villains can understand, but if we can take care of the food, the peace talks are actually pretty good."

"Will Liu Bei only take care of our meals, or even our wives, children and parents?"

"It's good to have something to eat, don't think too much!"

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There was a lot of discussion among the Yellow Turbans. Although they were frightened at Liu Bei's "invoking God" technique at the beginning, but later on, more Yellow Turban thieves only cared about whether Liu Bei could manage his food!
And under the drama city.

Because of Zhang Rao's sudden death, the remaining Yellow Turban bandits hurriedly gathered together to discuss peace talks with Liu Bei.

"Officers and soldiers are not trustworthy. If you talk to them about peace, isn't that courting death?" Zei Shuai Congqian was the first to express his objection.

Another bandit commander, Wang Ying, also echoed: "Since Zhang Rao is dead, we will recommend a new commander, Qu. We have more than [-] people, so why are we afraid of officers and soldiers?"

"Even if Liu Bei knows how to invite gods, can he kill more than a hundred thousand of us?"

"I recommend Guo Zu to be the new commander-in-chief!"

Guo Zu has a ferocious face with scars. He used to be a bandit leader, but later he chose to attach himself to Zhang Rao because of Zhang Rao's power.

Now that Zhang Rao is dead, Guo Zu is the most capable and ruthless of the remaining Yellow Turban soldiers.

"Guo Shuai is the commander-in-chief of Qu, I have no objection. But now we have no food, and we can't beat that Liu Bei." Another little thief Shuai said.

Guo Zu snorted coldly: "Who said we want to fight? Let's go to Le'an Kingdom to rely on Xu and Qu Shuai. Xu and Qu Shuai occupy several cities, which are enough to protect us."

"As for those in Juju City, those who are willing to follow, follow us to Le'an Kingdom, and those who don't want to follow, stay in Juju City and ask Liu Bei for food."

Wang Ying said calmly: "If you want to go to Le'an Kingdom, you can't take the old and weak, women and children with you, otherwise Liu Bei will lead his troops to chase us, and we won't be able to go far at all."

"What's more, with the old and weak, women and children, how can we kill the enemy and make meritorious service under the command of Xu Hequ?"

These people are essentially bandit leaders, and they are different from Zhang Jiao's group of yellow scarves.

The people are old and weak, and they are used to make up the numbers.

When it can be used, it can be used to drive troops to attack the city, and when it can't be used, it can be discarded at any time.

Take the people to Le'an country?

Think you didn't die fast enough?

soon.

Guo Zu and the others had already reached an agreement, leaving only a few thieves who wanted to stay behind to negotiate peace with Liu Bei, delaying time by the way.

The rest, such as Guo Zu, Wang Ying, and Cong Qian, fled to Le'an country with their cronies and the yellow scarves who were willing to follow.

When Liu Bei got the news, Guo Zu and others had fled far away.

"It's better to escape, so as not to have thieves making trouble when resettling the people." Zheng Ping didn't care about Guo Zu and others who fled.

It can not only reduce the trouble of resettling the people, but also increase the trouble of Jiaohe, why not do it?

Liu Bei also secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Since there is no need to continue to increase the damage, the next thing is to appease.

Knowing that the thieves had retreated, the officials and people in Jucheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Kong Rong was also in charge of civil and military affairs in Jucheng, and came out of the city to meet Liu Bei.

Although he had long heard that Zheng Ping praised Liu Bei's reputation of benevolence and faith, it was the first time Kong Rong met Liu Bei.

Seeing Liu Bei's extraordinary appearance and heroic appearance, Kong Rong couldn't help but secretly marveled.

"I have heard for a long time that Pingyuan's ministers are anxious, public, and righteous. Today, Jucheng is not being abused by bandits and soldiers. It is all due to Liu Xiang!" Kong Rong got off his horse and bowed his hands to Liu Bei to express his gratitude.

Liu Bei got off his horse quickly, walked quickly to Kong Rong, and solemnly returned the salute, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wen Ju. I'm just a scumbag in Zhuo County, so I don't deserve the honor of Mr. Wen Ju."

"Wen Jugong is senior, just call him Xuande!"

Seeing Liu Bei's humility, Kong Rong's affection for Liu Bei became even stronger, and he insisted on paying homage: "Then the old man will be a big one, and he has the audacity to call Xuande."

"Heroes don't care about their origins, let alone Xuande is not an ordinary person. Today's righteous rescue of Beihai deserves my respect!"

After narrating the ceremony, Liu Bei recommended again: "Mr. Wen Ju, this is Ying Xun, the younger brother of Ying Shao, the prefect of Mount Tai. His nickname is Ji Yu. This time he was able to kill Zhang Rao, the first thief, thanks to the Lord Ying's loan of two thousand. Soldiers and horses."

Kong Rong hurriedly saluted and thanked him: "Ying Zhongyuan of Taishan Mountain is very talented and learned. I have heard about it for a long time, and I wish I could see him. In the future, I will definitely pay a visit to thank Mr. Yingfu for his kindness today."

Ying Xun also quickly returned the gift.

Kong Rong's gaze fell to Zheng Ping who was at the side again. Thinking of Zheng Ping's assertion in the past, he couldn't help sighing softly: "Xianmou, although the old man thinks he is diligent in political affairs, he has governed the Beihai Kingdom in a mess. I feel ashamed."

"If it weren't for your advice in the past, the old man might not have survived the arrival of reinforcements."

Kong Rong is talented, but his talent does not lie in governing states and counties. This is a misplaced position for a good talent.

But Zheng Ping appreciates Kong Rong's loyalty to Han more than his talent.

Knowing that King Qin's matter is difficult and dangerous, Kong Rong still wants to save Chang'an's young emperor Liu Xie.

Benefits can bind the powerful gentry in Qingzhou to Liu Bei, but only with the same ambition can Liu Bei have more companions on the road to leveling the world.

(End of this chapter)