Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 477: Delivering the message, using chicken feathers as a token of authority

"When did Zhang Meng and the others leave?"

"About half a quarter of an hour ago, I left the city through the northwest gate and headed towards the canyon in the north."

One of them answered tremblingly. After knowing the answer, Cao Zhang waved to the people next to him, and someone immediately came forward and carried the two people away.

Faced with Sun Ce's sarcasm, although Cao Zhang was angry, he had no way to refute it.

"We've only been walking for half an hour. How far can they go at this speed? We can still catch up with them now. If you keep talking nonsense, we won't be able to catch up with them."

Cao Zhang was also feeling angry. He didn't expect that Zhang Meng, who had followed him for two years, was actually Liu Bei's man. At the same time, he broke out in a cold sweat. Even Zhang Meng under his command was Liu Bei's man, so who else under his command could he trust?
It was not until then that Cao Zhang truly understood why Sun Ce was so cautious. Cao Zhang didn't even dare to think about how many people under their command were Liu Bei's spies.

"Ah."

Sun Ce let out a light sigh, and his figure flew away like an arrow. At the exit of the canyon, he found his mount and began to gallop towards the north. Cao Zhang in the city looked at Sun Ce's receding figure thoughtfully.

In a valley north of the military town, two figures were standing there. They were crawling on the ground, trying their best not to be exposed to other people's sight. Even their horses were lying on the ground obediently.

"Brother Meng, can Brother Li do it?"

The young man next to Zhang Meng asked in a low voice with some concern. He had a good-looking face, fair skin, and handsome features. He was a real handsome man. It was a bit awkward for him to lie here at the moment.

Zhang Meng smiled and glanced at the young man.

"Why, Lao Li can't do it, but you can?"

"No, no, no, Brother Meng, that's not what I meant. It's just that Brother Li usually looks..."

The young man hesitated, words on his lips but he couldn't say them.

"Looks stupid, doesn't it?"

Zhang Meng directly said what the young man wanted to say but couldn't. The young man lowered his head in shame, but Zhang Meng smiled and patted the young man on the shoulder.

"Let me tell you this, the Lao Li you usually see is what he wants you to see."

After saying these words, the two of them fell silent at the same time, no longer speaking, quietly waiting for the opportunity to come.

However, there seemed to be a trace of sadness on Zhang Meng's face. He looked up blankly at the Yizhou military camp in the distance, and remained silent.

They and the so-called Lao Li were divided into two groups. Lao Li was responsible for going to the Yizhou military camp outside and spreading the news that Sun Ce had been promoted to a legendary general in the Yizhou military camp, so that the brothers in Yizhou would know the news. Then the probability of transmitting the news to Qingzhou would be much greater.

At this moment, Lao Li had already arrived near the Yizhou military camp. When the Yizhou soldiers saw Lao Li approaching, they did not show any vigilance but walked forward instead.

"Aren't these brothers from the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry? Why are you alone? Where are our lord and general?"

Old Li walked towards the two men with a smile, took out two wrinkled pancakes and some meat from his armor, and handed them to the two men.

"We just won a battle and are preparing to return to Xudu to report. Come, come, here are the spoils we distributed. You can have some too."

"No, no, no, brother, this is too expensive."

"We don't dare to do that."

The two gatekeepers said quickly that the pancakes and meat were real good stuff, which they could only eat at celebration banquets or during festivals. Now, facing the pancakes and meat handed over by Lao Li, their mouths began to secrete saliva crazily and they kept swallowing their saliva.

Their conversation also attracted the attention of other people near the gate, and they all turned their heads and forgot to come over. Seeing this scene, Old Li sighed secretly, it seemed that his life could not be saved.

He did not give the cake to the two people, but took it back, wrapped the meat with the cake, and took a big bite. The two people standing opposite were even more confused. What did this mean? He was about to give it to them just now, but how could he eat it himself in the blink of an eye?

Old Li ate voraciously in front of a dozen soldiers guarding the city. He ate so deliciously that the gatekeepers were hungry. After two pancakes and the meat were eaten, Old Li choked and rolled his eyes. Someone handed him a water bag, and Old Li drank it without saying a word.

"That's good. I can still be a starving ghost."

"Brother, what did you say?"

The third-rate general in charge of guarding the gate frowned slightly. Lao Li's voice was too soft and he didn't hear clearly what Lao Li said. But the next moment, a spear blade slashed across his neck, a blood mark ran through his neck, a human head slowly slid down, and warm blood gushed out.

"Sun Jian's son, Sun Ce, has been promoted to a legendary general!"

Old Li shouted towards the military camp with all his might. This sudden scene stunned the other guards. They just stood there stupidly with their spears in their hands, forgetting to resist for a moment.

After the roar, Lao Li picked up his spear and started fighting with a dozen people. In just a moment, more than a dozen people fell in a pool of blood.

But his loud roar just now attracted many people in the military camp. When they saw the men dressed as Tiger and Leopard Cavalry killing their comrades, their first reaction was not whether the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was fake or a traitor, but how those who were killed had offended the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry soldiers.

Old Li looked at the group of Yizhou soldiers rushing in, a look of determination emerged on his face. He gathered all his internal strength and roared again towards the military camp.

"Sun Jian's son, Sun Ce, has been promoted to a legendary general! This message must be conveyed at all costs!"

This sentence was spoken out with inner strength, allowing the sound to spread to the people in the military camp.

Almost everyone in the Yizhou military camp heard this roar.

The Yizhou soldiers who were attracted here finally realized that something was wrong, but they did not dare to attack the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry until a first-class general holding a broadsword arrived here. They all seemed to have found their backbone and gathered behind the general.

Old Li narrowed his eyes slightly. He had seen that first-rate general before. In a battle some time ago, he teamed up with another person to kill Meng Huo's brother Meng Jie. His strength was definitely not weak.

"grass!"

Old Li cursed angrily, but still stubbornly raised his spear and pointed it at Deng Xian, who snorted coldly.

"Come here, capture him for me. Don't kill him. I want to see how Cao Cao will explain himself when he comes back!"

Deng Xian was very happy. He had disliked Cao Cao and his group for a long time. Yizhou was obviously their territory, but they acted like Cao Cao and his group were the masters. Now that he had a chance to hold them accountable, how could Deng Xian let them go?

With Deng Xian's order, the Yizhou soldiers became bolder and surrounded Lao Li. However, as a soldier who wanted to show off approached, another head flew up. Lao Li attacked again. This time, he swung his spear and killed Deng Xian.

Deng Xian's face became even colder. He didn't expect that the other party would dare to attack at this time.

"Grandpa will come to get you personally. I promise to make you wish you were dead, and even Cao Cao can't save you!"

After that, Deng Xian brandished his sword and rode forward, intending to capture Lao Li himself. Lao Li was not afraid at all, and continued to speak with his inner strength. "Sun Jian's son Sun Ce has been promoted to a legendary general! This news must be conveyed at all costs!"

He didn't know who in the Yizhou army was the same as them, so he could only use this method to convey the message.

Deng Xian slashed with his sword fiercely, trying to cut off Lao Li's arms, but Lao Li stood there motionless, quietly waiting for Deng Xian's attack. At the last moment, Deng Xian stopped his attack. He was still afraid of Cao Cao and Cao Zhang. If the other party used this as an excuse, he would be in trouble.

So the original chopping attack turned into a slapping attack. The thick blade hit Lao Li's head, making his head buzz. After the blow, Lao Li could hardly stand, but he still repeated the words just now, then pulled out the iron spike from his waist and stabbed it into his neck.

Deng Xian was stunned by this scene. He really didn't intend to kill the man. He just wanted to use this reason to dampen his arrogance. Who knew that the man would inexplicably shout twice and then end his life.

"Fuck, you lunatic!"

Deng Xian glanced at him with some disgust and slapped the person next to him.

"Still looking, what the hell are you looking at? Go clean it up!"

After saying this, he was still angry and spat at the corpse.

When they were about to leave, a figure suddenly appeared from a distance. In just a blink of an eye, the figure came close to them. Before Deng Xian could even give an order, the figure showed a tiger talisman.

After seeing the tiger talisman, everyone including Deng Xian stopped moving and looked at the man carefully, trying to see who he was through his black veil.

"He was the only one here just now?"

Sun Ce's cold voice sounded, but he did not reveal his true face. Revealing his true face here would only cause unnecessary trouble.

"He's the only one."

"Who did you meet and what did you say?"

Deng Xian originally wanted to pluck up his courage and ask the other party back, but when he met those eyes, a strong thought forced him not to do anything disrespectful.

"Only those of us have seen it, and those."

Deng Xian said this, pointing to the corpse at the entrance of the camp.

"He only said four sentences, and it seemed to be about Sun Jian's son Sun Ce."

"Who heard what was said?"

Sun Ce frowned under the black hood. He had a bad feeling. Only one of the original three was left. Where were the other two?

"The whole barracks should have heard it."

"what?"

Sun Ce's entire aura was revealed in an instant. The enormous pressure caused the soldiers close to him to bleed from their mouths and noses and lie on the ground unable to move. Even Deng Xian was suppressed by this aura and couldn't breathe.

"He used his inner strength to shout out four times in a row. He should have heard it all."

Deng Xian used all his strength to say this.

"Waste! Waste among wastes!"

Sun Ce's rebukes were like the laws of heaven, killing the ordinary soldiers nearby in an instant. Deng Xian was also shocked by the rebuke and vomited blood.

He was completely desperate at this moment. What was going on? He was just assigned the job of patrolling the camp, how did it turn out like this?

"From now on, without my order, no one is allowed to enter but not leave, even Liu Zhang. Anyone who disobeys my order will be executed, no matter who they are!"

Originally, Sun Ce thought that he would kill anyone the other party saw, but he did not expect that the other party would use this method to let the entire military camp know. Sun Ce could not kill the entire Yizhou army.

The best way now is to seal off the camp so that the news cannot be passed out.

After receiving the order, Deng Xian felt that the pressure like a mountain on his shoulders disappeared completely. He clasped his fists and saluted towards Sun Ce.

"The last general takes command!"

After Sun Ce looked around, he left quickly, just like when he came, he disappeared from Deng Xian's sight in the blink of an eye, and the other people who stayed in the military camp also gathered here.

Deng Xian picked up half of the tiger talisman in his hand, placed it under the sun and looked at it carefully, his face full of anticipation and yearning.

"Deng Xian, what's going on? What just happened?"

Yan Yan said in a deep voice that he was the governor of Ba County, a high-ranking official, old, and capable, so everyone would be courteous to him when they met him. But Deng Xian was different. He was not willing to submit to others, and now he had half of the tiger talisman left by Sun Ce, so he felt elated.

"Nothing to do with you!"

Looking at Deng Xian's attitude, Yan Yan's face became gloomy. Just as he was about to reprimand him, he saw Deng Xian raising half of the tiger talisman.

"Pass on my order. From now on, no one is allowed to enter, but not leave! Where are the guards? Guards, surround the camp, and no one is allowed to leave! If anyone tries to force their way in, they will be killed!"

The Royal Guard is a troop that belongs only to Liu Zhang. It has only two thousand people, but its strength is impressive. This is a battalion that Liu Zhang had specially divided in order to increase the probability of having special troops. The troops are all the best selected from each military camp and they only obey Liu Zhang and the Tiger Talisman.

After receiving the order, the commander of the Royal Guards immediately led his men to surround the camp without even asking why.

"You guys don't just stay here. Each of you will go in one direction and guard all the exits of the camp. Do this until the lord and his men come back!"

Deng Xian felt like he was holding a chicken feather as a token of authority. He pointed at other first-rate generals and asked them to guard the camp. The other first-rate generals, especially the older Yan Yan, were so angry that they fumed. However, there was nothing they could do because the other party had the tiger talisman in his hand.

Looking at the entire camp getting into action, Deng Xian couldn't help but smile suddenly.

At the same time, on the other side of the canyon, Zhang Meng and the young man were still crawling on the ground, maintaining this position. Although they could hold on, the horses could not maintain this posture and had returned to a standing position.

"Brother Meng, when are we leaving?"

The young man asked curiously. He was very puzzled at the beginning. Why did the two hide here and not go with Lao Li? After leaving the canyon, the three of them each went in a different direction. Even if they wanted to chase them, it would be as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

(End of this chapter)