People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 189 Count Me In

Electric light and flint.

Everything happened too suddenly, so suddenly that when Liu Bei looked down and saw the tip of the sword piercing through his body, he was completely unable to react, and did not even feel the pain of the piercing.

Fortunately, Liu Bei was also a man of superb martial arts. He was caught off guard and stabbed. After he came to his senses, he immediately chopped with a backhand palm knife and knocked the assassin away.

But the next moment, he felt his body's strength rapidly draining away, like a punctured water bag that he could not control.

At this moment, Liu Yu was shocked and hurried over to support him. While asking about the situation in panic, he angrily shouted at the surrounding soldiers to capture the assassin. For a moment, the whole scene became chaotic.

The assassin retreated after one strike, and began shouting loudly to instigate the people to rebel, which made both Liu Yu and Liu Bei feel depressed.

This sudden change was just a signal to light the fire, and in an instant, countless people responded.

They started attacking the officers and soldiers with sticks and stones. Although they had no useful weapons, they relied on their numbers to surround and beat the officers and soldiers in front of them.

From the assassination to the uprising of the people, the whole process took only a few blinks of an eye.

The fact that they received a response so quickly was certainly not a sudden incident caused by a moment of passion, but something that had been secretly planned a long time ago. Therefore, once it happened, it was done in one go, so quickly that the officers and soldiers had no time to react at all.

Although only a small group of people responded to the uprising at the beginning, it was enough to ignite the resentment of many civilians.

"Fuck you, I won't be a beast of burden anymore!"

"The Yellow Turbans are our saviors. If we don't work hard for the officers and soldiers, they will never treat us as human beings!"

"The Yellow Turbans gave us land and food, but the soldiers wanted to seize the land and food. Now they are even forcing children to work. This is unjust!"

"Fellow villagers, the Yellow Turbans are not here to fight us, but to rescue us. Have you forgotten who really treated us as human beings a few years ago, and who oppressed us?"

"The people of Yuyang and Guangyang are all living a good life, now it's our turn!"

Everyone was mobilized, they raised their arms and shouted, attracting the attention of others. In a blink of an eye, the city was already filled with cheers and applause. Once the surging public spirits were aroused, it was earth-shaking.

At this moment, all the people in Zhuo County remembered the happiest days in their lives, those were the days when the Yellow Turbans came to Zhuo County and distributed land and money to them.

Correspondingly, the days that brought him the most pain were also the times when the government took back these things.

After Zhang An tirelessly explained the situation of the Yellow Turbans to the common people, many of them knew about the various policies of the Yellow Turbans.

Under the Yellow Turban rule, there was no such thing as corvée to force civilians to work, let alone children and women. If you forced people to work, you had to pay them.

Comparing the situation here with their own, the people of Zhuo County feel completely unbalanced.

Do we really have to help the officers and soldiers fight against the Yellow Turbans and then continue to work like slaves?
Before, they had to submit due to the government's tough measures, but the government became more and more excessive, and finally exceeded their limit of tolerance.

When the fighting on the battlefield was the most intense, they broke out completely, and this outbreak meant defeat for the officers and soldiers.

The people's overwhelming resentment could not be suppressed at all, and Liu Yu could only take the seriously injured Liu Bei and barely escape from the crowd under the protection of his personal soldiers.

Although Liu Bei was about to collapse and faint, he held Liu Yu's hand tightly and said, "The disaster has come. We can no longer fight. Governor, prepare to abandon the city and retreat!"

How could Liu Yu not understand that the battle situation was already very dangerous, and any change at this time could completely change the course of the war, not to mention such a terrible thing as a large-scale rebellion of the people in the city.

Even if the rebellion is suppressed by chance, without the support of the people, defending the city will be meaningless.

At this time, he was filled with regret and anger. If possible, he really wanted to arrest and execute all the military officers under him immediately. These guys were too tactless, otherwise things would not have evolved to this point.

Of course, if we really want to talk about it, as the governor of the state, I also have an unshirkable responsibility.

These things had always been done very well by my subordinates, so much so that I gradually began to neglect them. Especially when the war was tense, all my energy was put into the battlefield, and I had no extra energy to take care of other things. But this is where a huge mistake occurred.

The huge commotion in the city soon attracted the attention of the front battlefield. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu heard the shouting from the city and felt something was wrong, so they withdrew to clarify the situation.

However, as soon as they came over, they saw Liu Bei, who was half-conscious with a long sword stuck in his body and beads of sweat on his head.

"Big brother!"

"What's going on? Who did it?" When Guan and Zhang saw this scene, they were suddenly struck by lightning. They hurried over and grabbed Liu Bei's arms on the left and right. The anxiety on their faces looked as if they were about to cry.

Although the three of them were sworn brothers, they were better than real brothers, with a deep affection and never left each other. Seeing Liu Bei suffering, they really wanted to take his place.

While Liu Yu was still calling for the doctor, Guan Yu had already grabbed his hand. The coldness in his eyes made people feel as if they were falling into an ice cellar: "Provincial Governor, what happened? Who hurt my elder brother?"

Liu Yu felt as if his hands were clamped by iron pincers and he could not move. Guan Yu's murderous look frightened him even more: "The people in the city suddenly rebelled, and Xuande was stabbed by the leader. It happened too suddenly. The war is going on now."

He wanted to say that the war was not going well and that they should consider retreating, but before he could finish his words, he felt a gust of wind beside him. When he came to his senses, he saw Zhang Fei had already picked up his snake spear and was leading his soldiers to kill the rebellious civilians in the distance.

This made Liu Yu very anxious. At such a critical moment, he had no mood to argue with the civilians.

Fortunately, although Guan Yu also wanted to take revenge, he still retained his rationality. When he saw Zhang Fei was about to kill him, he still controlled his emotions.

He also understood that they had to consider retreat at this time, otherwise if the army collapsed, none of them would be able to get out alive.

After taking a look at Liu Bei who was in pain, he gritted his teeth and said to Liu Yu: "The governor, please take good care of my elder brother. I will go to the front line to stabilize the war and prepare for retreat!"

Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed: "It is my great fortune to have Yun Chang here!"

Guan Yu had no time to argue with Liu Yu. He took a last look at Liu Bei and turned around without hesitation to rush to the front line. The more critical the situation was, the more he had to hold on to his last breath and prepare for the final retreat.

On the other side, Zhang Fei rushed to the civilian group, although for revenge and venting his anger, he did put great pressure on the civilians who were rebelling at the first moment.

After all, the civilians lacked weapons and could only rely on their numbers to carry out the rebellion. When they really faced the death squads that came back from the front line, they had no ability to resist at all. In a blink of an eye, countless civilians died at the hands of the officers and soldiers.

Zhang Fei's target was very clear. He immediately targeted the leader among the civilians and led his troops to charge forward. They were unstoppable and soon reached the front.

This person was naturally Zhang An. When he saw Zhang Fei coming to kill him, he knew he could not escape, but he was still fearless. He snatched the sword from the hands of the soldier under his feet and went straight to meet him.

Zhang An had undergone a series of training from the Yellow Turbans and was not a weakling, but facing a fierce general like Zhang Fei, he was still far behind.

In a battle on the battlefield, the two sides never fight for dozens or hundreds of rounds. Life and death can be decided in just a few blinks of an eye.

The two men fought each other, and after just a brief encounter, Zhang An was knocked flying by the elder.

With the charge of horse and Zhang Fei's own tremendous strength, Zhang An had no chance to resist.

Zhang An struggled to get up from the ground. He was still dizzy and hadn't come to his senses yet when he felt his body lighten. It turned out that Zhang Fei had grabbed him and lifted him above his head.

When he looked down, he saw Zhang Fei's fierce and hateful look. At this moment, he already knew his own ending.

Time seemed to be stretched out. He was instinctively frightened at first, but then he felt relieved.

Before he died, his life experiences began to flow through his mind, and the thing he could think of the most was the days after he joined the Yellow Turbans.

But this is not surprising. After all, before this, my life was nothing but suffering and there was nothing good to remember.

"Haven't I already prepared for death? What am I afraid of? As long as I can be of some help to the great cause of the Divine Religion, it will not be in vain.
In this cause of saving the world, there will always be sacrifices, and I will be one of them."

This was the last thought in Zhang An’s mind. Then he felt his body sinking rapidly. Then his head went black and he completely lost consciousness.

Zhang Fei's body was cut off, looking like a madman. Even though he killed Zhang An in such a brutal way, he was still not satisfied. He then threw Zhang An's body on the ground and crushed his head with his foot. Then he said something hatefully.

"If you dare to hurt my elder brother, you will never be at peace even if you die!"

After taking revenge, Zhang Fei felt relieved, but at this time he could not care about anything else and immediately led his men back to fight.

During this short period of time, Guan Yu had begun to lead the front-line army to retreat slowly, but he wanted to concentrate his forces to break out from the breach in the city wall. However, this time the Yellow Turbans began to block the door forcefully to prevent the officers and soldiers from breaking out, and the two sides resumed a seesaw battle of advance and retreat.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei joined forces again, and with an unstoppable attitude, they led their army to tear through the Yellow Turbans' defense line and rushed out of the city wall.

The situation on the battlefield changed dramatically. Kebi Neng outside the city also realized that the officers and soldiers could not fight on and had to break out. He immediately mobilized the cavalry to forcibly attack the Yellow Turbans' defensive positions. After their intervention, the Yellow Turbans' blocking force suddenly decreased, and finally the officers and soldiers were forced to break out.

The battle finally reached its most chaotic and dangerous moment, but the party that was more disadvantaged was the officers and soldiers.

(End of this chapter)