Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 70 67. Changes in the Central Army (810)
Liu Bei had been sitting in the tent for a few hours and was feeling a little sleepy. The oil lamp beside him was flickering as the oil was about to burn out.

"yawn."

Liu Bei stretched himself. The palpitations he had felt had faded a little, so the sleepiness began to creep back into his brain, making him feel a little sleepy.

After all, no matter how powerful Liu Bei had been, he was now an old man in his sixties, and physical weakness was inevitable.

Liu Bei stood up and re-pile the battle report he had just read. After reading it just now, he felt that Feng Xi's talent was really amazing.

It seemed that Feng Xi knew all the Wu generals well, and he seized their weaknesses and defeated them. Even if Lu Boyan, who they said was no less powerful than Kong Ming, came, what would happen? In the end, wouldn't he just be trapped in a dangerous place and become a coward?

This Eastern Expedition by him had already defeated the Eastern Wu, but he could not completely destroy the Eastern Wu army. He had to leave some troops for his brother-in-law. By then, it would be necessary to defend against Cao Wei or advance north to contain Cao Wei's troops in Hefei.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei couldn't help but smile. He should forgive others when he can. Since the Eastern Expedition, he has killed countless Wu generals and defeated the Jiangdong troops. Now Liu Bei's anger has subsided a lot, and he is a little tired. He wants to preserve the strength of Sichuan.

Although Yun Chang died at the hands of Jiangdong, after this Eastern Expedition, almost all the murderers who participated in harming Yun Chang in Jiangdong, from Lu Meng to Pan Zhang, had been killed by him, and the Wu army also saw the power of his own army.

If my brother-in-law knew a little, he would have come to negotiate with me now. After returning Jingzhou and handing over the remaining murderers, both sides could still return to the situation they had expected, jointly resist Cao Wei, and implement the three-point strategy proposed by Kong Ming in Longzhong. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

By then, he would still be able to maintain a large number of manpower. Even after the peace talks were over, it would not be impossible for him to directly take over Jingzhou and advance northward, and then take advantage of the situation to exit Wanluo and shock the Central Plains again.

As for Feng Xi's strategy of controlling the entire Yangtze River, Liu Bei had considered it, but to be fair, if Liu Bei had to choose between Zhuge Liang and Feng Xi, he subconsciously would still be willing to believe Zhuge Liang.

There is no other reason. Since Zhuge Liang came out of seclusion until now, he has proven himself by making every possible effort in the past ten years.

Liu Bei was full of thoughts. He had already taken off his coat and prepared to go to bed.

"kill!!!"

Suddenly, there was a loud shouting outside, which made Liu Bei sit up from the bed.

Liu Bei immediately picked up the male and female swords that he had been using since the Peach Garden Oath of Brotherhood and the uprising against the Yellow Turban Army. He lifted the curtain of the tent, walked outside to see what was happening.

Liu Bei looked closely and felt his heart stop instantly. The boundless fire had burned from the southeast camp, and countless Han soldiers fled past him crying, not caring at all whether the person in front of him was his emperor.

"This...what on earth happened!?"

Unfortunately, no one could answer Liu Bei. In just a moment, the fire took advantage of the fierce southeast wind and burned straight towards the central military tent where Liu Bei was.

However, for some unknown reason, Liu Bei's central military tent did not burn as quickly. Until now, there was only thick smoke, but the fire had not come closer.

"Cough cough..."

Liu Bei was also caught off guard and inhaled a few puffs of smoke and dust, and coughed a few times unconsciously.

When Liu Bei finished coughing and looked up, he found that a group of Wu soldiers were like wolves entering a flock of sheep, driving a large number of defeated Han soldiers into his central military tent.

"I regret not listening to Xiu Yuanjichang's advice!"

Old Liu couldn't help but sigh inwardly, but there was no time for him to think.

"This old man is not an ordinary person! Catch him!"

Several Wu army minions saw that Liu Bei had an extraordinary appearance, and they also knew that the Han army was not yet so poor that it needed such an old soldier as a conscript. It was obvious that this man was a high-ranking official, and even if he was not a general, he was an important civil official.

Several Wu soldiers grinned and rubbed their hands, ready to kill the old man here. Maybe they could even use this opportunity to become officers.

"bass--"

Two white lights flashed, and the swords in Liu Bei's left and right hands were already unsheathed.

"Old man! I advise you not to resist, or you will suffer a beating!"

When these soldiers saw Liu Bei draw his sword, they were worried that he would resist, so they simply tried to persuade him to surrender.

Liu Bei ignored him and walked swiftly, not looking like a man in his sixties at all. The swords in his left and right hands flashed like swimming dragons, making it hard to predict who is going to fight against them.

"Pfft"

With a few sounds of swords piercing into flesh, Liu Bei shook his two long swords, and several soldiers of the Eastern Wu were already turned into ghosts under his swords. Even though Liu Bei was often ridiculed for his lack of skills, he was not someone that could be taken down by a few unknown soldiers.

"Whoosh-!"

When Liu Bei heard the bowstring sound, he immediately looked in the direction where the arrow came from, and quickly blocked it with the long sword in his hand, barely cutting off the hidden arrow.

However, Liu Bei did not expect that the opponent would shoot arrows one after another. The second arrow hit Liu Bei's left arm. If Liu Bei had not subconsciously turned his body to the side, the arrow would have hit his heart.

"Danglang"

Liu Bei was suddenly shot by an arrow, and naturally he could no longer hold the sword in his left hand, and it fell to the ground.

Liu Bei looked in the direction where the two hidden arrows came from, and saw a Wu general riding a tall horse. He was putting down his bow and arrow and picking up his spear, also looking at Liu Bei with burning eyes.

Countless Wu soldiers appeared behind him, including two figures that looked familiar to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei took a closer look and was shocked and angry. The two men were none other than Liu Ning and Du Lu. This general was also Ma Zhong who captured Guan Yu.

"General, this man is Liu Bei! If you can capture and kill him, you will be the greatest hero of this battle!"

Liu Ning saw Liu Bei clearly, and pointed at Liu Bei and told Ma Zhong with a flattering look on his face.

"I have treated you two well! Why did you do such a rebellious thing?"

Liu Bei directly used the sword in his right hand to cut off the arrow handle, so that he would not lose too much blood and would not hinder his movements.

"Hey, big-eared thief! Good birds choose trees to roost in, and good ministers choose masters to serve! Now that the Han army has been defeated, the situation is hopeless. Why should we fight to the bitter end and become ghosts under the sword in vain? You old arms and legs, why don't you stop resisting and just follow us to see the King of Wu!"

Liu Ning was proud of it instead of being ashamed, and he was still calling on Liu Bei to surrender. On the one hand, Liu Bei was shocked by Liu Ning's shamelessness, and on the other hand, he was angry at the "big-eared thief" in Liu Ning's words. He couldn't help but get angry and spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Shameless bastard! Today you can only see the Han emperor who died in battle! There is no Liu Bei kneeling down and begging for mercy!"

Liu Bei spat out blood and phlegm from his mouth, raised his sword in one hand and pointed it at the countless Wu soldiers opposite him and cursed angrily.

"You are such an ungrateful Liu Da'er! In that case, don't blame me for offending you! I am here to capture you on the orders of Grand Commander Lu Xun."

Ma Zhong flew into a rage upon hearing this, and was about to go forward and capture Liu Bei alive, when suddenly a group of men and horses came from the diagonal direction and interrupted the order that he was about to blurt out.

"Kill! Kill Wu Gou!"

Liu Bei looked over and saw that the person who was shouting was Fu Zhuo, who was in charge of guarding the central army. He had several heads tied to his saddle. At this moment, Fu Zhuo and the Bai Li soldiers in the central army were all covered in blood, and their white clothes and armor were also stained black and red. However, they seemed to be unaffected by the fire and rushed straight towards Ma Zhong's troops.

"Engage the enemy! Engage the enemy!"

Ma Zhong was caught off guard and could only let his soldiers go to fight first, while he rode his horse again to charge towards Liu Bei.

"Guan Xing is here! Wu Gou, please stop hurting His Majesty!"

It was actually two young generals who broke out from Fu Rong's team and came straight towards Ma Zhong, Liu Ning and the other two. Who else could they be but Guan Xing and Zhang Bao?
Ma Zhong had seen Guan Xing and Zhang Bao fighting on the battlefield. His old superior, Pan Zhang, who he thought was like a god, was beaten and fled by Guan Xing in less than ten rounds. Later, he heard that he was beheaded by Guan Xing and his head was still hanging under the banner of the Han army.

"No! You two, stop them quickly! Stop them!"

Seeing these two killing gods charging towards him, Ma Zhong was so frightened that he immediately asked the surrendered generals Liu Ning and Du Lu to delay for a while while he took the opportunity to escape into the chaotic army.

Who would have thought that when he was not paying attention, more than 3,000 of his men had been slaughtered by this group of Han soldiers. Ma Zhong looked carefully and found that each of them was wearing blood-stained white clothes and various masks on their faces, just like ghosts, which made Ma Zhong tremble all over.

"Don't run away, thief! Fu Zhun is here!"

A general came at Ma Zhong with two guns in hand. It was the commander of the Central Army, Fu Rong. In terms of martial arts, Ma Zhong was no match for Fu Rong. In addition, he was in a panic just now, so Ma Zhong could only bite the bullet and fight with Fu Rong with his gun.

"Wu Gou! Kill!"

Fu Rong's eyes were wide open with anger, veins bulging on his arms, and he swung the two pistols like sledgehammers, hitting Ma Zhong again and again.

Ma Zhong only felt that Fu Rong was like a blacksmith, and he was like a weapon on the anvil, being hit by the hammer again and again, and his internal organs seemed to be dislocated.

"Pfft!"

Finally, Ma Zhong blocked several times, but finally couldn't hold on any longer, spurting blood from his mouth, and his arm trembled as Fu Rong knocked the spear in his hand directly out, killing several unlucky Wu soldiers. Ma Zhong himself was also knocked off his horse by Fu Rong's spear, and the fight lasted less than ten rounds.

The surrounding Bai Li soldiers rushed forward, put several big swords to the neck of Ma Zhong who was still spitting blood, and captured him on the spot.

(End of this chapter)