The Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

()Chapter 74 soldiers divided into two groups

Xi Zhicai said: "My lord..." But before he could finish speaking, a thunderous shout suppressed his next words.

"You rebelled against Zhang Liang and died, and you still haven't surrendered?!" Zhang Fei sat on the Wuzhui, jumped on Zhang Liang's head with a zhangba snake spear, and shouted angrily.

There was silence on the battlefield for a while, no matter whether it was the Yellow Turban Army or Liu Yu's subordinates, they all involuntarily looked at Zhang Fei, who was full of berserk aura, and the head that was dripping blood. The fighting spirit and madness on his face gradually faded away. I fell silent.

After a while.

"Boom..."

The Yellow Turban Army did not know who was the first to keep the weapons on the ground. It was like a chain reaction. With the first one, the next moment, a dense sound of weapons falling to the ground resounded across the battlefield. The Yellow Turban Army who had no weapons seemed to accept their fate. Sitting on the ground that was stained red with blood, he clutched his wound and howled.

Hearing the wailing around him, Xu Rong couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief. Although his subordinates had already experienced hundreds of battles, facing the battered Yellow Turban Army, they fought for an hour in a row. Not only did they suffer heavy losses, everyone was exhausted. , If the battle continues, I don't know who will win or lose.

"Clean the battlefield, bury the dead, treat the wounded together, keep these Yellow Turban soldiers in custody, and deal with them according to the old rules." Looking up at Liu Yu on the city wall, Xu Rong pondered for a moment, then spoke immediately commanded.

Several generals around "Nuo" respectfully took orders, and immediately galloped in all directions to deliver Xu Rong's orders.

After a while, the fierce soldiers who were obviously reduced by half compared to before the battle immediately moved into action. First, they detained the Yellow Turban Army, and then began to clean up the battlefield. There was another commotion outside Nanpi City.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the stumped limbs and the blood-spattered land below, Liu Yu couldn't help showing fatigue on his face. Now, the road to hegemony has not officially started, and he is already a little overwhelmed, and he can't help but sigh in his heart : "Sure enough, fighting for world hegemony is not just a matter of thinking about it. If this continues, I will die before the world is peaceful."

Exclaiming here, Liu Yu couldn't help thinking about Xi Zhicai's actions, but the killing intent in his heart was completely gone.

In fact, from the very beginning, Liu Yu knew that he was not a good hero or king, and Xi Zhicai's layout of slowly transforming him into a qualified king can be said to be very correct for now, and it is even more beneficial to him. Unlimited benefits, but if he is really transformed into a king, he doesn't know if he will still be himself by then?

"Huh" Liu Yu exhaled heavily, as if exhaling the entanglement in his heart out of his body together with this breath, the piercing sharpness appeared in his eyes again, and he whispered: "Struggling for the world, the result is not important to me, I want What is more important is the process in the middle, so..."

"Let me fight for this world." Turning around, Liu Yu whispered as he walked back to Xi Zhicai's side, patted Xi Zhicai on the shoulder, passed by without saying a word.

Up to now, Liu Yu can be said to have a very good understanding of Xi Zhicai. He also knows that the other party is not a character like Guo Jia as he thought before, but a character who is very ambitious and resembles Sima Yi. He didn't quite believe the legend of Xi Zhicai's death from illness in history, but thought that Xi Zhicai did the same thing to Cao Cao as he did to him, and also leaked it, but Cao Cao said: "I would rather Don't let the people of the world bear me." The hero of this sentence, and Cao Cao's command at that time did not lack top counselors, so Xi Zhicai's ending can be explained very clearly.

"Step...step...step..." Slowly walking towards the stairs, Liu Yu couldn't help sighing: "It seems that I have to find the mastermind again."

For Xi Zhicai, Liu Yu does not intend to kill him, after all, he is very short of top counselors now, and he will reuse Xi Zhicai, but he will not trust the other party wholeheartedly like before, treating the other party as his own mastermind Yes, after all, betrayal once can be betrayed twice, this kind of thing once is enough, he never wants a second time.

Moreover, for Xi Zhicai, the reason why Liu Yu did not kill the other party was not only the need for the other party's strategy, but also his trust in him was the main reason. In the end, he was just training him to be the founding emperor of a generation, not like Sima Yi who always thought about being an emperor himself.

And the reason why Liu Yu wants to re-choose the mastermind is not that he doesn't believe in Xi Zhicai, but that people's hearts are the most unpredictable, and sometimes power can completely change a person, he is not sure that Xi Zhicai will not cheat on himself in the end .

at this time.

"Report to Lord Hou, Yecheng urgently reports."

A hurried voice interrupted Liu Yu's contemplation. Looking up, a messenger soldier quickly got off his horse, knelt down on one knee, and held the cylindrical letter in both hands. Seeing this, he signaled to the guards around him that he didn't He stepped forward, but took a few steps back.

Under Liu Yu's signal, a Yanyun Eighteenth Rider beside him quickly walked down the stairs, took the letter and walked back to Liu Yu's side quickly, and handed the letter to Liu Yu.

He took out the letter and opened it, only the words "Zuo Fengyi went to Wei County" jumped into his eyes.

Seeing this, Liu Yu couldn't help but a flash of light flashed in his eyes. At this time, he also knew that the messenger in front of him must be a spy developed by Zhang Ling, so he immediately put down his guard and waved: "I have received the information, you go back." Take the reward."

"Thank you Marquis, this subordinate will leave." The messenger soldier respectfully accepted his orders, got on his horse after speaking, and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

"I didn't expect Zuo Feng to come so soon. It seems that the plan is about to change." Liu Yu thought deeply.

Up to now, history has been changed by Liu Yu. In the original history, Zhang Jiao should have retreated to Guangzong, and Lu Zhi would also besiege Zhang Jiao in Guangzong, and then offended Zuo Feng, so he was ordered by the emperor to be escorted After returning to Luoyang, it was Dong Zhuo who succeeded Lu Zhi, but it was a pity that Dong Zhuo was so focused on keeping a low profile that he was defeated by Zhang Jiao, which exhausted Lu Zhi's preparations.

But now, because of the appearance of Liu Yu, Zhang Jiao has gathered elites from the surrounding states to Jizhou from the very beginning, thereby gathering 50 soldiers and horses, and there are 30 of the most elite Yellow Turbans in Yecheng. Lu Zhi relied on [-] troops to fight hard, and he could no longer defeat Zhang Jiao, and Zhang Jiao did not use his full strength, thus bringing the battle situation in Yecheng into a stalemate.

Liu Yu didn't know if Lu Zhi's dismissal would happen in history, but he didn't dare to bet that if Dong Zhuo was really replaced, he would face Zhang Jiao's 30 army alone under Dong Zhuo's passive sabotage. At that time, even if Sun Wu and Shihuang were alive, he would not be able to break through Yecheng, so he dared not gamble.

Thinking of this, Liu Yu suppressed the thought in his heart, turned around and said: "Zhicai, you send someone to recruit Yide and others to come to the county guard's mansion to discuss the military situation." After speaking, he quickly walked down the city wall and walked towards the county guard's mansion .

Standing on the city wall, Xi Zhicai was taken aback when he heard the words, but the next moment, he couldn't help showing a smile on his face, and said softly: "Since you still dare to use me, then I will still help you win the whole world and help you ascend to the Nine Kingdoms." five."

After finishing speaking, Xi Zhicai walked down the city wall with a chuckle. For him, his ambition since childhood was to become a character like Zhang Liang, to help a person win the world, and finally retire after being successful. It is just one thing that the world is destined Difficult to have both, he is not Zhang Liang, and Liu Yu is not Liu Bang, so he failed, but Liu Yu is not Cao Cao, so he is still alive.

Up to now, although Xi Zhicai has not given up his ambition, but he does not want to imitate Zhang Liang anymore, relying on his own wisdom, he believes that he will definitely help Liu Yu win the world.

"Not only do I want to help him win the world, I also want to be an extremely human minister to prove that I surpass you... Zhang Liang!"

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As time passed, the Golden Crow slowly slanted westward in the sky.

Nanpi, the lobby of the Sheriff's Mansion.

Liu Yu looked at Zhang Fei, Xi Zhicai, Dian Wei, and Xu Rong who were sitting on the left and right, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Qingyun, what are the casualties in this battle?"

"My lord, two of Yanyun's elite cavalry were damaged, a hundred of them were seriously injured, no less than a thousand were slightly injured, more than half of the [-] soldiers were lost, and there were less than [-] of them who were seriously injured." Xu Rong stood up. Said with a serious face.

The expressions of the other people in the hall changed slightly when they heard the words. Although they thought that the damage would be huge in this battle, they didn't expect it to be so big that even the Yanyun Jingqi suffered damage. Moreover, the two More than 1 soldiers died in the tens of thousands of battles. This kind of casualties has not been seen since the beginning of the war.

However, everyone present knew that Xu Rong was not to blame for such a large loss. After all, the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou were significantly more sophisticated than the Yellow Turbans in other places, and it was already Xu Rong's credit for being able to win.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Yu immediately ordered: "Xu Rong, you and Zhang Fei stay in Nanpi, and while selecting the yellow scarf elite to supplement the source of troops, while sweeping Jizhou, if you are sure, take the giant deer to me. Yes, you secretly sent me the resources of Jizhou back to Youzhou, this matter must be cautious, and no mistakes can be made."

"No..." Zhang Fei and Xu Rong looked at each other, and at the same time got up to accept the order.

"Take a day off today. Tomorrow, Benhou, Zhicai and Dianwei will lead three thousand Yanyun Jing to ride west into Yecheng to meet Zhangjiao." Liu Yu said in a deep voice.

After talking about the details in detail, Liu Yu just let a few people leave, got up and walked out of the lobby, looking at the western sky, he couldn't help exuding a strong royal air, and said in a low voice: "The Yellow Turban Uprising...is also It's time to end."