Battle Royale of the Sinners

Zhang Fei was provoked. He began bickering with Tong while Liu Bei glanced back and forth between his brother, Tong, and the pursuing Yellow Turban troops from a distance.

This group of Yellow Turban came to rescue Tong from the isolation even though Tong had told them not to follow after him.

As Liu Bei listened to the quarrel, he got annoyed when Tong bellowed,

"Your parents must be proud of you as well. They raised you so well that one of you became a bandit. Another one of you was a psychopath murderer, and the biggest one of you became so delusional to the point that you thought of yourself as the old emperor's descendant even though you were just a straw-shoe selling peasant!"

'What do you know when my mother and I are struggling to make ends meet while you are leading an army and enjoy multiple wives!?' Liu Bei retorted in his mind.

'Who cares if you are right? In the end, you are just a coldblooded murderer. You are the same as all officials and the crooked Emperors! It was because of you that many of the soldiers were killed! It was because of you that so many bandits are wearing your yellow clothes!'

Liu Bei still had a bias thought toward Tong. Though he appeared to be taken aback from the outside, his inner thought was dead-set of being hostile against Yellow Turbans.

"I want your life!"

Zhang Fei charged at Tong as he could not stand Tong's provocation anymore.

"Yide, No!"

A sinister grin appeared on Tong's mouth corner as he aimed his gun forward.

Zhang Fei was an experienced fighter. He noticed the abnormality of the weapon in Tong's hand. Thus, Zhang Fei tilted his body and avoided the gun muzzle, but Tong changed his aim before he pulled the trigger.

*BANG*

The last bullet was fired, but Tong did not aim at Zhang Fei.

The small piece of metal pierced the skull of Zhang Fei's horse, killing it on the spot. As a consequence, Zhang Fei was thrown off his horse, tumbling down from the gravity of earth.

Tong dashed toward Zhang Fei and swung his blade downward. This was the golden opportunity to kill one of the three sworn brothers.

*CLANK*

Using his bracers as a shield, Zhang Fei blocked the steel sword with his arms.

The iron bracer on Zhang Fei's left arm cracked, and the blade went through his fresh. The steel blade was stopped by Zhang Fei's thick bones.

"GRRR!!"

"NNHH!!"

The pain of having an arm being sliced made Zhang Fei's left arm numbed. On the other hand, Tong was shocked by the durability of Zhang Fei's body.

'I used my full strength, but I can't cut through his arm!?'

Tong felt the danger premonition from his side and heard the sounds of a galloping horse. He pulled his blade from Zhang Fei's arm and parried in the direction of the imminent threat.

*WHOOSH*

*CLANK*

The green dragon crescent glaive of Guan Yu clashed with Tong's steel blade. The impact was enough to numb Guan Yu and Tong's hands.

Before Guan Yu's horse went past Tong, he ran backward and slashed at the horse's hind legs.

The horse felt the sharp pain on its legs, and it collapsed on the ground along with the rider.

Tong's brain processed in a microsecond speed, deciding who he should kill first, Guan Yu or Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei was already injured, but he should have regained his stance by the time Tong attacked the horse's hind legs.

Guan Yu lost his momentum and was vulnerable at the moment, presenting the perfect chance for the follow-up attacks.

'If Guan Yu dies, the sworn brothers will crumble! Liu Bei won't have enough chips for his future.'

Tong kicked the ground and rushed at the panicked Guan Yu, hacking down with his blade.

Guan Yu was much smarter than Zhang Fei. He predicted the blade trajectory and pulled his iron glaive shaft to block the blade.

*CLANK*

After the impact, Guan Yu used both hands to grab Tong's blade without caring if it would cut his hands, which stopped him from pulling it back or slash at Guan Yu again.

"Tsk!"

The left hand of Tong let go of his blade and clenched into a fist. At the same time, his left knee slammed down on Guan Yu's belly and pinned him on the ground.

With the blade in Tong's right hand pressing on Guan Yu and his knee pressing on Guan Yu's torso, the left fist was free.

The left fist hammered down on the defenseless Guan Yu.

Tong did not hit him just once, but three fists per one second.

"MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!!"

Using the force and the speed of a two-winged demon, Tong pummeled onto the head of the red-faced man, hoping to crack his skull and killing him in the fist fight.

Guan Yu took the blows while his eyes glared into Tong's eyes. He kept moving his head to avoid the hit to the vital parts. Though blood and cut appeared on his face, his eyes did not show a sign of despair.

"VOOOIIII!!"

*WHOOSH*

The serpent spear was thrust at Tong's side. But thanked the voice of Zhang Fei, it alerted Tong which gave him enough room to dodge.

In exchange for the escape, Tong had to abandon his steel blade, which was still grabbed by Guan Yu.

Tong landed on the ground and rolled away to correct his stance.

At this time, Guan Yu slipped away from the collapsed horse, and Zhang Fei was charging at Tong.

*WHOOSH*

A spear thrust went for Tong's head, but he tilted it to the side. Zhang Fei thrust his spear a hundred times in a row in the span of 30 seconds, but Tong sidestepped and dodged all of them while he was staring into Zhang Fei's eyes.

The movement of Zhang Fei and Tong were so fast that left after images which astonished the onlooking soldiers of Zou Jing Army.

*WHOOSH*

Reaping scythe move followed, which Tong bent his body forward to dodge to swing.

Tong kicked the ground, closing in the distance between him and Zhang Fei.

An overhead green dragon glaive swung down, aiming to cleave Tong in two.

*WHOOSH*

Tong stepped back, escaping from the ambush from Guan Yu.

As Tong was back stepping, Zou Jing's infantries came to their sense. They also charged at him.

Instead of panicking, Tong revealed a happy smile.

"I was thinking how I can get my weapon back. I'll take yours, thank you!"

Several spears came at Tong. The later jumped, and the spears missed the target.

Tong landed a superman punch on the face of a spearman and snatched his weapon. After which, he made a 360 degrees swing, sending everyone around him flying.

Unfortunately, the spear shaft broke as it was made from bamboo.

"Tsk! Use a better weapon, damn you!"

Tong dashed toward the dead bodies to get a new weapon, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei chased after him from behind.

Seeing a random iron sword on the ground, Tong picked it up and pointed at the two men behind his back, getting into his fighting stance.

"Time Alter ..." Tong muttered.

The cooperation stab and swing of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came. The speed of the weapons was on par with Lu Bu.

"Double Accel!"

Double brain's perception speed mode activated. The feeling of blood pressure on his brain came back, but the blood vessels did not rupture this time.

*CLANK*

*CLANK*

Tong deflected the serpent spear and blue dragon glaive away. Then, he counter-attacked with a strike toward Zhang Fei's abdomen.

*CLANK*

Zhang Fei also parried Tong's sword with the iron shaft. The fragile iron sword shattered to pieces upon the contact.

The parry of Zhang Fei forced Tong an opening. Guan Yu's glaive swing came at Tong again.

*WHOOSH*

Tong had to leap backward to dodge the strike even though all the movements he did just now were in "Double Accel" mode. The reflex and the reaction speed of these two brothers exceeded Tong's ability.

'I can only match one of them. Fighting two of them like this is suicide!'

Clicking his tongue again, Tong ran away from Guan Yu and Zhang Fei toward the direction of the army of Yellow Turban.

But a galloping horse sound alarmed Tong.

Liu Bei was charging at Tong as he saw that this Yellow Turban bandit was unarmed. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also pursuing Tong as well.

'I might break my fist, but I won't let you hypocrites going home unscratched!'

Tong clenched his fist and punched at the chest of the charging horse with full-force.

*BOOM*

*CRACK*

The sound of the shattering bone could be heard, but the horse neighed and raised its front hooves in pain before it collapsed, throwing Liu Bei off his horse as well.

Tong endured the pain on his right fist and dashed back, ignoring the soldiers and the three sworn brothers.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stopped chasing after Tong. They rushed to Liu Bei to rescue their brother first.

However, Zou Jing's remnant chased after Tong to avenge for their former lord.

Unfortunately ...

*WHOOSH*

*WHOOSH*

*WHOOSH*

Thousands of arrows flew in the air. The wall of death showered onto the pursuing force. Furthermore, the arrows in the rain were heavier than arrows in the clear sky as they contain raindrops with them. They might have less distance, but they were deadlier than normal arrows as they carried more force.

"ARGH!!"

"WAAAH!"

Zou Jing's remnants cried as they were stopped by a single barrage. The lucky ones who were following them stopped their feet and ran away in a panic.

Tong dodged and parried a few arrows which slipped into his direction. He managed to return to his men.

"Young master!"

"My lord, are you safe?"

"Bless the child of heaven!"

Tong grinned and snickered as his men disobeyed his command and followed after him in the end, which ultimately saved his life.

A lightning strike hit a tree, which was 200 meters away from the troops. The deafening sound of thunder shocked the soldiers on the battlefield.

"Let's get out of here before we get hit by the lightning. Tell everyone, we'll regroup with the others and we'll return to Zhongshan as soon as possible."

"We're not taking Ji City?" A soldier asked.

"No. Although we can take it, we won't be able to defend it if someone were to attack Ji City at this moment. Also, I'm afraid that Gongsun Zan won't leave Ji City alone after Liu Yan suffered a defeat here. We have to go."

The Yellow Turban troopers nodded in bitterness. They carved a path from Zhongshan City to Ji for nothing, and they even lost their comrades in this war.

Tong noticed their expression. He consoled them, "We haven't come here in vain. We managed to get rid of the threat to our cities and our families. Liu Yan had gathered troops and supplies here, but we managed to cripple it. He won't be able to do anything to us for a decade because of this fight. You've done well."

"I'll give everybody here a few barrels of beer and whiskey when we return. Thanks, boys."

The Yellow Turban cheered, but their voice was muffled by the rain and thunder.

…

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei managed to rescue their elder brother and dragged him out of the arrow range on time. They did not forget to look for Tong's current location.

Seeing that Tong had regrouped with his subordinates, Liu Bei spoke before the others could voice their opinion.

"We'll retreat. Yuncheng, Yide, we'll move east and seek help from Gongsun Zan."

Zhang Fei held his left arm and stared at Tong Army with bloodshot eyes. Guan Yu swiped the trail of dripping blood on his face and nodded in agreement.

"What about little Jiang?" Asked Guan Yu.

Liu Bei frowned. He and his two brothers were not actually closed with their fourth brother as Jiang Man always acted on his own without telling them. Their relationship was not that great.

Before Liu Bei could speak that they would abandon Jiang Man, a sergeant of his volunteer force ran to them and knelt.

"Report! Sir Jiang Man has been injured in the battle. He's being treated by our men!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei revealed a smile of delight.

"He's fine! HAHAHA! Let's go Yuncheng, Xuande. We'll go and get ourselves treated too. My arm hurts."

Guan Yu chuckled as he scratched the skin near a cut on his face.

Liu Bei, however, did not smile. He pondered for a moment and asked the sergeant.

"Do you know what he was doing in the reserve convoys?"

"Sir Jiang Man said he was requesting additional supplies for our army."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei nodded in approval, but Liu Bei still frowned.

The sergeant read Liu Bei's mood, so he reported an additional piece of news.

"When the rearguards fought with the Yellow Turbans, Sir Jiang Man had helped them fending off Zhang Tong's cavalries and knocking him off his horse. Zhang Tong had been isolated since then."

The admiration toward Jiang Man in Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's eyes deepened. Liu Bei finally revealed a faint smile and nodded.

"He's a talented man indeed. Let's go see our little Jiang. Oh, by the way, what's your name?"

"It's Jian Yong, sir!"

"Good, come with us."