Chapter 439: Liu Bei Was Shaded (Part II)
It's hard to say whether there will still be thoughts after the head hits the ground. But if there is, then this Black Mountain thief will probably regret dying again.
Zhang Yan, formerly known as Yu Feiyan, was favored by Zhang Niujiao, the commander of the Yellow Turban Sect, because of his courage and scheming, and only changed his name to Zhang after being accepted as a righteous son. Zhang Yan has quite a thunderous means, taking the rest of Zhang Niujiao as the foundation, integrating the Yellow Turban remnants of various departments, and has developed for more than ten years now, becoming the master of the Montenegrin thief force known as having millions of people. And the Cheng in front of him, who was called the young master, was Zhang Yan's son, who was spoiled by Zhang Yan on weekdays.
Zhen Cheng still has a certain prestige among the Black Mountain thieves. It is also really for Zhang Yan to fight for face and anger, although he is perverse and violent, and has no character at all, but he is very good to the brothers of the Montenegrin thieves below, the Montenegrin thieves live in hardship, although they are powerful, but they have too many population bases, and there are few places to settle and farm, and at a cursory glance, they are even inferior to the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Han Guang Department. But even so, as the young master of the Black Mountain thief, Zhen Cheng has no shortage of food and clothing, but Zhen Cheng can also share weal and woe with his brothers, so he is quite popular. Zhang Yan was also relieved that he commanded the 50,000 army of Montenegrin thieves to come here, and even sent 20,000 thieves to pretend to be the vanguard, handed over to Yu Cheng with full command, and arrived in Yecheng first.
And Zhen Cheng had already obtained Zhang Yan's secret letter, and asked him to arrange for someone to provoke the conflict with Liu Bei's army at the right time, resulting in frequent friction between the Black Mountain thieves and the Youzhou soldiers. The intention of this is that when Zhang Yan really wants to take action, he will not arouse the vigilance of the Youzhou soldiers who are several times more powerful than him in advance because of the big change. to achieve the effect of the unexpected.
If it is according to the character of sincerity. In the past, Zhang Yan's orders were often shirked to others. I want to be like the famous Qin Marquis in Lu Bu's army, who can use the remnants of the defeated army to play Cao Cao's army in the palm of the hand, instead of being like Gongsun Zhan, who is brave and powerful, but kills a thousand enemies every time. The so-called fierce general who lost 800 himself. Zhang Yan also knows these things, and once commented that it is "good ambition".
But this time, I don't know which tendon Cheng put on the wrong line, so he got serious. I think I was also used to seeing the soldiers of Youzhou who were not allowed to fight back and not reply to Liu Bei's strict order so as not to surprise the "friendly army", and they were completely cowardly! After a few days of forbearance, Yu Cheng felt that the so-called Youzhou soldiers and the so-called regular army were actually nothing more than that. I feel that what Zhang Yanmi said in the letter is actually a little too worried, and there is no need to be so cautious. As for the matter at the moment. In fact, Zhen Cheng didn't expect that it took a long time to find an opportunity to choose someone. But who wants that strong man nicknamed Xiaoqi. looks tall and strong, and there is some kung fu under his hands, but why is he so unbeaten. It's just that he was "gently" kicked a few times by a dozen people, and he was so angry?
What can I do? Pockmarks are not called pockmarks, this is called a pit man! Zhen Cheng is not a fool, of course he knows that if he just grabs some food. Not to mention Liu Bei, even the Youzhou soldiers of these "victims" will not be taken seriously in the near future. But if someone dies because of this, dies in the barracks, or is beaten to death in full view of everyone. I want to do something good. It's hard! Therefore, Cheng Cheng saw that the situation was not good, and the first thought. I just want to escape, to escape from this place of right and wrong. The matter has become so big that it has far exceeded the deadline and has begun to develop towards an uncontrollable situation. Zhen Cheng is not so sure, he can be surrounded by more than 10,000 angry regular troops, with his small arms and legs, it is quite good to be able to move his legs.
In particular, seeing with his own eyes the pro-soldier who was still arrogant just now, he lost his head the next moment, and Zhen Cheng only felt that it was a little hot in the crotch of his pants.
Zhen Cheng recognized the weapon that cut off the head.
Cool saw. The blade is an arm's length. The two palms are more than equal to each other, the blade is cold, the cold light is like the moon, and a crescent branch is separated from the blade, and the tassels dyed red with human blood float. More than a zhang of the handle rod is cast of fine iron, a green dragon relief is entrenched on it, and the swallowing place is the dragon's mouth, which is hideous and mighty, and the killing intent is awe-inspiring. It's really a murderer who kills people without seeing blood. Zhen Cheng was fortunate to have seen it once from afar by chance, but he didn't expect that one day he would be so close.
However, compared to the power of this blade, the owner of this knife is the last thing Cheng wants to see in this situation. The turban robe was dressed in green, with a red face and a beautiful hair that reached between the belly. In addition, the story of Wenjiu's killing of Huaxiong and Sanying's battle against Lu Bu spread, Guan Yu still has a good reputation among the thieves. If it weren't for this matter, abandoning each other's positions, Yu Cheng would not have excluded being a general with Guan Yu in his heart, and even had some expectations. But now, Guan Yu, whose face was like water, was still holding the Qinglong Knife that was dripping blood in his hand, and he looked at Zhen Cheng's gaze as if he was looking at a dead man.
"Killing people in the army, the law is intolerable, just want to leave!" Guan Yu waved his knife, listening to the soldiers around him gossiping about the ins and outs of the matter, his eyes became more and more cold, and he saw that there were black mountain thieves beside him who slowly retreated a few steps, as if he wanted to move the rescuers, but with just a stroke, the thieves shook like chaff. Guan Yu raised the corners of his mouth contemptuously, looked at Zhen Cheng lightly, and said: "Rob my army food, insult my sergeant, and kill my own soldiers!" Black Mountain Thief! Do you know what blood debt and blood payment are? ”
For the first time since he was a child, Cheng felt so close to death under Guan Yu's eyes, and it was the kind that it was difficult to bring up even the slightest sense of resistance. The two legs seemed to be filled with thousands of catties of iron juice, as if it was a very luxurious thing to move, and he could only look at Guan Yu with a proud expression, and with that indifferent gaze of life and death, he cursed himself with death. At this moment, in addition to extreme fear, Cheng suddenly understood the mind of Hua Xiong, the other protagonist in the story, and even had a trace of excitement about this discovery without reason, and then he was taken by the tide of fear, and closed his eyes in despair.
"Second brother, slow down! Keep people under the knife! "Fairy sound! It's simply a fairy sound that can decide life and death in one word! Zhen Cheng swore that he had never felt that Liu Bei's Luoyang Yayan, which always smelled a little scum, was so good.
For Liu Bei's cheers. Under the influence of more than ten years of brotherhood, Guan Yu's actions have become instinctive. Subconsciously, the blade was slightly raised by an inch, and it slashed against Cheng Cheng's scalp. Zhen Cheng only felt a chill that penetrated directly into his heart pass through Baihui, only to feel that the top of his head suddenly lightened, and then his legs became weak, but it was as if he had lost a certain fulcrum, and he had no strength in his body. Seeing Liu Bei and a group of people coming over in a hurry, they wanted to hold on to some more wind and bones, and say a few words about the scene with their own identity, but in the end they could only collapse to the ground softly.
"Damn it! Why did the eldest brother intercede for this thief? Although Guan Yu respected Liu Bei, he was angry at this time, and because of Zhang Fei's incident before, he also had a lot of complaints about Liu Bei's way of dealing with him, and there was inevitably a bit of complaint in his tone.
"This fang connived at the friendly forces of Montenegro under his command and took away our army rations. Beat me sergeant, damn indeed! It's just that there is something different, and I hope that the second brother will put out the fire for the time being. and have the right to spare him a moment of his life. Listen to my brother! "Liu Bei is a scene person. Seeing that just because he said a word of mercy to his subordinates, the admiration for himself in the eyes of the Youzhou soldiers who were surrounding him at this moment had already faded a little, and he still didn't understand the current situation. When he entered the field, he had a look of anxiety on his face, but he suddenly became indignant and turned around. The expression is natural, and there is almost no one else in the world.
"Hmm...... Leave him for a moment! Big brother, but it doesn't hurt to say! After all, they are brothers for more than ten years, and when they saw Liu Bei speak, they swore that they were just temporarily leaving Cheng Cheng's life temporary, and Guan Yu's tone was better. The slight dissatisfaction in his eyes before has disappeared. Slowly withdrew the knife. As for worrying that Chu Cheng would take the opportunity to escape, it was not in Guan Yu's consideration at all.
"It's all gone! Xiao Qi's matter has been known. Choose a noble place to bury it, and give more money to his family to take care of, for the sake of our lords and ministers! As for the murderer, be prepared to give an explanation to the brothers! Liu Bei didn't say anything in a hurry, and bowed to the onlookers, and his posture was extremely low.
"Please also ask the Lord to make a clear decision!" It's too rare for a master to be able to bend down these days. In addition, Liu Bei treated his own Youzhou soldiers extremely kindly, seeing that Liu Bei spoke, in addition to the guards brought by Guan Yu who were viciously detaining Chu Cheng's entourage, the Youzhou soldiers who were originally onlookers came out and found a car nearby, and glanced at Chu Cheng and his party with murderous intent, and then silently gave Liu Bei a military salute and carried Xiao Qi, who was already cold.
"Take this thief down too, and take care of it! Go and tell General Yu Poison, just say that Liu invited Chu Gongzi to a night banquet! Wait for General Zhang Yan to come tomorrow and then make a decision. Liu Bei said to Guan Yu's personal guards who were also surrounding Chu Cheng and the others.
"This ......" The soldiers in these years are all tribal systems. Although Liu Bei's Youzhou soldiers were nominally transferred by Liu Bei, it was only a wartime transfer, but the actual owner was Guan Yu, who was directly responsible to Liu Bei. In addition, the situation is too special at this moment, everyone knows that Guan Yu is angry now, and he was already in the tent because of the previous incident in the plain, and when he encountered this kind of thing, although the soldiers respected Liu Bei, they didn't want their master to be wronged too much, so after agreeing to Liu Bei's order, he deliberately slowed down by half a beat, just looking at Guan Yu's reaction.
"Humph! Allow this thief to live one more day! Although Liu Bei didn't start to say anything, Guan Yu still understood what Liu Bei meant. glared at Chu Cheng angrily, and said in a sullen manner.
"Is the second brother still blaming his brother for being too indulgent to the Black Mountain thieves?" All the soldiers were sent away, and Liu Bei and Guan Yu were left in the field. Liu Bei squatted down, took a long breath, tilted his head sideways and asked Guan Yu, who was standing upright with a knife, and asked with a wry smile.
"Yu doesn't dare!" Liu Bei's action reminded Guan Yu of the days when the three brothers raised troops in Zhuo County, when they were at the same table for food and sleeping together, and the killing intent that had just been aroused by Chu Cheng slowly faded, and he remembered Zhang Fei, who had fallen into Lu Bu's army and did not know his life and death, and said in a sullen tone.
"It seems that Yun Chang is still blaming his brother!" Liu Bei was not annoyed, took out a roll of silk silk from his sleeve, handed it to Guan Yu, and said, "Come, you can take a look at this!" ”
"Huh?" Although he was still sulking with Liu Bei, I have to say that Guan Yu was the tightest thing, and it was this righteous brother who saw Liu Bei handing over a roll of silk silk, although he was silent, he still took it with a hesitant face, and shook it away with one hand in the wind, just one glance, and a pair of silkworm eyebrows immediately wrinkled: "Yuan Xi's letter?" ”
"Not bad!" Liu Bei patted the dust on the corner of his clothes and stood up, looking in the direction of Yecheng with his hands behind his back. said: "You and my brother are righteous and loyal, and it has been more than ten years since Zhuojun raised an army of 500 people to recruit the Yellow Turbans, right?" For ten years, we have been begging for yellow turbans, cutting down national thieves, and working hard, but now it is still a status quo under the fence, why? ”
"This ......" Guan Yu didn't expect that Liu Bei was talking about dealing with Chu Cheng. How did it come to the current situation, and he frowned for a while, and he didn't understand what Liu Bei was going to say.
"Yuan Xi's letter clearly stated that he wanted me to personally lead the guards to Yecheng tomorrow to discuss taking over the defense of Yecheng! I want to hand over the defense of Yecheng to me! Oh, this kid, if you're either too stupid or too much to take it for granted! A scorn flashed on Liu Bei's face, shook his head, and said, "This kind of strategy is too clumsy!" Even if this son of Yuan Benchu is really a straw bag, there is a past when Lu Bu controlled Xuzhou. Can you rest assured that the defense of Yecheng will be handed over to me? In order to avoid the panic of the people of Yecheng, we are not allowed to wait for the army to enter the city for the time being, how many days have we been waiting for the soldiers to come to the city? Heh......"
"That'...... Big brother, what are you going to do? "Guan Yu could have been classified as a wise general. Listen to the strings and know the elegant meaning. With a somewhat embarrassed face, he said: "Could it be that big brother, you want to borrow the soldiers of the first black mountain thief, Zhang Yan, to storm Yecheng?" Can...... But the eldest brother wants Yecheng to think it is fundamental. The nature of these thieves is difficult to change, and the eldest brother has seen it in person these days, right? If you borrow his troops to enter the city, not to mention that the eldest brother's benevolence and righteousness are difficult to broadcast, it is good not to be hated by the people of Yecheng! Big brother, be careful! ”
"Heroes are useless! With the courage of 10,000 enemies such as Yide and Yunchang. It is said that in any force, it is the level of a general on the commanding side! Prepare the qualifications of the Chinese people, you are waiting to follow the side of the brother, but you have wronged the two of you! Liu Bei sighed, tears flashing in the corners of his eyes. didn't seem to have the meaning to answer Guan Yu's question just now, as if talking to himself: "The colleagues who crusaded against the Yellow Turban back then." Now they are either divided into one side, or they have become a piece of loess, and my three brothers are still nowhere to go! Yun Chang, do you know what Yecheng means to you and my brothers? Yun Chang is actually right, it is fundamental! But alas! Yecheng first belonged to Han Fu and returned to the beginning, when it was forcibly relocated to Jizhou by the original large households to live in the city, several times to appease, the people's hearts were attached, and there was even a saying that Yecheng could not be governed by the Yuan family. Outside Jizhou, Cao Cao's troops are white horses, Lu Bu is stationed on the plains, and there are tens of thousands of troops, which can be said to be the morning and evening! Where can I wait enough time to appease the people? ”
"Big brother!" Guan Yu twitched the corners of his eyes, and said in a cold voice: "Could it be that the eldest brother wants to ignore the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people in Yecheng because of this?" ”
"Where did Yun Chang go?" Liu Bei looked stunned, as if he had been greatly wronged, and said with a wry smile after a while: "What I mean by brother is that looking at the meaning shown by Yuan Xixiao'er, the battle of Yecheng is now inevitable, you and my brothers, it is not easy to gather more than 10,000 soldiers under your command, you don't have to let your brother die or be injured too much if you don't consume yourself, it's better to use your strength to let that Zhang Yan serve me and attack Yecheng, if he is safe and defends himself, it will be just that, after all, there will inevitably be some black sheep in the army, and I will be more generous at that time, In addition to making that Zhang Yan pay some price, don't dwell too much on today's affairs, so as not to make the army unstable in the future. But if it is really as Yun Chang expected, wantonly killing the people of Yecheng, our sergeants and others just hit it from behind, and this is exactly what Yun Chang thought, but where did Yun Chang think? ”
"Huh? …… The eldest brother ...... "Guan Yu didn't expect Liu Bei to say this. I just listened to the meaning of Liu Bei's words, how did it sound like my eldest brother didn't care about the life and death of the people of Yecheng, but now that I knew that I had misunderstood Liu Bei, Guan Yu's face flashed a trace of shame, and he clenched his fists and said: "Big brother is thoughtful, it's Yu who blames big brother!" ”
"You and my brother should be rich and prosperous together! Fellow Tribulation! It is said that it is to delay the future of the two virtuous brothers! Yun Chang must not say that! Liu Bei's eyes finally flashed with a smile, and he supported Guan Yu's body that was about to bow down, dipped the tears in the corners of his eyes, and said: "Just let that little seventh brother suffer a few days of grievances, and let the brothers misunderstand for two or three days!" Yun Chang rest assured, I know that you are close to the little seventh, just wait for this matter, after I find the third brother Yide, I will wait for the brothers to personally support the coffin, and bury the little seven brothers in a beautiful way! As for that Chu Cheng! Hum! As long as it is not cleaned up by the brothers in our army, it is enough to be angry, so that this thief who dares to be so arrogant and does not put the lives of our brothers in his eyes will die too happily! ”
"Big brother doesn't need to say it! Xiao Qi's matter will be explained clearly to the brothers, and it will not make it difficult for the eldest brother to do! As for Chu Cheng...... Guan Yu's face was as red as a jujube, his face was full of excitement, he half-knelt and held Liu Bei's hands, and said: "Listen to the arrangement of the eldest brother, Yu doesn't dare to have the slightest objection!" ”
"Good! Yun Chang, our brothers are of the same heart, just Yecheng, naturally no longer talk! Just wait to find a way to save Yide, and then we will take Yecheng as the foundation, relying on the unparalleled courage of the two brothers, why worry about the great cause and the Han family? Liu Bei also looked excited, holding Guan Yu's big hand, and the two brothers looked side by side at Zhang Yan's direction in the future tomorrow, with inexplicable and complicated expressions!
I don't know that someone is also calculating him at this moment......