Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 159
The bandit army was severely injured in Xushui, beheaded two leaders, the defeated army fled back, reported the information to Zhang Niujiao, Zhang Niujiao was furious, and immediately mobilized all the Black Mountain troops overnight to cross the river starry night, intending to flatten Yingtao.

In the early morning of the second day, more than 5 soldiers and horses from the Fifth Route Black Mountain Army crossed the river and came to Yingtao, encircling the city from north to south from a distance.

The defenders had been prepared for a long time, and immediately reported to Liu He. Liu He said to Cheng Yu, "Sure enough, it is as expected."

When the generals came to the top of the city, they saw the dust flying outside the city, the crowds were turbulent, and the flags of various colors fluttered in the morning wind. The rebel army was divided into five formations, forming a siege on Yingtao.

Guo Dian's face was ugly, and he frowned and said: "The bandit army has come out in full force, it seems that Ying Tao Zhi is sure to win."

Liu He said with a sneer: "He is determined to win, and it depends on whether I agree or not. It is not easy to get Yingtao."

When I was observing, I saw a soldier and horse from the bandit army, heading straight for the city under the banner of a bull's head. The bandit general held a big knife and wore a horn helmet, and shouted loudly, indicating that Liu He should go out. Meet the enemy.

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "The Zhang family has such scum, leave it to me to clean up the house!"

Zhu Ling also asked for orders: "I am ordered to defend the city. Now that the bandit army is coming, I should go to the front."

The two started arguing, and a prisoner next to him whispered, "General, this is not Zhang Niujiao, he is one of the Eight Great Vajras, named Qingniujiao! Zhang Niujiao is wearing a silver horn helmet..."

Liu He took a closer look, and sure enough the bull horns on the leader's head were real black horns, and said to Zhang Fei: "Yide, you have misidentified the person, this person is not Zhang Niujiao, let Zhu Duwei take the lead! "

Zhang Fei fought for a long time, but found that he made the wrong excuse, so he had to give up the first battle to Zhu Ling.

There was loud drumming in the city, Zhu Ling led the troops out of the city, the two battles faced each other, Zhu Ling rode out, and shouted in a deep voice: "The rebels are rampant, plundering the people, why don't you dismount quickly and be punished?"

Qing Niujiao raised his knife and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, what a big tone, are you Liu He?"

"What qualifications do you have to see General Liu, die!" Zhu Ling shouted, raised his gun and killed him.

Qingniujiao was furious, urged his horse to confront Zhu Ling, the two fought under the city, and they fought for more than ten times, Qingniujiao was shocked, he didn't expect this general to be much stronger than the defenders of Changshan County, knowing that he was invincible, he hurriedly pulled his horse Back to formation.

Zhu Ling pursued him closely, and when he was about to catch up, the bandit army suddenly fired arrows in front of the formation, their wings protected Qing Niu's horns, took him back into the formation, and retreated.

Zhu Ling had no choice but to go back to the formation, and each stopped his troops twice. Zhang Fei stomped on the city and sighed, bluntly saying that if he had gone out to fight just now, he would have stabbed the thief to death with a spear.

Liu He said from the side: "There are so many thieves, how many can Yide deal with alone? You must not say this in front of Captain Zhu, it will only arouse the hatred of others."

"Yes!" Zhang Fei said with a stern look on his face, clasping his fists in agreement, then silently stood aside.

He was just outspoken, not belittling or oppressing Zhu Ling. After being reminded by Liu He, he suddenly woke up. It is understandable for those who are familiar with him to say this, but to outsiders, wouldn't it be saying that Zhu Ling is incompetent?
In the army of thieves, Zhang Niujiao had just sat down in the tent that had been set up, and before his butt was warm, Qing Niujiao came back from a defeated battle.

Zhang Niujiao couldn't help being furious, and cursed: "Waste, they are all a bunch of waste, do I have to fight in person?"

Guo Daxian said: "General calm down, then Wang Fen invited Liu He to help. This man has an elite army and killed two leaders. You should not underestimate the enemy, it is better to attack the city immediately!"

Mentioning the two dead leaders, Zhang Niujiao became more and more furious, and roared: "I, Zhang Niujiao, have so many brothers following me, so I put loyalty first. Now that my brother is killed, if I don't take revenge, how will I serve the people in the future?"

When he was angry, a person came in from outside the tent. This person was tall and tall like an iron tower. He only had a mustache on his left cheek, and the skin on the right half of his face was reddish and festered.

The man came into the account and said: "General, Liu He is too crazy. He chased him from Zhongshan to Changshan. Doesn't mean that my brothers from Heishan put him in the eyes, let me deal with him!"

"Zhang Ba, good job!" Zhang Niujiao nodded in satisfaction: "You bring 2000 people to fight, and Ben will personally sweep the battle for you."

"Obey!" This man is Zuo Miaozhangba, one of the Eight Great Vajras of the Black Mountain Army, and he is the bravest leader among the eight.

Zhang Niujiao then adjusted Qing Niujiao to lead the rear army, personally led the troops to the front, mobilized 3000 troops to the city, taught the sergeants to hold the corners, and ordered Zuo Miaozhangba to lead the army forward to call for formation.

The city was carrying bows, arrows, lumber and other objects for defending the city, when suddenly the rebel army came to call for battle again, this time Zhang Fei did his part and led Yan Yun out of the city to meet the enemy.

Just after leaving the city, he pointed at Zhang Niujiao in front of the formation and shouted: "Zhang Niujiao, you shameless bastard, you have disgraced the Zhang family. When you see your grandpa Zhang, hurry up and kneel down to apologize."

Zhang Niujiao was furious, and told Zuo Mustache Zhangba to go out immediately. Zuo Mustache Zhangba got the order, wielded his knife and jumped on his horse, and went straight to kill Zhang Fei.

There was loud drumming and shouting in front of the two armies, and Zhang Fei's left mustache was chopped off with a single knife, and Zhang Fei's horizontal spear was held up, which made his arms sink and his fighting spirit was immediately aroused.

"Good time!" Zhang Fei yelled loudly, put the sword aside, and swept the spear across.

Zuo Miaozhangba snorted coldly, and raised his sword to meet Zhang Fei. The two fought for more than ten rounds, but there was no winner, and the shouts of the bandits became louder and louder.

Liu He didn't expect that there would be someone in the bandit army who could fight Zhang Fei, so he said with a smile, "The Eight King Kongs of the Black Mountain Army have some strength."

Guan Yu stroked his beard with a sneer, and said: "This man is physically strong, but his sword skills are ordinary. If it was normal, this man would have been beheaded by Yi De in Wuhe."

"Hiss——" Liu He was taken aback. Guan Yu often competed with Zhang Fei, so naturally he knew Zhang Fei's strength better, and his knowledge of sword skills surpassed ordinary people. Hearing what he said, he was a little curious, and frowned. : "Yide is so entangled with him, is it for fun?"

Cheng Yu suddenly said from the side: "No, Zhang Duwei intends to capture the leader of the thief."

"What?" Liu Hecai turned his head, and then heard a loud shout from the city, followed by a shrill scream.

When he turned his head again, he saw that Zhang Fei's spear had pierced his chest with Zhang Fei's spear, and he was picked up and thrown to the front of the bandit army.

I don't know when, when Zhang Fei was fighting with Zuo Mustache Zhangba, he didn't realize he was close to the front of the bandit army. At this time, he killed Zuo Mustache Zhangba with one move, and urged his horse to grab Zhang Niu's horn.

"Boys, follow me to kill—" Zhang Fei roared, the bandit army in front of him was caught off guard, and several people were swept away by his spear.

Yan Yunqi was ready to go, and immediately rushed towards the bandit army's main formation like a tiger on the mountain, and the followers of Zuo Moustache Zhangba had already fled in all directions screaming.

Zhang Niujiao didn't expect that Zhang Fei was so brave, and the most powerful Zuo Miaozhang was killed in a blink of an eye. Seeing Zhang Fei coming straight towards him, he immediately turned his horse's head and ran away.

Zhang Fei spotted Zhang Niujiao, and led his troops to shout into the bandit army. He rushed straight into the central army, stared at Zhang Niujiao and chased him all the way, turning from southeast to northwest, killing the bandit army.

(End of this chapter)