Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 361
The plains were lost, and the Qingzhou soldiers retreated in full force. At this time, Le'an County was also in shock. Zhang Fei led his troops to arrive, and the northern counties watched the wind and surrendered, and the people cheered.

Wen Ze, the prefect of Le'an, was a hero rescued by Gongsun Zan from the prison in western Liaoning. For many years, he followed Gongsun Zan to fight in the east and west, helped Gongsun Zan form the Baima Yicong, and became his confidant and beloved general.

But ever since Gongsun Zan came to Qingzhou, he no longer saw the brave and decisive White Horse General of the past. Instead, he became arrogant, irritable and moody.

Wang Xiu, a well-known Beihai scholar, was upright and clearly rewarded and punished, and was deeply loved by the people. However, because he advised Gongsun Zan not to send troops to plunder the people, and prevented Gongsun Zan from punishing Kong Rong, he was imprisoned by him. If Guan Jing hadn't interceded, his life might have been lost. .

Qingzhou was not at peace, but he also coveted Jizhou. Gongsun Fan failed to occupy Bohai and was killed by Guan Yu. After hearing that Guan Yu sent troops to occupy Leling, Wen Ze realized that the situation was not good.

Liu He was worrying that he could not find a chance to send troops, but Gongsun Zan was jealous of his repeated provocations. Now that Yuan Shao was defeated, he was afraid that Qingzhou would not be safe. Especially Liu He and his son had a high prestige in Hebei, and they had been taking in refugees from all over the country for many years. Well, people's hearts are against each other, which is very detrimental to Gongsun Zan.

A few days ago, when I heard that Zhang Fei would divide his troops to Leling, Wen Ze knew that a catastrophe was imminent, so he strengthened his defenses every day, prepared more defensive equipment, piled wood, gray bottles, etc. under the city wall, and prepared to fight to the death.

On this day, I suddenly came to report that there was a group of soldiers and horses coming from Linji to Le'an. Wen Ze could order the whole army to be on alert, regardless of whether there were people coming in or out outside the city. suspension bridge.

He led the officials from the city to the top of the city in a hurry, and the people in the city were still in doubt, not knowing what happened. After a while, someone shouted, and they knew that it was Youzhou soldiers who had killed them.

The people hid in their homes one after another, and some of them secretly prepared melons and fruits to welcome the Youzhou people into the city.

Not long after, I saw smoke and dust flying in the distance, and a neat team of soldiers and horses galloped towards them, with banners fluttering, bright armors, and cold lights flickering on knives and guns.

Seeing this military appearance, Wen Ze couldn't help being shocked in his heart, even if Baima Yicong was dispatched, he would not have such momentum. The heavily armored cavalry in front rushed forward like a mountain, giving people a sense of invincibility.

"Be on guard!" When Wen Ze saw the appearance of the army, he swallowed unconsciously and ordered the whole process to be on guard. The archers were in full formation, staring ahead.

There was a sound of horses neighing, and the first platoon of cavalry stopped within a stone's throw of the city at the same time. The dust lingered for a long time, but the soldiers and horses stood still on the spot. The infantry behind them formed a tight, square formation without any confusion.

Wen Ze's heart sank, the soldiers from Youzhou were indeed well-trained, such excellent soldiers and horses were coming with victory, their morale was high, but Le'an's defense forces were insufficient, and most of the confidence in his heart was lost.

As the dust was blown away by the wind, I saw a general walking out of the opponent's formation slowly. This man was like an iron tower, with a dark complexion, a swallow's jaw and a tiger beard, and he was holding an eight-point steel spear. Sturdy spirit.

"Who is the guard on the city? Zhang Fei from Yanbei is here. If you don't rush to open the city and surrender, you will not die!"

Amidst the silence and shock of the defenders, Zhang Fei's thunderous voice resounded inside and outside the city, causing the crowd to commotion.

The reputation of Guan and Zhang has spread throughout Hebei for a long time, and everyone has a bravery that no one can match. Today, seeing this momentum, it is indeed worthy of the reputation.

With the enemy in front, Wen Ze naturally didn't dare to fight rashly. Looking at Zhang Fei's silence, seeing Zhang Fei's army, only Baima Yicong can compare with him. How can these soldiers of his own confront him?
Youzhou soldiers never killed prisoners, and even gave them resettlement regardless of previous suspicions. Wen Ze heard what Zhang Fei meant, but he had already been loyal to Gongsun Zan, how could he betray his master and ask for honor?
Just when he was about to give the order to shoot arrows to force the enemy back, he suddenly heard a loud shout from the city: "The wine seller and butcher is too deceitful, watch me catch you."

"You bastard!" Wen Ze was shocked when he heard this and immediately stamped his feet and cursed.

The person who shouted was Gongsun Zan's nephew, Murong Fu, who was from Xuantu County in Liaodong. His ancestors were originally from Xianbei.

Where is Murong Fu willing to listen to Wen Ze's command, he trains his own army all day long, clamoring to avenge Gongsun Fan, because Wen Ze doesn't send troops, he is like a trapped animal in the city.

Hearing the enemy's arrival today, he couldn't hold back anymore, and rushed out of the city without waiting for orders. Hearing the sound of the city gate opening, Wen knew that he could not stop him.

Wen Ze knew that Murong Fu was definitely not Zhang Fei's opponent, and seeing that he couldn't stop it, he had to send more troops to guard the city gate, ordered people to beat drums to cheer, and the archers on the city were also ready to cover at any time.

At this time Murong Fu had already rushed out of the city gate, brought a thousand cavalry to the front of the formation, pointed his sword at Zhang Fei, and shouted: "You are Zhang Fei? Come quickly and die!"

Zhang Fei saw that many people were shut out of the city. He thought that Wen would defend the city to the death, but he didn't expect that there would be people opening the city to fight.

"I don't want to kill the nameless people under my snake spear, and report the name first!"

"Listen, it's Murong Fu from Liaodong!"

Zhang Fei frowned slightly, and raised the spear in his hand to question: "It seems that he is an unknown person again, should he be killed or captured?"

"Presumptuous, look at the knife—"

When Murong Fu saw Zhang Fei being so contemptuous, he was immediately furious. He shouted and rushed forward with his sword raised.

"This sword technique is not as good as my Lao Zhang's pig-killing knife!"

Zhang Fei shook his head helplessly, but didn't move at the same place, he raised the snake spear with both hands, only heard a clang, and Murong Fu's broadsword was bounced away.

The two horses passed each other, Murong Fu swayed lightly on the horse's back, he couldn't help but secretly startled, this piece of flying was able to block his horse's all-out blow, it really wasn't in vain.

But Zhang Fei didn't urge the mount, so he was so big that he became even more angry from his heart. With his own riding skills, he quickly brought the horse back, and slashed at Zhang Fei who had not turned around from the slanting stab.

Zhang Fei lifted the reins lightly, and the black-tailed horse turned around, facing the direction Murong Fu was rushing towards, and still stood still, only when he rushed four or five steps away and cut it down with a big knife, he suddenly shouted loudly.

Murong Fu felt his mind was shaken, and his vision suddenly turned black. His sword swing failed, and just when he realized something was wrong, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest.

"Uh-"

Murong Fu howled miserably, and he was lifted off the horse. He was struggling in the air, but the horse flew towards the city gate.

clang clang-

Murong Fu's sword fell to the ground, splashing a cloud of dust, but the man's limbs were drooped and motionless, and blood flowed down.

Wen Ze was stunned watching from the city. In the scene just now, Murong Fu seemed to be confused by Zhang Fei's loud shouting.

(End of this chapter)