The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

The soldiers defending the city responded immediately.

"Who is under the city?"

"I am Bai Ma Yi, the commander of Zhao Yun under General Gongsun Zan, and I have been ordered to see Liu Xuande, the shepherd of Yanzhou!"

The situation was urgent, Zhao Yun flew all the way from the battlefield to the outside of Xuzhou City, without caring so much, he directly reported his name to the tower.

The soldiers on the tower still hesitated, wanting to further confirm the identity of the opponent.

But when Liu Bei, who happened to be standing on the tower, heard the voice, his face immediately changed.

Of course Liu Bei knew about Zhao Yun, because Liu Bei himself had great admiration for those white horses under Gongsun Zan's command, and he also had acquaintance with Zhao Yun in private. At this time, Liu Bei leaned out of the battlements and looked down the city, but saw Zhao Yun's white horse, The silver armor and white robe were all stained red with blood at this time, and it looked like they had just experienced a dismal fight.

Then I thought of Liu Zheng's troops leaving here.At this time, Liu Bei didn't know what happened.

"It's really General Zhao Zilong! Quickly open the city gate and let him in!"

Liu Bei immediately gave instructions to the guards around him, and issued the order to open the city.

After the guard heard Liu Bei's order, he didn't dare to have any doubts, and immediately ordered the city gate to be opened.

At the same time, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others hurried down from the tower.

Soon, Liu Bei received Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun, who finally returned to Xuzhou City, was a little anxious. He quickly dismounted, ran in front of Liu Bei, knelt down immediately, and bowed his hands to Liu Bei.

"Zhao Yun sees Master Liu, Yanzhou Shepherd!"

"Zilong, please get up quickly, don't see outsiders!"

"You came here in such an emergency, what happened? Judging by your outfit, it seems that a battle just happened?"

"My lord, my general led more than [-] cavalry to support Xuzhou, but he was attacked by Liu Zheng's cavalry on the way. They fought at a distance of [-] miles from Xuzhou city. Please send troops to rescue quickly, otherwise My general can't withstand the impact of Liu Zheng's cavalry! It's at stake!"

Zhao Yun had a sad face, very worried about the battle between Gongsun Zan and Liu Zheng.

There is no other way right now, but to ask Liu Bei to send troops quickly.

After Liu Bei heard Zhao Yun's description, the expression on his face became even more ugly, because he had already guessed these things, and now he was even more worried after learning about it from Zhao Yun.Like Zhao Yun, he was also worried about the safety of Gongsun Zan and the others.

"General Zilong, I have already expected these things to happen before. I have already prepared my troops and horses. I am planning to go over to investigate the movements of Liu Zheng's men and horses. I didn't expect you to come. It is not too late, we will go there immediately!"

After Zhao Yun asked for help, how could Liu Bei not know the seriousness of the matter, and he didn't hesitate in Xuzhou city at all. After learning the news, he immediately led his soldiers and horses to attack outside the city led by Zhao Yun.

It is hoped that their rapid support will arrive before the fighting on the battlefield is over.

In less than an hour, Zhao Yun rode his horse and led Xuzhou's troops to the battlefield.

It's just that on the battlefield right now, there are corpses all over the place, the original yellow-brown ground is completely stained with blood, and a bloody smell pervades the battlefield. From time to time, some crows fly over the sky, or land on these ruined corpses to eat. wearing something.

An hour ago, the battlefield was still screaming and killing, but now it was eerily silent.

Looking around, there was only one standing man in a ruined white robe and holding a spear on the entire battlefield.

After Zhao Yun, Liu Bei and a few generals on horseback rushed to the battlefield, they saw this man standing on the battlefield at a glance.

"General!"

Zhao Yun recognized at a glance that this person was Gongsun Zan, their general in command, and immediately rushed towards Gongsun Zan.

But when Zhao Yun, Liu Bei and others rushed to the battlefield, Gongsun Zan, who was still heaving a sigh of relief, showed a trace of relief on his face, but couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground.

Those who rushed to Gongsun Zan's side after him suddenly discovered that the reason why Gongsun Zan was able to stand just now was because a long spear pierced through his chest was inserted straight into the ground, allowing him to keep standing.

It now appears that the lance that pierced his chest dealt him the fatal blow.

Chapter 7 and Six

half an hour ago.

Just after Zhao Yun left in a surprise attack from the battlefield.

The situation on the battlefield became more and more clear, and gradually turned to Liu Zheng's side.

Without the resistance of fierce generals like Zhao Yun, even if the rest of them form a group and deal with the impact of Liu Zheng's cavalry in a small team, it will only delay for a while, and they will not be able to fight Liu Zheng here. The cavalry contended.

After Liu Zheng's order, the soldiers and horses on the field began to approach Gongsun Zan according to Liu Zheng's intention. He mainly wanted to keep Gongsun Zan.

So Liu Zheng tried his best to let his troops sweep away the soldiers and horses around Gongsun Zan, and then surrounded Gongsun Zan.

Not long after, Gongsun Zan was surrounded and unable to escape.

Liu Zheng ordered Lu Bu and others to quickly wipe out the guards around Gongsun Zan. Under Liu Zheng's urging, the battle soon came to an end.

Knowing that Zhao Yun had already gone to Xuzhou to ask for help, Liu Zheng of course wanted to make a quick decision and would not give them a chance to find reinforcements.

Gongsun Zan already knew the result. When the number of soldiers and horses around him gradually decreased, and the number of soldiers around him changed from a few dozen to a dozen, and finally only a few people remained in a stalemate, Gongsun Zan had already known the result. Anticipated his own ending.

Looking at Gongsun Zan, Liu Zheng touched Mi Wei beside him with his hand.

The 12-year-old Mi Wei has never seen much of the world, but after witnessing the horrific fighting on this battlefield, he didn't show a look of fear.

Liu Zheng pointed at Gongsun Zan and said to Mi Wei.

"Teacher, do you know who this person is?"

"I know that the general of the Han Dynasty, Gongsun Zan, is also a disciple of Lu Zhi who killed my father."

"Well, yes, we can't kill Lu Zhi now, but if we can kill his disciple, let's take revenge for your father first!"

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he raised his hand and drew out a spear.

Looking coldly at Gongsun Zan not far ahead, as Gongsun Zan's fighting movements became slower and slower, Liu Zheng raised his hand, and the long spear flew out of his hand, and then drew a parabola in the air, stabbing heavily at the ground. on the ground.

Gongsun Zan was dealing with the enemy troops around him, so he didn't see the spear that suddenly flew over from the sky.

By the time he realized it, it was too late.

The spear pierced through Gongsun Zan's body, and one blow made Gongsun Zan lose his fighting power.

Gongsun Zan's body shook suddenly, and he looked at Liu Zheng in the distance with a face full of disbelief.

Although this blow failed to directly hit Gongsun Zan's fatal vital point, the huge gun body pierced through his chest, making it impossible for even the most powerful general to continue fighting.

At the same time, even if Hua Tuo came, he might not be able to save Gongsun Zan's life.

Liu Zheng took Mi Wei and slowly approached Gongsun Zan.

At this time, although Gongsun Zan had lost the ability to move, he hadn't completely lost consciousness. He saw Liu Zheng approaching.He spoke to Liu Zheng with the last of his strength.

"I didn't expect that I, Gongsun Zan, the wise I, would be buried in your hands!"

"Damn it, I'm so unwilling!"

Gongsun Zan spoke intermittently, and it could be seen from his voice that he had run out of fuel and was not far from death, but he was still holding his last breath, unwilling to die like this.

Liu Zheng pulled Mi Wei and walked a few steps forward again, and came to a place less than ten feet in front of Gongsun Zan.

Looking at Gongsun Zan, Liu Zheng couldn't bear too many evil thoughts in his eyes.

He didn't have much hatred for Gongsun Zan, but the reason why he wanted to kill Gongsun Zan was actually mainly his hatred for Lu Zhi.

It was only because Lu Zhi killed Mi Zhu and annexed Liu Zheng, the entire Xuzhou.

Liu Zheng couldn't let go of the dead Mi Zhu and the lost grievances of the whole Xuzhou.

However, sooner or later a battle between the two armies would result in death, and Liu Zheng didn't let Gongsun Zan's life be spared because of this.

"General Gongsun Zan, you and I have different positions. If you want to blame it, you can blame me for not being loyal to me. Go with peace of mind. I will let Lu Zhi go down to accompany you as soon as possible!"

After all, Liu Zheng turned around and left without looking back. He didn't even bother to make another cut to finish Gongsun Zan completely.

Instead, he quickly let his troops clean up the battlefield here, and then left from the battlefield.

Not long after Liu Zheng and the others left, the reinforcements from Xuzhou had already appeared on the battlefield one after another.

So Gongsun Zan saw his men come to support him before he died.

It's a pity that he never yelled that sentence dragon from his mouth again.

"General! General! Wake up!"

Zhao Yun wept loudly in front of Gongsun Zan, feeling agitated.He kept calling Gongsun Zan's name, but he still failed to wake him up.

At this time, Liu Bei's face was also gloomy. Although he and Gongsun Zan did not have the deep friendship as Zhao Yun and Gongsun Zan, they were always from the same school.

There is also a good friendship. Seeing his former classmate Gongsun Zan die in front of him like this, how could Liu Bei not feel sad?

He probed Gongsun Zan's breath with his hand, and after realizing that Gongsun Zan was dead, he pulled Zhao Yun and said.

"Zilong, Bogui is dead!"

"No! The general is not dead yet. The general said that he will persist until I come over. I have already brought Liu Xuande's soldiers and horses here. General, wake up!"

Zhao Yun didn't want to believe that Gongsun Zan died like this.

But his exchange was in vain. After shouting a few times, Gongsun Zan didn't respond, and Zhao Yun finally recovered from the emotional breakdown.

"Liu Zheng's men should not have gone far. Liu Xuande, let's go after them. They have lost a lot of people here. If we catch up, we will definitely give him a heavy blow!"

Zhao Yun obviously hasn't given up yet, he wants to persuade Liu Bei to continue the pursuit.

But Liu Bei immediately stopped Zhao Yun's idea.

"No, General Zilong!"

"Now we don't know where Liu Zheng fled to. If we continue to pursue aimlessly, we will only fall into Liu Zheng's ambush. Moreover, once Liu Zheng's cavalry encounters them in an open place, they will die. With our current manpower, we won't be Liu Zheng's opponent at all!"

Liu Bei knew how powerful Liu Zheng was, and with Gongsun Zan's defeat, they lost a lot of support.

If you want to compete with Liu Zheng, you have to wait for Lu Zhi's army to return. Otherwise, if you rely on the current manpower to deal with Liu Zheng, you will have a dead end.

Zhao Yun just got hotheaded, and after Liu Bei's cold water poured down, he extinguished the idea of ​​chasing Liu Zheng.

Chapter 7 and Seven

"Zilong, come back with me, let's deal with Bogui's offspring first, and we'll talk about everything after the teacher's men return!"

Liu Bei invited Zhao Yun to leave here.

In the end, Zhao Yun could only follow Liu Bei, supporting Gongsun Zan's body, and return to Xuzhou.

On the other side, Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses directly killed Guangling.

Guangling is the most important place.

The reason why Liu Zheng took so much effort to bring [-] cavalry from Yangzhou to Xuzhou was not entirely for the sake of Lu Zhi's admiration, but more importantly, he wanted to capture Guangling.

Guangling is the gateway linking Xuzhou and Yangzhou. Once Guangling is lost, the army stationed in Xuzhou will have the opportunity to attack Yangzhou at any time. Liu Zheng will also have trouble sleeping and eating in Wujun.

Because there is always only one Yangtze River as a natural danger, but if Liu Zheng occupies Guangling and shifts the battle line from the water of the Yangtze River to the territory of Guangling County, Liu Zheng will have more initiative here.

Liu Zheng's goal is to take down Guangling County, and then order his troops to station in Guangling County, so that no matter from which point of view, he can have some advantages. At least, he can rely on Guangling to temporarily let Lu Zhi who is stationed in Xuzhou The army was afraid and did not dare to attack easily.

And even if it is an attack, they must be the first to attack Guangling, not Wu Jun, so that Liu Zheng can be given a lot of time to prepare.

Ruo Rong, the prefect of Guangling County, took over Guangling County after Gongsun Zan's army left. Of course, Ruo Rong didn't know that Liu Zheng's men had arrived in Xuzhou. He just knew that Gongsun Zan had left Guangling County.

Let Ruo Rong breathe a sigh of relief. After all, if Gongsun Zan had been here all this time, Ruo Rong would have been more or less afraid. Now that Gongsun Zan had left, Ruo Rong could be his own emperor in this place.

Guangling County City, the backyard of the prefect's mansion, this is Ruo Rong's home, which is full of gold carved Buddha statues.

These Buddha statues are temples built with the people's fat and people's ointment collected by Ruo Rong.

When exactly did Buddhism appear in the Han Dynasty? It is difficult to research. It is said that missionary monks appeared during the Emperor Shihuang, but at that time Emperor Shihuang banned the construction of temples, and Buddhism did not develop in China.

Later, the control of the Han Dynasty became easier, and Buddhists began to appear in all corners of the Han Dynasty, but they did not really prevail, because at that time in the land of China, it was the local religion that people believed in more.

For example, Zhang Jiao founded the Yellow Turban Taoism, Zhang Lu's Five Dou Rice Cult, Yu Ji's Huang Laodao and other Taoist sects.

Although Ruo Rong believes in Buddhism, the fundamental reason why he believes in Buddhism is actually very simple, which is to use religious teachings to gather people's hearts and money.

To put it simply, it is cheating money.

In the Buddhist hall, Ruo Rong was chanting sutras, and Xiaosheng, who was wearing a monk's clothes outside, hurried in.

"My lord, my lord, it's not good, a group of troops suddenly appeared outside Guangling City, without further ado, they immediately started attacking the city!"

"The city gate, the city gate is about to lose its hold!"

The little monk panicked and didn't know what happened, but after learning the news from the messenger outside, he immediately came in to report to Ze Rong.

Ruo Rong's expression changed, he couldn't believe it, and hurriedly got up.