Before dawn, it is often the darkest moment, and before the crisis breaks out, it often gives people the illusion of calmness.

Liu Xie, under the escort of a group of cultural relics officers, walked into the carefully designed ambush circle by Liu Bei step by step, but did not notice it at all.

Liu Xie did not notice it, but Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu were premonitioned by the intuition of fighting on the battlefield, and followed Liu Xie with their weapons tightly, protecting him in an endless manner.

After the army continued to move forward for dozens of steps, countless Shu soldiers suddenly appeared on the mountains on both sides of the road. They were holding strong bows and sharp arrows in their hands, and they were already on the strings. Amid a sour sound of string pulling, 50,000 arrows aimed at Liu Xie's troops who were marching at the same time.

The figure of Shu general Meng Da showed up and shouted loudly to Liu Xie and others: "Where did the bandits come from? Don't you know this is the guardian of the King of Hanzhong? How dare you invade the city of our Han Dynasty! The soldiers obeyed the orders and shot arrows and killed them, leaving no one left!" Meng Da followed Liu Bei's instructions and deliberately called Liu Xie, the dignified Han emperor, a bandit. Because no one expected that Liu Xie would quietly enter Hanzhong. Before that, Liu Xie did not issue an edict saying that he would come to Hanzhong, so he gave Liu Bei this way.

One opportunity, I would like to treat Liu Xie as a bandit. More than 50,000 Shu soldiers had never seen Liu Xie before. How could I know that he was the current emperor? Even if I knew that these Shu soldiers who had always had a strong sense of xenophobia would most likely obey Liu Bei's orders and would not care about whether the emperor was not. After all, Liu Bei is the King of Hanzhong, their lord, and the direct control of the east and west rivers of Yizhou. On the territory of Yizhou, Liu Bei's words were much more effective than Liu Xie.

Under Meng Da's order, more than 50,000 Shu soldiers immediately let go of the bowstrings in their hands without any hesitation. The rain of arrows fell on the heads of Liu Xie and others.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu had arrived, something was wrong. Seeing this scene, they didn't understand that this was a trap that Liu Bei had prepared long ago. The two of them quickly danced their weapons and blocked the arrows that were falling towards Liu Xie. Five thousand bloody soldiers all pulled out the swords and instantly built a steel Great Wall with their flesh and blood to protect Liu Xie. The first swordsman Wang Yue also reacted and hurriedly called the Imperial Guard who was following him to stoop around Liu Xie. Wang Yue had already drawn out his sword and blocked Liu Xie with his sword, slashing the arrows that were shot to the ground one by one.

However, not everyone has swordsmanship like Wang Yue. Not everyone has the gunsmanship like Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu, and not everyone has the willpower of sacrificing their lives like the Blood Killing Army and the Imperial Guard. Under the rain of arrows scattered from the sky by the Shu soldiers, a large number of Han soldiers were pierced by sharp arrows, and they fell to the ground with screams and then could not stand up again.

Some civil servants who followed Liu Xie to the expedition were even more frightened. While hiding behind the soldiers, they shouted at the top of their lungs: "Stop shooting arrows quickly, we are not bandits, we are the army of the court..."

Hearing the shouts of these officials, Meng Da knew it, but on the surface he looked indignant and shouted angrily: "Bold bandits! How dare they pretend to be the imperial army and be guilty of death! Soldiers, don't stay behind, shoot all of them at me! These bandits are so hateful!"

Under Meng Da's shout, the scattering of 50,000 Shu soldiers seemed even more dense, and waves of arrow rains shot down at the Han army in groups, as if they were not required for cost.

"Retreat. Retreat quickly! Protect the Master, retreat!" The veteran Huangfu Song was anxious and hurriedly called Wang Yue, Zhao Yun and others, and led Liu Xie to evacuate to the safe area. However, under such a dense rain of arrows, how could it be possible to retreat just by retreating? The rain of arrows covering the sky and the sun completely entangled the Han army. In this case, let alone retreating, it is quite difficult to stand in place to protect yourself. From time to time, the screams of the Han army after being caught in arrows sounded in everyone's ears, conveying the pain to more people through the sound.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu looked at each other. They now understood in their hearts. Liu Bei used the exercise of power in his hands to kill Liu Xie with high sound. Meng Da had just expressed this meaning clearly through his voice. In the eyes of the Shu soldiers, Liu Xie is now an absolute bandit leader. For the peace of the Han Dynasty and the east and west rivers of Yizhou, they had sufficient reasons to shoot Liu Xie on the spot! Otherwise, Meng Da would not be interested in saying so much to the so-called bandits?

Zhong Yao thought more about it than Zhao Yun and the others in the chaos. The reason why Liu Bei dared to use this extreme method of concealing the situation was because he saw the court's powerless control over the situation. With this silent advance of Liu Xie, he wanted to clear the last obstacle to his reaching the peak of power in one fell swoop. With the current loyalty of the princes to the Han Dynasty, no one except Yan King Ao Lie would stand up for Liu Xieqiang. Even Ao Lie only valued the people of the world and their brotherhood for Liu Xie, rather than for the Han regime. For Liu Bei, he had already formed a mortal hatred with Ao Lie, so he didn't have to worry about anything. After Liu Xie died, Liu Bei could take over the Han Dynasty as a clan relative of the Han Dynasty and become the new emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Looking at the Han army with blood flowing into a river by arrows, Meng Da's face was filled with a smile. What Zhong Yao thought of, Meng Da naturally understood more clearly that as long as Liu Xie was killed today, the position of the Emperor of Han would definitely fall on Liu Bei. After all, most of the people named Liu and the relatives of the Han Dynasty were dead. Now there are only a few people who are famous. Among them, Liu Yu is old and no longer cares about the world. Liu Tao is not necessary for Liu Yu to be young, and it is unknown whether he can escape alive under the arrows. Also, Liu Ye, although he is also a relative of the Han Dynasty, he is also in a righteous and strong year, but unfortunately, he has long been

He has already served Cao Cao, so he no longer has the candidates to inherit the throne. And Ao Lie's biological elder brother Liu He meets all the conditions, but those who have no military power and do not have military power can compete for the throne? In this way, only Liu Bei can take over the imperial power of the Han Dynasty. Although Liu Bei has been removed from his Han clan status by Liu Xie, that is not a problem. When Liu Xie dies, who will still be stubborn about Liu Xie's decision? When Liu Bei becomes the emperor, even if Meng Da is a founding father and a marquis, it is not a high luxury. Therefore, Meng Da's heart is already full of longing for the future.

Just when the Han army was extremely critical, something even worse happened. The veteran Yizhou general Yan Yan was sent out by Liu Bei. He led 10,000 light cavalrymen and cut off the Han army's retreat amid the sound of horse hooves. Yan Yan didn't know who the opponent he was about to face was. But before setting off, Liu Bei issued him the order to kill him, and Yan Yan naturally had to obey his order.

When he arrived less than a hundred steps from the rear of the Han army, Yan Yan suddenly grabbed the reins of the war horse, raised his right hand high, signaling the 10,000 light cavalry behind him to stop. Amid a slightly messy sound of kicking, the 10,000 light cavalry of Shu soldiers stopped, waiting for Yan Yan's next order.

Yan Yan saw the people in front of him in chaos, and his soldiers were attacking indiscriminately with bows and arrows. If he rushed forward rashly, he might be accidentally injured by his own arrows. Therefore, Yan Yan stopped marching and took out the treasure bow and issued an order to the light cavalry behind him: "Take the bow and prepare to shoot!"

The veteran Yan Yan, who had been through the battlefield, made the most accurate judgment based on the battlefield situation. At the same time, what he didn't know was that his decision completely cut off the Han army's escape.

Under Yan Yan's order, ten thousand light cavalry put down their weapons and picked up cavalry bows dedicated to cavalry. From behind the Han army, a round of killing flat shooting was launched. The soldiers in the rear of the Han army had not noticed that there were more light cavalry behind them because they had only been concerned with resisting the rain of arrows scattered all over the sky. Therefore, they were caught off guard by Yan Yan and others' flat shooting. Thousands of Han soldiers were shot without any warning and fell to the ground screaming.

It was not until Yan Yan led his men to complete the three rounds of flat shooting that the Han army turned around with difficulty in resisting the arrows of Yan Yan's troops with their shields. Seeing the Han army erecting a shield, Yan Yan glanced at the corner of his mouth and slightly raised the treasure plaque in his hand for half a foot. At the same time, he ordered the light cavalry behind him: "Raise the riding bow half a foot, and shoot!"

The Shu soldiers' light cavalry immediately raised the cavalry bow in their hands by half a foot according to Yan Yan's order, and then continued to pull out the arrow from the arrow bag on the horse's back, put it on the bowstring, and shot into the Han army formation with the method of shooting. Although Yan Yan only asked them to raise the angle by half a foot, this is the experience Yan Yan learned from countless times of riding and shooting. With a distance of nearly a hundred steps, slightly raised the shooting angle will change the trajectory, so that the thrown arrows can bypass the Han army's shield just right, and then accurately kill the shield-holding hand behind the shield.

When Yan Yan's troops' light cavalry shot out the sharp arrows according to Yan Yan's order, they immediately caused a large amount of damage to the Han army's shield players. Nearly 40% of the shield players were penetrated by the sharp arrows shot out by the Shu soldiers' light cavalry, causing many loopholes in the shield formation in the back row of the Han army.

In the loopholes in the Han army's shield formation, Yan Yan saw Liu Xie, wearing golden armor, retreating to his side under the escort of a young and strong man, under the escort of three masters. Yan Yan did not know Wang Yue, Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu. When Ao Lie led his army to attack Hanzhong for the first time, he did not even step into Xichuan, but only fought against Liu Bei in the Dongchuan area. Therefore, Yan Yan was not familiar with the soldiers of Ao Lie's troops, not to mention that Zhao Yun was ordered to pacify the Goryeo Kingdom and did not follow the army. Although he did not know these three people, Yan Yan could see that the three of them had extraordinary martial arts and were all first-class masters.

"There are such masters among the bandits nowadays? It seems that this group of bandits is not simple." Yan Yan said in a low voice, then pulled out a wolf-toothed arrow and placed it on the treasure bow. He aimed at Liu Xie, who was guarded by Wang Yue and the other two, slowly but powerfully, gradually pulled the bowstring open until after pulling the string, Yan Yan shouted: "Zhong!"

The wolf-tooth arrow was shot out by Yan Yan's power, like a meteor rushing halfway through the moon, shooting straight towards Liu Xie's back! Looking at the six directions and listening to all directions is the instinct of a top master. Although Yan Yan's shooting technique was extremely good, even overwhelming the sound of the bowstrings to the lowest level, it still failed to escape the ears of Wang Yue and the other two. Wang Yue flashed and walked five steps behind Liu Xie, raising his sword and slashed the sharp arrow shot at Yan Yan.

With a click, the sharp arrow shot by Yan Yan was cut off by Wang Yue's sword. However, what surprised Wang Yue was that even though he had cut off the sharp arrow, the part of the arrow still flew towards Liu Xie's body. However, after being hit by the long sword in Wang Yue's hand, the arrow had lost its original trajectory and no longer shot towards Liu Xie's back, but shot towards his waist.

Wang Yue was shocked and thought of rushing over and stopping the half-step. Although Wang Yue is the world's number one swordsman, the fighting technique and the fighting method are not the same as the battlefield fighting technique. Wang Yue used his sword technique that he was used to fighting to block Yan Yan, who had been through many battles and had amazing shooting skills, was obviously a bit arrogant.

Fortunately, Wang Yue was not the only one by Liu Xie. When the broken arrow was about to pierce Liu Xie's body, Zhao Yun stabbed out from the slanting and shook the Haolong-breaking gun in his hand. When it was impossible to fire, he shot the arrow to the ground, avoiding the fate of Liu Xie being shot.

Seeing Wang Yue and Zhao Yun blocking their wolf-tooth arrow with one sword and one gun, Yan Yan snorted coldly, and drew out another wolf-tooth arrow and placed it on the bowstring. Yan Yan, a veteran general, is quite similar to Huang Zhong, the Sun-Shooting General, one of the five tiger generals under Ao Lie. Both of them were unknown when they were young, and they became famous until they were old and became more powerful. Therefore, they were extremely arrogant. The older they were, the more they were, the more they were not willing to give in. Moreover, these two were both good at swordsmanship, good at riding and shooting, and one-hand shooting technique was no less than their own swordsmanship.

Close his left eye slightly, Yan Yan locked the direction pointed by the wolf-tooth arrow arrow again with his wide right eye, and locked Liu Xie's body. At the same time, he pulled the bowstring's right finger and twisted it around the bowstring, causing the wolf-tooth arrow's feathers to be entangled by the bowstring that had been twisted around it. Then he exhaled and shouted: "Central!"

PS: PS: Because I owed everyone a chapter for my brother’s birthday yesterday, today’s first chapter is a 4,000-word chapter to compensate for the first update yesterday.
Chapter completed!