Chapter 173 The real killer
"I haven't seen each other for a long time, the art of Cao's thief in command seems to be even more difficult than the past."
Xu Shu was a little surprised.
Liu He naturally knew the changes in Cao Cao's data. Not long ago, Cao Cao's commander reached his original peak, which is now 101 points. Coupled with this "treacherous hero" stunt, it is indeed enough to make him beat other figures in the Three Kingdoms period in terms of command ability.
However, in front of Liu He's army, who now has a martial soul tower, it is still not enough to see it.
Liu He looked back and said, "Should Liu Bei catch up?"
Xun You said, "Go back to Your Majesty, Liu Bei's army is only less than five miles away from the rear of our army, that is, General Zhang Yong's army. If the eight-gate golden lock formation in front of us cannot be broken, it will take less than half an hour to meet our army again."
At the forefront of the Qingxu army, the three brothers Liu Bei, Jiang Huan, Zhang Fei, and Tian Feng, Shen Pei, two strategists, advanced together, leaving only the generals such as Chen Dao and Taishi Ci, who were commanding the troops of each unit behind.
Liu Bei and others all looked relaxed and cheerful, with only Zhang Fei, with a solemn expression and looking very entangled.
After a while, he seemed to have made up some determination. He suddenly rode his horse forward, crossed Liu Bei and others, then tied the reins and stretched the snake spear in his hand forward.
Liu Bei and others hurriedly stopped the war horses.
"Third brother, what are you doing?"
Zhang Fei glared at each other: "Brother, today, no matter what, you should answer me honestly."
Liu Bei was a little puzzled: "What can't be left to be said after the war? The war is urgent now, so the third brother must not miss the matter."
"Yes, third brother, get out of here quickly." Jiang Huan also persuaded him.
"No!" Zhang Fei yelled out directly, which surprised Liu Bei and Jiang Huan. After all, since the three of them became a feud, Zhang Fei had never had such a look or tone to his two brothers.
Liu Bei said seriously: "Since the third brother has something important to ask, then ask. When you and my brother were together, they swore that they would not seek to live together, but to die together. Since the third brother had doubts, the foolish brother should be relieved."
When he said, "I don't seek common life, but I want common death", Zhang Fei was obviously moved, but he soon recovered.
"Don't let me deceive you with clever words. My old Zhang only asked my elder brother one thing today. Is your uprising really going to support the Han Dynasty, save the people, or just be the emperor for yourself?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was very shocked, but Liu Bei, after a brief surprise, quickly smiled.
"Why did my third brother say this? How could my brother have such a traitor? This time I came to Hulao Pass to boost the court and eliminate the treacherous slander."
"Nonsense!" Zhang Fei shouted out loudly with almost pain.
"Third brother, you..." Jiang Huan wanted to say something, but Zhang Fei yelled back: "You are not allowed to interrupt!"
He looked angry, disappointed, and a little crying and staring at Liu Bei tightly.
"I'll ask you, what should a real man do when dealing with things?"
Liu Bei did not think: "Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are the foundation of our lives."
"Okay, it's rare that my brother still remembers it."
Zhang Fei said: "Although I am not talented, I am not stupid and ignorant. What my elder brother did in the past is reasonable to say that he wanted to eliminate the treacherous ministers in the court. But in today's battle, this principle is hard to make sense."
"Your Majesty is the emperor and leads troops to invade himself. We are the ministers and are enemies with the emperor. It is already a ruthless act. But the elder brother said that Your Majesty believes in slander, and I dare not doubt it. Now he wants to kill the elder brother. Even if I risk the name of being unfaithful, I will save the lives of the two elder brothers, and then I will fight with Your Majesty in person."
"But since Your Majesty retreated and wanted to fight the Cao thief, why do we still have to chase and kill? The Cao thief is a great thief minister, and everyone was killed. The eldest brother is a descendant of the Han Dynasty. He had previously had a secret relationship with this thief, which was a last resort. Now Your Majesty is in danger. If our army catches up and attacks Cao thief, how can Your Majesty have a way out?"
Tian Feng interrupted, "The whole story of the three generals is actually secret, and it is not convenient to tell you in detail now, but the three generals should believe that the lord is definitely not a rebellious minister."
"I still want to lie to me?" Zhang Fei pointed at Tian Feng angrily: "I, Old Zhang, thought you were a loyal and upright person. I admire you very much on weekdays. I didn't expect that I would instigate my elder brother to rebel against the court, saying, how much benefit did that guy Cao thief give you, and let you do such a shameless act?"
Tian Feng was amused and crying: "This... how could I collude with the Cao thief? The third general was wronged."
"Yes, Third General, don't worry, this matter..."
"Shut up too! You two from Jizhou are not good people. My elder brother has always been loyal and honest. It must be because he is soft-hearted. Only after you deceive you will do such unfaithful and unrighteous things."
He looked at Liu Bei again and shouted: "Today, the eldest brother must stop his horse. Even if he does not help the court to sue the thief, he should retreat and remain unmoved. After the war, he will apologize to His Majesty. I must not sit idly by and watch my elder brother become the thief minister who has been infamous for thousands of years."
Jiang Huan said, "Third brother, can you commit the superiors? The eldest brother is my elder brother and lord. How can you be called loyalty and righteousness when you act like this?"
Zhang Fei's expression became dark, but he immediately became extremely firm again.
"One old Zhang is a man who does things and works. As long as the eldest brother agrees to withdraw his troops, after the war, I, Old Zhang, will take the place of the eldest brother to apologize to His Majesty, commit suicide in front of the emperor, and ask him to forgive the guilt of the eldest brother and the second brother, that is it."
After hearing this, Liu Bei, Jiang Huan, Tian Feng and Shen Pei looked at each other and then laughed together.
Zhang Fei was a little confused by their smile: "Why are you laughing? Don't laugh!"
Liu Bei stopped laughing and looked at Zhang Fei with relief: "I, Liu Bei, have a virtuous brother like this, what else can I ask for? Thousands of years later, my third brother's name will be worthy of his name."
Zhang Fei didn't care: "Don't talk about him around you. Let's say, does this soldier retreat not retreat?"
Liu Bei said seriously: "Since the third brother has to ask clearly, okay, then Brother Yu will tell you clearly that I must fight in this battle and will never withdraw the troops."
"You..." Zhang Fei's angry face began to tremble. He held the hand of the Snake Spear.
"What, the third brother wants to kill Brother Yu?"
Liu Bei's words completely made Zhang Fei fall into confusion and chaos. If he really wants to kill Liu Bei, he will never have the courage to do so.
Just when Zhang Fei was in pain, Tian Feng said, "Lord, don't tease the third general again."
After saying that, he said to Zhang Fei again: "Three Generals, over the years, you have asked me and Brother Zhengnan more than once that my two men had clearly refused to win over the lord's lord, so why did they suddenly agree later and follow him to the death until now?"
Zhang Fei was stunned, obviously not expecting that he would mention this matter: "Yes, you and Shen Pei have always kept your mouth tight and refused to reveal any of them. Why, was it that I, Old Zhang, guessed that you were secretly instructed by Cao Zhe to harm my elder brother?"
When he said the second half, Zhang Fei suddenly became murderous, as if he would immediately kill Tian Feng and Shen Pei if he had a disagreement.
Tian Feng smiled and opposed Liu Bei and said, "Lord, it's time to take out that thing."
Liu Bei also nodded: "Well, it's time. I've been hiding it from my third brother all these years, making him worry day and night and frightened. It's really aggrieved him."
Jiang Huan also said: "And when we were waiting in Shangdang County, the current Majesty, who was the general, suddenly found his eldest brother. The two of them had a long conversation in the secret room. Then the eldest brother took you and my brother to leave Shangdang. You were also very confused. It is time to tell you today."
Zhang Fei was very puzzled: "Didn't we, who could not resist Yuan Shao's army's attack and Shangdang, had to escape?"
Liu Bei shook his head, but did not say anything, but took out something from his arms and handed it to Zhang Fei.
"After seeing this, the truth will be revealed."
Zhang Fei stared at Liu Bei's hand with curiosity, wondering what was being held inside.
After a moment, a sudden exclaim came from an exclamation: "Ah...you..."
Before Hulao Pass, Cao's army had the advantage, and thousands of soldiers had already climbed to Cheng Pass and began a close contact.
"Lord..." Xi Zhong came to Cao Cao's side: "General Cao Ren can't hold on anymore. The Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation is about to be broken."
Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren's direction. Sure enough, the Eight Gate Formation was already ruined under the joint attack of Zhao Yun and Guan Yu. Cao Ren also relied on the protection of his personal soldiers around him and fought and retreated so that he would not be killed by Zhao Yun.
"What's going on? Haven't Liu Bei's army caught up with Liu He yet?" Cao Cao was a little dissatisfied.
At this moment, a scout ran over from afar.
"Lord...Liu Bei...Liu Bei..."
Cao Cao was overjoyed: "Has Liu Bei caught up with Liu He?"
The scout was very panicked and said, "No...No...Liu Bei personally led the army around the commanding platform where Liu He was, but...but... he came straight towards our army..."
"What?"
Chapter completed!