Chapter 727 The Young Master Wants to Gamble with General Zhang

"Him?"

Xiahou Dun was blind, so he couldn't see Guan Xing's appearance clearly, but the long days of blindness had trained him to have a unique ability to identify people by voice.

But from the sonorous footsteps, Xiahou Dun could tell that this must be a calm person.

Without waiting for Li Miao to introduce.

Guan Xing had already opened his mouth, chanting in a calm and restrained tone, "I am Li Qiu, and I used to serve in the Feiqiu Army. In the past, there was a big fire in Beimang Mountain, and all the Feiqiu Corps were destroyed. I was lucky... I went out to buy that day, so I escaped... Later, Luoyang collapsed, and after going through hardships and dangers, I rushed to Tongguan and met Mr. Li!"

After hearing Guan Xing's introduction, Xiahou Dun did not answer immediately, but turned his cheek slightly towards Li Miao.

The implication was to ask Li Miao to verify the authenticity of his words.

Li Miao understood and said quickly, "Don't worry, foster father. I have sent people to verify that Li Qiu is not only a member of the Feiqiu Army, but his father and brother also served in the Feiqiu Army and both died in the Beimang fire... All in all, Li Qiu and Guan Lin have a blood feud and are reliable."

Now, for Xiahou Dun, whose three sons have died, the person he trusts most is his foster son Li Miao.

He believed Li Miao's words.

Just...

"Hu..."

Accompanied by a faint exhalation, Xiahou Dun continued to ask Guan Xing, "Li Qiu, I heard from Hannan that you still have a Feiqiu? Is this true or false? If it is true... why is the Feiqiu Camp's Feiqiu left in your hands?"

Although he trusted Li Miao, because of the importance of supporting Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun still asked all his doubts.

Whether he can use Li Qiu, Xiahou Dun must pass this test.

When Li Miao heard this question, his face was normal, but he was very nervous and flustered inside... He was afraid that Guan Xing would say something wrong and reveal a flaw.

Guan Xing, in the face of Xiahou Dun's inquiry, spoke eloquently, "Indeed, I have a flying ball here. As for why this flying ball is here with me? That's because... After the establishment of the flying ball camp, the king sent a flying ball to Guanzhong, Yecheng, and Huainan respectively in order to quickly expand this achievement. The king's original intention... was to assist the local areas to set up flying ball workshops and establish flying ball camps in the future, but... Yecheng and Huainan had not been sent out... They encountered that fire, so the only remaining intact flying ball was in Chang'an..."

Guan Xing was telling a real story. Since the flying ball was successfully developed by Ma Jun and flew into the sky, Cao Cao's orders and expectations have always been centered on mass production. Building flying ball workshops everywhere and training flying ball soldiers in various places have long been on the agenda.

However, there are slight differences from what Guan Xing said. Not only the flying balls from Yecheng and Huainan have not been delivered yet, but even though the flying balls from Chang'an have been delivered, many parts have been impossible to assemble in the previous war.

Of course, even Cao Cao doesn't know this, and this is told by Jiang Jiong and Jiang Wei, and then by the Beggars' Gang, and then by Guan Xing.

It can be said to be a perfect match -

Sure enough, after hearing what Guan Xing said, combined with the information Xiahou Dun had, he no longer had any doubts about the young man named "Li Qiu" in front of him.

"If so, it's easy..." Xiahou Dun smacked his lips, pondered, and continued to analyze, "In this way, regardless of the personal soldiers around big brother, at least big brother can use the flying ball to cross the enemy's defense lines and escape to Bingzhou!" Hearing Xiahou Dun's words, Li Miao spoke at the right time, "So, I proposed that my adoptive father retreat to Yecheng first. Even if it is not Yecheng, at least he should retreat to Bingzhou first and wait for the king there... Otherwise, if the king escapes, it will be my adoptive father who is trapped in Tongguan by the Han army. My adoptive father is unwilling to leave because of his brothers. If the king also cares about his brothers and insists on waiting for my adoptive father in Bingzhou? Wouldn't that delay the best time to escape-" This is what he said, and it is also the same reason... Finally, Xiahou Dun's eyes were blinded. After Li Miao and Guan Xing's repeated deceptions, his heart was completely blinded. "Okay, Hannan... I'll do as you say! But... there's no news about my elder brother now. Where is he? I still don't know! Even if I can meet him, how can I talk about it?"

Just as Xiahou Dun mentioned this.

Li Miao seemed to have been prepared. He took out a piece of letter from his sleeve, "Foster father, I just received a pigeon from the king... The king didn't mention where he was, but he mentioned one thing, which is to let my foster father choose a suitable meeting place and escape route, and then he will find a way to get there! Escape along the way!"

Hmm...

Xiahou Dun took the letter, and he also felt the letter with his hands, listening to Li Miao repeating the content on it, which was in line with his elder brother's usual suspicious character.

At that moment, Xiahou Dun no longer had any suspicion. He directly handed a military token in his sleeve to Li Miao, "This is the military token for dispatching my personal soldiers. I don't trust others. Let these personal soldiers and this warrior named Li Qiu go to meet my elder brother... As for the meeting place, I am blind... I am willing but unable to handle this matter. Hannan... You will choose it for me. The place you choose... Be careful and cautious, avoid Guan Yu's search, and escort my elder brother to Bingzhou safely!" This... Although the development of the story is as always according to Li Miao's prediction. Fortunately, these personal soldiers of Xiahou Dun have already abandoned the dark and joined the light early... But Li Miao deliberately showed surprise.

"Adopted father? If so, who will escort the adoptive father's safety?"

"I, Xiahou Dun, have lived to this age and it is no longer a pity to die..." Xiahou Dun raised his head and said in an extraordinarily firm tone, "But my eldest brother is different. Thousands of people and soldiers in our Wei Dynasty are still waiting for him. Go back and regroup..."

Having said this, Xiahou Dun paused for a moment, and his next words became more firm and convinced, "The world can't be without me, but it can't be without my brother... Hannan, you don't need to worry about me. All plans must ensure one thing, that is, I will be included in the world." Take your eldest brother Cao Cao back with you. As long as he goes back, you will be my greatest contribution and benefactor!"

After hearing Xiahou Dun's words, even Guan Xing couldn't help but feel moved.

He admired the friendship between Xiahou Dun and Cao Cao.

But... soon, this admiration quickly collapsed. For his father, his uncle, and the man, Guan Xing had to be as steely as heart.

At this time, Li Miao solemnly took over the military talisman and said solemnly, "Don't worry, foster father. Arrange everything here and I will catch up with the foster father. No one will protect my foster father. Then I, Li Miao, will catch up with him." Miao came to protect——"

With that said, Li Miao had already given instructions to the personal guards behind Xiahou Dun.

"You guys, come with me -"

Xiahou Dun did not stop him, and even waved his hand to let them all listen to Li Miao.

Even fearing that Li Miao's prestige was not enough to mobilize these people, Xiahou Dun also specifically told him, "From now on, Han Nan's words are my words. Disobeying Han Nan's orders will be like disobeying military orders, and all three tribes will be punished——"

"promise--"

All the soldiers responded in unison.

Then they followed Li Miao to one side.

Guan Xing also caught up with Li Miao. With so many people following him, he did not ask directly, but his eyes flickered, as if to express to Li Miao:

"——Will these soldiers affect our plan? 』

It was precisely because he saw the confusion in Guan Xing's eyes, and also because he was already far away and could no longer see Xiahou Dun.

Li Miao paused and turned around solemnly. He stared at Guan Xing, and then looked around at the soldiers beside Guan Xing.

"Ha ha…"

Suddenly, Li Miao smiled. He suddenly laughed in such a serious situation, and his smile was extremely hearty.

"What?" This gratuitous smile made Guan Xing startled, and he muttered in his heart, especially Li Miaomo.

But Li Miao's next words immediately shut him up and made his pupils dilate to the extreme.

"Anguo, there's no need to worry...the people around you are all our own!"

"From today on, they are your comrades, comrades-in-arms, and brothers. They will follow you on this mission to 'capture Cao Cao'—"

ah…

Guan Xing didn't expect that Li Miao would call him "Anguo" in front of so many people. What's even more...unexpected was that Li Miao said...the people around him are comrades, comrades, and brothers. brother…

Before Guan Xing could react, there were already many pairs of heavy hands pressing on his shoulders.

"Take us to get this certificate of surrender!"

"Brother Anguo, thank you for your work——"

Never again would Guan Xing feel like this. There were suddenly many, many, many people around him, working together and fighting side by side——

…

…

"Dong dong dong——"

"Dong dong dong——"

Between Hulao Pass and Chenliu County, there was once a meeting place for the eighteen princes to fight against Dong.

Suanzao County…

At this moment, in front of the city gate, the thundering sound of drums suddenly sounded.

More than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Han army moved together in a mighty and mighty manner, like black clouds pressing down on the city, surrounding Suanzao County. One after another, the soldiers and horses of the Han army filed out and lined up under the main city gate.

"Dong dong dong——"

The beating of drums continued, loud and loud...

It's like the beginning of this great war.

What was completely different from previous siege battles was that Guan Lin went to fight in person, standing next to a tank at the Chinese Army's office, squinting at the gate of Suanzao County in front of him.

"Call the formation——"

With Guan Lin's voice.

An army of a thousand people moved forward together and reached the city where arrows could not reach. The soldiers made way for a path, and the generals walked out of the path one by one. They all raised their long-handled weapons and headed towards the Suizao County. The city head.

"Under the command of Fourth Young Master Guan, Ling Tong Ling Gongji from Yuhang in Wu County came to challenge him. Does Zhang Liao dare to fight?"

The first one to call Zhan was Ling Tong.

The black tasseled spear in his hand was pointed straight at the city head, his sword-shaped eyebrows were bright and piercing, as if... He had an unusual purpose in coming here. To be more precise, he wanted to completely remove the shame and nightmare of the "Xiaoyaojin" battle in this place. Washed and uncovered thoroughly in one day.

Of course, Ling Tong is not the only one who has this idea.

"Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan? Do you know me, Gan Ning, Gan Xingba, a native of Linjiang, Ba County? Come out of the city quickly and fight me to the death -"

The second person to appear was Gan Ning.

With a big sword in his hand, a pair of halberds at his waist, a meteor hammer on the horse's back, and even... a big bow on the other side of the horse's back, it was as if he was fully prepared for this duel.

Then the third and fourth ones came out...

"Child Zhang Liao? Today I will make you cry when you hear my name. Get out of the city quickly and fight me decisively——"

"Zhang Liao, son, do you still remember He Qi from Shanyin County, Kuaiji County? We lost that battle back then, and today I will take it back——"

These two people are Jiang Qin and He Qi, former famous generals of Soochow and now under Guan Lin...

Compared to what they looked like when they were in Xiaoyaojin, they have experienced too much and been tempered too much, and they are no longer what they used to be...

So far…

All the participants of the Xiaoyaojin Battle who are still alive...have arrived.

Also arriving at the same time was Lu Su and Lu Zijing. He had successfully captured Xuzhou with the major clans in Jiangdong, and was about to continue heading north to Qingzhou. Unexpectedly... he received an urgent message from Guan Lin, asking them to rush hundreds of miles away. Come to Hulao Pass quickly.

As for the purpose, he only stated one thing in his letter:

——Capture Zhang Liao!

——Broken Nightmare!

These six words...are few, but powerful enough!

Lu Su immediately understood Guan Lin's intention. Guan Lin wanted to help the remaining Jiangdong famous generals under his command... get rid of the nightmare in their hearts, so that there would no longer be rumors of "children stopping crying" in Jiangdong!

This is to regain the lost battle for Jiangdong.

At this moment, seeing such a majestic Han army surrounding Suanzao County, looking at the numerous banners and distinctive soldiers, it is definitely not a military formation comparable to the 100,000 Wu army back then...

Although they clearly had a huge advantage, they did not attack the city. They just sent a small group of soldiers forward to invite a battle...

Lu Su suddenly understood something. He guessed Guan Lin's intention.

"Continue to call the formation——"

Following Guan Lin's voice.

The person fighting this time is Guan Yinping... "General Zhang Liao, the third daughter of the Guan family, Guan Yan, and Guan Yinping also want to learn how to use General Zhang's crescent halberd."

Then there was Zhou Cang. He deliberately took off the fake "Guan Gong's beautiful beard" under the city tower, and then said with a smile, "The fake Guan Gong can scare Zhang Liao away, haha, General Zhang Liao... don't you plan to Are you trying to fight with me like this?"

After that…

Shi Wu, Liao Hua, Hou Yin, Wang Fu, Sun Jiao and Zhu Zhi all came out to call for formation...

They had only one purpose, which was to call Zhang Liao out for a showdown——

…

"Dong dong dong——"

"Come out, little Zhang Liao, are you coming out?"

"Child Zhang Liao? Where did your bravery and courage in Xiaoyaojin go?"

"If you don't dare, then just say something, or just put up a no-war card, ah, hahaha..."

The sound of drums and various fighting sounds quickly spread throughout Suanzao County.

This also made all the Wei troops in the city tremble with fear.

Indeed, when it comes to the number of troops, they are too far behind the enemy, but many people in Bingzhou are not convinced, because back then... before the battle of Xiaoyaojin started, many people thought that the Wu army in that number was invincible.

Naturally, this voice also reached Zhang Liao's ears.

"Huh...huh——"

The sound of heavy breathing kept coming from Zhang Liao's mouth.

Even he, facing such a large-scale Han army, inevitably felt unprecedented pressure and urgency.

In fact, in theory he could escape.

But the current situation is that Hanzhong has been lost, Chang'an has been lost, and the King of Wei has fled and is still alive...

Even Huainan and Xuzhou to the north of Huainan, which he Zhang Liao had held for many years, had voluntarily given up for strategic reasons. Zhang Liao retreated... Where else could he retreat?

It is no exaggeration to say that now... Yuzhou and Yanzhou still do not have large-scale cities to watch the wind return. One of the important reasons is that Zhang Liao is still there!

He is still there, there is hope!

If he falls, the entire situation in Yuzhou and Yanzhou will completely collapse, and the Han Dynasty will eat up all the remaining cities and territories of the Wei Dynasty in the Central Plains without bloodshed.

This... has reached a critical moment, Zhang Liao has no way to retreat! There is no way to avoid it!

"This, this, this..."

Gao Rou, the counselor standing next to Zhang Liao, was already like an ant on a hot pot, spinning around and around...

He was also convinced...

I originally planned to trade time for space. I originally thought that King Wei's deployment...the deployment of troops and generals in Hanzhong and Luoyang, and the three-pronged advance were so clever? This should be the blow that turned the tide and stopped the decline of the Wei Dynasty...

But who would have thought that all three roads could collapse!

No... After careful calculation, Zhang Liao's side of the road has not collapsed, but it is still of some use. The other two roads are still alive and dead, and the morale of this side has inevitably been affected.

Dangerous...

The situation today is extremely dangerous!

"You can't beat me? You can't escape...this...this...this...what should I do?"

Gao Rou lowered her head and stamped her feet...

At this time...

A soldier came to report: "Report, outside the city gate... General Zhu Ling is riding on a man, threatening to ask to see General Zhang——"

"Rebellious general? You still have the nerve to ask for a meeting with me?" Zhang Liao narrowed his eyes deeply and greeted casually, planning to let the soldiers reject Zhu Ling. At this time, he didn't want to see him.

Unexpectedly, Gao Rou grabbed his arm and said in a sincere tone: "After all, we are former colleagues... Let's meet! Let's meet..."

Well…

It was with this grasp that Zhang Liao understood, and he understood the helplessness of the situation.

He sighed deeply with a sigh, and then chanted in a plaintive tone: "Pass--"

Not long after...Zhu Ling was brought into the official office by soldiers.

Ignoring Gao Rou's stop, Zhang Liao pointed at Zhu Ling's nose and angrily said, "You are two-faced and double-dealing with Qin Muchu... Are you worthy of coming to see me?"

Facing Zhang Liao's accusation, Zhu Ling smiled. He asked Zhang Liao directly, "When General Zhang defected to Cao Cao, should those old Lu Bu generals who were in vain also point at General Zhang's nose and scold you for being courting Qin Muchu and being duplicitous..."

"you…"

Without waiting for Zhang Liao to speak.

Gao Rou quickly stopped between the two of them. He glared at Zhang Liao, "At this time, what's the use of arguing?"

Having said this, he looked at Zhu Ling again, with a hint of laughter in his tone, "General Zhu is not here just to quarrel, is he? That Fourth Young Master Guan probably has something to say, right?"

After hearing what Gao Rou said, Zhu Ling stopped paying attention to Zhang Liao and said directly.

"That's right, Mr. Yunqi asked me to bring a message to General Zhang——"

"If you have anything to say, just say it!" Zhang Liao chanted in an annoyed tone as always.

Zhu Ling said with a smile, "It's very simple. Mr. Yunqi wants to make a bet with General Zhang. Among all the Han generals listed in the city, one-on-one duel... As long as General Zhang can defeat one person, then it will be Zhang." The general wins. If he cannot defeat one person, then Master Yunqi wins."

Hearing this, Zhang Liao's narrowed eyes became even more stern, and he even suspected that this was a trap set by Guan Lin.

Not to mention the generals of the Guan family army, but only of the former Wu generals under the city, which one was not his defeated general?

How could he lose in a one-on-one duel?

Zhang Liao was still thinking, and Gao Rou quickly asked: "I dare to ask, what if... General Zhang wins? So what if Mr. Yunqi wins?"

Hearing this, Zhu Ling explained: "If General Zhang wins, then all our troops will withdraw to Hulao Pass and will not attack Wei Diqiu in Yanzhou and Yuzhou within a year. But if Master Yunqi wins, then I dare to invite Zhang General, go to the Han camp to drink a pot of tea with my young master!"

this…

Following Zhu Ling's words, Zhang Liao finally understood.

Guan Lin wanted him to surrender...

But, even so, this bet... facing a group of chickens and dogs, how could Zhang Liao lose in a one-on-one duel?

Zhang Liao was still thinking, but Gao Rou asked with surprise and joy: "Is this promise true?"

Indeed, not only Gao Rou, but all the Wei army... they need time too much now. Do they need time to know the life and death of King Cao Cao? It takes time to wait for the king's new edict...

It also takes time to see clearly whether Da Wei can make a comeback!

It was precisely because of this that Gao Rou seemed so excited.

"Young Master Yunqi makes a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold and never goes back on his promise—" Zhu Ling's answer was decisive.

At this time, Gao Rou couldn't help but look at Zhang Liao.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Liao still felt that there was fraud in it, and he did not want to accept Guan Lin's bet.

So, he said coldly, "What if I don't answer?"

"Then it will be easier." Zhu Ling spread his hands, "The day General Zhang doesn't accept it, at that moment, Master Yunqi will immediately order the flying ball to fly into the sky, turning Suizao County into a sea of ​​hell fire overnight, Yunqi The young master can also order a volley of tens of thousands of crossbows to be fired, causing everyone in the city to be killed by thousands of arrows, or even..."

Don't wait for Zhu Ling to say this threat.

"enough…"

Zhang Liao had already spoken, but his voice was filled with a sense of powerlessness.

With the double blow of huge powerlessness and huge pressure, Zhang Liao met Zhu Ling's gaze and asked tentatively: "Is it really a one-on-one battle?"

"If it's fake, it will be replaced——"

"Okay, as long as they are fighting generals, Guan Lin and I are not afraid even if it is a wheel battle. Not to mention that we only need to win one game. You just let them come one by one. Even if I lose one game, then it is considered my loss." ——”

Zhang Liao's words were meant to be harsh.

This was to express disdain for those generals under the city...

Unexpectedly, Zhu Ling laughed directly and sighed.

"Your words make me wonder if you directly want to surrender, and you even take the initiative to find the steps, ah, hahahaha——"

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…(End of chapter)