Chapter 217: Sweeping Yu Chapter

Zhou Yu rode his horse forward and was dozens of steps closer to Taishi Ci. He said sincerely: "As General Ziyi knows, the situation is now decay and wars are everywhere, but the most painful thing is the people~~ I saw that when I was conquering Dong Zhuo, chickens and dogs were ignored in Luoyang, nine out of ten houses were empty, and bones could be seen everywhere in the wilderness! For this reason, Yu once vowed that in his lifetime, he would create a peaceful and prosperous era for the people of the world, so that those who live there would have their own houses and those who farmed had their own fields, and those who farmed had their own lives, and those who work in peace and prosperity, and the country and the people were safe. Yu's actions were all for this oath, and the sun and the moon could see!"

Seeing that Taishi Ci did not interrupt him, Zhou Yu paused for a moment, and then said, "Yu knew that General Ziyi was loyal and filial to his mother and was loyal and righteous. He once rode alone to break through the encirclement in order to rescue Kong Rong, the prime minister of Beihai, and brought in rescue soldiers. Yu also knew that General Ziyi was born into a civilian, and must know the suffering of the people. He thought about the people in his heart. We are the same in this regard. Therefore, Yu came to Yunling and asked General Ziyi to go down the mountain, and together with Yu, he would do his best for the people of the world!"

"Uh...this..." Taishi Ci thought Zhou Yu's words were very reasonable, but he was Liu Yao's general. It would be too shameless to change to others just because of a few words from others. When it was reported, it was said that I, Taishi Ci, are a person who is greedy for life and fears death. This is not good!

Seeing Taishi Ci's face unstable, Zhou Yu knew that he was having a fierce ideological struggle in his heart, he smiled and said, "General Ziyi, I have heard that you have a skilled archery and horse skills for a long time. Today, Yu is willing to compete with you for a shooting technique. If you win, Yu gives up the way, and you lead your subordinates to go wherever you want. We feel blocked. If you lose, then join hands with us to make a future. How about it?"

When Taishi Ci's subordinates heard Zhou Yu say this, they couldn't help but show joy. No matter what the result of this competition, they would not be able to kill themselves. Moreover, Taishi Ci is known as the number one sharpshooter in Liu Yao's army. The archery technique of using a hundred steps through Yang is rare in the world. Why not be afraid of Zhou Yu, a white-faced scholar?

Taishi Ci thought for a while and felt that this was the best method that he could think of at present. If he won, he could go to Yuzhang to continue to serve Liu Yao smoothly, and others would praise me for my loyalty and righteousness. If he lost, he would be inferior to others, so he naturally had to keep his promise and become Zhou Yu's subordinate. Such an ending would not be a shame.

Thinking of this, Taishici replied loudly: "A real man's words are as good as a horse. You are not allowed to regret it!"

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "My words are a promise."

"Okay!" Taishi Ci immediately took off the iron-feathered bow, took out a feathered arrow from the quiver, looked up and saw a line of geese flying over the sky, and said loudly: "Let me shoot the leading geese!" After that, Taishi Ci took the bow and took the arrow, aimed at the leading geese, and then let go. With a "swoosh~~", the feathered arrow flew out of the air, like a bolt of lightning, shooting straight away.

After a while, the feathered arrow shot into the leading goose accurately. The goose cried out with a wile, fluttered its wings a few times, and then fell from the air.

"Okay." A cheer broke out among the crowd, and even Zhou Yu's guards couldn't help but echoed.

Zhou Yu smiled slightly and praised loudly: "General Ziyi is indeed a good archery technique. His realm is more than just a hundred steps to penetrate the willows! But let's see if I shoot one shot of two geese today!"

After saying that, Zhou Yu raised the "Floating Snow Bow", took the wolf-tooth arrow, and began to aim. At this time, the arrangement of the geese group began to appear messy because of the death of the leading geese, and some geese were flying around in circles. Overall, the geese group flew higher and farther than before, which greatly increased the difficulty of shooting. Quan Rou and others couldn't help but worry about Zhou Yu.

"Swoosh" Zhou Yu's right hand relaxed, and the wolf-toothed arrow flew out, surpassing the range that everyone imagined, and shot into the body of a gray goose. Then, the wolf-toothed arrow continued to exert its momentum, and it shot into the body of another black goose with the gray goose. The two gooses kept flapping their wings, but there was no effect. A wolf-toothed arrow strung the two gooses and quickly fell from the sky.

"That's great!!" "It's so accurate~~" Both Zhou Yu's guards and Taishi Ci's subordinates burst into louder cheers.

Taishici immediately turned over and got off the horse, knelt on one knee, and saluted: "Your archery skills are unparalleled in the world, I lost! From now on, you will be my Taishici's lord. I will never frown when I go up the sword mountain and fall into the sea of ​​fire!"

Zhou Yu knew that in addition to his accurate archery, he was also exposed to the "Snow Bow". Not only did he save effort to pull the strings, but he also aimed more conveniently than before. He quickly got off the horse, took a few steps, and helped Taishi Ci up, and laughed: "With Ziyi's help, Jiangdong can be settled, and it is not difficult to settle the world."

Then Zhou Yu appointed Taishi Ci as the general of Zhechong Zhonglang and led his troops to return to Moling with him.

In March of the first year of Xingping, Zhou Yu took Gao Shun as the main general and Jia Xu as the military advisor, commanding the Danyang Corps, Cavalry Corps, and the baggage battalion, and expeditioned to Yuzhang in the west.

Gao Shun's army had just arrived at the Yuzhang border and learned about a major change: Liu Yao died of illness.

After Liu Yao led his remnants to Yuzhang, he met with the army of Zurong and assisted the prefect of Yuzhang Zhu Hao to rush Zhuge Xuan, the prefect of Yuzhang appointed by Liu Biao, back to Xiangyang. After that, Liu Yao focused on rectifying the army in Yuzhang and recruited many new recruits. He quickly increased the total number of the army to 50,000, but because of the large number of new recruits, he was not strong in combat.

Then Liu Yao sent someone to contact his elder brother, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, and asked to borrow 50,000 troops to try to counterattack Danyang with 100,000 troops and defeat Zhou Yu. At this time, Zuo Rong mutiny and led his troops to kill Zhu Hao, separating the five southern counties of Yuzhang, and claiming to be the prefect of Yuzhang.

Liu Yao was furious when he heard the news and immediately led his troops to the southern part of Yuzhang. He defeated Zurong by the Baishui River. Seeing that his subordinates were dispersed, he had no way out and wanted to surrender to Liu Yao again, but Liu Yao refused to accept it. Zurong had no choice but to rush into the deep mountains and was killed by the people in the mountains and the people of Shanyue.

After this battle, perhaps because of excessive labor or the stimulation of Shurong's rebellion, Liu Yao's body, which had already had the disease, finally couldn't hold on. After recuperating on the couch for several months, he still died and returned to the west.

Hua Xin, the governor of Yuzhang County, was honest and fair, and was efficient in his work, and was deeply loved by the people. Liu Yao's old subordinates wanted to worship Hua Xin as the main force. Hua Xin saw that he was a minister and suddenly became the main force and hurt his human ethics, so he refused. He just tried his best to maintain the situation in Yuzhang County. At this moment, Gao Shun's army arrived.

When Zhou Yu heard that Liu Yao had passed away, tens of thousands of subordinates had no one to support him, he recruited Taishi Ci and ordered him to go to Yuzhang to recruit Liu Yao's old subordinates scattered everywhere. After Taishi Ci was ordered to leave, everyone around Zhou Yu said that Taishi Ci would definitely be gone forever. Zhou Yu said confidently: "No, Ziyi abandoned me, who else can he go to join?"

Zhou Yu saw Taishi Ci off to Chang Gate. Before leaving, he asked Taishi Ci, "When will Ziyi be back now?" Taishi Ci replied, "It won't last more than sixty days." Sixty days later, Taishi Ci returned as scheduled and brought back more than 10,000 former subordinates of Liu Yao who were recruited. Zhou Yu was overjoyed and set up Xinyi Camp, which was composed of Taishi Ci and Liu Yao's old subordinates, a total of 12,000, and handed over to Taishi Ci.

After Zhou Yu sent Taishi Ci, he immediately sent Yu Fan to Yuzhang to persuade Hua Xin to surrender. Hua Xin knew that he was unable to fight with Zhou Yu, so he surrendered. Zhou Yu treated Hua Xin with courtesy and was named the magistrate of Danyang County.

After Hua Xin surrendered, Gao Shun's army swept across Yuzhang County like a pie in the pie, sweeping away some of the remaining forces of Liu Yao who were unwilling to surrender one by one. Since then, Yuzhang County, the westernmost part of Yangzhou, was also included in Zhou Yu's sphere of influence.
Chapter completed!