Chapter 394: Brave Ziyi

Huang Zhong wanted to steal Liu Pan, the chief general of his army from Taishi Ci's hand. How easy was this matter? Taishi Ci knocked Liu Pan into a faint with one palm, placed it horizontally on the saddle in front of him. Seeing Huang Zhong coming with blood red eyes, he gently took out three wolf-toothed arrows, aimed at him with a bow, and shot it out in succession.

Huang Zhong was also a master of archery. He had been prepared for Liu Pan to suffer Taishi Ci's loss before and dodged the first two arrows one after another. However, he did not expect that the target of Taishi Ci's third arrow was his crotch mount. Even if Huang Zhong had excellent riding skills, he could not avoid Taishi Ci's precise archery skills. After the war horse made a sad sound, he fell to the side. A dark wolf-toothed arrow was inserted into its neck, and blood arrows kept pumping out from the wound.

Huang Zhong reacted very quickly. Before the war horse fell to the ground, he rose into the air, and used his long sword to leverage his strength to stand firmly on the ground.

Taishici urged the horse to go up, his horse was quick and quick, and in the blink of an eye he arrived in front of Huang Zhong. He fought against the horse with a foot battle, and his opponent was Taishici who was stronger than him. Huang Zhong was not afraid, and he stole his legs and put his long sword across his chest to act as a defensive posture.

In the distance, Huang Zhong and Liu Pan's personal guards saw that the situation was wrong, they had already urged the horse to come out of the battle, waving their weapons and heading straight here, trying to rescue Liu Pan and Huang Zhong, but were intercepted by Taishi Ci's personal guards halfway, and the two sides fought together.

Taishici rode his horse past Huang Zhong and did not give him a critical blow as Huang Zhong thought. Taishici only left one sentence: "My lord, Zhong Yi, has been in charge of generals for a long time, and I hope he can become a colleague."

Huang Zhong heard this and had not yet reacted. Taishi Ci's war horse was already carrying him away. Huang Zhong felt mixed feelings in his heart, and the scene in Qianxian that year appeared before him...

He worked hard for Jingzhou, but Huang Zu secretly wanted to murder him. He lost to Zhou Yu on the battlefield and was captured alive. However, Zhou Yu treated him with courtesy and saw that he was unwilling to surrender, so he let him go back to the camp. Huang Zu was stubborn and refused to listen to his advice, which led to repeated defeats in battles and finally withdrew back to Jingzhou with only a few people. Poor the tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers were buried in the land of a foreign land.

I have long heard that Zhou Yu is respectful to the wise and the nobles and has a broad mind. Under his governance, Yangzhou is harmonious and has a prosperous industry. If the whole country is like Yangzhou, then the people will have a good life and no longer have to fight or die. Today, Taishi Ci let him go. His meaning is very clear. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu still wants to conquer himself. If he can submit to such a wise ruler, it will be a way out. Now Jingzhou is exploited by the Cai family and the Kuai family.

After a while, Huang Zhong woke up from the chaos. Seeing the two armies about to confront each other, Huang Zhong cursed himself a few times: "Huang Hansheng, Huang Hansheng, you are too selfish. In a war between the two armies, you are still thinking about your own way out, how can you be worthy of the people of Jingzhou who gave you the people of Jingzhou who gave you his life? Don't think about the surrender of Zhou Yu!"

At this time, two Huang Zhong's personal guards rushed past the block of Taishi Ci's personal guards and rode their horses to Huang Zhong. One of the guards gave the horse under his crotch to Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong turned over and ran back to the formation quickly.

However, at this time, Taishici's troops had already launched an attack. The commander general of the Jingzhou army was captured and the deputy general was defeated again. The morale of the army was unstable and the attacks were much sharper. After the attack, the Jingzhou army was in chaos, with countless casualties and continuous dispersed soldiers fled the battlefield, which further exacerbated the chaos of the situation. If Huang Zhong had not led his confidant guards to fight to the death, and promptly guided the soldiers of each battalion back to the camp to defend the camp and organize archers to suppress the enemy's attack like a tide, I am afraid that in today's battle, the 30,000 Jingzhou troops would disappear.

Seeing that the Jingzhou army had retreated into the camp and his army had already won, Taishici ordered the Jin Dynasty to withdraw the troops. In the camp, Huang Zhong had no choice but to watch the soldiers of the Yangzhou army escort the prisoners, carry the seized supplies, and sing the victory song to return to the city. He felt very distressed.

Huang Zhong has rarely lost his reputation since he led the army to fight. With his big sword in his palm and first-class archery skills, he has made a great reputation in Jingzhou. Some bandits often surrender before they fight when they hear Huang Zhong's name. Unexpectedly, he has been defeated twice since he led his troops to fight with Zhou Yu's Yangzhou army.

The first time was in Qianxian County, when he was captured alive by Zhou Yu. After being defeated and returned to Jingzhou, he was dismissed from his post and was idle at home. This time in Linwu, he was almost killed by Zhou Yu's general Taishi Ci. If it weren't for Taishi Ci's last mercy, it would be hard to say whether he could see the sun tomorrow.

For the first time in Huang Zhong's life, was he suspicious of his ability, or was that person named Zhou Yu the nemesis of his destiny?

Not to mention that Huang Zhong was busy gathering up and settled his soldiers, he also issued an urgent report to Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou. He said that after Taishi Ci returned to the city, he counted the results of the battle. Today, he wiped out three thousand enemies in one battle, captured two thousand enemies, seized thousands of weapons and thousands of armor. The biggest result was that he captured Liu Pan, the chief general of the enemy alive. He couldn't help but feel a little proud. When he returned to the mansion, he let Fan cook a few delicious side dishes and brought a jar of wine to drink.

When Taishi Ci was drinking happily, Zhao Fan, the prefect of Guiyang, hurried in and said with a worry-like expression: "Ziyi, the guards of Chen County came to report, and suddenly a large group of Yellow Turban Army remnants came from the north, occupying Mangshan in the east of the city. The soldiers burned and killed and looted around. The people could not bear it and sent people into the city to ask the government to clear it out. However, the lieutenant guarding the city had only one thousand people, and more than three thousand Yellow Turban thieves were unable to attack. What should we do?"

Taishici was already slightly drunk at this time. When he was in high spirits, he asked, "Can you know who is the leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves?"

Zhao Fan thought for a while and replied: "It is believed that the leading Yellow Turban thief is named Gao Sheng."

Taishi Ci had checked the relevant information of the Yellow Turban Army in Jia Xu and knew that Gao Sheng was a powerful general of Zhang Bao, the general of the Yellow Turban Army. He had fought against the Han general Zhu Ye. After Zhang Bao's death, he was unknown. It turned out that he was not dead yet, but he actually led the defeated general to escape to Guiyang, trying to make a comeback.

Taishi Ci was drunk and laughed and said, "Don't worry, Lord Tai, how big can the Yellow Turban bandits turn? When our army repels the Jingzhou soldiers, return to the army to wipe them out."

Zhao Fan sighed lightly and said, "That's all, but... the people of Chen County will suffer. Those bandits are demons who kill without blinking. The results of our hard work in Chen County will be destroyed."

Taishi Ci understood what Zhao Fan meant. He took some cold water to wash his face, calmed himself down for a moment, and then said to Zhao Fan: "The lord always teaches us that the people are water, and the government is a boat. Water can carry boats and can also overturn the boats. It is rare that the Taishou is so worried about the people, so how can I fall behind?"

Zhao Fan was happy when he heard this, and Taishici continued: "Let's do this, after this battle, there will be no threatening offensive in the short term. The reinforcements from Nanchang are already on the way to Guiyang. I plan to send a Sima from the army to lead two thousand troops back to Chen County to clear out this Yellow Turban bandits. How about it?"

I know what happens next, and listen to the next chapter to explain it.
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