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Volume 2 Unpredictable Chapter 419 Chen Gongtai and Lu Fengxian

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    Fan Chou heard that this man spoke Liangzhou dialect fluently and did not raise any suspicion. After decoding the letter, he immediately opened it and quickly read it. Fan Chou became more and more frightened as he read it. After reading it, he gave the letter to Zhang Ji who was standing aside.  After Zhang Ji saw it, his expression was extremely ugly.

    "This is the handwriting of the military advisor. It seems that the war situation in Chang'an is really not optimistic. General Fan, without further delay, we will immediately withdraw our troops and rush back to Chang'an for rescue. If we are too late, I am afraid that Chang'an will suffer a loss!"

    "What General Zhang said is true, so you and I will immediately notify all the troops under our command to be prepared and evacuate as soon as possible while it is dark tonight!"

    Fan Chou and Zhang Ji nodded at the same time. After the agreement, Zhang Ji hurriedly left Fan Chou's camp and went back to order the soldiers to prepare for the retreat.  The sergeants on Fan Chou's side were also preparing nervously under Fan Chou's command.

    It¡¯s night, just after the first watch.  Fan Chou and Zhang Ji each led their troops to withdraw from the camp and rushed towards Chang'an.  Two hours later, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji led their troops into a valley.

    At this moment, the sound of gold rings suddenly burst out one after another, and the shouts of killing were loud.  On both sides of the valley, a group of Lu army soldiers and horses emerged, all holding bows and crossbows, and fired arrows at Fan Chou and Zhang Ji's troops in the valley road.  The arrows poured down like a torrential rain. The sergeants of Fan Chou and Zhang Ji were unable to react in time. Thousands of sergeants were killed by arrows.

    After several rounds of arrows were fired, loud rumbling sounds were heard on both sides of the valley road.  A general of Zhang Jijun looked up and saw countless boulders and rolling logs falling from high in the sky. He was immediately frightened to death. Before he could call out, a boulder fell just on top of his head, smashing him into pieces. After the boulder fell,  It shattered into countless rubbles and splashed everywhere. Unknown how many little soldiers were hit by the flying rocks and fell madly.  The logs fell one after another, and the missiles also hit Fan Chou and Zhang Ji's soldiers, who screamed wildly.

    "Ambush!! There is an ambush!! Rush forward!!"

    Zhang Ji ignored the fear and roared hysterically. He led a group of soldiers in front and ran wildly despite the rain of flying rocks and arrows.  As for Fan Chou, who was in the rear, he kept shouting and ordering the soldiers around him to stay in line and not to push around in a panic and accidentally injure his own troops.  However, under the threat of death, these soldiers would not care about him. They all pushed me and rushed forward.

    Just when the armies of Fan Chou and Zhang Ji were in chaos, Lu Bu suddenly appeared behind the valley road with a group of troops led by Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, and Song Xian.

    Lu Bu waved his halberd and drove the red rabbit and horse, and like a red thunder, it struck at the rear of Fan Chou and Zhang Ji's army.  As soon as Lu Bu rushed into the crowd, Fang Tian's painted halberd leaped, and there were bursts of crazy blood rain.  When the Liangzhou soldiers in the rear saw the incoming general, their courage was shattered.

    "Lu Bu!! Lu Bu is coming to kill!!!"

    These Liangzhou soldiers shouted the name of King Yama with endless fear.  Lu Bu had a cold expression on his face, and the more he killed, the more frenzied he was. He rushed left and right in the crowd, as if he was in a deserted land, killing people as if they were harvesting rice, and killed Liangzhou soldiers one by one.  At the same time, Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, Song Xian and other generals also came to kill them. The three of them were also extremely terrifying. The direction they were heading towards would definitely be a one-sided massacre.

    When Fan Chou and Zhang Ji heard Lu Bu's name, their hearts trembled immediately. They couldn't care anymore and ran forward desperately.  Zhang Ji was in the front army and escaped the fastest.  Fan Chou, who was in the rear, was halfway away when he suddenly jumped to the side as a cold sound came from behind him.

    And the moment he jumped away, Fang Tian's painted halberd just hit the spot where he was just now.  Fan Chou rolled to the ground a few times, his helmet flew away, and he looked at Lu Bu riding the red rabbit horse with disheveled hair. His face at this time was filled with horror and fear.

    Lu Bu looked at him coldly, making Fan Chou feel that his body was covered with hailstones, and it was cold from his head to the soles of his feet.  This approach of death is the most tormenting.  Fan Chou couldn't bear it any longer, screamed strangely, and ran away. At the same time, he desperately shouted to the surrounding soldiers to stop Lu Bu.

    But it seemed that Lu Bu had no intention of killing him and shouted loudly on his horse.

    "Fan Chou!! I remember that you treated me like a brother in the past, so I will spare your life this time and repay your kindness. If we meet again, we will fight until death. You take care of yourself!!"

    Fan Chou is running wildly. It is important to save his life, so he can't think of responding.  Lu Bu smiled inexplicably at Fan Chou's figure, then rode back into the crowd of Liangzhou rebels.

    Lu Bu's army fought until dawn. Fan Chou and Zhang Ji's army fled with most of their troops. The remaining 20,000 soldiers died and more than 10,000 died. Those who survived were all killed by Lu Bu's army.  Although these Liangzhou soldiers hated Lu Bu deeply, many of them chose to surrender under the threat of their lives, while 3,000 people still insisted on fighting to the death with Lu Bu's army, but this was just a desperate struggle, and in the end they all  They were all killed by Lu Bu's army.  Lu Bu collected the remaining 7,000 soldiers and left some to clean up the battlefield before leading the army back.

    A few days later, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji led the disabledWhen they returned to Chang'an, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji hurried to Li Cui, Guo Si, and Li Ru. When they asked about the battle situation, they heard that Chang'an was fine and that the Xiliang army would run out of food and men in just half a month.  Tired, he retreated on his own.  Only then did Zhang Ji and Fan Chou realize that they had been tricked. They were so angry that they took several steps back on the spot, shook their bodies several times, and almost fell to the ground.

    "Generals Zhang and Fan, you two were not besieging Shangluo, so why did you suddenly lead the army back to Chang'an? Could it be that something happened in Shangluo?"

    As soon as Li Ru saw the faces of these two people, he knew that something bad had happened. Unconsciously, his face became a little tense and he asked Fan Chou and Zhang Ji.

    Fan Chou remembered that he had almost died last night and had gone through so much trouble to lead the army to rescue him, but it was just a pretense. He let out a breath of anger, spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fainted.  Seeing this, several people nearby quickly went to the palace to call the imperial doctor for treatment.

    After Fan Chou was settled, Li led everyone to a loft. After everyone sat down, Li Ru asked Zhang Ji again.  Zhang Ji's face was extremely ugly, and he immediately started talking about the fake secret letter and continued to talk about the ambush in the valley. He and Fan Chong lost nearly 20,000 troops.

    "Twenty thousand troops!!!"

    Li Ji¡¯s eyes suddenly opened wide, and his whole body seemed to be filled with overwhelming anger. Seeing this, Zhang Ji quickly knelt down and confessed.  At this time, Li Ji's troops were only 200,000. Once these 20,000 troops were lost, one-tenth of them would have been lost!  Li Ji gritted his teeth, his eyes were horrifying, and his breathing was heavy.  But he has not lost his mind yet. At this time, there are foreign enemies outside the city of Chang'an. Lu Bu is eyeing Chang'an in Shangluo. If Zhang Ji and Fan Chou are severely punished at this time, something may happen.

    As a military advisor, Li Ru also understood this and hurriedly stepped out to intercede for Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, so that Li could get off the ground.  Later, Li Ji suppressed his anger and only gave some trivial punishments to Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, and then left it at that.

    "However, this fake secret letter reminded me. Ma Teng and Han Sui are both tigers and wolves who value fame and wealth. This time they raise troops to attack Chang'an, there must be someone in Chang'an who secretly colludes with them. Confucianism believes that this  The matter must be investigated carefully. If this person is found, the Xiliang army will be exhausted at this time and will withdraw immediately. In this way, we can concentrate our forces to fight against Lu Bu's ungrateful villain.  Fight to the death!"

    After Zhang Ji and Fan Chou were punished, Li Ru thought about it for a while and suddenly spoke.  After hearing this, Li Ji's expression changed and he said in shock.

    "If it weren't for the military advisor's reminder, I wouldn't have noticed it yet. So, I will immediately send someone to investigate the matter!"

    After that, Li Cui spread his intelligence closely, paying attention to every move of the officials in the court. At the same time, he bribed the servants of the ministers' families and asked them which people the head of the family had had contact with in the past few months.  A few days later, something was indeed intercepted.  Li Ji learned from Ma Yu's boy that his family head, Liu Fan and Zhong Shao, as well as Ma Teng and Han Sui, wanted to cooperate with him.

    Li Jue and Guo Si were furious. They killed all the good and bad people from the three families, old and young, in the city. They took the three heads and came to the door to give orders.  Ma Teng and Han Sui saw the heads of the three men outside the city. They thought that the army's supplies had been exhausted and internal support was leaked, so they had to withdraw from the stronghold.  Li Jue and Guo Si ordered Xu Rong to lead the army to drive Ma Teng, and Zhang Ji to lead the army to drive Han Sui. Xiliang's army was exhausted and its morale was low. How could it be a match for the Liangzhou army? All troops were defeated and fled.

    But it was said that Xu Rong led his army to chase Ma Teng, and he kept shouting behind him.

    "Ma Shoucheng, in the past Dong Gong treated you very well, but you were ungrateful and rebelled against him! The cycle of heaven and earth is the day of your retribution! Take your fate!!"

    Seeing that Xu Rong's army was approaching, Ma Teng's face turned pale and he shouted to the left and right.

    "The rebels are fierce! Who dares to lead the army and cut off the rear!"

    Ma Teng didn't finish his words when he saw a young general with a face like a crown of jade, eyes like shooting stars, a tiger's body and ape's arms, a swollen belly and a wolf's waist. He held a spear in his hand, mounted a horse, and led a group of men and horses to fly out from the formation.  It turned out that the general was Ma Chao, son of Ma Teng, named Meng Qi. He was only seventeen years old. He was a young hero with invincible bravery. At the age of seventeen, he was invincible in all areas of Xiliang.

    Xu Rong saw Ma Chaosheng's majestic appearance and did not dare to underestimate the enemy. He was about to go out to meet him.  Unexpectedly, a general next to Xu Rong bullied Ma Chao into being young and shouted loudly.

    "General Xu, how can you kill a chicken with a bull's knife? Yellow-haired boy, look at me and stab him to death with one shot!"

    After the Liangzhou general finished speaking, he jumped on his horse to fight.  Ma Chao had a cold and arrogant look on his face, and he stabbed with his spear. After a few rounds of fighting, Xu Rong didn't even come back to his senses when he saw the general stabbed under his horse by Ma Chao.  Ma Chao killed a general and became more powerful, so he continued to kill.  When another Liangzhou general saw his brother being stabbed to death, he rode towards Ma Chao.  Ma Chao's expression did not change, and he galloped forward. The two of them were already close, and the Liangzhou general raised his sword to chop him down. At this moment, Ma Chao dodged, and the Liangzhou general only hit the air, and the two horses met each other.  And, Ma Chao lightly stretched his arms and captured him alive.

    Ma Chao grabbed the man's neck with one hand, crushed his bones into pieces, and threw his body in front of Xu Rong's horse.  Xu Ronghei's face was solemn, and behind himWhen the Liangzhou soldiers saw how brave Ma Chao was, they all became interested.  As for the Xiliang soldiers behind Ma Chao, their morale increased greatly, and they raised their guns and shouted.

    Xu Rong narrowed his eyes and did not allow Ma Chao to be presumptuous. He rode out into battle and fought with Ma Chao.  The two guns collided rapidly, and the gun shadows collided violently. In an instant, it took more than ten rounds.  Ma Chaoyue fought more and more bravely, but Xu Rong became more and more frightened. After only ten rounds, he lost consciousness in the hand holding the gun. He secretly thought that the major general was born with great strength and would be defeated in a long battle.

    Xu Rong is calm and cautious by nature. He knows he is invincible and will never confront him head-on. After a false stab, he reined in his horse and tried to escape back into the formation.  Ma Chao had known that Xu Rong wanted to escape, so he moved his arms fiercely, grabbed Xu Rong's cloak with one hand, and pulled him off the horse with sudden force.  Xu Rong fell off his horse and rolled several times. He was covered in dust and was in a very embarrassed state.
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