Shiquan County.

After hearing Li Ru's plan, Liu Bei regained his confidence. While sending people to pass the mountain road to Guancheng to deliver a message to Zhang Fei, he organized his troops and marched to Yangping Pass. Unexpectedly, he met Deng Zhi and his party not far from Shiquan County.

"Lord..."

Deng Zhi was helped off his horse, his throat was choked, and tears started to flow before he could say anything. When Liu Bei saw this, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly got off his horse, walked over to help him, and asked eagerly, "Bo Miao, why are you here?"

Where is virtue?"

He looked back, but only saw a group of miserable remnants, and Zhang Fei was nowhere to be seen.

"General him, he may have..."

Deng Zhi cried and complained about yesterday's ambush in Nanzheng City and Zhang Fei's last words, and finally said, "When we left, the general had been stabbed several times and was bleeding..."

Liu Bei's face turned pale, he staggered back two steps, then collapsed on the ground, muttering to himself, "No, no, third brother, third brother, third brother will not die, will not die... How could he die...

…How is it possible…”

Guan Yu also had tears in his eyes, especially when he heard that Zhang Fei was stubborn and refused to leave even though he was able to leave, just to give the soldiers a way out, he could only bite his lower lip hard to keep from crying.

Li Ru was stunned for a moment, shook his head and sighed, "I knew this guy would make a mistake..."

"The dead cannot be resurrected. Please take care of yourself, my lord. I'm sorry!" Li Ru sighed and walked over to help Liu Bei up, but Liu Bei suddenly stood up on his own, waved his hand away, got on his horse, and whipped the horse's buttocks hard with the whip in his hand.

, and ran wildly to the west.

Guan Yu came to his senses and rode his horse to chase after him. Li Ru shouted from behind, but the two of them didn't seem to hear him. He was so angry that he stamped his feet and quickly ordered two thousand cavalry to follow him, letting Chen Deng lead the team back to Shiquan first.

The county is waiting.

Liu and Guan ran non-stop for half a day and night and arrived at Nanzheng City the next morning. However, they did not see Zhang Fei. The soldiers who stayed here told him that the day after the war ended, Xu Chu brought Zhang Fei's

The body was returned to Dingjun Mountain, leaving only the Zhangba Snake Spear as a souvenir for Liu Bei.

There were still stains of blood on the snake spear, and the dried and black blood stung Liu Bei's eyes. He knelt down outside Nanzheng City holding the snake spear and was heartbroken. Guan Yu also burst into tears.

After crying for an unknown amount of time, Liu Bei stumbled onto his horse again, trying to retrieve Zhang Fei's body from Dingjun Mountain, but was stopped by Li Ru who came from behind.

"My lord, you can't go. She deliberately took Yide's body away to lure you there. This woman is far more sinister and vicious than we thought. She kept calling Brother Yide kindly, but at the same time, she used such despicable methods.

Kill him..."

"She didn't want to kill the third brother!" Guan Yu interrupted Li Ru, "Bo Miao said that Zhongkang asked the third brother to leave several times, but it was the third brother himself..." He glanced at Liu Bei, and his voice suddenly lowered, "I don't want to leave!"

"

The third brother never wanted his eldest brother to fight with Lu Bu, so he tried his best to stop the troops from Nanyang this time. The eldest brother was afraid that he would do something bad, so he concealed his plan to seize Yongzhou from him. He didn't expect that he would use such a method to dissuade him.

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu in confusion, "Did I kill my third brother? It was me..."

"No, brother, don't blame yourself!" Guan Yu held Liu Bei's shoulders and choked, "It was this troubled world that killed my third brother!"

Liu Bei burst into tears again, and Guan Yu said, "Eldest brother can't go, I'm going to see my third brother, and I'll bring him back!"

After he finished speaking, he got on his horse and galloped away in the direction of Dingjun Mountain alone.

Guan Yu rode quickly and arrived at Yangping Pass that night. The soldiers went to inform him and told him, "The princess has gone to bed. The maid on night duty said that non-urgent military information will not be reported. The envoy will go to Mian County to rest for the night and wait until tomorrow to see you again!"

"

"Can she sleep?" Guan Yu asked coldly.

The soldier was confused and asked, "Why can't you sleep?"

Guan Yu didn't say anything again, but with a cold face, he dismounted and stood on the bank of Mianshui River with his sword in hand. He had no intention of resting. The soldiers ignored him and returned to the camp.

The next morning, Zhang Mo woke up and found out that Guan Yu had come to see him overnight yesterday.

"Invite him directly to the Zouma Valley to see the third brother. I'll pack up and go over."

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Liu Bei waited eagerly for three days for Guan Yu to return to Shiquan County from Dingjun Mountain, but he did not bring back Zhang Fei's body.

"Where's the third brother?" Liu Bei looked haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, and he obviously hadn't had a good rest in the past few days.

"See you!" Guan Yu remained calm and composed as always, with no other unnecessary expressions on his face.

"Why not bring it back?"

"It's too hot!" Guan Yu simply said, changing the subject, "Brother, do you want to continue sending troops to Dingjun Mountain?"

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment and hesitated. Guan Yu said, "When I went to see my third brother, I took a look at the military defenses there. The camps outside Dingjun Mountain were connected, and the defense facilities were built all the way to Yangping Pass; the city north of Mianshui River

Men, Mian County, and Beishan formed a tripartite position. In addition to catapults, there was also a kind of crossbow called a three-bow bed crossbow, both in terms of range and power.

Road, are far superior to ordinary ballistae, and in addition to the 30,000 combatable soldiers, there are 30,000 civilians to help defend the city, and there are 3,000 golden eagle guards among the combatable soldiers. That year in Jingxing, they defeated Bogui Baima Yi with a small victory.

The ones coming are the Golden Eagle Guards, General Zilong who was originally under Bo Gui's tent, and the commander of Yongzhou, Taishi Ziyi, Liangzhou Ma Chao, Yan Xing and other powerful generals, and Amo himself is in charge..."

The more Liu Bei listened, the worse his face became. Li Ru also sighed, "My lord, according to what Yunchang said, it is true that Yangping Pass cannot be conquered. Micang Road is right next to Dingjun Mountain and cannot be reached. For now

The only solution is to go to Yanzhou and defect to Duke Cao first. As long as we unite with Cao and Sun to defeat Lu Bu, there is still hope of regaining Shuzhong."

"What if we lose again? Where do you want my eldest brother to go?" Guan Yu raised his eyes with a habitual calmness, glanced at Li Ru rather unkindly, then turned to Liu Bei and said, "Brother, instead of defecting to Cao Mengde, it is better to return to the Tang Dynasty.

Amo values ​​love and justice and will never treat my elder brother badly."

Li Ru sneered, "What a person who values ​​love and justice. If she hadn't deceived Yide, how could he have died in Nanzheng? Before Yide's body was cold, you took your lord to join the enemy? Is this your brotherhood?"

"Soldiers never tire of deceit. A military advisor who is familiar with the art of war doesn't know this truth?"

Li Ru choked and was speechless. He glanced at Guan Yu displeasedly. It turned out that Guan Erye, who was usually silent, was also sharp-tongued!

Guan Yu continued, "Has the eldest brother forgotten the last words of the third brother? The big man cannot be saved. Even if Cao Mengde wins this time and finally lets him win the world, will he willingly hand over power to the puppet emperor?"

Liu Bei remained silent, wondering what he was thinking. Guan Yu didn't say anything more. Seeing this, Li Ru started to provoke again, "Yun Chang went to Dingjun Mountain and his butt was tilted over there. That woman will feed you."

What kind of ecstasy soup did you drink? You don’t even care about Yide’s death?”

Guan Yu's eyes squinted slightly and he was too lazy to say any more. Li Ru added to Liu Bei's words, "My lord, if you surrender to the Tang State, you will no longer have any hope of reviving the Han Dynasty. Now you can only have a chance to make a comeback by defeating Lu Bu together with Cao Gong."

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Chapter completed!