Kuragaki Castle.

Liu Bei stood against the wall, raised his head, squinted his eyes, and looked at a crow on the top of the city in a daze.

The crow tilted his head, as if he was also looking at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei has been hiding here for nearly ten days. In order to keep it a secret, he cannot leave the city, so he can only wait for news in the city. When the news comes, it depends entirely on when Yuan Tan needs him to go into battle. He hopes that Yuan Tan will have news sooner, but he does not want Yuan Tan to have news. Sometimes he can't figure out what he is thinking. But there is one thing he knows very well, and it is not up to him to decide, but Yuan Tan.

Is I Zhongsi? Liu Bei tilted his lips and felt it was ironic. It was definitely not a compliment to him, but a humiliation. When he was in the plains, he had a brief contact with Cao Bao and Xu Jian. He looked down on them at all, but now he was classified as the same as those of Yuan Tan. It was really a destiny to do something.

It turned out that I was like this in Yuan Tan's eyes. The more Liu Bei thought about it, he became more angry. He took off his bow, put an arrow on, slowly pulled the bowstring, and aimed at the crow.

It is said that before Guo Tai died, he sighed, "Whose house is there?", indicating that Yuan's family will succeed the Han Dynasty. Could it be this crow?

The crow turned his head and looked at Liu Bei, as if he was a little ridiculous. Liu Bei thought about it, let go of the bowstring and inserted the arrow back into the arrow pouch.

The crow flapped his wings and made a rattle, and disappeared outside the city in a blink of an eye. Liu Bei smiled bitterly and was about to go down to the city to rest. Zhang Fei, who was lying on the city wall, shouted and waved to him to go up. Liu Bei was bored, so he walked up and walked to Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei pointed to the distance. Liu Bei looked up and saw dozens of war horses parked on the official road away, surrounding him, as if he was watching something.

"Who?"

"I don't know, it appeared once yesterday, but there were only five riders, which increased several times today. It is likely that I have become suspicious of this place."

"Sun Ce's people?" Liu Bei became uneasy.

"It should be that no one under Zhu Taiwei's subordinates had so many cavalry except him." Zhang Fei stopped and said, "They just ambushed two knights from Junyi."

Liu Bei was even more uneasy. There were only two types of knights from Junyi: one was the scout sent by Sun Ce, and the other was the messenger sent by Yuan Tan. It was more than 40 miles from Junyi, which was beyond the scope of ordinary scouts' reconnaissance. Only cavalry could complete such a task. Since these people were sent by Sun Ce, the ones who were intercepted were naturally Yuan Tan's subordinates.

What order did Yuan Tan have? Is the war started?

Liu Bei held his breath and looked at the knights outside the city, and became more upset. If it weren't for the loss of the Mihu cavalry in Xiaoxian, he could have sent cavalry out of the city to surround the people, and asked them clearly. Now he only had more than thirty cavalry in total, and even if he rushed out, he had no chance of winning. If he sent infantry, it would be useless, and he could only eat dust.

Fortunately, Yuan Tan's order would not only send a group of people. As long as he was patient, the second group of people would come soon. Liu Bei comforted himself, but suddenly felt something was wrong. Yuan Tan's order fell into the hands of the other party, and I was exposed. Is it meaningful to hide here? Yuan Tan sent someone to come, so naturally the order asked me to attack. I have forty miles to rush, so I can walk early and be more relaxed on the road.

"Yide, take people out of the city and chase after them, intercept a few people as much as possible, and ask for it."

Zhang Fei turned his head to look at Liu Bei. Seeing that Liu Bei was speaking seriously, it was not like a joke. He immediately got excited and went down the city tower, led a few cavalry through the broken city gate and ran away. Guan Yu, who was reading a book in the city gate, heard the sound of horse hooves and hurried out. Just as he was about to speak, Liu Bei walked towards him.

"Chief Yun, immediately order all the troops and prepare to set off and march quickly towards Junyi."

"Okay!" Guan Yu responded and immediately went to greet the soldiers. Liu Bei, with more than a dozen personal guards, turned over and rushed out, and also rushed out.

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Mi Fang saw the knights rushing out of the city and smiled.

As Sun Ce expected, Liu Bei was indeed hiding nearby. He only had more than an hour to march for forty miles, and they could appear on the battlefield at any time. If it appeared at night, it would have greater lethality.

"Let's go!" Mi Fang turned his horse's head and ordered a retreat. Sun Ce took care of him repeatedly. Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both rare generals, especially Guan and Zhang, who were definitely not comparable to ordinary people. Guan Yu had fought with Chen Dao, but he did not let Chen Dao take advantage in various unfavorable situations. Mi Fang was skilled in archery and horses, but he believed that he was not as good as Chen Dao, and he did not want to delay his business.

The knights got on the horse, and while riding the horse, they took off the crossbow on their backs. As Sun Ce's personal guards, they often had to serve as scouts. Sun Ce was very concerned about their safety and was equipped with a four-stone crossbow suitable for use on horseback, which was half the range of an ordinary bow, and helped them defeat the enemy in many battles.

Seeing Zhang Fei and others chasing behind him, Mi Fang raised the crossbow, aimed at Zhang Fei, and pulled the crossbow machine.

"Swoosh!" The crossbow arrow rushed away and headed straight for Zhang Fei's face.

The other knights also raised their crossbows and shot arrows.

As soon as he saw Mi Fang turning around on the horse's back, Zhang Fei quickly leaned down and kicked the war horse hard, speeding forward, and holding the spear in his hand tightly. The range of the crossbow is usually only thirty or forty steps, and they are at least a hundred steps apart. Even if the other party has a three-stone crossbow, there are few four-stone crossbows. The danger is the last distance. Using shields is not enough, and he is more accustomed to using spears to block. With his martial arts, one or two arrows can still be spread. Even if he can't be spread, as long as he does not hit the vital point of the war horse, it will not affect the battle.

But he immediately regretted it. The sound of breaking wind he heard was very dense, and it was definitely not the one or two arrows he thought, but at least ten more.

Knowing that it was meaningless, Zhang Fei still shook his wrist, danced his spear, and struggled to death. The spear flew and two crisp "ding" sounds. Two crossbow arrows were knocked away, but more crossbow arrows passed through the spear and shot into the neck and chest of the war horse, and went deeper. Zhang Fei was also hit by an arrow on his shoulder, blocking it with his shoulders. He failed to go deeper, but it also made him groan.

The war horse neighed and fell to the ground. Zhang Fei caught him off guard and flew up. He hit the ground with a bang. His face slid forward a few steps, and the spear in his hand was also thrown out. Several knights behind him were also caught in the arrows. For a moment, people shouted that the horse was neighing and were in a mess.

Seeing this, Mi Fang couldn't help but feel ecstasy. She suddenly strangled her mount, turned her head, kicked the war horse, and rushed towards Zhang Fei. The crossbow was too late to get an arrow, so he raised his spear, leaned down and stabbed Zhang Fei on the back. Seeing this, other knights also turned their horses' heads and shouted loudly, some put on the strings and arrows, while others abandoned the crossbow and used spears to charge with Mi Fang.
Chapter completed!