Rangers of the Three Kingdoms - C435

“Reporting to the Lord Commander, we have a clear view, that is indeed the King Hong Nong, Liu Bian. We saw him before when we were guards in the palace.” The sentry didn’t dare to hide the news and said truthfully, “And his two bodyguards, their skills are unfathomable. Our brothers were killed by them in the blink of an eye.”

“Heavens …” Hu Zhen felt dizzy. He did not know whether this was a blessing or a curse. If he were to capture King Hong Nong Liu Bian personally, Dong Zhuo would have to seal him as a lackey. If he were to run away from him, who knows how Dong Zhuo would punish him.

“What the hell are all of you still standing there in a daze for?” “Hurry up and chase him!” Hu Zhen threw a kick to the ground and fiercely kicked the body of the messenger, causing him to roll twice on the ground, “Hurry up and call all the exorcism to quickly chase after me. If King Hong Nong Liu Bian runs away, I will skin you alive! ”

The messenger exorcism tumbled and crawled as he ran. Hu Zhen’s assistant, Sima Wang Yu, hurriedly came forward and suggested to Hu Zhen, “Lord Commander, King Hong Nong is a felon from the imperial government. We can’t let him escape from the defensive area of the Lord Commander.

“Alright, I will immediately gather my cavalry to give chase.” Hu Zhen nodded his head heavily and said harshly: “Gather all the foot soldiers and follow us from behind to search. Even if you chase up to the horizon, you must catch King Hong Nong Liu Bian no matter what and they won’t be able to escape.”

Ever since he was called Arrowhead of Henan Province by Yuan Shu, Sun Jian did not care whether the imperial government agreed to it or not, and immediately announced that he had taken over the Henan Province. However, he did not go to the Henan Province to take up his post, but had instead brought his army to guard the Lu Yang. This place was close to the Henan Province’s County, and also close to the Luoyang’s Liang County.

That afternoon, the howling wind seemed to have softened a lot, and the sun was smiling. The Luyang City’s Gate was abnormally lively, as crowds of people walked in and out. There were those who came to the city to sell mountain goods, some who came to the city to buy clothes, and even some who came to Luyang City to play while driving carriages.

Suddenly, a group of soldiers swarmed into the city gate, scaring the citizens into fleeing. Surrounded by soldiers, a tall and imposing commander walked out of the city. Raising his head, he looked at the sun in the sky and smiled at a middle-aged scribe beside him.

“Gong Chou calls you Mister, you are truly a fortunate person … Knowing that you are going to the Henan Province to gather food, even Old Master Tian gave you face and the Sun came out to send you off … “Haha …”

“Lord General is too serious, Gong Chou said that it was all thanks to Lord General’s good fortune.” The scribe that was called Gong Chou was the one who acted as his and was sent by Sun Jian to the various counties in Henan Province to gather food.

“Hahahaha …” The tall and imposing general who was precisely Sun Jian, upon hearing Gong Chou say such a thing, couldn’t help but burst out laughing loudly. The journey to Henan Province to urge for more food was long and cold. Gong Chou said that he was going to have a hard time. I, the General, have set a banquet outside the city to see Mr. Gong Chou off. ”

“The Lord General is so generous, Gong Chou said he can’t take it!” Gong Chou cupped his fists and immediately bowed deeply, as if he was overwhelmed by the unexpected favor. Actually his heart was filled with indifference, he knew that the reason Sun Jian was so imposing was simply to build up his momentum, to request for the various counties to provide the military rations, and to slowly spread his power throughout the Henan Province.

Sun Jian had just been recommended by Yuan Shu to become the Arrowhead of Henan Province, but he did not have any foundation in the Henan Province. Right now, he was doing his best to control the military and political power of the Henan Province. For example, his long history Gong Chou had spent a lot of effort on him. Why would Sun Jian place such importance on Gong Chou? He actually sent all the officials in the whole city to send him off?

Sun Jian’s soldiers had already set up a stage outside the city and set up a feast. They even invited a group of drummers to play Xiao Guan. Maybe it was God giving them face, the warm sun shining down on the rows of feasts, making people forget the cold winter.

Sun Jian, the various generals and officials ascended the stage. Everyone sat down according to their official ranks and started to drink their wine and have fun. The soldiers lined up majestically around the platform, protecting the generals and officials eating and drinking to their fill, swallowing their saliva from time to time.

Just as Fei Hong and Liang Ming brought Young Emperor Liu Bian out of the Fuyoshan, they encountered Hu Zhen’s exorcism who had come to chase after them. As there were simply too many West Cold Army s and they had blocked the road to the east, Fei Hong and Liang Ming did not dare to continue battling and had no choice but to flee towards the south.

Although their destination was the sour dates from the east, facing a group of West Cold Army, Fei Hong and Liang Ming did not dare to take the risk. After all, Young Emperor Liu Bian did not possess any martial arts, so they did not dare to bring Liu Bian along to break into the West Cold Army’s defensive line.

It was unknown how long they ran, or how many miles they covered, but Fei Hong and Liang Ming were also unable to get rid of Hu Zhen’s pursuers, as they followed closely behind like ghosts. Fortunately, the horses the three of them rode on were the same, so the West Cold Army could not catch up to them.

Unknowingly, Fei Hong, Liang Ming and the rest had actually run out of Luyang City. When they saw the feast that was being held outside the Luyang City, they couldn’t help but be shocked. Fei Hong and Liang Ming who had been through a long battle were filled with suspicions, could it be that the defending troops did not send out exorcism?

However, they couldn’t care so much anymore. They needed to find a place to hide and avoid the pursuers. Seeing that the big doors of the Luyang City was opened and the commoners were casually entering and exiting the city, Fei Hong indicated with his mouth towards Liang Ming and the three of them swaggered towards the city gates.

“Young Master, don’t be nervous. We have already escaped Dong Zhuo’s territory and he can’t catch up to us anymore. These people are all Yuan Shao’s subordinates, they won’t hurt us. ” Seeing Young Emperor Liu Bian a little flustered, Fei Hong immediately smiled at him and pretended to be relaxed.

“Since they are Yuan Shao’s subordinates, why don’t we go tell them?” Even though Young Emperor Liu Bian was timid, he was also very smart. After running for such a long distance, he was a little hungry. Seeing so many people eating and drinking, he couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.

“Young Master, there are many dukes under Yuan Shao’s command, each of them being their own master. They only follow Yuan Shao in name, we cannot trust others.” Fei Hong anxiously stood beside Liu Bian, preventing him from seeing the feast at the other side. “If we do not meet Yuan Shao personally, we must not reveal our identity.”

The generals and officials who were enjoying their drinks did not notice that the three hunters had entered the Luyang City. Although the soldiers on sentry duty saw them, they did not alert them. Of all the people who came and went, there were so many dressed as hunters that no one paid any attention to them.

Even the soldiers guarding the gate did not spare them a glance. They had been stationed here for a year, but they had never seen a single soldier from the West Cold Army, not even one from the West Cold Army. Gradually, they seemed to have forgotten that this was war.

West Cold Army chased after them relentlessly, biting hard behind Fei Hong, Liang Ming and the others. They only had one thought, and that was to capture King Hong Nong, then they would have made a huge contribution, and what awaited them would be a rise in status.

But as they went further and further away, they slowly began to fear. Of course they knew that if they continued forward, they would reach the Guandong Allied Army’s territory. They had never entered the Guandong Allied Army’s territory before, so they did not know whether or not they would meet the Guandong Allied Army if they continued to chase after him.

They couldn’t help but slow down, and even had plans to retreat. Although getting rich was a big deal, he still had to live to enjoy it. With just the scout s, if they rashly chased into the territory of the Guandong Allied Army, they might not even be able to catch up.

scout’s movement was slightly slow, and the riders behind him caught up. When the scout saw the large troop of cavalry, they immediately became more confident and galloped after them again. But just as they were hesitating, Fei Hong, Liang Ming, and Young Emperor Liu Bian had already entered the Luyang City.

West Cold chased all the way to Luyang City and immediately saw a scene that astonished them. Under the winter sun, dozens of officers of the civil and military side were drinking and enjoying themselves on the high platform. Xiao Le shouted in unison and the audience was filled with mighty soldiers who seemed to be glaring at them.

These scout only had a little more than a hundred people, but they did not dare to act rashly in the face of so many soldiers. After all, the scout was not a combat unit. Their main task was to investigate the enemy’s situation and not to charge in.

Not long later, Hu Zhen brought a large group of cavalry soldiers to the exit of the Luyang City. When he saw the feast that was going to take place in the Luyang City, he could not help but be shocked. After hearing scout’s report, he asked doubtfully, “Could it be that they are welcoming King Hong Nong?”

“Who cares what they are doing, let’s attack. A single Charge is enough to teach them a lesson!” “One of the cavalry generals raised his spear. He could not wait any longer and wanted to attack Sun Jian who was outside of Luyang City. If we let the King Hong Nong enter the city, we won’t have the chance to catch him. ”

“Wait, be careful of any tricks!” Hu Zhen frowned, and stared for a long time. He noticed that the generals and officials drinking wine did not seem to panic at all, especially that tall and sturdy general, who was still toasting them one by one.

“If something abnormal happens, then it must be the demons. I’m worried that they have already set up an ambush!” Hu Zhen roughly estimated that there were more than three thousand Sun Jian soldiers outside of Luyang City, and his own cavalry was also more than three thousand. If he wanted to kill these generals and officials, it was more than enough.

“Are they trying to lure us in?” The cavalry general was also confused by Hu Zhen’s words, and couldn’t help but look around. But as far as the eye could see, there was nothing he could see. He was sure that the generals and soldiers below the city gate had seen them, but they did not have any reaction, and continued to drink and enjoy themselves.

In fact, Sun Jian had long since seen the over a hundred scout s, and his heart was filled with fear. He scanned the distance between the high platform and the city gate with his eyes. There was no way that a soldier could outrun a rider, as long as his own troops panicked and the West Cold launched a charge, he did not know how many generals and officials would be killed.

When the high-ranking officers and officials on the stage saw West Cold, they were all dumbstruck. Even Generals panicked, especially the soldiers, their eyes filled with fear. They looked at Sun Jian in fear, not knowing what to do.