The Three Kingdoms – Conquer the World - C353

Liu Bei was surprised when he saw Gongsun Zan’s reinforcements, he anxiously turned his head to look, and upon realizing that the other party was only a few hundred people, he couldn’t help but burst out in laughter, such a small troop actually dares to rush over to save Gongsun Zan, does he think that all the ten thousand Xuzhou Army’s elites are just for show? He ignored the incoming troop of cavalry and continued to walk towards Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan did not care about Liu Bei, and used all of his strength to shout at the group of people: “Shen Huer, do not come over, quickly go!”

He brought 10,000 elite cavalry s south this time, but he did not expect that they would be completely wiped out. The few hundred people who were charging over were the only small group of people left, and facing hundreds of enemies, they did not have any chance! Gongsun Zan did not want them to die for nothing. If he could escape from several hundred people, he would at least leave some vitality behind for this elite cavalry that he had personally created.

Shen Huer was the leader of the cavalry. He brought his team to chase after Academy Officer Chu, and after chasing them for twenty to thirty kilometers, they successfully annihilated all of Academy Officer Chu and his troops. At that time, they all thought that the marquis’ victory was within their grasp, so they hurried back to make more meritorious service. To their surprise, the marquis and his few brothers were caught in a tight encirclement, obviously suffering a crushing defeat! Shen Huer and the rest were shocked, they rushed forward without thinking to save Gongsun Zan.

If it were any other situation, he would definitely not dare to disobey Gongsun Zan’s orders. However, the Marquis and his other brothers were currently in danger, so he was truly unable to turn around and leave with the group! Furthermore, even if he decided to leave, there were probably not many people willing to follow him!

Sure enough, a few ill-tempered cavalrymen saw that Shen Huer seemed to be hesitating and immediately shouted: “Lord Commander, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and give the order to rush over to save the Marquis! ”

Shen Huer heard this rude shout but he did not get angry. On the contrary, he cheered himself up, since his brothers would rather die than leave the Marquis behind and escape, what else could he hesitate for! He raised the large blade in his hand high up and shouted, “Brothers, follow me to save Master Hou!”

Hundreds of people followed suit and shouted loudly. In fact, they were all very clear in their hearts that it was an idiot’s dream to think of saving the marquis with just this amount of men! However, everyone was moved by the marquis’ kindness over the years and would rather die with him than flee.

Seeing that Shen Huer did not listen to the orders, Gongsun Zan could not help but stamp his feet and cursed a few times. However, he did not have much anger on his face, but instead had a brilliant smile.

At this time, Liu Bei was already more than ten steps away. He turned his head to look at Shen Huer’s group that was rushing over, and when he turned his head back, he asked with a cold tone: “Gongsun Zan, I’ll ask you one last time, down or not?”

Gongsun Zan smiled indifferently. Even though he still had many regrets, but he had long ago decided not to bother with life or death. He felt that Liu Bei’s threat was beneath him, and did not even bother to open his mouth to speak. He looked around at his few remaining subordinates, then solemnly cupped his fist and bowed. Everyone cupped their fists in return. Their expressions were calm. It was obvious that they no longer cared about life and death.

Seeing that, Liu Bei was enraged, his right hand held onto the sword hilt tightly, he was hesitating whether he should immediately give the order to kill Gongsun Zan. Right now, the situation was clear and straightforward. It was impossible for Gongsun Zan’s subordinates to stop him from committing suicide, and he might even help out. Capturing Gongsun Zan alive was already an impossible task.

At this time, Shen Huer and the rest had already rushed into the crowd of Xuzhou Army. They rushed forward recklessly, not caring about the attacks from the surrounding enemies. Rather than say that they were prepared to rush over and rescue Gongsun Zan, it would be more accurate to say that they wanted to die a step earlier than planned and continue to act as the vanguard for Master Hou on the Road to River Styx!

Facing Shen Huer and the others who were approaching in full fury, the soldiers of Xuzhou Army were initially in a bit of a panic, and were forced to take thirty to forty steps forward by Shen Huer. However, Xuzhou Army still held the absolute advantage and quickly trapped the opponent. At this time, the horses could no longer continue onwards. Shen Huer looked at Gongsun Zan apologetically and jumped down from the horse to attack the surrounding enemies. The others followed closely behind, jumping off their horses to fight to the death with the enemy.

The absolute suppression of the number of people caused Shen Huer to be at a disadvantage from the very beginning. In merely two hundred breaths of time, only a hundred or so people remained by his side and each of them were heavily injured, yet they still crazily continued to attack the surrounding enemies. The surrounding Xuzhou Army warriors were shocked by the craziness of Shen Huer and the others, they did not dare to push too far and all took a few steps back and continued to attack Shen Huer and the rest with their long weapons.

Liu Bei once again turned his head to look at the small scale battle behind him, and sighed with emotion: “Bo Guixiong’s training abilities are truly worthy of admiration! Considering our past relationships, I will give up on the idea of capturing Bo Guixiong alive.

Gongsun Zan said as he coldly laughed, “Liu Xuande, you actually know this in your heart. You simply do not have the chance to capture me alive, so why do you need to put on an act before your death? I did intend to use you, but I didn’t do anything to disappoint you, and I know exactly what you did! We shall arrive at the Nine Springs and see how you will account to your benefactor! ”

In the past, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei both sought to learn from the great scholar Lu Zhi, so the affection between them was extremely deep. Lu Zhi had praised the two brothers several times, and had repeatedly reminded them to maintain this kind of brotherly relationship, to be loyal to the great man empire, and at that time, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei had both sworn that they would never go against the friendship between the two brothers. It had not even been three years since Lu Zhi’s death, yet the two of them had reached such a state. If Lu Zhi revived, the two of them would probably anger him to death again.

Hearing Gongsun Zan’s words, Liu Bei’s face had a bit of shame, if one considered it carefully, then it was true that he was apologetic to Gongsun Zan, but now that they were in a chaotic world, the so-called victor is the king and loser is the bandit, how can their former deep friendship compare to their unfulfilled cause? The shame on his face faded as he turned to leave, not wanting to see Gongsun Zan die in front of him.

There were only thirty to forty people left by Shen Huer’s side. He slashed two of the Xuzhou Army’s soldiers before turning around and roared at Gongsun Zan: “Master Hou, this subordinate will go first and help open the way for Master Hou on the way to the Yellow Springs! If you encounter any obstruction, even if it’s a ghost or god, your subordinate will still kill you! ”

“Very good!” Gongsun Zan laughed: “Once we reach the Underworld, this general will continue to bring you and the others to war!”

The remaining cavalry of Youzhou s all laughed out loud. The expressions of the surrounding Xuzhou Army s, who were hundreds of times stronger than them, all changed from top to bottom.

Liu Bei frowned, he pointed at Shen Huer and bellowed: Kill them all yet!

The Xuzhou Army soldiers that were besieging Shen Huer and the others did not dare to be negligent. All kinds of weapons were sent over, and in the blink of an eye, the people surrounding Shen Huer were completely slaughtered. Shen Huer was wounded in dozens of places, his right chest had been pierced by a long spear, but he was still roaring and fighting with all his might.

Liu Bei muttered: “Another good man! How lucky was Gongsun Zan to have such an outstanding army, without a single person escaping! It is a pity, if this cavalry can be in my hands, where can the world not go? ”

Gongsun Zan looked at Shen Huer who was fighting alone and killing with all his might, and the corners of his eyes couldn’t help but moisten. He picked up a blade from the ground and gently wiped off the blood and dirt on the blade. When Shen Huer fell to the ground and died, he would brandish his blade and commit suicide.

The hundred odd people in the surroundings raised their weapons, preparing to commit suicide together with Gongsun Zan.

Pfft! When Shen Huer killed another person, a pike came out from behind and pierced through his heart. He shook his head a few times, trying to turn his head to take one last look at his incomparably revered Marquis Jin, but unfortunately, his neck had only turned a little before he died in dejection.

Gongsun Zan sighed, raised his hand and slashed towards his own neck.

At this moment, the muffled sound of horses’ hooves could be heard.

Gongsun Zan stopped in his tracks at the critical moment, his eyes suddenly bursting with an intense desire to live. With such a large scale sound of horses hooves, he could tell that there were at least twenty thousand of them! The number of forces in the world that possessed many cavalrymen could be counted on one’s hand. Only White Horse Camp, his son Gongsun Xu, or Xianbei People and Wu Huan, who had obeyed his orders and came here to support him, would be able to appear here with a sliver of hope to escape, no matter which army arrived! Without waiting for the surrounding Xuzhou Army soldiers to react, he clenched his teeth and jumped onto his horse, while shouting for his remaining 100 odd subordinates to quickly get on the horse.

Tens of breaths later, an earth-shattering number of cavalrymen appeared two to three miles away. Judging from their attire, they were none other than the Wu Huan Steel Cavalry that once dominated the northern region. The large standard of the Khan that was waving in the wind revealed the identity of this man, he was the King of Wuhuan of Liaodong, Greedy King Kurna! On the right was Kur Na, and on the left was Gongsun Xu, who was wearing a black helmet and black armor!

Gongsun Zan shouted in joy, “My son has indeed come! “My sons, follow me and attack!”

The surrounding Xuzhou Army warriors were all dumbstruck, and for a moment, they forgot to stop Gongsun Zan in time.

Different from Gongsun Zan’s ecstasy from surviving the desperate situation, Liu Bei’s face was now ashen, and he deeply resented himself for being so indecisive earlier; he should have killed Gongsun Zan at the first possible moment! He suddenly turned his head to look at Gongsun Zan, only to find out that the other party was urging his horse to gallop towards him. He was shocked, and anxiously roared: “What are you all standing there for! Hurry and capture Gongsun Zan! ”

The surrounding soldiers of the Xuzhou Army all woke up from their stupor and rushed towards Gongsun Zan in an attempt to pull him down from the horse. They knew that Gongsun Zan was just a lifesaver, if they could not capture him alive and use his life to threaten the enemy cavalry soldiers, Xuzhou Army would suffer an unprecedented defeat! They might even be completely annihilated by the pursuit of the enemy’s cavalry!