Yan Liang was stunned in place like thunder and lightning.
He couldn't believe that Guan Cheng had just entered and launched an attack on him. Taking Guan Hai's death as an example, it could be said that the hatred value was fully increased.
In an instant, all the generals in the room turned their heads one after another, with anger, confusion, and surprise in their eyes. All kinds of emotions were mixed and condensed on themselves.
If this happened to ordinary people, they would probably start to panic, and even imagine themselves being chopped into pulp.
but......
However, Yan Liang quickly recovered his rational state after a brief shock.
After all, he had already expected Guan Cheng to collude with Nanyang Hanting, but he did not expect that the other party would also see through his opponent's plan and find countermeasures in a short period of time.
I have to admit that without Guo Tu here, my IQ is really a bit weak, but after all, he is also the commander-in-chief of the three armies, how can Yan Liang be inferior to Huangjin Xiaoxiao?
"That's right."
Yan Liang simply didn't hide it, and nodded directly to admit: "I am Yan Liang, a general under Jizhou Mu Zhang. I was ordered to come here to save you from the fire and water."
"Is it possible..."
Without any hesitation, Yan Liang directly put out the core of the conflict: "Are you really going to Nanyang Hanting to be a pawn? If you submit to my lord, after defeating Xu Rong, I will personally garrison Langya and select generals from among you.
, became Qingzhou Shepherd."
"Even if you don't become a Qingzhou Shepherd, you can still be a general and lead the soldiers under your command. The treatment will only be better than before. As for the accompanying people, you can also follow the example of Nanyang, collect the acres of land and distribute it.
Each one cultivates his own crops."
"A household in Nanyang Hanting only has about fifty acres of land. If you are the master of your own land, you can have eighty acres, one hundred acres, or even two hundred acres or more."
"At that time, you can be high-ranking officials and well-paid, be the masters of your own country, and the people accompanying you can also be properly accommodated. Isn't this the best of both worlds, the best outcome?"
In an instant, all the yellow scarf generals in the room began to hesitate, their eyes were blurred, their hostility suddenly decreased, and some were even tempted to surrender to Yuan Shao.
Have to admit it.
Before Guan Cheng came, Yan Liang had laid a lot of groundwork, and it played an extremely crucial role at this moment, otherwise they would never have become hesitant at this moment.
"I don't want to be a pawn, I'm quite a general!"
"Who wants to be a pawn? Who doesn't want to be a general?"
"Since we can all get proper placement, we naturally have to choose a better one."
"Yes, if the accompanying people can be resettled and submit to Yuan Shao, it is indeed a good suggestion."
"..."
Guan Cheng couldn't believe his ears.
He thought that as long as he raised his arms and shouted, at least half of them would agree with him, but he never thought that Yan Liang would shake their belief with just a few words.
Fortunately, Zu Mao had been prepared, otherwise Guan Cheng would have been frightened to death by the scene before him. Is it possible that these people really don't know what kind of virtue Yuan Shao is?
But even so, they still have to give up the benefits at their fingertips for that point, which is invisible and intangible, and even so far, there is no possibility at all.
It’s incredible!
Guan Cheng was really taught a hard lesson by these colleagues.
For the first time, he felt what it meant to be shortsighted, what it meant to be selfish, and what it meant to be as stupid as a pig!
Guan Cheng stared, gritted his teeth, and swept his sharp gaze over the yellow turban general in front of him. His voice was low, yet sonorous and powerful, and he said loudly and authentically:
"You...you...have you forgotten who took you in in the first place? It was Guan Haiqushuai! If he hadn't been here, maybe you would have died long ago!"
"Now, the murderer of Qushuai Guan Hai is right in front of us. Is it possible that you don't have the slightest idea of avenging Qushuai?"
Guan Cheng's words were like a knife, piercing the hearts of these people.
You must know that at the beginning, the Yellow Turbans fought on their own and were in disarray. Some people really couldn't survive, so they finally gathered together with Guan Hai and followed the boss to make a living.
Guan Hai thought that everyone was a Yellow Turban and was a comrade, so he took him in and gave them a portion of the profits from each battle. This allowed everyone to survive in the end.
Yes!
Guan Hai was the most prestigious and influential among the Yellow Turbans.
If Guan Hai was here, this group of people would never dare to have any wrong ideas, let alone be easily deceived by Yan Liang. Guan Hai could let them follow him with just one word.
However......
Without waiting for the yellow turban generals to relent, Yan Liang directly launched a soul-level attack: "Guan Cheng, you don't want to spit on others, Guan Hai died in your hands, but it was me, Yan Liang."
"Generals!"
The next moment, Yan Liang bowed towards the yellow scarf generals and raised his hands, saying loudly: "I, Yan Liang, dare to swear to God that your commander-in-chief Guan Hai died at the hands of Guan Cheng, and it was he who stabbed Guan Hai to death himself!
"
"If Yan makes even a few lies, I will be struck by five thunderbolts from the sky. I will be hit by a horse and die when I go out. I will never be reincarnated. In short, Yan will dare to make all kinds of vicious oaths."
The ancients attached great importance to oaths and believed that they were contracts between humans and gods. Some unknown things may not be known to others, but they can certainly not be hidden from the gods.
Since a person dares to swear a poisonous oath, it is equivalent to signing a contract with the gods. Even if there is no punishment during life, he will definitely be punished after death, because the gods will never let a bad person go.
At this moment, Yan Liang dared to impose the most vicious oath in the world on himself. In the eyes of the Yellow Turban generals, he had already admitted that he was telling the truth.
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Guan Cheng. A man who was highly respected by Guan Hai before suddenly became the murderer of Guan Hai.
Damn it!
The reversal was so great that the generals of the Yellow Turban Army could not help but be a little stunned.
However, Guan Cheng became speechless at this moment. He could not refute at all, let alone swear that he did not kill Guan Hai. After all, he was the one who actually stabbed Guan Hai with the sword.
"Guan Cheng, is it really Qu Shuai you killed?"
"Qu Shuai is so kind to you, how could you do it to him!"
"How dare you speak so shamelessly here?"
"We were so blind that we listened to you!"
"I was suspicious at the beginning that Qu Shuai could not die suddenly without the slightest warning. Now it seems that there is indeed a conspiracy."
"Guan Cheng, do you still have the nerve to mention Qu Shuai? Could it be that you let us kill you to avenge Qu Shuai?"
"Yes, he should be killed to avenge Qu Shuai!"
"..."
In an instant, all the contradictions among the Yellow Turban generals in the room were focused on Guan Cheng. Even the general who had previously been willing to submit to Nanyang couldn't help but have his thoughts moved at this moment.
"I...I..."
Guan Cheng was slightly frightened, and when he was at a loss, Zu Mao took a step forward and said loudly: "I tell you, General Guan Hai is not dead at all, and he has found General Xu Rong of Nanyang. As long as Yan Liang is killed,
, the supplies will be delivered immediately."
Someone took a step forward and pointed angrily at Zu Mao: "Who are you?"
Guan Cheng took a deep breath: "This is Xu Rong's general, General Zu Mao. Because he learned that Yuan Shao was involved in our Qingzhou Yellow Turban incident, the imperial court suspended Xu Rong's entry into Qingzhou in order to avoid starting a war with us."
"You should know how strong the Nanyang Hanting is. Since His Majesty established the dynasty in Nanyang, so far, he has never suffered a defeat."
"Moreover, they have now invented a brand new weapon called Fire and Thunder, which contains the power of fire and thunder. How can we match it?"
The next second, Zu Mao directly took out a fire and thunder bomb: "This is the fire and thunder bomb. Although it is small, if I throw this in the camp, at least half of the people will die.
"
"ah?"
All the Yellow Turban generals in the room were shocked, and they all subconsciously took two steps back.
Although Yan Liang had only heard of the power of the Fire-laying Thunder, he would not doubt what Zu Mao said. After all, killing these 100 people with something that could blow open the city gate was basically just for fun.
Yan Liang then took two steps back. If the other party really wanted to kill the fish and break the net, then if the net was used, it would be either dead or disabled. He was about to succeed, so how could he fall here so easily.
"General Zu, please don't get angry."
Yan Liang hurriedly tried to dissuade him and said loudly: "If this Fuhuo Thunderbolt explodes here, you will surely die as well. How about this? Let's discuss it. If the general can submit to my lord, I guarantee that you can become a general."
"
At the same time, Yan Liang hurriedly winked at the guard beside him, signaling him to look for an opportunity, surround him, and then control him in one fell swoop, thus fully controlling the overall situation.
The guard secretly nodded and nodded to show his understanding, and then slowly moved his body, hiding behind the yellow scarf general at the side, and secretly circled around slowly, waiting for an opportunity to make a move.
"Bah!"
Zu Mao responded without hesitation: "Who is Yuan Shao? He is just a rebellious son of the Yuan family, and he actually wants to rebel against the imperial court?"
"I, Zu Mao, would rather be a pawn in the imperial court than be a general under Yuan Shao. My Majesty will launch an attack on Jizhou in the spring of next year. Yuan Shao will be dead within two months!"
"Do you really think that by provoking a conflict between the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and my Majesty, you can reap the benefits? Let me tell you, even Dong Zhuo, with hundreds of thousands of elites, was defeated by my Majesty."
"Today's Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are just ordinary people with extremely poor equipment. My Majesty can't bear to attack them, so he has been reluctant to attack. If he really provokes us, he won't teach you how to be a real elite.
What does it look like?"
At this point, the anger in Zu Mao's heart completely burned. He glanced at this group of ignorant yellow scarves, and with an expression of uncompromising anger, he said coldly:
"You guys, these ignorant and reckless people, would forget about everything just for a small profit. Do you really think that you are invincible because you are a general in the Yellow Turban Army?"
"Let me tell you, we are still far from it! Just because you cannot recognize the situation, you will never be able to become a true general. You will always be a sword in the hands of others."
Zu Mao was a general with a hot temper. He was not that talkative and did not make much sense to these yellow scarf generals. Therefore, his words were filled with anger and no concealment.
As far as he is concerned, being able to take refuge in Nanyang Hanting is a blessing for this group of people. Now, under Yan Liang's temptation, he actually has the idea of flying into the sky. It is simply overestimating his own capabilities.
At this moment, Guan Cheng also said: "Yes, I was the one who stabbed Qu Shuai in the end, but my purpose in doing so was to save Qu Shuai, not to kill him."
"In the beginning, Commander Qu saw through Yuan Shao's plot to provoke war between the two sides, so he rejected them. But he never thought that they would actually dare to do it in front of the court. Commander Qu almost died at the hands of this thief."
"Old man Yuan Shao!"
Guan Cheng's teeth were itching with hatred, and his voice was almost squeezed out from between his teeth: "I want to use the positions of Qingzhou Mu and Yanzhou Mu to recruit you to work for him, but he is nothing, he is just a traitor.
, what qualifications do you have to be canonized as a state pastor?"
"Don't forget, there is only an emperor in the world now, and that is His Majesty the Emperor of Nanyang. Whether it is Yuan Shao, Liu Biao or Liu Yao, they are just ministers of the Han Dynasty."
"Please think about it carefully."
Guan Cheng was hoarse and furious: "Should I submit to Nanyang Hanting and gain easy access to benefits, or should I submit to the traitor Yuan Shao and sacrifice the lives of my brothers for the invisible and intangible Zhou Mu?"
Without waiting for the Yellow Turban generals to answer, Yan Liang immediately interrupted and focused everyone's eyes on him again: "Don't listen to this man's nonsense!"
"The Yellow Turban bandits have 200,000 soldiers and horses, while Xu Rong only has 40,000 troops. We are five times more powerful than the enemy. No matter where we go, we can win. Once we win, the position of Qingzhou Mu will be immediately available."
"Believe me!"
Yan Liang said with great certainty: "I already have all the plans. As long as we unite sincerely, kill Xu Rong and obtain his supplies, we can guarantee everyone's livelihood."
"Then take the victorious army and send troops into Xuzhou, seize Langya, look at each other at Pengcheng, and go to Pi. Maybe it won't be long before there is room for a Xuzhou pastor."
ever-!
Suddenly, the sound of swords exploded.
Zu Mao, who was about to reply, suddenly felt a bit of murderous aura roaring from beside him.
Almost in an instant, relying on a subconscious reaction, he dodged sideways, pulled off the back cover, and threw the Fire Thunder Bomb directly.
At the same time, he avoided the attack of the sword, quickly pulled out the Huanshou Sword, took a step with his feet, and swung out a moon-like cold light, and then saw a huge head flying away, and the bright red juice was like a fountain.
It rises with excitement.
"Get down quickly!"
Zu Mao shouted, held Guan Cheng down with one hand, and pushed him to the ground.
Yan Liang's eyes were always focused on Zu Mao. Just when Zu Mao threw out the Fire Thunder, he also flew backwards, looking for guards to stop him.
The next moment, there was a loud bang!
The flying sand and rocks caused the commander to fly away, and seven or eight generals fell to the ground, dying on the spot.
"ah-!"
Immediately, the sound of wailing suddenly started.
At least a dozen people were injured by debris and wailed in pain.
At this moment, the soldiers outside the tent heard the sound of thunder and fire, and immediately took action.
They had already locked the position of Yan Liang's soldiers, and immediately started to kill them as quickly as possible, shouting the same loudly:
"Someone assassinated Qu Shuai, everyone rush in and kill the dog thief!"
"Anyone who wants to stop us from submitting to the Nanyang imperial court will be killed without mercy!"
"kill-!"
A thunderous roar sounded.
Crowds of yellow turban soldiers rushed toward the camp with weapons in hand.
Most of these soldiers were Guan Cheng's subordinates. After rushing in, they saw Guan Cheng lying on the ground and became furious.
This was originally the strategy they had planned before. Once the fire and thunder bombs sounded, it was the signal to take action. They rushed in and killed anyone they didn't know directly.
Zu Mao had already said hello. Most of the yellow scarf generals from all sides looked familiar. Only Yan Liang and his guards were unfamiliar faces to these soldiers.
Yan Liang saw that something was not going well. After these guys rushed in, there was a burst of slashing with knives and axes, killing several of his soldiers who were still in a state of confusion, and then they rushed towards him.
"Damn it!"
Yan Liang cursed secretly.
The matter has reached this point, and there is no room for maneuver.
Without hesitation, he drew his sword out of its sheath and hacked two people to death one after another. He rushed toward the tent at the rear, opened the tent, killed two more soldiers with his backhand, leaned down, and got out.
But......
Behind the camp were all yellow turban soldiers, densely packed, armed with swords and clubs, all with angry eyes, teeth and claws, as if they wanted to tear Yan Liangsheng alive.
"Where to go?"
"Catch this thief alive!"
"There must be no mistakes in capturing this thief alive."
"kill-!"
The roars sounded one after another.
A group of soldiers raised their weapons and rushed forward.
Yan Liang was not an easy person. He wielded the Huanshou Sword and rushed forward. He struck out as fast as lightning. With two blows of his sword, he directly killed two soldiers. He then turned sideways to avoid the spear's assassination and took advantage of the situation to rush forward.
Attack again.
puff!
The blood-stained sharp blade stabbed out, easily piercing the chest of the yellow turban soldier, and then pulled away. The whole process was as smooth and comfortable as a dragonfly touching water.
Yan Liang was a well-known general under Yuan Shao. Let alone an ordinary soldier in the Yellow Turban Army, even if the elite soldiers and horses of Nanyang Hanting stood in front of him, they might not be able to hurt him.
but......
The current situation is obviously not good for Yan Liang.
Even though ordinary people couldn't hurt him, there were so many of them that they couldn't even see the side at a glance, and they rushed forward one by one without even risking their lives. They rushed forward one after another, just like enemies meeting each other and insisting on killing each other to the death.
Phew! Phew! Phew!
Yan Liang killed more than ten Yellow Turbans one after another, and after protruding forward for more than 20 steps, more and more Yellow Turbans surrounded them, and there were even Yellow Turbans chasing after them from behind.
Guan Cheng shouted at the top of his voice: "Brothers, we must have accomplished a great feat by capturing Yan Liang alive and presenting it to the Nanyang court. By then we will have inexhaustible food and inexhaustible supplies."
"Come on!"
All the Yellow Turbans immediately went crazy and surrounded Yan Liang one by one and charged again.
Yan Liang chewed it secretly, knowing that he had no way out, and if he continued to persist, he would only be exhausted to death, so he killed several people, vented the anger in his heart, and then threw away the weapon:
"Stop fighting."
Yan Liang sighed and said softly: "Aren't you going to be captured alive? I won't resist."
The yellow scarves were stunned for a moment, and then swarmed over them: "Tie them up, and tie them firmly."
Guan Cheng let out a long breath, his heart was hanging in his stomach, he stepped forward and said softly: "Yan Liang, do you think that as long as you control us, you can control the Qingzhou Yellow Turban?"
"I'm telling you!"
Guan Cheng gritted his teeth and was furious: "No way! Your nonsense can deceive others, but it will never deceive us, the lower class people."
Zu Mao followed up and said: "Yes, what they want is very practical. They just want to eat well and wear warm clothes. Our Emperor can do this, but you can't do it at all."
"His Majesty once said that water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Only those who win the hearts and minds of the people are worthy of being in the world. My Majesty loves the people like a son. He is the true orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty."
"You thieves who follow Yuan Shaopifu will always be rebels in this life. What's the point of working for him? You are from the Langyayan family and you don't understand this?"
Yan Liang frowned, even though he was tied like a rice dumpling, he still raised his head and said coldly: "The kindness between my lord and I is definitely not something you can understand."
"Since I'm here like this, I, Yan Liang, have nothing to say. If you want to kill or behead me, it's up to you. If I, Yan Liang, frown, I will be yours."
"Hey young."
Zu Mao could only chuckle and smile: "I didn't expect that you are still a tough guy, which is very good. I, Zu Mao, just like to chew on tough bones."
"General Guan."
Immediately, Zu Mao leaned over and held up his hands and said: "General Xu has an order. If Yan Liang can be captured alive, he will be handed over to the court. This person is a general under Yuan Shao's account and must know a lot of internal information in Jizhou."
Guan Cheng nodded without hesitation: "No problem, we are a family now. I hope the general can quickly send someone to notify General Xu to bring food, grass, and winter clothes. Otherwise, if there is another heavy snow, we will continue to die."
"rest assured!"
Zu Mao said with great certainty: "In less than two days, the food and grass will be delivered. The general can lead people to the direction of Langya first, which can shorten the time."
Guan Cheng was overjoyed and breathed a sigh of relief: "No problem."
Zu Mao handed over his hand: "In that case, please leave Yan Liang to me."
Guan Cheng nodded: "Okay."
Zu Mao waved his hand to signal the soldiers to take over from Yan Liang, and Yan Liang said abruptly: "I advise you to kill me. You won't get half the news from me."
Zu Mao glanced at Yan Liang and said disdainfully: "Kill you? I, Zu Mao, am too lazy to use the knife, so let's let those guys from the school affairs office do it. They have many tricks and are better at killing people than me."
"Oh right."
Having said this, Zu Mao smiled sternly: "I forgot to tell you that my Majesty had known that you would interfere in the Yellow Turban incident in Qingzhou. Now Wen Chou in Yanzhou will probably end up with you."
Yan Liang was suddenly stunned: "You... you actually... actually knew... damn it!"
Zu Maodan smiled: "Before the decisive battle with Yuan Shao next year, I have to cut off one of his arms. I don't know if Yuan Shao can bear this feeling."
Yan Liang gritted his teeth and glared like bells: "Despicable! Extremely despicable!"