At the gate of the city, Zhao Yun couldn't help but frowned when he saw the tragic scene in the city. At this moment, several sergeants escorted a man dressed as a Chu soldier to Zhao Yun, clasped his fists at Zhao Yun and shouted: "General! Grab him!"
We caught a Chu army deserter! He was trapped in a deep well before, and after being rescued, he seemed to sneak away! We captured him!" With that said, the sergeants pushed the Chu army deserter directly to the ground.
, forcing him to kneel to the ground.
When the Chu army deserter saw Zhao Yun and knew that he was a general of the Western Qin army, he immediately begged for mercy: "General! General, have mercy on me! General, have mercy on me! I didn't volunteer to be a soldier! I was forced to do nothing."
Ah! Please general! Please spare me!"
Zhao Yun frowned. Of course he wouldn't believe everything the deserter said, but with Pengcheng's situation now, Zhao Yun had to find someone to answer his doubts. When Zhao Yun waved his hand, he shouted: "Say! Liu Bei escaped to
Where did he go? Why did he burn Pengcheng?"
After Zhao Yun finished asking the question, the sergeant behind the deserter was also smart. He immediately pulled out a single sword and put it directly on the deserter's neck! The deserter was so frightened by this single sword attack that his face turned pale and he never stopped.
If he dared to talk nonsense, he immediately shouted: "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I will say anything! Chu Hou, Chu Hou has not left! He has stayed in the Chu Hou Mansion in the city!"
"What!" Zhao Yun's starry eyes immediately stared. He first subconsciously glanced at the city, then lowered his head and stared at the deserter, and immediately shouted: "Nonsense! Now the Chuhou Mansion has already
It’s a piece of rubble! If Liu Bei still stayed in the Chuhou Mansion, wouldn’t he have also been burned to charcoal by this fire?”
As soon as Zhao Yun said these words, he was stunned because he suddenly remembered Gongsun Zan more than ten years ago! Back then, he was ordered to sneak attack Youzhou and kill Fan Yang directly from the north of Youzhou, but Gongsun Zan did not have enough in his hands.
The soldiers and horses resisted Zhao Yun's army, and finally he set a fire on his home and burned himself! Could it be...
Zhao Yun was still thinking about it, but the deserter was already crying and muttering: "General! You have to believe me! What I tell is the truth! Chu Hou, ah! No! It's Liu Bei! Liu Bei really
He has been staying in the Chuhou Mansion! The villain is a soldier who stayed in the city to guard the mansion. The day before yesterday, a scout suddenly came to Liu Bei with urgent military information. After that, Liu Bei ordered the Chuhou Mansion to be closed tightly, and no one was allowed to enter or leave! Yesterday, suddenly
Ordered to burn the whole city! And during this period, Liu Bei never left the Chuhou Mansion! I saw this with my own eyes, and I will never dare to deceive you! General, spare your life!" The deserter said with tears and runny nose.
He came down, but he didn't dare to move because the blade on his neck was still pressed against his throat!
At this moment, Zhao Yun had no time to care about the deserter, but lowered his head and fell into deep thought. According to what the deserter said, could it be that Liu Bei knew that he could not withstand the offensive of the Western Qin army, so he followed his classmate Gongsun Zan and preferred to
Would you rather set yourself on fire than fall into the hands of the enemy?
Thinking of this, Zhao Yun's heart skipped a beat. He immediately waved his hand and led a small group of troops directly towards the city, regardless of how the deserter howled! And when Zhao Yun left the city gate, he was still there before.
The deserter who kept crying and howling suddenly raised the corner of his mouth slightly, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, turned around suddenly, and even wiped his neck on the sharp blade! He saw a spray of blood mist,
The deserter was killed on the spot!
The sergeants who were responsible for guarding the deserters were shocked by the sudden actions of the deserters. They looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, they looked down at the single sword in their hands and the corpse on the ground. In the end, they could only conclude that this was the case.
The guy was trying to escape, but he hit the blade!
Let's talk about Zhao Yun leading the small team of troops to the Chuhou Mansion in the city. Before that, many soldiers with swords and light cavalry came to the city to help the people clean up the ruins. The Chuhou Mansion was no exception! Wait until Zhao Yun arrived
When he arrived at the location of the Chuhou Mansion, there were already nearly a hundred people guarding it. Zhao Yun looked at the Chuhou Mansion that had turned into ruins, frowned, got off his horse, walked slowly over, and caught a man who was in the process of doing so.
The soldier who was cleaning up asked, "Have you found any clues?"
When the soldier saw that it was Zhao Yun, he immediately replied respectfully: "Report to the general! The burning was too severe! It is certain that the fires around here spread from here! The subordinates and others could only find it inside."
There are still a few corpses, but no other valuable items have been found!”
"Well!" Zhao Yun was not satisfied with the result, but he could not blame the soldiers for it. Zhao Yun himself could see how thoroughly the Chuhou Mansion was burned. If he wants to find something useful here,
It was indeed a difficult matter! Zhao Yun was walking around in the ruins by himself from time to time, bending down from time to time to see if any important clues were missing, but he always found nothing.
"Ah! So many people died here!" Nearly an hour later, just when Zhao Yun was about to give up, another exclamation came from the other side of the ruins. Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun stood up immediately.
He hurried towards the direction where the sound came from, and soon came to a house that seemed to have been burned down.
At this moment, many soldiers had gathered here, but after learning that Zhao Yun was coming, those soldiers all consciously made way for Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun was not polite and walked over quickly, but found a few soldiers.
The soldiers were moving away several charred beams, and a pungent scorched smell immediately came from under the beams! Zhao Yun frowned, but did not show any pretense, but went directly towards the beams.
Looking from below the beam, it didn't matter. Even Zhao Yun couldn't stand it, so he subconsciously covered his mouth and nose with his hands!
Under the beam, dozens of charred corpses were lying in random directions! Obviously, these people were burned to death in this house, but Zhao Yun was a little confused as to why such a big fire could still occur.
How many people would be crammed into a small room?
"General! These are obviously children!" Suddenly a soldier pointed at the dozens of corpses and shouted. Zhao Yun squinted his eyes and saw, isn't it! Some of the corpses were short in stature, making it impossible to
They are the height of adults, and they are obviously a few children! Seeing this, Zhao Yun couldn't help but frown again! Unexpectedly, there were children burned alive here. How innocent are these children?
However, while Zhao Yun was sighing, the soldiers made some discoveries. Among these corpses, there was only one adult man, and the rest were women and children! After receiving such a result, Zhao Yun's eyes suddenly flashed
With a bright light, he ignored the burning smell of the corpses and immediately shouted to the soldiers around him: "Hurry up and find the best doctor in the army! Also, bring the deserter here.
!Ask who among the people has seen Liu Bei and bring them all over!"
The soldier followed the order and left. Zhao Yun squatted directly beside the charred corpses and counted them silently. There were more than twenty corpses in total, three of which were children's corpses, plus the only adult corpse.
The corpses of men and the others were all the corpses of women. Zhao Yun frowned tightly. The number of children seemed to be right. Liu Bei had been wandering around in his early years and never had children. It was not until he stabilized in Xuzhou that he married one after another.
Among the three wives and concubines, Gan gave birth to Liu Bei’s eldest son Liu Chan, and Mi also gave birth to two sons for Liu Bei, so it is correct that Liu Bei had three sons! But if these burnt corpses are Liu Bei and Liu Bei’s wives
If so, then whose bodies belong to the remaining women?
After a while, the soldiers who went to carry out Zhao Yun's order were also brought over. Except for the dead deserter, all the other people Zhao Yun asked for were also brought over. Zhao Yun immediately asked the doctor and the few people who had seen Liu Bei to come in.
Although the common people were unwilling to come forward to identify the corpse, looking at the fierce-looking soldiers around them, how could they dare to say no? They could only step forward obediently, endure the stench and fear, and step forward to identify it.
Not long after, the doctor stood up and said to Zhao Yun: "General! The body of the adult man was probably sixty or seventy years old. As for the other women, they were both old and young. If you want to distinguish them carefully,
But it can't be done in a short time!" Zhao Yun nodded. He had already got the answer he wanted to know most. He was sixty or seventy years old, which happened to match Liu Bei's age!
At the same time, two more common people stood up, shook their heads at Zhao Yun, and said with fear: "General, general! The common people can really tell the difference. This, this is really too burning! Besides,
The villain has only met Chu Hou a few times! It’s not like he has been with Chu Hou day and night, so he is not very familiar with Chu Hou at all!”
"Uh!" Those common people all said this, and Zhao Yun had no choice but to force others to do something difficult for him! He immediately waved his hand and motioned for them to retreat, sighing deeply in his heart. If Liu Bei really set himself on fire,
That thing would be much simpler! Without Liu Bei, the Chu army would have no backbone, and with Cao Wei's side it should be almost the same. It seems that the Lord's goal of unifying the world is about to be achieved!
"Oh! I know her! I know her!" Just as Zhao Yun was deep in thought, a sudden exclamation came from the side, but there was still a commoner who stayed there to inspect the scorched corpse. At this moment, he jumped to his feet.
He pointed at one of the female corpses and kept shouting.
Hearing the shouts of the people, Zhao Yun's eyes immediately lit up and he quickly asked: "Do you really recognize this body? Who is she?"
The common people nodded quickly and said: "I recognize it! This woman is the wife of General Guan! The villain sells rouge for women! At the beginning of every month, she will buy some rouge from the villain's shop! The villain recognizes it.
A section of her finger is missing! I heard from others that it was broken when Mrs. Guan was in trouble with General Guan!"
"Guan Yu's wife!" As soon as Zhao Yun heard this result, all the clues in his head were connected immediately! It seems that Liu Bei not only led his whole family to self-immolate, but also took the family members of his two brothers with him! Want to understand?
Zhao Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly at this result. It's sad that a great hero of his generation chose his own ending like this!