Yingchuan County is mostly mountainous, and Yingchuan Academy is also built on the mountains, located at the junction of Yingchuan and Runan. It was originally a villa of the Xun family, a wealthy family in Yingchuan, and then became one of the Eight Dragons of the Xun family.
Shuang was removed from his position as a third official because he was implicated in the second disaster of party imprisonment. When he returned to his hometown, he donated other courtyards and established an academy in Yingchuan to cultivate talents.
During the Han Dynasty, it was popular for celebrities to give lectures. Thanks to Xun Shuang's former status, celebrities from all over the world often visited Yingchuan Academy, and its reputation gradually grew. There were countless scholars studying there, and it was even famous in secluded places.
It was midday, and the courtyard was shaded by large trees, but it was extremely quiet. Yingchuan was the main war zone of the Yellow Turbans. Affected by the war, Xun Shuang closed the academy, and the students returned home or sought refuge elsewhere.
In a corner of the courtyard, a thin scholar sat alone in front of his desk, playing the piano and drinking. Next to him were red sandalwood and a cigarette. Only when he looked closer did he realize that his face was red and his ears were prickly, and he was talking drunkenly. He had obviously drunk a lot.
Outside the academy, in the woods.
"Hey..."
More than a hundred soldiers wearing yellow cloth uniforms and yellow scarves on their heads emerged from the woods outside the academy. One of them, who looked like a leader, grabbed the woodcutter behind him and asked, "Is this Yingchuan Academy?"
"This is it, uncle, let me go." The woodcutter begged tremblingly.
"Let you go, okay." The leader's smile was a little sinister, and he turned to look at the soldiers around him.
The two soldiers realized that they had done this kind of thing many times, and dragged them into the forest with their hands, ignoring the woodcutter's screams, and silenced them with a crash.
A group of people came to the gate of the academy. One of the soldiers looked around and said in confusion: "The commander asked us to arrest people. Why did they do it so quietly? They didn't all run away."
"Damn it, that woodcutter An dared to lie to me. I'd have known that he would be tortured to extract a confession. No matter what, you spread out and look for him. As long as they are human, bring them back to me so that you can deal with the commander.
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The crowd scattered in all directions, teamed up in pairs, kicked down doors and smashed cupboards.
In the corridor of the left courtyard, a yellow turban thief A said to the yellow turban thief B: "Did you hear the sound of the piano?"
"I heard it, it came from over there." Yellow Turban Thief Yi pointed to the left front and said knowingly, "There is the sound of the piano, which means there is someone over there. Let's go and take a look."
The two of them ran quickly and rushed into the backyard. From a distance, they saw a drunken scholar humming and playing the piano drunkenly under the tree. The sound of the piano was calm and quiet, giving people the feeling of spring breeze. Even the stupid cow named Yellow Turban Thief Yi
, was also infected, stopped, closed his eyes and listened.
Yellow Turban Thief B is a stupid cow, while Yellow Turban Thief A is a fierce bull, a mad cow. He grinned, slapped Yellow Turban Thief B, brought him back to his senses, and dragged him a few steps towards the scholar.
Yellow Turban Thief A kicked away the incense burner and musical instrument case. Without asking his name or identity, he said to Yellow Turban Thief B: "It's just him. Take him away and give it to the Marshal." After saying that, the two men stepped forward and picked up the bag.
The scholar raised his hands and immediately dragged him away.
The slightly drunk scholar suddenly woke up and shouted: "Who are you? Why are you catching me? Let me go."
In the front hall of the academy, the soldiers sent out reported one by one that there was no one there and there was no money or goods. The Yellow Turban leader was so angry that he wanted to burn down the Yingchuan Academy.
"Chief! Chief! We have captured a scholar." The excited voices of two yellow turban thieves, A and B, came from afar.
The leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves was overjoyed when he saw that A and B had captured a scholar. He praised the two of them repeatedly. The task was explained, and he gave up the idea of burning down Yingchuan Academy. He looked at the drunken scholar and said:
"Our commander wants to see you, come with us."
After waking up from drunkenness, the scholar looked at his captor, a commoner and a yellow turban, and thought for a moment: "Drinking too much has caused trouble, these are yellow turban thieves." Deep down, he was deeply annoyed that he was careless and confused.
However, the scholar was obviously no ordinary man, and he acted calmly. He immediately put away the surprise on his face and pretended to be relaxed and asked: "I wonder which marshal is looking for a young man?"...
"Hey, it's our Bocai Daqushuai." The leader said pretentiously. Remembering the commander's instructions, he patted the scholar's shoulder and said comfortingly: "Scholar, don't worry, we won't kill you. The commander said so."
, I want to ask you to go back and be a military advisor."
"Bo Cai, this guy actually knows how to exploit talents." The scholar sneered secretly at the words of the yellow turban leader, but his expression did not change, and he suddenly said in surprise: "Oh, did Marshal Bo ever tell you to be polite?
Treat people."
The Yellow Turban Thief scratched the back of his head, thought for a while and replied: "I think I mentioned it before, but I..."
Seeing that he was getting angry, the scholar quickly interrupted and said, "I'll just go with you."
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May 20th.
A cavalry consisting of 500 people entered Yingchuan territory. They were immediately equipped with weapons and spare food. The knights were all dusty and had traveled long distances for many days. Looking at the team flag, there were red characters written on it. It was that person.
Zhu Kui and his five hundred soldiers rushed out.
Chen Wu wanted to follow him north, so he was naturally overjoyed. He was short of people. Looking at his resolute face, he knew that Qi was a true righteous man. He asked him and his 112 county soldiers to stay behind to escort the rear army with food and grass.
, his main force went to check the battle situation ahead, and agreed on a meeting point in Yangzhai County. At the same time, he left his personal soldier Du Hong behind to provide support.
Zhu Kui didn't know what Chen Wu's martial arts was like, but through the Xuanyuan Sword, he recalled the Romance of the Three Kingdoms he had read in his previous life, and knew that he was a person who left a mark in history, so naturally it would not be too bad. However, Du Hong's martial arts skills were not too bad for him personally.
I tried it, and found that he had 40% of Zhou Tai's ability, plus he was good at tracking, and he could travel thousands of miles with a single kick. This time Zhu Kui took him with him when he went out, because he valued his footwork, and the two parties kept in touch.
At this time, Yangzhai County, the seat of Yingchuan County, had not yet fallen and was still in the hands of the Han army. Because the main force of the Yellow Turbans had been mobilized to attack Changshe County, the primary target Huangfu Song was to be eliminated wherever there was a wave. As long as Huangfu Song of Yingchuan was defeated.
, other counties can be defeated with a snap of the fingers.
Zhu Kui looked at the tower from a distance and was not ready to go in, because he had a sudden idea to go to Yingchuan Academy to try his luck.
"Soldiers and horses are encamped hundreds of miles away."
This would attract the attention of the guards in the city, who would withdraw the camp hundreds of miles away.
"Wang Qian, you will be my guide to take me to Yingchuan Academy tomorrow."
"Yes." Wang Qian was born as a merchant. He traveled around for decades. He didn't make much money and knew a lot about the customs of various places.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Gan Ning asked.
"Looking for talented people, third brother. The eldest brother wants to lead you into a big business. It's not enough for us alone. Third brother, you will go with me tomorrow. The second brother will stay with you, A Cheng, to wait for the food shipment later.
Brother Chen Wu.”
"Yes, eldest brother (third brother)."
The friendship has deepened over the past two years, and Zhu Kui has never concealed his ambition. These three people are his close confidants. If they can't trust him, Zhu Kui might as well let everything go.
"I want to go this time too. The Lujiang County Sheriff's Office didn't let me go last time. I can't be left in the village this time." Shu Shu'er said, grabbing his arm.
"Okay, let's go together and don't let anyone see it."
Along the way, Shu Shu'er's identity has been concealed.
At dawn the next day, Zhu Kui and the others ordered fifty knights and left the camp according to Wang Qian's instructions.
After bypassing several woods, the gate of Yingchuan Academy can be seen vaguely.
"call"
The war horse Angto stopped and was in order. There was no longer the sound of loud reading in the academy. Wang Qian said: "My lord, all the students in this academy must have left. It is so quiet. Do we still want to go in?"
"It's okay to go in and have a look, to see what this famous academy has to offer."
"dismount."
Everyone had just dismounted, but before they got close to the gate, a sound of movement could be heard, and Zhu Kui exclaimed: "It can't be a student who has not left yet. It seems that he is still lucky."...
But what appeared in front of him was not students and scholars, but a group of thieves wearing yellow scarves, including a scholar.
"Yellow scarf thief, I didn't expect to meet him here." Zhu Kui said to him in surprise.
Seeing a group of soldiers in shining armor surrounding the door, the Yellow Turban Ant Thieves were also surprised. The leader took a closer look and saw that there were only about fifty people on the other side. He immediately scolded and asked sternly: "Who are you? The Yellow Turban Army is doing business.
, and still won’t get out of the way.”
Otherwise, these threatening words did not scare Zhu Kui, but made all the knights laugh and burst into laughter.
"Just because you are Yellow Turban thieves, that's why we have to stop you. Is Yingchuan Academy a place where you can run wild?" Zhu Kui pointed at his horse whip and shouted back, "Everyone can punish the rebellious ministers and traitors. Come on, sons and daughters, and kill them all."
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Without waiting for the Yellow Turban leader to react, Gan Ning swung the black iron sword behind his back and led the troops. The knights also drew their swords in time, and fifty powerful soldiers rushed forward like cheetahs looking for food.
The leader of the yellow thieves was furious, and ordered the two thieves A and B to push the drunken scholar aside, and led his men to attack him like tigers and sheep, shouting that they would kill him all the time.
Under the scorching sun, the dark iron sword in Gan Ning's hand was like a dragon going out to sea. The yellow scarf thieves who were hit by it had their limbs flying around and screamed. In just a few breaths, more than twenty thieves fell to the ground.
Gan Ning's bravery frightened the Yellow Turban leader. The two were not military commanders of the same level. He was glad that he did not rush in front of Gan Ning. He looked at Zhu Kui and Shu Shu'er who were watching from the outside and had an idea.
With a wink to the men beside him, several of his men rolled forward very quickly and jumped towards Zhu Kui and the two men.
"Boy, take your life." With a soft shout, the leader of the Yellow Turban turned around and struck out with the big knife from bottom to top, which showed that this man was helpless in martial arts. Compared with Wu Yu two years ago, the two seemed to be different.
between.
Zhu Kui turned sideways, took two steps back, and pulled out the Xuanyuan Sword from his waist. After two years of growth, Zhu Kui's strength gradually increased, and his martial arts skills were naturally no longer the same. The Xuanyuan Sword weighed forty-nine kilograms, adhering to the law of heaven.
In the number of forty-nine, the emperor's sky is thick and the earth is thick. Although the double-edged blades are blunt and disadvantageous, the victory lies in the weight and the incomparable solidity. In terms of momentum, the emperor's majesty is like mountains and rivers pressing against him.
As soon as they touched each other, the yellow-turbaned thief's sword flew out of his hand, his wrist numb.
"No, this man is so strong!" The thief seemed to have stepped on the air and fell into the abyss. His heart almost stopped beating. He turned around and rolled to the ground as fast as he could. "Run away, I don't want to die."