Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 312: The Thief Chief Zang Ba! (Thanks to Xiao Yichen, Ci Su, Jin Shi, and KOBE for their monthly ticket support~)

Watching Liu Bei's army finally withdrawing away.

Lu Bujun then ordered Huang Zu to take his men out of the city to clean up the battlefield and see if they could pick up some supplies.

In this battle, the enemy's retreat was somewhat abrupt.

It seems that the Eight Diagrams Formation was broken, which dealt a great blow to Zhuge Liang.

At the same time, it also made the other side realize that his Lu Bu army was not so easy to defeat.

After that, the opponent will most likely focus its attention on the north, first defeat Yuan Shao in the north, and then turn around to deal with Liu Xie or Lu Bu.

But it’s a good thing this way. He can also take this opportunity to take over Yizhou and Jiaozhou first.

By then, maybe the three-way confrontation situation will reappear with Liu Bei and Liu Xie!
But this time, the strongest force will not be in the north, but in the south where his Lu Bu army is!

Thinking of this, Lu Bu felt a little proud.

Then he led everyone down the city wall.

At this moment, Huang Zu was leading a thousand people to clean up the battlefield.

Soon, they cleared the battlefield where the Eight Diagrams were previously located.

At this time, the sharp-eyed soldiers suddenly saw that there seemed to be something left behind at the previous camp site of Liu Bei’s army.

He immediately told Huang Zu about this.

Huang Zu naturally would not miss any good stuff, so he led his soldiers there, and indeed picked up a lot of weapons and military rations.

At this time, the soldiers saw some supplies left behind in the direction of Liu Bei's army's retreat.

Huang Zu led his troops forward without hesitation and picked it up again.

As Liu Bei's army retreated, Huang Zu and his men actually picked up a lot of supplies, even some precious jewels!

As he picked up more and more supplies, Huang Zu's greed was aroused little by little.

In the end, even though there was no more supplies left, Huang Zu was still unwilling to give up.

They actually continued along the retreat route of Liu Bei's army, and sure enough, they picked up a small batch of lost items along the way.

This further stimulated Huang Zu's greed!
Huang Zu no longer worried about anything and continued to search forward.

Unknowingly, he arrived at the border between Runan and Pei State.

Huang Zu vaguely sensed a hint of danger.

However, at this moment, he suddenly discovered that there was an isolated supply storage warehouse in front of him.

I guess the enemy was in a hurry to retreat and did not dismantle the storage warehouse.

We cannot see the situation in the storage warehouse right now, and it is likely that the contents have been emptied.

But maybe there are still some goodies left in there!
Huang Zu, whose greed had been completely aroused, glanced around the granary several times.

I looked at the nearby terrain again and found no trace of the enemy.

After hesitating for a long time, greed finally overcame reason!
Huang Zu immediately led his thousand men to rush towards the storage warehouse.

When they arrived at the storage warehouse, they were surprised to find a large amount of supplies stored inside!

Huang Zu was extremely surprised and immediately ordered people to enter the storage warehouse to prepare for the transportation.

But at this moment, a cannon shot suddenly sounded outside the storage warehouse!
Huang Zu hurried out to check, only to see that an army of thousands of people had directly attacked from the rear, cutting off their retreat!
Huang Zu's face changed in shock!

He finally realized that this storage warehouse was a trap left by the enemy, and hurriedly led his men to break out to the rear!

However, the enemy's leading general was holding a sharp spear, and there were as many as three thousand soldiers behind him!
It was none other than the leader of the bandit army that once dominated northern Xuzhou and southern Qingzhou—Zang Ba, Zang Xuangao!
This person possesses martial arts that are no less powerful than Gao Shun!

But later he was recruited by Zhuge Liang's eloquent speech and served under Liu Bei.

Huang Zu didn't know this person, but he could feel that the other party was quite powerful.

He was not in the mood to fight the enemy general in a duel, so he just focused on leading his men to break through!

However, Zang Ba would not let the other side get what they wanted, so he rushed to Huang Zu and intercepted him. His soldiers were divided into groups of three, supporting each other and fighting together with Huang Zu's army.

Huang Zu was forced to fight with Zang Ba.

After only a few rounds of fighting, Huang Zu realized that he was no match for Zang Ba.

When he wanted to lead his men to continue breaking out, he found that there were only a few people left around him.

Due to the huge disadvantage in military strength, Huang Zu was eventually hit in the back by Zang Ba's gun, fell off his horse and was captured by the enemy.

As Huang Zu was captured, the few soldiers under his command could only surrender...

As the army made way for them, Zhuge Liang accompanied Liu Bei to Huang Zu.

Because Zhuge Liang had met Huang Zu when he accompanied Liu Bei in Jingzhou in his previous life, he still had some impression of this man.

Without Liu Bei asking any more questions, Zhuge Liang sighed and said:

"I didn't expect that we only captured a second-rate general. We can't get Zilong back with him alone..."

Liu Bei was greatly disappointed:
"What should we do?"

Zhuge Liang looked at Huang Zu and asked:

"General Huang, are you willing to surrender?"

Although Huang Zu's ability was not top-notch, he was not a servile person. He immediately turned his head away and snorted:
"A mat weaver and shoe seller is worthy of my loyalty?!"

When Liu Bei heard this, a hint of displeasure suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Zhuge Liang laughed:
"In that case, I can only borrow your head for use."

As he spoke, Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan at Zang Ba, signaling him to drag Huang Zu away and behead him.

Seeing this, Liu Bei immediately asked:
“Although Huang Zu was not a famous figure, he was also a former subordinate of Liu Biao and a well-known lieutenant in Lu Bu’s army.

"If we just behead them, won't our army gain nothing?"

Seeing Liu Bei say this, Zhuge Liang smiled happily:
“I borrowed Huang Zu’s head to provoke Lü Bu’s army.

"If Lu Bu can't bear it anymore, he will definitely send troops to pursue us.

"Then we can rest and wait for the enemy to send out a large army to pursue us, and then fight them in the wild.

"And our army can deploy our unique troops, which will surely defeat Lu Bu's army!

"If we're lucky, we might even be able to capture an important enemy general, and then we'll have a chance to get Zilong back!"

Liu Bei showed a look of sudden realization and immediately nodded to Zang Ba who was waiting beside him.

Zang Ba did not linger, dragged Huang Zu aside and cut off his head...

In Xinyang City.

Lu Bu was ordering people to prepare a banquet in the city to reward the three armies.

Suddenly, his soldiers came to report in a hurry:
"My Lord! The thousand men led by Huang Zu were lured by the enemy and surrounded by them at the border between Runan and Pei State!
"General Huang's head was sent back by the enemy. They also left a message, saying... saying..."

Upon hearing that Huang Zu had died, Lu Bu's expression instantly darkened:

"What did they say?!"

"They say... My Lord, you are just like General Huang Zu, a greedy fool!

"Sooner or later, you will die in their hands like Huang Zu..."

After hearing this, before Lu Bu could react, Wei Yan, who was standing beside him, had already slammed the table and stood up!

"How dare these bastards call our lord a pig?!

“I guess they haven’t gone far yet… Lord, please give me five thousand soldiers!
"I'm going to teach them a lesson!"

(End of this chapter)