Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 96 Zhang Bao's Death
Chapter 96

After receiving Huangfusong's advice, Yuan Shu took action. He asked the soldiers to collect flammable objects and pile them up around the hill. They even found a lot of sulfur objects and began to pile them up at the foot of the mountain.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Bao's complexion changed drastically, and he cried out inwardly.Zhang Bao understood that if the officers and soldiers set fire to the surrounding area, they, the Yellow Turbans, would be burned to death. They can only die of starvation or thirst.

"Brothers, we can't go on like this. General Tiangong is calling us. We must show our last strength, rush down, return to General Tiangong, and restore the glory of our Yellow Turban Army." Zhang Bao finally made up his mind. I'm going to rush down. In this situation, only by rushing out can there be a chance of survival. If you stay here, if the officers and soldiers are ready to attack with fire, then the Yellow Turban Army will have no choice but to die.

While agitating, Zhang Bao silently recited the formula, intending to issue it when necessary, and use it for a desperate blow.Encouraged by Zhang Bao, the Yellow Turban warriors broke out with a strong fighting spirit one by one, and rushed down from the mountain screaming.

"Look, General, the Yellow Turban Army suddenly rushed down. At this moment, Zhang Bao is still dreaming of breaking through." A general saw Zhang Bao rushing over with his troops, and hurriedly reminded Yuan Shu.

"Hehe, this Zhang Bao is really naive. Does he think that he can contend with our army just by relying on these mobs? Send an order to order the army to get out of the way and let them pass. After they pass, our army will cover up and kill them later. Zhang Bao must be killed.

Yuan Shu's move was not innocuous, just imagine if the officers and soldiers surrounded him and didn't let the scarf troops out, and the Yellow Turbans rushed down the mountain, they would definitely fight the officers and soldiers to death.But now Yuan Shu asked the army to let go of a way, so that a way of life was shown in front of the Yellow Turban Army. With the existence of this way of life, the Yellow Turban Army had a desire to survive, and naturally they were unwilling to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers. At first, Yuan Shu imperceptibly disintegrated the fighting spirit of the Yellow Turban Army. When the Yellow Turban Army escaped from the road made by the official army, the official army was like a pack of wolves hunting, and then chased and killed them. I believe it would not take much time. , these yellow turban warriors will become ghosts under the official saber.

The development of the matter was as expected by Yuan Shu. When the Yellow Turban soldiers rushed down the hill, what they saw was not the officers and soldiers waiting in full formation as they imagined, but an open road leading to a distant place.

"My God, the officers and soldiers have retreated, we can really go home."

"Blessed by Huang Tian, ​​the enemy retreated."

Seeing the officers and soldiers retreating and the Yellow Turban soldiers rushing down the mountain, their moods suddenly changed drastically. Passage, heading for the distance.

"Brothers, don't run around. That's a good weapon to prevent the champion from making a surprise attack." Zhang Bao was secretly surprised when he saw the yellow scarf army disorderly. Originally, Zhang Bao wanted to fight to the death, but the situation in front of him made Zhang Bao Unexpectedly, he hurriedly spoke out to remind him, but at this time, Zhang Bao's words can't really play a big role.The Yellow Turban soldiers rushed out one by one involuntarily.Through the passage made by the officers and soldiers, they ran towards the distance.

"Hehehe, the prey is out of the cage, and the hunters will be the next one. Generals, the time has come for you to make contributions, and you can start to act." Seeing that the Yellow Turban Army fled from the vacated place, Yuan Shu smiled coldly. , gave the order.

Thus began a bloody killing.

Just as Yuan Shu dispatched the generals, he saw a general running out of the barracks, followed by many cavalry, it was Ji Ling.It turned out that Ji Ling went back to the barracks to rest after he was frustrated in attacking the Yellow Turban Army. Now that he heard that the Yellow Turban Army was about to escape, he didn't care about rest.

"General, if you want to hunt down the Yellow Turban, how can you miss me, Ji Ling? Ji Ling will definitely repay the revenge just now." As soon as Ji Ling came out of the barracks, he hurriedly challenged Yuan Shu.

"Hehehe, General Ji Ling is really courageous, so go ahead, the yellow scarf army is fleeing, but it is also suitable for your cavalry to chase and kill, remember to bring Zhang Bao's head back to me, I am here for you Cheer." Seeing Ji Ling, Yuan Shu nodded, and Yuan Shu was full of expectations for Ji Ling.

"Don't worry, general. Zhang Bao went down the mountain because he thought his head was growing too long. Ji Ling will go get it for the general." Hearing Yuan Shu's expectant words, Ji Ling answered confidently and led the troops. He rushed up and chased after Zhang Bao.

At this moment, not far from Yuan Shao and Ji Ling, a person also rode out quietly, and chased Zhang Bao in the direction where Zhang Bao was escaping, but there were fewer soldiers behind him. Sun Jian.

Zhang Bao saw that the formation of the Yellow Turban Army was in disarray, and he knew that he had no choice but to take the opportunity to escape, so he brought his own soldiers and hurried away.Seeing Zhang Bao's appearance, all the Yellow Turban warriors fled even more recklessly, and many even threw away their helmets and armor.

At this time, smoke and dust billowed from behind the yellow turban army. It turned out that the officers and soldiers were chasing after him. The first tiger general with big arms and round waist was none other than Ji Ling, a famous general from Runan.

"Where is Zhang Bao escaping? Hurry up and die?" Ji Ling chased all the way, and there were light cavalry behind him. Naturally, his speed was much faster than other officers and soldiers, but he was the first to catch up with Zhang Bao.

Seeing Ji Ling chasing after him, there were soldiers around Zhang Bao from time to time, they turned their horses and turned to fight Ji Ling, trying to buy Zhang Bao some time to escape.But how could Ji Ling's force be able to be dealt with by a few personal soldiers. Although these personal soldiers were loyal and brave, they could not change their fate of being hacked to death by Ji Ling. Although they gave their lives, they could do nothing for them. The time Zhang Bao bought is really pitifully small.

"Zhang Bao, do you still want to escape today? Obediently hand over your head." Ji Ling quickly rushed behind Zhang Bao, and after beheading several of Zhang Bao's soldiers in succession, Ji Ling's face There was a hint of cruelty and sarcasm on his face.

"Bold Ji Ling, if you dare to hurt General Digong, eat me." Just when Ji Ling rushed to Zhang Bao and wanted to take off Zhang Bao's head, he roared through the air, and then a figure appeared Next to Ji Ling, a big knife in his hand aimed at Ji Lingdu's head and killed him.This person is Zhou Cang.

It turned out that Zhou Cang went to Guangzong to ask for help, and Zhang Jiao gave Zhou Cang a thousand cavalry. Zhou Cang took the thousand cavalry with him day and night, but he just arrived at this time and saved Zhang Bao's life.

"Zhou Cang, are you here? How many soldiers and horses did you bring?" Zhang Bao originally thought that his life was about to be confessed here, but he didn't expect that it was Zhou Cang who saved him in an extremely urgent moment.Seeing Zhou Cang and Zhang Bao, he felt that he saw hope again, so he hurriedly asked Zhou Cang for reinforcements.

"This subordinate led a thousand cavalry and came early. I don't know how many reinforcements General Tiangong will send over." Zhou Cang heard Zhang Baoxiang's question and had to tell the truth. "The general will go first, and I will leave it to the young general here. If there is a young general here, Ji Ling will not hurt the general at all." Zhou Cang told Zhang Bao to continue to escape while fighting Ji Ling.

"Okay, I'll leave this beast to you. I'll gather an army to wait for you." Zhang Bao also knew that running for his life was important at this time, so he made an empty wish to Zhou Cang and continued to run away.

"Why is General Di Gong leaving in such a hurry, let the old friend stay with you for a heart-to-heart talk." Zhang Bao turned to leave, but a ghostly voice uttered.

Zhang Bao turned his head, and suddenly found a tall figure who appeared in front of him at some time, blocking Zhang Bao's way. At this time, it was none other than Sun Jian. This Sun Jian had been following Zhu Jun to fight against the Yellow Turban Army. Whether in Guangzong or in Wancheng, Sun Jian caused a lot of trouble for the Yellow Turban Army, so it is not bad to say that he is Zhang Bao's old friend.

Seeing Sun Jian's appearance, Zhang Bao's mood, which had been calmed down by Zhou Cang's arrival, suddenly sank to a trough, and his whole body was dripping with cold sweat.

"You, you, why are you here?" Seeing Sun Jian appearing in front of him, Zhang Bao was frightened for a moment. The saddest thing is that Zhang Bao doesn't even have any personal soldiers around him now. Ling was completely killed, but Zhou Cang who had just arrived could only entangle Ji Ling. Now facing Sun Jian, Zhang Bao could only ask for more blessings.

But obviously Huang Tian didn't protect him, he, a believer named Zhang Bao, was only in Sun Jian's hands, and Zhang Bao, the local general who once ruled the Central Plains and made the whole Han Dynasty fearful, was at Sun Jian's side The time when the sword was drawn became history, and it no longer exists.

"Hahaha, the emperor pays off, I still got this treasure's head." Sun Jian put the knife back into its sheath, held Zhang Bao's head in his hand, and laughed loudly.A sense of pride erupted spontaneously.

Sun Jian's complacent appearance caused great displeasure to the two people who were fighting each other not far away. These two were none other than Zhou Cang and Ji Ling who fought together because of Zhang Bao.

Seeing Sun Jian beheading Zhang Bao, Zhou Cang and Ji Ling also stopped fighting and turned their attention to Sun Jian.However, the eyes of the two people are obviously different.

Jealousy was in Ji Ling's eyes. You must know that Ji Ling came all the way, killed all Zhang Bao's guards, and later fought Zhou Cang to the death, but he didn't expect that everything was just making wedding clothes for others.

Zhou Cang's mood is also very easy to understand. Zhou Cang traveled thousands of miles and ran to Guangzong to seek reinforcements. He finally arrived and managed to save Zhang Bao, but he unexpectedly killed Sun Jian, who sacrificed his many days of hard work. Completely vanished.

At this time, Ji Ling and Zhou Cang did not communicate with each other, nor did they make eye contact, but they did one thing at the same time, that is, shouted and raised the sword in their hands, and killed Sun Jian.

Seeing Zhou Cang and Ji Ling killing him, Sun Jian's heart skipped a beat. He knew it was not good. Sun Jian got Zhang Bao's head at this time, so naturally he would not share it with Ji Ling, so he turned his head and galloped away.However, although Sun Jian escaped, Ji Ling refused to let him go. Zhang Bao must have died, and he was chasing and killing other Yellow Turbans, which was of no interest to Ji Ling.He, Ji Ling, did not lack such a small amount of credit.On the entire battlefield, the only thing that moved Ji Ling's heart was Zhang Bao's head.So there was a strange scene on the battlefield. Sun Jian ran away ahead holding Zhang Bao's head, while Ji Ling brought a thousand soldiers and horses and then "guarded" only this kind of guard, which is really strange.

But Zhou Cang didn't, he chased Sun Jian as unscrupulously as Ji Ling. After all, the Yellow Turban was defeated, and the most important thing was to run for his life.Zhou Cang is not the kind of person who is easily overheated. Zhang Bao is already dead, but the living must live on.So Zhou Cang took the opportunity, packed up Zhang Bao's body, and rushed to Qingzhou.Zhou Cang still remembered his promise to Zhang Jiao when he left Guangzong: "If Zhang Bao is not rescued, he will never return to Guangzong."

(End of this chapter)