Chapter 94, successive defeats

Looking at the majestic horse coming, all the yellow scarf thieves were frightened and moved back one after another.

"Who is Zhang Cheng?" Zhang Yuan looked at the two leaders of the thief army and asked.

Zhang Chengce immediately took a step forward and said, "I am, who are you?"

"The person who took your life." Zhang Yuan said and directly shot and killed the horse. Zhang Cheng's face trembled and waved the big knife and barely rushed out. Unfortunately, before a round, he was stabbed by Zhang Yuan. Zhang Shuang saw it and was scared to death. He turned his horse's head to escape. However, Zhang Yuanma caught up quickly and caught up with him in two steps. Before Zhang Shuang escaped into the army, he stabbed him to death with one shot. When the thieves saw it, they all panicked and fled.

Zhang Yuan did not command the army to pursue, but let the army stay outside the city. He took several guards into the city to meet Zhang Pre. After entering the city, the people knew that his Zu Zhao's army went out to welcome him and told him that someone was buried at the end of the city, hoping that he could help save people. Hearing this, Zhang Yuan immediately took the army and ordered to save people immediately.

Finally, after four or five hours of rescue, all the people who were sold inside were rescued. A total of 12 people, nine of whom had been killed, and three were still breathing. Zhang Yuan ordered to find the best doctor in the city and try his best to treat them. Unfortunately, two people died during the treatment, and finally a teenage boy was out of danger.

Zhang Yuan is very sad. If they can be rescued half an hour in advance, maybe all three people can survive, or some of the individuals who have died can survive. After appeasing the people, Zhang Yuan ordered the soldiers to rest for a day and a night in Haiyang City and set off at dawn on the third day.

When the army was about to leave, the people went out of the city to send them, sending clothes and food, which moved Zhang Yuan's army very much, and some soldiers still cried. The army left Haiyang and stayed day and night. During this period, they also met many yellow scarf thieves. When they saw Zhang Yuan, they all fled looking at the wind and did not dare to fight with them at all.

Zu Zhao, who fell into a bitter battle in Yangle, was very happy to hear Zhang Yuan coming. After hearing that he knew the reinforcements of the Yellow Turban Thieves all the way, he was even more praised for a while. At this time, the army led by Zhao Meng also successfully stopped the attack of Yan Liang's army and forced Yan Liang's army back to Jizhou.

So far, the three-way army has surrounded it in the Yangle round.

Zhang Yuan and Zhao Meng arrived in Liaoxi almost at the same time. After meeting each other, they heard that they had broken the two major * under Yuan Shao's command. They couldn't help praising each other. The so-called heroes cherish heroes, and they all spoke highly of each other's ability.

Zu Zhao was also very happy after seeing them, but Zu Zhao also told them the biggest problem encountered in attacking Liaoxi County, that is, Li Ran, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, who made a flying stone hidden weapon, unable to get close at all, so Zu Zhao besieged Yangle here for a long time, but It didn't achieve much.

Zhang Yuan said, "The stone hidden weapon is not very lethal, is it? When I go to fight tomorrow, I have to take him down.

Zu Zhao shook his head and said, "Wenyuan can't underestimate the enemy. That guy is so born and his speed is extraordinary. It would be better if he only used stones, but he used nine-section whips at the same time. Your long gun could have restrain his nine-section whip, but once your gun was entangled in nine-section whips, he immediately attacked with flying stones, and And when using nine-section whips, he can also use flying stones at the same time. He is really a great guy. He can't help him at all.

Zhang Yuan said unconvincedly, "General, I will meet him in person tomorrow, but I want to see what good a rebel can do. I haven't lost anyone with this long gun in my hand. Zhao Meng, who was beside him, said, "I wish you a victory, but if you are unfortunately defeated, I will also capture him."

Zhang Yuan laughed and said, "Maybe you don't have a chance. I will definitely catch him."

Zu Zhao was naturally happy to see that the two generals were so kind and brave, but he still repeatedly warned that he must be careful when one person fights, and the rest of the people had better secretly assist with bows and arrows. Although he did not shoot the enemy, he could not let him hurt our general.

In the morning, Zhang Yuan took a team of people to fight. As soon as he arrived at the city without shouting, the gate opened and rushed out a group of people, all with loose hair and yellow headscarves on their foreheads. The leader is not very strong, but when he looks at his hands, he is powerful. At first glance, he is a man with a good hand. He has no weapons in his hand, but there is a shining object shining at his waist. Zhang Yuan knows that it is a nine-section whip, so this person is Li Ran.

"Who are you? Did you come to die today? It is said that there are any generals under Zu Zhao. I think they are all a group of vulnerable wastes. Li Ran didn't pay attention to Zu Zhao. When he spoke, he also looked around and looked very leisurely.

Zhang Yuan said angrily, "How dare a thief be so rampant? I'm Zhang Yuan. Today, I want to try your nine-section whip and flying stone. If you attack, I have to take your life.

It sounded like Zhang Yuan, but Li Ran was a little interested. He stared at his gun and said, "Do you know that I used a nine-section whip to deliberately bring such a long gun? Oh, I see. You used a long gun. However, no matter what you use in a few days, I will defeat you and let you know that my nine-section whip is the weapon of the king of the world, and I am the king of the world.

Zhang Yuan said, "What a rampant tone. Then let me teach you Gao Zhao. Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yuan had already rushed up with a gun. Li Ran saw it, laughed, cheered up, and rushed up with a pat on the horse. Seeing Zhang Yuan stab out with a shot, Li Ran immediately pulled out nine whips from his waist and danced quickly.

There was also a cluster of red hair on his nine-section whip. Under his rapid dance, he felt that his whole body was wrapped in a red thing, and he couldn't find an attack point at all. Zhang Yuan couldn't help but be secretly surprised. Li Ran's skills were really flexible. The nine-section whip in his hand followed the situation, but there was an orderly attack and defense, and there was no breakthrough at all.

Zhang Yuan fought for more than 50 rounds, but he couldn't take a step closer. He was even more surprised. He wanted to be eager to win, but the more he was, the more panicked he became. In the end, he was accidentally scratched by the whip directly on his forehead and stabbing a long blood stain.

When Li Ran saw that Zhang Yuan was injured, he stopped attacking and said, "If it hadn't been for your protection, I'm afraid that your skull would have been cracked long ago. I think you have some ability. Why don't you surrender to me, overthrow the treacherous minister with me, kill the dog emperor, and enjoy glory and wealth together?"

Zhang Yuan scolded, "You only know how to enjoy glory and wealth, but regardless of the suffering of the people. Do you want me to follow you to make evils on the people of the world?"

Li Ran also said angrily, "You are helping Zhou now. Don't you know what the emperor is like? The court is full of fish and the people. Who has thought about it for the people? If there are really people, why do the brothers behind me follow me strangely? Isn't they just to overthrow injustice? This is to eliminate harm in the name of doing the way for heaven. As the saying goes, I must be a disciple of the world.

Zhang Yuan said coldly, "If you hide from Liaoxi, you are the emperor, so how many emperors are there in the world? In the past, Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao could come hundreds of times higher than you, but they still lost. I advise you to turn back as soon as possible to reduce the war, reduce human deaths, and reduce the burden on the people.

Li Ran was stunned and shouted, "You don't have to preach to me. I know I'm with you. Since you are obsessed, I will send you to see your God." With that, he waved a nine-section whip and attacked again. Zhang Yuan did not dare to be careless and waved his gun to greet him, but he did not stab out the head of the gun. He was originally walking in a straight line, but once Bai Liran's nine-section whip touched him, he immediately lost the power of attack. And every time he came close to him, Li Ran would have a flying stone attack, which was completely unbearable. He hit people and horse legs. Even if people could keep it, the horse could not stand it. Many soldiers would not have failed on his nine-section whip, but as soon as the flying stone came out, he fell down one after another.

In less than 50 rounds of the battle, Zhang Yuan looked at Li Ran's flaw and took out a shot. Unfortunately, the gun was not fired. He was hit by Li Ran's stone on the back of his hand, which made him almost unable to hold the gun. Seeing that one hand hurried out to help, he reluctantly caught the gun.

How about it? Will you obey me or not? If I continue to fight, my men will be merciless." Li Ran said. He was shocked to see Zhang Yuan's bravery and heard that he had defeated Cheng Yuanxiong's 50,000 army. Now that he is fighting with Zhang Yuan, he also knows that the pressure is very high. If he hadn't been able to fly the stone, he would have saved Zhang Yuan and be taken away, but he must not be afraid of Zhang Yuan with the flying stone in his hand.

After listening to Li Ran's words, Zhang Yuan was even more angry and said, "It's you who should surrender, but whether you surrender or not, I will kill you." After saying that, Zhang Yuan continued to rush up with a gun. Li Ran sneered and said that he was not selfish or did not come forward directly. He took out dozens of flying stones from his pockets with both hands and flicked them at Zhang Yuan. Looking at the flying stones all over the sky, Zhang Yuan also shouted badly in his heart. He blocked some with a gun grid and was still shot many times on his body. The stone was really strong. Once hit, it was the pain of hurting his muscles and bones, and there was no strength in his hand. Under Li Ran's attack, Zhang Yuan's mount would not take the initiative to defend. All the lions hit his body, which made him jump wildly and almost overturned Zhang Yuan. Finally, under Zhang Yuan's superb horse control, the mount was stabilized.

As soon as the mount was mounted, Li Ran swept over with another nine-section whip. Zhang Yuan saw it and hurriedly blocked it with a gun, and the nine-section whip was firmly wrapped around the gun. Zhang Yuan was secretly happy and wanted to pull Li Ran over with a whip, but found that although Li Ran did not seem to have much strength, he was actually infinite. When Zhang Yuan and he were in a stalemate, Li Ran did not fall into the wind at all.

Just as Zhang Yuan was about to pull the gun back with all his strength, Li Ran suddenly put his left hand into his pocket. Before Zhang Yuan's action, four stones had flown. One of them hit Zhang Yuan's arm, and the other three should not hit him on his shoulder but on his head and lower abdomen, which hurt him. In an instant, he was unconscious, and the long gun in his hand was also pulled over by Li Ran.

Li Ran smiled and said, "You don't have any weapons now. As soon as I whip down, you will definitely die. If you don't obey me, I will ask you for the last time."

Zhang Yuan said coldly, "It's better to die than to obey you. I won't be with you, a thief who harms the country and the people. If you don't kill me, I will definitely kill you."

Li Ran said angrily, "In that case, I will fulfill you. Let's die." After saying that, he waved a whip. Zhang Yuan saw that he would not wait to die obediently. He lifted the horse's rein, and the horse roared all over. He immediately jumped forward and stepped back a few steps. Li Ran's deadly whip finally dodged. Li Ran saw it, sneered, waved his whip and chased after him. Seeing that he was about to hit Zhang Yuan again, he suddenly heard a string sound in the distance. Looking up, he kept shooting arrows at him. Li Ran hurriedly withdrew the whip and blocked the flying arrow.

"Bold thief, stop hurting my brother and let me fight to the death with you."

The archer was Zhang Yuan's younger brother Zhang Rang. When he saw that Zhang Yuan's long gun was entangled by Li Ran's tangled whip and could not be regained, he immediately flew out and rushed up. Seeing that his brother was about to be hit by the whip, he directly took an arrow and pulled the bow and shot it with one arrow. It's just that the string was heard by Li Ran, and this arrow did not cause any damage.

"Brother, go back first and let me get his head." Zhang Yu came to Zhang Yuanma's side.

Zhang Yuan said, "Don't be impulsive. You are not his opponent. It's not too late to go back and discuss with General Zu to find a way." However, Zhang Yuan's words were not finished. Zhang Yu had rushed out and scolded Li Ran as a thief and wanted to fight to the death with him.

When Li Ran saw Zhang rushing, he asked coldly, "Who are you?" What can you do? If you can't stand it, go back quickly. I won't kill the puppy.

Zhang Yu pointed to Li Ran and said, "Master, I'm Zhang Yu, Zhang Yuan's younger brother. It's an honor for you to die in my hands today.

Li Ran smiled and said, "Zhang Yu? Unknown junior, I have never heard of it. Leave quickly. I don't want to kill you." But Zhang Yu didn't listen at all. Before Li Ran finished speaking, he rushed up. When Li Ran saw it, he sighed in his heart: what an impulsive young man, I will teach you how to be a man. I also rushed over.

Li Ran used the nine-section whip like a flower, which was dazzling. Since he couldn't see it clearly, he simply danced the gun and flew around, but there was no shooting method at all. It looked like a three-section stick routine.

Zhang Yuan saw it, and he was also secretly surprised and sighed, "What kind of shooting is he? There is no way to dance at all." However, Zhang Pre's random dance seemed to work well. Li Ran forced him to retreat repeatedly, and his left hand wanted to go to the stones around his waist many times, but none of them were successful.

Li Ran was also surprised: "He used a gun. Why is it not a gun fighting routine? What kind of shooting is this?" He didn't expect that this was Zhang Yu dancing because he couldn't see clearly. It was not a stick at all. He just followed Li Ran's technique and with the help of his quick hand movements, he danced the gun like a ball of flowers, disturbing Li Ran's sight.

After all, Li Ran is not an ordinary person. After 20 rounds, he knew that Zhang Yu was actually a chaotic dance and smiled secretly in his heart. It turned out that this was an impulsive and reckless young man, but his movements in his hand were very fast, and it was not a material for learning soft weapons.

Li Ran saw through Zhang Yu's point and immediately waved nine whips and swept around Zhang Yu's gun. At the same time, he drew a gourd as alike, took out a stone and shot at Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu was in pain, his hand was numb, and the gun was also taken. In panic, a man came behind him. He turned his head and saw that it was his brother Zhang Yuan.

"Leave quickly." Zhang Yuan saw him turn around, flattered, and retreated to the army together. Li Ran originally wanted to chase him, but he was disrupted by Zu Zhao's army and finally returned to the city with trophies. Zhang Yuan came back from defeat. He was very frustrated and felt that he had lost the name of *.

Zi Zhao laughed and said, "The flying stone can't get close at all. If you were also guilty, I should have committed suicide long ago. We have to think about how to overcome his weapon. The most important thing is to stop him from firing flying stones, but we have nothing but arrows. Damn, if I had a gun, I would shoot him directly.

Zhang Yuan and others looked at Zu Zhao puzzledly and said, "General, we only use guns, but we are still against him."

Zu Zhao was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm not talking about your long gun, but a firearm. Now it is under research and has not succeeded yet. When I succeed in studying the musket, I will not be afraid at all when I meet any archers.

Although everyone doesn't know what Zu Zhao said, he thinks about strange things, thinking about what people don't think and what they don't do. Now that he says so, he can only look forward to it. Anyway, it's not clear if he asks too much.

Zhao Meng said unconvincedly, "I will continue to fight tomorrow. I don't believe that his nine-section whip is so invincible in the world."

Zhang Yuan said: "His nine-section whip can be completely broken, but his flying stone can only be too annoying. If you go to war tomorrow, you must be careful. Once your gun is entangled by his nine-section whip, he will launch a flying stone attack. At that time, you will probably lose your spear in your hand, so be careful."

Zhao Meng thanked and said that he would be careful. He really didn't believe that Li Ran could be invincible in the world with a nine-blade whip and a stone. In tomorrow's battle, he is bound to teach Li Ran a lesson and let him know that there is still a high mountain.

The next day, Zhao Meng led the army to fight again. Li Ran still came out to fight. When he saw Zhao Meng, he asked, "Who are you?"

Zhao Meng said, "I'm Zhao Meng. I'm here to get your head."

Li Ran was silent for a moment and suddenly said, "Are you the general of the Yellow Turban Army who was defeated and returned to Zuzhao? I didn't expect that a person like you was still alive. Since you came to die today, I just killed you.

Zhao Meng said, "In the past, I followed the uprising of the Yellow Turban Army. I thought I was going to work for the people. I knew that they only knew how to trample on each other and did not pity the people at all. The degree of disaster is no less than those eunuchs of the imperial court. Now you dare to invade Liaoxi and try to invade Liaodong. Today is your death."