"Who are you? Where is Magistrate Liang?"

Qiao Hui reined in his horse and stopped, pointing at Taishi Ci and asking.

Taishi Ci did not stop his horse and responded loudly: "Magistrate Liang is right behind."

While responding, he urged his horse forward, and the soldiers behind him quickly followed suit.

Qiao Hui felt strange why Magistrate Liang was walking behind, and the general commanding the troops in front of him looked very imposing, not like he was defeated and running away.

And the soldiers behind him didn't look like fleeing soldiers. They looked like they were coming to fight with him. Many of them had fierce looks in their eyes.

Seeing the general holding a halberd getting closer and closer to him, Qiao Hui finally realized that these might not be Magistrate Liang's men.

"Stop, who are you?"

Qiao Hui quickly raised his spear, pointed it at Taishi Ci and shouted.

At this time, Taishi Ci was only a dozen steps away from Qiao Hui. He slapped his horse, raised his halberd and rushed towards the opponent, loudly responding: "This is Taishi Ci from Donglai!"

"Kill!"

Taishi Ci then shouted loudly and stabbed Qiao Hui with his halberd.

Qiao Hui is a school captain, but his force is not too strong.

In Yuan's army, promotion depends not only on ability, but also on status.

Only children of wealthy families can be promoted to the rank of captain, general.

Qiao Hui was caught off guard. Seeing Taishi Ci's halberd stabbing him, he hurriedly raised his spear to block it.

"Cang!"

Qiao Hui fended off Taishi Ci's halberd, but the opponent then stabbed him with his halberd.

"Are you Taishi Ci who shot Yangyi in Liaodong?!"

Qiao Hui couldn't help but feel nervous when he thought of the man who shot Yang Yi in Donglai.

I was secretly glad that I didn't meet the black-faced general Zhang Fei and the red-faced general Guan Yu, but when I met this one, he was also a difficult master to deal with.

"Yes, you can die!"

Taishi Ci shouted loudly and stabbed hard with his halberd again.

Qiao Hui deflected two of Tai Shici's attacks, but this third time, he did not deflect or dodge.

Poof!!!

The halberd pierced Qiao Hui's heart directly.

Qiao Hui looked at Tai Shici in horror, regretting in his heart why he didn't listen to his subordinates' advice and insisted on moving forward.

If we had stopped and waited, we might not have encountered these enemy soldiers pretending to be our own troops.

"You...you..."

Qiao Hui vomited blood from his mouth and raised his finger with all his strength to point at Taishi Ci. In the end, he closed his eyes and fell down from his horse without saying anything else.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of both sides were already fighting together, but the people brought by Taishi Ci were wearing the same military uniforms as the other party, except that everyone had a red scarf tied around their necks to identify themselves and prevent accidental killing. .

But the other party's troops don't know it. Even if they see it, they are not far from death and are of no use.

They don't know who is the enemy and who is one of their own, and they even kill each other.

As Qiao Hui was stabbed to death by Tai Shici, the enemy soldiers did not dare to fight anymore and retreated one after another.

Taishi Ci pursued them for a while, killing more than 600 people and capturing more than 800 people before leading his troops back to Gaotang.

Gaotang City.

Liu Bei sat in the county government hall, waiting for people from all walks of life to come back to announce the good news.

After Liang Xiong led his troops out of the city, Guan Yu quickly led his troops into the city, occupied Gaotang City, and greeted Liu Bei.

Zhou Xing and Jian Yongsun Qian sat in the side seats, looking at the joyful lord.

After capturing Gaotang City, with this stronghold, it will not be that difficult to cross the Yellow River.

Moreover, Yuan Tan is on the defensive now and will not stop Liu Bei's troops from crossing the river.

It can be said that the journey from Beihai was very smooth. Counties looked at the wind and implemented the tax reduction and tax reduction policies set by Liu Bei.

Even if there are county orders that are unwilling to be carried out, the people are still gathering in crowds to make trouble. Liu Bei will be free to deal with it as soon as Yuan Tan retreats.

Now only Pingyuan Kingdom is Yuan Tan's true sphere of influence. After losing Gaotang, Yuan Tan only has the counties north of the Yellow River that he can control.

Zhou Xing is very confident about defeating Yuan Tan and even Yan Liang.

The only thing I'm worried about is that Yuan Shao will quickly repel Gongsun Zan and then lead his troops to help.

If this is the case, then this plain country is really difficult to capture, and even the counties captured earlier may have to be given away again.

The only one to blame is Cao Cao. This Cao thief actually retreated decisively, deliberately giving Yuan Shao a chance to lead his troops to help.

Perhaps in Cao Cao's mind, destroying Liu Bei is more important than capturing Jizhou.

Zhou Xing thought in his heart and didn't say a word. Jian Yong and Sun Qian didn't speak either, but just looked at Liu Bei quietly.

Liu Bei looked left and right, as if this place was a strange sight he had never seen before.

In fact, he was feeling nostalgic.

This is where he once stayed.

It is now the fourth year of Jian'an, almost ten years.

At that time, he was first the Gaotang County Lieutenant, and then the Gaotang County Magistrate. As a result, not long after he became the County Magistrate, a large number of yellow scarf thieves gathered to attack.

He had few soldiers at that time and could not resist the thieves, so he had to abandon the city and leave. This was a dark spot in his life.

Strictly speaking, it's not a black spot. It's human nature to run away if you can't beat them. How can anyone still defend the city knowing that they are invincible? That's what a fool does.

When I was the magistrate of Gaotang County, I had no time to be kind to the people of Gaotang. Now that I am the pastor of Qingzhou and I can control Gaotang County, I should let them enjoy the same tax reduction and exemption as the people of Donglai.

.

"Hahaha, times have changed, and I didn't expect that I would be sitting here again today!"

Liu Bei looked at it for a while and suddenly sighed.

"I also sat in this position before, but at that time I was only the magistrate of Gaotang County, but now I am the shepherd of Qingzhou. Although the positions are different, the responsibilities are the same! I have the responsibility of making the people of Gaotang peaceful!"<

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Zhou Xing suddenly said: "Lord, it's different!"

Liu Bei, Jian Yong and others were stunned and looked at him strangely.

"In the past, my lord was just the magistrate of a county, and his responsibility was to bring peace to the people of that county. Now, my lord is the shepherd of a state, and his responsibility is to bring peace to the people of that state, and even to the peace of the people of the world. How is this responsibility the same!"

Zhou Xing said again.

"Yes, yes, the military advisor is absolutely right." Liu Bei nodded repeatedly, "But to make Qingzhou and the people of the world safe, you all need to work together with me to defeat the traitors!"

"Haha, lord, the person who contributed is back."

Jian Yong said, and everyone looked out the door, only to see Zhang Fei coming back carrying a bloody human head.

"Hahaha, brother, look whose head this is!"

Zhang Fei entered the hall directly and threw the head in his hand on the ground. With a "boom" sound, Liang Xiong's head rolled on the ground before stopping. His face was facing Liu Bei.

Liu Bei frowned, looked at Liang Xiong's undead head, waved his hand and said: "Take it down, this man would rather die than surrender, he is also a loyal soldier, let him bury him properly!"

Jian Yong quickly waved to the soldiers to take off the head.

Zhao Yun also came in at this time, cupped his hands and said: "My lord, I killed more than 700 enemies and captured more than 1,100 people."

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Okay, for this great victory, Yide and Zilong have contributed a lot. We will recount their achievements after the plains have been pacified."

"Thank you, brother!"

"Thank you, Lord!"

Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun responded at the same time.

Zhou Xing smiled and said: "My lord, I'm afraid Taishi Ziyi can also get a lot of credit. He led his troops to block Yuan Tan's reinforcements. He beheaded and captured many prisoners."

"Hey, Military Advisor Zhou, can Ziyi kill more enemy soldiers and capture more people than Zilong and I?"

Zhang Fei was in a good mood at this time and wanted to compare his achievements with others.

"If it's more or less, you'll know if you ask him."
Chapter completed!