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"Little brother, I am Cheng Yuanzhi himself. I heard from my personal guard that you, as a soldier of the Han Army, sneaked in to see me carefully, and even insisted on seeing me in person after you were captured…What exactly is the matter?"
The man who called himself Cheng Yuanzhi sat arrogantly on the tiger skin recliner, squinting at the Han soldier who was not afraid of death.
The soldier's face was delicate and handsome, and his pair of determined eyes made Cheng Yuanzhi, who was originally looking straight at him, not dare to look at him again. However, because of this, Cheng Yuanzhi could not help but size this person up from the corner of his eye again.
The Han soldier looked at the chains on his hands and feet and said coldly,""Humph! Was this how General Cheng treated the imperial court's secret envoy?”
"Secret emissary of the imperial court?" Cheng Yuanzhi laughed involuntarily. Little brother must be joking, right? Now that the Han Army is at war with our Yellow Turban Army, how could there be any secret emissary from the imperial court? How could there be any way to treat him? Who in the Yellow Turban Army didn't want to swallow the Han army alive?”
The soldier said suspiciously,"..." Strange, could it be that General Cheng is just using the excuse of surrendering to the court to deceive our Han army? Then why do you want our army to know the actual situation of your Yellow Turban army?”
"You said Cheng Yuanzhi... No, what I mean is, did I tell the Han army about the actual situation in our army? uh... I remember now, but... I wonder why you came to see me today?”
Cheng Yuanzhi was stunned for a moment before his attitude changed 360 degrees. He asked someone to unlock the soldier's chains and invited him to sit down on a soft seat at the side.
The soldier rubbed his wrists that had been locked up with both hands and nodded his head in satisfaction with Cheng Yuanzhi's attitude. Then, he took off his boots and took out a white handkerchief from the lining inside his shoes."I took the risk to come here today because of the official position you requested earlier, General Cheng. Marshal Lu has already promised to report to the Emperor for a decree after the Yellow Turban bandits are eliminated. The other reason was that General Cheng was afraid that Marshal Lu's current purpose of retreating to the Black Forest was unknown, so he sent a junior to bring Marshal Lu's personal order here. General Cheng, please take a look!"
Cheng Yuanzhi took the white handkerchief sealed with wax and opened it with a puzzled expression. He looked at the few lines of content on the white handkerchief and muttered,"The official position that Duke Cheng requested has been reported to the Imperial Court. As long as Duke Cheng does as he said and helps Lu Zhi eliminate the Yellow Turban bandits and Ma Yuanyi, there should be no problem. It was said that Cheng Gong had secretly ordered some of the Yellow Turbans to defect and help the Han army. Once Ma Yuanyi fell into the trap and led his troops to fight with the Han army, they would be able to attack Ma Yuanyi from both front and back. This was also a joy for the Han Dynasty. In addition, Lu Zhi has received more than 30,000 reinforcements at present. I have to trouble Cheng Gong to help me with the matter of leading Ma Yuanyi into the urn.”
After Cheng Yuanzhi finished reading, the soldier beside him asked,""General Cheng, after reading the secret letter, you should know what to do. Whether the Han army can win this battle is all in your hands.”
Cheng Yuanzhi, whose face alternated between green and red, pretended to be calm and said,""What is the current deployment of the Han army?"
The soldier paused for a moment before saying,"Marshal Lu's army sent reinforcements from the neighboring provinces yesterday, totaling more than 30,000. Today, there will be about 30,000 heavy infantry soldiers arriving." Therefore, their numbers were definitely enough to support General Cheng in killing Ma Yuanyi! In addition, in order to create an excellent location, we hope that General Cheng can temporarily stop Ma Yuanyi's assault before reaching the black forest. Marshal Lu was already prepared in the black forest. If Ma Yuanyi entered, he would not be able to escape!”
After the soldier finished speaking, he saw Cheng Yuanzhi lowering his head in silence. No one knew what he was thinking about, so he opened his mouth and said,"If General Cheng is fine, I still have to rush back to the camp to report.”
Hearing this soldier's call, Cheng Yuanzhi seemed to have woken up and greeted him. He even instructed his trusted subordinates to escort him away to avoid being seen by others.
Watching the soldier and his trusted subordinate leave the commander's tent, Cheng Yuanzhi's expression suddenly turned extremely ugly as he said hatefully,""Despicable Cheng Yuanzhi, I, Ma Yuanyi, have always been honest with you. I didn't expect you to be so sinister as to betray the Yellow Turban Army for the sake of an official position in the imperial court. You even tricked me into believing your lies…Humph! Let me see how you're going to get rid of me!”
The person in front of him had fair skin and a beard. He was dressed in expensive silk and had a pair of thin eyes that were completely symmetrical to his bloated face. If he had not mentioned that he was the current leader of the Cao Gang in the South Wulin, Cai Pi, this seemingly wealthy businessman did not look like a Jianghu person at all.
Cai Pi turned his head and glanced at the blue-robed man, then turned to Lu Bu and said,""Just now, little brother spoke rudely, as if you thought that my 'Broken Leaf' and 'Flowing Cloud' techniques were just undeserved…Am I framing little brother by saying this?”
Seeing the leader of the Southern Martial Arts World, who could influence the balance of power among the military clans, Lu Bu replied confidently,""Hey! I can't confirm whether he lives up to his reputation, but this big brother just now…Indeed, it was not much. He had the aura to attack, but unfortunately... Good-looking but useless!"
"Big brother…"
Zhang Liao didn't expect that Lu Bu really wanted to go against the Cao Gang, so he raised his hand to stop Lu Bu.
Cai Pi's face was cold and indifferent, and it was impossible to tell what he was feeling. He snorted and said without looking behind him,"Mao 'er, Huan' er, are you alright?”
The blue-robed man stood up with the help of the woman. The two of them said in unison,"Dad, we're fine!"
Cai Pi nodded and glanced at the two of them from the corner of his eyes."You guys stay there and don't move around. Especially Mao 'er, this person's internal cultivation method is very unique. If you don't calm down now and carefully expel the strange force that has invaded your five internal organs, it will affect your future development in martial arts cultivation. Do you understand? Your Uncle Zhang and Provincial Governor Ding will arrive in a while, so don't worry and circulate your cultivation to heal your injuries.”
Cai Mao agreed, and then sat down with Cai Huan to regulate their breathing. Seeing that everything was in order, Cai Pi said to Lu Bu and the others,""Since everyone knows that this is the Cao Gang's territory, it will be under the jurisdiction of Jing State's Governor Ding. He actually dared to hurt my Cao Gang disciple, obviously he was here to find me. If I hadn't appeared earlier, I'm afraid my two children would have been severely injured by you…Since that's the case, don't blame me for being merciless.”
"No mercy? Do you think my boss and us are just a mob?”
Bai Jin, who had the worst temper and the most explosive temperament, finally could not help but wave his spiked club and rush forward.
At this moment, Lu Bu once again revealed a confident expression as he spread his hands and said,""Faction Leader Cai, there's no point in talking too much. Let's see the truth in our hands!”
"Good!"
Cai Pi replied and flew over. Everywhere he went, a wave of Gang Qi rose up, and his mastery of the Flowing Cloud Kick was several times higher than Cai Mao's.
Seeing this, Lu Bu didn't wait for Cai Pi to make his move as rashly as before. Casually pulling out a large saber, he roared as he turned around and slashed forward. This seemingly ordinary, top-down saber actually emitted a faint sound of wind and thunder as it headed straight for Cai Pi's Flowing Cloud Kick.
Although Cai Pi had secretly seen Lu Bu defeat Cai Mao with a single move, he was very confident in his famous technique. Thus, when the two of them attacked, he immediately used the Flowing Cloud Kick without holding back.
He had thought that he would be able to defeat Lu Bu in a few moves, but he didn't expect that the shock of his opponent's first move had already caused Cai Pi to dispel this thought.
Flowing Cloud Kick, hence its name, Siyi, was derived from the floating clouds and flowing water. When Cai Pi created his martial arts, it was because he had been exposed to the river water and the white clouds in the sky for many years that he comprehended it. Its aim was like floating clouds and flowing water. It would pierce through the weak and slow down the strong.
Lu Bu's murderous blade energy came straight at him. Although Cai Pi was unable to block its sharpness, his lightning-fast figure suddenly stopped in mid-air, and he used an unexpected angle to attack Lu Bu.
This was the first time Lu Bu had seen such a move. Cai Pi had already arrived in front of Lu Bu in a split second, and he had launched a heavy kick at Lu Bu's face.
Lu Bu was about to react in time when he saw that the kick was about to hit him, but he heard a "bang" and the two of them were separated by about a dozen feet.
Cai Pi, who had succeeded in his first move, was about to mock Lu Bu when he felt that he had hit him. However, just as he raised his head and was about to speak, he saw a silver shadow coming towards him at a speed faster than the Flowing Cloud Kick.
Cai Pi thought that it was a hidden weapon shot by the other party and immediately used a metal bridge to dodge the silver shadow. However, he did not expect that when he turned around and stood up, the silver shadow turned around and shot at him like it had eyes.
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