Chapter 502: Speed is of the essence
"There is no rush to save people. Distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. I will rescue you first."
After he finished speaking, Xia Yu drew a line with his fingers, and the rope that was glowing red was easily cut into two pieces.
Hong Jing was surprised. She stood up and stretched her arms, and found that even the evil energy that blocked her dantian was broken.
"Junior brother, you..."
"Okay, let's talk about it later. Junior Sister, please help me take care of the people here first. I still have to deal with the person behind the scenes with Brother Zilong."
After saying that, Xia Yu patted Hong Jing's shoulder, nodded to Zhao Yun, and ran out of the cave first.
Seeing this, Zhao Yun also held the Yajiao spear, nodded to his rescued comrades and Hong Jing beside him, and quickly caught up with Xia Yu.
Hong Jing looked at Xia Yu's departing back and clenched her hands in worry. But when she recalled what Xia Yu said to her before he left, she immediately showed determination on her face.
The junior fellow student who used to study under her has now grown into a capable and independent man, so she shouldn't fall behind.
Thinking of this, Hong Jing made hand gestures and used healing magic on the weak captives.
At the same time, outside the cave.
Xia Yu and Zhao Yun were running towards the top of the mountain at a very fast speed. As they ran, Xia Yu joked , "Now we have to face demons and evil monks, so don't be afraid, Brother Zilong."
Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Why should I be afraid of him? He is just an evil cultivator. I will use the iron spear in my hand to avenge my comrade."
After chatting for a few words, the two stopped talking and quickened their pace again, running towards the execution ground on the top of the mountain.
On the way they encountered Yellow Turban bandits and they did not let them go. Although the mastermind behind the scenes was important, these villains could also cause trouble and they could not ignore small problems because of big ones.
Dongshan has a steep terrain and complex topography, making it difficult for the Yellow Turban Army stationed here to break through. Moreover, General Zhang Bao, the God of the Earth, raises demons here, making it even more difficult to attack.
Gongsun Zan only sent out scouts to investigate and had no intention of capturing it. This place was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and all the villages had been looted by the Yellow Turban bandits, so there would be no benefit even if he captured it.
But at this moment, Xia Yu and Zhao Yun broke into this place alone. Even though they were outnumbered by the enemy, they had no intention of retreating.
As the two of them ran at a rapid speed, it didn't take long before they reached the top of the mountain. The top of the mountain was flashing red light, and an evil spirit was rising into the sky. There were no sounds of birds or animals around, only deathly silence.
Before entering, Xia Yu felt an evil energy gathering, and there seemed to be the movement of a big demon inside the execution ground.
Inside the Yellow Turban execution ground, General Zhang Bao was holding a bell, and when he shook it slightly, the Yellow Turban bandits with red eyes pushed ordinary people to the execution ground. Then, a shaking sound was heard, and a demon walked out of the opened cage.
"Haha, with this kind of help, the era of Huang Tian is just around the corner."
Zhang Bao looked at the demon that walked out and let out a hoarse laugh.
The demon was about five or six feet tall, shaped like a wild boar, with pairs of fangs protruding from its mouth, flashing bright red light.
The demon Fengxi is a vicious demon that symbolizes tyranny and greed. It is said that Fengxi is always hungry. Once he appears, he will destroy all the fields and bite to death the livestock and people who don't have time to escape.
General Zhang Bao kept it in the execution ground of Dongshan, usually locked in a sturdy cage. When people who resisted the Yellow Turban Army were dragged to the execution ground, he would release it to eat the rebels.
When the demon Feng Xi appeared, he looked at the captives fleeing everywhere, his eyes immediately glowed red, and he wanted to rush forward to feast on them.
Coincidentally, at this moment the gate of the execution ground suddenly opened, and Zhao Yun rushed in with a Yajiao spear in his hand and stabbed Feng Xi in the back.
"I'll stop this demon, Brother Zichuan, you come and save people."
"good."
Xia Yu, who was one step behind, hurried forward, holding a ring-handled knife and cutting all the ropes that bound the captives. Then he used healing magic to restore the captives' vitality and let them quickly get away from the battlefield.
Zhang Bao, who was standing above the execution ground, saw this scene, sneered, and left without caring about it.
Xia Yu watched Zhang Bao leave, but he could not ignore the captives chasing after him. He could only sigh and speed up his efforts to rescue the captives.
After a while, all the captives were rescued and they hurriedly ran towards the execution ground. After Xia Yu gave a few words of advice, he stepped forward with a knife to help Zhao Yun.
The sound of ping-pong balls rang out one after another, and the sound of swords clashing could be heard from inside the execution ground.
With Xia Yu's joining, Feng Xi's anger grew, and he slammed into Zhao Yun like a mountain.
Zhao Yun, who was trying to block with his spear, was out of strength and was knocked away. Xia Yu took advantage of this opportunity to jump high and slash at Feng Xi's eyes with a knife.
Feng Xi turned around immediately, his body covered with hideous barbs glowed red, and he stabbed straight at Xia Yu with his fangs shining.
Xia Yu did not change his move and kicked towards Feng Xi's fangs.
The fang was also a silver-plated spear tip. When Xia Yu kicked it with all his strength, it suddenly exploded. Feng Xi, who had lost his fang, fell directly to the ground with numerous flaws.
Xia Yu took this opportunity to jump high up, and stabbed downwards fiercely with the weapon in his hand. Blood flashed, and Feng Xi was seriously injured immediately.
Seeing that Xia Yu had severely injured Feng Xi in one round, Zhao Yun was not willing to be outdone. He swung the silver spear in his hand, swept through the army, and brought Feng Xi into the attack range with the divine beast Qilin.
With the help of the mythical beast Qilin, the silver spear swept and easily cut off Feng Xi's limbs.
Having lost the support of his limbs, Feng Xi was unable to get up again. Just as Feng Xi's whole body was glowing red and was about to heal himself, Xia Yu added his own true energy and stabbed Feng Xi's heart with a knife.
Finally, Feng Xi let out a wail, and the red light on his body flashed for a moment, then dimmed.
"We are one step closer to a peaceful world."
Looking at Feng Xi's huge body gradually turning into black ash, Zhao Yun couldn't help but sigh.
"It's still early. The mastermind behind this, Zhang Bao, has already escaped. Brother Zilong, do you want to chase him with me?"
Xia Yu looked at Feng Xi's body gradually dissipating, and felt a little emotional. This time it was much easier to deal with Feng Xi than the last time he dealt with Zhu Yan. He didn't know whether it was because his strength had increased or because of the Qilin Qi that Zhao Yun had just used.
Hearing Xia Yu's question, Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "I am busy with military duties. I am sorry that I cannot go with Brother Zichuan. Now that the mastermind behind Dongshan has been defeated, it is time for me to return to the camp and report."
"But what Brother Zichuan said and did along the way has benefited me a lot."
As he spoke, the Qilin jade pendant worn on Zhao Yun's chest suddenly lit up with an ochre light. The next moment, the mythical beast Qilin emerged carrying Zhao Yun's faith and ran out of the jade pendant.
Then the Qilin ran around the two of them in mid-air, and suddenly turned into streams of light, which gathered into a Qilin jade pendant in Xia Yu's hand.
"This is a testimony to our friendship. Brother Zichuan, if we meet again in the future, Zhao Yun will definitely fight alongside you."
Seeing Zhao Yun said so, Xia Yu didn't know what to say, and just reminded him: "Brother Zilong, if you want to create a truly peaceful world in the future, and you think Gongsun Zan is no longer suitable to be your lord, you can come to Lujiang County in Yangzhou, and you will definitely find a lord you can recognize."
"I understand. If General Gongsun no longer works hard for a peaceful world, I will naturally look for a new lord worthy of my assistance."
After saying that, Zhao Yun blew a whistle, and a white horse came galloping over. Zhao Yun mounted the white horse, nodded at Xia Yu, and left.
Seeing this, Xia Yu let out a breath, looked at the Qilin jade pendant in his hand, and put it in his arms.
Now that he has obtained the new jade pendant of the mythical beast, it turns out that as long as he can gain the recognition of others, he can obtain the other party’s patron saint beast.
It seems that he is really going to become a socialite among the three countries.
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After learning that the demon Feng Xi had failed, Zhang Bao did not linger at all and immediately led the remaining Yellow Turban Army to relocate, so Dongshan was soon recaptured by Gongsun Zan's army.
The remaining Yellow Turban bandits also quickly declined and were wiped out by Gongsun Zan's army.
Upon learning that Xia Yu, a talented person, was helping in this battle, Gongsun Zan wanted to invite Xia Yu and others to meet in the army. However, after sending people to look for him, he found out that Xia Yu had already left Dongshan.
Hearing this, Gongsun Zan sighed, knowing that he had no chance with Xia Yu, and he ignored him.
Thanks to Gongsun Zan's intervention, Dongshan is now gradually recovering. However, since Dongshan had already been ravaged by the Yellow Turban bandits, it is unknown when it will be able to recover.
At this moment, Xia Yu and his senior sister Hong Jing had already gone to Guigugou in Zhao State, Jizhou.
According to Xia Yu's knowledge of the plot, Zhang Bao will flee to this place and then die here. As long as he gets the merit of killing Zhang Bao, he can meet Sun Jian and follow him to attack Zhang Jue, the mastermind of the Yellow Turbans.
Although the people of Eastern Wu were all rats, they were still full of talented people during the period of Sun Jian.
The reputation of Dongwu as a group of rats only first emerged during the reign of Sun Quan. Moreover, the real rats of Dongwu were the civil officials of Jiangdong.
As the saying goes, civil officials die for remonstration and military officials die for battle. The civil officials of Eastern Wu had no ambition to be loyal and die for their country. If the war spread to Jiangdong, these officials would all advocate surrender. They had no courage to "rather die in battle and lose the country than give up the throne!"
Of course, this phenomenon did not exist when Sun Jian was alive. It was not until the death of Zhou Yu and Lu Su that the Eastern Wu as a whole began to gradually weaken.
In addition, Xia Yu’s stronghold was in Lujiang County, Yangzhou. In the original historical story, Sun Quan’s base in Jiangdong was in Yangzhou, which was also the place where the Sun family started.
It can also be seen from here that this place is close to the territory of Eastern Wu, so it is necessary to make friends with Sun Jian before it rises .
If he could get close to Sun Jian, he could prevent Sun Jian from being ambushed and dying early, and then he could compete with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others.
Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion has not yet ended and Cao Cao and others are loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, they must also be prepared for the future. Moreover, in the story, it was Sun Jian who obtained the jade seal.
Since he knew this story, as long as he followed Sun Jian, he would be able to get the jade seal first sooner or later.
Although he did not think that he could become emperor just by getting the jade seal, after all, after Sun Jian got the jade seal, he was shot to death by arrows on his way back to Jiangdong.
But since this is a mythical Three Kingdoms story with demons, maybe the jade seal really has some magical power.
With this thought in mind, and in a hurry on their journey, it didn't take long before he and Hong Jing arrived at Guigugou in Zhao State, Jizhou.
Legend has it that Guigugou was once a retreat for a famous sage, and the name Guigugou came from this. But now this retreat has been occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, and it seems gloomy and cold.
Although Guigugou was also occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, there were actually volunteers here as well. They were the Zhuojun Volunteer Army, and they were led by the famous Liu Bei.
Of course, Liu Bei was still an unknown person at this time, and the three of Liu, Guan and Zhang were not well-known.
Upon learning that the Zhuo County rebel army had set up camp in Guigugou, Xia Yu took Hong Jing to the camp, hoping to join forces with them to defeat Zhang Bao.
Although he was very confident in his own strength, he could not defeat ten thousand enemies alone. After all, those ordinary Yellow Turban Army still needed more ordinary volunteers to resist them, so he just had to implement the decapitation tactics.
Not long after, he met Liu Bei, who later became Emperor Zhaolie of Han and the founding emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period.
No one could have imagined that this little man who made a living by selling straw sandals and straw mats when he was a child would actually become the founding emperor when he grew up.
At this moment, Liu Bei was sitting upright in the tent, with two men, one tall and one strong, standing beside him.
The tall one was nine feet tall, with a beard two feet long, a face as red as a date, lips as white as rouge, phoenix eyes, and drooping brows. He had a dignified appearance and an awe-inspiring demeanor. What a beautiful bearded man.
The strong man was eight feet tall, with a leopard head, round eyes, a swallow chin and a tiger beard. Just standing there, he had an aura of majesty without even being angry.
The two people standing are Guan Yu, Liu Bei's second brother, and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei's third brother in the Peach Garden Oath of All Oaths.
"Are you the knight who knows where Zhang Bao is?"
Seeing Xia Yu walking into the camp, Liu Bei immediately stood up to greet him.
Xia Yu shook his head: "I can't be called a knight, I'm just a volunteer soldier."
After welcoming Xia Yu in, Liu Bei sat down in the main seat again: "In my opinion, anyone who is willing to save people from danger is a chivalrous man."
"My name is Liu Bei, courtesy name Xuande. May I know your name, knight?"
"Xia Yu, courtesy name Zichuan, I know where Zhang Bao is, but because we are outnumbered, I came here to cooperate with the Zhuojun Volunteer Army."
Xia Yu and Liu Bei sat opposite each other, and Hong Jing stood behind him.
"It's great to cooperate. Liu Bei is a humble man, but he has brought his two brothers to lead the Zhuojun volunteers to join the war. Now that we have the help of heroes, we will surely be able to end the war here as soon as possible."
"Sure, sure."
Xia Yu responded politely. Liu Bei treated him with courtesy, so he naturally could not neglect the other party.
After a few words of conversation, Xia Yu immediately took out a map, on which he had circled the strongholds of the Yellow Turban bandits, including Zhang Bao's hiding place.
These were all discovered by him while riding on Suanyu in the sky. As a demon, Suanyu would naturally not be alerted by the Yellow Turban Army. After all, most of the Yellow Turban Army's combat power were demon pill soldiers.
Combining it with the game map in his memory, Xia Yu was able to draw the real map very easily.
When Liu Bei saw the map that Xia Yu took out, he was immediately delighted, and the two began to make a plan based on the map.
Because the map was very detailed, the plan was formulated smoothly. Liu Bei would lead the Zhuojun rebel army to attack the Yellow Turban Army's strongholds, and then Hong Jing would join in as a healer to prevent the rebel army from falling into desperate situation.
Xia Yu will go to Zhang Bao's hiding place with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to defeat the second leader of the Yellow Turban Army in one fell swoop.
After the plan was finalized, several people set out quickly, in order to achieve speed and not give the enemy a chance to breathe.
