Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Shiquan County.

After listening to Li Ru's plan, Liu Bei regained his confidence. He sent someone to Guancheng through the mountain road to deliver a letter to Zhang Fei, while organizing his troops to march towards Yangping Pass. Unexpectedly, he met Deng Zhi and his group not far from Shiquan County.

"Lord..."

Deng Zhi was helped off his horse, his throat choking with sobs, tears streaming before he could say a word. Seeing this, Liu Bei's heart skipped a beat. He quickly dismounted, walked over in three or two steps, supported Deng Zhi, and asked anxiously, "Bo Miao, why are you here? Where is Yide?"

He looked back, but only saw a group of miserable remnants of the army, and no sign of Zhang Fei at all.

"General, he, he might have already..."

Deng Zhi tearfully recounted the ambush he encountered in Nanzheng City yesterday and Zhang Fei's last words. Finally, she said, "By the time we left, the general had already been stabbed several times and was bleeding profusely..."

Liu Bei's face had turned pale. He stumbled back two steps and then collapsed to the ground, muttering to himself, "No, no, third brother, third brother will not die, will not die... How could he die... How could he..."

Guan Yu's eyes also became wet, especially when he heard that Zhang Fei could have left but refused to leave just to carve out a way for his soldiers to survive. He could only bite his lower lip hard to prevent himself from crying out loud.

Li Ru was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and sighed, "I knew this guy would mess things up..."

"The dead cannot be resurrected. Please take care of yourself, my lord. Please accept my condolences!" Li Ru sighed and walked over to help Liu Bei up, but Liu Bei suddenly stood up by himself, waved his hand away, jumped on the horse, whipped the horse's buttocks with the whip in his hand, and galloped away to the west.

Guan Yu came to his senses and rode his horse to chase after them. Li Ru shouted from behind, but the two men acted as if they didn't hear him. He was so angry that he stamped his feet. He quickly ordered two thousand cavalrymen to follow, and asked Chen Deng to lead the troops back to Shiquan County to wait.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu rode non-stop for half a day and a night, and arrived at Nanzheng City the next morning. However, they did not see Zhang Fei. The soldiers who stayed there told them that Xu Chu took Zhang Fei's body back to Dingjun Mountain the day after the war ended, and only left the Zhangba Snake Spear as a memorial for Liu Bei.

There were still bloodstains on the lance, and the dried black blood stung Liu Bei's eyes. He knelt outside the city of Nanzheng, holding the lance and feeling heartbroken. Guan Yu also burst into tears.

After crying for an unknown amount of time, Liu Bei staggered onto his horse again and wanted to go to Dingjun Mountain to retrieve Zhang Fei's body, but was stopped by Li Ru who came from behind.

"My lord, you can't go. She deliberately took Yide's body away to lure you over. This woman is far more sinister and cruel than we imagined. On the one hand, she calls Yide "Third Brother" affectionately, but on the other hand, she killed him with such despicable means..."

"She didn't want to kill my third brother!" Guan Yu interrupted Li Ru, "Bo Miao said that Zhong Kang asked my third brother to leave several times, but it was my third brother himself..." He glanced at Liu Bei and suddenly lowered his voice, "He didn't want to leave!"

The third brother never wanted his eldest brother to fight with Lu Bu, so he tried his best to stop him from sending troops to Nanyang this time. The eldest brother was afraid that he would do something bad, so he concealed the fact that he wanted to seize Yongzhou from him. He didn't expect that he would use this method to persuade him in the end.

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu in bewilderment, "Is it me who killed my third brother? It was me..."

"No, big brother, don't blame yourself!" Guan Yu held Liu Bei's shoulders and choked with sobs, "It was this chaotic world that killed my third brother!"

Liu Bei burst into tears again. Guan Yu said, "Brother, you can't go. I'm going to see my third brother. I'll bring him back!"

After he finished speaking, he jumped on his horse and galloped away towards Dingjun Mountain.

Guan Yu rode swiftly and arrived at Yangping Pass that evening. The soldier reported to him, "The princess has gone to bed. The maid on duty said she wouldn't report anything other than urgent military information. The messenger should go to Mian County to rest for the night and come back tomorrow."

"How could she sleep?" Guan Yu asked coldly.

The soldier was confused and asked, "Why can't you sleep?"

Guan Yu remained silent again, but with a cold face, he dismounted and stood on the bank of the Mian River with a sword in his hand. He had no intention of resting, and the soldiers ignored him and returned to the camp.

The next morning, Zhang Mo woke up and found out that Guan Yu had come to ask for a meeting the previous night.

"Please ask him to go directly to Zouma Valley to see Third Brother. I'll pack up and go over there."

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Liu Bei waited anxiously for three days. Guan Yu returned to Shiquan County from Dingjun Mountain, but did not bring back Zhang Fei's body.

"Where is my third brother?" Liu Bei looked haggard, with bloodshot eyes. It was obvious that he had not had a good rest in the past few days.

"I saw it!" Guan Yu was still as calm and composed as usual, with no other unnecessary expressions on his face.

“Why don’t you bring it back?”

"It's too hot!" Guan Yu said simply, changing the subject. "Brother, do you want to continue sending troops to Dingjun Mountain?"

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, hesitant. Guan Yu said, "When I went to see my third brother, I took a look at the military deployment over there. The camps outside Dingjun Mountain are connected, and the defense facilities have been built all the way to Yangping Pass. The city gate north of the Mian River, Mian County, and Beishan form a three-legged tripod. In addition to catapults, the city defense equipment also has a kind of crossbow cart called a three-bow bed crossbow. Both the range and power are far superior to ordinary crossbow carts. In addition to 30,000 combat soldiers, there are also 30,000 civilians to help defend the city. Among the combat soldiers, there are 3,000 Golden Eagle Guards. It was the Golden Eagle Guards who defeated Bogui's White Horse Volunteers with a small force at Jingxing that year. General Zilong, who was originally under Bogui's command, has also come, as well as the commander of Yongzhou, Taishi Ziyi, and Liangzhou's Ma Chao, Yan Xing and other powerful generals. And Amo is personally in charge..."

Liu Bei's face grew increasingly grim as he listened. Li Ru, standing beside him, also sighed, "My lord, according to what Yunchang said, we really can't take Yangping Pass. The Micang Road is right next to Dingjun Mountain, so we can't escape either. Our only option now is to go to Yanzhou and seek refuge with Cao Gong. If we unite with Cao and Sun to defeat Lü Bu, there's still hope of retaking Shu."

"What if we lose again? Where do you want me to go?" Guan Yu raised his eyelids slightly, his habitual calm, and glanced at Li Ru unkindly. He turned to Liu Bei and said, "Brother, instead of surrendering to Cao Mengde, it is better to return to the Tang Dynasty. Amo is loyal and righteous, and will never treat you unfairly."

Li Ru sneered, "What a loyal and righteous person! If she hadn't deceived Yide, how could he have died in Nanzheng? Yide's body is still warm, and you're already taking your lord to join the enemy? Is this what you call brotherhood?"

"Deception is acceptable in war. How could a military advisor, well-versed in military texts, not understand this principle?"

Li Ru choked and was speechless. He looked at Guan Yu unhappily. It turned out that this usually silent Guan Yu also had a sharp tongue!

Guan Yu continued, "Brother, have you forgotten my third brother's dying words? The Han Dynasty is beyond saving. Even if Cao Mengde wins this time and ultimately allows him to seize the world, will he willingly hand power back to that puppet emperor?"

Liu Bei remained silent, his thoughts unclear. Guan Yu also stopped talking. Li Ru, seeing this, began to instigate him again. "Yun Chang went to Dingjun Mountain and you've gone your own way. What kind of magic potion did that woman give you? You can't even take Yide's death seriously?"

Guan Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was too lazy to say anything more. Li Ru then spoke to Liu Bei, "My lord, if you surrender to the Tang, there will be no hope of restoring the Han Dynasty. Now, only by defeating Lu Bu together with Cao Gong can you have a chance to make a comeback."

Liu Bei felt his temples throbbing non-stop. A few days of lack of rest had left his mind in a state of confusion. He held his forehead with his left hand and waved his right hand. "Let me think about this matter again. You two can go down first!"