Three Kingdoms: Rebirth of Liu Bei, the Zhaolie

Seeing that Cuan Heizi was about to escape from above them, Sun Qing hurriedly said to Liu Bei:

"Liu Bei, if you help us kill Cuan Heizi, our score will be even. How about it?"

"I can help you kill Cuan Heizi, but..."

Liu Bei looked at Cuan Heizi, who was leaping from tree branch to branch like a monkey, and said, "My agility isn't very good. If any of you can pull him down from the tree and onto flat ground, I can kill him with my sword."

Sun Qing glanced at Cuan Heizi, who was running further and further away overhead, and couldn't help but sigh.

"let me!"

Chu Yan said loudly, "In swordsmanship, I may not be as good as Cuan Heizi, but if we're talking about climbing and leaping skills, I should be better than him."

Everyone was overjoyed.

"You are the famous Flying Swallow, hurry and chase after her!"

Sun Qing urged loudly.

Chu Yan looked up at Cuan Heizi leaping through the trees, spotted the tree he was about to jump onto, ran over to it, grabbed it with both hands, and began to climb.

In the blink of an eye, Chu Yan had already climbed to the top of the tree like a nimble cat.

Just then, Cuan Heizi was swinging towards the tree where Chu Yan was using a branch as a springboard.

Upon seeing this, Chu Yan stomped her feet and kicked the branch that Cuan Heizi was trying to grab, breaking it in two.

Although Cuan Heizi managed to grab the branch, he immediately fell off the branch.

During his rapid fall, he tried to grab onto the remaining branches, but they snapped almost immediately.

He managed to grab a tree branch, which slowed his fall, but it was then kicked down by Chu Yan who came crashing down from the sky.

Cuan Heizi's body fell again.

There were no more branches sticking out for him to grab onto.

His body, having lost its support, fell freely downwards and crashed directly onto the ground.

Everyone was overjoyed to see Cuan Heizi fall from the sky.

Sun Qing and Wang Dang led the bandits of Baishi Mountain to surround Cuan Heizi again.

Not to be outdone, Luo Shi commanded the Iron Wall Dock rebels to encircle them.

And so, Cuan Heizi was once again surrounded.

Zhang Fei was overjoyed and said to Liu Bei:

"Xuande, Cuan Heizi has fallen. Now it's your turn. Kill Cuan Heizi, and everyone will be happy. But you absolutely cannot be soft-hearted now."

Geng Yong, standing to the side, whispered a reminder to Liu Bei:

"Xuande, this is murder! Do you really want to get involved again? Colluding with bandits and rebels is a grave crime!"

But Liu Bei understood that the late Eastern Han Dynasty was not modern society. In modern society, one could not kill indiscriminately. The law would also have a very strict definition of legitimate self-defense.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was on the verge of chaos.

This is an era of fierce competition, where only those with enough courage can rise to prominence quickly.

Historically, Xu Shu had also killed someone to avenge a friend, and then went into hiding. Although he was later captured by the government, people admired Xu Shu's righteousness, and no one came forward to identify him as Xu Shu. In the end, Xu Shu was released without charge by the county magistrate.

At this moment, Cuan Heizi's swordsmanship was so superb that no one could kill him.

Liu Bei had long since decided that Cuan Heizi, this wicked remnant of the eunuch faction, was determined to kill him today.

Seeing Liu Bei hesitate, Zhang Fei, in a fit of anger, drew his sword directly from Wutulu's waist and ran swiftly towards Cuan Heizi, who was surrounded in the arena.

Wutulu was unable to stop him.

Liu Bei was still pondering how to respond to Geng Yong's advice when he was startled to see Zhang Fei rushing off to kill Cuan Heizi.

He quickly realized that Zhang Fei was using himself as bait to lure Liu Bei into making a move.

Liu Bei immediately drew his two-handed sword and quickly gave chase.

Zhang Fei brandished his ring-pommel sword, yelling "Ahhh!" as he slashed at Cuan Heizi.

When Cuan Heizi saw eleven-year-old Zhang Fei charging at him with his sword, he couldn't help but sneer.

He neither parried nor blocked, but instead thrust his flying sword directly at Zhang Fei's throat.

Cuan Heizi's two-handed sword was six feet long, while his ring-pommel saber was only about five feet long.

In martial arts competitions, every inch longer equals an inch stronger.

A slight difference can lead to a huge error.

Cuan Heizi's longsword flew out, and with just a light touch, it could pierce Zhang Fei's throat directly.

"Yide, get out of the way!"

At this critical moment, Liu Bei raised his left foot and lunged forward, simultaneously gripping his longsword with both hands and parrying Cuan Heizi's sword.

Zhang Fei was knocked away by Liu Bei and fell to the side.

Wutulu hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

As soon as Liu Bei's longsword touched Cuan Heizi's longsword, he gently stirred it with both hands.

The longsword coiled around Cuan Heizi's longsword like a coiled dragon.

Seeing Liu Bei attack, Cuan Heizi was already terrified. He hurriedly tried to draw his sword to defend himself, but his sword seemed to be stuck by a huge stirring force and no longer obeyed his commands.

Startled, he wanted to drop his sword, but he was unwilling to do so.

Just as he was hesitating, Liu Bei's longsword swirled faster and faster. He gently pulled to the side, and directly sent Cuan Heizi's longsword flying.

"Let go!"

Cuan Heizi's longsword flew out of his hand.

Liu Bei swiftly brought his sword down, slicing through Cuan Heizi's chest. Then, with a gentle push of the sword tip, he pierced Cuan Heizi's heart.

Cuan Heizi looked down and saw Liu Bei's longsword pierce his heart.

He could hardly believe his eyes, could not believe that he, a swordsman, had ultimately died by the sword.

Liu Bei swiftly withdrew his longsword from Cuan Heizi's heart.

The thrust and retraction were extremely swift!

All of this was done in an instant.

Gradually, a strange smile appeared on Cuan Heizi's astonished face.

His body, as thin as a bamboo pole, still stood firm.

Sun Qing was still afraid he wasn't dead, so he shouted:

"Kill him!"

Numerous rebel soldiers from Tiebiwu, wielding halberds inscribed with the character "卜" (bu), simultaneously thrust their weapons at Cuan Heizi.

Soon, more than a dozen transparent holes appeared on Cuan Heizi's body.

He was completely dead.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Cuan Heizi dead.

The body, which had been extremely tense, immediately relaxed, and everyone felt a great sense of relief.

"Xuande, you just used the 'Sword Twisting Technique,' didn't you? It caught firmly onto Cuan Heizi's longsword!"

Sun Qing was still amazed by the sword strike Liu Bei had used to kill Cuan Heizi.

Liu Bei nodded silently:

"It is indeed the sword-twisting stance. After practicing for many years, it has finally come in handy."

He recalled the scene when he used to practice the sword-twisting stance, using a long stick to spin a hollow wheel continuously.

Everything seemed so vivid in my mind.

Luo Shi was overjoyed to have killed Cuan Heizi. He looked at Liu Bei with admiration in his eyes and nodded with a smile.

"Clean up the battlefield! Finish off anyone who isn't completely dead, leave no survivors. Next, we're going to White Stone Mountain stronghold to become bandits, so we absolutely cannot let this news leak out. You must understand, only the dead will keep our secrets."

Luo shouted at his group of rebel soldiers.

At his command, the Ironwall Dock rebels immediately launched a rapid search of the entire dense forest, even stabbing those who were already dead in the throat.

The dense forest is not large, only a few dozen acres, and it is adjacent to a small hill to the south.

The Ironwall Rebels and Whitestone Mountain bandits thoroughly searched the entire dense forest, ensuring no one was left alive. They also searched the nearby fields on horseback to make sure no retainers or servants of the Green Creek Manor had escaped.

Zhang Fei was extremely excited. He looked up at the sky and shouted:

"Cousin, we killed Cuan Heizi and avenged you. Your spirit can rest in peace now."

After saying this, he looked at Liu Bei gratefully.

"Thank you, Xuande. From this day forward, I, Zhang Fei, will obey your orders."

"Yide, we are brothers, so there's no need for further words."

Liu Bei was also very excited.

Sun casually said:

"Cuan Heizi is just a knife; the real people who killed your cousin were Wen Xuan and Wu Guang."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fei hurriedly replied:

"Where have you hidden Wen Xuan and Fifth Light? I want to kill them with my own hands!"

Sun Qingyi pointed south and said:

"It's hanging on a big tree at the foot of the mountain ahead. General Ox Horn is whipping them. Let's go take a look."

"it is good."

So, Sun Qing, Wang Dang, Chu Yan, and Luo Shi led the way.

Liu Bei, Geng Yong, Qian Zhao, Zhang Fei, and Wutulu followed closely behind, walking quickly towards the foot of the mountain ahead.

……

Be firm before his strength, and yielding after his strength.

—Yu Dayou, *The Sword Classic* (Ming Dynasty)