Chapter 218
The world's prejudice against She is too deep.
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When Yu She heard the news from Huang Gai, he was speechless.
What a damn defection!
Listen to this, is this a plan that a human could come up with?
Why should I, Yu Zichuan, be unable to betray Yuan Shu, given his trust and entrusted with important responsibilities?
Haven't I betrayed Yuan Shu enough times in my previous lives?
The world's prejudice against me runs so deep!
Can't you see that all this talk of "punishing the treacherous and serving the king" is a lie? Cao Cao and Yuan Shao just want to take advantage of the situation and use the guise of righteousness to kill me here!
Yu She sighed deeply, feeling that there were too many ignorant people in the world who had all misjudged him.
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Then he heard Huang Gai say, "When my lord was with Ma Teng, Han Sui, Zhang Ji and others, it was too late when the general was only pretending to defect."
The group has pursued the enemy to the point of exhaustion. If he were to reunite with the general and make a comeback, not only would others be resented, but even my lord would likely be held hostage by him.
With no other option but to take drastic measures, they decided to eliminate the threat completely.
Since the allied forces had already killed the false emperor, they naturally dared not leave General Yu, this potential threat, in the world.
At that time, the group killed the false emperor in Chen State and learned that the general had just been defeated by the allied forces of Cao and Dai and had retreated to the nearby Pei State, where he was at his wit's end.
At the urging of Lei Bu and Chen Lan, Ma Teng, Han Sui, Zhang Ji and others planned to join forces to enter Pei and attack the general from both sides to eliminate any future troubles.
My lord learned that Young Master Bofu is still serving under the general and being given important responsibilities, so he knows that the general probably has no intention of targeting the Sun family.
Although Shu Ni is dead, since Young Master Bo Fu calls the General "Uncle," my lord can still join forces with the General to protect the country and create a new great cause!
If our two families join forces with Liu Bei again, and control the five provinces of Jing, Yang, Yan, Yu, and Xu, we may well have the opportunity to recover the Central Plains and retake Chang'an in the future.
So my lord outwardly agreed to join forces with them, but in reality, he secretly intended to emulate the general and carry out a plan of defection, so that he could work with the general from within and without to defeat the allied forces.
However, this plan was exposed at some point, and soon after entering Pei State, it was seen through by Jia Xu, a strategist under Zhang Ji.
At that time, my lord was in the same predicament as the general, besieged by the allied forces and suffering repeated defeats. Instead of fleeing, he came to seek refuge with the general.
Guh! Just kill me!
When will you finally understand that there's no such thing as a plot to defect?!
Yu She smiled bitterly to himself, feeling that his reputation as a loyal subject of the Yuan family was indelible. He sighed and urged Huang Gai to wait until he had defeated the combined forces of Cao Cao and Dai before leading his troops to meet Sun Jian.
However, before long, the sound of hooves could be heard from behind. The two riders in the lead were a burly man with broad shoulders and a thick waist, and a broad-shouldered, muscular man with a strong back. Both were fully armored and had a bandit-like appearance.
Upon seeing the military formation, the two men hurriedly pointed in Yu She's direction, "That man in silver armor and white robes is Yu Zichuan! All troops, heed my command: execute this scoundrel to bring peace to the land!"
These two men were none other than Lei Bu and Chen Lan, former generals under Yuan Shu.
Huang Gai was shocked to see this. "My injuries were caused by the pursuers. General, please be careful."
Upon seeing that it was Lei Bu and Chen Lan, Yu She immediately sneered, "What kind of nobodies dare to invade? General Huang, rest a while, and watch me kill these two generals."
He immediately raised his silver spear, ready to kill the two generals, but little did he know that Lei Bu and Chen Lan had heard so many stories back in Nanyang about how Yu She, when he attacked Dong Zhuo, protected his horse archers with one hand and his foot archers with the other, and still managed to defeat Lü Bu, making them invincible in the world. How could they dare to fight now?
Upon seeing Yu She leap into battle, the two of them charged backward without a word, urgently shouting, "Young General, save us!"
Then a man appeared, leading several thousand Xiliang cavalrymen who came in a cloud of dust. He was overjoyed to see Yu She coming out of battle!
"Ma Chao, the sage of Xiliang, is here!"
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Today is the day I should slay Yu Zichuan and make a name for myself throughout the land!
Yu She: "???"
Ma Chao, the sage of Xiliang?
Is he the same Ma Chao of Xiliang who, when Ma Teng and Han Sui attacked Chang'an, slaughtered Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji, only defending the city walls and dragging it out until Ma Teng and Han Sui ran out of food before launching a counterattack?
hiss~
Although Yu She had not yet witnessed Ma Chao's skills firsthand, he knew that a person's reputation precedes them, and he secretly thought that this man might possess the combat strength of the top five in the world. He knew he could not be careless or underestimate him.
So, under Ma Chao's bewildered gaze, Yu She, who had just ridden out into battle, merely glanced at him arrogantly.
"I, Yu, will not kill nameless nobodies!"
I'm absolutely furious!
"My family has been nobles and dukes for generations, how can we be considered unknown?"
"Yu Zichuan, stop your arrogance! Come and fight me now!"
Yu She merely shook his head slightly, his eyes filled with disdain.
"Are you so young, yet you seek death?"
He then arrogantly turned back to his own formation, pointed at Ma Chao, and said, "This young upstart is ignorant of his own limitations. Gongfu, you can go and capture him."
Huang Gai, covered in wounds, was at this moment: "???"
Me? Me? ? ?
"General, you may not know this, but I, Huang, have been chased all the way here by him. I have narrowly escaped death several times, and I am simply no match for him."
Yu She winked at him quietly and whispered, "Right now, all my generals are fighting to the death with Cao Cao's army and have not yet been able to return to provide reinforcements."
General Huang only went forward to stall for time, but I immediately ordered someone to send a message to the front lines, saying that once my general Fengxian returns, taking this brat's head will be as easy as taking candy from a bag.
Huang Gai thought of his lord, who was waiting for Yu She to come to his rescue, so he gritted his teeth and went out to hold off Ma Chao.
Seeing Yu She escape back into his ranks, Ma Chao was not about to let him get away. He led his cavalry charge towards Yu She's army, and Ma Chao himself charged ahead on horseback, determined to take Yu She's head from the midst of the enemy forces.
At this time, Yu She's generals were all fighting in Cao Cao's army. In the rush, he had no time to return to the rescue. He could only do his best to lead the troops beside him to block Ma Chao's attack, hoping to delay for a while until Lü Bu and others returned to the rescue.
Huang Gai fiercely resisted Ma Chao's offensive, but the more seriously injured he was, the more determined he became. Although he had already fought several rounds and was on the verge of death, he was afraid that if he held on any longer, he would die on the spot. However, his desperate measures did manage to hold off Ma Chao for a while.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard again. It turned out that Zhang Xiu, fearing that Ma Chao would steal the credit, also led several thousand cavalry to catch up with Ma Chao.
Seeing that Ma Chao had already charged into the enemy ranks and was being held back by the enemy general, Zhang Xiu laughed loudly.
"Ma Mengqi, you've now paved the way for my success; it's only right that I, the King of Spears in the North, will become famous throughout the land!"
After saying this, Zhang Xiu led his troops into the battlefield, brandishing his spear and charging straight at Yu She!
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