"Brother———!"

Guan Yu, who reached out to grab the air, shouted in surprise, but the remaining part of his right hand was a piece of clothes stained with blood, while his eyes were fixed on his flipped body under the cliff.

In an instant, Guan Yu leaned back on the horse's back, and watched Liu Bei fall down from the cliff until the rolling figure left his sight.

At this moment, Guan Yu was stunned. His eyes were filled with tears, and he choked and screamed in pain: "Brother——"

Like Guan Yu, there was Li Li who knocked Liu Bei down from the cliff.

"Bogyu, Bogyu! Bogyu wake up, I, Li Wenchang, I, can't help you!"

After cutting off Liu Bei's arm, Li Li had no intention of killing the enemy anymore. He rode his horse to the north of the mountain road. With the joint efforts of Li Zhi and Huan Fei, Gongsun Zan carefully lifted off the horse and leaned him against the stone wall on the side of the road. Li Li turned over and got off the horse, and stepped forward to hold Gongsun Zan who had already died. His expression was extremely sad and he burst into tears. The crystal tears were filled with endless regret and self-blame.

Just when his life was hanging on the line, Li Li never dreamed that in the critical moment, Gongsun Zan was desperate to block the fatal knife for him, becoming his most solid backing, and exchanging his own life for Li Li's unharmedness.

In fact, when Li Li felt a sudden kill from behind him that a man blocked Guan Yu's death, the first person who could be in a critical moment appeared in his mind was Li Zhi, followed by Huan Fei, and then Chen Dao or the closest personal soldiers to him. It was even possible that Ke Bineng and more than 4,000 other soldiers, but he did not expect Gongsun Zan.

However, Li Li knew clearly that among the more than 4,000 cavalry, Huan Fei led his troops to the front, and Li Zhi and Chen Dao were both riding their horses in front of the moment when the fire carriage rushed towards him. Therefore, neither of them could reach him as soon as possible. Ke Bineng and He Man stayed at the end of the army, responsible for cutting off the rear, and led the army to resist the attack from the rear of the army when the fire carriage rushed over, and it was even more impossible to reach behind him at the most critical moment. So Li Li mistakenly thought that the personal soldiers or other soldiers were blocking his sword for him, and never thought that Gongsun Zan would sacrifice his life to save him.

Why did Li Li think so? Did he never trust Gongsun Zan? Or was he always worried about Gongsun Zan and was always on guard?

The answer is no. Li Li did not trust Gongsun Zan, but he always liked to think in reverse when thinking about problems. When he felt someone rushing behind him to block the knife, the first thing he thought of was his confidant general and his direct subordinates. The so-called confidant is the one who can work for him at a critical moment; the second was what was the original intention of sacrificing his life to save him; the last was what benefits he could give to the person who worked for him. Obviously, these three conditions had nothing to do with Gongsun Zan, because Gongsun Zan had no reason to sacrifice his life to save him.

All of this stems from Gongsun Zan's unique identity and status. Gongsun Zan himself was a lord. He was once a domineering place, and was also a violent person who was addicted to wine and sex and was vengeful. Now Gongsun Zan was defeated in Youzhou and bowed down to his subordinates. His official position and salary were comparable to that of the three Gongs. His official rank in the Xiliang army was second only to Li Li, and his status was comparable to that of Li Jie and Li Xian. This means that Li Li had no fame and fortune to reward Gongsun Zan. There was no official title to be granted, so he could only reward some gold, silver, wealth or beauty. That's all.

Because of this, Li Li did not expect that Gongsun Zan would sacrifice his life to save him at the most critical moment. He blocked him and was stabbed by Guan Yu, and he took his own life for it. He immediately died. It was not until Gongsun Zan leaned on his shoulder and said the last sentence of his life with blood in his mouth that Li Li realized that his life was saved by Gongsun Zan, and he owed Gongsun Zan a life.

Now Gongsun Zan is dead. He was killed by Guan Yu and almost cut in half, not even a whole body. Therefore, Li Li was almost split into two pieces of body. He was so heartbroken that Li Li was holding Gongsun Zan at this moment, and was heartbroken and filled with tears. He regretted that he shouldn't have doubts about Gongsun Zan at the beginning, and was always wary of Gongsun Zan's desire to dominate the world, and one day he would revive. Li Li blamed himself for being too inhumane to Gongsun Zan. For two years, he had been holding Gongsun Zan with him from Youzhou to Huainan, and then from Huainan to Hebei. So that Gongsun Zan had not seen his wives, concubines and children for two years, and had endured the pain of separation of his wife and children for a long time.

But now? When Li Li was facing the biggest crisis in his life, Gongsun Zan jumped and died on the spot with his own flesh and blood.

This kindness was too great, and Li Li could not repay it at all; it was too heavy, and it suffocated Li Li and felt heartbroken. The reason why this kindness was so great was because Li Li deeply felt the deep friendship of Gongsun Zan for him like brothers and sisters. Therefore, when he encountered danger, Gongsun Zan stood up regardless of his own safety and exchanged his life for Li Li's safety and escape from danger.

Another reason why Li Li was so sad was that since Gongsun Zan led his troops to surrender to him, he had been doing his best. He charges in front of every war, never complains, and almost never asks for anything. This battle in Yecheng was the first time Gongsun Zan discovered the abnormality and said it in public, hoping to attract Li Li's attention. Unfortunately, Li Li did not take his reminder at all, so that he realized how important Gongsun Zan's reminder was after the disaster.

If Li Li had really listened to it at that time, perhaps with a little thought, he would have discovered the secret potentially under the Zhang River and then discovered the huge conspiracy between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. In this way, there would definitely be no subsequent defeat in Yecheng and the life-threatening death today.

Unfortunately, there is no if in the world. There must be various inevitable reasons behind all seemingly accidental events. If Gongsun Zan's reminder was spoken from Guo Jia, or if Li Zhi, Huan Fei, Dian Wei and Chen Dao and other confidant generals were asked in person, would Li Li still not care? The result should be completely different from this moment.

It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Zan's tragic death made Li Li particularly sad, full of regret and self-blame. So much so that he cried in public for the first time in so many years, and bluntly expressed his guilt: "Bogui, I, Li Li, are sorry to you!"

Seeing that his lord was holding Gongsun Zan's body and crying sadly. He also took off his battle robe and bandaged the huge wound on Gongsun Zan's back, Huan Fei and Li Zhi secretly blamed themselves and were deeply moved. Then they whispered to the personal soldiers to protect the lord's safety, and both turned over and siege Guan Yu, one on the left and one on the right, as if he was killing Guan Yu to avenge Gongsun Zan and avenge their own shame.

After all, the scene just now was so scary.

The moment Guan Yu waved his sword to the back of Li Li's head, Li Zhi was so shocked that he almost fell off the horse's back, and Huan Fei was so scared that his face turned pale and his whole body was trembling. Fortunately, at the most dangerous time, Gongsun Zan stepped forward, causing Li Li to escape the danger and escaped the great disaster of life and death again.

Although Li Li is safe and sound at this moment, how did Guan Yu get close to him?

Li Li was immersed in sadness at this time, and naturally he had no intention of pursuing it. But Huan Fei and Li Zhi knew very well how Guan Yu approached his lord. Because Guan Yu slipped into the middle of the army from the defense line they were stationed by them. He then approached Li Li step by step, and then unexpectedly launched a sneak attack; if Gongsun Zan had not jumped into the pounce, Guan Yu would have succeeded.

This is undoubtedly a great humiliation for Huan Fei and Li Zhi. In fact, they both noticed Guan Yu before. Because Guan Yu was very brave, many Western Liang cavalry were vulnerable to him. There was no general under the big sword, and no one could stop him. Unfortunately, Huan Fei and Li Zhi did not know Guan Yu. Therefore, although they saw that Guan Yu was extraordinary in martial arts, they did not pay enough attention, so that Guan Yu could take advantage of the loopholes and get close to Li Li. Fortunately, Li Li was unscathed. If there was a mistake, what were the two of them living in the world? How could they explain to the generals in the military?

Li Li has escaped danger now, and Huan Fei and Li Zhi finally knew that this guy in black, red face and long beard and good at using big swords was Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang, the big sword among the three heroes of Hulao who were famous in his early years. No wonder he was so powerful!

However, although Guan Yu is powerful, it is not enough to make Huan Fei and Li Zhi afraid. You must know that they are the peak powerhouses who are tied for the first general of Xiliang. Therefore, they not only have no fear when facing Guan Yu at this moment, but they are happy to see the hunting. If the war is not delayed, the right and wrong cannot be left for a long time, and they really want to compete with Guan Yu. But now due to the situation, they do not need to compete fairly with Guan Yu, so they looked at each other and rushed towards Guan Yu without saying a word.

"Guan Yu (Red-faced Thief) died!"

The moment he rode his horse to Guan Yu, Huan Fei and Li Zhi planned to kill Guan Yu quietly, but in the end he could not overcome the hurdle of conscience, and still couldn't help but remind Guan Yu, so as not to know how he died when he was about to die.

"Uh, Fei General Li Zhi, General Xiong Ju Huan Fei?" Guan Yu, who was also immersed in sadness, was awakened by the sudden loud shout and recognized the identities of Li Zhi and Huan Fei at a glance. Obviously, he had heard of the two peak generals with the strongest combat power under Li Li's command, and knew their appearance, so he blurted out their names at a glance.

"Hmph! It's good to know my name, so as not to go to the underworld after death. The King of Hell asks you why you died. You don't know your grandfather Huan Fei's name!" Huan Fei, who was born as a bandit, always spoke rudely, and at least two of the three sentences were swearing, and this time was no exception.

While speaking, the wolf-toothed sledgehammer in Huan Fei's hand did not stop for a moment. He suddenly raised the sledgehammer and smashed it straight towards Guan Yu's head. However, Li Zhi, opposite Huan Fei, did not say anything, and did not show his weapons in his hand, and rushed towards Guan Yu with bare hands.

"Clang!" With a loud bang, Guan Yu passively faced him, holding the knife in both hands and taking a heavy hammer from Huan Fei. However, his eyes were staring at Li Zhi who was sprinting with bare hands, as if his fear of Li Zhi was still above Huan Fei.

With one mind and two uses, Guan Yu took a secret loss when he started to fight. His cheeks were red by Huan Fei's hammer. His hands, who were holding the hilt of the knife, cracked the mouth of the tiger, and the blood instantly dyed the hilt red. Even so, he took Huan Fei's attack, and then turned passive into initiative. The big sword followed the trend and cut towards Huan Fei's wrist. Huan Fei attacked with the round shield with his left hand and bravely faced the Qinglong Yanyue Sword. Unexpectedly, Guan Yu's attack was purely a false sword and did not touch the round shield at all.

In an instant, the big sword in Guan Yu's palm quickly sank, then he rode his horse to dive. The Qinglong Yanyue Sword rubbed against the ground and suddenly drew the sword, and rushed up from bottom to top like a poisonous snake, trying to attack Huan Fei's mount, the golden beast under his crotch.

"The red-faced thief is so brave! Since you are determined to die, Huan will help you!"

Seeing that Guan Yu actually tried to kill the golden beast, Huan Fei was furious and immediately controlled the golden beast and turned around and rushed towards a plate, staggering Guan Yu's sword, one of the three ultimate killing styles of Chunqiu, to cut off the water. However, just when Guan Yu thought he had forced Huan Fei to retreat, Huan Fei jumped out of his pedestal, holding a shield in one hand and raising a wolf-tooth hammer in the air, forcing Guan Yu to swing his sword to attack.

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