The game starts with Cao Cao as the main character, and the beauty sheds countless tears.

Chapter 18: Zhang Fei is going to challenge Hua Xiong one-on-one? Yuan Shu's divine assist!

"This mere Hua Xiong, I shall slay him!"

At Liu Bei's signal, Guan Yu stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said...

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shu couldn't help but look up at Guan Yu.

Guan Yu was wearing nothing more than a plain blue robe, and Guan Yu immediately mocked him:

"I am but a guest general's sworn brother, how dare I speak so presumptuously?"

The guest general refers to Liu Bei.

Everyone knew at the alliance meeting that Liu Bei was a fellow disciple of Gongsun Zan and was temporarily serving as a guest general under Gongsun Zan.

The various warlords dared not boast about Gongsun Zan, given his formidable strength.

But Liu Bei, sorry, what strength did he have?

Especially after news of Liu Bei's attempt to ambush Hua Xiong but being defeated by Hua Xiong reached the other warlords, they regarded Liu Bei as a clown.

Even Gongsun Zan himself did not intend to speak up for Liu Bei.

why?

Because Liu Bei killed nearly a thousand of the White Horse Cavalry!

These are all Gongsun Zan's most prized possessions!

Although Gongsun Zan didn't say much about blaming Liu Bei, he harbored considerable resentment.

Especially now, seeing Guan Yu step forward to volunteer for battle at Liu Bei's signal, Gongsun Zan's opinion of Liu Bei dropped even further.

It's somewhat like they're blaming Liu Bei for being unreliable.

Seeing Yuan Shu reprimand Guan Yu, Gongsun Zan simply adopted an attitude of indifference, as if it were none of his business.

Guan Yu, too, possessed a certain pride. He cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to Yuan Shu and retorted:

"Although I am not talented, I am capable of beheading Hua Xiong!"

It's good for a person to have pride.

But arrogance depends on the situation.

Yuan Shu had just lost his valiant general Yu She, and Guan Yu's actions were tantamount to a direct insult, leaving Yuan Shu utterly humiliated.

Yuan Shu, enraged, gave orders to his men:

"Throw this man out!"

Thirty strokes of the cane!

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao wanted to step forward as a peacemaker, but Su Yu grabbed him.

Su Yu said in a low voice:

"My lord, Guan Yu's life is not yours to live, don't even think about it."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao felt a sudden surge of sorrow.

However, Su Yu's words quickly calmed Cao Cao down.

At this moment, Yuan Shu clearly intended to vent his anger on Guan Yu.

What good would it do to step in as a peacemaker and save Guan Yu?

Offending Yuan Shu for Liu Bei's sake?

For Cao Cao, this was a losing proposition.

As for that nonsense about heroes cherishing heroes, Su Yu thought it was just a form of manipulation.

As you can see, Cao Cao in history was able to kill Liu Bei several times, but because of the so-called "heroes cherish heroes," he ultimately let the tiger return to the mountain, allowing Liu Bei to successfully establish the Shu Han regime.

To put it bluntly, Liu Bei was a beneficiary of the saying "heroes cherish heroes," while Cao Cao was a victim.

Now that Su Yu had become Lao Cao's chief strategist, he naturally didn't allow Lao Cao to continue this sycophantic behavior.

Liu Bei was greatly alarmed.

He quickly turned to look at Gongsun Zan, hoping that his senior brother could step forward and persuade Yuan Shu.

In the end, Gongsun Zan could not go against Liu Bei's wishes and pleaded for Guan Yu's life.

Yuan Shu gave Gongsun Zan face and reduced Guan Yu's punishment from thirty strokes to ten.

But even if it was ten strokes, it was ten strokes with increased force.

Even a super-fierce general like Guan Yu would be covered in bruises and grit his teeth in pain after being struck ten times.

Yes, caning is actually a form of punishment that can be either severe or mild.

For example, a sentence of one hundred strokes of the cane could be a light one hundred strokes or a fatal one hundred strokes.

The severity of punishment is determined by people.

Whether the beating hurts or not, the person administering the punishment will also be mindful of the punishment's intensity.

For example, in some 5v5 games, whether you can win or not largely depends on the teammates you are matched with.

To put it bluntly, whether you win or lose depends on the system.

The person who administered the caning to Guan Yu was from Yuan Shu's forces.

As Yuan Shu's subordinate, I naturally understood Yuan Shu's thoughts.

Give Gongsun Zan some face and don't let Guan Yu be killed, but make sure Guan Yu feels pain.

Only in this way can Yuan Shu's hatred be relieved.

Liu Bei was so angry that his face turned red, but he didn't dare to turn against Yuan Shu.

But just because Liu Bei didn't turn against him didn't mean Zhang Fei wouldn't.

The hot-tempered Zhang Fei drew his eighteen-foot spear and charged towards Yuan Shu!

That look was exactly like someone trying to stab Yuan Shu with ten thousand transparent holes!

The incident happened so suddenly that Yuan Shu was greatly alarmed.

Ji Ling, who was standing nearby, quickly stepped in to protect Yuan Shu.

But how could Ji Ling be a match for Zhang Fei?

"boom!"

A loud noise suddenly rose from afar!

Ji Ling was bumped aside by the burly Zhang Fei.

The intense pain throughout his body made Ji Ling feel as if his bones were about to fall apart.

"Yide, stop right now!"

Liu Bei hurriedly shouted.

Yuan Shu had already given Gongsun Zan face.

If Zhang Fei were to charge forward and injure Yuan Shu now, he might very well be ordered to be killed by Yuan Shu!

Yuan Shu's eyes quickly turned cold.

Ji Ling's obstruction caused Yuan Shu to step aside and hide behind his personal guards.

But Zhang Fei's current actions are already blatantly humiliating him.

If Yuan Shu does nothing, wouldn't that be a complete loss of face?

"Somebody come!"

"Capture this scoundrel for me!"

Yuan Shu roared.

The soldiers behind them stared at each other blankly.

Zhang Fei knocked Ji Ling over in one fell swoop.

For these soldiers, rushing up to fight Zhang Fei now would be suicide.

Yuan Shao watched this scene with great interest.

If he were Gongsun Zan, he would definitely have saved Zhang Fei at that moment.

Putting aside Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei alone were formidable generals of their time.

If we could get help from these two, wouldn't that be like adding wings to a tiger?

Don't think Yuan Shao was blind.

In fact, Yuan Shao also valued talent highly.

But in Yuan Shao's mind, there were many things more important than talent.

For example, weaken Han Fu!

Yuan Shao tapped the table and said:

"Gentlemen, Hua Xiong is currently provoking us outside the camp. What kind of behavior is this?"

These words were meant to satirize Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu's face instantly turned extremely ugly, but none of the soldiers around him dared to provoke Zhang Fei.

Feeling humiliated, he declared:

"Since this dark-skinned fellow wants to go out and fight Hua Xiong, let's just let him go!"

"If they lose their lives, they deserve it!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao cursed Yuan Shu inwardly for being foolish.

Zhang Fei's physique was clearly not that of an ordinary person.

If Zhang Fei were to fight Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong might not necessarily be a match for Zhang Fei!

At that time, Yuan Shu will not only lose face, but also substance.

after all.

Yuan Shu sent Zhang Fei to fight Hua Xiong because he wanted him to die.

If Hua Xiong were to die at Zhang Fei's hands instead, what kind of situation would that be?

Liu Bei also showed delight.

Based on his understanding of his third brother, Hua Xiong was no match for him in a one-on-one fight!

In this way, he could avoid being punished by Yuan Shu and also make contributions. Why not do it?

But just as Zhang Fei was preparing to gladly go into battle...

A light, yet undeniable voice rang out from the side:

"Sending your infantry archers to fight Hua Xiong, do you want Hua Xiong to know that our allied forces are weak?"

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