The Legend of Pei Yuanqing of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 98
For the next few days Pei Feng observed Zhou Buyi secretly, but found nothing, neither his performance was excellent nor bad.

However, Pei Feng still saw some clues from his details, and only then did he realize that Zhou Buyi was actually extremely complicated.

Zhou Buyi always has such a calm feeling when he does things, as if everything is just a cloud in his eyes. It is true that he is not active, but he always handles things quickly.

Pei Feng didn't say anything, but just kept it in his heart silently, no matter what the origin of Zhou Buyi is, as long as he is not a traitor, then nothing is a problem.

Pei Feng also wouldn't ask. Since others are hiding their identities, there must be some reason. It's useless to ask, and he will speak out when he wants to.

A few days later, another good news came from the competition stage. The competition stage in charge of Zhou Tai and Shen Dan was recruiting people. They both came side by side with happy faces, and two strange faces followed behind them.

Pei Feng looked up and was a little surprised. Those two people were about the same age as him, and they were dressed in a brocade robe of flowers at a young age, and they had some aristocratic air.

Who are these two people?

Pei Feng was a little puzzled, and turned to look at Shen Danzhou and Tai, waiting for their explanation.

The two were very happy, and Zhou Tai said: "General, there are two heroes with strong martial arts skills. They are the children of a big family in Lingling County. The two of us are not equal, but brother Xi Zhen's martial arts are superior to the two of us, and his three-pointed double-edged sword is superb, and we both admire it very much!"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Tai and Shen Dan stepped aside to let Xi Zhen and Xi Hong out.

Xi Zhen Xihong hurriedly stepped forward to salute, cupped his hands and said: "Xi Zhen Xihong has met the general, the two of us are willing to serve under the general's command, please take him in!"

Pei Feng's reputation gradually spread. In Changbanpo's battle, he defeated Jiangxia twice and even defeated Shangyong, Xicheng, and Fangling counties.

The two of them have practiced martial arts since childhood, and now that they have achieved success in martial arts, they want to come out and make some contributions.

After much deliberation, he decided to seek refuge with Uncle Liu Bei Liu Huang, who has both ability and political integrity.

But because there is no one to recommend, it is difficult to be reused if he rashly joins the army. If he is buried, it will be really miserable.

So the two waited rationally for the opportunity. By chance, they learned from a businessman that Pei Feng, the prefect of Shangyong County, was recruiting talented people.

Immediately, the two of them were tempted. This is a rare opportunity. If they join the army in this way, they will definitely be reused. If they join the army directly, it will be really dangerous. It will be no problem to meet good generals. Once you encounter a useless general, you are really unlucky. You don't know how they died.

Moreover, they also inquired about Pei Feng's identity and status, and they admired Pei Feng's bravery, so they came to Shangyong City as soon as they gritted their teeth.

The two of them took a peek at Pei Feng, and were filled with admiration in their hearts. It was exactly the same as the rumors said, handsome and brave.

Although they didn't see Pei Feng's martial arts, the indistinct aura exuding from Pei Feng's body made the two of them fall into an ice cave.

While they were looking at Pei Feng, why wasn't Pei Feng also looking at them.

The more you look at Pei Feng, the more satisfied you are. Xi Hong is gentle and likes to smile. Xi Zhen looks cold, but she seems to care about him very much, and her tone of voice is a little excited.

Knowing that, Pei Feng said with a smile: "With two of you joining, our army will be like a tiger with wings added. The two will serve as side generals first, and when they make contributions in the future, I will report to my lord that you two will be promoted!"

Xi Zhen and Xihong had a big accident. They didn't expect to become a general directly. This was simply a dream, and she hurriedly said excitedly: "Thank you for your cultivation, General. The two of us will go through fire and water and die!"

"Okay, you guys go down and rest first, and I will clean up the dust for you in the future!" Pei Feng smiled.

"Yes, General." The two retreated, and immediately the soldiers took them down and arranged for them to rest in the room.

Pei Feng is now the general of Zhengnan and the prefect of Shangyong. He can already appoint partial generals on his own, but he still needs a letter to inform Liu Bei that Shen Dan and Zhoutai have joined the army. Pei Feng has already told Liu Bei in the letter.

Watching Xi Zhen and Xi Hong leave, Pei Feng was surprised. Originally, he was surprised how there would be an unknown soldier whose martial arts could rival Shen Danzhoutai, and Xi Zhen even surpassed the two of them.

It was only later that Pei Feng remembered that these two people had a lot of background, they were indeed descendants of a big family, the point was that they had served Liu Bei in history, and they were also generals in the northern part of Lingling County.

After Guan Yu's defense of Jingzhou was defeated, Sun Quan's army quickly occupied the nine counties of Jingxiang, and Lingling County was no exception. Xi Hong suggested to his elder brother Xi Zhen to pretend to surrender and wait for a good opportunity before returning to Shuhan.

At this time, Fan Zhou, a highly respected figure from Lingling County, stood out. Although this Fan Zhou was old and gray-haired, he had a different identity. His ancestors were relatives of the Liu family in the Han Dynasty, so although he had no official position, But the prestige is very high, and it can respond to everything.

He planned to unite those who were unwilling to surrender to Soochow to rebel against the Soochow army and return to Shuhan, and Brother Xizhen was one of them who was invited.

But nothing is absolute, news will always leak, and it will soon reach the ears of a rebel general of the Shu army, and that rebel general is called Pan Jun.

He told Sun Quan the news, and Sun Quan was shocked and wanted to send troops to suppress it, but the counselor pointed out that Fan Zhou's status was special and he should not be killed easily.

So Sun Quan endured it, but Pan Jun knew that Sun Quan wanted to get rid of this hidden danger, so he immediately felt that this was a great opportunity to make meritorious deeds, so he said, in fact, Fan Zhou is a guy with no charts and no ability at all, as long as he is given 5000 A person can take his head.

Sun Quan was overjoyed, and immediately asked Pan Jun to take 5000 troops to Lingling. Sure enough, Fan Zhou, who was suddenly defenseless, was killed by Pan Jun, cut off his head and brought it to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan looked at him with admiration, so he reused Pan Jun.

Xi Zhen was shocked when he got the news. After losing his ally, his chances of returning to Shuhan became even slimmer, but he had no choice but to continue to endure.

In private, he traveled to many counties in Lingling County, and finally soldiers from seven counties were willing to follow him to resist Soochow.

He raised the banner without hesitation, quickly occupied Lingling County, and beheaded the prefect of Lingling County appointed by Sun Quan with lightning speed.

There are not many troops in the seven counties, only 8000 people, but these 8000 people actually resisted the successive attacks of Soochow.

After attacking for more than a month, Sun Quan was shocked, and even Pan Jun was dumbfounded, and went to the bottom of the city wall alone to persuade Xi Zhen to surrender.

Xi Zhen sneered, and said loudly, as a general of Shu, I will fight for the Kingdom of Shu to the last moment. I would rather be a ghost of Han than a minister of Wu, and what are you doing?
Pan Jun was extremely ashamed, Xi Zhen ordered to shoot arrows, and Pan Jun was so scared that he quickly retreated.

Sun Quan knew that persuading surrender was useless, so he ordered to continue the strong attack. Finally, Lingling City was breached more than ten days later.

Xi Zhen yelled, "I'm sorry everyone, I was born as a native of Shu, and died as a ghost of Shu. I'll take a step first, and you can do as you please!"

After all, he drew his sword and killed himself on the spot.

His younger brother, Xi Hong, swore to fight to the death, his body was densely criss-crossed with sword wounds, and finally he was exhausted and captured.

Xi Hong wanted to commit suicide, but he couldn't die because he thought of his family and his brother's family.

In desperation, he had no choice but to surrender to Soochow. In Soochow, he didn't say a word, and became a dumb general since then, and Sun Quan had no choice.

He wanted to kill Xi Hong, but Xi Hong was the successor of the famous general Xi Yu, so he couldn't kill him, and if it spread, he would be criticized.

Who is Xi Yu?He was a general who fought with Liu Xiu, and it can be said that he was a minister of the dragon, and he was the first to form an army with Liu Xiu, just like Fan Kuai and Liu Bang.

Later generations praised them as loyal, invincible, and ten thousand enemies, two brothers who are generals and tigers.

A family of loyalty is highly respected by the common people. Among brothers, there are dragons and snakes, but it is extremely rare to see people who are all loyal.

(End of this chapter)