Allied Forces Camp.
The princes were able to repel the imperial army and returned to Yuan Shao's camp.
"Somebody come!"
"Tie the horse archer to me and behead him in public!"
Yuan Shao shouted loudly, and Yuan Shu on the other side had already waved his sword and ordered his soldiers to arrest people.
At this time, Guan Yu had just bandaged briefly and regained consciousness.
When he saw the soldiers coming up, he wanted to tie up his second brother.
Liu Bei quickly stood in front of him, cupped his hands, and shouted:
"Wait!"
The man with flying round eyes, an upside-down tiger beard, and a snake spear eight feet across was blocking Guan Yu's other side.
"Who dares to kill my second brother?"
He roared fiercely, like a tiger roaring.
He actually frightened Yuan Shu's soldiers who came up with swords into taking two steps back.
Yuan Shao narrowed his eyes slightly, put his hands behind his back, and said coldly:
"When we first went to war, your second brother threatened to come to see him if he couldn't kill Hua Xiong."
"Now that we have been defeated, it has dampened the morale of our army."
"As the leader of the alliance, if I don't kill him, how can I set an example to the other princes?"
After saying this, he urged his men to push Guan Yu down and behead him.
"Big brother, third brother!"
Guan Yu suddenly grabbed the arms of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, took a deep breath, and was ready to die.
"This battle is due to Guan's incompetence and his failure to live up to big brother's high expectations."
"I tried my best to escape because I wanted to remind the two brothers that there are many capable people in Sun Yu's army, so they must not be underestimated."
"Eldest brother and third brother must be more careful when encountering them in the future."
"Guan is gone!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Yu stood up and went to die without hesitation.
However, he did not follow the two soldiers. Instead, he suddenly pulled out the sword from the soldier's waist, placed it on his neck, and wanted to kill himself.
This was his last bit of stubbornness.
"Second brother!"
Liu Bei stepped forward and grabbed Guan Yu's arm. Tears welled up in his eyes and he cried:
"When we, the three brothers, became sworn brothers in Taoyuan, we made a promise——"
“I don’t want to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but I want to die in the same year, the same month and the same day.”
"Today's great work has not been completed. How can I watch my second brother go to hell alone?"
Zhang Fei also rushed over and stopped Guan Yu. His eyes were red and he echoed Liu Bei:
"That's right, let's die together!"
Guan Yu smiled helplessly and shook his head:
"Brother, you are so confused. As a descendant of the Han Dynasty, your ambition to revive the Han Dynasty has not yet been completed. How can you die here?"
Then he looked at Zhang Fei, who was standing aside, his eyes slightly moist, and he earnestly advised:
"Guan Mou has a beginning and an end, which is not enough."
"Third brother, you should serve your elder brother more wholeheartedly and help him achieve great things!"
"Second brother!"
"Second brother!"
The three brothers sobbed, hugged each other, and cried!
All the princes saw this and sneered at him.
Food is the original sin, and we ministers are still humble.
You, a horse archer under the county magistrate, dare to come out and show off in front of us. Why are you crying if you fail to show off?
Everyone is not interested in the brotherhood between the three, especially Yuan Shu. In his opinion, power is like brothers and sisters, and brothers are like clothes.
When clothes are worn out, they should be replaced with new ones!
"Here comes someone!"
Yuan Shu slapped the desk chair and shouted:
"Push these three thieves down together and behead them!"
Gongsun Zan was shocked and came out to plead for mercy:
"It's inevitable. This battle is the defeat of Guan Yu alone. How can we involve the three brothers?"
He himself actually disliked Yuan Shu very much.
Because he was the concubine born of a maidservant, and Yuan Shu was the legitimate son, he was naturally a little unhappy.
Not to mention that Yuan Shu often discriminated against concubines because of his status as a legitimate son. Yuan Shao felt the same way.
But now Liu Bei was in the wrong, and Gongsun Zan had to put down his posture to plead with Yuan Shu.
The other princes, on the other hand, looked on with a sneer as they watched the show.
At this time, Cao Cao also stood up to plead for mercy.
"Brother Highway, please temporarily suspend the anger of Thunder."
"Beheading Guan Yu now will not help the overall situation."
"Now is the time to employ people, so we might as well keep him alive so that he can make meritorious service in the future."
Gongsun Zan did not expect that Cao Cao would like Guan Yu so much, so he quickly followed suit and said:
"Yes, yes, this only shows that Hua Xiong is too brave."
"Guan Yunchang's ability to come back alive is already much better than other generals before, isn't it?"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of several princes instantly became ugly.
Doesn't Gongsun Zan's implicit meaning mean that their generals are worse than one-horse archers?
"Basically, wouldn't it be better to leave these three people alive for the time being to serve the coalition forces in the future?"
Cao Cao walked up to Yuan Shao and specifically called him Benchu instead of leader.
They had grown up and hoped that Yuan Shao would sell him to Cao Cao for the sake of their childhood friendship.
Whether to kill Guan Yu or not is actually a matter of Yuan Shao's words.
And Yuan Shu has repeatedly given orders before him, the leader of the alliance, which makes Yuan Shao very unhappy.
Since Yuan Shu insisted on killing him, Yuan Shao refused to kill him so that he could know who the leader of the alliance was.
By the way, it also gives Cao Cao some face.
"Well, since it's Meng De who begged for mercy, let's let him die."
"But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. Drag him out with me and beat him with fifty military sticks!"
When Liu Bei saw this, he quickly pushed Guan Yu.
"Second brother, thank you quickly!"
"Thank you!"
Zhang Fei saw this and responded.
Guan Yu hesitated for a long time, then raised his hands and shouted:
"...General...Thank you, leader, for not killing me..."
Cao Cao earned the favor of the three brothers and ordered Cao Ren to secretly prepare some hot wine from cattle and sheep.
Cao Ren asked what to do.
Cao Cao replied:
"I think these three brothers are all heroes in the world. Now we are living in troubled times, and it is the right time to employ people."
"Today I have earned enough favors from his three brothers. When I personally comfort them with wine and meat, I will definitely accept them for my own use!"
Cao Ren suddenly realized that Meng De wanted to take Liu Bei and others under his command.
No wonder I have to speak for them again and again.
So he hurried to the munitions office to collect wine and meat.
The coalition forces have just ended a farce.
The imperial army was not idle either.
Many generals in the army had prepared gifts and came to congratulate Hua Xiong.
"General Hua became famous in one battle today. He killed allied troops and was frightened by the news. He will definitely receive a generous reward when he returns to the court!"
"Hahaha!"
Facing the congratulations of the generals, Hua Xiong asked everyone to wrap up all the gifts, wine and meat and send them to Xue Rengui.
Everyone thought this was Hua Xiong trying to please his boss, so they didn't think much about it.
But Hua Xiong himself knew very well that if Xue Rengui had not come to rescue him today, he would have died at the hands of Guan Yu.
If it weren't for that arrow, he wouldn't have been able to severely damage Guan Yu.
Fortunately, he turned a deaf ear to Xue Rengui's instructions during the day, thinking that he was jealous of his own achievements.
Now it seems that I really have the heart of a villain to judge the heart of a gentleman.
Thinking of this, Hua Xiong felt even more guilty.
He immediately ordered people to prepare gifts and rushed to Xue Rengui's camp in person.
Xue Rengui invited him in.
As soon as he entered the door, Hua Xiong fell to his knees with a plop.
