Chapter 13 Zou Yuniang

There is Zoujia Village 20 miles north of Yuyang County. The Zou family is a famous local family. Although he has never had a prominent official, he is very powerful in the Nanyang area.

In 184, Yingchuan, Runan, Nanyang, Qingzhou and other places encountered severe drought first and were plagued by locusts. The people had no way to survive. Zhang Jiao Laodao cut off the flag and revolted. The thief power quickly spread. The world responded. The court was unable to conquer. He ordered another county and county in the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty to recruit volunteer soldiers and support the king to suppress the thief.

The emperor ordered the emperor to arrive at the territory of Yuyang. The Zou family, who was threatened by the Yellow Turbans in Nanyang, immediately moved to the news and raised funds to form a volunteer soldier of 800 people, and selected Zou Jing, who was able to be civil and military, as the commander. Zou Jing was a rare young talent in the local area. He was young and was elected as a filial and honest official and entered the court as a magistrate. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, he was elected by Liu Yan, the prefect of Youzhou, and was appointed as a county lieutenant (county lieutenant, equivalent to the current county public security bureau chief).

After becoming the commander of the volunteer soldiers, Zou Jing worked diligently while actively contacting Nanyang Prefect Qin Jie, and was always ready to attack the Yellow Turbans.

Yesterday at noon, Qin Jie sent an urgent letter to ask Zou Jing to go to Jiyang to discuss matters. Zou Jing knew that the opportunity to attack the Yellow Turbans had finally come, so he immediately lit up five hundred volunteer soldiers and headed for Jiyang. The remaining 300 volunteer soldiers were handed over to his sister Zou Yuniang to train and assist in defending the city. Zou Yuniang was seventeen years old, with a jade-faced snow and graceful body. Although she was just a woman, she was an extraordinary person. Her martial arts skills were far better than her brother. She spread a silver spear, and more than a dozen strong men could not think of getting close to her.

That morning, Zou Yuniang led 300 volunteer soldiers to the school ground outside the city to practice. As soon as she reached the city gate, she saw the gatekeeper Ding Laosi running into the city panting, looking panicked, as if something had happened.

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Besides, Ma Yue, carrying Chen Le on his back and leading Chen Gan to hide in the mountains for a whole day and two nights, and finally walked outside Yuyang City at dawn on the third day. Seeing the bright swords and guns on the city tower and the heavily guarded official army, Ma Yue breathed a long sigh of relief. This was already the sphere of influence of the official army, so there was no need to worry about the Yellow Turban Thief catching up.

From Yuyang to Hanshou City (now Changde), where the Jingzhou Governor's governor, were all under the control of the official army. Hanshou City was also the destination of Ma Yue's trip. He planned to find a place to settle in Hanshou City.

In Ma Yue's impression, heroes emerged in the late Han Dynasty, and the world was in chaos. Except for Jiaozhou, which was far away, it seemed that Jingzhou was the most stable. After the Yellow Turbans in Nanyang were wiped out by Zhu Jun, there were peasant riots in Changsha, Guiyang and Lingling, but they were soon put down by Sun Jian. Later, the court sent a ruthless character Liu Biao to govern the seven counties of Jingxiang in an orderly manner.

It was not until 208 AD that Liu Biao died of illness and the Battle of Red Cliff broke out that Jingzhou began to war. But that was already 24 years later. At that time, the Chen brothers had already grown up, and Ma Yue had completed Chen Xu's instructions.

But then again, reaching the sphere of influence of the government army does not mean that it is safe.

The last time he was caught by the government army in Bowang County was like yesterday. The cause of the incident was simply because Ma Yue picked up a yellow turban as a belt on the road, and the government army mistakenly thought it was a yellow turban thief. If Liu Pi hadn't accidentally captured Bowang, Ma Yue would have become a ghost in the underworld.

Ma Yue finally checked it carefully and was sure that nothing on the three of them could have anything to do with the Yellow Turbans, so he led the Chen brothers to the east gate of Yuyang County. As long as they were not mistaken for being the Yellow Turban thief, Ma Yue did not think that he would be as unlucky as last time. It was impossible for anyone to recognize him here. He had not been in the Yellow Turban Army for a long time, and he was just a small pawn. Who would pay attention to a small pawn like him?

But most of the things in the world are not satisfactory.

When he was about to reach the city gate, Chen Le suddenly pulled Chen Gan's sleeve, then pointed to the notice that followed the city wall and shouted: "Brother, look, isn't that a portrait of the elder brother?"

It was early morning and there were not many pedestrians entering and leaving the city gate, so Chen Le's call seemed extremely abrupt, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone at the city gate, including the four gatekeepers. They turned to look at Ma Yue and the other two. When they saw that Ma Yue really looked exactly like the portrait on the arrest list, they changed their faces in an instant.

Chen Le shouted, and Ma Yue knew that something was wrong. He turned to the city wall and looked at it. He felt like he was thundered! He thought to himself that his grandmother was evil, what was wrong? He was just a small yellow-turban thief's sword and shield hand, and he actually became a wanted criminal who was arrested by the court! Is it necessary to exaggerate this for a small pawn?

Of course, Ma Yue didn't know that in the Battle of Bailongtan three days ago, he had left a deep impression on the official army and was regarded by Zhu Jun as a major concern of the Han court.

However, Ma Yue had no chance to be depressed or puzzled, because the four officials at the gate had already taken action. One of them turned around and ran into the gate. It seemed that they had brought reinforcements. The other three dispersed, pressed the hilt of the knife and leaned over to Ma Yue vigilantly. As for the pedestrians, they had long since realized that something was wrong.

Ma Yue's shoulders collapsed and pretended to be harmless. A wry smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Three soldiers, this is a misunderstanding. The little one is just a hunter in the mountains, not a criminal offender."

The three officials and soldiers did not say anything, and they were frank and wanted to take the horse and jump off the back.

Ma Yue complained in his heart, knowing that it would be impossible not to do something today. Although he couldn't figure out how he became an imperial criminal who was arrested by the court, he knew one thing very well. If it really fell into the hands of the government army today, it would probably be too ten heads to be cut.

He threw the bundle of hay on his shoulder into the sky, and Ma Yue pulled out a sharp steel knife from it like lightning, blocking the three officials' troops' way, and then shouted at the stunned Chen brothers, "Run quickly!"

"Don't leave the imperial offender, Ma Yue!"

As soon as Ma Yue finished speaking, a soft shout sounded from the city gate, and then there were messy sounds of horse hooves and footsteps. There must be at least hundreds of people who heard the sound! Ma Yue almost suffocated. Are you mistaken? Less than a minute after that guy ran into the city gate, and he brought in a reinforcement so quickly, but there were still hundreds of people! Will he let people live?

Reinforcements were behind him, and the three officials were brave and immediately pulled out their steel knives and rushed towards the horse like a vicious wolf.

A wolf-like gaze flashed out from Ma Yue's eyes. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would never surrender.

"kill!"

Ma Yue shouted loudly, and the steel knife in his hand slashed out horizontally. The sharp blade cut the air and made a sharp roar. The three officials who rushed towards him immediately changed their faces and hurriedly retreated. Ma Yue was in power and refused to forgive him. The steel knife waved like a rushing wave in the long river, and roaring towards the three officials.

"When~~"

After a clear sound of gold and iron clashing, Ma Yue's steel knife slashed on the steel knife of the official army in the front with an unrivalled force. Although the official army tried its best, the steel knife in his hand was still swept open, and his chest was opened.

"Go to die!"

Ma Yue's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he came with a knife and chased him.

...

In the city gate, a horse arrived like a flying horse. It was Zou Yuniang, who was wearing a silver armor in white robe and silver spear.

Ma Yue killed three official troops with thunder and trembling force on the spot. Under the glory of the rising sun, Ma Yue stood proudly with a knife, covered in blood, like a killing god from the Nine Nether Hell. In front of him, the three official troops had already divided into six pieces, and blood splattered in five steps.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves, Ma Yue's heart was shocked and turned around. He saw a team of government troops dressed in brightly and neatly-shaped soldiers quickly emerge from the city. The cherry-red tassels confused Ma Yue's eyes. In front of the official army, a horse was as snow as snow, and the silver spear of the frosty was already close at hand, and the cold murderous aura penetrated his face.

Ma Yue's heart instantly sank to the bottom of Jiuyou Valley. The last glimmer of hope was completely wiped out. It was impossible to rescue the Chen brothers. Now it is time to fight for his own survival.

"kill!"
Chapter completed!