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Chapter 2730 Sun Jian's Success and Failure (Part 2)

However, just as Sun Jian's army was launching a full-scale attack on the city wall, an unexpected turn of events occurred.

Suddenly, a large number of warriors dressed in black emerged from the passageway that had been cleared by Sun Ce and his men.

These warriors were highly trained and incredibly strong, all of them being Heaven-rank or Earth-rank generals. Moreover, they were ruthless in their attacks, disregarding casualties, and instantly killed several Heaven-rank generals brought by Sun Ce as his assistants.

By the time Sun Ce, who had been lured out of the moat to escort the next group of friendly troops, sensed the situation in the passageway, it was already too late.

"Bang! Bang!" The huge city gate, which was 70% open, closed at ten times the speed it had when it opened.

When Sun Ce returned, the gate had just been closed.

"What's going on?!" Sun Ce exclaimed in shock.

The enemy forces in the passageway had long been cleared out, so how could there be any enemies left? And they even managed to evade his senses!

That's good; they've cut off our escape route.

Currently, there are at most 500,000 friendly troops in the city. How can they possibly withstand an enemy army of millions?!
Sun Ce's expression changed drastically, and he immediately ordered his soldiers to launch a strong attack on the city walls.

He then brandished his weapon, leaped forward, and charged towards the towering city wall.

"Boom!!!" A huge roar shook out, and Sun Ce, who was originally charging forward with great momentum, was directly suppressed by an incomparably powerful aura. It was as if he had crashed into a terrifying celestial mirror, and his whole body was blasted down and slammed into the ground.

Beneath the city wall, a huge pit suddenly appeared, connecting to the moat, and the surging river water filled the pit in an instant.

"Bang!!" Sun Ce's figure, wielding his weapon, broke through the water curtain.

"What was that?" Sun Ce asked, his face still showing lingering fear.

"Is it a no-fly zone? Or a ban on climbing the city walls? What kind of grand formation has been set up?" Sun Ce was extremely puzzled.

He was very familiar with the power of his divine realm, so it was definitely not a gravity-based rule.

"Kill!!!" Just then, a strange yet somewhat familiar shout of killing echoed from a great distance behind.

“Fan Chou!!” Sun Ce immediately called out the name of the person whose voice it was.

Because he had fought alongside his father Sun Jian in the Western Liang Rebellion, he was quite familiar with many of the fierce generals of the Western Liang faction.

It was precisely because they were quite familiar with the fierce generals of the Western Liang faction that they were able to plot against Hu Zhen so smoothly.

However, this time they were outmaneuvered by the Western Liang faction!
"Hua Xiong actually sent people out of the city in secret to attack our main camp while we were attacking the city... How despicable!" Sun Ce was furious.

At headquarters, there are still over a million troops... some of them are guarding the food supplies...

"No... their target is the grain supplies!!" Sun Ce suddenly realized.

"Retreat! Retreat! Return to camp!!!" Sun Ce shouted.

He then suddenly charged forward, transforming into a fierce tiger with soaring energy, and pounced straight ahead.

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian's elite army began a rapid retreat back to their main camp.

Sun Jian, who was attacking the city walls, also learned of the incident in the tunnel and the closure of the city gates immediately. After all, the enemy inside the tunnel had already broken out and was fighting with the two groups of troops guarding it.

The nearly 80,000 troops who were acting as spies were directly breached by the enemy and began to collapse... Another group of elite troops he brought in were still holding on.

"Kill!! Keep killing!!!" Sun Jian had no other choice at this point and could only continue charging towards the top of the city wall, killing countless defenders wherever he went.

After spending quite some time, Sun Jian, along with his four generals, broke through the enemy's defenses and finally reached the top of the city wall.

Along the way behind, countless streams of blood soaked the steps, mixed with the pungent smell of oil... Knowing they couldn't hold out, the defenders poured countless streams of oil down from above, trying to burn Sun Jian's army that was charging up.

However, Sun Jian and his four companions were incredibly powerful. Even as the fire spread down from above, the five of them used their divine energy to disperse the flames, preventing them from spreading further.

The five men, with overwhelming force, began to create victories.

"Kill!!!!~~~" However, upon reaching the top of the city wall, Sun Jian immediately looked towards his main camp outside the city and saw flames shooting into the sky in the distance...

Hua Xiong actually sent men to launch a surprise attack on his base camp!
"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap! This is probably a snare set by Hua Xiong!" Huang Gai shouted anxiously upon seeing the situation at the main camp.

Sun Jian frowned, filled with regret, but he was now in a bind. He shouted, "Don't panic! Continue the attack!"

The four began sweeping through the defending troops, quickly clearing a large open area. More and more soldiers surged up behind them, and Sun Jian's army began to establish a firm foothold on the city walls.

However, by this time, Hua Xiong and the others still hadn't appeared, which gave Sun Jian a bad feeling.

With the addition of certain individuals, Sun Jian's army's defenses began to crumble beneath the city walls. They began to retreat towards the steps Sun Jian had cleared, climbing onto the city walls.

The plan to conquer the city was aborted.

"Kill! Charge forward!"

Just then, Hua Xiong's voice came, but it didn't come from either side of the city wall; it came from the staircase they had cleared.

Sun Jian and his men turned to look and saw Hua Xiong leading an iron army, tearing through their ranks and scaling the wall. Then, Hua Xiong's men outflanked Sun Jian's army on the steps!

Seeing this, Sun Jian and the others knew that Hua Xiong, leading his elite troops, had directly breached their army's hold on the steps from below...

Despite the excruciating pain in his heart, Sun Jian wielded the Ancient Divine Blade, fiercely hacking away at the surrounding enemy soldiers. His four fierce generals also stood guard closely beside him, desperately resisting the enemy's attacks.

"My lord, should we retreat?" Cheng Pu suggested to Sun Jian in a low voice.

Tonight's siege was clearly a result of Hua Xiong's counter-strategy!
Just then, the sound of horses' hooves approached from afar. Hua Xiong finally appeared, riding a black warhorse, wielding a large sword, followed by dozens of fierce Xiliang cavalry generals, each exuding a powerful aura, two of whom were even at the level of divine generals.

"Sun Jian, do you really think you can easily break through Hulao Pass with those few traitorous soldiers? How laughable! Today is your death day!" Hua Xiong roared, his voice echoing in the night sky.

Sun Jian looked at Hua Xiong, a resolute glint in his eyes: "Hua Xiong, today I will risk my life to take Hulao Pass!"

Before the words had even faded, Sun Jian transformed into a fierce tiger and pounced straight at Hua Xiong.

"Come and fight!!!" Hua Xiong was overjoyed when he sensed Sun Jian's fighting spirit.

He then gave a wink to the others and brandished his broadsword to fight Sun Jian.

However, at this moment, the four fierce generals who were supposed to assist Sun Jian split into two groups, one of which charged towards Hua Xiong's men.

Some of them bypassed the open space and rushed towards the stairs. They wanted to rescue their comrades on the stairs.

On the city wall, the two sides were locked in a fierce battle. Meanwhile, on the steps, thanks to the addition of Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, the elite troops who had been surrounded began to catch their breath. Later, they followed Cheng Pu and Huang Gai in a counterattack and fought their way back up the city wall.

When they fought their way back to the city walls, it was already broad daylight...

"Kill!!!" Sun Jian, who was fighting Hua Xiong to a standstill, continued to roar.

However, the word "kill" had a different meaning in the ears of Cheng Pu and the others.

The elite troops who emerged from the steps did not join the battle, but instead went to the city walls.

The next moment, a strange energy bridge suddenly appeared on the city wall. Its connection point was none other than the moat that had been there before.

The energy bridge that Sun Jian set up earlier could connect to the towering city wall!
"Retreat!!!" Cheng Pu roared, and Sun Jian's remaining troops began to retreat rapidly.

"So you're trying to escape, hahaha~~ Tiger of Jiangdong, now you've become a defeated tiger of Jiangdong!!" Hua Xiong scoffed, sensing that Sun Jian's troops were about to flee. In truth, he was helpless against Sun Jian's elite forces and could only watch them retreat.

After the main force on the city wall had all withdrawn, Sun Jian and the other three, including Cheng Pu, prepared to retreat.

Ordinary soldiers were simply no match for Hua Xiong and Sun Jian's forces, and Hua Xiong's side only had three powerful generals, unable to capture any of them. They could only watch helplessly as Sun Jian and the others jumped down and disappeared...

"What happened? Why didn't they trap and kill Zu Mao and Han Dang?" Hua Xiong asked the two generals with a frown.

"General, we used that method, but unfortunately they broke free. They also have very powerful tools," a general whispered.

It turns out that when Cheng Pu and Huang Gai went to the stairs to rescue people, Hua Xiong's side wanted to kill Han Dang and Zu Mao.

Unfortunately, the methods were too poor.

"You two are still too weak. If you were at the same level, you would definitely succeed. Never mind, there's still a chance!" Hua Xiong waved his hand and said. He didn't blame the two of them anymore.

The two clasped their hands in a gesture of respect and remained silent.

Hua Xiong immediately turned around and gazed into the distance, bathed in the morning light. The towering flames had vanished, leaving only plumes of thick smoke rising in the air…

"I wonder if we can destroy half of Sun Jian's grain reserves?" Hua Xiong muttered to himself.

"It should be possible!" At that moment, a figure covered in blood walked up.

"How many did Zishun kill?" Hua Xiong asked.

This person was Li Su, also known as Li Zishun, a childhood friend of Lü Bu.

"Around 320,000, Sun Jian only escaped with 80,000 remnants," Li Su immediately replied.

Clearly, Li Su had already sorted out the results of the battle in a short period of time.

"It's a pity the city gates closed too quickly... If we could have let 500,000 of Sun Jian's elite troops in, that would have been fantastic." Hua Xiong smiled slightly, a bloodthirsty look appearing on his face.

“Sun Jian’s men were too slow… Perhaps to prepare for such an event, they only sent in small groups, not the entire army rushing in,” Li Su said regretfully.

"Those bastards on the city wall probably went too far with the stones and logs they were throwing..." Hua Xiong said in a deep voice.

"With Sun Ce protecting them, the city's defenders posed little threat to them; they were just being too cautious."

"Let's go, open the city gates, and wait for General Fan and General Dong to return." Hua Xiong glanced outside the city, suppressed his violent aura, and said calmly.

Thus, Sun Jian's plan to quickly capture Hulao Pass was thwarted.

(End of this chapter)