Three Kingdoms Mythology World.

Cao Cao's cold smile was tinged with a hint of apprehension and unease.

The Blood Fiend Soldiers are fearless of pain and death, and are incredibly frenzied. Ordinary soldiers are no match for them, and even elite soldiers must be careful, because their weapons are formed from the power of blood fiends. Once the skin is broken, the blood fiend energy will invade the soldier, and low-ranking generals simply cannot withstand it.

The allied forces will surely lose many warriors due to this activation of the formation...

But now that we've come this far, we can't back down!!

Although Cao Cao was distressed by the casualties of his soldiers, he had no choice but to fight at this point!
Although Mei County was not the place where Dong Zhuo rose to power, it was one of the points where Dong Zhuo's fortunes converged, and also one of his escape routes. Once this city was captured, it would be equivalent to cutting off one of Dong Zhuo's retreat routes, which would increase the chances of winning the battle for Chang'an.

Several warlords had laid an ambush here, with Wang Yun secretly instigating the situation. Cutting off Dong Zhuo's retreat was the best way to curb his momentum; ideally, this retreat should be cut off before Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an...

Unfortunately, the issue of the Great Wilderness territory caused the various armies to hesitate for several days...

However, if the allied forces of the various lords fight to the death and refuse to retreat, they may be able to breach the city walls!

"No! We can't delay any longer... We must find a way to break this deadlock." Cao Cao muttered to himself, his brow furrowed with worry about the heavy casualties suffered by the allied forces.

As he spoke, he easily dispersed more than a dozen bloody shadows with a wave of his weapon...

With his strength as a Divine General, he easily dealt with more than a dozen blood-red figures.

"Wen Yuan, Yuan Rang, Boyi... have the other soldiers hold them off. All of our divine generals, gather together, fight our way through, and enter the city!!"

"Attack the main city gate from the inner city, clear the passageway, and open the city gate!!!" After killing more than a dozen bloody figures that emerged from the ground, Cao Cao quickly contacted his men.

The group were all decisive and understood Cao Cao's intentions. They actually abandoned their allies who had climbed the city wall, and a dozen figures quickly converged along the city wall at the main gate.

The garrison knew their plan, but they couldn't stop them at all. They only had five generals, and all of them were below the level of a third-rank general. Without some special skills, they couldn't stop the fierce generals under the command of the feudal lords.

"Retreat... We can't fight them head-on!"

Hidden in the crowd, Fa Tong immediately ordered that none of the divine generals should try to stop the dozen or so divine generals. Even if they did, they wouldn't be able to stop them, and it would be a waste of their lives, allowing the enemy to gain merit for killing the divine generals.

With a dozen or so fierce generals charging together, and the five guard generals not stopping them, even the ordinary soldiers who fought to the death could not stop their charge. In an instant, their defenses were breached, and they rushed straight to the inner city gate along the city wall steps. Wherever they went, any guard soldiers or blood demon soldiers who tried to stop them were cut into blood mist, and even the overflowing blood demon aura was dispersed by the protective divine energy of the fierce generals.

At this time, the soldiers who landed on the city wall lost the protection of the divine general and began to suffer heavy casualties. However, they still fought to the death and refused to retreat. The Heaven-rank and Earth-rank generals took on the responsibility and continuously blocked the defenders' attacks to destroy the siege ladders.

However, without the protection of the divine generals, the defending army's offensive to retake the position became much fiercer... The five divine generals who had been frightened back rallied and began to plunder the soldiers who had climbed the city walls.

For a time, the allied forces' lines were in grave danger.

The allied forces below the city wall also received orders and launched wave after wave of fierce attacks, regardless of casualties, continuously scaling the walls and holding the city wall defenders hostage, preventing them from having any extra men to destroy the ladders.

Looking down from the sky, one would see countless blood-red figures fighting the allied forces across the battlefield.

There were many elite soldiers in this battle. Although their eyes were bloodshot and they were in an abnormal state, they still gritted their teeth and persevered, doing their best to deal with the Blood Shadow and the defending troops.

"Fire!!!" On the other side of the moat, archers provided ranged support.

Without the Rainbow Bridge, they could not cross the river. Unknown things lurked in the river, causing many soldiers who rushed in hoping to swim across to their deaths.

Everyone is putting in their best effort in a way that is feasible...

On the city wall, Cao Cao charged ahead, his weapon unleashing a fierce burst of energy that struck the soldiers blocking the steps at the inner city gate, blasting more than a dozen soldiers flying and shattering them...

After blasting the soldiers away, a wooden fence blocking the steps was revealed at their feet.

Cao Cao didn't leap over the fence; instead, he brandished his weapon and advanced like a bulldozer. A series of crisp "crack" sounds rang out as the sturdy wooden fence snapped inch by inch.

Flanking Cao Cao were the Xiahou brothers, who fought with all their might to push the bloody path forward!
No matter how hard the defenders fought or how many troops they had, Cao Cao and his men were simply too powerful. They quickly routed the defenders, leaving them in disarray and allowing them to flee the city.

Even so, the divine energy shields protecting the dozen or so people broke many times, consuming a great deal of divine energy.

Although they were not injured, they were still in danger if they continued to be worn down like this.

The soldiers defending the city were all elite soldiers, many of whom were fearless Qiang warriors. In addition, the wealthy and powerful Dong Zhuo provided them with a lot of weapons such as crossbows and swords, which made things very difficult for them.

As soon as I reached the bottom of the steps next to the city gate passage, I heard a rumbling sound coming from the passage beneath my feet. The entire section of the city wall shook. Clearly, the guards had noticed my intentions and were about to lower the runic gates that had been placed in the passage in advance to block the way.

"Quickly!!!" Cao Cao shouted, and his divine energy erupted, condensing into a sharp, huge spear, which he slammed down.

"Boom!!!" A tremendous sound reverberated, and all the guards who blocked his path were reduced to ashes.

Cao Cao jumped down to the entrance of the passageway.

Then, Xiahou Dun, Zhang Liao, and others followed suit...

The dark passageway was unguarded, yet the creaking sound made them feel a chilling sense of crisis looming over them.

"Dong Zhuo has set up a terrible trap in the main city gate passage!" Cao Cao immediately exclaimed.

"No matter what, we have to go in!" Zhang Liao said through gritted teeth as he came to the front.

The Blood Fiend Array is activated, and the Blood Fiend Soldiers appear. The longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it becomes for them. They can strengthen themselves by killing, while they are weakened by being killed...

"Let's go!!!" Cao Cao's expression hardened, and he decisively spoke.

"Click-clack!~~~"

The stone gate was still descending and about to close when Cao Cao and the others transformed into a streak of green, tumbling in and entering the passageway just a second before the gate closed.

On the city wall, Fa Tong, who was using his divine bow to target Earth-rank and Heaven-rank martial generals, sensed the situation in the main city gate passage but ignored it, instead letting out a cold smile.

"The strategist is truly prescient... He foresaw this situation half a year ago... It's best not to provoke these guys; those who specialize in intelligence are all terrifying."

With a loud crash, the stone gate slammed shut, plunging the interior into complete darkness.

In the darkness, Cao Cao sensed that there wasn't a single guard in the surging crowd!

Apart from the blood-red aura surging at the city gate deep in the passageway, there was nothing else in the entire passageway... not even any blood-fiend soldiers appeared... It was extremely strange.

"Go!" Cao Cao gritted his teeth and shouted, suppressing the oppressive feeling brought by the darkness.

Everyone charged forward, following behind Cao Cao...

When they reached the middle of the road, three dark figures appeared in front of them.

There was no aura emanating from them, only three burly black figures.

Sensing the approach of enemies, the three burly figures suddenly unleashed a terrifying aura...

The three burly figures possessed an aura that had actually reached the level of an Eighth-Rank Divine General!
"What?! Three puppet figures of the Eight-Element Divine Generals?!" Cao Cao exclaimed slightly upon seeing the three figures.

The expression on Huang Zhong's face when he saw them before was almost exactly the same.

If observed closely, one would discover that they all bore numerous wounds... clearly having endured a fierce battle. Just then, countless powerful crossbow bolts shot out from the arrow slits on both sides of the passage, striking the protective divine energy shields of the fierce generals and creating ripples. A single volley of bolts could not penetrate the defenses at all.

But then, countless crossbow bolts spewed out from within, clearly indicating that it knew a single volley of bolts would be ineffective against the enemy.

Eight divine generals' puppets blocked their way in front, while crossbow bolts rained down from both sides—all threats to them!

Dong Zhuo, your plan was brilliant!
It was as if...they had foreseen that they would use this tactic to breach the city gates...

"Boyi, Wenyuan, Yuanrang, can the three of you hold them off?" Cao Cao turned his head and asked the three men, who were only visible as shadows in the darkness.

"Clang! Clang!" Outside, a series of clanging sounds rang out continuously.

"Can!!"

Ji Ling, Zhang Liao, and Xiahou Dun all nodded emphatically.

"Alright, then you hold them off!" Cao Cao said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, the three men, ignoring the crossbow bolts fired from both sides, charged directly at the divine energy shield towards the three burly figures.

The passageway at the main city gate was actually very spacious, ten zhang wide, enough for hundreds of people to pass side by side. However, the outbreak of the three battlefields blocked the passageway.

All three were fierce generals. Even if their auras were not as strong as those of an Eighth-Element Divine General, they were all able to hold off the puppet once the battle began.

Xiahou Yuan and Huang Gai charged wildly on both sides with their weapons, smashing down the brick walls with arrow slits on their respective sides. Dozens of archers hidden inside were blown to pieces along with their crossbow carts.

Cao Cao and the others were all focused on the Eight Divine Generals puppets that were fighting Xiahou Dun. However, they were not there to help them. Instead, they joined the battle, circled around to the other side, and then withdrew to open the city gates!

Without resistance, the group's speed suddenly increased, and in no time they rushed to the inner city gate. The general guarding the gate was about to draw his sword to resist when Cao Cao pierced his throat with a spear.

The other guards were quickly hacked to death by the crowd...

Although Li Ru had set up a trap early on, his killing move failed... The attackers were too powerful!
Cao Cao glanced at the tall, heavy city gate in the light outside and frowned. The entire gate was covered with chains. The chains emitted a faint chill and flashed with runic light, clearly indicating they were no ordinary objects.

"Hmph! Now that we've come this far, all the difficulties are insignificant!" Cao Cao directly swung his long spear at the chains.

However, this attack did not shatter the chains, nor did it leave any marks on them; it only produced a faint ripple of energy.

"So hard?!" Everyone was slightly surprised.

“The main city gate must be incredibly thick. There are ten ramming cars crashing wildly outside, yet we can’t feel a thing here. It’s terrifying…” Huang Gai said in a deep voice.

"Buzz!!!" Just then, three terrifying auras emanated from the wall of the passageway behind them.

"What?! Three more Eight-Element Divine General puppets?! Dong Zhuo, where did you get such terrifying methods?!" Cao Cao turned around, feeling the tearing sensation in his tiger's mouth, and roared.

Six Eight-Element Divine General puppet figures—how many strokes of luck would it take to gather them all!

I'm so envious and jealous!

"Oh no... there are three more puppets at the eighth-level God-level, and the city gate is locked with chains..." Xiahou Yuan's expression changed drastically.

"Who can hold them off?" Cao Cao asked with a grave expression.

“I’ll do it…” Just then, a young figure stepped forward.

Cao Cao sensed that this person seemed to be one of Ma Teng's men... Ma Teng had sent two people, one of whom was this young man, and the other was a fourth-level Divine General, standing beside him...

Cao Cao sensed that these two were no ordinary people... and he always felt a strange connection between himself and them...

"You're just a mere Third-Rank Divine General, how can you possibly stop us?" Huang Gai said from the side.

Huang Gai, a general under Sun Jian, was present this time, along with Sun Jian's three great generals, all of whom were standing beside him.

With such a lineup, it's no wonder that Dong Zhuo's defending army, no matter how many tricks they have or how fierce and fearless their soldiers are, couldn't withstand them.

If you manage to resist it, that would be abnormal.

"If I die, you can just take my place..." the young figure said coldly, as if he were extremely indifferent.

Huang Gai was about to say something when Han Dang pulled him back, so he stopped questioning.

"Let's work together to hold off the other two..." Huang Gai said.

Han Dang and the others remained silent, as if they were mute.

“Okay!” Xiahou Yuan nodded.

Thus, Sun Jian and his three generals, together with Xiahou Yuan, charged towards the Eight Divine Generals' puppet figures, and the great battle resumed!
To Cao Cao's surprise, the young general who was a three-element general actually managed to hold off the eight-element general with a graceful movement and speed.

What a talent!!

After glancing at it a few times, Cao Cao turned around and continued his attack on the city gate.

"Swish!~~~" Just then, a rustling sound came from the side. The Four Divine Generals following behind the young general were squatting on the ground, touching the corpse...

Soon, he actually found a key... and then he jumped onto the chain and fumbled around for a while.

After waiting for a while, a series of clicking sounds suddenly came, and the chains moved like snakes, slowly leaving the city gate and disappearing into the tunnel wall.

"Is there such a way?" Cao Cao had never encountered such a thing before and had no experience.

The military officer, however, seemed to be extremely experienced, and quickly figured it out after a few tries.

Soon, the chains disappeared, revealing the main body of the city gate, which had a huge rotating wheel on it.

"Open the city gate!" Cao Cao jumped up, grabbed the huge rotating wheel, and twisted it with all his might. The heavy city gate made a dull "creak" sound and slowly opened a crack towards the outside of the city.

Upon seeing this, the allied soldiers who were fighting the Blood Fiends outside the city erupted in a deafening battle cry and surged in like a tidal wave through the gaps in the ramming.

When Fa Tong, who was on the city wall, heard the sound of the city gate opening, his expression changed drastically.

The city gates are not impossible to breach, but they cannot be breached at this time. We need to get in and stall for more time... Ideally, it should be ten days after our lord Dong Zhuo leaves Mei County!

But it's too late to say anything now... Once the main city gate is opened, Mei County will be difficult to defend.

The allied forces had too many top-tier generals; they simply couldn't hold them off. Cao Cao's ability to open the city gates also proves that the six puppet generals he had secretly deployed were either defeated or stalled by him…

"Wait a little longer..." Fa Tong thought to himself, suppressing the urge to retreat.

At the main city gate, Cao Cao leaned against the gate and caught his breath. He had just used up a lot of his strength to turn the rotating wheel by himself.

Gazing at the flames and bloodshed outside the city, Cao Cao's brow remained furrowed. Dong Zhuo's main defensive force was intact, and the six puppet generals of the Eight Divine Generals were still alive; the real battle was yet to come. (End of Chapter)