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Chapter 552: Such a demon is invincible

"What did you say?!"

Niu Fu clenched his fists and stared at Xia Yu in front of him with flaming eyes:
"You are a piece of trash. You betrayed your commander and ran away. Now I am going to rescue you and you dare to say that you can't be saved. What is your intention?"

"Are you Su Yao's spy, trying to harm my army?"

After saying this, Niu Fu wanted to behead the fleeing general as a sacrifice.

Xia Yu was so frightened when he saw this that he was scared out of his wits. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, wailing:

"General, please spare my life, General, please spare my life!"

"I am not a spy. The main gate is a trap. Su Yao is a powerful enemy. We cannot attack by force!"

"A trap? Ten thousand enemies?"

Niu Fu's eyes widened when he heard this, but after a brief thought, he waved his hand and said:

"So what if it's a trap? When have I ever been afraid of such things?"

"My army is several times larger than his. Even if we exchange our lives for each other, Su Yao will never be able to defeat us!"

"Li Jue and Guo Si are fighting desperately in the city to clear a path for us, but you want my army to sit back and watch them get trapped without doing anything."

"You still dare to say that you are not a spy?"

"Come here, drag him down and chop him up, and send troops to rescue him immediately!"

Niu Fu’s plan is very clear.

Although Lu Bu's surrender was a fraud, the city gate has now been captured without a doubt.

However, Su Yao had few men and could not withstand the consumption.

This is the most critical part of the tug-of-war.

If they don't fight desperately while the gate is still under their control, are they going to sit back and watch Li Jue and Guo Si being killed, and then look at the wall and sigh after Su Yao closes the gate?

Moreover, if one sits back and watches the front-line troops being annihilated without doing anything, the blow to morale would be even more fatal.

If he left more than 2,000 corpses to Su Yao in the first battle without any achievement, he didn't dare to think about how he would face Dong Zhuo's wrath when he returned.

Even so, Niu Fu finally insisted on his own opinion and ordered Zhang Ji to send troops to rescue immediately, hoping to fight again.

However, Niu Fu has heavy sunk costs and psychological burdens, but Zhang Ji does not.

After listening to Xia Yu's words and looking at the panic-stricken people in the front army, he was very worried that he would follow in the footsteps of Li Jue and Guo Si.

So, Zhang Ji immediately advised Niu Fu that since there was something strange ahead, he should not rush to kill Xia Yu, but should at least find out what was going on first.

After hearing this, Niu Fu hesitated for a moment and felt that it made some sense.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xia Yu discovered a glimmer of hope and quickly spoke rapidly:
"General, everything I said is true!"

"This Yique Pass is a trap set by Su Yao. The road is narrow, and Su Yao is invincible. Whoever goes there will die."

"I saw it with my own eyes. He blocked Captain Guo's army of more than a thousand men with his own strength, and even killed several of our generals. If I hadn't fought desperately to break through, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come back and report the news now!"

"This..." Niu Fu stared.

"On one's own?" Zhang Ji was also speechless.

It can't be said that he hasn't thought about what's going on inside.

But in his many imaginations, there was absolutely no such thing as one person being able to stop thousands of troops alone.

"absurd!"

Niu Fu was so angry that he cursed:

"Are you the farmers who just went into battle?"

"Can it be stopped by one person?!"

Seeing that the life he had just saved was about to be lost again, Xia Yu quickly hugged Niu Fu's thigh and said, "General, this is true!"

"I would never have believed it before. This is so outrageous!"

"But this is absolutely true. If you don't believe it, you can ask the other soldiers who came back with us."

"That Su Yao is a match for ten thousand men, really a match for ten thousand men!"

Niu Fu looked at Xia Yu doubtfully, then shifted his gaze to the soldiers who looked terrified, disheveled, and had obviously just escaped from the battlefield, and asked Zhang Ji to send someone to bring a few people to verify.

As a result, those people were like possessed by demons, shouting about demons, monsters, invincibility, and inability to defeat, and they were unwilling to go to the battlefield again no matter what.

"The bodies were piled up like a mountain!"

"No matter if it was a man or a horse, he would chop them all to pieces with one strike of his sword!"

"Punishment, this is God's punishment!"

Niu Fu, Zhang Ji and others were greatly shocked by the mutterings of the defeated soldiers.

They looked at each other, as if Su Yao was not an ordinary person, but a devil from hell.

"Is this possible?" Niu Fu frowned and looked at Zhang Ji.

The terrified expressions and confusing narrations of the fleeing soldiers made him a little confused about the situation.

Maybe he was just too frightened?

However, Zhang Ji said:

"With so many people saying the same thing, I'd rather believe it than not."

Upon hearing this, Niu Fu frowned and his expression became gloomy.

He knew very well that on the battlefield, rumors and panic were often more terrifying than real enemies.

However, the terrified expressions of the fleeing soldiers before him forced him to re-evaluate the situation.

"General, I think this matter needs to be treated with caution."

Zhang Ji made another suggestion:

"If it is true as they say, then Su Yao is indeed a man of unrivalled courage. If we attack rashly, we may repeat the same mistake."

Niu Fu was in a dilemma. He felt that Zhang Ji was somewhat selfish and was afraid of death, so he asked the guards to summon Jia Xu to hear his opinions and strategies. However, Zhang Ji immediately reminded Niu Fu:
"General, time waits for no one. Wenhe is in the rear. If we wait for him to come, I'm afraid the opportunity to fight will be lost."

Niu Fu then looked at the rear army that formed a long line and then at the city gate. He saw that it was pitch black there. Even as he was speaking, no more defeated soldiers were running out.

He knew that what Zhang Ji said was true, but he still hesitated and stamped his feet:

"No, we can't just give up Li Jue, Guo Si and the others like this, right?"

Zhang Ji heard this and said with gritted teeth:
"General Niu, how do you think of this?"

"I will take my men to the city gate first to gather the defeated soldiers, and then observe the situation inside the city."

"If Guo Si and his men can still be saved, I will do my best to save them. If it is too late, I will lead the team to withdraw first. We will rest for a while, and then we can attack the rebels together when the Nanyang army arrives. Is that ok?"

Zhang Ji's proposal made Niu Fu feel a little relieved. He knew that this was the safest approach at the moment.

Although he was very worried about the safety of Li Jue and Guo Si's more than 2,000 troops, Niu Fu also knew that he could not put the entire army in danger because of a momentary impulse.

"Okay, Captain Zhang, I'll leave this matter to you."

Niu Fu nodded, with a hint of helplessness in his tone:
"Be sure to proceed with caution. If something goes wrong, withdraw immediately and do not fight to the end."

"The last general takes command!"

Zhang Ji saluted with his fists, then turned and left. He quickly organized a well-protected team of 800 people and went to the city gate to check the situation.

They gathered the panicked deserters from Guo Si's rear army and approached the city gate with heavy hearts.
(End of this chapter)