Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

Suyes was filled with shock and anger, his emotions churning like a raging storm.

Just then, he lost focus for a moment.

Xu Chu seized the opportunity, shouted loudly, and swiftly slashed his halberd diagonally towards Suyes.

"puff!"

The halberd struck with great force, landing squarely on Suyes's shoulder.

Suyes immediately let out a heart-wrenching scream, and blood gushed out.

This halberd strike not only wounded Suyes's body, but also shattered his confidence.

He inwardly cried out in alarm, knowing full well that if the fight continued, he would surely die here today.

escape!
The thought flashed through his mind like lightning.

Without a second thought, Suyes mustered all his strength and launched a fierce attack with his sword. Then, he jerked the reins, turned his horse around, and fled desperately into the distance.

"Humph, do you think you can escape?"

Xu Chu snorted coldly, squeezed his legs hard against the horse's belly, and his warhorse roared off, chasing after Suyes.

In just a few breaths, Xu Chu had caught up with Suyes.

Suyes subconsciously turned around abruptly.

Upon seeing this, he was terrified, for Xu Chu was only a horse's length away from him!
"What kind of horse is he riding, and how can it be so fast?"

Suyes's face turned deathly pale instantly, his eyes filled with horror.

"Suyes, you have no way to escape today!"

"Suffer to death!"

Xu Chu roared and raised his halberd high.

This strike was as powerful as thunder and as swift as lightning.

Suyes was stunned, not even having time to raise his knife.

"Crack!"

The halberd slashed down fiercely.

Suyes screamed again as his shoulder was slashed once more, and he fell heavily off his horse along with the sword.

Parthia's most formidable warrior was thus utterly defeated and fell from his horse.

Suyes landed with disbelief in his eyes.
He never dreamed that he would end up in such a miserable state.

As Parthia's foremost warrior, he has now lost half his arm and lies pathetically at the feet of an Eastern general.

Shame!
This is simply a shame!
"Ah~~~"

Suyes let out a roar, whether from pain or anger, he suddenly leaped up and pounced on Xu Chu.

"court death!"

Xu Chu's eyes sharpened, and he swiftly slashed out with his blood-red halberd once more.

"Crack!"

This time, Suyes's head fell to the ground with a thud, and blood splattered high.

Parthia's greatest warrior has fallen.

Upon seeing their commander killed, the Parthian soldiers on both sides collapsed like headless flies and scattered in all directions.

At this moment, Xu Chu cracked his whip and shouted loudly:

"Slaughter every single Parthian soldier!"

Upon hearing the order, the Han soldiers behind him were filled with murderous intent and surged towards the defeated Parthian troops like a tidal wave.

In an instant, the battlefield was awash in blood, and corpses piled up like mountains.

This brutal massacre lasted from late at night until dawn, and the Parthian army was almost completely wiped out.

Only a few hundred remnants of the defeated army managed to escape to Blackrock City.

"Han warriors, press your advantage and conquer Blackstone City as well!"

Xu Chu pointed his whip again and let out a deafening shout.

The Han soldiers were in high spirits and followed their commander, charging towards Black Stone Pass like tigers descending a mountain.

Just then, dawn broke, and the outline of Black Stone Pass became visible.

On the city wall, Zhao Ang stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes fixed on the direction of the Han camp.

Suddenly, a deafening battle cry rang out.

Zhao Ang's heart tightened. He knew that Suyes was leading Parthian infantry and cavalry in a fierce attack on the Han army camp.

Judging from the noise, Suyes's night raid seemed to be progressing smoothly and had already succeeded.

Zhao Ang secretly pondered: "The number of cooking stoves in the Han army has decreased, which must be due to desertion among the soldiers. In that case, it is indeed true that Xiao Fang is seriously ill. If that is the case, Suyes' night raid will surely be a great success."

He comforted himself in this way.

Gradually, the shouts of battle subsided.

In the morning light, one could vaguely make out the sight of soldiers rushing toward the east gate.

Zhao Ang craned his neck and looked eastward.

Immediately afterwards, his face stiffened.

Only a few hundred Parthian soldiers returned, and they were all in disarray, having suffered a crushing defeat.

Zhao Ang gasped, his expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed inwardly:
"Could it be that Suyes has been defeated?"

"How is this possible! How could Suyes have lost?"

He clenched his fists tightly, and cold sweat kept rolling down his forehead.

Just then, the defeated soldiers rushed outside the city, clamoring to enter.

Zhao Ang hesitated for a moment before ordering the defeated troops to enter the city.

The defeated soldiers fled into the city like a tide. One Parthian who was lucky enough to survive climbed onto the city wall, collapsed to his knees, and gasped for breath.

Zhao Ang rushed forward, grabbed the man, and shouted:
"What happened? What exactly happened? Where are the Suyes people?"

The young soldier recounted the events in a trembling voice:

The Han army was well prepared, and they were utterly defeated in the first battle. In the end, Suyes was even killed by Xu Chu.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ang took several steps back, freezing in place like a stone statue.

He was filled with doubt and muttered to himself:

"Why? Wasn't Xiao Fang critically ill? Why was the Han army prepared in advance?"

Horrifying thoughts kept popping into his mind.

Suddenly, Zhao Ang realized something.

He gritted his teeth and said:

"This is Xiao Fang's trick! The claim that Xiao Fang is seriously ill and on his deathbed is just a pretext to lure Suyes into leading his troops in a night attack."

"The reduced smoke from the cooking fires in the Han camp must be because Xiao Fang deliberately reduced the number of cooking fires to mislead Suyes into thinking that the Han army's morale was low and its strength was insufficient, thus allowing him to confidently lead his troops in a night attack. In reality, Xiao Fang was well prepared!"

"Xiao Fang, you are far too cunning!"

Zhao Ang roared:
"Suyes, I told you long ago that you were no match for Xiao Fang and advised you not to fight, but you wouldn't listen! Now look what's happened, you've fallen into his trap, suffered defeat and death, what are we going to do?"

Zhao Ang cursed as he stomped his feet in anger.

Just then, countless Han soldiers surged to the city walls like a tidal wave.

Zhao Ang was startled and hurriedly ordered the remaining soldiers to hold the city.

The Han army quickly completed its formation.

Xiao Fang turned his horse around and slowly rode out, heading straight for the city.

Holding a riding whip, he pointed it at Zhao Ang and shouted:
"Zhao Ang! Suyes is dead, and Blackstone City will surely fall. If you open the city gates and surrender, I will spare your life."

"If you remain obstinate, I will tear you to pieces!"

Zhao Ang staggered and took half a step back.

Xiao Fang had already given him an ultimatum:

If they refused to surrender, they attacked and destroyed Blackrock City, slaughtering all its inhabitants.

At that moment, the thought of surrendering actually crossed Zhao Ang's mind.

However, the moment the thought crossed his mind, he became enraged and roared:

"No! How can I, a man of honor, surrender? Absolutely not!"

Thinking of this, Zhao Ang trembled with rage.

He lunged at the battlements, roaring at Xiao Fang:

"Xiao Fang! You cruel and treacherous scoundrel! Even if I, Zhao Ang, die, I will never surrender!"

The soldiers on either side, upon hearing this, secretly groaned in despair.

They knew perfectly well that Suyes had been killed, the main Parthian forces had been wiped out, and the Han army would easily conquer Blackstone.

Surrendering now is the only way to survive.

But Zhao Ang gave up this opportunity without hesitation!
Isn't Zhao Ang pushing everyone into a fire pit?
Seeing this, Xiao Fang sneered and said:
"Good, good, good! Zhao Ang, you have guts!"

After speaking, he gave the order to the Han soldiers:
"The entire army will attack the city and raze Black Stone Pass to the ground!" (End of Chapter)