Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1051 Another confrontation
Although Zhou Yu and his companions had run as fast as they could while passing through the narrow paths between the many warehouses, they could not keep up with the spread of the fire. Moreover, waves of rockets were constantly fired everywhere, setting the rest of the warehouses on fire.

By the time Sun Jian and his companions finally escaped from the area where the warehouse was located, there were less than a hundred people left. Even Sun Jian and his companions were covered in dust and looked in a very miserable state.

"My lord, there is water!" Han Dang exclaimed, and Sun Jian immediately saw a row of water vats placed along the wall, the water in them was so full that it was almost overflowing.

And on this wall, there is a small door that is just one person tall.

Sun Jian hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and pour water on it, break open the door, and rush out."

Han Dang and others hurriedly took the remaining personal soldiers and ran to the water tank.

Sun Jian directly took off his armor, pressed it into the water, and then quickly took it out and continued to wrap it up. At the same time, he asked Zhou Yu: "Gongjin, is it possible that you can count with your fingers? Otherwise, how did you know that the back door is here?"

Even in the face of such a situation, Zhou Yu remained calm and confident: "My lord, you are too kind. I am just a mortal. How can I have such a skill? I just saw that although there are many paths between warehouses around, only the footprints on that path are obviously newer, and there are many water stains on them. In addition, the enemy soldiers are all wet, so I concluded that the enemy must have a water source here."

"There must be many water tanks scattered around the warehouse, but we didn't see any after we came in. So I concluded that they gathered all the water tanks in one place. The ambush here must have come in through the back door, got themselves soaked, and then set fire to ambush our army. So I deduced that the back door is also here."

"Okay, okay, my nephew Gongjin is truly an unparalleled national hero. I can..."

"Swoosh..." A sharp arrow shot over, interrupting their conversation. Immediately afterwards, bursts of noisy footsteps followed.

"The traitor is right here, follow him quickly and don't let him escape."

A Han army general came running over with a group of soldiers, while Han army figures also appeared in other directions.

"My lord, please leave quickly. I will wait for you to stop them." Huang Gai protected Sun Jian behind him, holding a crescent halberd in both hands, and looked at the Han army rushing over.

When Han Dang, Ding Feng, Zu Mao and others were about to lead their troops to fight, Zhou Yu suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Got it!"

Sun Jian showed a delighted look on his face: "Gongjin, do you have an idea?"

Zhou Yu said quickly: "My lord, please quickly order all the soldiers to retreat through the small gate, and then seal this gate from the outside."

Although Sun Jian was a little confused, he still followed the advice.

He called out to the generals, then took Zhou Yu and Lu Su, opened the back door first and ran out, while Han Dang and Huang Gai stayed behind at the door to temporarily resist the offensive of the Han army.

"Shoot." The Han army shot wave after wave of crossbow arrows, killing the few remaining Jiangdong soldiers.

However, the Jiangdong soldiers were outnumbered after all, and even though this small door could only accommodate one person at a time, under Sun Jian's orders and commands, they all ran out quickly. Even though the Han army soldiers wanted to step forward to stop them, no one could match Han Dang and Huang Gai. After being killed one after another, their bodies were used to block the Han army's bows and crossbows.

"How annoying! How dare this thief do this?"

A Han army general was furious when he saw his soldiers being shot like hedgehogs by his own arrows.

"Charge out and capture Sun Jian alive. Kill the rest of the bandits with your swords!"

While shouting, he rushed forward and kicked hard on the seemingly fragile wooden door.

Originally, he had expected that such a small door would not be able to withstand his angry kick and would naturally collapse to the ground.

However, this is the way it is. The more you think he should be like this, the more he tends to develop in the opposite direction to you.

The wooden door just made a "dong" sound and shook for a while, and then there was no response.

"Huh?" The general was furious and was about to kick again, but suddenly he heard another general behind him exclaim: "Not good!"

Then he felt someone pushing him hard from behind, causing him to stagger a few steps and then fall to the ground.

"Which bastard..."

Before he could utter a curse, he saw dozens of rockets shot in from outside the wall, two of which landed right on the place where the general was standing in the front.

"My goodness, those dead comrades have fire sticks on their bodies. They must have torn off the corners of their clothes to wrap the arrows and use them to fight back against us. Everyone, retreat quickly. With this wall between us, the rebels' arrows will have to shoot over the top of the wall first, so it will be difficult to shoot far."

A general led hundreds of Han troops and retreated in big strides. Sure enough, when the second wave of rockets came, the close ones just flew over the wall before falling down, and the farthest ones were only thirty or forty steps away.

The general who kicked the door earlier was so angry that he jumped up and down: "Wow, I'm so angry, it's obvious that my army used fire attack to deal with them, but now they are using fire attack to counterattack us. If this gets out, won't we lose face? No matter what, today I will rush out and die with them even if I have to."

He raised the sword in his hand and rushed forward. The general who had pushed him just now hurriedly pulled him back and said, "Lao Niu, don't be reckless. Be careful of the enemy's ambush."

"Ambush his ancestors!" The old cow pushed him away and said, "If we can't stop them and capture Sun Jian, we will all be tried by military law. We will die anyway, so we might as well risk it."

After saying that, he took a big step forward and jumped directly onto the water tank. He easily stabilized his body on the narrow edge of the water tank. Then he raised his hands above his head, grabbed the wall, and climbed up easily.

"You thief...ah, old thief, stop running..."

Lao Niu roared angrily and jumped down quickly. His shout startled the other Han soldiers inside.

"Sun Jian ran away? Damn it, chase him."

The general kicked open the small door and rushed out. Sure enough, he saw a figure disappearing from a corner more than a hundred steps away on the right, and the old cow was chasing after it quickly.

"Good fellow, here's a trick to escape. The terrain inside Hangu Pass, hehe, we brothers can figure it out clearly with our eyes closed. Let's split up and chase them. If we let them escape, we all know what will happen to us."

When the general mentioned this, all the Han soldiers trembled. It was a sure win. If the enemy commander escaped with many generals, there would be no other choice. The commander would be beheaded, and the rest of the soldiers would be whipped forty to eighty times. The whips in the army were not for human beings to bear. Not to mention forty whips, even ten whips would be enough to make people live a life worse than death.

Dominated by this fear, these hundreds of soldiers divided into three teams in just a few breaths and ran in three different directions. These three roads, without exception, all lead to the city gates quickly.

The old bull chased after the figures that he had seen turning into the street corner. Thinking of the miserable state of his men before, he was filled with hatred. If they were killed because of their incompetence during the battle between the two armies, the old bull would not be so angry. However, when victory was imminent, these men died due to the enemy's despicable plot, which made this general who hated evil to the point of being unreasonable even more angry.

He soon caught up to the corner, and his right hand holding the weapon couldn't help but tighten its grip a little more.

As he turned around, he shouted: "Thief, give it back to me..."

The sound stopped abruptly, and the old cow, which had been moving forward, also suddenly stopped.

The reason was very simple. Only about twenty steps in front of him, Han Dang was standing still with his bow and arrow drawn. It was obvious that he had been waiting here for a long time.

"You..." These were the last words Lao Niu left in his life. A sharp arrow pierced his throat and his body fell to the ground with a bang.

Another general, with a team of soldiers, hurried along, and after going around several streets and alleys, they saw Huang Gai and a dozen Jiangdong soldiers on a main street, which made them overjoyed.

"The enemy troops are here, everyone attack."

The Han army had nearly two hundred men, and their armor and weapons were superior to those of Jiangdong. Facing an enemy force of just over a dozen men, the captain who led the team naturally felt that victory was a sure thing.

Huang Gai looked back at the Han army that was charging towards him with great momentum, and just showed a disdainful smile. He then took a dozen soldiers with him and went into an alley.

Soon, the situation that General Niu faced before happened again to this general.

At another street corner, Sun Jian personally cut off the head of a Han army general, then wielded the ancient ingot knife and led more than 20 people to kill nearly half of the 100 Han soldiers who had lost their command and whose morale was crushed. Then, covering his left arm that was stabbed by a Han soldier, he walked back excitedly, unaware of the still bleeding wound.

"Haha, it's great, very great. The imperial court's soldiers are truly extraordinary. They were ambushed and lost their commander, but they still have such fighting power. If they had thirty or forty more people, we would probably be defeated here today."

Zhou Tai, who had a scar on his face, bandaged Sun Jian's wound with his calloused hands, and then knelt directly in front of Sun Jian.

"I am incompetent and failed to protect you, my lord. Please punish me."

Sun Jian laughed and helped him up. "What are you talking about, Youping? I personally led the troops to ambush and fight. This was a military order. How can I blame you? If you hadn't blocked the knife for me just now, my injury would be several times more serious than it is now. By the way, how is the wound on your back?"

Zhou Tai clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your concern, my lord. I am a crude man with thick skin and rough flesh. A few superficial injuries are not worth mentioning."

Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu and said, "Gong Jin's plan worked perfectly. I originally thought that since there were only a few remnants left in our army, splitting up the army again was a bad idea. But now it seems to be a brilliant plan."

Zhou Yu bowed and said, "My lord, you are too kind. Most of the generals in the imperial army are trained from small soldiers. Those who can command hundreds of people are often veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. Their martial arts and knowledge may be far inferior to those of you generals, but their combat experience and knowledge are not necessarily inferior. Therefore, they will definitely rely on their familiarity with the terrain and despise our army, so they will divide their troops to try to find our army quickly and then attack from all sides. This underestimation of the enemy and the convenience of street fighting can be used by our army."

Sun Jian was delighted when he heard this: "I have Gongjin, who is better than his 100,000 elite soldiers."

"My lord, don't be careless." Lu Su suddenly said, "Although our army has won a small victory, if nothing unexpected happens, the more than 100 soldiers who escaped from the fire will be almost killed or wounded when they ambush the enemy. In my opinion, we should rush back to the city gate as soon as possible to join the young general and the army, so that we can be safe."

Sun Jian also showed a serious expression: "Zi Jing's words make sense. This matter cannot be delayed. We should quickly reorganize the army and fight back again. On the one hand, we can defeat the enemy army, and on the other hand, we can save Han Dang, Huang Gai and other generals."

Just as these people were about to leave, a group of Han soldiers suddenly appeared at the end of the street.

Two figures, riding on war horses, slowly came to the front of the two armies. When Zhou Yu saw one of them, his eyes suddenly widened.

"It's you?"

Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and said, "Haha, this must be Zhou Yu, right? I have heard of your great name for a long time. In such a critical situation today, you were able to quickly find a way out and make a prompt decision. Your insight, vision, and quick thinking are enough to prove that you are worthy of your reputation. I admire you very much."

Zhou Yu was a little surprised: "Are you the eldest prince's sworn brother, Zhuge Kongming of the Langya Zhuge clan?"

"Yes, I am so humble, but I am honored to be heard by you."

Zhuge Liang clasped his fists in response.

Zhou Yu's face darkened. "Your Excellency is very calculating. It was you who almost killed Bofu outside Hefei City, right?"

"It is me, my skill is so insignificant that it is not worth mentioning. If you are interested, Brother Gongjin, I will prepare some wine tonight, and we can talk about the past and present. How about that?"

Zhou Yu's face darkened at first, then he said arrogantly, "Are you so confident that you can capture all of us alive?"

Zhuge Liang laughed loudly twice: "How can there be absolute things in the world? Especially when it comes to a peerless scholar like Gongjin. Liang is still young and has little knowledge. Fortunately, I can fight with a great scholar. It is a great comfort in my life. Success or failure depends solely on God's will."

After he finished speaking, he waved his feather fan, and the generals leading the troops beside him, along with the soldiers behind them, quickly rushed over.

"Come on..."

Sun Jian pulled Zhou Yu and Lu Su and was about to flee, but he saw a group of Han soldiers appearing at the other end of the street, each of them holding a big knife, and attacking them together.

"Go this way." Han Dang protected his lord and prepared to run to a fork in the street, but the same scene happened again.

There were a total of three exits, and there were hundreds of Han soldiers rushing towards them. This situation was almost unsolvable. Even Sun Jian, such a heroic man, showed a look of despair.

"God wants to kill me, Sun Jian..."

Zhou Yu grabbed Sun Jian and Lu Su's hands and said with determination: "My lord, don't panic. Bo Fu Shao Qing will definitely come. This place is small. We can rely on the terrain. As long as we hold on for a while, we can wait for reinforcements."

Han Dang was very puzzled: "The young general has no idea about our situation, how could he come to rescue us?"

Zhou Yu was very sure: "Don't worry, he will definitely come."

Two chapters merged into one. There is another two chapters merged into one, which was originally intended to make up for yesterday's update. The general idea is almost there, but I can't think of Sun Ce's new special skill for the time being, so I guess it may not be updated tonight.

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