Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 184 The war ends
Guan Yu was overjoyed: "Brother, it's Tang Zhou! Haha, we are sure to win!"

Liu He breathed a sigh of relief: "Tang Zhou has quietly accomplished something great. When people's jealousy kicks in, it's really scary."

After hearing this, Gao Shun probably understood that the man in front of him who led 40,000 Yellow Turban Army was actually Liu He's subordinate. He was very surprised, but now was not the time to ask questions, so he continued to remain silent, but stopped the order to withdraw to the city.

Huangfu Song drew his sword and shouted, "All troops, march out of the city and capture Zhang Jue alive!"

"Kill!"

"Capture Zhang Jue alive!"

The army in the city immediately opened the city gates and rushed out in full force, engaging in a fierce battle with the Yellow Turban Army that was attacking the city.

Cheng Liang shouted anxiously, "Brother, let's rush over too! We can't let others take away this great achievement! If anyone else takes this credit except you, I, Cheng Liang, will not accept it!"

"Yes, the victory in this battle is all thanks to Big Brother's planning. The credit should naturally go to Big Brother!"

Guan Yu also said so.

When Gao Shun heard what the two said, he didn't seem to have any objection, after all, it was the fact.

Liu He also knew that now was not the time to be pretentious.

"All soldiers, follow me and capture Zhang Jue alive!"

"Ow..."

The Black King was a ferocious beast after all, so he was naturally very excited about this kind of battlefield. He spread his legs and rushed out with all his might.

If all the previous events were just minor problems for the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, then Tang Zhou's rebellion now was a complete blow to their morale.

As a disciple of Zhang Jiao, Tang Zhou's status was even higher than that of the Thirty-Six Generals. At least in the eyes of ordinary followers, he was completely Zhang Jiao's confidant. Once the uprising was successful, he would be a founding hero, and it would be no problem for him to be granted a title of nobility and appointed as a general.

However, such a person betrayed the Great Sage Master. Combined with all the previous events, more and more Yellow Turban soldiers began to doubt the ideas they had always adhered to.

On the contrary, the 40,000 troops brought by Tang Zhou now believed more firmly in what Tang Zhou had said to them before.

After Tang Zhou took Li Damu to kill Ma Yuanyi and poisoned Ma Yuanyi's four trusted generals, he told them that Zhang Jiao was a fraud and only the magistrate Liu of Langtiao County was the true messenger of God, who could predict the future and wield magical weapons.

Before, they were just skeptical. Although Tang Zhou poisoned several leaders and killed a group of their close associates, causing the remaining 40,000 people to choose to follow him to find out the truth, most of them still preferred the Great Sage Master, and some even decided to switch sides after arriving at the battlefield.

But now that he had seen with his own eyes the Magistrate Liu riding a black tiger, so majestic under the moonlight and starlight, he had believed it only 30% at first, but now he believed it 70% to 80%. How could a mortal encounter and tame such a strange beast?
The armies of Huangfu Song, Liu He and Gao Shun, and the Yellow Turban "rebels" led by Tang Zhou, a total of about 90,000 people, surrounded Zhang Jue.

"Among the enemy troops, those who surrender will not be killed!"

Huangfu Song shouted this sentence, and soon, the three legions began to shout this sentence at the same time.

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

Some of the soldiers led by Zhang Jue had already thought about surrendering, but faced with such overwhelming calls and an inevitable defeat, they finally gave up the little bit of loyalty they had left in their hearts.

"I'm waiting for you!"

"I am willing to surrender too..."

In an instant, thousands of people ran out of their own camps, threw down their weapons, and knelt down.

"You... you dare to betray the Great Sage Master! You deserve to be killed!"

A general rushed out and was about to kill several soldiers who were about to surrender, but he was quickly shot by the archers ordered by Huangfu Song, and he was shot like a sieve.

Now more people came out to surrender. Zhang Jue fought and retreated, and the soldiers surrendered at the same time. Soon, more than half of the remaining army of nearly 40,000 people surrendered. There were less than 20,000 people left, still guarding around Zhang Jue and Zhang Bao.

Huangfu Song ordered the governor Zhao to lead his troops to take away the more than 20,000 surrendered soldiers.

"Since you remaining people are stubborn and unyielding, don't blame me for being merciless! Kill you!"

The three armies suddenly launched a general attack!

Zhang Jue felt heartbroken as he watched the army being defeated.

"God doesn't bless me! God doesn't bless me!"

Then, he looked at Huangfu Song: "Old thief Huangfu, you want to kidnap me and seek credit from the court. What wishful thinking! Even if I kill myself, I will never give you this opportunity!"

Zhang Bao beside him was shocked: "Brother, no! You must not be in any danger. I will lead the troops to fight a bloody battle. As long as you escape, we can raise our arms and call for the world to respond. We can still have a chance to turn the tables! I'm going!"

Without waiting for Zhang Jue to speak, Zhang Bao called a group of soldiers and rushed out.

Zhang Jiao's chest heaved violently and he kept coughing.

Cheng Liang pointed the Heavenly Soul Chasing Halberd forward and said, "Second brother, fifth brother, you two have already made great contributions this time. It's time for you to leave this General Digong to me!"

Cheng Liang squeezed his legs together, roared out like a unicorn, and rushed towards Zhang Bao with two thousand soldiers of the Anmin Army.

"Come and accept your fate!"

Cheng Liang stabbed his Soul-Chasing Halberd directly at Zhang Bao's face. Zhang Bao quickly dodged and then hit Cheng Liang with his spear.

"Hehe, it's just a trivial trick!"

Cheng Liang swung the blade of his Soul-Chasing Halberd and directly cut off the shaft of the spear that was swinging towards him.

"Go!"

Cheng Liang shouted loudly, grasped the halberd in his right hand, and thrust forward, and the tip of the halberd came out from behind Zhang Bao.

"Second brother... puff..."

Zhang Jue was so distressed that he vomited blood.

The three thousand soldiers led by Zhang Bao were quickly surrounded and disarmed, and then handed over to the prefect Zhao for escort.

"Chase! Don't let Zhang Jiao escape today!"

Huangfu Song pursued him relentlessly, and Liu He and others would never let him go.

There were mountains and forests not far from the west gate of the city. Zhang Jue led 15,000 to 16,000 men and quickly retreated into the mountains and forests with completely lost morale.

Huangfu Song was in a dilemma. He was not good at fighting in the mountains. Using one's own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths was a taboo in military strategy. As a veteran general for decades, he naturally would not make this mistake.

Liu He rode over on the Black King and said, "General Huangfu, I grew up in the Taihang Mountains and know the conditions in the mountains and forests very well. I will go and chase after him and I will definitely get Zhang Jiao back!"

Huangfu Song smiled and said, "Haha, now it is County Magistrate Liu who has to do it. Okay, you lead our troops to chase them, and when you come back successfully, I will hold a banquet in the city to celebrate your success!"

"Here!"

Liu He, along with Guan Yu, Cheng Liang, Zhu Ye and the Anmin Army, rushed into the mountains and forests.

Huangfu Song led a large army to guard outside the forest.

Although the troops led by Zhang Jue held on and did not surrender, their morale was low. In addition, several major generals, including Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, were all killed in the battle. The only remaining commander, Zhang Jue, was only half dead. Even if they had the advantage in numbers, how could they be a match for the Anmin Army, whose morale was high?

In just over half an hour, the Anmin Army rushed into the enemy army like a sharp arrow and came directly in front of Zhang Jue. The Yellow Turban Army was blocked on all sides by the Anmin Army.

Liu He looked at this "great and virtuous teacher" whom he had studied countless times in historical materials in his previous life, and was filled with emotion for a moment.

"Zhang Jue, you'd better dismount and surrender. I don't want to fight you."

Zhang Jue said fiercely, "Hmph, you little thief, forget it! I, Zhang Jue, will inevitably die today, but I will definitely not die in your hands! I can only blame God for not having the will to rule over me, which has led to the reputation of you bastards!"

Liu He shook his head: "Alas, you are still stubborn even now. When you first founded the Taiping Dao, you cured illnesses and saved lives, and protected the people, which was a good thing. But later you were blinded by greed and led your followers to rebel in pursuit of the throne. You also robbed and looted everywhere. Wherever you went, the people suffered more because of you than the current court. You got your start with the poor people, but now you ignore their well-being and lives. You haven't even taken over the throne yet, and you're already like this. How can you not be defeated?"

Zhang Jue spat, "Pah! Nonsense! If it weren't for you, a little thief, who ruined my plan, I would have killed Huangfu Song long ago and achieved my goal! Now I'm on the verge of failure, it's just the time and fate!"

Liu He sighed and said, "Forget it. If I can't make you understand, then forget it. Since you refuse to get off your horse and be tied up, I have no choice but to do it."

Liu He waved his hand, and Guan Yu and three soldiers surrounded him.

Zhang Jue suddenly drew his sword and laughed wildly for no apparent reason.

"Hahahaha! You unknown kid, you want to catch me? That's just wishful thinking!"

After saying that, he turned around and stabbed the sword into his chest!
"I, Zhang Jiao... don't accept it... I don't accept it..."

A prominent figure of his time died here.

Liu He let out a long breath and asked several soldiers to lift Zhang Jue's body.

At this time, most of Zhang Jue's 15,000 to 16,000 soldiers had died or fled, leaving less than 10,000 people. They were escorted out of the forest by Guan Yu, Cheng Liang, and Zhu Ye.

It was at this time that the first ray of sunlight shone through the clouds in the east. After a whole night of hard fighting, the curtain finally came to an end.

(End of this chapter)