Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 242 The Battle of Yanmen
Ten days later, it was early morning and the sky in the east was just beginning to turn pale.

Inside the city gate of Yanmen Pass, many people were pushing various vehicles towards the city gate.

"Why did the governor make us so hurried, harvesting the crops overnight a few days in advance and sending soldiers to help us harvest? Why did he hastily ask us to retreat into the interior of the country? Could it be that the Xianbei will attack us again early this year?"

"Hey, why do you care so much? Lord Liu is a rare good official. If he tells us to withdraw, we will withdraw."

"Last year, the Xianbei attacked early for no apparent reason. Who knows, they might do the same this year. Sir Liu called it Wei... Wei something rain or something... Anyway, it's always right to prepare in advance."

"Old Li, you can't even read a single word, yet you insist on imitating others' literary skills. Are you showing your weakness now?"

"Go to hell! You don't even have the chance to show off."

In an alley inside the city, several figures were watching everything at the city gate.

"Liu He suddenly called on the people to collect food overnight and retreat to the interior six or seven days earlier than normal. Now he can completely lead his army to guard Yanmen Pass and avoid fighting in the open. What should we do?"

"Why do you care about these things? Our mission is to ensure that the city gate is open today. Now that they have opened the city gate themselves and let the people in, it just saves us the effort. I think it will take at least a while for all these people to retreat into the city. Let's guard here. If they want to close the city gate later and we don't get the signal to retreat, then we can find a way to delay their closing time."

These people hid in a corner like this. At this time when Yanmen Pass was so busy, no one would notice them at all, at least that's what they thought.

However, what they could never have imagined was that on a sentry platform in the city not far away, at first glance it seemed that no one was there, but if they looked closely, they could see that a pair of eyes were staring closely at the location of the spies through a small hole in the guardrail of the platform.

Liu He and others personally commanded and escorted the people into the city inside and outside the city gate.

Gradually, Liu He seemed to feel something was wrong.

"Mingwei, do you feel that the ground seems to be shaking?"

Zhang Yong stopped what he was doing and sensed it carefully.

"If you hadn't said it, I wouldn't have noticed it. But now that you mentioned it, it really shook me. Could it be that the earth dragon has turned over?"

Liu He shook his head: "No, I think..."

At this moment, a very loud horn sounded suddenly from the city wall above.

"Woo... Wu..."

Zhang Yong's expression changed drastically: "This is the horn of an enemy attack! It must be the Xianbei coming!"

"Quick! Leave a group of soldiers behind to bring the people in as soon as possible. Brothers, follow me up to the city wall!
Kuitou, who was galloping in the distance, was overjoyed when he saw the Yanmen Pass tower looming in front of him.

"Haha, the secret report is indeed true! Look at the crowds of people at the city gate, all rushing into the pass. The city gate must be wide open now! My men, follow me to rush into Yanmen Pass. The wealth inside the pass is far beyond the counties in the north. Let's avenge our previous defeat this time!"

The Xianbei cavalry quickly approached the city gate, and the shaking of the earth became more and more obvious. The almost crazy shouting of the Xianbei people was getting closer and closer, frightening the people who were still outside Yanmen Pass into panic, and many of them fell to the ground.

"Don't panic, we have a large army here to protect you!"

The soldiers of the Anmin Army shouted one after another, stabilized the order, and guided the people into the city.

Liu He and others looked from afar on the city gate and saw a huge number of Xianbei cavalry, which was far greater than the last time.

"I'm afraid Kuitou is really angry this time. I think he has brought at least 70,000 or 80,000 cavalry this time. We must not fight him head-on. Otherwise, even if we can repel them, it will be a miserable victory like last time. Our army can't afford a second large-scale loss. After all, there are more enemies around us than just the Xianbei."

Zhang Yong clenched his fists and said worriedly.

Liu He nodded: "Well, this time we must defend the dangerous place and minimize the losses. General Gao!"

"exist!"

"General Gao, thank you for your hard work. Lead your 5,000 Han Wu soldiers out of the city to stop the enemy. We must hold out until all the people can enter the city!"

"Don't worry!" Gao Shun turned around and went down the city wall.

"Ye Xiang!"

"The general is here!"

"You lead our Shenji Battalion to provide support from behind the Han Wuzu!"

"Here!"

"Guan Yu!"

"The general is here!"

"You lead our 5,000 purple-gold dragon riders to attack at any time as the battle situation requires, and assist General Gao in blocking the enemy!"

"Here!"

"Everyone else, follow me, keep an eye on the battle situation, and be ready to fight at any time!"

"Here!"

Kuitou led the army and had arrived at a place only two or three miles away from Yanmen Pass. Suddenly, he saw teams of soldiers dressed in black and wearing black shields pouring out of the city gate.

"What kind of troops are these? During the great battle a few months ago, we never saw such troops among the Yanmen defenders!"

Kuitou was very puzzled.

At this time, someone beside him shouted: "Look, chief! Isn't that the commander of the Han army reinforcements who suddenly appeared during the last battle?"

Kuitou looked carefully and found that Gao Shun looked very familiar.

"It really is him. This guy's martial arts skills are OK, but his ability to command troops is really good. Everyone, be careful, this army might be a fraud!"

The man beside him said disdainfully: "Don't panic, Chief. Look at the troops this man brought out. There are only four or five thousand people. Although it is a bit strange, with only this number of people, even if they are all extremely powerful, how can they withstand the charge of more than 70,000 cavalrymen of our army? As long as we rush forward in one go, we will surely trample them into dust!"

Kuitou thought about it and seemed to agree that it made sense.

"Yes, that's right. The reason why we failed in the last war was that we didn't make full use of the advantages of our Xianbei cavalry charge. I think they are deliberately creating confusion this time, trying to trick us into stopping and watching, thereby weakening the cavalry's charge. Don't be fooled, speed up and charge forward, let them see how powerful our Xianbei cavalry really is!"

“Oh…”

More than 70,000 Xianbei cavalrymen, each as fierce as a wolf or a tiger, were so powerful that they charged straight into the sky.

Outside the Yanmen Pass gate, there are high mountains on both sides. The path at the gate is shaped like a big trumpet. It becomes narrower as it gets closer to the pass. In front of the pass, it is only about thirty feet wide.

Gao Shun led his army all the way to a place about a hundred steps outside the pass, and then he lined up 2,500 soldiers holding heavy shields in a row, with soldiers holding spears standing behind them.

"Set up the formation!"

At Gao Shun's command, heavy shields nearly as tall as a person were smashed to the ground with a sound of "dong dong dong". The weight of the shields themselves, plus the strength of the soldiers, caused the bottom edges of the shields to penetrate a little into the ground. The soldiers flipped down the supports on both sides of the shields, pushed them into the soil, and then used their bodies to press against the back of the shields.

Two thousand five hundred heavy black shields, linked together, stood in front of Yanmen Pass like a new Great Wall.

Kuitou looked a little puzzled.

"What the hell, it's ridiculous that it thinks it can stop my 70,000-man army with just a few shields! Erlang, get past him!"

The 70,000-strong Xianbei army rushed over like an overwhelming force, howling!

(End of this chapter)