Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 329 Ding Yuan's Choice
Ding Yuan listened to his thorough and detailed analysis, which was almost as if he had seen the secret letter with his own eyes. He could not help but feel murderous and pressed the hilt of his sword with his right hand.

However, how could such an action be hidden from Cui Jun? He smiled and said, "Why? The governor wants to kill people to silence them? Your Excellency has a large army here. Because of the terrain, most of the military camp was blocked. In addition, the battle was fierce, so the people on the north bank did not find it for a while. But it is impossible to hide such a large army of tens of thousands. This matter will be exposed sooner or later. Unless your Excellency can kill all the people on the other side, leaving no one alive, killing Jun alone, I am afraid..."

When Ding Yuan heard this, his expression darkened and he put down his right hand.

"No matter how eloquent you are, I am determined and will never change my mind just because of a few words from you!"

Cui Jun was not in a hurry and continued talking.

"Jun knows your plan, but have you ever thought that now that Chao Gang is weak, the court is full of intrigues, and the powerful are rising in the prefectures and counties, you are sitting on the Bingzhou army, and you must be the target of many powerful families in the court. My lord has always been regarded as a thorn in the eyes and flesh by the aristocratic families, and they have repeatedly wanted to get rid of him. You are now a knife they are using. As long as you obey them and do this, they will have a big handle in their hands. Seeing the enemy not advancing and murdering the border troops, such a serious crime is enough to confiscate your property and exterminate your clan. In the future, you can only listen to them. If you don't obey them, they can use this handle to smash you to pieces."

Ding Yuan was suddenly shocked, his eyes flickered, and Cui Jun knew that his words had worked.

"They are promising you huge profits now, but what will happen after the job is done? After all, you are not their direct confidant. How can they truly trust an outsider? Once your value is squeezed dry, your fate in the future will only be worse than that of my master."

"This……"

Ding Yuan was obviously greatly shaken, feeling very uneasy, and paced back and forth.

Cui Jun continued, "My master is different. Our Anmin Army has always taken it as our duty to protect the country and the people and serve the court. Some people slander us for killing innocent people and being cruel and inhumane, but which of the families we destroyed was not guilty of heinous crimes? Sir, who do you think is more trustworthy, us or the one you have a secret letter with? As long as you join hands with my master to destroy these barbarians, based on this merit alone, even if those people in the court want to deal with you, they will be unable to do so."

"This... seems to make sense..."

Ding Yuan's eyes gradually became clear.

Cui Jun quickly increased the dosage: "Let's take a step back. Even if they control the government and cannot tolerate us, as long as you form an alliance with my master, these hundreds of thousands of battle-hardened elite troops are enough to gain a foothold in Bingzhou. In this chaotic world, no matter how those families in the Central Plains stir up trouble, what can they do to us? With such strength, we can completely control our own destiny, instead of letting those people with ulterior motives decide our future. Once there is a change in the world in the future, you and my master will join forces to march into the Central Plains and stabilize the situation of our Han Dynasty. There is also great potential..."

Cui Jun did not explicitly say what this "great potential" meant, but Ding Yuan understood it.

His eyes sparkled with brilliance, and he thought for a long time, then his look became firm.

"Good! Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books. Yes, I, Ding Yuan, have received the emperor's grace for a long time. How can I associate with the rebels? For my own selfish reasons, I will sit back and watch as the barbarians invade my Han territory. Wouldn't this make me a disgrace for thousands of years? I have made up my mind. I will cross the river immediately and fight the barbarians to the death!"

Cui Jun was delighted: "Your Excellency is very understanding of justice. This is a blessing for our Han people!"

Ding Yuan said cheerfully: "Tingwei Cui has a good son! I will give the order immediately, please help me!"

"I am willing to serve you as a dog or horse."

Ding Yuan immediately took Cui Jun down from the city wall and came to the camp.

"Assemble the entire army!"

Fifty to sixty thousand soldiers obeyed the order and gathered together.

"Godfather, what happened?"

Lu Bu rode over and asked Ding Yuan with a puzzled look on his face.

"My son, there is no need to ask any more questions. Reorganize the army immediately and cross the river to fight!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Bu immediately gathered his men together and said, "Foster father, are you going to help Liu He? No way..."

"Alright!" Ding Yuan interrupted him impatiently, "I know what to do, just follow the military order!"

Lu Bu's expression froze, then he glared at Cui Jun and walked away helplessly to return to the team.

Soon, the army was assembled. Ding Yuan and Cui Jun ran back and forth in front of the army, as if they were reviewing the troops. This scene made Lu Bu in the team very angry.

"Damn it, damn it! I used to accompany my adoptive father on inspections, how dare you, Cui Jun, bully me like this!" However, Ding Yuan did not have time to care about what he was thinking. After taking a round of inspection, he came to the front of the army.

"Soldiers, watch out! On the other side of the Yellow River, an extremely fierce battle is taking place. That is the army of our Great Han, fighting a bloody battle with the Xianbei and Xiongnu! These Hu dogs, bullying our Great Han, are slaughtering our people on the territory of our Great Han Shuofang County, on the banks of our Chinese mother river. This is intolerable! I, Ding Yuan, have been receiving salaries from the court for a long time, and I should share the country's worries. Now you all take a rest here for half a day, recuperate, and cross the Yellow River to give the Hu people a head-on blow! It's time for a real man to make achievements!"

How could these ordinary soldiers know what was right or wrong? In their opinion, those Hu cavalrymen were already fighting a fierce battle with another Han army, and now it was just the right time for them to go over and reap the fruits of the battle. Anyone who didn't take advantage of this would be a fool.

So after Ding Yuan shouted, almost all the soldiers were excited and their morale was high. Of course, there were exceptions, such as the gloomy-faced Lu Bu.

Ding Yuan was very satisfied with the army's response.

"Okay, cross the river!"

An army of more than 50,000 people, with five or six people at the least and more than a dozen people at the most, carried boats of different sizes and came to a relatively stable section of the river on the north side of the city.

"Puff thump thump thump..."

Ships were thrown into the water, and soldiers jumped on board one after another.

A few miles away from them, the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller. Of the nearly 50,000 Anmin Army soldiers, less than 30,000 were left.

However, the Xiongnu and Xianbei were not having an easy time either. Nearly half of their 130,000-strong army had been lost. The battlefield was filled with piles of corpses, and tens of thousands of horses without their masters fled in all directions.

If it were in the past, facing such huge losses, Fuluo Han and King Xiutu would have ordered a withdrawal long ago. They simply could not withstand such heavy casualties. But today it is a situation of life and death. If they do not take advantage of this rare opportunity to eliminate Liu He, their two tribes will definitely not be able to sleep or eat in the future.

"The Han Chinese have a saying: 'Strike him while he's weak'. As long as we destroy Liu He, the northern border of the Han Dynasty will no longer be able to stop us from advancing southward. The rich Han land and beautiful Han women will all be ours!"

King Xiutu ran back and forth and shouted, boosting morale.

Mang Qian, the chief general of the Xianbei, had suffered a lot of humiliation before, but now he finally had the hope of being able to hold his head high and his face was full of excitement.

"Kill them! That Han cavalry squad is about to be defeated. Let's work harder to kill them!"

During this long war, he rarely charged at the front line, for fear of encountering a master. After all, the bravery of Guan Yu, Zhu Ye, Cheng Liang and others had left a deep impression on him.

But at this moment, seeing the great achievement ahead, the Han general with the sickle was no match for Zhu Ye and others in martial arts. At this time, the more than 2,000 cavalrymen around him were almost all killed or wounded, with only less than a hundred people left. This gave Mang Qian a great boost of confidence, and he finally took the initiative to rush towards Zhang Liao.

"General Zhang, be careful!"

A purple-gold dragon knight reminded Zhang Liao from afar.

Although Zhang Liao did not have the ability to identify the position by sound, after receiving this reminder, he immediately discovered Mang Qian's attack.

Xuan Huang raised his hand to block the hook-scythe, and the two weapons collided heavily, and both men were shaken on their horses at the same time.

"What a great Hu general! I underestimated these Hu people before. This guy is even stronger than me!"

Zhang Liao sighed in his heart.

Mang Qian was even more surprised than him: "I didn't expect that this ordinary Han general could have such martial arts. How could there be so many masters in this Han army!"

However, although he was surprised, he also found that Zhang Liao's strength and martial arts seemed to be half a point weaker than his own. Naturally, he would not miss this good opportunity. He exerted force with both hands and forced forward again.

This scene also appeared in various places on the battlefield. The generals of the Xiongnu and Xianbei finally appeared at the front line and started the final general attack on the Anmin Army!

(End of this chapter)