Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 416 The last moment

As soon as Liu He arrived at the gate of Luoyang City, he couldn't help but stop and take a look.

Luoyang City is the capital of the Han Dynasty. The thick and weathered black city walls are more than 10 feet high and stretch out to both sides of the city gate. I don't know how far it is. I didn't feel it when I looked at it from a distance before, but now I stand on the ground and look up, I only feel that the city walls are extremely tall, majestic, and magnificent.

As for the city gates on both sides, when he touched them, he felt that the wood used was extremely heavy. Each door was more than two meters high and nearly two feet thick. The door bolt was a thick square iron bolt. Liu He picked it up casually and found that it weighed no less than a hundred pounds.

And this is just the gate of the outermost city wall. After walking in for more than a hundred steps, you will reach the real gate into the city, which is also of ordinary size and heavy.

"If we hadn't used this chain of tactics, it would have been very costly to storm the city walls alone."

Liu He sighed secretly and then walked into the city.

"Oh, this is the Imperial City of Luoyang. This is my first time here. What a great place! I heard there are several restaurants in the Imperial City. The wine brewed there is the best in the world. Now that I'm here, I must go and try it. By the way, Generals Guan and Cheng, you two are the ones who like drinking the most. I'll treat you to a drink later. No one is allowed to leave until we're drunk.

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei and suddenly wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

"Yide, at this time, you are only thinking about drinking."

Zhang Fei was stunned. He looked at Liu He and others who were trying hard to hold back their laughter, and then he felt a little embarrassed.

"Hey, it's too early to say that. Let's drink after we finish our work. There's no rush. I, Old Zhang, am not in a hurry."

While scolding Zhang Fei, Liu Bei couldn't help but look up and around him, his eyes full of excitement.

Liu He looked back and said, "Lord Xuande, you three brothers, please follow me into the palace to meet the emperor."

When Liu Bei heard this, his face showed both excitement and confusion.

"I am just a lowly official, so I am afraid I am not qualified to see the emperor, right?"

"Haha, Lord Xuande has made great contributions to the country this time, and he is also a member of the royal family, so how can he not be qualified? Just follow me."

Jiang Huan also advised: "Brother, General Liu is right. This is a rare opportunity. My third brother and I will go with you."

Liu Bei nodded, his joy was beyond words.

The sun was setting in the west. On the distant hilltop, a half-moon of the setting sun was embedded in the valley, filling the sky with red clouds, which was a spectacular sight.

In front of Hulao Pass, blood flowed like a river and corpses piled up like mountains. The blood of tens of thousands of people eventually flowed into the surging Yellow River, dyeing the muddy river water red.

All the generals at the pass were covered in blood and exhausted. Although the allied forces in front of the pass were numerous, the siege was already difficult, and the situation was not much better at this moment.

Li Jue withdrew from the front line, drank a few sips of water, and was panting.

"Grandmaster, something is not right. The time is almost up, but there is no sign of Liu He and the two generals' army. Zhu Ye has not arrived yet, there must be something fishy going on."

Dong Zhuo was actually wondering in his heart. Zhu Ye only said that he had some small matters to deal with and would arrive at Hulao Pass later. But a day had passed. Even if he was slow, it wouldn't take that long. Moreover, he was on the tower. Looking around, there was no sign of other troops around.

However, Liu He and Zhu Ye had been loyal to him over the past six months, without any signs of misconduct, and all of their strategies and actions were based on his consideration. Dong Zhuo was unwilling to believe that they had any rebellious intentions.

"You should not make random suspicions. Xianzhao and Dehui have absolutely no ulterior motives."

At this time, another general ran over.

"Grandmaster, the Kwantung Army has been unable to capture the city after a long siege and has retreated. It seems that their morale is low. They are preparing to retreat and cook a meal. I just don't know if they will attack again at night."

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he seemed to have grasped some important information.

"Oh? Haha, it's just as Xianzhao expected. The morale of these rebels has dropped greatly. Xianzhao will definitely wait for them to eat and attack from both sides. How can Yuan Shao survive?"

When Li Jue and others heard this, it seemed to make sense. Although they did not believe Liu He, in view of Li Ru's fate, how could they dare to refute it?
They were all looking worried, and the situation in the Allied camp was not optimistic either.

"Alliance leader, is Liu He capable? Why hasn't he captured Mengjin Port yet?"

"Yes, if he hadn't attacked Dong from behind, our fierce attack would have been a waste of manpower." "That's right, I won't do such a stupid thing."

Yuan Shao was already annoyed, and their noise made him even more angry.

"Stop arguing! Don't you know the current situation? You just want to argue. If anyone has an idea, just say it. I will definitely agree. Can you come up with one?"

When he shouted like that, everyone lowered their heads. How could they have any good ideas?

It was quiet for a long time, and finally someone couldn't help it.

"This matter cannot continue any longer. Hanoi has a weak foundation and now only has less than 10,000 remnants. We cannot continue to waste time."

"Yes, I, Chenliu, cannot afford such a loss."

“I will not participate in the party anymore.”

For a time, many princes began to back down.

"What do you mean by this? What did you say when you swore the oath? Why are you breaking your promise today?"

Yuan Shao was furious.

"Yes, if we talk about losses, all members of my Yuan family were killed by the old thief today. How can your losses be compared with ours?"

Yuan Shu also showed some backbone, which was rare.

"So what? After days of bloody battles, you, Yuan Benchu, let me and others charge forward. You only have 30,000 soldiers left in your own Bohai headquarters, and more than half of us have been injured. It's unfair to act like this!"

"Yes, the soldiers in your own camp are well fed and clothed much better than us. Why should we go to the front in the battle? I won't do that."

"And Yuan Shu is not a good person either. He has repeatedly withheld food and fodder and acted pretentiously. He is really not a good person."

"What do you mean? I, Yuan Shu, have never offended you."

For a moment, there was chaos in the allied commander's tent.

Among all the people, there was only one person sitting alone, lost in thought, and that was Cao Cao.

"How could it be such a coincidence... How could it be..."

He completely ignored the dispute in front of him, frowning and thinking hard.

"To be honest, among the twenty princes, Liu He's military force is the strongest. Apart from other things, his 20,000 heavy cavalry, with their excellent equipment and earth-shaking morale, are enough to sweep away at least 100,000 of our troops. But he chose to hide his strength. With such strength, everyone almost ignored his existence."

"Until the last time when his strength was finally exposed and aroused the fear of the other princes, he took the initiative to volunteer to deal with the two armies of Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun that Dong Zhuo had taken over. This one incident instantly made everyone's fear disappear, and they all regarded him as the most stupid person in the world."

"It was this action that caused everyone to overlook one thing, that is, the specific location of the two armies. From beginning to end, only he knew it. From this time on, all his actions were known to us only from the military reports he sent back, and we had no way to verify their authenticity."

"But all his results seem to be what the princes are happy to see. The war is at a stalemate and he needs reinforcements. Then he suffers heavy losses. The princes are afraid of his strength and are unwilling to send troops to rescue him. It seems that he is in a disadvantageous situation. However, we have no way of knowing what his actions will be."

"We have no idea how many of his troops are left and where they are. Were all of the above just coincidences, or did he do it on purpose? If it was intentional, what was his purpose, and where is he now?"

When Cao Cao thought about this, he felt that this was not a simple matter at all, as if all of him and his lords had fallen into a big net.

Suddenly, a look of fear appeared on his face.

"Oh no, could it be that he... If so, Liu He's scheme is too horrifying..."

He looked at the many princes who were still arguing, with a worried look on his face.

"It seems that these people can no longer be relied upon. I, Cao, have to make preparations for this matter early..."

(End of this chapter)