Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 546 The Black Hand Arrives
Until night fell, some of the thousands of soldiers in front of Hulao Pass were killed by the cavalry led by Dameng, and the others were captured and taken back to the pass. However, Lei Bu and others were always intimidated by the power of dozens of Jingshen Crossbows and did not dare to rush forward to rescue their comrades.

Five miles west of Luoyang, after Zhao Yun led his army in fighting for half a day, the several thousand Han soldiers who had sneaked around behind Ji Ling and others suddenly attacked. Ji Ling's army of tens of thousands was caught off guard and was immediately thrown to the ground.

After fighting for a while, Han Wuzu, Zhao Yun and others quickly retreated towards Luoyang.

When Ji Ling and his companions saw that it was getting dark, although they were very angry and wanted to tear Zhao Yun and his companions into pieces, they had no choice but to retreat temporarily and set up camp.

Although the battle was going on outside, Luoyang was not affected much. Firstly, the troops had not yet reached the city, and secondly, the people in the city had experienced many changes and now had complete trust in Liu He and his men. Seeing the enemy coming aggressively but being blocked outside the city, the people were relieved and did what they had to do. No one thought of escaping.

In the general's mansion, Xun Yu and others sat opposite each other, and everyone seemed to be in a much more relaxed mood.

Zhao Yun said sternly: "Although our army won a small victory in today's battle, the Yuzhou invaders have nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses. The casualties today are no more than 10,000. I wonder what we should do tomorrow?"

Xun Yu said: "Today is the first time the two sides have clashed. Zhou Ping and I did not intend to focus on killing the enemy, but on dampening their morale."

"That's right." Cui Jun continued what Xun Yu said.

"The enemy is powerful, our army is small, and Yuan Shu has been planning for a long time. Once he launches the attack, his soldiers will naturally fight bravely. If we want to repel or annihilate him, we must first weaken his spirit and tremble his heart, and then we can win."

Deng Yuan was a little confused. "I think the Yuzhou soldiers are just ordinary. Ji Ling is known as the best general under Yuan Shu, but he can't even beat me. He hates me so much that he wants to tear me into pieces. Why don't I challenge him in front of the battle tomorrow? He will definitely accept the challenge. Then I will take his head. The enemy army will be leaderless, so it will be easy to defeat them, right?"

Xun Yu and Cui Jun looked at each other and smiled.

"General Ziyang is quite good at strategy, and this method is quite clever, but it may not work."

"If we fail, I'm afraid the general will die on the battlefield tomorrow."

The two people spoke these words in a duet, which scared Deng Yuan.

"Military Advisor, please don't scare me..."

Xun Yu smiled and said, "General Deng, don't panic. Although I am not good at martial arts, judging from the battle you described, Ji Ling is not inferior to you in martial arts. It's just that he was angered by your words today, which caused his sword skills to mess up, so he lost to you. After all, he is a famous general in Yuzhou. If he thinks about it tonight, he will probably figure it out. So if you go into battle again tomorrow, I'm afraid you may not win. Even if you win, it will be very difficult to kill him. At most, you can make him run away after being injured."

Deng Yuan looked like he was lost in thought, with his eyes narrowed and his little beard twirled. Seeing him like this, everyone ignored him.

"Will we go into battle tomorrow?" Gao Shun asked.

Xun Yu nodded: "Although today's first battle has slightly dampened the enemy's morale, the enemy's fighting power is still there and their morale has not been completely destroyed. We should continue tomorrow."

Zhao Yun clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Advisor. Leave it to Zilong."

"Well, there's no need for Zilong to take action tomorrow." Xun Yu's words surprised Zhao Yun.

"Who is the military advisor going to send out to fight?"

Xun Yu looked at Gao Shun and said, "Yuzhou must have found out that the commander of Luoyang is General Gao. As long as General Gao does not fight, they will be optimistic and think that the general is mediocre and has a false reputation. They hope that after destroying Zilong's cavalry, they can attack the city in one fell swoop. As long as General Gao leads the Han Wuzu to fight and defeat Ji Ling, the enemy will be defeated."

Gao Shun simply said, "Yes."

Now Zhao Yun and Deng Yuan were not happy with this, and they both looked at Xun Yu and Cui Jun eagerly.

Cui Jun smiled and said, "Don't worry, you will fight this battle. Tomorrow, I will trouble you two generals to go out to Hulao Pass for a fight. The enemy outside the pass will see that they can't capture the city and can't win the fight, so they will naturally be scared." "I understand. When their troops on both sides have no will to fight, and are even full of fear, our army will attack with all its strength and win a great victory. Tomorrow's battle will be left to me."

Deng Yuan patted his chest, feeling confident.

Early the next morning, Gao Shun personally led his troops out of the city. Ji Ling had not participated in the anti-Dong alliance, and had not witnessed the power of the Han Wuzu outside Hulao Pass. When he saw such a group of infantry going into battle, he excitedly led his cavalry to charge forward.

However, the final result was that he fled back in disgrace after leaving more than 2,000 corpses in the Han Wuzu's camp. Thanks to the interception of his own archers and infantry, the Han Wuzu stopped pursuing him and retreated to Luoyang City.

Zhao Yun and Deng Yuan also made a big splash outside Hulao Pass.

The two of them, together with Da Meng, led the cavalry to charge out of the pass. Lei Bu and others were still hesitating whether to continue the attack or save their lives and wait for Ji Ling to capture Luoyang to pick them up, but they were frightened by the shouts of thousands of cavalry.

The three of them fought in the Yuzhou military camp for a whole morning before retreating back to the pass to rest. Just as Lei Bu was about to send troops to pursue them, he was frightened back by a burst of bullets from the Jingshen Crossbow.

This kind of battle lasted for five days.

Today, although there are still more than 60,000 soldiers and horses in Yuzhou, everyone has lost his courage and is in danger.

That night, Xun Yu and others gathered together again, and everyone was very happy.

"The opportunity is ripe. Tomorrow our army will remain in place and defend the city. A part of the Shenji Battalion left by General Ye Xiang has been transferred to Hulao Pass today. The rest of the troops are not allowed to leave the city tomorrow and wait for Ji Ling to attack."

Zhao Yun seemed to be thinking: "Hmm... our army has been on the offensive for many days in a row. If we suddenly resume our offensive tomorrow, the enemy will surely attack regardless of whether they are suspicious or not. The Jingshen Crossbows on the city wall are ready. We should be able to completely defeat the enemy in a battle tomorrow."

"Zilong has a good idea. I have sent a message to the Mengjin Port garrison. After our army defeats Ji Ling, they will encircle him from the flank. Even if they cannot annihilate the enemy army completely, they must capture Ji Ling alive."

After Xun Yu gave some instructions, everyone dispersed.

South of Luoyang City is a stretch of hills with dense forests and wild animals everywhere. Even for an experienced local hunter, it would take at least three to five days to cross the mountains, even with adequate preparation.

Because of this, all dynasties had never set up defenses in the south of Luoyang City, because it was an impossible task for a large number of troops to pass through this forest. Even if someone really made it through, they would be exhausted and have no fighting power.

However, in such a place where a large number of people were least likely to appear, a camp was set up in the forest that night.

There are not many tents, but they are arranged according to the terrain, without any disorder. The distance between them is neither too big nor too small. There is a bonfire between every ten tents.

In this area of ​​tents, there would often be patrol teams of five people shuttling back and forth.

Next to a bonfire, a few people were roasting something, and the aroma wafted over, making people salivate.

One of them tore off a piece of meat, chewed a few bites, and an expression of enjoyment appeared on his face.

"I have been traveling on the mountain road for eleven consecutive days. I am almost exhausted. The guide is really unreliable. The journey that was supposed to take six days actually took eleven days. General, why did you stop me from killing this guy?"

A square-faced general beside him said, "He's just an old farmer, why bother to get angry with him? Only when you walk through it yourself will you know that it's really not easy to cross this mountain forest. We are lucky to be here. And I see that the current situation of the two warring parties is exactly as Meng De instructed. Tomorrow is our chance to take action. This can be called God's help."

Because I was very busy with work before the New Year, I originally had 22 chapters in reserve, but they were all used up during that time. Otherwise, I couldn't go out during this period. I should update more. It's really not good enough. I will try my best today and add one more chapter tomorrow.

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