Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 555: Night of Melee
Mengjin Port, located in the north of Luoyang City, is usually the only place where merchants and civilians appear, heading to Henei County from here.

However, at this late hour, the port was surprisingly lively. Many people were carrying large and small bags on their backs, and were lined up in rows under the guidance of soldiers, walking forward anxiously but orderly.

Since Liu He took over Luoyang, he made some modifications to Mengjin Port for the convenience of business and travel, expanding it from the original seven docks to eleven docks, with no less than a thousand cargo and passenger ships traveling back and forth every day.

However, the situation is very different now. All the cargo ships are packed with people, and even some small boats and rafts can often be seen. After each ship docks, the people rush to get on it, as if there is a monster chasing them from behind, and they are afraid that they will become the monster's dinner if they are half a step late.

Not far from the queue of people, Xun Yu and Cui Jun stared at the busy dock, with anxiety in their eyes.

The sound of horse hooves came from afar, causing the two men to look in the direction of the sound. They saw a group of soldiers running towards them. When they came to the two of them, these soldiers did not dismount, but saluted directly on horseback.

"Reporting to the two military advisors, your majesty, several eunuchs and maids serving in the palace, as well as the family members of the lord and the generals, have all arrived on the other side of the river."

"Reporting to the two military advisors, all the officials and their families in Luoyang City have now arrived on the other side of the river."

"Reporting to the two military advisors, there are more than 260,000 households in the city, and more than 70% are willing to leave with our army. Among them, less than half have crossed the river or boarded the ship."

"Reporting to the two military advisors, all the troops at Hulao Pass have been quietly withdrawn, and the 6,000 soldiers and 80 Jingshen Liannu that were sent to Chang'an City have also been assembled and set out. There are no enemy troops guarding Hangu Pass, so this batch of reinforcements should be able to travel smoothly."

"Reporting to the two military advisors, all the supplies stored in the city have been loaded onto trucks and transported to Chang'an and Hanoi respectively."

"Reporting to the two military advisors, Ji Ling's army has all entered the east gate."

"Reporting to the two military advisors, Cao Hong sent a vanguard force into the city, but was ambushed and annihilated by Ji Ling. Now Ji Ling is leading the army out of the city to pursue and kill them."

The news coming from all directions made Xun Yu and Cui Jun more and more anxious.

"Although this plan is brilliant, it's a pity that the time is too short. Even though there are merchants and businessmen working together to gather enough vehicles and ships, the port capacity is still too small. We dare not make too much noise when we go to Chang'an by land. We worked until midnight and only sent half of the people away. If we want to send all these hundreds of thousands of people to Chang'an and Henei County on the opposite bank, I'm afraid it will take at least the early morning. Ji Ling's 30,000 troops will personally go to chase Cao Hong, but there are less than 3,000 people. The other side has no war horses, so I'm afraid the battle will end soon."

Cui Jun rubbed his hands subconsciously.

Xun Yu looked into the distance and said in a deep voice, "For now, we cannot wait for Ji Ling to discover the abnormality in the city and then come after us. We must send people to stop him and buy time."

"I am willing to go and stop Ji Ling." A voice sounded, and the two looked in the direction of the voice and saw it was Zhao Yun.

Xun Yu nodded and said, "Well, only Zilong's cavalry is capable of this task."

Deng Yuan, who was maintaining order not far away, saw that there seemed to be some task here and hurried over.

"Military advisor, please do not favor one over the other. If you want to send troops, I will go with you."

Xun Yu smiled helplessly and said, "You, just now you were following the Zhao family, carrying things for them like a coolie, and you couldn't be called to do anything. Now that they have crossed the river, you come here to ask for work again."

Deng Yuan scratched his head and said, "I will not be careless about my lifelong affairs, so please don't make fun of me about it, military advisor."

"Wen Ruo, General Zi Yang has not had an easy time. He has been very attentive to Miss Zhao Ying. Today he accompanies her in martial arts training, and tomorrow he will come to help her with housework. He has finally won her heart and the head of the Zhao family has betrothed his daughter to him. Now he is waiting to meet the master to arrange their marriage. This is a great joyous event. Please forgive me."

Cui Jun pleaded for Deng Yuan, and Deng Yuan smiled and clasped his fists to him, "Thank you, Sima Cui. You'll have to drink a few more glasses at the wedding banquet."

"Okay, okay, it seems that if I don't agree, I'm afraid I won't be allowed to enter the wedding banquet, haha."

Xun Yu joked for a while, then said seriously: "Zhao Yun, Deng Yuan, listen to my order. I order you two to lead 5,000 cavalry to stop the enemy. I will send another general to lead the army to block the city gate first. You must not let any enemy escape to the north gate." "I obey your order!"

In a forest several miles away from the east gate, Ji Ling looked at the corpses all over the ground and the blood on his three-pointed, double-edged sword. Instead of calming down, he became even more angry.

"Cao Hong and Le Jin, they took advantage of the terrain and escaped into the mountains. It's a pity that I didn't chop off their heads with my own hands!"

The deputy general next to him wanted to say something, but after touching his still red and swollen cheeks, he finally held back and said nothing.

Another general under Ji Ling saw the opportunity and hurried over, smiling flatteringly: "The general is invincible, all the Cao bandits' troops were annihilated, leaving only Cao Hong and Le Jin, who escaped with only a dozen remnants. I'm afraid they will die in this vast mountain sooner or later. The general's divine power is unparalleled in the world..."

"Snapped……"

The general hadn't even finished his words when Ji Ling slapped him in the face.

The deputy general looked at the general with a "you deserved it" expression on his face, and he felt extremely happy.

"General...I am your humble servant..." The general obviously didn't understand why he was beaten for no reason when he was just trying to flatter the emperor.

Ji Ling stared at him fiercely: "30,000 against 3,000, and you let them escape. How dare you say you are invincible? Are you mocking me? This time when I went to Luoyang, I was beaten by Gao Shun, Zhao Yun, Cao Cao and Cao Hong. Not only that, but you even dared to mock me? Come on, drag this idiot away and beat him with forty military sticks!"

The general was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "General, please spare my life, General, please spare my life..."

Several soldiers came over and dragged him away. The sound of begging for mercy echoed repeatedly among the army. Every soldier was worried that he would suffer the same fate if he was not careful.

Perhaps the general's cry of pain made him feel a little relieved, and Ji Ling's expression also relaxed a little.

"Send an order, return to Luoyang, take the road inside the city, and attack the other three gates."

"Report... General, something is wrong. Another cavalry unit, with two banners named 'Zhao' and 'Deng', is charging towards our army."

"What?" Ji Ling's heart tightened.

"Cavalry... Zhao... Deng, could it be Zhao Yun and Deng Yuan? Why are they suddenly charging towards me?"

Looking at the stunned Ji Ling, the deputy general who was afraid of being beaten finally couldn't help but remind him: "General, this is not the time to think about these things. Hurry up and seize the city gate and prepare for the battle."

Ji Ling suddenly woke up: "Yes, yes, yes, return to the city immediately and prepare to meet the enemy!"

"General, something bad has happened. A group of enemy soldiers just appeared on the city wall, and the city gates are already closed..."

"What?" Ji Ling was shocked.

"There is no other way. We can only fight Zhao Yun to the death outside the city. Our army has 30,000 soldiers, and the enemy's cavalry has only a few thousand. I don't believe we can't defeat them. Brothers, cheer up!"

Ji Ling said something that he wasn't sure whether it was credible or not, and rushed forward.

(End of this chapter)