Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 771: Han Wudi's Departure
The Cao army inside the west gate was in high spirits, firstly because of their eager anticipation of merit and reward, and secondly because they were extremely excited to be able to personally defeat the Han Wu soldiers who were known to have never been defeated.

Although the soldiers guarding this place are not the real elite among Han Wu soldiers, and the 30,000 heavy shield Han Wu soldiers did not appear here, but despite this, this is also one of the most powerful troops in the world. Any soldier would feel extremely excited if he could defeat such an army in his own hands.

However, a battle involving a total of 80,000 people on both sides would naturally be difficult to unfold near the city gate. Although all 50,000 Cao troops had entered the city not long ago, there were still many soldiers crowded around the city gate and had no chance to go to the front line to kill the enemy.

Seeing their comrades making achievements at the front, while these people could only squeeze in the back and deal with the useless city gate, they felt very urgent and frustrated.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly looked up, then his eyes fixed on a certain place, with a look of confusion on his face.

"Hey, look, what is this?"

He pointed to the top of the city gate. Several soldiers around were looking forward to it, waiting to squeeze out and kill the enemy, but no one paid any attention to him.

Seeing this, the soldier was immediately annoyed: "Forget it if you don't want to watch it. If anything happens, you will die first."

His words ignited the anger in many soldiers. They were already feeling very aggrieved, and after being provoked by his words, they immediately vented their anger.

"Hey, how do you talk like that?"

"That's right, do you want to be beaten?"

When the soldier realized that he had angered everyone, he quickly apologized.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, brothers, I have no intention of offending you, I just saw something strange on top of the city gate, so I asked you, I think you are knowledgeable and can help me solve my worries..."

Everyone felt much better after hearing his flattering words. In addition, there was a rule in Xiahou Yuan's military discipline that strictly prohibited private fighting in the army, so everyone took the opportunity to back off.

Several soldiers asked, "What's so strange? Let's take a look."

The soldier pointed at the top of his head and said, "Look, why is there such a dark groove over there?"

The other soldiers came over and looked up. As expected, they saw a straight groove at the top of the doorway, several feet outside the two city gates. It looked quite deep, and they couldn't see what was inside.

Not only was there one on the top, but when everyone looked down along the groove, they saw an identical groove on each side of the wall of the city gate. The three grooves were completely connected, leaving the soldiers completely confused.

"Hey, this is strange. I have never seen such a thing in a city gate."

At first, the soldier stroked his chin and said, "Could there be some kind of trap hidden in here?"

As he spoke, he actually took a few steps back, as if he was afraid that some hidden arrow would suddenly be shot out from inside.

When the others saw him like this, they all burst into laughter.

"Haha, you are such a coward. Just a groove scares you like this."

"That's right. Let me see. No matter what it is, we will capture the whole city soon. When the time comes, we can come and investigate carefully. Then we will know everything, right?"

Just then, there was a sudden noise.

“Crack… Zila La… Hula La La…”

The sound was so sharp that everyone felt very uncomfortable and got goose bumps all over their bodies.

"What's going on? Where does that sound come from? It's really annoying."

"This sound is like something rubbing against iron."

"Nonsense, where is the iron sheet here? Only the swords and guns in your and my hands are made of iron."

"No, there is also a sound like a chain being dragged on the ground..."

"That's weird, where does this sound come from?"

Just as everyone was looking around, the soldier on the original side looked up again, his eyes filled with horror, his finger pointed upwards, and he began to tremble slightly.

"You...you look..."

"What are you looking at? A groove. Is it frightening you like this?"

Everyone looked up impatiently, but the scene they saw shocked and frightened them all. They saw an iron door slowly descending in the dark groove.

The iron door was completely black and more than half a foot thick. There was an obvious trace of splicing in the middle, which was obviously made by temporarily splicing two iron doors together.

Just one look at the extremely heavy iron gate shocked the soldiers. They opened their mouths wide and were unable to speak for a long time.

It was not until the iron gate was lowered to the same height as the entire city gate that one of the soldiers suddenly exclaimed.

"Oh no! It's the iron gate! We can't let it fall. Otherwise, even if we smash all the siege vehicles, we won't be able to destroy it."

"This must be a trick of the enemy. They want to trap us in the city. Quickly block the gate..."

The soldiers were awakened one after another, and quickly called their comrades, ran over, and placed their spears and halberds under the gate, trying to block it.

However, the gate was made of pure iron, more than three meters wide, about two meters high, and nearly half a foot thick. How could such a gate weigh more than thousands of pounds?

If these dozens of weapons were all made of pure iron spear and halberd shafts, they could still hold out for a while. Unfortunately, they were all made of wood, and they broke one after another after less than a few breaths. The tremendous force caused the spear heads and halberd blades to scatter everywhere, and many soldiers suffered as a result, with bloody scratches on their faces and hands.

"I can't hold on any longer. Hurry... hurry and report to the general..."

The soldiers ran away in panic, and the gate quickly closed with a heavy thud, completely sealing the city gate.

All the soldiers near the city gate rushed out in panic, shouting loudly as they ran.

"General... Where is the general? Something terrible has happened..."

"The city gate... there is another city gate... it is made of iron, an iron city gate, we are trapped..."

When these soldiers shouted like this, the soldiers farther away also noticed this situation. Originally, they thought that they had entered the city and were sure to win, but now it seemed that they were lured into the city by the enemy and were going to catch them in a jar.

Under such circumstances, Cao's army, which had originally thought that they were sure to win and therefore had high morale, naturally became panicked and their morale was in chaos.

At the same time, the reckless charging of these soldiers soon caused the rear of Cao's army to become crowded and chaotic.

At this time, Han Hao heard the movement of the rear army and rode over. When he saw that his troops were in such a mess for no apparent reason, he became furious.

"What are you doing? There are no enemy troops descending from the sky behind you. Why are you losing your composure? What crime should you be punished for?"

A group of soldiers stumbled over and fell directly in front of him.

"General, something terrible has happened...something terrible has happened...the city gate...the city gate is closed..."

Han Hao was confused. "What do you mean the city gate is closed? Aren't the city gates guarded by our army?"

The soldiers shouted: "No... there are two gates... and one is made of pure iron... a gate, an iron gate..."

Although their words were somewhat incoherent, Han Hao quickly understood them.

"Iron gate... not good!"

He cried out in surprise, whipped his horse hard, and galloped to the city gate. Sure enough, a heavy black iron gate had sealed the city gate tightly.

Han Hao did not give up. He swung his weapon with all his strength and chopped a few times. However, apart from leaving a few marks on the iron gate and causing the blade of the sword in his hand to bend slightly, it had no other effect.

Han Hao's face was gloomy. "We've fallen into a trap. We're in trouble now. Quick, go find General Xiahou..."

As soon as he finished speaking, bursts of shouting and screaming suddenly came from some of the surrounding houses and the city walls.

Afterwards, teams of soldiers holding heavy shields and spears came out from the houses in an orderly manner with heavy steps.

At the same time, on the city wall, from the north and south sides, there was a team of similar soldiers, surrounding the city wall of the west gate.

Han Hao's face changed drastically: "Han Wuzu!"

(End of this chapter)