Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 797: Dissociating Cao’s Army
The Golden Sword Battalion and the Han army had naturally seen that Zhang Yong was in such a critical situation. Although they had the absolute upper hand, Cao Cao's deliberate command still made it difficult for them to rush to Zhang Yong's rescue quickly. They could only watch as the huge net in the hands of hundreds of Cao's soldiers continued to grab Zhang Yong.

"General Zhang..."

"How dare you hurt the general? I will fight you to death!"

The Han soldiers were all filled with rage and fought even harder, but even though more and more enemies died at their hands, the distance between them and Zhang Yong also decreased from seven or eight hundred steps to five or six hundred steps, and then to three or four hundred steps... but it was still out of reach.

It was difficult for Zhang Yong to stand up again. He could only squat, kneel or roll on the ground to fight back. Relying on the incomparable sharpness of the soldier king, he cut through the flying nets one after another, but at the same time, his remaining physical strength was rapidly consumed.

"What should I do...what should I do...Brother's work is not yet completed, how can I fall into the hands of the enemy?"

Zhang Yong quickly planned in his mind, trying to find a way out for himself.

However, after careful consideration, he still had no solution, which made him feel desperate.

At this moment, he saw the Cao army scout who was taken to the rear through layers of enemy troops. Although there were many Cao army soldiers in between and it was difficult to see clearly, he could still vaguely see that the scout's shoulders were sobbing.

Zhang Yong quickly remembered this person.

"Isn't this the scout who reported to Cao Cao not long ago? He rode up ahead and shouted something..."

He was about three or four hundred steps away from Cao Cao before, and there were such noisy shouting and fighting noises, plus his mind was completely focused on his own battle at the time, so even though the scout shouted at the top of his lungs, he didn't hear it clearly.

"What did he say before about Yanzhou... what about the lost home..."

Zhang Yong carefully pieced together his fragmentary memories, and suddenly, an idea came to him.

"Ah... yes, Gongsun Fan of Youzhou must be dead, and my second brother is leading his troops south, and Zilong is sneaking in. If the two of them join forces, it will be easy for them to occupy Yanzhou. Half of Cao Cao's army is from Yanzhou. How can we not panic?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Yong came up with a plan.

"Cao Cao, oh Cao Cao, do you think that by detaining that scout, you can prevent the spread of this news? Humph..."

Just as several large nets were thrown over, Zhang Yong suddenly shouted loudly.

"The entire territory of Yanzhou has been taken by my second brother Guan Yu. All your families are in the hands of the imperial court. Why don't you surrender quickly?"

Just this one sentence stunned the thousands of Cao troops around.

"What? What did he say? Yanzhou was taken away?"

"That's impossible. This person must have disturbed our army's morale...right?"

Although many Cao soldiers did not seem to believe what he said, they began to hesitate.

Firstly, the morale of Cao's soldiers was already low and they were not eager to fight. Secondly, the matter was of great importance. If their parents, wives and children really fell into the hands of the imperial court, then most of the soldiers would naturally be unwilling to continue to be enemies of the imperial court.

Zhang Yong struck while the iron was hot: "Cao Cao has already obtained the information, but he doesn't care about the lives of your family members. Anyway, his family members are all in Yuzhou. He deliberately concealed the news just to make you fight for him so that he can escape in the chaos."

After he said this, the soldiers became even more confused.

"That makes sense..."

"It seems to be true. Not long ago, I did see a scout crying and shouting as he went to see the lord."

"That's true. I even heard him shouting about how his home was gone and how things were not going well..."

"Ah... Could it be... Could it be that Yanzhou has really been lost?" As the saying goes, "three people make a tiger," and rumors spread quickly. Some soldiers were just beginning to doubt the matter, but as the news spread quickly, the tone of doubt soon turned into a tone of affirmation.

When the scouts first came running, they also shouted some words, but they did not speak clearly. In addition, the sound of killing was deafening, so only some of the Cao army soldiers heard a few words. Now these few words were corroborated by Zhang Yong's words, and naturally they believed Zhang Yong's statement without a doubt.

As a result, the news quickly spread among Cao's soldiers.

"Yanzhou has been completely occupied by the imperial army. All the family members whose family members served in Cao Cao's army were arrested and tortured. When Cao Cao learned of this news, he deliberately blocked the way and let the soldiers fight to the death. He was preparing to sneak back to Qiao County."

Although Zhang Yong's voice could not be heard too far, the soldiers spread the news by word of mouth, and soon the Han soldiers hundreds of steps away heard about it. Some of the generals quickly guessed that this was Zhang Yong's plan. After all, they knew something about the marching movements of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others, and naturally knew that the entire Yanzhou could not be occupied by their own army at this moment.

Therefore, these generals also encouraged their soldiers to shout out this news loudly.

As the news spread, tens of thousands of Cao's soldiers were immediately in danger and panicked. Even those soldiers who were not from Yanzhou were frightened after learning the "true face" of their lord.

Cao Cao also discovered that something was wrong with these soldiers.

"What's going on? Why did they all disobey orders and stop attacking Zhang Yong?"

At this time, Cao Shu ran back in a panic, and Cao Cao hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

"Uncle...Uncle...It's bad. That Zhang Yong, he...he deceived our soldiers, saying that Yanzhou had been...had been completely lost, and that the families of our soldiers had been arrested and interrogated by the court. He also said...said..."

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately became so angry that his eyebrows stood up.

"Zhang Yong, you are so bold that you dare to disrupt the morale of our army! What else did he say?"

Cao Shu looked up at him and said, "You, uncle... you deliberately tricked the soldiers into going to their deaths, but in fact you had already made preparations to escape back to Qiao County..."

Guo Jia hurriedly said, "My lord, this is very bad. Zhang Yong's plan hits the vital point of our army. The soldiers may mutiny, capture you, and go to the court to seek peace in exchange for the lives of their own children. My lord must come forward immediately to clarify this matter."

Cao Cao looked at Zhang Yong fiercely: "Zhang Yong... Zhang Yong... After I have used you up, I will cut you into pieces..."

He walked forward quickly, gathering his energy from his dantian.

"Soldiers... don't panic..."

As soon as he shouted, the Cao army soldiers who were closer immediately quieted down, and the soldiers in the distance also quickly noticed this scene.

After all, he was the leader of the army. He was usually kind and powerful, so naturally he was popular. As soon as he appeared, all the soldiers stopped talking and wanted to hear his explanation.

"Soldiers, don't listen to this villain's instigation. Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others were blocked by Gongsun Fan of Youzhou long ago, so how could they come to Yanzhou? This is clearly a plot of this fellow to sow discord, so don't fall into it. Once we capture this man, we will be successful and retaking Chenliu is just around the corner!"

Cao Cao's tone was very sincere and his voice was loud. Coupled with the prestige he had accumulated in his daily life, many soldiers immediately chose to believe him.

"My lord, you are right. This must be a trick of mine. We almost fell for it and ruined your plan."

"Very good, very good. Quickly capture this Liao and tear his mouth to pieces first, so that he won't talk nonsense."

Just as they were about to pounce on Zhang Yong again, Zhang Yong had already spotted a gap, leaped out like an arrow, jumped onto a small mound of earth, and then pointed in a direction.

"Look, the scout who came to report just now was taken over there by Cao Cao. If he had nothing to hide, why would he be so sneaky? And why would he detain a man who has made great contributions? If you don't believe me, you can confront this scout and you will know the truth!"

(End of this chapter)