Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 882 Mysterious Helper
"Ta Tata..."

Cheng Yu and several other counselors quickly rushed here from the city.

"Lord..."

Cao Cao's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Liu He ordered Xu Huang and Gao Shun to lead troops to attack Runan early on. Now the situation is critical, and it seems that we have no choice but to retreat and resist the attack from two armies. It's a pity that after all the planning and efforts, we were about to succeed, but complications arose and all our efforts were wasted."

He became angrier as he spoke, and swung his sword, cutting off a wooden stick that was used to support a torch.

Cheng Yu sighed and said, "Well, that's no wonder. Liu He has always been meticulous in his actions. He must have made proper arrangements for coming here in person. I just didn't expect that his intelligence team could deliver information so quickly."

Cao Cao pointed to the golden eagle that was swooping down in the sky and said, "With the help of such an exotic beast, the news can be spread to all the states and counties in the northern territory of the Han Dynasty in less than half a day. I thought I had overestimated Liu He, but now it seems that I still underestimated him."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand weakly: "Give the order... withdraw the troops..."

"My lord, wait a minute." Guo Jia's words of dissuasion immediately perked up Cao Cao.

"Could it be that Fengxiao has some clever plan that can turn the tide?"

Guo Jia said: "What the lord is worried about is nothing more than the armies of Gao Shun and Xu Huang. But whether in Runan or Qiao County, the lord has made many arrangements, deploying tens of thousands of soldiers and digging deep trenches. Even if these two are famous generals of the time, it will take several days to capture the city. And Liu He is now at the end of his strength. Even if Zhu Ye comes to help, he only has 500 cavalry. Now, our army cannot retreat, but should go all out to capture Liu He as soon as possible."

"No." Xi Zhong retorted, "Gao Shun and Xu Huang are both experienced generals who are well versed in strategy and have fought on many battlefields. The troops under their command are extremely powerful and invincible, and they also have siege weapons such as fire beasts. Although Feng Xiao's words are reasonable, they are no different from gambling. If the two of them can really capture the city quickly, our army will immediately face the danger of being attacked from both sides. Moreover, although Zhang Yong is seriously injured and cannot get up, who knows whether Liu He has arranged other generals to take over the army temporarily? If the three armies attack at the same time, how can our army resist?"

Both of them had their own reasons for saying this, which put Cao Cao in a dilemma.

Seeing that he was hesitating, Guo Jia spoke again, "My lord, if Liu He is not dead, even if our army marches north, he and Zhu Ye will surely lead the troops to attack from the rear. Although there are only less than a thousand cavalrymen, they are all brave soldiers and arrogant generals. With Liu He and Zhu Ye charging in the front, once they charge in the rear of our army, our army will be in chaos. How can we fight Gao Shun and Xu Huang? Therefore, the only way is to kill Liu He first and make the enemy army chaotic, then all dangers will be resolved."

Cao Cao thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes became fierce and determined.

"Pass the order down, mobilize the entire army. Even if we have to fight in a rotation, we must outlast Liu He and Zhu Ye. We must take their lives at all costs."

The cavalry and infantry surrounding Liu He and others retreated one after another. Dian Wei personally led his thousands of rattan shield soldiers to surround Liu He.

Afterwards, teams of archers stood behind the rattan shield soldiers. They skillfully put arrows on the bowstrings with extremely coordinated movements. It was obvious that they were well-trained elite soldiers.

In a flash, thousands of arrows fell down in unison.

"Protect Your Majesty..."

Zhang He held the halberd in one hand and led the remaining 400-odd halberd cavalrymen to block Liu He.

"Puff puff……"

Under a hail of arrows, half of the more than 400 people were killed or disabled on the spot. Even though Zhang He was an extraordinary martial artist, he injured one arm and had difficulty moving, and he was also shot in the right leg.

But even so, neither Zhang He nor the halberd soldiers cried out in pain, and the rest of them still guarded Liu He with high spirits.

Liu He's eyes were about to burst: "Jun Yi, leave quickly, this is an imperial decree..."

Zhang He was not moved at all: "If Your Majesty and I can escape by chance, I will allow Your Majesty to punish me for the crime of disobeying Your Majesty's order."

As he shouted, he swung his halberd to block the rain of arrows.

Liu He hated Cao Cao so much that his tiger eyes were gleaming with hatred.

"Cao Cao!"

He shouted, galloped on his horse, rushed towards Cao Cao, and knocked down several Cao soldiers in a few strokes.

"Protect my father." Cao Ang raised his spear and stabbed from the side.

"Looking for death." Liu He growled, and with a backhand chop, cut off the tip of the spear. He was so powerful that, in anger, he attacked with all his strength. Even though he did not hit Cao Ang directly, the force from the spear alone made his hands tremble, and half of the spear fell off unconsciously.

However, Cao Cao had thousands of personal guards around him, and no matter how brave Liu He was, it would be difficult for him to rush to Cao Cao in a short time.

"Liu He..." Cao Cao shouted loudly, "You only have a few hundred cavalry. Even if you and Zhu Ye are very powerful, what can you do now that we have separated you into two parts and surrounded you by tens of thousands of troops? It's not too late to surrender now."

"Want to kill me? Let's see if you have the ability to do so."

Liu He responded by splitting the Yang Ming Po Ni Zhan in his hand into two and slashing left and right. Within just ten breaths, twenty or thirty Cao soldiers fell around him.

He picked up a weapon of Cao's soldiers, spun it in the air, and threw it at the archers. There was a scream, and a crossbowman fell to the ground.

"Go." He killed Cao Cao's personal guards around him with one hand, and picked up their weapons with the other hand and threw them at the archers.

Under his attack that was like a killing machine, the formations of the royal guards and archers soon fell into chaos.

"Good opportunity." Zhang He rushed out like an arrow, then rolled on the ground, and stabbed the Sky-lifting Halberd from bottom to top, piercing the chest of a crossbowman.

"Brothers, fight your way out and rescue His Majesty!"

Zhang He raised his arms and shouted loudly, and the only remaining one hundred or so halberd cavalrymen rushed out, and in a blink of an eye they broke into pieces the crossbow formation composed of thousands of people.

Cao Cao was not alarmed by this. He waved his hand and said, "Continue to surround them and never let them escape."

He mobilized a full 100,000 troops to deal with Liu He and others. Thousands of them surrounded them and dragged them to death.

The sky in the east gradually turned pale. The two sides had been fighting since midnight until now. No matter whether it was Zhu Ye, Liu He, You Lang, Zhang He and others, they were all exhausted.

Liu He was sweating profusely and panting heavily. He looked at Cao Cao, who was only a hundred steps away from him, and felt both angry and annoyed.

"I never thought Cao Cao would be so cruel as to risk the loss of Runan and his hometown of Qiao County without sending troops to rescue. I thought that since Brother Xiahou was injured by my fifth brother and he had no generals to command the troops, it would be difficult to divide the troops, so he would definitely lead the troops to retreat immediately. I didn't expect that my plot was discovered by him. Now I have no way to go to heaven or to enter the earth. Is it really God's will to kill me?"

"Brother, how are you..."

Zhu Ye's voice came over, Liu He turned his head and saw that he had killed Zhu Ye to a position only dozens of steps away from him, but he was also injured in many places and his strength was almost exhausted. At this moment, he was surrounded by a group of Cao's troops and could hardly move forward at all.

"I'm fine. Where are my third brother and You Lang?" Liu He asked.

"They are fine. The thousands of enemy soldiers that surrounded them have been mostly killed by me and the Thunder God Cavalry. With the Thunder God Cavalry guarding them, those cowardly people who have long been scared dare not come forward. I have come here specially to save you, big brother."

Hearing him say this, Liu He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then smiled bitterly.

"Alas, Fifth Brother, I am afraid that I will implicate you today and you will be buried with me."

"Brother, don't say such discouraging words. You have been on the throne for many years and are deeply loved by the people. How can Cao Cao, a mere traitor, kill you, the true emperor? I think reinforcements may appear soon. You and I, brothers, should join hands and kill these villains."

Zhu Ye's words were so powerful that Liu He couldn't help but feel a little braver.

But at this time, a burst of mocking voices came: "Hahaha...you really have wild imaginations."

Liu He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Cao Ang. He pointed his spear at Zhu Ye and laughed loudly, "At this moment, the city is surrounded by our army on all sides. Even a fly can't get in. Besides, Yuzhou is under the control of Cao. Who dares to rescue you? You'd better surrender quickly to avoid being humiliated."

"You little thief, how dare you laugh at me? You are really like a tiger in dire straits being bullied by a dog." Zhu Ye was indignant and wanted to smash Cao Ang to pieces. However, his arms were getting heavier and heavier. It was already a bit difficult for him to deal with the Cao army soldiers swarming around him. How could he rush to Cao Ang?

"Moo..."

Liu He had been practicing hearing and positioning since he was young, and had amazing hearing ability. Suddenly, he heard an inexplicable sound reaching his ears.

"This is……"

Before he could figure out what was going on, the sound became more and more obvious and rapid.

"Moo...moo..."

As the sound came closer and closer, the ground seemed to tremble slightly, and Cao's army in one direction suddenly shouted for help and fled in all directions.

"Ah... help..."

"What happened?" This sudden accident shocked Cao Cao.

"My lord, hundreds of cows suddenly appeared in the southwest of our army. Hay was tied to their tails and set on fire, causing the cows to panic and run away. More than a hundred of our soldiers were trampled to death, and our formation was broken."

Listening to the soldier's report, Cao Cao looked at the tiny flames in the distance with an expression of disbelief. He was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to say.

"Hahahaha..." Zhu Ye was extremely excited and ecstatic.

"What did I say? Haha... Big Brother, you said I am your deputy general. How about this? I said there are reinforcements, and there are reinforcements."

Liu He was confused, but seeing that the Cao army formation in the southwest was in chaos, he naturally would not miss such a good opportunity.

"Quick, head to the southwest!"

(End of this chapter)