Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 944 Li Mang surrenders
At this time, the sky had completely darkened. The Goguryeo army, holding torches, galloped through the night, heading southeast.

"Reporting to the general, all 16,000 Han cavalry are heading north to pursue Buyeo."

The scout's report made everyone feel greatly relieved.

"The general has a brilliant strategy and has shaken off the Han army in one fell swoop." All the generals praised in unison.

Li Mang asked the scout, "Are you sure no one is chasing us?"

"General, although it is dark, I did not see any soldiers chasing us. There were no torches within a few miles behind us."

Li Mang was relieved after hearing this: "That's good. Pass the order down, hurry up and get to Xi'anping County before dawn, and then rest."

"Take orders."

The army advanced rapidly. In the darkness of the night, the shadows of the trees in the woods on both sides were mottled and swaying in the wind, making rustling sounds. From time to time, the cries of various wild animals could be heard in the forest.

Not long after, Li Mang and others arrived at a valley.

"General, after we pass this valley, there will be a smooth road ahead. I see that the soldiers are exhausted. Can we take a short rest?"

A general asked for instructions.

Li Mang looked at the army behind him and found that everyone looked haggard and many of them were staggering.

"Whatever. Since the Han army isn't chasing us, let's just rest for half an hour."

Several generals looked delighted and immediately went down to pass on the order.

The valley was not very long, and Li Mang and others soon saw the entrance to the valley.

The entrance to the valley was very narrow, only about five or six feet wide. The soldiers knew that they could rest for a while after leaving the valley, so they couldn't help but put some strength in their legs and quickened their pace.

However, just when Li Mang was about to reach the valley entrance, two figures suddenly appeared from both sides outside the valley entrance.

"Who is it?" Li Mang shouted immediately.

However, the two men did not answer, but stabbed at him with their guns without saying a word. In the darkness, there was only the light of a crescent moon, and the two men had no torches, so Li Mang could not see the other party's face at all.

"General, be careful..."

Several generals rushed over and tried to block the opponent's two spears.

"Dang...dang..."

After two noises, the weapons of the two Goguryeo generals were knocked away at the same time.

The opponent's spear continued to move forward with greater force, directly wounding the two generals.

"So impressive! Who are you? How dare you fight against my army?"

Li Mang scolded harshly.

A voice came from the other side: "You bastard, Zhao Yun has been waiting here for a long time, prepare to die."

"We two have come all the way through the forest just to kill you here. Just accept your fate."

Li Mang was shocked: "Zhao Yun, Ma Chao!"

As they were talking, the two of them attacked again.

"System prompt: Zhao Yun's basic military strength is 100 points. The King of Soldiers, King of Armor, and Mount have increased by 5 points in total. The special skill 'King of Spears' has been triggered, and the military strength has increased by 4 points. The special skill 'Dragon Gallbladder' has been triggered, and the military strength has increased by 2 points. The current comprehensive military strength is 111 points."

"Ma Chao's basic military strength is 99 points. The King of Soldiers, armor, and mount have increased by 4 points in total, triggering the special skill 'God of Cavalry'. He is currently fighting on horseback, not commanding cavalry, so his military strength has increased by 4 points. His current comprehensive military strength is 107 points."

"System prompt: Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, activate the temporary combination skill 'Dragon Rider Dual Spears'. When the two fight side by side and both use spears as weapons, their military strength will increase by 1 point each."

"Affected by this skill, Zhao Yun's overall strength reaches 112 points, and Ma Chao's overall strength reaches 108 points."

Several highly skilled generals in the Goguryeo army were either killed in battle or injured. Facing the combined forces of these two, the generals before them were simply unable to resist.

In the blink of an eye, five enemy generals were knocked to the ground by Zhao Yun and Ma Chao.

Li Mang was terrified and retreated repeatedly: "Quick, stop them..."

He ordered almost all the generals in the army to go and fight with the two men, while he himself hurriedly hid among the tens of thousands of troops behind him.

He kept shouting, asking the army to move forward together to surround and kill the two men. However, the terrain in the valley was narrow and could only accommodate a dozen or even dozens of people at a time.

This kind of battle can be described as a tactic of adding fuel to the fire. When one group goes up, another group falls down. They cannot pose any threat to the two of them at all.

Zhao Yun watched Li Mang run away and immediately shouted, "You thief, don't run away..."

In a rage, he fired two shots in succession, killing two enemy generals. The surrounding enemy soldiers were frightened by him for a moment and dared not come forward again.

Ma Chao stopped an enemy soldier with his spear and shouted, "Zilong, go and kill that guy. I will cover you."

Zhao Yun rode his horse and chased after him without saying a word.

"System prompt: Zhao Yun's courage increased by 1 point, and his current comprehensive military strength becomes 113 points."

Wherever he went, he was like a deserted place. No one, whether enemy soldiers or generals, could last a round in his hands. Anyone who came up to stop him would die under his bright silver spear in just one encounter.

Seeing this, Li Mang fled even faster: "Useless, all of them are useless. They can't even stop Zhao Yun. When I return, I will punish these useless people severely..."

He was very upset, but his hands kept beating the warhorse.

"Run faster... Even this horse is useless. Every one of them is against this general. When I return, I will kill you and eat your meat first..."

Li Mang now no longer had the majestic and complacent look he had when he attacked the city before. He fled in panic, looking extremely embarrassed.

Zhao Yun was chasing closely behind. He looked at the tens of thousands of enemy soldiers in front of him. Although many of them stopped and dared not come forward to stop him, there were still some who held weapons, eager to try.

He suddenly had an idea and shouted, "My great Han cavalry deliberately headed north before, but in fact we were divided into two groups. We still have 8,000 cavalrymen heading here. As long as you stop Li Mang, all past crimes will be forgiven, and there will be a reward!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Goguryeo soldiers immediately became agitated.

"The Han army is coming after us? If we are blocked from both ends in this valley, how can we survive?"

"Could it be that he is lying to us? Didn't the scouts say that there were no Han troops chasing us?"

"The scouts said there were no pursuers behind us, but aren't Zhao Yun and Ma Chao here?"

"That's right, they are the commanders of the two cavalry teams of the Han army. If the commanders are here, how can the army not be here?"

"That's right. If there were really only two of them, how dare they come to chase our army of tens of thousands? I think the Han army must be behind them."

The soldiers whispered to each other, and soon, most of them believed Zhao Yun's statement.

Li Mang panicked now: "Don't listen to his nonsense, he is just bluffing, don't believe it, whoever dares to betray me is betraying your majesty and Goguryeo, and his entire clan should be killed!"

After being frightened by him, the soldiers who were originally ready to take action suppressed their intentions.

But even though no one dared to actually capture Li Mang, most of the soldiers who intended to stop Zhao Yun were frightened by Zhao Yun's words.

They did not dare to commit treason, but if the Han army really chased after them and they stopped Zhao Yun, they would only be guilty of an even greater crime. Moreover, stopping Zhao Yun was not an easy task.

Zhao Yun looked at the soldiers who had been holding their weapons and staring at him, and now they all lowered their heads, and he knew that his plan was successful.

He stepped on the white dragon horse and accelerated the pursuit. Without the interference and obstruction of the enemy, he quickly closed the distance between him and Li Mang. Li Mang looked back and was so scared that he almost fell off the horse.

"You...you all stop him. Whoever dares...whoever dares to disobey, I will kill him...Quickly stop him..."

But his military orders no longer had any authority. After he shouted for a long time, only a hundred men obeyed his orders and ran out. However, they soon became dead under Zhao Yun's gun.

In view of this, the rest of the soldiers naturally dared not step forward. They all knew that if they rushed forward at this time, they would definitely be killed by Zhao Yun, but if they did not rush forward, once the general died and the Han army arrived, they would at most be prisoners. With the way the Han army treated prisoners, most of them could always keep their lives.

Li Mang quickly rushed out of the valley and returned to the woods he had been to before, but Zhao Yun had already caught up to him, less than 200 steps behind him.

Zhao Yun took out the Broken Cloud Bow and aimed it at Li Mang. With a "bang" sound, a sharp arrow, filled with Zhao Yun's anger, shot directly at Li Mang's back.

"what……"

Li Mang was shot in the shoulder by an arrow. The huge force and the sudden severe pain caused him to fall off his horse.

"Oh……"

Li Mang felt great pain, but hearing the sound of horse hooves chasing him from behind, he didn't even dare to turn his head. He covered the wound on his shoulder and ran directly into the forest in a few steps.

"Want to run?" Zhao Yun jumped off the white dragon horse and rushed forward in one step.

He raised the Cloud-breaking Bow, wanting to shoot Li Mang, but it was too dark, and the thick vegetation in the woods made the vision unclear and it was difficult to aim. He had no choice but to give up and picked up the bright silver spear to chase after him.

Li Mang was injured, so he naturally couldn't run fast and was soon caught up by Zhao Yun.

"The thief shall die!"

Zhao Yun shouted loudly, raised his spear and stabbed.

Unexpectedly, Li Mang, who had been running away, suddenly stopped. He turned back abruptly and stabbed Zhao Yun's lower abdomen with the long spear in his hand.

"A surprise counterattack? Humph..."

Zhao Yun knew very well that Li Mang was cunning and had been prepared for him. When the halberd stabbed at him, he moved his feet and turned sideways.

Li Mang was horrified to see that his carefully planned counterattack was easily resolved.

"General, please spare my life... I am willing to surrender, I am willing..."

He was about to kneel down and beg for mercy, but Zhao Yun ignored him. The bright silver spear flashed with a cold silver-white light and pierced directly into his chest.

"Woo..."

Li Mang slowly lowered his head and looked at the spear that pierced his chest, a look of pain on his face.

"You... why don't you want to surrender... why... why do you have to kill me..."

Zhao Yun said coldly: "You are such a shameless villain, what use do we have to you? This shot is to seek justice for the people of Liaodong who were killed by you."

After saying that, he pulled back the spear. Blood spurted out of Li Mang's chest and his body fell down weakly.

At this moment, Zhao Yun drew his gun again, and the bright silver spear swept horizontally, just cutting across Li Mang's throat.

"This shot is to avenge General Deng Yuan."

"Woooo..."

Li Mang covered the wound on his throat, but the blood still spurted out.

He only felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier. Before he died, the last scene Li Mang saw was Zhao Yun sticking his spear into the ground, then drawing his sword and slowly walking towards him...

In the valley, Ma Chao was still fighting with more than a dozen Goguryeo generals.

Nine enemy generals had been killed by his dragon knight's sharp spears, and as for ordinary soldiers, he killed countless more, killing them until the enemies were terrified.

Seeing that most of the soldiers in their army did not obey orders and did not dare to step forward to help, the Goguryeo generals were anxious and angry. They scolded them repeatedly, but the soldiers remained indifferent. Occasionally, a few of them came forward, but they were soon killed by Ma Chao's gun.

"Damn it... Am I going to be defeated by just two people today with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses?"

These generals were very upset.

At this time, a voice came from behind: "Li Mang has been killed by me, why don't you surrender?"

This voice caused everyone to turn their heads and look over.

Zhao Yun was seen riding a white horse, with something that looked like a human head on the tip of the bright silver spear in his hand.

Such a scene made the Goguryeo soldiers terrified.

Zhao Yun chased after Li Mang, but now Li Mang has not returned. Zhao Yun is back with a head in his hand. What was the result of this chase? Is there any need to ask?
"The general is really dead... It's over... It's all over now..."

"These two Han generals are so powerful..."

"Surrender, let's all surrender..."

"I surrender. I don't want to die. I surrender..."

Tens of thousands of soldiers dropped their weapons and fell to their knees.

Ma Chao was extremely surprised: "Zilong is such a brave general!"

The dozen or so Goguryeo generals who surrounded Ma Chao also looked ashen at this moment. They knew that they were completely defeated this time, and completely defeated. The commander was dead, and the army was completely demoralized. If they dared to resist with only a dozen people, they would be killed by Zhao Yun and Ma Chao in less than ten rounds.

They looked at each other, and finally sighed and threw away the weapons in their hands.

Two days later, Luoyang Palace.

"Good, good, good, that's great!"

Liu He looked at the pigeon message he had just received and said "OK" three times in a row.

Xun Yu and Qian Li asked, "Your Majesty is so happy, I guess it's because Liaodong won a victory?"

"Not bad." Liu He stood up directly.

"Ma Chao led his army to arrive in time, and together with Zhao Yun, they defeated the enemy. Afterwards, Pang De led his troops to hunt down Fuyu, beheaded 10,000 people, and killed the Fuyu commander. Several Fuyu generals fled north in panic with their remaining troops."

Xun Yu laughed when he heard this and said, "Since it was Pang De who led the army to hunt down Fuyu, then I guess Generals Zilong and Mengqi went to chase down the defeated Goguryeo army in person?"

"Wen Ruo is indeed smart and guessed it right at once." Liu He was delighted.

"Zilong and Mengqi, without a single soldier, pursued the Goguryeo army. Zilong killed Li Mang and cut off his head, which frightened the Goguryeo army so much that they surrendered."

Xun Yu and Qian Li were both shocked.

"General Zhao and General Ma are so courageous and brave. With this battle, they will become famous all over the world."

"Pass the order..." Liu He said to Xun Yu, who immediately picked up his pen and prepared to draft the order.

"Transfer 5,000 cattle and sheep from Bingzhou to Xiangping City to reward the three armies. In addition, confer Zhao Yun the title of Marquis of Fuliu County, a reward of 1,000 gold, and 500 rolls of silk."

"Appoint Ma Chao as the General of Guarding the North, with a reward of 500 gold and 200 pieces of silk."

"Also, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Pang De and other generals have all made great contributions and will be rewarded as well."

(End of this chapter)