Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 949: Three-pronged Approach
"Pah..." Zhu Ye spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and struggled to stand up.

"Come on, Mr. Dian, this time we are one on one, the next fight will be three hundred rounds."

Dian Wei felt a little ashamed after hearing what he said. It was two of him and Xu Chu against one of him, and they had already gained a great advantage by setting an ambush. However, they had allowed the opponent to hold on until now and even repelled Xu Chu. Although Dian Wei was sure of victory in this battle so far, he still felt a little ashamed.

He saluted Zhu Ye with a fist: "General Zhu Ye, I have admired your name since I was under General Zhang Miao. You fought against the barbarians, guarded the borders, expanded the territory for the Han Dynasty, and pacified the four directions. Seeing you so brave and heroic today, I, Dian Wei, have only one word for you - admiration. My master is respectful to the wise and humble, and with your ability, if you are willing to abandon the dark and join the light, I will definitely..."

"Bah..." Before he could finish, Zhu Ye spat at him again.

"My elder brother is wise and intelligent, benevolent and loving to the people. He is a rare wise ruler in the history. Don't you see that under my elder brother's rule, all industries in the northern states and counties are prosperous and everyone lives in peace. Even when the previous emperors such as Wu Zhaoxuan were in power, I am afraid they were not as good as them. Cao Cao..."

He glanced at Cao Cao and sneered, "Who the hell is he? A descendant of the Han Dynasty, he has no intention of serving the country and is plotting to usurp the throne. His crimes are grave and cannot be tolerated by Heaven! I, Zhu Ye, followed my elder brother in starting an army, and I only wanted to stabilize the country. How could I have ever thought about my own honor and disgrace? I have fallen into your evil scheme today, so I will die. You want me to surrender to the traitors? Hehe, that is wishful thinking."

After his scolding, he seemed to regain some spirit and stood up straight again. The Thunder God Riders around him were all excited and passionate about his words.

"General, you are right. Today, we, the Thunder God Cavalry, will recreate the heroic scene of the battle against the Xiongnu and Xianbei coalition forces in Shuofang."

Xi Zhong sighed: "This Zhu Ye is truly a rare hero in the world. What kind of magic power does this Liu He have that makes such a hero so devoted and willing to work for him."

A cold light flashed in Cao Cao's eyes: "Dian Wei, take action."

After receiving the order, Dian Wei let out a long breath, turned the double iron halberds in his hands, then kicked his legs and rushed out like an arrow.

"General, be careful..."

The Thundergod Knight soldier was about to step forward to help, but was pushed away by Zhu Ye.

"Get out of the way, everyone. When I fight with others, they always bully me with their numbers. How can I ever bully others with my numbers?"

"clang……"

Double hammers against double halberds. This blow directly knocked one of Dian Wei's iron halberds away, which surprised Dian Wei greatly.

However, Zhu Ye spat out a mouthful of blood, and the knuckles of his hands and several wounds on his body began to bleed at the same time.

"So you used all your strength in your attack just now, risking your wound torn. I wonder how many times you can hit me like this."

Dian Wei understood what was happening and was about to step forward to pick up his iron halberd that was knocked away, but Zhu Ye gritted his teeth and attacked again.

At the same time, Xiahou Dun and his two companions attacked Gao Shun again.

"Protect the general..."

Teams of soldiers fought desperately.

The general supported Gao Shun and kept checking his breathing. Fortunately, his breathing had never been interrupted and the bleeding from the two wounds had stopped long ago, which made him feel a little relieved.

"Cough cough..." A few light coughs made him feel nervous.

Then, the general was surprised and delighted: "General, you...you are awake?"

Gao Shun slowly opened his eyes very weakly. Although his face was still very pale and he was holding the general's hand very weakly, he was indeed awake.

The general was so happy that he cried: "That's great, General... you... you scared me to death... wuwu..."

"Don't cry... cough cough..."

Gao Shun said weakly, “When I saw this forest of trees… forest, I guessed that Cao would have a trick, so I… added a heart guard to my left chest… cough cough… plus the golden armor bestowed by His Majesty, the two arrows… cough cough… although they hit me, the one that hit my left chest did not hurt my heart… cough cough cough… I was only unconscious at the beginning, and I woke up when you carried me on your back to break through the encirclement. However, I was weak all over and couldn’t open my eyes, but I could… could hear…”

After saying that, he reached out and touched the wound on his left chest. Although the arrow had been cut off, the arrowhead was still inside.

"This veteran Huang Zhong is really... ahem... really amazing. His archery skills are no less than General Ye Xiang's..."

The general also said, "Yes, several generals died under his bow and arrows. But since the general is fine, I wonder what we should do now?" Gao Shun coughed a few more times and said, "It's getting dark... I have an agreement with the Han soldiers stationed outside the forest. When the sun sets completely, if we... cough cough... we haven't gone out yet, they will attack us..."

The general was delighted: "Great! The general is really a master of foresight."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone shouting in the distance: "Come quickly, they are here, Cao's army has an ambush..."

Turning my head, I saw a large number of soldiers in black armor rushing towards this side quickly.

The deputy general was sharp-eyed and soon spotted Gao Shun slumped in the general's arms, and immediately ran over.

Xiahou Dun snorted coldly: "Reinforcements are coming? Humph, just destroy them all at once."

He immediately led several thousand light cavalrymen around him to surround them.

The general next to Gao Shun shouted loudly: "Brothers, over here... the general is over here... the general is injured, where is the military doctor? The military doctor is coming quickly..."

"What? The general is injured?"

"Damn it, that damned Cao thief, let's all stand together, risk our lives, to rescue the general and kill Cao thief..."

Upon hearing the news, the 15,000 Han soldiers were furious and rushed over here in a black mass.

"Kill...kill..."

Although the Han Wuzu were bulky, they had been restrained by Xiahou Yuan's light cavalry using guerrilla tactics in previous battles. However, now in the woods, the cavalry's running was not as casual as in the wilderness. The Han Wuzu formed a square formation of a dozen or dozens of people and advanced slowly in the woods, thus restraining the light cavalry.

The formation of heavy shield soldiers and spearmen was enough to restrict the mobility of these light cavalry in the woods, and the spears could penetrate through the layers of trees and pierce the bodies of Cao's army.

Cao Cao's face darkened: "Han Wuzu is coming in?"

Cheng Yu replied, "Gao Shun deliberately left the Han soldiers outside the woods. He must have left them some secret code, which is why they suddenly rushed in. And it seems that Gao Shun is not only alive, but has also woken up from his coma."

"Humph, Gao Shun is indeed not easy to deal with. But even so, they can't escape death tonight."

"My lord...urgent news from Yanzhou...urgent news from Yanzhou..."

Cao Cao was stunned and looked back, just in time to see a soldier who hurriedly jumped off his horse and knelt in front of him.

"Oh? Could it be that Mancheng and his men have won another victory?"

The soldier said hurriedly, "No, when General Li and his men were attacking Fugou County, Xu Huang suddenly led his troops to attack. The defenders in the city, under the command of Xu Huang's Shanyang Commander Hao Yi, also rushed out together. Our army was attacked from both sides and was defeated."

"What? How could this happen? What are the casualties of our army? Where are the generals now?" Cao Cao was shocked and asked hurriedly.

"My lord, our army suffered more than 14,000 casualties. General Wei Yan volunteered to lead the troops to the rear, which allowed General Li Dian and the two princes to escape. Now General Wei Yan's life or death is unknown..."

Guo Jia was surprised and said, "Xu Huang's troops are stationed in Shanyang, which is more than 500 miles away. He suddenly attacked us at this moment, and he arranged for his generals to garrison Fugou City early. It seems that they have been prepared for a long time. They are obviously pretending to be successfully attacked by our army in order to lure General Li Dian to go deep into the city alone."

Cao Cao was breathing heavily. He never expected that the war he had been preparing for for two years would end with such a result. How could he be willing to accept this?

He looked at Zhu Ye and Gao Shun and gritted his teeth: "No matter what, these two generals under Liu He are right in front of us. As long as we capture them first, we will have the chips to negotiate with Liu He..."

"Report..."

Another scout came hurriedly: "Zhang Yong led his troops out of Xuchang and is less than ten miles away from here..."

"Report... Qian Zhao led an army of 50,000 soldiers from Jiyin to the south and has captured the two cities of Qiao County and Wuping..."

(End of this chapter)