Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 976 Who Fell into the Trap
Xinmang Valley is located in a group of mountains between Ancheng and Xincai county. Although it is called a group of mountains, in fact, only three peaks are slightly tall, and the rest are mostly low hills. However, whether it is the peaks or the hills, there are dense trees, especially in this midsummer, it looks lush and green.

The three peaks are arranged in a “品” shape and are tightly surrounded, except for an entrance several dozen feet wide on the southwest side. Although it cannot be described as “one man guarding the pass against ten thousand men”, it is still extremely steep.

At this moment, in the mountains and forests surrounding the valley, human heads can be vaguely seen flashing in the bushes.

Wei Yan's eyes were fixed on the valley entrance at the foot of the mountain, and he was reluctant to even blink.

His deputy general slowly moved over and asked, "General, do you think Gao Shun will really come?"

"Of course he will come." Wei Yan said without hesitation: "My lord is so good at predicting things. He deliberately used this granary to lure the enemy. Gao Shun is a man who has found out the news. Moreover, the battle in Shenyang City is urgent. If he seizes our army's food and grass, he can not only save Shenyang from danger, but also drive our army out of Yuzhou. With such a good opportunity, how can he sit back and watch?"

Upon hearing this, the deputy general also became excited: "In this case, my lord, isn't this giving us this great achievement for free? If we can capture or kill Gao Shun alive, hehe... General, you will undoubtedly be the bravest general in our army."

Wei Yan also felt a little proud: "Of course. The relatives around the lord never look at us, the generals of other surnames, with a straight face on weekdays, especially the surrendered generals from Jingzhou, they bully us in every way, but when it comes to war, they all become straw bags. In the last battle, Cao Shu and Cao Chun had to rely on me to cover the rear and buy time for them, so they were able to escape?"

"Yes, when you were in Jingzhou, who didn't know your reputation? Apart from General Huang, you were the best in Jingzhou. Those brats were just relying on being the lord's nephews. In terms of talent, how could they compare to you, General? But why did you go through the trouble of personally taking risks to cover their rear last time? Wouldn't it be better to let them be killed by the enemy?"

Wei Yan twisted his short beard and said, "What do you know? After all, they are the lord's sons and nephews. How can the lord not blame me for being killed by the enemy? Although I saved them at that time, I also made the lord look at me differently. Otherwise, why would he give me such a great deed this time?"

The deputy general nodded: "Yes, if not, the lord would not have ordered you to lead the army alone."

"Don't worry, you are all my old subordinates in Jingzhou. Whenever there is a good thing, I will take you with me. After this great achievement, there will be a reward. You must fight hard and don't bring shame to my Jingzhou soldiers."

"Don't worry, General!" said the deputy general, patting his chest.

"General, here they come..." A person not far away suddenly shouted in a low voice. Wei Yan was shocked and his eyes instantly focused on the valley entrance.

I saw a man riding a white horse, holding a silver spear in his hand, appearing outside the valley entrance.

"Gao Shun!" Even though they were hundreds of steps apart, Wei Yan recognized the other party's identity at first sight by looking at his horse and spear.

"Well, he is here as expected. God is helping me. Pass the order down. All troops are on standby at any time. No one is allowed to take action until the general gives the order."

Wei Yan could hardly suppress his joy, and his voice trembled slightly.

He watched Gao Shun leading the army into the valley step by step. The "granaries" appeared before them, which immediately caused cheers.

"It really is Cao's army's granary..."

"Great, burn them and see how Cao Cao will be defeated."

Gao Shun immediately gave orders to his generals to lead their troops to set fire. The "guards" who were patrolling around the granary were panicked and fled in all directions.

Soon, a raging fire shot up into the sky, making a whistling sound accompanied by the mountain wind.

"Okay, do it!"

As soon as Wei Yan gave the order, almost at the same time, the Cao army soldiers, who had been waiting impatiently, launched a surprise attack down the mountain with their bows and crossbows, rolling logs and stones.

"Sorry..."

"Ah... help..."

"There's an ambush... We've fallen into a trap..."

"Retreat quickly..." Gao Shun reined in his horse and quickly turned around to rush towards the valley.

Wei Yan waved his hand and said, "Brothers, rush down and block the entrance to the valley!"

He mounted his horse and without saying a word, rushed down from halfway up the mountain.

"Gao Shun, you thief, don't run away! Take my sword!"

In order to facilitate observation, his position was not far from the valley entrance. At this moment, he was charging from a high position, so he quickly rushed down the mountain and appeared directly at the valley entrance. At the same time, the 30,000 Cao army ambush troops led by him also rushed down the mountain.

"Gao Shun, look at the knife!"

Wei Yan had just come down the mountain and had no time to catch his breath before he swung the sword in his hand and chopped forward.

However, Gao Shun, who should have been panic-stricken and unprepared, was calm and collected. He raised his hand and fired a shot, easily blocking his attack.

"What?" Wei Yan was very surprised and looked over instinctively. This sight made him so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.

"Who... who are you? Where is Gao Shun?"

The general opposite looked very young, only about twenty years old. Although he looked somewhat similar to Gao Shun, there was no way he could be Gao Shun himself.

The man sneered: "Humph, you have fallen into the trap set by my military advisor. Look back now."

When Wei Yan heard this, he quickly turned around and looked back, only to see another man on a white horse and in white armor leading his troops to attack him from behind.

"This this……"

Just as he was extremely surprised, bursts of screams suddenly came from the valley.

"Ah... General Wei..."

"Help me..."

Cao's army rushed down the hillside with murderous intent. Just as they were about to reach the Han army, the Han army, which had been in a panic before, suddenly reorganized. The heavy shield soldiers of the Han Wuzu formed a battle formation outside the army in just a dozen breaths, and then long spears stabbed out from behind.

Seeing this, Cao's army wanted to stop, but they were rushing down the hillside with all their might, and their force was so great, how could they stop just like that?

"Puff, puff, puff..." One by one, the Cao army soldiers were pierced by spears, and the blood dyed the black heavy shields scarlet.

"How dare you, you thief?"

How could Wei Yan bear to see the soldiers he personally led die so tragically in front of him? He swung his sword and tried to kill the young general pretending to be Gao Shun before Gao Shun arrived.

"You want to break out from me? That's just wishful thinking."

The young general was none other than Gao Yi. He snorted coldly, waved the spear in his hand, and rushed towards Wei Yan.

"System prompt: Gao Yi vs. Wei Yan. Gao Yi's basic strength is 90 points. Weapons, armor, and mounts have increased by 3 points in total. There is no special skill bonus. The current comprehensive strength is 93 points."

"Wei Yan's basic force is 96 points, with no equipment bonus, no special skill bonus, and current comprehensive force is 96 points."

The more they fought, the more frightened Wei Yan became: "Who on earth is this guy? He is so young, yet he has such martial arts skills?"

However, he did not have time to think carefully. The two had just fought for less than twenty rounds when Gao Shun led his army to attack.

Wei Yan secretly hated it: "Damn it... I didn't expect that my lord's plan would be discovered. Such a great achievement has been wasted. It's really hateful..."

He was very upset, thinking about how much cold stares he would receive from the Cao and Xiahou clans after he fled back. But even so, he had no other choice.

"Quick, let the brothers retreat south...quickly..."

He made a feint with his sword, forcing Gao Yi to retreat, and then led a group of horses to break out to the south. The group of Cao's troops he had brought to block the valley entrance also hurriedly followed.

"Seal the valley entrance." Gao Shun ignored Wei Yan and gave orders to Gao Yi.

"Yes, sir." Gao Yi took the order and immediately led the army to block the entrance of the valley, forcing Cao's army in the valley into a completely desperate situation.

Gao Shun rode his horse slowly to the valley entrance, looked at the helpless Cao army, and shouted four words: "Those who surrender will not be killed."

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

Tens of thousands of Han soldiers shouted in unison, making the sound deafening.

When a group of Cao's soldiers were about to lay down their weapons, one of them shouted, "That sounds nice, but what happened to the surrendered soldiers from Shenyang City? Don't you think we don't know?"

"Yes, we would rather die in battle than be killed and buried alive by you and suffer such a great humiliation."

After these words were spoken, the soldiers who had originally intended to surrender once again clenched their weapons and looked at Gao Shun with vigilance.

"How dare you! What kind of man is my general? How could he go back on his word?" A general shouted angrily, but the Cao army ignored him.

"Brothers, surrendering means death, why not fight hard and maybe we can break out of the encirclement? Let's kill together..."

More than 20,000 Cao troops shouted again and rushed towards the valley entrance.

Gao Shun looked at Xun You helplessly, and Xun You smiled bitterly: "I don't have any good ideas either."

Gao Shun looked reluctant when he heard this, but he soon became extremely firm.

"kill."

With just this one word shouted out, the Han Wuzu, the Golden Sword Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion all took action.

The Han Wuzu heavy shield soldiers first surrounded all of Cao's troops in the valley, and then the Shenji Camp outside launched several waves of continuous shooting, and only continuous screams could be heard from inside.

"Brothers, let's fight them..."

The remaining Cao army soldiers were already extremely anxious. They all aimed in one direction and rushed forward together.

At this time, the Han Wu soldiers suddenly changed their formation, and the original huge encirclement shrank instantly, dividing these Cao army soldiers into small teams.

Afterwards, a dozen people from the Golden Sword Camp formed a formation and charged into the square array.

The screams became weaker and weaker. After an unknown amount of time, no more Cao soldiers could be seen in the valley. All that was left were corpses, broken limbs, and flowing blood.

"Alas..." Gao Shun lowered his eyebrows and sighed.

"Father, don't blame yourself. On the battlefield, casualties are inevitable. Since they refuse to surrender, they have no choice but to die."

Gao Yi consoled.

Gao Shun looked at him and said, "Remember, weapons are not the tools of a gentleman, and should only be used when necessary. Although we are generals, we should be cautious when we carry out such killings."

Gao Yi nodded as if he understood, then asked, "What about Wei Yan..."

Xun You came over and said, "Don't worry. How can I hide Cao's tricks? I have already made arrangements. Even if I can't catch all of Cao this time, I can at least make him suffer a lot."

Wei Yan fled with only a few thousand remaining soldiers. He escaped for more than 20 miles. Seeing that there were no pursuers behind him, he came to a river, dismounted and rested.

"Huh...Huh...I'm so tired..."

He staggered to the river, scooped up some water and drank it in big gulps. The rest of the soldiers also couldn't wait to jump into the river.

The deputy general, his face covered in blood and dust, walked up to Wei Yan and said, "General, we have suffered such a great defeat this time. I don't know... I don't know how to explain this to our lord..."

Wei Yan's eyes sparkled with brilliance: "Gao Shun and Xun You are indeed amazing..."

He calmed down and thought for a moment: "If we return to Ancheng like this, we will inevitably be punished by the lord, and we will inevitably be ridiculed by the relatives and generals of the Cao family. However, although we cannot return to Ancheng, there are still more than 20,000 soldiers guarding Xincai County. We can go to Xincai to rest, and after we have gathered our troops, we will wait for an opportunity to take revenge on the Han army."

He said it with great confidence, but the deputy general showed hesitation: "This... Gao Shun is the most powerful general in the Luoyang court, and his military force is greater than ours. If we want to seek revenge on him, I'm afraid..."

Wei Yan shouted angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? How dare you disrupt the morale of our army?"

The deputy general hastily apologized: "I know I am guilty, please punish me, General..."

"Forget it, forget it. Considering that you have followed me for many years, I will not pursue it. Don't say such things again in the future."

"Thank you, General. Thank you, General..."

Wei Yan said, "I expect Gao Shun to go directly to Ancheng after his victory. You must know that there are only 30,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the lord stationed in the city. Once the city is captured, the lord will be captured by the enemy. How could Gao Shun give up such a great achievement and come to chase us?"

"Woo... General, what you said makes sense..." The deputy general nodded slightly.

"That's it. As long as he goes to attack the city, we will lead the Xincai troops to attack from the rear. By then, even if Gao Shun is a celestial being, he will surely be defeated. In this way, we can not only avoid the blame, but also make great contributions."

Wei Yan's words made the deputy general's eyes light up.

"General, this is indeed a brilliant idea. What are we waiting for? Let's go to Xincai as soon as possible."

At the same time, outside Xincai City.

"Da da da……"

A war horse was galloping towards the city gate at full speed.

"General, look, there is someone on the horse..." A guard pointed at the warhorse and said to the general beside him.

The guard put his hand on his brow and looked carefully. Sure enough, he saw a person on the horse's back, covered in blood, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

"Look at this man's armor, he is a soldier of our army. Quick, take a few people out of the city to check it out, and then make a plan."

"As ordered."

The soldier took a few people with him, went down the city wall, opened the city gate, and went to meet the war horse.

(End of this chapter)