Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 980 Liu He Exits
Gao Yi pushed hard, knocking away Xu Chu's sword, and shouted, "You bastard, I am no match for you, don't chase me."

After saying that, he slapped his horse and fled quickly. This time, his escape speed was obviously much faster than when he pretended to be defeated just now. Seeing this, Xu Chu naturally became more unwilling to let him go.

"Don't run away, you cowardly bandit."

Xu Chu started to chase after him, but this time Gao Yi was clearly trying to escape. With Xu Chu's legs, how could he possibly outrun the fine horse that Gao Yi was riding?
The distance between the two of them was getting farther and farther, which made Xu Chu anxious, and he couldn't help but speed up a bit.

In this way, they chased each other for more than a hundred steps. Xu Chu didn't know whether it was because of running or because of his impatience, his face was flushed and his facial features were almost twisted. Almost all the strength in his body was poured into his legs. At the same time, all his attention was focused on Gao Yi.

Just at this moment, a few steps in front of him, on the originally flat ground, a hemp rope suddenly appeared and was stretched tightly.

"This is……"

Xu Chu noticed the change at a glance, but even though he noticed it, it was impossible for him to stop in just two or three steps while running at full speed. He didn't even have time to react because the first foot he took tripped over the rope.

"Wow..."

Xu Chu's burly body was tripped and flew forward for a distance before falling heavily to the ground. The machete in his hand also fell to the ground not far away.

Xu Chu turned over quickly and was about to stand up again, but he saw a big net falling from the sky and tied him up tightly like a fish or shrimp.

"Well, the young general is worthy of being a military son." Xun You praised.

Although Gao Shun didn't say anything, or even looked at him for long, the gratified smile on his lips was seen by Xun You.

"Haha, Bo Ping, you are just too concerned about your reputation."

Gao Yi rode back, holding his spear, and walked around Xu Chu, who had been caught in the net.

"Evil villain, you have come to this day?"

"Bah!" Xu Chu spat at him viciously, "You shameless little thief, you used such a despicable trick to plot against me. If you have the guts, fight me with real swords and guns for 300 rounds, then you will be considered a hero."

Gao Yi shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "As the old saying goes: All is fair in war. Your master has used this kind of deceitful tactics many times. Why do you have to pretend to be a hero? Wouldn't that make you a laughing stock?"

"You..." Xu Chu was extremely angry, but when he thought about it carefully, what he said seemed to be very reasonable. Xu Chu's mind was not very flexible to begin with, and at this moment he was speechless because of Gao Yi's blockage.

"Take him away and keep him under strict guard."

Gao Yi waved his hand, and several soldiers escorted Xu Chu to the rear.

"Damn it!" Cao Cao slammed the city wall fiercely: "Who on earth is this little thief? How dare he ruin my plans so many times?"

"My lord, the most urgent task is to rescue General Xu Chu. General Xu is one of our top generals. If he is captured by a young enemy general, it will definitely affect the morale of the army."

Guo Jia's words suddenly woke Cao Cao up from his anger.

"Feng Xiao's words make sense. Where is Huang Zhong?"

"I am here." Huang Zhong, who had been eager to try, stood up immediately.

"I order you to lead 5,000 men and horses out of the city immediately to rescue Xu Chu."

"I obey your command." After receiving the order, Huang Zhong ran towards the city wall like a flash.

Gao Shun saw Huang Zhong leading his troops to charge out of the city. He waved his hand calmly and said, "Heavy shield soldiers."

In just a few dozen breaths, thousands of Han Wuzu heavy shield soldiers formed two heavy shield walls, each hundreds of steps long, in front of Gao Shun.

Huang Zhong quickly led his troops to the front of the battle. He wanted to chase after the Han soldiers who were escorting Xu Chu, but he was blocked by the city wall that suddenly appeared in the middle of the road, which made him extremely angry.

"I am about to make a great achievement, how can I allow you to stop me? Get out of my way."

When he was several dozen steps away, he took out the longbow, raised his hand and shot three arrows in succession.

"Ding ding ding..." After three muffled sounds, three arrows hit three heavy shields respectively. The heavy shield shook slightly but was not shot down. The sharp arrows only left a shallow mark on the surface of the shield.

Huang Zhong was very surprised: "I didn't expect the shield of the Han Wu soldiers to be so strong. Even with the five-stone strong bow that I took from Zhang He that year, I couldn't shoot it."

However, he did not lose heart. After putting down the Broken Cloud Bow, he picked up the Phoenix-beak Knife again and attacked directly.

Soon, he and the five thousand soldiers had all arrived in front of the heavy shield soldiers. As soon as the two sides came into contact, Huang Zhong was about to show his skills and break through this Han Wu soldiers that the world feared, when he suddenly saw another team of heavy shield soldiers surrounding him from both sides.

"Damn it, you want to trap me? Forget it."

Huang Zhong snorted coldly, flicked his long gray beard with his left hand, then brandished the sword with both hands and chopped forward fiercely.

On the other side, Dian Wei took great pains and finally destroyed a fire beast. Seeing Xu Chu being captured and Huang Zhong surrounded, he did not dare to rest for a moment, but ran to the rescue as fast as the wind.

He bypassed the area where Huang Zhong and others were fighting and rushed to the rear of the Han army.

Although several soldiers were escorting Xu Chu, Xu Shu refused to stay still even though he was trapped in the net. He kept struggling, trying to break free. He was extremely strong, so how could those ordinary soldiers easily subdue him?
As a result, the escort journey of only a few hundred steps was extremely difficult.

At this moment, Dian Wei had already caught up.

Gao Shun glanced at this side from afar, but did not even look at it. He just ordered the messenger to wave the command flag, and immediately three thousand soldiers of the Golden Sword Camp came towards Dian Wei with great momentum.

"Golden Blade Camp? Humph, how could I be afraid of you? To repay my lord's kindness, I will kill as many of you villains as possible today, even at the risk of my life."

Dian Wei shouted loudly, leaped forward, and smashed down with his two iron halberds, killing two soldiers from the Golden Sword Camp with one move.

"Kill it..."

He personally rushed into the Golden Sword Camp, which boosted the morale of the Cao army soldiers following behind him. The two sides fought together, and for a moment it seemed difficult to determine the winner.

However, although Dian Wei was extremely brave and chased Zhu Ye directly, how could he alone make up for the gap between the ordinary soldiers of Cao's army and the elite troops of the Golden Sword Camp?

After fighting for a long time, the power of the Golden Sword Camp gradually unfolded. The weapons in the hands of Cao's soldiers could not withstand the repeated collisions with the golden swords, and many soldiers' weapons broke one after another.

On this battlefield, having your weapon cut off is no different from losing your life. Cao's army was quickly defeated. Even Dian Wei, even though his twin iron halberds were sharp and hard and not afraid of the slashing of the golden swords, was still somewhat overwhelmed when he had to face wave after wave of attacks from the Golden Sword Camp.

"Squeak..." Dian Wei was careless and his arm was scratched by a soldier from the Golden Sword Camp, and blood quickly flowed down.

"Brother Dian..." Xu Chu and Dian Wei have always been like brothers in the military camp. They are not blood brothers, but they are better than blood brothers. Seeing Dian Wei injured for saving him, and many soldiers died on the spot, Xu Chu suddenly fell into madness.

"Give it to me! Get out of here..."

Xu Chu roared and rammed one of the four soldiers escorting him, knocking him to the ground with a broken arm and sending him flying backwards. "How dare you!" The other three hurriedly grabbed a rope each, and the three ropes tightened the net that trapped Xu Chu instantly.

"Let my brother go." Dian Wei angrily swung his hand and threw a short spear over.

"Puff..." One of the three soldiers was pierced through the chest by the short spear, and blood splattered everywhere.

"Old Geng..."

The other two looked at this shocking scene and immediately became angry.

But at this moment when they were distracted, Xu Chu suddenly exerted force and took the initiative to retreat quickly. The two men were caught off guard and were immediately pulled over by him.

"Hey, come here."

Xu Chu stretched out his hands and grabbed the two ropes, pulling them hard. The two men already had an unstable center of gravity and were much weaker than Xu Chu, so they were pulled in front of him as expected.

"Go to hell." Xu Chu grabbed the necks of the two men and twisted them hard, breaking their necks.

"How dare you escape? According to military discipline, you can kill this person on the spot. Brothers, stand shoulder to shoulder."

A general under Gao Shun saw this and immediately led thousands of soldiers to surround and kill them.

Xu Chu showed no fear at all. He snatched the long sword of one of the Han soldiers, then fought and retreated. He retreated to the side of Dian Wei's short spear that had just been thrown out. He hooked the short spear out of the chest of the Han soldier with his foot and took it in his own hand.

"Brother Dian, go on."

Xu Chu threw the short halberd back to Dian Wei. Dian Wei rushed forward, killed a soldier with one halberd, stepped on his body, jumped hard, and caught the short halberd in mid-air.

After he landed on the ground again, he squatted down, turned around and chopped backwards, cutting off the legs of two Han soldiers who were chasing him, and blood splattered all over him.

Xu Chu had also run to his side, and the two of them stood back to back, fighting side by side.

At this time, Cheng Yu, who had been watching the battle on the city wall, suddenly shouted "Not good".

"Zhongde, why are you so scared?" Cao Cao was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Chu being rescued, but he was startled by Cheng Yu's shout.

Cheng Yu said anxiously, "My lord, we have fallen into the trap set by Gao Shun and Xun You. It is clear that they are deliberately trying to separate our army one by one and then defeat them one by one. The enemy's move is intended to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. Gao Shun's army has no fierce generals, but they are good at elite soldiers. Our army is just the opposite. The soldiers are not as good as the enemy's, but they have many fierce generals to help. If General Dian Wei and others are surrounded and killed by Gao Shun, our army's advantages will be gone, and the city will surely be broken."

"Ah, I was careless for a moment and nearly killed three generals."

Cao Cao slapped his forehead and shouted in panic: "Quick... Sound the horn to call back the troops... Return to the city, everyone return to the city, hold the city firmly..."

"Ding ding ding ding..."

Gao Shun listened to the sound of the horn without changing his expression, as if he had expected it.

"Bo Ping, it's almost done." Xun You said, and Gao Shun nodded.

Afterwards, the sound of a gong was heard from the Han army.

The armies of both sides broke away from the fighting and retreated to the rear.

Cao Cao was stunned: "Huh? Gao Shun clearly has the upper hand, why is he withdrawing his troops?"

"Perhaps...perhaps he saw that his trick had been discovered and knew that it would not be easy to capture the city. The two sides had been fighting for more than three hours and the soldiers were exhausted. I think he was preparing to retreat and set up camp to rest for a while."

Although Xi Zhong's words made sense, Cao Cao couldn't help shaking his head after hearing them.

"Unlikely...unlikely...the so-called advancing while winning and making a concerted effort is the way to win in military strategy. He has gained the upper hand, but instead of advancing, he is retreating. This is really against common sense. Gao Shun is well versed in military strategy, and he shouldn't act like this..."

When everyone was looking worried, Guo Jia suddenly said, "Maybe... maybe he is waiting for someone."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up: "Feng Xiao's words make sense!"

Outside the stone forest, on the bank of Tao River, two groups of people were engaged in a bloody battle.

The two sides fought for two days, with many casualties. At this point, they were bloodthirsty, and both coaches personally went down to the field and joined the battle.

Xiahou Yuan saw Zhang Yong killing the enemy from afar. Without saying a word, he picked up his spear, rushed towards Zhang Yong through the crowd.

"Zhang Yong, let me learn a little bit about your martial arts."

Xiahou Yuan's spear skills had improved greatly in the past two years and he did not take Zhang Yong seriously at all. He thrust his spear forward and stabbed Zhang Yong in the face.

"Huh..." Zhang Yong jumped to the side and got off the horse, but he still held the reins tightly with both hands. After he avoided the attack, when Xiahou Yuan was about to withdraw his spear, Zhang Yong suddenly pulled hard with both hands, and the whole person flew into the air and landed on the horse again. At the same time, he clamped the horse, and the Red Hare neighed, and rushed forward with all four hooves.

Xiahou Yuan was secretly surprised at Zhang Yong's riding skills. He thrust out the spear in his hand, entangled the axe that Zhang Yong was chopping at him, and slammed it down hard. Zhang Yong's axe blade was immediately knocked to the ground.

"System prompt: Zhang Yong vs. Xiahou Yuan. Zhang Yong's basic strength is 94 points. The King of Soldiers, King of Armor, and mount have increased by 5 points in total. The special skill 'Ghost Axe' has been triggered, and the strength has increased by 4 points. The current comprehensive strength is 103 points."

"Xiahou Yuan's basic force is 97 points. His weapons, armor, and mount have increased by 3 points in total. His special skill 'Sprint' has not yet met the triggering conditions. His current comprehensive force is 100 points."

In the royal garden somewhere in the North Palace of the Luoyang Imperial Palace, stands a five-story tower.

At this moment, the door of the tower suddenly opened from the inside, and a tall man slowly walked out.

The royal guards who were guarding outside the tower hurriedly saluted when they saw this man.

"Greetings to Your Majesty."

Liu He clenched his fists, his eyes looking straight ahead, a calm smile on his face.

"Cao Cao, oh Cao Cao, let me see how you can resist this time."

At this moment, Xun Yu walked over from afar and was overjoyed to see Liu He had already left the tower.

"Your Majesty, are you out of seclusion?"

Liu He smiled slightly: "Not bad. How is the battle report from the front line?"

Xun Yu hurriedly took out several battle reports and handed them over respectfully: "These are the letters I just received via carrier pigeons and eagles. Please have a look, Your Majesty."

Liu He took the battle report and quickly glanced through it: "Okay, hurry back to the imperial study. This time, I will definitely catch all those who have disloyalty to the court..."

(End of this chapter)