C62 The War of Tiger's Cage

Chen Lang raised his blade and bellowed: All warriors listen to my orders, charge and destroy the enemy! Fifty thousand soldiers with their blood boiling, shouted loudly and rushed out, like a flood that had broken through a dike, in one go, it destroyed the Gongsun Zan Cavalry soldiers in front of them and rushed straight towards the Alliance Army Great Formation, like an unstoppable tide!

The aura of the allied army was taken away and they were completely stunned. The over a million strong army was actually pushed back and suffered heavy losses after being beaten back by Chen Lang's army that did not even reach sixty thousand.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Cao Cao Cao could not care about preserving his strength, personally leading his fifty thousand riders to meet the enemy, Chen Lang. At the same time, the tens of thousands of Jiangdong s under Sun Ce's lead rushed towards the back of the Ying Yang Military Cavalry, catching the Ying Yang Military Cavalry off guard and killing many of them. Chunyu Qiong saw that the situation was not good, and immediately led his cavalry to stop attacking the enemy's formation, and turned to face the Jiangdong Army cavalry.

On the other side, Cao Cao Cao's army, together with Gongsun Zan's and Ma Teng's army finally blocked the enemy's fierce attack, and turned to fight back. With their absolute advantage in numbers, they slowly turned the tables, and the situation slowly turned against Chen Lang.

Seeing that the opportunity was lost, Chen Lang made a prompt decision and ordered the troops to retreat into the city. The troops all left the battle and retreated into the fortress. When the allied army reached the pass, they were shot down by the rain of arrows on the wall. They stopped their advance and retreated back into the camp. The great battle came to an end.

Chunyu Qiong cupped her fists towards Chen Lang in shame: "General, our army is unable to defeat our opponent in one go! Instead, she had lost more than a thousand people! General, please punish me! "

Chen Lang thought of Zhou Yu and laughed, "It must be Zhou Yu. "Sure enough, you actually thought that I would arrange an ambush outside the city in order to get what you want." Guan Yu frowned: "A young man who only knows how to play the zither, how can he have that kind of ability?" Chen Lang chuckled, and said: "He's not just a young man who only knows how to play with the guqin. If this person was not narrow-minded, he would be invulnerable! " Guan Yu seemed to not believe it.

Chen Lang said to the generals, "Although our side had gained a lot of advantage in this battle, our losses are still not small. All the armies need to catch up and rest, the true battle is yet to come! " The generals cupped their fists in response.

All the dukes wore depressed looks on their faces in the large tent of the allied army.

Yuan Shu said with lingering fear in his heart: "I never thought that Chen Lang would actually be so powerful, several tens of thousands of troops almost defeated us!" All the dukes couldn't help but feel the same way. Yuan Shao swept his eyes across the crowd, and said angrily: "A dignified teacher, was actually suppressed by a mere rebel!"

Cao Cao stood up and said to everyone, "Everyone, there is no need to panic. Even though that Chen Lang and Ying Yang Army are powerful, we are not inferior to them. The reason why we have suffered a small loss today is all because of his tricks. " Zhang Fei shouted, "Cao Cao is right! Wasn't it just a small loss? Why do all of them feel as though their mothers have died?! " Everyone was a little embarrassed and annoyed, Liu Bei quickly shouted in a low voice: "Don't say too much!" Zhang Fei did not speak anymore, but his expression was still one of contempt.

Cao Cao said with a smile, "I'm quite happy."

Everyone was at a loss, but Yuan Shao snappily replied: My army has suffered, why are you still happy?

Cao Cao Cao laughed: "Although we suffered, Chen Lang's scheme was resolved by us. Under such circumstances, it would be impossible for him to pull any more tricks. He can only fight us fair and square! But our allied army has over a million people, it's just a matter of time before we defeat him in a direct confrontation! " Everyone started whispering to each other. They all felt that Cao Cao's words made a lot of sense. They couldn't help but regain their fighting spirit.

Sun Jian said: "We still need to be wary of the enemy sneak attacking the camp."

Cao Cao praised, "Yes. We are facing against Chen Lang, so we can't be careless at all. He could sneak attack us at any time, so we have to take turns to guard against him. " Everyone nodded.

Early the next morning, the allied forces began their fierce assault on the city, continuously attacking like the tides for the next few days. Although Chen Lang held the advantage, the battle situation was becoming more and more disadvantageous for Chen Lang.

The allied army attacked fiercely for a few days in a row. Their losses were not small, but they were still unable to break through. Cao Cao suggested that the eighteen marquis should split their troops into two and continue to attack the water seal along the way, while the others should continue to attack the Tiger's Cage. Yuan Shao immediately accepted the order and had Sun Jian, Wang Kuang, Tortoise, Bao Xin, Yuan Yi, Kong Rong, Zhang Yang, Tao Qian and the other Dukes of the Nine Directions transferred their troops to the Tiger's Cage. With Sun Jian as the leader, Yuan Shao himself and the other Dukes of the Eight Directions continued to attack from within the water seal.

Sun Jian and the other dukes of the Nine Directions immediately set off for Tiger's Cage. Yuan Shao and the others stayed in the water seal to continue attacking.

That night, a piece of good news suddenly came over, saying that the armies of the Marquis of the Nine Directions, led by Sun Jian, had won several battles consecutively under the Tiger's Cage, and that the Tiger's Cage would be able to take them down very soon. Yuan Shu could not help but become jealous, and privately said to Yuan Shao: "Brother, that Sun Jian is known as the Jiangdong's Tiger. If he were to attack the Tiger's Cage and occupy the Luoyang, isn't that equivalent to sending wolves to meet tigers? It would be more dangerous than fighting Dong Zhuo! "

Yuan Shao was already a little worried, but after hearing what Yuan Shu said, he could not help but become even more worried, and furrowed his brows and asked: "What idea do you have?"

Yuan Shu said: "It would be better to capture the food and make it difficult for Sun Jian and the others to attack at full power. This way, we can break through first!" Yuan Shao deeply agreed and immediately followed his orders. At the same time, he ordered the Duke of the Nine Directions to attack with all he had. Both sides were engaged in a bloody battle at the water seal, from morning to night, the fierce battle continued, the allied army attacked continuously, the corpses were already piled up under the water seal, the wreckage of all kinds of siege equipment were scattered across the wilderness, and the Dong Zhuo Jun on the fortress was also suffering from heavy casualties, they did not have the time to clear the corpses of the fallen soldiers every day.

Dong Zhuo was shocked when he received the urgent report from the Tiger's Cage and quickly gathered the warriors to discuss the matter.

Li Ru was a little flustered, "Grand Tutor, Duke of the East has so many people, I'm afraid it's hard to defend against them. It's better to give up on Luoyang and head back to Chang'an." Dong Zhuo could not help but be moved. Seeing that, Jia Xu immediately said: "Absolutely not!" Everyone looked at Jia Xu, who frowned.

Jia Xu said, "Grand Preceptor, although the Duke of the East has the advantage of numbers, the current situation is still favourable to us! General Ying Yang firmly resisted the eighteen dukes on the water seal, causing their losses to be severe. That was why they split up their troops to attack Tiger's Cage. I believe that at this very moment, as long as the Grand Preceptor personally marches into the Tiger's Cage and defeats Sun Jian and the other dukes of the Nine Directions, the Duke of the East will definitely fall apart! At that time, the Grand Preceptor will be able to sit in the Central Plains and make his way into the world! "

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, and immediately said: "Jia Xu's words are as I say!" Then, he turned to Lv Bu and said: "Feng Xian my son, immediately send the order, all troops are to gather and immediately join the Tiger's Cage!" Lv Bu cupped his fists and replied, then ran down the stairs.

Sun Jian kept asking Yuan Shu for food when the food was insufficient, but he never returned to get a definite answer. Sun Jian became furious and personally rushed to Yuan Shu's camp to question him. Yuan Shu had nothing to say, so he pushed this matter to one of the subordinate strategists, saying that he was too greedy for food, so he chopped him down, and immediately guaranteed that he would send food to Sun Jian's army. Sun Jian then returned to his own military camp.

When Yuan Shu found Yuan Shao to discuss it with him, Yuan Shao felt that he had embarrassed himself and scolded Yuan Shu angrily, telling him to send the food quickly. Yuan Shu was utterly defeated, he could only send food over to Sun Jian and the other Marquis of the Nine Directions.

Sun Jian and the rest obtained the food, which boosted their morale greatly, and once again pounced towards Tiger's Cage. Just as the war ended, the vanguard troops led by Lv Bu arrived. The Duke of the Nine Directions had lost several formations in a row and retreated more than ten li back. Lv Bu led the cavalry army and advanced towards the Alliance Dazhai to challenge them. The dukes were afraid of Lv Bu and did not dare to fight. Zhang Fei saw that the dukes were all vexed and became furious. He lifted his spear and leapt onto his horse to fight a great battle with Lv Bu, killing him to the point where his face lost all color, and in a hundred round, he would not be able to win! All the dukes couldn't help but turn pale and lose control when they saw this fierce battle.

After over a hundred rounds, Zhang Fei gradually revealed signs of not being able to endure, but relying on his bravery and fearlessness, he was still able to fight evenly with Lv Bu. Seeing this, Liu Bei couldn't help but be worried. He was worried that something might have happened to Zhang Fei! Just then, a general suddenly rushed out of Dazhai, straight into the battle! Everyone looked over and saw the mighty white horse and silver spear! Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and muttered: "Who is this person?" One of the officers under Liu Bei recognized the person, and said: "He is a general under Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun!" Liu Bei immediately took note of this name.

Zhao Yun joined the fray, the silver spear in his hands flew up like a silver dragon and attacked Lv Bu, as fast as lightning, with a force as heavy as a thousand kilograms! Lv Bu had to quickly defend! Zhang Fei immediately felt the pressure drop, he couldn't help but to be full of fighting spirit, and with a loud shout, he waved his octopus spear and retaliated against Lv Bu crazily! Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei were the chosen two for the moment, when they attacked together, it was as if mountains collapsed and the earth crumbled! Even with Lv Bu's bravery, he had become extremely weak! The members of the alliance all felt their blood boiling as the drumbeats thundered. Waves of loud cheers came crashing down like tidewater!

The two sides continued to fight for another seventy to eighty rounds, but Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei combined still could not defeat Lv Bu. Just then, the guy with big ears raised up his two swords and rushed out of the military stronghold, and shouted: "Liu Bei, come!"