The sudden sound of the gong startled Song Dian, and almost scared him off his horse. Fortunately, the Young Eunuch beside him had agile reactions and quickly leaned on his side, causing him to not lose face. However, he still scolded the Young Eunuch with a straight face.
"What are you panicking for? You're scaring me with such a small formation? "
The Young Eunuch beside him had an innocent expression, but he was cursing in his heart.
"If laozi wasn't so quick, you would have fallen down, and yet you still dare to slap your face to make it look like you're a fatty."
The soldiers of the xanthopanax were all sleeping with their clothes on, swords and spears placed beside them. Hearing the sound of the alarm, they quickly jumped up and ran out of their tents, ready to fight with the imperial government's army who had ambushed them.
This was something that the xanthopanax s of xanthopanax had told him many times, but today, it was already too late. The officials and soldiers of the imperial court had crossed the trench and cut down the blockade, barging into their camp and rushing straight to their tents. They no longer had any means of protection, so they could only use their swords and spears to fight head on.
"Kill …"
The imperial army shouted, but the xanthopanax was much more tenacious than the other places. In the beginning, there were almost no xanthopanax soldiers who threw down their weapons and surrendered.
Most of the time, when the imperial government's army was fighting, they would fight with fewer numbers. Huangfu Song's plan was to chase xanthopanax out of the camp and let the cavalry of Youzhou chase him down. This time, he only sent 30,000 soldiers, which was only a third of the way to xanthopanax. Huangfu Song's goal was to catch all of the xanthopanax in one go so that not a single xanthopanax would be able to escape. With the cooperation of the cavalry of Youzhou, all of the xanthopanax's soldiers who did not put down their weapons would have no chance of survival.
"Kill …"
Seeing the imperial government rush into the xanthopanax's camp, Yang Lin finally gave the order to attack. The twenty thousand cavalry of Youzhou raised their pikes high, and under the lead of the Generals, they rushed towards the yellow cloth army camp. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Zhu and the others took the lead and rushed into the yellow cloth army camp, rampaging about the camp of the xanthopanax.
"Brother, the imperial army is coming. Let's run!"
Xia Feng was not prepared to fight with the imperial army at all, when he heard the gong sound, he jumped up and prepared to run. Just then, the hundred over villagers in the tent surrounded them. Everyone looked at their leader Xia Yun nervously, whether it was running or fighting, they were all waiting for him to say something.
"Brothers, since the imperial government's army has charged in, they must have surrounded our camp. Let's run to the back of the camp."
"Let's go."
Xia Feng raised his spear and took the lead, rushing out of the tent and towards the back of the army camp. The brothers had seen this place many times before. After they climbed over the trench behind the camp, they would be able to run out of the camp.
"Kill …"
However, they had not even run a few steps when a squadron of cavalrymen rushed forward, their spears shining brightly in the snow light, scaring them. Xia Yun saw that if they were to continue running, they would be killed, hence he hurriedly shouted.
"We surrender!"
Soldiers of the Yellow Scarves persisted for a while. Seeing that there was no chance to fight for their lives, many of the xanthopanax's soldiers began to surrender. With someone leading the way, more soldiers dropped their weapons and were escorted out of the battlefield by the imperial court officers and soldiers s.
What a coincidence, Zhang Liang was also staying in the army camp outside the city today. The xanthopanax soldiers outside the city were basically all under Zhang Liang's command. Jiang Zhen and Lu Tong were his two deputies and usually, the two of them were the only ones living in the camp outside the city. Coincidentally, the three of them had drunk their wine and eaten a hearty meal of Jiang Zhen's deer meat, sleeping soundly. Fortunately, the three of them were wearing their clothes and sleeping. They hurriedly got up, grabbed their spears and rushed out of the tent.
In terms of martial arts, Zhang Liang, Jiang Zhen and Lu Tong all had valiant generals who could defend against ten thousand enemies. But today, they had met Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Zhu, Dian Wei and the rest who they had not seen in a hundred years, it was their turn to be unlucky.
When the three of them rushed out, they coincidentally bumped into cavalry of Youzhou, who knew that these cavalry of Youzhou s still wanted to separate the three of them and destroy them one by one. But who knew that these three people were too strong, adding their personal guards to the impact, not many of them were able to take care of them, after a while, all of these cavalry of Youzhou s crumbled, and were chopped down by the three of them.
"Come quickly, there are a few powerful General of the Yellow Scarf Army here."
Hearing the shout, a Captain and a few cavalrymen nearby rushed over. If they were to fight alone on the battlefield, none of them would dare to fight with Generals. But now that they were a group of cavalry, it was different.
During normal training, the cavalry army would charge in groups, and sometimes they would actually be able to defeat the cavalry of Youzhou. Even such arrogant generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would normally not fight against a group of cavalrymen. In their hearts, they looked down on these soldiers. There was nothing to be happy about if they won, but if they lost, then they would lose their lord.
Now that they heard that there were a few General of the Yellow Scarf Army s on the battlefield, these soldiers were extremely excited. The Captain immediately ordered them all to charge up, separating the three of them from the personal guards. He then ordered a group of cavalrymen to charge up and surround the three of them, preparing to capture them. While he was beating them, he was also thinking, "If we could capture three generals, how glorious would it be? We might even be promoted, and that would bring glory to our ancestors."
However, Zhang Liang, Jiang Zhen and the other two had disappointed them. They were truly worthy of their bravery, as long as they were unstoppable, then the horde of riders would not be able to do anything. However, the three of them weren't used to being surrounded by cavalry, so they couldn't use their full strength. They could only see soldiers circling around them, but it wasn't a simple matter to knock them down.
Not long later, someone ran over to report to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, saying that three powerful General of the Yellow Scarf Army had killed many of them. When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei heard this, without saying a word, they immediately rode their horses over. When the soldiers saw that the Generals had arrived, they seemed to be reluctant to give up their position of attack.
Guan Yu stopped Zhang Liang without a doubt. The moment he came here, he saw that Zhang Liang was the biggest general, and in terms of martial arts, the usually haughty Guan Yu had never placed anyone in his eyes. It was just that in regards to his brothers' martial arts, although he did not say anything, he was not very satisfied.
Zhang Fei, on the other hand, stopped Jiang Zhen completely and the two started to fight. Different from Guan Yu, no matter who Zhang Fei captured to fight, as long as you wanted to practice with him, you could exchange a few moves with anyone. Of course, if your martial arts aren't good enough, it's best not to practice with him. He's very rough and would accidentally hit you off the horse, so if you don't have a pair of skills, it's best to stay away from him.
Because Zhang Fei often had different opponents and different weapons, his martial arts progress was very fast. He had always wanted to find stronger experts to test himself and see how much more he had improved compared to before. When he heard the soldiers call out to his generals, he immediately felt that a chance had come. He pointed his spear at Jiang Zhen and shouted.
"Come on, fight three hundred rounds with me, Old Zhang, if you dare."
Jiang Zhen was also a person who liked martial arts. It was a wish that he could exchange blows with an expert. Without hesitation, he rushed forward and the two of them started fighting.
However, there was still a huge gap between the two's martial skills, and in less than ten exchanges, Zhang Fei had discovered Jiang Zhen's flaw. Jiang Zhen's body was equally sturdy, he waved his spear and rushed over, the spear pierced straight into Zhang Fei's right rib, with a great amount of strength, he was just about to pierce through Zhang Fei's body.
It was precisely because Jiang Zhen used too much strength that caused his body to lean forward uncontrollably, causing him to be unable to adjust his own body even faster. Zhang Fei who had been training with Generals for a long time immediately noticed this small detail. Although it was only a small detail, it was enough to make a Great General lose his life.
Zhang Fei calmly shifted his waist to the left, letting go of the spear that he was determined to win with. He then brandished his spear with both of his hands, turned his spear into a rod, and swept it towards Jiang Zhen's waist. Because Jiang Zhen's body was currently too far forward and it was already too late for him to adjust his body to dodge, he could only twist his waist and allow his back to catch Zhang Fei's spear.
But just how powerful was Zhang Fei's strength? Even though Jiang Zhen had protected his waist, even though he had armor on his back, he was still able to get off the horse. Before he could get up, Zhang Fei's janissaries quickly tied him up.
Following that, Zhang Fei attacked Lu Tong who was fighting with the soldiers, causing the imperial officers and soldiers s to quickly jump out of the circle, giving their spot to Zhang Fei.
Lu Tong was definitely not Zhang Fei's match either, the two were simply not on the same level as generals. In the first few moves, Lu Tong and Zhang Fei still seemed to be fighting well, but he still withstood a few of Zhang Fei's fierce attacks. However, Lu Tong knew clearly in his heart that he was not his match.
It was not even ten times over when Lu Tong was already in no mood to fight and started to look for opportunities to escape. He first thrusted towards Zhang Fei's left chest using his chain spear, and when Zhang Fei returned back to his spear to protect his chest, he immediately changed his direction and stabbed towards Zhang Fei's left rib, preparing to catch Zhang Fei off guard, then jump out of the battle and ran away after hitting his horse.
But how could Zhang Fei allow his schemes to succeed? He had heard of this countless times, but Zhang Fei understood that Lu Tong was trying to escape, so he did not plan to kill him. He looked like he was using his spear to protect his chest, but at the same time, he slashed towards Lu Tong's neck with his spear, as though he wanted to cut off Lu Tong's head.
It was just a simple movement. It wasn't a high-leveled martial arts technique, nor was it an ancestral secret technique. It was a hoodlum and rogue technique.
Lu Tong was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse. He did not dare to continue stabbing at Zhang Fei's left rib, and anxiously tried to defend himself. However, Zhang Fei's lance arrived before his spear and with a light lift, Lu Tong's helmet fell. He understood that Zhang Fei did not want to kill him and wanted to let him live. He quickly dismounted, put down his weapon and surrendered.
After Zhang Fei finished off the two generals, he turned to look at Guan Yu.
The haughty Brother Guan Er did not even put Zhang Liang in his eyes. His crescent moon-shaped blade flew up and down with ease, forcing Zhang Liang to retreat step by step. In less than three rounds, Zhang Liang knew that he was not Guan Yu's match.