Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1170 Successful Escape
Originally, Lu Bu's arrival as reinforcements greatly boosted the morale of the Jiangdong Imperial Army.

Naturally, his death now also dealt a heavy blow to these imperial guards.

Hundreds of people besieged a mere few Thunder God Cavalry for such a long time, but they only killed two of them. One of them was shot and killed by Lu Bu before. In contrast, these imperial guards left behind no less than a hundred corpses.

The inhuman combat power and willpower of the Thunder God Cavalry frightened the Jiangdong soldiers.

Now that Lu Bu is dead again, the remaining Han Dang and others are naturally no match for a peerless general like Zhu Ye. As a result, the morale of the Jiangdong army has once again fallen to the bottom.

Qin Lie and others who were already injured took this opportunity to escape from the battle, easily broke through the encirclement of the Jiangdong Imperial Guards, and reunited with Zhu Ye.

"withdraw!"

Zhu Ye gave the order without hesitation, and everyone fled in the retreat direction agreed upon in advance. By the time Han Dang and others had recovered from their shock and fear, Zhu Ye had already disappeared into the darkness of the night with Liu Xie and the Thunder God Riders.

"Oh no! We must not let them escape, otherwise we will not be able to face the Lord again. Let's chase them!"

Han Dang didn't care about the bleeding wound on his body, and was too lazy to even bandage it, so he hurriedly led the imperial guards to chase after them.

Behind the city gate, the soldiers in charge of guarding the city were all sleepy, obviously having just been woken up not long ago. Most of them showed dissatisfaction and tension on their faces.

One of the soldiers, who looked to be no more than twenty years old, kept looking towards the city, and then looked at an older veteran beside him.

"Captain, I heard that the Northern Army sent some soldiers to enter the city and even sneaked into the palace? There are at least 20,000 or 30,000 guards in the palace, plus our troops defending the city. How many people did they sneak in? They are so bold."

The old soldier was about to speak, but seemed to feel a little uncomfortable. His nose twisted and he soon sneezed. Then he blew his nose before speaking.

"Hey, no matter how many people they come, it can't be too many anyway. How can they sneak into our Xiangyang City just like that? How can such a small number of people escape even if they are heavenly soldiers and generals?"

After hearing this, the young soldier thought it made sense and nodded involuntarily.

"That's true. Otherwise, if they can really escape from the palace guards, how can our city gate withstand it? If the general blames us, it will be a serious crime. I don't want to die. My wife just got married and hasn't given birth to a child yet."

The old soldier glanced at him, pursed his lips and said, "I think this is unnecessary, disturbing people's sleep in the middle of the night. But we can talk about this in private, don't spread it out, otherwise you will be beaten with a stick."

The young soldier immediately apologized with a smile: "Captain is right, I am very tight-lipped...ah...ah...well, well, well..."

Seeing his sudden change of expression, the captain was confused and displeased, and immediately glared at him.

"Why are you so panicked? Did you see a ghost?"

The young soldier pointed in the direction of the city with trembling hands. The captain looked in that direction doubtfully, and then his face turned pale in an instant.

“Enemy…enemy…enemy troops? Are they…really coming?”

At this moment, a hand reached out from behind the two men at the same time and grabbed their necks. Before they could shout out, they heard a "click" and their necks were broken.

"What are you doing?"

The rest of the soldiers guarding the city also reacted at this time and ran over to surround the two men.

I saw these two men, wearing the same armor as the soldiers guarding the city, and I don’t know when they got in. At this time, facing the encirclement on all sides, the two men were not panicked and looked calm.

One of them took a cloth bag from his waist, opened it, and held out a black object, showing it in front of everyone.

"The captain of the city gate and the captain of the garrison are all dead. The Thunder God Cavalry has arrived outside the city. If you continue to resist, you will only die."

Many soldiers were shocked when they heard this. Some brave ones came forward and brushed away the messy hair of the head. Then they stepped back in fear and sat down on the ground. "It's Captain Yang's head. It's really Captain Yang's head..."

After their confirmation, all the soldiers defending the city lost their backbone and looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment. Hundreds of people surrounded these two people, but not one of them had the courage to step forward and capture them.

As the footsteps of Zhu Ye and others behind him became more and more obvious, the sound of horse hooves soon sounded outside the city. Judging from the sound, it was obvious that there were quite a few of them.

While everyone was still hesitating, Zhu Ye, who was dozens of steps away, shouted loudly.

"Lü Bu and Sun Jing have both been beheaded. If you don't surrender now, when will you surrender?"

As soon as these words were spoken, these soldiers who had already lost their leader no longer cared to distinguish the truth from falsehood. They dropped their weapons and retreated to both sides of the city gate.

The two soldiers dropped the head in their hands, turned around and opened the city gate. Not far outside the gate, they could vaguely see a group of black men and horses waiting in formation. The horses under their crotches were sneezing, and it seemed that they had just arrived after a long journey.

Han Dang watched the city gate open from afar in the back, feeling angry and anxious.

"Where is the captain at the city gate? He actually opened the gate and let them go so easily. He is such a loser!"

He turned around and shouted, "Brothers, hurry up and don't let the enemy escape from the city!"

At this distance, he naturally could not see the Thunder God Cavalry outside the city in the dark, but he could guess that Zhu Ye must have prepared a support army outside the city. Once he was allowed to leave the city, he would have no way to stop the enemy with the hundreds of soldiers behind him who had little fighting spirit.

However, just after he and these hundreds of people had gone a few steps in pursuit, groups of dark shadows suddenly emerged from the dim alleys on both sides of the street.

"ignition!"

A command sounded, and then beams of fire were thrown at the vehicles pushed in front of the black shadows, quickly igniting them.

"boom……"

Flames shot up into the sky, and only then did Han Dang see clearly that there were dozens of people pushing carts full of hay and firewood, blocking their way.

At this time, all the vehicles were set on fire by torches, and the fire quickly formed a wall of fire, blocking Han Dang and others.

"hateful!"

Han Dang had no choice but to stop, feeling extremely angry.

A younger general nearby said, "General, why don't we go around and pursue them from the streets on both sides?"

Han Dang said angrily, "It's too late. If we take a detour, Zhu Ye will have left the city before we can get there. He must be lying in ambush outside the city. If we chase him out of the city, I'm afraid these few hundred people will never come back."

The young general hesitated for a moment, then continued: "But if we stop here, when the lord returns, he will definitely blame us for not stopping the enemy..."

Han Dang glanced at him and naturally understood what he meant.

Although taking a detour to pursue them would still result in failure and there is even a possibility of greater losses, at least we have shown that we have tried our best. When the lord returns to the city, we will have a reason to reduce our guilt. By then, as long as a few people come forward to persuade us, the lord will not punish us severely.

But if we stop the pursuit at this point, we will inevitably be accused of failing to stop the enemy. Not only will the result be disastrous, but our attitude will also be questioned. Then, even if others want to protect themselves, they will not be able to find a good reason.

"Alas..." Han Dang sighed, "There were more than a thousand of us imperial guards, but Zhu Ye's few men kidnapped the emperor and got away safely. This is such a great shame. As an old official of Jiangdong, I have no face to live in shame. How can I let my soldiers die for my own life? When the lord returns to the city, I will take full responsibility for this matter."

Sun Jing, Lu Bu, and Ding Feng all died at the hands of Zhu Ye tonight. Among the military generals in the city now, Han Dang has the highest rank. If he takes the responsibility, he can save the lives of these soldiers under his command. Otherwise, not to mention the ordinary soldiers being implicated, at least the middle and lower-level officers and generals under his command will not be able to escape punishment.

(End of this chapter)