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Chapter 548: Dong Zhuo's army is approaching, Su Yao quickly kills Li Jue
Dark as ink.

In front of Yique Pass, war clouds rose again.

Following Niu Fu's order, the army under his command was urgently mobilized.

Niu Fu carefully deployed the 8,000 troops into three parts: front, middle and rear, and he personally commanded the central army to ensure all safety.

The vanguard was led by Li Jue, who specially allocated a thousand elite cavalrymen for concentrated use as an assault force, ready to break through the city gates at any time and open the door to victory for the army.

In front of Yique Pass, Dong Zhuo's army was like a dark cloud looming. The torches formed a winding fire dragon, illuminating this ancient land and reflecting the determined and nervous looks on the faces of the soldiers.

As they approached, the deafening sounds of war drums and gongs became incessant, echoing across the sky.

The strictness of their military appearance and the high morale are far beyond the reach of any of their past opponents.

"Is this the Liangzhou Army, a battle-hardened division?"

Wang Ling looked at the huge army in front of him with a look of uneasiness on his face:
"My Lord, the enemy army is strong. Is our plan in danger?"

Su Yao replied confidently:
"Don't worry, Xiao Ling, everything is going according to plan!"

However, they soon discovered that Dong Zhuo's army's attack was in vain.

They were so powerful, but they stopped within an arrow's reach outside the city wall and took no action.

"what happened."

"Is Lu Bu's betrayal a fraud, or has he been eliminated by Su Yao?"

Li Jue felt uneasy when he saw the Han army standing in large numbers on the city walls and no signs of rebellion.

He hurriedly reported to Niu Fu and asked for countermeasures.

However, Niu Fu naturally had no idea and just asked him to wait patiently.

Just like this, the two armies confronted each other amid the sound of gongs and drums, as if time had frozen at this moment. Both sides stared at each other, watching what the other would do.

Unexpectedly, just when Niu Fu was feeling disappointed and ordered his troops to retreat, the gate of Yique Pass suddenly opened, and bursts of shouting and killing sounds were faintly heard from inside the gate.

"It's on! It's on!"

There was a commotion in Dong Zhuo's army, and all the soldiers' eyes were focused on the slowly opening city gate.

Li Jue was so excited that he almost jumped up. He waved his spear and shouted:

"Haha, it seems that Lu Bu has lived up to our expectations!"

"Attack, follow me to support Lu Bu!"

The one thousand light cavalry who had been waiting for a long time immediately attacked quickly.

It was too late to close the city gate.

And no one in this world would be stupid enough to pretend to surrender by offering the city gate.

This is their victory.

After all, there is a huge gap in numbers between the two sides. If there were no protection from the city walls, they would crush these rebels like ants.

However, even at this moment, Niu Fu maintained his final restraint.

He did not immediately order the entire army to attack, but waited for the signal from the vanguard.

As cautious as he is, he won't take action until he is sure that he has the city gate.

Li Jue in front braved the hail of arrows and finally lived up to everyone's expectations.

Waving his spear, he rushed into the city gate in one breath, and led the knights in one after another.

The long line blocked the city gate. This scene made Niu Fu extremely excited, and he immediately shouted:

"Attack, attack with all your strength!"

At Niu Fu's command, the vanguard of Dong Zhuo's army began to charge. They will follow closely to cover Li Jue's vanguard, and the central army also began to move slowly. They will storm the city walls and put all-round pressure on the defenders, vowing to take the pass in one go.

However, he didn't know that Li Jue, who rushed into the city gate, had a look of shock on his face.

“Why is there another wall in this city?!” That’s right, the second city wall.

This is the project that Su Yao has been renovating since he took over Yique Pass.

Although this city wall is only about ten feet high, certainly not as high as the fortress wall of more than four or five feet, and slightly inferior in solidity, it is more than enough to stop the cavalry charge.

With this city wall, even if Li Jue and others rushed in, they would not be able to destroy the facilities inside the pass.

Instead, hundreds of them were surrounded in the passage between the two city walls.

"Captain Li, it doesn't look good!"

The guards looked panicked.

Li Jue shouted:
"Go ahead, go ahead!"

He had seen that the terrain here was unfavorable, but he did not look back.

This was not only because the rear army was surging forward and everyone was huddled together and unable to turn around easily, but also because the fire in front of him gave him the last glimmer of hope.

The gate of the second city wall was also opened.

As long as we rush over and seize the city gate, there will still be a chance.

So he rushed all the way, and even Li Jue saw Lu Bu, who was almost as tall as the low wall.

Lu Bu just poked his head out and waved to him. Li Jue immediately responded by waving his gun, signaling to speed up and pass.

However, he didn't know that this was exactly the place of death that Su Yao had prepared for him.

"Wha, what?!"

After passing through the second city gate, Li Jue thought that he could finally kill inside the city. He wanted to lead his army all the way to the guarding general's mansion and chop off the heads of Su Yao and Lu Zhi.

As a result, after passing through the dark passage and the eyes adjusted to the light, what appeared before their eyes were rows of armored warriors holding long-handled swords.

"Modao team, attack!" Lu Bu shouted.

The Modao Team, that’s right.

This magical weapon that will shine brightly in the future in the Tang Dynasty, which can defeat cavalry with infantry, is exactly the equipment that Su Yao has worked hard to create after he conquered Liaodong.

Even with the official workshops in Liaodong, only more than 200 Mo Daos that met Su Yao's standards were produced in the past few months.

This time when he returned to Beijing, he took them all with him.

Following Lu Bu's order, these Modao warriors who had been hidden by Su Yaoxue for a long time immediately came out with their swords in hand. Led by Lu Bu and Guan Yu, they advanced like a wall and bravely rushed towards Li Jue's vanguard troops.

Immediately, Li Jue's knights were terrified. They had never seen such a horrible weapon.

There were white blades like a forest and Mo Dao waving in the whistling wind. Li Jue's knights fell one after another, and there were even unlucky ones who were beaten to a tragic result of both their horses and men being killed.

They thought they had broken through the enemy's defenses and captured the city gate, but they didn't expect that this was just the beginning of another trap.

The sharp blades of the Modao Team were like the scythe of the god of death, ruthlessly reaping lives. The cavalrymen were unable to deploy at all in the narrow passage and could only passively take the beating.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Li Jue shouted loudly, but it was too late.

The attack of the Modao team in front was as surging as a tide, and the Han army on the city wall behind was also raining arrows. This narrow passage instantly turned into a death tunnel.

Li Jue was a cunning man. When he saw that the situation was not good, he abandoned his horse and ran away, and he actually managed to escape with his life in the chaos of the army.

He used the lives of his comrades as a shield, ran out of the passage, and escaped to heaven.

At this moment, on the city gate tower, a figure in a red robe appeared like a blazing flame, cutting through the night sky.

Su Yao, holding a Mo Dao in his hand, jumped up and fell from the sky. Amid the whistling wind, he swung the Mo Dao down with unparalleled force.

In an instant, Li Jue felt a flash of cold light before his eyes, and before he could react, the Mo Dao had pierced through his body like lightning, splitting him in half from shoulder to waist.

Blood splattered everywhere. Li Jue stared at the terrifying figure with round eyes. He moved his mouth, made two incomprehensible sounds, and fell to the ground with a thud.
Li Jue, the vanguard general under Dong Zhuo, was killed quickly by Su Yao without even a struggle.

(End of this chapter)