People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 558 Tail Docking
The retreat of the Wu and Shu armies was not smooth. The Yellow Turbans would certainly not let them come and go as they pleased.

The lightly armed elite troops took the lead in attacking and entangled the rear of the Wu and Shu army, and the subsequent troops followed up and strangled them. Soon the situation on the battlefield became extremely dangerous.

At this time, the Yellow Turbans' pursuit had to be blocked, otherwise the entire army would easily be dragged into the quagmire. Fortunately, the main forces of Wu and Shu responded in time and barely eased the situation.

A fierce battle was going on in the center of the battlefield. Taishi Ci and Huang Gai had already fought for more than ten rounds. Although no one was sure of life or death yet, it was obvious that Huang Gai was becoming more and more exhausted as the fighting lasted.

Young and strong people are better at fighting. Even though Huang Gai is not old yet, his physical strength is far from comparable to that of Taishi Ci. The more the fight goes on, the worse he feels.

Seeing Taishi Ci laughing and coming to attack again, Huang Gai's mood became heavy. He felt that he could not hold on for much longer, but even so he would definitely not avoid the battle and run away.

He was a proud and arrogant man who valued his integrity more than his life. Moreover, he could not afford to lose his position at this moment, and he would stay here even if he died.

Huang Gai was mentally prepared to die, so he relaxed and fought with Taishi Ci again without any hesitation. The two of them fought back and forth again, and soon Huang Gai had several more wounds on his body.

Fighting on the battlefield is an extremely exhausting thing. After more than ten rounds, Huang Gai was exhausted and was finally hit by Taishi Ci's halberd in the upper body during an encounter, exposing his open door.

"Haha, go to hell, old man!"

When Taishi Ci saw the opportunity, he was overjoyed and was about to kill Huang Gai with a single strike of his halberd.

But at this critical moment, an intense sense of crisis suddenly came over Taishi Ci. As a top-level general with super intuition, Taishi Ci suddenly had a feeling.

You must avoid it, otherwise you will die!
He had to retract the short spear that had already been thrust out, and then shook his upper body vigorously. As a result, an arrow immediately brushed past his ear and flew away, finally hitting a nearby soldier.

Before Taishi Ci could come to his senses, in just a moment, he felt a chill on his left arm, then his body tilted and he lost his balance and fell off his horse.

But it was this fall that saved his life.

It turned out that there was more than one arrow shot at him. He dodged the first one, but the second one only avoided the fatal point. That is, after he rolled down, the third arrow also flew away from his original position at a high speed.

In an instant, Taishi Ci broke out in a cold sweat, and he immediately realized that there was a sharpshooter staring at him.

At this time, Huang Gai also noticed the opportunity, and hurriedly rode forward to take the opportunity to kill Taishi Ci. The situation that was clearly strong and weak just now was immediately reversed. Taishi Ci had no chance to fight back, and once he showed his head, he would most likely be shot to death by the sharpshooter in the dark.

However, Huang Gai still has strong reinforcements, so how could Taishi Ci not have any too? A loud shout was heard, and then Zhao Yun in silver armor rushed over.

"I'm here to help you!"

Zhao Yun’s spear was as fast as a dragon, and he rushed out at the critical moment.

Huang Gai had no time to react and could only parry hastily, but this was no match for Zhao Yun's sudden attack. The silver spear came at him with great force, knocking away Huang Gai's weapon, and the tip of the spear pierced directly into Huang Gai's left chest.

But there was a sound of metal clashing, and the fatal attack landed on Huang Gai's heart-protecting mirror.

Although he had armor to protect his life, the huge impact still knocked Huang Gai over. At this time, Zhao Yun had no time to chase him, but just swung his silver spear again and threw away an arrow. After avoiding the arrow's sneak attack, Zhao Yun's eyes were accurately locked on a Shu general who was drawing a bow dozens of steps away. He immediately realized that this person must be Huang Zhong, who was famous for his archery skills!

"Ziyi, you don't need to fight with the enemy generals. You should pursue the enemy troops first. I will take care of Huang Zhong."

After leaving behind these words, Zhao Yun suddenly urged his horse and rushed towards Huang Zhong. He reached the distance of several dozen steps in a flash. After swaying his body while galloping and dodging another arrow, Zhao Yun was already close to Huang Zhong.

At this point, Huang Zhong had no choice but to abandon his bow and prepare for a close combat with Zhao Yun.

In a moment, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong fought together, but although Huang Zhong was good at archery, he was much inferior in close combat. Once the two fought, Huang Zhong was quickly restrained everywhere and could only barely ensure that he would not be defeated immediately.

Although the battle between the generals of both sides was fierce, the protagonists on the battlefield were always the large number of soldiers, and the fierce battle between Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci was just a microcosm of it.

On the macro battlefield, the Yellow Turbans firmly suppressed the Wu and Shu armies and pursued them all the way, completely driving them away, just like a pack of wolves working together to drive cattle and sheep.

Although Huang Zhong and Huang Gai's counterattack was strenuous, it did ease the Yellow Turbans' offensive and bought some breathing space for the Wu and Shu armies to retreat.

At this time, Zhou Yu, who was so frightened by the situation on the battlefield that he was sweating all over, did not bother to watch the battle from a distance, but went directly into the battlefield to command the retreat. Seeing that the rear of the army had been destroyed, he made a prompt decision to cut off the formation and save his life.

Such a choice is courageous, but it also comes at an extremely heavy price. It sounds simple to cut off the tail to survive, but it means the lives of countless soldiers.

Fortunately, after paying this huge price, the Wu and Shu armies finally managed to stabilize their formation and finally managed to escape the pursuit of the Yellow Turbans.

Seeing that the main forces of Wu and Shu had retreated to the city wall, the Yellow Turbans decided to call it a day. After wiping out the rear forces abandoned by Wu and Shu, they let the Wu and Shu armies leave without a fight.

When all the dust settled and the yellow sands were blown away, only the smell of blood in the air told of the cruelty that had just occurred.

Zhou Yu took this gamble, but the result was a mess. Just as Ju Shou had said, he returned with nothing. Although he preserved his fighting power by retreating in the end, he did not feel relieved at all, but completely desperate.

Only at this time did Zhou Yu clearly realize his own naivety.

The Yellow Turbans are still too strong, it's suffocating. How could I actually fantasize about being able to break through their camp?

Even the retreat required all their strength to cut off their rear and survive. If they had relaxed a little or hesitated a little, the consequence might have been the collapse of the world. This was something Zhou Yu could never have imagined beforehand.

This gap in strength is not something that can be described in a few words. Even if they retreat this time, how will they fight next?
Looking at the army formation at this moment, all the soldiers lowered their heads and remained silent, with negative emotions spreading uncontrollably.

Zhou Yu knew that these soldiers had lost the courage to fight again. Not to mention offering them titles, even if they were allowed to become emperors, not many of them would dare to fight the Yellow Turbans.

The confident Zhou Yu finally sat down dejectedly: "Next, let's wait for Your Majesty and Emperor Liu to lead their armies to meet up before making any plans."

(End of this chapter)