Three Kingdoms Summoning: Peak Resurgence

Yanzhou, Chenliu, Suanzao County.

Wang Yu and Yuchi Gong, one from the northeast and the other from the southeast, finally gathered more than 70,000 cavalry here after a month of attack.

At the same time, a huge encirclement consisting of 400,000 troops, under the command of the Yellow Turban general Huang Chao, was gradually closing in on Wang Yu.

Of course, this is not the worst news.

[Ding Dong, Xiang Yu defeated the Han army of 98 with an army of in the Battle of the Yellow River, and successfully defeated Di Qing, whose basic commander level was . He gained a deeper understanding of the art of war and returned to his peak.

Xiang Yu's current commander rises to 99;]

[Xiang Yu completes the "Back to the Water" achievement, and is rewarded with a permanent +1 to the five-dimensional attribute and a random skill enhancement;
Currently, Xiang Yu's five attributes are: Command 100 (+1), Force 110, Intelligence 88 (+3), Politics 76 (+1), Charisma 102 (+1);】

[Ding Dong, Xiang Yu's skill Po Jun has been strengthened.
Po Jun: Breaking the cauldrons and wiping out the enemy, a unique skill of Xiang Yu. If a person has the Po Jun star fate, there is a certain probability that this skill will be awakened;
Effect 1,…

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“Will I really get a reward?”

When Wang Yu saw the effects of Xiang Yu's Pojun skill after being strengthened, a trace of solemnity flashed across his face, because these effects were really too abnormal.

Now, the Han army's subsequent battle with the Yellow Turban Army became more and more difficult.

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Our attention returns to Xiaopingjin.

After this great defeat of the Han army, Xiang Yu decided to emulate Huangfu Song of Jizhou. After all, after he defeated the Yellow Turbans in the first battle, he built a Jingguan with the captives.

Today, Xiang Yu let the Han army know what it means to give someone a taste of their own medicine. Just like that, under Xiang Yu's command, the Yellow Turban Army publicly massacred 100,000 Han prisoners in front of Xiaopingjin and built a Jingguan.

Guo Jia disagreed with this. In his opinion, Xiang Yu's intention of using the most iron-blooded means to force the defenders inside the pass to surrender in order to achieve victory without fighting was good, but unfortunately the means were too harsh and cruel.

Although the Yellow Turban Army won a great victory over the Han Army this time, Guo Jia knew that He Jin made a great contribution to it. It can be said that Xiang Yu's victory was largely due to luck.

If it weren't for He Jin, the Han general who suddenly escaped from the battlefield, instantly causing a chain reaction, even if Xiang Yu could have won, his victory would not have been so impressive.

The capable men in the Han army would certainly take advantage of this loophole, which would in turn arouse the determination of the defenders inside the pass to fight to the death.

And this is indeed the case. Under Cao Cao's manipulation, Xiang Yu's strategy of attacking the heart of the enemy not only failed to work, but instead aroused the determination of the defenders inside the pass to resist to the death.

However, the 100,000 heads that Xiang Yu ordered his men to place in Xiaopingjin were not really without effect. As long as these things existed outside the pass, they would continue to erode the faith of all the defenders inside the pass and make them fear Xiang Yu in their hearts.

When the time is ripe, Xiaopingjin will collapse on its own.

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As for He Jin, he also knew that he had caused a big disaster, so he dared not stay here. After all, Di Qing, Cao Cao, Yang Kan and others in Xiaopingjin always looked at him with murderous intent in their eyes, and they wished to cut him into pieces.

Even Zhu Jun, the commander, looked at him with such eyes, wishing he could eat his flesh and sleep on his skin. If He Jin had not escaped from the battlefield, they would never have been defeated. Besides, even if they fell into Xiang Yu's trap, under Di Qing's leadership, they could retain a large number of troops and escape from Xiang Yu's hands unscathed.

Instead, there were only a few remnants of the army left, who were almost frightened out of their wits by Xiang Yu.

Therefore, He Jin did not dare to stay here any longer, and immediately fled with his personal guards towards Luoyang.

As He Jin left, Zhu Jun and others suddenly lost the direction of their killing. After all, the rat had escaped. Next, they had to face the winner, Xiang Yu.

Zhu Jun did not blame Di Qing for the defeat at the Yellow River this time, as he had done well enough. So after He Jin left, Zhu Jun appointed Di Qing as the commander-in-chief of Xiaopingjin, while Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other generals were responsible for assisting Di Qing.

Zhu Jun was even worried that Di Qing would give blind orders again, so he left an order that Di Qing's words represented his own, and if anyone dared not to listen to him, Di Qing could just kill him.

After arranging these things, Zhu Jun left Xiaopingjin and rode towards Luoyang.

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Luoyang at this time.

After Zhu Jun came back, he put on shackles and asked for forgiveness. After all, he was the commander-in-chief and all the blame should be borne by him.

However, when Zhu Jun came before the emperor and took the initiative to ask for forgiveness, a group of ministers including Wang Yun and Yuan Wei did not impeach Zhu Jun, the commander-in-chief, but instead impeached He Jin, who escaped from the battlefield.

This time, it was a good opportunity to move to He Jin. After all, if He Jin had not suddenly escaped in the middle of the battle, with Di Qing's ability, even if he was defeated by Xiang Yu, he would be able to lead 70% of the troops and escape unscathed.

After all, Xiang Yu only had 30,000 cavalrymen under his command. If the army was not in chaos, Di Qing could definitely do this!
But it was because He Jin deserted the battlefield that this disastrous consequence occurred.

Liu Hong really wanted to eat this useless brother-in-law alive. Originally, he didn't want to send him out to cause trouble for Zhu Jun. However, He Jin used his connections in the court, and with the help of Empress He, Liu Hong agreed to let He Jin serve as Zhu Jun's deputy general.

Liu Hong was full of confidence this time, because the lineup he sent to Zhu Jun was not weak at all.

After all, when he dispatched Zhu Jun, he specially transferred 100,000 troops from Hulao Pass to support Xiaopingjin, and also transferred Qin Wen, Cao Cao, Yang Kan and others from Hulao Pass.

In Liu Hong's opinion, He Jin doesn't need to do anything and can win easily, and he can reward him then.

Liu Hong actually did this for the sake of balance, so that the power of the external relatives would not be suppressed by meritorious officials such as Wang Yu, resulting in a situation where the power was too strong to be controlled.

However, what Liu Hong did not expect was that this waste He Jin not only failed to play any good role, but instead caused the 350,000 Han troops to suffer a crushing defeat.

In this battle, He Jin not only destroyed 230,000 troops of the Han Dynasty, but also destroyed the Han Dynasty's hope of winning. If possible, Liu Hong would have wanted to have He Jin tortured to death, but He Jin had many followers in the court, and even he, the emperor, could do nothing about it.

In the end, Liu Hong could only say that it was not his fault and fined He Jin one year's salary as a punishment, and the matter of He Jin was over.

But the result of this battle ultimately requires a scapegoat. Since He Jin cannot take the blame, the crime can only be put on Zhu Jun.

(End of this chapter)