I practiced magic in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 95: Thousands of Troops Avoid the Red Robe

At dawn, the eastern horizon was slightly pale, the sun rose slowly into the sky, and the darkness dissipated.

Just at this moment, on the north bank of Luo River, an army had just disembarked.

Hu Zhen, the governor of Dongjun, looked hurried. He and Fan Chou were both present when Wang Jing attacked Dong Zhuo. However, they ran away when they saw the situation was not good after the fight. Now that they had reinforcements, they finally had the courage to fight back and help Dong Zhuo.

Seeing the flames and smoke in Luoyang, he led 5,000 infantry and cavalry and galloped there at night, wanting to rescue the capital.

Hu Zhen himself was a well-known hero in Liangzhou and a general under Dong Zhuo. His status was even higher than that of Lu Bu, and he was Dong Zhuo's staunch confidant.

Therefore, he rode out of the city alone, quickly crossed the Luo River, and went to the south bank to summon the main force of the Western Liang army that was deployed in the Nan Guo camp to guard against Sun Jian's northward advance.

Under the command of Hu Zhen, the army quickly crossed the Luo River by boat and hurriedly arrived at the White Horse Temple in the west of the city.

The once solemn and magnificent temple had now been burned to the ground by Dong Zhuo, and the bodies of the Kushan monks who were angered by Xuan Fan's death were left exposed in the wilderness to be eaten by wild dogs and wolves.

Hu Zhen was a big man with a rough face, but he was experienced in fighting and had a very meticulous mind.

He stopped outside the White Horse Temple and ordered the main force to form a battle array. He then called Li Meng and ordered him to serve as the vanguard: "You lead two hundred cavalrymen to explore the way ahead. If you encounter the enemy, come back and report immediately."

"Order!"

Although Li Meng was brave and had the strength to fight lions and tigers, he could only serve under Hu Zhen because of his poor background.

Seeing Hu Zhen issuing the military order, Li Meng immediately led two hundred cavalrymen, bypassed the White Horse Temple, and headed eastward with four hooves raising dust.

However, just as Li Meng left, a large group of defeated soldiers rushed in from the north. Hu Zhen quickly sent people to stop them, then gathered them together and asked for information from them one by one.

However, these defeated soldiers were all mentally broken and incoherent. No matter how they were questioned, they would only keep repeating the same few sentences.

"Run away!"

"That flaming killer is coming!"

"If we don't run, we'll all die!"

"I don't want to die without a complete body!"

Hu Zhen was overwhelmed by what he heard. Fortunately, he recognized a young general among the fleeing soldiers. He was a relative of Lieutenant General Dong Yue. He immediately called him over and asked in detail: "What happened in Luoyang City? Did the Grand Tutor escape the assassination attempt? Could it be that the Eastern Alliance took the opportunity to cooperate with Wang Jing and break through the pass?"

The young general's face was filled with fear, his eyes were red, and when he saw Hu Zhen, he knelt down and cried, "General Hu, please avenge my uncle!"

"What, Dong Yue is dead!?"

Hu Zhen was shocked, and then he had a bad feeling, so he quickly asked, "Your uncle is very skilled. He learned a sword technique that can kill people without a teacher on the battlefield. He has killed countless people in battle, and he has a large army following him. Who can kill him?"

However, before the young general could explain, a golden-armored knight wearing a fiery red cloak and a purple-gold crown came charging at him from behind.

The armor shone with golden light, and there was a faint tiger roaring to the sky. Under the sunlight, it even emitted a strange luster of gold with black and black with red. Looking closely, I found that it was the fierce light and evil spirit reflected by the armor leaves after they were soaked with blood.

When it was still a hundred feet away, a ferocious and domineering phoenix cry resounded through the night sky, and it spread its huge wings, with a magnificent and majestic momentum, covering the sky and the sun.

"what!"

"Run away!"

“The Fiery Blade in red robe, the Brilliant Feather, it is indeed the Brilliant Feather Blade, he is coming to kill us again!”

The already panic-stricken fleeing soldiers became even more agitated and fearful before the battle even began.

It didn't matter that they wanted to escape, but the soldiers under Hu Zhen did not receive the order and remained where they were, and were caught off guard and thrown into disarray by the fleeing soldiers.

Hu Zhen was so angry that he was shaking all over. He roared, "No more chaos! Whoever dares to disrupt the morale of my army again, I will chop off his head!"

Dozens of guards received the order and ruthlessly wielded their swords to kill the fleeing soldiers, trying to suppress the chaos by force.

However, how could Wang Jing give them a chance to regroup? Without saying a word, he drew his sword and rode his horse to kill them.

Hu Zhen was also skilled in martial arts, and he was surrounded by many brave men. Seeing Wang Jing coming here alone to seek death, he was trembling with fear. However, in order to stabilize the morale of the troops, he still forced a smile and looked around and said sarcastically: "He dares to come here alone to seek death. Who can capture this man for me?"

"I am willing to serve you, sir!"

"I am willing to do so!"

"Add me!"

The three burly men from Guanxi all wanted to grab the credit for the victory. After the argument, they agreed to attack together. Whoever chopped off the enemy's head would be the winner.

They brandished their swords with great force, their muscles bulging their armors. They were obviously powerful and skilled warriors from Xiliang. They rushed towards Wang Jing together, saying arrogantly: "Who are you? We will not kill unknown people with our swords!"

"Long-winded!"

Wang Jing looked coldly and without saying anything, he just swung his sword and started killing.

A flash of fire appeared on the Hongming Sword, and the four men passed by each other. Wang Jing was unharmed, but behind him were three headless corpses.

They're just three minions, killing them won't give you much sense of accomplishment.

Wang Jing held the magic sword in his hand and ignored the arrogant soldiers and generals around him, his eyes fell directly on Hu Zhen.

Hu Zhen also stared at Wang Jing, his teeth almost broken, and he shouted angrily: "Wang Jing, where is the Grand Tutor? If you know what's good for you, release him immediately. Otherwise, the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Xiliang Army will be enough to uproot your Taiyuan Wang family and crush them into powder!"

"Want to see Dong Zhuo? Great, I'll take you there right away!"

Then the corner of his mouth in the helmet curled up into a sinister smile: "Hu Zhen, you clearly escaped just now, but you dared to lead your troops back. You are really courting death!"

The Hongming Sword whistled in the wind, and the military evil and divine fire intertwined into an unparalleled force. Before Wang Jing got close, the violent murderous aura was already hitting him in the face.

Hu Zhen finally panicked at this time. A sense of danger of death made him feel like his soul was about to die. His hands and feet were cold, and he quickly shouted loudly: "Quickly stop them!"

"Protect the governor!"

The personal soldiers rushed forward and wanted to hack Wang Jing to death with their swords.

When Wang Jing saw this, he burst out laughing on the spot. Relying on the invincible defense of his gilded tiger-patterned armor, he charged forward without dodging, using both his sword and his saber to do two things at once.

The Chunjun sword in his left hand was only used for defense and not attack, protecting his body, while the Hongming knife in his right hand was only used for attack and not defense, slashing wildly, and in an instant, waves of blood and death were created.

clang~ clang~ clang~
The Xiliang cavalry who were besieging Wang Jing soon discovered that even if they used all their strength to chop Wang Jing with their swords, the swords would be blocked by the Chunjun sword. Either the blade would be bent or the blade would be broken, and they would not be able to penetrate the three feet around Wang Jing.

With the blessing of the Three Body Technique, Wang Jing can perform multi-threaded operations all over his body, attacking, defending, maneuvering, searching for the enemy, and dodging. His brain is working at a high speed, and his thoughts can sweep the entire field like a radar, with no blind spots in observation. Not only can he face the siege with ease, but he can also cleverly lead the enemy's formation, causing them to kill and trample on each other.

As a result, although Hu Zhen had a large number of soldiers under his command, he was completely unable to take advantage of his military strength and was instead led by Wang Jing.

"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"

On the contrary, Wang Jing was alone and could fire at full speed without any scruples, without having to worry about accidentally hurting his own people. With the Hongming Sword in his hand, he could kill anything in the world!
Just like that, Wang Jing charged forward happily, and in a short while he had defeated the Xiliang soldiers in front of him.

No one could match Wang Jing's sword. Anyone who dared to stand in front of him was killed by him with one strike!

"Archer!"

Hu Zhen saw that most of his 200 guards were killed or wounded in just a cup of tea. He was so anxious that he called in 200 archers. He didn't intend to leave any survivors and directly ordered: "Shoot him to death!"

After a volley of arrows were fired.

Wang Jing was still unharmed, but the horse under him had no armor to protect him and was riddled with arrows. It fell to the ground instantly and half of Wang Jing's body was pressed to the ground.

Seeing this, Hu Zhen quickly summoned another 500 infantrymen and ordered them, "Surround him and kill him!"

These infantrymen were wearing lamellar armor, holding spears, and were well-equipped. They were obviously an elite force.

Wang Jing exerted force suddenly, kicked the warhorse and jumped up from the ground.

The warhorse weighing several hundred kilograms was thrown into the air, instantly knocking down five or six unlucky soldiers and disrupting their formation. Wang Jing took the opportunity to stand up, not retreat but advance, and rushed into the crowd with a knife, once again setting off a dazzling fire and a bright red wave of blood.

Suddenly, wherever the sword light appeared, the soldiers fell down like harvested wheat, their limbs and arms flew high, and screams and cries were heard all around.

Under the Hongming sword, blood dyed the ground red, and broken weapons and shattered armor were everywhere. Nothing could stop Wang Jing's attack.

Every time the sword is swung, it will inevitably bring death from hell to the world and make it come here.

The wails and screams of countless wounded before their death directly shattered the remaining sanity of Hu Zhen's soldiers, and panic began to spread uncontrollably.

"Ghost! He is an invincible ghost!"

"We can't win! Run for your lives!"

Although the soldiers of the Xiliang Army are brave and good at fighting, they are still human beings after all.

As long as one is human, he or she will feel fear.

When they found that they could not kill the enemy but the enemy could easily take their lives, they quickly collapsed.

The defeat was like a landslide. Five thousand soldiers were swept away by the wave of fear, which finally led to a great rout. The soldiers fled in all directions and could not be stopped at all.

One man defeats the army!
Wang Jing swung his sword and slashed through the crowd, cutting a bloody path. He appeared in front of Hu Zhen like a ghost from hell: "Now, it's your turn."

Under Wang Jing's gaze, Hu Zhen instantly lost his mind, his whole body paralyzed by extreme fear, his hands holding the reins trembled incessantly, and his body was completely out of control and unable to move!

At this moment, two hundred cavalrymen appeared, led by a fierce general with a tiger back and wolf waist, a black face and curly beard, a typical image of a Guanxi man. He was none other than Li Meng, a brave general of the Xiliang Army.

Li Meng was seen brandishing a long sword and riding a horse to kill Wang Jing, shouting: "Don't panic, Governor, Meng is coming!"

The sound of horse hooves and the flash of swords.

Li Meng was originally a fierce general in the Xiliang army and was proficient in cavalry warfare. This sword strike captured the essence of cavalry warfare, combining the strength of man and horse into one. The power was so violent that it seemed as if it could split mountains and cut rivers.

"Die!"

Li Meng's pair of tiger eyes were fixed on Wang Jing's back, and the big knife in his hand was whistling down towards the back of Wang Jing's head as if splitting Mount Hua.

This blow is so powerful that it can split mountains and rocks, let alone a head. Even iron will be shattered into pieces!
However, facing this earth-shattering blow, Wang Jing did not even look back. He simply raised his left hand, clenched his five fingers together, and slightly clenched them.

Dang~
Wang Jing listened to the wind and determined the position, and locked onto the target with his mind. At the moment when Li Meng's attack fell, he tilted his head slightly and gently avoided the knife. The heavy blade was caught steadily by one of his hands, and the moment the two collided, a loud sound like a bell was heard.

"How can it be!"

“He actually caught it!”

In an instant, expressions of disbelief and shock appeared on Hu Zhen and Li Meng's faces.

Li Meng was so shocked by the extremely violent recoil that he vomited blood and fell off his horse, looking very miserable.

Wang Jing squeezed hard and crushed Li Meng's long-handled broadsword made of black iron. Iron chips fell from between his fingers, making Hu Zhen's face turn blue and his legs go weak.

Is this guy still a human being?

Hu Zhen immediately became timid. Wang Jing's strength was beyond common sense and even beyond his understanding. He didn't think he could win, so he quickly shouted, "Withdraw!"

After saying that, he fled with a few hundred cavalrymen, completely ignoring the remaining infantry.

However, Wang Jing had finally caught a big fish, so how could he let him go?

"You want to run away after pretending to be awesome? Have you asked?"

After saying that, Wang Jing raised his hand and grabbed the empty space on the ground. A suction force suddenly came out from the palm of his hand, and he grabbed a spear scattered on the ground. He closed his eyes slightly and aimed at Hu Zhen's back: "Go!"

Then he suddenly exerted force with his right hand, swung his arm, and threw the spear in his hand hard.

One hundred and twenty steps away, the spear came as fast as lightning, carrying a brilliant and blazing flame, and pierced through Hu Zhen's armor in an instant, breaking his spine. The spear's remaining force then pierced through his abdomen, bringing out a large amount of blood and fragments of internal organs.

Hu Zhen, die!

At this time, Li Meng had just crawled up from the ground, and what was waiting for him was the oncoming sharp knife light.

"You also take a stab at me."

Wang Jing has not forgotten the revenge of the sneak attack from behind just now.

If you want to stab me, I will stab you back. That's called fairness!
"My life is over!"

Li Meng's eyes were wide open, and he was unable to avoid it. Wang Jing cut off half of his head with a knife, and he died instantly.

"The governor is dead!"

"Captain Li is dead too!"

"Run away!"

The two main generals died in battle one after another, and the remaining soldiers naturally had no intention of resisting. They scattered like birds and beasts and fled for their lives.

Wang Jing snatched Li Meng's warhorse, chased the fleeing soldiers and killed them for a while until he drove them out of Luoyang, then turned around to look for the next enemy.

However, the name of "Divine Sword Lieyu" had spread like wildfire along with the fleeing defeated soldiers, and frightened the Xiliang generals so much that they turned pale. They were afraid that they would be caught up by the flaming sword and turned into carbon ash, so they did not dare to stay in Luoyang and fled westward.

Not only was he afraid of Wang Jing, but also because Lu Bu was coming.

After one night, Lu Bu finally recruited more than 8,000 of He Jin's former subordinates and marched into Luoyang with these surrendered soldiers.

Among them, more than a thousand were cavalrymen from the imperial army, and many were Hu people who defected to the imperial dynasty, mostly Xianbei and Wuhuan. In addition, there were hundreds of Wei Wuzu corpse puppets, led by Xun You. At the same time, Wang Jing also left the golden armor god puppet that was not used in this battle to Xun You, so as to prevent him from having any accidents during this chaotic time.

Xun You would be fine, the key is that Lu Bu's deterrent power is still very strong. All the troops in Xiliang know how powerful he is, and no one wants to fight Lu Bu head-on.

Because even if we win, it doesn't make any sense.

Even Li Jue, who had just dug up the emperor's tomb, had no time to load the treasures inside onto trucks and transport them away before he heard that Wang Jing was coming towards him. He was immediately scared half to death and ordered a retreat on the spot without hesitation.

After all, no matter how good the money is, one has to live to enjoy it. In order to save his own life, he even left his baggage behind and ran away at a high speed with more than a thousand elite Feixiong soldiers under his command.

When Wang Jing heard that the emperor's tomb had been dug up, he chased after him, wanting to kill Li Jue, the scourge.

When they arrived, the imperial tomb was empty. The garrison soldiers and eunuchs stationed there were either dead or had fled, and no one knew where they had gone.

The ground was littered with scattered burial objects, including gold and silver vessels, jewels and jade. Even the silk and satin that the deceased wore when buried, as long as they were not damaged, had been pulled off by someone, apparently intending to take them away.

Wang Jing was speechless. This is considered a shroud, right? Who dares to wear it?
The fighting in the city had subsided. Gao Shun and Shi Azheng led their men to sweep away those who took advantage of the situation to loot. Xun You and Lu Bu rushed to the imperial mausoleum after hearing the news. They dismounted their horses and saluted Wang Jing with awe on their faces: "Your subordinates are here to see you, lord!"

Especially Lu Bu, what he saw and heard along the way deeply shocked him.

Last night, Wang Jing, alone, armed with a sword and a saber, defeated five armies in a row and killed six generals in battle, making everyone in the Xiliang army terrified and retreat.

Even if he only sent a few cavalrymen holding a battle flag with the word "Wang" written on it, the Xiliang soldiers would scream and retreat wherever they went. This shows how terrifying a deterrent power the name Wang Jing had on them.

Xun You took a step forward and reported to Wang Jing excitedly, "My lord, the Xiliang army has withdrawn thirty miles from Luoyang. The North and South Palaces, the Taicang, the armory, and the twelve city gates and many other strategic locations have all fallen into our control. Now, the overall situation in the capital has been decided, and our army has won a great victory!"

At this moment, Xun You was in a very uneasy mood.

Because according to the original plan, all this could only be realized after gathering the forces of all parties and making careful arrangements in secret.

However, man proposes, God disposes. The original plan was changed because of the great battle between Dong Zhuo and Wang Yue. Not only was Wang Yue taking advantage of the opportunity, but also the imperial star luck was flourishing on him. In order to save the hearts of the people in Luoyang, Wang Jing had to force himself to fight Dong Zhuo in advance.

Xun You even planned that if his plan failed, he and Wang Jing would escape from the capital first, and then transfer the troops from Hedong back to attack Luoyang.

Unexpectedly, Wang Jing got the Hongming Sword to recognize him as his master during the battle, and the situation was instantly reversed. Wang Jing, who was holding the sword beside him, was incredibly powerful. He didn't even use the trump card of the Golden Armor God General. He just relied on his own strength to kill tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers and their horses were thrown to the ground.

(End of this chapter)