Chapter 74: The strategy of attacking the heart and the roar of death!
Xindu, on the city wall.

Zhang Bao looked at the soldiers who had been shouting outside the city for two hours, his brows furrowed and his face solemn.

Zhang Niujiao on the side had a hot temper and his eyes were full of anger.

"General Di Gong, we can't let the officers and soldiers shout outside. Otherwise, how can we defend the city if the morale of the army is weakened before the battle even begins?"

"How about I lead some people out to kill these people and let them know how powerful we are?"

After saying this, Zhang Niujiao drew the big knife from his waist, with murderous intent in his eyes.

Yan Zheng nodded in agreement: "Whether what the officers and soldiers shouted is true or false, it is a blow to our army's morale."

"This is a very vicious strategy to attack the heart!"

"I agree with General Zhang's suggestion to send troops to fight."

"There are no more than 50,000 people outside the city, most of whom were elite soldiers in the reward war. Now they are all newly recruited soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is not much different from that of our army.

"But we have the advantage in numbers and morale, so our chances of winning are still greater."

"In short, we must not allow these officers and soldiers who shout out these words to shake the morale of the army at will. Otherwise, over time, what is false will become true, and we will surely be defeated."

Both generals suggested sending troops, and Zhang Bao had the same idea in his mind.

But Zhang Jue had already warned that Ye Feng had just arrived and their morale was high, so it was not appropriate to go out of the city to fight at this moment.

Over the years, Zhang Bao has been accustomed to following his brother's words as orders. How could he be willing to go against Zhang Jue's wishes?

"General Di Gong, what are you hesitating about?"

"Are you worried that General Tiangong will blame you?"

As soon as Yan Zheng asked, Zhang Niujiao drew the sword from his waist and said, "I am not afraid!"

"Since I followed the great sage teacher, I have long since put life and death aside."

"If the Great Sage Master blames me, I will take full responsibility."

"Please allow me to leave the city and teach the officers and soldiers a lesson, General Digong."

Having said this, Zhang Bao, who was originally hesitant, suddenly had a fierce look in his eyes.

"You lead the 5,000 cavalrymen in the city to attack, and make sure those who are shouting know the price."

"If you dare to come again, you will die."

Zhang Niujiao laughed loudly: "I will definitely live up to the general's trust!"

"Cavalry, assemble and prepare to leave the city!!"

Two quarters of an hour later.

Accompanied by a "creak" sound.

The city gate slowly opened.

Zhang Niujiao rushed out first, brandishing his sword: "You bastards of the imperial court, prepare to die!"

"Brothers, kill!!"

At the same time, the sounds of drums and horns rang out from the city walls.

Five thousand cavalrymen rushed across the suspension bridge and rushed out of the city like fish into the sea.

The more than a thousand officers and soldiers who were shouting were startled at first, but then they did not panic at all.

"Get on the horse and retreat quickly!!"

With an order, more than a thousand people skillfully mounted their horses and retreated to the rear.

Seeing the soldiers retreat without a fight, Zhang Niujiao's eyes were filled with more mockery: "You cowardly rats, you can only show off your power with words!"

"Brothers, catch up with them!"

"kill!!"

The five thousand cavalrymen rushed forward like arrows, desperately urging their horses to move forward.

It didn't take long before the officers and soldiers were seen fleeing in panic.

The Yellow Turban cavalrymen laughed loudly, with even stronger disdain in their eyes.

Suddenly, more than a thousand soldiers fleeing in front stopped their horses. Zhang Niujiao's face showed joy, but his happiness did not last long.

Zhang Bao, who was standing on the city wall, suddenly changed his expression, because smoke and dust were everywhere as far as the naked eye could see, and thousands of cavalrymen were attacking from both sides of the battlefield.

“Sound the retreat!!”

"Quick, call off the troops!!"

Yan Zheng also noticed something was wrong, so he snatched the horn from a nearby soldier and blew it.

The sound of the horn sounded, which stunned Zhang Niujiao who was just about to fight.

Soon, the scouts came running up to him.

"General Zhang, there are cavalry ambushes on both sides!"

"We have to retreat quickly, otherwise..."

Before he finished speaking, the officers and soldiers at the dock had already formed a battle formation. The leader was riding a maroon steed, holding a Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and his three-foot-long beard fluttering in the wind.

Guan Yu pointed his long sword and said disdainfully, "Zhang Niu Jiao, is it too late to leave now?"

"Soldiers, follow me to kill the traitors."

"The credit for today is destined to belong to our camp."

"Ha ha!!"

With a loud shout, he clamped his legs together and the warhorse under him galloped out.

Seeing the soldiers coming from the front and the cavalry surrounding them on both wings, there was no way to survive if they retreated at this moment.

Zhang Niujiao was also a fierce man. Seeing that there was no hope of retreating, he stared at Guan Yu and said, "If you can't leave, I will kill you first."

"Brothers, the soldiers are just paper tigers. The elite troops were killed in the ambush the night before. With more than a thousand soldiers in front of us, we can attack or defend, advance or retreat!"

"kill!!"

The Yellow Turban cavalry were carefully selected from the Taiping Dao followers, and their loyalty to Zhang Jue had already reached a blind point.

Although he was in a desperate situation, he did not surrender.

Seeing Zhang Niu Jiao rushing out first, how could we be willing to fall behind?

They gritted their teeth and rushed towards the more than a thousand soldiers led by Guan Yu.

"boom"

The terrifying sonic boom caused by thousands of cavalrymen colliding with each other could be heard from far away, and even people more than ten miles away could still hear it very clearly.

The brutal fight began.

Although Guan Yu has few men, they are all veterans who have been carefully trained by Ye Feng for several months. Each of them practices the Heaven-Slaying Battle Formation, and their strength has increased by 60%.

Although the number of people is small, the disadvantage is not as big as imagined.

Often, when every ordinary soldier fell, he would take away two or even three Yellow Turban cavalrymen.

The casualties were increasing every moment. Although Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Blade was swung wildly, no one could stop him wherever he went.

But these Yellow Turban cavalrymen never seemed to know fear. No matter how the people in front of them died, they would try their best to fill the gap.

In just a short moment, more than two hundred cavalrymen had fallen under the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, but the enemies before them did not decrease at all, but increased in number.

Guan Yu knew that if this continued, the battalion of soldiers he had trained personally would be wiped out.

A fierce murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Guan Yu raised his Azure Dragon Crescent Blade and shouted, “Azure Dragon Slash!!”

A special move that condenses terrifying energy and strikes hard is naturally extraordinary.

But a green blade light several dozen meters wide exploded in the crowd.

The dozens of Yellow Turban cavalrymen in front of him collapsed like a landslide, and he had no time to react at all.

A green blade light flashed, and the internal organs moved instantly. The last bit of life was cut off, and he was deader than dead.

"My personal soldiers will lead the way, capture the thief and the king, follow me to kill Zhang Niujiao!"

"Where is Zhang Niujiao?"

"Do you dare to fight me?!"

"war!!"

The fierce murderous intent spread rapidly within a radius of a hundred feet.

The Yellow Turban cavalry who were close felt extremely cold all over, as if they would be killed by this momentum if they were any closer to Guan Yu.

If Guan Yu had such thoughts, how could Zhang Niujiao not have them too?

He was also looking for Guan Yu. When he heard Guan Yu's call for battle, his eyes suddenly lit up. He raised the big knife in his hand and shouted fiercely: "Zhang Niujiao is here, you rat, do you dare to fight me?"

(End of this chapter)