Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

On the top of the Yingyang City Wall, County Magistrate Wu Zhi, supported by a soldier, climbed up the city wall in a panic.

He was over fifty years old, thin and small. He had originally abandoned the city and fled, but just as his family left the city, they ran into the guards and were recaptured. With his family detained, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and command the defense of the city.

"What about County Magistrate Wu? Why didn't you run away?"

Peng Tuo, the leader of the Yellow Turbans in Runan, recognized County Magistrate Wu at a glance and was quite surprised. He thought that this old man would be the first to run away, but he didn't expect that he was still holding on.

Looking at the dense crowd below, Wu Zhi swallowed hard and said, "I, I swear to live and die with Yingyang."

"Together we live and die? That's not good!"

Peng Tuo fiddled with the big knife in his hand and said sinisterly, "I heard that the summer harvest in Xiaoyang is quite good this year, so I came here to borrow some grain. If you are smart, please open the city gate quickly and let us in to move some grain. Otherwise, hehe..."

Magistrate Wu forced himself to remain calm, his finger trembling as he said to Peng Tuo, "You, you thief, you bandit! I would rather die in battle than let you set foot in the city."

"Look at you, you're already old and can barely speak clearly, yet you're not running for your lives like everyone else, but you're trying to be a hero. Let me ask you one last time, is this city open or not?"

"I will not abandon the people of this city."

"Since you're so eager to die, I'll grant your wish."

Peng Tuo waved his hand and said, "Brothers, let this old man see how powerful we are today. Kill him!"

"Kill, kill, kill!" The shouts of tens of thousands of people resounded through the sky, startling countless early-rising birds in the city.

Although he knew that an ambush had been laid in the city, County Magistrate Wu was still so frightened that his legs and feet went weak. He was about to turn around and run away, but when he thought of his family members who had been detained, he dared not take a step forward.

"Archer, release your arrows."

The war drums sounded, and the Yellow Turban Army roared and swarmed forward.

The county magistrate was afraid, and the soldiers were even more terrified. After a few sparse rounds of arrows, not many people were killed, and the enemy army had already rushed to the city.

Knowing there was no way out today, no matter how scared he was, he had to muster up his courage. County Magistrate Wu suddenly became nimble and ran around the city walls, giving orders, "Hurry, throw the rocks and logs!"

As he said this, he picked up a piece of wood and threw it towards the city.

Influenced by him, the soldiers became a little braver and the stones fell like hail. This had a good effect and many enemy soldiers who rushed to the city were killed or injured.

A soldier raised a stone and was about to throw it down when suddenly an arrow flew up from the bottom of the city. The tip of the arrow grazed his cheek, leaving a scratch. The soldier screamed in fright and the stone in his hand fell to the ground, hitting his foot and making it bleed.

Covering their feet, crying and jumping, the soldiers turned around and ran back to the city. Once a man deserted, two, three more followed... Soon, less than half of the soldiers were left on the city wall.

Peng Tuo had anticipated this situation. He pointed at the few remaining men above and laughed out loud, "Look, these officers and soldiers are all cowards and softies who only know how to bully the weak. When we get tough, they scare the crap out of us."

The morale of the Yellow Turban Army was greatly boosted, and they rushed towards the city gate without regard for their lives.

"Bang, bang, bang..." The sound of the enemy army ramming into the city gate struck every soldier's heart.

There is enough dry firewood and tung oil has been sprinkled on it, all we have to do is cook these damn moth thieves with fire.

With a loud bang, the two thick city gates were knocked open and the enemy troops poured in like a tide.

Down the main street, Magistrate Wu, pulled by two soldiers, ran away, cursing the guard as he ran, "Damn it! My whole family deserves to die! Not only did they detain my family, but they also said that bandits love to kill officials. After the city falls, I'll be bait to attract the enemy's attention. The further I run, the more enemy troops I'll attract. Pity my old legs!"

A soldier looked back at the bandits chasing after him at the city gate and cried, "My Lord, if you still have the energy to curse, you might as well run away. If you're any slower, you'll lose your life."

Wu Zhi looked back, almost frightened to death. His legs seemed to be equipped with Hot Wheels, and he rolled quickly towards the passage that had been reserved in advance.

The moth thief who rushed into the city first saw Wu Zhi and others, and rushed over to chase them with strange cries, and the people behind him also followed the team and continued forward.

Someone in the middle wanted to turn into a side alley, but found that the back of the alley was blocked tightly. He ran all the way and found that several alleys were blocked. Finally, someone realized that something was wrong. A village chief hurriedly shouted, "There is a trap in the city, retreat quickly."

Is this a trick? When the moth thieves heard this, they were furious and turned around to retreat towards the city gate. However, the moth thieves who had just entered the city behind them were unaware of this and continued to rush in.

"It's a trap, it's a trap, retreat quickly!" The thieves who wanted to leave the city shouted.

The moth thieves had not received professional training. The more they heard that there was a trap, the more panicked they became. People crowded and pushed each other, and before the fire was even started, many people were pushed and trampled.

Che Hu originally wanted to wait until all the moth thieves entered the city before setting fire, but now his plan had been discovered, so he had no choice but to order the fire to be set.

First, rockets shot out from the houses on both sides like meteors, mixed with tung oil cans being thrown out continuously, and then dozens of thick smoke rose from the houses on both sides of the street.

While Peng Tuo ordered a retreat, he sent people to rush into the house to capture County Magistrate Wu. However, the fire spread very quickly. In just a short while, the whole city was engulfed in fire. Thick smoke billowed, and the thieves dared not break in.

Seeing the fire, the moth thieves became even more panicked. They didn't care about any orders and went to find escape routes.

Thousands of people gathered on the street, people and horses squeezed together. Some rushed forward, trying to escape from the north gate, some wanted to retreat, and some even risked being roasted to move the things blocking the alley.

The war horses neighed and the soldiers howled. Regardless of whether their bodies were on fire or not, all the bandit soldiers rushed around in panic. In fact, not many were burned to death. Most of them were trampled to death by their own people.

Peng Tuo was also blocked by soldiers in the street, unable to move forward or backward. He was very anxious and shouted, "Is there any way out of the north gate?"

After a while, the person who was in the front came with the message that the north gate was blocked by sand and stones, and it would take an hour to clear it.

Within an hour, these people were burned to ashes.

Looking at the raging fire in the city, the moth thieves outside who had not yet had time to enter the city were anxious, but also somewhat fortunate. They were the weakest in the team. Every time the city was broken, they were the last to enter the city and could only pick up some leftovers.

As everyone was anxiously looking into the city, they suddenly heard the rumbling sound of horse hooves behind them. They saw a thousand or so horsemen galloping towards them, stepping on a cloud of dust. The shining swords in the knights' hands were particularly conspicuous.

Because of the various noisy sounds in the city, the cavalry was not discovered until they were almost in front of them. The thieves were immediately in despair. Behind them was the burning city, and in front of them were the soldiers who were as fierce as wolves and tigers. They were blocked in front of the city. Where could they escape?

Wang Yun's troops had arrived last night and were hiding in the woods outside the city, waiting for a fire to break out in the city so they could attack.

While galloping, the cavalry automatically split into two teams. Five hundred people rushed directly to the city gate and hacked and killed the bandits who were trying to escape from the city. The rest of them scattered and surrounded and killed those who wanted to escape outside the city.

After all, two legs cannot outrun four legs. As the horses galloped, the officers and soldiers harvested heads in large numbers with sharp blades in their hands. The screams and howls were endless, drowning out the sounds in the city. Some of those with weak wills knelt down and wailed in surrender when they saw this desperate situation.

Wang Yun was not a cruel person after all. He accepted surrender from all those who asked for it. He ordered a group of soldiers to guard the surrendered soldiers, while the rest continued to hunt down the rebels.

The fire in the city grew bigger and bigger, the thick smoke was suffocating people, and the heat wave caused blisters on people's bodies.

Peng Tuo fought like a trapped beast, no longer caring about anyone else. He and his personal guards rode their horses and galloped all the way to the South Gate.

With his hair stained by smoke and fire, Peng Tuo led the remaining two or three thousand bandits and finally escaped from the sea of ​​fire. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the soldiers outside the door were already chopping their knives.

Peng Tuo was a good martial artist. He wielded his sword with great vigor, slashing left and right. In a short while, he had knocked down several officers and soldiers.

Seeing this not far away, Xu Chu urged the ox under his seat. The ox mooed, dug the ground with its front hooves a few times, and rushed forward with a momentum that was no less than that of a war horse.

Peng Tuo: ...

Are there any officers and soldiers who ride cows to fight?

It wasn't that Wang Yun was stingy and refused to give Xu Chu a war horse. It was actually because Xu Chu was not very good at riding a horse yet, so he had to use his own ox to help in the battle.

Peng Tuo rode his horse and swung his sword, slashing at the young man riding the cow without any hesitation.

Xu Chu raised his hoe to meet the attack. With a clang, as the hoe and the ox collided, the ox's horn pierced the warhorse that Peng Tuo was riding. The warhorse stood up in pain, wailing. Xu Chu lowered his body and hit the horse's belly with the hoe, making a big gash in it.

Peng Tuo fell off his horse, and Xu Chu took advantage of the situation and swung the hoe at his head. Peng Tuo raised his sword with both hands to block. Xu Chu smiled, showing a mouthful of white teeth, turned his wrist, hooked the sword handle with the hoe, and slashed it to the right. Peng Tuo had to let go of his left hand. Xu Chu grabbed the sword handle and exerted force with his hand, and the sword was in his hand.

Xu Chu held the hoe in his left hand and the knife in his right hand, turning it around twice. He laughed and said, "This thing looks good. I wonder if it works better than the hoe? From now on, it will belong to me."

Peng Tuo was horrified and tried to run away, but he didn't expect that a shadow flashed in front of him and a hoe was stuck in front of him. With a bang, his jaw hit the end of the hoe handle and almost dislocated it.

He had just taken two steps to the right when Xu Chu gestured with his broadsword and said slowly, "The envoy said he wanted me alive. I wonder if I can throw a knife as well as a hoe? I've never done it before, so why not give it a try?"

As he spoke, he was about to let go of the big knife in his hand.

Peng Tuo's steps stopped abruptly.

The Battle of Yingyang was a complete victory. Cleaning up the battlefield was entrusted to Wu Zhi. Wang Yun allowed the soldiers to rest for half a day and set out to rescue Pingyu in the evening.

However, before the troops set out, scouts reported that Pingyu had been lost the day before, and the prefect Zhao Qian led hundreds of remaining soldiers to flee north.