485 Urban Battle in Hongnong (2/2)
Liao Hua clicked his tongue, ”Go and tell my platoon. Oh, bring 2 units of cataphracts with us. I'll deal with this myself.”
”Y-Yes, sir!”
Liao Hua, a former self-proclaimed yellow turban leader, had been serving as one of Liu Bei's subordinates. As a bandit, who had raid many towns, he was also experienced in fighting within urban regions.
The commander took his own 5,000 footmen and 10,000 soulless riders toward the west area.
Soon, Liao Hua could see and hear the commotion from a distance. The group in front of him was fighting against a unit with [Bo] banners.
”Bo? Bo Cai?”
Liao Hua squinted his eyes. He knew this person, but the other did not know him. Since Liao Hua was a yellow-turban-wannabe, he studied about the founders and their members.
Bo Cai was a yellow turban elite, and he served under Zhang Jiao before the latter disbanded them. Liao Hua respected this general, but he was also disappointed in Bo Cai.
”A washed-up yellow turban as a general? Ha! I'll show you that you don't deserve to wear that yellow scarf!”
Liao Hua did not know that Bo Cai no longer wore yellow clothes. At the moment, the Monster Legion's uniform's main theme was black and blue. All soldiers wore blue outer garments while the commanders had black clothes.
The wannabe commander ordered his footmen to support the fighting troops. As for himself, he climbed a wooden building to observe the battle from afar.
'No matter how strong you are, you can't last forever. Soon, you will get tired, and I will use the cavalry units to crush you!'
Liao Hua grinned and waited.
30 Minutes later…
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
Bo Cai's men were still fine, and the general had not retreated.
One hour later…
*BOOM*
Three hours later…
*BOOM*
”...”
The previous unit that Liao Hua sent entered the casualty list. Bo Cai broke through their defense line and was approaching Liao Hua's horse units without fear.
”The heck!? All units, charge!!”
Liao Hua was in a panic when he discovered that Bo Cai's men could still continue fighting within the cramped city area. Normally, soldiers would get tired after getting squeezed in a limited space for a long time because they lacked air to breathe. Yet, Bo Cai's breathing had not changed.
The cataphracts charged at Bo Cai, but the latter sneered.
”KILL!! HEAVEN IS DEAD!! LONG LIVE THE CHILD OF HEAVEN!!”
Again, this former yellow turban general led the charge and massacred the cataphracts as if they were cows in a slaughterhouse.
When several pieces of cataphracts' innards and horse corpses started to fly, Liao Hua's feet kicked the rooftop floor, running away from the battle.
*BOOM*
Liao Hua could hear another battle at a distance away, also a loud hoarse voice of a man was audible.
”I AM ZHANG LIAO!!”
*BOOM*
”…”
Liao Hua stopped saying anything and ran away from the scene at full speed. However, he did not ignore his men.
As he encountered several colleagues along the way, he yelled, ”RETREAT WITH ME!! TAKE ALL UNITS AND RUSH TOWARD THE EAST GATES!!”
A chain reaction occurred.
Cataphracts and surviving soldiers stopped rushing toward the battle. They turned tail and followed after Liao Hua. When more soldiers saw their friends retreating, they also withdrew from the city, chasing after the fleeing units.
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It took Zhang Liao and Bo Cai half a day to reclaim the city, but they could not kill or capture everyone.
Out of 100,000 soldiers inside the city, 60,000 of them escaped through the east gate and went toward the direction of Luoyang.
Liao Hua's action did not escape Li Feihong's observation monitors. Yet, he did not hinder them, only watching everything in his dimension with a hardened expression.
At the moment, Li Feihong was still sitting on his usual wooden chair, sipping tea from his teacup. Next to his right side, a small round table was placed there, so Li Feihong could rest his cup of tea on it.
The otherworlder glanced at another semi-transparent screen, which was broadcasting Zhou Cang's unit.
Zhou Cang did well handling the civilians. Potential rioters had been arrested, and the injured people had been treated.
Still, Li Feihong could feel the killing intent within Zhou Cang's heart, and it directed toward him.
'Haiz. I thought this won't happen in this life, but it still exists.'
Someone who Li Feihong could never get along finally appeared.
Moreover, Lu Lingqi seemed to hate him as well.
'Well, good riddance. I don't want to marry anyone anyway. I don't want to call Lu Bu [father-in-law].'
Li Feihong turned to a scholar, who was standing behind him.
Xu Shu observed the battle in earnest to learn Li Feihong's tactic style and the capabilities of all generals in the Monster Legion.
This scholar had been set free as he agreed to join Tong's forces. However, Liu Bei and Ma Chao were still tightly tied with ropes.
”Do you regret it after seeing our men at work?”
Xu Shu shook his head, ”I don't feel anything. Our loss is guaranteed from the very beginning. Our stupidity and ignorance made us fight the emperor.”
”Very well. I'll bring you and the two prisoners to Ye later. For now, help me pacify the Liang Province and the nearby regions.”
”… As you will.”