Chapter 63: Sun Jian Escapes

  "Alright, men! Follow me and let's take the city gate. We'll be able to escape once we've got it!" Sun Jian shouted loudly as he charged out first. His personality had always been like this - he would always lead the charge in every battle. That's why his subordinates admired him so much. Seeing their commander's actions, they all shouted together and followed close behind.

  "Not good, someone is launching a sneak attack." The soldiers guarding the city hastily shouted loudly and raised their long spears to prepare for battle. When they got closer, they saw Sun Jian's figure and rushed to shout in all directions: "Sun Jian is here, come quickly!"

  "Not good, something's changed at the south gate. It seems Sun Jian wants to leave the city from the south gate." Xu Feng had thought that this battle would be an easy victory, but when he heard the shouting coming from the south gate, his heart tightened. Since he was too far away and couldn't see what was happening, he quickly jumped down from the rooftop, led his guards, and rushed towards the south gate.

  Dian Wei and others also heard the shouting and rushed towards the south gate.

  "Sun Jian, you're finished!" Pei Yuanshao urged his horse on and soon caught up with 'Sun Jian'. With a loud shout, he swung his wolf-toothed club at the back of the fleeing 'Sun Jian'.

  "Ahh!" Sun Jian let out a loud cry as he was knocked off his horse by Pei Yuan Shao with a thud.

  "Hahaha, Sun Jian, today is your day of death." Pei Yuanshao was overjoyed and excitedly laughed loudly towards the sky, got off his horse, grasped his wolf-tooth club and walked step by step with a murderous aura towards 'Sun Jian'.

  But when the other person turned around with blood at the corner of his mouth, Pei Yuanshao was stunned. "Who are you? Where is Sun Jian?"

  Zu Mao spat out a mouthful of blood, and a hint of a triumphant smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "I am Zu Mao... Haha, Master should have escaped safely by now."

  "You dare to deceive me, you big cheat! Tell me, where is Sun Jian?" Pei Yuanshao's face turned blue with rage, he shouted loudly and kicked out with one foot, heavily kicking Zu Mao in the body. Feeling still not relieved, he launched a flurry of punches and kicks at Zu Mao again.

  "Ugh..." Zǔ Mào was beaten until he spat out blood, his originally weak body now covered in wounds and barely breathing.

  "Hurry up and tell me, where is Sun Jian?"

  In the face of Pei Yuanshao's frantic and mad shouting, Zu Mao remained unmoved, ignoring him completely. Even with his life hanging by a thread, he showed no fear of death, and a hint of disdain still flickered at the corner of his eyes.

  "Even if you kill me... I won't tell you." Zu Mao took a deep breath, staring at the bloodthirsty and frenzied Pei Yuanshao, and said coldly.

  "You detestable creature, since that's the case, I'll send you to hell. Sun Jian's head will naturally be mine soon enough. At that time, master and servant will meet again in the underworld, where we can drink and make merry once more."

  Filled with rage, Pei Yuanshao raised the sixty-kilogram wolf-toothed club high above his head with both hands and slammed it down on the person's skull. The human skull was no match for the wolf-toothed club, and the result was extremely tragic.

  With a loud crack, Zu Mao's skull burst open on the spot, his brains splattering everywhere, and he died at the hands of Pei Yuanshao.

  "Detestable Zu Mao, he's really asking for death! Come on, follow me to continue searching for Sun Jian's whereabouts. Even if we have to dig three feet underground, I'll make sure to find him for you." Pei Yuanshao shouted loudly at the soldiers behind him.

  "Alright." Seeing Pei Yuanshao's ferocious expression, the wolf-toothed club in his hand was stained with brain pulp, which made people feel terrified and chilled to the bone, and they quickly nodded in agreement, dispersed, and began searching for Sun Jian and others.

  "Commander Pei, someone has spotted Sun Jian at the south gate." Before long, someone rushed to report to Pei Yuan Shao.

  "What? Sun Jian has gone to the South Gate, oh dear, it's really infuriating me. Come on, hurry up and follow me to the South Gate, don't let Sun Jian get away."

  In his heart, Pei Yuanshao was filled with hatred. He couldn't believe that as soon as he left the south gate, he caught up to a fake Sun Jian, but the real Sun Jian had voluntarily walked into the trap and run to the south gate. If he had known this would happen, why bother going through so much trouble? It would have been better to just wait at the south gate for him to fall into his own trap. It seemed that General Cao's arrangement for him to guard the south gate was a clever plan, all in order to let him take revenge on his enemy and settle his hatred. What a pity, what a pity! He didn't listen to advice and now it's too late to regret.

  Worried that Sun Jian would escape from the south gate, Pei Yuan Shao hastily led his men in a frantic rush towards the south gate.

  "Master, you go first." Along with a loud creaking sound, the heavy city gate slowly opened. Cheng Pu stood guard at the gate, using his own body to barely hold up the gate and prevent it from closing.

  "Got it." Sun Jian gave a grateful glance at Cheng Pu and knew this wasn't the time for idle chatter, hastily urging his horse to charge out.

  "Sun Jian, where are you escaping to?" Xu Feng shouted loudly as soon as he arrived at the city gate and saw Sun Jian leaving the city.

  "Cheng Pu, you're looking for death!" Dian Wei bellowed in anger, his face red with rage, as he flung out an iron pike. The pike spun rapidly through the air, its speed incredibly fast, striking towards Cheng Pu.

  "Open the gate, open it wide, hurry up and get out of the city." Seeing that Huang Gai and Han Dang had not yet left the city, Cheng Pu used his strength to hold open the gate and urged them on hastily.

  With a loud "crack", the iron halberd spinning through the air smashed heavily into Cheng Pu's chest, producing a series of crisp cracking sounds. Cheng Pu's chest suddenly caved in, his body went limp and weak, and he collapsed to the ground. Huang Gai had just galloped out of the city gate when he turned around to see that Cheng Pu's breastbone was crushed, blood spewing from the corner of his mouth, and even his eyes were becoming dull and unfocused. He couldn't help but let out a loud cry: "Démóu... Démóu, you can't die!"

  Cheng Pu was already too exhausted to speak, seeing Huang Gai and Han Dang rush out of the city gate, with a bloody mouth corner, he barely squeezed out a satisfied smile, his left hand slowly raised, gradually pointing south, "Damn it, actually let Sun Jian escape." As he spoke, Dian Wei had rushed forward, another iron halberd, fiercely raised, rushing towards Cheng Pu, just one strike, thoroughly ending Cheng Pu.

  The city gate was opened, and the troops continued to pursue Sun Jian. However, Xu Feng did not hold too much hope for this, and after exhausting all means, he still failed to capture Sun Jian. It seems that a fierce tiger is indeed a fierce tiger, and it's not so easy to kill.

  "General, Sun Jian has escaped. Why are you still so happy?" Seeing Xu Feng laughing loudly, the surrounding soldiers couldn't help but ask curiously.

  "Sun Jian, the hero of this generation, didn't die so easily. Last time, I fell into his ambush and barely escaped with my life. This time, I almost killed him, which is just enough to even the score. There will be another chance in the future, and I look forward to our next encounter. Soldiers, quickly clean up the battlefield! All remaining enemies within the city must be slaughtered. Now that Sun Jian, Huang Gai, and Han Dang have escaped, these small fries won't be spared either."

  Everyone listened to the order, except for Dian Wei leading the Tiger Guard to chase after Sun Jian. The rest of them returned to their respective positions, some sweeping the battlefield, others collecting the bodies, each doing their own thing, and they all became busy.

  "What about Sun Jian?" Just as Pei Yuanshao arrived at the south gate, he found that the soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield and was taken aback.

  "You scoundrel, where did you run off to just now?" Seeing Pei Yuanshao sauntering in late, Xue Feng was furious and rushed forward, kicking out with one foot and sending Pei Yuanshao tumbling to the ground.

  "You were supposed to guard the southern gate, but you didn't listen. How is that? Sun Jian escaped from the city gate you were guarding, do you know your crime?"

  "Knowing the crime, please punish him." Pei Yuanshao got up and felt ashamed. He faced Xu Feng's raging anger and was filled with remorse. He immediately knelt down in front of Xu Feng and asked for punishment.

  "My old man doesn't have time to punish you now, and maybe he won't have the chance in the future either." Xu Feng looked at Pei Yuanshao with a helpless gaze, shook his head, and let out a long sigh.

  "Qū shuài, this is why?" Pei Yuanshao was shocked and greatly puzzled in his heart.