Chapter 63: Yan Liang's Ferocity

  Hejian State, Lecheng County.

  This is the place where the Hejian State governs, originally quiet and peaceful, a place of peace. But at this moment, outside the city, there is a large army stationed, breaking the tranquility of Hejian State. The number of soldiers is numerous, with nearly 10,000 people densely packed. In front of the army, the two leaders are tall and majestic, each holding a long knife in their hands, the blade shining with a cold light under the sunlight.

  This army is none other than the great army that killed its way from Bohai Commandery.

  The two leaders were Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

  On the city gate tower of Lecheng County, there was a thin and slender middle-aged man. This person's name was Liu Tuo, who was the current King of Rencheng of Hejian State, in charge of a country, although his power was not high, but he also had his own territory. Behind Liu Tuo stood two generals with tiger backs and bear waists, both were extremely majestic and awe-inspiring.

  "Your Highness, the bandits are getting out of control, the situation is not looking good!"

  Behind Liu Tuo, a Confucian scholar spoke up.

  Rujun is the prime minister of Hejian State, in charge of state affairs, equivalent to a prefectural governor.

  Liu Tuo sighed and said helplessly, "What can we do? The world says that Yuan Shao is a patriot who defied Dong Zhuo for the sake of the emperor. But now, Yuan Shao has disregarded the laws of the court and launched an attack on Hejian State. This action is clearly driven by wolfish ambition, with no regard for the laws of the court."

  The Confucian scholar nodded and said with a worried expression: "Yuan Shao's army is fierce and brave, and since entering the border of Hejian from Nanpi County, they have been victorious all the way. The county magistrates of various counties have surrendered at the sight of them. This time, we are under great pressure as they approach Lecheng County. However, Your Highness has already sent someone to seek help from Zhongshan State, and as long as we hold out until the reinforcements arrive, we will surely defeat Yuan Shao's army."

  "Let's hope so!"

  Liu Tuo took a deep breath and gazed down at the city wall, his pupils shrinking.

  The other side's commander has come out.

  Yan Liang rode out on horseback, carrying a long sword to the foot of the city wall. He looked up and shouted: "I am Yan Liang! Liu Bei, you immediately open the gate and surrender. I will spare your life. I won't interfere with your affairs, and you can continue to be the King of Runan. If you stubbornly resist, after breaking into the city, I will make sure you have no place to hide."

  The long sword points to the sky, and the drumbeat thunders behind him.

  "Bang! Bang!!!"

  The majestic drumbeat echoed inside and outside the city, causing Liu Tuo's face to change greatly.

  "Your Highness, Yan Liang is being arrogant, I will behead him."

  One of the generals hummed, turned around and went down to the city gate. Not long after, the city gate opened, and the general galloped out of the city, bypassing the war horses outside the city, holding a long knife and rushing straight towards Yan Liang.

  "Son of a bitch!"

  Yan Liang narrowed his eyes, with a look of disdain on his face.

  "Drive!!"

  With a loud shout, Yan Liang rode his horse forward to meet him.

  Two warhorses galloped towards each other, and in an instant, the two warhorses met. Yan Liang and the general who came out of Liu Tao's army clashed their weapons, producing a dull "clang" sound. The force of the collision between the two weapons poured out, Yan Liang's expression remained unchanged, but the general under Liu Tao's command changed color greatly. Yan Liang's knife blade pressed down on the general's long sword, constantly using force to compel his opponent to muster all his strength to resist.

  Suddenly, Yan Liang sheathed his sword.

  The general felt the pressure disappear in an instant and let out a sigh of relief.

  But he relaxed for a moment, his back was chilled, and he felt a cold and piercing chill.

  Under the sunlight, a flash of cold and beautiful knife light passed by.

  With a loud whoosh, the commander was beheaded before he could even react, his body severed into two pieces. His upper and lower torso fell to the ground one after another, while his warhorse galloped away with a neigh. Fresh blood splattered all over the ground, internal organs spilling out everywhere. In just an instant, a pool of blood had formed on the ground, filling the air with a pungent smell of gore.

  Liu Tuo saw the general's miserable appearance and his face turned pale, his body stiffened.

  He is used to being pampered and spoiled every day, where has he ever seen such a situation?

  The scene today made him feel nauseous.

  Yan Liang killed a man, without any ripples in his heart. Even if there were ripples, it would be a pity that the person who died under his knife was just an unknown commoner. Yan Liang's long sword pointed at the city tower, and with one swing of the sword, he made a chopping gesture.

  A simple action, yet it made Liu Tuo's heart tremble with fear.

  "Your Highness, wait a moment, I will go and behead Yan Liang, and bring his head back to see you."

  The last general let out a loud cry and quickly descended from the city wall.

  Before long, the war horse carried the general out to kill. The general and Yan Liang fought, not two rounds, and was cut off by Yan Liang with a knife, lost his life and fell to the ground. This scene scared Liu Tuo to shiver, Yan Liang was too fierce, his two generals were killed instantly, how could he fight? Especially when the opponent had another tiger general staring at him, the situation seemed even more fierce, so that Liu Tuo lost the courage to resist in his heart.

  "Liu Tuo, I will give you half a time unit to consider, if you don't surrender after half a time unit, I will definitely attack the city."

  A loud voice suddenly scared Liu Tuo and he shivered with fear.

  "What shall we do, Prime Minister?"

  Liu Tuo looked at the Confucian scholar beside him, his heart filled with extreme anxiety.

  The Confucian scholar took a deep breath, thought carefully, and said: "Your Highness, you are the King of Rencheng of Hejian State, a member of the imperial family, and a relative of the great Han dynasty. You cannot surrender to Yuan Shao, or else where is the dignity of the Liu family? Yan Liang's formation is a three-enclosure-and-one-opening, surrounding the east, south, and north gates, but deliberately leaving the west gate open. This is to let us escape, so that he can take over Lecheng County. In this case, we will break through the west gate and head to Zhongshan State to avoid the current war."

  "Right, right, let's hurry up and go!"

  Liu Tuo seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and led the Confucian scholars down from the city tower, rushing towards the west gate.

  Less than half an hour later, Yan Liang received news of Liu Duo's escape.

  He did not stop Liu Tuan from escaping because his main task was to attack the city and Liu Tuan was a relative of the royal family. Once he killed a relative of the royal family, it would affect Yuan Shao's reputation. So Yan Liang only took down Lecheng County. After Yan Liang and Wen Chou entered Lecheng County, there were officials who cleaned up the affairs of Lecheng County. The two rested for half a day and continued to rush to the next county.

  ……

  Wuji County Government

  The hall, Wang Lei sat on top, Guo Jia sat on the left side of the first position, and there was also a general standing in the hall.

  "General, the large army under Yuan Shao's command has broken through Hejian and entered Zhongshan. Currently, Yan Liang's army is rushing straight to Lüwu County in the easternmost part of Zhongshan. At this speed, it won't take half a month for Yan Liang's army to sweep across the entire Zhongshan, and we will also be unable to escape."

  Wang Lei took a deep breath and thought to himself, "It's finally here."

  He has been waiting for this moment for a long time, and this will be the most crucial battle for him to establish himself in the Three Kingdoms.

  Victory is permitted, defeat is not!

  Wang Lei waved his hand to let Hou go, looked at Guo Jia and said: "Feng Xiao, according to Yan Liang and Wen Chou's marching speed and combat effectiveness, Zhongshan State cannot stop them. When the time comes, all counties will surrender. Since we want to insist on resistance, we should do things in a high-profile manner. In my name, draft a letter alone and send it to Ye County to express my determination to fight to the death with Han Fu. At the same time, let's operate again and become the main force of resistance against Yuan Shao, so as to win Han Fu's trust."

  Guo Jia smiled slightly and nodded, saying: "My lord's words are reasonable, this is the homework we need to do. In addition, how to fight this battle is also something we need to consider."

  The two nodded and began to plan how to fight this battle.