Chapter 59: Human Shield (Seeking Bookmarks)

  White Horse fell once, Guan Yu thought it was Yan Liang's luck.

  Defeated Cao Hong, captured Cao Ren, in Guan Yu's eyes those were just rumors, not worthy of belief.

  Now in another battle, he truly experienced Yan Liang's martial arts and that strange military tactics.

  At this time, Guan Yu was eager to fight Yan Liang for thousands of rounds, until the outcome was decided, in order to wash away his previous shame.

  But when Guan Yu saw Liu Bei in danger, he had no choice but to swallow this bitter water and anger.

  Guan Yu pointed his large blade at Yan Liang and said coldly: "Yan Liang, your head will be sent down for now. Guan certain has a day when he must..."

  "One day is as good as another, if you have the guts let's settle it today!"

  Guan Yu wanted to leave a harsh remark before retreating, to make up for the shame of defeat. Unexpectedly, Yan Liang didn't give him the chance, and countered with one sentence, then charged forward on horseback, dancing his sword.

  Guan Yu's face added anger when his words were interrupted, and he really wanted to fight with Yan Liang until one of them died. He restrained himself for a moment, but could only glare at Yan Liang hatefully before turning his horse around and galloping towards Liu Bei.

  Red Hare was fast, and in the blink of an eye, Guan Yu was already more than ten steps away.

  Yan Liang knew that the other side was relying on the speed of Chi Tu Ma, and he himself could not catch up no matter what. Now that Guan Yu had been forced to flee in a sorry state, Yan Liang had already vented his anger, so why bother to show off for a moment?

  Yan Liang immediately stopped pursuing Guan Yu and called upon the cavalry to attack Liu Bei's army, which was in a state of chaos.

  Five hundred iron-clad cavalry, one thousand divine infantry, and three thousand elite foot soldiers - such a combination of troops is enough to be called the most elite army in the world.

  Liu Bei's newly recruited 10,000 Yellow Turbans were no match for them.

  Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Liu Bei did not insist on holding on and immediately ordered a full retreat. This great Han emperor's uncle abandoned his troops and fled in the direction of Ru'nan under the protection of Guan Yu, Chen Deng, and 2,000 Dan Yang soldiers.

  The poor 10,000 Yellow Turbans were abandoned by Liu Bei and could only fall into a state of disarray.

  Yan Liang led his troops in a fierce charge, like withering grass and fallen leaves, killing until the blood flowed like rivers and corpses filled the fields.

  In the afternoon, the battle ended.

  More than ten miles east of Biyang City, the desolate wilderness was littered with corpses, and the fresh blood had dyed the vast expanse into a crimson swamp, muddy and emitting waves of foul odor.

  "General, this battle we won a great victory, killing them was very satisfying."

  Liu Bi rode in on horseback, excitedly shouting, his blood-stained face unable to conceal the fervor and joy.

  This time in the Battle of Boma, Yan Liang, in order to confuse Liu Bei, did not order Wen Ping and other capable generals to lead the army, but instead chose to let the unknown Liu Pi lead the troops.

  Liu Bei did not disappoint Yan Liang. He seized this opportunity and fought a bloody battle, helping Yan Liang to complete the great victory.

  Yan Liang patted his shoulder and praised: "You fought well in this battle, it seems that the training of the general has not been wasted."

  He was praised by Yan Liang, and this brave general from the Yellow Turbans was so excited that he almost shed tears.

  Although this battle was won, it's still not over. Leaving Liu Bei in Runan is a threat, and Yan Liang intends to eliminate the evil thoroughly.

  Yan Liang led a thousand elite cavalrymen in pursuit of Liu Bei's defeated army towards the direction of Ru'nan, while Liu Pi led the infantry to follow up.

  For two days and two nights, Yan Liang pursued relentlessly, and along the way, he defeated Liu Bei's troops several times.

  Liu Bei, defeated and fleeing in disarray, did not dare to confront Yan Liang again. He retreated all the way to Ancheng with less than 500 remaining troops by his side.

  At this time, those who stayed in Ancheng were Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, with a total of no more than 1,000 soldiers.

  Because Liu Bei was confident that Cao Cao would not dare to divide his troops and head south, this time he led the entire army to Xinye, but unexpectedly, 10,000 soldiers were defeated completely. Now, adding the troops defending Ancheng, Liu Bei's total forces only amount to 2,000.

  Seeing Yan Liang and his men rushing after him, Liu Bei knew that An City could not be defended. He didn't even dare to enter the city gate, instead going around the east of the city and sending someone into the city to inform Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to quickly escort their families out of the city and meet up with him.

  Liu Bei had just passed through Ancheng when Yan Liang led a thousand elite cavalry in pursuit.

  "Waaaah~~~"

  The horse stopped on the slope of the mountain, Yan Liang raised his eyes and looked far away, that familiar city was all in sight.

  A few months ago, he was still the master of this An city. It was here that he defeated Cao Ren and gathered thousands of elite soldiers and horses, and dug up his first bucket of gold.

  Nowadays, this Ancheng has become Liu Bei's old nest again.

  "Whoever has a harder fist will be obeyed, this maxim is indeed correct..."

  Yan Liang was secretly ridiculing him when Ancheng, which had been tightly closed, suddenly showed unusual movement.

  The closed city gate suddenly opened wide, hundreds and thousands of people supported the elderly and held children in their arms, pushing and shoving each other out of the city, crying and making a fuss as they fled eastward on the main road. Before long, tens of thousands of people poured out of the city, jamming the eastern highway until it was impassable.

  Seeing this scene, Yan Liang had a vague premonition and hastily ordered his scouts to go and investigate.

  However, the scouts reported that Liu Bei had passed by Ancheng without entering it and was fleeing eastward. Before leaving, he sent people to proclaim throughout the city that Yan Liang would slaughter the city to avenge the support of the people of Ancheng for Liu Bei, telling them to flee quickly.

  Yan Liang nodded slightly and asked again: "Except for the East Gate, what is the situation with the other three gates?"

  "For some reason, all the other three gates were closed, but the east gate was wide open."

  Yan Liang was now certain of his conjecture upon hearing this.

  The people of Ancheng, as soon as they heard that Yan Liang was coming to slaughter the city, were naturally frightened and fled out of the city. The other three gates were closed, so they all swarmed to the East Gate.

  Tens of thousands of people crowded together in disorder, blocking the eastern road, and as a result, they also blocked Yan Liang's way to continue pursuing.

  Yan Liang would have to trample over the corpses of these civilians and earn a reputation for slaughtering innocent people if he were to continue his pursuit.

  "Human roadblock, indeed a clever trick to escape... impressive..." Yan Liang sneered, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.

  Zhou Cang said beside him: "General, what are we waiting for? Why don't we kill our way out, scatter those civilians and continue to pursue Liu Bei."

  Zhou Cang was just a martial man, and he had always been involved in the business of killing people. In his eyes, these civilians who blocked his way were nothing to be pitied even if they were all killed.

  Yan Liang was different, as a superior, even if he could see the common people as insignificant in his eyes, but in action, unless absolutely necessary, he would not do so.

  Moreover, even if Yan Liang did not care about the lives of these civilians and insisted on pursuing them, such a dense crowd would be enough to slow him down. When he broke through the obstruction, Liu Bei might have already fled far away.

  Liu Bei has already escaped and ascended to heaven, why bother with more meaningless slaughter.

  Yan Liang waved his hand and said, "Forget it. Liu Bei's ability to escape is beyond ordinary people. Why bother him and harm innocent people? Pass the order down, let the whole army go north of the city gate."

  Not pursuing Liu Bei is fine, but now Yan Liang has decided to enter the city from the north, and Zhou Cang was momentarily confused.

  "General, if you don't want to harm innocent people, why not enter the city from the west gate? Why go all the way to the north gate?" Zhou Cang asked, unable to hold back.

  Yan Liang chased from the southwest direction. Logically, entering the city from the west gate should be the nearest, but he unexpectedly chose to detour to the north gate.

  This was because Yan Liang had a faint premonition in his heart that there would be an unexpected gain on the north gate side.

  "We have our own principles, no need to ask more." Yan Liang also didn't explain much, and just loudly shouted.

  Zhou Cang did not dare ask more questions and quickly gave orders.

  More than a thousand divine cavalrymen galloped by, circling around several miles of remote roads, heading towards the North Gate.

  As the gate tower of the North Gate gradually came into view, a flash of unusual color suddenly flashed in Yan Liang's knife-like eyes.

  As far as the eye could see, there were about 700 or 800 soldiers and horses escorting several horse-drawn carriages, rushing out of the north gate and turning eastward.