The Three Kingdoms: The Oath of the Peach Garden, the Rise of the Han Dynasty

Wang Jiang rolled away in a flustered manner, the axe blade grazing his scalp, startling him into a cold sweat.

But Wang Jiang's observation was correct; the strongman's movements were clearly slowed down by the blow to his foot.

Wang Jiang and his brothers dared not approach him. Surrounding this inhuman man, they could only keep throwing whatever they could find at his feet and knees.

The strongman roared, but he couldn't catch up with these slippery infantrymen. Before long, he was exhausted because his legs were injured and he could hardly move.

Wang Jiang seized the opportunity, and a group of men rushed forward and hacked him to death with a flurry of blows.

"It works! Keep doing it this way!"

Seeing this, the nearby government troops and soldiers followed suit.

Immediately, the battlefield erupted in the whooshing sound of thrown weapons, specifically targeting the lower body of the Yellow Turban warriors.

Within moments, dozens of Yellow Turban warriors were surrounded and killed by government troops because their movements were thwarted.

Gao Sheng watched from the center of the formation, his eyes bulging with pain, his heart aching terribly. These warriors were his lifeline!

He was worn down and killed by such despicable means!

He roared, "Warriors, form a battle formation! Shields, protect us!"

Upon receiving the order, the remaining few hundred Yellow Turban warriors quickly moved towards the center, propping their massive shields against the ground to form an extremely tight circular formation.

Only the heavy shield and the gleaming axe blade face outwards, like a giant hedgehog.

When the government troops' swords and sabers struck, only a few sparks flew; they were completely unable to make a move.

Instead, he was suddenly killed by an axe blow from a shield that opened!

The battlefield was temporarily locked in a stalemate.

On the high slope, Li Chang gently waved his feather fan, his gaze sweeping over the tightly sealed shield formation.

"It seems we should give Zhang Liang, this vanguard general, a warning. Are his Yellow Turban warriors perhaps drugged?"

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"These monsters are really troublesome!"

Zhang Fei roared angrily, sweeping his eighteen-foot spear across, but he could not easily break through the shield.

Guan Yu frowned; he had already noticed the casualties among his men.

This is the first time we've suffered such heavy casualties! The last time was when we encountered Zhang Bao's Yellow Turban warriors!

"These bastards actually know how to form a defensive formation!" Zhang Fei was furious and jumped up, grabbing his eighteen-foot spear and ready to charge into the enemy lines.

It's rare to encounter Yellow Turban rebels with even a modicum of intelligence! And such elite Yellow Turban rebels at that!

"Yide, hold on!" Guan Yu reached out to stop him, and said solemnly, "This formation is well-defended. A rash attack will only increase casualties."

Zhang Fei was extremely anxious: "We can't just let them stay entrenched in the formation like this, can we?"

At this moment, Li Chang had already arrived at the front of the battle. The other Yellow Turban rebels had been almost wiped out, leaving only these most elite Yellow Turban warriors.

Liu Bei looked up at Li Chang and asked:

"Fourth brother, do you have a good plan to break the formation?"

Li Chang gently waved his feather fan, his gaze fixed on the circular formation of the Yellow Turban warriors.

A quick sweep of the woods revealed that autumn was approaching, with many withered branches and dry grass on the ground. The wind was blowing in the right direction, making it the perfect time to launch a fire attack!

"Brother, don't be anxious. If Gao Sheng wants to break through, I'll make sure he can't escape."

Li Chang remained calm, pointing directly to the ground in the woods.

"The forest is full of dead trees and dry grass, so fire is the best way to break their formation. It can both trap them and break their shield formation."

He turned to the messenger and loudly gave the order:

"Order the entire army to immediately collect dry wood and straw on both flanks and pile them up around the circular formation and along the only way to block all escape routes!"

The archers immediately prepared their fire arrows, and once the firewood was piled up, they all shot at it to set it ablaze!

At the same time, we should also make fire prevention preparations on our own side.

Zilong led his cavalry around to the exit of the pine forest, completely cutting off their retreat. Anyone who dared to break through would be killed on sight!

The messenger immediately rode off on horseback, relaying the general's orders down through the ranks.

The government troops and soldiers got to work, and in no time they had thrown piles of dry wood and straw around the Yellow Turban formation.

Gao Sheng and the Yellow Turban warriors were puzzled and simply kept trying to break through the encirclement.

My feet crunched on the withered branches and leaves.

They firmly established a wall of fire defense, completely blocking Gao Sheng's escape route.

"Launch a rocket!"

At a single command, Li Chang once ordered the frequent preparation of rockets.

Thousands of flaming arrows soared into the air, like a rain of fire, and landed precisely on the piles of firewood around the circular formation.

Dry firewood met a raging fire and instantly burst into flames. The fire, fueled by the wind, quickly spread into a sea of ​​fire, with thick smoke billowing into the sky, trapping the entire Yellow Turban Array in the center!

The Yellow Turban warriors had almost lost their minds and only knew how to mechanically execute orders. When they were suddenly exposed to raging fire, they still fought to the death and refused to retreat!

Even with his body roasted to a crisp, he still followed orders to break through!

But the Yellow Turban warriors were ultimately just mortals and couldn't withstand the flames!

The circular formation collapsed on the spot. The warriors were engulfed in flames, the runes on their bodies sizzling as the flames burned. Even without feeling pain, they were completely disorganized due to the uneven speed of their movements and trampled each other.

The once impregnable shield formation was instantly transformed into lambs to the slaughter in a sea of ​​fire.

"Oh no! It's a fire attack!"

Gao Sheng was coughing incessantly from the thick smoke in the center of the formation. His impeccable formation had actually been broken!

Seeing his warriors engulfed in flames, he was terrified and knew that if he didn't leave, he would surely perish in the fire. So he immediately led more than ten of his men and charged towards the direction where the fire was weaker.

"Follow me to break through!"

"The rest of you warriors, for the sake of Huang Tian and General Tian Gong, fight them to the death!"

The Yellow Turban warriors who were still alive and could understand the orders carried them out, charging towards Liu Bei's army while engulfed in flames!

Leave only one path open for Gao Sheng to break through!

"Don't leave!"

Seeing this, Li Jian suddenly waved his feather fan and shouted an order: "Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, intercept and kill Gao Sheng! The rest of the soldiers, keep your distance and then wipe out the fleeing strongmen!"

Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun immediately spurred their horses forward, circled around to the front, and blocked Gao Sheng's path from the left and right.

Zhang Fei thrust forward with his eighteen-foot spear, while Zhao Yun countered with his Dragon Gallant Silver Spear.

Gao Sheng was already flustered and confused, and he exposed a weakness in the first exchange, which led to Zhao Yun killing him.

They've really got some nerve, actually needing Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to gang up on them!

Without their commander, the Yellow Turban warriors completely collapsed in the sea of ​​fire. They were either burned to the ground by the flames or dragged to their deaths by the government troops, leaving them with no fighting power whatsoever.

The battle raged from noon until dusk.

Most of the time, however, was spent putting out fires and saving their own people.

Li Chang never expected these Yellow Turban warriors to be so outrageous; they were almost burned to death, yet they still had fighting power!

When the last Yellow Turban warrior fell to the ground after being pierced through the chest by Zhang Fei's spear, the fire in the forest gradually died down, and the battlefield finally fell completely silent.

The three thousand Yellow Turban soldiers were completely annihilated, and their vanguard general, Gao Sheng, was beheaded by Zhao Yun on the battlefield, his head displayed high on the flagpole. The government army won a great victory, with not a single soldier escaping.

Liu Bei stood on the ravaged battlefield, looking at the corpses and embers scattered everywhere, and let out a long sigh.

"The victory in this battle was entirely due to Fourth Brother's planning and command." He turned to look at Li Chang, full of admiration.

Li Chang shook his head, "It's all thanks to my three elder brothers and Zilong, as well as the efforts of the soldiers."

Then, he pointed to Wang Jiang, who was cleaning up the battlefield not far away: