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

That night.

Some soldiers from Zhang Fei and Lü Bu's camps heard that the two generals were going to have a night duel, so they decided to let them watch the duel between these peerless warriors and learn something from it.

Since they could rest and have a holiday the next day, they got up excitedly and greeted everyone with gongs and drums.

There were even people shouting and yelling for battle on both sides!

At this moment, Yuan Jun, still without an unknown general, led his men to sneak outside Zhang Fei's camp.

The fire was still burning inside, but the shouts of battle had subsided, as if the fighting had almost ended.

"well played!"

"Get him!"

Wait, wait, wait! Such cheers!

It didn't sound like a riot; it sounded more like people watching a spectacle!

"Charge in!"

The general ignored them, waved his hand, and the soldiers shouted as they rushed out of the gate and charged in.

But as soon as they entered the camp, everyone was stunned.

The camp was completely empty; there wasn't a single person in sight!

Only a few piles of firewood were burning, and the war drums were still beating automatically.

It turned out that it was tied with a rope and had a stone hanging from it, so it would make a sound when the wind blew.

"Oh no! We've fallen for their trap!"

"We actually fell for Zhang Fei's trap!"

The soldiers' hearts skipped a beat, and they were about to shout for a retreat.

boom……

Suddenly, the sounds of battle erupted all around, and torches were lit up instantly, illuminating the area as if it were daytime.

On the left, Zhang Fei, spear held horizontally, laughs heartily: "I am Zhang Yide of Yan! I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

On the right, Lü Bu raised his halberd, his voice booming like thunder: "Lü Bu is here! Who dares to fight me!"

Both sides launched their ambushes simultaneously, with cavalry flanking from the left and right, while infantry pressed forward from the front.

A rain of arrows fell first, causing Yuan's army to scream in agony.

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry charged, like two sharp knives piercing into Yuan's army formation.

The general's 10,000 elite troops had come stealthily, and before they could even deploy their formation, they were ambushed and thrown into chaos.

"Charge out!"

One by one, the generals brandished their broadswords and charged forward desperately, trying to carve a bloody path through the enemy lines.

But Zhang Fei and Lü Bu arrived together, unleashing their spears and halberds, and even dozens of them combined couldn't stop them!

Within a few rounds, the generals were either killed or surrendered.

The remaining Yuan soldiers had no will to fight and threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender.

Those who ran fast abandoned their armor and fled towards Ye City.

Zhang Fei didn't stop them, waving his spear and letting them run away. He turned back and grinned at Lü Bu:

"Next, it's Song Xian's turn."

"Yide, what a brilliant plan! I, Lü Bu, never imagined I would underestimate you!"

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At the south gate of Ye City, defeated soldiers surged in like a tide.

"Open the door! Open the door quickly! The general has been killed in battle! The Han army is attacking!"

The soldiers guarding the city wall panicked and quickly looked down.

The men below were all disarmed and covered in blood, shouting in the Jizhou accent; they were indeed their own soldiers.

Just as the garrison commander was about to order the gate opened, a captain named Yuan Shang leaned over and whispered:

"General, be careful, this might be a trap! Should we fire an arrow first?"

"Why are you shooting arrows! They're all on our side!"

The speaker was a garrison commander from Yuan Tan's faction, who had always been at odds with Shen Pei. Now, seeing Shen Pei's men suffer a crushing defeat, he was secretly gloating.

"Isn't Mr. Shen Pei supposed to be capable? Didn't he say that a night raid would be a sure victory? How did he end up like this?"

"Open the door! Let the brothers in, so everyone can see what a joke his plan has become!"

The soldiers guarding the city hesitated for a moment, then waved their hands: "Open the city gates! Let them in!"

The city gates of the barbican creaked open, and the fleeing soldiers swarmed in.

The defending general was still standing on the city wall, waiting to see the spectacle unfold, and shouted loudly:

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Shen Pei's man? Have you returned victorious?"

Suddenly, the "rout soldiers" who rushed in raised their heads and grabbed their ring-pommel swords.

The leader had blood smeared on his face, and his eyes didn't look like those of Yuan Shao's army. That was Song Xian!

"Let's do it!"

At a single command, the Bingzhou soldiers, mixed among the fleeing troops, instantly drew their swords and began slashing at the defending soldiers.

The defending general stood frozen on the city wall, and before he could react, Song Xian came up and slashed him to the ground with a single blow.

Yuan Tan's soldiers were caught off guard and were instantly slaughtered.

Cheng Lian also quickly took control of most of the city gates.

"Capture the city!"

Song Xian cleaved the ropes of the drawbridge with a single stroke, and the city gate opened wide.

Outside the city, Gao Shun, who had been waiting in the shadows, led eight hundred elite soldiers and silently charged in.

Soon, the sounds of clashing weapons and screams filled the long streets of Ye City.

Gao Shun's elite troops, each clad in black armor and wielding heavy swords, charged straight in under the cover of night, unstoppable, advancing along the streets and alleys.

Yuan Jun's army was already demoralized, and in the middle of the night, countless Han soldiers arrived. They were terrified of the Trapped Camp and couldn't stop them at all.

"Enemy attack! The Han army has entered the city!"

Shouts echoed throughout half of Ye City, and soldiers from each camp frantically grabbed their weapons and rushed out, but in the darkness, they had no idea where the enemy was or how many there were.

The soldiers of the Trapped Camp didn't shout or yell, they just kept swinging their swords.

Wherever it went, blood splattered on the walls and corpses littered the streets. It was as if a red-hot knife was slicing through the paper-thin streets of Ye City.

"General! The east gate has fallen!"

"General! The south gate has fallen too!"

The news kept getting to the governor's mansion. Shen Pei sat at his desk, his face turning red as if he were full of energy, and then pale as if he had been drained of all his energy!

He couldn't understand it at all. How could the night raid have failed? How could the city have fallen?

"Impossible... How could Zhang Fei be so fast..."

He muttered to himself.

And at the city gate!

Zhang Fei and Lü Bu, leading their cavalry, have already charged in through the south gate.

Warhorses galloped across the stone-paved street, their hooves striking so hard they sent shivers down one's spine.

"Who dares to fight me to the death?!"

Zhang Fei's roar could be heard across half the city.

At this moment, Zhang Fei made even Lü Bu, who was standing next to him, feel different!

He wondered to himself if he was actually not confident he could defeat Zhang Fei again.

Am I getting old?

Lu Bu quickly shook his head again, saying that even Huang Zhong at his age didn't seem old!

……

Yuan Jun has completely collapsed.

Some threw down their weapons and ran home, some hid in alleys and dared not come out, and some simply found a white cloth and held it in their hands.

The entire city of Ye was ablaze with fire and filled with the sounds of battle.

The smell of medicine still lingered in the courtyard of the governor's mansion.

Yuan Shang stood, leaning on the table, his face deathly pale and his whole body trembling: "Sir... what should we do? The Han army is coming in..."

Shen Pei slowly stood up, straightened his official robes, and remained expressionless.

"It was a mistake in the decision-making process that led them to fall into Zhang Fei's trap."

The late king entrusted his son to me, but I failed to defend Ye City. I have failed the late king and the young lord.

He was very calm at that moment, as calm as a stagnant pool.

He had always looked down on Zhang Fei, regarding him as a reckless warrior who only knew how to fight head-on.

Unexpectedly, the entire scheme—from luring the enemy into an empty camp to feigning the opening of the city gates—was his doing.

A lifetime of illustrious reputation ruined by a boor!

He then abruptly looked up, his eyes suddenly sharpening:

"However, the Xin and Xu families colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, causing chaos in the court!"

"Issue the order: execute both families, leaving no one alive!"

"Sir..." Yuan Shang was so frightened that his legs went weak.

"Go now!" the examiner shouted sternly to the guards beside him.

The guards responded and went down, and soon cries and screams filled the prison and Xinping's residence.