The Three Kingdoms: I asked you to save Guan Yu, not to destroy Sun Quan.

Chapter 303 Lu Xun Wants More

Ding Feng held a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right, leaning forward with his legs bent, ready to fight to the death. But when he saw the surrendered Wu soldiers in front of him, he immediately lost his temper.

The soldiers in front are all our own men, some of whom we even trained ourselves. How can we fight them?

Seeing that the surrendered soldiers were unarmed, Ding Feng put down his shield, stepped forward, glanced around, pointed to his personal guard commander Ding Hui, and asked, "What's going on?"

He brought his personal guards with him to support Xu Sheng that day, but in the end only he escaped. His personal guards were surrounded with Xu Sheng in Baopingyu and unfortunately became prisoners of the Han army, including his personal guard commander Ding Hui.

Ding Hui looked at Ding Feng with resentment in his eyes. "We agreed to share the good times and the bad, but when danger came, you abandoned us and ran away."

Ding Hui still doesn't know how Ding Feng escaped that day, and he always thought that the guy was dead. Now that he sees Ding Feng again, it would be a lie to say that he is not shocked.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Ding Hui pushed through the crowd to stand in front of Ding Feng and explained, "The Han army released us, saying they couldn't bear to see us leave our homes, so they let us go back to reunite with our families. But the problem is that we are all from Jiangdong, and our families are in the hands of the Han army."

Ding Feng exclaimed in astonishment, "Damn Han soldiers, they're shameless! They even described forcing you to cover their retreat in such a refined and elegant way. What else did the Han soldiers say?"

Ding Hui shook his head and said, "They didn't say anything, just that we should go back and live a good life and not go to the battlefield. They said they wouldn't let us go if they caught us again."

Ding Feng cursed, "Damn Han soldiers, they've been forced to make tough decisions and they still spout such nonsense. Aren't they afraid of biting off more than they can chew? You lead the brothers and leave in a line, retreat to the corridor and meet up with the Grand Commander. Bu Xie, immediately send someone to report the situation here to the Grand Commander."

“Yes…” Bu Xie turned and left.

Ding Feng stayed behind to direct the surrendered troops' retreat, and it was only then that he discovered how insidious the Han army's intentions were.

He is currently followed by thousands of Wu soldiers preparing to attack, while in front of him are surrendered soldiers who have been released by the Han army. The two sides together number over ten thousand.

The key issue is that he wanted to advance while the surrendered soldiers wanted to retreat. Since the two sides were moving in opposite directions, they naturally collided. The road was only so wide, how could they cross it?

Ding Feng had no choice but to retreat to the side of the road and let the surrendered soldiers pass first. The surrendered soldiers were in rows of two or three, and it would probably take half an hour for them to cross. Who knew how far the Han army could go in such a long time, or whether he could catch up with them?

As for getting the surrendered soldiers to abandon their retreat and continue advancing to chase down the Han army with him, don't be ridiculous. How can you chase surrendered soldiers when they have neither weapons nor morale?

What if they switch sides at the last minute? Wouldn't that be a joke?

At present, neither the Han nor Wu armies have much trust in these surrendered soldiers, so neither dares to let them participate in the battle.

Ding Feng was furious at the Han army's actions, but there was nothing he could do but wait it out.

Let's go back to morning.

After seeing off the infantry commander, Lu Xun led his troops to the No. 3 breach to oversee the battle without even having a meal.

Lu Xun was a man of principle, knowing that aiming high would yield some results. Therefore, he did not focus his main attack on the fourth or fifth gap, where the greatest victory could be achieved, but instead focused on the third gap, intending to cut the Han army in half and take whatever he could.

Li Yi was in charge of the No. 3 breach. Upon learning of Lu Xun's arrival, he rushed to greet him and reported, "Grand Commander, the No. 3 breach is only two outposts away from the Han army. I made preparations in advance as you instructed, and we have already breached the first outpost and are now launching a fierce attack on the second. However, the Han army is holding firm at the second outpost, and we cannot break through for the time being."

"There's another matter. Our scouts who climbed to the top of the mountain observed that the Han army left several thousand men dressed in Wu army uniforms at the very back. Those men are very likely the Wu army that was besieged at Baopingyu with General Xu Sheng. If General Ding Feng breaks through the breach, he will inevitably run into these surrendered soldiers first."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xun's expression changed slightly, and he said with a complicated look, "That damned Guan Xing is really shrewd. He knows that these surrendered soldiers are the biggest hidden danger and are very likely to suddenly mutini when we attack, so he took the initiative to return the surrendered soldiers to us."

"That's good news. At least it can make up for the loss of Xu Sheng. But if that's the case, we can make direct contact with the Han army as soon as we break through the current outpost, right?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "Yes, and the Han army's speed has obviously increased a lot after abandoning the surrendered soldiers. It is estimated that they will be able to pass through the third gap and reach the fourth gap in another half hour."

While listening intently, Lu Xun glanced around and inadvertently looked up to see a person hanging on the cliff beside him, having already climbed more than ten meters and was about to reach the top of the mountain. Curious, he asked, "Who is he...?"

Li Yi explained, "These are Yue soldiers we captured when we were fighting against the Yue. They've been wandering around the mountains since they were young, and they're more agile than monkeys when they climb mountains. I sent him up to see if he could jump over the guard post from the cliff and charge directly into the Han army's ranks."

As they were talking, the man had already climbed to the top of the mountain and thrown down a rope. Lu Xun grabbed the rope first and started climbing up, startling Li Yi, who quickly shouted, "Grand Commander!"

Without turning his head, Lu Xun said, "You continue the attack, I'll go up and see what's going on."

After saying that, he grabbed the rope, stepped on the cliff face, and quickly climbed upwards. Fifteen minutes later, he successfully reached the top of the mountain, patted the boy who threw the rope on the shoulder, and laughed, "Well done, little brother."

Then he walked to the edge of the cliff, grabbed a tree branch, and looked down at the bottom of the cliff. Following his gaze, he saw the Han army slowly passing through the mountains in a long line. In the middle of the line, a Han army was blocking the road and fighting a bloody battle with the Wu army. Lu Xun was so eager to see this.

The long snake formation is the easiest to attack, especially the kind that moves through the mountains and is restricted by the terrain so that the head and tail cannot support each other. As long as you cut it in half, you can eat the whole snake tail.

Unfortunately, the Han army was also aware of this, and they desperately blocked the road at the crossroads, not giving the Wu army a chance to cut them off in the mountains.

The guards who had been observing the surroundings also climbed up the rope. Seeing this, Lu Xun became even bolder. He lay on the ground and ordered his guards to hold down his legs. He then stuck his head out of the cliff edge to examine the area carefully. After surveying the surroundings, he actually found a loophole.

There was an irregular depression on the northeast side of the cliff. The cliff face was covered with bushes, which blocked the view. More importantly, the depression was ten meters long. The Han army, who were busy on their way, did not notice this place at all. If they went down the rope from here, they would only be ten meters away from the main Han army camp.

It's only fifty or sixty meters from the depression to the Han army's position that's blocking Wu's army. Sending a team of elite troops down there could very well break the deadlock quickly.

Without hesitation, Lu Xun summoned his personal guard commander, Lu Yan, pointed to the depression, and said, "Do you dare to go down here and take a gamble?"

Lu Yan knew that his leader's words were not a suggestion but an order, so he immediately made a decision: "No problem."

Lu Xun told him to prepare, then climbed down the rope himself. He ordered his personal guards to take the rope up the mountain to meet up with Lu Yan for the operation. They didn't need too many people for the operation; a hundred would be enough.

Lu Yan quickly obtained a rope, tied it securely to a tree trunk, and then grabbed the rope to descend the cliff first. During the descent, to prevent being discovered and attacked by the Han army, he constantly adjusted his body shape and hid himself in the bushes. Finally, he successfully reached the bottom of the cliff.

The other guards followed closely behind, and soon five men went down, but this alerted the retreating Han army, who immediately attacked the depression.

However, the depression was only seven or eight meters wide, and not many people could enter at once. Seeing that the Han army had been alerted, Lu Yan decisively rushed up to block them, buying time for the Wu army to descend the cliff.

Seeing that he had been discovered, Wu Jun no longer hesitated and quickly climbed down with two more ropes. The huge commotion he caused soon alerted Wang Tao, the Han general who was covering the rear.

Wang Tao rushed to the dent and asked, "What happened?"

The nearby Han soldiers replied, "The Wu army has come down, but the depression is too narrow for us to break through. What should we do, General?"

Wang Tao cursed, "What else can we do? Shoot arrows! Kill these climbing monkeys!"