Chapter 43: The Three Immortals at the End of the Han Dynasty
The fighting power of the Yellow Turbans after Zhang Jue came out of seclusion was amazing, and Huangfu Song and others discovered that the number of the Yellow Turbans' royal guards, the Yellow Turban strongmen, was increasing rapidly.
Originally, there were only five or six thousand Yellow Turban warriors left in Julu City, but after several days of bloody fighting, their number increased instead of decreased.
Although they all felt that these Yellow Turban warriors were only barely at the level of the Imperial Guards and could not be compared with the original Yellow Turban warriors, they were still a force that could not be ignored.
Moreover, there are more than a dozen first-rate generals scattered across the city walls. Even if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei work together, they can only barely protect themselves. It is really not easy to attack the city walls.
After several days of bloody battles, in addition to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of players, the casualties of both NPCs have exceeded 10,000.
After receiving the military order from the court, Huangfu Song became more motivated. He received rewards, a lot of rewards. Huangfu Song spent a lot of money on official positions.
A statement was also issued that the first person to scale the city wall would be rewarded with the title of Guannei Marquis. It should be noted that Li Guang had never been granted a title of marquis in his entire life, but now as long as he could scale the wall of Julu, he could become a marquis.
Huangfu Song promised that as long as Julu was captured, everyone would receive a large bounty, but if the battle failed, everyone would be punished and their property would be confiscated and their families would be killed.
When he finally spoke, Huangfu Song's face was filled with solemnity, making all the players in the big tent feel Huangfu Song's determination.
The battle around Julu broke out completely, with millions of people fighting on this land.
The players were the main force in attacking the city, and they were also the main force in defending the city for the Yellow Turbans. On average, each player died four or five times, and even Guo Hao died three times.
You have to know that it was noon at that time. Even if Guo Hao activated the bug talent of the Gift of the Sun, he could not escape death.
The immortality of the aliens has been developed to the extreme by both sides. Suicide attacks are staged every day. The purpose is not to kill players, but to kill NPCs. Even if it means exchanging the lives of hundreds of players for one NPC, it is worth it.
And whenever the city of Julu was captured, Zhang Jue would appear on the city wall.
The attacking players will be struck by the Lightning Purgatory. Basically, after the lightning disappears, the attacking players will be turned into charcoal.
Guo Hao once died under a bolt of lightning. Zhang Jiao's lightning was so fast and sharp that it was impossible to resist.
Even if Guo Hao activated his talent and forced himself to become a second-rate general, he was still unable to withstand the thunderbolt attack.
The frantic battle lasted for fifteen days. Even the Yulin Guards had rushed to the battlefield from Luoyang, but Julu City remained as stable as before.
"Damn it, why are there so many strange people in Julu City!" This was the first time that Huangfu Song faced up to the existence of strange people. Before this, he always thought that strange people were just a group of rabble, and even if they had the ability to resurrect, it would be futile.
However, during the 15-day siege, over a million foreigners died. But even with such terrible casualties, not only did the city of Julu fail to be defeated, but the imperial court suffered a lot of losses, not only in terms of soldiers, but also in terms of various engineering materials.
What's even more terrifying is that after a long period of siege, the morale of the imperial army became increasingly low. Fortunately, the arrival of the Yulin Guards gave the imperial side a shot in the arm, and morale improved a lot.
After all, the legend of the Yulin Army resonates in everyone's heart, and they all have absolute confidence in the Yulin Army's combat effectiveness.
It can be said that the Yellow Turbans had a brilliant strategy. They completely abandoned the territories of various states and focused on attacking Jizhou, Yuzhou and other places. Their goal was to strike directly at Huanglong.
This resulted in countless Yellow Turban players in Jizhou, whose number was several times greater than that of the players in the imperial army.
The imperial army was tossed around by the waves of players. It seemed as stable as a rock , but in fact it was as precarious as an egg.
Under the players' life-for-life offensive, the imperial court suffered casualties almost every day.
" Now the foreigners are firmly defending Julu, and our army has been unable to capture it for a long time. Do you have any good plans?"
Huangfu Song summoned all the players who were ranked high, intending to use strangers to fight strangers, but no one had any good idea. They were all players and were not afraid of death, but now they were outnumbered by others, and they could be resurrected in Julu. Apart from exhausting the food and grass in Julu, they really had no good solution.
They tried digging tunnels, sending letters of surrender, and even poisoning, but none of them worked. The Yellow Turbans’ priests solved the plague and disease simply by drawing talismans, and they didn’t even take poisoning seriously.
In fact, the key lies in infinite resurrection, and there is no cost for players to resurrect. Players are simply more powerful and show the horror of the fourth disaster vividly and exquisitely.
Guo Hao also paid attention to the situation in other countries and found that everyone seemed to be stuck in a certain stalemate. Players of Western Roman civilization were fighting with people of British civilization, Celtic civilization, and Slavic civilization. The battle was no less brutal than the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
There are undead disasters in North America, ferocious beasts attacking cities in Africa, and even sea beasts attacking cities in Australia, which is on the ocean.
All the forces in the entire civilization were actually at war, and no one could stop and develop.
Just when the Han army was filled with sorrow, several uninvited guests appeared in the central camp.
"What brings you here, Taoist priest?" Huangfu Song asked, stroking his beard, not taking the so-called immortals who suddenly appeared seriously at all.
If he had encountered them in the wild, he would still be a little wary, but now that he commands an army of hundreds of thousands, he is not afraid of any evil practices at all.
A mere immortal, he can be easily destroyed once the camp becomes popular.
The story of Bai Qi, the Marquis of Wu'an, killing a mountain lion was circulated in military books. Even if an immortal had the strength of a first-rate general or even a super-first-rate general, he was nothing in front of the army and could be wiped out in an instant.
"I am a barbarian and I am honored to meet you, General. I am Nanhua, and these are Yu Ji and Zuo Ci. The three of us are here to lend a helping hand, General." The leading Taoist priest did not put on airs. They also knew that they were in a large army and if they spoke unkindly, they might be beheaded.
"Pass the order down and prepare a banquet to welcome all the Taoist priests." Huangfu Song said to his personal guards. Since they came to help, he would of course welcome them.
During the whole process, Huangfu Song did not show any vigilance. He thought that if a mere immortal had any ill intentions, he would just kill him directly. There was no need to be on guard.
"No need to do that. We are here for Zhang Jue. General, you don't have to be polite."
"Oh? Do the three immortals have any good ideas?" Huangfu Song's attitude changed immediately, and his originally indifferent expression became eager.
This is the only reinforcement that dared to boast in the past few days to deal with Zhang Jue.
Huangfu Song didn't care whether it was true or not, and enthusiastically pulled the three Taoist priests aside to discuss it.
I learned that what the three Taoist priests needed was for the army to attack from all sides, so that the Yellow Turbans in Julu City could not come back to help, and then the rest would be left to them.
Huangfu Song was overjoyed. It was easy for him to launch a full-scale attack by the army. If it could really deal with Zhang Jue, he was willing to give it a try. There was no loss anyway.
In his eyes, the Yellow Turbans now only had two troubles, Zhang Jue and Yi Ren, but in the final analysis, it was only Zhang Jue who was the trouble.
