Chapter 504: Huang Tian Demon Village
"oh?"
"Um?"
The moment Hong Jing's words rang out, Sun Jian and Cao Cao turned their heads to look at the same time.
Facing the gazes of the two big guys, Hong Jing was not afraid. She picked up a chess piece from the table and placed it at a certain location on the map.
"This is the secret passage we discovered earlier. I think we can launch an attack from here."
Looking at Hong Jing's confident expression, Sun Jian grinned and laughed.
"Interesting, God is helping me. Let me lead the surprise attack, and Commander Cao can stay here to attract Zhang Jue's attention."
"It's up to you. After all, no one else can persuade the Tiger of Jiangdong." Cao Cao nodded and stood up from the table. Now that the plan had been decided, he also had to make preparations.
"If you don't want to miss out on the achievements, follow my footsteps."
After Sun Jian finished speaking, he strode out of the tent. Xia Yu and Hong Jing looked at each other and hurriedly followed him.
After a while, the garrison troops gathered. Because the detachment was a surprise attack force, the number of people was not large, only a few hundred.
But if these few hundred people are commanded properly, they can be comparable to an army of tens of thousands.
Since the secret passage was discovered by Xia Yu and others, it was natural for Xia Yu to lead the way. Xia Yu had no complaints about this.
The secret passage is near the cliff. The so-called secret passage is just a small path.
This is what he and Hong Jing found through the air flow when they came to the imperial army camp. Through the evil and chaotic air flow, they found the suspected source of the chaos.
In addition, based on Xia Yu's investigation through the Paper Crane, he was very sure that was the Yellow Turbans' base camp. If he had not been afraid of being discovered by Zhang Jue, he could even have gotten close to Zhang Jue and taken the lead in attacking him.
After listening to Xia Yu's explanation, Sun Jian nodded: "So that's it, it's airflow."
"Rumor has it that there are demons in the enemy camp..."
"That's not a rumor." Xia Yu suddenly interrupted Sun Jian and said seriously, "There are indeed demons among the Yellow Turbans. When they were fighting against Zhang Bao, they used demons as a fighting force. It was a really fierce battle."
"Interesting." Sun Jian was not annoyed that Xia Yu interrupted him. After learning that there really was a demon, he laughed and said, "Demon? I, Sun Jian, have been eager to try it."
Afterwards, Sun Jian led a small army and Xia Yu to sneak through the secret passage to attack the Yellow Turbans' base camp. Because the secret passage was near a cliff, they did not ride horses and could only move forward on foot.
Hong Jing had something to investigate, and after explaining it to Xia Yu, she left alone.
After walking for about dozens of miles along the small path, the army arrived near the Yellow Turban Fortress.
There were no human beings to be seen inside the fortress, but instead demons were wandering around. The demons were wearing tattered armor, had scarlet crystals growing on their bodies, and their eyes emitted bloodthirsty red light.
From afar, the evil red light appeared to be connected into one. Just by looking at it, the bloodthirsty evil energy rushed towards you, as if it wanted to tear apart all the living things in front of you.
Although every soldier in the detachment was wearing heavy armor and holding sophisticated weapons, they could not help but hesitate and dared not move forward in the face of these inhuman monsters.
"What? Are you scared out of your wits by a mere demon?"
Sun Jian was wearing silver armor, a tiger skin on his shoulders, holding an ancient ingot knife in his hand, with the tip of the knife pointing at the group of monsters, and his head turned towards the hesitant army and cursed.
Although he was scolded, Pian Jun hesitated and dared not say anything. After all, even if he was scolded, he would not die. But if he had to go forward and fight with the monsters, that would be really dangerous.
If you die in battle with humans, it’s not a big deal, but if you are eaten by a monster that is not even a human, it is absolutely unbearable.
Seeing that these soldiers were shrinking their heads and not saying a word, Sun Jian's forehead was throbbing with anger. If he, Sun Jian, was not afraid, then what should these soldiers be afraid of?
Xia Yu, who was walking with Sun Jian, saw this scene and stepped forward to persuade him: "General Sun, the monsters are so terrible that not everyone can overcome them. These soldiers are still ordinary people after all. Why don't you let me go and deal with these monsters?"
"Humph, I will go with you. The ancient ingot knife in my hand is not afraid of that demon."
Sun Jian, holding a broadsword, snorted coldly, walked across the army and stood beside Xia Yu. Seeing this, Xia Yu also drew out his ring-handled sword.
Then the two of them strode into the city together, ready to deal with the demons wandering around inside the city.
When the soldiers saw that their leader had gone alone to deal with the demons, they whispered to each other for a while and decided immediately... to wait and see.
They were just ordinary soldiers. Even if the commander was willing to be the first to take action, they were still afraid in their hearts.
When marching and fighting, the most important thing is morale. Now the soldiers' morale is low, and forcing them to go forward will only lead to their deaths.
Therefore, Sun Jian could not wait to use the blood of the demons to awaken the bloodiness of the soldiers. He wanted to use the death of the demons to tell these soldiers that even inhuman demons would still die if their heads were chopped off.
Because he has the blood of the Sun family flowing in his body, which has been passed down from ancient times to the present day, Sun Jian can control powerful energy without relying on elixirs, and his strength is on par with that of demons.
After rushing into the city, Sun Jian used a thunderous move to chop at the wandering demons.
The demons wandering around the Yellow Turban Stronghold are mainly divided into two categories. One is the demon dan soldiers and demon dan generals who are part of the Yellow Turban army, and the other is the wild demons such as the minions and water ghosts.
Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The Yellow Turban monsters can use weapons and still retain some of their martial arts from when they were humans, while the wild monsters are even more ferocious and become more ferocious as the battle goes on.
But facing Sun Jian's ancient ingot knife, no matter what kind of monster it is, it is useless.
Sun Jian was able to force the demon generals to retreat again and again just by relying on his own strength, not to mention the powerful true energy in his body. The combination of the two made it impossible for the demons to fight against him.
The only one who could slightly hinder Sun Jian was the demon pill wizard who used evil magic. Although Sun Jian could control powerful energy, he did not know any magical skills, so he could only resist passively.
At this time, it was Xia Yu's turn to assist Sun Jian. Whenever a demon pill wizard used evil magic, Xia Yu would eliminate it at an extremely fast speed so that it could not affect Sun Jian, who was killing everyone.
With the cooperation of the two, the demons in the city were disappearing at a very fast speed.
Seeing Xia Yu and Sun Jian display their prowess, the bloodiness in the hearts of the hundreds of soldiers was gradually aroused.
In their eyes, Sun Jian and Xia Yu were destroying the incoming demons at a speed as fast as chopping melons and vegetables. Some of the weak demon pill soldiers around them were trembling and dared not move forward.
In their minds, if they don't dare to step forward, they are not worthy of being soldiers fighting.
Soon, these soldiers rushed into the city with shields raised and weapons in hand, killing the fleeing demons.
After all the demons on the periphery were killed, only some Yellow Turban soldiers were left inside. Before these soldiers could react to what was happening, they were hacked to death by .
In a short while, a thick smell of blood filled the city.
Sun Jian saw that his soldiers had just experienced a fierce battle, but their morale was high and their blood was boiling. He immediately realized that this was the time to continue the advance.
Then he raised his sword above his head and stood in front of the army. Without saying anything, the soldiers who had experienced fighting raised their weapons and burst into cheers like a landslide.
"rush!"
Sun Jian shouted loudly and led the soldiers to continue moving forward.
The soldiers realized that the monsters were nothing more than this, so they followed Sun Jian's footsteps and eliminated the monsters and Yellow Turban Army that blocked their way.
This is the importance of excellent military generals. No matter how many soldiers there are, they are of no use without an excellent general to lead them.
In ancient wars without firearms such as muskets, the factor that determined the success or failure of a war was morale. Once morale collapsed, even an army of 100,000 would be nothing more than grass waiting to be harvested.
Vice versa, if there is a powerful general leading the army, even if there are only 800 brave soldiers, it is enough to frighten an army of 100,000.
That’s right, I’m talking about you, Sun Shiwan.
The small army of several hundred men now displayed the momentum of tens of thousands of people, like a pack of black wolves, rushing towards their prey without mercy.
The leader was a ferocious tiger. Sun Jian rushed to the front again and again and became the target of all the soldiers.
Blood mist frequently floated out in the dark night. The Yellow Turbans, who had no idea what was happening, were caught off guard by this sudden attack.
"Evil thief, give me your life!"
Suddenly, a loud shout was heard, and a Yellow Turban soldier wearing fine armor was seen riding a horse, thrusting his spear at full speed, aiming for Sun Jian's head.
Sun Jian was not afraid. He blocked the flying lance with a sword, then flew forward to grab the lance and stabbed the attacker off his horse with his backhand.
"Damn it, I, Zhao Hong..."
Before the visitor could finish a complete sentence, Sun Jian had already nailed him to the ground with his horse spear. Blood foam immediately came out of the visitor's mouth and he looked at Sun Jian viciously. A few seconds later, the man died of suffocation.
Xia Yu, who was traveling with Sun Jian, looked at the dead Yellow Turban soldier with a strange expression. He seemed to have just heard the other party call himself Zhao Hong...
He seemed to have some impression of this person...
Forget it, he’s dead now anyway, so it doesn’t matter if I don’t remember anything.
Next, the troop led by Sun Jian advanced rapidly as if they were in an empty land.
Soon, the detachment arrived at the Yellow Turbans' base camp, which was Zhang Jue's lair.
Although it was midnight, it was not dark here. Instead, it was glowing red and the scarlet blood was visible to the naked eye.
Dark red crystals like tree branches clung to the beams of the houses, and in the palace at the center of all the houses, the dark red crystals directly replaced the beams, giving an ominous look.
Even the high-spirited detachment shuddered in unison when they looked at the ominous main hall.
The soldiers' movements also became slow, and they stopped before they got close, as if there was some ferocious beast hiding inside.
“Roar, roar, roar!!”
Suddenly, a ferocious roar like a beast's roar came from inside the main hall. At the same time, the evil energy around seemed to be affected by the roar and all gathered towards the main hall.
This scene frightened the troops so much that they retreated again and again, with uncontrollable fear showing on their faces.
"It's finally my turn to perform."
Xia Yu twisted his neck and came to Sun Jian's side: "General Sun, it seems something has happened inside. Maybe Zhang Jue has already known that he has reached a dead end and is preparing to fight to the death. I will go first."
After saying that, Xia Yu held the long sword upside down and walked away. After a few jumps, he was close to the main hall where the evil spirit was floating .
Sun Jian looked at Xia Yu's fearless figure and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay, I, Sun Jian, will also help you!"
Xia Yu did not wait for Sun Jian. Looking at the tightly closed door in front of him, he flew over and kicked it apart, then entered the main hall.
There were no other Yellow Turban soldiers inside the main hall, only an extremely tall monster. The monster was lying on all fours, with its black and white hair flying up and down, and holding a magic staff in its hand. It was none other than General Zhang Jue.
Judging from the crystals protruding from the monster's chest, Zhang Jue had clearly swallowed too much medicinal pills and was corroded by evil spirits, turning into a demon.
"This is?!"
At this moment, Sun Jian had also arrived. He was stunned by the monster's mad look.
Xia Yu replied: "This man is Zhang Jiao. He has transformed into a demon now. I don't think he will be easy to deal with. Be careful."
"Haha, I, Sun Jian, am not afraid of any monsters."
Sun Jian laughed a few times and attacked Zhang Jue with a powerful move. Zhang Jue had turned into a demon at this moment and had long lost his rationality.
Not only did he not cast any evil spell while holding his huge staff, but he swung it high up and down in front of him as if he was holding a giant hammer.
Seeing the staff coming, Sun Jian hurriedly raised his sword to block it, but it was of no use.
Zhang Jue had become a true wizard, whose strength far exceeded that of Sun Jian. With one swipe of his staff, he forced Sun Jian to kneel on one knee, and his arm holding the knife could not stop shaking.
Just when Sun Jian could no longer hold on, Xia Yu used the Flying Flame Curse to repel Zhang Jue.
Sun Jian also took this opportunity to withdraw and retreat. After taking a breath, Xia Yu and Sun Jian stepped forward together. In a one-on-two situation, Zhang Jiao was obviously outmatched.
This time, Xia Yu served as both a DPS and a support. After all, being able to fight and support was the reason why he learned martial arts and magic together.
He can both nurse and fight, who can defeat him?
Not long after, Zhang Jiao's staff shattered under Xia Yu's continuous attacks. Zhang Jiao was in danger without his weapon, and Sun Jian increased his output in one breath.
"Destroy him in one go!"
"good!"
Unlike Zhang Jiao, Xia Yu and Sun Jian became more and more excited as the fight went on. In the end, both Xia Yu and Sun Jian stabbed their weapons into Zhang Jiao's body. Zhang Jiao was at the end of his rope, and his life was extinguished like a candle in the wind.
"Although I am dead, my long-cherished wish will not die..."
Zhang Jue finally died muttering these words. The huge demon corpse fell to the ground with a bang. Scarlet evil energy floated out of his body, and the original demon corpse turned into a human body.
Xia Yu walked forward and looked at Zhang Jue's corpse with a sigh. It was really sad and lamentable that such a great and virtuous teacher ended up turning into a demon and being conquered.
Although Zhang Jiao's original idea was just to bring peace to the world, unfortunately, Zhang Jiao in this world took the wrong path.
When he turned his own soldiers into demons, he was no longer the great and wise teacher who cared for the people, but an evildoer.
"Hahaha, good fight."
Sun Jian also walked forward at this time, patted Xia Yu on the shoulder and said: "This expedition cannot be without you, even the first-class credit can be said to be yours."
Xia Yu smiled and was about to be humble, but suddenly he felt a chill rising up.
Sun Jian also felt the chill in an instant, and immediately drew his sword and pointed it backwards. He saw a black-robed Taoist priest who looked like a ghost standing at the door of the main hall.
