Chapter 554: The Yellow Turban Counterattack
Chapter 554: The Yellow Turban Counterattack
September 25, 2017
After Zhang Daosheng and the Yellow Turban Saintess ascended the altar, it immediately started to operate.
As the altar began to function, outside Guangping City, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were astonished to find that something was amiss.
The mutinous soldiers, one by one, were still emitting yellow light from their bodies.
Not only were the living ones like this, but even the dead ones were no exception!
Stranger still, within this yellow light, they remained motionless, allowing the Han army's weapons to strike them without any reaction, not even a single cry of pain.
In this situation, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun immediately realized that the Yellow Turbans must have used some demonic art, so they quickly took action, preparing to separate their soldiers from these Yellow Turban soldiers!
But they were still a step too late, and an even more astonishing scene unfolded!
The soldiers with yellow light on their bodies, the dead ones all merged into the ground, and the living ones began to undergo a shocking transformation.
Their height, originally averaging around 1.7 to 1.8 meters, suddenly grew to 2.5 meters in the blink of an eye, and their skin all over their bodies turned a muddy yellow!
Yellow Turban Warriors! These guys had become the most powerful troop type in the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Warriors.
The Yellow Turban Warriors were actually categorized, and they could even be transformed through Taoist arts, but not many people were clear about this, and Huangfu Song's group knew even less.
Huangfu Song himself couldn't have known that outside Guangping City, a massive formation had been laid by the Yellow Turban Sect from the very beginning.
Within this formation, the Yellow Turban Sect could use Taoist arts to transform the Han soldiers, who had been converted into Yellow Turban Warriors through Taoist arts. Of course, the price the Yellow Turbans had to pay was not small!
Zhang Liang's martial general trait caused 30,000 soldiers in Huangfu Song's army to rebel, and another 30,000 in Zhu Jun's army. Adding the 10,000 from Dong Zhuo's side, along with over 10,000 under Liu Bei and Sun Jian, and more under Cao Cao, there were a total of over 80,000 Han soldiers.
Out of these 80,000 Han soldiers, after subtracting the over 30,000 who were killed, the remaining 50,000 all became 2.5-meter-tall Yellow Turban Warriors, and they were the kind that had no intelligence and were only good for fighting—war machines.
Although Huangfu Song had prepared to deal with the Yellow Turban Army's ultimate move from the start, he never expected their trump card to be so bizarre.
The enemy hadn't even made their move yet, and they had already lost nearly a third of their forces. Now, their own people were being transformed into 50,000 Yellow Turban Warriors.
This development caused the morale of the Han army to collapse once again.
Not only the soldiers, but even Huangfu Song, who had experienced countless battles, had never encountered such a situation.
Even more shocking was that the Yellow Turbans' trump card didn't end there. After these 50,000 Yellow Turban Warriors appeared, a Yellow Turban martial general appeared on the city wall of Guangping, and this martial general was none other than Bo Cai, one of the few commanders in the Yellow Turban camp.
When Bo Cai appeared, the 50,000 Yellow Turban Warriors in the Han army seemed to be controlled, and they started to move as if controlled.
At the same time, on the martial generals' battlefield, Zhang Liang was dominating, fighting three people by himself—Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. Yan Liang and Hua Xiong were fighting together, while Guan Hai and Sun Jian were locked in a fierce battle.
As for the original twelve Yellow Turban martial generals, they seemed to have vanished into thin air.
In fact, they had indeed disappeared, and Lu HaiKong, who had been observing from the Divine Perspective, was certain of this because he had witnessed their disappearance with his own eyes.
However, Lu HaiKong's attention wasn't on how the Yellow Turban martial generals had disappeared but rather on what was happening at that moment.
The disappeared Yellow Turban martial generals reappeared, leading four forces to charge out.
Each force had at least 50,000 Yellow Turban warriors or heroes, and every single one was incredibly powerful!
With Yellow Turban soldiers attacking from all directions and the presence of 50,000 Yellow Turban Warriors among the Han army, while most of the Han army's top martial generals were on Zhang Liang's battlefield, the situation was extremely dangerous for the Han army!
"The Yellow Turbans have made a huge move with this chess game, and this time, Huangfu Song has fallen into their trap!"
From his Divine Perspective, Lu HaiKong had a comprehensive and direct understanding of the battlefield situation and quickly made his judgment.
As if to validate Lu HaiKong's judgment, the next moment, Huangfu Song made his decision!
"Prepare to retreat!"
It wasn't that he didn't want to fight, but the current situation was simply impossible to fight in.
But was retreating an easy task?
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The Yellow Turban Army's formation had been set up for an unknown period, and it was clear from the start that they intended to annihilate the Han army. Now that the situation had unfolded and their ultimate moves had been unleashed, it wouldn't be easy to escape.
If they retreated now, wouldn't all the losses they had suffered be in vain?
As Huangfu Song made his move, the 50,000 Yellow Turban Warriors, under Bo Cai's remote command, tightly entangled Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's forces.
As for Liu Bei and Dong Zhuo, one had an all-cavalry force that was difficult to stop, while the other was not considered a threat due to his weak strength, so they were ignored.
Anyway, each of the four Yellow Turban forces had over 50,000 troops, totaling 200,000 men. With the Guangping city gates open, a large number of troops poured out from the city.
With this heavenly net cast, Bo Cai truly didn't believe that Dong Zhuo and Liu Bei's forces could escape!
Ever since Huangfu Song entered Julu, he had been cautious and vigilant, anticipating the Yellow Turban Army's possible tricks.
He had indeed made thorough preparations, but what he didn't expect was that the Yellow Turbans, though somewhat bizarre, were ultimately relying on sheer force to crush their opponents.
What surprised him even more was that the Yellow Turbans, who had always seemed cowardly, possessed such formidable power.
At this point, Huangfu Song even felt some regret. If he had known earlier about the Yellow Turban Army's strength, he would never have entered Julu so recklessly or offended Lu HaiKong so lightly.
If he hadn't done that, he wouldn't be facing this situation, and he would have an additional force under his command.
But in reality, neither of these scenarios could have happened. With the court's urging, he couldn't avoid entering Julu, and with Lu HaiKong's identity and desire to leave the quagmire, Huangfu Song couldn't avoid offending him, and Lu HaiKong would provoke him.
There was no time for regret now; the Yellow Turbans' ten-sided ambush was about to be completed, and the time left for Huangfu Song was running out!
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