Chapter 829: The Roadblock
Chapter 829: The Roadblock
Date: September 25, 2017
In the administrative headquarters of Silizhou, within the boundaries of Henaiguan County, and on the official road leading to Bingzhou, Lu Hai Kong's troops were making their way back to Luoyang with relative ease.
As they traveled from Luoyang, the atmosphere within the Bloody Legion was significantly more relaxed, considering they believed the battle to be essentially over.
Although Lu Hai Kong was aware that He Jin had ordered the soldiers of the three counties to gather and cut off his retreat, he didn't take it seriously. He didn't think that the soldiers of the three counties would dare to engage with him, especially since his formidable reputation preceded him, and ordinary county soldiers wouldn't dare to confront him.
However, what Lu Hai Kong didn't anticipate was encountering a fool who didn't care about his reputation. This guy didn't give a damn about Lu Hai Kong's prowess.
That fellow thought that even if Lu Hai Kong was strong, he wouldn't be able to handle three thousand cavalry. Patting his chest, he told the county officials of the other two counties that he had the ability to gather the combined strength of the three counties' soldiers and engage in battle with Lu Hai Kong. After all, the soldiers of these three counties totaled over a hundred thousand, and ten thousand against three thousand was a near-impossible feat.
Regarding this idea, the county officials of Henaiguan and Xiping County expressed their support, stating that the idea was very promising and forward-thinking. Then, without further thought, they handed over the command of their combined county soldiers to that fool. They believed that the county official was brave and fearless, and this battle should indeed be under his command.
After this, these two officials had their own matters to attend to, and it was inconvenient for them to participate in this campaign.
In this situation, everyone knew that the other two county officials had clearly been taken advantage of by that official from Wei County.
Lu Hai Kong, at this moment, was about to withdraw. He hadn't received He Jin's order yet, and he was already having a headache. At this time, he stepped forward, and the two county officials happily shifted the blame onto him.
They were well aware that Lu Hai Kong couldn't be stopped, but if they didn't take action, they feared punishment. Now, with someone stepping up to take the fall, they were naturally delighted and secretly cursed the other two as fools in their hearts.
That official from Wei County wasn't actually a fool; he had his own tactics from the start, but he didn't reveal them. Instead, he put on an act, pretending to be a fool who was very capable and foolish at the same time, thinking that he could lead a hundred thousand soldiers to crush Lu Hai Kong.
This guy was actually smarter than the other two; he had his own strategy prepared for some time. He chose a location with two mountains on either side, where the official road was only about five or six meters wide. He directly used a hundred thousand soldiers to create a human wall, stretching out for a kilometer.
Could Lu Hai Kong break through? Was he powerful enough? Against this tightly packed human wall, Lu Hai Kong couldn't possibly charge through, and even if he did, he wouldn't dare to.
This was indeed the case; with this blockade, Lu Hai Kong truly couldn't charge through.
Although the Bloody Legion under Lu Hai Kong was indeed formidable, capable of defeating three times their number, but that was only possible in an open area. On this narrow official road, Lu Hai Kong's cavalry wouldn't easily be able to charge, especially with a hundred thousand soldiers forming a human wall to block their path. Such an obstruction would require an enormous price to break through.
However, this blockade was also meaningless, as Lu Hai Kong could always take an alternative route. Even with a hundred thousand soldiers, they still had no means to stop Lu Hai Kong.
(End of Chapter)
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