Chapter 215: with translation of chapter title

On the Lu Prefecture battlefield, winds and clouds shifted, yellow dust billowing.

Meng Zhang clad in azure battle armor, wearing a dragon helmet, seated firmly on a tall warhorse, like a War God descending to the world.

Behind him stood an elite Yellow Turban Army of up to three hundred thousand, like a raging flood and ferocious beast.

Under Meng Zhang's command, they moved as if an arm directing fingers, their actions orderly.

They raised their weapons, shouting heaven‑shaking slogans, their voices shaking the nine heavens, their momentum like a rainbow.

Meanwhile, Meng Zhang's Azure Dragon Regiment had endured countless battles over this period.

Although the losses were rather heavy.

But within the Yellow Turban Army, excellent troops could be replenished at any time.

Therefore, under Meng Zhang's relentless, no‑expense‑spared training,

Now the Azure Dragon Regiment is elite among the elite.

Clad in azure armor, wielding long spears, swords at their waists, each a veteran of a hundred battles.

Opposite them, the Da Qian army was led by Yin Yuanxun and Qiu Longteng.

Although their numbers were not few compared to the Yellow Turbans.

Moreover, the overall quality of their troops still surpassed that of the Yellow Turban Army.

But facing Meng Zhang's Yellow Turban Army, they appeared somewhat flustered.

Yin Yuanxun and Qiu Longteng are both veteran generals of the Da Qian dynasty who have fought a hundred battles.

But at this moment, their brows were tightly knit, obviously finding the situation difficult.

"Kill!"

Meng Zhang gazed at the two opposite—Yin Yuanxun and Qiu Longteng—his face expressionless.

He waved the command flag in his hand and shouted loudly.

Instantly, the Yellow Turban Army behind him surged forward like arrows released from bows, launching a fierce charge at the Da Qian army.

They were like an unstoppable torrent, instantly breaking through the Da Qian army's defenses.

The Azure Dragon Regiment was like a sharp blade, slicing the Da Qian army's formation, dividing them into isolated squads.

This situation had occurred many times during this period.

Meng Zhang's Yellow Turban Army and the Da Qian army.

The skirmishes of this period have occurred countless times.

Meng Zhang did not use any schemes or tricks during this period.

Each encounter was a heart‑pounding contest.

He directly led the three‑hundred‑thousand Yellow Turban Army, marching boldly to engage Yin Yuanxun's forces.

Before Meng Zhang's Commander‑in‑Chief, who was like an artist.

The Da Qian army appeared helpless, unable to fight back.

Meng Zhang's use of troops was divine; each charge and retreat was perfectly timed, leaving the Da Qian army no opening to exploit.

Under his command, the Yellow Turban Army was like a ferocious beast.

It continually devoured the Da Qian army's manpower.

Yin Yuanxun and Qiu Longteng, too, were veteran generals of the Da Qian army with many years of campaigning.

But facing Meng Zhang's open and overwhelming crushing momentum,

they simply had no way!

They had previously tried various tactics and strategies, hoping to break the Yellow Turban Army's encirclement.

But each attempt ended in failure.

Meng Zhang's tactics and strategies always accurately struck their weak points, leaving them unable to retaliate.

During this period, the Da Qian army had already suffered heavy losses.

The soldiers' morale was low, and the commanders were also worried.

They knew that if this continued,

the Da Qian army would eventually be completely devoured by Meng Zhang and the Yellow Turban Army.

However, even if they exerted all their strength.

they still could not change the disadvantage on the battlefield.

Meng Zhang remained as calm and confident as ever.

He fully understood his own advantages and the enemy's weaknesses.

Each engagement he could accurately seize the opportunity.

Under his command, those Yellow Turban troops, encouraged by successive victories,

were also high in morale and fighting spirit.

Yin Yuanxun and Qiu Longteng, these two Da Qian generals,

had once created countless glorious achievements on the battlefield.

However, when they faced Meng Zhang, who was like a demon lord,

they appeared powerless, the gap all too obvious.

Meng Zhang's command ability and strategic vision had reached a height that left others in the dust.

Under his leadership, the Yellow Turban Army was like a well‑trained, strictly disciplined iron army.

Whether attacking or defending, everything was orderly, leaving the enemy no opening.

And while Yin Yuanxun and Qiu Longteng were also renowned generals, before Meng Zhang they were like two naive children.

They could not even discern his tactical deployment, let alone decipher his strategic intent.

Therefore, the Da Qian army suffered continuous defeats and losses of troops under Meng Zhang's attacks.

In every skirmish, they felt as if they were fighting an invincible army.

They could see no hope of victory.

Meng Zhang, like a skilled chess player, step by step forced them into a desperate situation.

But they were helpless and could only respond passively.

However, Yin Yuanxun and Qiu Longteng could not avoid Meng Zhang.

To hand over Da Qian's territory to the enemy.

This is their duty and mission; they must hold Lu Prefecture and not let the Yellow Turban threat reach Qian Prefecture behind them.

Therefore, they could only adopt a passive strategy.

They used the lives of the big army to slow Meng Zhang's advance.

They hoped that this Lu Prefecture army could hold out a little longer.

But this strategy was obviously cruel and helpless.

The soldiers of the Da Qian army kept falling under Meng Zhang's fierce offensive, suffering heavy casualties.

Each battle was like a bloody massacre, making people feel terrified.

Although Yin Yuanxun and Qiu Longteng also understood.

This delaying tactic was not a long-term solution.

But they had no better alternative.

Before Meng Zhang, the Da Qian army was like a flock of sheep awaiting slaughter.

They could be completely destroyed by the Yellow Turban army at any moment.

Moreover, as the beacon fires of Da Qian spread.

The entire imperial court had gradually fallen into chaos and panic.

Rebellions and uprisings sprang up everywhere, leaving the imperial court overwhelmed.

In this situation, the Da Qian imperial court could no longer mobilize large troops to support Yin Yuanxun and Qiu Longteng.

Moreover, even if another hundred‑thousand troops could be summoned, it would not change the disadvantage on the battlefield.

The gap between the two sides was no longer merely a matter of troop numbers.

But a difference in the highest commander!

Unless the Da Qian dynasty directly sends Gu Changqing to garrison Lu Prefecture.

Otherwise, no matter how many troops come.

All that awaits them is to be slowly worn down by Meng Zhang!

At this moment, the Yellow Turban army's offensive on the Lu Prefecture battlefield was as fierce as a raging storm.

It left the Da Qian army unable to organize any effective counterattack.

Meng Zhang's personal guard, the Purple Abyss Unit, led the charge from the front.

Wielding various weapons, they surged left and right, unstoppable.

Each charge was as swift as a ghost, impossible to guard against.

Under their leadership, the Azure Dragon Regiment, the Yellow Turban unit that troubled Yin Yuanxun and the others the most,

also charged into the Da Qian army like a tiger among sheep, slaughtering them at will.

Their swords were like the scythe of the grim reaper; each swing made the Da Qian troops ahead tremble with fear.

On the battlefield, cries of battle shook the heavens and blood flowed like rivers.

The Da Qian army ahead, under the fierce assault of Qiao Shefei and others with their charging arrowheads, had already collapsed.

The soldiers scattered in flight, dropping their weapons and shields.

They only hoped to escape from this nightmare‑like battle.

However, the Azure Dragon Regiment and the Yellow Turban army behind them gave them no chance to flee.

They clung to the enemy's rear, launching relentless assaults that drove the Da Qian army into a desperate situation.

(End of chapter)