Chapter 459: Qinglong Legion Arrives

At this time, Shen Pei and Yan Rou, standing on the city tower, looked at each other, both somewhat speechless.

"Gongsun Zan, I also advise you to surrender early; I might still be able to request His Majesty to leave you a whole corpse!"

"If you dare to resist again, you will be executed along with your nine clans, and furthermore, General Guan Yu of the Qinglong Legion has already led ten thousand Qinglong Legion soldiers to Youzhou; you have no chance!"

Yan Rou shouted loudly to Gongsun Zan under the city walls.

Yan Rou's words instantly caused an uproar in Gongsun Zan's army.

The soldiers, who did not know the situation, also became somewhat panicked.

The morale that Gongsun Zan had painstakingly stirred up was easily resolved by Yan Rou's single sentence.

"Hmph, Yan Rou, don't be complacent; after I breach the city, I will properly torture you!"

Gongsun Zan, burning with anger, threw a harsh threat at Yan Rou.

Subsequently, he turned around and said loudly to the panicked sixty-thousand-strong army:

"Soldiers, just as the enemy general said, the imperial court has already dispatched ten thousand Qinglong Legion soldiers to Youzhou!"

"You might as well think about it: with what we have done, will the imperial court let us off?"

The soldiers, upon hearing Gongsun Zan's words, also fell into a silence.

Seeing that the soldiers' emotions were beginning to stabilize, Gongsun Zan continued:

"I can tell you clearly that the imperial court will not let us off."

"This is a crime punishable by the execution of nine clans, so we only have to pick up the weapons in our hands to have a glimmer of hope for survival!"

"Therefore, for our own sake, and for the sake of our families, we only have to fight to the death with them!"

"Now, I ask you, do you dare to fight to the death with me?"

Following Gongsun Zan's impassioned roar, everyone's emotions were instantly stirred up.

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

The sixty-thousand-strong army all roared loudly with excited expressions.

Morale instantly soared to the clouds.

Seeing this, Gongsun Zan also nodded in satisfaction.

"This Gongsun Zan still has some ability to be able to intimidate Liaoxi!"

Seeing Gongsun Zan able to stir up the morale of his army in such a situation.

Shen Pei could not help but exclaim.

"This Gongsun Zan, if he could submit to the imperial court, would be quite a good general."

"It's a pity he harbored thoughts he shouldn't have!"

On the side, Yan Rou, hearing Shen Pei's words, also could not help but exclaim.

Just as Shen Pei and the two were exclaiming, Gongsun Zan under the city walls suddenly shouted loudly:

"Generals, listen to my order, attack!"

"Kill!"

As soon as Gongsun Zan's words fell, White Horse Volunteers commander Yan Gang charged out first.

The sixty-thousand-strong army behind him instantly charged toward the foot of Shangyin City.

In an instant, the great battle for the city erupted!

"Archers, loose arrows!"

Watching the enemy charge, Yan Rou, after waiting for the enemy to enter the archers' attack range, immediately shouted loudly.

"Whoosh..."

"Ah!"

"Ah..."

Following a burst of piercing sounds, many of Gongsun Zan's army were shot and killed by this wave of arrows.

"Shield soldiers, hold the line! Protect the siege equipment!"

Gongsun Zan, who was responsible for commanding the army, saw the archers on the city tower loosing arrows and shouted loudly.

In order to breach Shangyin City, this time Gongsun Zan had even brought siege towers.

"General Yan Rou, the enemy has siege towers; tell the soldiers to prepare fire oil and destroy them!"

Seeing that Gongsun Zan had actually dispatched siege towers, Shen Pei immediately shouted loudly.

In fact, without Shen Pei's reminder, Yan Rou also knew how to respond.

Immediately, he ordered the soldiers to bring fire oil.

When the siege towers arrived at the city gate, Yan Rou immediately shouted:

"Pour the fire oil!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers who had long been prepared poured the fire oil down directly.

"Not good, this is fire oil, retreat quickly!"

The enemy troops below, upon seeing it was fire oil, were shocked and hurriedly shouted.

However, at this time, the city gate was completely crowded with people; how could they dodge quickly?

Before they could retreat, the fire oil had already been ignited.

"Ah..."

"It's on fire, help!"

"Help, I don't want to die!"

For a time, the entire city gate became a purgatory.

"Damnable!"

Seeing the siege towers burning, Gongsun Zan cursed angrily.

"Kill!"

Just at this moment, from behind Gongsun Zan, thunderous shouts of killing suddenly came.

"What is going on?"

Gongsun Zan, hearing the commotion, asked the people beside him.

Seeing this, everyone also shook their heads.

"General, listening to this sound, it seems to be the sound of a large cavalry force moving."

At this time, Guan Jing recognized this sound and immediately said to Gongsun Zan.

"Cavalry, I did not dispatch cavalry; our White Horse Volunteers are here!"

Gongsun Zan, hearing Guan Jing's words, said with a look of doubt.

"Not good!"

Just as Gongsun Zan's words fell, everyone was immediately shocked.

Cold sweat broke out all over their bodies instantly.

Since it was not their cavalry, it must be the enemy army.

This was the rhythm of being surrounded!

"Do you know whose army it is? How many people are there?"

The panicked Gongsun Zan asked everyone loudly.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other and shook their heads one after another.

"Report..."

Just at this moment, a messenger soldier ran over in a panic; after seeing Gongsun Zan and the others, he said with a look of terror:

"General, tens of thousands of troops suddenly appeared behind us; they are flying the banners of the Han Empire's Qinglong Legion!"

"This is impossible! How could the Qinglong Legion appear behind our army? You must be spreading false military orders!"

"Someone, take him down and behead him!"

Gongsun Zan, hearing the messenger soldier's words, roared at him in disbelief.

Guan Yu's Qinglong Legion appearing behind them, how could this be possible?

Guan Yu could only reach Youzhou within seven or eight days, which would already be very fast; it was impossible for him to have bypassed to their rear in such a short time.

Seeing Gongsun Zan wanting to kill him, the messenger soldier was anxious and shouted loudly to Gongsun Zan:

"General, spare my life! This subordinate dares not deceive the General; the army behind truly is flying the banners of the Qinglong Legion!"

Hearing the messenger soldier's words again, Guan Jing, Tian Kai, Jian Yong, and the others instantly turned ashen.

It looked like this time, they were going to completely finish here!

"This is impossible!"

"How could the Qinglong Legion be so fast!"

And at this time, Gongsun Zan also fell into a daze; this news was no less than a bolt from the blue for him.

"Kill..."

"Capture Gongsun Zan alive!"

"Gongsun Zan, die!"

Just as Gongsun Zan and the others were still doubting life, Guan Yu's Qinglong Legion had already killed into his army.

Only Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhou Cang were seen like a sharp sword, fiercely tearing a gap in his army.

And after every attack by the three, over ten people were sent flying; the entire army was actually not a match for the Qinglong Legion!

At the same time, the gates of Shangyin City were also opened, and Yan Rou led the army to charge out from within the city. ===== CHAPTER 460 =====