Chapter 397: Sun Jian Ambushed

That night, they marched through the night.

At a small, strategic path some distance from Sishui Pass.

Sun Jian was ambushed by Hua Xiong, Guo Si, Li Cui, and others, trapped within the narrow path.

Not only were his personnel losses heavy, but his retreat was also cut off, leaving him in a dilemma.

The players following Sun Jian, although they knew this plot would happen, did not expect that Dong Zhuo’s side would set an ambush in the small path.

Logically, the ambush should have been at the pass.

For this reason, some players had specifically warned Sun Jian.

Unfortunately, Sun Jian was arrogant and did not listen.

He was still successfully ambushed by the enemy.

However, Sun Jian was, after all, the Jiangdong Tiger, the founder of the Eastern Wu hegemony, and was not so easily trapped.

Even in a disadvantageous position, he acted like the Overlord reborn, leading his four great fierce generals—Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Zu Mao—to charge out and challenge the enemy directly.

"What kind of petty thieves dare to ambush me, Sun? Do you dare to show yourselves and fight me?"

The ones ambushing Sun Jian were naturally Hua Xiong and the others. Hearing Sun Jian’s challenge, the equally arrogant Hua Xiong, with a face full of coldness, prepared to personally take Sun Jian down.

However, his deputy general Hu Zhen was the first to spur his horse out: "General, let this subordinate go first to test how this Jiangdong Tiger fares?!"

Seeing the fighting spirit on Hu Zhen’s face, Hua Xiong nodded slightly: "Good! If you can take Sun Jian’s head, I will personally report your merit to the lord!"

"Understood!"

Hu Zhen was overjoyed, immediately spurred his horse, waved the battle blade in his hand, and killed his way to the front of the formation, pointing directly at Sun Jian and the others: "I am Hu Zhen, which of you dares to fight?"

"A mere petty general dares to be arrogant? Watch how I, Cheng, behead you!"

Before Sun Jian could make arrangements, one of the four great Jiangdong generals, Cheng Pu, held an iron-backed long spear and rode out of the formation to meet Hu Zhen.

Hu Zhen looked heroic, but in reality, he could at most be considered a high-level general.

And Cheng Pu? A veteran Jiangdong general, a solid top-tier general.

At the moment of contact, the 3-star rare weapon iron-backed long spear in Cheng Pu’s hand emitted a blue spear glow.

"Wave Killing!"

The blue spear glow, like a surging wave, crossed the battlefield and swept toward Hu Zhen.

"Space-Splitting!"

Hu Zhen did not show weakness, slashing out a blade-type martial skill to resist the surging waves.

However...

The strength brought by the gap in martial power.

Between the two, the difference was clear!

Rumble...!

The two martial skills collided, immediately emitting a continuous roaring sound, and the resulting air wave actually directly extinguished Hu Zhen’s martial skill.

Furthermore, Cheng Pu’s martial skill still had residual power, stirring up waves.

Hu Zhen could only block in a hurry.

At this moment, Cheng Pu seized the opportunity to kill.

Clang!

Hu Zhen subconsciously waved his weapon to block.

After several rounds of continuous fighting.

"So... so strong!" Hu Zhen was terrified, feeling his arms trembling.

He knew that the general before him was definitely not someone he could contend with.

He hurriedly turned his head, preparing to flee.

Knowing he was no match, why not run?

Wait for death?

However, how could Cheng Pu give Hu Zhen a chance to escape?

He immediately spurred his horse and flew out, thrusting his spear, carrying spear shadows, directly shattering Hu Zhen’s skull. A blood mist exploded, sprinkling the battlefield.

"Heh, with only this much strength, you dare to be arrogant? Simply vulnerable!"

Cheng Pu’s momentum was at its peak.

In no more than ten moves, he had beheaded Hu Zhen!

For a moment.

The NPC troops under Sun Jian and the troops led by the players who joined Sun Jian, whose morale had dropped due to the ambush, instantly rose back up.

This could be considered a feature of the Lord World.

Beheading an enemy general in a duel can significantly boost the morale of one’s own troops; it is the best way to burn the boats and turn the tide.

Of course!

If one is beheaded by the enemy in a duel, then the original crisis is undoubtedly a true dead end.

As the commanding general, Hua Xiong naturally could not sit still. He was not only angry that his subordinate general had been beheaded by the enemy, but he also did not want to see the enemy’s morale recover, so he directly spurred his horse out.

"Xiliang’s Hua Xiong is here!"

"Enemy general, stop being arrogant! Do you dare to fight me!"

Compared to Hu Zhen’s charge, Hua Xiong was undoubtedly more confident.

He rode his horse close to Cheng Pu, but did not strike immediately, instead challenging him first to see if Cheng Pu dared to accept the duel!

Although Cheng Pu had taken down Hu Zhen, he had used some energy. Sun Jian was a benevolent lord and would not let his own generals fight two battles in a row, so he looked at the other three great generals, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao: "Which of you will go and take down Hua Xiong!"

"My lord, Mao requests to fight!"

Zu Mao spoke first. Watching Cheng Pu behead the enemy general, he had long been envious and looked forward to beheading an enemy general himself, establishing merit, and becoming famous.

"Good! Go!"

Sun Jian believed in the strength of his generals and, without much hesitation, let Zu Mao go to battle.

After Sun Jian gave the order, Zu Mao was also impatient and killed his way out directly, holding a ring-handled blade, intending to take Hua Xiong’s head.

However, at this moment.

The players who had joined Sun Jian were shocked.

Because they all knew what the outcome would be for Zu Mao facing Hua Xiong in history!

It was clearly a death sentence.

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