Now let's end this battle once and for all! Enjoy chapter 4!
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Chapter 4: Fall of Wuchao
Horses hoofs can be heard galloping along the path up the hill. They slowed down when they are almost near the encampment. The soldiers tried their best to keep their calm faces without throwing away their true identities.
"So this is Wuchao compound. Leave the talking to me. Act according to plan!" Qiu Huan voiced out to the troops.
When they reached the compound, a sentry guard looked at their banners and stopped them.
"You there! Which army do you belong to?" asked one of the guards.
"Lord Yuan Shao has ordered us to retrieve the supplies from Wuchao. He's in great need of them!" Qiu Huan answered the guard briefly.
"Why are your uniforms different? Are you sure you are from Lord Yuan Shao?"
"You dare to question me!? His lord planned an ambush on the right rear disguising as the enemy after retrieving the supplies. Are you saying you haven't known about this war strategy?"
"Err.no. General Chunyu Qiong haven't informed us of such strategy," the guard answered nervously.
"Then your general must be a fool for not knowing Lord Yuan Shao's plan! Open up the gates! More delays and our forces will be defeated, Lord Yuan Shao will not be victorious!"
"Err.but honestly our lord haven't informed us or our general of this strategy. Have you checked properly?"
"You fool! I'll personally inform Lord Yuan Shao to have your head for delaying the resources and lowering the entire army's morale!"
"R.right! Open the gates!"
The wooden gates were opened and Qiu Huan is about to give out the command to charge until one of the soldiers from the compound shouted.
"Wait! I recognized that person!" the soldier pointing to Qiu Huan. "He's the one I saw on the hillocks blocking all the arrows together with Xiahou Dun! He's under Cao Cao's men! Close the gates and sound the alarm!"
Qiu Huan noticed that his cover was blown, signaled the attack and charge to the gates while they're still opened.
"Then we shall take Wuchao from your dead carcass!" Qiu Huan shouted out and slashed the sentry guard in two.
Qiu Huan took one of the compound's torches and burned the structures and the supplies within. He ordered his men to do the same. He then unleashes his Serpent Fang and with a powerful blow, smashes one of the supply buildings into pieces. Wuchao soldiers were running for their lives when they witness the strength of Qiu Huan.
"Stop!" a voice sprung out behind Qiu Huan. Qiu Huan turned and saw a man on a horse armed with a spear.
"I am Chunyu Qiong! You dare to revolt against Yuan Shao! You will die"
"I've heard that boring phrase from various useless officers! Less talk and settle this with strength!" Qiu Huan answered the general with a mocking tone.
The two men charge against each other and ram each of their steeds. Chunyu Qiong uses his might to impale Qiu Huan with his spear, but the Serpent Fang parried the foe's attacks with ease. After around fifteen bouts, Chunyu Qiong turned his steed around and retreat fearing for his life, but unaware Qiu Huan killed him with a swift stroke to the head.
"Yuan Shao's officers disgust me. They are all weak" Qiu Huan stared at the fallen general's corpse and turned away to continue burning the whole encampment. Within minutes, flames were raging and smoke billowing everywhere around the area.
Soon, what is left of Wuchao remains in ashes. Qiu Huan feeling satisfied exited the area with his men and stared at the burned compound. He grinned and turned to one of his men.
"Report to Lord Cao Cao that Wuchao compound has fallen to Qiu Huan!"
"Yes!" as the soldier climb on a steed and galloped away to main camp.
***
Later, in front of the northern camp, Yuan Shao and his forces stood ready and witness the outraging battle being taken place. Cao Cao's strong, he thought.
Then, a scout came galloping with his horse and dismounted. He bowed to Yuan Shao.
"What news?" Yuan Shao asked.
"Wuchao compound was under siege and destroyed, my lord!"
"What? This does not bode well. What happen to Chunyu Qiong?"
"He's been slain by an officer under Cao Cao"
"Damn! Send more troops to secure the left and right rear! We will concentrate on Guandu for now. Forget about Wuchao!"
Another scout came and dismounted. "My lord! Jiang Qi has been defeated by Zhang Liao. His forces are in full retreat!"
"Jiang Qi? You too? Damn that Cao Cao! Assemble Zhang He and Gao Lan to protect the front lines! If they failed in defending the front lines, I'll deal with them myself! I can't afford to lose Guandu as well," Yuan Shao said with anger in his eyes.
***
With the fall of Wuchao, Yuan Shao's forces suffer a huge on their resources. This impact cause some soldiers under Yuan Shao to redraw from battle or surrendering to Cao Cao in fearing that Yuan Shao would lose the battle. Now almost half of Yuan Shao's troops were either missing, dead or have surrendered.
Zhang He and Gao Lan on the front rear were suffering a huge loss of troops. With the combined forces of Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao and Xu Zhu, there's no chance on winning and they decided to call a retreat back to the northern camp. After yet another hour, Cao Cao's forces have seized the front rear and also the left and right rear thanks to Xu Huang, Cao Ren and Qiu Huan.
"It seems like we are on the losing end" Zhang He said to Gao Lan.
"Damn! Yuan Shao has underestimated Cao Cao's forces completely. We will need to apply a new strategy the next time" Gao Lan replied.
"I wouldn't be too sure of that" Zhang He said as he saw one of Yuan Shao's soldiers running towards them.
"My lords! I have important news to inform! Upon your failure of defending the front rear, Yuan Shao intends to kill you. Please escape while you still can!"
"That bastard! Of all our efforts contributed to him, he treats us like this!" Gao Lan reckoned.
"I knew this critical situation would arise sooner. Yuan Shao's greed over Guandu was strong. Before the battle, I knew something like this would occur" Zhang He replied.
"That's it! I'm going to surrender to Cao Cao. How about you? Are you going to face death so soon?" Gao Lan asked.
"I couldn't think of a better solution to this. Let's do it your way. Furthermore, Yuan Shao is beginning..to bore me" came the reply.
The surrendering of Zhang He and Gao Lan add in additional ranks to Cao Cao's army and therefore, Yuan Shao's men were reduced to a mount lower than ten thousand. Finally, Yuan Shao declared a full retreat back to Jizhou. With the loss of his good officers in both Baima and Guandu, Yuan Shao's army became less and less powerful and as the days goes by, Cao Cao annexed more prefectures and eventually destroyed the whole of Yuan Shao's forces.
As for Qiu Huan, upon his victory over Wuchao, Cao Cao promoted him as an officer in the Wei Empire under Xiahou Dun.
"You have done well my student" Xiahou Dun said to Qiu Huan.
"Yes, finally I could feel my dreams coming true" Qiu Huan replied with a smile.
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That raps up Guandu's story. Now Qiu Huan is an official Wei soldier (yeah baby!). More new adventures on this Wei officer comin' soon! REVIEWS!
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Chapter 4: Fall of Wuchao
Horses hoofs can be heard galloping along the path up the hill. They slowed down when they are almost near the encampment. The soldiers tried their best to keep their calm faces without throwing away their true identities.
"So this is Wuchao compound. Leave the talking to me. Act according to plan!" Qiu Huan voiced out to the troops.
When they reached the compound, a sentry guard looked at their banners and stopped them.
"You there! Which army do you belong to?" asked one of the guards.
"Lord Yuan Shao has ordered us to retrieve the supplies from Wuchao. He's in great need of them!" Qiu Huan answered the guard briefly.
"Why are your uniforms different? Are you sure you are from Lord Yuan Shao?"
"You dare to question me!? His lord planned an ambush on the right rear disguising as the enemy after retrieving the supplies. Are you saying you haven't known about this war strategy?"
"Err.no. General Chunyu Qiong haven't informed us of such strategy," the guard answered nervously.
"Then your general must be a fool for not knowing Lord Yuan Shao's plan! Open up the gates! More delays and our forces will be defeated, Lord Yuan Shao will not be victorious!"
"Err.but honestly our lord haven't informed us or our general of this strategy. Have you checked properly?"
"You fool! I'll personally inform Lord Yuan Shao to have your head for delaying the resources and lowering the entire army's morale!"
"R.right! Open the gates!"
The wooden gates were opened and Qiu Huan is about to give out the command to charge until one of the soldiers from the compound shouted.
"Wait! I recognized that person!" the soldier pointing to Qiu Huan. "He's the one I saw on the hillocks blocking all the arrows together with Xiahou Dun! He's under Cao Cao's men! Close the gates and sound the alarm!"
Qiu Huan noticed that his cover was blown, signaled the attack and charge to the gates while they're still opened.
"Then we shall take Wuchao from your dead carcass!" Qiu Huan shouted out and slashed the sentry guard in two.
Qiu Huan took one of the compound's torches and burned the structures and the supplies within. He ordered his men to do the same. He then unleashes his Serpent Fang and with a powerful blow, smashes one of the supply buildings into pieces. Wuchao soldiers were running for their lives when they witness the strength of Qiu Huan.
"Stop!" a voice sprung out behind Qiu Huan. Qiu Huan turned and saw a man on a horse armed with a spear.
"I am Chunyu Qiong! You dare to revolt against Yuan Shao! You will die"
"I've heard that boring phrase from various useless officers! Less talk and settle this with strength!" Qiu Huan answered the general with a mocking tone.
The two men charge against each other and ram each of their steeds. Chunyu Qiong uses his might to impale Qiu Huan with his spear, but the Serpent Fang parried the foe's attacks with ease. After around fifteen bouts, Chunyu Qiong turned his steed around and retreat fearing for his life, but unaware Qiu Huan killed him with a swift stroke to the head.
"Yuan Shao's officers disgust me. They are all weak" Qiu Huan stared at the fallen general's corpse and turned away to continue burning the whole encampment. Within minutes, flames were raging and smoke billowing everywhere around the area.
Soon, what is left of Wuchao remains in ashes. Qiu Huan feeling satisfied exited the area with his men and stared at the burned compound. He grinned and turned to one of his men.
"Report to Lord Cao Cao that Wuchao compound has fallen to Qiu Huan!"
"Yes!" as the soldier climb on a steed and galloped away to main camp.
***
Later, in front of the northern camp, Yuan Shao and his forces stood ready and witness the outraging battle being taken place. Cao Cao's strong, he thought.
Then, a scout came galloping with his horse and dismounted. He bowed to Yuan Shao.
"What news?" Yuan Shao asked.
"Wuchao compound was under siege and destroyed, my lord!"
"What? This does not bode well. What happen to Chunyu Qiong?"
"He's been slain by an officer under Cao Cao"
"Damn! Send more troops to secure the left and right rear! We will concentrate on Guandu for now. Forget about Wuchao!"
Another scout came and dismounted. "My lord! Jiang Qi has been defeated by Zhang Liao. His forces are in full retreat!"
"Jiang Qi? You too? Damn that Cao Cao! Assemble Zhang He and Gao Lan to protect the front lines! If they failed in defending the front lines, I'll deal with them myself! I can't afford to lose Guandu as well," Yuan Shao said with anger in his eyes.
***
With the fall of Wuchao, Yuan Shao's forces suffer a huge on their resources. This impact cause some soldiers under Yuan Shao to redraw from battle or surrendering to Cao Cao in fearing that Yuan Shao would lose the battle. Now almost half of Yuan Shao's troops were either missing, dead or have surrendered.
Zhang He and Gao Lan on the front rear were suffering a huge loss of troops. With the combined forces of Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao and Xu Zhu, there's no chance on winning and they decided to call a retreat back to the northern camp. After yet another hour, Cao Cao's forces have seized the front rear and also the left and right rear thanks to Xu Huang, Cao Ren and Qiu Huan.
"It seems like we are on the losing end" Zhang He said to Gao Lan.
"Damn! Yuan Shao has underestimated Cao Cao's forces completely. We will need to apply a new strategy the next time" Gao Lan replied.
"I wouldn't be too sure of that" Zhang He said as he saw one of Yuan Shao's soldiers running towards them.
"My lords! I have important news to inform! Upon your failure of defending the front rear, Yuan Shao intends to kill you. Please escape while you still can!"
"That bastard! Of all our efforts contributed to him, he treats us like this!" Gao Lan reckoned.
"I knew this critical situation would arise sooner. Yuan Shao's greed over Guandu was strong. Before the battle, I knew something like this would occur" Zhang He replied.
"That's it! I'm going to surrender to Cao Cao. How about you? Are you going to face death so soon?" Gao Lan asked.
"I couldn't think of a better solution to this. Let's do it your way. Furthermore, Yuan Shao is beginning..to bore me" came the reply.
The surrendering of Zhang He and Gao Lan add in additional ranks to Cao Cao's army and therefore, Yuan Shao's men were reduced to a mount lower than ten thousand. Finally, Yuan Shao declared a full retreat back to Jizhou. With the loss of his good officers in both Baima and Guandu, Yuan Shao's army became less and less powerful and as the days goes by, Cao Cao annexed more prefectures and eventually destroyed the whole of Yuan Shao's forces.
As for Qiu Huan, upon his victory over Wuchao, Cao Cao promoted him as an officer in the Wei Empire under Xiahou Dun.
"You have done well my student" Xiahou Dun said to Qiu Huan.
"Yes, finally I could feel my dreams coming true" Qiu Huan replied with a smile.
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That raps up Guandu's story. Now Qiu Huan is an official Wei soldier (yeah baby!). More new adventures on this Wei officer comin' soon! REVIEWS!