As for the Southern Xiongnu, they were a group of regular troops who had fought in wars and were extremely well organized.
The Xianbei people only recently began to assimilate into the Han culture thanks to the efforts of Tuoba Yun and myself, but the assimilation of the Southern Xiongnu began as early as the time of Emperor Wu of Han. They know the game of household registration better than myself and know how to squeeze out the war potential of their own tribe.
After paying tribute to these heroic warriors who shed their blood in a foreign land, Liu Zhuang immediately divided his troops into two groups. One group gathered the troops and went to Zi Shi and Jie Xiu to investigate King Xiu Tu's movements and actively defend. He personally led his personal soldiers to the north to Linfen to quell the rebellion.
Historically, this group of Baibo bandits was extremely powerful. They occupied most of Taiyuan County and Hedong County. At their peak, they had hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Their troops even threatened Luoyang at one point. Dong Zhuo sent Niu Fu to lead the murderous Guanxi Army to fight against the Baibo Army, but they were unable to win for a long time. Finally, he was worried that the Baibo Army would cross the river and cut off his retreat. In addition, with the attack of the Guandong coalition forces including Yuan Shao, he had no choice but to burn Luoyang and was forced to move the capital to Chang'an. It was very scary.
In the end, this group of arrogant Baibo troops were not defeated at all. They were granted amnesty by Emperor Xian of Han, which allowed Hedong to calm down again.
However, thanks to his governance of Hedong over the years, the Baibo bandits he faced had become much smaller and no one joined in the trouble: We want to live a good life with you, is it crazy for us to rebel against you?
After a lot of trouble, the Baibo Army only managed to capture one city, Linfen, which had only 5,000 peasants. It was a pitifully small scale.
Therefore, Liu Zhuang did not even recruit his own military households, but brought two thousand guards and recruited the troops of several nearby aristocratic families. A single charge was enough to defeat the scouts and reconnaissance deployed by the Baibo Army outside the city. After three days of reconnaissance, they surrounded these people in Linfen.
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Chapter 160: The source of evil is cut off
After some investigation, Liu Zhuang already knew the reason why the Baibo bandits appeared: after Zhang Jue's defeat, a part of the Yellow Turban exiles entered Hedong and began to incite the people, but failed. They had no choice but to settle for the second best and incite the servants of the aristocratic families.
Originally, each noble family treated their slaves very well. After all, they were their private property. These people lived much better than the common people at the end of the Han Dynasty, but only better than the common people at the end of the world.
However, when these serfs saw that the farmers under the military-farming system were living a better life, they began to feel unbalanced, which eventually led to the successful instigation of the slaves of several aristocratic families in Linfen County to rebel collectively. They joined forces with the Thunder Warriors, sneaked into their masters' mansions in the dark, massacred the aristocratic families' fortresses, and finally launched this small-scale Baibo uprising.
I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light.
After hearing the intelligence, we decided to deal with the several Hedong noble families who were accompanying us. We decided to treat our slaves better when we return and not exploit them too harshly, otherwise we would end up being massacred in the same way as these noble families.
Baibo Army leader Guo Tai looked at the mighty Hedong army outside the city without fear. Although he had few people and failed to incite many people to rebel, Linfen City was strong. I have contacted the Southern Xiongnu King Xiu Tu to go south to Hedong. Both sides will destroy the Han army and occupy Hedong together! As long as we can hold on until King Xiu Tu launches an attack, everything will be fine!
However, he did not expect that after Liu Zhuang learned what the Baibo Uprising was all about and the composition of the rebel army, he did not attack Fenyin by force, but instead immediately began to shout.
"Listen up, Baibo soldiers in the city! I am Liu Zhuang, the governor of Hedong! I know you were forced to rebel, so only the ringleader will be executed for this rebellion! Accomplices will not be punished! If you are a slave of aristocratic family who was forced to rebel, as long as you are willing to surrender, you will be immediately incorporated into my military farming system! The treatment will be the same as other farmers and military households!!!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Guo Tai felt a chill on his back, as if countless pairs of eyes were staring at him. The slaves of the noble families who had been instigated by him to rebel, their eyes lit up when they heard the conditions offered by Liu Zhuang. Compared with this foreign leader of the Yellow Turbans, they were more willing to believe in Lord Liu, who had governed Hedong for four or five years and was extremely compassionate to the people.
Before Mr. Guo could think of a way to deal with this troublesome prefect, that night a group of people opened the city gate, knelt down and kowtowed before Liu Zhuang, crying about how the Fenyin family was not human, how helpless they were, and how much they wished to be Liu Zhuang's soldiers and farmers.
Liu Zhuang appeased the rebels and promised to distribute land immediately after victory. Then he brandished a long spear and led his troops into the city personally. The army broke through the defense of Fenyin without suffering any losses.
A large number of Baibo soldiers were wavering, wanting to surrender but afraid of being liquidated, and were about to resist when they saw the Han army coming. However, they discovered that the leader was Liu Fujun, the governor of Hedong, who was very popular with everyone. All of them shouted the battle cry of "Those who surrender will advance to Tian Zhi", and they put down their weapons one by one and chose to surrender without hesitation.
I don't know if I can own my own land and live a stable life by fighting with you Baibo soldiers.
But I know that as long as I surrender to Lord Liu now, I will definitely have a piece of land of my own!
In this way, Liu Zhuang did not encounter any obstacles along the way until he arrived at the county magistrate's office, where he was hit by an oncoming arrow in his armor, causing a small dent in his armor.
"Protect the White Wave Warmaster!"
"Defeat the Han army!!!"
Guo Tai's cronies and diehards defended the county government office in desperation. Among them were twenty Thunder Warriors and more than a hundred elite soldiers, many of whom spoke with Jizhou accents.
"Surround the county government office! Don't let anyone escape!"
Liu Zhuang immediately ordered his soldiers to surround the county government office. If it weren't for the remnants of the Yellow Turbans who had fled over from Jizhou, the uprising would not have even broken out. According to the intelligence he had intercepted, King Xiutu of the Southern Xiongnu was led into Shanxi by this group of people.
The other rebellious peasants were forced to do so, but this group is truly despicable.
After completing the encirclement, Liu Zhuang personally led his men to attack the county government office. With the final spell and gestures, he performed a natural magic that he had learned from the Nanyue people in the Yueqi Camp, and exhaled a gust of aging and terrifying magical wind towards the gate of the county government office.
For a moment, the magic wind controlled the life of the door, causing it to wear away quickly in front of Liu Zhuang's eyes. In just six seconds, the two wooden doors seemed to have experienced centuries of time. They decayed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The surface quickly fell off, and the supports collapsed one after another. Accompanied by a tearing sound like an old man's sigh, the two originally sturdy wooden doors had turned into rotten wood chips all over the ground.
[Three-Ring Divine Spell·Crushing]: Consumes 5 mana points and causes huge damage to an unnatural object.
It wasn't over yet. Seeing the large number of soldiers hiding behind the door, Liu Zhuang directly used a fireball technique with extremely high range damage and smashed it towards them. The dozen or so noble families following the army followed suit. For a moment, dozens of flaming fireballs screamed across the night sky and exploded into bright and beautiful flaming fireworks at the gate of the county government. The firelight illuminated the dark night like day! A large number of Baibo soldiers struggled and twitched in the flames, emitting bursts of miserable and piercing wails.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of Han troops fired a round of powerful crossbow arrows at the Yellow Turban Army who were engulfed in flames inside the gate, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere and sparks to splash. The deflected crossbow arrows densely nailed the door panels. After the Han army had done enough firepower bombardment, they sent out a small team to rush the door. When they rushed to a position of 30 meters, the sword and shield soldiers in the first row also used javelins to launch a round of long-range concentrated fire. After killing several seriously injured Thunder Warriors, they engaged in close combat and used full long-range firepower bombardment.
However, even though they suffered such serious injuries, these soldiers of Guo Tai still fought tenaciously and were unwilling to retreat even a single step.
Seeing that they could not get through the main gate for a while, Liu Zhuang patted Tuoba Yun and Zhao Yun on the shoulders. Tuoba Yun immediately turned into a flying bird, flew over the high wall, and gathered intelligence from a high vantage point. Zhao Yun, with Fujun and a whole team of Han army, teleported directly into the county government office. While the army was fighting at the main gate, they went to the lobby to look for Guo Tai, the leader of the Baibo Army. They were like entering an empty space, and almost killed Guo Tai before they were stopped by his personal soldiers.
"Oh no! The Han army has sneaked in!"
Looking at the Baibo Army coming to intercept him, Zhao Yun once again activated his ability, trying to teleport through these guards and rush directly in front of Guo Tai, but he was shocked to find that his ability could not be activated.
"What's wrong? Zilong? Teleport us over!"
Liu Zhuang blocked the attack of a Thunder Warrior with his spear and asked in confusion.
"Master, my ability is ineffective?"
Zhao Yun also looked confused and puzzled, not understanding why the group teleportation ability of his [Unfixed Flying Dragon] could suddenly no longer be used.
At this moment, the second Thunder Warrior broke through the effective killing range of Liu Zhuang's spear blade and rushed in front of Liu Zhuang. After all, the spear pole is three meters long and the blade is one meter and sixty long. As long as it breaks through the front one meter and sixty blade length range, it can enter the invulnerable circle of the long-pole weapon, which is the biggest weakness of all long-pole weapons.
But it didn't matter. Tuoba Yun instantly transformed into a colorful white tiger wearing heavy armor, blocking Liu Zhuang tightly and throwing the Thunder Warrior to the ground, making up for Liu Zhuang's lack of close combat, but also making Zhao Yun more confused - Tuoba Yun can transform normally, why can't I teleport???
Liu Zhuang was also very confused. He didn't understand what had happened to Zhao Yun, and his own double pupils were normal.
At this moment, a huge axe suddenly whizzed down from the sky! Zhao Yun was quick-witted and immediately intercepted it with his spear. When the spear and axe collided, Zhao Yun was knocked back several steps by the huge force, but the attacker did not waver, but took advantage of the momentum to approach.
At the moment when the big axe approached, the five magic spells on Liu Zhuang's body that could last for 24 hours melted away like snow under the sun, and the beams of magic fire were also extinguished.
Liu Zhuang tilted his head in surprise and saw that the person coming was a majestic female general, who looked to be in her twenties. She had a dignified and beautiful face, and was extremely serious and old-fashioned. Her thin red lips were tightly pursed together. Her dark pupils were cold and without a trace of emotion. She wielded a long-handled battle axe that was disproportionate to her body in both hands, and attacked fiercely again!
Liu Zhuang subconsciously cast a spell, hoping to blast the newcomer away, but found that not only his amplification spell was ineffective, but even his other spells were unable to be cast. Staying next to this serious and old-fashioned woman, he felt as if he was in a black hole of nothingness, cut off from all connections with magic.
The only thing to be thankful for is that her double pupils can still be used. Her dragon blood ability is only aimed at spells and magical dragon blood talents. A large amount of golden silk threads weave a terrifying attribute on her head.
【Xu Huang】(Dragon)
Level 12 (Level 12 Warrior)
Health 150 Mana 0
Hit: 18, Defense: 11 (Agility +1, Basin Collar Armor +8, Black Iron Helmet +2)
Strength 22, Agility 12, Constitution 22
Intelligence 14, Wisdom 10, Charisma 10
[Dragon Blood Talent·Magic Source Severed]: With you as the center, all magic within a radius of 12 meters (each level x 1 meter) will be suppressed, erased, and destroyed, just like an [Anti-Magic Field].
This profession has mediocre attributes, just an ordinary warrior. Warrior is the most ordinary and least distinctive profession.
But the problem is, her dragon blood talent bans all fancy magic?! Her double pupils are enhanced, and Tuoba Yun's painted skin is a supernatural transformation, so it can still work.
However, since he had violated the priest's laws, Zhao Yun's dragon blood talent in magic could not be used in her forbidden magic area. Not only that, the magic on the magic weapons was suppressed by this thing, and now none of the magic items on him could work.
This ordinary warrior who cannot use any magic items can turn everyone into ordinary warriors who cannot use any magic items.
This is not a human at all, it's clearly a walking human-shaped anti-magic field!
Chapter 161: Nine Swords Nightmare
"Xu Huang! Suppress the governor of Hedong! He is a very strong scholar of ancient Chinese literature! Leave the rest to us!"
A man dressed as an official drew out his ring-handled sword and joined the battle. A thunder warrior sitting on the county magistrate's throne also strode forward with six thunder warriors.
Xu Huang was in charge of the assault and suppression spells, while the others followed up to reap the rewards. It seemed that the Baibo Army was already very familiar with this method. No wonder the Linfen family could not suppress the rebels at all. The Confucian scholar would be very confused when he suddenly encountered Xu Huang's human-shaped anti-magic field and was unable to use all his life's skills.
In this situation, it was difficult to avoid defeat when being charged and assaulted by a large number of Thunder Warriors with extremely high physical attributes, and Linfen’s loss was not unfair.
However, this method can defeat the aristocratic families but not Liu Zhuang. Before becoming a spellcaster, he was also a hunter with good combat capabilities. With the dynamic vision of his double pupils, he could be ranked among the top-notch generals. After dodging the attack of the giant axe, he even had enough strength to launch a counterattack. He pointed his spear at Xu Huang's chest, and a brilliant spark was pierced on the collar of his armor.
"drink!!!"
Liu Zhuang suddenly charged forward, trying to charge on foot and stab Xu Huang to the ground, but Xu Huang stood there motionless, like an unshakable mountain. The spear, as dark as the night, bent upward into a dark waning moon under the pressure exerted by the two men at the same time.
Xu Huang refused to retreat and swung his axe to attack again, but Liu Zhuang dodged it with his double pupils. The axe landed heavily on the ground, smashing the bluestone floor into powder! Countless rubble was blown high into the sky by the shock wave, and then smashed everywhere like a rainstorm.
Her attacks are powerful and her giant axe has great destructive power, but it is not flexible enough and her attack speed is slightly slow. It is very troublesome to block, but relatively easy to dodge.
Liu Zhuang continued to hold the bent night spear in his right hand, and took out a feather arrow from the quiver with his left hand, and threw it hard at Xu Huang's right foot. Even without the bonus of magic, Liu Zhuang's strength was an astonishing 18, almost first-class level. The sharp arrowhead directly pierced through the leather boot surface and injured Xu Huang's toes.
When Xu Huang felt the pain and subconsciously raised his foot to retreat, his entire body balance was destroyed. The spear shaft, which was bent into a crescent shape in front of her chest, made a loud "buzzing" sound, and the spear shaft, which was bent into a waning moon, suddenly rebounded and straightened, and the unbalanced Xu Huang was directly thrown out!
After suffering a loss, Xu Huang immediately got up from the ground, grabbed a shield, and transformed into shield and axe mode. He held the shield with his left hand to protect himself, posing an impeccable defensive posture, and swung the more than three-meter-long long-handled giant axe with his right hand to fight fiercely with Liu Zhuang.
Liu Zhuang looked closely and saw Xu Huang holding the end of the axe handle with his right hand, placing the axe behind him, and then using brute force to swing the axe into the air and smash it towards him! In this way, she swung the axe with one hand, and the power was not weakened at all compared to swinging it with two hands, but the attack speed was much slower.
But the problem is that her attack speed is slow. She is almost invulnerable in shield axe mode. All her weaknesses are hidden behind the shield, and she has no way to launch an effective counterattack.
Liu Zhuang and Xu Huang were wasting time here, while on the side, Yang Feng who rushed forward was stopped by Zhao Yun, and the Yellow Turban leader Guo Tai was intercepted by an armored white tiger. A large number of two-meter-four-five-meter-tall Thunder Warriors rushed over shouting "The Heaven is dead", but were stopped by a group of Thunder Warriors shouting "Support the Han Dynasty". The Thunder Warriors were also the ones that Liu Zhuang led to charge.
Isn't it that you can't use magic? Come on! Fight with your hands!
Zhao Yun took two deep breaths, and now he calmed down and got over the initial panic of not being able to use his abilities. Under the cover of his own Thunder Warriors, he fought a bloody battle with Baibo General Yang Feng. The opponent used a infantry spear, which was slightly shorter than his lance, so it was not difficult for him to fight with him, and he soon gained the upper hand.
Even if Zhao Yun's magical abilities could not be used, Yang Feng was no match for Zhao Yun in a head-on combat. They were evenly matched in the first five rounds, but in the last five rounds he was sweating profusely and fighting and retreating.
By the eleventh round, Zhao Yun, who had regained his sense of rhythm, was already familiar with the opponent's moves. The bright silver lance spun twice in the air, and then suddenly accelerated. The lance blade rubbed against the air rapidly, tearing out a beam of dreamy emerald fire in the air! Not only that, the lance wrapped in emerald flames was still accelerating! It was so fast that it even disappeared from Yang Feng's sight!
Yang Feng's eyes widened in horror, unable to comprehend this miraculous Nine Swords technique. The next second, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. The long spear, which had accelerated to the extreme, actually passed through his defense and exploded in his right chest! Several pieces of black iron armor were shattered by the spear tip, and the fragmented iron pieces even burned with emerald flames.
[Steel Soul Style·Emerald Nightmare]!
Yang Fengqiang endured the pain in his right chest and forced Zhao Yun back with his spear, but before he could recover, he saw Zhao Yun once again using the same starting stance, forcing him to defend with all his strength against the Nine Swords attack that was so fast that it was impossible to see with the naked eye.
Although this attack is consistent with the opening move of Emerald Nightmare, the subsequent moves are different. Zhao Yun's attack this time is much slower, and he rotates his ankles, exerts force on his waist, mobilizes the strength of his whole body, and adds additional rotation and other power-enhancing movements to the lance. While the lance charges forward, it is also constantly rotating, and the flat and sharp lance blade makes a creepy and piercing scream during the charge and rotation!
The spear blade, which was whistling and spinning in the air, caught fire when it rubbed against the atmosphere again. This time, it was not an emerald flame as swift as the wind, but a gorgeous red flame. The spear tip ignited by the flame, wrapped in the scorching fire, pierced Yang Feng heavily. Even though he blocked it, he was shocked and his knuckles were bleeding, and his arms were numb. The flames that were spinning along with the spear blade exploded instantly, blasting Yang Feng away!
[Steel Soul Style·Fiery Jade Nightmare]!
Zhao Yun has mastered the two completely different nightmare attacks of Steel Soul Flow, one blue and one red. The Emerald Nightmare is incredibly fast, making it extremely difficult for the enemy to dodge; the Blazing Jade Nightmare is extremely powerful, and the enemy will be injured even if they try to parry. She just switches her offensive between the two nightmare attacks and beats Yang Feng back step by step. He can neither dodge nor block.
Not to mention fighting back, Yang Feng could not block Zhao Yun's attacks at all. Every time he tried to dodge, Zhao Yun would directly attack with the Emerald Nightmare, which was too fast to dodge. Every time he tried to block, the Blazing Jade Nightmare would smash down, and the bright silver spear would dance gracefully and frantically in two completely different flames, one blue and one red.
After several attacks, Zhao Yun finally pierced through his highly defensive iron armor with a spear, knocking him to the ground! His eyes rolled back and blood spit out of his mouth.
Chapter 162: Bai Bo Xu Huang
At the same time, Tuoba Yun also fought fiercely with the Yellow Turban leader Guo Tai in the form of a bear and tiger.
Just like Liu Zhuang's ability to shout and fight fiercely, and Zhao Yun's teleportation gradually changed from a single unit to a group unit, Tuoba Yun's ability of the Painted Dragon Skin also completed its final growth and took shape as he grew older.
Now, although she can still only transform into animals, she can perform additional transformations.
Guo Tai originally wanted to take down Liu Zhuang first, but was stopped by Tuoba Yun in the form of a giant bear. He swept the giant horse-slaying sword in his hand, but missed. Tuoba Yun instantly changed from a bear into a giant python more than seven meters long. It suddenly lay on the ground, dodged the powerful blow, and then coiled around Guo Tai's legs. The giant python's terrifying muscle strength made it impossible for him to break free, and even his bones were squeezed and creaked.
Fortunately, at this moment, Guo Tai's hands had not been strangled by the giant python. He hurriedly swung the machete and chopped it down. As a result, the next second, a thick claw arm covered with scales, like a bud just pulled out from a branch, stretched out from the giant python's limbs, and grew rapidly, tightly grasping his wrist!
Guo Tai was stunned for a moment, Tuoba Yun's dragon blood ability was no secret, she had fought too many times in Hedong, and her ability to transform into any animal was almost well known.
But didn't she turn into a snake? What were these giant lizard claws?
Although all skilled transformers have three forms: true form, hybrid form, and monster form, Tuoba Yun's true form is not a lizard. Snakes and centaurs are hybrid forms. What the hell are snakes and lizards...
Before Guo Tai could react, the python extended its second lizard claw and grabbed Guo Tai's hands and arms tightly, removing his weapons and allowing the python to wrap around his body tightly.
Seeing that things were going badly, Guo Tai chanted a spell quickly, but unexpectedly, the giant snake's head turned into Tuoba Yun's upper body.
Her lower body transformed into a hybrid of a giant python and a giant lizard, and also completed a hybrid transformation between a monster and a human. With one blow of her deft hands, she dislocated Guo Tai's jaw! She also strangled Guo Tai's neck with a stranglehold.
This time, Guo Tai was doomed. Tuoba Yun's two jade arms' strangling skills had already made it difficult for him to breathe. The strangulation of the giant python-monster lizard hybrid in his lower body squeezed out the last bit of air in his lungs, and broke his bones one by one through the iron armor! It was like a murderous snake lizard, slowly but surely strangling him on the spot!
"Protect the Warmaster! Protect the Warmaster!!!"
Seeing that Guo Tai was no match for Tuoba Yun, a large number of Thunder Warriors of the Baibo Army wanted to come and rescue Guo Tai, but were blocked by the Thunder Warriors of the Han Army. The fight between the Thunder Warriors was extremely terrifying. Both sides were wearing the strongest armor and holding the sharpest blades. All of their strength, agility and physique had been unprecedentedly improved. The battle between Superman and Superman was bloody and flesh flew everywhere. No one could do anything to anyone in a short time.
Considering that Zhao Yun teleported a large number of Thunder Warriors into the county government office, and a large number of Thunder Warriors of the Baibo Army were blocking the gate of the county government office, the decapitation team of the Han Army still had the advantage in numbers and were slowly strangling the remaining Thunder Warriors.
At this moment, after killing Yang Feng, Zhao Yun quickly came to help Liu Zhuang. The two of them joined forces to fight Xu Huang. One was black, and the one hundred and two long spears were like dragons emerging from the sea, hitting the shield with sparks flying and clanging sounds.
Xu Huang's serious, old-fashioned beautiful face showed no expression. He still bit his lip and frowned, holding the shield in his left hand to endure the attacks of the two, and wielding the giant axe in his right hand waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. Zhao Yun subconsciously wanted to teleport away, but then he realized Xu Huang's anti-magic ability [Magic Source Cut], and could only helplessly raise his spear to resist. The result was that he was hit back four or five steps, and then he regained his balance tremblingly.
Unlike powerful generals like Lu Bu and Xu Huang, Zhao Yun's strength can only be considered average. Her strength lies in her speed and skills that have been honed to the extreme, which puts her at a disadvantage in the comparison of such strength.
The two men looked at each other, and their long-standing tacit understanding allowed them to go around Xu Huang's two sides, one on the left and the other on the right, and attack respectively, forcing him to do two things at the same time. Xu Huang felt very uncomfortable at the moment, so he simply threw away his shield and resumed his fighting posture of wielding the giant axe with both hands, letting the three-meter-long long-handled giant axe spin wildly above his head like a windmill. Seeing Liu Zhuang launching an attack, the giant axe smashed towards Liu Zhuang, and then used the force of the rotation to return to defend Zhao Yun at the fastest speed!
The spears and axes collided, sparks flew, and clanging sounds were heard. Every time the three weapons collided, Xu Huang's strange power would flow along the black, and the two spear shafts made the two men's arms hurt. If he could cast a spell, Liu Zhuang would have a thousand ways to kill this strange Muggle who had no spellcasting ability, but the opponent's ability was to suppress the operation of all magic, which was very uncomfortable. This person was born to be his nemesis.
Zhao Yun tried to attack with the Nine Swords Style, but after suffering a few minor losses, Xu Huang simply adopted a desperate fighting style: I have thick skin and flesh, and I may not die if I take your spear. Do you dare to take my giant axe?
