Keyboard Immortal - Chapter 2929

Chapter 1442: Army and Commander Talents

Zou Jing was overjoyed: “Excellent! The Prefect now has three more generals under his command, surely they can protect the peace of Youzhou.”

The status of women in this world is much higher than in history; after all, it’s a world where strength reigns supreme. As long as a woman is strong enough, she can also become a general.

He then chatted with the three men for a while, and upon hearing that Zu An and others were preparing to raise a righteous army, he became even more delighted. He left his name card before departing.

After he left, Yun Jianyue hurriedly pulled Zu An aside to ask questions, and even Tingxue looked at him with some confusion.

“Ah Zu, are you really planning to become a subordinate of such a captain? In this chaotic world, shouldn’t we be the ones to establish our own strongholds and become our own bosses?”

Zu An thought to himself that she still couldn’t let go of her ambition to be a gang leader, and couldn’t help but laugh. “Although it’s a chaotic world now, the imperial court still has considerable influence. It’s the right thing to do now to gradually strengthen ourselves by leveraging the imperial court’s name.”

Ting Xue was a little puzzled: “But according to the historical timeline you mentioned before, Liu Bei joined Zou Jing’s forces and made many contributions in the battle to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but in the end, his development was far inferior to those warlords who started from a higher point. Won’t we repeat the same mistake?

” “If we follow his path completely, it obviously won’t work, but we are too weak now. Joining the government is the best solution,” Zu An explained.

Yun Jian Yue laughed: “Good, I’ve been wanting to make a big splash for a long time. I’ve been cooped up in this small county town for ages.”

She then began to gather her subordinates. Seeing that five hundred people had gathered from all directions, Zu An’s eyes widened. This woman was indeed someone who could do great things no matter what world she was in.

What surprised him even more were the two women’s weapons. Yun Jianyue took out a ten-foot-long serpent spear, a divine weapon she had obtained through adventures in various worlds.

Tingxue took out an iron rod, which she combined with her longsword, naming it the Cold Beauty Saw, also known as the Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

Zu An took out the Tai’a Sword and the Law-Breaking Blade forged from the Fang of Slaughter, thinking, “Is this my twin swords…?”

Over the next few days, the three of them trained and equipped the five hundred men before heading to Ji County in Guangyang Prefecture, northeast of Zhuo County, to report for duty.

Ji County was the location of the Youzhou Governor’s Office. The current Governor of Youzhou was not Liu Yan from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but Guo Xun as recorded in official history, which did not surprise Zu An.

On the way, Yun Jianyue explained some common knowledge about this world to him: “Besides the suppression of individual cultivators by the aura of war, some elite armies also have their own unique talents and abilities, and some generals also have their own special command skills, which greatly enhance the various capabilities of the army.”

Zu An asked curiously, “Why doesn’t our army have these?”

“Firstly, the number of people is too small, and secondly, they lack the tempering of blood and fire. Although they have undergone my strict training, I have to admit that before actual combat, they are just the lowest-level army.” Yun Jianyue continued, “As for the command skills of the generals, I have never understood what they are.”

“Then let’s ask Zou Jing when we see him. He is a high-ranking officer in Youzhou and should know these things.” As Zu An was speaking, he suddenly saw some scattered remnants of soldiers running towards them in the distance.

Everyone hurriedly stopped them and asked them, only to learn that Guangyang County had been captured by Deng Mao and Cheng Zhiyuan, generals under the Yellow Turban Army. Guo Xun, the governor of Youzhou, and Liu Wei, the prefect of Guangyang, had been killed, and the entire Youzhou was now leaderless.

The remaining soldiers recounted the horrors of the Yellow Turban Army, urging them to flee quickly.

Yun Jianyue’s expression turned cold, and with a casual wave of his hand, he ended the lives of the loudest shouters: “Yellow Turban spies, deliberately spreading rumors to undermine morale, deserve to be executed!”

Zu An also knew that fear was contagious; if they were allowed to continue, his 500 men would likely be terrified.

He seized the opportunity and said, “Now that the Yellow Turban Army has just captured Ji County, they must be complacent and unprepared. A swift surprise attack will catch them off guard.”

Yun Jianyue and Ting Xue, both among the world’s most outstanding figures, agreed with his assessment, and the group quickly marched towards Ji County.

Sure enough, when they arrived in Ji County, it was already in chaos.

As the capital of Youzhou, Ji County was naturally the most prosperous place in the entire Youzhou. The impoverished Yellow Turban soldiers went berserk after entering the city, looting government offices and civilians.

Zu An dispatched a squad of soldiers to plant flags, beat drums, and shout throughout the city walls as a diversion, while he led the rest of his men into Ji County.

By this time, the Yellow Turban army’s organization had long since disintegrated, with soldiers looting indiscriminately, fearing they would plunder less than others. Suddenly discovering the government troops had returned, they were completely bewildered and scattered in all directions.

Although Zu An’s forces were outnumbered, they managed to create localized skirmishes, and wherever they went, the Yellow Turbans crumbled at the first contact.

Unable to mount a cohesive resistance, Zu An and his two companions were able to fully utilize their fighting prowess, leading the charge and unleashing a barrage of extraordinary skills, greatly boosting the morale of their hundreds of soldiers.

He could keenly sense that the entire army seemed to be gradually transforming, as if some kind of mysterious power was gathering within them—presumably the so-called “military aura.”

As they fought their way into the city, a loud shout rang out, and a squad of Yellow Turban soldiers charged out from the side. It turned out that the Yellow Turban commanders, Cheng Zhiyuan and Deng Mao, had finally reacted and led their elite troops to attack.

Zu An casually released the Divine Rune Soldier Diagram, causing countless golden ripples to rise in the sky, followed by beams of sword energy attacking the enemy.

This skill was perfect for wide-area attacks; he wanted to take advantage of the enemy army’s unstable footing to inflict heavy damage.

In the blink of an eye, many Yellow Turban soldiers were torn to pieces, some with severed arms and legs, others with ruptured intestines.

At this moment, Cheng Zhiyuan and Deng Mao hurriedly shouted, “Talisman and Water Synergy!”

Suddenly, a phantom of a yellow talisman appeared above their entire ranks.

Immediately afterward, the soldiers’ wounds healed at a visible speed, and in no time, everyone was completely restored.

Seeing this, Zu An and the other two exchanged bewildered glances. This was similar to a full-scale healing spell! Could this be the innate ability of the Yellow Turban generals?

No wonder the Yellow Turbans had conquered so many prefectures and counties in such a short time; with the ability to heal at will, weren’t they invincible?

At this moment, the Yellow Turban soldiers’ morale soared, each muttering incantations: “The Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise! The Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise!”

A black, malevolent aura seeped from their heads, then rapidly spread across the entire battlefield.

The golden divine runes in the sky gradually disappeared, and Zu An discovered that his abilities were suppressed; he could only unleash his divine rune military diagrams within a few feet, no longer able to form a vast, all-encompassing force as usual.

Simultaneously, their incantations seemed to possess some kind of magic targeting the soul; his hundreds of soldiers were filled with fear, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

Zu An was secretly alarmed. He knew that both Deng Mao and Cheng Zhiyuan were minor characters in the Three Kingdoms period, and even the Yellow Turban Army wasn’t considered an elite force. Moreover, most of the Yellow Turbans in Ji County were still in disarray, unable to assemble in time.

He hadn’t expected them to still possess such power on the battlefield; it seemed the gap between individual combat strength and military might in this world was far greater than imagined.