"General Li, glad to see you again. Sorry to keep you waiting. But the reason why I came late is that I'd like you to spend more time occupying the border areas," Zhao Yun sneered and satirized.

The blue veins on General Li's face twitched. He said, "You truly won the battle last time but you know that was a tarnished victory."

"So what? Tricks are allowed on the battlefield. I only care about the result." Zhao Yun said with a smile.

General Li looked serious and stared at Zhao Yun. "Well, let's wait and see how you will end up if you try that trick again this time."

"Haha...You really scared me." Zhao Yun raised his head and laughed.

Xiling soldiers behind followed him to laugh.

General Li became so angry and said in a cold voice, "If so, I will surely let you bite the dust on Dongling's territory. But don't worry. I'll bury you all."

Right at this time, Emperor Xiling rode forward and said with disdain, "How dare you boast without shame here!"

Lan Kuo stopped before Zhao Yun.

"Your Majesty," Zhao Yun frowned, got off the horse, and walked to Lan Kuo.

Then, Zhao Yun got closer to him and whispered, "Your Majesty, why are you here? We're on the battlefield which is a dangerous place. Your Majesty, please go back to the camp and wait for us to bring you the good news."

"Never mind. Now that I'm here, I gotta help boost my soldiers' morale!" Lan Kuo said while looking at Zhao Yun.

Lan Kuo clamped the horse's belly with his legs and the horse moved a few steps forward. He looked at General Li and said, "General Li, I've heard a lot about you. Brave and battle-wise, you're an awe-inspiring general."

"I didn't even know you had heard about me," General Li snorted and replied.

Right when General Li finished, Zhao Yun walked forward, pointed at him, and shouted, "How dare you be so rude to His Majesty..."

"General Zhao, step back!" Lan Kuo interrupted before Zhao Yun finished.

Zhao Yun had no choice but to cup his hands and respond, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Then Lan Kuo turned to General Li and said with a smile, "I really admire talents, so I can't bear to see you wasting your talent there. So General Li, how about surrendering and joining my camp now? In this way, we can also reduce the toll, right?"

"You're asking me to betray my country and collude with my enemy?" General Li looked at Lan Kuo and asked.

But Lan Kuo smiled and said, "Betraying your country and colluding with your enemy? General Li, I think that's too much. No one will be hostile to each other forever. When I occupy the border areas and invade the Jing City, then the whole world will be mine. So you won't be seen as a traitor, but a sensible general, if you surrender now."

"Bah! The whole world will be yours? Let's wait and see whether you are that capable!" General Li spat in the direction where Lan Kuo stood and replied to him when taking out his sword.

Seeing that, Lan Kuo pulled a long face and said, "I was going to spare you. But now that you don't appreciate it, I won't go easy on you anymore!"

Lan Kuo called Zhao Yun, "General Zhao, what are you still waiting for? Occupy the border areas, now!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhao Yun responded with his hands cupped and then mounted his horse.

Zhao Yun moved towards Lan Kuo and said, "Your Majesty, you first."

Lan Kuo nodded and held the rein to turn the horse around.

When Emperor Xiling moved, Zhao Yun held his sword high and ordered, "Soldiers, attention! Occupy the border areas!"

Then, he rushed out first.

Seeing that, General Li lifted the corner of his mouth and shouted, "Withdraw! Hurry up!"

Then, a troop of soldiers ran backward quickly.

Zhao Yun still shouted, "Soldiers, go! Take this chance to kill them all."

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" soldiers followed to shout when hearing Zhao Yun's words.

Lan Kuo rode the horse to an empty place nearby and held the rein to stop it. Hearing those cries and seeing flustered Dongling soldiers, Lan Kuo couldn't help but smile.

Right at this time, General Li shouted loudly, "Pull!"

Then, some people pulled ropes they buried underground before. Zhao Yun who led in front panicked and shouted to warn soldiers. Then he held the rein, which made the horse raise its forelegs high and jump over ropes.

When he landed, Zhao Yun signaled soldiers behind to stop. But it was too late. Even if they saw those ropes, they couldn't stop.

All horses were tripped by ropes and soldiers in front fell down from horses.

However, before they stood up, they felt that they stepped on nothing. Some fell down into the dug pit, in which there were sharp bamboo poles.

Zhao Yun turned his head and saw General Li wearing a smile. He said loudly, "You're despicable."

"I'm not worthy of 'your praise'. Moreover, you've said that tricks are allowed on the battlefield, haven't you? How do you feel? Do you like the gift I prepare for you?" General Li said.

Zhao Yun's face turned red when he looked back and saw those miserable soldiers who fell down into the pit. He held the spear tight and ordered loudly, "Soldiers, kill!"

Soldiers behind heard that and kept striding forward.

"Three, two, one, go!" General Li shouted again when he felt it was the right time.

Then the troop of his soldiers ran backward again.

Seeing that, Zhao Yun stopped and shot out his right hand to ask soldiers to stop and be careful!

General Li knew they would be more careful when Xiling soldiers found out there were traps. So he was sure that Zhao Yun wouldn't let his soldiers move forward anymore.

General Li walked back to where he stayed before and looked at Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun carefully took several steps forward to check whether there were any traps. Finding no traps, he looked back and said, "Everyone, come here."

However, when soldiers were about to move forward, they heard a rumble. They stopped and talked with each other.

"Did you hear any sound?"

"Yes. I think it comes from afar."

When they were still talking, someone in the troop shouted, "Look... There are rocks falling down."

Seeing that, Zhao Yun who sat on the horse became very nervous and ordered loudly, "Everyone... Run away."

Right when he finished, giant rocks fell down from one side.

Soldiers got flustered and all ran to the other side.

Soldiers who stood afar were still fine while those near the hill were not in luck. Some were hit by the falling rocks before they realized what happened.

Soon, no rocks fell down. Zhao Yun turned his horse back to check on soldiers.

But all soldiers panicked.

Seeing those who died of the falling rocks or got injured, Zhao Yun couldn't help but pat himself on his lap. The battle hadn't started yet but he already lost hundreds of soldiers.

Now, soldiers were all afraid and they might have lost their morale long ago. For soldiers, losing morale on the battlefield was equal to letting enemies deal with their lives.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun said in a loud voice, "Soldiers! Line up!"

Soldiers walked to Zhao Yun slowly and lined up when they heard the order!

Although they had lined up, they were still flustered. Zhao Yun looked so cold. He had underestimated Dongliong soldiers. He didn't expect that they could demoralize his soldiers so easily.

Now, the most urgent thing was to boost soldiers' morale. Thinking of this, Zhao Yun said in a loud voice, "I know you haven't come to your senses yet, but we're on the battlefield. Please hurry to get yourself back on track. What they want is to make us demoralized. We can't let them have their way. We have defeated them before and they're short of supplies. So as long as we buck up, we can still defeat them. Do you have the confidence?"

"Yes." Only half of the soldiers responded.

Seeing that, Zhao Yun asked loudly again, "Let me hear you. Do you have the confidence?"

"Yes!" All soldiers responded this time.

Then Zhao Yun said, "Alright. Hold your weapon now and let's break into their camp!"

"Yes!" soldiers held their weapons high and responded.

Then, Zhao Yun turned the horse around and shot out his right hand to raise his weapon high. "Go!"

With one order, soldiers all rushed forward.

At this time, General Cheng asked General Li, "Li, do you really think they got their morale back in such a short time?"

"How come? These soldiers know they can't flinch now. Besides, Zhao Yun comforted them by saying that we were short of supplies and couldn't win them. As a result, they bite the bullet to start the fight. If you don't believe, just wait and see." General Li squinted and said with the corner of his mouth lifted.

When he finished, General Li asked soldiers behind, "Are you ready?"

"Yes!" soldiers behind replied loudly.

General Li ordered, "Alright, fight back!" Then he rushed out first.

Soldiers behind followed.

General Li rode to those Xiling soldiers and wielded his sword. At once, one fell down. Then, General Li shouted, "Kill!"

Immediately, two armies started to fight. Only the cries and the clanging sound made when weapons hit could be heard.

Zhao Yun was shocked at first. Did he get the wrong message? How could it be? However, he had little time to think because General Li was riding to him.

Seeing that, Zhao Yun quickly dodged to avoid General Li's attack.

Then, they fought with each other.

General Cheng also joined in.

Lan Kuo who stood outside the battlefield frowned. Although he saw traps that Dongling soldiers set, he didn't give that a second thought.

After all, it was quite normal for weak soldiers to set traps to resist enemies in vain!