At the same time, the Han army, with its morale soaring, caught up with the retreating and fleeing soldiers and began to carry out a merciless massacre of the rebels.

The screams from behind further spurred the fleeing rebels. To avoid being caught by the Han army, many rebel soldiers, huddled together, also swung their weapons at their comrades who were blocking their way.

"Retreat! Retreat now!!"

Seeing his own side in chaos, Chen Man was furious, but he had no choice but to order a retreat and lead his personal guards to flee towards Puyang.

Those who surrender will not be killed!

Lu Bu and his men, who were hot on their heels, shouted in unison. Many of the rebels who were in no hurry to escape immediately threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender.

The Han army pursued the rebels to three miles south of Puyang before ceasing hostilities and escorting the prisoners towards the capital.

Chen Man, who led an army of 70,000 out of the city, fought a great battle but ultimately only managed to escape into Puyang with 20,000 men.

The Han army returned to their camp with a glorious record of killing 10,000 enemies and capturing 40,000.

The bravery of Lü Bu, Sun Jian, Dian Wei, and other Imperial Guards trainees completely won over all the Northern Army soldiers.

That night, Huangfu Gui ordered the entire army to celebrate, and the Han army camp was brightly lit with bonfires, and the aroma of wine and meat filled the air.

Chen Man and the others who fled back to Puyang were filled with lamentation. They had been unable to defeat Huangfu Gui with 100,000 troops before, and now with only 50,000 left, how could they possibly resist?

In an instant, the morale of the rebel army in Puyang City plummeted to rock bottom.

The next morning, Chen Man once again dispatched dozens of messengers to rush towards Qingzhou and Jizhou.

However, the spies from the Investigation Division, who were lying in ambush along the way, did not stop them this time.

It was afternoon when Chen Man's messenger was speeding along a small road to Jizhou when he suddenly saw a large army marching in their direction.

At the front of the army, a large banner with the character "Lu" fluttered in the wind.

The messengers immediately hid in the dense forest beside the road.

"Huh, they look like our own people?"

As the army approached, a messenger couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation after seeing the uniforms of the troops.