Chapter 27: I Am Lu Bu
5,000 Huainan elite soldiers besieged Xu.
The defenders gave up the city with little resistance.
Since Cao Cao's crusade against Xuzhou, although some cities are still nominally in the hands of LΓΌ Bu, in fact the defenders have long lost their loyalty.
betrayed Lu Bu, all they lacked was a high-sounding excuse......
There were only 2,000 soldiers in Xiapi City who could fight.
LΓΌ Bu selected 500 people and went out of the city with Zhang Liao as his lieutenant to meet the Huainan army.
The horse's hooves are far away and the dust and smoke are billowing away, bathing in the brilliance of the morning sun, and Lu Bu, who is galloping on his horse, is like a martial god who falls from the sky.
The five hundred soldiers behind him, although their armor was broken, were all in good spirits.
Chen Gong and Gao Shun stood at the head of the city.
Looking at Lu Bu in the distance, Gao Shun couldn't help but be a little worried: "Wen Hou only brought five hundred people, but Ji Ling led five thousand soldiers and horses, this battle ......"
"This battle will determine the life and death of each and every one of us." Chen Gong's expression was solemn: "But I am very relieved, today's temperature is no longer the temperature that was trapped in Xiapi at the beginning." β
Gao Shun nodded silently.
Chen Gong's confidence is not without reason, and Lu Bu has brought them too many surprises recently.
The morale of the officers and men of the three armed forces has also rekindled hope!
Straddled the halberd, Lu Bu walked at the front of the line.
Zhang Liao followed behind him.
Not a single person spoke in the fast march.
Including Lu Bu, everyone's expressions were very solemn.
500 against 5,000......
Except for the soldiers who are still following Lu Bu, I'm afraid no one believes that they can survive this battle!
After taking Xu Guo, Ji Ling and Liu Shen were more confident in breaking through Lu Bu.
Leaving the city to the defenders who had surrendered, the two men continued to advance north with an army of 5,000.
The two sides met unexpectedly in a small place called Louting.
The cold winter is quietly leaving, and spring is gently breathing to the earth.
The grass sprouts from the soil, and although it is only a small point, it still gives the world a layer of greenery.
The spring breeze is like a road idiot with no sense of direction, it sometimes goes from south to north, sometimes from north to south.
Lu Bu immediately crossed the halberd in the cold wind of early spring, staring at the Huainan army that was slowly approaching.
The black-pressed Huainan army advanced slowly, and compared to their lineup, the five hundred people brought by Lu Bu were too thin.
Seeing Lu Bu from afar, just vaguely seeing his armor and the Divine Horse Red Rabbit under his crotch, Ji Ling and Liu Shen were a little panicked in their hearts.
After getting closer, Liu Shen noticed that something was wrong.
He whispered to Ji Ling: "General Ji, it doesn't seem that Lu Bu is here. β
"Not Lu Bu?" His eyesight was not as good as Liu Shen's, and Ji Ling asked in surprise, "Who could that be?" β
"I don't know." Liu Shen looked at Lu Bu opposite suspiciously: "Lu Bu is nearly fifty years old, but the general opposite is no more than twenty." β
"And that kind of thing?" Ji Ling couldn't believe it, and squinted his eyes to look at the other side.
But he still couldn't see clearly.
If it wasn't Lu Bu, who could it be who was wearing his armor and riding his horse?
"Lu Bu is brave, we are not his opponents." Liu Shen said: "If he didn't come, it would be a good thing." β
"If the person who comes is really young, it can be seen that Lu Bu has no useful generals." Ji Ling said: "I'll go to meet him to see where he is sacred." β
"Where can I use General Ji to do it?" Liu Shen said: "I'll go to meet him, and ask the general to beat the drum for me to help fight!" β
"General Liu, be careful." Knowing that it was not Lu Bu who came from the other side, Ji Ling was a lot more relieved.
Liu Shen rushed out on his horse, came to a place where Lu Bu could hear his shout, picked up his weapon and pointed over: "Who is coming?" The name and surname on the express report, I will not kill the nameless general. β
"I'll meet him." Zhang Liao lifted the reins and was about to rush out.
"Wen Yuan pressed the formation, I'll go." Lu Bu stopped him.
"Wen Hou ......" Lu Bu is the main father-in-law, and Zhang Liao certainly doesn't want him to go into battle in person.
"The soldiers are all looking at me." Lu Bu showed a smile: "Only if I personally go into battle, can they truly have the belief that they will win." β
Zhang Liao no longer argued.
Lu Bu was right.
At that time, Xuzhou had 20,000 soldiers and horses.
Cao Cao attacked, LΓΌ Bu was defeated one after another, and many soldiers scattered and fled, leaving behind those who were trapped in Xiapi and had no way to retreat.
Lu Bu burned Cao's grain and grass to repel Cao Cao, and the veteran became a teenager overnight.
His former decadence was swept away, and the soldiers confirmed with their own eyes that the once invincible martial god was reborn.
Liu Shen came to challenge, and Zhang Liao could indeed win easily.
But he won, and the encouragement to the soldiers was far less than that of Lu Bu himself.
Gently patting Zhang Liao's arm, Lu Bu stepped forward immediately to meet Liu Xiangce.
"Is there no one under Yuan Shu? I don't even know you, and I'm really blind to your dog's eye. Less than ten steps away from Liu Shen, Lu Bu stopped.
Approaching each other, Liu Shen looked at Lu Bu, his face showing astonishment and confusion.
Wearing chain gold armor, riding a red rabbit horse, holding the Fang Tian painting halberd in one hand, handsome and majestic, like a god in the world.
If it weren't for the fact that he looked like he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, he would have thought that Lu Bu was in front of him.
"Who the hell are you?" Seeing Lu Bu clearly, Liu Shen felt a little weak in his heart.
He once heard that Lu Bu had a son who was also brave, but his appearance was not very good-looking, and he was never valued.
Cao's army besieged Xiapi, and LΓΌ Bu's son led his troops out of the city to fight, and finally was outnumbered and died in the chaos.
The dignified person in front of him, in another thirty years, he should look exactly the same as Lu Bu.
In addition to the one who died on the battlefield, Lu Bu has other sons?
Liu Xiang was confused in his heart, but Lu Bu smiled contemptuously and said coldly: "No wonder you are in a hurry to seek death, it turns out that you can't recognize me." β
"Who the hell are you?" The bottom of his heart was empty, and in order to strengthen his courage, Liu Shen shouted and asked.
"How many Jiuyuan Lu Bu are there in the world?" Lu Bu deliberately kept his voice very low.
Of course, Liu Shen would not believe his self-report.
He had the impression that Lu Bu was nearly half a hundred years old and had gray hair on his sideburns, and the former martial god was already in his twilight, how could he be the heroic young man in front of him?
"Are you here for a war or a blind date?" Before Liu Shen could come back to his senses, Lu Bu glared at him: "Even if you are a woman, I won't take a fancy to you if you look like this." If you come to seek death, why don't you be faster? Grinding and chirping, delaying the general's work! β
Lu Bu was riding a red rabbit horse, and the two of them were only less than ten steps apart.
Liu Shen knew very well that even if he wanted to run, as long as Lu Bu caught up, he had no chance of retreating alive.
In any case, he would not believe that it was Lu Bu in front of him, and with a hint of luck that he could win, Liu Shen spurred his heart to kill him.
Ji Ling, who was watching the battle from a distance, raised his arm.
The war drums of the Chinese army then sounded.
The drums were deafening and cheering for Liu Shen.
The distance was only ten steps, and Liu Shen rushed in front of him, but Lu Bu did not have any signs of charging.