Chapter 22 Infiltrate Chang'an and Attack and Kill Lu Bu!
Stomp β
With the collision of 'click' armor, the sound of light and heavy footsteps.
Cao Cao and the others walked three miles with blood stains on their faces, took a shortcut in the forest, and walked out of the mountains and forests with some sighs and came to the main road outside Luoyang City.
"Sir, let's go back to Luoyang Camp first."
Cao Cao looked a little tired at this time, and looked at Zhao Zhou, who was recalling the battle and fighting at the same time, and said, "Yuan Shao's troops should also march in the next two days and rush to this side from the Tiger Prison Pass." When the time comes, we will discuss the countermeasures to deal with Dong Zhuo. β
"That's what my brother said." Cao Ren turned around and looked at the less than 300 soldiers, and found that many of them were injured and were being carried by their companions, "The soldiers are tired now, and they need to go back to the camp to rectify." There are still many garrison soldiers in the battalion, especially Yuan Shao and others, although they are useless, they are also a deterrent, and they don't dare to come to Lu Bu! β
"Yes." Zhao Zhou nodded when he heard this, and he also rested a little along the way, he wasted a body strengthening pill as a strength supplement for food, and his body strength had recovered, guarding against Lu Bu's attack again.
It's just a three-mile journey, he is vigilant around, but he doesn't hear the sound of horses' hooves, and now he doesn't see anyone else on the road except for Cao Cao and others and some fleeing Luoyang residents.
couldn't help but stop Zhao Zhou's fist fight, recalled the battle, and thought about it left and right, he knew that the red rabbit horse must have been injured by himself before, and he moved his muscles and bones, otherwise with Lu Bu's unruly character, the 'god general of the world' who was touted by the princes would definitely not swallow this evil breath.
"Chitu should be injured, and the injury is not enough to carry people to run again.... In particular, Lu Bu also knew that riding other horses was no match for me, so he gave up the pursuit..."
When he fought against Lu Bu before, he was concentrated, and Zhao Zhou didn't know if the thousand catties of giant power would hurt the strange Chitu.
Anyway, with the strength of a thousand catties, if he slaps the black bear, the black bear will have nothing to do, so Zhao Zhou is not sure that he will cherish it more than the black bear, and it can be said that the only red rabbit in the world will be injured by himself.
But.
He figured it out now.
recalled the battle again, and thought that after Chitu was punched by himself, he really trembled and turned around, sacrificing himself to save Lu Bu, and then Chitu didn't kick with his front hooves again.
"Chitu must be injured!"
Now that there is no life and death crisis, Zhao Zhou concentrated on recalling it carefully, and also remembered this scene,
He couldn't help but pause, and he didn't go in the direction of Daying, but turned around and looked in the direction of Chang'an.
"Meng De, you go to the camp and wait for me first. I still have some things to do. β
Since Zhao Zhou knew that Chitu was injured, he also knew that even if he continued to fight in the forest before, Lu Bu would definitely not be his opponent, and he could kill Lu Bu before Lu Bu's army arrived!
It was also Zhao Zhou's premise of being cautious that he temporarily got out.
It's just that now Cao Cao is also safe, and the troubles have disappeared.
When Zhao Zhou thought of this, he didn't want to say more, so he explained to Cao Cao, and rushed directly to Chang'an.
"Where are you going, sir?"
Zhao Zhou hadn't told Cao Cao that he had fought with Lu Bu, and Cao Cao didn't understand that his husband was turning around and preparing to kill Lu Bu!
Now he just thought that Zhao Zhou wanted to find the lost soldiers.
"Give Meng De a big gift!" Zhao Zhou's footsteps did not stop, he stepped on the mountains and bushes, and disappeared into the mountains and forests in a few breaths, chasing Lu Bu and others by taking a shortcut.
It can be said that revenge is not overnight, today's business, today's end!
Cao Cao and the others saw it, and knew that they couldn't catch up, so they also glanced at each other and didn't choose to chase it.
"When I go back to the camp, I will call some more people to look for the soldiers who were separated before.... I can't let Mr. take the risk to rescue him alone...."Cao Cao thought about it, fearing that Zhao Zhou would lose alone, so he left Cao Ren and a small number of soldiers outside the forest as a response, and then took the rest of Xiahoudun and other generals, and quickly returned to the camp despite exhaustion.
And the great gift that Zhao Zhou said.
It was also misunderstood by them as Zhao Zhou, who wanted to save some more compatriots who went to life and death together.
Kill Lu Bu, they didn't think about it.
First, they felt that Zhao Zhou might not be Lu Bu's opponent, and second, they felt that even if Zhao Zhou could fight, but Lu Bu had thousands of troops on his side, and Zhao Zhou was alone, and he was not an immortal, how could he take Lu Bu's head among the ten thousand troops?
Also with the passage of time.
Wait until Cao Cao and the others return to the camp and bring people in order.
Cao Ren outside the forest looked at the forest, and when several fleeing soldiers asked where Zhao Zhou was, Zhao Zhou in the forest also caught up with Lu Bu's army, and used the trees in the forest as a cover, avoiding nearby spies, and followed Lu Bu's army in the direction of Chang'an City.
Wait for Zhao Zhou to follow here.
The sun is also setting in the west.
Zhao Zhou walked out of the direction of no one in the forest, and came to the outside of Chang'an City, and saw that there were residents outside the city who knelt down and cried bitterly, or hurried to the city and outside the city, and there were also many scholars and officials who moved from Luoyang.
And the important scribes and court officials led by Dong Zhuo have been arranged by him in the city.
'Click'
The horses trampled on the dust, accompanied by the heavy collision of soldiers.
Lu Bu's army also came outside the city.
"You wait and set up camp here."
Lu Bu glanced at Chang'an, and asked some of the soldiers to camp outside the city, or join the main army of the village. While letting a small group of soldiers follow him to the city.
Outside the city.
Zhao Zhou blended in the chaotic crowd outside the city half-sided, hiding his figure behind several residents who were stopped by soldiers, and also saw Lu Bu riding a tall horse among the troops entering the city not far away, and headed towards the city first, but the horse under him was not a red rabbit.
"Sure enough, Chitu was injured...."Zhao Zhou saw this scene, and when Lu Bu entered the city, he looked over a little, and also saw several soldiers wearing swords half-supporting Chitu, deliberately blocking Chitu's figure and covering it in the array.
Wait a little longer.
Wait until all these armies enter the city.
Only then did the people outside the city line up, verify their identities, and enter the city one after another.
But not everyone has proven it.
There were more than thousands of people, scholars, and officials outside the city, and if they were all verified, three or four days would not be enough.
As a result, Zhao Zhou saw a lot of checking soldiers checking some drawing paper, or seeing familiar officials, and they were all released, and they didn't even need to check the servants who followed.
"It turned out to be Lord Wu!"
"Isn't this the shopkeeper Li? I also took my brothers to drink in your restaurant in Luoyang a few days ago! β
"Thank you, Master Jun, when the little old man opens the restaurant again, I will definitely invite all the military masters!"
The procession into the city slowly moved forward, and with the soldiers checking, some were big businessmen, and some were court officials.
There are also some scholars with extraordinary temperament, or dressed in silk and satin, generous and decent.
When the investigating soldiers saw these people, they were afraid that they were the heirs of some of the great officials, or that they had official positions, but they also turned a blind eye and let them go one after another with the intention of not offending.
"It's so easy to get into town. I would have waited until the night was darker and made my way into the city. β
Zhao Zhou saw that the soldiers guarding the city were so hastily checked, and after roughly sweeping it, and found that there were no soldiers seen in the forest among these people, he borrowed the people nearby to hide himself, and while recovering the physical strength consumed by the hurry, his mind slowly relaxed, and slowly lined up, preparing to kill Lu Bu before raising his state to the peak.
When the long procession reached the city gate.
At this time, the sky was also darker, and the soldiers who were checking were tired, and they all changed several rounds, and the review became more and more lax.
It's almost time to close the gates.
When Zhao Zhou came here, the interrogating soldiers saw that Zhao Zhou was dressed in a silk practice uniform, with a leisurely temperament, just like a child of a big family who lived during the Warring States Period, and now came to enjoy the scenery of Chang'an.
Then, they also treated those scholars like those scholars, and no one dared to ask more, and after recording the name, they let Zhao Zhou go to the city, and they didn't expect that Zhao Zhou was here to kill their general.
It is not difficult to see that the inventory was so lax in ancient times, and it is no wonder that when fighting, moving cities, or going out to fight, there were many enemy spies in the military camp on their side, and many schemes were also discovered.
As a result, many military advisors and strategists made plans that day, and they were all implemented separately, and each batch of soldiers did one step, resulting in many soldiers not knowing what kind of serial tactics their military advisors used in a short period of time even if they won the battle.
When Zhao Zhou came to the city, he looked at the soldiers and said, "I heard that General Lu is brave and brave, and I came here today to see the general." Can you tell General Lu where he lives? β
"Oh? You also want to give a gift to our General Lu? β
The soldier seemed to have heard too many such inquiries, and when he heard the words of his general who praised him so much, he was even more proud in his heart, raised his hand and pointed to the city and said: "My general Lu is in the north courtyard of the city here, come to the corner in front of you, walk up a hundred zhang, and it is the general's mansion." It's just that the general will return to the army tomorrow, and you want to give gifts, and I guess I don't have a chance. β
There are too many gifts for Lu Bu today, including businessmen and court officials, and they all want Lu Bu to take care of themselves.
Especially when Lu Bu lives so close to the outside of the city, he is also preparing to protect his family as soon as possible when he lives in the barracks tomorrow.
What's more, his address is not a secret, just like Dong Zhuo lived in the newly built palace in Chang'an, and Dong Zhuo was not killed.
Not to mention Lu Bu, who is invincible in the world!
"If it weren't for the prime minister's relocation of the imperial capital, the general would definitely be able to kill all the princes of the Eighteen Roads!" This soldier thought so, but at this point, he didn't dare to say anything, and he still honestly checked the soldiers.
"Thank you." Zhao Zhou heard the soldiers' announcements, and saw that the night was dark at this time, except for the soldiers patrolling the streets, only the passers-by who were in a hurry also walked towards the place the sergeant said.
On the way, he observed left and right, and when he calculated the route to leave after killing Lu Bu, he passed by the patrol soldiers to investigate, and said to these soldiers: "I have a reason with General LΓΌ, and I hereby look for him." β
"Do you know a general?" When many patrol officers heard this, they didn't think that no one would dare to lie in Chang'an City, which was surrounded by a large army, and they were afraid that Zhao Zhouzhen and Lu Bu would know each other, so they didn't dare to offend, so they let them go.
But Zhao Zhou didn't lie about it, he did know Lu Bu.
Especially this time, he is alone, there are many houses in the city, and there are dense woods outside the city, so he can come and go freely, and he has no scruples at all.
Even if the patrol soldier brought himself to Lu Bu to confront him, it would be better and less troublesome.
It's also all the way.
After passing by several waves of patrol soldiers, Zhao Zhou also came to Lu Mansion, and there were several carriages in front of the door, which seemed to be people who came to give gifts, but they were all turned away. And all they said was that they knew Lu Bu, but the guards just wouldn't let them go.
When Zhao Zhou saw this scene, he knew that the previous reason didn't work, and the main gate couldn't get through, so he stepped on it, went around to a courtyard wall that was unguarded, turned over, and stepped on the wall in the courtyard, like a gecko swimming on the wall, sticking to the eaves of Lu Mansion, hiding his figure, looking for where Lu Bu was.
Five-in, five-out courtyard.
Zhao Zhou passed by a pavilion, jumped past two side rooms, avoided some of Lu Bu's cronies, and also found Lu Bu who was practicing his halberd technique in a place that seemed to be a martial arts training ground.
"Who is it?!"
When Zhao Zhou came here, Lu Bu also stopped his halberd method and looked at the top of the courtyard, as if he heard a slight footstep.
Bang Bang β
After Zhao Zhou saw Lu Bu and found him, he did not hide falling from the bricks and tiles of the courtyard.
Just reflecting the candle lights in the courtyard, Lu Bu was shocked when he saw Zhao Zhou about ten meters away.
"Is that you?"
He let out a low snort, clenched the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, pointed at Zhao Zhou, and tightened his mind.
Zhao Zhou saw Lu Bu's frowning appearance, but suddenly smiled and said, "General Lu, don't come to harm."
"Oh? Don't come unharmed? When Lu Bu saw Zhao Zhou's smile, he also frowned even more.
"How dare this person come to Chang'an, which is surrounded by a large army?"
He thought for a moment, saw Zhao Zhou's calm face, and subconsciously thought that Zhao Zhou was here to defect to Dong Zhuo, and he didn't call anyone, but suddenly chuckled, but the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand pointed at Zhao Zhou for a moment and said: "Your martial arts are as good as Ben Hou, Ben Hou thinks that you are eager to take refuge, and I can introduce you to the prime minister."
"It doesn't have to be." Zhao Zhou shook his sleeves, stretched out his left hand, and wrapped his right hand around him, "General Lu has a lot of soldiers and horses today, and you and I have no winners or losers, and the general is probably a little unhappy in his heart." It's better to take advantage of the dead of night at this time, no one to interfere, and you and I will compete with each other. β
The words fell.
Zhao Zhou didn't wait for Lu Bu to answer, and instantly burst out of dark energy, a little on his toes, his body jumped up, like a goshawk predator, and like a tiger, the bones of his whole body shook violently, and there was a muffled thunderous sound.
With the sound of clothes skimming through the air, the wind whirred, like a tiger stepping on the goshawk!
"You...."The distance of ten meters passed in an instant. When Lu Bu saw Zhao Zhou's sudden move, he didn't have time to call someone, so he erected a halberd and pointed it at Zhao Zhou's chest. At the same time, on the side of his head, to prevent Zhao Zhou from using that style of 'exhaling and opening his voice'.
Smack-
The sound of flesh and steel colliding.
On the way here today, Zhao Zhou had already simulated various methods of fighting with Lu Bu, and when he saw Lu Bu's halberd attacking, he immediately stuck the halberd with one hand into a claw, so as to suppress people and prevent him from changing his moves again.
In particular, Zhao Zhou's strength to burst out of dark energy is more than 3,000 catties, and Lu Bu is only 1,500 catties at most, and the strength of the two is too poor.
It's also that Lu Bu doesn't have the momentum blessing of Chitu's body now, so his halberd strength, as well as his moves, or receiving moves, or being tricked by others are too bad.
Zhao Zhou, who was outburst with dark strength far greater than his own, twisted, without the help of Chitu, he couldn't draw the halberd, and he couldn't evolve his halberd method, so he could only hold each other with both hands and kick out, wanting to force Zhao Zhou back, and then do other things, or call the cronies in the house.
But.
Zhao Zhou saw him move down the plate and knew that he was going to make his legs, so he suddenly pulled the halberd, making Lu Bu's body lean forward a little, and at the same time kicking his knees up, smashing Lu Bu's calf bones with one kick.
There was a 'click' and the bones snapped.
Lu Bu's face was painful, and his right side was short.
Zhao Zhou suddenly let go of the halberd, and shook the halberd body with a palm, making Lu Bu's palm numb to prevent him from changing his moves again.
The other hand slid up into an eagle's claw, close to Lu Bu's body, touched Lu Bu's throat, passed through the flesh, and ripped his trachea alive, and at the same time, the eagle's claw slashed down, and suddenly formed a fist on one side and smashed on his chest.
Bang!
There was a sound of iron armor colliding, and the armor on Lu Bu's chest was dented, flying more than three meters away, and the halberd came out of his hand.
The 'sonorous' weapon fell to the ground, and Lu Bu was lying on the stone steps in front of the house holding his throat, the blood in his neck overflowed from the cracks in his hands, and in just a few breaths, his hands were powerless to put down, and he was silent.
When Zhao Zhou saw this scene, he picked up Fang Tian's halberd and slashed across Lu Bu's head. He also took Lu Bu's head and Fang Tian's halberd and put it into the space, and while his strength was not gone, he went up to the courtyard, stepped on the nearby roof, and went straight out of the city.
From the time he saw Lu Bu to the time when he killed him, he didn't stay for a moment.
With the full moon in winter, the night is white.
Zhao Zhou killed Lu Bu in Chang'an City, surrounded by ten thousand troops, and jumped on the roof of the people's house in white clothes, and the moment he moved vertically and horizontally, except that there was no white horse, he responded to the sentence of the chivalrous line: Zhao Keman Hu Ying, Wu Hook Shuang Xueming. The silver saddle shines on the white horse, sassy like a meteor!
Kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles!
And when Zhao Zhou just left.
The sound of the fight between Zhao Zhou and Lu Bu made the cronies in the mansion aware of it, and when they came to the practice ground with doubts, they also saw Lu Bu's headless body.
"General!"
"Someone!"
"Lu.... Checkmate.... was killed...."
Zhao Zhou was on the roof outside the Lu Mansion, and when he rushed towards the outside of the city, a roar came from behind him, echoing in the north corner of the city, accompanied by the sound of the 'boom' weapon unsheathed, and the place of the Lu Mansion was brightly lit.
"Something happened...."The soldiers at the city gate vaguely heard the words 'the general is dead', and they were also a stirring spirit in their hearts, picked up their swords to drive away the people in line, and ordered people to put down the city gate.
But Zhao Zhou didn't think about passing through the city gate, he had already thought of a countermeasure.
When he came to the corner of the city wall, he took a few steps in a row, lifted his heart, and his fingers buckled the cracks of the city wall like sharp claws, and the dust flew up, and he kicked on the city wall that was more than six feet long.
"Who is it?!" The soldiers guarding here saw a black shadow jumping out of the city, and they were suddenly startled and slashed at it.
But then with a 'click', Zhao Zhou twisted his neck in the air, snatched the blade in his hand, ran a few steps, stuck his backhand in the crack of the stone brick wall, and slid sideways down the city wall.
'Bang la la'
For a moment a shrill sound sounded, and the firelight flew at the blade, which was very conspicuous in the night.
The people outside the city also saw a black shadow leaping from the five-zhang high city wall.
"That's a person?"
"That's five feet tall?! Isn't he afraid of falling to his death? β
The people who saw this scene exclaimed, you must know that jumping off the six-zhang high city wall is equivalent to jumping off a building about seven or eight stories high in the real world.
No matter where the body hits the ground, it is a bone misalignment, piercing the human body, or the internal organs are shattered, and death is also a serious injury.
It's just that when Zhao Zhou fell to the ground, he reversed his body, as if nothing had happened, threw away the long knife that had already been twisted at the blade, and ran towards the forest again.
"Someone! Come! β
It was also at this time that the gates of the city had not yet been shut.
Before the people outside the city could react to the scene of Zhao Zhou falling off the city wall, they saw several burly men riding tall horses rushing out of the city gate, running towards the military camp outside the city, and shouting hysterically: "Come on!" General Lu was killed, and the thief ran in the direction of Luoyang! Hurry up and send someone to chase it! β
Their shouts were a little hoarse, their eyes were full of anxiety and fear, and because of Lu Bu's affairs, they forgot that they were about to die, and they could not be rumored to be dead.
"Since Lu Bu is dead?!"
And because of their shouting, the people outside the city were in an uproar.
"Did that person kill Lu Bu?" Someone pointed to Zhao Zhou, who was hidden in the mountains and forests.
"It must be him! Otherwise, if you don't go through the main gate, who will dare to jump off the city wall! β
"Yes, yes, it's possible that this person killed Lu Bu!"
The people asked each other as if they didn't dare to imagine, but they didn't expect someone to kill the halberd and pick the princes of the eighteen towns, and the god would be a Lu Bu who raised the world!
"Chase!"
"Don't let that person run away, this person is still holding General Lu's head!"
It wasn't until the soldiers and horses galloped in the distance, and the people saw these disheveled soldiers who quickly jumped into the forest, and after hearing that Lu Bu's head had been picked off, they really believed that this matter was true.
But curiously asked the people nearby, "That.... Someone who can kill Lu Bu.... Who is it again...."