Chapter 427
Lu Bu decided to rush into Cao's army alone. Although the general and his advisers tried their best to dissuade him, he finally decided to do that.
It was stationed only one mile away from Cao's army for a night. The next morning, Lu Bu ordered the army to advance.
After advancing to only three or four hundred steps away from Cao's army, Lu Bu stopped, and the soldiers lined up behind him and took an attacking posture.
When they discovered that Lu Bu was coming, Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun also came down from the hills and led the Cao army soldiers to form a formation to fight.
Racing his horse forward, Lu Bu arrived at a place where there was still a shooting shot from Cao's army, raised his halberd and pointed forward: "Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, I'm here. If you two have come to surrender, are you trying to resist and wait for death?"
"Lu Bu, don't be arrogant!" Cao Ren replied: "We are here to wait for you under the order of the lord. Even if you bring thousands of troops to come, what can you do? Could it be that you can still break the Lumen Pavilion defense line?"
Lu Bu laughed up and shouted to Cao Ren: "Cao Zixiao, I see that you are a talent, so I can't bear to harm you. You said I can't break your defense, so what if we bet?"
"What are you going to bet?" Cao Ren was still a little guilty when facing Lu Bu, so he asked.
"Just bet that I will ride alone into your defense line, and then I can come back safely." Lu Bu said: "If I do it, you two will put down your weapons and surrender. If I can't do it, of course, even if you are harmed, there is nothing to give to you."
Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun looked at each other, and both of them saw hesitation in each other's eyes.
"Yuan Rang, what do you think?" Cao Ren asked Xiahou Dun in a low voice.
"Lu Bu fought in Dangshan earlier and used his strength to kill our army several times." Xiahou Dun said: "Since he made such a bet, he must have absolute confidence in himself. I don't think he should be betting with him."
"If you don't bet with him, you'll be afraid of being teased by him, which will also ruin our army's aura." Cao Ren said: "It's better to do this. When he comes in, we just order the archers to shoot. I don't believe that he can still block the arrows after his death?"
"It's a solution." Xiahou Dun frowned, and the expression on his face showed that he was not that relaxed: "But if we lose, how could we surrender to him?"
"That's all I can ignore him at that time." Cao Ren said: "We are unwilling to serve, can he still force him?"
"That's right." Xiahou Dun replied: "Zi Xiao thought it would be appropriate."
After discussing with Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren shouted to Lu Bu: "If you really fight in and out of our army, we can discuss surrender with you."
When he spoke, he did not say enough.
Discussing surrender does not necessarily mean surrender.
Even if you lose, you can find some reasons to shirk it and refuse to follow Lu Bu.
Lu Bu couldn't say anything at that time.
In the Xuzhou army array, the generals and strategists felt amused after hearing Cao Ren's reply.
Sun Ce muttered: "Cao Ren is really a character. He can even say such a clumsy reply. Could it be that he thought Chu Hou was stupid and would actually believe that they would surrender?"
"The Chu Hou never thought they would surrender." Zhou Yu said: "The Chu Hou just wanted to find an excuse to kill in unison. As for whether Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun would surrender after they came back, he didn't care much."
"Since I saw that they would not surrender, the Chu Hou would not agree," Sun Ce replied: "If it were me, I would definitely not agree."
"So Bo Fu is not the Marquis of Chu." Zhou Yu replied: "Marquis of Chu will definitely agree."
Just as he was talking about this with Zhou Yu, Sun Ce heard Lu Bu shouting: "You said it, so that's all."
Hearing Lu Bu's reply, Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu in surprise.
Zhou Yu curled his lips and said to Sun Ce: "Bo Fu should not think too much. Tell the soldiers to be wary first. Once the Chu Hou is in danger, we have to attack the whole line to rescue each other."
"I understand." Sun Ce nodded helplessly and shouted to the soldiers: "Soldiers, be prepared for attack!"
Lu Bu decided to rush into the enemy formation alone, and the Xuzhou soldiers he brought also felt that it was too ridiculous.
Cao's army followed Cao Cao for many years, and most of the people in the army were warriors who had struggled on the battlefield.
When fighting such a large army, the Xuzhou army, which has the advantage in numbers, may not be able to gain an advantage. If Lu Bu rushed forward alone, it would be a great disaster.
After receiving Sun Ce's order, not only did the Xuzhou soldiers respond in unison and prepare for attack, but even the generals were ready to fight at any time.
Looking at Lu Bu again, Fang Tian swung his painting halberd, and he urged the Red Rabbit to rush forward.
The red rabbit is different from an ordinary war horse. It runs like a whirlwind, and it rushed to Cao's army in an instant.
Before Lu Bu launched the charge, Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun were still thinking about getting the archers to shoot him.
But they soon discovered that before the archers even had time to set up arrows on the bowstring, Lu Bu had already rushed to the front.
He looked at the scene in front of him in surprise. Before Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun could react, Lu Bu had already rushed into the Cao army's array.
The painting halberd flew, and Cao Jun, who was standing in front of him, didn't even understand what was going on, so he was swept over by Lu Bu.
Zhou Yu and others who watched Lu Bu rush out with their own eyes were also surprised.
When Lu Bu rushed out, there were still thirty or fifty steps away from Cao's army.
Logically speaking, it takes a moment to reach thirty or fifty steps.
But Lu Bu seemed to have a gust of wind and instantly rushed into Cao's army.
"So...fast..." Zhou Yu muttered in disbelief, looked at Sun Ce and asked, "Bo Fu, did you know that Chu Hou's war horse was so fast?"
Sun Ce shook his head: "I only know that the red rabbit is not an ordinary horse, but I didn't expect it to be as fast as the wind..."
Lu Bu rushed into Cao's army all the time and overthrew countless Cao's army.
Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun originally planned to order the archers to shoot him.
But he comes and goes quickly.
Before the two of them could react, Lu Bu had already killed him back and forth, turned around and rushed out again.
Back at the place where he was stationed before, Lu Bu pointed at Cao Ren with a blood-stained halberd: "Cao Zixiao, what else do you have to say?"
Cao Ren swallowed and looked at Xiahou Dun first.
He found that Xiahou Dun was also confused and did not come back to his senses from Lu Bu's killing in and out.
"Why... why is he so fast?" Cao Ren asked Xiahou Dun.
Xiahou Dun shook his head, his face full of expressions of you asking me whom I asked.
While Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun were still confused, the Xuzhou soldiers who were lined up behind Lu Bu cheered.
Although everything happened so quickly, few people even understood how Lu Bu entered the Cao army formation and how he killed him, the bodies of Cao army who were killed on the ground told everyone present that just now, Lu Bu did kill back and forth in Cao army.
When the Xuzhou army set out to fight, its morale was not low. Now it has witnessed Lu Bu's bravery with its own eyes, and the morale of the soldiers has reached its peak.
The cheers of the soldiers made Lu Bu feel very proud.
Except for him, it is impossible for anyone to understand why Red Rabbit is so fast.
Since practicing the halberd technique he obtained in his dream, not only has his force reached several times earlier, but even the Red Rabbit Horse seemed to be like a divine help when he rode, and it was like a wind that made people unable to see it at all.
"Lu Bu, what magic did you use?" Xiahou Dun shouted: "We haven't seen it clearly yet. Do you dare to do it again?"
"What can I do if I do it again?" Lu Bu laughed and shouted to Xiahou Dun: "Look clearly, don't blame me for not saying hello!"
When Lu Bu was about to rush forward, Xiahou Dun spread his longbow and shouted to Cao's archers: "Call the arrows and shoot Lu Bu for me!"
After receiving the order, Cao's army archers put the arrows on the bowstrings one after another.
Compared with the last time, the only improvement of the Cao army's archers was that they all put the arrows on the bowstrings. Unfortunately, no one except Xiahou Dun had even emitted a feather arrow.
The arrows fired by Xiahou Dun only hit a phantom.
When the arrow landed, Lu Bu had already rushed into Cao's army's array.
After another rushing in and out, Lu Bu returned to his original place and shouted to Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren: "I understand both of you, I just want the archers to shoot me."
While he was calling, hundreds of archers in the Cao army suddenly splashed blood on their chests and fell down one after another.
He killed so many people in an instant, and the people who were watching were unable to see clearly what was going on. Lu Bu suddenly formed the image of a god of killing in the hearts of the soldiers on both sides.
"The Marquis of Chu is mighty!" The soldiers of Xuzhou army cheered, shaking the world, while the Cao army was everyone in a dismay, holding weapons nervously, for fear that Lu Bu would rush over again and take their lives away.
"Defense, defense, don't give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it." Cao Ren first reacted and shouted to the Cao army soldiers.
"I promised to kill in and out, and you surrender to me." Lu Bu shouted to Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun: "Now you have no faith. If you spread it, wouldn't it make the world laugh out loud?"
"We are both lord generals, and we are in charge of the army here. We can only die in battle, so how can we surrender?" Cao Ren replied: "If you have the ability, take away our heads. It is useless to say that these are useless, and it is impossible to convince us to transfer to your account."
Lu Bu curled his lips and showed a somewhat aggrieved expression: "I thought you were both kind-hearted people who were just right, but I didn't expect that they were also sluts who were untrustworthy. Since you two refused to surrender, I will break the formation again tonight!"
Leaving this sentence, Lu Bu returned to his army.
Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren were very frightened.
They witnessed Lu Bu's ability with their own eyes.
Come and go like a gust of wind. Not to mention fighting with him, it is not easy to see him clearly. He is coming, but I am afraid that the soldiers will really have no way to resist it.
Lu Bu turned around and went back, but the speed was not very fast.
Looking at his relaxed back as if he was wandering in the garden, Xiahou Dun muttered: "When did Lu Fengxian become so terrible?"
"We have to admit that he has the ability." Cao Ren said: "However, no matter how terrible he is, we still cannot relax at all. If we cannot block him here, Xuzhou will have a little more risk."
"Do we want the soldiers to retreat to the hillside?" Xiahou Dun asked Cao Ren hesitantly.
"Retreat to the hillside?" Cao Ren asked, "Why?"
"Lu Bu needs to attack the hillside, he needs to attack upwards." Xiahou Dun replied: "I think as long as there is a hillside as a buffer, he should not be so fast again."
Looking back at the hill behind him, Cao Ren frowned and said to Xiahou Dun: "Yuan Rang is right. The hillside can not only serve as a buffer, but the trees on the mountain will also block his way forward. I think it would be more appropriate to let the soldiers retreat to the hillside."
"Since Zixiao does not object, let the soldiers retreat to the hillside." Cao Ren agreed, Xiahou Dun did not delay, and immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat to the hillside.
Cao's army took action, but Xuzhou army did not chase after him.
When Lu Bu returned to the front of the formation, Zhou Yu asked him: "Master Chu, the enemy has retreated. Should we chase after him?"
"I said that they would wait until evening to break the attack." Lu Bu said: "They don't have many people. If they launch a strong attack at this time, they will definitely be able to defeat them. However, it is too easy to break, and the road ahead is not easy to walk. It is better to wait until evening to let them understand that when I say that they can break their defenses at any time. In this way, the Cao army behind them will feel panic when they see us, and it will be only time to defeat Xu."
"Clearly inform the enemy that the attack will be broken at night and that if they are really destroyed, this matter will definitely spread to the ears of other Cao troops." Zhou Yu nodded: "But in this way, the Chu Hou will add difficulty to himself."
"The Cao army has deployed a lot of defensive air force on the mountain. I don't need the air force, and I also specify when I attack them." Lu Bu held the corner of his mouth slightly and said to the generals: "Whether it can destroy the fighting spirit of Cao's army depends on how to attack tonight."
"The Chu Hou entered the Cao army twice, but we couldn't see how we entered and exited." Xu Shu said to Lu Bu: "I had opposed the Chu Hou challenging the Cao army alone, so it seems that I was indeed wrong."
"The only one who opposed the Chu Hou's cavalry alone to challenge Cao's army was not the only one." Zhou Yu also said: "The Chu Hou is so brave that the Red Rabbit is like a horse. Defeating Cao Cao is just a matter of the moment. It seems that the situation in the world is mostly stable."
Lu Bu laughed and said to the two of them: "Don't say that Gongjin and Yuanzhi. Although I can use one person's strength to fight in and out of the Cao army, I cannot completely destroy Cao Cao with one person's ability. Whether you can defeat Xu Du, you must be with me and the soldiers and work together to be able to accomplish things."
"We are willing to follow the Chu Marquis!" Everyone bowed to Lu Bu and expressed their opinions.
Chapter completed!