Can I get to the other side?

Ten miles away from Xindu City.

Jiang Qi and Lu Xiang were leading an army of 7,000 soldiers, rushing to Xindu to provide assistance, raising a cloud of dust along the way.

"Xindu is ahead. Xindu has 3,000 defenders. With the 7,000 we brought this time, it shouldn't be a problem to defend the city."

"I just don't know who is attacking Anping County."

Lu Xiang said to Jiang Qi while galloping on his horse. They came here on Yuan Shao's orders to provide assistance to Anping County.

Anping County is the last barrier of Hejian County. If it is lost, even if Julu and Pingyuan counties are preserved, it will not be able to keep the enemy out.

Jiang Qi said worriedly: "As long as it is not Lu Bu, it will be fine. If it is Lu Bu who attacks Anping County, I think it will not be enough even if there are 10,000 people to defend the city. Lu Bu is really too fierce."

Among the large and small battles that Jiang Qi has experienced since he joined the army, the battle with Lu Bu in Qingzhou is definitely the one that he remembers most deeply.

In the Battle of Qingzhou, his army was defeated at the first blow when fighting with Lu Bu. Apart from the sophisticated weapons and equipment of the Xuzhou army, Lu Bu was a man who galloped on the battlefield with his personal bravery and led the direction of the entire battle. He was like a ghost.

At that time, he and Lu Bu only fought three moves. If it weren't for the guards around him who protected him with their lives, I'm afraid he would have died in Qingzhou in that battle, and there would be no chance to escape.

So every time he thought of the Battle of Qingzhou, he was still frightened.

So even if he led the troops to defend the city this time, he didn't want to meet Lu Bu. He was completely in a shadow.

"Are you exaggerating? Is Lu Bu so strong?"

Lu Xiang said in surprise.

Although he had heard of the reputation of this fierce general with the same surname, in his opinion, he was at most at the same level as a fierce general like Zhao Yun. How could he make Jiang Qi so afraid?

"You don't understand."

Jiang Qi shook his head and didn't argue with Lu Xiang, because Lu Bu's fear could only be experienced when he really fought with him.

"Hurry up and march. We have already wasted a day. If we go later, Xindu may have been captured. You and I will definitely be punished by the lord when we return."

They have been traveling for three days. They stopped for a day because of a heavy rain. Otherwise, they would have arrived in Xindu yesterday.

"Not really. Xindu is as solid as a rock. It is not so easy to be breached. You are so... what is that?"

Before Lu Xiang finished speaking, he saw smoke and dust in the distance. When he looked closely, he saw a cavalry of hundreds of people rushing towards them.

The leader rode a red horse, holding a two-meter-long Fang Tian painted halberd, wearing a three-pronged purple gold crown on his head. He was strong, majestic, and fierce. His face was full of excitement and excitement, and his eyes were shining.

"Lu, Lu Bu!!"

Jiang Qi was almost scared to death when he saw this scene. His face turned pale in an instant. He shouted with all his might: "Stop marching! Stop marching! The rear team becomes the front team, retreat immediately!"

"Retreat quickly!!"

After saying that, he turned his horse's head without any hesitation. He didn't even plan to fight at all, and turned around to escape!

The moment he saw Lu Bu, Jiang Qi knew that they were too late. Xindu must have been breached, and they just ran into Lu Bu's face!

Now they have become the opponent's new prey!

"Are you crazy!"

Lv Xiang couldn't help but step forward to grab Jiang Qi who was about to escape, and shouted angrily: "Look carefully! Lu Bu only has a few hundred cavalry, and we have a full 7,000 people! Why are you running!"

"I will join forces with you to fight the enemy. Isn't it easy to kill Lu Bu?"

Although most of their soldiers are infantry, there are 7,000 people, while Lu Bu has only a few hundred people. What's so scary?

"If you want to fight, fight me! I want to retreat!"

Jiang Qi saw that Lu Bu was getting closer and closer, and hurriedly shook off Lu Xiang's hand holding his arm, and led the troops to turn around and flee.

He ran faster than when he came.

"Humph! Coward!"

Lv Xiang snorted coldly when he saw this. He didn't want to be accused of fleeing without a fight, so he ignored Jiang Qi who was retreating and led 3,000 troops to fight Lu Bu alone!

And Lu Bu was quite excited to see this scene.

"Come well!"

He heard that Yuan Shao's army was coming, and there were only 7,000 troops, so he asked Chen Gong to mobilize the army, and he led 500 Bingzhou Wolf Riders to fight alone.

However, he didn't expect that one of the two leading generals of the other side turned around and ran away when he saw him, which made him feel quite puzzled.

Fortunately, the other one was still a bit bloody and chose to confront him head-on, which made him admire him a little.

I will give this man a good time later!

"Kill!"

Lü Bu squeezed his horse's belly, holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji and charging into the enemy formation, heading straight for Lü Xiang, followed closely by five hundred wolf riders, and the two sides immediately engaged in a battle!

The five hundred Bingzhou wolf riders were all equipped with double stirrups, horseshoes, and new armor and weapons. Each of them was an elite warrior who had fought hundreds of battles, and had followed Lü Bu for a long time, so they were extremely familiar with Lü Bu's tactics.

After rushing into the enemy formation, they did not disperse and fight on their own, but remained cohesive, with Lü Bu as the vanguard, dividing the enemy's formation.

A standard wild goose formation.

Relying on this set of formations, they galloped across the battlefield without any success, because the core was Lü Bu, and no one in the world could withstand Lü Bu's attack.

Seeing Lü Bu rushing over with an excited look on his face, Lü Xiang inexplicably felt great pressure in his heart, but he still gritted his teeth and went up to fight.

He tentatively stabbed Lu Bu with a spear, wanting to see how strong Lu Bu was, but to his surprise, Lu Bu easily dodged it, and then used the Overlord Splitting Mountain move to split him and his mount in two!

At this moment, Lu Xiang felt like the sky was above.

The endless will of death surged toward him like a tide, almost drowning him. In his panic, he only had time to raise his spear to block it!

"Qiang——!"

Fang Tian's painted halberd hit Lu Xiang's spear heavily, and the black iron spear instantly bent and deformed, and the tiger's mouth collapsed. Even though Lu Xiang's arm strength was among the best among military generals, at this moment he felt that his arms were about to break. Open, the mouth and nose were so shocked that blood spurted out!

The first thing that couldn't bear it was the mount under his crotch. Under Lu Bu's terrifying force, its four legs were broken directly and it fell to the ground!

Lu Xiang also fell to the ground in embarrassment.

"Um?"

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows. Although he just struck casually, he didn't expect that the general in front of him could block it.

Just when he was about to make up for it again, many of Lu Xiang's personal guards rushed over and surrounded him without caring about their own safety!

During this gap, a personal guard rode up to Lu Xiang, helped him onto the horse, and said urgently: "General, run away! Let's stop Lu Bu!"

After saying that, he picked up his weapons and followed all his guards to kill Lu Bu!

Use your life to create an opportunity for Lu Xiang to escape!

Seeing this scene, Lu Xiang's eyes were almost splitting, but he knew that if he didn't escape now, he would never have a chance to escape again.

"drive!"

Lu Xiang grabbed the reins with his almost broken hands, waved his whip, and fled the battlefield in a panic, pursuing Jiang Qi in the direction of his retreat.

The lives of all the personal guards only stopped Lu Bu for two breaths. When he saw Lu Xiang trying to escape, he immediately rode in to pursue him.

But at this time Gao Shun came to stop him and said: "General, don't be reckless. We have too few men and horses. It would be dangerous to pursue them rashly. It's better to eat the troops and horses in front of you."

Gao Shun's character is relatively stable.

Although the Bingzhou wolf cavalry were elite, there were only 500 of them, so they could no longer divide their forces to pursue them. It would be better to eat these 3,000 people first.

"Hmph! Coward!"

Lu Bu spat fiercely at Lu Xiang's fleeing back, followed Gao Shun's advice, gave up the pursuit, and concentrated on dealing with the remaining enemy troops.

…

Lu Xiang fled the battlefield in embarrassment with dozens of cavalry, and after chasing for a long time, he caught up with Jiang Qi's army.

"I didn't expect you to come back alive."

Jiang Qi looked Lu Xiang up and down, and a look of surprise flashed across his face after seeing his embarrassed appearance.

He originally thought that Lu Xiang would definitely die.

Lu Xiang's face was extremely ugly. He stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Qi's collar and said angrily: "Lu Bu is so scary! Why didn't you tell me in advance!"

"I'll fart your mother!" Jiang Qi was furious when he heard this, and spat Lu Xiang's face with saliva, "I didn't tell you? It's because you don't believe it!"

"I asked you to retreat, but you had to fight like a stupid young man! Now it's okay, three thousand soldiers and horses are just gone. It's all your responsibility!"

Is there no resentment in Jiang Qi's heart?

It would have been better to retreat according to his idea, that way not a single soldier would be lost. It was Lu Xiang's stubbornness that led to the loss of nearly half of the troops.

Why didn't this guy die under Lu Bu's halberd?

Lu Xiang was so retorted by Jiang Qi that he was speechless. He was filled with anger but had nowhere to vent it, and almost suffered internal injuries.

But Jiang Qi didn't tolerate him, and said coldly: "Don't be stunned! Are you waiting here for the enemy to catch up? Hurry up and retreat!"

"We'll see how the lord punishes you when we get back!"

After leaving these words, Jiang Qi ignored Lu Xiang's response and continued to lead the army to evacuate and return to Hejian County.

…

After Lu Bu completely captured Anping County, he did not continue to stay here. The army continued to move towards Hejian County and went straight to Lecheng County.

Hejian County is Yuan Shao's largest base in Jizhou, and it is also the place where they finally met.

However, he was not the first to arrive. The Yulin Guards and the Huben Army led by Zhang He and Gao Lan arrived several days earlier than him.

"Why did you come so fast?"

Seeing the two of them, Lu Bu said in confusion.

It only took him about eight days to capture Anping County, which he thought was fast enough.

But I didn't expect Zhang He and the others to be faster than him.

This made him feel an inexplicable sense of frustration.

Zhang He said with a smile: "It didn't take us long to capture Qinghe County. We relied entirely on the Cui family to instigate rebellion against the major families in Qinghe County, without spending a single soldier."

After Cui Lin opened the city gate for them that day, the army took over the situation as soon as they entered the city, and basically encountered no resistance throughout the process.

Even the county guard was killed by the wealthy families in the city.

Cui Lin said humbly: "I just tried my best. I only relied on His Majesty's divine power and King Master's intimidation for those families to surrender."

Lu Bu muttered a few words, suppressed his unhappiness, took two steps forward and looked at Lecheng County not far away, and couldn't help being surprised.

"What a majestic city!"

It is obvious that Lecheng County in front of us has been expanded. The height of the city wall is almost as high as that of Ye City. It was obviously prepared by Yuan Shao for Gongsun Zan.

Gao Lan asked enthusiastically: "Everyone knows that Duke Wen is the most powerful general in the world. I wonder if Duke Wen is sure of conquering Lecheng County?"

Lu Bu's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this.

I have the urge to lift my halberd and chop Gao Lan to death.

He was brave in battle, but attacking a city was not a battlefield battle. There were nearly 30,000 defenders in the city, and the number of soldiers was no less than that of the attacking army.

Unless all the soldiers attacking the city had such a brave force, it would be a foolish dream to want to conquer Lecheng County in a short period of time without paying a huge price.

"Let's talk about it after the remaining two armies meet."

Lu Bu ignored Gao Lan, thinking that he was a fool who was not good at military affairs.

I have to talk to His Majesty later. Such a stupid fool, even if he has some force, cannot be allowed to serve as the deputy commander of the Yulin Guard.

...

In Lecheng County.

Jiang Qi and Lu Xiang, who had led the remaining soldiers back to the city, were reprimanded by Yuan Shao as expected.

"Waste! Both of you are waste!"

"I asked you to rush to help Anping County, but Anping County was lost and 3,000 soldiers were lost. What use do I have for you!"

Yuan Shao was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword and kill the two.

Jiang Qi argued, "My Lord, we lost Xindu before we even reached Anping County, and then we were attacked by Lu Bu."

"If we had retreated directly, there would have been no loss, but Lu Xiang insisted on fighting, which resulted in the annihilation of 3,000 soldiers and he himself almost lost his life."

He really didn't want to take the blame.

It really had nothing to do with him!

When Lu Xiang heard this, he got anxious and said, "My Lord! At that time, Lu Bu had only 500 men, and we had 7,000! It was Jiang Qi who was too cowardly and chose to retreat directly, leaving me alone to fight!"

"How could we, with 7,000 men, not be able to defeat Lu Bu's 500 men? It's all his fault!"

In his opinion, if Jiang Qi had fought with him at that time, he would have had a chance to win. As long as Lu Bu's cavalry was wiped out, what could Lu Bu do no matter how brave he was?

"Enough! Shut up!"

Just as the two were arguing, Yuan Shao slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Aren't you two embarrassed enough!"

"Come here! Drag these two guys who are derelict of duty away, give them fifty military lashes each, and execute them publicly to serve as a warning to others!"

Yuan Shao had no good feelings towards Lv Xiang and Jiang Qi.

One repeatedly failed to escort grain, and the other lost Qingzhou. After Yuan Tan died, he led his troops to escape alone. This time he also fled without a fight.

Both of them are trash!

If Lecheng County had not needed Yan Liang and Ju Yi to guard it, if Han Meng and Qiong Yuchun had not died in Yecheng, and if Guo Yuan had not gone to Bingzhou, he would never have given them the task of supporting Anping County!

"Lord, spare my life!"

"Spare my life, Lord!"

Jiang Qi and Lv Xiang kept begging for mercy. Fifty military lashes would make them lose their skin even if they didn't die.

But Yuan Shao was furious, and no one pleaded for them, so he could only be dragged down and executed with fear on his face.

After issuing the punishment for Jiang Qi and Lu Xiang, Yuan Shao was still furious and felt an inexplicable palpitation.

He looked up outside the hall.

There were dark clouds in the sky.

"The storm is coming..."

"Everyone says that Lu Bu is unrivaled in the world, I wonder if I can stop him?"