Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 402: Kill them all! (Thanks to Happy Bathing, Nest King, for the two monthly tickets that lived up to Shaohua’s expectations~)
Lu Bu tapped the tip of his toes on the back of Red Hare, flipped in the air, and used the force to smash his Fang Tian Hua Ji towards Guan Yu again!

At this moment, Guan Yu had just taken a move and his feet had not yet stood firmly on the horse's back when Lu Bu's next attack came!

Guan Yu hurriedly blocked the attack with the blade, and the hard Qinglong sword was actually slightly bent, which was enough to show how terrifying the power of this attack was!
However, Lu Bu used his halberd blade to hook the hilt of the sword and pulled it back violently in an attempt to take Guan Yu's weapon away.

But Guan Yu is a top-notch warrior after all, so how could he let go of his weapon so easily?

Seeing Lu Bu pulling his weapon backwards, he suddenly turned the handle of the sword and used the opponent's force to push the blade towards the opponent's chest!

Lu Bu was slightly startled and jumped back suddenly, but was forced off his horse by Guan Yu.

When Guan Yu saw this, he greedily jumped onto the back of Red Hare!

He has been coveting Lu Bu's mount for a long time!

If I could ride on this Red Hare and fight against Lu Bu, the gap in strength between us would disappear!

But what Guan Yu didn't expect was that Red Hare actually recognized its master!
When a stranger rode on his horse, the horse immediately raised its front hooves in anger, jumped left and right, trying to throw Guan Yu off its back!
Although Guan Yu was confident that he could tame this majestic horse, he certainly couldn't do it in a short period of time.

And Lu Bu on the side will not give him this opportunity!

Seeing that his beloved horse was actually ridden by Guan Yu, Lu Bu stepped forward quickly with his Fang Tian Hua Ji in hand.

When he got close to Guan Yu, he leaped forward, and his powerful aura surprised Guan Yu secretly!
Guan Yu knew very well that it was impossible for him to fight against Lu Bu normally because he was affected by the Red Hare.

But we must never let Lu Bu ride on Red Hare again!
So he immediately jumped off the horse and hit the horse's butt with the handle of his knife!
The Red Hare felt pain and instinctively galloped more than ten meters into the distance!

Although Lu Bu's attack missed, he successfully forced Guan Yu off his horse.

Lu Bu swung his Fang Tian Hua Ji to the side and smiled at Guan Yu calmly:
"It seems that it is not easy to deal with you in such a short time. But it doesn't matter, my army has arrived!"

As he was speaking, torches suddenly lit up not far behind Lu Bu!
Guan Yu was shocked to find that an army of ten thousand people was approaching this side rapidly!

It turns out that Lu Bu did not come alone!
Guan Yu's face suddenly turned ugly.

If the 10,000-strong army led by Lu Bu had not arrived.

His troops have every chance of severely damaging or even destroying Wei Xu's army!
However, Lu Bu now arrived with an army of 10,000, and Wei Xu's army, inspired by what had just happened, also began to form an effective resistance.

If we allow Lu Bu's 10,000-man army to join the frontal battlefield, our side will definitely suffer!

Rather than confronting the army led by Lu Bu himself, it is better to preserve the manpower and go to Xiaopei for support.

Thinking of this, Guan Yu immediately rushed to his warhorse, and then rode towards the village, shouting at the army to retreat while galloping!

All the soldiers under Guan Yu were puzzled.

After all, although Wei Xu's army had some resistance, they were still slaughtered as a whole!
To retreat at this time would be equivalent to throwing away the military merits that could be gained for free, which is really unwilling!
However, our commander has already issued the order to retreat.

Although the generals including Wu Anguo were unwilling, they still followed the banner in an orderly manner and evacuated quickly to the north.

Looking at the enemy retreating, Lu Bu, who had remounted on his Red Hare, did not choose to pursue them.

Because at this moment, he and his subordinates had been traveling for nearly ten hours!

Otherwise, how could we get here so timely?

At this moment, all his soldiers were exhausted, and he himself was forcing himself to fight with Guan Yu for a long time despite his fatigue.

If they really continued to fight with Guan Yu's army, it would be difficult for them to gain any advantage.

Without waiting for the arrival of the army from behind, Lu Bu rushed straight into Daze Township and soon met up with Wei Xu and Huang Gai.

Wei Xu knelt down on his knees in front of Lu Bu, bowed his head and clasped his fists, his face full of guilt:

"My Lord! It was all my fault for being careless. I didn't realize that the enemy had set up an ambush here, which caused my 20,000-man army to suffer heavy losses...

"Please punish me, my lord!" Looking at Wei Xu kneeling on the ground, Lu Bu ignored him and looked at Huang Gai who was also kneeling on one knee, and asked:

"What are our military losses?"

Huang Gai took a deep breath and tried to suppress the depression in his heart:

“My lord, out of our 20,000-man army, 7,000 are unconscious due to anesthetics.

"But we gathered them in a safe area in advance, so as long as they wake up, they should be fine.

"As for the remaining 13,000 combat-capable soldiers, more than half of them were lost due to the enemy's poison arrows and other attacks..."

"So, there are still about 13,000 people alive?"

There was not a trace of fluctuation in Lu Bu's voice, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.

Huang Gai bowed his head helplessly: "Yes..."

Looking at the two generals bowing their heads and admitting their mistakes in front of him, Lu Bu secretly felt relieved.

Although they lost a full 7,000 troops, they still had nearly 13,000 manpower left, which was considered good.

Together with the 38,000 troops on his side, he can have a total of 51,000 troops, so there is still a chance to capture Xiaopei.

At least it was much better than the total annihilation he had imagined...

Thinking of this, Lu Bu's displeasure eased slightly, and he looked at Wei Xu and the others and said:
"Get up. This incident is not entirely your fault.

"Zhuge Liang is full of tricks. If I hadn't figured out his plan, I'm afraid you would have been wiped out tonight."

Hearing this, Wei Xu and Huang Gai immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Wei Xu was also glad that his guards woke him up.

If I fail to concentrate my troops in time.

It is impossible to form an effective defense to delay for a while until the Duke of Chu arrives with his army...

Lu Bu did not blame Wei Xu.

After all, considering the opponent's intelligence, it is already quite good to be able to deal with Zhuge Liang's tricks to this extent.

As for Huang Gai, he was not the main general in this battle, so there was no reason to punish him.

Lu Bu immediately ordered the army to clear the battlefield, treat the wounded, and search for the villagers in Daze Township.

Since the patrolling soldiers outside did not see the people of Daze Township leave, they are probably still hiding somewhere in Daze Township.

Especially likely to be hiding in cellars, tunnels, basements, etc...

Soon, just as Lu Bu said, Wei Xu found secret passages in the wells in the homes of these ordinary people.

After searching the secret passage, they found that these ordinary people were hiding in it.

Wei Xu angrily pulled out these people, a total of more than a thousand people.

Although there were definitely a few who slipped through the net, the vast majority of people gathered in the open space in front of Lu Bu.

Lu Bu looked at the common people who were looking at him with fear in their eyes.

Especially those little girls who were only a few years old or in their teens, they looked at him with tears in their eyes and pleading looks.

After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and waved his hand:
"Drag them out and behead them all!"

(End of this chapter)