My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 310 Pursuit of victory
"Take my arrow!"

Lu Bu didn't waste any words. He bent his bow and drew his arrow. The next moment, the arrow in his hand turned into a meteor and shot off the yellow scarf on the head of the Black Mountain Army leader Zhang Yan, frightening him to death.

Lu Bu's archery skills are the best in the world. Even Huang Zhong, who is famous in history for his ability to shoot an arrow through a target from a hundred paces away, can only be on par with him at best.

If Lu Bu wanted to shoot someone in the forehead within a hundred paces, he would hit the forehead. If he wanted to shoot someone in the left eye, he would never hit the right eye.

At that moment, Zhang Yan even thought that he was going to die.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Seeing that Zhang Yan, who had been arrogant just now, had lost all his momentum, Lu Yi couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Killing you is as easy as taking something out of a bag. This arrow is just to teach you a lesson for your disrespect to my brother just now!"

"When we charge later, I will take your head!"

"Um?!"

Although Zhang Yan was fooled by Lu Bu, he did not dare to argue in front of Lu Bu at this moment. He could only lead a group of Black Mountain Army generals behind him and return to the camp in shame. He did not dare to stop and continue to face Lu Bu's arrows.

"General Lu is mighty!"

Lu Bu's heroic performance immediately aroused cheers from the 20,000 Bingzhou soldiers behind him.

When the 100,000 Black Mountain soldiers saw that their commander was so humiliated in front of the two armies, their hearts sank.

"My lord, Fengxian is so brave and has crushed the enemy's spirit. We should take this opportunity to defeat the Black Mountain Army!"

After seeing this, Tian Feng and Chen Gong looked at each other, then immediately came to Lu Yi and gave him some advice.

"What the two military advisors said is very true. Fengxian has already won the first prize. I, Zhang, am willing to be the vanguard!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fei immediately stepped forward and challenged for battle.

"Yide has been trapped in the Black Mountain Army for days and has suffered a lot. Let Guan be the vanguard and kill this official for the lord among the thousands of troops!"

Seeing this, Guan Yu was unwilling to be outdone, so he immediately stepped forward to challenge for battle.

After Guan Yu, generals such as Gao Shun, Gao Lan, Cao Xing, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Cheng Lian also stepped forward to ask for battle, unwilling to fall behind.

Even the two young generals Zhang Liao and Zhang He beside Lu Yi kept asking for battle, which gave Lu Yi a headache.

Others are worried that they have too few generals under their command and their abilities are insufficient.

Lu Yi himself was worried that the number and quality of the generals under his command were too high.

Any one of them mentioned here is a great general of the time.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao and Zhang He all have the abilities of the Five Tiger Generals.

As for Lu Bu, there is no need to say more.

Any one of them would be more than enough as a pioneer.

Too many choices at once can make it hard to choose.

Finally, Lu Yi thought for a moment and decided to give the two young generals around him a chance, so he announced it in public.

"Your talents are more than enough to destroy Zhang Yan and his ilk. I order Zhang Liao and Zhang He to be the front and rear vanguards. I will give you two thousand soldiers each to serve as the vanguards of the army!"

Zhang Liao and Zhang He were overjoyed to see that Lu Yi actually gave them the position of vanguard, and they immediately accepted Lu Yi's order in a decisive manner.

"I will obey your orders and capture Zhang Yan alive to relieve my lord's worries!"

"Okay, I'm looking forward to it!"

"Go to war!"

After Lu Yi encouraged the two men, he immediately ordered the entire army to fight.

Zhang Liao and Zhang He each led two thousand cavalrymen to break away from their main formation and, like two sharp arrows shot from a bow, launched an assault on the 100,000 Black Mountain troops who were also attacking Lu Yi.

"The government troops are damnable. They are trying to cut off our chance of survival. If we don't defeat these soldiers, not only will we die here, but even our families will be captured and killed by the government troops!"

"Are you going to continue to be slaves to the Han dogs as you did in the past, dealing with the exploitation and oppression of corrupt officials all day long?"

After all, Zhang Yan was also a leading figure in history who commanded 300,000 Black Mountain troops for 20 years. Without some means of inspiring the people, he would not have been able to survive for so long in an environment surrounded by enemies.

While leading the 100,000 Black Mountain troops to attack, he kept encouraging the army behind him.

"We swear to death that we will never be bullied by Han dogs again!"

"I am willing to follow the leader till death!"

After being instigated by Zhang Yan, the Black Mountain Army recalled the tragic experiences they had when they were Han people.

At that time, they worked hard for a year and still could not pay the endless taxes and levies of the imperial court, let alone support their parents and raise their children after paying the taxes.

Whenever clerks armed with swords and bows went to the countryside to collect taxes, rich peasants would often become middle peasants, and middle peasants would become poor peasants. The poor peasants could only sell their children and ruin their families to barely pay the taxes.

The ruler and father regard the people as their children, and the people regard the ruler and father as their parents.

If the ruler regards the people as his prey, the people will also regard the ruler as their enemy.

To the Black Mountain Army, Liu Hong's charm was so great that the result of Lu Bu's amazing arrow just now was wiped out. Countless Black Mountain Army soldiers rushed towards the Bingzhou cavalry with gnashing teeth.

Even if they were facing fully armed cavalry, even if they couldn't even find a mule or horse among them.

"When the Black Mountain Army charged, they fought so frantically and desperately. No wonder the government troops always suffered heavy losses when fighting against them even though they had the upper hand in combat power."

Seeing this, Lu Yi couldn't help but frown, feeling helpless.

After a little thought, he immediately understood the root cause of the sudden surge in morale of the Montenegrin Army.

But it was precisely because he figured it out that he felt so unhappy.

"Damn it, it was clearly Liu Hong who committed the crime, but now he wants me to take the blame."

However, even though he knew it clearly, the war had already begun, and he could not sacrifice the lives of his soldiers for the sake of false fame and feather robes.

The war has already begun.

It's a life-and-death fight.

Perhaps after the battle subsides, when these people join Lu Yi's army, they will realize that Lu Yi and Liu Hong are not birds of the same feather.

But, now, right now.

Lu Yi could only defeat them first.

Facts have proved that although the Black Mountain Army is very powerful, it is still no match for the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry that Lu Yi has put countless efforts to form due to the comparison of brutal equipment and training.

The 100,000 Black Mountain troops couldn't even fight on equal terms with the 4,000 vanguards led by Zhang Liao and Zhang He.

Since it was Zhang Liao's and Zhang He's first time on the battlefield, they were eager to make achievements.

Moreover, both of them are extremely talented and are almost born to achieve success on the battlefield.

They led 4,000 Bingzhou cavalry, and like two dragons playing with pearls, they drew two graceful yet deadly arcs and passed through the formation of 100,000 Black Mountain troops.

The Black Mountain Army formation that stretched for several miles was unable to effectively stop the two men from breaking in. The wailing of the dead was everywhere, and the momentum that was once soaring suddenly stagnated. No matter how Zhang Yan tried to cheer again, he could not recover to the level just now. "These two people have ruined our military prestige. It's really abominable. Who can kill these two people?"

Zhang Yan was furious and pointed at Zhang Liao and Zhang He who had charged into the army formation as if they were in an empty space.

"Don't worry, great leader. We will go and kill them!"

Generals Yang Feng and Yu Du immediately responded and led several times more Black Mountain troops to kill the two Zhangs.

"How dare you show off your power in front of my Black Mountain Army, you dog? Die now!"

When the two sides were about to engage in close combat, Yang Feng shouted and charged towards Zhang He with his spear.

"Hahahaha, is Bingzhou deserted? They actually sent two brats into battle. Darling, I don't want to kill you. Just get off your horse, kowtow to me three times, and call me Grandfather, and I will spare your life!"

Yu Duren lived up to his name. Before forming the battle formation, he tried to use psychological tactics to disrupt Zhang Liao's mind.

"Shameless talk!"

Zhang He had a stern look on his face. When he fought with Yang Feng for several rounds, he brutally killed Yang Feng and knocked him off his horse.

"Zhang Wenyuan from Yanmen is here, the rebels should stop being so rampant!"

Zhang Liao was furious when he heard this, and when he got close to Yu Du, he actually arrived first and stabbed Yu Du's mouth with a spear. The sharp spear head forged with fine steel pierced through Yu Du's stinky mouth, and the tip of the spear actually went through the back of his head and killed him on the spot.

"Two mighty ones!"

Seeing how fierce Zhang Liao and Zhang He were, the 4,000 Bingzhou cavalry who followed them in the raid suddenly became very motivated and cheered loudly.

"Yang Feng and Yu Du are the bravest men in Black Mountain, and their martial arts are second only to me. How could these two have such strength that they could kill two of my generals in battle!"

Zhang Yan was shocked when he saw this and quickly tried to remedy the situation.

"Where are Sui Gu and Tao Sheng? Hurry up and go forward to meet the enemy!"

Zhang Yan himself was the general-in-chief and had to shoulder the responsibility of commanding the entire army. How could he risk his life and fight with the enemy? Therefore, he thought of Sui Gu and Tao Sheng, who were comparable to Yang Feng and Yu Du in the Black Mountain Army.

But when he sent out the order, he could not find the two of them anywhere.

"Hmm? Where are Sui Gu and Tao Sheng?"

Zhang Yan was startled and immediately looked around, only to find that the two men were actually leading their troops and the main camp to retreat in the opposite direction.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the two of them wanted to escape!

"These two traitors! They actually wanted to conserve their strength and escape from the battlefield!"

Zhang Yan was furious when he saw this.

Compared with the enemy, the traitor is always more hateful.

However, now that he was facing a powerful enemy, he could only continue to focus his attention on Zhang Liao and Zhang He in front of him.

"You two are strong enough to kill Yang Feng and Yu Du. Let me meet these two young generals!"

After Zhang Yan made up his mind, he immediately led his men to meet Zhang Liao and Zhang He.

"You dare to kill my general? You must die!"

Zhang Yan first rushed towards Zhang He, who was closest to him and the leader of the Black Mountain Army.

Although the ordinary soldiers under his command were poor and destitute, they lacked even weapons, let alone armor.

However, Zhang Yan himself was fully equipped with armor and sophisticated weapons, and his personal guards also had all the necessary weapons and armor, and were not much inferior to the Bingzhou cavalry.

After all, no matter how hard the life is, we cannot let our leader suffer, and no matter how poor the life is, we cannot let our elder brother suffer.

Although his equipment and weapons were no less than those of Zhang Liao and Zhang He, he obviously overestimated his own strength and underestimated the strength of the two Zhangs.

Although the two Zhangs are young, they are not just any ordinary generals.

Zhang He was a master who had fought against Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao and escaped unscathed.

These three were among the Five Tiger Generals with extraordinary strength. Although Zhang He was defeated, he still won honor and his martial arts skills were among the best.

Although Zhang Yan is very famous, his actual level is only at the end of the first-rate, the peak of the second-rate.
Therefore, as soon as the two men fought, Zhang Yan was shocked and truly began to understand the abilities of the young general in front of him.

"This person is so young, yet his strength is even greater than mine. He will surely become famous in the world in time!"

"I am no match for him. If I defend too long, I will lose! I cannot continue to fight him!"

At this moment, Zhang Yan no longer cared about the dignity of the leader of the Black Mountain Army. He pulled the reins, turned around and ran away.

Although his martial arts were not as good as Zhang He's, the warhorses under his command were snow-white and had a unique charm, which was far superior to Zhang He's mount, and he quickly opened up the gap between them.

"Don't run away, leader of the bandits! Zhang Liao from Yanmen is here to meet you!"

The direction in which Zhang Yan fled intersected with that of Zhang Liao, so Zhang Liao immediately abandoned the ordinary Black Mountain Army and rushed towards him.

"Humph! It's fine if only one person is so powerful, but how can everyone be so powerful?"

"I, Zhang Yan, am also a famous general in Hebei. Whether it's Lu Bu or Zhang He, how can they all be better than me?"

"Kill this general within three rounds, then it won't be too late to escape!"

Driven by his pride, Zhang Yan stopped riding and stepped forward to engage in battle with Zhang Liao.

But as soon as they started fighting, the feeling of oppression from Zhang Liao was three times stronger than that from Zhang He just now.

However, Zhang Liao, relying on his own strength, killed through the fierce army of 100,000 soldiers of Eastern Wu. Moreover, he did not kill them once, but killed them back and forth repeatedly, causing the Eastern Wu heroes to surrender and the King of Wu to flee south in panic.

Such a tough guy is still extremely powerful even though he is young now. He is naturally a threat to a general like Zhang Yan who is not as good as the best but better than the worst.

However, Zhang Yan was a veteran with a long history, and he was extremely agile. He managed to seize a flaw that was not really a flaw during Zhang Liao's fight and rode away.

"No, who on earth is this Lu Yi? It's fine that his two brothers are highly skilled in martial arts, but why are all the generals under his command so brave and valiant? Even the two young generals at the vanguard are so difficult to deal with. What about the fighting power of other generals who have been famous for a long time, such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?"

"I, Zhang Yan, and the Black Mountain Army were defeated in this battle, but the Yellow Turbans are least afraid of failure. These tribesmen will only hinder my progress. It is better to abandon them and escape with only my followers. As long as I can escape, I can form a new Black Mountain Army within three years!"

Zhang Yan acted as he thought. He immediately led his followers to abandon the main camp and chase in the direction where Sui Gu, Tao Sheng and others fled.

What he said was true. If Liu Hong continued to behave like a king who lost his country, the Yellow Turbans would be almost impossible to kill or behead.

Zhang Yan himself has a reputation and experience, and with his elite followers, he will be able to raise another army quickly.

Fortunately, they have now left the Taihang Mountains and are no longer in danger of being blocked by Lu Yi. Otherwise, even Zhang Yan would have been doomed to die.

"The thief will escape!"

Zhang Liao and Zhang He were furious upon seeing this and immediately spurred their horses to chase after him.

However, his mount was weak and was just an ordinary warhorse. Not only did it fail to catch up with Zhang Yan, but it let Zhang Yan run farther and farther away. He could not help but feel very annoyed.

However, Lu Yi, who was leading the central army and advancing slowly behind Zhang Liao and others, was overjoyed when he saw this. He quickly changed his formation from slow march to fast gallop, and charged towards the Black Mountain Army which had lost its leader and was in chaos.

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(End of this chapter)