Chapter 22 An arrow that penetrates two layers of thick armor
After receiving the emperor's suggestion, Xu Rong led his troops to retreat from the city and returned to the camp to discuss countermeasures with the generals. Behind him, the Liang Army and the Northern Army seized this rare opportunity to restrain their comrades on the city wall.
The smell of corpses and flesh rotting in the hot sun finally dissipated a little at this time.
The various tribes watching the battle below the city were quite puzzled when they saw that Xu Rong's tribe had the advantage and suddenly withdrew within three seconds. However, when they learned that the emperor had arrived, they all remained silent.
Niu Fu was quite indignant when he heard Xu Rong conveying the emperor's proposal, and asked him directly: "Why don't you take the emperor back? With the emperor in your hands, are you afraid that you can't win this battle?"
Before Xu Rong could answer, Jia Xu spoke up and argued: "Brother Xu has no big fault. The Emperor is the supreme one in the world. If we kidnap the Emperor in public, I am afraid that we will be even more disloyal and unfilial than the Grand Master. How can we do that?"
Will there be a happy ending?" He smiled here and said: "What's more, the emperor's proposal is exactly what I want. If I use it properly, I think we will be able to break the city tomorrow."
"What's the explanation for this?" Li Jue frowned slightly when he heard this and asked in surprise: "This is obviously a strategy to delay time! If we win and the emperor doesn't recognize it, we will still attack the city. If we lose, our army's morale will be high.
The army of Bingzhou has arrived in Chang'an in just a few days. If we delay it any longer, won't we be setting ourselves up for death?"
Jia Xu shook his head slightly and smiled, then stopped his smile, pointed at Xu Rong and said, "I think Jianwei must have had a plan when he agreed."
Everyone looked over, Xu Rong nodded and said yes, he sat on the banquet and said slowly: "The emperor's proposal can indeed delay time, but he is young after all and does not understand one truth: generals are the courage of an army.
The enemy's ability to defend today is due to Lu Bu's bravery and bravery. If he hadn't fought in the army, I'm afraid the enemy would have been defeated long ago. If the emperor only sent ordinary soldiers to challenge, I would naturally not agree, but he sent
Lu Bu."
Speaking of this, everyone present here is a veteran of the battlefield, so naturally they all understood it. Zhang Ji followed his words and said: "Tonight, we must set a trap. When Lu Bu comes out of the city to challenge, we will suddenly launch a surprise attack.
Let him never come back. The enemy army is leaderless, and Xijing will naturally fall into my hands!" Everyone understood the plan, and when they heard it, they all said so with their brows relaxed and their hearts at ease.
So he sent someone to the city to reply, saying he was willing to send someone to have a life-or-death showdown with Lu Bu tomorrow.
By the next day, at 3:30 pm, the corpses on and off the city wall had been cleaned up, but the blood on the city wall and the mountain could not be erased. It was like a mark that was soaked and penetrated. It was obvious that it was not just flowing in the soil, but also in the soil.
Permeate into the human soul.
Trumpets sounded almost simultaneously above and below the city, and they all moved out.
This challenge will determine the life and death of the two armies, so the soldiers on the city came out in full force and lined up along the city wall. There were less than 20,000 of them left, but their morale was very high. Obviously during these days, Lu Buzhi
Good at fighting has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and no one thought that he would lose in the competition. In the towers, the defenders set up more than ten large drums, and let the strong men in naked clothes beat them. The drums pounded on the city like thunder from the sky.
Yang Biao, the doctor of Guanglu, was honored as the emperor and specially watched the challenge in front of the drum array.
The Liang soldiers under the city formed a long snake formation and lined up in Longshouyuan. Their flags covered the sky and the sun, and the edge of the fighting was shining brightly in the morning sun. At first glance, the entire south wall was surrounded by them.
It was estimated that there were more than 70,000 people. They danced in unison, raised their long silk to the sky, and then fell to the ground. With a "dong" sound, a burst of dark red smoke rose from the ground, and the soldiers shouted in unison: "
Won the victory!", repeated this, the defenders on the city changed their colors: It turned out that they were cheering with the dragon's head as the head of the drum!
Amidst the sound of drums above and below the city, all the leaders of the Liang army, except Jia Xu, rode out of the formation slowly and arrived at the open space between Tushan and the city. The large Anmen gate was also slowly raised, and a tall figure emerged from the gate.
Emerging from the shadow, it was Lu Bu.
Lu Bu was riding a fiery red red rabbit horse, wearing an auburn military uniform underneath, and the armor outside was painted silver white, like a ball of red-hot swords. In his hand, he held a long spear about two feet high, with a
His strong figure gave people a great sense of oppression. Even Niu Fu and others couldn't help but hold their breath when they saw his mighty appearance. Even though they looked down on Lu Bu's conduct, the war in the past month also made them
I have to admit that when it comes to bravery, Lu Bu is indeed the best in the world and few can match him.
Lu Bu slowly walked up to Niu Fu and others, smiled at them and said, "I wonder who you want to challenge?"
Several people had already discussed that when it comes to horse fighting, no one among the generals can compare with Niu Fu, so Niu Fu will fight. Niu Fu is also nine feet tall, similar to Lu Bu, and rides a tan treasure dragon colt.
, wearing light blue military uniforms and a pair of bright golden armor. The two of them crossed each other, circling on horseback, and the morning light shone on the two of them, looking quite dazzling. Both of them were like gods blessed by the gods.
Average.
But Lu Bu was taller after all, and it seemed that Niu Fu was at a disadvantage. Niu Fu knew this, and also knew that morale was more important in a battle between the two armies, so he wanted to be the first to disparage the other party, saying: "Brother Lu is excellent in martial arts.
Even I admire you very much, but now that I am responsible for the life and death of a soldier, I have to reluctantly fight Brother Lu with swords facing each other, which is a pity. But now that we are in a powerful situation, I still have to tell him honestly to show my respect. Lu
Brother, Niu Fu admires Brother Lu most for two things. Brother Lu, do you know why?"
Lu Bu didn't expect Niu Fu to make these remarks. Even though he knew there was something hidden behind his words, he felt a little confused for a moment and subconsciously asked: "Why?"
Niu Fu cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Of course it's the East Capital that kills Ding Yuan, and the West Capital that kills the Grand Master. Looking at the world, apart from Brother Lu, who else can do it?"
After hearing this, Lu Bu's face suddenly turned red. He wanted to step on the pedals and lift the reins immediately to fight, but after thinking for a moment, he felt that he was showing cowardice, so he endured it. The red rabbit horse suddenly reared up and neighed with its front hooves.
The horses around him were in a commotion. When Red Rabbit stood firm again, Lu Bu held his long spear at an angle, pointed at Niu Fu with the tip of the spear, and said slowly: "Today I will kill you, gouge out your eyes, cut out your tongue, and insert your head here."
"I put it on the top of the giant pottery to show the public," his tone was calm and unsteady, but it sounded inexplicably chilly.
After saying that, the red rabbit horse galloped like lightning and turned in front of Niu Fu in an instant. Niu Fu had resisted for a long time. He held the pole horizontally and then Lu Bu stabbed him suddenly. The two were separated at the first touch. The knights watching only felt that
A spark struck, but then disappeared again. The two of them had separated dozens of steps away, but the afterimage of the spark clearly still remained in the pupils.
The first blow was just the beginning. The two men quickly drove their horses and kept pace with each other, waving their weapons while galloping. The sparks appeared quickly and frequently in the sound of attacks, which was so dazzling that it felt like your eyes were being burned.
What surprised the audience even more was the huge long whip dancing rapidly between the two people, which gave people the illusion that they were holding two long whips instead of long whips.
The two knights collided for more than ten rounds, and finally separated again. Niu Fu ran at the city gate, and Lu Bu ran at the mountain. The two slowly circled along this distance. Only then did the spectators see their expressions clearly. At this time, Lu Bu made a move
He was reining in the reins and holding the spear in one hand, his face as calm as steel, while Niu Fu was panting slightly and his chest was heaving. It was obvious that this series of collisions made him a little weak.
But even so, the two riders circled each other, still narrowing the distance between them as if they had reached a consensus. The closer the two got closer, the faster the horses became slower and slower. Just when the two were more than ten steps apart, Niu Fu suddenly reined in,
Zhou Kou faced Lu Bu with a spear. Lu Bu thought he was going to stab him again, so he used the spear pole to block it. Unexpectedly, Niu Fu threw a long spear at him. The tip of the spear came through the air. Lu Bu hurriedly dodged sideways, but it was dangerous again.
He narrowly escaped, but when he got back to his business, he found another blade with a cold light shining in front of him.
Lu Bu had no room to dodge at this time, but when he encountered this desperate situation, in the blink of an eye, he chose to throw away the sword, stretched out his hands, and grasped the blade of the knife in mid-air.
Wearing gloves lined with iron rings, when I grabbed the blade of the knife, I couldn't help but feel a stinging pain. There was obviously bleeding between the knuckles, but it also frustrated the fatal knife and could not make any further progress.
When Niu Fu saw this, he wanted to draw the knife, but then he realized that Lu Bu's hands were like molten iron, and he could not stab or pull out. Lu Bu grabbed the back of the knife with his bleeding right hand again and exerted a sudden force.
Niu Fu's knife was snatched away by Lu Bu.
After throwing out the long spear, Niu Fu's only weapon was the knife, but now that the knife was taken by Lu Bu, Niu Fu had no weapons to use. He made a quick decision, immediately threw down the knife, turned around on his horse and headed towards the military formation.
Lu Bu finally gained the upper hand, but he was not willing to let him escape. He shouted: "The outcome is still unclear, have you already accepted defeat?" As he said this, he also drove the red rabbit and galloped towards the Liang people's army.<
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He rode forward about fifty steps. Niu Fu suddenly stopped. Seeing this, Lu Bu subconsciously ordered Chi Hato to walk slowly, but before he could think about it, he had already entered the arrow range of Liang Ren's front line. Waiting for him
When he reacted, he had already seen a little bit of cold stars in the gaps between the soldiers on the opposite side.
There are archers! Lu Bu was shocked, but he quickly relaxed, because not only Liang Renhua was thinking about this battle, but he was also thinking about this battle. In order to prevent Liang Ren from sneaking into the battle, Lu Bu was in military uniform.
He also wore a layer of iron armor. He had been fighting for many years, but he had never seen anyone shoot an arrow that could penetrate two layers of thick armor. So he felt confident and stood in the arrow range, still sarcastically saying to Liang Jun: "Liang Gou, your skills stop here.
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Xu Rong sneered: "Do you need more tricks to deal with dolphin dogs?"
As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow flew out from the formation and hit Lu Bu in the abdomen.
Lu Bu laughed twice, and was about to mock me for wearing two armors. He couldn't say anything, but a stream of heat surged out of his lower abdomen. He subconsciously wiped it with his injured hands, and it felt full of wetness. When he looked down, he realized that blood was flowing from his lower abdomen.
The arrow gurgled out. He felt incredible and sighed: "There is an arrow that can penetrate two layers of thick armor?"
While he was still conscious, he immediately turned his horse's head and retreated towards the city gate. More arrows were shot out, hitting Lu Bu's armor with a clanging sound, but none of them penetrated directly like the first arrow. Many people wanted to pursue him, but unexpectedly the gate opened, and Gao Shun led the trapped camp to suddenly rush out. They originally planned to take advantage of Lu Bu's victory to make a surprise attack, but at this time they could only lure Lu Bu back and block those who tried to stop him.
The bravery of Lu Bu's pursuers who were trapped in the camp was truly astonishing. They quickly repelled the chasing Liang people and successfully returned to the city. However, looking back, Lu Bu had fallen to the ground.
Xu Rong, who was outside the city, reorganized his army and ordered his troops to attack the city again that day.
Looking back, Xu Rong smiled at Hu Che'er and said, "Li Shi, you failed to shoot Chen Tingjian, so you have made up for it today."
Hu Che'er was holding the five-stone bow, his hands still shaking because of the arrow he just shot, but his face was full of satisfaction. He replied to Xu Rong: "It's all blessed by the God of Bows and Arrows."