Chapter eight hundred and eighty fifth Liu Cao goodbye
Pound rode out of Wuguan on horseback. He was wearing heavy iron armor, a horn helmet on his head, a huge sword in his hand, and sitting on a majestic Xiliang war horse, which was extremely fierce.
Pound rode his horse to the battlefield, then waved the long knife in his hand, pointed at Lu Bu opposite him and shouted loudly: "Lü Bu, this is Nan'an Pang De! I'm here to kill you today!"
Lu Bu raised the Fangtian painted halberd in his hand, causing the soldiers behind him to stop where they were. Then he saw him galloping alone and came to Pang De.
Lu Bu has now successfully lost weight, so he looks very powerful in appearance. Although he is a bit old, he cannot be called old, and he has no feeling at all when facing the younger Pang De.
He laughed and said: "What a nameless rat, you actually came out? You are so courageous!"
Pang De snorted loudly: "Why don't you dare to come out? Others are afraid of you, but I am not afraid. If I kill you, I still hope to become famous all over the world!"
Lu Bu smiled and said: "You are quite courageous, okay! Let me, General, see what you are capable of and how dare you say such big words!"
After saying that, Lu Bu saw Lu Bu galloping in another direction and said: "Come!"
Pang De drove his horse in the other direction.
"come!"
When the words fell, two people were seen charging towards each other on horseback at the same time. The speed of the two people was extremely fast. After a while, the two people were seen facing each other heavily.
The painted halberd and the heavy sword clashed together, making an earth-shattering noise.
Pound's figure on the horse swayed slightly, but Lu Bu remained motionless.
Pang De laughed loudly: "Good job! Come again!"
Lu Bu looked at him in surprise and said, "No wonder you dare to make such big statements. You really have some skills. Well, in that case, let me have a good time with you!"
After saying that, Lu Bu rushed forward on his horse and fought with Pang De. The two men went back and forth and exchanged swords and halberds, setting off a whirlwind of cold weapons.
The two men fought for more than sixty rounds. Lu Bu was getting older and stronger. He opened and closed the halberd in his hand like a whirlwind, causing a chill in the surroundings.
Although Pang De was also extremely brave, he was still somewhat inferior to Lu Bu. As time went by, his physical strength began to gradually decrease.
In terms of age, Pound is much younger than Lu Bu, and his physical strength should be stronger than Lv Bu's. However, because Lu Bu's moves were too tricky and strange, Pound was overwhelmed with instructions, and a lot of his extra physical strength was used up.
Not long after, Pang De was seen turning his horse's head and retreating towards the rear formation.
When Lu Bu saw Pound running away, he couldn't help laughing.
"Little thief, where can you run?"
He crossed his legs and rode straight after Pound.
Pound deliberately slowed down his horse, pretending to be panicked and retreating, while squinting behind him.
When he was young, he saw Lu Bu rushing not far away from Pang De. He raised the halberd in his hand high and shouted: "You little thief, accept your life!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Pound suddenly turned around and shot Lu Bu with his sleeve arrow.
Lu Bu was so proud that he lost his sense of defense.
As he laughed, the short arrow hit his shoulder!
"Marquis Wen!"
"Marquis Wen, be careful!"
"Traitors should stop firing cold arrows!"
As Lu Bu was hit by an arrow, the Tao Army's war cavalry galloped out one after another and rushed forward to rescue Lu Bu.
Lu Bu held the arrowhead with his hand, then pulled it out fiercely and threw it on the ground. He gritted his teeth and looked at Pang De, and said angrily: "Traitor! If you can't defeat him, just shoot cold arrows. What kind of hero are you?"
Pang De chuckled and said: "Don't just talk about me, you are not a hero either?"
Although Lu Bu was hit by an arrow, Pound did not take the opportunity to use his methods on him. He pulled the reins of his horse, turned around and ran towards the city.
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Just when Lu Bu was fighting Pound at the foot of Wuguan, Cao Cao in Nanzheng received an unexpected envoy from Xichuan.
"Liu Bei?"
When Cao Cao heard his subordinates say the name of the visiting envoy, he was so surprised that he dropped the slips in his hands on the table.
The liger warrior below said: "Exactly."
Cao Cao frowned: "How many men and horses did he bring?"
The Liger warrior said: "It is said that only dozens of followers came with generous gifts."
Cao Cao was silent for a while and said calmly: "What is Liu Bei thinking?"
Next to Cao Cao, Xun You said: "No matter what he thinks, after Sikong Qie meets Liu Bei, it is not too late to make a conclusion. He has no troops and horses, and there is no way he can play any tricks even if he thinks about it."
Cao Cao nodded and said: "Cao has the same idea as Gongda. In that case, let's wait until Liu Bei comes."
When he said this, Cao Cao turned to him and said: "Gongda, if Liu Bei comes, you and Cao will receive him."
When Xun You heard this, he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.
Xun Yu defected to the pottery merchant. Xun You thought that he would be ignored and marginalized by Cao Cao, but Cao Cao ignored his past grudges and still regarded him as a subordinate. Xun You admired Cao Cao's broadmindedness.
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The next day, Liu Bei's envoy arrived in Hanzhong.
Cao Cao personally received Liu Bei.
"Xuande, I didn't expect that our meeting this time would be in this way." Cao Cao sighed helplessly.
Liu Bei also had a bitter look on his face: "It makes Duke Cao laugh. Bei failed to trust brother Jingsheng. He lost territory and captured the city, lost his troops and generals, and even lost Jingzhou... To be honest, Bei has no shame to come to see Duke Cao."
Cao Cao shook his head: "Not only you, Cao's Yuzhou and Yanzhou were also taken away by pottery merchants..."
When he mentioned the name of the pottery merchant, Cao Cao's expression suddenly changed, as if he had eaten an unpalatable fly.
There was an awkward silence between the two.
After a long time...
But I heard Cao Cao and Liu Bei sigh at the same time: "It's so frustrating!"
Cao Cao shook his head, as if he wanted to put the unpleasantness behind him, and then said: "Xuande, why are you here now?"
Liu Bei cupped his hands and said, "I'm here especially for the envoy from Xichuan."
"Messenger?" Cao Cao laughed dumbly and said, "With such a talent like you, Liu Zhang actually asked you to be an envoy?"
Liu Bei nodded and said, "It's not what Ji Yu asked, but what Bei himself asked for."
"Oh?" Cao Cao was a little surprised after hearing this: "Why did you take the initiative to take this position?"
"I'm here for Liu Jiyu, you, me... the future of all of us."
Cao Cao and Xun You looked at each other in surprise.
"What's the meaning?"
Liu Bei smiled and said, "You don't have to hide it from me, Mr. Cao. You captured Hanzhong. Did you really want to capture Xichuan?"
Cao Cao laughed and said: "What happened? Zhang Lu of Hanzhong was an ally of the pottery merchants. I destroyed them all to avenge my original grudge. As for Xichuan, Cao has never thought about it."
However, Liu Bei's expression remained unchanged and he said: "Why did Mr. Cao hide it from me? For you and me, the only place where we can really save our lives is Xichuan. Everyone knows this."