Chapter 39: Feng Xian vs Feng Xiao (End)

  "Advance the entire army!" Guo Jia ordered, and under his command flag, the long spear soldiers moved forward, presenting an attacking posture. The only one who could face the cavalry attack was Guo Fengxiao alone.

  "Dare to charge against the cavalry?!" Lü Bu was taken aback, as in general field battles, infantry encountering cavalry would either desperately flee or defend in place, but never actually charge.

  "Isn't that right?!" Lü Bu wasn't a fool, Guo Jia was known as a ghostly genius, he must have had his own strengths, how could he make such a huge mistake? Once the infantry formation is disrupted by the cavalry, your infantry will only be slaughtered.

  "Bait!" Lü Bu suddenly understood, using these long spear soldiers as bait. As long as Lü Bu led the troops to launch a strong attack, the archers behind would shoot straight, and the giant shields on both sides would surround them, making it impossible to escape.

  "Not good!" As Lü Bu had thought, the archers drew their bows flat and switched from shooting arrows in a high arc to direct fire.

  "Warhorse!" Lü Bu exclaimed in shock. "Full army shields, protect the warhorses!" He had truly underestimated this Guo Fu Xiang, to have found the weakness of Pingzhou Wolf Riders so quickly.

  "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" A rain of arrows came down, countless war horses fell to the ground. Fortunately, the Bingzhou Wolf had prepared large shields, and the cavalry was not harmed. The horses that were shot quickly changed to another one. When breaking out of the siege, there were less than 3,000 people left in the city, while Liu Mang brought 5,000 war horses.

  In just that instant, Lü Bu lost no less than a hundred war horses. It was a painful sight for Lü Bu, as these were all fine steeds, each one capable of being a king among horses. But now they lay fallen on the battlefield.

  "Hmph! Although the cavalry is strong, can their horses be stopped?! Guo Jia gazed at the war dead horses and coldly hummed "All troops listen to orders, rapid fire, aim for the horses!" What's the point of having cavalry without horses?!"

  "Guo Fengxiao!" Lü Bu's eyes gleamed as he raised his long spear high. "Speed up, open the distance!" The range of the bows and arrows was limited, and as long as they opened the distance, they wouldn't be able to get hurt.

  "Want to escape?!" Guo Fengxiao watched as the Pingzhou Wolf Cavalry gradually disappeared into the distance, wanting to intercept them but having no cavalry mobility, with an army of 100,000 he was powerless.

  "Dada!" Just as the Pingzhou wolf cavalry was about to leave, they suddenly turned around and returned to the battlefield once again. "Escape? How is that possible! In my, Lü Bu's, dictionary, there are no words for retreat!" Ordinary archers can shoot up to 120 paces, while elite trained archers can shoot up to 150 paces.

  The Bingzhou cavalry under Lü Bu's leadership charged again, reaching a distance of about 150 paces before suddenly turning around and heading towards the two wings.

  "What does he want to do?!" Guo Jia's eyebrows furrowed, he couldn't understand Lü Bu's idea. "Draw bows?!" The mounted archers of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry all picked up their longbows from their horses and drew them back.

  One hundred and fifty steps! This is a safe distance, arrows can't even reach, has Lü Bu gone mad?

  A gentle breeze blew across Guo Jia's face, adding a hint of coolness to his flushed complexion.

  "Wind!" Guo Jia's eyes suddenly widened "It's wind, a strong wind!"

  "That's right, Guo Fengxiao is the wind!" Lü Bu smiled slightly. As he rushed forward, Lü Bu had already grasped the direction of the wind. They were at the upwind position, while Cao's army was at the downwind position. One hundred and fifty steps was the standard distance for bows and arrows, but what if they added the wind to it?

  "Coming but not going is impolite! And Pingzhou wolf cubs, raise your bows and shoot!" All the Pingzhou wolf riders raised their bows in unison, and under the influence of the wind, wave after wave of arrows shot into the Cao army's camp.

  First to suffer were the archers hiding under the crowds in the big camp, these were the ones who posed the greatest threat to Bianzhou's wolf cavalry. Lü Bu's first move was to take them down, and these wolf cubs also hated Cao's archers to the bone, so the bows and arrows in their hands basically didn't stop at all.

  "Ah ah ah!" Arrows fell like rain, and blood flowers occasionally emerged from the rainwater. In an instant, the archery camp suffered heavy casualties, with 3,000 out of 10,000 soldiers shot dead, leaving countless wounded.

  "Bang!" Guo Jia threw away his fan and punched a pillar on the viewing platform with great force.

  "Mount Dragon's Horse!" Lü Bu's long halberd was raised!

  "Hungry, starving!" The wolf cubs went mad under the leadership of Wolf King Lü Bu "Charge!"

  When the archers were suppressed, Guo Jia knew it was over. His long spearman in front had originally intended to be bait, but now that the hook was gone, this bait was no longer bait and had become real fish food.

  What is called slaughter, when a group of heavy cavalry charged into infantry with only long spears as weapons, the long spears could not break through the defense of the heavily armored knights. On the other hand, the horsemen on the horses could easily kill the long spear soldiers who had only wooden shields for protection. Even if they encountered some centurions wearing iron armor, they would be killed in a few rounds.

  In the midst of the charge, Lü Bu really saw a familiar face - Li Dian! The same Li Dian who had almost been killed by the siege at the opening of Yang City. This Long Gun Battalion was his unit, so as a general he took to the battlefield despite being wounded and ill.

  A gentleman takes ten years to avenge himself, but Lü Bu doesn't want to wait that long; he settles his scores on the spot.

  "Li Dian, do you know me!" Lü Bu rode his horse to Li Dian's front, Li Dian was already in a precarious situation. The infantry fighting against the cavalry had no way to win, if it weren't for Li Dian's personal soldiers protecting him tightly, Li Dian might have already died in the chaos of the battlefield.

  "Lü Bu!" Li Dian looked at the approaching figure with a bitter smile, he knew he couldn't escape today. If it were just the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, Li Dian believed that relying on his own strength, he could still escape with his life. But now Lü Bu had arrived?!

  Xu Chu and Xu Huang, adding myself, three of us are no match for Lü Bu. Now I'm the only one left alive.

  "Memory is still pretty good!" Lü Bu smiled slightly.

  "Clang!" Li Dian dropped the weapon in his hand. "Wen Hou, Dian knows he can't escape death, but before he dies, he wants to ask Wen Hou for one thing! Li Dian was seriously injured on the city wall of Kaiyang and now he's fighting with injuries, luckily he met Lü Bu, if he wants to survive, it's like a miracle from heaven.

  "Resigned to your fate?! Look, Li Dian, a warrior's weapon is his life on the battlefield. If you lose it, that means you've given up on living!"

  "It's not resignation! I just don't want to add unnecessary casualties!" Li Dian said, "I can take my own life in front of Wen Hou, but please spare the lives of these eight loyal soldiers of mine!"

  "General!" The eight bodyguards surrounding Li Dian were anxious. "We swear to protect the general with our lives!" Were they not afraid of Lü Bu? They were also afraid! In the Battle of Kaiyang, they were originally one hundred bodyguards, and now only these eight people are left. However, how could they use the general's life in exchange for their own survival?

  "What if I don't agree!" On the battlefield, the most important thing for all generals is their own brothers and personal soldiers. Seeing them, Lü Bu seemed to remember something again - Hao Meng, Song Xian, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng! Which one of them didn't come from his own ranks? If he were in Li Dian's position, would they defend him to the death? Would he use his own life to exchange for theirs?

  "If you don't agree, then Li Jun will have to fight to the death with Wen Hou!" Li Jun took a deep breath and said, his face pale, his injuries not yet healed, now completely in a desperate struggle.

  "Alright, I promise you!" Lü Bu closed his eyes for a moment and said "You die, these eight men can retreat back to their original formation!"

  "Many thanks for your kindness, Duke Wen!" Li Dian picked up the long sword on the ground again. This time it was not to resist, but to take his own life.

  "General, no, absolutely not!" The eight men panicked and wanted to rush forward to seize the knife, but Li Dian's martial arts were superior to theirs, and as their master, they had a natural awe for him.

  "Aren't you guys listening to me anymore?!" Li Dian shouted with wide, angry eyes "Get out, all of you! I, Li, am not a person without parents, just take care of my elderly father and mother while they're alive!"

  "General!"

  "Plop!" A blood flower suddenly flew up, the long knife had drunk its master's fresh blood, that blood was scorching hot, Li Dian is dead!

  "Leave!" Lü Bu said with a hint of reluctance as he looked at Li Dian who was standing in front of him.

  "Go!" The remaining eight people suddenly knelt down in front of Li Dian's body. "General, I'm afraid we will disobey your will. Our old parents can no longer help you take care of things. You go slowly below and wait for us."

  "We're coming right away!"

  "Pffft, pffft, pffft!" Lü Bu's blood splattered everywhere as eight corpses fell to the ground in a kneeling position, dead before Li Dian.

  Lü Bu licked his lips "This blood is actually warm!"

  Cao Jun's army

  "Guo Jia: 'Lü Bu, the God of War, is indeed worthy of his reputation!' His eyes shone brightly as he gazed forward. The Long Spear Camp was not far from the main camp now, and the two men's gazes met in mid-air."

  "Guo Jia's plan is also good! The ghostly strategy has taken over Xuzhou from Lü Bu!" Lü Bu's sword-like eyebrows rose.

  "We'll meet again next time!"

  "Let's drink together!"