Chapter Eighteen: I, Lü Bu, Will Never Regret

  "Kill!" Liu Mang beheaded an enemy soldier who was trying to kill him, blood splattering all over his face. If it were before, he would have been afraid, but now he wasn't afraid - there just wasn't time to think about being afraid!

  "Old man Gao Shun hates you!" If it weren't for this Gao Shun being too greedy and wanting to swallow those 2,000 Long Gun soldiers, how could they have been broken through so easily!

  Now two thousand long gunners didn't finish off, but instead they are going to be finished off by others! Fortunately, I'm wearing the White Sheep Saint Clothes on my body, otherwise I'd be done for!

  Gao Shun did not speak, but pointed to the distant slope to tell Liu Mao with facts.

  "What does it mean!" Liu Mang had not yet understood when he suddenly heard a voice "Lü Bu Lü Fengxian is here, Chen Deng will die!"

  "Ah!" Liu Mang finally understood everything. Why did Lü Boss want him to wear the sacred robe and stay in the ambush camp? He had become a target bait, just to attract Chen Deng's attention.

  Good boss, good father-in-law! Liu Mang gritted his teeth.

  "Charge into the enemy army and kill Chen Deng!" Zhang Liao shouted as he charged forward.

  "Kill!" The soldiers of Bian State were not inferior to any cavalry, let alone having Lü Bu, the god of war, as their vanguard.

  "Ah ah ah!" Chen Deng's central army was left with only archers, the bow and arrow were perhaps a sharp weapon at long distance, but in close combat they were not very effective!

  Blood splattered everywhere, flesh and bones scattered all over the place. Wherever Lü Bu's army went, no one was left alive! Some of the archers were already frightened out of their wits and retreated in disorder.

  "Hold on, hold on!" Chen Deng drew out the sword by his side and killed a retreating archer with one stroke. "The whole army will fight to the death and wait for reinforcements! Anyone who retreats will be like this man!" Chen Deng's ferocious expression also frightened many people, these soldiers gritted their teeth, relying on the short swords by their side to meet the enemy head-on!

  Originally, archers had the upper hand against infantry, but now they were facing the Pingzhou Iron Cavalry who had dismounted and become infantry, so wherever they went, it was a slaughter.

  "My goodness!" Someone collapsed, this massacre is unbearable for ordinary people!

  The soldiers under Chen Deng's command had been following the Chen family for a long time, but they had never encountered Lü Bu, this god of killing!

  "Kill!" Chen Deng killed another fleeing soldier, wanting to hold off Lü Bu for a while longer. Just then, the commander of the halberd and long spear troops had discovered the problem in the central army and was rushing back to reinforce!

  But these bowmen were really scared! Lü Bu was like a killing god from hell! Chen Deng's beheading of the fleeing soldiers not only failed to make these scattered people fight back, but instead provoked their rebellious mentality.

  Rush up is death! Not going is also death! Might as well rebel then!

  "Kill! The red-eyed archers counterattacked one by one."

  "What do you want to do!" Chen Deng roared, "Have you gone mad?! Have you forgotten your families? Have you forgotten who you are?" These soldiers were all private soldiers of the Chen family, and a good many of them had settled down in Guangling!

  So some people calmed down and didn't dare to lay hands on Chen Deng again.

  But it was too late for Chen Deng! Lü Bu arrived like the wind and killed his way to Chen Deng's front, a spear thrust sent Chen Deng's sword flying out of his hand. "Chen Deng, Chen Yuanlong has already been captured by me, you'd better surrender quickly!"

  Lü Bu's voice was like a thunderclap on the battlefield.

  "House owner, has the house owner been captured?" Some soldiers didn't dare to believe it, but looking towards the central army, the central army's great flag had already fallen.

  "We've lost! We've lost!" The master of the house has been caught, what motivation do these private soldiers have to continue fighting?

  "We, we have surrendered!" The commander of the sword and shield soldiers, Hao Jun, dropped his large sword and shield with a bitter expression, expecting to annihilate the enemy camp, but unexpectedly ended up with this outcome.

  "Capture the king first!" This was Chen Gong's plan for Lü Bu, using Chen Deng's father's death to throw Chen into a state of great confusion, and then using the ambush camp to launch a frontal assault. Because Lü Bu wore golden armor, from a distance it looked no different from another suit of golden armor worn by Liu Mang, so Liu Mang was used as bait and placed in the ambush camp!

  All of Chen Deng's attention was drawn there!

  Gao Shun deliberately exposed a weakness, making Chen Deng think that he was just one step away from annihilating the Zhen camp, creating an illusion in his mind. This illusion led to Chen Deng's complete defeat! He was caught off guard by Lü Bu on both flanks!

  Were they sold from the very beginning? Liu Mang is now really afraid of these strategists, no wonder these individuals can grasp the entire world, no wonder Cao Cao even if he bears the infamy wants to kill Chen Gong!

  A counselor who is always thinking of himself will make you lose your appetite and sleep!

  Liu Mang didn't know that in Xia Pi there was already an advisor who had his eye on him, this person was even more formidable than Chen the old head, and this person was none other than the ghostly talented Guo Jia!

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  Sweeping the battlefield, counting casualties!

  The entire Lü Bu army's vanguard camp was almost annihilated! Of the 700 people, less than 200 were left alive. Gao Shun didn't say anything, but from his dim eyes, Liu Mang saw pain and also saw the dried tears at the corners of his eyes! This is a person who wouldn't even frown if he were killed!

  Liu Mang's heart skipped a beat, he also knew that several of the fallen warriors who had protected him and died for him, blocking swords and spears! He didn't even know their names, nor could he recall their faces!

  Liu Mang took a deep breath and made up his mind. Next time he came, he would definitely equip the Trapping Camp with the best armor! That was all he could do!

  The Iron Cavalry of Bianzhou also lost dozens of men! After all, they were not infantry.

  Lü Bu's original 2,000-strong army was reduced to just over 1,300 men, with almost everyone injured.

  Fortunately, after capturing Chen Deng, the Chen family army surrendered and was accommodated.

  There are over 5,000 long spear soldiers and over 4,000 knife shield soldiers left! There are also about 1,000 archers remaining! The vanguard of the army has fought against 15,000 enemies, with over 500 casualties on our side, while the enemy has lost 5,000 men. With a ratio of one to ten, it is indeed worthy of being called the king of infantry warfare!

  "Chen Deng Chen Yuanlong! What else can you say?!" Lü Bu said, looking at Chen Deng who was tied up and thrown to the ground.

  "Hum, a slave of the Three Surnames family, whether to kill or to rob is entirely up to your honor's convenience!" Chen Deng didn't have the slightest awareness of being a captive, and was very stubborn!

  "What a three-surname family slave!!" What Lu Bu hated the most was being called this! One was betrayal and the other was this title, since he was called out by Liu Da Er's third brother Zhang Fei at Tiger Trap Pass, Lu Bu had never washed away this title for his entire life!

  "Chen Deng, you think he doesn't dare kill you?!" Lu Bu's face was filled with murderous intent.

  "Haha, what if I die? You killed me Chen Yuanlong, but you Lu Bu can't escape! Cao's general's army is right behind, and Cao Hong's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry has been waiting in ambush. Do you think defeating me Chen Deng means you've won? The time it took to block you is enough for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to arrive!" Chen Deng sneered.

  "Hahaha! Lü Bu really doesn't like being threatened, and is about to get angry and kill Chen Deng. Just then, Chen Gong spoke up: "Although 'three-surname family slave' is a harsh word, it's still better than serving the man who killed your father!"

  "Who do you say is loyal to the murderer of my father? Chen Gong! You and Lü Bu are both no good, Lü Bu just said that my old father was killed by Cao's prime minister, now you're saying I'm loyal to the murderer of my father, it's really a joke! Do you think I, Chen Deng, am a three-year-old child? Will fall for your trick!" Chen Deng knew he had been caught by Lü Bu and had no way out, so he cursed loudly.

  " Facts are more powerful than words!" Chen Gong shook his head and bowed to Lü Bu, saying "My lord, I request that you release Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong?!"

  "What?!" Liu Mang exclaimed in surprise

  "Unacceptable!" Gao Shun was the first to refuse, for many of his comrades had died at Chen Deng's hands.

  "Chen Gong, stop pretending to be kind! Do you think I'll be grateful to you for this?!" Chen Deng sneered. "Kill me! Hurry up and kill me!"

  Lü Bu closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them and said, "Release Chen Yuanlong!"

  "Master?!" Gao Shun was anxious! If he didn't avenge his brother, his heart would be uneasy, and how could he face the survivors in the future?!

  "I not only spared you, but also left three thousand soldiers for you, including your two family members!!" Lü Bu was very generous, those three thousand soldiers were all people with families in Guangling, if they were forced to leave, they would absolutely not be willing to die for him, so he simply abandoned them to Chen Yuanlong!

  "What do you want?!" Chen Deng knew there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

  "I don't want to get anything!" Lü Bu said, looking at Chen Deng, "I'll let you go and see Cao Cao's true nature. If you can see through him, I hope you can come back and serve me!"

  "It's impossible for me to serve you!" Chen Deng refused without hesitation.

  "Don't say such dead words! I know you can!" Lü Bu didn't allow Chen Deng to retort and untied the rope for him. "Your three thousand soldiers are at my original campsite! You go now! Hopefully next time we meet, you'll have come around!" After losing Xiapi Castle, Lü Bu understood a truth: that this struggle for hegemony relied on talent. He only had one Chen Gong; if he could get another Chen Deng, it would be like adding wings to a tiger!

  "You will regret it!" Chen Deng said.

  "Many people have said this to me before, but it's never been me who ends up regretting it - Lü Bu!" With a single order from Lü Bu, the army continued marching towards Langya!

  (PS: Thanks for the promise and waiting for brother's reward!)