Chapter 28: The Battle of Kaiyang (1)

  "Boom, boom, boom!" The war drums began to beat early the next morning. Lü Bu knew that Cao's army was going to attack again. Now in the city, there were not many of the 10,000-strong army left, and perhaps they could not hold out for a day.

  "Kill!" The white-clad Cao army swarmed forward like ants, with the help of the cloud ladders and siege towers, densely packed and charging over. This time, Xu Huang's troops led the vanguard.

  Xu Huai was a famous general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. He originally served as a cavalry commander under Yang Feng, but after Yang Feng was defeated by Cao Cao, he defected to Cao Cao's side. Although Xu Huai had not been with Cao Cao for long, Cao Cao treated him generously and gave him command of a separate battalion, so Xu Huai wanted to prove himself and show Cao Cao that he had made the right choice in trusting him.

  "Brothers, come on! Lü Bu's army is no longer a threat. The prime minister has issued an order: those who climb up to Kaiyang will be rewarded with gold, those who kill one person will be rewarded with a good field of one mu, those who kill ten people will be rewarded with pearls and jade, and those who kill a hundred people will be promoted to the rank of colonel. Brothers, this is our chance to make achievements! Come on, let's go!" Xu Huan's words were very enticing, and his soldiers' morale was greatly boosted, as they rushed forward one after another to attack the city wall.

  Xu Huan did not say the usual "beheading of local chiefs" because he knew the ferocity of Lü Bu! Yesterday, Xu Huan himself tried to climb up the city wall and was seen by Lü Bu. If it weren't for Old Cao sending out Xu Chu, and also having his personal guards follow him, Xu Huan would probably have been left on the city wall!

  It was like this, and the Imperial Guard lost no less than ten men. Xuhuang finally saw the ferocity of this world's top general.

  One tiger alone is not to be feared, but a tiger leading a pack of wolves is terrifying. This can cost lives.

  Lü Bu is the old tiger, Lü Bu's army are those wolves.

  "Hold on, hold on! Once Cao's army breaks into the city, they will definitely leave no chicken or dog alive. Surrendering means death, resisting also means death, everyone fight for me!" Originally, Chen Gong was still worried that these original Chen family soldiers would betray him, but since he mentioned that Cao Cao might massacre the city, each and every one of the Chen family soldiers seemed to have gone mad, the effect was exceptionally good!

  Chen Jiajun, although said to be Chen Deng's family soldier, was also recruited from the people of Xuzhou. Old Cao attacked Xuzhou and killed many people, among whom were relatives of these Xuzhou soldiers.

  "Kill, kill, kill!" Although Xuzhou is located in a place with rich products and warm customs, the warm people also have tempers, and Old Cao just happened to bring out their bloodthirstiness. They repelled wave after wave of attacks.

  "Lü Bu, Lü Bu!" Cao Cao stared at the golden-armored general on the city wall with a very complex gaze.

  He wanted to kill that man, because he had almost killed himself, and this man was so charming and powerful, with high military ability. These Xu state soldiers were originally weak and powerless, and in the hands of Tao Gongzu and Tao Qian, they didn't have any fighting strength, belonging to the kind of soldiers who would definitely lose when fighting and retreat when seeing the enemy. Even the elite Dan Yang soldiers under Tao Qian's command were being suppressed by Cao Cao in their confrontation. But now these Xu state soldiers seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, repelling the attack of Old Cao's elite troops.

  Xu Huang was already a senior general, his soldiers were no worse than those under Cao Cao's command, Yu Jin and Xiahou Yuan's troops were inferior, but they couldn't climb over the city wall.

  "How great it would be if I could subdue you!" Cao Cao sighed, outside the city of Xiapi. The old Cao had indeed thought about making peace with Lü Bu and forming an alliance, handing over all his troops to let him command the soldiers, while he himself took charge of internal affairs. Such a combination would surely sweep across the land in no time!

  But all this was ruined by Chen Gong, and that one arrow almost took Cao Cao's life.

  Half a day of fierce battle, blood has already dyed the city wall red, and finally there are Cao troops who boarded the city wall.

  "The bounty, the bounty is mine!" This Cao army soldier was overjoyed. He was the first to climb up onto the city wall, so it seemed that the gold would be his.

  Haven't even had time to be happy yet.

  "Pffft!" A mouthful of fresh blood spewed out from the Cao army soldier's mouth, a long sword was stuck in his chest, it was a masterpiece of a Xuzhou soldier.

  "Gold, gold!" Even after they fell down breathless and were abandoned at the city wall, Cao's soldiers were still thinking about that reward.

  With the first, there is a second. Although Lü Bu's army was brave and fierce, they were too exhausted. Slowly but surely, white-clad Cao troops appeared on the city walls, starting from occupying one small corner, then gradually expanding to two corners, three corners.

  "It's time!" Cao Cao looked at the city wall with more and more white clothes waving his hand "Xu Huang Li Dian, you go up!" These big generals, although they were not Lu Bu's opponents in a one-on-one fight, but they could unite together. Lu Bu was a god of war, but he was also human! Humans will always get tired.

  "It's the Prime Minister!" Li Dian and Xu Huang exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with fervor. They knew Lü Bu's prowess, and the more they knew, the more they wanted to obtain the merit of beheading him. Killing Lü Bu would be equivalent to telling the world that they were stronger than him!

  The two men clasped their fists and set off, each leading their troops in a charge towards the city wall.

  Unlike the two of them, Cao Cao felt a bit desolate. Today, Lü Bu would be defeated by his own hands and would return to the Yellow Springs. How many heroes were left in this world that were worth fighting for?

  "Zhong Kang! You take the Imperial Guard and follow, awaiting my orders at all times!" He feared that Li Dian and Xu Huang were no match for Lü Bu, so he had Xu Chu as a last resort to kill Lü Bu.

  Cao Cao actually had the personnel to deal with Lü Bu, namely the two sworn brothers of a certain imperial uncle who were quietly drinking under the account, at Tiger Trap Pass. If it weren't for Liu Bei dragging his feet, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu might have really been able to keep Lü Bu down. Now Lü Bu was even more without his heyday, and the two brothers had absolutely no problem.

  However, Cao Cao did not, he wanted Liu Bei to sit and watch him, as his tent was also filled with fierce generals.

  Li Dian and Xu Huang led their troops to the foot of the city wall, where people were falling from the sky from time to time. There were Cao's army, Lv Bu's army, and even a whole cloud ladder was pushed down, with a row of people all falling down.

  "Let's attack from both sides! I'll take the left and you take the right!" suggested Xu Huang.

  "Everything is done by Gongming!" Li Dian was a person who never vied with others for credit, and as long as you needed him, he would absolutely not disappoint you.

  Xu Huang nodded and the two of them led their personal troops onto the two cloud ladders.

  "Kill!" Xu Huan roared, holding a giant shield and starting to climb. Rocks, wooden stakes, and boiling oil corpses fell from above like rain, Xu Huan held the shield with his mouth biting on a large knife, step by step he climbed up.

  "Come to die!" Li Dian's side had fewer people, so Li Dian was the first to climb up onto the city wall. Just then a Lü Bu soldier swung his sword over and chopped down at him, wanting to send this Cao army soldier flying down. He also kicked out with his foot at the cloud ladder, wanting to push the whole thing down.

  Li Dian saw this scene and threw away his large shield, picked up the big knife in his mouth and stabbed forward with it as if it were a sword.

  Li Dian's speed was very fast, he was also a quasi-first-class general, his skills were not weak at all, dealing with a miscellaneous soldier was simply effortless.

  Fresh blood stained Li Dian's body, but instead of weakening him, it only fueled his ferocity. With a loud battle cry, he charged forward with his massive sword swinging wildly. Xu Huang was having a bad day - the location where he had set up his cloud ladder was swarming with Lü Bu's soldiers, and it looked like they were about to push the ladder off the city wall. If that happened, Xu Huang would be saying goodbye to this world! Even a god wouldn't be able to save him from a fall off the city wall.

  Li Dian was like a killing god, and the area within two meters of him was instantly cleared. He rushed straight towards Xu Huang's direction, saving Xu Huang's life.

  "Thanks a lot, Manchester!" Xu Huang also climbed up onto the city wall, and his personal soldiers brought up Xu Huang's large axe as well.

  Li Dian didn't have time to return the gift, he just hummed in response, because Li Dian's forehead was already covered in sweat, he knew he had been targeted by a fierce beast.

  This feeling! It's Lü Bu!! Li Dian thought he wasn't much different from others, even if it was Xu Chu, Li Dian didn't feel this beastly aura, only one person did! That was Dian Wei! On Dian Wei's body, Li Dian felt that kind of icy killing intent, a killing intent without human emotions.

  I didn't expect Lü Bu to have it too, and it's even more terrifying than Cao Cao's.

  "Lü Bu!" Xu Huang also felt it, only he was a bit better than Li Dian, after all, he had experienced Lü Bu's power before. Xu Huang's hand involuntarily tightened around the handle of his greataxe.

  "Yesterday I couldn't keep you, today this city wall will be your burial ground!" As expected, Lao Lu's voice came from behind.