Chapter 31: The Battle of Kaiyang (4) Fourth Update

  "Cough, cough, cough!" Lü Bu suppressed the turmoil in his heart and started coughing non-stop. Each cough brought out fresh blood.

  How many years has it been! How many years has he not fought like this, ten or twenty?

  "Lü Bu is done for!" Xu Huang was also panting uncontrollably, his giant axe almost slipping from his grasp, the tiger's mouth already cracked open. If not for a thread of willpower holding on, Xu Huang would have probably collapsed to the ground.

  It's too strong! It's too strong! With Li Dian and Xu Chu added, plus no less than a hundred elite soldiers, which of these elite soldiers wasn't a seasoned veteran? Which one didn't crawl out from the midst of blood and flesh? And yet, it was only after half of them were killed or wounded, Li Dian severely injured, and Xu Chu and himself barely clinging to life that they managed to push Lü Bu to this extent.

  "Fight, fight again! Just a bit more effort and Lü Bu will be finished!" Li Dian struggled to get up, his long sword already battered and bruised from the duel with Lü Bu.

  The city head was ultimately too few for Lü Bu's army, and Cao's army had already climbed onto the city wall. Cao Cao didn't trust Xu Chu and others, so he also abandoned 100 Tiger and Leopard Riders' horses and climbed onto the city wall. The reinforcements were getting more and more, and Lü Bu's army was already being suppressed in one corner of the city head.

  "Lü Bu, today is your day of death!" Xú Huǎng said with a ruthless expression. In order to kill Lü Bu, nearly all of Xú Huǎng's long-time personal soldiers had been sacrificed. These were the ones who followed him from Luoyang and Chang'an. Not to mention their emotional value, just speaking of their abilities, losing one would make Xú Huǎng heartbroken. Now they were almost all dead.

  Li Dian did not speak, but his pair of murderous eyes also indicated that he could not let Lü Bu go.

  It's just that Xu Chu is a bit dim, although Lü Bu is about to be defeated, but Xu Chu knows he can't compare with Lü Bu, in a one-on-one fight, the one who will definitely die is himself. Now that Lü Bu is going to die, Xu Chu actually has a desolate feeling, another hero is going to fall!

  "Hahaha!" Lü Bu suddenly burst out laughing.

  "Lü Bu, what are you smiling at?!" Xu Huang said with a gloomy face.

  "I'm laughing because I thought of something funny." Lü Bu struggled to get up, despite his severe injuries, but he refused to bow his head. "There are many people in this world who want me, Lü Bu, dead. But I've long since come to terms with it - as a general, I should die on the battlefield!"

  "When I was a soldier under Ding Jianyang, I thought I, Lü Bu, should have died on the battlefield fighting against foreign enemies, unfortunately not,"

  "I thought I would have killed Ding Jianyang and followed Dong Zhuo, but unfortunately, I didn't die at the hands of those eighteen vassals! Alas, Lü Bu should have died then!"

  "Chang'an was defeated, and I thought I would die at the hands of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, die at the hands of Li Ru. How disappointing! Guo Si and Li Jue are as timid as mice, they don't even dare to pursue me!"

  "Outside the city of Xiapi, I was also prepared to die in battle when the city fell. Who would have thought that a good son-in-law like Han Yan would appear? And so, I, Lü Bu, did not die after all. From Pingzhou onwards, before I knew it, I had already made a profit for so many years!"

  Lü Bu smiled, but his exhaustion grew with each smile. Yet no one dared to make a move. "Cao Mengde has won, he's won this war, won all of Xuzhou, but he'll never win against me, Lü Bu! He fears me!" A streak of fresh blood appeared at the corner of Lü Bu's mouth and was wiped away by him.

  "Our lord is afraid of you? What a joke! Who are you, Lü Bu, just a lone warrior, and our lord needs to be afraid of you?" Xu Huang said disdainfully.

  "Is that so?" Lü Bu raised an eyebrow, looking at Xu Huang. "If Cao Mengde is not afraid of me, why did he attack Xuzhou first? If Cao Mengde is not afraid of me, why did he send out the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, a hundred thousand strong army to surround and intercept me after I broke through Xiapi? He's scared! He's afraid that I really can kill him!"

  Lü Bu looked at Xu Chu, "Xu Zhongkang, you are Cao Mengde's personal guard, aren't you? Cao Mengde is a man with a severe case of paranoia, he doesn't trust anyone except for a select few. He always has you by his side, but today he sent you out to fight me! Does that mean he's afraid of me?"

  Xu Chu did not speak, because Lü Bu was right. Cao Cao and Guo Jia's discussion was basically outside the account, and the general's hearing was extraordinary. How could he not hear? Cao Cao's emphasis and tone were precisely because he feared Lü Bu!

  "Whether you're afraid or not, from today on, Lord Cao will be able to sleep well!" Xu Chu gripped his large sword tightly, for Lü Bu had not let Cao Cao have a good night's rest for several nights.

  "Resign yourself to your fate!" Li Dian also said in a low voice "Don't oppose the Prime Minister again in your next life!"

  "Come on! The head of a certain Lü's person is waiting for you right here!"

  Fifteen rounds, Lü Bu killed another twenty or so of his own soldiers, and he still couldn't wield the Fang Tian Hua Halberd. He felt as if it weighed a thousand catties. "Han Yang, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on until you arrive!" Lü Bu was exhausted. From the beginning in Xiapi, he had been tired. He was a lone wolf and should have belonged to the grasslands. Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time. If Lü Bu had lived during a peaceful era, even before Emperor Ling, he might have become a figure like Flying General Li Guang or Huo Qubing, earning great fame and prestige. Alas, he was born in a chaotic world, so it was destined that Lü Bu could only be a hero but not a powerful overlord.

  "It's over!" Xu Huan swung his axe down, and even with armor to block it at such close range, one swing would be fatal.

  Just then, an arrow shot over like a meteor, and a urgent voice came out.

  "Save my lord!" A swift arrow shot onto Xu Huang's large axe, causing it to shift slightly, just enough to save Lü Bu's life. The axe chopped into the Sea Emperor Sacred Garment, sending up a spark of flame.

  "Chen Gongtai?!" Lü Bu naturally knew whose voice it was, Chen Gong, also known as Chen Gongtai. Chen Gong's archery skills were not inferior to his own at all. "What's the point?!" Lü Bu knew that even if Chen Gong had come, what could he do? No matter how strong Chen Gong was, he was a scholar, no match for these warriors.

  "My lord is in a hurry, Zhang Liao has arrived!" Along with the sound of clashing and killing, another fierce general appeared on the city wall.

  "We will die but never surrender!" This was Gao Shun, his low and deep voice always remained calm.

  "Lü Bu, Lü Fengxian, you can't die! If you die, how will I, Zang Ba, defeat you later?" This is what Zang Ba always thinks about, but basically he always loses.

  "Who?!" Lü Bu only then saw the black military flag, the black uniforms, and his army once again occupying the city. "Right! I, Lü Bu, can die like this! I, Lü Bu, have not been defeated yet, I still have them, I still have them!" Lü Bu once again tightly grasped the halberd, shouting towards the sky "Cao Cao Cao Mengde, I will be your eternal nightmare!" The light flashed, and the fierce beast revived once more.

  "Lü Bu, Lü Bu!" Cao Cao's fists were clenched tightly, his fingernails digging into the flesh, and blood was flowing out, but he didn't care at all.

  Seeing more and more of Lü Bu's troops on the city wall, Cao Cao closed his eyes and shouted "Sound the golden drum to retreat!"

  "Abominable!" Xu Huang, Li Dian and Xu Chu heard the sound of the horn, their faces filled with unwillingness. They were about to strike down Lü Bu, they were about to win, but now they had to flee in defeat. If they hesitated any longer, they might not be able to escape. Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and Zang Ba, these three were no ordinary opponents, let alone Li Dian who was heavily injured.

  "Fall back!" Xu Chu protected Li Dian and Xu Huang as they fought their way out of the city walls, descended from the cloud ladder, and returned to the camp. (ps: Sleep tight! No tickets or rewards for Sang Xing today! At least three updates, and any additional ones will be considered compensation for waiting for me to update! Monday at 10:30 is the exam, and I'll resume normal updates in the afternoon, with a minimum of three updates. Goodnight everyone!)