Chapter Thirty-Five Cavalry

  The sun rose slightly, and Cao's army was already cooking food. Today is the last day, and we must take down Kaiyang Pass and then go back to rescue Xiapi.

  "Lü Bu Lü Fengxian, I, Cao Mengde, want your head!" Cao Cao had been tormented by a headache all night and hadn't slept well. He was now itching to kill someone.

  "Pass down the order, the whole army prepares, after one incense stick, attack the city with all one's might and kill one of Lü Bu's soldiers to be rewarded with ten gold coins, five mu of good land, and a promotion by one rank." The remaining Lü Bu's soldiers were the elite among the elites in Lü Bu's army. They were very difficult to kill because every move they made was a killing technique. They knew how to kill people quickly and efficiently.

  "Whoever kills a general of Lü Bu's army will be rewarded with a grand mansion, ten beautiful women, one hundred pieces of gold, and an official position of the third rank!"

  "He who kills Lü Bu will be rewarded with a marquisate of 10,000 households and promotion to the rank of ninth minister, and will be made a general!" Cao Cao was enraged, he wanted to heavily reward whoever could kill Lü Bu.

  "The Prime Minister has an order to prepare the whole army. After one incense stick, those who kill a single soldier of Lü Bu's army will be rewarded with 10 gold coins, 5 mu of good land, and a promotion of one rank. Those who kill an officer of Lü Bu's army will be granted a grand mansion, 10 beautiful women, 100 gold coins, and a promotion of three ranks! Whoever kills Lü Bu will be rewarded with the title of Marquis of 10,000 households, a promotion to the ninth rank, and the title of General!" The order was passed down layer by layer, and Cao's officers were all sharpening their swords and rubbing their palms. They wanted to achieve great merit and become Marquises of 10,000 households.

  Only Xu Chu was very desolate. Today, the lord has already given the order to kill, Lü Bu must die. This world will lose another opponent again.

  "Ka ka ka ka!" A harsh, ear-piercing creaking sound echoed as the main gate of Yang City swung open. The same gate that had been piled high with corpses and had withstood a two hundred thousand strong army's assault now burst open, and a golden armored general emerged on horseback, wielding a trident spear.

  "Lü Bu?!" Cao Cao could see Lü Bu at a glance just as Lü Bu could recognize Cao Cao at a glance.

  "Are you ready to surrender now that you're at the end of your rope?!" Cao Cao laughed. In ancient times, opening and closing city gates was a very difficult task. Once opened, it would take a long time to close them again. This amount of time would be more than enough for his army to rush in. He had thought he still needed to fight a siege war, but now it seemed that just an annihilation battle would do.

  "Surrender? Impossible!" Guo Jia shook his feather fan, his wine had been hidden away by Old Cao, and without wine, Guo Jia was naturally unhappy. "If he wanted to surrender, he would have surrendered long ago!"

  "What does he want to do?!" Cao Cao asked angrily.

  "It seems that you want to fight to the death!" Xǔ answered, he was a first-rate martial arts general, naturally knowing the loneliness of being a high-ranking master, the attitude of standing up and dying rather than kneeling down and living!

  "Decide the outcome with one final battle?!" Cao Cao also understood, this was indeed Lü Bu's style. With his 3,000 elite cavalrymen from Pingzhou, Lü Bu dared to charge into the large camp of the eighteen vassals. Now that the city walls could no longer be defended, it would be better to engage in a final battle outside the city.

  As expected, Lü Bu wielded his halberd towards the sky and shouted loudly at Cao's army: "Cao Mengde, Lü Bu Lü Fengxian is here! Why don't you come forth for a chat!"

  "My lord, don't go!" Guo Jia looked at Lü Bu with some concern. This man was known as the God of War, and he had called out to his lord as if he wanted a duel to the death. Or did he? Guo Jia couldn't understand the thoughts of warriors, just like his own strategies couldn't be guessed by them.

  Guo Jia wondered if this was a plot by Lü Bu, who wanted to make one last desperate attempt and take advantage of the moment when Cao Cao came forward to talk, to suddenly kill his personal guards and control Cao Cao.

  "Filial piety can be put to rest, with Zhong Kang here, Lü Bu won't be able to harm me in the slightest!" Cao Cao also knew what Guo Jia was thinking, but he wasn't afraid, because he still had one more sentence left unsaid, for Lü Bu wasn't the kind of person who would betray and kill from behind.

  Cao Cao didn't wait for Guo Jia to figure out why and led Xu Chu and others to gallop forward towards the front of the army.

  "Meng De, how's Xia Pi city?" Lu Bu asked calmly.

  Lü Bu also guessed the situation in Xiapi? Cao Cao was not too surprised, because next to Lü Bu was a top strategist Chen Gong. If Chen Gong couldn't think of it, it would be surprising for Cao Cao. Moreover, Old Cao thought that this time Chen Deng's rebellion, Chen Gong's role in it must be very heavy.

  "Isn't this just preparing to go back?!?" Cao Cao said as if chatting with family.

  "Do you really want to kill me, Lü Bu?!"

  Cao Cao was also very straightforward: "As long as Yuan Shu is still alive for one more day, I will really have a hard time falling asleep!"

  "Hahaha, so you're afraid of me, Meng De!" Lü Bu laughed.

  "This isn't fear?!" Cao Cao said "I've said it before, in this world there are only a few people who can make me, Cao certain person, take notice. You Lü Bu count as one, you're suitable to be the soul of an army but not the master of a state! I'm not necessarily trying to make things difficult for you Lü Fengxian, it's just that you're blocking my path, so you must die!" Cao Cao's gaze was fixed straight on Lü Bu, with a strong intent to kill.

  "Are you blocking my way?!" Lü Bu muttered to himself "Indeed, Gongtai was right, Mengde your ambition is really not small!"

  "Chen Gong?!"

  "Alright, Meng De, since you want my life, then come and take it! I've heard that you brought your elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to kill me, a full 3,000 heavy armored cavalrymen. These must be specially prepared for me by Lord Lü!" Lü Bu said with a smile.

  Cao Cao did not speak, indeed, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was established by Cao Cao after being defeated by Lü Bu's 3,000 Qiang troops from Pingzhou, so he attacked Xuzhou and brought them along.

  "Come on, Meng De! Use your most elite soldiers to have a final showdown with me, Lü Bu!" Lü Bu pointed his halberd at the three thousand heavy armored cavalry behind Cao Cao.

  "It's fitting that you died at the hands of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Zhang Fei! You got what was coming to you!" Cao Cao turned his horse around and returned to his own camp. The three thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry trampled the earth, making a dull sound as they arrived in front of their formation.

  The leader of the vanguard was Cao Chun. For so many days, Kaiyang had been besieged, and his tiger and leopard cavalry were completely useless. Cao Chun was almost suffocated to illness. Now, he finally sent out the tiger and leopard cavalry for a final battle. Cao Chun was overjoyed. In his opinion, what else could Lü Bu have left? Even if they were elite troops, they were still infantry, two legs against four legs?

  Moreover, the Hu and Bao cavalry were heavy armored cavalry. If it was a siege war, the Hu and Bao cavalry would not be a match, but in a field battle, even if they were ten times stronger, Cao Chun had confidence that he could tear them apart.

  "Where the sword points!" Cao Chun growled. "All will be swept away!" The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry began to move, the earth shook, and the heavy armor trampled on the ground, making one's heart tremble with it.

  "This is the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the power of heavy armored cavalry?! Guo Jia knew about the elite of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, but he had never really seen them charge at an enemy. Seeing the dust raised by the galloping heavy armored cavalry and their momentum, his eyes widened involuntarily."

  "This battle is settled!" Cao Cao burst out laughing. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had never lost a field battle before, and even if they were up against the same heavy armored cavalry, Cao Cao believed that his Tiger and Leopard Cavalry would absolutely not lose to the enemy.

  "Not true!" Xu Chu suddenly shook his head violently. He was getting a bit uneasy.

  "What's wrong? Zhong Kang?" Cao Cao asked with a smile. "This time, killing Lü Bu will also be counted as Zhong Kang's merit. If it wasn't for Zhong Kang wounding this fierce tiger, how could we have forced this fierce tiger out?"

  Xu Chu did not respond to Cao Cao's words about his own merits, but instead muttered to himself, "It's not right!"

  "My lord, I want to see my lord! Let me through!" A general clad in armor suddenly rushed into the main tent, and this person was none other than Xu Huang.

  "Ah, Gongming?" Cao Cao looked at the newcomer and signaled to his guards to let him through. "We were just discussing the merits of beheading Lü Bu. You are also a great contributor, Gongming!"

  "No, no, milord, it's not that!" Xu Huang hastily said "This noise, there are heavy armored cavalry nearby!"

  "Heavy cavalry? Are you referring to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry?! How can the lone Tiger and Leopard Cavalry be considered the elite of the elites, compared to Dong Zhuo's Western Liang Iron Cavalry?!" Xu Huang originally followed Yang Feng, so he was naturally very familiar with the Western Liang Iron Cavalry.

  "Is it the Lord's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry?!" Xu Huang asked in confusion, "Didn't your Tiger and Leopard Cavalry only bring three thousand men? How can there be nearly ten thousand troops?!"

  "Almost ten thousand?!" Cao Cao was also puzzled.

  "My lord, listen! The rumbling sound of this land is clearly the sound of nearly ten thousand cavalrymen moving about in the vicinity!" Xu Huang replied.

  "Over ten thousand cavalry?!" Cao Cao was even more perplexed.

  "That's right, over ten thousand cavalry!" Xu Chu also reacted "This commotion is too big, too big, it's absolutely impossible for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to produce alone, there are more cavalry around here!"

  "Are there any other cavalry besides the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry?!" Cao Cao's heart suddenly felt uneasy, if it was true that there were over 10,000 cavalry nearby as Xu Huang and Xu Chu had said, then apart from the 3,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, weren't there another 7,000 who didn't belong to his camp?

  "Lü Bu, Lü Fengxian, your head is almost certain to be taken by Cao Chun. When you go to see King Yan, don't forget to tell him that it was I who sent you down there!" Cao Chun looked at the increasingly close Lü Bu with a gaze full of malice.

  "Haha, there are too many people who want Lü Bu's life! And who are you, Cao Chun?!" Lü Bu smiled confidently, as if no one was present in front of the thousands of troops.

  "Ka ka ka!" The city gate of Yangcheng was fully open, and the sunlight reflected by the armor shone brightly. One after another, countless horses galloped out of the city at an accelerating speed. On their backs were heavily armored warriors holding long spears, exuding a fierce aura.

  "Cavalry?!" Cao Chun was suddenly startled "Where did the cavalry come from?!"

  Two iron torrents collided like this. (PS: I knew it, still Kawen! Cavalry showdown! Blood and flesh challenge! This is the fourth update! Okay, I owe you two more updates, April 1st will be four more updates to make up for it! And I also need to think about quality issues! Can't just focus on quantity)