Li Jue has been very irritable recently, not just ordinary irritability.

I had a good discussion with Guo Si before, but when it came to this, I found that the development of things was completely beyond my expectation - it could even be said that it was completely beyond the scope of normal people's understanding.

"The vanguard army of 5,000 people was beaten to pieces by Lu Bu alone. Do you think I'm an idiot?"

When he heard the news at that time, Li Jue was furious and thought that the soldier in front of him was playing a trick on him. But one person said this, two people said this was spreading rumors, and hundreds of soldiers said so, so he had no choice but to do it.

Be careful, the soldiers who escaped can't be disguised as imperial soldiers to spread rumors, right?

Regardless of whether it is true or not, if things continue to develop like this, I am afraid that this battle will not need to be fought. Just relying on this speechless 'rumor' is enough to collapse his army - this is why Liu Xuan has always disliked this current situation.

The reason for planting half-farmers and half-soldiers. But before Liu Xuan, limited by grain production, this kind of military system was the most popular system.

Therefore, Li Jue had no choice but to send another army to attack Lu Bu while he was setting up camp. He did not seek victory in this battle, but hoped to break the hateful rumors.

No matter what, he didn't believe that a person could be that strong. It wasn't an exaggeration to run rampant among thousands of soldiers, but it was too much to be so terrifying that anyone who came close to Lu Bu would be killed by him.

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If a halberd is thrown out, even if it is not swept by the halberd, it will be torn apart by a strange force. How can it happen? No matter how tyrannical Lu Bu is, he is just a human being, not a ghost!

What's more, it's not like Li Jue has never seen Lu Bu practice martial arts. Although he is tyrannical, he is still a human being. Could it be that he suddenly turned into a ghost and god in such a short period of time?

However, after a battle, instead of breaking the rumors, Lu Bu's reputation as a tyrant was confirmed, because this time Lu Bu once again rode alone into the army and started killing, and his soldiers were killed in front of him.

They were like rows of straw men, unable to do anything except cut them in half.

If Li Jue hadn't seen the opportunity quickly and left in time, his own life might have been at stake.

"Lu Bu, why have you become so scary?"

He was puzzled. Although Lu Bu was originally strong, he was not as strong as this. After all, Li Jue was also a famous general in the Xiliang army. Even if he could not win against Lu Bu, he could still fight for a while. But now

, if he is asked to challenge Lu Bu in a one-on-one fight, it will be unless there is something wrong with his brain.

Sitting in my tent, I felt sad for a while, and the night passed like this.

He knew that it was useless to sit like this. After all, the imperial army was already in front of him, and Lu Bu's murderous god was right opposite. He couldn't just stare at him here, right? He had previously thought that he could rely on more soldiers in his hands.

Ma worked with the imperial court, forcing the imperial court to retreat even if he could not win. Only now did he realize that he had taken it too much for granted.

"Fortunately, Guo Aduo's side is still normal!"

Guo Aduo is Guo Si, and Aduo is Guo Si's nickname, which is known to those close to him, but Li Jue only calls him that in his heart, after all, it is too rude to call him by his nickname.

Two days ago, he had just received a letter from Guo Si. He learned that Ma Teng had raised his troops, and Guo Si led his men to intercept. Now the two sides had fought in the west. Liangzhou was nearby, and Ma Teng

Those who vacated their troops were very determined and did not delay anything at all. Guo Si and Ma Teng are currently fighting. Although the specific outcome is not yet known, judging from the news that came in the past few days, there is nothing serious on Guo Si's side.

But the more this happened, the more depressed Li Jue became - Guo Si was able to withstand it, but he couldn't. Doesn't it show his incompetence?

Let’s talk about the strength on paper. Liangzhou Governor Ma Teng has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, including countless elite cavalry and Qiang cavalry. He is an extremely powerful force in this northwest land, and look at the imperial army:

There are 10,000 Imperial Guards, 3,000 Huben Army, and 2,000 Yulin Army... In total, Lin Lin and the civilians only have more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in total.

Looking at Li Jue's own hands, there are at least 40,000 soldiers and horses in all his troops. More than half of them are Xiliang elites, and there are thousands of Xiliang cavalry. With such strength, he has no confidence that he can win now.

Not to mention the battle yesterday, the impact on him was really shocking.

Just as he was having a headache, he heard a commotion outside the tent. Li Jue raised his eyes and looked up. He was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses and asked, "What happened outside?"

"General!"

The soldiers rushed in and immediately clasped their fists and said, "There is a general yelling and cursing outside, threatening to flatten our camp."

Li Jue was stunned: "But Lu Bu?" He felt that since the emperor had a pervert like Lu Bu in his hands, there seemed to be no need to bother others. Besides, Lu Bu himself was quite belligerent. He would definitely not call anyone else into such a big battle.

Be in the limelight.

"No, it's a captain named Xiahou Dun."

Li Jue was stunned when he heard this: "Xiahou Dun?"

He thought for a long time, and then he remembered that Xiahou Dun was in the Yulin Cavalry when he was in Chang'an, and it turned out that he was now a captain.

This captain may not sound like a high-ranking official. In fact, before the number of generals became widespread, the captain was the real power figure in the army. They were the ones who directly controlled the troops of various departments.

General Zhonglang is the person who leads these captains - in fact, they are not subordinate to each other at all. It's just that the Han Dynasty used people like this, and no one can do anything about it. Liu Xuan saw this situation as a headache, so he had to carry out the restructuring.

Therefore, in terms of authority and status, Li Jue is firmly above Xiahou Dun. What's more, Xiahou Dun has stayed in the Yulin Cavalry since he entered the capital and is rarely seen on weekdays. Li Jue is not familiar with this person.

He could only be regarded as a nobody, because he had a kinship relationship with Cao Cao, so he could become the captain.

"How dare you, a nameless rat, be so arrogant?"

He, Li Jue, was also a well-known figure in the world. He couldn't afford to offend Lu Bu. Even a mere Xiahou Dun dared to poop and pee in front of him. Do you really think that he, Li Jue, was a good-tempered person?

"Prepare your troops and horses, and follow me to fight against the enemy!"

He didn't take off his armor at all. At this moment, he stood up, picked up his weapon and was about to walk out. However, he stood up so hard that his vision went dark and he almost fell down. Thanks to the guards around him, he moved quickly enough.

, supported him so that he didn't make a fool of himself.

"I haven't slept all night and I'm a little tired."

But now it was not the time to go back and rest, so Li Jue had no choice but to get cold water and wipe his face. Then he picked up his sword, mounted his horse, led his soldiers out of the camp, set up a position, and faced off with Xiahou Dun from a distance.

"You are so arrogant, please tell me your name first!"

Xiahou Dun has been yelling and cursing here since morning. He cursed for more than half an hour until his voice was almost smoking, but no one came out. He still thought that Li Jue did not dare to fight with him today and was thinking of driving his horse back to the camp and then fight with him.

Your Majesty asked for instructions to lead troops to attack the stronghold. Unexpectedly, a group of people appeared on the opposite side at this juncture. Who is the first general, if not Li Jue?

He had met Li Jue when he was in Chang'an, but his status was not particularly high at that time. Li Jue didn't pay attention to him, so he didn't know him, but he knew him.

"A certain surname is Xiahou, whose given name is Dun, and whose character is Yuanrang. He is the captain of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Zuo Army!"

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are divided into Tiger Cavalry and Leopard Cavalry, corresponding to the Left Army and the Right Army. Each is under the control of a school captain. Their status is similar to that of the Yulin Left and Right Prisoners, but the title is directly based on the name of the school captain. Xiahou Dun is the Left Army School Lieutenant. In fact,

His official title is Tiger Cavalry Colonel.

"What about tiger and leopard riding? I've never heard of it!"

Of course, Li Jue didn't know what the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was. It was an elite cavalry unit that Cao Cao wanted to form. It was still being reorganized and trained in the Northland and had never shown its face to the public. If Li Jue knew, he would

That's strange.

However, for this reason, he didn't care about Xiahou Dun. He just casually ordered a captain beside him: "Go and behead this arrogant young man from his horse."

After a while, he had already made some plans in his mind, knowing that he would definitely not be able to get a good result from today's battle - Lu Bu's toughness was the most damaging to morale, and as long as his soldiers were slaughtered to a certain extent by him,

He simply didn't dare to fight against him anymore, so the battle couldn't be fought at all.

Even if Li Jue wanted to use soldiers to continuously attack and kill Lu Bu, he would still have to have enough dead men - he had many soldiers and horses, but not many dead men.

Therefore, the outcome of this battle has been determined, but Li Jue still wants to fight, not for anything else, but for his own life - he has already thought that as long as he fights to a certain level and shows his strength

Then I can surrender. In that case, even if my power is not as powerful as it is now, I can still live a prosperous life.

After all, there are too few soldiers and horses in the imperial court. If we really want to fight, no matter how brave you are, Lu Bu, you can't possibly hold back tens of thousands of your own troops at once, right? And the imperial court is definitely not willing to throw all the soldiers and horses that it has managed to gather together.

Here in the northwest, as long as the emperor has concerns, he will agree to his surrender.

Therefore, now it is necessary to show some strength to the court and let them understand that they are not powerless to fight back, so that they can have the capital to negotiate. Thinking of this, Li Jue's mood improved a lot. When he looked at the army on the opposite side,

His expression was not as helpless as it was at night, but he consciously saw a way out again.

But he was in a good mood when he heard a scream in front of him. He looked up quickly and saw the captain named Xiahou Dun holding a spear and violently pulling it out from the heart of the captain he sent.

And as he drew out his spear, the captain also fell off his horse with a thud, splashing some dust and nothing else.

"What?"

The captain he sent was not an ordinary soldier. He was also known as a brave soldier in his army. But he was shot to death after just one encounter?

In fact, he was not the only one who was surprised. There were also people over there who were surprised. Liu Bei looked at Xiahou Dun, who was holding a spear upside down and sitting majestically on a horse. He turned to his two younger brothers and said: "There are indeed countless talented people in the world.

There are countless people with extraordinary skills in this court alone. It seems that it is not that easy for my brothers to achieve great achievements."

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p.s: Debt repayment update... I still owe you four chapters...

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