"The Prime Minister is so powerful! With the Prime Minister taking action, these clowns will naturally have no choice but to surrender and be captured!" Now that Dong Zhuo is in power, there are naturally indispensable flatterers around him, and they waste no time in sending flattery. Even the Xiliang troops under Dong Zhuo
The generals also started to flatter him.
Everyone present was enjoying themselves, but Lu Bu, the protagonist of this celebration banquet, seemed to have no reaction. He sat silently and drank by himself, which seemed to be a little out of tune with the atmosphere of the scene. At this time, a voice suddenly sounded from beside Lu Bu
: "Marquis Wen seems a little unhappy? I wonder why Marquis Wen is?"
Hearing this voice, Lu Bu immediately knew who it was. Except for Li Ru, Dong Zhuo's first counselor, I'm afraid no one else would have such a sinister tone. He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp without turning his head.
To Li Ru, he said calmly: "Master Li didn't propose a toast to his adoptive father, so how could he find time to come to me?" Lu Bu didn't have a good impression of Li Ru, although he knew that Li Ru's words held great weight in Dong Zhuo's heart.
, but Lu Bu also knew that Dong Zhuo would never do anything to him now, and Dong Zhuo still had to rely on himself to help eliminate the princes of Guandong. So as long as Lu Bu knew this correctly, he didn't have to worry too much about Li Ru.
Li Ru, who was standing next to Lu Bu, didn't care about Lu Bu's faint tone. Instead, he sat down next to Lu Bu with a smile, picked up the wine bottle in front of Lu Bu and filled his own wine glass with wine.
, then took a sip and said with a smile: "I don't think Marquis Wen is in a very high mood? Today's celebration banquet was specially arranged by the Prime Minister for Marquis Wen. Why is Marquis Wen like this?"
Lu Bu turned his head and glanced at Li Ru, but raised his eyebrows, shook his head and said: "Yesterday's battle was not challenging at all, so winning such a battle is nothing to celebrate! This time I asked my adoptive father to fight,
That's because of the man who killed Hua Xiong! But judging from the situation, that man is not among the allies outside the pass! Tomorrow's battle will probably be a boring battle!" After saying that, Lu Bu filled the cup he just filled.
He raised his head and drank from the wine glass. The hand holding the wine glass involuntarily exerted force, and the bronze wine glass was suddenly squeezed and changed its shape.
"Haha!" Seeing Lu Bu's lonely face, Li Ru chuckled and said, "Marquis Wen, that's not necessarily true! Maybe tomorrow's battle will bring some surprises to Marquis Wen!"
"Oh?" Lu Bu's eyes lit up. Although his influence on Li Ru was not very good, he was very clear that Li Ru was definitely not an innocent person, so Li Ru's words must have profound meaning. Lu Bu immediately immediately jumped up.
He just threw aside the severely deformed wine glass in his hand, turned around, looked at Li Ru and asked: "Master Li! What do you mean by this? Does Master Li know something?"
Different from Lu Bu's way of drinking, Li Ru's way of drinking is really elegant. He sipped it in small sips. At last, Lu Bu was a little impatient, so he smiled and said: "Don't be anxious, Marquis Wen.
I have just received this news, and I haven’t even had time to tell the Prime Minister! News just came from the Pass. It seems that a reinforcement force has arrived from the Allied forces outside the Pass. Looking at the flags of the reinforcements, it is not possible to tell which army the enemy is from.
Horse, I can barely see clearly the word 'brave' written on the opponent's military flag!"
"'Brave'?" Lu Bu repeated the word, and then his eyes suddenly widened. He immediately remembered what the few sergeants who came to report the news said in Luoyang City that day. The enemy who defeated Hua Xiong was using the "Courage"
The army with the "Yong" flag! Immediately, Lu Bu quickly reached up to look at Li Ru, reached out to grab Li Ru's arm, and asked urgently: "Master Li! Could it be that the army that defeated Hua Xiong and captured Sishui Pass has arrived?
Got it!"
Being caught by Lu Bu like this, Li Ru frowned slightly and did not rush to answer Lu Bu's words. Instead, he lowered his head and looked at Lu Bu's hand that was grabbing his arm. Only then did Lu Bu react and quickly retracted his hand.
When he came back, he clasped his fists at Li Ru and said, "Uh! Mr. Li! The general was in a hurry just now, and I have offended many people. Please don't take offense, Mr. Li!"
Only then did Li Ru's face regain its previous smile, and he said with a smile: "Marquis Wen doesn't have to worry about it! That's right! Counting the time, the army that broke through Sishui Pass should have arrived! So in the battle tomorrow, Marquis Wen will
But be careful! The other side has powerful generals who can kill General Hua, so Marquis Wen must not be careless!"
After receiving Li Ru's affirmative answer, Lu Bu's face suddenly showed a fiery fighting spirit. Fortunately, the others were busy toasting Dong Zhuo, and few people noticed the strangeness on Lu Bu and Li Ru's side. Even though Lu Bu was
He patted his chest and said, "Master Li, just relax! It's up to me to fight tomorrow!"
Looking at Lu Bu's confident expression, Li Ru nodded secretly. He had no doubt that Lu Bu could win. This time he went to Lu Bu specially to talk about it in order to arouse Lu Bu's fighting spirit.
Let him exert 100% or even 120% of his strength tomorrow. Li Ru believes that as long as Lu Bu can exert his full strength, no one in the world can beat him!
However, Li Ru was not completely relieved. At least there was still one question left in Li Ru's mind. That was: Where did this mysterious army come from? To kill Hua Xiong, only one top player was needed.
generals, and to defeat the five thousand Xiliang troops under Hua Xiong, an equally powerful army is needed! In yesterday's battle, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who were at least known as the strongest among the allies, did not have this
In terms of strength, although Cao Cao's troops and horses that came out to support him were much stronger than Yuan Shao's troops, they were still inferior to the Xiliang army!
Nodding secretly, Li Ru suppressed this doubt. Anyway, the matter will be revealed tomorrow. Then Li Ru walked directly towards Dong Zhuo. He also wanted to tell the allied troops about the reinforcements.
As if they had made an agreement, the war drums were beaten at the same time. Soldiers and horses from all walks of life began to set up formations outside Hulao Pass. On the other side of Hulao Pass, Lu Bu led a group of Xiliang soldiers from Hulao Pass.
came out and lined up. Lu Bu rode a flaming red rabbit horse, wore golden armor, a flaming red battle robe, a golden crown on his head, and held a Fangtian painted halberd, standing proudly in front of the formation. And Dong Zhuo,
Li Ru and other generals all sat behind the closed doors and watched the battle with laughter.
Although yesterday Li Ru told Dong Zhuo the news that the allies who defeated Hua Xiong might come to rescue, Dong Zhuo was indeed a little surprised. But then Lu Bu immediately assured Dong Zhuo that he would definitely defeat the allies who came to rescue! Dong Zhuo thought of Lu Bu's record
, he put his heart back into his stomach again and watched Lu Bu fight with a relaxed expression.
At this moment, on the other side, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Luo Yang, together with various princes, filed out of the camp gate, and the soldiers and horses of various princes also lined up in formation. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao thought about it all night last night, but they couldn't figure it out.
There is a way to let Luo Yang take the lead. Judging from Luo Yang's expression this morning, I'm afraid he won't change his mind. No way, it seems that someone else has to take the lead. But the only thing that can be assured is that if the Allied forces are defeated, there will be no chance for Luo Yang.
No matter what the benefits are, as long as something goes wrong, Luo Yang will definitely take the initiative to fight!
Looking at Lu Bu showing off his power in front, Yuan Shao couldn't help but gnash his teeth, wishing to cut Lu Bu into pieces! If it weren't for Lu Bu, even if the combat effectiveness of the Allied forces was not as good as that of the Xiliang army, they could still overwhelm Dong Zhuo's troops with sheer numbers.
Death! But it was because of Lu Bu that the Allies suffered consecutive defeats, and Yuan Shao had to lower his stature and go to Luo Yang!
Immediately, Yuan Shao had a gloomy face and shouted directly: "The Dong thief is now at the Hulao Pass opposite! Lords! Since we have sworn to eradicate the Dong thief, today is the time to fight to the death with the Dong thief.
It's just that Lu Bu is helping Zhou to commit evil! How abominable! Who dares to get rid of this person?" After saying that, Yuan Shao turned his head and looked at Luo Yang, hoping in his heart that Luo Yang would respond.
However, what disappointed Yuan Shao was that Luo Yang did not look at him at all at this moment, but turned his head and looked elsewhere. In fact, it was not that Luo Yang deliberately ignored Yuan Shao, but that what Luo Yang cared about most at this moment was
The situation in his own army. Looking from a distance, he saw Huang Zhong and others standing at the front of the Yongsu Army. And Zhou Cang, who attracted the most attention from Luo Yang, had his hands tied behind his back.
Later, Huang Zhong and Pei Yuanshao each raised a hand and pressed it on Zhou Cang's shoulder. Zhou Cang grimaced and wanted to move, but Huang Zhong and Pei Yuanshao combined their efforts to hold him down.
This is what Luo Yang specially explained yesterday, because he was worried that Zhou Cang would think like last time and go out to meet the enemy without authorization. This time his opponent was Lu Bu, who was not on the same level as Hua Xiong. Luo Yang didn't want Zhou Cang to do this.
The boy ran to his death in vain! But now that he saw Zhou Cang being restrained by Huang Zhong and Pei Yuanshao, Luo Yang felt relieved.
Seeing that Luo Yang had no intention of responding, both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were very disappointed. However, just because Luo Yang refused to fight, it did not mean that others should not fight either. Immediately, Wang Kuang, the governor of Hanoi, immediately came out of the queue and clasped his fists at Yuan Shao and shouted: "Don't worry, leader."
!I have General Fang Rui here! He can kill Lu Bu!"
When Yuan Shao heard this, he thought it would be great if someone accepted the challenge. He immediately turned to Wang Kuang and shouted: "That's great! Prefect Wang, please send Fang Rui to fight as soon as possible!"
Wang Kuang nodded, turned around and shouted in the direction of his troops: "Where is Fang Rui? Go to battle quickly! Kill Lu Bu's guy!"
Before Wang Kuang finished speaking, a general rode out from the Hanoi army formation and shouted loudly: "Please don't worry, sir! I'm going to kill Lu Bu right away!"