Chapter 164: Liu Bei crushes Li Jue

Hongnong Commandery,

"Report—!"

"My lord, ten miles ahead, Li Jue is leading ten thousand Xiliang soldiers, driving hundreds of thousands of commoners westward."

Liu Bei shook the snow off his hands; he had finally caught up!

"Pass the order down: the whole army attacks, catch the Xiliang soldiers off guard!"

"Understood!"

Li Jue was very comfortable; this time he had earned more wealth in one day than in the previous ten-plus years!

"The wealthy households of Luoyang are truly rich; they actually brought so much gold and jewelry out in such a rush!"

He had also snatched several beauties; he would enjoy them once he reached Changancheng!

Li Jue was enjoying the prospect of his future happy life,

"Boom—"

The earth shook.

He looked back abruptly; amidst the falling snow, countless cavalry were killing their way out from the rear like a flood—there were at least ten thousand of them!

Although he had ten thousand troops, most of them were scattered, driving the commoners and looting them; there was no formation to speak of!

"Report—! General, the troops in the rear are Liu Bei's great army; Xu Rong has already been defeated by Liu Bei!"

"What?! '530'"

Li Jue was in a great panic,

"Quick, tell Li Meng to hurry and lead the troops to meet the battle!"

After the messenger went down, Li Jue's eyes rolled, and he took his personal guards and hurriedly ran forward,

"That's Liu Bei, the fierce man who knocked Lu Bu away with an iron hammer; I can't beat him!"

"My Flying Bear Army isn't here either; Liu Bei, I'll let you off for now!"

After saying these harsh words, Li Jue ran away very cowardly!

Li Meng led a few thousand men to meet the battle, but when he looked back, he found that Li Jue had even taken the commander's banner and run away!

He cursed loudly,

"Li Jue, you piece of trash!"

"Men, follow me to battle and kill Liu Bei; Lord Dong will reward us heavily!"

He hadn't participated in the Battle of Hulao Pass, and he just didn't believe in evil; he still wanted to kill Liu Bei to achieve great merit. Dong Zhuo was nagging every day about killing the Big-Eared Thief!

Soon,

The two sides collided.

Guan Yu, riding the Red Hare, took the lead, his Green Dragon Crescent Blade flying up and down; along the way, the Xiliang soldiers were instantly knocked off their horses!

Guan Yu ran wantonly; with the Red Hare, he was like a tiger with wings, borrowing the horse's momentum, his lethality was immense, and wherever he passed, no one was a match for him for even a single move!

Li Meng: "???"

"I was too rash; this red-faced general is so strong!"

He turned his horse's head and ran toward the rear,

"Li Jue runs damn fast!"

"Whoosh!"

With the Red Hare's blessing, Guan Yu was faster than him; he swung his Green Dragon Crescent Blade fiercely, and Li Meng's head flew several meters away!

The Xiliang soldiers were terrified and scattered in a rush!

Li Jue's twenty thousand troops, after their commander ran away and Li Meng was beheaded, instantly became a routed army!

These routed soldiers were unwilling to part with the wealth and women they had just looted, so Liu Bei's cavalry chased them down and hacked them to death one after another!

More than two hundred thousand Luoyang commoners watched all this and secretly cheered,

"This is Liu Bei's great army!"

"Inspector Liu? He is a man of loyalty and righteousness; he traveled a thousand miles to send troops, assassinated the Dong thief, and gave porridge and grain to us people of Luoyang!"

"The other warlords didn't dare to pursue, only Liu Bei brought troops to pursue; he's a good man!"

"Indeed, Liu Bei is a true hero!"

"You don't know yet, right? In front of Hulao Pass, Liu Bei knocked Lu Bu away with a single hammer!"

"What?! Inspector Liu is also in such good physical shape? Both civil and martial! A heaven-sent talent!"

The commoners discussed it one after another.

Liu Bei sent people to pass a message to the commoners, the gist of which was,

There were repaired houses in Hedong and Taiyuan, as well as grain for the winter, and they were protected by the great army; everyone should follow the great army to Hedong to spend the winter in peace!

When the commoners heard this, their eyes instantly filled with tears. Previously, Dong Zhuo had forcibly burned Luoyang City and driven them toward Changancheng,

while Liu Bei was shielding them from the wind and rain—the difference was clear at a glance!

Liu Bei's benevolence and virtue were deeply carved into the hearts of the Luoyang people at this moment!

Many commoners told Liu Bei their names.

Liu Bei, riding his horse, cupped his hands to them one after another; at this moment, there was also a fire in his heart to save more Luoyang people!

The comments in the broadcast room also exploded.

"Liu Bei is truly benevolent!"

"I'm watching and crying; the people are too miserable, Liu Bei truly did a good deed."

"Compared to those warlords, Liu Bei is really much better!"

"Even Cao Cao only wanted to pursue Dong Zhuo and take back the Son of Heaven; he didn't think about the safety of the Luoyang people."

"This is the will of the people; this batch of Luoyang people will definitely identify with Liu Bei."

"Indeed, Luoyang is the capital of the Great Han, and the education level of the people is generally relatively high; Liu Bei can gain quite a few talents."

"Don't be too happy too soon; when the Guandong warlords retreat and Dong Zhuo frees up his hands, the first one he will deal with is Liu Bei, who is entrenched in Hedong Commandery," a netizen from a certain country said sourly.

"It won't take until then; if the Big-Eared Thief continues to pursue and encounters Dong Zhuo's main force, he'll be finished!" an Indian netizen clamored.

Liu Bei, while soothing the Luoyang people, listened to Guan Yu's report,

"Big Brother, our army killed more than 1,300 Xiliang soldiers, captured more than 4,000, and nearly 4,000 ran away."

Zhang Fei laughed from the side,

"Big Brother, Second Brother's Red Hare is too fast; he snatched the head of Li Meng!"

Guan Yu cupped his hands,

"It's all thanks to Big Brother for giving me the Red Hare; with the Red Hare, I know how much a good horse improves me!"

Liu Bei laughed,

"A good horse must also be paired with a good general; Yunchang getting such a good horse is like a tiger with wings—it's worth it!"

"Yunchang, kill all those among the captives who participated in looting the Luoyang people!"

"Understood!"

Soon, among the more than 4,000 captives, more than 2,000 had their heads chopped off!

Liu Bei shook his head; one could imagine how corrupt the military discipline of Dong Zhuo's wolf soldiers was!

Not long after, Zhao Zilong arrived with his men.

Liu Bei let Zhao Zilong lead the Luoyang people to rush to the Maojin Ferry...

"Time is tight, Yunchang, Yide, let's continue to pursue!" ===== CHAPTER 165 =====