Chapter 92

“Liu Bei is truly loyal; only he dares to pursue Dong Zhuo! It’s a pity his troops are too few.”

Niu Fu, who arrived first, hurriedly put eye drops on Lu Bu,

“Father-in-law, that guy Lu Bu only cared about snatching beauties with Liu Bei and didn’t command the soldiers at all!”

“Beauty? Liu Bei and Lu Bu fighting?”

Dong Zhuo was a bit confused.

Niu Fu cupped his hands,

“Father-in-law, that woman is beautiful, her beauty could shame the moon and eclipse flowers, she is more beautiful than Xi Shi, and she is Wang Yun’s adopted daughter, seemingly called Miss Diao Chan.”

Dong Zhuo was furious,

“What? There is such a beauty in the world, and she isn’t ours! Old man Wang Yun, is he courting death!”

“The Big-Eared Thief is shameless; he is just snatching a common woman! Despicable!”

Li Jue continued to shift the blame to Lu Bu,

“My Lord, Lu Bu’s subordinates mutinied, which changed the battle situation instantly; otherwise, we would definitely have taken Liu Bei’s head!”

Dong Zhuo cursed loudly,

“Fengxian, Fengxian, how could it be like this!”

Li Ru cupped his hands,

“My Lord, perhaps Zhang Zhang Liao defected to Liu Bei; he also had several thousand men under his command who were annexed by Lu Bu, and those soldiers were all Bingzhou people.”

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Li Ru thought for a moment,

“My Lord, Liu Bei is carrying seventy thousand commoners and will definitely not be able to walk fast; if we send troops to pursue now, we might be able to intercept him.”

Dong Zhuo was a bit worried,

“These Liu Bei troops are all cavalry; if he wants to leave, we can’t catch him at all.”

Li Ru’s eyes rolled,

“My Lord, Liu Bei has always had a reputation for loyalty and righteousness; if Liu Bei dares to flee, we will let the soldiers drive the Luoyang commoners and drive them toward the Yellow River.

If Liu Bei doesn’t save them, he is failing to save those in danger; let’s see how he conducts himself in the future! How can he talk about loyalty and righteousness again!

If Liu Bei saves them, we can surround them with superior forces! Take the opportunity to annihilate Liu Bei and take back Hedong!”

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts; this Li Ru was truly worthy of the name of a poisonous scholar,

too poisonous!

Dong Zhuo laughed loudly,

“Good, Li Ru is truly clever; this is an open plot—even if he knows it’s a trap, Liu Bei has to jump into it!”

He stood up abruptly,

“Generals, listen to my orders!”

“Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Xiu, you lead 30,000 elite iron cavalry to pursue Liu Bei for me; you must kill him for me!”

“Niu Fu, Li Jue, Yang Ding, you three hurry to organize the troops, bring 30,000 soldiers, join Lu Bu’s 10,000 remnant soldiers, and follow immediately!”

“Whoever kills Liu Bei will be granted a title, made General of the East, and rewarded ten thousand gold!”

Everyone’s eyes lit up; the Lord was truly spending his blood!

Facing the Guandong warlords, he only sent twenty thousand troops, but for Liu Bei alone, the Lord sent 70,000—one can imagine how much the Lord hates Liu Bei!

“Understood!”

Zhang Xiu gritted his teeth,

“Liu Bei, you killed my uncle and snatched my aunt; I will definitely kill you!”

Niu Fu, Li Jue, and Lu Bu had all been defeated by Liu Bei; they could be called the Alliance of Losers, and this time they were going to wash away their shame!

Emperor Hongnong Commandery, Shan County (Sanmenxia), Maojin Ferry,

At this time,

heavy snow was swirling, and everything was a vast expanse of white.

It should have been a good day to hide at home drinking wine and hugging one’s wife, but the Luoyang commoners were braving the wind and snow to cross the Yellow River.

Their homes had already been burned, and the Luoyang commoners kept asking after Dong Zhuo’s eighteenth generation of ancestors!

Jia Kui looked worriedly at the dense crowd of Luoyang commoners,

“My Lord, the commoners are crossing the pontoon bridge too slowly; I’m afraid it will be difficult to finish crossing before the Xiliang soldiers arrive.”

Zhao Yun, Zhang Zhang Liao, Xu Rong, and others all looked over.

Although Zhang Zhang Liao and Xu Rong hadn’t followed Liu Bei for long, they had already recognized this Lord from the bottom of their hearts.

These days, the thing they heard most was the gratitude and praise of the commoners.

When they were under Dong Zhuo before, suffering all kinds of cold eyes, they never dared to imagine such things.

Zhang Zhang Liao cupped his hands,

“My Lord, you take the commoners across the river first; I will stay behind!”

Xu Rong also cupped his hands and asked to stay behind.

Liu Bei waved his hand,

“No need for that; there are still hundreds of thousands of commoners who haven’t crossed the river. Protecting the commoners is our duty, and the Xiliang soldiers are just a routed army—it’s fine!”

Everyone sighed at the Lord’s “530” righteousness!

Liu Bei looked around,

and Gao Shun, Xu Huang, and others also led troops to arrive.

“Xu Rong, your soldiers are mostly infantry, so guard near the ferry; after the commoners cross the river, you must also cross the river quickly.”

“Understood!”

“Gao Shun, the Trapping Battalion will also guard the ferry; I suspect the Xiliang soldiers will charge the commoners, intending to disrupt us!”

Everyone was shocked.

Zhao Yun cursed,

“Dong Zhuo is shameless to the extreme; he would actually do such a thing.”

Everyone knew that Dong Zhuo would definitely do such a thing!

Liu Bei continued,

“Xu Gongming, you lead two thousand cavalry to support Gao Shun’s Trapping Battalion; you must not let the Xiliang soldiers charge the commoners.”

“Understood!”

“Liangdao, you lead people to be responsible for the order of crossing the river; if anyone takes the opportunity to disrupt, don’t hesitate—kill!”

“Understood!”

“Yunchang, Zhang Yide, Zhao Zilong, Wen Ding Yuan, you will follow me to meet these Xiliang defeated soldiers!”

“Understood!”

“Report~!”

A scout arrived, panting,

“My Lord, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Xiu are leading 30,000 troops and will arrive near Maojin Ferry in less than three hours!”

Zhang Fei shouted loudly,

“Big Brother, let me be the vanguard and kill all these Xiliang bandit soldiers!”

Liu Bei waved his hand,

“Our army has traveled a long distance and has already fought several battles; these 30,000 men of Guo Si are fresh troops and are all elite cavalry—their numbers are greater than ours, so it’s not easy to fight hard, and I estimate that Dong Zhuo definitely didn’t just send these people.”

Liu Bei looked into the distance, his gaze falling on the hundreds of carts of wealth that Guan Yu had snatched back, and he had a plan in his heart.

The barrage in the livestream increased,

“What is Liu Bei thinking? Is he still caring about money at this time?”

“The Big-Eared Thief’s eyes are a bit evil; could it be he wants to use money to bribe the Xiliang soldiers?”

“Just came from the Indian livestream; Liu Bei is finished this time—the other side has 70,000, and he has less than 20,000!”

“Li Ru is too ruthless; he knows Liu Bei cannot abandon these Luoyang commoners and wants to drag him to death!”

“Let’s see how the Big-Eared Thief faces it; don’t fall short of success for lack of a final effort!”

“The simp Lu Bu has put in all his effort to snatch Miss Diao Chan back!”

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