Chapter 18: Competing on martial virtue? Let the coalition generals feel the pain!

Liu Bei was heavily flipped off his warhorse and onto the ground.

A violent wave of pain swept through his entire body.

Especially in his chrysanthemum; it hurt so much that Liu Bei was on the verge of tears!

"Big Brother!"

Seeing Liu Bei suffer a broken body before his campaign had even achieved success,

how could Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have any desire to continue entangling with Lu Bu?

The two of them fought as they retreated, arriving at Liu Bei's side, preparing to take him back to the coalition camp.

The various warlords watching the battle were so angry they cursed out loud at this sight.

In their eyes,

one Zhang Fei was approximately equal to one Lu Bu.

Therefore, one Guan Yu plus one Zhang Fei was approximately equal to two Lu Bu.

If not for that meddlesome fellow Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei might have already taken Lu Bu down!

Only Yuan Shao had a flash of brilliance in his eyes.

Lu Bu had been fighting Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for so long; his physical state must be far worse than before.

If he were to order the generals to swarm Lu Bu now,

Lu Bu would surely have no way to escape!

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao, in his capacity as alliance leader, ordered the dozen or so great generals beside him:

"Generals, hear my command!"

"The moment to slay Lu Bu is now!"

"Attack immediately and achieve immortal merit!"

The generals' faces were all filled with high fighting spirit.

Against a Lu Bu at full strength, they certainly couldn't win one-on-one.

But the current Lu Bu was nearing the end of his rope.

If so many of them charged together, no matter how fierce Lu Bu was, he would fall here today!

Led by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, over a dozen generals killed their way out with lightning speed.

Although Lu Bu’s brain was often not quite enough,

that did not mean he was an idiot.

The recent battle against Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had already consumed most of Lu Bu’s stamina.

If he were to entangle with over a dozen coalition generals now, Lu Bu would only be doing so if he were tired of living!

Therefore, he didn't even think about it.

The moment he saw several coalition generals charging out, he immediately turned the head of his Red Hare horse and fled toward Hulao Pass.

How could he let prey that was almost in his grasp go for no reason?

The coalition generals had already been driven into a killing frenzy and all charged toward Lu Bu in a swarm.

The Red Hare was a divine steed of the age.

Lu Bu was an even more agile man.

But... after the previous battle, both Lu Bu and the Red Hare were severely exhausted.

Facing the pursuit of the coalition generals, the Red Hare was unable to pull away for the time being.

Atop Hulao Pass,

watching the generals’ intent to swarm Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo gnashed his teeth in anger.

"Damn those Guandong scoundrels!"

"How dare they be so lacking in martial virtue?"

"This is a sneak attack! This is cheating!"

Aside from Dong Zhuo and the Bingzhou faction,

even the Luoyang Imperial Guard faction and the Xiliang loyalists were incredibly furious at this moment.

Although that show-off Lu Bu was usually arrogant and domineering,

that was an internal matter of their own house.

How could it be the turn of these Guandong rabble to bully him like this?

"My lord, let us go out to support Fengxian; these Guandong scoundrels are truly too detestable!"

The generals requested to go one after another.

Just as Dong Zhuo was about to agree, Gu Yi suddenly spoke up:

"Everyone, please do not be anxious yet."

"I have a plan that can not only save Lu Bu but also cause these Guandong scoundrels to suffer heavy losses!"

Having said that, Gu Yi informed the generals of the detailed execution of this plan.

After listening, the generals all wore expressions of admiration.

Sure enough, compared to fierce generals,

ruthless strategists are the ones who eat people without spitting out the bones!

The next moment,

the generals took their positions according to Gu Yi's plan.

Although the number of Xiliang generals could not compare to the Guandong coalition on the opposite side,

Dong Zhuo had also sent all the brave men from his personal guards.

Once everyone was prepared,

Lu Bu, weary from fleeing for his life, was so stifled he was almost about to explode.

If it were a one-on-one situation, not a single one of them could beat him.

But in this current situation,

no matter how strong his martial prowess was, in a state of total exhaustion, he would be swarmed to death.

The coalition generals, like dog-skin plasters, were almost chasing him to the foot of Hulao Pass!

Suddenly,

several Dong Zhuo army generals appeared at the gate of Hulao Pass.

Among them were Hua Xiong, Zhang Ji, Xu Rong, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Cao Xing, and several other faces familiar to Lu Bu.

At this moment,

their figures looked like angels descended from heaven in Lu Bu's eyes!

"Damn it, we must speed up, otherwise if this Lu Bu escapes back, all our efforts will be wasted!"

The coalition generals also caught sight of the Dong Zhuo army generals.

This made them feel a sense of crisis.

At the same time, it made them even more reckless than before.

They completely forgot the fact that they were already a considerable distance from the coalition camp.

The Dong Zhuo army generals did not make a move for a long time,

but instead kept provoking the coalition generals to chase them toward the foot of Hulao Pass.

The distance between the two sides grew closer and closer.

Suddenly,

a burst of mud and sand was thrown down from the Hulao Pass gate tower!

The coalition generals were caught off guard, and more than half had their eyes blinded by the mud and sand.

The next instant,

the prepared Dong Zhuo army generals began their attack!

In their hands, in pairs, they held huge black nets.

More than half of the coalition generals had their eyes blinded and had already lost their sense of direction.

The massive black nets descended from the sky. ===== CHAPTER 35 =====