[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de":3,"chapter-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de-three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-18":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Three Kingdoms: Humiliated by the Coalition, I Defect to Dong Zhuo and Marry Dong Bai",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2112203,3441,"Chapter 18: Competing on martial virtue? Let the coalition generals feel the pain!","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-18",18,"\u003Cp>Liu Bei was heavily flipped off his warhorse and onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A violent wave of pain swept through his entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially in his chrysanthemum; it hurt so much that Liu Bei was on the verge of tears!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Liu Bei suffer a broken body before his campaign had even achieved success,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how could Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have any desire to continue entangling with Lu Bu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them fought as they retreated, arriving at Liu Bei's side, preparing to take him back to the coalition camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The various warlords watching the battle were so angry they cursed out loud at this sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one Zhang Fei was approximately equal to one Lu Bu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, one Guan Yu plus one Zhang Fei was approximately equal to two Lu Bu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for that meddlesome fellow Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei might have already taken Lu Bu down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Yuan Shao had a flash of brilliance in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Bu had been fighting Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for so long; his physical state must be far worse than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were to order the generals to swarm Lu Bu now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Bu would surely have no way to escape!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Yuan Shao, in his capacity as alliance leader, ordered the dozen or so great generals beside him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Generals, hear my command!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The moment to slay Lu Bu is now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack immediately and achieve immortal merit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The generals' faces were all filled with high fighting spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against a Lu Bu at full strength, they certainly couldn't win one-on-one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the current Lu Bu was nearing the end of his rope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so many of them charged together, no matter how fierce Lu Bu was, he would fall here today!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Led by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, over a dozen generals killed their way out with lightning speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Lu Bu’s brain was often not quite enough,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that did not mean he was an idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The recent battle against Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had already consumed most of Lu Bu’s stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he didn't even think about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he saw several coalition generals charging out, he immediately turned the head of his Red Hare horse and fled toward Hulao Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he let prey that was almost in his grasp go for no reason?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coalition generals had already been driven into a killing frenzy and all charged toward Lu Bu in a swarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Red Hare was a divine steed of the age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Bu was an even more agile man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... after the previous battle, both Lu Bu and the Red Hare were severely exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the pursuit of the coalition generals, the Red Hare was unable to pull away for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atop Hulao Pass,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>watching the generals’ intent to swarm Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo gnashed his teeth in anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn those Guandong scoundrels!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare they be so lacking in martial virtue?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a sneak attack! This is cheating!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from Dong Zhuo and the Bingzhou faction,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even the Luoyang Imperial Guard faction and the Xiliang loyalists were incredibly furious at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although that show-off Lu Bu was usually arrogant and domineering,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that was an internal matter of their own house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could it be the turn of these Guandong rabble to bully him like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, let us go out to support Fengxian; these Guandong scoundrels are truly too detestable!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The generals requested to go one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Dong Zhuo was about to agree, Gu Yi suddenly spoke up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, please do not be anxious yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have a plan that can not only save Lu Bu but also cause these Guandong scoundrels to suffer heavy losses!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said that, Gu Yi informed the generals of the detailed execution of this plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening, the generals all wore expressions of admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, compared to fierce generals,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ruthless strategists are the ones who eat people without spitting out the bones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the generals took their positions according to Gu Yi's plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the number of Xiliang generals could not compare to the Guandong coalition on the opposite side,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Zhuo had also sent all the brave men from his personal guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once everyone was prepared,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Bu, weary from fleeing for his life, was so stifled he was almost about to explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were a one-on-one situation, not a single one of them could beat him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this current situation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no matter how strong his martial prowess was, in a state of total exhaustion, he would be swarmed to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coalition generals, like dog-skin plasters, were almost chasing him to the foot of Hulao Pass!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>several Dong Zhuo army generals appeared at the gate of Hulao Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them were Hua Xiong, Zhang Ji, Xu Rong, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Cao Xing, and several other faces familiar to Lu Bu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their figures looked like angels descended from heaven in Lu Bu's eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, we must speed up, otherwise if this Lu Bu escapes back, all our efforts will be wasted!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coalition generals also caught sight of the Dong Zhuo army generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made them feel a sense of crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, it made them even more reckless than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They completely forgot the fact that they were already a considerable distance from the coalition camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dong Zhuo army generals did not make a move for a long time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but instead kept provoking the coalition generals to chase them toward the foot of Hulao Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance between the two sides grew closer and closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a burst of mud and sand was thrown down from the Hulao Pass gate tower!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coalition generals were caught off guard, and more than half had their eyes blinded by the mud and sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the prepared Dong Zhuo army generals began their attack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their hands, in pairs, they held huge black nets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than half of the coalition generals had their eyes blinded and had already lost their sense of direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive black nets descended from the sky. ===== CHAPTER 35 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1069,"2026-06-16T09:19:20.127Z","2026-06-16T10:29:10.858Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4705cd3bccab6a064bff57ef4ebaf7abf5e28996f09fdf6f7412b5ee25ef607d","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-19","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-17",1103,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-cover.jpg"]