Chapter 29

For example, Kong Rong, Zhang Yang, Bao Xin, and others.

Kong Rong's Beihai State Chancellor and Bao Xin's Jibei Chancellor sounded like they were very awesome.

But in reality, the power they held was about the same as a Prefect.

At most, it was just an enhanced version of a Prefect.

Facing high-intensity attacks, Kong Rong and others were miserable.

What made people feel even more sad was that

even if the lords of all paths used all their strength, they still couldn't advance even half a step on Hulao Pass.

After fighting for three consecutive days, everyone was exhausted.

Seeing that many lords couldn't hold on anymore, Yuan Shao had no choice but to order a temporary stop to the offensive.

Under Hulao Pass

In the coalition camp

Yuan Shao showed a worried expression, standing side by side with the lords of all paths.

"Alliance Leader, if we continue to fight, I fear that before Hulao Pass is conquered, we will die under the pass!"

A few lords who suffered heavy losses took the lead in standing out to complain.

"Everyone, we truly need to change our attack strategy."

"Hulao Pass has the old thief Dong Zhuo personally sitting in command, and there are heavy troops guarding inside, so the difficulty of a strong attack is too high."

Even someone as arrogant as Yuan Shao had to admit at this moment.

Wanting to take Hulao Pass by relying on human-sea tactics was almost an impossible task.

"Alliance Leader, what do you mean by this?"

After Yuan Shao finished speaking, the lords of all paths looked at him.

"Everyone, although the old thief Dong Zhuo has many troops,"

"in terms of fierce generals who are good at fighting, the quantity is likely far less than our coalition."

"Why not adopt the method of fighting generals to force the old thief Dong Zhuo to respond?"

"Tomorrow, we will first send people to curse the old thief Dong Zhuo under the pass."

"If he doesn't agree, the morale inside Hulao Pass will inevitably be affected."

"And for us, there will be no loss."

Once these words were spoken, everyone felt it made sense.

Anyway, regardless of whether Dong Zhuo agreed to fight generals, the coalition side would not suffer any losses.

This matter can be called a "business that won't lose money."

But soon, Gongsun Zan and others realized the loophole in this strategy.

"Alliance Leader, if the old thief Dong Zhuo agrees to fight generals, how should we respond?"

"Lu Bu, who is under the old thief Dong Zhuo, is known as having the courage of ten thousand men!"

"In our coalition, one-on-one, how can anyone be better than him?"

Gongsun Zan's worry was not unreasonable.

When Lu Bu was under Ding Yuan's command before, he had already made a name for himself.

Later, he killed Ding Yuan, turned into the first-generation "Thanos (Father) Killer," and after defecting to Dong Zhuo, this fame resounded throughout the entire Han Dynasty.

In the coalition, speaking purely of martial value, I fear there really is no one who can beat Lu Bu.

Unexpectedly, hearing this, Yuan Shao smiled slightly and said:

"This Alliance Leader didn't say that fighting generals must be a single combat."

"Lu Bu is indeed fierce, and one-on-one we are not his opponents."

"But what if it's one against seven, one against ten?"

"Each of you sends a fierce general from your camp to besiege Lu Bu together; is it possible that you can't take this fellow down?"

"Hiss~~~"

Everyone personally felt the shameless aura coming from Yuan Shao!

This damn thing!

Single combat turning into a group fight is completely not talking about martial virtue!

Of course, not talking about martial virtue is one thing.

The lords of all paths still gave considerable affirmation and support to Yuan Shao's "method of besieging Lu Bu."

After all, Lu Bu's combat power was placed there.

Single combat one-on-one is likely waiting for death.

What everyone didn't notice was that

there was a black-faced man in the camp who was just about to stand out to request to fight, but was fiercely pulled back by the white-faced man behind him.

That white-faced man had arms reaching past his knees and ears hanging down to his shoulders.

It was Liu Bei, Liu Xuande.

At this moment, he was attached to Gongsun Zan's camp and participated in the coalition together with Gongsun Zan.

In the previous Battle of Sishui Pass, due to Gu Yi, the coalition encountered a surprise attack, and people were almost beaten silly.

Naturally, there was no plot of fighting generals that should have appeared on the second morning, nor the plot of Guan Yu cutting Hua Xiong while the wine was still warm.

This caused the three Liu Bei brothers to still have no contributions in the coalition and became small transparents.

And now,

hearing that Yuan Shao wanted to use the method of fighting generals to frustrate the morale of the Dong Zhuo Army, Zhang Fei was duty-bound to stand out to apply for a single combat with Lu Bu.

Zhang Fei was very puzzled by Liu Bei's behavior of stopping him.

"Big Brother, why not let me stand out to request to fight?"

"Could it be that Big Brother thinks I am not the opponent of that three-surname slave?"

Although Zhang Fei was trying his best to lower his voice,

several lords around still heard his voice vaguely.

Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly scolded with a straight face:

"How many capable people and strange scholars are there under the command of all the heroes! How can it be your turn to appear?"

Hearing this, the expressions on the faces of the several lords around looked much better.

Seeing that Zhang Fei wanted to speak to refute, Liu Bei hurriedly pulled him out of the camp.

"Yide, don't make a sound yet."

"Otherwise, with the personalities of these people, I fear it will be difficult to allow you to go on stage together with the martial generals under them."

"After finding a suitable opportunity tomorrow, you will rush out again."

"At that time, if you can take Lu Bu's head, why should you and I, brothers, worry about not becoming famous in the world?"

Compared to Yuan Shao and others,

Liu Bei's schemes were not few at all.

With no troops and no power, he was just attached to Gongsun Zan's camp now.

If he wanted to get ahead, he must first possess the capital to become famous in the world!

Lu Bu's head was the most suitable thing.

Of course, to ensure nothing went wrong,

Liu Bei didn't just plan to let Zhang Fei appear.

Second brother Guan Yu, and even Liu Bei himself,

were ready to support Zhang Fei in tomorrow's battle at any time!

... ===== CHAPTER 30 =====