Lu Bu's aura was extraordinary, and he was still slightly drunk. The halberd moved like a viper, licking Zhao Yun and Dian Wei's vital points.
Zhao Yun was fully focused, her silver spear continuously negating Lu Bu's killer moves, barely managing to protect herself.
However, Dian Wei wasn't so lucky. His strength was on the same level as Lu Bu's, but unfortunately, his martial technique was much weaker. After fighting for less than three rounds, he had a few more wounds on his body!
Fortunately, Dian Wei was a ferocious person. These wounds did not weaken his strength, but made him even more ferocious. He fought with his life and swung his halberds with great force. The halberds came at an extremely fast speed, accompanied by blood that was thrown out horizontally. It even shocked Lu Bu and gradually stabilized the situation!
After thirty rounds, Lu Bu started to feel that something was wrong.
After all, he was drunk. Although he had fought a big battle, he was still weak and could not kill for a long time. He gradually fell into a complete disadvantage.
"Look at the gun!" Zhao Yun saw the opportunity and suddenly swept her spear over. Lu Bu's arm was pierced, and the pain made it even more difficult for him to wield his halberd. He was already attacking less and defending more. It looked like he would be defeated if he continued to attack.
However, Lu Bu's eyes were bloodshot. At this moment, he was already fighting to his heart's content!
In the past, he had always been invincible and had never suffered such a loss!
After the previous defeat, he still had Tiger Cage Pass to show his face.
If they retreated again tonight, Tiger Cage Pass would be lost!
How was he going to meet the Grand Preceptor after he returned?
Thinking up to this point, Lu Bu had just retreated a little when he unwillingly waved his halberd, trapping Zhao Yun and Dian Wei within!
However, his current combat strength was truly worrying.
Not only was his strength weakened by half, but he was also much more rigid. He was not as terrifying as before when his strength and speed were perfectly combined!
In just three rounds, Lu Bu's leg was hit by Zhao Yun's spear, and the pain was unbearable!
Seeing this, Zhang Liao, who was beside him, immediately rushed forward and jumped in to block the attack with Lu Bu. Unexpectedly, he was also drunk and messed up. Moreover, even if it was a one-on-one fight, he could not take down either Zhao Yun or Dian Wei. In less than ten moves, he was completely suppressed!
"Governor, retreat! If we don't retreat now, we won't have a chance!" Zhang Liao saw Lu Bu's eyes turn red and he tried to persuade him.
Lu Bu didn't seem to notice and continued to attack.
Seeing this, Zhang Liao suddenly waited for Lu Bu's warhorse to turn around and slammed his spear into the horse's butt. The red rabbit immediately brought Lu Bu out of the battlefield and ran forward!
Zhang Liao risked taking a shot from Zhao Yun to cover Lu Bu's back and quickly escaped.
Lu Bu roared loudly at the front, but once he left the battlefield, he quickly calmed down and realized that his life was more important. He led the group to escape.
In this battle, more than half of the Tiger Cage soldiers had been captured, and less than 30% had escaped with Lu Bu!
In Suanzao City, although Xu You had gotten drunk with Yuan Shao, Xun Chen was a cautious person. When he heard that Cao Cao had led his troops out of Suanzao City, he brought a few people to follow him. After watching in secret for a while, he saw that the gates of Hulao Pass were wide open. There were spies who had surrendered!
Xun Chen was instantly stunned. Looking at Cao Cao's army charging into the Tiger Cage, he broke out in a cold sweat!
"Just who did this to be able to pry open Tiger Cage Pass so easily? Cao Cao led his troops to break through the Tiger Cage, but the lord was drunk! After this battle, where would the lord's face be? Where was the lord's dignity? From now on, the vassals would no longer respect their lord and would only follow Cao Cao!”
Xun Chen felt a sense of loss in his heart. He could not help but walk to the front of the pass, but he was blocked by a few soldiers and was not allowed to enter at all!
He peeked through the city gate and saw that although there was a fire inside, the neighing of warhorses could be heard. He guessed that Cao Cao must have obtained a large amount of resources from this battle. He knew that Cao Cao would be self-sufficient in terms of food and armaments for a short period of time and would no longer be restricted.
"Sigh, I didn't expect that the lord was born in the fourth generation of the three dukes and couldn't achieve anything. After Cao Cao, this eunuch, he actually had such an opportunity! Is this fate?"
Xun Chen felt melancholy for a while and then returned dejectedly. When he arrived at the wild jujube, he saw that Yuan Shao was still sleeping and couldn't help but sigh.
Suddenly, he remembered that when Cao Cao left with the excuse of going to the toilet, he seemed to have been poked by someone. Xun Chen immediately narrowed his eyes.
"Zhao Yang? Could it be that all of this was his doing?”
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Right after Lu Bu left, Cao Cao ascended Tiger Cage Pass. From here, he could see far into the distance. Cao Cao couldn't help but feel heroic.
Zhao Yang saw that the situation had been settled, so he sent people to get water to extinguish the fire. He also brought people to search for various supplies in the pass.
"Report! Sir, we found a large amount of grain in the cave over there, including a lot of wine and meat!”
Zhao Yang was overjoyed. He went to take a look and saw that this was a place that had been used to store grain. After sending people to check, there were 100,000 dan of grain, and thousands of cattle and sheep were frozen. There were also many wine jars stored in the depths of a few caves. The fragrance was rich.
"Haha! Block all these entrances with large tents. Leave some women here and don't let anyone approach! If anyone spilled the beans, they would take their lives!”Zhao Yang ordered fiercely.
At this moment, another person rushed over with a face full of joy."Sir, the warhorses have been counted. There is a total of twenty-five thousand! All of them are good horses!"
"Tell Zhao Yun and Cao Ren to immediately select people who are proficient in riding and archery from the archers and assign them to the cavalry!" Zhao Yang was overjoyed.”
In this era, cavalries were a type of strategic deterrent. Although they could not attack cities and seize strongholds, they could run thousands of miles and cut off reinforcements. Whoever had more cavalries would have the initiative on the battlefield and had a higher chance of victory!
Zhao Yang immediately went to the gate. Seeing that Cao Cao was still sighing, he explained the situation.
"100,000 dan of grain!" Cao Cao was shocked." We only have 10,000 people now. This batch of rations is enough for us to eat for two years! That was great! Lu Bu, you're a good man!"
Zhao Yang immediately smiled." Don't even think about it for two years. Just now, the soldiers reported that they had counted twenty-five thousand good horses. I was thinking of recruiting some of the Western Liang soldiers as captives and taking them in for my own use to form a cavalry.”
"25,000 horses!" Cao Cao exclaimed," With the 8,000 warhorses we had, we can now form a cavalry of 30,000 men!”
Zhao Yang nodded.
Then, Cao Cao fell into ecstasy and fell into some kind of daydream.
"Sir, please accept my bow!"
Cao Cao was stunned for a moment before he suddenly woke up from his great surprise. He bowed to Zhao Yang seriously with a sincere expression.
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