Chapter 27: The Battle of Fan County

  Lü Bu rode his Red Hare horse and stopped twenty meters away from the city gate, looking at the city wall. Is this the city wall of Fan County? It seems to be even higher than those in Chang'an and Luoyang! It's probably hard to break through, and it's extremely advantageous for defense. Heh heh, that's right, Lü Bu deeply understood the advantages of ancient city walls' heights, so he applied some modern architectural knowledge, deepening the foundation, making the city wall both high and stable, even higher than Chang'an's city wall by a margin.

  Lü Bu rode the Red Hare, loudly shouting: "The General of Pingzhou, Lü Bu, is here! Who dares to fight me?" Indeed, Lü Bu had a loud voice, and even from such a distance, his words were clearly audible on the city walls.

  After a while, Lü Bu was stunned. Why didn't anyone respond? Didn't they hear clearly? Lü Bu raised his halberd again and pointed at the city tower, shouting loudly: "Lü Bu of Pingzhou is here! Who dares to fight me?"

  Everyone looked at Lü Bu, then looked at Lü Rui. How can the young master be so calm? It's no wonder he grew up in the Cao family and received a noble education from a young age, and he can remain calm in such a big scene!

  Lü Bu was stroking his chin, what to do? Send out Wei Yan? He could hold on for a while, but he would definitely lose. Wei Yan was good at infantry battles, while Lü Bu was a master of cavalry warfare, and in a horse battle, Wei Yan would definitely lose! What should be done now?

  Still no one answered? Lü Bu was enraged, took out the longbow from his horseback, and with a "whoosh" sound, shot an arrow straight at Lü Ru's large flag. Murong Ping saw this and also shot an arrow to knock down Lü Bu's bow and arrow.

  With a thud, two arrows fell in front of Lü Rui. Lü Rui jumped back and looked around in confusion, asking: "What's going on?"

  Xu Shu cupped his hands and said: "Your Lordship, Lü Bu is challenging us to battle!"

  "What's going on? None of you have anything to say? What's the point of keeping you all?" The crowd was taken aback, and Xin Bi said in a low voice: "Lord Hou, we are waiting for your orders."

  Lü Bu listened and realized, so that's how it was? Right, I remember on TV before, they always had to wait for the lord's orders before taking action. Hmm, I was wrong to blame them. Now, what should be the response when Lü Bu calls out a challenge?

  Lü Bu saw that there was still a response from the city tower, and he shouted loudly again: "Pingzhou Lü Bu, Lü Fengxian is here. Who dares to fight with me?"

  Lü Rui looked at Lü Bu, then took out a small trumpet-like object from his bosom. This was an ancient loudspeaker made by Ma Jun for Lü Rui, which could amplify the sound and had a pretty good effect. Lü Rui shouted into the trumpet: "I am Lü Rui, Marquis of Qi! I've come to meet you!" He was imitating what he saw in TV dramas, but Lü Rui didn't know how to respond properly.

  Lü Bu looked around the city tower, where did the voice come from? Why didn't he see anyone? Lü Bu gripped his halberd tightly and shouted again: "What kind of rat is hiding its head and showing its tail? Not daring to show up?"

  Lü Bu was taken aback, hadn't he just spoken? Lü Bu looked around at the people nearby, and Xu Shu cupped his hands in a salute, saying: "Your Lordship, it seems that Lü Bu can't see you."

  Lü Bu's voice, it turns out that he is still young and not tall enough, hiding behind the wall, being blocked. Depressed! Originally wanted to have a big battle with Lü Bu, even if can't win, want to try a few moves, heh heh, fight against the legendary number one in the world? Just thinking about it makes people excited!

  Lü Rui grabbed Di Wei and said: "Quickly, pick me up."

  Dian Wei nodded, picked up Lü Bu and put him on his broad shoulders. From Dian Wei's shoulders, Lü Bu had a wider view. He shouted into the small megaphone again: "Lü Bu, Marquis of Qi, is here! Does Wen Hou dare to fight?"

  Lü Bu looked at Lü Er on Dian Wei's shoulder, the Marquis of Qi, Lü Er? A child? Challenging himself? Just as Lü Bu was about to respond and accept the challenge, he hesitated. No, his military advisor had instructed him that Cao Cao is full of tricks and he must be careful. Engaging in a fight with a child? If word got out, wouldn't it tarnish his reputation as the world's number one warrior, Lü Bu?

  Lü Bu saw that Lü Bu had not responded for a long time, and said to the small horn: "Why doesn't Lord Wen speak? Is he afraid of Lü Bu and dare not respond?"

  Xu Shu immediately seized the opportunity and shouted loudly: "The Marquis of Wen's martial arts are renowned throughout the world, and he has eliminated Dong Zhuo with his might. How can Fan County dare to fight against him? It would be a joke for all eternity!"

  Lü Rui listened and smiled, "Hey, Xu Shu's quick wit is pretty good, the story is well-made, he should be rewarded."

  The soldiers on the city wall also heard Xu Shu's words and shouted in unison: "Wen Hou's martial arts are known throughout the world, and he has eliminated Dong Zhuo with his might. Fan County does not dare to fight against him, and it will be laughed at by the world for generations to come!"

  Lü Bu, upon hearing this, flew into a rage. Holding his halberd, he pointed at Lü Er on the city wall and said: "Lü Er, you little brat, dare to take one blow from me?"

  You think you can take me down? Even if I weren't a kid, and even if my martial arts skills were top-notch, facing the number one fierce general of the Three Kingdoms, I'd still have to consider it carefully. At the very least, my life is the most important thing!

  Lv Rui shouted into the loudspeaker again: "Wen Hou is actually a fake, only good at finding children to compete with, claiming to be the number one in the world. I think he's the most shameless lord in the world! Cowardly Lord, Lord with extremely low martial arts skills!"

  Lü Bu was stunned? Didn't you come to challenge me? I accepted the challenge, how did I become a bully again? But Lü Bu thought for a moment, it seemed that Lü Rui had a point, and he himself was being unreasonable!

  At this time, Cao Xing and Song Xian, who were not far away, also heard the conversation between Lü Bu and Lü Rui. Cao Xing thought to himself, "This is bad! Our lord has fallen into the enemy's delaying tactics." As the saying goes, "One drumbeat of energy, twice and it's exhausted, three times and it declines." In the past, whenever our lord went forward to challenge the enemy, they would send out a general, and our lord would kill him, which would surely boost morale. But now, after calling for battle for so long, there has been no progress at all! The army's morale is unstable!

  Lü Bu's entire army had many generals and soldiers who were secretly whispering to each other, what was going on today? It wasn't like usual, the lord would choose a general, the morale of the troops would be boosted, and then they would launch a full-scale attack. Now nearly half an hour had passed, how come there was no reaction at all? Had the lord been defeated? The drummers in front didn't have any reaction either!

  The whole army began to move, Cao Xing saw the situation and hastily rode his horse forward.

  Lü Bu was scratching his head at the foot of the city, trying to think of a good reason to lure the defender of Fan County out for battle. But Lü Rui and Lü Bu were talking, their status equal, but not their age... who's the number one in the world? Bullying a child? Cao Xing rode his horse swiftly to Lü Bu's side and said: "My lord, don't listen to Lü Rui's childish words, quickly attack the city, the morale of the army is already wavering!"

  Lü Bu listened and only then reacted, realizing that the military formation had already been arranged. If they delayed too long without fighting, the morale of the troops would be greatly affected. Thinking of this, Lü Bu nodded his head and reined in Red Hare, preparing to return to the army.

  "Is Duke Wen coming to challenge us? And yet he retreats without a fight? Duke Wen, the greatest martial artist in the world, is he a coward?"

  On the city wall, the soldiers' shouts rose again: "Duke Wen is not a fierce tiger, Duke Wen is a rat!"

  Lü Bu was enraged when he heard this, turned his horse around and shot an arrow at Lü Shè. Dian Wei was prepared this time and used his double halberds to deflect the arrow that Lü Bu had shot.

  "Little Bu? You dare to shoot me? Well, I'll shoot you too!" Lü Ru took out the small repeating crossbow that Ma Jun had designed for him alone, and shot three arrows at Lü Bu with a whooshing sound. Having never seen Zhuge's repeating crossbow before, Little Ma's repeating crossbow could only fire three bolts in succession.

  Lü Bu only saw three bright spots flying towards him, and before he could react, the arrow shafts arrived in front of him. Lü Bu was greatly shocked, and with a swift motion, he used his Whirlwind Slash to knock down the arrow shafts! Clang clang, two sounds? Where's the third one?

  Cao Xing pointed at Lü Bu's purple gold crown, and it was only then that Lü Bu realized that Lü Rui's arrow shafts were shorter than usual. He had miscalculated, and one of the arrow shafts had already been inserted into his own purple gold crown. What shame! What shame! Lü Bu had fought on battlefields for over a decade, when had he ever suffered such humiliation? Even a general of a hundred men couldn't get close to him, yet now he was actually shot in the head by a mere child!

  Lü Bu took out another arrow and prepared to shoot again. Lü Rui waved his hand and said, "Archers, fire!"

  The crossbows on the city tower began to shoot down continuously, and with semi-automatic crossbows, arrows fell like rain, shooting towards Lü Bu and Cao Xing. The two were shocked and hastily retreated on horseback.

  Only a flash of red shadow was seen, shuttling back and forth in the arrow shaft, quickly leaving the range of the arrow shaft. Lü Rui was stunned for a moment, Chi Tu Ma? It's so agile, no wonder it's a thousand-year-old fine horse! Must get it, with it, you can run away when encountering an emergency in the future!

  Lü Bu quickly retreated back to the army, and Song Xian was shocked when he saw Lü Bu. He pointed at Lü Bu and said: "My lord? Your battle robe? And your helmet?" It turned out that although Lü Bu had not been shot by an arrow, his battle robe had been hit by several stray arrows.

  The soldiers of Bian State were now looking at Lü Bu with strange eyes. How had the god of war in their hearts become so disheveled? Had they really met a formidable opponent? Lü Bu stood at the front of the army, and many soldiers began to discuss it among themselves. Seeing this, Lü Bu said to Song Xian: "Song Xian, quickly attack the city!"

  "No, my lord, no!" Cao Xing covered his left shoulder with his hand, enduring the pain, and shouted loudly. Lü Bu had the Red Hare horse and was highly skilled in martial arts, without a single hair out of place, but Cao Xing dodged too late and was hit by an arrow.

  "Your Excellency, I am wounded and the soldiers are exhausted from their long journey. Why not rest for a day and fight again tomorrow? Otherwise, morale will plummet and losses will be severe!"

  Lü Bu was not a wise man, but he wasn't an idiot either. Having been through many battles, he naturally knew how to handle this kind of situation. Chen Gong's plan to surprise and behead the general had failed, and taking Fan County would now require a strong attack. However, his soldiers were exhausted, making it really not suitable for a strong attack. Thinking of this, Lü Bu shouted loudly: "Withdraw the army, retreat twenty miles, set up camp!"

  Song Xian nodded and then began directing the army to retreat.

  Lü Rui saw Lü Bu's army retreating and was stunned. So easily retreated? The number one in the world, Lü Bu, retreated? Lü Rui asked: "Xiaoxu, has Lü Bu retreated back to Puyang?"

  Xu Shu nodded and said: "Lord Hou, Lü Bu cannot challenge me alone in the city. He can only lead his army to set up camp and prepare for a strong attack to take our city, not retreat!"

  Lü Bu nodded in agreement. As the commander of Pingzhou, he was definitely not a foolhardy general like in the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", who only had bravery but no strategy. Lü Bu was originally Ding Yuan's chief clerk, which was a position that required literary talent and was not something an ordinary general could take on. Stationing troops to attack the city again tomorrow was indeed the best choice!

  Xu Shu looked at Lü Bu's departing army and said to Xin Pi, "Sazhi, you can arrange for Shi Ah's people to leave the city. We need to carry out our next plan."

  Xin Pi smiled at Xu Shu and said: "Yuan Zhilei, Zuo Zhi understood, go arrange!"

  Lü Rui asked, "Xiao Xuxu, what are you planning to do?"

  Xu Shu whispered a few words in Lü Rui's ear, and Lü Rui revealed a sly smile. Xu Shu was also involved in such sneaky things, Lü Rui nodded and said: "Hmm, got it, let's go down."

  The crowd nodded and said: "Yes!" Then they all followed Lv Rui down from the city building.

  Lü Bu led his army to camp in an open area twenty miles away, and the military doctor began to bandage Cao Xing's wound. Looking at Cao Xing's appearance, Lü Bu slammed his fist on the table in front of him, shattering it, and said: "Hmph, that little brat Lü Rui dared to play tricks on me! Tomorrow I will definitely attack Fan County and take that little brat's head to vent my anger!"

  "Sir, the military strategist has entrusted you to take Fan County. You must remain calm and composed. Why get agitated over a mere child? Once we capture Fan County, Lü Bu's title as Marquis of Qi will be nothing but an empty name. Why bother with a mere child?" Cao Xing was a calm and collected general who could analyze the situation on the battlefield. The world's number one warrior, Lü Bu, had killed an innocent child just because of a few words from Lü Er, and this would have a great impact. As a general, Cao Xing must advise Lü Bu!

  Lü Bu nodded and said: "I have it in mind, General Cao needn't say more!"

  Cao Xing fell silent, General Cao? Not using his courtesy name already showed Lü Bu's dissatisfaction with Cao Xing's advice. If Cao Xing continued to speak, there was only one outcome: provoking Lü Bu and facing military law!

  Just as Lü Bu and others were discussing how to attack Fan County, Shi A led 200 elite cavalrymen to a dense forest in the northwest of Fan County, covering their faces, preparing to rob a passing merchant caravan. This merchant caravan was that of Tian's family from Puyang!

  Soon a caravan of three hundred people slowly came towards the dense forest, the leader took a sip of wine and said to his personal guard: "After passing through the dense forest, we will take a rest."

  Qin Wei said: "Boss, this time we provided intelligence on Fan County to the master of the house. Will the master reward us?"

  The captain patted the head of his personal guard and said, "Of course we would have known. Without the lord's intelligence, would Duke Wen personally lead troops to attack Fan County? We withdrew in time, otherwise if Lü Rui discovered the spies our lord had set up in Fan County, we would all be dead! This time not only did we provide intelligence, but also escorted this batch of supplies back to Puyang. There will definitely be a grand reward!"

  Qin Wei smiled and said: "Boss, if the master gives a reward, don't forget about your brothers?"

  The captain grunted, "No guts!" Heh heh, the master agreed to reward me with a few beauties? I'm rich! Just like that, a group of merchant teams entered the dense forest without any vigilance.

  One of Shi Ah's personal guards asked: "Big Brother? Do you want to take action?"

  "Get ready, as soon as they enter our ambush circle, take action. See those few leaders? After a quick slaughter, you and several fellow disciples will go up and finish them off quickly."

  "Understood, Senior Brother!"

  Shi Ah nodded and said: "One more thing, remember to make them heavily injured but not easily killed. We still need someone to send us information!"

  "Brother, rest assured, we're all experts, this kind of thing is absolutely no problem."

  Shi Ah nodded and said: "They have entered the ambush circle, prepare to kill!"

  All that was heard was a signal, and countless arrows flew towards the merchant team. Many of the armed escorts fell to the ground with arrows in no time.

  The leading captain had not reacted yet, and was struck in the chest by several assassins, fainting. Soon, Shi Ah cleared up the people of the merchant group with the masked man.

  One of the bodyguards stepped on the corpse and said: "Hmph, died so quickly, what a waste!"

  With a loud crack, Shi Ah shouted: "Watch your dialect, don't use Bianzhou's dialect, we are not Bianzhou soldiers, if the master finds out, you will be finished!"

  "Shall we bury them on the spot, sir?" The orderly glanced at a corpse on the ground with his eyes.

  Shi Ah took one look and pretended to be dead? Just in time to take advantage of it.

  Shi Ah shook his head and said, "No need, we still have to return to the big camp in Fan County. Let these people stay here and let the wild wolves entertain them." After finishing speaking, Shi Ah led his men away from the dense forest.

  After Shi Ah led the people out of the dense forest, after a while, one of the merchant team's partners got up and ran to the captain, shouting: "Boss, boss?"

  The leader of the merchant group shouted: "I'm dying of pain!"

  The leader of the merchant group opened his eyes and asked: "How did you escape?"

  The buddy said: "Boss, just now I played dead and saved a life!"

  The captain nodded and said, "Not bad, you're very clever. From now on, follow me! Let's see if there are any more brothers alive. We need to return to Puyang quickly and report this matter to the master!"

  The fellow nodded and immediately began to search for surviving brothers, but unfortunately, except for the captain, everyone else was dead. Shi Ah learned about it afterwards and felt very helpless, this kind of thing is difficult to control, did not expect Tian's fellow to die so easily! However, two people returned to Puyang, which also completed the task given by Xu Shu.

  The next day, Lü Bu led his troops to the city of Fan again. He rode at the front and arrived under the city walls, ready to order his soldiers to attack.

  Lv Rui saw this scene and shouted with a small horn: "Wen Hou, why don't you dare to call for battle today? Are you going to launch a full-scale attack on the city?"

  Lü Bu was enraged when he heard this and shouted: "You little brat Lü Wei, if you have the guts, send someone to come down and fight with me! Don't be a turtle hiding in its shell!"

  Lv Rui said into the small horn: "Duke Wen, since martial arts competitions are about timing, why don't we have a rematch tomorrow? Will Duke Wen retreat his troops for now?"

  Lü Rui glanced at Xu Shu, hinting to him. Xu Shu waved his hand, and the soldiers on the city wall shouted again: "Duke Wen is not a fierce tiger, Duke Wen is a mouse!"

  What retreat? The little yellow mouth actually dares to call me a retreating soldier? Again, the soldiers' shouts were heard, and Lü Bu loudly said: "Hmph, Lü Rui's little boy, how could I, Lü Fengxian, fall for your delaying tactics? You dare to scold me like this, I will definitely take your head!"

  Lv Rui said: "Duke Wen, you have already fallen into my delaying tactics yesterday, and today you will fall into it again!"

  Lü Bu was speechless for a moment, and Cao Xing said beside him: "My lord, don't listen to this child's nonsense, quickly attack the city."

  Lü Bu nodded and pointed with his halberd, shouting: "Brave warriors of Pingzhou, let them witness our might! Charge!"

  The Bianzhou army heard Lü Bu's shout and immediately responded with a loud cry, charging towards Fan County.

  Archers and crossbowmen suppressed, siege engines suppressed, Cao Xing commanded soldiers to attack Fan County.

  "Ah, I'm going to die!" The attacking troops of Lü Bu's army hadn't even entered the formation when they were killed by the defending soldiers of Fan County. It turned out that Lü Bu's crossbows had been improved, with a range one quarter longer than those of the Eastern Han dynasty. Moreover, since Lü Bu's army was defending from a higher position, their arrows generally flew an additional one third of the distance.

  Cao Xing obviously did not expect the garrison of Fan County to have such a powerful weapon, and immediately ordered the sword and shield soldiers to advance and cover them. However, Lü Rui's arrows were several times more numerous than those fired by ordinary city defense troops, like a rain of arrows. The shield-bearing soldiers of Pingzhou Army clearly felt overwhelmed, but still many people brought siege ladders to the moat of Fan County.

  The moat had already been dyed blood red at this time. In order to advance to this point, Lü Bu's army had lost several hundred men.

  Lv Rui was delighted to see the city tower, haha, a real battlefield is so exciting, the smell of gunpowder, yes, that's the smell, the taste of a real battlefield, I've experienced what war is like for two lifetimes, the first battle of the Three Kingdoms!

  At this time, except for Murong Ping protecting Lü Rui, everyone else was participating in the battle, completely unaware of Lü Rui's excitement!

  Lü Bu saw that someone had already arrived at the foot of the city and was overjoyed, leading his central army to press forward as well.

  Dian Wei saw this scene and anxiously said: "Military advisor? Lü Bu's army is pressing on again, what should we do?"

  Xu Shu looked at the battlefield and smiled, saying: "General Dian Wei, you only need to deal with these attacking soldiers. As for Lü Bu's central army, I'll take care of it!"

  Xu Shu shouted loudly: "Zuo Ge?"

  Xin Pi shouted on horseback: "Launch the stone carts!"

  Ma Chao had invented a small catapult, which was light enough to be lifted onto the city walls for defensive purposes. Suddenly, countless small black balls flew towards Lü Bu's central army.

  "What are these? How can there still be **flowing out?! It's terrible, it's a fireball species!"

  Soon, Lü Bu's army discovered that the fireballs thrown from the city wall were covered with oil. Before the Pingzhou army could react, Lü Ru's fire arrows arrived, and all that was heard were a few hissing sounds as the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation caught fire, separating the besieging troops from Lü Bu's central army into two parts!

  At this time, Xu Shu's Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation showed its power. Although the immobile wooden horses were just placed there, the big fire had already spread throughout the entire Golden Lock Formation. The wooden horses did not get burned to ashes but became scorching hot, blocking the rear path of the Pingzhou army. They were placed in front of you, with flames on either side. How could you pass through?

  "Not a few of the soldiers from Pingzhou began to cry out in agony: 'My hands are burning!'"

  "It's on fire! It's on fire! My clothes are on fire!"

  Shot by an arrow and died!

  Lü Bu saw this scene, his eyes were red with anger, Lü Bu's child, I will definitely avenge this grudge!

  Just as the Bingzhou army was surrounded by a large fire, a team suddenly killed from the side of the Bingzhou army, with the flag written on it: Xiahou!

  Lv Rui took a look and said with a smile, "Has Xiahou Dun arrived? Good, we can attack from both sides and defeat Lü Bu's army!"

  Xu Shu took this opportunity to say: "Evil, take the three hundred elite soldiers you trained and go out to kill them. Slaughter all those who are attacking the city!"

  Dian Wei heard this and happily drew out his halberd, saying: "Good, Military Advisor, watch me!" Then he led the soldiers in a charge.

  Cao Xing saw that the rear army was being attacked by the enemy, so he immediately sounded the golden drum to gather his troops and at the same time sent out a signal for the large army in the camp to come out and rescue them.

  Lü Bu heard the horn, immediately took out a golden bow and arrow from his quiver, aimed at Lü Ru, drew his bow and shot!

  Lv Rui was shouting and dancing at this time: "Kill, kill, kill Lv Bu, heavily rewarded!"

  Suddenly a golden arrow flew towards Lü Rui, and Murong Ping saw it and quickly drew his long sword to cut the golden arrow in half.

  At the same time that Murong Ping cut off the golden arrow, a short arrow flew out of the golden arrow and shot right into Lü Rui's braid!

  Lü Rui let out a loud cry and fell to the ground, causing everyone to be shocked. They all rushed over and shouted: "Master Hou, are you injured?"

  Lü Ru touched his own body, seemingly uninjured? His head felt a bit heavy? Lü Ru touched his own braid, unexpectedly, Lü Bu had shot one of the small cow horns on his own head! The horn of a young boy, considered avenging the purple gold crown that Lü Ru had shot.

  Lü Ru stood up, patted the mud off his body, then gestured for Murong Ping to pick him up. Murong Ping picked Lü Ru up, while Lü Bu was standing a hundred feet away in the formation, coldly smiling at himself.

  Lü Bu took a deep breath, and shot an arrow that flew straight for a hundred yards. That in itself was not unusual, but to be able to shoot an arrow a hundred yards under the high city walls of Puyang County was no simple feat! The Flying General Lü Bu indeed lived up to his reputation!

  Lü Bu saw that Lü Rui had nothing to do, so he reined in his horse and jumped out of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation! Looking at the majestic figure of Red Hare, Lü Rui cursed secretly, what a good horse, how did it end up in Lü Bu's hands, I must get my hands on it!

  On the other hand, Cao Xing was commanding this army to fight against Xiahou Dun's 5,000-strong army. Unfortunately, the combat effectiveness of Cao's army seemed to be inferior to that of Pingzhou Army, and it was a bit struggling with two against one. Xiahou Dun saw this and shouted loudly: "Xiahou Dun from Qiao County is here!"

  As he rode forth, I thrust, I thrust, I thrust, I thrust! Xiahou Dun's long spear danced like a giant snake among the Bingzhou army, and many soldiers died under his spear.

  Cao Xing looked at Xiahou Dun and muttered to himself: "This man is brave in battle!"

  Lü Bu burst out of the Golden Lock Formation, saw Xiahou Dun, and his battle spirit surged. Finally, there was an enemy general he could duel! Lü Bu gripped his halberd tightly and shouted: "Lü Bu of Pingzhou is here, enemy general, come quickly to your death!"

  Xiahou Dun also saw Lü Bu, Lü Bu? The world's number one warrior, let me Xiahou Yuan defeat you! Xiahou Dun charged forward with his spear, and with a loud clang, both of them were knocked back.

  The two reined in their horses and exchanged a glance, this man is not simple! Afterwards, the two fought each other for over ten rounds, Lü Bu relied on his Red Hare horse and superb martial arts to gradually gain the upper hand against Xiahou Dun. At this time, Lü Bu's Bingzhou army had already been defeated, and Xiahou Dun's large army, led by Zhu Ling, began to surround and attack Lü Bu's personal troops. Dian Wei also charged forward, swinging his twin halberds.

  Cao Xing saw the situation, drew his bow and arrow, and with a loud shout, shot out a long arrow. Cao Xing's silver arrow was second only to Lü Bu's second shooting hand, and he was skilled in archery on horseback.

  Only Xiahou Dun was heard shouting loudly, and Lü Bu took advantage of the momentum to strike him down from his horse. Xiahou Dun's personal soldiers rushed forward to rescue him. Cao Xing shouted loudly: "My lord, retreat quickly, the enemy is approaching fiercely!"

  Lü Bu looked at the Cao army rushing in from all sides, and also at Dian Wei. Although he had not fought him before, judging from his performance just now, this man's martial arts were quite good, so it was better not to fight him head-on. Lü Bu reined in Red Hare and retreated towards the Bianzhou army, while Xiahou Dun was rescued back by his own soldiers.

  Xu Shu saw that Lü Bu's army had retreated, so he began to sound the golden horn to gather his troops. Ha ha, it's useless to pursue a defeated enemy, and Xiahou Dun's reinforcements were no match for Lü Bu's army anyway!

  Xiahou Dun was quickly carried by his guards to the Qi Guo Hou Ye Fu. Lü Rui looked at Xiahou Dun and thought, "Alas, little Dun, why are you so unlucky? You were blinded in one eye by Cao Xing ahead of time, truly a decline in fortune. Originally, I didn't want you to become a one-eyed dragon, but now, you must become a one-eyed dragon."

  Xiahou Dun lay on the bed, with fresh blood constantly flowing from the corners of his eyes. Lü Bu looked at him and said: "Uncle Xiahou? Are you alright?"

  Xiahou Dun shouted loudly: "You rat! How dare you shoot a hidden arrow to hurt people, I'll catch him and cut his body into ten thousand pieces!"

  Lü Rui shook his head, you idiot, others are just pretending to be stupid and waiting for an opportunity to strike, it's a strategy, unlike you who rush up and get rolled!

  Hua Tuo looked at Xiahou Dun and said, "General Xiahou, your left eye is already ruined and cannot be restored. I need to remove the left eye, I hope you can bear with it a little."

  Xiahou Dun was taken aback and asked, "Doctor, what about my eyeball?"

  Hua Tuo took a look at Xiahou Dun and said: "Of course it's discarded, the eyeball is already rotten and can't be kept!"

  Xiahou Dun burst out laughing and said: "Eyes are a gift from one's parents, how can they be discarded lightly? I was born with my eyes, and I will die with them!"

  After saying this, Xiahou Dun plucked out his left eye and swallowed it, then said to Hua Tuo: "Doctor, hurry up and clean me!"

  Everyone was shocked by Xiahou Dun's actions, and it turned out that he was indeed extraordinary!

  Lü Ru then swallowed her saliva, is this really a thing? Xiao Yingying, you're not disgusted, eating one's own eyes, and will there be any side effects from eating like this? Aren't you afraid of bacterial infections? That battlefield just now must have had many bacteria!

  Hua Tuo was taken aback for a moment, then began to help Xiahou Dun dress and treat his wound.

  Lü Bu led the remaining troops to the banks of the Yellow River and began ordering people to gather boats. Since Fan County could not be taken, he also wanted to go to Chenliu. If Cao Cao's army returned to Yan Province, Zhang Miao would not be able to withstand Cao Cao, and with Chen Gong around, Lü Bu felt a bit more at ease. This time, without Chen Gong's strategic planning, the defeat was truly miserable!

  The battle of Fan County ended with Lü Bu's withdrawal, and although Lü Rui lost some soldiers, the overall impact was not great. However, Xiahou Dun went blind prematurely, catching Lü Rui off guard. Is this the fate of the one-eyed general? Alas, it seems that some things cannot be changed!