Three Kingdoms New Lü Bu

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  Lü Bu's army marched for another day and was approaching Malingshan. At noon, when they were resting, a group of scouts returned to report that Malingshan City was only 20 miles away. The Xiongnu people were besieging the city. After hearing this, Lü Bu ordered his troops to prepare for battle.

  Lü Bu's army marched for another dozen or so li, when a scout returned to report that five li from there was the city of Maliang, which was being besieged by the Xiongnu. Upon hearing this, Lü Bu hastily ordered his troops to rest while he followed the scout to secretly reconnoiter.

  Lü Bu followed the scout and didn't go a mile before he saw a hill. Lü Bu rode his horse up the small hill, and from afar, he saw the Left Wing of the Southern Xiongnu and Liu Biao's troops, over 3,000 cavalrymen, shouting and jeering outside the city walls of Beidi Commandery. From time to time, a wave of cavalry would charge near the city wall, shooting arrows at the top of the wall, completely disregarding the soldiers of Beidi. Lü Bu saw that the Xiongnu were teasing the soldiers of Beidi, completely unaware that he had led 300 cavalrymen to appear behind them. He was overjoyed in his heart: this was a good opportunity for a surprise attack. If they missed it, it would be a pity. So he led his horse down the hill and returned to the front of the Shuofang cavalry. He said to the soldiers, "The Xiongnu are currently teasing the soldiers of Beidi outside the city, completely unaware that our army has arrived. This is the best time for a surprise attack. You all follow closely behind me, launch a surprise attack on the Xiongnu army, and we will surely win a great victory." After finishing speaking, he turned his horse around and gave the order: "Form up!" The Shuofang cavalry formed their battle lines.

  Hao Meng heard Lü Bu's sudden attack, and his heart was already filled with fear. Lü Bu saw Hao Meng's panicked face and sneered: "If you're afraid, just follow closely behind me. Don't get lost." Then he rode his horse forward, heading south towards the Xiongnu. He shouted orders: "Charge..."

  Three hundred cavalrymen followed Lü Bu in a rush towards the Xiongnu army. In the blink of an eye, Lü Bu's cavalry had charged up the slope and then rapidly rushed down the mountain.

  Two miles away from the Xiongnu, Lü Bu shouted orders: "Draw bows... load crossbows... deploy halberds..."

  "Loading crossbows... loading guns..." The sound of drawing crossbow strings and loading arrows filled the air behind him. Riders were busy loading their crossbows and placing them on their backs, while holding a gun under their right arm with their left hand.

  One li away from the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu people just discovered that someone was rushing to attack from behind, but they didn't know who the attacker was. The situation was unclear, and in a state of panic, they shouted loudly and turned their horses around. Meanwhile, the Xiongnu soldiers playing under the city wall were even more unaware of the approaching attacker.

  Lü Bu's cavalry arrived in an instant. One hundred paces... Lü Bu gave the order: "Draw bows..."

  The fifty zhang of Xiongnu soldiers saw that the approaching troops were Han army reinforcements, and they hastily grabbed their bows and arrows. In their panic, many Xiongnu soldiers could not even hold their bows and arrows steadily.

  Thirty zhangs. Lü Bu held up the Heaven-Shaking Halberd and shouted: "Shoot..."

  Suddenly, the sound of arrows whizzing by came from Lü Bu's left and right. Lü Bu's elite cavalry shot out a row of crossbow bolts. The bolts flew flat, and the Xiongnu were caught off guard for a moment, falling off their horses one after another as they were hit by the arrows.

  Twenty zhang of land, Lü Bu shouted: "Collect crossbows. Kill..." The northern cavalry gathered and put the crossbow machines into the quiver in front of the horse's saddle, holding guns and rushing into the Xiongnu army to slaughter.

  Lü Bu's ghostly spear swept horizontally and stabbed straight, reaping lives. Wherever the spear went, heads fell to the ground, chests were torn open, and bellies were ripped apart. Lü Bu pointed directly at the Xiongnu commander's flag, with his Northern Army cavalry following closely behind him. As they charged through, blood and flesh flew everywhere, corpses soared through the air, and wails rose from all directions. Although sometimes a rider would fall off their horse, replacement cavalry immediately followed up. Lü Bu's cavalry often killed several enemies per rider before one of them was injured or fell off their horse. When a squad leader fell off his horse, the nearby cavalry unit immediately replaced him; when a company commander fell off his horse, the nearby soldiers replaced him. The entire Lü Bu cavalry formation was like a series of small wheels forming larger wheels. These larger wheels formed even bigger wheels, with both large and small wheels rotating from the inside out. The outer ring always maintained its sharpness without any gaps, and each rider had fellow soldiers on three sides, leaving only one side for them to wield their weapons and kill the enemy.

  Lü Bu's fish-scale formation of cavalry, with riders following and watching each other, made it difficult for the Xiongnu troops to break into the formation. Moreover, they were caught off guard by the sudden attack and in the chaos could not inflict any damage on Lü Bu's cavalry formation, but instead suffered heavy casualties at their hands.

  Lü Bu cut and slashed all the way, but no one could stop Lü Bu's edge. He killed more than a dozen riders in a row, and no one could resist his momentum. Lü Bu saw that under the banner of the Xiongnu there was a sturdy man with a full beard. Lü Bu guessed that this person must be a leader-like figure, and he killed him with a single stroke of his halberd.

  That sturdy Han man was Liu Bao, the first brave warrior of the Southern Xiongnu. At first, he was watching his tribesmen play with the Northern Territory soldiers, laughing heartily. He did not expect that there would be reinforcements in the North, and for a moment, he was caught off guard from behind, and he himself was also confused for a moment. Just as he was shouting to the nearby soldiers to resist, he saw a strong and handsome Han general killing his way through, cutting down Xiongnu soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables. At this time, seeing that handsome general swing his sword and chop towards him, just by looking at his moves, he knew that his momentum was extremely fierce, and he did not dare to be careless, hastily using both hands with great force, holding his knife horizontally to block. Only he didn't know how formidable Lü Bu was.

  Lü Bu swung his halberd at Liu Biao, who raised his sword to block it. A loud "clang" echoed through the air. Liu Biao's sword was cut in two, but Lü Bu's ghostly halberd showed no signs of weakening. It sliced into Liu Biao's left chest and out through his right armpit, cutting him in two with a single stroke.

  Liu Bao, the first brave warrior of the Southern Xiongnu, was beheaded by a Han general with one halberd. The Xiongnu soldiers were all shocked and terrified, and suddenly fell into chaos, with many fleeing in all directions, while some wanted to come and avenge Liu Bao. Liu Bao's troops lost their leader and did not know what to do, the entire Ma Ling City was in a state of confusion. Only Lu Bu rode his horse, cutting horizontally and vertically like two triangular blades, without seeing any resistance from the Xiongnu.

  Lü Bu beheaded Liu Biao, and the Xiongnu Left Virtuous King saw that Liu Biao's forces were leaderless. He immediately had the intention of swallowing them up. Also seeing the Xiongnu army in disarray, without any formation, it was temporarily difficult to resist the Han army reinforcements. He ordered someone to urgently blow the recall signal on the ox horn, and led the troops back, wanting to go and swallow up Liu Biao's tribe.

  But it is said that the civil and military officials of Beidi were blocking the Xiongnu soldiers at the city gate, and from a distance they saw a Han general leading 200-300 cavalrymen to launch a surprise attack on the Xiongnu from behind, killing 3,000 Xiongnu cavalrymen and causing them to flee in all directions. The first brave warrior of the Southern Xiongnu was cut into two segments by that Han general with one move, and everyone cheered and applauded. Pei Xian, the long history of Beidi, saw this and patted the wall, praising: "I didn't expect our great Han to have such a hero, this is truly powerful! Magnificent! Magnificent! Beidi has no worries!"

  Zuo Duwei Duan Bian also said: "A true hero indeed." Next to Duan Bian was a scholar, who also saw the truth, but his expression remained unchanged, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

  Lü Bu led the cavalry in a charge against the Xiongnu cavalry, with 300 horses charging and killing 3,000 Xiongnu horses. Not only did they win with fewer numbers, but they also killed the Xiongnu, causing them to scatter in all directions. In this battle, Lü Bu's cavalry moved continuously, from the west gate of Maliang to the north gate, then from the north gate to the east gate, and again from the east gate to the south gate before returning to the west gate. The cavalry formation cut through and passed by, and when Lü Bu returned to the west gate, the Xiongnu soldiers had already scattered and fled, without a trace. Lü Bu's cavalry lost more than 40 horses but killed 400-500 Xiongnu horses.

  Lü Bu led the cavalry back to the west gate. Hao Meng, who had been closely following Lü Bu, saw that the Xiongnu had been dispersed and raised his head with pride, shouting loudly under the city gate: "The Xiongnu have been driven away! Quickly open the city gate and welcome us into the city!"

  Fu Xian hastily ordered someone to open the gate and welcome Lü Bu's reinforcements. After entering the city, Lü Bu didn't wait for Hao Meng to introduce him, but instead rode his horse straight up to the gate tower. From the top of the gate tower, he observed for a long time and indeed did not see any Xiongnu traces. He then ordered Gao Shun: "Gao Shun, quickly lead your men out of the city to search for our fallen comrades in battle, and remember to pay attention to whether there are any wounded who have not died yet, and quickly bring them back to the city to find a doctor to treat them."

  Gao Shun led the order and responded: "Yes." Then he took people out of the city.

  Lü Bu was observing the surroundings from the gate tower while listening to Hao Meng's introduction: "This is Fu Zigao, the long historian of Beidi. This is Lü Fengxian, the Marquis of Jiuyuan."

  Lü Bu saw Fu Xian, who was about 40 or 50 years old, slender and dignified. However, Lü Bu had always seen officials as weak and bookish, so he had a lot of disdain in his heart. He restrained himself due to their difference in rank and said with courtesy: "Lü Bu has met the Senior Clerk." Although Lü Bu's behavior was polite, his expression remained haughty.

  Fu Xian saw Lv Bu's momentum in killing the enemy, and he admired Lv Bu's bravery. Although he noticed that Lv Bu had an arrogant expression on his face, he didn't think much of it. He smiled and said: "General Lv is truly a brave warrior! I see that you have only two or three hundred cavalrymen, yet you've caused the Xiongnu to scatter and flee in all directions. You are indeed a mighty general of our great Han dynasty!"

  Lü Bu politely said: "I just saw that the Xiongnu were attacking the city unprepared, and took advantage of their carelessness. If the Xiongnu were prepared, I wouldn't dare to act rashly."

  Fu Xian said: "Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, and attack when they least expect it. This is the true nature of a general, no need for modesty." He then introduced to Duan Zhi: "This is Northern Territory Left Commander-in-Chief Duan Zhongming."

  Lü Bu saw Duan Chou and politely said, "I've seen the Chief Controller." But Lü Bu looked at Duan Chou with a lucky appearance, thinking that he was the kind of officer who would enjoy good fortune. He looked down on him in his heart and didn't say much.

  Yu Bu was indeed impressed with Lü Bu, and hastily returned the courtesy: "I did not think that the northwest had a fierce general like General Lü, truly a blessing for our northern lands."

  Lü Bu's temperament was such that he didn't like people, so he wouldn't associate with them. Therefore, he also didn't pay much attention to Duan Zhi. From the gate tower, he saw Gao Shun bring people back to search for fallen comrades and brought back five or six seriously injured soldiers. He hastily bowed to Fu Xian and said: "I have wounded soldiers, please ask the chief historian to call a doctor to treat them."

  Fu Xian said: "This is natural. Hao Duiwei can quickly go and arrange."

  Lü Bu only then realized that Hao Meng was also the Northern Territory Commandant. Lü Bu turned down the Northern Territory officials and went down the gate tower, with Hao Meng hastily following up. Lü Bu led his horse walking in front, with Hao Meng following beside him. Lü Bu raised his chin slightly, a sly smile spreading across his face as he asked: "Are you also a Commandant?"

  Hao Meng said with embarrassment: "Uh... haha, I'm not talented, and I was just a small Youduwei in Beidi."

  Duwei is one level higher than Junhou, but Hao Meng followed Lü Bu back, following behind him like a master. Lü Bu saw that he didn't even have the demeanor of Duwei in front of himself, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, but now was not the time to care about that, as he rushed to rescue the seriously injured personnel.

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