Three Kingdoms New Lü Bu

  Lü Bu and Zhao Yun fought, then rested their horses to eat. He gave a spare good horse to Zhao Yun to ride. The northern border army had not only good horses but also fine saddles and equipment. When Zhao Yun obtained Lü Bu's military uniform, he was overjoyed in his heart and thought: "The Northern Border Army of Lü Bu is truly a divine and mighty army."

  Lü Bu was eating and didn't like to be disturbed by others, so Zhao Yun also ate on the side. Zhao Yun had just arrived and didn't know anyone, so he sat alone eating. Just as he was drinking water, a sturdy man walked over with a smile, pushed a sheepskin water bottle in front of Zhao Yun, and said: "Come have a drink."

  Zhoa Yun smiled and took the water bottle, but upon smelling it, he found it was wine. He looked a bit embarrassed. The robust man chuckled quietly and said: "Hmph... General's orders, during military expeditions and battles, drinking is strictly prohibited. However, I've been following you since we left Liu Bei's place in Zhuo County, as long as you don't tell anyone, taking just one sip won't be a big deal."

  Zhoa Yun returned the wine jug to Liu Bao and said, "Thank you for your kind intentions, but since our lord has strictly forbidden drinking during military campaigns, I dare not disobey."

  Liu Bao didn't mind, took back the wine jug and drank a mouthful himself, saying: "Hehe, wine is really good stuff. But it's better you don't drink, or else Master will find out and we'll get a few lashes, not good. Ah, your name is Zi Long? Judging from your name, I reckon you've studied in a private school. It's great that you're well-read! Let me tell you, the Imperial Guard isn't just any ordinary soldier can join. You'll definitely become a great general someday."

  Zhao Yun smiled and said: "Thank you, Brother Liu, for your praise."

  Liu Bao said, "This is not flattery, I'm telling the truth. To become a general, you must first start from being a guard for the adults. I can see that the adults intend to reuse you, and no one has ever been able to be promoted to Guard Captain just after entering the adult guard army. You are the first. Even Zhang Wen yuan also achieved many military merits before becoming what he is today. You have also attended private school, unlike me. I don't recognize a single character of large-sized words, what a pity. The adults wanted to promote me as a guardian several times, but I couldn't read or understand official documents. After following the adults for several years, I was still serving as a lieutenant in the guard army. Unlike Cheng Lian and Gou Er, they were promoted to city defense generals early on. However, it's not bad either, I just like following the adults around. You, I think you're quite talented, with both literary and martial skills. The adults are so fond of you, and you will definitely become a general in the future. Hehe."

  Zhao Yun was about to ask Liu Bao more about military matters, when the horn from the northern border sounded, indicating that the troops had finished resting and were ready to march again. Liu Bao hastily said to Zhao Yun: "Quickly, it's time to march! Subdragon, remember, although you are an officer, you have just arrived and there are still many things you don't understand. In the future, if there is anything you don't understand, just come ask me, Liu Bao."

  Zhoa Yun hastily expressed his gratitude and quickly gathered his belongings, mounted his horse, and prepared to depart.

  Julu is only over 700 miles away from Daijun, Lü Bu's army marched for two days and covered over 300 miles. On the third day at dawn, Lü Bu sent out scouts to explore 30 miles ahead, heading south towards Guangzong County.

  He then led the Yellow Turbans to attack and occupy the county seat of Julu, and also obtained the support of Chen Liu's general, He Yi. They had a total of 200,000 troops. He himself led his troops to defend Julu, while ordering He Yi to lead several tens of thousands of troops to station outside the city, supporting each other like wings. On one hand, they attacked and plundered the surrounding counties, on the other hand, they waited for Zhang Jue's order.

  Zhang Niujiao also knew that the imperial court had dispatched government troops to besiege Luoyang, but since the government troops were few in number and had suffered many defeats previously, he secretly rejoiced. This time, the rebellion was bound to succeed, and when the Heavenly Master became emperor, his high disciple would naturally be enfeoffed as a duke.

  Now the government army has divided into three routes, one route is Lu Zhi who is fighting with Heavenly General Zhang Jue in Guangzong area. Zhu Huan and Huangfu Song's two armies have just been defeated by Bo Cai and Peng Tuo, and are surrounded at Changsha. Only one route, Beijiang Lü Bu, has not yet appeared. Heavenly Master Zhang Jue ordered him to guard the north of Guangzong, Julu, in order to prevent Lü Bu from launching a surprise attack from the north. As long as he, Zhang Jue, holds Julu, Lü Bu will not dare to go south to Guangzong.

  The Yellow Turbans within Luoyang had not been completely eliminated, and Zhang Chao learned from internal reports that Lü Bu in the northern border had no surplus money or grain. Just a few days ago, he had obtained permission from the Emperor to requisition grain along the way. Calculating the schedule, Lü Bu would have set out at most three or four days ago, so it was likely that Lü Bu would still need several more days to arrive in the JuLu area, and therefore became somewhat slack. Zhang Chao did not expect that Lü Bu with one soldier and two horses, traveling 300 miles a day, still had extraordinary combat strength.

  Lü Bu's great army rushed straight to Julu City, about 100 miles away from the city. A scout returned and reported: "Report... General, 20 miles southeast of here, there is an army with about 400-500 soldiers and three generals in command, with extraordinary momentum, but it is unknown whether they are soldiers or bandits, please decide, General."

  Lü Bu, upon hearing this, ordered his soldiers to speed up and catch up: "Lead the way ahead, follow me closely." Lü Bu's 5,000 cavalry, with 10,000 horses, suddenly thundered and shook the earth, following the scout flying forward.

  In thirty miles, they arrived in an instant. Lü Bu saw a group of cavalry galloping ahead and hastily caught up with them. The cavalry heard the rumbling behind and stopped to look back.

  In an instant, the northern border cavalry drew their bows and arrows, surrounding the four or five hundred infantrymen in front of them. With just one order from Lü Bu, they could have slaughtered all these hundreds of people in an instant.

  Lü Bu glanced over and saw that the soldiers' eyes were filled with fear. The three leading generals didn't know where they had encountered enemy troops, so they hastily ordered the soldiers to form a circle and be on guard.

  Lü Bu rode his horse to the front of the three generals and gazed at them. The three were all young men. The middle one had his hands clasped over his knees, his ears drooping to his shoulders, his eyes benevolent, and he was over seven feet tall, holding a pair of swords. The one on the right was eight feet tall, with a swallow's chin and tiger whiskers, a majestic and powerful man with a snake spear as sharp as can be. The one on the left was nine feet tall, with a face like a heavy melon, his eyebrows like sleeping silkworms, wielding a green dragon crescent moon knife.

  Lü Bu saw that the three men had already understood in their hearts, and couldn't help but secretly sigh: History will eventually tie these three people together. Although this was the case, Lü Bu still had a mind to kill Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. He asked: "Who are you? Why do you carry weapons and gather crowds?"

  The man in the middle saw a large flag behind the commander with the word "Han" written on it, and smaller flags below with the word "Lv", so he knew that they had encountered government troops. He held his sword and saluted Lv Bu: "General, I am Liu Bei, a native of Zhuo County, Youzhou Prefecture. My surname is Liu, my name is Bei, and my courtesy name is Xuande. The man on the left is my sworn brother Guan Yu, also known as Yunchang. The man on the right is also my sworn brother Zhang Fei, also known as Yide. Due to the Yellow Turbans' rebellion, we were summoned by the governor of Youzhou and gathered local heroes to fight against the rebels. We have already defeated Cheng Yuanzhi, who attacked Zhuo County, and later lifted the siege of Qingzhou. Now that our teacher Lu Zhi is fighting Zhang Jiao in Guangzong, we wanted to go meet him. Unexpectedly, we met you here, General. Where are your troops from?"

  Lü Bu thought to himself: No need for an introduction, just by looking at you I can tell that you are the Big Ears Bandit. If it weren't for you, perhaps China wouldn't have had the Three Kingdoms War. Although I also know that Liu Bei has his merits in terms of benevolence and righteousness, unfortunately he is too concerned with the Han imperial court, only thinking about the royal family's power and not considering the devastating destruction that civil war would bring to the Han nation. Lü Bu thinks about the rise and fall of the entire nation, not just the fortunes of one royal house. To him, as long as someone is a Han person, as long as they can work for the people and have ambitions for the Han nation, it doesn't matter who becomes emperor. Therefore, he has an unfavorable impression of Liu Bei in his heart. However, towards the two great generals by Liu Bei's side, he feels extreme admiration.

  Lü Bu didn't care about Liu Bei either, his eyes scanning the two men beside him. He said in a low voice: "I am Lü Bu, the General of the Northern Border Guard. Since you are here to quell the Yellow Turbans, you should listen to my orders. Your infantry is slow, can you let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei follow me first, while you bring up the rear with your infantry?"

  Liu Bei could not have imagined that this northern border Lü Bu would ask for his own brother, and for a moment he did not know how to respond. Agreeing was not an option, nor was disagreeing. It was Guan Yu who said: "Thank you, General, but we three brothers had long ago sworn an oath to live and die together, never to abandon each other. Guan Yu and the third brother will naturally follow their elder brother."

  Lü Bu knew it was unlikely to separate the three, but he didn't want to give up and asked casually. He wasn't angry at Guan Yu's words either, and smiled: "Yunchang and Yide both have the bravery of ten thousand enemies, what a pity. If fate permits, we'll meet again in the future. Farewell." After finishing speaking, he didn't bother with Liu Bei and summoned his soldiers to continue marching towards Julu.

  After Lü Bu's army had passed, Liu Bei still gazed at the receding figures of Lü Bu's troops for a long time. Zhang Fei said: "Lü Bu's army has an air of authority about it; this is what government soldiers look like. They are quite different from those troops we met last time in Guangyang who fled as soon as they encountered any strong enemy."

  Liu Bei said: "Lv Bu has the reputation of being a northern border hanging dragon, his army is a border army, how can it be compared to the interior province's troops?"

  Guan Yu also said: "Lü Bu's military might is very fierce, just now we followed the crowd and many were afraid, brother if you want to build merit and establish a career, you should also train a fine army."

  Liu Bei nodded, but it's easy to say, hard to do.

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