Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

"If I spare Wang Kuang, how can I surrender the soldiers in Henei?" Lu Bu frowned.

Du Ji explained, "Han Yuansi, as Bo Huai refers to him, is a loyal and righteous man. He must have been dissatisfied with Wang Kuang's previous imprisonment in Hanoi. Now, Wang Kuang has openly defied Your Majesty's orders and betrayed his covenant with Yuan Shao. This is an act of disloyalty and injustice. How could a loyal and righteous man truly serve such a lord? If your lord can magnanimously spare his former master's life, and then allow Bo Huai to persuade him, then Han Yuansi will surely be willing to serve you, and the soldiers he leads will also be under your command. This is one possible solution."

"Secondly, Wang Kuang has troops stationed in other counties besides Huai County. If he dies, these people will surely rebel. My lord, you don't have any troops to round them up right now. It would be better to let Wang Kuang take him away and send a message to my mistress, asking her men to intercept and kill him. Then the original plan can still be carried out."

"Third, if the lord generously spares Wang Kuang, the rumors spread by those who previously spread the lord's cruelty and bloodlust will be refuted."

Chang Lin echoed, "What the Marquis said makes sense. If Wang Kuang dies, the soldiers in the city will be afraid of our lord's bravery and will scatter like birds and beasts. We don't even have the manpower to guard the city gates, so how can we persuade him to surrender? It's better to capture him first and stabilize the situation."

Lu Bu thought about it and felt that what the two said made sense. Besides, killing people was no longer attractive to him, especially a small character like Wang Kuang.

He then asked, "What if I let him go and he turns around and gathers his soldiers to attack the city?"

According to normal people's thinking, if the other party spared his life, he should leave in disgrace even if he was not grateful. However, Wang Kuang disobeyed the order and broke his promise to Yuan Shao this time. It is not impossible for him to turn around and attack the city again.

Once a person crosses his moral bottom line, there will be a second and third time after the first time. Lu Bu doesn't want to cause trouble for himself again.

Chang Lin said, "This isn't difficult. As long as Han Hao is willing to surrender, our lord has soldiers to defend the city, so we don't have to worry about Wang Kuang's counterattack. If he really returns with his troops, it will only highlight our magnanimity. But... if Han Hao refuses to surrender, we'll kill him and put an end to it all."

"Also, my lord, please bring all your personal guards with you. One more person means more strength."

"No need. The city is small and too many people would only restrict our hands and feet!"

Having made up his mind, Lu Bu picked up his Fang Tian Hua Ji, knocked his horse's belly, and the Red Hare galloped towards the city.

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Wang Kuang had already cleared out all the idlers on the main road of the east gate of Huai County. Soldiers gathered on both sides, and archers were stationed under and on the city walls. As soon as Lu Bu came out of the bridge, he would be shot like a hedgehog.

Although Wang Kuang had never seen Lu Bu before, he had heard a lot of rumors about Lu Bu. The braver a person is, the more conceited he is. Lu Bu was obviously one of those people who was both extremely brave and extremely conceited.

Therefore, Wang Kuang was sure that even if Lu Bu knew there was an ambush inside, he would still come in, but he did not expect that he would be so arrogant as to break in alone.

Seeing Lu Bu walking towards the city gate slowly and steadily, as if he was on guard and hesitant, Wang Kuang couldn't help but get nervous. When Lu Bu was about to enter the city gate, he breathed a sigh of relief and a smile of success appeared on his face. If he still couldn't kill Lu Bu, he, Wang Kuang, would write his name upside down.

Wang Kuang hurriedly followed him to the other side of the city wall and ordered his soldiers to prepare to close the gate.

Although Lu Bu's horse seemed to be running slowly, he was actually accumulating strength secretly. When he was about to enter the city gate, he slapped the horse's buttocks and suddenly accelerated. The soldiers who were ambushing on both sides of the city wall had not yet reacted. They only felt a ball of fire passing by in front of their eyes, and everyone hurriedly shot arrows.

A rain of arrows gathered towards the exit of the bridge tunnel. However, Lu Bu had just suddenly accelerated and had already jumped out of the area covered by the rain of arrows. The archers' reaction was still half a beat slow.

Lu Bu rushed into the crowd on the left side of the street like a hurricane, sweeping his long spear, and several soldiers were knocked away like puppets. One of the soldiers fell heavily into the opposite group of soldiers, and the two people who were hit were killed on the spot.

For Lu Bu, dealing with archers at close range was as easy as killing a group of chickens and ducks. The opponents had no ability to resist at all. In a short while, he had killed a large number of soldiers on the left.

"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow quickly!"

Wang Kuang roared from the top of the city wall.

The soldiers on the right received the order and did not care whether they would accidentally hurt their own people. They shot dozens of arrows at Lu Bu.

When Wang Kuang gave the order, Lu Bu had already thrown out the body of a soldier. The flying body blocked most of the arrows for him and knocked down several soldiers on the opposite side. The remaining arrows hit him, but they only made a few light sounds before falling to the ground, without hurting him at all. However, several of Wang Kuang's soldiers nearby were shot dead.

The street was not very wide to begin with, and Lu Bu took advantage of the gap between the two waves of arrows to quickly turn his horse's head and charge to the right. The man and the horse were like a tank driving into the crowd, knocking soldiers away and killing them one by one. The street was littered with blood and flesh, and wailing was heard.

"Han Hao, hurry up, lead the troops to surround and kill Lü Bu!"

In just a short while, the soldiers blocking the street were killed and fled in panic. Wang Kuang hurriedly shouted to Han Hao's troops lined up under the city wall.

Han Hao was the young general who had advised Wang Kuang not to attack Lu Bu. When Lu Bu avoided the first round of arrow rain, he had already anticipated that the ambush would fail. The man in front of him was able to move freely in and out of the army formation of thousands of cavalry at Wangyuan, and if his men went up, they would only die in vain.

However, he had to obey the orders from his superiors. Han Hao hesitated for a moment, then led his troops to rush over and surround Lu Bu.

Lu Bu killed several archers around him with a halberd, and looked up at Wang Kuang on the top of the city wall. This guy was hiding on the city wall. Unless he killed Han Hao's team, he would not be able to capture Wang Kuang for a while. Han Hao's soldiers might soon become his own people. Killing one more would be a loss!

Lu Bu thought about it and suddenly had a new idea. He squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, pushed aside the soldiers blocking his way, and headed straight for Han Hao.

Fleeing from battle is an absolute disgrace for a warrior, so Han Hao did not flee even though he knew he could not defeat Lu Bu. Moreover, with Lu Bu's terrifying killing power, he had nowhere to escape even if he wanted to.

"Chong-"

After a crisp sound, Han Hao's lance was knocked away, and before he could react, the tip of Lu Bu's halberd was against his neck.

I knew this man was strong, but I didn't expect him to be so strong that I couldn't even survive a single blow from him. Han Hao slightly moved his still numb right arm, his face filled with astonishment.

After Han Hao was captured, his soldiers dared not move anymore and the situation was at a stalemate for a while.

Wang Kuang on the city wall was dumbfounded. It had been less than half an hour since Lu Bu entered the city. His soldiers were killed and collapsed, and even Han Hao was captured. What should he do now?

"Wang Gongjie, I came here with the imperial edict from His Majesty to take over Henei. Is this how you treat His Majesty's order? Do you still have the Han Dynasty and the emperor in your eyes?" Lu Bu scolded Wang Kuang with a serious face and righteous words.

"I……"

Wang Kuang came to his senses, his mind racing, and he immediately found a reasonable explanation for his actions today. "Who said I was disobeying orders? I just wanted to get rid of you, a remnant of Dong Zhuo?"

"Remnants of Dong Zhuo?"

Lü Bu sneered, "If that's the case, then there are too many remnants of Dong Zhuo in this world. Cai Yong, He Yong, Zheng Tai, Xun Shuang, Han Rong, Chen Ji, these famous scholars recruited by Dong Zhuo to serve as officials, Zhang Zi, Kong Rong, Ying Shao, Zhang Miao, and others, these local governors appointed by Dong Zhuo, are all Dong Zhuo's remnants. Why doesn't Wang Gongjie send troops to eliminate these Dong Zhuo's remnants when he is so righteous?"

Wang Kuang was speechless, but he insisted, "You are just making up your mind!"