Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Yan Xing wanted to fight the general, but no matter how he provoked him, Taishi Ci never agreed.

Taishi Ci was not an impulsive person. Now that the outcome of the cavalry battle between the two sides was no longer in doubt, there was no need for him to accept the challenge of a defeated general.

It's not that they are afraid of losing, but winning will have no effect on their side. Losing their lives will not be a big deal, but it will also seriously undermine morale and may even allow the defeated army to turn defeat into victory.

Moreover, according to the information previously provided by Amo, Yan Xing's martial arts skills are very impressive and he is one of the opponents that needs special attention.

Taishi Ci refused to fight, and Yan Xing had no other choice. He did not want to be surrounded and killed by arrows, nor did he want to surrender in humiliation because of defeat. The only way he could do was to die to preserve his loyalty.

He dismounted and looked at the setting sun in the west. His sight seemed to penetrate thousands of mountains and rivers and he saw his parents standing outside the inner gate waiting for his return. He bowed three times towards the northwest, lowered his eyes to hide the guilt in them, raised his spear and stabbed it towards his neck.

Just as the tip of his spear was about to pierce his neck, he heard a sharp sound of an arrow, and then the spear shaft was hit by a huge force. The tip of the spear, which was supposed to pierce the neck artery, brushed past the skin, leaving a shallow scratch on it.

Yan Xing was stunned for a moment, then looked back and saw a man riding a big red horse coming towards him in the distance. The man was holding a bow in his hand. It was obvious that he was the one who shot the arrow just now.

Yan Xing had already guessed who the visitor was. He couldn't help but look at this Lu Bu curiously, who was said to be able to kick a horse away with one kick. He was tall and strong, but he didn't have three heads and six arms. He was not as ferocious as others said, with a green face and fangs. On the contrary, this man was very handsome, and there was no murderous aura in his eyes.

"Are you Yan Xing?"

Lü Bu rode over and looked down at the young general from above. He was tall and strong, with a white face and no beard. He looked no more than a young man. If A-Mo hadn't mentioned that this man was a martial arts expert, sensible, and righteous, he would not have shot that arrow just now.

Yan Xing clasped his fists, bowed politely, and replied calmly, "It is me."

"Is this your first defeat?" Lu Bu asked.

A blush appeared on Yan Xing's fair face, and he lowered his head silently. He had followed Han Sui for more than three years. In the past, he had fought against some small warlords in Liang Province and had never lost. That year, at the request of Dong Zhuo, his lord wanted to lead his troops to Sishui Pass to fight against the Guandong coalition forces, but the battle was over before the troops left Liang Province. He had no chance to witness the grand scene of hundreds of thousands of troops fighting. This time was indeed the first time he was defeated in a large-scale battle.

Seeing his expression, Lu Bu understood. He smiled and said, "It's not shameful to be defeated by my wife's men. Not to mention you, a young general who just debuted, even Qu Yi, an old man who has been in the Central Plains for many years, was defeated by my wife's Golden Eagle Guards."

Yan Xing looked up, glanced at Lü Bu in surprise, then glanced towards Taishi Ci. Could this cavalry not be the Bingzhou army, but Lü Bu's wife's personal cavalry? Had his Liangzhou cavalry, outnumbered, been defeated by a group of his own troops?

"I just saw you dismount and bow towards the northwest. Are you saying goodbye to your parents?" Lu Bu asked.

Yan Xing came to his senses and nodded.

Lu Bu continued, "I heard that General Yan is a loyal and righteous man. Today, it seems that he is loyal and righteous, but not filial. Your parents raised you to this age, and you are going to commit suicide after a defeat. How can you be worthy of them?"

Yan Xingdao said, "I do not want to surrender, and the envoy will not let me go unless I commit suicide. It is better to end my life."

"Of course I can't let you go." Lu Bu suddenly remembered what Amo had said before and smiled. "My wife wants to verify something with you. Since you are unwilling to be loyal to me, you can be my captive! After my wife verifies it, I will decide whether to kill you or let you go. It depends on her opinion."

After Lu Bu finished speaking, he said to the soldiers beside him, "Take General Yan back to the city."

Immediately, two soldiers came up, took off Yan Xing's sword, and tied his hands.

Lu Bu came to Taishi Ci, asked about the casualties of the Golden Eagle Guard, and comforted the soldiers. Then he let them return to the camp to rest, and he also returned to the city. As for the follow-up work such as treating the wounded and cleaning the battlefield, Duan Wei would lead people to do it.

The first thing Lu Bu did when he returned to the city was to run home to find his wife and tell her that Yan Xing had been captured.

Zhang Mo was listening to soldiers' reports on the battles outside the city. Seeing Lü Bu's high spirits, she asked curiously, "Is capturing a young general enough to make you so happy?"

Lü Bu waved his soldiers away, telling Xu Chu and Juxiang to go back and rest. As he removed his armor, he said, "Didn't you say before that the history books record that the horse was nearly killed by Yan Xing? You think the truth of this story needs to be verified. Now that both of them have been captured, let's let them fight and see who is stronger."

"So, that's why you captured him?" Zhang Mo came over and helped him take off his armor.

"Not really. He had no way to escape. I just saved his life when he was about to commit suicide. Then I remembered what you said, so I brought him back."

"Why would he rather die than surrender?" Zhang Mo asked.

Lu Bu laughed and said, "Young people, having never experienced the ups and downs of life, don't see things clearly. They always have some stubbornness in their hearts! For example, that horse, just like me when I was young, clings to that arrogance of thinking he was invincible. But I was truly invincible, and he was just pretending. And Yan Xing, on the other hand, clings to his so-called loyalty and righteousness. He doesn't know how heartbroken his parents would be if he died today and lost their son."

Zhang Mo couldn't help but laugh, "You really understand it!"

"I didn't understand it at first, but after reading about my own tragic past life, I understood a little better. Then, after listening to you talk about the history of the next few hundred years, I understood even more. Now, fame and fortune are no longer important to me. The reason I want to unify the world is simply so that you can witness a prosperous era in your lifetime, a peaceful country that you and I can build together."

Lü Bu hung his armor on a rack nearby. A servant brought in some water. Zhang Mo wrung out a towel and wiped his face, saying, "So this is all for me?"

"It's mostly for you, but also to give an explanation to those who followed me." He held her hand. "Once the world is at peace, we'll leave the governance to you, little one. I'll take you on a journey around the world to see all the beautiful sights."

"Then we must hurry up while we are still young. When we are old we will not be able to walk any more."

Lu Bu said, "It's almost done. This time we can cripple the two Liaos and then go back to take Liang Province."

At this point, Zhang Mo sighed helplessly, "We're out of food! This time, we're fighting on both the eastern and western fronts simultaneously, and we've recruited hundreds of thousands of bandits from Black Mountain, along with refugees from all over. They've completely drained our family's resources. I estimate our food reserves won't last until next autumn's harvest. If we want to recapture Liang Province quickly, we have to do so only if Ma and Han are killed in battle this time, and those small warlords who depended on them go their separate ways. Then, we can send people like Jia Xu and Zhang Ji back from Liang Province to gather them all together. Only then can we recapture Liang Province with minimal manpower and food expenditure."

Lu Bu said, "Then I will go and chop off the heads of those two men."

"No!" Zhang Mo glared at him. "You want to kill them, but they don't want to kill you? You're not allowed to go! If there's no food, we can just hold on for two more years. There's no need to take risks."

"How about after we defeat Ma Teng and Han Sui, I will lead my troops out of Wuguan, go to Jingzhou, and then come back to attack Liangzhou?"

Zhang Mo knew what he was going to do in Jingzhou and shook her head. "Jingzhou has many waterways. Your cavalry will have a hard time moving there. Let alone seizing food, it's even a question of whether they can return safely."

She said this with a leisurely sigh, "We should also start preparing to train our navy! Money!"