Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Although Dong Zhuo was not born in Liang Province, he grew up in Liang Province and was on good terms with many Qiang tribes. Moreover, the leader Beigong Boyu and a group of generals had been shot to death by Lu Bu, so there was no need for him to kill all of them.

The most important point is that he lost a lot of cavalry this time and urgently needed to replenish his team with fresh blood, so he accepted all those who asked to surrender.

The task of cleaning up the battlefield and reorganizing the prisoners was handed over to Duan Wei and others, and Dong Zhuo hurriedly summoned Lu Bu for questioning.

"Greetings, General!" Lu Bu dismounted and saluted.

"No need to be so polite! No need to be so polite!"

Dong Zhuo laughed heartily and stepped forward, taking Lü Bu's arms affectionately. "What is your name? Who served under you before? What was your military rank? Why have I never seen you before?"

Dong Zhuo was so excited that he asked several questions in a row. As he spoke, he looked at Lu Bu. He was tall and strong, with a resolute and handsome face. He would be easily noticed among the soldiers. There was no reason for him not to know such an outstanding person.

Lu Bu was also looking at Dong Zhuo. Although his temples were gray, he looked radiant and majestic, giving him a different feeling from the Dong Zhuo in his dream.

The Dong Zhuo in the dream was full of violence, which became even worse after he retreated to Chang'an, but now he is more heroic.

Lu Bu clasped his fists and replied, "My name is Lu Bu, courtesy name Fengxian. I have just come from Bingzhou to join the general. I am currently serving as a guard beside Sima Liu."

Dong Zhuo's smile faded. "Lü Bu? Are you the Lü Bu who slaughtered Yang Chuo in Wuyuan?"

Although Lu Bu's wanted order was mainly posted in Bingzhou, the news of his brutal killing of the army's commander had already reached Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo had also heard about it.

"It's me." Lu Bu said truthfully.

Dong Zhuo's gaze changed as he looked at Lu Bu. "Why kill him?"

"revenge!"

"revenge?"

Lu Bu has explained the reason for killing Yang Chuo twice, once to Wenyuan and once to Amo. Today is the last time.

Before coming, Lu Bu had thought that if Dong Zhuo didn't believe him, he didn't want to go to anyone else, so he might as well go back to Taihang to help Amo manage the stronghold. Amo was smart and could make money, and he was good at fighting and leading troops. With the couple working together, it would be easy for them to replace Zhang Yan and become the overlord of Montenegro. They could then prepare their troops and wait for the world to be in complete chaos, and then directly rebelling would be a way out.

Lü Bu briefly explained, and Li Su added, "I was in Jiuyuan that night. Although I wasn't on duty, I didn't hear any siege sounds. When I woke up, I saw that the city had been breached. Someone must have opened the gates and let the Hu people in."

After hearing the reason, Dong Zhuo's expression eased a little. He had been an official and a general for more than 20 years, and had also served as a governor of Bingzhou. He was very clear about the war between the Xianbei and the Han Dynasty. The border of Bingzhou was often plundered by the Xianbei, and the cities were built much more solidly than those in the inland areas. Even when Tan Shihuai was alive, it would have been difficult to capture a city in one night with only 4,000 people.

Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that the generals defending the city neglected their duties, but even if they neglected their duties, it is impossible that there was no resistance at all. This matter is indeed unreasonable in every way.

However, Dong Zhuo didn't completely believe Lu Bu's words and asked, "Why did you choose to surrender to me? Aren't you afraid that I will capture you?"

Dong Zhuo's family background was average and his reputation was not very prominent at that time. It was no wonder that Dong Zhuo was suspicious since Lu Bu came all the way from Bingzhou to seek refuge with him.

Lü Bu said, "I heard that when the general was in Liang Province, he was most interested in making friends with brave men. I am not talented enough to speak of other aspects of my abilities, but when it comes to courage, no one in the world can match me, so I'm willing to gamble my future here."

These words were quite arrogant, but Dong Zhuo burst into laughter. "Then you made the right bet this time. This general likes people like you who are capable and arrogant. You have made great contributions by defeating the enemy today. This general will report this matter to His Majesty truthfully, and your merits will atone for your crime. However, this is only an atonement, not a redress of the injustice. Do you understand?"

"My subordinate understands!"

Although the fall of Jiuyuan was full of doubts, all the people involved were slaughtered because of Lu Bu's momentary anger, so it was impossible to investigate. Moreover, the Yang family would never allow anyone to accuse them of treason. This matter could only be Lu Bu's fault.

Dong Zhuo was talking to Lu Bu when he saw a rider coming from the distance. "Report..."

The man came running over, not waiting for his horse to stop completely, and jumped off the horse, tumbling and crawling to run over, "My lord, Bian Zhang and his 8,000 cavalry are breaking through our infantry formation in the rear, and Sima Dong is almost unable to hold out. I request that my lord send someone to support us as soon as possible."

Dong Zhuo's face darkened. He was so excited that he almost forgot that there was a rebel army behind him.

Before setting off, in order to prevent the rear infantry formation from being broken, Dong Zhuo arranged the soldiers at the end to carry chevaux de frise and deer horns to retreat. In addition to these obstacles to prevent cavalry attacks, there was also a group of archers with superb archery skills and 3,000 spearmen and shieldmen. It would have been difficult for light cavalry to break such a formation.

But if the formation was opened, these infantrymen would fight the cavalry at close range and would be killed in a short time. Between Dong Yue's army at the back and the cavalry formation at the front, there were nearly 8,000 infantrymen of Duan Wei and three days' worth of food and fodder for the entire army. Even if support was provided, it would be difficult to send a large number of troops.

Dong Zhuo's previous tactical deployment was for the front army to break through and the rear army to defend. The main forces of the rebels were also deployed on the front line. They never thought that the infantry formation in the rear would be broken.

Most of these infantrymen are from the imperial court. If they are all killed here, it would be equivalent to killing one thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred of our own people. Even if Beigong Boyu is killed this time, Emperor Ling would at most not blame him, and he might not get any reward.

Just when Dong Zhuo was in a dilemma, Lu Bu bowed and said, "General, I am willing to lead my men to repel the enemy."

Dong Zhuo looked at the blood all over his body and asked, "You've been fighting for half a day, are you still able to kill?"

Lu Bu said, "Don't worry, General. Even if two more rebel groups come, I can still kill them!"

"Good! Good!"

Dong Zhuo was delighted and said to Hua Xiong, "Take 500 men and follow Fengxian. For the time being, obey his orders and make sure to repel the enemy army."

If only Hua Xiong and his five hundred men went there, it would basically be of no use. But with Lu Bu there, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but believe that he could really kill off thousands of bandits.

"promise!"

Hua Xiong responded, quickly assembled his troops, and followed Lu Bu straight to the rear.

The rear infantry formation was still seven or eight miles away, but for the cavalry, this distance would only take a moment.

Lü Bu led five hundred men around Duan Wei's army formation and ran another three or four miles before he saw Dong Yue's army formation. However, he was still too late, as the infantry formation had been broken by the enemy.

The large square formation of nearly 10,000 people was thrown into chaos by the cavalry's charge, especially on the side facing the enemy. A large number of infantry were killed, and many people fled in panic. Looking around, the road between the mountains and the river was full of chaotic people. Lu Bu and others were blocked by their own fleeing infantry and could not get through even if they wanted to.

"What should I do?"

Hua Xiong looked at the Qiang cavalry who were constantly chasing and killing the infantry in front of him, his face full of anxiety.

"Where is the commander-in-chief?" Lu Bu swept his eyes across the battlefield, but did not see the commander-in-chief's flag.

Hua Xiong searched carefully and shook his head blankly, "Maybe he was killed in battle."

"No!" Lu Bu pointed at the position where the Qiang cavalry had charged in. "They had just broken through the formation. How could the commander be killed so easily in the center?"

Unless the other side has a general as perverted as him.

At this time, a soldier nearby pointed to a group of people not far away and said, "Sima Dong is over there!"

The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of soldiers guarding two people fleeing towards them. One of them was Dong Yue and the other was an officer of the Northern Army.

Lü Bu didn't recognize Dong Yue, but Hua Xiong was already shouting, "Dong Yue, this coward, actually dared to hide his flag and escape for his own life! He deserves death!"