Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Perhaps it was the alertness she had developed from following Lu Bu in the jungle to chase wild beasts. Zhang Mo suddenly felt a fierce force rushing towards her. A cold light flashed at the corner of her eyes, and her body reacted before her brain did, and the blade quickly hit the cold light.

With a ding, the huge impact brought by the arrow made her wrist numb and she couldn't hold the machete anymore, and it fell to the ground. The sharp arrow that was originally shot at her heart deviated from its direction and passed by her left upper arm. The arrow head cut a bloody path one centimeter deep in her arm and then pierced into the shoulder of a soldier behind her.

In the distance, Qu Yi's hand holding the bow paused slightly, his handsome face full of surprise. In today's world, there are only a handful of people who can escape from his magical arrows. The little thief is really powerful!

Seeing the fallen machete, not only Zhang Mo, but also Xu Chu and Guan Hai broke out in a cold sweat. Guan Hai bent down to help her pick up the machete, guarding her side and asking worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Zhang Mo took the knife, shook her head, and looked calm. However, her palms were sweaty. She had just brushed past death, so it would be a lie to say that she wasn't scared.

Xu Chu glanced at her arm, which was bleeding profusely, and said to Zhang Feng, "Protect Amo and retreat."

At this time, the morale of the moth bandits was greatly boosted, and there was no need for Zhang Mo to set an example. Moreover, without her, Xu Chu and Guan Hai could act more freely. Her arm was still bleeding, but she did not try to be brave and followed Zhang Feng to slowly retreat to the vicinity of the village gate.

Xu Chu stared at Qu Yi who had just shot an arrow, took a bow from his horse, and raised his hand to shoot an arrow back at him. Qu Yi had been paying attention to the three leading people here, so he would not let Xu Chu attack him by surprise. He turned his body to the side and easily avoided the arrow.

"hateful!"

Xu Chu's arrow missed, and he was so angry that he had no place to vent. He swung his sword and rushed into Qu Yi's troops, starting to hack at them. In a short while, he killed more than a dozen of Qu Yi's men.

The rebellion failed and it was impossible to continue today. Qu Yi had planned to retreat before and wanted to kill these surrendered soldiers before retreating. Unexpectedly, the people from the small village came out to make trouble, and the two strong men who led them were even more skilled in martial arts. They killed twenty or thirty of his men in a short time.

This time, he failed to kill the surrendered soldiers and instead lost a lot of his subordinates. Qu Yi was extremely depressed, but he had no choice but to retreat.

Seeing that Qu Yi had escaped, Sun Qing ordered the team to stop, and only gave the order to pursue after the crowd in front turned into the side road.

The remaining 8,000 elderly and weak people were finally rescued. Zhang Mo organized people who could swim to go into the river to salvage those who fell into the water, and rescued another group of people.

The nearest village of these people is two days' journey away from here. The weather is cold now, and it is impossible to let them go back like this. Zhang Mo also ordered the women in the village to boil ginger water for hot soup and warm winter clothes.

The young and strong followed Guan Hai and others out to clean up the battlefield, and recovered more than a hundred sets of armor, more than thirty war horses, and several weapons from Qu Yi's slain troops.

Because Qu Yi retreated in a hurry, he left behind many heavy items such as tents. He could barely find a place to accommodate the old and weak by squeezing together. Now he just had to wait for the young and strong who went to pursue him to come back and claim their relatives.

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In Mei County, the agreed two-month period has arrived.

Early in the morning, just as the sky was getting light, three thousand soldiers and horses had gathered in the training ground west of the camp outside the city.

On the stage, Peng Guan was holding a piece of cloth and reading the rules of today's competition.

"Today's first round will be a marching speed competition. The final destination is Mount Qishan. Someone will be responsible for counting the number of people at the foot of the mountain. If all teams arrive on time, they will receive one thousand coins. A certain amount will be deducted based on the number of people who arrive late. If all teams are late, they will receive no points for this round. In addition, if all three teams arrive within the specified time and have at least nine hundred and fifty people, the first team will receive an additional five hundred coins, the second team will receive two hundred coins, and the last team will receive no reward."

"There may be ambushes along the way to Mount Qishan. The weapons and arrows used by the ambushing soldiers are not sharp, but are stained with paint. Anyone whose clothing is stained with paint will be considered a casualty, and those who are injured or killed will not be allowed to continue participating in the competition."

"As for the ambush, if you discover it in advance, it will be invalid and they will not be able to attack you again."

"There are three routes to Mount Qishan. The number and number of ambushes are similar, but the distance and road conditions vary. You will draw lots to choose the route you want to take. No matter which route you choose, you may not complain."

There were three bamboo slips on the table at the reviewing platform. After Peng Guan finished speaking, Lu Bu, Hu Zhen and Niu Fu each stepped forward and took one. Lu Bu turned it over and frowned slightly. It seemed that his luck was not very good, as he had drawn the one with the longest distance and the worst road conditions.

Recently, he had made a rough understanding of the terrain near Mei County. At a normal speed, the cavalry would need a full day to travel the shortest route to Qishan, and the longest route would take two hours longer, which is almost half a day. If Hu Zhen and Niu Fu had known the inside story in advance, his team would inevitably fall behind no matter how fast they ran.

Hu Zhen and Niu Fu looked at their bamboo slips, looked at each other, and a smile appeared on their lips.

The two of them had received information from Dong Yue long ago, and knew exactly where the ambushes on the three roads were arranged. Now that they had drawn the shorter route, they were sure to win this round.

Dong Zhuo had hardly come to the military camp in the past two months, and he just learned about the rules of the competition today. However, he frowned slightly after listening to them, and was obviously not very satisfied.

Don't think that he is unaware of the dirty deeds among the generals in the army because he has been busy making babies recently, especially Hu Zhen. Although he is loyal, he also loves to take shortcuts. If he just lets Dong Yue's people set up an ambush, he has no doubt that Fengxian will lose even if he draws the shortest route.

He asked Lu Bu, "Which route did you draw?"

Lu Bu replied, "Western Front!"

Dong Zhuo's frown deepened after hearing this. He said to Peng Guan, "That's not right. This rule isn't about ability, it's about luck. I think we need to add another rule."

Peng Guan was a little confused. Although route selection depended on luck, avoiding ambush and detection depended on ability. Why did the lord say so?

However, he is the lord, and what he says is what counts. Peng Guan bowed and said, "My lord, please give me your instructions!"

Dong Zhuo thought about it, and Lü Bu and the other two said, "How about this? You can also arrange for people to ambush the enemy on the other side's road. If the main general is killed, the whole team will be deducted 500 coins. If the deputy general is killed, 300 coins will be deducted. If either the main general or the deputy general is killed, there will be no additional reward. If both the main general and the deputy general are killed, they will be disqualified from this round of competition."

They may have known about Dong Yue's ambush in advance, but whether the ambush troops sent by each other can successfully ambush the enemy depends on the ability of each commander.

After hearing this rule, Lu Bu's worried expression relaxed a little. He understood that Dong Zhuo was giving him a chance and felt grateful to Dong Zhuo. Hu Zhen and Niu Fu were a little dissatisfied and were about to object when they heard Peng Guan start reading out the two rounds of competition tomorrow, so they had to hold back for the time being.

"Tomorrow morning, the second round of assaults will take place. It will be a two-on-two duel, limited to half an hour. Casualties will be counted once half an hour is up. The total payout for this round is one thousand coins, and two coins will be deducted for each casualty."

"Tomorrow afternoon, we'll have the third round of breaking the enemy formations. Each of the three formations will have 500 men. The first place winner will receive 1,000 coins, the second place 500 coins, and the third place will receive no reward. The final ranking will be determined based on the amount of money earned across the three rounds."

Peng Guan put away the cloth and looked at the generals below, "Do you all understand?"

Hu Zhen immediately expressed his opinion, "Didn't they say Fengxian couldn't participate? Then why is he also involved in the marching speed round?"

Niu Fu echoed, "That's right. If he leads his men to ambush us along the way, with his archery skills, how could the two of us survive?"

Dong Zhuo, who was standing by, took one look at the two men and snorted, "General, you can't lead your troops into an ambush. Just rest assured."

"That's pretty much it!"

After getting Dong Zhuo's guarantee, the two men felt relieved and each led their soldiers to get the cloth strips. The three teams of soldiers had cloth strips of different colors tied on their arms to make it easier for the referee at the foot of Mount Qi to count the number of people.