Chapter 510: The Smoke of War Rises on Pushui River
When Xia Yu learned that Lu Bu and Cao Cao were facing off, he was not in a hurry, but Hong Jing could not help but feel a little excited.
However, when Xia Yu learned that Hong Jing wanted to borrow troops from him to help Cao Cao fight against Lu Bu, he couldn't hold back.
What a good sister she is, helping outsiders to deal with her own brother.
After Xia Yu's repeated persuasion, Hong Jing finally gave up the idea of helping Cao Cao.
Although Cao Cao was whitewashed in the story of Wolong, this is not a reason for him to help Cao Cao. When the world is unified in the future, Cao Cao will also be one of his strong enemies.
Moreover, even if he did not help Cao Cao, Cao Cao would not necessarily fail. You must know that Cao Cao had many famous generals under his command. Even if Lu Bu captured Puyang from Cao Cao, it would be taken back by Cao Cao's subordinate Xiahou Dun.
After Hong Jing was persuaded to leave, a soldier suddenly came to report that someone outside came to pay a visit. The man's name was Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong.
Hearing this, Xia Yu immediately went out to greet him happily, and then he saw the figure wearing silver armor and holding an iron spear.
"Brother Zilong, you really made me wait so long. It took you so long to come visit me."
Zhao Yun, who was originally standing outside, heard the familiar voice, looked up, and saw Xia Yu coming towards him.
After hearing what Xia Yu said, Zhao Yun smiled bitterly and said, "Mingshang, you are too kind to me. Now that you are in a high position, how can you continue to be friends with me?"
"Tsk, why are you still so serious?"
Xia Yu clicked his tongue and shook his head, then stepped forward, grabbed Zhao Yun's arm , and pulled him towards the main hall.
Seeing that Xia Yu was so casual and did not treat him differently due to their different status, Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief and did not refuse Xia Yu's invitation.
The two men walked arm in arm to the main hall, and Xia Yu had a banquet prepared to entertain his former sworn brothers.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Zhao Yun was already a little tipsy, so he put down his wine glass and said to Xia Yu: "Gongsun Zan is not a benevolent king. When he was fighting with Yuan Shao, he killed the wise Grand Marshal."
"Because the Grand Marshal was thinking about the people, he planned to collect the elixirs that were scattered among the people and then destroy them. However, before the elixirs were destroyed, they were taken away by Gongsun Zan. The demons born from the evil light intensified the war in Hebei."
"After that, Gongsun Zan was defeated by Yuan Shao, and the elixirs fell into Yuan Shao's hands. Yuan Shao, who used the elixirs, was also not a qualified benevolent monarch."
After hearing this information, Xia Yu nodded silently. No wonder a large army of demons appeared in Hebei. He was wondering where those demons came from.
Zhao Yun continued, "In order to use my martial arts to save the people suffering in troubled times, I must find a benevolent ruler, so..."
As he spoke, Zhao Yun suddenly bowed his head and said, "I am Zhao Yun. I am willing to fight for you in this troubled time with my spear. Even if there are millions of troops blocking my way, I will not hesitate!"
After hearing this, Xia Yu hurried forward to help Zhao Yun up.
"Today I have Zilong and he is like a fish in water!"
Zhao Yun's words were so heartfelt that Xia Yu shed tears. He could not forget how much he missed Zhao Yun. He had made so many preparations just for this day.
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There are eight dou of luck among all the spearmen in the world, of which Zhao Zilong alone has one stone, and the rest are short of two dou.
This is the only general whose profession is a spearman and whose luck is at the maximum level. If he were to become a heroic spirit in Fate, his luck would definitely be at the A++ level.
After accepting Zhao Yun, Xia Yu immediately promoted Zhao Yun to the position of general. After all, only a general who led troops to fight was suitable for this kind of military commander.
In order to help Xia Yu as soon as possible, after the banquet, Zhao Yun hurried down to run in the new army.
Time passes day by day.
During this period, Puyang, which was captured by Lu Bu, was indeed recaptured by Cao Cao. Lu Bu was not willing to be outdone, and turned around to attack Liu Bei's Xuzhou.
Liu Bei: ???
Before Liu Bei could react, Lu Bu defeated Zhang Fei who stayed behind and successfully occupied Xuzhou.
After Xuzhou was captured by Lu Bu, Liu Bei retreated to Xiaopei, but was again attacked by Lu Bu's army and lost. After Lu Bu arranged for Zhang Liao to enter Xiaopei City, he held his ground in Xiapi City.
Because his territory was taken away, Liu Bei had to seek help from Cao Cao and prepare to launch a battle to retake Xiaopei.
After receiving the information, Xia Yu immediately wrote a letter, folded it into a paper crane, and sent it to Lu Bu.
The letter mainly persuaded Lu Bu to keep Zhang Liao, even if the city was lost, he could not lose Zhang Liao. After all, in the Wolong game, Zhang Liao was the real King of Thunder and Lightning. How could such a powerful general defect to Cao Cao?
Zhang Jiao could only rely on the power of Thunder God, but Zhang Liao himself was Thunder God.
Of course, in addition to this, Xia Yu also vaguely mentioned that he would go to Lu Bu's territory soon and discuss with him how to deal with Yu Ji.
After doing all this, he continued to stay in his own city of Wancheng to watch the show.
After a while, another general came to join him. He was an SR-level general, Huangfu Song.
After the imperial court received the news that Dong Zhuo had been assassinated, it sent Huangfu Song to Meiwu to wipe out the remnants of Dong Zhuo. However, when Huangfu Song led the government troops to Meiwu, they were besieged by a large number of demons in Meiwu and were engaged in a bitter battle.
Just when the famous general Huangfu Song was about to die at the hands of the demon, he was rescued by a young general who was sent by Xia Yu to lurk beside Huangfu Song in the early years.
Because of the life-saving grace, and the fact that Huangfu Song treated the young general as his own son, the young general simply confessed his identity and invited Huangfu Song to serve Xia Yu.
Although Huangfu Song was very surprised, he thought about Xia Yu's reputation among the princes and did not refuse.
As for him being a member of the imperial court? Forget it. Even the little emperor is nowhere to be found. This imperial court is hopeless.
Of course, this is also because he is old. When he was young, he had been up and down in the court for a long time, and when he was old, he no longer had that kind of energy and spirit.
However, Xia Yu didn't mind it much. After all, Huang Zhong was also an old man, but he was also one of the Five Tiger Generals, so age was not a problem as long as his ability was not bad.
The third year of Jian'an.
With the help of Cao Cao, Liu Bei successfully defeated the defending general Zhang Liao and recaptured the city. Then, in order to repay Cao Cao, Liu Bei participated in the siege of Xia Pi against Lu Bu.
During this period, facing the overwhelming offensive of the princes, Lu Bu insisted on not using powerful elixirs and always stayed on the defensive. His actions made Cao Cao quite puzzled, but this did not stop Cao Cao's offensive.
Afterwards, the allied forces of Cao and Liu diverted the river water outside the city, preparing to launch a water attack on Xia Pi City, which was being defended by Lu Bu.
Xia Yu stopped watching the show and led his army to Xia Pi. Because the march was difficult to conceal, Xia Yu's army was soon discovered by Cao Cao and others.
Cao Cao sent a letter to question Xia Yu, asking him what he wanted to do, but Xia Yu had not read it and did not reply, which made Cao Cao quite confused.
Although he was alert, the most important thing at the moment was to deal with Lu Bu, so Cao Cao still led the main force to defend Xia Pi, but dispatched a detachment to guard against Xia Yu.
Xia Yu was not annoyed and continued to march slowly. No one could guess what Xia Yu was thinking at the moment.
Of course, Xia Yu was no longer in the army at this time. He had sneaked into Xia Pi alone to meet Lu Bu who was guarding the city.
Xuzhou, Xia Pi County, Xia Pi.
Lu Bu sat in front of a table that was covered with letters. Behind him were boxes of pills. The pills inside emitted a gorgeous glow, but could not attract the attention of the people in front of the table.
"Hey, have you eaten?"
At this moment, the door of the inner hall suddenly opened, Xia Yu walked in casually and greeted Lu Bu who was sitting at the table.
Lu Bu did not answer, just looked at Xia Yu quietly. Xia Yu shrugged, closed the door of the inner hall casually, then turned and walked towards Lu Bu.
After sitting down face to face with Lu Bu, Xia Yu asked, "Have you finished reading the letters I sent you before?"
Lu Bu casually glanced at the letter spread out on the table and nodded in agreement.
"Now that you've finished reading it, the formation I drew on the letter, including the requirements above, have all been set up, right?" Xia Yu said as he calmly sensed his surroundings.
In his perception, he...didn't sense anything.
But this is normal. If even he can sense the fluctuations of the formation, then there is no way to trap Yu Ji. No matter what, Yu Ji is a powerful Taoist priest after all.
"The entire inner hall has been surrounded by magical formations on all sides. Now all we have to do is activate it." Lu Bu replied.
"If Yu Ji really shows up here, as long as there is no problem with your formation, he will definitely not be able to escape."
"Wow, you are very confident in yourself." Xia Yu raised his eyebrows. According to what Lu Bu meant, there was no problem with the arrangement of the formation. The only thing he was worried about was whether his formation could work.
"As long as there is no problem with your arrangement, then there will definitely be no problem with my formation."
However, just as Lu Bu had confidence in himself, he also had confidence in himself.
Hearing this, Lu Bu's slightly frowned brows relaxed. After a few seconds, he suddenly asked, "How did you guess my plan? And how did you discover me?"
Xia Yu smiled in response to Lu Bu's questions. He was the man holding the script, so of course he was aware of the plans, but he couldn't answer them in that way.
After thinking for a while, Xia Yu said, "Because I am very familiar with you. With your awkward personality, if you knew about Yu Ji, the demon, you would definitely want to conquer him alone."
"You don't want to implicate Tianzhu Sect, nor do you want to implicate Hongjing, so you can only shoulder all the responsibilities by yourself. But do you know that doing so will only increase others' worries about you?"
Hearing this, Lu Bu remained silent. Perhaps it was not until then that he figured this out.
The more you want to shoulder everything by yourself, the more you will make others worry about you.
At this moment, Lu Bu also understood Xia Yu's thoughts. He felt the care of others again after a long time, and the corners of his mouth hidden under the mask couldn't help but rise slightly.
Seeing this, Xia Yu calmed down in his heart. Fortunately, it was not too late. Maybe he could really keep Yu Ji here.
In the following time, the two of them worked together to reinforce the formation of the inner hall. Since they both grew up in Tianzhu Mountain when they were young, they were not unfamiliar with each other in cooperation.
After all preparations , it is equivalent to Ji appearing.
It was during this period of waiting that the allied forces of Cao and Liu caused the Sishui and Yishui rivers to burst their dikes, allowing the flood to flood into the city of Xia Pi.
Because Lu Bu had previously transferred his troops away from Xia Pi City, this water attack did not cause many casualties. At most, it made Xia Pi City look like it had suffered heavy losses. However, this was exactly one of Lu Bu's purposes.
As long as he looked more and more miserable but never used the elixir, it was enough to make Yu Ji suspicious and come to question him.
Not long after, Yu Ji showed up as expected.
"You are in such a desperate situation, why do you..."
At the entrance of the inner hall, a Taoist priest in a black robe suddenly appeared from the black fog. He slowly walked towards Lu Bu, muttering something.
"Never use the elixir?"
Facing Ji's question, Lu Bu reached out and picked up the Fang Tian Hua Ji leaning against the side, and said coldly: "I have been waiting for this moment... for a long time!"
In a flash, Lu Bu swung his Fang Tian Hua Ji fiercely and smashed it hard at Yu Ji in front of him.
The violent wind blades cut through the air, the blade of the Fang Tian Hua Ji tore the table in front of him, and Yu Ji also turned into black mist and flashed away in an instant.
After noticing Yu Ji appearing not far away, Lu Bu suddenly smashed his Fang Tian Hua Ji to the ground and used the force to rush forward.
Taking advantage of the momentum of the dive, Lu Bu leaped high into the air and swung his halberd at Yu Ji with all his strength!
This time Yu Ji did not transform into black mist, but instead held his sword horizontally to block. Although he looked like a skinny old man, Yu Ji was able to block Lu Bu's full-strength slash.
After feeling that Yu Ji's strength was not inferior to his own, Lu Bu was shocked. Suddenly, a long sword attacked and went straight to Yu Ji's back.
Yu Ji seemed to have eyes on his back. He suddenly used his sword to knock Lu Bu's Fang Tian Hua Ji away, and then turned into black mist to avoid the flying long sword.
After losing its target, the long sword did not continue to fly, but instead flew back suddenly as if time was going backwards.
Xia Yu recalled the ring-handled sword and looked coldly at the place where the black fog was gathering. There, Yu Ji reappeared.
"Haha, so this is a setup against me?" Yu Ji licked his lips with his dark tongue and said with an evil smile.
No one replied. After Xia Yu appeared, Lu Bu understood that the formation that prevented Yu Ji from escaping had been activated. Now all that was left was to destroy this demon.
If Xia Yu had not helped, Lu Bu would have wanted to take the elixir to temporarily gain powerful strength, and then destroy Yu Ji in one fell swoop, but now that Xia Yu has joined forces with him, he no longer needs to use this risky and radical plan.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Bu swung the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand suddenly, and a sweeping move was launched. The sword shadow mixed with flames swept straight towards Yu Ji in the distance!
"Oh, then let you be my sacrifice for my ascension to heaven!"
Yu Ji sneered and was about to transform into black mist to avoid the fierce knife shadow, but suddenly found that his ability to flash and disappear was ineffective.
Without this ability, Yu Ji was stunned for a moment, which also made him lose the opportunity to avoid the knife shadow.
As a last resort, Yu Ji could only use his backhand to chop out a stream of sword energy to block Lu Bu's attack.
However, he was not facing Lu Bu alone. At this time, Xia Yu had already come behind Yu Ji with a knife, and stabbed Yu Ji in the back in an instant.
Almost at the same time, Lu Bu had arrived in front of Yu Ji with the shadow of his sword, and with a move of "Splitting Huashan", he chopped down fiercely at Yu Ji's head.
Under attack from both sides, Yu Ji had no way to escape. He held the sword of King Yu in his hand, exerted force with his feet, and suddenly rushed towards Lu Bu. At the cost of injuring his own arm, he pushed Lu Bu away by 10 meters.
After resolving the threat from Lu Bu, Yu Ji, regardless of the human body structure, suddenly twisted his upper body 180 degrees, and slashed out three times with the Yuwang Sword in his hand like lightning, successfully repelling Xia Yu and escaping the danger of being double-teamed.
