The number of talents in the imperial army far exceeded the expectations of Liu Bei and others, which made Li Jue even more difficult to understand: "Where did the little emperor find these many outstanding people?"

I saw Xiahou Dun holding his spear upside down and yelling at Li Jue's army with a look of disdain on his face: "There is no one in the Xiliang army who can come out to fight with me?"

After scolding for a while but still seeing no movement on the other side, Xiahou Dun felt very bored. But at this moment, he suddenly felt a bright light flashing out of the corner of his eye. Although he couldn't see clearly what it was, Xiahou Dun did what he instinctively did.

Reaction - He ducked sideways, and as soon as he tilted his head, he felt a sharp arrow pass by his ear, and he could even feel the sharp arrow hitting his helmet.

"Despicable villain, he only dares to attack secretly!"

After firing his horse and spear, Xiahou Dun followed the direction of the hidden arrow attack and looked for the person who fired the arrow. However, before he could find it, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him. Someone must have urged the horse to rush out.

At this time, the two armies were facing each other. They were far away from each other. Xiahou Dun was attacked by secret arrows because he rushed between the two armies. Therefore, everyone saw the imperial army rushing out with a horse. On the horse, the general bent his bow and set an arrow.

, and then I saw a burst of blue-white brilliance flashing from the bow and arrow, condensing on the arrow, and finally turned into a crescent moon shape.

Then there was a loud shout: "You dare to hurt someone with a secret arrow, take a certain arrow!" Before he finished speaking, the sound of bowstrings sounded, and a blue-white light flashed between the two armies in an instant.

The arrows shot out were extremely fast and flew from the imperial army to Li Jue's army in almost the blink of an eye.

With such a fast speed and such a strange turn of events, what was even more surprising was that the arrow could shoot so far, so the man on the other side had no response at all and watched helplessly as the arrow shot in.

The armor on my body had almost no effect on my heart, and it was like mud that was penetrated by arrows.

The arrow shot into the body, and then there was a muffled sound. The people around him only saw a blue light bursting from the bow and arrow. However, the blue light flashed away. Everyone just thought that their eyes were blurred and did not understand what happened.

What happened was that the man who had fired an arrow to sneak attack Xiahou Dun fell over and fell directly from his horse.

"Master shot! Master shot! Master shot!"

In fact, the imperial army could not clearly see the situation on the opposite side. They could only vaguely see a person falling from the horse on the opposite side. Regardless of whether the person was dead or not, they immediately shouted loudly, especially with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry taking the lead and many soldiers.

The natural crowd responds.

"To be able to shoot so accurately from such a distance, this guy is really awesome!"

Xiahou Dun turned around and took a look. He recognized that this man was a general under Lu Bu's tent. He was currently serving as a servant archer in Huben's army and was responsible for teaching Huben the art of riding and bowing.

In the past, they had not dealt with each other directly. Even though Lu Bu later joined the emperor's service, Xiahou Dun did not have a good impression of Lu Bu's generals. However, today the other party helped him out, and he accepted this man's favor.

What's more important is that Cao Xing's surname is Cao, so we can feel somewhat close to him.

Just as he was watching, Cao Xing rode his horse up to Xiahou Dun, cupped his hands and said, "I have taken away the credit of Colonel Xiahou. I hope Colonel Xiahou will not care about it."

Xiahou Dun laughed and said: "What does this mean? The lot of credit is right in front of me, just waiting for me to go and get it. I won't miss this one."

The two of them talked and laughed as if no one was around, as if this was not a battlefield but a tavern.

"On the other hand, the arrow that Brother Cao shot just now should be the Moon-falling Bow, right?" What Xiahou Dun cared about was that the arrow that Cao Xing shot just now was one of the tricks Liu Xuan taught them.

In fact, Liu Xuan only taught the second part of the technique to a few people close to him, including Lu Bu and Cao Cao. However, these two people were very good to his subordinates. Seeing that everyone was almost at the same level, he taught those skills as well.

Go down.

During the period of preparation for the expedition, most of them had mastered at least one skill. Luoyue Gong Xiahou Dun did not understand it, but his brother Xia Houyuan happened to master this skill.

"I didn't expect that there are many capable people under Lu Bu's tent, and Cao Xing also learned the Luoyue Bow!"

According to the information obtained from Xia Houyuan, the two moves of the Falling Moon Bow and the Setting Sun Bow have their own characteristics. Among them, the Falling Moon Bow is faster and has stronger penetrating power, while the Setting Sun Bow will explode violently after hitting the target.

, more lethal.

As for the attack distance, this is determined by the user's arm strength and bow arrow. The stronger the bow arrow, the farther the arrow will be shot.

Therefore, Cao Xing's ability to shoot so far has nothing to do with his skills. It is entirely due to his own strength and a good bow in his hand.

On the other hand, he himself, who had never learned any skills, seemed very depressed. He vented his anger on Li Jue's army, killing four captains in a row, and then rode back to the main formation.

At this time, when he looked at Li Jue, his face looked like a bitter gourd. Looking at the imperial soldiers and horses opposite, he could neither fight nor retreat. He only felt uncomfortable and said to Yang Ding beside him: "Fight, I can't defeat; retreat, I can't."

We can’t retreat! What should we do?”

Yang Ding was originally a general under Dong Zhuo, but after Dong Zhuo was trapped in Luoyang by Liu Xuan, he escaped when he had a chance.

Facts have proved that his choice was very correct, because it was his escape from Luoyang in time that allowed him to live comfortably in the northwest.

But because of his haste to escape and the fact that he could not bring too many generals with him, he could only rely on Li Jue's command after arriving in the northwest, and he was no longer the equal of Li Jue as before.

Hearing Li Jue's words at this time, Yang Ding was speechless for a while, but what he was thinking in his heart was: "If I kill Li Jue and surrender to the emperor, I think the emperor won't make it too difficult for me, right?"

He said: "Why don't you withdraw your troops temporarily, guard the camp, and then make plans?"

Li Jue thought for a while, and couldn't think of a solution for a while. Being stupid and dumbfounded was not a problem here. Could it be that he watched the other party take turns and then mocked him with all kinds of unpleasant words? Li Jue was not a masochist.

It's better to go back to the camp early and be out of sight and out of mind.

After giving the order, Li Jue's army quickly retreated into the camp. Liu Xuan was watching happily, but he didn't expect Li Jue to withdraw his troops.

"He actually ran away?"

Xun Yu smiled: "Look, Li Jue was also in a dilemma. He didn't know how to fight, so he was forced to withdraw his troops." As he spoke, he looked at Lu Bu next to him. He knew that Li Jue was in such discomfort.

Yes, it is precisely because of Lu Bu.

Of course Liu Xuan could think of it and smiled: "But Li Jue will definitely not admit defeat so easily. There is no guarantee that he will use any means."

Guo Jia was standing nearby. Hearing this, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, I have a high opinion. I guess that after Li Jue saw that he could not defeat your Majesty head-on, he would definitely make some tricks. Now that the imperial army has just arrived and the soldiers are very tired, they are confronting him again today."

For most of the day, Li Jue will most likely make a sneak attack at night while taking advantage of the darkness."

This is also the only way Li Jue can think of at present, because an upright general cannot defeat the people of the court. Form a formation and fight head-on? At this time, the morale of the soldiers is too low. If there is a fight, no matter how many soldiers he has, it is not safe.

The imperial army will collapse first.

Then we can only use some strategies. Attacking the camp at night is the best choice. Not only is it feasible, but once successful, the results will be large enough.

So after a discussion here, they all felt that the possibility of Li Jue attacking the camp tonight was very high, so the next thing to do was to prepare in advance and wait for Li Jue to attack.

Originally, there was nothing to discuss at this point, and there was no need for Emperor Liu Xuan to get involved. He went back to rest and sleep, and waited until tomorrow morning to inquire about the outcome of the battle.

Unexpectedly, when a few people were discussing, a guard suddenly said that they had caught Li Jue's army. This is not a rare thing. When a large army is fighting, who wouldn't send a few soldiers to investigate the enemy's situation? What should be done with them if they are caught?

The solution is, but this detailed work is said to be to deliver a letter.

"What letter should I send?"

Lu Bu was stunned and didn't realize what was going on for a while, but Liu Bei seemed to have a guess, while Xun Yu and Guo Jia smiled and turned to Liu Xuan and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Li Jue

It can be eliminated tonight!”

Liu Xuan also guessed a little bit. When he heard Xun Yu say this, he immediately understood: "I just don't know who sent it. Bring the person who sent the message."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guard pushed a tied-up young man in, then pushed forward and fell to the ground with a thud - but the young man was also tough, and he managed to hold on without making a sound, and fell to the ground at the same time.

Then he immediately raised his head and looked around at everyone in the tent.

"A bit proud."

Seeing this young man like this, everyone in the tent had some admiration in their eyes. Only Liu Xuan snorted coldly and ordered: "You conspirators and traitors, how dare you be so arrogant after seeing me? Pull them out and chop them down!"

The young man originally had a proud look on his face, especially after he noticed that several people in the tent looked at him differently. However, he didn't want to sit in the main seat and the young man who looked similar to him opened his mouth.

When he was about to chop off his own head, his expression suddenly changed and he said hurriedly: "My lord has a verbal message to pass on to you, which is related to the overall situation of the northwest. I just want to say that if you want to know, you must tell some things..."

After hearing this, Liu Xuan directly waved his hand to interrupt the man's words: "Why are there so many nonsense? It's just that the rebel Li Jue is going to sneak attack on the camp tonight. Do you really think I can't see such a small trick?"

After a pause, he looked coldly at the young man who was sweating profusely: "Go back and tell Yang Ding that if you want to surrender, just act like you are surrendering. If you dare to use such methods against me, do you think that my army has defeated Li Jue?"

Can he survive alone after the camp?"

The young man's face turned a little paler after saying this, but he soon realized that he seemed to be letting himself go back. Doesn't that mean his life was saved? After hearing this, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me."

Thank you for your grace in not killing me!"

Everyone saw that this man looked the same when he came in, and he looked different now. When they looked at him again, they couldn't help but feel a little more contempt. This man also felt ashamed. After being forgiven by Liu Xuan, he immediately followed the soldiers and left the imperial army camp.

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Chapter completed!