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Chapter 515: Furious Lu Xun, striving for perfection
Under Sun Quan's command, the remaining 17,000 cavalrymen in Wu County filed out of the west gate of Wu County and headed towards the suburban plains that would serve as the battlefield.

Four thousand eight hundred cavalrymen and ten thousand cavalrymen collided on the plain, and the two sides fought fiercely with each other. Lu Xun had personally fought with Zhang Liao several times, but was defeated by Zhang Liao every time. It was only with the help of Zhang Liao's cavalrymen that he was able to safely withdraw from the battlefield.

"kill!"

Lu Xun roared with a victorious smile on his face. His guess was right. The reason why Zhang Liao and his thousands of cavalry were so powerful was because the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great. That was why they had gained a huge boost and were able to fight against 30,000 cavalry with only a few cavalrymen without losing the upper hand.

Now they only have 10,000 people, and after fighting with thousands of people under Zhang Liao, they actually achieved greater results than the previous 30,000 people.

Before, they used three thousand men to kill two hundred people, but after just three rounds of fighting, they used one thousand men to exchange for four hundred people. Compared with the second time when the battle formation was broken through, the difference was huge.

"Hahaha, Zhang Liao, today is the day you die. Your secret of success has been revealed by me!"

Lu Xun laughed crazily, wielding his two Fiery Sky-Eroding Swords again and charging into Zhang Liao's cavalry formation. He deliberately avoided the chance to fight with Zhang Liao, and just focused on killing the ordinary cavalry.

Although he was not Zhang Liao's opponent, he was a famous general after all. When a famous general let loose and killed people indiscriminately on an ordinary cavalry battlefield, the effect would be extremely terrifying.

Lu Xun's two swords were covered in blood, and countless heads flew up after his two swords passed by.

On the other side, Zhang Liao was also killing people and approaching Lu Xun. Although his killing speed was much faster than Lu Xun, the number of cavalry on both sides was different. Zhang Liao had to kill two people to match Lu Xun's one person. Moreover, there were more than 10,000 cavalry in Wu County behind Lu Xun. So, Zhang Liao had to kill six people to match Lu Xun's one person.

So after Lu Xun entered the battlefield, Zhang Liao's target shifted from those cavalrymen to Lu Xun. Lu Xun had to stop killing so that he could lead these cavalrymen to effectively contain Yang Zhou and complete the task assigned to him by Gu Rubing.

Lu Xun also understood the reason, so he always avoided fighting and dodged Zhang Liao. Sometimes he even stayed away from the battlefield and stopped killing just to avoid Zhang Liao.

This rogue style of play made Zhang Liao quite helpless. Lu Xun had the capital to consume, but he did not. After Lu Xun figured it out, he started killing in this short period of time, and he had killed more than two hundred people, nearly three hundred people. The loss was greater than the cavalry's hedge. If Zhang Liao ignored Lu Xun, the number would probably be even greater.

From the beginning of the battle to now, Zhang Liao's cavalry have killed more than 800 people, and now there are only 4,000 people left, 300 of whom were killed by Lu Xun alone.

The cavalry under Sun Quan lost more than 2,000 people. Even without the bonus of Zhang Liao's commander-in-chief's skill of fighting to the death, the combat effectiveness of their cavalry was still far greater than that of Sun Quan's cavalry. If it were not for the famous general Lu Xun who interfered, it would only be a matter of time before their 4,800 people devoured the 10,000 cavalry.

Just as Zhang Liao was thinking about how to break through the blockade of heavy cavalry and fight with Lu Xun, rumbling thunder suddenly came from afar.

Anyone who has been on the battlefield for a long time knows that this kind of thunder on a sunny day is the sound produced by a large-scale cavalry charging together. Now Zhang Liao and his men are deep in the heart of Yangzhou, and the sound of horse hooves is coming from further east. This means that they are destined not to come to support Zhang Liao. The only possibility is that the remaining cavalry in Wu County have also arrived.

Although he didn't know how many had come, he knew from the sound of horse hooves which was more deafening than thunder that there must be a lot of cavalry. Zhang Liao looked at Lu Xun, whose face was as dead as a pig in the distance, and raised a mocking smile. "Lu Xun, you had planned everything, but you didn't expect that one of your own would mess up the situation."

When Lu Xun heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind him, he suddenly became furious.

When the leading deputy general arrived at the battlefield, he was not greeted with praise from Lu Xun. Instead, he was greeted with two slaps in the face.

"Who asked you to lead the troops? Didn't I tell you that no one is allowed to enter the battlefield without my order? Why did you..."

Lu Xun was halfway through his words when he suddenly seemed to remember something and asked tentatively.

"Did the young master ask you to come?"

The leading deputy general nodded aggrievedly. He was the most unlucky one. First, he was kicked to the ground by Sun Quan, who told him to lead his troops out of the city quickly, otherwise he would be beheaded in public. After arriving at the battlefield, Lu Xun slapped him twice without saying a word and suspected that he disobeyed military orders.

On one side is his general, and on the other is the young master. In this situation, he has no right to choose and can only obey whoever gives the order.

After 17,000 cavalrymen poured into the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of Zhang Liao's troops, which had originally shown signs of exhaustion, suddenly increased. The original casualty ratio of one to two or one to three immediately increased to about one to ten. Each of those cavalrymen seemed to be crazy, stabbing and killing frantically with their spears, and were incredibly brave.

This scene further confirmed Lu Xun's guess. The cavalry had already joined the battlefield. It was too late to say anything. Lu Xun did not argue with the deputy general anymore. Instead, he helped him up from the ground and then took a quick look at the battlefield.

After his rough estimate, there should be about 4,000 enemy troops on the battlefield at this moment, and with the 17,000 new cavalry, there are about 25,000 cavalry.

Soon, Lu Xun came to an idea. He used both hands to stand on the horse and shouted loudly at the battlefield.

"The cavalry that was originally responsible for fighting the enemy will withdraw from the battlefield after this charge and return to the city to recuperate!"

Although this roar was also heard by Zhang Liao and his cavalry, it had no effect on him. If someone retreated, someone would immediately take their place. If they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to break through their defense line, it would be too unrealistic.

As the surviving cavalrymen among the initial 10,000 people withdrew, a total of more than 7,300 people withdrew. Before the subsequent troops joined the battlefield, their losses were about 2,000 people. After the subsequent troops joined the battlefield, the opponent's mysterious effect of outnumbering the enemy was triggered. In just a hundred breaths, they lost 700 people. This horrific rate of casualties amazed Lu Xun.

He didn't listen and also charged into the battlefield. He originally thought that the improvement of these cavalrymen should not be that great, but after he actually fought with these cavalrymen, he finally realized the most obvious gap.

He used to be able to kill one cavalryman with one strike, but now if he wanted to kill another cavalryman, he actually needed to strike with two or even three strikes, and he had to use all his strength and use his sword skills.

Lu Xun couldn't help but take a deep breath. This improvement was really terrifying. The combat power actually showed a trend of doubling. Not only that, not only their combat power had improved, but even their deployment of troops had become more tight, which could be described as airtight.

Of course, Lu Xun had experienced all of this before. At the beginning, when the enemy was outnumbered by 5,000 men against 30,000, and he used 200 men to exchange for 3,000 of their men, Lu Xun was shocked for a long time. That was why he kept avoiding Zhang Liao and did not dare to fight head-on. This led to Sun Quan accusing him and then taking over the military power.

After all 7,300 dead men withdrew from the battlefield and returned to Wu County, there were only more than 16,000 cavalrymen left on the battlefield. The cavalry offensive under Zhang Liao did not weaken in the slightest. Those cavalrymen were still brave. With 4,000 people chasing more than 16,000 people, it was almost a one-to-four difference in troop strength, but they were able to fight back and forth.

Blood had already started to cling to Zhang Liao's Huanglong Hook Scythe. Huanglong Hook Scythes were weapons that were never stained with blood, but Zhang Liao had killed so many that the old blood on the Huanglong Hook Scythe had not been shaken off before new blood had already formed on it. He was trying to get closer to Lu Xun, and when Lu Xun had withdrawn those 7,000 people, Zhang Liao had already written Lu Xun's name on the must-kill list.

The most terrifying thing is that this unknown Confucian general was able to guess the rule that he could defeat the larger force with a smaller one in such a short time, and he was brave enough to use several thousand cavalry to verify his idea. No matter how absurd a thing is, as long as he is determined, he will put it into practice.

This kind of person would definitely be a powerful enemy in the future, so Zhang Liao only had Lu Xun in his eyes at this moment, so he no longer took the initiative to kill other people, but rushed straight to where Lu Xun was.

Lu Xun did not notice Zhang Liao's change and still used the old method of hiding.

Every time Zhang Liao took a step closer, he would take a step back, trying to always maintain a safe distance from Zhang Liao.

But Zhang Liao had been shortening the distance between the two men. When the distance between them was only twenty steps, Zhang Liao no longer concealed his murderous intent, and suddenly rushed out. The Yellow Dragon Hook Scythe swept past, and a huge sword energy rolled forward. The Jiangdong cavalry that blocked his way were all destroyed by this blow, and the men and horses in the front were all shattered. Even the cavalry in front of Lu Xun were cut in two.

Lu Xun was horrified. Is this the fighting power of a famous general? Both of them were famous generals, but he definitely couldn't launch such an attack. The sword force was so strong that Lu Xun felt that he had no way to avoid it and could only take the sword head-on.

After the sword energy, hundreds of cavalry rushed in again, wanting to surround and kill Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao's eyes were stern. These Jiangdong cavalry were like ants, really annoying.

"bring it on!"

Lu Xun roared angrily to boost his morale, and swung both swords at the same time. Flames shone on the blades of the two swords, and he slashed towards the rolling sword energy.

The collision between the two sides did not cause much noise. After a clang sound, the sword energy dissipated and the warhorse under Lu Xun's crotch fell to the ground. Lu Xun knelt on one knee, supported himself with his sword, and raised his arm to cover his face to prevent others from seeing his decline.

There was only horror in Lu Xun's eyes at this moment. He suddenly realized that although he had been promoted to a famous general, the gap between him and Zhang Liao was like a chasm and a chasm.

Zhang Liao's attack was so powerful that he had to use all his strength to deal with it, and even his mount was submerged by the sword energy.

At this moment, Lu Xun had only one thought in his mind: Zhang Liao was invincible!

"Damn, isn't that enough? Four times the number of people still gives you this much fighting power?"

Lu Xun whispered that he originally wanted to withdraw the cavalry in order to test how many people were needed to achieve Zhang Liao's strange combat power, but as the losses grew, he was also being targeted by Zhang Liao and there was no time to try anymore.

"Six thousand captains!"

Lu Xun shouted loudly, and immediately several centurions came towards him.

Soon, six centurions stood in front of Lu Xun, whose face turned ashen.

"You six, withdraw all your men from the battlefield, now!"

Those who could be the captain of a thousand men were basically people with some insight and some brains. Seeing Lu Xun's appearance, they might pick up their knives and chop people in the next second. How could they care about anything else? They immediately clasped their fists and took the order and left.

Soon, led by the six of them, more than 5,000 cavalry retreated from the battlefield in a mighty manner. During this retreat and advance, the cavalry under Zhang Liao pushed forward a little.

With the bonus of Zhang Liao's command skills, their combat power is now extremely strong. They can kill one person almost every time they meet. After several charges, they only lost 300 people, but Yang Zhou lost as many as 2,000 people.

There are only more than 9,000 Jiangdong cavalry left on the battlefield, but the decline in combat effectiveness that Lu Xun expected did not occur. Instead, the enemy became more ferocious because of their small number of people, which made Lu Xun a little confused.

Not far behind Lu Xun, Zhang Liao was following closely. He did not dare to stay for too long and give Zhang Liao a chance to catch up with him.

"It's possible that the time has not come yet, or they haven't completely withdrawn from the battlefield, so their combat effectiveness has not decreased."

Lu Xun comforted himself in this way while running for his life.

But after another half a quarter of an hour, the opponent's combat power still showed no signs of decreasing. This could not be explained in any way. The number of people helping him to stop Zhang Liao was getting fewer and fewer, and Zhang Liao was getting closer and closer to him.

Lu Xun gritted his teeth, there was nothing he could do.

"retreat!"

Following Lu Xun's loud roar, the cavalrymen who were frightened by the killing but did not dare to flee in battle began to turn around and run away, not caring about anything else.

The army was defeated like a mountain.

Zhang Liao did not order a pursuit because this place was too close to the enemy's city. Once they got close to the city and came within the range of the enemy's archers, the casualties would be unnecessary losses.

There are only about 3,500 of the 5,000 cavalrymen left now, and they cannot withstand any useless consumption. If they want to use these 3,500 people to involve tens of thousands of people, they must strive for excellence.

As for Lu Xun, he was already on the list of those who must be killed. How could he know that once Zhang Liao's commander skill was triggered, it would not stop until the end of the battle, unless the number of people on Zhang Liao's side increased.

(End of this chapter)