Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 86: Bring Me My Iron-hearted Bow

After Lü Bu's curse, Yuan Shu also ordered his soldiers to provoke and insult on the shore, trying to provoke Lü Bu to order an attack.

However, how could Lu Bu fall for such a trick?

He is just reckless, not stupid.

Crossing a river is not an easy task.

Especially now that Yuan Shu's army is eyeing the other side of the river covetously, if he rashly crosses the river without adequate preparation, there will certainly be heavy casualties. He does not want all the wealth he has worked so hard to save to be lost in this battle.

Therefore, Lu Bu directly mobilized three armies to cut down trees. It took three full days to prepare a total of nine pontoon bridges.

Yuan Shu was not idle either.

During the time when Lu Bu was building the pontoon bridge, he also ordered his troops to build a fortress with wood and stones on the bank of the Huai River, preparing to rely on the danger of the Huai River to hold the fortress and annihilate Lu Bu's army in the process of crossing the river.

In this way, five days passed quickly.

On both sides of the Huai River, flags fluttered, covering the sky and the sun.

Both armies were ready for battle.

This time, Yuan Shu dispatched a total of 60,000 troops, which could be said to be a full-scale attack.

You must know that although Yuan Shu claimed to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, in fact most of them were logistical personnel, and the truly combat-capable army was only about 100,000, and he had already suffered a lot of losses in previous defeats.

Now these 60,000 troops were all the forces he could mobilize, and he even transferred part of the army that was guarding against Sun Ce.

He knew the key to this battle.

If Lu Bu successfully crossed the river, even if Shou County was not lost, he would be unable to resist the double-pronged attack from Lu Bu and Sun Ce.

If he could defeat Lu Bu's three armies, he would have room to ease the situation. With morale boosted, he might be able to recover all the lost territory in one go!
As for the soldiers on Lu Bu's side, they had more than Yuan Shu's.

He had his own 40,000 troops, plus 30,000 Jizhou troops, and the 10,000 troops that Liu Bei had managed to gather together during this period, a total of 80,000 troops.

However, although they have the advantage in numbers, they do not have the advantage of geographical location.

The attacking side is often the most passive in a river crossing battle.

It is very likely that all the advantages previously built up will be lost in one battle, or even the army will be completely defeated.

"This battle is truly the final battle."

Looking at the dark army of Yuan Shu on the south bank of the Huai River, a trace of awe flashed in Lu Bu's eyes and he put away his disrespect.

If we can win this battle, we can destroy the false emperor!
On the other side of the river, Yuan Shu was also standing on the built camp, looking at the three allied forces on the north bank of the Huai River with a gloomy face.

Since he proclaimed himself emperor, within just a few months he was besieged by armies from all directions and suffered heavy losses.

"Le Jiu, go ahead and make a announcement!" Yuan Shu gave an order to a general beside him.

The purpose of challenging one's own soldiers before a battle is to boost the morale of one's own soldiers and to defeat the enemy without fighting.

Of course, the latter is basically impossible to achieve in the current situation, it is only for the purpose of boosting our own morale.

"As ordered!" Le accepted the order with a fist. He left the camp and rode his horse to the bank of the Huai River. He cursed at Lu Bu's army, "You three-surnamed slaves! You little Lu Bu!"

"You have raised an unknown army and invaded our Dacheng territory!"

"Now, our great emperor, the Great Emperor, is personally leading the army to attack you traitors. Why don't you cross the river quickly and face death?"

"Why don't you cross the river quickly and die--!"

"Why don't you cross the river quickly and die--!"

Le Jiu had a very loud voice, as loud as a bell, and the tail sound echoed on both sides of the Huai River, and the soldiers of both armies could hear it clearly.

On the south bank of the Huai River, Liu Bei, Yan Liang and others could not help but turn their eyes to Lu Bu when they heard this;
Lu Bu's face was gloomy and he turned his gaze to Zhang Fei.

The term "three-surname slave" was first uttered by Zhang Fei and has now become widely circulated.

"Why are you looking at me? I'm not scolding you, so scold me back if you have the guts!"

Zhang Fei didn't feel embarrassed at all, instead he glared back.

"Humph!"

Lü Bu was too lazy to argue with this reckless man, so he rode forward and responded coldly: "Yuan Shu, the traitor, stop making noise here!" "There is only one emperor in the world! Who do you think you are? How dare you call yourself an emperor?!"

"This general must take your head today!"

Le did not show any weakness and cursed back, "You bastard! You only know how to talk nonsense!"

"The Han Dynasty has run out of luck. Today, the empire is divided among various states. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao both harbor rebellious intentions. The so-called emperor is nothing more than a puppet!"

"I, the Great Emperor, follow the will of Heaven and inherit the throne. This is the destiny of Heaven. How can a slave like you understand this?"

"It is not too late to withdraw and surrender now, otherwise when my army arrives, you will be killed without a burial place!"

Obviously, Le Jiu's words were not something he came up with on the spur of the moment, but were prepared in advance by Yuan Shu's civil officials.

Lu Bu’s martial arts scolding is fine, but how can he compare with the literary scolding of the literati?

I was speechless for a moment.

"Hurry up! Cheer for fun!"

When Yuan Shu saw that Lu Bu was defeated, he felt proud and laughed loudly, and ordered his soldiers to cheer together.

So the soldiers under his command shouted together.

"drop!"

"drop!"

"drop!"

The 60,000-strong army shouted together, causing the water of the Huai River to surge.

For a moment, the morale of the army reached its peak!

Liu Bei saw that the situation was not good, so he stepped forward and persuaded Lu Bu: "General, don't argue with him anymore, just give the order for the army to attack."

The verbal fight just now has already destroyed our morale.

If it drags on any longer, the situation will become even more unfavorable, and Sun Ce will benefit greatly.

"Um……"

Lu Bu clenched his teeth and his face turned ashen. Although he was very unwilling, he knew that Liu Bei was right.

But just as he was about to end the verbal fight and return to the army, Le Jue's powerful shouting and cursing came again from the other side of the river.

"You are a cowardly bastard, your grandfather is here!"

"Come here quickly and die!"

This sentence was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Lu Bu suddenly turned around and stared at the figure on the other side of the river. His eyes were red and the murderous intent in his heart almost burst out!

"Bring me my Iron-hearted bow!!!"

Lu Bu roared and roared, like a demon.

Get the bow?

Liu Bei and others were all shocked when they heard this. They didn't know what Lu Bu was planning to do by asking someone to bring the bow.

Soon, two soldiers came with a long bow that was almost as tall as a person, and another soldier was holding an iron arrow that was two fingers thick!

The bow is pitch black and is made of fine iron. You can tell at a glance that it is extremely heavy!

But even with such a heavy bow, Lu Bu lifted it with one hand, then grabbed the iron arrow, put it on the bowstring, and aimed at the opposite bank.

It was not until this time that everyone understood what Lu Bu was planning to do.

He was actually going to raise his bow and shoot at Le Jiu who was challenging him on the other side!

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