Hua Xiong, Don't Say I Lack Honor

Liu Bei certainly did not have such a perverse idea. He merely said, "Zaizhi, Cao Mengde is actually a decent man. He's bold, generous, and loyal, and he can be considered wholeheartedly devoted to our Han Dynasty. To kill a loyal minister for no reason... This... this won't do!"

Wang Xuan narrowed his eyes and stared at Liu Bei for a long while before suddenly smiling. "First, even if we wanted to kill Cao Cao, we'd still have to find him. A chosen child of destiny like him won't die easily. Second, you say Cao Cao is a man of honor? I imagine Lü Boshe would have a different opinion."

Whether they killed him or not was another matter; it did not delay their search. While ordering his men to look for Cao Cao, Wang Xuan told Liu Bei about Lü Boshe. As expected, apart from learning that Cao Cao had not been ambushed but had instead been defeated head-on by Lu Bu, they found no trace of Cao Cao.

On one side stood more than ten thousand cavalrymen; on the other were the four thousand elite infantry under Wang Xuan. The two armies confronted each other on the not-very-wide Official Roads.

Wang Xuan immediately played the straight flush in his hand. Even the corners of Lu Bu's mouth twitched at the sight. Under the cloud aura covering the armies, one could not simply fly wherever one pleased. With Lu Bu's current martial power, he might really be beaten in turns by those four fellows.

It was not only Lu Bu himself. Even the soldiers who had witnessed the four men's might at Hulao Pass were now somewhat terrified.

At Wang Xuan's command, the cloud aura shifted, and the army's formation instantly changed into a defensive square. Spearmen stood on