Lü Bu's face twisted with fury.
He had earned no merit at all this time, while Zhang Liao had won the great distinction of defeating thirty thousand with eight hundred-and had even captured Sun Quan alive!
That was something even he had never accomplished!
He could already imagine how that fellow would strut and swagger before him the next time they met. How could he not be furious?
It was all because Cao Cao was too cowardly and Sun Quan too useless!
After the anger came dejection. With a long face, Lü Bu said to Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, "Military Advisors, why don't you go back? I'll continue guarding Yu Province."
"I haven't earned the slightest merit. I truly have no face to return and see His Majesty."
Having no face to see the Son of Heaven was secondary. Mainly, he did not want to see Zhang Liao's smug face. Better to lie low for a while.
Zhuge Liang smiled. "These are His Majesty's orders. Besides, there is no more fighting in Yu Province. There is little point in your remaining here, Duke Wen."
"Alas..."
Lü Bu heaved a long sigh. Knowing he could not escape this time, he could only pick up the Sky-Piercer Halberd from the ground and trudge listlessly out of the Cao Residence.
Watching Lü Bu leave, Zhuge Liang said to Sima Yi with a faint smile, "Duke Wen may be rather rough and rash, but he is an interesting man of genuine feeling."
After spending this time with Lü Bu, he had found him quite a decent man. He was somewhat prone to grand ambitions and a hunger for glory, but beyond that, he harbored no deep designs.
Moreover, after the breaking of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, he had treated Zhuge Liang