He is just reckless, not stupid.
Fighting across the river is not an easy task.
Especially now that the Yuan Shu army is eyeing the other side of the river. If he crosses the river rashly without sufficient preparation, the casualties will definitely be huge. He doesn't want all the little wealth he finally saved to be lost in this battle.
Therefore, Lü Bu directly launched three armies to cut down trees, and it took three days to prepare a total of nine floating bridges.
Yuan Shu is not idle over there either.
During the time when Lü Bu was building the pontoon bridge, he also ordered the army to build a walled city with wood and stones on the Huai River shore, preparing to rely on Huai River's natural defenses to defend it and annihilate the Lü Bu army in the process of crossing the river.
In this way, five days passed quickly.
Huai River On both sides of the Taiwan Strait, flags fluttered, blocking out the sky and the sun.
The armies of both sides were well prepared.
This time Yuan Shu dispatched the entire Sixty Thousand Troops, which can be said to be an overwhelming force.
You must know that although Yuan Shu claims to have several One Hundred Thousand troops, in fact most of them are logistics. The number of truly combat-effective troops is only about One Hundred Thousand, and many have been lost in previous defeats.
Now Sixty Thousand has all the troops he can use, and he has even mobilized part of the army to defend Sun Ce.
He knows the key to this battle.
If Lü Bu is allowed to successfully cross the river, even if Shou County does not fall, he will be unable to withstand Lü Bu Sun Ce's two-sided attack.
If he can defeat the three armies of Lü Bu, he will have room for relaxation. With his morale boosted, he may be able to regain all the lost ground in one go!
As for Lü Bu, there are more Soldiers than Yuan Shu.
He has his own army of 40,000, plus 30,000 Ji Province Army, and the 10,000 troops that Liu Bei finally put together during this period, a total of Eighty Thousand Troops.
However, although the numbers are superior, the location is not.
In the battle across the river, the attacker is often the most passive.
It is very likely that all the advantages previously established will be lost in one battle, or even the army will be completely defeated.
"This battle is the final decisive battle in the true sense."
Looking at the Huai River Southern Bank's black army of Yuan Shu, a hint of awe flashed in Lü Bu's eyes, and he put away his scornful heart.
If we can win this battle, we can kill Pretender Emperor!
On the other side of the river, Yuan Shu was also standing on the camp that had been set up, looking at the three-way coalition forces on the Huai Hebei bank, with a gloomy expression on his face.
After he proclaimed himself emperor, in just a few months, he was besieged by various armies and suffered extremely heavy losses.
"Le Jiu, go and shout!" Yuan Shu gave an order to Great General beside him.
Calling a formation before the two armies engage in battle is not only to boost the morale of one's own soldiers, but also to defeat others without fighting.
Of course, the latter is basically impossible to achieve in this situation now, and it is just to boost one's own morale.
"According to the order!" Le Jiu accepted the order with clasped fists. After walking down from the camp, he rode his horse to the bank of the Huai River. He opened his mouth and cursed at the Lü Bu army, "Servant of Three Surnames! Lü Bu kid!"
"You are an unknown master, and you are invading our Great Cheng territory!"
"Now I, Emperor of Dacheng Your Majesty Personally Leading the Imperial Expedition, am going to attack you and other rebellious ministers, why don't you hurry across the river and die!"
"If you don't cross the river quickly and die--!"
"If you don't cross the river quickly and die--!"
Le Jiu's voice was very loud, like a bell, and the tail sound echoed on both sides of the Huai River, and both armies Soldiers could clearly hear it.
Hearing this, Huai River Southern Bank, Liu Bei, Yan Liang and others could not help but turn their attention to Lü Bu;
Lü Bu, with a gloomy face, turned his attention to Zhang Fei.
The title Servant of Three Surnames was first spoken by Zhang Fei, and now it has been widely circulated.
"Look what I'm doing? It's not like I'm scolding you, you can scold me back if you can!"
Zhang Fei didn't feel embarrassed at all, but stared back.
"Hmph!"
Lü Bu was too lazy to argue with this reckless man. He rode forward and responded coldly, "Yuan Shu Rebel, don't make any noise here!"
"There is only one Son of Heaven in the world today! Who do you think you are and how dare you call yourself the emperor?!"
"This general will take your head today!"
Le Jiu showed no sign of weakness and directly retorted, "Servant of Three Surnames! You only talk nonsense!"
"Great Han has exhausted his strength. Today, the feudal lords are divided. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao all have disloyal intentions. The so-called Son of Heaven is nothing more than Puppet!"
"I, Emperor Taizu, obeyed the will of God and inherited Great Unity. This is Mandate of Heaven’s Will. How can you, Servant of Three Surnames, understand it?"
"It's not too late to retreat and surrender, otherwise when my army kills you, you will die without a burial place!"
Obviously, Le Jiu's words were not a temporary thought, but were prepared in advance by Civil Officials, the subordinate of Yuan Shu.
Lü Bu Writing and scolding are okay, but how can literary scolding be as good as that of a literati?
I was stunned and speechless for a while.
"Quick! Cheer for Le Jiu!"
Yuan Shu felt proud when he saw Lü Bu was defeated. He laughed and ordered his subordinates Soldiers to cheer for Le Jiu.
So his subordinates Soldiers all shouted loudly.
"Down!"
"Down!"
"Down!"
Sixty Thousand Troops drank together, causing the Huai River to stir.
For a time, the morale of the army reached its peak!
Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Bei stepped forward to persuade Lü Bu: "General, stop scolding him and just order the army to attack."
The quarrel in front of the battle just now has already damaged our morale.
If it continues to be delayed, the situation may become even more unfavorable, and everything will be cheaper by then Sun Ce.
"Well..."
Lü Bu gritted his teeth and his face was ashen. Although he felt very unwilling, he also knew that Liu Bei was right.
But just as he was about to end the scolding battle and return to the military formation, Le Jiu's powerful scolding came from the other side of the river again.
"Servant of Three Surnames, you cowards, your grandpa Le Jiu is here!"
"Why don't you come quickly and die!"
This sentence was like the last straw that broke the mule's life. Lü Bu suddenly turned around and stared at the figure on the other side of the river. His eyes were red, and the murderous intention in his heart almost burst out!
"Get me Iron-Gall Great Bow!!!"
Lü Bu roared angrily, looking like a demon.
Get a bow?
Liu Bei and others were shocked when they heard this. They didn't know what Lü Bu was planning to do by asking him to take the bow.
Soon, two Famous Scholars soldiers carried over a large bow that was almost as tall as a person, and another Famous Scholars soldier held an iron arrow as thick as two fingers!
This big bow has a jet black body and is made of fine iron. You can tell at a glance that it is extremely heavy!
But it was such a heavy bow, but Lü Bu picked it up with one hand, then grabbed the iron arrow, put it on the bowstring, and aimed towards the other side.
Only then did everyone understand what Lü Bu planned to do.
He actually wanted to raise his bow and shoot Le Jiu who was calling for formation on the other side!
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Chapter 87 This arrow shoots through the hypocritical Mandate of Heaven!
"This thief Lü Bu is crazy!"
Seeing Lü Bu's actions, Zhang Fei was stunned.
Although he had seen Lü Bu's terrifying arm strength and superb bow skills during the last Shooting the Halberd at the Camp Gate, but Huai River the two sides of the Taiwan Strait were more than a hundred steps apart?
Besides, there are strong winds on the Huai River. Let alone hitting Le Jiu on the other side of the river, just shooting it over is impossible!
Not only the second generals Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but at this time they all felt that Lü Bu was so angry that Le Jiu made them dizzy.
There is no way this arrow can pass through!
However, Lü Bu didn't pay attention to the reactions of the people around him. He was seen bending the bow and setting an arrow, his spine was like a dragon, and the muscles of his right arm pulling the bowstring swelled visibly, almost to the point of breaking his clothes!
This piece of Iron-Gall Great Bow, which weighed an unknown number of stones, was slowly pulled apart under his surging force.
"Zhengzhengzheng--"
The iron bow body slowly deformed and let out bursts of whine.
Lü Bu's eyes were red, veins popped out on his face, and his face was even more ferocious. He drew his bow like a full moon, and his whole body exuded a terrifying aura, like a demon god coming to the world!
"Open it for me--!"
Under the gaze of everyone Shock, Lü Bu roared and pulled the bow string to the extreme, then suddenly released his fingers, and the dark iron arrow suddenly flew out like a black lightning, carrying a huge force!
No one can see clearly the trajectory of this arrow!
And in the Huai River Southern Bank, Le Jiu, who was scolding, suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and an unprecedented death crisis enveloped him.
But before he could react, a black iron arrow arrived instantly, pinning him and his horse to the ground!
Silence, deathly silence.
All sounds stopped abruptly.