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Chapter 680: Frightening Dong Zhuo

In the coalition camp, the various princes were jealous of Huang Zhong, who was able to fight against Lu Bu. Yuan Shao couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "Such a fierce general actually defected to Liaodong? What a pity!"

Cao Cao on the other side looked at Huang Zhong with eyes full of admiration, and then came to Lu Cheng and said: "The brave generals under Lu Taishou's command are indeed extraordinary."

Cao Cao then glanced at Xu Chu standing behind Lu Cheng. The more he looked at him, the more he liked him. He then asked, "Grandmaster Lu, could you please introduce this warrior to me?"

When Xu Chu saw Cao Cao staring at him with shining eyes, he felt unhappy and glared back at Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was not angry. He just felt that this kind of simple-minded general was more to his liking. It was a pity that he was not his.

Lu Cheng chuckled, "This is my personal guard commander, Xu Chu. I have heard for a long time that Cao Mengde offered a knife to stab Dong Zhuo, and he was the first to raise the banner of rebellion and start an army to fight against Dong Zhuo. I admire him."

"I hit it off with Governor Lu right away. We should visit each other more often."

As he spoke, Cao Cao saw Guo Jia standing behind Lu Cheng and also found him very pleasing to the eye. He felt even more regretful in his heart: Why aren't these talents mine?

Of course, Cao Cao today has no way of knowing that if Lu Cheng had not appeared, these talents would have really been his.

As they were talking, Lu Bu and Huang Zhong had already fought for 200 rounds in front of the two armies.

In this high-intensity battle, both Huang Zhong and Lu Bu, as well as their horses, suffered great loss of physical strength.

Although the BMW under Huang Zhong's crotch was also an extraordinary product and had been strengthened by the medicine prepared by Lu Cheng, it was still slightly inferior to the king of horses, Red Hare.

In a battle between masters, a slight difference can lead to a huge mistake.

Seeing that Huang Zhong's horse was running out of steam, Lu Cheng immediately ordered Xu Chu, "Zhongkang, Han Sheng's horse is about to collapse, go and provide support."

"Yes, my lord."

Xu Chu immediately rode out on his horse to support Huang Zhong.

With the addition of Xu Chu, the situation changed instantly.

Lu Bu had already fought with Huang Zhong for more than 200 rounds, and most of his physical strength had been consumed. Facing the extremely powerful Xu Chu, he immediately felt the pressure. He only lasted less than 10 rounds before realizing that something was wrong, so he turned around and returned to Hulao Pass.

Upon seeing this, Huang Zhong and Xu Chu immediately chased after him.

Upon seeing this, Lu Cheng immediately led his troops to charge out to meet his two generals.

But Huang Zhong's horse was exhausted, and Xu Chu was too strong, so the horse could not run fast. When the two arrived at Hulao Pass, Lu Bu had already led his men to escape into the pass.

Huang Zhong looked up at Hulao Pass and saw a green silk umbrella over it. He knew that the person sitting underneath should be Dong Zhuo. He hurriedly took out his bow and arrow, drew the bow and shot the arrow at the person under the green silk umbrella.

Dong Zhuo had been paying attention to the city. Seeing that Lu Bu was defeated, he was a little angry. But at this moment, Li Ru saw Huang Zhong taking down his bow and arrows below and shouted hurriedly: "Prime Minister, be careful!"

Afterwards, Li Ru no longer cared about his manners, grabbed Dong Zhuo's arm and pulled him aside.

But then they heard a muffled "thump" sound, and everyone looked up, only to see a feather arrow shot over Dong Zhuo's head and hit the green silk umbrella pole behind him.

Because the arrow was as fast as lightning and had great penetrating power, it actually shot through the umbrella pole and nailed it to the city gate tower behind.

Then there was a sound of snap, and the pole of the Qingluo umbrella broke immediately. The upper half of the umbrella cover fell down, and was blown by the wind, falling towards Hulao Pass.

Dong Zhuo, still in shock, hurriedly left the city wall with the help of his guards, shouting, "Retreat! Retreat!"

Li Ru, who was standing by, saw Dong Zhuo panicking, and couldn't help but feel disappointed. When did the overlord of Xiliang become so unbearable? He couldn't even bear a small failure and was almost scared to death by a feather arrow.

The allied forces of the princes took advantage of the situation and attacked the city, but were suppressed by the rain of arrows from the top of the city and retreated.

Hulao Pass is close to Luoyang, and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. In addition, Dong Zhuo's elite troops from Xiliang are stationed on the city walls, and there is sufficient food in the city, which is more than enough to stop the coalition forces of the princes.

However, being able to repel Lu Bu and scare off Dong Zhuo was also a significant victory.

Yuan Shao was in a good mood and immediately ordered a banquet to celebrate the victory. He also ordered a generous reward for Huang Zhong's great contribution.

However, Cao Cao looked worried as he watched the people celebrating: "The princes have united to fight against Dong Zhuo, and now they have won a small victory. Dong Zhuo has only lost a small Hua Xiong. How can this be worth celebrating? We should be pursuing the victory and planning how to break through Hulao Pass instead of singing, dancing and feasting here!"

Cao Cao then looked at Lu Cheng and said, "Grandmaster Lu, are you willing to stand with me?"

Lu Cheng nodded slightly: "Lu also feels that this is not the time to celebrate. We will celebrate after we capture Luoyang and rescue the emperor."

"Great minds think alike. Looking at all the princes present, only the governor and Cao are loyal ministers!"

In fact, at this time Cao Cao still retained some loyalty to the Han Dynasty, and his greatest wish was to be a general who conquers the west, rather than a hero in troubled times.

However, a series of experiences later made Cao Cao realize that the Han Dynasty was on its last legs and could not be saved. He gradually took control of the court and his ambition began to grow wildly.

However, Lu Chengke never thought of being a loyal minister to the Han Dynasty. He came to the alliance purely to gain fame and benefits, and never thought about supporting the Han Dynasty.

After the celebration, the princes returned to their tents.

Lu Cheng was discussing the next plan with Guo Jia and others when a messenger suddenly came to report: "There is a general outside the pass, riding a horse, saying that he wants to see the lord."

"Bring it in."

Soon, the guards came in with a general, who introduced himself as Li Jue, a beloved general under Dong Zhuo.

"Among the princes in Guandong, the Prime Minister respects the Governor the most. Jin sent someone to propose marriage. The Prime Minister has a daughter who is only 28 years old and in her prime. She is willing to marry the Governor. If the Governor agrees, the Prime Minister can submit a petition to the Emperor to appoint the Governor as the Governor of Youzhou and the General of Zhenbei!"

Lu Cheng slammed the table and stood up, saying loudly: "Dong Zhuo is a wicked man who has no loyalty to his father and no respect for his ruler, yet he still wants to marry me? How can this be possible! Since you are an envoy, I will not kill you. Why don't you leave as soon as possible?"

Unless Lu Cheng is crazy, he would not marry into Dong Zhuo's family.

Not to mention that this was most likely Li Ru's plot to sow discord, even if Dong Zhuo really sent his daughter to him, Lu Cheng would not accept her.

Now, Dong Zhuo's reputation has become so bad that any prince in the world can kill him. Who would be willing to become related to him?

What's more, now that the coalition forces of the princes are all together, anyone here who dares to agree to marry Dong Zhuo will immediately be attacked by the rest of the coalition forces of the princes.

Therefore, Lu Cheng cursed Li Jue loudly without any hesitation.

Next, we have to chase Dong Zhuo and cut some meat from him. How can we accept any benefits from him now?

I think Dong Zhuo will burn Luoyang and move the capital to Chang'an. Before leaving, he will also plunder Luoyang.

Then, it will be a good time to cut the meat...