26. The Unrivaled Lu Bu (2)
26. The Unrivaled Lu Bu (2)
The Zhang Liao unit, which had executed a feigned retreat by crossing the river, turned their horses around again.
They launched another charge from behind.
The Fang Yue unit, which had already been torn apart here and there by a force of 3,000, was now attacked by the Zhang Liao unit as well, causing them to scatter in complete disarray.
A force that boasted 10,000 troops collapsed against the coordination of a force numbering barely over 4,000.
The Eight Jian Generals that Lu Bu boasted of.
And the battle-hardened veterans who had tempered themselves by fighting fiercely against barbarians on the frontier. The enemy finally knelt before their attack.
"Die, you bastards!"
In the pouring rain, Hou Cheng displayed his excellent archery skills, causing the fleeing Fang Yue to tumble down.
Fang Yue was struck by an arrow.
With the arrow deeply embedded in his neck, he rolled off his horse, and one could tell he was dead without even needing to check.
"Slaughter them all!"
"Their morale is broken, don't let Wang Kuang's troops live!"
From here on, it was the beginning of a massacre.
The battle that had been fought on equal footing was over. All that remained was to chase down and hunt the prey who were busy throwing away their weapons and fleeing.
"Kuaaak!"
"Run! Run!!"
However, there were not many places to run.
The stream they had crossed so boldly now boasted a deep water level with the river overflowing, and crossing it back was near impossible.
The river's current was quite fast.
No matter how well a soldier could swim, it wouldn't be easy to cross that river.
"Su, surrender! I surrender!"
"If you spare our lives, we will not resist any further!"
The officers of the Wang Kuang army shouted for surrender.
They judged that fighting any further would be a pointless death. Moreover, since contact with the main force had been cut off, there was no possibility of recovery.
They dropped their weapons.
The soldiers, soaked in rainwater, also looked at each other before lowering their weapons and surrendering.
Countless soldiers had already died.
No one wanted to place their own body on the pile of cold corpses soaked in blood and rainwater.
"Are you going to surrender?"
Hou Cheng said, pointing his sword at them.
At that threat, the officers nodded and raised both hands.
"Then give me the horses you're riding first. You poor things, you've had a lot of trouble in this nasty weather because you met the wrong masters."
Hou Cheng took the horses from the officers.
He controlled the horses, which were startled by the rough war, with very skillful hands, and ordered his subordinates to take care of the warhorses taken from the surrenderers.
"Collect all the weapons of the surrenderers."
Wei Xu ordered the soldiers.
They took all of the Wang Kuang army that had surrendered as prisoners.
After collecting their weapons and armor, they treated them as prisoners of war.
"Good work."
Lee Seong-hwi approached Zhang Liao on horseback.
After expressing his gratitude to her for taking on the most arduous role, he expressed his admiration for her outstanding mercenary tactics.
"To have the mobility to break through the enemy lines and pull back immediately, as expected, you are amazing, Nuna."
"I am a deputy of the Lu Bu army, so it is only natural."
Such deep consideration along with a soft smile.
She possessed all the qualities of a kind older sister that Lu Bu lacked.
A big-breasted sister with a gentle impression.
Wouldn't she be the ultimate ideal type that every man in this world dreams of? I want to rest my head on her lap right now and listen to a lullaby.
"Nuna, if we go back to Luoyang after this, maybe a meal..."
"Why don't you suggest that to Bong-seon-nim instead? She would be very happy. She isn't an honest person on the outside, but she would be incredibly happy on the inside."
Zhang Liao gave the credit to Lu Bu.
While doing so, she left Lee Seong-hwi with a word to treat Lu Bu well.
A kind personality that considers others.
She was kind, just as one would expect from someone called the only conscience of the Lu Bu army.
"Hey, the horse is suffering! Move it more gently!"
"Ah, this horse-fucker..."
"What did you say just now!"
"It's nothing."
The battle came to an end with the Lu Bu army's victory.
While moving the Wang Kuang army soldiers who had decided to surrender to become prisoners, the Lu Bu army enjoyed the authority of victors while looting war supplies.
They won the war.
They killed the general Fang Yue and suppressed the rebellion of the Henei army by killing or capturing most of the 10,000 troops he commanded.
"The rain has stopped."
Lee Seong-hwi looked up.
Light began to descend from the sky, which had been covered in thick clouds before he knew it.
However, he could not be relieved yet.
That was because no news had arrived from Lu Bu, who was fighting across the river.
That meant she was still fighting.
Lee Seong-hwi, saying he was worried about her, prepared to cross the river with his subordinate officers.
"Y-you are going to cross the river? If you use the spot where Commander Lu Bu crossed, it might be barely possible, but..."
"Just stay here. If it's Commander Lu Bu, she'll come back on her own."
The generals voiced their opinions that it was dangerous.
It was the same for them, being worried about their commander, but crossing a river that had flooded with rainwater was a perilous task.
"Isn't it the deputy's role to take care of the Lord?"
Lee Seong-hwi said that and pulled the reins.
Does a battle where the outcome is decided by the martial prowess of one person really exist?
Most people would shake their heads.
Unless the Overlord of Western Chu, Xiang Yu, were to jump up from his grave, everyone would agree that such a bizarre event where a battle is decided by one person's martial prowess would not happen.
However, that bizarre event was unfolding right here.
"I-it's Lu Bu!!"
"Lu Bu is coming this way!"
The Wang Kuang army soldiers were startled and scattered left and right.
And as Lu Bu and the cavalry charged into that gap, they completely tore the enemy's formation apart.
Bu-ung. Bu-uung.
Surprisingly, this sound was the sound of the Painted Halberd rotating like a windmill.
The Painted Halberd, which would require several sturdy men to move even slightly, was being spun by Lu Bu with one hand, pulverizing everything that blocked her path.
For the enemy, there was only death.
Lu Bu did not even offer surrender to the enemies who had lost their will to fight.
She simply slashed and killed, proving that she was a heroine who was not lacking in being called Unrivaled Under Heaven.
"Hahaha!"
Lu Bu burst into laughter.
Watching the enemy troops fleeing in terror every time she appeared, she laughed more pleasantly than ever.
The surroundings were full of corpses.
They formed mountains of corpses, and the blood was enough to form a sea.
Was it really rainwater that made the ground damp, or was it the blood pouring out from the soldiers? Red Hare neighed loudly and galloped over it.
"I-is that a human...?"
Henei Prefect Wang Kuang shouted in surprise.
Unable to even rally his soldiers, he escaped the battlefield while being protected by numerous officers.
I'm afraid it will appear in my dreams.
Watching Lu Bu's majesty from afar, Wang Kuang came to the thought that as long as such a monster existed, it was impossible to destroy Dong Zhuo.
"Kyaaa!"
Lu Bu let out a beast-like roar.
She threw the Painted Halberd with all her might with one hand, knocking down several officers who were protecting Wang Kuang.
It was as if a lump of iron had fallen.
There were several people who died after being pierced by the blade of the Painted Halberd, and several officers who were startled by the power of the Painted Halberd and collapsed.
"Hurry and escape, Prefect!"
The officers turned their horses.
Drawing their swords, they blocked Lu Bu. They sacrificed their lives to help Wang Kuang escape, and then chose death themselves.
"Good resolve! To think that an army I thought was weak had warriors like you!"
Lu Bu said, baring her teeth.
After sending praise for their resolve to sacrifice their lives to help their lord escape, she slaughtered them all.
Henei Prefect Wang Kuang escaped safely.
However, not many people escaped safely like Wang Kuang.
Most of the soldiers were killed or captured as prisoners, and the soldiers who escaped safely and fled to the Henei army were so few that they could be counted on one's fingers.
"You won as expected. Well done, Lu Bu."
"This much is natural. Seeing that you came, it seems you finished the work over there safely too?"
"Whose strategy is it."
"Yeah, I'll admit it. You are excellent. You have a very good brain, and from now on, use that brain for me. I'm not sending you to Cao Cao Mengde. Got it?"
"Got it, I said I got it."
Lee Seong-hwi nodded at Lu Bu's declaration.
Ever since she saw him kissing Cao Cao, she had been throwing tantrums. After throwing a tantrum like a spoiled child, she showed strong desire by exercising possessiveness over Lee Seong-hwi.
As expected of the incarnation of Greed.
Even though she was a woman, Lu Bu was Lu Bu, and she showed that she was very honest about her desires.
"I didn't know our commander was so jealous."
"Don't talk shit."
"Okay."
It seemed like I shouldn't talk shit.
Seeing Lu Bu covered in the blood of her enemies, I inadvertently swallowed dry saliva.
The Painted Halberd stained with blood and flesh.
Lu Bu, who had picked up the Painted Halberd she had thrown at the enemy, looked like a fierce general who might appear in legends. Lee Seong-hwi decided to be careful with his demeanor so as not to be sacrificed to that Painted Halberd.
"Escort the prisoners!"
"Uahaha! It's our victory!"
The Lu Bu army soldiers cheered loudly.
Conversely, the expressions of the Wang Kuang army, who had become prisoners after throwing away their weapons and armor, were not good.
They would be escorted to Luoyang like this.
Dong Zhuo was a very scary and ferocious person, so they trembled, thinking that he would certainly not leave them, who had been captured as prisoners, alone.
"Stop worrying."
Lu Bu said.
She slapped the back of Lee Seong-hwi, who was looking at the prisoners, with her palm.
Jjeo-eong!!
Did she have an iron core embedded in her palm?
Even though he was wearing armor, Lee Seong-hwi felt pain as if a lightning bolt had struck his back.
"Don't tell me you're feeling pity or sympathy? You said it's your first large-scale battle. If you care about every single enemy, you'll die first? Just think about surviving. And think about winning the war to survive."
Do not give your heart to the enemies.
Lu Bu lectured Lee Seong-hwi, saying that such a softie dies early in war.
At those words, Lee Seong-hwi nodded.
Perhaps he didn't expect to be lectured by Lu Bu, he had a surprised expression on his face.
"Come to my tent when the aftermath is settled."
Lu Bu said.
At those words, Lee Seong-hwi nodded nonchalantly.
It was decided to escort the prisoners to Luoyang.
I didn't know what Dong Zhuo would actually do with the Wang Kuang army prisoners, but I decided not to pay attention to that.
Lu Bu's words were not wrong.
It was not the time to show sympathy and pity to those who had been enemies.
Our allies had also suffered quite a bit from them.
If I were to pity the enemies, it felt like it would be an insult to the allied soldiers who had died fighting them.
"Where is Lu Bu?"
"The commander is inside. But she said no one should come in?"
"She told me to come in."
"Ah, then please go in."
Only after entrusting the role of aftermath to all the generals, and even taking charge of prisoner escort and supply transport, could I finally arrive at Lu Bu's military tent.
The guards protecting Lu Bu stepped back.
Perhaps they trusted me completely, they didn't even tell me to disarm.
Even if I drew my sword,
Perhaps they thought there was no particular reason to disarm me because I would definitely be subdued by Lu Bu in one move anyway.
"I'm coming in."
I said in front of the military tent.
Then, Lu Bu's voice came from inside. It was a very small voice unlike her, but it seemed like she was telling me to come in.
I stepped inside.
Amidst only candlelight illuminating the darkness, I could see Lu Bu with her armor off, wearing only thin white undergarments.
Because she had fought in the rain, she was soaked in rainwater.
Perhaps it was the state of her having just taken off her armor, her whole body was soaked with moisture.
"What is the situation? Is she going to give me a reward with her body because I fought well in the war? I'm flustered in this situation, but I'm not stupid enough to refuse what's being offered."
I am different from the protagonists who usually appear in novels.
If a woman seduces me, I take it right away,
And if she seduces me with her body, I respond actively without a shred of doubt.
Whether it's a trap, or a snare.
I am a guy who will do anything if I can have sex with a beauty, and unlike those impotent protagonists who blush and try to refuse the seduction, I am a human who is very faithful to my desires.
"Wipe my body with a towel."
Lu Bu took off the one remaining undergarment.
As she took off the undergarment that had lost its function due to being soaked in moisture, her snow-white skin shone faintly in the candlelight.
"Yes!"
"...I've never met a man, so I don't know well, but don't people usually refuse at first when offered in this situation?"
Lu Bu had a dumbfounded expression.
But I picked up the towel Lu Bu mentioned without a moment's hesitation and showed an active attitude.
Of course, I had no choice but to be active.
The opportunity to legally touch Lu Bu's body, that soft naked body, had come.
Large breasts that were in the middle stage between big and huge.
Skin so soft that one wouldn't feel she was a warrior who engages in rough fights.
Blonde hair soaked in rainwater.
Red eyes shining moistly.
On top of that, even an expression that was fearful of a man's touch, yet at the same time expectant as if craving something.
"W-what... just staring...! I called you to wipe my body. It's cold, so hurry."
Had she been waiting for me all this time?
In other words, it means she had been waiting in clothes soaked in rain until I came to her military tent.
A glamorous beauty soaked in rain.
The sight of her starting to shiver from the cold that stimulated her body stimulated my protective instinct.
"Kkuh!"
Lu Bu bit her lower lip.
She tried to pull up the wet undergarment to cover her voluptuous breasts. Since she was wearing lower garments on the bottom, it was not exposed.
Her breasts were very large, but her waist was slim.
Was this what they called a glamorous body? Lu Bu's body, which boasted a heinous size of breasts, made men's desires boil.
"C-can I touch... no, wipe?"
I asked as if confirming with Lu Bu.
At those words, she said in a voice as small as an ant crawling.
"T-that's why I called you... don't ask every time...!"
I received confirmation of her intention.
After I picked up the dry towel, I started the work to gradually wipe away the moisture while putting my hands on her snow-white skin.
Inside the place where only candlelight illuminated the darkness.
In front of me, there was a beauty who was panting and expecting something.
The soft candlelight wrapped around her female body.
Water droplets flowed down her skin, and hot body heat was transmitted.