Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms as Lu Bu: I Have a Pseudo-Apocalypse System

Wu Yi was protected by his personal guards with large shields and retreated into the corner tower.

Through the arrow slit, he saw the horrific scene on the ramparts, his eyes wide with rage: "Archers, shoot at the camp's mouth!"

A group of crossbowmen hastily assembled and fired their crossbows upwards toward the mountaintop.

However, Yingpanzui is more than 30 zhang high and more than 300 paces away. Before the crossbow bolts even reached the top of the mountain, they were already exhausted halfway down the mountainside and fell limply without posing any threat.

Instead, an arrow shot down from the mountaintop, swift as lightning, pierced precisely through the throat of a crossbowman.

Then came the second one, the third one...

Wu Yi could see clearly that it was Lü Bu shooting arrows!

He stood on the edge of the mountaintop, holding a giant bow, and with each breath he fired an arrow, never missing its mark.

Any officer, archer, or mechanic who dared to peek out from behind the wall became a target.

"General, we can't hold the wall!" the lieutenant cried out. "The brothers are too afraid to even climb the wall!"

Wu Yi gritted his teeth: "Send the order to deploy the sword and shield battalion to the walls and use large shields for protection! The supervisory team will be at the rear; those who cowardly fight will be executed!"

The order was conveyed, but its execution was fraught with difficulties.

The Shu soldiers had just been bombarded by stone projectiles and were still in shock when they were sniped by Lü Bu's arrows. Who would dare to climb the wall?

The supervisory team killed several deserters, which only fueled greater panic.

At this point, the catapult on the mountaintop stopped firing.

A red command flag waved on the hilltop.

Suddenly, the drums of Lü Bu's camp, located two miles outside the pass, roared!

"Attack—" Cao Xing pointed his longsword at the gate wall.

Eight thousand troops surged toward Jianmen Pass like a tidal wave.

At the forefront were five hundred vanguard suicide squad members, all clad in heavy armor, each wielding a large shield in their left hand and a sword in their right. Behind them were three thousand infantrymen carrying dozens of siege ladders.

Seeing this, Wu Yi hurriedly ordered, "Quickly, get on the wall and guard the pass! Prepare rolling logs and stones!"

The Shu soldiers barely mustered their spirits and, urged by their officers, returned to the pass.

But just as the first few hundred people had climbed the wall—

The catapult on the mountaintop started up again!

This time, instead of attacking the gate walls, they launched stone projectiles behind the gate walls, into the passageways leading to the walls within the city, and into open areas!

"Boom!"

A stone ball struck the ramp leading up the city wall, smashing three Shu soldiers who were running up into pieces.

Another bullet struck the drill ground inside the pass, raising dust and startling the warhorses into neighing.

Even more deadly, Lü Bu's arrows struck again.

Standing atop the mountain, with a panoramic view, he could see every movement on the gate wall.

He would shoot wherever the Shu soldiers gathered; he would snipe wherever the officers were giving orders.

"Pfft!" A captain had just stood at the crenellation to check the offensive of the imperial army below when he was shot through the throat by an arrow.

"Ah!" A sergeant raised his sword to urge his soldiers on, but an arrow struck his shoulder blade, and he rolled to the ground.

The wall was in complete disarray.

Cao Xing led his troops to the bottom of the slope and began an uphill attack.

Because the defenders on the city wall were sparse and their resistance was weak, the vanguard quickly rushed to the foot of the wall, set up ladders, and began to climb.

Wu Yi paced anxiously inside the corner tower, shouting, "Hold on! Hold on!"

He donned armor, wielded a gun, and, protected by a squad of personal guards with shields, charged out of the corner tower to personally oversee the battle from the wall.

But as soon as they stepped onto the wall, an arrow shot out and struck the guard's shield with a clang, penetrating deep into the wood!

Wu Yi looked up in shock and saw Lü Bu on the mountaintop pointing his bow at him.

"Protect the general!"

The captain of the personal guards roared, and seven or eight large shields surrounded Wu Yi.

Lu Bu sneered and fired three arrows in quick succession.

The first arrow hit the calf of the shield-bearer at the very front—the shield only protects the upper body, leaving the lower limbs exposed.

The shield bearer screamed and fell to the ground, creating a gap in the shield formation.

The second arrow shot through the gap, grazing Wu Yi's left shoulder and spraying a cloud of blood!

Wu Yi grunted and staggered backward.

The third arrow followed immediately. Wu Yi dodged quickly, but the arrow pierced through his right shoulder blade and exited through his body!

He screamed in agony as the spear slipped from his hand.

"The general has been shot by an arrow!"

"Take him away quickly!"

The guards hurriedly lifted Wu Yi up and scrambled down the wall.

With their commander seriously wounded, the morale of the defending troops collapsed.

At this moment, cheers erupted from the wall—Xu Huang himself led the charge and stormed the top of the wall!

The morale of the attacking side was greatly boosted, and more and more soldiers from the vanguard assault team climbed onto the city walls.

"The imperial army is on its way!"

"Run!"

The Shu troops were completely routed; some threw down their weapons and ran into the pass, while others knelt down and surrendered.

Xu Huang captured a section of the city wall and immediately led his troops to rush towards the city gate tower. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the Shu soldiers guarding the gate either fled or surrendered, and the city gate was quickly opened.

"The entire army enters the pass!" Cao Xing shouted, raising his arms.

The catapults at Yingpanzui had stopped firing, and the army from outside the pass poured into Jianmen Pass like a flood.

Inside Jianmen Pass, the battle quickly subsided. Wu Yi, severely wounded and unable to escape, was captured alive.

Seeing that the pass had been breached and the enemy had entered, most of the Shu soldiers gave up resistance. A few die-hard loyalists attempted street fighting, but were quickly wiped out by the imperial army.

By the end of Chen Shi (7-9 AM), all key locations within the pass were under control.

In this battle, the Shu army suffered more than 800 dead and more than 2,600 wounded, most of whom were injured by stone projectiles and flying stones.

More than 8,000 were captured, while the rest scattered and fled into the mountains and forests.

The imperial army suffered only a few casualties, mainly from stray arrows while climbing the walls.

Wu Yi was carried by his personal guards to the medical camp inside the pass, where a military doctor was bandaging him. The arrow had been removed, but due to excessive blood loss, he was pale and unconscious.

Lu Bu descended the mountain via a small path from Yingpanzui and entered the pass directly, where he was greeted by generals including Cao Xing, Xu Huang, and Yang Ang.

"My lord is truly awe-inspiring! You actually climbed the cliff of Yingpanzui and broke through the formidable Jianmen Pass in half a day. I admire you greatly!" Cao Xing clasped his hands in a fist salute, his face full of excitement.

Lu Bu dismounted and waved his hand, saying, "The greatest credit for this battle does not belong to me alone."

He looked around at his generals, his gaze landing on the sergeant who had offered the plan yesterday: "You, come here."

The squad leader, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with a wiry face, named Wang Shun, was a veteran from Bingzhou who had followed Lü Bu for many years. He quickly stepped forward and knelt on one knee: "My lord!"

"Yesterday you offered the brilliant idea of ​​using the divine granary to carve stone steps up the mountain," Lu Bulang said. "Without this method, our army might not have been able to successfully climb the cliffs to the camp's beacon tower; we might have been injured, and we might have alerted the enemy. Your quick thinking and resourcefulness in coming up with this method have earned you the greatest merit in breaking through the pass!"

Wang Shun's voice trembled with excitement: "I only had a sudden inspiration, I dare not take credit!"

Lü Bu asked Xu Huang, "What is his current position?"

Xu Huang reported: "I am a sergeant, a squad leader in the Imperial Guard." (The rank of soldiers in the Imperial Guard is at least one rank higher than that of ordinary soldiers.)

"Promote him by two ranks, to at least lieutenant," Lü Bu said. "Promote him to captain, and award him an additional 100 taels of gold, 50 bolts of silk, and 50 mu of fertile land."

Putting aside the generals, the surrounding soldiers all looked on with envy upon hearing this.

He was promoted two ranks and directly appointed as a captain—the captain of the Imperial Guard, commanding fifty men, a true member of the Duke of Jin's inner circle.

Wang Shun prostrated himself and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you for your generous reward, my lord! I will swear to serve you to the death, even at the cost of my life!"

Lu Bu helped him up and then addressed the soldiers loudly: "Today we have breached the pass, and the entire army has rendered meritorious service! The fallen will be generously compensated, the wounded will be richly rewarded, and the survivors will be rewarded according to their merits! Cao Xing, you immediately tally up the achievements and report them!"

"Yes!" Cao Xing clasped his hands in a fist salute.

The entire army erupted in cheers: "The Duke of Jin is wise! Thank you for your reward!"