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

Cao Cao, escorted by his personal guards, hurriedly descended the city wall and returned to the governor's mansion in the center of the city.

Only necessary observation posts and a small number of suicide squads remained on the city wall, while the rest of the defenders retreated behind the city wall to avoid being bombarded by stone projectiles.

But they soon discovered that retreating was not safe either.

Lu Bu's army's catapults began to extend their firing range.

The stones flew over the city walls and crashed into the city streets, houses, and military camps.

A stone hit a well a hundred paces from the city wall, causing the well platform to collapse. Several laborers and soldiers were killed or injured, and their blood stained the well water.

Another stone projectile struck the open ground next to the granary. Although it did not hit the granary directly, the shock caused the wooden pillars of the granary to crack, half of the granary collapsed, and the stored millet spilled all over the ground.

Panic spread throughout the city.

Many of Cao Cao's soldiers hid inside the houses, listening to the continuous roar outside and watching the dust falling from the roof. Their faces were pale and their bodies were trembling.

"How...how do we fight this?"

How many catapults did Lü Bu actually have?

"I've heard he possesses a divinely bestowed granary, with inexhaustible supplies of food and equipment..."

"No need to hear about it. I was on the city wall just now and saw with my own eyes how Lü Bu conjured up catapults and crossbows out of thin air like a magician. They must have been taken out of the Divine Granary by him."

Whispers spread like a plague.

Morale is rapidly crumbling.

Outside the city, Lü Bu squinted at the city wall.

After nearly 25 minutes of saturation bombardment, the northern city wall was riddled with holes.

More than half of the crenellations were damaged, and three sections of the parapet had completely collapsed, exposing the rammed earth walls behind them. The large flag bearing the character "Cao" that once stood atop the city gate had its flagpole broken by a stone slingshot, and the tattered flag lay scattered among the rubble.

More importantly, the counterattack on the city walls completely ceased.

No stones were fired, no crossbow bolts were shot, and not even arrows were launched.

The defending forces have been completely suppressed.

"My lord, we may attack now." Huang Zhong rode forward, his phoenix-beak dagger already drawn.

Lu Bu shook his head: "Wait a little longer."

He raised his hand, and the command flag waved.

The bombardment of the catapults began to be adjusted.

Of the 230 catapults, 150 continued to bombard the sides and rear of the city walls, suppressing any possible reinforcements from Cao Cao's army.

The other eighty planes concentrated their bombardment on the city gate tower and the surrounding area within fifty paces.

"Boom! Boom! Boom—"

Stones rained down, filling the area around the city gate tower with dust and sending bricks and stones flying.

The Cao army's observation posts, hiding behind the city gate tower, dared not show their faces. They could only huddle at the base of the wall, listening to the constant loud noises coming from above and feeling the tremors coming from the ground.

However, not a single stone fell in the area about fifty to one hundred paces outside the moat directly in front of the city gate.

Lu Bu is about to launch his attack from here.

A thousand Imperial Guard heavy cavalrymen slowly stepped out of formation.

These soldiers were all handpicked elites, each over seven feet tall and strong enough to draw a heavy bow.

They wore double armor, with chainmail underneath and lamellar armor on top, iron helmets, and iron face shields. Their warhorses were also covered in leather armor and some iron armor, with protection for vital areas.

Each person is equipped with a lance, a ring-pommel sword, and a crossbow. They sit in a high-bridled saddle with their feet in double stirrups, allowing them to exert force steadily on horseback.

This was the most elite heavy cavalry of this era, bar none.

Lu Bu also put on a set of specially made armor that was unique to him.

This armor set is based on the Mingguang armor, with the breastplate and backplate made of fine steel, stacked in a fish-scale pattern, and thickened in key areas.

It has shoulder armor, arm armor, leg armor, and even a neck guard.

The helmet was a gown-style helmet with ear protectors and a neck protector, leaving only the eyes exposed.

The armor was entirely black, except for a ferocious Yazi embroidered in gold thread on the chest.

It weighs over forty pounds.

But for Lu Bu, whose strength attribute had exceeded 130, it was as light as a feather.

He mounted Red Hare and took out a light halberd from his spatial storage. In non-combat situations, he didn't need the heavy halberd to avoid increasing Red Hare's load; the light halberd was sufficient to deflect the occasional arrows flying through the air.

When it comes time to actually engage the enemy general, it's not too late to retrieve the light halberd and switch to the heavy halberd from your spatial storage.

"Hansheng." Lü Bu looked at Huang Zhong.

"Your subordinate is here!"

"After I led my personal guards to break through the city, you led the 10th Cavalry Division to follow up, expand the results, and wipe out the remaining enemy forces."

"promise!"

Everything is ready.

Lu Bu took a deep breath and squeezed his legs against the horse's belly.

"Imperial Guards—follow me to breach the city!"

"kill--"

Red Hare neighed and charged out like an arrow released from a bow.

Behind him, a thousand Imperial Guard heavy cavalrymen thundered forward, their iron hooves pounding the ground.

The Cao army's observation post on the city wall heard the commotion.

A fearless squad leader, braving the barrage of stones, peeked out from behind the ramparts and his expression immediately changed drastically.

"Lu Bu is leading his troops to attack the city! Warn them immediately!"

He roared hoarsely, grabbing the horn and blowing it loudly.

"Waaah—waaah—"

The mournful sound of horns echoed throughout the city walls.

Almost simultaneously, Cao Cao's army on the city wall reacted.

Despite being suppressed by catapults for half an hour and suffering heavy casualties, Cao Cao still had a group of elite daredevils under his command.

About three hundred archers rushed out from the hidden tunnels on both sides of the city wall, quickly ran behind the remaining crenellations, and drew their bows and arrows.

"Release the arrows—"

A captain roared.

Arrows rained down on the city.

These Cao soldiers, true veterans of Qingzhou, possessed exceptional archery skills. Even as they faced a constant barrage of falling stones, they gritted their teeth and fought back.

But it didn't work.

Lu Bu charged at the forefront, his enhanced vision from 140 points in perception allowed him to clearly see the trajectory of every arrow.

He wielded the halberd with one hand, its shadow like a wheel.

"Jingle bells—"

Every arrow was deflected by Lü Bu's halberd, rendering his armor and armor ineffective.

The heavy cavalry followed closely behind, holding shields in their left hands to protect their heads and faces, and spears in their right hands. Arrows struck the shields and armor with a clanging sound, but could not cause any damage.

Only three or four unlucky cavalrymen were slightly wounded by arrows that pierced through the gaps in their armor, but they still gritted their teeth and charged forward.

The distance of a little over a hundred steps was covered in the blink of an eye.

Lu Bu rushed to the moat and waved his hand.

A sturdy wooden bridge, two zhang wide and three zhang long, appeared out of nowhere and was steadily placed over the moat.

Red Hare did not slow down at all and crossed the bridge.

On the city wall, Cao Cao's army captain, seeing this, urgently ordered: "Rolling logs and stones, molten gold, quickly!"

The surviving defenders lifted logs and stones and pushed them down the ramparts.

Several large pots were set up, and the boiling excrement inside emitted foul-smelling white smoke.

But Lü Bu did not charge towards the city gate at all.

After crossing the moat, he suddenly pulled on the reins, and Red Hare reared up. Then it turned to the left and charged along the inside of the moat.

The guards above the city gate were stunned.

"What is Lü Bu going to do?"

"Never mind that, keep attacking!"

Logs, rocks, and arrows rained down, but Lu Bu's horse was too fast, and they all fell behind him.

He rushed to the side of the city wall and placed his hand on it.

With a thought, a wall about two zhang high, one and a half zhang wide, and three zhang deep vanished instantly!

A neat archway suddenly appeared!