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

July 17th, early morning.

As dawn broke, wisps of smoke rose from the cooking fires in the Han army camp. After breakfast, the soldiers lined up and marched out of the camp.

On the city wall of Xinye, Deng Ji had already gotten up and was leaning on the battlements to look out.

The Han army was arrayed four hundred paces north of the city, banners fluttering and swords and spears like a forest. At the front of the formation, Lü Bu, clad in golden armor and riding a red horse, held his halberd, exuding an imposing aura.

Deng Ji thought to himself, "This is Lü Bu? He is indeed exceptionally brave and valiant."

Just then, a Han soldier spurred his horse forward, reached the moat, and shouted towards the city wall:

"Listen up, soldiers on the city walls! His Majesty the King of Jin of the Great Han Dynasty has ordered: Commandant Deng Ji of Nanyang, please answer!"

Deng Ji took a deep breath, gripped the battlement, and said in a deep voice, "Deng Ji is here!"

The soldier shouted, "The King of Jin has decreed: Xinye is a small city and cannot withstand the royal army. If General Deng opens the city gates and surrenders, he will be forgiven for his past transgressions and will still be given an important position! If he remains obstinate, it will be too late to regret it when the city falls!"

Deng Ji remained silent for a moment, then said loudly, "This humble general has received great kindness from Governor Liu, how could I betray my lord? Please forgive me, Prince Jin!"

The soldier turned his horse around and reported the news to Lü Bu.

Lü Bu frowned slightly, spurred his horse forward a few steps, and looked up at the city wall: "Deng Ji, I know you are loyal and righteous. But do you know that Liu Biao has seized Jingzhou and disobeyed the imperial court's orders? This is treason! How many days can you hold out for him? When the city falls, all the soldiers and civilians will be buried with you!"

Deng Ji trembled, but still gritted his teeth and said, "Prince Jin, it is my duty, and I have no choice but to do it. Please forgive me, Prince Jin!"

Lu Bu looked at him, remained silent for a moment, and slowly said, "Very well, since that's the case, I won't force you. Today I'll show you what the might of Heaven truly is!"

Having said that, he turned his horse and rode back.

……

Lu Bu returned to the front lines, raising his hands as if to grasp something from thin air. The next moment, dozens of huge piles of stone projectiles suddenly appeared beside the more than one hundred catapults and giant crossbows on the open ground in front of the battle lines!

Each pile of stones contains hundreds of them!

The Han soldiers were not surprised and remained calm.

But on the opposite side of Xinye City, Deng Ji and his two thousand soldiers were dumbfounded!

"This...this..." The lieutenant stammered, unable to speak.

Deng Ji's face also paled, and he murmured, "The Heavenly Gift Granary is real, it's actually real..."

A soldier said in a trembling voice, "General, he... he can conjure catapults out of thin air, how are we supposed to defend?"

Another person said, "I heard he can also build platforms out of stones and raise catapults dozens of feet high..."

An uproar erupted on the city wall, and the morale of the defending troops plummeted.

Deng Jiqiang tried to calm him down, saying, "Don't panic! Send the order down to prepare to defend the city! Even if they have many catapults, they need to be accurate!"

Even so, he himself wasn't entirely sure.

……

Before the Han army's formation, Lü Bu raised his halberd and pointed it forward!

"put!"

The war drums beat, and the bugles sounded!

More than a hundred catapults launched simultaneously, sending huge stone projectiles hurtling through the sky and hurtling towards the walls of Xinye!

Boom boom boom!

The stones struck the city walls, instantly creating large craters in the rammed earth walls and sending dust flying! Some stones flew over the city walls and crashed into the city, collapsing countless houses with deafening roars!

The soldiers guarding the city wall were terrified and covered their heads to hide.

Deng Ji, hiding behind the battlements, shouted, "Don't panic, don't panic, get close to the wall!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a second volley of stones came hurtling in!

Boom boom boom!

This time, several stones struck the city wall directly! One defender was hit by a stone and died instantly! Another stone hit the battlements, causing the rammed earth to crumble, sending stones flying, and several defenders screamed and fell to the ground!

At this moment, in the Han army formation, Lü Bu rode forward a few steps, took off his hard bow, and nocked a specially made long arrow.

He took a deep breath and aimed at the city wall.

Whoosh!

The arrow flew like a meteor, heading straight for the city wall!

A garrison commander who was directing his soldiers to take cover was shot in the throat by an arrow and fell backward to the ground!

The soldiers guarding the city wall were greatly alarmed and fled in panic.

Deng Ji hid behind a battlement, still shaken. He had just witnessed the arrow fly from three hundred paces away and hit the garrison commander with perfect accuracy!

"Three hundred paces away, one arrow kills," Deng Ji muttered. "Is this guy even human?"

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

Lu Bu fired several arrows in quick succession, each one taking a life! The soldiers guarding the city wall were so heavily shot that they couldn't even lift their heads, let alone dare to peek out.

Meanwhile, within the Han army's ranks, catapults continued their relentless bombardment.

Boom boom boom!

The northern city wall of Xinye was not sturdy to begin with. After being bombarded by more than a hundred catapults, the rammed earth peeled off, cracks spread, and it was on the verge of collapse!

Deng Ji gritted his teeth and said to his deputy, "We can't hold out any longer. Send the order to retreat through the south gate by water!"

The lieutenant, who had long wanted to escape, was overjoyed upon hearing this: "Yes, sir!"

Issue the order immediately.

……

South of Xinye City, at the Yushui Ferry.

Guan Yu led three thousand elite cavalry and ambushed them in the woods on one side of the ferry crossing.

He reined in his horse and stood at the edge of the woods, gazing northward. In the distance, he could faintly hear a rumbling sound—the roar of a catapult.

A lieutenant whispered, "General, fighting has broken out on the lord's side in the north of the city. Do you think Deng Ji will flee?"

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said, "Yes, Xinye is a small city that can't withstand such a barrage of opportunistic attacks. If Deng Ji doesn't want to die, he will abandon the city and flee south. We'll just wait."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a scout rode up, dismounted, and reported: "Report! The south gate of Xinye is wide open, and a troop of men is heading towards the ferry! About five hundred men, all on horseback! And there are infantry behind them!"

Guan Yu's spirits lifted: "They're here! Pass down the order to prepare to meet them! Wait until they get close to the ferry before attacking!"

"promise!"

……

Deng Ji led five hundred elite cavalrymen out of the south gate and galloped all the way.

Behind him, more than a thousand defenders in Xinye City were abandoned, some to surrender and others to die. But Deng Ji couldn't care less; saving his own life was the priority.

As he ran, he kept looking back and saw thick smoke billowing from the walls of Xinye, and the roar of the catapults continued.

"Hurry! Hurry!" Deng Ji urged, "We'll be safe once we get to the ferry and board the boat!"

A moment later, the Yu River ferry appeared ahead. A dozen small boats were moored on the riverbank; these were the escape routes that Deng Ji had prepared the night before.

Deng Ji was overjoyed and was about to order the boarding of the ship when suddenly...

Boom boom boom!

The war drums suddenly sounded!

From the woods on the side, countless elite Han cavalry charged out, their battle cries shaking the heavens!

The first general, with a face like a red date, phoenix eyes, and silkworm eyebrows, wielding a Green Dragon Crescent Blade, was none other than Guan Yu!

"Deng Ji! Where do you think you're going!" Guan Yu spurred his horse and galloped away, his Green Dragon Crescent Blade raised high!

Deng Ji was terrified, but fortunately, his trusted men were loyal and did not defect. They fought desperately to hold him off for a while, allowing Deng Ji and a few of his personal guards to escape by boarding a ship.

Seeing that Deng Ji had escaped safely, the remaining soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered.

Guan Yu stood on the riverbank on his horse, spat into the river, cursed a couple of times, and seeing that Deng Ji had already gone far away, he had no choice but to lead the surrendered soldiers back to the city to report.