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

Although Lü Bu and his personal heavy cavalry were well-equipped and highly skilled, it was almost a case of "dimensional reduction attack".

However, just as Jia Xu had predicted, the cost of a heavy armored charge was enormous.

After fighting continuously for nearly half an hour and covering almost two miles, the ordinary personal guards and heavy cavalry began to slow down, their breathing became heavy, and the power of their swings was not as strong as at the beginning.

Although no casualties have been reported yet due to the thick armor, the momentum of the attack has gradually been thwarted.

More importantly, it was Lu Bu's Red Hare!

Although Red Hare was a rare steed in the world, with a carrying capacity and endurance far exceeding that of ordinary warhorses, it began to show signs of fatigue under such high-intensity charges and collisions, carrying Lu Bu, who was wearing horse armor and carrying a full set of heavy armor plus a 99-pound halberd.

Its speed inevitably slowed down, and its breath was frothy, no longer as spirited as when it first left the military camp.

Lu Bu keenly sensed the change in his companion beneath him.

He cleared a small area ahead with his halberd, and looking up, he could see Li Jue and Guo Si's banner less than a mile (about 416 meters) ahead, with several figures vaguely visible standing on the slope.

But this last mile seemed even more difficult than the two miles they had already covered, with enemy troops swarming everywhere, seemingly endless.

It would indeed be very difficult to rush up to Li Jue and Guo Si and kill them.

If he gets close, Li Jue and Guo Si, lightly armed and on horseback, will certainly be able to escape faster than Guo Si's heavily armored and exhausted Red Hare.

But he never expected to actually rush up to Li Jue and Guo Si and kill them both with his halberd. His original plan was to get within two hundred paces of them and then shoot them with his bow and arrow.

In ancient times, the effective killing range of an ordinary archer was less than 50 paces, while that of a general could reach about 80 paces. To hit the bullseye from 100 paces, one needed a super general like Huang Zhong or Zhao Yun.

Lu Bu had previously killed Zhong Huan with a single shot from over a hundred paces away, so Li Jue and Guo Si would likely be quite aware of this.

But in reality, the original master's archery at the gate reached 150 paces.

When Lu Bu increases his strength to the maximum of 100, he can shoot more than 200 steps.

His strength has now reached 102, exceeding the limits of human strength.

With his perception and archery skills at 102, along with the powerful bow with a ten-stone capacity, his effective killing range has reached about 300 paces (420 meters).

Even if an ordinary archer could reach this distance, his eyesight would no longer be able to aim at such a distant and small target.

However, Lü Bu's perception (including eyesight) also exceeded human limits. Even from this distance, he could see Li Jue, Guo Si, Jia Xu, and others clearly, and even sense and predict their next move.

That is, dynamic vision.

With such strength, perception, and archery skills, even shooting at a moving target from such a distance would be no less effective than hitting a fixed target from a hundred paces away.

The two sides are now about a li (416 meters in the Han Dynasty system) apart, which is exactly within Lü Bu's firing range.

However, this distance wasn't measured with a ruler; it was just an estimate by Lü Bu, so it wasn't safe yet, and he had to continue getting closer.

Therefore, even though Red Hare had slowed down, Lü Bu continued to urge his horse forward, breaking through the enemy lines and continuing to approach the banners of Li Jue and Guo Si on the small hill.

On the small hillside, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Jia Xu kept a close eye on the battlefield.

"It's slowing down! Lu Bu's horse is slowing down!" Guo Si was the first to notice, pointing excitedly ahead.

Li Jue saw it too, and his face lit up with ecstatic joy: "Wenhe is truly a brilliant strategist! Red Hare is worn out! No matter how brave Lü Bu is, once the horse is exhausted, he can't charge any further!"

A glint of shrewdness flashed in Jia Xu's eyes, and he immediately said, "Generals, the time has come!"

"Lu Bu is already at his last gasp; we must not give him a chance to catch his breath!"

"Strict orders to the troops at the front: at all costs, hold him off!"

"The rear troops must intensify their encirclement; we cannot allow them to break through!"

"Once Lü Bu stops and is surrounded, even if he possesses extraordinary abilities, he will not escape death!"

"Today, this place will be the burial ground for Lü Bu!"

If one could kill Lü Bu, the greatest warrior in the land, what a magnificent and world-shaking achievement that would be!

Moreover, once Lü Bu dies, wouldn't Lantian County, Yaoguan Pass, and Wuguan Pass all be settled with a simple proclamation?

At that time, there will be no force in the entire Guanzhong Plain that can threaten them, and the Guanzhong Plain will truly become their territory.

Thinking of this, Li Jue and Guo Si were greatly encouraged and immediately ordered, "Quickly, pass on the order! Have Hu Feng (Li Jue's nephew) and Cui Yong press forward! Surround and kill Lü Bu and his heavily armored cavalry! Everyone will be richly rewarded afterward!"

The Liangzhou central army's interception in front of Lü Bu became even more resolute, and the siege by Liangzhou troops rushing in from other surrounding areas became even more frantic.

Many soldiers even abandoned attacking the heavily armored cavalry's bodies, which were difficult to penetrate, and instead used spears to stab the horses' bodies and swords to cut their legs.

Although the horses were also armored, the effect was minimal, and they often paid the price of being knocked away or trampled to death by the heavily armored horses, but they did successfully further slow down the advance of the heavy cavalry.

The pressure around Lü Bu increased sharply, and the advance of his personal guards slowed down, almost coming to a standstill.

Cheng Lian fought fiercely against the approaching enemy soldiers, shouting to Lü Bu, "General, the enemy's encirclement is too thick! The horses are exhausted. Should we temporarily form a buffer formation, hold our ground in a circular formation, and wait for reinforcements, or wait for the horses to recover their strength before breaking out?"

He worried that if he continued charging, the horsepower would run out, and he would be surrounded, which would be truly dangerous.

Lu Bu looked around, glancing at the enemy troops swarming in like ants, and then at the two [Li][Guo] commander banners in the distance, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

Hold out and wait for reinforcements?

Zhang Liao's light cavalry was patrolling the perimeter, monitoring Li Li and rushing to the aid of Lantian County. Wei Xu, Song Xian and others were fighting hard on the south bank. Where would the reinforcements come from?

Once he stops, he will be completely surrounded by tens of thousands of troops. Even if Lu Bu is full of energy and can hold out for an hour, his personal guards who have followed him through thick and thin will probably be wiped out!

He has traveled through time, knows the course of history, possesses a system, and has abundant military supplies. He is destined to dominate the world, so how could he fail here?

In today's military system, the commander-in-chief is the soul of an army. If the commander-in-chief dies, many armies will collapse on their own.

As long as Li Jue and Guo Si are killed, the deadlock will be broken immediately.

Therefore, Lü Bu rejected Cheng Lian's suggestion, declaring with unwavering dominance, "In a narrow encounter, the brave prevail! To stop now is certain death! Only by advancing, slaying Li Jue and Guo Si, will the enemy army crumble!"

He patted the neck of Red Hare, which was drenched in sweat and panting heavily, and whispered, "Old buddy, hang in there a little longer. Just a few dozen more steps forward, and I'll have a chance to shoot Li Jue and Guo Si!"

As if understanding its master's words, Red Hare reared up on its front hooves and darted forward once again.

Lu Bu unleashed the power beyond his limits within his body to its fullest extent, raised his halberd and continued to fight, those who stood in his way were either killed or seriously injured.

Behind him, Cheng Lian led his personal guard to continue protecting Lü Bu's flanks and rear, and followed Lü Bu as he charged forward into battle.