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

On the north bank of the Ba River, in the center of the Liangzhou army, as the heavy cavalry continued to advance, Lü Bu felt that Red Hare's breathing was getting heavier and heavier, and each time the horse lifted its hooves, it seemed to be more difficult than before.

Fortunately, after advancing several dozen steps, his superior perception estimated that the distance between him and Li Jue and Guo Si was no more than 250 steps (about 350 meters).

This distance, though still ridiculously far for ordinary people, to the point where they might not even be able to see a person's face clearly, was already well within Lü Bu's firing range.

With a ten-stone bow in hand, combined with his superhuman strength, archery skills, and perception, he could ensure absolute safety.

"Old buddy, it's time for a rest." Lu Bu gently patted Red Hare's neck.

The divine steed, seemingly understanding its master's intention, buckled at its forelegs and tilted its body downwards, as if it had collapsed from exhaustion.

Lu Bu then pretended to fall off his horse, landing heavily and kicking up a cloud of dust.

He quickly rolled away, hiding in the midst of the chaotic battle between his personal guards, heavy cavalry, and Liangzhou soldiers.

"General!" Cheng Lian exclaimed in surprise, thinking that Lü Bu had really fallen off his horse due to exhaustion. He hurriedly led several personal guards to surround him.

"Cover me!" Lu Bu shouted in a low voice, which could only be heard by the few people around him.

Cheng Lian instantly understood and roared, "Protect the general! Form a battle formation!"

Dozens of heavy cavalrymen quickly moved towards Lü Bu's position, using their tall bodies and armored horses to create a temporary shelter in the chaotic battlefield.

On a distant hillside, Li Jue and Guo Si kept a close watch on the center of the battlefield.

They were overjoyed to see Red Hare suddenly kneel down and Lü Bu fall off.

"Hahaha!" Guo Si clapped his hands and laughed, his old scar on his face turning red with excitement. "Red Hare, unable to bear the weight, has finally collapsed! Lü Bu has fallen off!"

Li Jue, his face flushed, pointed towards the battlefield and said to those around him, "No matter how brave Lü Bu is, he's still just a mortal! His men and horses have been charging in full armor for so long, even Red Hare can't hold on! Now that he's become infantry, let's see how he charges again!"

The surrounding trusted generals echoed this sentiment:

"Congratulations, Generals! Lü Bu is doomed today!"

"No matter how powerful Lü Bu is, if he's trapped among tens of thousands of troops, he's doomed and will surely die from exhaustion!"

"As long as Lü Bu is killed, the Bingzhou army will collapse without a fight!"

Only Jia Xu frowned slightly, staring at the distant battlefield, feeling that something was amiss.

He noticed that although Lu Bu's personal heavy cavalry had slowed down their advance, their formation had not broken down. The mounts of those ordinary heavy cavalrymen were still able to continue fighting, so how could the world-famous Red Hare be the first to fall?

"Generals," Jia Xu began, his tone tinged with suspicion, "there seems to be something fishy about Lü Bu's fall from his horse. Red Hare is a divine steed, its carrying capacity far exceeding that of ordinary warhorses. How could it have fallen before the mount of an ordinary cavalryman? There must be some trickery involved."

"Wenhe, you're overthinking it!" Li Jue interrupted him, brimming with confidence. "Red Hare is indeed a fine horse, but Lu Bu's gleaming armor weighs at least fifty or sixty pounds, and the halberd he wields looks quite heavy. Add to that the horse armor and other body armor plates, it's a miracle Red Hare has lasted this long!"

Guo Si laughed and said, "Yes, Wenhe, you have no idea how heavy Lü Bu's halberd is. Back in Luoyang, I saw him weigh his weapons; his old halberd weighed over forty jin (about 20 kg). Looking at his new one, it must be even heavier!"

Jia Xu wanted to say something more, but Li Jue ignored him and turned to give an order to the flag bearer:

"Order the entire army to intensify the encirclement and kill! Lü Bu has fallen from his horse; this is the perfect opportunity to capture and kill this scoundrel!"

"Tell the soldiers, no matter how brave Lü Bu is, he's still human. Even the thickest armor has gaps! Fill them with your lives, and you'll exhaust him to death!"

Orders were quickly conveyed via flags and messengers.

The Liangzhou army on the battlefield also witnessed the exhaustion of Red Hare and the fall of Lü Bu from his horse. As if a great achievement was right before their eyes, they became even more frenzied.

Many desperate men, their eyes bloodshot, rushed toward Lü Bu's location, disregarding their own lives.

"Kill Lü Bu, and you'll be ennobled and appointed a general!"

"His armor is thick, so stab him in the face, poke his joints!"

"If you can't pierce the armor, then smash it with a weapon."

"Overwhelm him with sheer numbers!"

The shouts of battle were deafening.

Just as Li Jue and Guo Si were laughing and the Liangzhou army was frantically attacking, Lü Bu, under the heavy cover of his personal guards, put down his halberd and took out the ten-stone strong bow that he had been keeping on his horse (in case of any accidents, he also had an eight-stone strong bow on his horse).

Lu Bu knelt on one knee, his back against a warhorse.

With his perception at its peak at 102 points, every detail on the battlefield was crystal clear in his field of vision—the swirling dust, the dripping blood, the ferocious expressions of the enemies, the trajectory of the weapons being swung…

And, between his current location and the small hill where Li Jue was, there were occasional, fleeting gaps in the crowd that were almost impossible for ordinary people to notice.

These gaps are dynamic channels formed by the accidental misalignment of constantly moving figures, flags, and weapons.

To an ordinary person, this place is densely packed with people, making it impossible to shoot an arrow through. Even if an arrow were to be shot through a gap, it would be too late, and the arrow would inevitably be blocked by the crowd.

But with Lu Bu's perception beyond the limit, he could predict the position of everyone in the next moment, calculate all possible interferences during the flight of the arrow, and find the gap that existed for less than half a second.

He was completely focused, his breath almost stopped, and he used all his skills beyond human limits to execute this single arrow: drawing the bow, nocking the arrow, and pulling the string.

On the small hill, Jia Xu's unease grew stronger. Just as he was about to warn Li Jue and Guo Si to be careful of Lü Bu's arrows, it was too late.

In the center of the battlefield, Lü Bu released the bowstring.

The moment the arrow left the bowstring, it broke the sound barrier, creating a sharp whistling sound, and flew in a straight line towards the small hill 250 paces away, following the brief gap that Lu Bu perceived!

That arrow was too fast; most people couldn't dodge it.

But Li Jue does have some skills.

The instant after Lü Bu released the bowstring, Li Jue, though obscured by the crowd and unable to see Lü Bu's arrow-shooting action, kept his eyes fixed on the center of the battlefield where Lü Bu was, and his eyes caught a tiny glint of cold light.

The cold glint was almost invisible in the chaotic battlefield, but Li Jue's intuition as a top-tier general made his heart skip a beat.

At such a distance, even if Lü Bu had the skill to shoot an arrow through a willow leaf from a hundred paces, it would be impossible for him to shoot it 250 paces away.

However, Li Jue was cautious by nature and preferred to be overly cautious rather than careless.

He reacted almost instinctively—his head jerked to the right, while his body tilted to the left at the same time.

The arrow arrived in the instant he tilted his head!

"clang--"

The heavy arrow struck the left edge of Li Jue's helmet hard!

The steel arrowheads collided violently with the iron helmet, sparks flying everywhere!

The arrow failed to penetrate the curved edge of the helmet and was knocked away.

Even so, the immense kinetic energy carried by the arrow still caused Li Jue to feel a violent vibration in his helmet, making his head buzz and a sharp pain near his left temple.