Lü Bu had just put away his bow when a general standing next to him raised his hand. Behind him, a group of armored soldiers holding shields rushed forward and loudly roared, "Break the enemy lines, only death awaits!"
"Formation Breaker?!" Liu Mang finally saw the most elite infantry soldiers in the history of the Three Kingdoms.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the various elites were competing for the battlefield.
Among the cavalry, there were the "Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, Liangzhou Jiang Cavalry, Youzhou White Horse Cavalry, Yanzhou Tiger Leopard Cavalry."
Among the infantry, there were the "Xuzhou Danyang Soldiers, Jizhou Great Halberd Soldiers, Jizhou First Assault Camp, Qingzhou Soldiers. The remaining one was Gao Shun's Formation Breaker.
Eight hundred Formation Breaker soldiers were comparable to an army. Lü Bu was able to become a warlord at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty because of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Formation Breaker, these two elite units.
Cao Jun panicked when Xiahou De fell from his horse and was shot in the arm. Adding on the fact that Lü Bu brought reinforcements, Cao Jun didn't know what to do.
"Kill!" Another general walked out, leading the remaining Lvbu's Army soldiers to attack Cao Jun.
Collapsing at the first touch, these Cao soldiers simply didn't have the will to fight.
After defeating Cao Jun, Liu Mang was also helped up. Lü Bu walked forward in large strides. Seeing Liu Mang covered in blood, he frowned, "Brother Liu Mang, why are you still here? Didn't I tell you to break through the encirclement!"
Before Liu Mang could answer, Chengyu on the side said, "Reporting to General, it was Daren who brought us here to find you. He wants to help General protect your wife and daughter!"
"Nonsense!" Lu Bu's mouth said that, but his heart was warm.
"Daren?!" The general leading the Formation Breaker asked doubtfully.
"Oh, that's right, I forgot to introduce you. Brother Liu Mang, this is my general, Gao Shun. Commanding eight hundred Formation Breaker, he can block an entire army." Lu Bu was not stingy with his praise. In ancient times, an army represented at least a group of people, at least ten thousand people. For eight hundred people to block ten thousand people, they could be called the elite of the elite.
"This is Liu Mang, a relative of the Han dynasty." Lü Bu did not say that Liu Mang was the younger brother of Emperor Xian of Han. He was afraid that saying that Liu Mang was an illegitimate son would hurt him. "This time, I was able to escape because of Brother Liu Mang." Lü Bu said with a face full of gratitude. If not for being a hooligan, Lü Bu would have already been tied up in front of Cao Cao and suffered humiliation.
"This one is Gao Shun. Thank you for saving my lord!" Gao Shun was indeed a person who was not good with words. He cupped his fist and said in a low voice.
"You're too kind. General Gao Shun's Formation Breaker Liu Mang is also very admirable!" The more honest a person who was not good with words, the more worthy it was to befriend them.
Gao Shun did not say anything. However, his face was full of pride, indicating that he had accepted the praise.
As it turned out, when Lü Bu rushed to the Prefecture Overseer's Mansion alone, even for a God of War like him, every step he took was difficult. Wanting to save his wife and daughter was really difficult. At this time, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao arrived with eight hundred Formation Breaker soldiers. When the White Gate Tower was broken, they knew that Xiapi could no longer be defended. After a discussion between Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, they gave up on the West Gate and directly rushed to the Prefecture Overseer's Mansion in the middle of the city. After saving Lü Bu's wife and daughter, they just happened to meet up with Lü Bu.
"Milord, Cao Cao's army has been beaten back by us!" Another general returned.
"This should be Zhang Liao and Wen Yuan! This one is Liu Mang. "Lü Bu did not need to introduce himself. Liu Mang already knew. In the battle of Xiapi, only these two generals could not betray Lü Bu!
"This is?!" Zhang Liao was very puzzled. He did not know Liu Mang.
"He was the one who saved my lord!" Gao Shun said without missing a word.
"Many thanks to your excellency for saving my lord!" This was the same as Gao Shun, who knew how to repay kindness.
After the greeting, they discovered that not only did Zhang Liao defeat Cao Jun, he also brought back a captive. Wasn't this person Xiahou De, who almost killed Liu Mang just now?!
His palm was crippled, his hair was disheveled, and he was tied up by Zhang Liao. He had a lonely expression on his face. There was no trace of his heroic appearance from before!
"Why did you bring this General Zhang Liao back? Just kill him and use him as a sacrifice!" Lü Bu frowned. He did not have a good impression of Cao Cao. If it was not for Cao Cao's attack, he would probably still be the General Who Pacifies the East, the Prefecture Overseer.
"Yes!" Zhang Liao accepted the order and was about to kill Xiahou De. However, he was stopped by Liu Mang.
"Xiahou De? Xiahou De! " Liu Mang remembered. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there really was a character called Xiahou De who appeared in chapter 70 of the novel. Xiahou Shang's elder brother. He guarded Tiandang Mountain in Hanzhong and received the defeated Zhang He, Xiahou Shang, and the others. When he was fighting with the Shu generals Huang Zhong and Yan Yan, his army provisions were set on fire by the Shu army. When he led his troops to put out the fire, he was killed by Yan Yan.
Liu Mang did not know who Xiahou De was, but he knew that Xiahou Shang was Xiahou Yuan's nephew. Since he was Xiahou Shang's elder brother, then he should also be Xiahou Yuan's nephew. Now that Xiahou Yuan's troops were attacking the city, perhaps they could use this as an excuse.
"Now that we are besieged, what we need the most is to break out of the encirclement. However, Cao Jun has tens of thousands of armored soldiers. It is impossible for us to break out of the encirclement! Therefore, we can only use this trump card in front of us! "Liu Mang was very serious about breaking out of the encirclement. This was related to his life.
"General Zhang Liao, is Xiahou De's flag here?!" Liu Mang asked Zhang Liao.
"Here!" Xiahou De's flag was thrown to the ground by the soldiers behind him because of Xiahou De's dismount. In the chaos of battle, it was not damaged.
"Brother Liu Mang, what do you want to do?!" Zhang Liao seemed to have thought of something.
"Yes, that's what I want to do!" Liu Mang said with a smile, "Boss Lu, can I borrow your military power again?!"
"Brother Liu Mang, please make your choice!" Lü Bu was not a good person, but he was not a bad person either. He was a real villain! Whoever was good to him, he would be good to them!
"Okay!" Liu Mang walked to the front row, "Where are Gao Shun and Zhang Liao?!"
"Here!" Zhang Liao and Gao Shun both half-knelt on the ground!
"General Zhang Liao, lead your soldiers to take off our black robes and change into Cao Jun's white robes!"
"Yes!" Zhang Liao accepted the order and left.
"General Gao Shun, lead the Formation Breaker and hide in General Zhang Liao's army. Be on standby at any time!"
"Yes!" Gao Shun also led the Formation Breaker to prepare.
"Chengyu!" Liu Mang yelled at Chengyu, "Go help General Xiahou take off his armor and put it on later!"
"Ah?!" Chengyu did not understand.
"Execute the order!"
"Yes!" Chengyu accepted the order and left.
"Boss Lu, as for you and me, we need to take off our armor and wait for the right time!" That's right, this was what Liu Mang was thinking!
Now that Xiapi had been breached, the East Gate, West Gate, North Gate, and South Gate were constantly being invaded by Cao Jun. It was impossible to truly break out of the encirclement. Even if they succeeded, they would suffer heavy casualties!
Therefore, they could only change the method, and that was to use Xiahou De's banner. Chengyu and Xiahou De's figures were similar. If they changed into Xiahou De's armor, they would not be discovered unless they were close enough. Furthermore, the sky was gradually darkening.
In addition, Zhang Liao's soldiers had changed into Cao Jun's uniform. As long as they did not bump into familiar faces, they would not be discovered.
As for Gao Shun's eight hundred Formation Breaker, they were hiding in the middle of Cao Jun's Lü Bu's soldiers. Once they discovered the situation, they could break out of the encirclement and escape.
Letting himself and Lü Bu take off their armor was because their armors were too obvious. He was wearing the Golden Saint Cloth. Although the sky was dark, it would still be seen through by the light. The white armor on Lü Bu's body was also known by the Cao Jun's soldiers because they had fought Cao Jun for a long time.
With Lü Bu, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao, these three fierce generals, in addition to the eight hundred Formation Breaker soldiers, they would definitely be a sharp spear piercing into the enemy's chest.
Not long after, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun returned. They had already made the necessary arrangements.
"Brother Liu Mang, let's go!" Lü Bu had already escorted his family over. The current him did not want to stay here for even a moment longer.
"Boss Lu, there's no need to rush!" Liu Mang shook his head. He took off the Golden Saint Cloth and placed it in the carriage of Lü Bu's family. Then he changed into an ordinary soldier's armor.
He now knew the benefits of the Golden Saint Cloth. Not only was its protection good, it was also made of aluminum alloy, making it incomparably light. A full body of armor added up to only twenty something jin. But now, this armor only had the chest plate and the back plate. It did not protect the other places at all. Just this thing and the helmet actually weighed over fifty jin.
"Let's let the soldiers rest first! Let's wait until nighttime. Nighttime is the best time for us to break out of the encirclement! " Liu Mang found a place to lie down. He did not care about the blood on the ground. It was fine as long as it was not wet.
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