After being defeated by Cao Zhen, Lu Bu planned to bypass Cao Zhen with his only remaining troops and return to Lu County to reorganize.

However, a scene that Lu Bu did not expect appeared: Shortly after they got ashore, Hao Zhao led thousands of people to wait on the bank of the river. Because Lu Bu had lost all his war horses while crossing the river, only the red rabbit horse under his crotch were there, and the remaining soldiers were infantry. Looking around, all the leaders of Hao Zhao were brave cavalry, and the advantages and disadvantages of infantry to cavalry were self-evident.

Seeing Lu Bu coming ashore, Hao Zhao, who used his little finger to clean his ears with his right hand, took his hand down and blew it on his lips. He tied the reins with his left hand, raised his spear with his right hand and shouted at Lu Bu who was extremely depressed:

"My master, I have been waiting here for a long time. Let's see where you are going? Today I will see how powerful your Fangtian Painted Spear is!"

He never expected that he had just escaped from the pursuers along Cao Zhen and encountered Hao Zhao's interception. Only then did Lu Bu realize how stupid he was, and thought that before the decisive battle in Xia Pi City came, he would die at the hands of this nameless person.

Unwilling to fail, Lu Bu picked up the Fang Tian Huaji in his hand and said to the soldiers behind him:

"Today's defeat was actually the fault of me, Lu Bu, and now you can escape quickly. I will resist the enemy alone to cover you."

Seeing that he was so arrogant and loving to soldiers, no one fled after listening to Lu Bu's words, everyone shouted in unison with high fighting spirit: "We are willing to follow the general to the death!"

Hao Zhao was moved when he saw Lu Bu's kindness and righteousness. He said heroically to Lu Bu, who was his enemy:

"You are also a man, respected by me, Hao Zhao. Since this is the case, we will fight alone fairly. If you win me, I will let you go. If you lose, I will not make things difficult for the soldiers behind you. I will treat all those who are willing to surrender. If I refuse to surrender, I will let them run away on their own and never break my promise!"

After saying that, he put his spear across and shouted to the cavalry behind him: "No one of you is allowed to interfere!"

"Thank you!"

Lu Bu also admired Hao Zhao's benevolent style very much. He rode his horse forward, waving his long spear in his hand to face Hao Zhao who was also rushing towards him. The two of them went back and forth on the horse's back and forth.

On the surface, Lu Bu and Hao Zhao fought for dozens of rounds without a chance of winning or losing, but in fact, Hao Zhao was gradually at a disadvantage.

Since twenty moves, Lu Bu raised his Fang Tian Hua Ji with both hands and slashed down from Hao Zhao's head. Hao Zhao blocked his spear, and the powerful pressure made the gun stick tremble constantly. Hao Zhao suddenly felt a little numb with his hands, and the spear almost fell off his hands.

After several fights, both sides returned to their positions. Lu Bu was a little tired, and Hao Zhao seemed overwhelmed.

If he continues like this, Hao Zhao knows that there is no chance of winning. After a long silence, he raised his gun high to signal the troops to retreat to both sides. When Lu Bu was surprised why Hao Zhao gave up the road even though the victory was not decided, Hao Zhao lowered his head and roared:

"The winner has been decided, you go over!"

Before they could doubt whether there was any fraud, Lu Bu quickly asked the soldiers to pass first, but he stood alone with a halberd and stood still without moving. After they all walked safely for a while, they quickly passed by Hao Zhao.

After a long time, Cao Zhen's soldiers arrived here. Seeing that there was no sign of a war here, and there was no sign of Lu Bu's soldiers and soldiers. Cao Zhen felt a little confused, but after seeing Hao Zhao's expression, he quickly realized what was going on.

After returning to the camp, Cao Zhen was very angry and took off the sash helmet and threw it on the ground. Hao Zhao knelt on both knees and lowered his head:

"The last general failed to capture Lu Bu, and he was imprisoned by the general. Please ask the general to use military law to rule us."

Cao Zhen closed his eyes and turned his back to Hao Zhao for a long time. After a long time, he finally couldn't suppress his anger and turned around and pointed at Hao Zhao and cursed:

"Treat your crime? Did you let me chop your head? I finally waited until Lu Bu escaped from the numerous defenses in Xia Pi City and went deep into the lonely army. I repeatedly reminded you that this is the best fighter to capture and kill Lu Bu. Now that I let the tiger return to the mountain, Lu Bu will definitely not retreat. Do you know how many soldiers we will use to make up for it because of your momentary intent!"

Hao Zhao knew he was speechless and stopped saying anything. Cao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and said coldly:

"Let me know. Most of the main force brought by Lu Bu has been lost by Sihe. Now the defense of Lu County must be empty. Taking advantage of Lu Bu's not recovering his vitality, I want you to attack quickly to retake Lu County for me. If you can't fight, you don't have to come back to see me again!"

On the surface, Cao Zhen was punishing Hao Zhao, but in fact he wanted to give him a chance to make up for his merits. Hao Zhao understood very well in his heart. He stood up and clasped his fists and replied in a choked voice: "The general will take the order!"

This time, Hao Zhao did not disappoint Cao Zhen's trust. He rushed to Lu County with thousands of cavalry under his command. In order not to alert the Lu Bu army in the city, he deliberately cut off the necessary path between Lu County and Xia Pi.

Then he started a full-scale attack on Lu County from three directions. Most of Lu Bu's troops were deployed in Xia Pi. He wanted to stop and rest in Lu County and retreat to Xia Pi City, but he did not expect that Cao Zhen would not even give him a chance to breathe.

Knowing that his troops were insufficient to fight against Hao Zhao, Lu Bu decisively ordered his withdrawal from Lu County and returned to Xia Pi, but was blocked by Hao Zhao who had been ambushing the way and could not advance or retreat. This time, Hao Zhao learned from the lessons of showing off his courage as an ordinary man, no longer insisted on fighting alone, but ordered the soldiers to surround Lu Bu's remaining troops, gather and annihilate them.

Faced with numerous sieges, Lu Bu failed to succeed after many attacks, but the number of people around him was decreasing. After finally escaping, he thought that he must be in danger this time.

Hao Zhao did not show mercy either. He personally took the horse to block Lu Bu alone, not to defeat him alone, but to block Lu Bu in the encirclement, and Lu Bu, who had few enemies, gradually lost his fighting spirit.

At this moment, a shout of killing suddenly came from behind Hao Zhao. The desperate Lu Bu looked closely and found that it was Chen Gong who brought people to rescue him. He hoped that he would rekindle and shouted to the dozens of people around him:

"Brothers! Mr. Gongtai has arrived, we are saved!"

Lu Bu became more and more brave as he fought. Hao Zhao, who was attacked from both sides, saw that there was no possibility of capturing Lu Bu. After calm thinking, he was forced to order a retreat. Lu Bu safely escaped from Hao Zhao's pursuit with Chen Gong's support.

Although he did not successfully capture Lu Bu, the commander of the three armies, the news of the loss of Lu County was passed to Cao Cao. Cao Cao still praised Cao Zhen and Hao Zhao's leadership very much, and ordered the entire army to praise him.

Hao Zhao returned to the camp to report his life, but he specially apologized to Cao Zhen because he failed to capture and kill Lu Bu.
Chapter completed!