Xue Rengui immediately felt a suffocating sense of oppression.

The opponent's attack suddenly surged, and the purple-glowing halberd indicated that everything was extremely complicated.

He saw that the Xuanjia cavalry had already retreated in an orderly manner behind him, and were about a hundred paces away from the pursuing Liangzhou cavalry.

Half of the Xuanjia cavalry had already disappeared into the valley of Helishan.

Xue Rengui was relieved and focused all his attention on preparing to counter Lü Bu's attack!

He had already realized that Lü Bu's warhorse was in poor condition. As long as he managed to stop Lü Bu, he could rely on the speed of the Snow Dragon Steed to quickly shake off the pursuers and return safely to Lude City.

"Dragon soars and tiger leaps!"

Xue Rengui's hands moved swiftly, his halberd transforming into countless afterimages, like dragons and tigers, leaping and darting about.

It turns out that Lü Bu was skilled in close-quarters combat, while Xue Rengui was skilled in mid- to long-range combat, his halberd flying like lightning and possessing immense power.

Clang clang clang!

The metal clanged, sparks flew.

In an instant, their weapons had clashed countless times.

However, Xue Rengui skillfully deflected Lü Bu's attack, and the two fought to a standstill.

Lu Bu let out a soft "Eh," feeling somewhat surprised, and paused for a moment.

Unexpectedly, his opponent transformed his halberd into a halberd and blocked his fatal blow.

However, in that moment of distraction, Xue Rengui had already spurred his Snow Dragon Steed and galloped a dozen or twenty paces away.

Lu Bu spurred his horse to give chase, but his warhorse seemed unable to pick up speed, and in a few breaths, Xue Rengui's figure had already gone further and further away.

"Trying to leave?"

Lu Bu quickly drew his bow and arrow, drew it to its full extent, and shot an arrow straight at Xue Rengui's back.

Although Lü Bu felt a sense of mutual respect for this man after their recent exchange, they were each serving their own masters, and he could not allow this to ruin things.

This man is a general under the King of Clouds.

The King of Yunzhong even fooled Zhang Liao, so how could this man be used by Ding Yuan?

The only way is to kill him to prevent future troubles.

Lu Bu used all his strength in this arrow, intending to take Xue Rengui's life.

A sharp whistling sound came rapidly, and Xue Rengui's hair stood on end. He seemed to realize that danger was approaching. Without hesitation, he took out the Zhentian Bow and, relying entirely on his senses, fired an arrow with his backhand.

Snap!

The two arrows struck each other and shattered upon impact.

hiss!

Lu Bu was greatly alarmed and quickly slowed his horse down.

He was known for his unparalleled archery skills, capable of hitting a willow leaf from a hundred paces away.

To everyone's surprise, the opponent countered by shooting down the arrow that had been fired by him.

In comparison, the opponent's archery skills seemed far superior.

If we continue this pursuit, we might unwittingly fall into their trap.

As soon as he slowed down, Gao Shun and Wei Xu also slowed down.

Han Sui, Ma Teng, Yue Ji, and others rushed to the front.

A knight costs 100 gold coins and also receives a formal position and the opposing knight's horse and equipment, among other things.

Now that we're hunting down the enemy, how can we let this go so easily?

Rumble!

The large cavalry force suddenly squeezed into the valley, making it extremely crowded.

However, they also saw the backs of the Xuanjia cavalry not far away.

It was clear that the other side was also exhausted. With just one more push, they could catch up and finish them off.

The pursuers yelled and screamed, their voices echoing through the valley, but they didn't startle any birds.

But the pursuers were completely unaware of this strange occurrence, their eyes fixed straight ahead.

Xue Rengui never expected that although he forced Lü Bu back with an arrow, he could not stop Lü Bu's men from chasing him relentlessly.

He chuckled, turned his horse around, drew his bow and arrow, preparing to shoot down several pursuing generals.

Just then, whoosh whoosh whoosh!

A series of strong winds swept across the already pitch-black valley.

Countless arrows rained down on the pursuers at the mouth of the valley.

The arrows were powerful and dense, coming wave after wave like locusts.

Caught off guard, the pursuers suffered countless casualties in an instant.

Those behind had no idea what was happening ahead and kept charging forward, resulting in a stampede that caused heavy casualties.

"Damn it, there's an ambush!"

With bruises and red marks on his face, Ma Teng shouted and reined in his horse.

His injury was caused by his horse being shot by Xue Rengui and falling to the ground.

Having suffered such a great loss, Ma Teng was naturally furious and changed his warhorse in hopes of getting some retribution.

But little did they know that the other side had set up an ambush here.

No wonder they dared to launch a surprise attack from such a remote location; they had something to rely on.

Han Sui and Yue Ji saw it at the same time and shouted for their subordinates to retreat.

This back-and-forth maneuvering has cost countless lives.

It had already gotten dark.

The three generals came to see Lü Bu dejectedly.

“The enemy had planned this all along, causing us to suffer heavy losses. It’s getting late, so let’s go back to camp to take stock of our losses before we discuss anything further.”

When Lü Bu saw that Xue Rengui had managed to escape from his hands with ease, he felt utterly humiliated.

However, it was dark, and Ma Teng and the others could not see Lü Bu's expression.

The troops returned to camp and, upon counting their numbers, were astonished.

Of the 70,000 troops, more than 20,000 were killed or wounded, and countless tents and supplies were destroyed.

For a moment, Lü Bu became extremely depressed.

......

Xue Rengui breathed a sigh of relief as the enemy retreated, thankfully he hadn't lost all of his Xuanjia cavalry here.

Fortunately, I had made preparations in the valley beforehand and forced back the pursuers. If they had caught up with me, the consequences would have been unpredictable.

A headcount revealed that over a hundred riders had been lost, and forty of them were killed by Lü Bu alone.

Thinking back to his earlier encounter with Lü Bu, and how he managed to escape unscathed, Xue Rengui secretly felt a chill.

If it were to be a one-on-one fight, this person would undoubtedly be his greatest rival, with unfathomable martial prowess. Xue Rengui admitted that he might not be able to defeat him.

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