Chapter 41 I can't take Guo Yan
LΓΌ Bu led 20,000 soldiers into battle.
There is no reliable general on his side, only Wang Hong, who has participated in the siege of the Yellow Turban Army, commands with him, and the rest such as the former general Zhao Qian led the Shu soldiers with good combat strength to stay in Chang'an.
However, Lu Bu was not worried at all, he believed that he could capture the thief and capture the king first with his absolute force, and give priority to killing Li Dao and Guo Yan.
Sure enough, he bumped into Guo Yan's soldiers and horses, and it was estimated that there were more than 30,000 people at a glance. Guo Yan's soldiers and horses were spread out in turn, with the elite cavalry in the center, the heavy infantry on both sides, and the other light infantry and homeless people in the rear.
This type of cavalry formation in the center was not common at the time, and more often it was the heavy infantry and crossbowmen in the center, defending and counterattacking to frustrate the enemy's spirits, and then the light cavalry on both flanks to raid around the rear, or chase and kill according to the battle situation.
However, Guo Yan was born in Xiliang, and his cavalry was strong and in an offensive situation, so he did not form a formation that was biased towards defensive counterattacks.
Lu Bu knew at a glance that Guo Yan wanted to rely on the impact of the main cavalry in the middle to crush his old and weak soldiers in one fell swoop, and he didn't consider maneuvering and reorganizing at all. Then the heavy infantry on both sides followed, both attacking their own flanks and preventing the light cavalry from circling behind. The rebels behind rushed forward and took advantage of the momentum to crush themselves.
Lu Bu was annoyed and angry, if his own state army was there, it would not be certain who would form such a strong attack formation. However, at this moment, if the other party's plan is achieved, it is estimated that these soldiers and horses will not be able to withstand it.
Although he is usually impatient and unscrupulous, he has been fighting with various tribes in Wuyuan since he was a child, and he is extremely brave and experienced in a hundred battles, and has won the nickname of "Nine Plains Tiger". Of course, he has a way to deal with it at the moment.
Without waiting for the opponent's formation to be prepared, he rode out of the formation alone and galloped towards the opponent's formation.
"Guo Yan thief, don't you want to avenge the Dong thief? Grandpa is here, dare to come and fight me? β
Lu Bu was already more than nine feet tall, even if he was 23 centimeters and a foot in the Han Dynasty, he was more than two meters and five meters tall, plus the red rabbit horse under his crotch was one meter seven tall at the shoulder, far exceeding the one meter two and three of ordinary Mongolian horses, the whole person was earth-shattering, and the attention of all the soldiers of the two armies was focused on him in front of the battle.
Of course, Guo Yan had heard of Lu Bu's martial arts, but he had also been known for his bravery for many years, and he was good at taking risks alone, especially the ability to lead a small force to raid, which was unsurpassed. At this moment, Lu Bu is so arrogant in front of the two armies, if he doesn't go, he won't be looked down upon in the future.
Guo Yan rode out of the battle, holding a steel knife in each hand that was braving the cold air, each knife was about six feet long, weighed more than 20 Han catties, and wielded it majestically.
But compared to Lu Bu, it was far behind, and the closer Guo Bi got to Lu Bu, the more weak he became, but he still mustered up the courage to shout: "Lu Bu is a little er, come and fight with me Guo Bi for three hundred rounds!"
Lu Bu smiled contemptuously: "You fool is also worthy of playing three lilies with me?" I told you that the person who can fight with me Lu Feng for a hundred rounds has not yet been born! β
said that the horse moved forward, and Fang Tian drew a halberd to take Guo Yan directly.
Guo Yan watched Fang Tian's halberd as a chest, and under the speed of the red rabbit horse, it was even more thunderous, it was simply unavoidable and difficult to parry. But Guo Yan was not without strength, so he came to die, and the two knives blocked Lu Bu's halberd together, just enough to resist.
If this is changed to an ordinary general, seeing Lu Bu's momentum at close range, he will already be broken, I am afraid that when the halberd stabs come, he can't help but close his eyes and scream, and then be killed in one move.
However, Guo Yan is worthy of being a fierce general of Xiliang, and he fought with Lu Bu for three rounds, and he felt that the opponent's strength was terrifying, but the martial arts moves were far from being at the peak, even if they were far from themselves. Thinking about it like this, he couldn't help but smile, maybe he could really defeat Lu Bu.
The usage of the halberd is varied, but before the battle, Lu Bu only used two moves, stabbing and smashing, and did not make horizontal movements at all, if you don't know, you may think that Lu Bu is just a brute force nerd.
In short, his performance today is simply not worthy of his terrifying reputation.
The more Lu Bu fought, the more annoyed he became, he could have killed this person in three moves, but ......
He has the ability to see the dynamics of the battlefield, and the subtle movements of his opponents during the fight cannot escape his attention at all. At this moment, looking at Guo Yan's facial expression showing a smug look, he was even more angry and his face turned green.
Seeing that the two fought for ten rounds, it was only a draw, and the soldiers on both sides were all silently and staring at them intently. However, it is obvious that the morale of Guo Bi's side is higher, and many soldiers on Lu Bu's side are puzzled.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, a thunderclap sounded, and many soldiers were so frightened that they hurriedly closed their eyes and bent over, but when they saw that there was any thunder, it was clearly Lu Bu who burst out.
Lu Bu didn't rely on skills, and he defeated Guo Yan with strength alone, so he shouted loudly and stabbed Guo Yan off his horse with a halberd.
However, what is surprising is that although this move is very powerful, it is straight and straight to poke Guo Yan with Fang Tian's halberd.
Of course, Guo Yan saw that he relied on the steel knife in his hand and a suit of armor to resist the momentum and avoid being directly blocked, but he still fell off the horse and fell to pieces.
The Xiliang army immediately rushed out of the formation and rushed over to rescue. At this time, Lu Bu was closer, as long as he stepped forward to make up for a halberd, Guo Yan died, but he seemed to be sluggish, and after stabbing Guo Yan, he lay on the back of the horse and did not sit up.
"That bastard! I'll see you again ......."
Lu Bu saw that the two generals in Guo Yan's formation helped Guo Yan onto his horse and rescued him, but he had no way to move, let alone chase and kill.
It was not easy to straighten up, Guo Yan had already been rescued by the other party, and led the army to retreat. He was so anticlimactic, he saw that he could kill the other party's leader according to the plan, but he didn't expect this result to be the end.
Annoyed, Lu Bu drew a halberd and pointed at it, and Wang Hong led his soldiers and horses to kill the enemy. Half an hour pursued and killed the enemy for more than ten miles, until Li Dao, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji led tens of thousands of troops to rescue Guo Yan.
However, due to the late timing of the rush and the lack of combat strength of the soldiers, they only killed two or three hundred of Guo Yan's troops and captured four or five hundred, which was really insignificant compared to the opponent's huge forces.
Lu Bu returned to the camp and quickly took off his armor to check the situation, and sure enough, he had a large bruise on his right waistband, and looking at the color and condition of the wound, it was estimated that it was an old wound that had been more than ten days. However, because of the fatigue of running around a few days ago, it relapsed again, and it is very inconvenient to even turn left and right today.
"Report, the general ......" A herald went directly into the camp without an order.
Lu Bu hurriedly covered his clothes and shouted angrily: "Someone! Push him out and cut him down! β
Lu Bu was afraid that the situation would leak out, so he stunned this person first. After a while, someone came to carry out Lu Bu's order and show the stunned soldier to the public.
If there would never be a situation in Lu Bu's own army of merging states and the guards neglecting their duties and soldiers entering and leaving the camp tents at will, but now the soldiers and horses led by Lu Bu are not good in combat strength and military discipline, so this tragedy will occur.
He walked out of the camp tent and inspected the camps, and found that there were many soldiers who were celebrating happily and boasting after today's small victory. Lu Bu was annoyed when he heard this, he beat himself so badly, these people were very happy.
So he gathered the whole army, put the more than 100 people who were the happiest and punished them with rods, and warned the whole army that no one was allowed to laugh in such a small victory.
Lu Bu put on a straight face, and the terrifying atmosphere made the whole army highly serious, but behind the scenes, many people were angry and dissatisfied with Lu Bu, laying the groundwork for the tragedy in the future.