Chapter 161: The Battle of Chang'an
After Li Ru returned to Xu Rongjun, he found Xu Rong overnight.
As soon as he entered the camp, Xu Rong immediately put down the scroll in his hand and asked, "Lao Li, have you ever seen the young master?" β
Li Ru nodded and took off the cloak covering his body.
Only then did Xu Rong discover the scar on Li Ru's face, and hurriedly asked, "Lao Li, ...... are you?"
Li Ru shook his head with a wry smile, and explained the meeting with Lu Bu in detail at the moment, and Xu Rong was also silent after listening to it.
The two were silent for a long time, and then Xu Rong spoke: "It's good that the young master can be fine." However, Lu Bu is not a reckless man as the world says. β
Li Ru laughed and said: "Hahaha, if he Lu Fengxian is a reckless man, where are there smart people in this world?" β
Xu Rong also shook his head self-deprecatingly: "Before, I underestimated him, you and the lord kept praising this person, I was not convinced at that time, but now it seems that I Xu is clumsy." β
"This person is deeply hidden, and he has the samadhi of Taoguang, but if the people who are his enemies look down on him because of this, then what awaits him must be regret."
Li Ru couldn't help but think of the meeting many years ago, and the scene when he came into contact with Lu Bu again today, and once again sighed that the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and there were some heroic sighs in his heart.
The two have known each other for many years, and the tacit understanding between them has long been natural.
Seeing Li Ru's face, Xu Rong had already guessed his thoughts, and opened his mouth to persuade: "Lao Li, we are still at the right age, but we can't meet a powerful junior and break our sharpness." β
"Hahaha, I just felt a little emotional. Lu Fengxian has now found a step for himself, so why don't he also save face for you and me. If I myself am discouraged, then I am not doing myself. Don't worry, Lao Xu. β
The confident smile returned to Li Ru's face again, and Xu Rong smiled with relief when he saw it.
"Lao Li, then in your opinion, how should we fight this battle tomorrow?"
Li Ru replied without thinking: "Go all out!" β
Bear down? His own men and horses are less than Li Dao, and they have only experienced a major battle, and there are a large number of wounded soldiers, and they have not fully recovered.
If you take the initiative to attack with all your strength in this situation, your losses will be extremely heavy and ......
Xu Rong opened his mouth and asked the doubts in his heart: "If our side suffers heavy losses, even if we enter the state in the future, we will ......"
Li Ru shook his head and said, "Old Xu, Lu Bu is not as good as the lord, although he cherishes our talents, he will never trust you and me 100%. β
Xu Rong nodded approvingly.
Li Ru continued: "Li Dao is just a clown, if you want to destroy his 100,000 horses, it is just a trivial matter, then you and I will return to obedience If you still go with a large army, he will definitely take precautions, and it is okay to say to you and me, but I am afraid that it will affect the young lord and them." β
"Alas...... It's just a pity for these loyal men who follow you and me. Xu Rong lowered his head and sighed.
As Li Ru said, although Bingzhou is now strong, there are only more than 200,000 people.
At this moment, the men and horses under their command are already about thirty percent of the soldiers and horses of the state, and such a huge strength is a threat to any lord.
Although cutting the army is a way, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it costs a lot, and those soldiers who have been eliminated will also have a large amount of money to settle in.
Only through this bloody elimination method can not only reduce the number of soldiers, but also will not cause losses to the state army, and can also obtain an elite team of a hundred battles, which can be counted in one fell swoop, why not do it.
In troubled times, the most despised thing is human life.
Especially these people who live at the bottom of society.
In the early morning of the second day, Xu Rong's army suddenly opened the gate, and a column of soldiers rushed out, many of whom still had injuries of varying degrees of severity on their bodies, but their bodies were boiling with high morale.
Li Wei also discovered the abnormality, and the troops hurriedly went out to meet the formation.
After nearly half an hour, 60,000 horses lined up in several phalanxes, and the queue stretched for nearly two miles, which was magnificent and magnificent.
Xu Rong turned around and looked at the high-spirited soldiers behind him, all of whom looked at him with unconditional trust and fanaticism in their eyes.
Xu Rong slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath of melancholy.
When his eyes opened again, there was no melancholy in his eyes, and only sharpness and murderous aura remained.
Xu Rong pulled out the long sword at his waist, pointed at the sky obliquely, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, it is these rebels in front of us who make us homeless, let us Xiliang people kill each other, and let our brothers die in a foreign land!" Rebel for the heavens! Shame on the people of Xiliang! Blaze a trail home for ourselves! Kill me! β
As Xu Rong's voice fell, the 60,000 soldiers behind him erupted into a roar of rage: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! β
Suddenly, 60,000 iron-blooded soldiers walked fearlessly, waved the weapons in their hands, and rushed towards the opposite Li Daojun, and the irresistible momentum seemed to be able to level the earth.
"This, this, this...... Xu Rong: Is this crazy? Li Wei looked at Xu Rongjun's movements in surprise, without any tactical tactics, just a stunned assault of the whole army, what kind of way of fighting is this.
Several generals beside Li Wei also blinked blankly, facing Xu Rong, the pressure on them was very great, after all, the title of 'Xiliang Military God' was not in vain.
"Could it be that they still have an ambush?" One of the generals spoke hesitantly.
"Are you a pig's brain? The entire Guanzhong has been blocked by us, and the Tongguan and Wuguan in the east have been occupied by Lu Bu at the moment, Xu Rong and they are being monitored by us day and night, what else can there be in ambush? Even if there are troops from where there is an ambush! Another general hurriedly retorted.
The general who spoke earlier was about to refute, looked at Li Dao's face, shrunk his neck, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.
Li Dao's brows were furrowed, and after pondering for a long time, he finally spoke: "Order the whole army to stick to the place." β
After a pause, Li Wei sneered: "Hmph, since you are looking for death, you just save trouble." At least keep me guarded for an hour, and they're almost there. Hahaha......"
"Order!"
With the departure of the generals beside him, Li Dao's troops also began to move slowly, gradually forming several dozen round formations, which is a typical defensive lineup, especially suitable for positional warfare.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, it was a tragic fight, and the sword light and sword shadows could be seen everywhere on the battlefield that stretched for two miles, and the violent shouts of killing made everyone present fall into madness.
The blood and howls of the enemy in front of him made the people in the Shura field excited.
Since the soldiers began to charge, Xu Rong stood quietly in place, without giving a single command, his lips tightly closed, and his face turned pale.
His heart was dripping blood, and the soldiers fought in front of him, because they trusted him as the main general, and were willing to give everything to him without reservation.
But he sent them to death to 'preserve' his position with the new lord in the future.
While he was thinking about it, a person put his shoulder on his shoulder, and then a familiar voice sounded in his ears: "I'm sorry, Lao Xu." β
Xu Rong shook his head, smiled wryly and shook his head: "It's not me who should hear this, it's them." Looking ahead, a sad look appeared on Xu Rong's face.
Li Ru was silent, and there was a faint unbearable look in the depths of his eyes.
This battle was fought very hard, and Xu Rongjun himself attacked the enemy's strength with his own shortcomings.
After all, Li Wei is also a famous general in Xiliang, and the camp is quite lawful, which makes Xu Rongjun, who is already at a disadvantage in numbers, even more uncomfortable.
Li Wei stood on the camp gate, looking at the tragic and bloody battlefield in front of him, as well as the Chinese army Daxu embroidered with the character Dou Da Xu fluttering in the wind in the distance, and the corners of his mouth slowly showed a cold smile.
"Xu Rong, Xu Rong, are you giving up on yourself at the end of the road? It's okay, just use your failure today to achieve my Li's brilliant prestige, hahahahahaha......"
Li Daojun's camp is now like a flesh and blood grinding plate, and time is the giant hand pushing the grinding.
Every minute and second that passes, countless fresh lives disappear here, becoming the nourishment of the earth, and the blood penetrates the earth and blooms bright flowers in the following year.
I just don't know if the flowers that bloomed at that time were fiery red in color and smelled fishy and sweet.
Early in the morning of this day, Lu Bu personally led 30,000 greedy wolf iron cavalry troops out of Tongguan in the west, and marched towards the place near Chang'an, where Xu Rongjun and Li Daojun were fighting.
Tongguan was very close to the place where the two sides were fighting, and with the strength of the cavalry, it only took a few hours to reach the vicinity.
One of the things that the three of them discussed last night was to take advantage of today, before the news of Lu Bu's personal arrival in Tongguan came out, they would sneak attack Li Dao's army with lightning speed, and strive to be able to swallow Li Dao's tens of thousands of horses in one battle.
At that time, Lu Bu didn't mind continuing to wave his army to attack Chang'an, after all, there were only twenty or thirty thousand defenders in Chang'an City at this time.
But after all, Chang'an is also the imperial capital since ancient times, although it is no longer the capital in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the high walls and deep ditches are still alive, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as impregnable.
And now that there are only Guo Yan and others left in Chang'an, there is no real benefit in attacking a fortified city like Chang'an, so Lu Bu will naturally not be stupid enough to attack it.
But after destroying Li Wei's army, and converging with Xu Rong's great victory, then it will be completely different.
Now they have gone to a wooded area three miles outside the battlefield to hide.
Lu Bu sat on the grass, leaning against a big tree, bored with a piece of grass in his mouth.
The sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and the sound of horses' hooves came quickly, and they came to Lu Bu in an instant.
Lu Bu slowly opened his eyes, and the knight on the horse, a beautiful harrier, turned over and landed on the grass, and the snow-white horse immediately stopped in place.
Zhao Yun knelt down on one knee and said, "Lord, the two armies have begun to fight. Xu Rongjun did not have any tactics, and rushed up to attack Li Daojun's camp. β
Lu Bu nodded, his face was not sad or happy, and he said: "The two of them are still smart people after all. Alasβ"
"Then my lord, we ......"
Lu Bu stood up, patted the dust on his body, and said, "Let's go!" β