Chapter Twenty-Eight: Grassland Strategy (3)
Lu Bu has experienced more than half a year of experience, and has already transformed into a good general, he seized the opportunity of the other party's brief panic at this moment, and rushed towards the weaker right flank of the Xianbei cavalry, and the greedy wolf cavalry behind him also became a sharp arrow formation conducive to charging under the command of other generals.
The Xianbei people on the right wing were also taken by the momentum of the Han army, most of them were stunned and at a loss, and at this moment they suddenly saw the famous flying general Lu Bu rushing over, and suddenly subconsciously became confused, most of them ran around in a panic, and even many people rushed towards the Han army in a panic without knowing the direction.
Lu Bu did not show any mercy in the face of these panicked Xianbei people, and between the horizontal opening and closing of the Heavenly Painting Halberd in his hand, all the Xianbei people in front of him fell to the ground one after another. As the saying goes, a general is the courage of a soldier, and Lu Bu's leading soldiers showed their strength even more to stimulate the bloody nature of the greedy wolf cavalry, and everyone followed Lu Bu's footsteps closely, and the weapons in their hands kept harvesting the lives of the enemy.
In the era of cold weapons, the cavalry charge of the formation has always been efficient and bloody, and it was only a half-time effort, and under the leadership of Lu Bu, Lu Bu's troops actually broke through the relatively weak right wing part of the Xianbei encirclement. It was only at this time that Bu Dugen, the leader of the Xianbei people, reacted and hurriedly ordered the others to quickly outflank and encircle the enemy.
After all, the steppe nomads grew up on horseback, and soon, many Xianbei knights detoured back to the front of the Han army to form an encirclement again, although Lu Bu had already expected it, but seeing the enemy's rapid reaction, he couldn't help but have a big headache at this moment.
Although they are also light cavalry, Lu Bu's side has few people after all, and it is located in the hinterland of the grassland at this time, and a large number of Xianbei troops may appear around at any time to join the encirclement and suppression. If they are entangled in the future, then these more than 4,000 elites will probably all be buried here.
Lu Bu raised his eyes and found that the leader of Xianbei, Bu Dugen, was under the heavy protection of nearly 10,000 Xianbei cavalry, and Lu Bu could only give up his plan to kill him. At this time, he suddenly found that the rest of the Xianbei cavalry were outflanking and converging towards the front of the Han army from both wings, Lu Bu had a plan in his heart, turned his horse's head sideways, and intended to cut off one of the Xianbei cavalry teams, and soon, Lu Bu led the troops through the Xianbei formation again.
Just when Lu Bu was about to tear apart the enemy's formation again and break out, Lu Bu, who had been distracted from observing the battlefield, suddenly found that some of the guards around Bu Dugen had dispersed, and these people took off their bows and arrows in a roundabout way.
Lu Bu was not good, if the Xianbei people, who were good at riding and archery, were killed with bows and arrows on this empty grassland, it would be really the end of the road. At that moment, Lu Bu did not break through and flee after rushing out of the enemy formation, but turned around again, clinging to this Xianbei army and continuing to rush and kill, sure enough, as Lu Bu expected, when the Han army and the Xianbei people were entangled, the other Xianbei people did not dare to shoot with bows and arrows.
Although this eliminates the threat from the bow and arrow, but has to face more and more enemy troops, although the greedy wolf cavalry is brave and good at fighting, but after all, the number is at an absolute disadvantage, with the stalemate of the war, although the soldiers are still fighting bravely, but in the face of the previous enemy, they have begun to be powerless, the weapons in their hands feel heavier and heavier, and each attack has become more and more difficult, Lu Bu saw this situation in his eyes, and the steel teeth made a risky decision.
In the midst of the chaos, Lu Bu raised his arms and shouted: "Erlang of the state, follow me to kill the enemy chief!" β
Lu Bu's order in time reinvigorated the somewhat sluggish morale, and all the Han soldiers and soldiers kept in their hands at the same time, and they responded one after another, "Obey the general's orders!" "Kill the enemy chief!" "Kill!"
Lu Bu shouted angrily: "Those who dare to block me will be killed!" Holding the halberd with both hands, several Xianbei knights in front of him were suddenly cut in two, until Lu Bu rushed to their side, the blood splattered out like a fountain, and the blood of the enemy stained Lu Bu's whole body, at this time his expression was terrifying, covered in blood, like a Shura ghost in hell, and a swift shadow sprang out from time to time, making a terrifying wound appear in the throat of a living horse when he was dizzying.
Many Xianbei people were so frightened that they turned their horses and ran away, shouting: "Ghost, Lu Bu is not a human, run for your life!" β
The fear spread rapidly, and in an instant, Xianbei's morale was even lowered. Bu Dugen roared angrily: "Don't bewitch the crowd with gossip, no matter how strong he Lu Bu is, he is just one person, give it all to me, kill Lu Bu, and reward thousands of cattle and sheep!" β
There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and under the rescue of Bu Dugen, the Xianbei army finally stabilized, and there were many people who were carried away by the reward and rushed to Lu Bu bravely.
Lu Bu roared: "Bu Dugen, give me my life!" β
Although they were still a hundred paces away, Bu Dugen was still frightened by Lu Bu's broken drink. He desperately said to the guards around him: "All of them, what are you doing in a daze? All, all give, give it to me, kill him, kill him! β
Lu Bu saw that more and more Xianbei people rushed over regardless of life and death, his heart was very anxious, and he beckoned: "Protect me." Slowing down the speed of the war horse's charge slightly, when Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, who had been guarding behind Lu Bu, stepped forward to come to him, Lu Bu quickly replaced Fang Tian's painting halberd with a long bow, and when he stepped on his shoulder, he pulled the longbow into a full moon and shouted loudly: "Die!" β
I saw an arrow light passing through the crowd and pointing directly at Budugen's throat, but he didn't think that at the last moment, Budugen's mount suddenly snorted and shook slightly, and the arrow shot into his shoulder at once, but the strong force still made Budugen fall off his horse, and happened to hit his head and fainted.
Seeing the opportunity, Lu Bu didn't care whether Bu Dugen was really dead or not, and continued to shoot the flag officer beside Bu Dugen with his bow, while shouting loudly: "The enemy chief is dead!" The enemy chief is dead! β
Zhao Yuntai, Shi Ci and others also hurriedly shouted: "The enemy chief is dead!" β
All the people on both sides turned their heads to look in the direction where Budugen was, and found that there was chaos there, and the handsome banner flying high and Budugen himself had disappeared, and immediately believed the news that Budugen was dead.
Budugen's own soldiers panicked and only grabbed the boss's 'corpse' and fled, but in their eagerness they forgot to confirm whether he was really killed. And this move of Budugen's own soldiers further confirmed the previous words, the army of the steppe nomads was originally composed of the young and strong of various tribes, and there was no military discipline at all.
Lu Bu saw that tens of thousands of Xianbei people were scattered like this, and he did not order these tired divisions to come forward to chase and kill, but gathered his subordinates, Lu Bu clearly knew that no matter whether Bu Dugen died in battle or not, Lu Bu and his greedy wolf cavalry, who had already exposed their whereabouts, would face endless pursuit and killing of Xianbei people, and the next encounter with Xianbei people would not be as easy to dismiss as this time.
Soon the results of the battle were counted, and in this encounter, the Han army killed more than 600 people, almost all of whom were slightly wounded, and no serious injuries. The Xianbei people killed more than 7,000 people in the battle, countless people were wounded, and the life and death of the enemy chief Budugen were uncertain.
As a typical encounter with a small number of troops against a large number of enemy troops, the results of this battle were nothing less than brilliant, not only did they kill more enemies than their own numbers, but they also suffered less than a quarter of their own battle losses.
But LΓΌ Bu and the greedy wolf cavalry did not have time to celebrate this glorious victory, they did not even have time to collect and bury the bodies of their brothers who died in battle, so they could only burn them on the spot.
Lu Bu still erected a tombstone out of wood, which was engraved with the heroic expeditionary force, the Greedy Wolf Cavalry Loyal Martyr's Monument. And since then, every time he comes to the grassland, he will come here in person to pay his respects, which is a later story.
After this battle, Lu Bu decided to make name tags for all the soldiers after returning to Bingzhou, so that even if he could not bring the corpses of the soldiers home in the future, he would be able to know the lives of the sacrificed soldiers, so that future generations could pay their respects.
After more than half a month of escaping, Lu Bu finally led the soldiers to break through to the edge of the grassland, and in the past half a month, the soldiers have lived in extreme hardship. As they were on the run, not only did they not get enough rest, but even supplies became more and more difficult, and in the last few days, the soldiers could only rely on slaughtering lone or small groups of Xianbei war horses for food. Even so, after the meat of the horses was evenly divided, no one could eat enough.
When they heard the guides say that they were about to rush out of the grassland, the soldiers were all relieved, and the expedition process of more than half a year was like a lifetime in retrospect, and everyone felt that it was like a dream, only those comrades-in-arms who would never come back and the scars on their bodies proved that this long and arduous battle was a long and arduous battle.
But just when everyone, including Lu Bu, was relieved and ready to rest, there was a sudden violent vibration on the ground, and the mournful alarm of the soldiers in charge of reconnaissance in the distance followed.
The greedy wolf cavalry regained their spirits and prepared for a new round of escape, and during this time, the relentless pursuit of the Xianbei people had gradually made these young warriors gradually adapt to this life of leaving for escape at any time.
Just when Lu Bu took the lead in the direction of Bingzhou, he suddenly found that a group of dense Xianbei troops appeared in front of him, numbering about 10,000 people, and this group of troops was different from the ordinary Xianbei army in the past, not only all wearing leather armor and other protective gear, but also the military appearance was strict and morale was high.
During this period of time, Lu Bu has been cautious, sending a large number of scouts to scout around every day to find gaps is afraid that he will be outflanked by the Xianbei people in advance, but he didn't expect that something went wrong when he arrived at the door, looking at the appearance of these Xianbei troops, it seems that they have been waiting for a long time.
Lu Bu's heart gradually sank, and he raised his hand to order the troops to stop. The other party didn't seem to be in a hurry to eliminate Lu Bu and the others, so they stood quietly in place, and after a while, more and more Xianbei cavalry appeared in the rear of the Han army and on the left and right, surrounding the Han army tightly.