Chapter 273: Decisive Battle 3/3

Chapter 273: The Decisive Battle

"What should I do?" Chen Cheng turned his head and asked, "Yang Qiu, you are the secretary of the military department, you can tell me what to do." ”

Yang Qiu stood up murderously and said in a loud voice: "Since the lord has already issued a military order, the generals should obey the order. Those who are defeated and retreat can still pay to atone for their sins. Those who retreat without a fight will be executed by the main general, and the officers of the Qu army and above will be killed by eleven times, and the others will be scattered and incorporated into the coolie battalions and death battalions of each army, and they will not die if they charge into battle three times before they can be exempted! ”

Chen Cheng said lightly: "Then let's do it, stick their heads on the tip of the gun, and let everyone see it." ”

"It's not .........," the general kneeling on the ground raised his head in astonishment and shouted, "You can't kill me like this!" ”

Two strong tooth soldiers appeared behind the man, and four arms stretched out, pressing him to the ground. Then the third tooth soldier flashed with a sword in his palm, and the head had fallen into the dust.

Blood spurted out, and Duan Xuan's heart trembled. His face was pale, his teeth were clenched, and he didn't say a word. Originally, he still had a fluke mentality, but since he had surrendered, how could there be any fluke? Since ancient times, the two dogs have to show extraordinary abilities in order to avoid being slaughtered.

However, Chen Cheng did not deliberately target him.......... Well, there's actually an intentional component. But now in Liangzhou, military discipline is so harsh. Not to mention Duan Xuan and their generals, even if they are Cheng Yi Ma Teng, after violating military discipline, they can only take money to atone for their crimes.

Usually, as long as it is not too out of line, the state pastoral government will not deliberately target anyone. But when it comes to war, the mere disrespect for orders is enough to make people look different. Now the civil management of Liangzhou is relatively loose, as long as it is not forbidden by the government, then it can be done. Even if it's a crime, the big deal is to be sent to the Western Regions.

But for the army, whether it is Chen Cheng or Yan Zhong, or the generals below, they have always been strict. In the process of raising the remuneration of military personnel, military discipline has not only not been relaxed, but has become stricter. The so-called "gold bottle drinks together, and the white blade does not spare each other" is also.

As several heads were raised, the morale of the army was boosted. After leaving a small number of soldiers and horses to guard Chen Cang, Chen Cheng deployed all the forwards on the north bank of Weishui and ordered Duan Xuan's army to continue to advance. Although Duan Xuan was resentful, the families of the army were all controlled by the Xiliang people. At this point, he had no choice but to take the remaining 40,000 people out of formation.

Lu Bu led his troops to defeat the advance of Duan Xuan's army, and when he saw that it was getting late, he led the cavalry to retreat first, and when Duan Xuan's army arrived at the battlefield, he only saw corpses scattered on the ground. Duan Xuan didn't dare to move on, and while ordering people to clean up the battlefield, he let the soldiers be stationed in the nearby Anhanyi.

The Xiliang army took advantage of the night to continue through Chencang City and enter the vast Guanzhong Plains.

The next day, the Ya soldiers under the command of Zhao Yun went out to a place ten miles west of An Hanyi, while the county soldiers led by Yang Qiu spread out to the north and took control of the nearby villages and towns respectively. After leaving Chencang, the ground suddenly became flat, and the cavalry could move freely here. If you don't send out a lot of scouts, you can easily be attacked by enemy cavalry.

Just when the cavalry of the Western Liang Army was dispatching around, Lu Bu continued to lead the cavalry to challenge, and soon encountered the rangers of the Western Liang Army. Seeing that there were many cavalry of Lu Bu's army, the Xiliang rangers took the initiative to retreat. Immediately, Chen Cheng ordered Duan Xuan's army, which was stationed in Anhanyi, to attack Lü Bu.

Of course, Duan Xuan knew that he was not Lu Bu's opponent, let alone Lu Bu, he couldn't even beat Zhang Liao. He also used to advance by land and water, to attack Chang'an, wanting to replicate Huangfu Song's victory, but was defeated by Zhang Wenyuan with 2,000 cavalry, and since then, he extinguished the dream of expelling Lu Bu and monopolizing Guanzhong.

Knowing that he couldn't beat him, Duan Xuan could only stubbornly march to the east. Although Anhanyi also has a city wall, it is much inferior to Chencang. Moreover, the place here is small, most of the more than 30,000 soldiers and horses are stationed in the field, once the Xiliang cavalry behind launches a surprise attack, the more than 40,000 people in his hands will not be able to stop for long.

Even if the Xiliang army didn't attack, just because his family members were held in his hands, he couldn't help but disobey orders.

As soon as Duan Xuan's army moved, Lu Bujun's army immediately discovered it, and a dense cavalry immediately appeared around Duan Xuan.

Although he is the younger brother of the famous general Duan Xi, Duan Xi's ability to fight is far inferior to his brother, and even Dong Zhuo is a little incomparable, how dare he face the hard steel of the superior army of Lu Bujun? Seeing the cavalry of Lu Bu's army appear around, Duan Xuan immediately ordered to stop the advance and ordered the soldiers to line up with their backs.

Although Weishui is not very wide, not as good as the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, it can also effectively protect the back of the army, so that the place that Duan Xuan's army needs to defend is reduced. The backwater array has been used since ancient times, and some people may have used it earlier, but the most famous one is the one with Huaiyin Hou Han Xinxin.

After that, there were also many people who wanted to emulate the Marquis of Huaiyin, but almost without success. It takes a lot of tenacity on the part of the soldiers, otherwise it will become a situation where the enemy is surrounded by the river and there is no way to retreat.

Duan Xuan knew that now was the time to need him to perform well, so he worked hard to boost his morale, and he said loudly: "Don't be afraid, there is still Chen Yuanjun's 100,000 army behind, as long as we hold on, we can win!" ”

Yes, as long as you hold on, you can win, something that everyone knows at this time. But what if you can't hold it? Then I can probably only jump into the Weishui. In a short period of time, Lü Bu's army has been labeled as "cruel" and "tyrannical", and the massacre of civilians and prisoners of war has not been less, and the soldiers are afraid of the cruelty of Lü Bujun's army.

Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse to the front of the formation, and saw Duan Xuanjun who was arrayed with Weishui on his back. He looked at it for a while, and sneered: "Duan Simmering Rat, don't you dare to fight against me, do you think I can't help him with such a turtle shell?" ”

Zhang Liao on the side said: "It is true that the Duan Xuan Department is not enough, but the Xiliang Army is not far away. If we attack Duan Xuan's army with all our might, I am afraid that we will suffer a flank attack from the Xiliang people! ”

Of course Lu Bu understands such a simple truth, not only Lu Bu understands, but even Duan Xuan knows that he is a bait, specifically for fishing for Lu Bu, a big fish. The terrain in Guanzhong is flat, if you can't defeat Lu Bu's army in one fell swoop and let him wander around with cavalry, most of Guanzhong will be Huo Huo. So Chen Cheng threw out a big bait of 40,000 people, and it was up to Lu Bu to see if he could bear it.

Lu Bu squinted his eyes, looked in the direction of the west, and said to Zhang Liao: "I have already sent someone to inquire about the situation in the west, the main force of the Xiliang thieves is still in Anhanyi, and it is still twenty miles away from here. Even if the cavalry moves quickly, as long as we move fast enough, we can clean up all the debris in front of us before the surnamed Chen rushes over! ”

Zhang Liao tried his best to persuade: "The distance of twenty miles is too short, and the cavalry will arrive in less than half an hour." Once a war starts on our side, the Xiliang army will inevitably make a big move, and then our army will fall into a situation where the enemy is attacked on the back of the belly! ”

Lu Bu laughed and said, "Then the whole army will go out and kill the Xiliang Thief and Duan Xuan Army together!" ”

Zhang Liao's face changed color slightly, but he also knew that the current situation did not allow his soldiers and horses to delay. To the east of Chang'an, Gao Shun was resisting Dong Zhuo's army of 50,000 with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and was in danger of being wiped out at any time. Even if you can't destroy the Xiliang army, you must at least repel them as soon as possible, so that you can transfer the troops and horses back to the east.

In other words, even if they defeated the Xiliang Army by a small amount, they would be considered a loss.

However, can you really defeat Duan Xuan's army and the Xiliang army together?

Zhang Liao was very skeptical about this, but Lu Bu was full of confidence, and he roared loudly: "I have brought out all the soldiers and horses in Chang'an, and I have captured so many men along the way, and now there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under my command?" Now that we are strong and strong, we have the advantage of being on the right foot, and it is a good time to break the thief in one fell swoop! ”

Lu Bu wanted to defeat the enemy in front of him as soon as possible, and then go back to resist Dong Zhuo. Chen Cheng also hoped to kill Lu Bu through a decisive battle, so that Guanzhong's vitality could be retained a little more. Since both sides have the intention of a decisive battle, a big battle is inevitable.

As for Duan Xuan, no one asked him about his wishes at all. Neither Lu Bu nor Chen Cheng regarded Duan Xuanjun as a reliable fighting force.

Lü Bu used cavalry to watch Duan Xuan's army on the bank of the Weishui River, and the main force advanced six miles to the west, arranging troops along villages and streams, preparing to meet the Xiliang thieves. Duan Xuan commanded his soldiers and horses to put on a beaten posture, and after waiting for a while, he found that Lu Bu's army did not come to attack, but crossed their position and continued to the west.

It didn't take long for him to guess what Lu Bujun was thinking. Although he was a little resentful of being despised by the enemy, Duan Xuan was more happy and relieved in his heart. Let's fight, let's fight, he thought viciously: It's best that you lose both, and Chen Cheng and Lu Bu are finished together!

However, he only snickered for a while, and after most of Lü Bu's army had gone to the west to line up, Zhang Liao led his cavalry to launch a small-scale tentative attack on them.

Under the general's banner on the river embankment, the soldiers suddenly shouted, "Enemy cavalry! ”

Duan Xuan's heart tightened, and he looked into the distance, only to see the cavalry of Lu Bu's army, with the scale of fifty or one hundred horses, constantly wandering around the edge of his own large array, harassing the infantry lined up by the river with cavalry on horseback.

Unlike the Western Liang Army, which was dominated by cavalry, the Guanzhong Army also had a lot of cavalry, but more of them were infantry. Duan Xuan inherited part of the Guanzhong Army, which also had more infantry and less cavalry. He placed the shooters on a higher ground like the river embankment, with the infantry placed outside and the cavalry on standby.

It stands to reason that riding a bow is not as good as a stepping bow, let alone a strong crossbow of the Han army. As long as the will of the heavy infantry is strong enough, the so-called cavalry shooting can only be painless harassment. But Duan Xuanjun gave up Chen Cang, and his morale was not high, and he was beaten by Lu Bujun's cavalry yesterday, and the 5,000 soldiers and horses on the left flank of the forward were almost wiped out, coupled with the previous experience of being defeated by Zhang Liao's army under Chang'an City, Duan Xuanjun was naturally a little afraid when facing Lu Bu's army.

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