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This battle lasted for a long time in the fog, and it was not until the morning sun dispelled the haze that Lu Bu was able to take a breather.
Only then did people find out that they had arrived near Wancheng. It turned out that Lu Bu and the others were fighting forward in the fog, and they actually broke away from the encirclement laid by the Jingzhou army and came straight to the periphery of Nanyang City. After several baptisms of the enemy, this place has long been depopulated, and the desolation is within reach.
Nanyang, the city of Wancheng, is located in the center of the basin, the terrain is like a bowl, the road conditions extend in all directions, it is by no means an easy city to defend, the main force of the enemy army can gallop freely within the city defense, there is almost no way to restrict, you can concentrate superior forces at any time, attack one of the city gates. Since ancient times, no general has ever been able to hold out in Wancheng for more than ten days.
And Yan Liang and Xu Huang have been guarding Wancheng for more than two months, which shows that Yan Liang and Xu Huang are both rare generals. Of course, the reason why the Jingzhou army did not do its best to capture Wancheng naturally had his ulterior plans.
At this time, most of the soldiers were exhausted, and the group did not make a sound except for the sound of the collision of the armor, but only lowered their heads one by one and followed behind Lu Bu on horseback.
When he came, there were more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the momentum was like a rainbow! At the moment, there were only a dozen horsemen left in front of him, and the generals and counselors of the army were scattered by the enemy, tens of thousands of elite cavalry who had been on the battlefield for a long time, but in a moment, the ice disintegrated, and even Lu Bu couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion for the rest of his life.
"Fortunately, the heavens are fair, no matter how clever he Zhuge Liang is, he can't change the characteristics of the dense fog, and their Jingzhou soldiers are also not far away, so our soldiers and horses will not be too damaged. Now that the fog has lifted, they will slowly gather together, and we may not be defeated. ”
The soldiers have followed Lu Bu for many years, He has heard him say such discouraged words, and the state army has always sought victory, He has never sought to be undefeated, and then thinking of this, many colleagues do not know life and death, and they all look sad for a while.
Lu Bu didn't see everyone make a sound, and he felt tasteless, just when he arrived at the bank of the water, the green grass was green, the green water was murmuring, and the mountain flowers were not too late in spring, covering the earth. In the countryside, life is coming.
Since there was no risk of life and death for the time being, Lu Bu ordered everyone to repair by the river now, and everyone came from the starry night of Dongjun, abandoning all the baggage and light clothing, in order to give the Jingzhou army a surprise attack, but they all underestimated the Jingzhou army, underestimated Zhuge Liang, and suffered a big loss that had never been before, but it was a thousand miles to send people to the head, and Zhuge Liang achieved a rare victory in the world.
After the soldiers settled the horses to drink water and graze, they caught a few big fat fish by the river, and then they made a fire to roast the fish. After Lu Bu sent it, he stopped their movements behind, these people had just broken out of the encirclement of the enemy army, or thanks to the fog and did not recognize people, so if they made a fire and grilled fish, the enemy army would definitely find the whereabouts of everyone from the location of the fireworks, in such a sunny spring, only a dozen horsemen, it would be difficult to escape from the encirclement of tens of thousands of enemy troops again.
The soldiers naturally knew the severity, so they stopped grilling the fish, and each took out the dry food they carried with them and gnawed it, but fortunately there was river water around them, and it was not difficult to swallow.
Most of these pro-soldiers have followed Lu Bu for many years, and many of them are already grandfathers, their children have become adults, and many of them are also in the army that is heading south.
Lu Bu gnawed a few mouthfuls of dry food, the dry food residue choked into the trachea, he couldn't help coughing, and even coughed up tears.
"Lao Huang, you've been following me for more than ten years, right?"
The pro-soldier who handed the water was surprised, he didn't expect that the high-ranking Jin King Lu Bu would know his nickname, his surname was Huang, his name was Huang Daocheng, and his nickname had changed many times over the years. When he was young, he was born quite vicissitudes, and he was a little cautious, and he was turned into a weasel by the soldiers of the same battalion. Later, he repeatedly made military exploits, crawled out of the pile of dead people countless times, and had the nickname of Huang Tianba, at that time he was a well-known figure in the guard battalion of the state army, at least in the barracks. Later, the Guards cut personnel several times, and he almost lost his job, so he was entangled with Shangguan for several days, and he had a lot of connections, so he stayed in the army, because he didn't know where he could go after leaving the army. Therefore, his personality has become reserved and introverted, he is kind to people everywhere, coupled with half-white hair, he is an old man who is about to enter the wood, and is called the old yellow head by the officers and soldiers in the battalion.
"The small one is the army that joined the Eighteenth Route Princes in attacking Luoyang, and this year is already the eighteenth year."
The old yellow man's eyes were a little cloudy, and he couldn't see the emotions in his eyes clearly.
Lu Bu put the remaining half of the dry food into a storage bag, stuffed it into his arms, nodded and said, "So you are from Luoyang?" ”
The old yellow head shook his head and said: "No, the villain is from Nancheng County, Taishan County, just because the Yellow Turban bandits were rampant in Qingzhou and Yanzhou in the early years, so he moved to Kyoto with his family, but I didn't expect that I was the only one left in the end." God has mercy, it was the prime minister who gave me a life, but if there is a sending, the villain will never give up. ”
Lu Bu just asked casually, but he didn't expect this pro-soldier to be so excited, waved his hand and said, "Are you from Taishan County, Yanzhou?" ”
Lu Bu wanted to rebel against his father Ding Yuan was a native of Taishan County, but he didn't expect that there was a fellow villager in this battalion, and he felt a lot more cordial for a while, this old yellow head had some prestige among his own soldiers, and he had been serving in the guard battalion all these years, so Lu Bu was very impressed.
"Yes, Lao Sima is the most famous person in our county, when we came to Kyoto, it was to take refuge in his old man's house, but I didn't expect... Alas! The old yellow head sighed as he spoke, Ding Yuan was assassinated by Cao Cao back then, and a generation of heroes came to an end, which was also a big hatred in Lu Bu's heart.
Lu Bu nodded, he knew that many people in the Bingzhou army were not from Bingzhou, most of them were from other states and counties, only the earliest batch of soldiers were all from Bingzhou, but most of those people were drowned in the long river of history, and they didn't even have their names left, and those who could survive until now are already rare.
"In our army, you Taishan County people are not small, I think you won't be too lonely, right?"
The old yellow head smiled shyly and said, "In the past, there were many fellow villagers in the army, and there are many now, but there are only a few old acquaintances with me left. But there is one person who should be known to the prime minister. ”
Lu Bu was originally just chatting to distract his highly tense nerves, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Oh? Who are you talking about? ”
"The villain has a fellow villager, named Gao Zhi, he is luckier than me, he entered the prime minister's mansion in his early years, but he has never seen him again, and I don't know how he is recently?"
The old yellow head looked at Lu Bu with an expectant look, as if he was looking at the only little hope left in his life, and he didn't dare to make a sound, for fear that hope would be shattered.
Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, Gao Zhi, this name seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while, so he shook his head and said: "Maybe it's dead, there are too many strong men who shed blood and sacrificed for me, and I owe it to you." ”
The old man looked disappointed, and said with a smile: "That's it, that's it, the villain is just asking casually, asking for forgiveness from his subordinates." ”
Lu Bu waved his hand, and was about to relieve the heavy mood of the soldiers on the left and right and boost their morale, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from far and near, and it was actually the cavalry approaching.