Chapter Twenty-Six: The Battle of the Dragon and Tiger in Nanyang (continued)
Thinking of Cai Mao's diligent persuasion of wine before, and tried his best to keep himself resting in the city, under the candle fire in the tent, Lu Bu's first reaction was that he was played by Liu Biao's house!
Of course, this is very possible, thinking that when Liu Biao was the lieutenant of the Northern Army and he was the captain of the Northern Army, the two did not deal with each other...... A famous member of the Liu clan in the Central Plains, a Heshuo martial artist, it's strange if he can deal with it! At the time of Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the two sides directly had disagreements and differences, to put it mildly, it could be said that Lu Bu betrayed his boss Liu Biao and took the northern army away to defect, but at that time, Dong Zhuo was too fast, and Liu Biao never had time to turn his face until he left Luo.
There was a gap, comparing hearts to hearts, and now taking advantage of the heavy rain, the enemy army is unlikely to attack, so why not solve him Lu Bu first?
And since he wants to solve himself, he must be from the fact that all the soldiers under him are planning to deal with it, and at this thought, Lu Bu almost despaired...... This is not only a problem that his cavalry combat effectiveness is greatly reduced when it rains at night, nor is it just a problem that he only has 800 people now, but that he was driven out of Chang'an this time, Sun Jian rejected him by force, and Liu Biao did not accept him.
Are you really going to be a bandit in the countryside? A bandit leader with the seal of the largest county in the world and the seal of the county marquis?
Or are he and his 800 cavalry all invulnerable, and can completely pass through the hundreds of cities under Sun Jian or Liu Biao, and escape to the old Cao Cao or Liu Bei?
An indescribable despair occupied Lu Bu's body, the last time this feeling was in Pujin, when he listened to Jia Xu's advice and sent troops to follow Dong Min, but as soon as he walked to Pujin, he heard that Jia Wenhe was behind him and offered Tongguan, and then his whole life fell to the bottom.
"Prince! Has the prince risen?! "At this moment, a person suddenly opened the military tent and broke in directly with a fire fold, but it was Huang Yuan and Huang Qianjiu, a rare henchman under Lu Bu now." Sun Jian is coming, let's face it quickly! ”
Lu Bu, who was still wearing plain clothes on the couch, was suddenly stunned: "Who did you say was attacking?" ”
"It's Sun Jian!" Huang Yuan lit the lamp and hurriedly replied. "Listening to the formation, there will never be an attack by ten thousand troops, but in a moment, Liu Pan's front army collapsed all of a sudden, so quickly put on your armor!"
Lu Bu was even more surprised: "Is Sun Wentai an immortal, can he attack at this time?" Didn't you brave the rain to do the whistle until the afternoon? ”
"So the front army collapsed all at once!" Huang Yuan also became more and more anxious. "Who would have thought that they would come down like gods? Prince, now is not the time to think about this matter, but how to deal with it, hurry up and put on armor to face the battle! ”
Lu Bu was in a trance, and immediately hurriedly put on his armor with the assistance of Huang Qianjiu, and after a while, they went out together...... However, as soon as he stepped out of the tent, he was suddenly stunned, because it was too dark and chaotic outside, and at the same time, the rain was still dripping, and only the sound of 'killing Lu Bu' was like thunder in front of him, which was the only thing that was slightly neat.
And there is no doubt that Huang Yuan relied on this to conclude that the front camp had collapsed.
It's just that...... How does this work?
"How do you fight this?" Stirred by the rain, Lu Bu, who came back to his senses, turned his head and asked.
Huang Yuan also woke up, in the dark night, under the chaos, it was difficult for the cavalry to even find a place to line up, let alone the ground was so slippery...... But the most lethal thing is not these, but how do they distinguish between friend and foe? And how to get the cavalry to move in a camp full of obstacles?
Accent recognition?
Or do you want to ask before you fight, where are you? Or can you charge at the place where 'kill Lu Bu'? Even if this method is useful, but on such a dark and rainy night, is it a suicide to run a horse in the camp?
And without the war horses, the eight hundred Beidi Su rode in the mud and fought wildly, I am afraid it is not as good as the local Jingzhou soldiers!
"Prince!" Huang Yuan immediately changed his appearance after he woke up. "It's impossible to attack, why don't you set fire the military tent here, reorganize the soldiers and horses around the rear camp, and wait for the dawn to counterattack?"
"Withdraw!" Lu Fengxian took a breath in the sound of 'killing Lu Bu' in the sky, but he simply made a decision. "Taking advantage of the fact that the war did not advance in front of us, with the war horse, the whole army ran in the direction of the county seat of Dengxian behind ......"
Huang Yuan was puzzled for a while: "Junhou, I know that this battle is difficult, and it doesn't hurt to retreat for a while, but if you avoid the battle at this time, how will you explain to Liu Biao in the future?" And besides, even if it's difficult, we're not afraid ......."
"I know what you mean, I know these things better than you do." Lu Bu turned back coldly. "I can only rely on Liu Biao now, and in the chaotic battle, if we can clear the space in the back and rectify the soldiers and horses, and take our long-fought soldiers first, we may not be able to rise up and reverse the tide of the war...... But why should we risk our lives to help Liu Jingsheng? ”
Huang Yuan tilted his head slightly, the meaning was obvious...... The whole camp is shouting 'Kill Lu Bu'!
"Not really." Lu Bu laughed in the rain instead of anger. "In the final analysis, this battle is a matter between Sun Wentai and Liu Jingsheng, and we are poor and white, but we have nothing to do with it, even the so-called 'killing Lu Bu' is just Sun Wentai's momentary mood...... At this time, all we have to do is to protect the 800 cavalry, and not to smash them in this muddy nest for no reason! ”
Huang Yuan woke up slightly.
"But you're right." Lu Bu listened a few more times, and then suddenly laughed again. "Just from today's shout, I know that Sun Jian still remembers the hatred of the first battle of Yingchuan, and his people can't tolerate me, so we can only rely on Liu Biao for the time being...... That's good, you and Wei Xu will take our cavalry to hide behind Deng County, you must protect our own soldiers and war horses first, I will only go to the city to find Cai Mao alone, for today's plan, there is no manpower outside the city, only to help Cai Mao strictly defend the city is the best policy! ”
Huang Yuan immediately bowed his head and obeyed.
"Remember!" Lu Bu couldn't help but say more. "In the final analysis, your eight hundred horsemen are the capital of me, the empty man Wen Hou and Taishou! If you don't have the capital, you can't start again, and if you can't get up again...... Qianjiu, I, Lu Bu, am a hero, how can I be depressed for a long time? ! Do you think I took refuge in Liu Biao in order to borrow him as a county to gain a foothold? Tonight, I will tell you my original intention, the more fierce the two families fight, the heavier Liu Biao's losses, and the more heavy my eight hundred horses can hold in front of him, but I can't let him leak to the end. ”
Huang Yuan looked at his old master in a daze, in all fairness, the other party had been idle for several years, and he hadn't met the other party for a long time before he left the martial arts this time.
However, in the end, after many years of obedience, his person finally gave up.
Lu Bu looked at his old subordinate and turned around and disappeared into the rainy night, but his face was expressionless, he was crowned with iron armor and leather boots, and his hand stopped in front of the tent for a long time to listen to the sound of 'killing Lu Bu' like waves.
He is a veteran on the battlefield, at first he was just drunk and unconscious, and he was just panicked for a while because he misjudged the situation, but at this time, since he roughly understood the situation in his heart, he didn't panic, and even began to speculate on the battle situation with the voice of killing himself.
That said, the battlefield is probably one of the most bizarre and chaotic places in the world, and you can see any bizarre scene here when the two sides are facing each other to the death...... Sometimes one side wins a big victory, only to be easily brought down by a stray arrow when the main general is majestic after the battle; Sometimes one side obviously has an advantage, but because of the good time, it will be defeated and won; Sometimes you have a huge war potential but you can't use it at all, and you lose everything with an indescribable sense of powerlessness.
The upper and lower limits of human beings are constantly being refreshed in war, stupid to the point of incomprehension when stupid, and incredibly clever when they are smart; When it is strong, it is so strong that it makes people fear like a tiger, and when it is weak, it is so weak that it makes people laugh at it; When it is noble, it is noble enough to be praised through the ages, and when it is despicable, it is so despicable that it makes people hate it for life...... In such a place, all discussions of 'reasonableness' are an afterthought, because war itself is a process of piling up reasonable results with all kinds of unreasonableness.
Lu Bu listened to it for a while, 'observed' it for a while, and then he already understood the battle situation at this time...... That is, no matter what method Sun Jian used to suddenly appear here, but the moment he led the crowd of ten thousand armies to appear here, this so-called battle of Liu Biao to aid Yuan Shu that broke out on the bank of the water has actually ended.
After this battle, the main force of Liu Biaojun will completely lose the ability to actively intervene in the Nanyang battle, and Sun Jian can calmly wait for reinforcements to sweep the east bank of Bishui.
Why are you so sure?
The reason is very simple, Lu Bu is keenly aware that the problem is not how good Sun Jianjun is at fighting, nor how weak Liu Biao's army is...... In fact, according to his observations in the past few days, Liu Biao's army is still very outstanding, and the logistics supplement, officer organization, and soldier quality are quite good, but now they have exposed an Achilles heel, that is, Liu Biao's soldiers obviously have no experience in dealing with night attacks.
Or more simply, they lack experience in all large-scale battlefields! And if you think about it carefully, this battle seems to be the first large-scale use of troops after Liu Biao seized the power of Jingzhou...... With this kind of troops, it's no wonder that they were defeated in the new wilderness before.
In fact, Lu Bu only stood in front of his tent for a moment, and he already felt something unusual, that is, there were obviously two voices on the battlefield, one was the sound of Sun Jian's troops shouting 'kill Lu Bu' during the surprise attack, and the other was the noise caused by the chaos of the Jingzhou soldiers, and the latter spread much faster than the former!
And this means that the chaos of Jingzhou's soldiers themselves will come faster than the advance of Sun Jian's army.
This is something that can't be helped, the Jingzhou soldiers may not be afraid of death because they were born in Jianghan, but they really have no experience in night battles.
After coming to a conclusion, Lu Fengxian shook his head, then turned around and took out the famous Lu horse in the corner of his military tent......
That's right, Lu Bu has always slept with his war horse!
In other words, he himself can't tell whether he was expelled from Chang'an or successfully escaped from Chang'an, anyway, he is really having a hard time these days, there is no supply, no place to stay, in Danshui by Xu Kun, the second generation of officials across the river by virtue of the geographical advantage, almost can only wander around in the western mountains of Nanyang, once occupied a mountain nest in the Shedu Township, and then he also felt ridiculous, so he abandoned that township again to join his former colleague Liu Biao.
However, he has never trusted Liu Biao, or since he felt that he had been betrayed by Jia Xu, he had never trusted anyone...... That's why he kept his luma in a military tent; Therefore, it was clear that Jia Xu had detained his wife and daughter, and he hadn't seen Gentle Township for a long time, but when Cai Mao asked him to stay in the city, he still returned to the damp military camp outside the city drunk.
Because, Lu Feng, the tiger of the world who was rampant in the world in the past, was ready to run away at any time.
This feeling is terrible!
But the more this is the case, the more cautious Lu Fengxian must be, and the more he must keep his capital, because only in this way can he gain a foothold and no longer live under others!
Only in the troubled times, how can a mere 800 cavalry gain a foothold among these princes who often dispatch tens of thousands of troops? It can only be said that there is a long way to go.
On the other hand, Cai Mao in the city is not incompetent, the military camp outside the city collapsed, and he also reacted immediately, so the city was lit with choking green smoke, braziers, torches, countless oil, fuel and even edible oil were all moved out at any cost, and the torch was blazing, but it set up a bright light for the defeated soldiers in the military camp outside the city.
"Is Cai Jun worried that the Jingzhou soldiers outside will not collapse fast enough?" The person guarding the door was ordered to open the door and recruit soldiers, and when he saw Lu Bu, he naturally recognized it, but Lu Feng rode into the city alone, but he went straight to the city to find Cai Mao.
"Wen Hou must teach me!" As a child of a family, Cai Mao still has basic qualities, but he is a famous general in a hundred battles, no matter how highly educated he is and how much he exercises, he cannot be as calm as Lu Bu. "Is the ignition wrong?"
"It's wrong to say wrong, but it doesn't matter." Lu Bu was covered in armor, came slowly, and said calmly. "Although the Jingzhou soldiers are quite good, they don't have much experience in big battles, and they were defeated in the first battle of Xinye before, and since they were attacked by night this time, they are almost unlucky...... But there are two keys to the reversal in this defeat. ”
"Wen Hou said it quickly."
"One is how strong Sun Wentai's department is." Lu Bu stood on the city, pointing to the noisy camp in the pitch black below. "The rain is like this, how many sentinels have been probing all day before, they can't be faked, then Sun Wentai has attacked here at night, it must have paid a great price, and the soldiers and horses must be extremely tired...... And if the lights are not lit at the beginning, the door is not opened to accommodate the rout, and the soldiers and horses are allowed to fight in the rainy night, maybe under the huge sacrifice, it will be Sun Wentai's soldiers and horses who can't hold it first. And I said that I should not raise fire at the moment, and that's it, and by doing this, you are urging the soldiers and horses of the rear battalion who still have the formation and combat effectiveness to give up resistance and enter the city one after another. ”
Cai Mao was stunned for a while, but hurriedly asked again: "Then should I turn off the fire at this time?" ”
"No need," Lu Bu shook his head. "When I left, I knew that the defeat outside was a foregone conclusion, and it would be useless to put out the fire again...... But to close the city gate and let the defeated army go along the city, the troops who maintained the formation of the rear battalion had already come in, and at this time it was all a rout, and no matter how many routs there were, it would be useless, but it would shake the hearts of the troops in the city. ”
His ears were full of 'kill Lu Bu' himself, of course Cai Mao trusted the other party, so he immediately ordered: "Close the city gate quickly, and order the new rout to go around the city to the west to hide!" ”
"And the second key lies in this city." Lu Bu waited for the other party to finish the order, and then he was not in a hurry and said calmly. "The night attack is like this, the overall situation outside the city is out of control, and this city has become the only one to rely on...... But as I said before, the enemy must be tired, if this city can hold out until dawn, although Sun Wentai will win, but the soldiers and horses have reached the end of the strong crossbow, and if there are two or three thousand fresh troops in the city at that time, it will be enough to turn defeat into victory! ”
Cai Mao completely woke up: "In the matter of the battlefield, Wen Hou is ten times better than me!" Then I ordered all the soldiers and horses in the city to assemble and prepare, and divide them into two, half to defend the city, and half to stand by......"
Lu Bu spread his hands slightly, completely unimpressed.
At the same time, in the military camp outside the city, just as Lu Bu said, Liu Pan and Huang Zhongkong had more than enough courage, but they couldn't command at all, and they didn't know how to command, they didn't know where the enemy would be, and they didn't know where their subordinates were.
Huang Zhong is older, he actually has some experience, he was indeed ready to set fire to the camp to gather soldiers, but on a dark and rainy night, he was in the front camp and lost his room for operation almost instantly, while Liu Pan didn't know how to deal with it from beginning to end.
Sun Jian's troops in the attack also did not know where their generals were, and they were even more tired, but in the dark night, the incessant shouts of 'kill Lu Bu' and the constantly advancing front made them excited again and again...... Between the mountains and the tsunami, everyone knows that the destiny is in Sun Jian, and this battle is a big victory!
Covered in blood, Sun Jian, who had long looked down on his plain clothes and naked clothes, stood on top of the collapsed tent of Liu Pan's Chinese army, and then looked at the county seat of Dengxian County, where countless brazier torches were forcibly lit in the rain, but he suddenly looked around and found Jiang Qin, who was beside him.
"Did Gong Yi see that?" Sun Jian held the ancient ingot knife, pointing at each other from afar, extremely calm. "In the rainy night, the defeated soldiers outside the city are out of control, that is the only thing the enemy can rely on, if it can be broken, don't say that this battle is all won, that is, Liu Biao will also rest this time! Our army will rest in this village until dawn, as long as there is a glimmer of light that can shine on the city wall, I will personally lead the people to climb the city to lure you! ”
Jiang Qin, who was also covered in blood, shook his head for a while, but shook his head again.
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