Chapter 41: The Hanshui Controversy

Lu Bu said in a condensed voice: "Although the surface of the Hanshui River is wide, the widest part can reach five hundred steps, but now it is the dry season, Gao Shun has already gone to investigate in person, and the deepest part is only five or six feet, and the Liaodong military horses can completely cross the river with water." ”

Li Ru was silent, what Lu Bu said was very true, a half-crossing attack may not be able to turn decay into a miracle, and if you don't do it, you will be deeply trapped in it.

Lu Bu frowned, his eyes were like torches, as if he had seen Li Ru very thoroughly, and asked rhetorically, "The shallow water of the Hanshui River stretches for dozens of miles, and our army is limited, how does Wen You think we should resist the enemy?" ”

The night was like a cloudy wind, and Li Ru's thin figure seemed to be blown away at any time, but his eyes were extremely bright, and he was not afraid of any wind and rain.

Li Ru replied: "If our army is fortified on the south bank of the river, if it is unfavorable for the Liaodong army to cross the river, it will be divided into multiple roads and points to cross the river, our army is limited, and it is bound to be unable to divide the troops to resist the enemy. ”

"Oh?"

Lu Bu stroked his willow beard, Li Ru deserved to be a top strategist, and his analysis was not bad at all, he really meant this.

Lu Budao: "If our army resists the enemy on the south bank, and the enemy is in front when the Liaodong army crosses the river, the three armies will fight bravely forward; If our army resists the enemy on the north bank, and the enemy is behind when the Liaodong army crosses the river, it will inevitably be the first to be attacked by our army, and in many cases, this slight difference in psychology is enough to change the situation on the battlefield, and even determine the final victory. ”

Li Ru nodded and said yes, the time and place are favorable, and the three complement each other and are indispensable.

After the Liaodong Army entered Hunmi City, it had been preparing supplies until Gongsun Kang came in command.

Three days later, the Liaodong military camp.

The long wind was like a song, and Liu Yi said: "Eldest prince, now the Han River is the dry season with the smallest flow of water in the year, and the water level of the river has dropped to the lowest. ”

Gongsun Kang got up, looked around, and then looked at Liu Yi affectionately, and suddenly respectfully asked: "The kid is shallow, his knowledge is weak, and I hope Mr. will help me on this expedition." ”

Liu Yi replied: "In the next duty, why do you need the son to carry love." ”

After the words fell, the marching Sima Tianwei hurriedly entered, came straight to Gongsun Kang, and said in a low voice: "Eldest prince, there is an urgent report from Hanshui, Lu Bu's army crossed the river overnight and has set up camp on the north bank. ”

"What?"

Liu Yi asked urgently, "How many people are there?" ”

"Three thousand cavalry, three thousand infantry."

Gongsun Kang's eyes flashed, there were only 6,000 people, which was insignificant, and he said disapprovingly: "There are only 6,000 people, and they still want to cross the river to defend to the death, this Lu Bu is seeking his own death." ”

But Liu Yi had a heavy face, Lu Bu crossed the river to the north, and there was a great tendency to break the cauldron and sink the boat, first put himself in a desperate situation, forcing the Liaodong army to fight a decisive battle with it, if Lu Bu's camp was not destroyed, the Liaodong army would be useless even if it was a detour to cross the Han River, once Lu Bu drove straight into the rear, cutting off the only way between Liaodong County and Lelang County, the consequences were unimaginable.

Liu Yi said in a long voice: "Butcher Lu's use of troops is becoming more and more incomprehensible, eldest prince, without further ado, send troops to the bank of the Hanshui River as soon as possible, and attack the military camp while Lu Bu's camp has not started." ”

Seeing Liu Yi's heavy expression, Gongsun Kang knew that he was still thinking too superficially, and said loudly: "Tian Wei, quickly go to the military camp and order 10,000 soldiers, and prepare to attack Lu Bu's camp." ”

"Yes!"

Tian Wei hurriedly went down to sound the trumpet and order the troops, 10,000 people were densely packed and ready to go, and the sound of Herod's war horses was everywhere.

……

LΓΌ Bu camp.

6,000 people crossed the river at night and went north, and had set up camp on the north bank, relying on the favorable terrain, burying a large number of horse-rejecting piles and digging a large number of horse traps.

The reason why Lu Bu settled in the Korean city three days ago was that he was afraid of risking the enemy to go deeper, and before the camp started, he would have to face the impact of 20,000 troops, and if he didn't die, he would lose a layer of skin, so he deliberately delayed crossing the river, but in fact, he secretly asked Gao Shun to prepare materials and gather on the south bank, so that the camp could be built in a short time.

In the early morning, the sky is slightly bright, and the north bank of the river is on the north bank.

The horns sounded in unison, the drums shook the sky, Gongsun Kang personally led 10,000 troops to the outside of the Lu Bu camp, originally wanted to take the opportunity to sneak attack, how did he know that the Lu Bu camp had been built in two hours, and stood tenaciously on the riverbank highlands, the two-meter-high horse rejection piles were layered on top of each other and wrapped in the airtight wind of the military camp, and there were hundreds of arrow towers built in the camp, which were condescending, and it was even more difficult to break through the camp.

Suddenly, the gate of the Lu Bu military camp suddenly opened, a team of iron armor surged out of the camp, and entered the camp three miles before the camp to set up a formation, the terrain of Lu Bu's army was obviously carefully chosen, the left and right wings were all rocks and strange beaches, and the war horse would only break the horse's hooves when it entered, so that it could effectively resist the flank attack of the Liaodong cavalry, and behind him was the vast and long-flowing Han River, and there was a lookout monitor on the opposite bank, which could never be copied by the Liaodong army from behind.

It was precisely because of the advantage of the terrain that LΓΌ Bu dared to concentrate all his forces to fight to the death with the Liaodong Army here and launch an attack from the front.

Liu Yi's face changed greatly, he never thought that Lu Bu's hands and feet would be so fast, it was only five days from the Liaodong Army broke through Hun Mi City to now, so calculated, Lu Bu was already planning in secret, even if Gongsun Du did not send troops to attack Lu Bu, Lu Bu would take the initiative to attack, thinking of this, Liu Yi's back was cold.

If he had a choice, Liu Yi would never have a head-to-head confrontation with Lu Bu in such an unfavorable situation, but Liu Yi had no choice! He has already seen Lu Bu's ambition, and this battle must completely nip Lu Bu in the bud, once he really grows up, he is afraid that Liaodong County will be in danger.

This battle can only be won and not defeated, and if you win, you will win everything, hundreds of thousands of Goguryeo people, Lelang County, and a large grassland in the old camp of Lufang, and the Liaodong regime will be more stable as Mount Tai.

If he loses, it means losing everything, Lu Bu will march all the way in the sky, Liaodong is afraid that it will be difficult to escape the butcher's knife of Lu Butcher, Liu Yi does not dare to continue to guess.

"The eldest prince, it seems that Butcher Lu has been plotting for a long time, so let Tian Wei lead five thousand cavalry to explore the reality of Lu Bu's military camp."

Liu Yi said worriedly, in the night, he saw the banner hunting, and he couldn't tell how many people there were.

Gongsun Kang looked at Lu Bu's tall figure in the night, and couldn't wait to rush up immediately, if it weren't for the defeat of Daifang County, how could Gongsun Gong dare to stumble behind his back.

Gongsun Kang turned around and gritted his teeth and said to Tian Shu: "Lead five thousand cavalry out of battle, if you can kill Lu Bu, my son will reward you heavily." ”

"Yes."

Tian Wei took the order flag and looked at Lu Bu's military formation.

Lu Bu's army can be put in formation, the two armies face each other, a large area of black oppression, the rear team of the Liaodong Army is like endless ants, sweeping through the desolate and barren prairie vast, there are billowing smoke and dust gradually rising, and the heaven and earth are filled with suffocating desolation.

Lu Bu was wearing heavy armor and was fully dressed and customary, standing in front of the front army with a halberd.

Huo Ran looked back, the flags behind him were like a wall, and they were hunting and fluttering in the whistling wind, the strict and hideous military formation of Lu Bu's army had been completely covered by all kinds of banners, seeing the army so mighty, a faint smile quietly bloomed at the corner of Lu Bu's mouth, and Li Ru's thin figure couldn't help but float in front of him.

Li Ru is worthy of being the number one think tank under Dong Zhuo's account in the past, and this banner array is his masterpiece! This banner that covers the sky can invigorate the military prestige and inspire the morale of the army, and also make it difficult for the Liaodong Army in front to get a glimpse of the reality of Lu Bu's army's formation.

"Woo woo~~"

The desolate horn sounded leisurely, and the Liaodong cavalry gradually began to attack, the distance between the two armies was only less than three miles, the cavalry drank the horses out of the formation, and then began to slowly spread out to the two wings, and the five thousand cavalry of the Liaodong Army were like arrows off the string, faster and faster.

The vast cavalry formation of Liaodong stretched for five miles on both sides, like a monstrous monster with its bloody mouth open, vowing to devour Lu Bu's army array.

Looking from afar, the vast horizon is crowded with horses and people, as if the cavalry of the Liaodong Army is the infantry of the Liaodong Army in addition to heaven and earth.