Chapter 13: Huaxiong's Night Attack (Part II)
The princes all knew that the cavalry was strong in combat, but they never thought that they would be so fierce on the battlefield.
"Alliance leader, the Dong thief cavalry is unstoppable, and it should be broken with cavalry." Cao Cao stepped forward and said.
"Well, Mengde's words are reasonable, and the cavalry is ordered to charge!" The cavalry under Yuan Shao and Cao Cao combined was about a thousand people, and the charge was quite impressive.
Hua Xiong showed a sneer, these cavalry were no different from infantry on war horses in his eyes, and some of the cavalry even kept staring at the ground, as if they were afraid of falling off their war horses.
"Kill! Let these anti-thieves see what cavalry is. Hua Xiong snorted coldly.
After just one charge, Yuan Shao's face became very ugly, his own cavalry was already scattered and was being slaughtered, while Dong Zhuo's command was becoming more and more brave and had approached the Chinese army.
More and more princes gathered around Yuan Shao, and in front of the army, under the strict orders of the princes, the soldiers used their bodies to block the impact of the cavalry.
"Kill!" The morale of the soldiers of Li Dao's army, who had come to cover the killing, was like a rainbow and rushed forward, while Hua Xiong led the cavalry to attack from the flank, as if he wanted to break the princes in one fell swoop.
"Where is Lu Bu? Why hasn't there been any news yet? Yuan Shao was so angry that as early as when the cavalry was scattered, he sent someone to inform Lu Bu to rush to the rescue.
Lu Bu led 2,000 cavalry, walking without hurry along the way, and the defeated coalition soldiers saw the cavalry, as if they had seen the devil, and gave way one after another.
"General, Hua Xiong is leading his troops and horses to attack the Chinese army, the situation is precarious, please go to the rescue quickly."
A smile appeared on the corner of Lu Bu's mouth, "Tell the alliance leader that General Ben is fighting with Dong Thief's soldiers, and he will be there later." ”
Cao Xing stepped forward and said: "General, this is already the fourth, it seems that the alliance leader is really not good." That look, how can there be a trace of anxiety, but it gives people a sense of schadenfreude.
"Command, speed up." Lu Bu didn't want to cause the princes to be defeated because of himself, and then Dong Zhuo would become the biggest minister, which would be beneficial to anyone.
"Report, Lu Bu will lead the cavalry to come, and will arrive later." Hua Xiong's eyes tightened when he heard this, what he was most afraid of was the cavalry of Bingzhou, he knew the combat effectiveness of those cavalry, so he ordered people to observe the surroundings early, and once the cavalry of Bingzhou appeared, he would report immediately.
"Give these people some brutality." Hua Xiong led hundreds of cavalry and stabbed into the camp of the coalition army, looking from a distance, it was like a sharp sword, cutting the coalition formation.
"Withdraw!" Seeing that Lu Bu was coming with his troops, and that the princes had stabilized their camp, Hua Xiong shouted loudly and personally led the cavalry to break off.
Lu Bu just glanced at Hua Xiong from a distance, and rode his horse towards the Chinese army.
Seeing that Lu Bu did not come to chase, Hua Xiong breathed a sigh of relief, among the princes, he was the most unwilling to face Lu Bu, and the Xiliang cavalry was the most unwilling to face the Bingzhou cavalry.
At the same time, Gongsun Chan led a thousand white horses to kill all the way, and these cavalrymen were all riding white horses.
Lu Bu nodded to Gongsun Zhan, straightened his armor, and walked towards Yuan Shao.
Dong Zhuo's army retreated, and the princes' camp was still in a panic, and the princes from all walks of life gathered their troops and horses to count the losses.
The big tent of the Chinese army, Yuan Shaotie blushed, half of the five hundred cavalry under his command were lost, and the other princes were even worse, many soldiers did not die in the hands of the enemy, but died in the hands of their own families, especially the Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi and Jizhou Thorn Shi Han Fu suffered the greatest losses, and more than half of the soldiers were killed and wounded.
"General Lu, why didn't you come to the rescue for a long time?" After being silent for a long time, Yuan Shao snorted coldly.
The rest of the princes set their sights on Lu Bu.
Lu Bu arched his hand and said: "Alliance leader, last night Dong thieves and horses attacked, and the military camp of Bingzhou was also impacted, I will get the order of the alliance leader to personally lead the soldiers and horses to rescue, I don't want to be all the allied soldiers and soldiers who fled along the way, and it took a little time to collect the soldiers and horses." ”
Gongsun Zhan came out and said: "Alliance leader, what General Lu said is true, there are allied soldiers along the way. ”
"Hmph, I heard that none of General Lu's men were killed or injured?" Yuan Shu said angrily.
The rest of the princes were shocked when they heard this, under this kind of sneak attack, the princes had more or less losses, but they didn't expect that the Bingzhou army would not have a single casualty, but the Bingzhou army knew that Huaxiong would sneak attack.
Gongsun Zhan's gaze at Lu Bu contained a hint of jealousy, Bai Ma Yicong was famous, and he lost more than a dozen horsemen in such a situation, but he didn't expect that the Bingzhou army was not injured.
The only person who has an enmity with you knows you best is really applicable at any time, Lu Bu said with a solemn expression: "The soldiers of the state are all waiting for you. ”
The phrase "pillow and wait" is not unfamiliar to the generals who lead the troops, and in many cases the generals also require their subordinates to do this, but it is not the case when it is actually implemented, who will sleep in armor without anything.
Yuan Shu came out and said: "Alliance leader, last night Dong thieves attacked the camp, and the morale of our army plummeted. ”
Lu Bu looked at Yuan Shu with a little surprise, but he didn't expect Yuan Shu, who had always been looked down on by himself, to have such knowledge.
"The words of the highway are reasonable, although Huaxiong wins, but the princes have many soldiers and horses, and now Your Majesty is young, bullied by Dong Zhuo, and it is urgent to conquer Bishui Pass." Cao Cao echoed that he raised troops to punish traitors and revitalize the Han family, but he didn't expect the princes to have not moved for many days, which made him a little anxious.
The rest of the princes looked at each other, they had just lost so many soldiers and horses, and they still had to tackle the key problems, even if the Bishui Pass was captured, how many soldiers and horses were left in their hands.
"Alliance leader, General Lu's brave warriors are well known, and his soldiers and horses are all elite, I think that the attack on Bishui Pass should be the first by General Lu." Yuan Shu glanced back at Lu Bu and said with a smile.
"Well, the road word does have a point." Yuan Shao nodded, after last night's incident, his opinion of Lu Bu became bigger and bigger.
Some of the princes looked at Lu Bu with a somewhat gloating gaze, don't you have no losses, so let you attack Bishui Pass first.
"Alliance leader, Bishui Pass is the Xiongguan Pass in the world, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the pass, and General Lu only has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, how to attack?" Cao Cao was a little disappointed, thinking that Yuan Shu meant that the princes would attack Bishui Pass together, but he didn't expect it to be for his own little care.
"If the princes of all walks of life transfer their troops and horses to General Lü, commanded by General Lü, General Lü has fought with the Dong army many times, has rich experience, and will definitely break through the Bishui Pass." Yuan Shao pondered for a moment.
"As a member of the Allied Army, it is incumbent upon me to attack Bishui Pass." Lu Bu said righteously, now is the time to earn a lot of eyeballs and fame, since the two Yuan brothers sent it to the door, how can there be any reason not to accept it, and besides, attacking Bishui Pass does not mean that you have to attack blindly, it is okay to only besiege and not attack, in ancient times, people are naturally famous for a lot of benefits.