It is hard to imagine that the commanders of the two armies are talking about such a commonplace thing in front of the two armies.

It's just that Lu Bu and Zhang Yan both understand what this other party's mind is! The reason why Lu Bu asked Zhang Yan if he wanted to change his surname and inherit his Zhang family's incense, the implication was naturally to let Zhang Yan surrender and live that stable life. But Zhang Yan replied to Lu Bu that he could only be the commander of hundreds of thousands of thieves in Taihang, which also showed his intentions.

"Speaking of which, I still have to thank you."

Zhang Yan glanced at Lu Bu deeply, "Even though you humiliated me twice, what you did made me very convinced!" Those captured soldiers are all my Zhang Yan's brothers! The reason why they were captured is that I, Zhang Yan, have no ability! I thought they wouldn't survive, but I heard Sun Qing say that you didn't slaughter them. No matter what your purpose is, I, Zhang Yan, still want to thank you! ”

"If you don't kill prisoners, can you be grateful?"

Lu Bu shook his head with a smile.

"It's not just this......"

Zhang Yan continued, "You don't have a ...... for the old and weak women and children in those valleys."

"They go up the mountain to be thieves, and I naturally won't be soft!"

Lu Bu said in a deep voice, "But after they came down the mountain, they were the people of my Han Dynasty!" I, Lu Bu, will never turn my sword at my own people! ”

"Well said!"

Zhang Yan sighed, "I regret one thing more and more now. ”

"What?"

"If I hadn't looted Yangqu, wouldn't the two of us have met so early? You are still in the position of your governor and the governor, and I am still in command of my Montenegrin army......"

"Hehehe!"

Lu Bu chuckled, "Even if there is no such thing as this yang song, there will still be such a day sooner or later!" This and state, there is only one master! Ever since I joined this state, this outcome has been sealed! This Yangqu incident only strengthened my determination to sweep away the hundreds of thousands of thieves on this Taihang Mountain. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Bu looked at Zhang Yan again, whose face had darkened, and continued, "Do you know what I was thinking when you walked in front of me after you looted Yangqu that day? ”

Zhang Yan shook her head blankly.

"This is a humiliation to me and a provocation to me! I swore at the time that I would put down the bandits in this state! ”

Lu Bu said coldly.

"I see!"

Zhang Yan looked at Lu Bu, "I always thought that the matter of Yangqu was a humiliation of the prince to me, but I never thought that in your eyes, the matter of Yangqu was my humiliation of the prince." Ridiculous, ridiculous! I'm afraid that in the eyes of the prince, I have never regarded me as a general of Yuan Shao Baima, so I feel ashamed of my invasion of the border. ”

After laughing a few times, Zhang Yan gradually restrained her smile, "Speaking of which, whether we have met in Yangqu or not, this war between us is inevitable after all. You have your decision, I have my thoughts! What you want is nothing more than the stability of the state, but what I want is for these hundreds of thousands of people to live well! Even so, there is nothing more to say. ”

"Smack!"

In this way, as soon as Zhang Yan patted the horse stock, he went straight back, leaving only his back to Lu Bu, and he was not afraid that Lu Bu behind him would suddenly burst out, and he would be able to kill him on the spot.

Of course, it was obvious that Lu Bu could not do this. Don't look at him and Zhang Yan facing each other in front of this formation, but Zhang Yan is not stupid, naturally it is impossible to be defenseless against Lu Bu. The commanders of both sides returned to the formation under the escort of various personal guards, and the battle began.

Even though Zhang Yan's sixty or seventy thousand people seemed to be vulnerable, at the beginning of this battle, it was carried out to a white-hot level. Zhang Yan, who learned the lesson after the fiasco in the Battle of Yuxian, did not dare to underestimate Lu Bu, the thousands of horsemen who dominated the world! Concentrate all your forces on the Chinese army to prevent the cavalry led by Lu Bu from attacking the Chinese army directly!

Let's say that the terrain of this Luoshi Valley is also very different from the first battle of Yuxian, during the first battle of Yuxian, Lu Bu fought with Zhang Yan on the empty plain. In that kind of terrain, the cavalry can give full play to its greatest advantage, and use the cavalry's most flexible mobility to carry out surprise attacks and outflank the encirclement. On the side of Luoshi Valley, the emptiness is empty, but Zhang Yan's left and right flanks are blocked by mountains, making it impossible for the cavalry to penetrate and attack. Another point is that there are countless potholes on the ground, which are extremely uneven, which also greatly restricts the cavalry attack.

The cavalry's attack was unfavorable, and Lu Bu immediately ordered Gao Shun to lead the infantry to advance!

I don't know if it's facing this last line of defense, so the combat power of those thieves is also extremely tenacious, and the resistance is very fierce, and for a while, neither side is willing to give in to each other. In the face of the well-armored Han army, these thieves relied on their numbers to block the Han army's charge.

The stalemate lasted for several hours.

Both sides of the war paid a lot of casualties. Seeing that it was getting dark, the fighting stopped.

As night fell, Lu Bu's tent was still brightly lit. The bronze lampposts on these four sides illuminate every corner of the tent clearly. Lu Bu sat on the chairman's seat, his brows frowned tightly, looked at these tents, and said coldly, "This black mountain thief Zhang Yan's rabble of seventy or eighty thousand, I thought that I could fight like Yuxian, but I never expected these thieves to be so brave!" At the time of the battle of Yuxian, our army was only tens of thousands, but it was able to defeat the 100,000 Black Mountain army, but now that our army has 100,000 troops, why can't we defeat this Zhang Yan's rabble of 70,000 or 80,000? ”

In the face of Lu Bu's question, Xun You, who annihilated the Black Mountain thief Kou of Wolf Meng with Gao Shun, stood up, and he was a famous man at home, and he expressed Lu Bu's confusion in one word, "The soldiers are fine but not many, and they will be planning but not brave!" In this battle of Yuxian Wolf Meng, our army has been premeditated for a long time, and the soldiers it has are all the elite of the world. Zhang Yan, these black mountain thieves didn't know the reality of our army, so they plunged headlong into the encirclement of our army, so it was inevitable that there would be such a defeat! Moreover, the land of Yuxian Wolf Meng is an empty plain, which is extremely suitable for cavalry attacks. But now, even though this Luoshi Valley is also an open place, the ground is uneven and there are many ravines, which makes it impossible for the cavalry to establish miraculous feats, so it also greatly weakens the combat power of our army. ”

"Gongda has a point."

Lu Bu nodded slightly, "But that's all?" ”

"Of course not."

Lu Bu's chief strategist Li Ru also stood up, and he pointed out a point sharply, "The valley mouth of this Luoshi Valley is wide on the outside and narrow on the inside, easy to defend and difficult to attack!" Even though our army has 100,000 people, it cannot be rushed up! Moreover, this valley mouth is also the last line of defense for these thieves, if the valley mouth is lost, then these thieves can only retreat in the valley. As long as our army traps and locks this valley mouth, then these hundreds of thousands of thieves will have no way out, and it will not take long for them to run out of food. It is precisely because of this that this valley mouth, whether it is our army or Zhang Yan, is determined to win! ”

"Indeed."

Lu Bu's eyes were fixed on the map in front of the bookcase, and it can be seen from this map that the camp of the Lu army is only on the periphery of this Luoshi Valley, while the camp of Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army is at the mouth of the Luoshi Valley, which happens to be the throat of the Luoshi Valley. This valley mouth is not lost, and some of the valleys around it can still help, but once it is lost, these hundreds of thousands of thieves are locked in this Luoshi Valley, completely cutting off contact with the outside world.

At that time, they were afraid that they only had to go down to Changshan. It's just that how could these hundreds of thousands of thieves leave from this dangerous path?

"Let me say, it's the presence of those surrenders that makes our rear unstable! Not only did they not help us break the enemy, but they also pulled us back..."

Wei Yue stood up and said with a little indignation.

His left arm was bandaged with layers of gauze. This last time in Yuxian, Wei Yue was injured several times, but fortunately, they were all minor injuries, and Wei Yue, who couldn't sit still, went into battle again in today's battle, but this time he was cold arrows again. I don't know if these thieves are Wei Yue's nemesis, every time he fights with them, Wei Yue will be traumatized. I think that Wei Yue is also a veteran general who has followed Lu Bu to fight on the battlefield for many years, but he is in danger here, and his life is almost lost.

"That's it!"

Looking at Wei Yue, Lu Bu said in a deep voice, "Don't look at our army, even though there are 100,000 people, but this day is the right time, place, and people, but it is not the same. Among the 100,000 troops, most of them are those who have surrendered their troops, the strong men and men from various counties and counties, and those who have their own powerful private tribes. The combat power of these people is even inferior to those thieves, so our army seems to be more numerous than those thieves, but the real elite is relatively small. ”

"I think those strong men and strong men, as well as those powerful private tribes, can be used. Only those thieves who surrendered are the source of our army's instability! Many of these people had no choice but to surrender to our army in order to survive. Now that they have turned the spearhead to attack their comrades, they naturally cannot use their strength. And in this Luo City Valley, there may be many of their relatives. If these people are in rebellion, the consequences for our army will be unimaginable......"

Li Ru's face became serious, "The lord should be more wary of them!" ”

"Trouble?"

Lu Bu seemed to have thought of something, and tapped his finger lightly on the table, "Then why don't you just make them messy?" ”

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