Chapter 5, Section 21 Turbulence
Lu Bu rushed into the wolf cavalry formation, and the Qingzhou soldiers scattered like soup and snow. Lu Bu killed happily, and the army shouted and invited to fight, as if there was no one around.
The more he went inside, the less resistance Lu Bu felt, and while he was in doubt, Cheng Lian and Song Xian had already chased to his side and grabbed Lu Bu's horse.
"Lord, the momentum is not right, although the Qingzhou soldiers are scattered, we have been killing for so long, and we haven't seen their military formation chaotic. Wait for us to observe the situation and then decide on the direction of the assault. Song Xian said eagerly.
Lu Bule grabbed the reins of his horse and turned his head to look back, only the generals around him, Yu Chenglian, Song Xian, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, and Hao Meng were nowhere to be seen, and there were less than 500 soldiers who followed him into the battle. Listen attentively, the drums and trumpets in the wolf cavalry formation come and go; Stopping and observing, the Qingzhou cavalry array was rotating in a spiral, and the surrounding Qingzhou soldiers were circling around Lu Bu while preparing weapons and packing up their armor.
As Lu Bu rushed into the formation, in order to prevent accidental injury to his companions, the bow and crossbow were no longer usable. At the same time, because the Qingzhou soldiers' formation was rushed into by Lu Bu before it was launched, after the initial setback, the Qingzhou soldiers were expanding the formation by rotating the formation. Not far away, the soldiers sorted out their horse armor, put away their bows and crossbows, and drew their swords and guns; Nearby, the soldiers who had packed up their battle gear circled around Lu Bu with their sabers.
"The wolf rider is worthy of being a strong soldier under Liu Bei. Yes! We rushed into the opponent's formation so deeply, if it was another army, it would have collapsed a long time ago, and the wolf rider was actually in a hurry to sort out the team......" Cheng Lian sighed.
Lu Bu was so happy that he had already forgotten what he had done. Yi, Cheng Lian, and Song Xian are both veterans of the border area who have been in battle for a long time, and when they saw the wolf rider's unusual reaction, they were surprised, so they came to remind Lu Bu.
Now, Lu Bu, who has calmed down, has also discovered the situation. Different, according to common sense, the opponent's army should indeed collapse, the soldiers should scatter and flee, fighting separately, and Lu Bu should chase and kill the Qingzhou soldiers along the way until the general captures the flag. But now the other party doesn't care about his own penetration, it seems that he can let himself in and kill him on all sides.
"Sure enough, it's Liu Bei's trump card", Lu Bu smiled proudly: "So what, God. There's no formation that can trap me, come, let's kill back. β
The halberd shook gently, and Lu Bu urged the red rabbit gelding horse to kill the way it came.
The red rabbit horse is two meters six tall and has a different majesty. Often, with the advantage of being tall and big, Lu Bu swept away the Qingzhou soldiers who blocked the road, and fought hard to kill the way they came, and they were clothed.
When he first got the red rabbit horse, Lu Bu liked it abnormally, and I heard that Liu Bei was in. Qingzhou prohibits castration of war horses, and he also wanted not to castrate red rabbit horses, but Liu Bei is a hegemon, he can refuse to fight in the spring ploughing season and when the war horse is in heat, but he can't. Once he goes into battle, the horse that has not been castrated smells the breath of the mare in the opponent's formation, and will rush into the opponent's camp like crazy, so he has to be obediently a prisoner.
Considering this, Lu Bu reluctantly followed the habit. For example, the castration of the red rabbit horse. After castration, the character of the red rabbit horse is no longer irritable, but it has also lost its majesty, at this moment, in the battle formation, Lu Bu deeply understands this - usually, the red rabbit horse roars mightily, and the group of horses bow their heads to avoid, reducing a lot of resistance for his charge. And now, the red rabbit horse not only has no temper, but because of the gelding breath on his body, he has been rejected by the horses, and the other party's war horse always takes the opportunity to neigh, and Lu Bu takes care of the above, and at the same time takes care of the war horse under the crotch.
"Trouble", Lu Bu's anger rose faintly.
"Don't panic", a wolf cavalry lieutenant reprimanded loudly: "Lu Ding Dong Bu is a tall war horse, nothing remarkable, fenced around, there is nothing to pity a gelding, give me a stab horse." β
"Dare to call me Lu Ding Dong Bu", Lu Bu was furious: "I will let you break your body into ten thousand pieces." β
Lu Bu urged the horse to rush to the wolf cavalry lieutenant, and the lieutenant shouted "It's good to come" and urged the horse to attack.
Lu Bu stabbed the halberd, the halberd and the spear intersected, the wrist was slightly pieced, and the crescent blade of the halberd turned out and slashed down the barrel of the gun - this is Lu Bu's favorite move: cutting the wrist. As the halberd blade slidied, Lu Bu saw the scene of the other party holding his arms and screaming.
The opponent's horse did not pause, and Lu Bu felt that the strength at hand had changed, and hurriedly added force to the halberd: "Does he not want to do it?" Lu Bu was puzzled.
The body of the wolf cavalry lieutenant leaned to the right, and as the war horse ran, the weight of his whole body pressed on the tail of the gun, and the tip of the spear gradually provoked, Lu Bu struggled to suppress the halberd, and the lieutenant swept in front of him like lightning, unharmed.
Lu Bu was shocked into a cold sweat - is this the Qingzhou stabbing technique?
"When two horses intersect, there is only one shot", the lieutenant slowly relaxed his horsepower not far away, and said triumphantly: "Brothers, have you seen it, don't stop the horse, take out your spear skills, and stab his mother's Lu Ding Dong Bu." β
The Qingzhou soldiers applauded, and without waiting for Lu Bu to chase after the wolf cavalry lieutenant, one after another the wolf cavalry rushed towards Lu Bu and launched a Qingzhou-style stabbing performance. Those who didn't have a chance to shoot at Lu Bu spread their anger on the Lu Bu soldiers led by Cheng Lian and Song Xian.
The lieutenant shouted beside him: "Line up, line up, come one by one...... You are not allowed to join the queue, go to the back...... Boys, boys, don't keep thinking about stabbing Lu Ding Dong Bu, the lord said, that halberd is an elimination weapon, you take out your ability, stab his crescent ring, and after stabbing him, borrow the horse's momentum to drag him off the horse. Guys, we crucified him to the ground. β
The two horses intersected, and the sprint force was equivalent to two tons, and they stabbed each other head-on, and even the barrel of the gun was broken. No one can withstand two tons of power, and Jin Yong's martial arts can't do it. If the soldiers stabbed the crescent ring on Lu Bu's halberd, even though he was the first general of the Three Kingdoms, he would also be dragged off the horse by the momentum of the horse.
In this round of impact, three Qingzhou soldiers were cut off by Lu Bu, but the Qingzhou soldiers didn't seem to care, and rushed towards Lu Bu with joy and cheers, and everyone was proud of stabbing him.
A light reprimand sounded, Cheng Lian turned over and fell off the horse, and was immediately trampled like mud by the galloping horse. Tai Shi Ci appeared in front of everyone with a bow in hand.
At this moment, the spinning and galloping cavalry formation formed a large whirlpool with this place as the center, separating the rest of the Lu Bu army from the periphery, while the wolf cavalry formed a small competitive circle here. Outside the field, there were cheering and shouting wolf riders, and inside the field, it was Lu Bu and his subordinates who were in a hurry, and from time to time Qingzhou soldiers were knocked off their horses, and from time to time, Lu Bu's army was slaughtered.
Tai Shi Ci shot down Cheng Lian, who was closest to him, with an arrow, and rebuked dissatisfiedly: "Since they have been separated, why not use a bow and arrow to solve it?" The thunder rider is about to come up, don't play, hurry up and end the battle, and give the thunder rider the way to charge. β
Lu Bu took advantage of the gap to observe Tai Shici, the small bow he was playing with was particularly eye-catching, and the entire bow arm was made of smooth metal, with a slight light blue luster. Although the bow is small but powerful, it was the arrow shot by this small bow just now that pierced Cheng Lian's armor.
It was a hemp steel riding bow specially made by Zheng Hun for Tai Shi Ci, who had borrowed Liu Bei's mansion for many years, and Liu Bei immediately thought of marrying Tai Shi Ci after Gao Shun got married. Therefore, Zheng Hun deliberately stammered, made a riding bow for Tai Shi Ci with new materials and excellent elasticity of hemp steel in Qingzhou, and polished it with shark skin for a month before handing it over to Tai Shi Ci.
The wolf rider put away his laughter, a team of cavalry inserted their spears, bent down and pulled up the strange bow, and when the attack was a little slow, the sweaty Lu Bu loudly invited to fight: "The Wuna general, it is a hero who has come to fight with me for three hundred rounds." β
Tai Shi Ci looked at Lu Bu coldly: "If you don't agree with each other, you will fight with your sword, and you will be bloodied, and the anger of the husband will also be (from "Mencius"); Charge into battle, capture the flag and kill the generals, and the courage of the pawns; As a general, he does not coordinate in front of the battle, but he learns from the pawns to charge the enemy, you are stupid but I am not stupid - kill me. β
The wolf cavalry surged up, the arrows were intertwined, Lu Bu blocked left and right, and in a moment he was hit by four arrows, and in a panic, a military drum sounded, Tai Shici listened attentively, and immediately ordered: "The thunder cavalry is coming, sons, the military order is like a mountain, dodge the formation, and let the thunder cavalry impact." β
The ground moved like a mountain, and the heavily armored thunder cavalry rumbled all the way to the battlefield. Taking advantage of the battle formation, Lu Bu swung his halberd, and with the advantage of the huge body of the red rabbit horse, he knocked away several wolf cavalry and rushed towards the way he came.
The Thunder Rider is a heavy rider, marching slower than the Wolf Rider, and long chase is not its forte. The wolf rider who was dodging in front couldn't catch up, and Lu Bu had already broken through the encirclement and stood out from the battle formation.
It's late, it's already late, the Bingzhou cavalry who was fighting with the wolf cavalry in front of the formation, just in surprise for breaking through the enemy formation, Lu Bu had already appeared in front of everyone covered in blood, and behind him, the iron-clad and fierce-looking thunder cavalry stood tall and rolled over. It crushed all resistance like a tidal wave, and the weak resistance of the state soldiers did not stir up a ripple.
On the north bank of the Yellow River, Cao Cao led his army straight to Puyang. Lu Bu's army had gone, and Chen Gong was powerless to resist, so he abandoned the city and left, covering Lu Bu's family to flee to Guan County.
The gate of Puyang City opened, the clan in the city was strong under the leadership of the patriarch of the Tian clan in the city, opened the door and surrendered, Cao Cao was complacent, with the mood that I Hu Hansan was back again, urging the horse to enter the city, Xun You raised his hand to stop Cao Cao: "Lord, Liu Bei's soldiers are flourishing, no matter how Liu and Lu win or lose in the confrontation in Guan County, once our army enters the city, Lu Bu will be copied because of the back road, and the whole army will collapse, at that time Liu Bei fought hard for a long time, our army won Puyang without hard work, and it will inevitably clash head-on with Liu Bei, the lord can think about how to deal with it?" β
Cao Cao returned to the horse and groaned, and asked, "Gongda, is there a clever plan?" β
Xun You suggested: "Fengxiao (Guo Jia) sent a letter praising the policy of Qingzhou, if the lord wants to reform the rule of officials and strengthen the army in Yanzhou, this is the right time." When we enter the city, we can announce the pardon of the clans who followed Lu Bu to show the lord's tolerance. After the locust plague, Yanzhou originally had no harvest, since this is the case, we might as well declare no tax on agriculture to ease the hearts of the people. If the clan and the people are all in the heart, Yanzhou will be determined.
On the one hand, he persuaded Liu Bei to advance further, and on the other hand, he reaffirmed the covenant to Liu Bei, declaring that Yanzhou respects the private property of the clan and the people, and protects the transactions of Qingzhou merchants in accordance with the "Mutual Market and Trade Agreement". Qingzhou farmers have no taxes, military salaries are all supported by merchants, Liu Bei prides himself on faith and righteousness first, since our army reaffirmed the covenant, Liu Bei is not easy to turn his face, since the interests of Qingzhou's merchants have been guaranteed, no one will instigate war.
Liu Bei has the bad habit of collecting land, and the land he occupies is never willing to give it up, and the top priority is to stop the Qingzhou soldiers from continuing to go south, hoping that the lord will endure the anger of the moment and think about it in the long run. β
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, looked at Puyang Haoqiang, who was kneeling in front of the horse, turned his head to listen to the whistling wind in the wilderness, and replied expressionlessly: "Just according to what Gongda said." β
Cao Cao's military flag was raised again at the head of Puyang City, and it was announced, and the fate of Lu Bu, the wolf of the wilderness, was completely ruined.
After the Puyang incident, the panic in Chang'an City continued. Liu Bei's capture of Tongguan directly threatened the life and death of the warlords in the melee in Chang'an. In the eyes of some ministers of the court, although Liu Bei's behavior is rebellious, but he is a loyal person to the Han court, and now he has captured Tongguan, Chang'an City is like a little daughter-in-law who pulls out her clothes, and will be raped by Liu Bei at any time.
The royalists were refreshed by this, and Jia Xu told the emperor the news. At that time, Li Wei took the Son of Heaven hostage, Guo Yan held the minister hostage, and the two sides fought in Chang'an for several months, so that Chang'an was empty, and there were few people in Guanzhong. Huangfu Song was detained by Guo Yan, and after getting the news, he coerced Liu Bei's great victory, secretly contacted Zhou Yu of Tongguan on the one hand, and asked Li Dao and Guo Yan to release the emperor and ministers, and allowed the emperor to return to Luoyang.
Li Dao and Guo Yan were intimidated by Liu Bei's military might, and heard that Liu Bei's follow-up army was attacking LΓΌ Bu with all their might, and had tried to reinforce Tongguan (news deliberately propagated by Zhou Yu), and at the same time, Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang had raised troops to meet him under Liu Bei's words, and the advance was less than a hundred miles away from Tongguan. He reluctantly agreed to the emperor's eastward journey.
Li Dao and Guo Yan didn't know that Zhang Yang's army was deliberately done by Liu Bei, Zhou Yu wanted to go to Tongguan through Hanoi, and he couldn't help but know Zhang Yang after passing through the territory of Hanoi, and most importantly, Liu Bei wanted to attack Lu Bu, Zhang Yang was a fellow villager of Lu Bu and had a deep deal with Lu Bu. Liu Bei didn't want Zhang Yang to interfere in the war with Lu Bu, so he took responsibility for the righteousness and invited Zhang Yang to send troops.
After the fall of Tongguan, Zhang Ji had moved his army to Cao Cao, so he did not dare to fight Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang approached Tongguan smoothly all the way, and received the news of Liu Bei's fight with Lu Bu, and immediately stopped his troops, resenting Liu Bei in his heart.
Zhou Yu couldn't come back, and his heart was anxious. It was surrounded by hostile troops, and in another month, the first snow fell, and once the Yellow River thawed, there would be problems with supplies. After the locust plague, it is impossible to replenish supplies on the spot. In case of a mistake and this Qingzhou soldier is lost here, then Liu Bei will never take it lightly.
Worried, Zhou Yu had the intention of retiring from the army.
At the same time, Chen Gong fled to Guanxian in a panic, and after walking for a long time, the defeated soldiers of Lu Bu all over the mountains poured into his eyes in chaos, and Chen Gong was shocked: "Defeated?" Is this a failure? How can it be? β
In a panic, Chen Gong didn't even think of collecting the defeated soldiers. When he was in a daze, Lu Bu, who was covered in blood, appeared in front of Chen Gong with the support of Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, and Hao Meng.