Chapter 484: Zhou Yu Attacks the Camp
Lu Bu's strategic goal of going down to Jingzhou is very clear, and it is very simple, as long as Xiangyang is captured, Jingbei is basically pacified.
Lu Bu's army had just retreated from the city gate and returned to make a meal. And now, it's just getting dark.
Therefore, everyone thought that if Zhou Yu wanted to sneak attack, he would definitely wait until the dead of night. How can it be sparsely populated, and the moon and stars will only act after they are scarce. However, things were unexpected by Lu Bu.
In Lu Lingqi's camp, a pair of bonfires were burning, and the smell of food was emanating. The patrolling soldiers hovered at the edge of the camp, and could clearly see the city gate in the distance, like a giant dragon lying between the river bank and the shore in the dark night, exuding a fierce and vicious atmosphere, so that the cold air of the night was also quietly filled with a smell of unease.
Suddenly, a dazzling rocket burst out from the southeast direction, flying straight into the dark night sky, and the red light was very dazzling!
"Bangbang...... Knock Knock...... Enemy attack, enemy attack!! β
The sound of sirens and trumpets sounded rapidly in the silent night. Tired all day, soldiers with empty bellies are preparing to eat, knocking over pots and pans, and scrambling to find armor and weapons.
In addition to the piercing siren, the rustling of footsteps can be faintly heard. It was clear that the enemy was found a little late, and the alarm was even more late, and the enemy brigade had already reached the outside of the camp.
"Shoot the arrows!"
"......"
"Bow and arrow free throw, spear team, throw!"
There were not many troops under Lu Lingqi City, and there were not many soldiers defending the walled gate, and because the early warning was too late, the time to prepare for defense was too short. The enemy arrived too quickly, resulting in a hasty and weak force defending the gate. With only a few rounds of arrows and spear throwing, the Jiangdong soldiers cleared the defenders near the walled gate. Then the Jiangdong sword and shield soldiers immediately began to break the door!
"The gate is broken! Come on! β
"Flatten the enemy camp, no chickens and dogs will be left! Kill! β
"Kill!"
As soon as the gate of the fortress was opened, the entire Lu Lingqi camp was basically undefended for the Jiangdong soldiers who were waiting for the battle, and there were many tent obstacles in the camp, so it was difficult for the long-range troops to form an effective covering attack, and it was difficult for the sporadic straggler shooting to cause effective damage to the well-prepared Jiangdong army.
The Jiangdong Army quickly routed several groups of soldiers on duty who came to block it, and began to charge towards the depths of the camp!
The soldiers did not go much deeper, but the drums shook the sky, like a battle of 100,000 troops.
The shouts and drums came from all directions, which shocked the soldiers under Lu Lingqi's command. The soldiers who did not have time to equip themselves with armor and weapons were busy and wanted to escape from the camp in a hurry. They looked anxiously at Lu Lingqi, the main general who came out of the big tent.
"Stand still! Circle Array! Circle Array! Sword and shield soldiers are out! The spearmen came second, and the archers were in the middle. Fast! β
Under the command of the captain, groups of soldiers quickly assembled in the open space between the camp tents, forming a defensive formation like a small hedgehog. Lu Lingqi led a bunch of elites to fight head-on, stopping the enemy troops rushing into the camp, and buying time for his own miscellaneous troops to set up.
Lu Lingqi led the round formation to rush into the Jiangdong leading troops, forcing the Jiangdong army to bypass these hedgehog formations from the flank, and gradually stabilize the unfavorable situation.
Suddenly, the Jiangdong soldiers who were charging on the central passage of the camp fell into a huge trap, and the surrounding camp tents were immediately pushed into the trap by Lu Lingqi's order, there were no soldiers in these camps, but there were a lot of ignition objects, and then a brazier was kicked into the trap by someone who didn't know who kicked it.
"Boom!" There was a thud on the ground, and the sky-high fire burst into flames.
The miserable cries of the Jiangdong soldiers were heard from the fire, and along with these cries, the arrows were as dense as flying locusts, which passed through the flames and fell into the panicked Jiangdong team that was wandering by the trap, and immediately shot over.
"Retreat! Exit and go, there are traps!! β
"The enemy army has been tricked, kill!"
A Chang'an general was stunned. The battle changed in an instant, and before he could recover from the surprise, he raised his sword and bypassed the trap to chase and kill the retreating Jiangdong soldiers.
"Mingjin, stay put, don't chase after you!"
Lu Lingqi reined in the war horse, she was used as a bait, she should have chased out to contain the Jiangdong Army, but Zhou Yu's arrangement was out of Lu Bu's plan, Lu Lingqi was worried that the ambush arranged by her father would be dispatched in the middle of the night, and now it was just dark, and she was not prepared at all, so she rushed out now It is undoubtedly not a self-defeating net.
"I just looked closely." Lu Lingqi looked around and comforted the soldiers who were about to move: "The Jiangdong Army is menacing and powerful. The number of people who stormed our camp was not large, and I am afraid that there would be another ambush. All the scouts immediately dispatched from our battalion to the city of Xiangyang, focusing on reconnoitring the middle of our battalion to the general's camp. β
Just now, the shouts of the Jiangdong soldiers shook the sky, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and Lu Lingqi was worried that Zhou Yu's strategy was to use her battalion as bait to ambush the Lu Bu army who rushed to the rescue.
Not far from the gate of Xiangyang, Zhou Yu sat on a war horse, looked at the flames coming out of Lu Lingqi's camp, and muttered: "Sure enough! However, that's also part of my plan to lure the enemy, Lu Bu, it's up to you to be fooled! β
The Jiangdong army threw down his companions in the trap, turned around and ran back, and unexpectedly Lu Lingqi did not lead the army to rush out of pursuit, but rushed to repair the camp and strengthen the defense.
And at this moment, on the avenue between the two battalions of Lu Lingqi and Lu Bu, the battle also began.
It turned out that after Lu Bu retired from the army and returned to the camp, when he convened the people to discuss countermeasures, he suddenly heard the sound of Lu Lingqi's camp shouting and killing. Lu Bu was struck by lightning on the spot, and Zhou Yu's sneak attack was beyond his arrangement. Hurriedly ordered troops to rescue.
Concern is chaos, when Lu Bu just ordered the military horse and rushed out of the camp, Xu Shuhe came in frustration.
"Lord, Zhou Yu is a plan to lure the enemy. He will use the major general as a bait to ambush our reinforcements in the middle of the road. Shu discussed with the public and felt that when he continued to calculate, there was a mountain bag three miles after leaving the camp, and an army was ambushed here. The lord pretended to be defeated and retreated, and led the ambush soldiers arranged by Zhou Yu here to annihilate them all. Xu Shu caught up with Lu Bu and said very briefly.
"If it weren't for the two military advisors, I would have been tricked!" Lu Bu said ashamedly, he was just too worried about Lu Lingqi, and he didn't think deeply about it for a while, Xu Shu reminded him and came back to his senses: "Pang De, Gao Shun obeys orders, each leads an army to ambush on both sides of the mountain, as long as the Jiangdong ambush chases, both sides will be killed!" β
"Whoa!"
Just as Lu Bu led the reinforcements to rush forward and came to a small river. A gong suddenly sounded on both sides of the river, and a dense rain of arrows was sprinkled all over the world, and torches were lit, and I saw countless enemy troops standing densely on the slopes on both sides, and one of the generals stationed their horses on the slope shouted:
"Lu Bu, you have been tricked, why don't you get off the horse and be bound quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Zhou Yu is really a trick to lure the enemy!"
When he saw the ambush soldiers on the break, Lu Bu's heart calmed down. Zhou Yu's goal is himself, which shows that Lu Lingqi will not be in danger of his life.
"It's a plan, there are ambushes, retreat!"
Lu Bu screamed in panic, drew his halberd and opened the arrow towards him, and shouted loudly. The red rabbit horse turned around and turned back to kill. The rest of the soldiers had already been ordered to abandon their armor and lead the enemy into a trap if they had an ambush in the event of an ambush.
Lu Bu left dozens of corpses behind and fought and retreated.
The Jiangdong scout immediately transmitted the news back to the rear army brigade, and Zhou Yu was also surprised.
"There are many capable people under Lu Bu's command, if I don't go, I will definitely see the clues, and I am afraid it will be difficult to trick Lu Bu into being fooled." After speaking, Zhou Yu was about to come out. Zhou Tai flashed out and stopped:
"The Metropolitan Governor must not be in danger. Lu Bu is brave, if there is a bad pool, my Jiangdong army will be destroyed. β
Zhou Yu frowned: "Xu Shu, frustrate the two of you in the world, if I don't show up on the battlefield, the two of them will be suspicious." I should lure the enemy in person, so that there is a glimmer of opportunity. If I have a bad pool, the military power will be handed over to Lu Zijing. Zi respects the talent, and the land of Jiangdong is a hundred times better than me. β
Zhou Yu's courage infected his soldiers. His vision is also very vicious, if Jiangdong loses this battle, he will not be able to forge ahead, so he can only retreat and defend the territory. There is no one in Jiangdong who is more suitable for defending the land than Lusu. Zhou Yu's meaning is also very clear, Lu Su can only defend the territory, not open the territory.
"Governor, I'll go with you."
"I'll go with me!"
A cadre of generals wanted to go together.
Zhou Yu smiled with relief, and then pointed to Wen Ping, who didn't say a word: "General Wen Ping will lead the troops to go with me, and the others will set up an ambush on the spot." Unless Lu Bu's army chases down to the city, he can attack! β
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Lu Bu led the soldiers who had lost their armor and retreated, came to a mountain pass, pulled the reins, and the crossbow battalions around him quickly lined up in a large formation and set up on the avenue.
"Hahaha. It's you who are plotting, and I've already seen through the carving insect skills. As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, on both sides of the mountain pass, a more dense and heavy sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, this is the cavalry charging into battle!!
"The enemy has been tricked! Kill! β
The Jiangdong Army changed from a pursuer to an ambush, and the sudden change of identity made them like frosted eggplants. There is no fighting spirit. Trapped in the camp, the Xiliang cavalry, and the crossbow battalion led by Lu Bu killed the three parties, and Jiangdong suffered heavy losses. With a single charge, the entire pursuing team was killed and shattered.
The Jiangdong soldiers scrambled to flee first, and the road was full of discarded banners and armor, dead bodies everywhere, and snorts of pain.
When LΓΌ Bu's army was about to win a complete victory, a brigade of Biao rushed out from behind the Jiangdong army again, and the soldiers in front shouted:
"Brothers, line up. The Metropolitan Governor led the army to support, and victory was just around the corner, killing all the thieves in Chang'an! Kill! β
"Zhou Yu is here?" Hearing this shout, Lu Bu was more excited than Jiangdong Jun. Zhou Yu's appearance shows that his arrangement is like this, and there will be no more conspiracies to trick people.
Fu Zhu and Xu Shu glanced at each other, and the two of them also let out a long breath at the same time, Zhou Yu never showed up, which made the two of them restless, worried that Zhou Yu still had no means.
"Brothers, kill Zhou Yu at any cost."
The person Lu Bu is afraid of, Zhou Yu is also one, since Zhou Yu has shown up, there is no reason to let him go. Under the command of Lu Bu, the cavalry rumbled towards Zhou Yu's place.