Although Hanoi Wen County is one of the largest counties in Hanoi, it is just an ordinary one of the many counties in the Han Dynasty. If it weren't for the emperor of the Sima clan in history, I am afraid that he would have disappeared in the long river of history with an unknown origin like other counties.

In August of the fifth year of Guangxi, Guan Yu, a rebellious general of the Northern Army, led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Northern Army into Wenxian County.

Compared with the city of Hanoi, the city defense of Wen County is not tall and strong, and there are only more than 500 militiamen guarding the city. And when Guan Yu led the army in, the small Wen county town immediately became crowded.

Guan Yu knew that Wen County could not be defended for a long time, and after entering the city, he ordered the soldiers to rest and prepare for battle, and at the same time sent scouts to collect intelligence. After learning the route of Lu Bu's army, Guan Yu led the army to cross Jishui, set up a formation on his back, and wanted to fight to the death with the Bingzhou army.

Before leaving Wen County, Fang Yue led troops to join them.

Fang Yue's coming, Guan Yu had already heard about it. After seeing him in person, he said to him with a cold face: "You should have been held accountable for the loss of the defeated army, but you not only protected the escape of this people, but also designed to kill the enemy army, which can be regarded as a merit and demerit." and stay in front of the army to be guilty of meritorious service. ”

Guan Yu's official position is much higher than Fang Yue's, and with his red brick face that is not angry but mighty, Fang Yue's momentum is a little weaker. He reprimanded, and Fang Yue had no choice but to show a respectful attitude and say, "Thank you, General Guan." ”

Seeing that he was so respectful, Guan Yu's tone softened, and he said lightly: "With your ability, you are indeed not Lu Bu's opponent, and it is reasonable to lose the army." ”

As a military general, when a person said this, most of the people who had a little bit of blood would argue a few words, if it was not a war crime, he would take his head one day and so on. However, Fang Yue had nothing to say about this, Lu Bu's power was indeed something that no one could shake in this era.

And he was not defeated by Lu Bu, it was Lu Bu's general Hao Meng who captured Huaicheng.

Guan Yu taught Fang Yue a few words, and then told him to leave. However, when Fang Yue heard the news that Guan Yu was going to fight a decisive battle with Lü Bu's Bingzhou army by the Jishui River, he returned and admonished him: "Lü Bu's cavalry is good at charging, and the general should defend the city, why should he choose to fight it on the plain?" ”

Guan Yu shook his head and said: "Wenxian County is small and difficult to defend, and our army will tend to be passive." I already have a way in my heart on how to deal with the cavalry of Bingzhou, and there is no need to say more, killing more enemies in the army to atone for the previous sins! ”

Fang Yue saw that Guan Yu was full of confidence, so he had nothing to say and left again.

Guan Yu is an extremely proud person, and he has long had the intention of competing with Lu Bu, the first person in the world, and for him, there is a personal grudge with Lu Bu that is difficult to say to others.

However, although Guan Yu is proud, he is not arrogant. Lu Bu can have a world-renowned reputation, not blown. The reason why he dared to face Lu Bu on the plains was that he actually had his own way as he said.

After crossing the Jishui, Guan Yu ordered the infantry captain Hu Zhen to lead 2,000 infantry to lean on the Jishui to form an arc-shaped formation, and the two ends were connected to the river bank to form a semicircle.

The infantry was guarded by long shields on the perimeter, and behind the shields stood by pikemen. Behind the pikemen, there were 2,000 archers led by the newly promoted archery captain Yu Wei, who stood by with strong bows and crossbows.

After setting up the formation, Guan Yu sent Zhang Xiu, the captain of the Yue cavalry, to lead two thousand light cavalry to seek the enemy.

On the other hand, the Bingzhou wolf cavalry led by Lu Bu also gradually approached Jishui. Among the 50,000 troops who followed Lu Bu south this time, 30,000 Hun cavalry were purely to give Lu Bu a strong momentum, and some miscellaneous troops like Zhang Yang were at most knocking on the corners. The core force that really attacked the city was the elite of more than 10,000 descendants under Lu Bu.

Although the unified state is known as the wolf cavalry, the real cavalry force is only more than 6,000 people, which is already the limit of the strength that the barren state can bear. The training of cavalry, from the training of soldiers to the breeding of horses, is an extremely expensive thing. Even if it is close to the grasslands like the state of Nagashu, a place that has a natural advantage for the growth of cavalry is quite stressful.

However, it was by training and commanding these 6,000 cavalry that Lu Bu achieved the prestige of the wolf cavalry in Bingzhou, and he was invincible all the way to attacking the city and plundering the land.

Lu Bu also got the news that Guan Yu led the army to meet him early, and he didn't pay much attention to it. The Bingzhou army has been accustomed to sweeping everything with a devastating momentum all the way, and for Guan Yu's appearance, at most, he thinks that he can just run over it.

However, when they saw the light cavalry led by Zhang Xiu appear and began to take the initiative to attack, the upper and lower levels of the state army did feel a little unaccustomed. However, this did not stop the offensive pace of the wolf cavalry. The 6,000 cavalry under Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu's Yue cavalry battalion charged at the same time as soon as they discovered each other.

The difference in strength between the two sides made Zhang Xiu dare not fall in love with the war, but after a little contact, the Yue cavalry battalion broke away from the battle situation and fled backwards.

Lu Bu led his cavalry to pursue, and the general Gao Shunjin said: "The enemy soldiers are defeated without a fight, it must be a trick to lure the enemy, please be careful." ”

Lu Bu said proudly: "Don't I know that this is a trick to lure the enemy, and there must be an ambush ahead." However, I and the state army came all the way with the power of thunder, how could I be caught up in some small tricks to jump off the beam? I am invincible in the world, where can I not go? ”

Lu Bu urged the Red Rabbit Horse, raised Fang Tian's halberd upward, and roared loudly: "The enemy is ahead, can you dare to kill it?" ”

Thousands of troops roared in unison: "Dare! ”

Lu Bu took the lead, and the wolf rode behind him, galloping like an arrow.

Approaching Jishui, Lu Bu could already see the military formation of the Northern Army on the shore of Jishui. However, the wolf rider did not slow down at all, and rushed over.

Zhang Xiu's Yue cavalry battalion did not merge directly into the military formation, but avoided it to the left around the military formation. Guan Yu saw that Lu Bu's army had come as planned, so he sent the Tun cavalry battalion led by Pan Feng to attack.

The Tun cavalry battalion is composed of 2,000 heavily armored cavalry, which can be said to be the trump card force in Guan Yu's hands, and it has also poured a lot of effort into the imperial court. After all, the heavy armor of 2,000 people is a very big investment for this era.

Guan Yu's tactics were very simple, first luring the enemy with light cavalry, luring the state army to come, and then using heavy cavalry to meet the attack. The wolf cavalry is also a light cavalry unit, and the biggest killer weapon is the unstoppable charge. And the heavy cavalry can just restrain the charge of the light cavalry, in this era, the heavy cavalry is completely crushing everything.

And in the end, even if Lu Bu's Bingzhou wolf cavalry could break through the tun cavalry camp, its speed and charge would inevitably slow down, and then there would be a defensive semicircle composed of infantry shield arrays. In the distance, there is a strong attack of crossbows, and when it comes closer, there are spears and stabs, and the state army will inevitably be in chaos under the protection of this iron barrel, and then the light cavalry attack will surely win a great victory.

It's just that although Guan Yu's idea is very good, he ignores the rapid change of the situation on the battlefield, Lu Bu did not directly confront the heavy cavalry of the Tun cavalry camp after seeing it, but took advantage of the fast speed of the light cavalry, suddenly turned to avoid the edge of the heavy cavalry, and went around to the right side of the northern army's military formation.

Although the heavy cavalry has an advantage over the light cavalry in confrontation, there is a big gap in speed and agility. The wolf cavalry of Bingzhou easily threw off the tun cavalry camp, only a little cavalry at the tail was entangled with it, and the other cavalry charged along the bank of the Jishui River to the right side of the northern army like sharp arrows.

Faced with the sudden change in the situation on the battlefield, Guan Yu almost twisted his eyebrows together.

I still take it for granted.

The shield array, which was originally used as the second line of defense, was about to withstand the initial impact of the Bingzhou cavalry, Guan Yu shouted loudly and ordered the infantry battalion to get ready, and the archers of the shooting battalion fired.

The state army charged very fast, and even if it turned halfway, it did not slow down in the slightest. After entering the range of bows and arrows, even the feather arrows in the sky could not stop the victorious footsteps of the wolf riders of the state. It was as if there was nothing in the world that could frighten them.

Guan Yu shouted loudly: "Where is Duan Xuan? ”

"My subordinates are here!" Duan Xuan responded.

"The Changshui battalion attacked the enemy's left flank." Guan Yu gave the order.

"Whoa!"

"Order the Yue cavalry battalion to turn around and rush to help, and the tun cavalry battalion will return to help and advance!" Guan Yu continued.

The Changshui battalion is composed of Hu cavalry, mixed with many Sinicized Xiongnu, Wuhuan and Qiang cavalry. Although there are still certain disadvantages compared with the pure grassland cavalry, the overall quality is much higher than that of the Han cavalry.

Guan Yu originally wanted to use them as reserves, but he didn't expect to use them as soon as the war started.

The wolf rode along the river bank to attack, forming an angle for attack. Guan Yu felt that if the shield array, bow, crossbow and spear of the infantry battalion could block the charge of the Bingzhou wolf cavalry at the first time, the Changshui battalion would attack its left side again, cut off the continuous offensive of the Bingzhou wolf cavalry, and finally plunged it into a melee. If the Yue cavalry battalion and the tun cavalry battalion come again, they can work together to push them into the water.

In a flash of lightning, the wolf rode into the shield array. It was like cutting tofu, and it split a bite of the military array in an instant.

At this time, a soldier reported that the attack of the Changshui battalion led by Duan Xuan was blocked and was routed by an infantry battalion of more than 700 people.

Guan Yu's eyes widened in disbelief. However, at this time, it was impossible to think about what kind of infantry battalion could defeat two thousand elite cavalry in a short time with seven hundred men, and the wolf cavalry of the state had already poured into the army like a tide.

The army was in chaos, and the soldiers turned and fled, but behind them was Jishui, and there was nowhere to escape. When they turned to fight again, the formation was actually out of order, and the infantry that had lost their formation was easily slaughtered by the cavalry.

It is true that a fight against the odds can inspire the courage of the soldiers, but they are faced with an equally brave and ruthless invincible cavalry.

Lu Bu wielded Fang Tian's halberd in the chaotic army, ruthlessly harvesting his life. Guan Yu's eyes were red, and he slapped the horse and dragged the knife, and went straight to Lu Bu.

Guan Yu's mount was also a great horse given to him by Liu Wei, galloping like the wind, and in an instant, he came to Lu Bu's approach.

Guan Yu shouted violently, and the long knife slashed.

A knife as fast as lightning slashed at Lu Bu with lightning speed. The speed was so fast that Lu Bu couldn't see what it was at all, and he could only see a flash of light in front of him. He hurriedly leaned back and put his whole body across the horse, so that he could dodge the knife.

Guan Yu's heart sank, just now he not only had a calculated and unintentional sneak attack, but the speed of the knife also pushed himself to the peak of the knife technique, but Lu Bu was able to dodge it unscathed, and he couldn't help but be stunned in his heart. Just now, before he used the knife, Lu Bu had already noticed his moves, and before the autumn wind moved the cicada, the hair on his body could feel dangerous like an animal, which showed that Lu Bu already had a grandmaster-level ability.

The two horses staggered, and before Lu Bu could make a move, Guan Yu's second knife had already been slashed down. Lu Bu lifted Fang Tian's painting halberd and blocked it upward, and Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue knife flipped over violently, slashing horizontally towards Lu Bu's neck.

This move was extremely fast between the virtual and the real, which caught Lu Bu off guard. Kan shrank his head, and the pheasant tail feathers on the purple gold crown were cut in two.

Lu Bu was furious. Guan Yu kept the long knife in his hand, grabbed a move again, swept his backhand, Lu Bu raised a halberd, and there was a loud bang when the weapons collided.

Almost in an instant, the two of them made three moves in a row, and the speed was so fast that others didn't see what was going on between the two of them, only to see the last two weapons collide together, which shocked Guan Yu's war horse and took a few steps back.

In terms of knife technique, Guan Yu has always been extremely conceited. He thinks that he is fast, and no one in the world can beat him. However, this time I fought with Lu Bu, only to find that Lu Bu's painting halberd speed was no less than his own.

And what surprised him the most was Lu Bu's strength. The halberd that had just been drawn was an understatement, but it was as unshakable as a mountain, and he stiffly shook himself back several steps with his people and horses. Among the people he knew before, only the third brother Zhang Fei could force him to such a point in terms of strength.

On the other hand, Lu Bu, who had received the call, was also extremely excited at this time, his muscles tensed, and his eyes glowed like fire.

As early as a long time ago, his martial arts have been among the grandmasters, and few opponents in the world will inevitably give birth to heroic loneliness. He knew Guan Yu, but he had never fought each other. In the three rounds just now, Lu Bu was actually quite embarrassed. This aroused Lu Bu's ambition, his eyes were fixed, and the painting halberd smashed over with the momentum of opening a mountain and splitting the ground.

Generally, when a military general makes a move, he uses eight points of strength and keeps two points for himself, otherwise there will be no place to maneuver. However, Lu Bu's blow was extremely domineering, not only did he use a lot of strength, but he shot extremely fast, Guan Yu had no other room at all, he could only use the Qinglong Yanyue Knife to resist upward.

There was a louder sound between the weapons, Guan Yu's war horse knelt on the ground, Guan Yu flew backwards, the Qinglong Yanyue Knife was bent into ninety degrees and pressed against his chest, Guan Yu almost flew out more than a foot away, blood spurted out of his mouth, and drips stained his chest.

"Good!" Lu Bu shouted. I don't know if it was for Guan Yu to vomit blood, or the shocking blow just now.

Seeing that Guan Yu was injured, his subordinates Guan Ping Zhou Cang Pei Yuanshao hurriedly rushed forward. The two sides scuffled. I don't know if it's out of the psychology of heroes cherishing heroes, Lu Bu didn't continue to shoot, just sat on the horse and looked at Guan Yu condescendingly.

Guan Yu, who was sitting on the grass, wanted to support his body and stand up, but his body couldn't exert any strength. He didn't feel much pain, but his consciousness was blurry. Passing past the scuffling soldiers around him, he saw the contemptuous gaze that Lu Bu threw at him on his horse.

Darkness struck, and Guan Yu finally lost consciousness.

*******

In Chenggao County, Guan Yu regained consciousness on a rainy day. It was already five days after their defeat to the east.

Although his body was still very weak, the first thing Guan Yu said when he woke up was to ask, "How is the war?" ”

Guan Ping, who was guarding his side, advised his father to rest well and not to worry about other words, and swallowed them alive. He knew his father wouldn't listen.

"When my father was unconscious, our army was routed by the state army. The infantry battalion and the shooting battalion suffered heavy losses. The Changshui battalion was broken up. Fortunately, the Tun cavalry battalion arrived in time to escort us and fight and walk, and retreated eastward along the shore of Jishui to here. ”

Guan Yu closed his eyes in pain when he heard this. Such a fiasco is unacceptable to a proud person like him.

Guan Ping continued with red eyes: "Captain Yu and Captain Hu were seriously injured, as were Yuanfu (Zhou Cangzi). Brother Pei ......"

Guan Ping choked up when he said this.

"What's wrong with Yuan Shao?" Seeing that Guan Ping wanted to speak and stopped, Guan Yu glared angrily.

"Brother Pei was killed by Lu Bu in order to save his father."

Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao were originally Yellow Turban thieves, and when Guan Yu followed Liu Bei to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he surrendered them as his own generals. has been following him for a long time, and the relationship has always been very good.

Guan Yu was speechless for a long time after hearing this, and finally sighed and said: "You can't do anything, order the soldiers to abandon their burdens and go into battle lightly." After the cavalry battalion was broken, find a way to contact the Vietnamese cavalry battalion to join our army. Then ......"

Guan Yu's words finally began to weaken, and then fell into a coma again.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.) ）