Chapter 176: Clerkship
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"These horses are the proceeds of the previous seizures, the general's command lacks horses, and now it is a big battle, and the horses are of little use in my hands, and the general is willing to hand them all in." Hao Zhao pointed to the war horse he brought behind him and said loudly to Lu Bu on the other side of the river.
Lu Bu can quickly train soldiers who can't ride horses into cavalry, this is a mythical secret in the army, Hao Zhao can't use these war horses in a short period of time, it is better to give them all to Lu Bu.
Lu Bu didn't expect Hao Zhao's consciousness to be so high, these war horses Hao Zhao really had to hand over a part, and he could also leave half of them as a trophy to reward his soldiers, if he didn't want to hand them all over, Lu Bu had no reason to take them all.
"There are no soldiers, horses alone are useless for the time being, General Hao will bring them back to the city first, and I will evaluate and convert the money." Lu Bu said. He has countless luxury goods collected by Yuan Shu in his hands, and war horses are in-demand goods that money may not be able to buy.
"I have selected a thousand burly soldiers, and I am coming from behind. Because Zhang Xiu and Jia Xutun were in Bowangpo, the last general was wary of changes and did not dare to stay for a long time. Hao Zhao said.
Bowangpo bears Woniu Mountain in the north, hides the mountain in the south, and leans on the water in the west, the terrain is dangerous, known as the Xianghan Pass, known as the Xianghan Pass, which is known as the place where the soldiers must fight, but I didn't expect to be cut off by Zhang Xiu, which made Hao Zhao very worried.
"You'll have to be careful with fire." Lu Bu reminded that Zhuge Liang's burning of Bowangpo was his first exploit out of the mountain, and everyone in later generations knew about it. In fact, some people say that Liu Bei came up with a plan himself, not Zhuge Liang. No matter who it was, the burning of Bowangpo had something to do, and Lu Bu had to embankment it.
"The last will be remembered." After Hao Zhao finished speaking, he turned over and got on his horse and was about to return to the city.
"Wait, how is the grain harvest in Yiyang and Pingchun?" Lu Bu asked.
"It's going well, and the grain we get is no less than 300,000 stones."
"Okay, you quickly send someone to inform Xu Shu that if the Jingzhou army is coming, he should avoid the edge, transfer the grain and grass to the north, and then send someone to build a pontoon bridge here, I will cross the river to meet Zhang Xiu." Lu Bu said.
The best way to attack Zhang Xiu is to send Liu Ye to send people to attack Anle City in the rear of Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu is defeated, and he will definitely return to the army to guard against Anle, and Lu Bu has no time to arrange it.
Just as Lu Bu was waiting for Hao Zhao to send someone to build a pontoon bridge, a scout rushed from the south: "Report!" In the direction of Fancheng, a force of 8,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry galloped forward. ”
"Liu Biao counterattacked so quickly!" Lu Bu was taken aback, he expected that it would take some time for Liu Biao to transfer troops, but he didn't expect that the Jingzhou army had already left Xiangyang: "Probe again, find out who the main general is." ”
Jingzhou Zanglong Crouching Tiger, there are countless generals under Liu Biao, among which Huang Zhong, Wen Ping, Wei Yan and others are not mediocre talents, if they are in charge, Lu Bu is very difficult to deal with.
"Send someone to tell General Hao Zhao that if the enemy arrives, the pontoon bridge will be destroyed."
Lu Bu waited for the pontoon bridge to be built, took out more than 600 pairs of saddle horses from his backpack, and even the horseshoe was too late to nail it, and the war horses sent by Hao Zhao were equipped, and there were hundreds of war horses without saddle stirrups, which could only be carried in the cavalry to replace the horses.
With a battalion of 1,000 archers and more than 200 horses without stirrups and saddles, Lu Bu galloped south around Deng County, and he wanted to use the mobility of the archery battalion to contain this elite.
Fancheng is an important town in Jingzhou, and its military value is very important, Liu Biao must have sent the heavy army guarding Fancheng to the north to kill, and Lu Bu could just take advantage of the emptiness of Fancheng to feint attack Fancheng and force this army not to dare to continue north. Fancheng is the confluence of Hanshui, Danshui, and Shushui, and is of great strategic significance, and is the most important and final barrier to the north of Xiangyang.
Deng County is more than 300 miles away from Fancheng, and Lu Bu's archery battalion only carries bows and arrows to attack lightly.
Early the next morning. Lü Bu's scouts found that the Jingzhou army had set up camp ninety miles away from Fancheng.
Lü Bu now has two choices, one is to avoid the Jingzhou army, secretly attack Fancheng, and force the Jingzhou army to return to Fancheng, but in this way, Lü Bu's archers will be in danger of being blocked and retreating; Another way is to swagger out and use the mobility of the bow battalion to suppress the advance of the Jingzhou army.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
Just when Lu Bu was undecided, the Jingzhou battalion helped him make a choice, and it turned out that the whereabouts of Lu Bu and his party had already fallen into the eyes of the scouts sent by Wenpin.
In the distance, the gate is opened, a "Wen" character handsome flag is the first to kill, a Liu character banner on the left wing, a Korean character banner on the right wing, the infantry is in the center, the cavalry arch guard is slowly killed on both wings, the troops are properly arranged, and it is out of the hands of famous generals at a glance.
As soon as the army came out of the camp, it was ready to fight, and the surface of the bronze shield with a wide face and a narrow bottom was inlaid with hideous tiger heads and lion faces, and the fangs the thickness of a finger were daunting. The elite soldiers in Jingzhou are really extraordinary, Zhang Liao was able to defeat Zhang Yun's soldiers who were so elite with such an elite equipment, in addition to his combat talent, I am afraid that he also relied on a lot of luck, in the face of absolute power, any conspiracy and tricks are vulnerable.
On both sides of the large array were rows of spear cavalry pointing to the sky, and the tips of the spears reflected a trace of cold light, showing that the spears were extremely sharp. Guns, spears, lances and other weapons that rely on stabs, pokes and other ways to attack are the sharp weapons for cavalry to charge, Lu Bu also wants such a cavalry, but he not only lacks war horses, but also lacks iron to build weapons, looking at the well-equipped Jingzhou soldiers in front of him, Lu Bu salivated.
As soon as the Chinese army galloped out, there was no need to guess that Lu Bu knew that it was the other party who came to scold him, according to the urine nature that has lasted for thousands of years in Huaxia, he felt that he would not do it when he could condemn it.
"Lu Bupifu came out to talk, Liu Jingzhou treated you like a guest, you did the opposite of stealing chickens and touching dogs, sent people to steal my grain in Pingchun, Yiyang, Xinye and other places, and killed my Jingzhou son, such a wolf-hearted dog, what face does he have to look at people!"
Lu Bu was speechless, and described his act of snatching food as theft, and almost ran away on the spot, but fortunately, Lu Bu had long been used to being scolded, and his psychological tolerance was very strong.
"Puff is making a big fuss, and he is dead!" Zhou Cang didn't wait for Lu Bu to talk, he took the lead in killing, and chased after the people who were scolding in the middle of the two armies' big array.
The right flank of the enemy formation intercepted Zhou Cang: "Han Xi is here, the thief will be presumptuous!" ”
Han Xi and Zhou Cang fought together, you come and go, after more than ten rounds of fighting, Han Xi was stabbed off the horse by Zhou Cang's blow, life and death are unknown, Zhou Cang really wanted to rush forward and cut off Han Xi's head, and an arrow flew out of the enemy formation: "Look at the arrow!" ”
"Banmen get an axe!" Lu Bu said disdainfully. Eyes locked on an arrow shot at Zhou Cang.
"Go!" Lu Bu let out a low shout, and the dragon tongue bow instantly resembled a full moon, and an arrow with the power of wind and thunder approached an arrow shot in mid-air.
"Ding!" When the two arrows met, one of the arrows fired by the enemy was reflected back by Lu Bu, and the castration did not stop, shooting straight like a large array of enemy troops, shooting down several people.
The Jingzhou army was in a panic, and countless gasps sounded. Intercepting an arrow shot in mid-air is not humanly possible, and the opponent's archery skills are not magical. Wen Ping was also taken aback by Lu Bu's arrow, he only heard that Lu Bu's archery skills were good, but he didn't expect that Lu Bu's archery skills were far more exquisite than the rumors.
Before Zhou Cang noticed that he was hovering on the edge of death, he jumped off the war horse and cut off Han Xi's head, and hung the head on the horse's neck to show off his might: "Who else wants to die, get out quickly!" ”
"The thief will be rampant!" Liu Hu saw that his lieutenant general was about to come out to meet Zhou Cang, and the Chinese army waved the flag to stop his stupid behavior.
The war drums of "Knock Knock Knock ......" sounded suddenly, and the Jingzhou army let out a roar that shook the sky, and the affairs of the entire army did not decrease in the slightest because of the defeat just now.
"Is this going to be a decisive battle?" Lu Bu looked at the Jingzhou army pressed by the whole army suspiciously, he didn't even figure out who the enemy general was, so he was confused and fought with the other party?
Lu Bu made a tentative attack, and a thousand cavalry archers rushed towards the right flank of the dead Han Xi, who bypassed the enemy's infantry formation. The cavalry on the right flank rolled backwards and charged the Lü Bu cavalry.
"Shoot!" If the archery battalion is in close contact with the enemy, it is not an archer, and if the other party comes forward, the Lü Bu cavalry releases arrows at the same time, taking the cavalry on the right flank by surprise, two or three hundred people fall off their horses on the spot, and five or six hundred people are slightly injured and cannot continue to fight on horseback.
As soon as the confrontation began, the Jingzhou cavalry lost troops and lost their generals. Wen Ping was anxious, this was his first battle, if it was unfavorable, his career would end here.
"Change formation!" Wen Ping changed the formation, the infantry was outside, and the cavalry was in the center.
The risk of changing formations is immeasurable, but I didn't expect the enemy's main general to dare to do this, the other party is either a general or a mediocre talent. However, Lu Bu didn't kill many enemy troops at the moment when the other party changed formation, so he let the Jingzhou infantry guard the enemy cavalry in the middle, and this person's ability to lead the soldiers was probably not under Zhang Liao.
"Wenpin!" Looking at the "Wen" character flag, a person appeared in Lu Bu's heart. Wen Ping's command ability is not under Zhang Liao, in history, he suppressed Jingjiang, led troops to stop Guan Yu's division many times, and became one of the generals that Cao Cao relied on as a barrier, but he was rarely noticed.
Since it was a famous general sent to the door, there was no reason not to accept it, Lu Bu secretly decided to find a way to capture Wen Ping alive. But if you want to capture Wen Ping alive, you must first defeat the army in front of you.
Just when Lu Bu's mind was in a hurry, thinking about how to capture Wen Bu alive, Wen Ping commanded a large array to press Lu Bu's cavalry.
"Shoot."
Wen Ping was on guard, and his sophisticated shield stopped all the bows and arrows that Lu Bu had fired, barely hitting a few unlucky soldiers. The large array pressed towards Lu Bu's cavalry little by little without stopping. Lu Bu waited around the large array, seeking an opportunity to break the enemy, but he did not dare to shoot wantonly, the archers and cavalry battalions brought only forty arrows each, once they were shot out, they would do nothing, he could only wait now. The Wenpin infantry took the lead, and after a long period of consumption, the soldiers' physical strength may not be able to keep up, and when they are tired, or when they show their flaws when they go down to the village, they will face Lu Bu's stormy attack.
Similarly, Wen Ping was also waiting, he wanted to use infantry to force Lu Bu to a narrow terrain, and the cavalry would annihilate Lu Bu in one fell swoop, and the two would look for each other's flaws.