Chapter 51: Lu Bu's plan
Lu Bu put on a half-crossing posture to continue to attack the momentum of the Cao army, the longer it dragged on, the lower the momentum of the Cao army, and if Xiahou Yuan wanted to cross south as soon as possible, he must think of another way. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Lu Bu pointed to Cao Bing, who was preparing timber with great fanfare on the opposite side, and said to Zang Ba: "Xuangao sent scouts to check along the Huaishui, and I estimate that Xiahou Yuan put on a posture of forcible crossing here, and secretly built a pontoon bridge elsewhere. In addition, find out if there are any military divisions in Xiahou Yuan's army? ”
Xiahou Yuan is not terrible, Lu Bu is afraid of Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You These monsters, as soon as these monsters come, what kind of wind, water, fire, and deadly tricks will come, and they can't be parried.
"It is rumored that Zuo Ci and Liu Bei came together."
"Can there be Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and others?" Lu Bu confirmed again.
"I didn't inquire. I think I should come with Cao Cao's army. ”
"You go and straighten out the soldiers first, and be on call at any time." Since Guo Jia and the others didn't come, Xiahou Yuan must have used the plan of cultivating the plank road in the Ming Dynasty, and since he saw through it, of course he had to give him a big gift.
In the middle of the night, Lu Bu heard the chaotic drums of Xiahou Yuan's camp on the other side of the river, but he kept stopping, wondering if Xiahou Yuan had quietly smuggled into Qu County. In the afternoon, Lü Bu received a report from the scouts that there were many farmers on the other side of Qu County cutting wood, so he guessed that Xiahou Yuan would cross the river from Qu County. secretly sent Zang Ba to Qu County to ambush, and only waited for Xiahou Yuan to cross half of the soldiers to kill him.
Lu Bu said to Wei Yue: "Send a soldier to cross the river to see the truth and reality." ”
Not long after, the soldiers who crossed the river came back and reported: "General, the whole camp of the Cao thieves is empty, and they hang the sheep above the big drum, and the hooves of the sheep kick the drum surface, so the drum beats the sky." ”
"Li Damu." Seeing that the strategy used by Xiahou Yuan was completely consistent with his guess, Lu Bu became more and more sure of the guess in his heart, and shouted.
"The end will be."
"Gather the Legion of Death and get ready to go." Lu Bu said to Sun Kang: "Zhongtai guards the camp, once the thieves come to attack and can't resist, you can set fire to the camp and retreat to Huaiyin." ”
Lü Bu handed over the camp to Sun Kang, and he personally led the Death Legion towards Qu County, intending to deliver a head-on blow to Xiahou Yuan.
When Lu Bu arrived in Qu County, the Xiahou Yuan pontoon bridge had not yet been built, and he was shouting loudly to carry wood. Lu Bu and Zang Ba ambushed a mountain alone, just waiting for Xiahou Yuan to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river.
Lu Bu didn't know how long he had waited, he couldn't remember how many times he touched the dew, and when the east began to turn white, he suddenly found that although the opposite bank was in full swing and the trumpets were continuous, there was only one foundation on the pontoon bridge, and there was not much to build at all, Xiahou Yuan was good at running thousands of miles, and it was impossible to build a pontoon bridge for so long.
There was a huge shock in my heart, and I had already been tricked.
Recruit Zang Bajun back and return to Huaiyin City. Xiahou Yuan led 3,000 cavalry, and Lu Bu was full of infantry, although the cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan was far inferior to the elite of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and Lu Bu didn't want to lose his troops at this time.
Lü Bu led the infantry to Huaiyin for less than twenty miles, and the scouts sent did not return, suspecting that there was an ambush ahead.
"Array to meet the enemy." Lu Bu gave an order.
"Dig a pit." Li Damu led the six hundred soldiers of the Death Legion to draw their scimitars and quickly began to dig a large trap around the large array.
It turned out that Lu Bu sent a soldier to cross the river to check the Xiahou Yuan camp all fell in Guo Jia's eyes, as long as Lu Bu sent someone to cross the river to check, he must have been hit, sure enough, Lu Bu military camp a fire dragon went straight to Qu County, Guo Jia and other Lu Bu led the troops away, ordered the army hidden around the camp to quietly lurk to the river, sent people to build a pontoon bridge with the prepared wood, and before Sun Kang could react, he forcibly crossed the river and killed Lu Bu's camp, Sun Kang didn't even have time to burn the camp before Xiahou Yuan broke through the wall. He just pretended to send someone to secretly build a pontoon bridge in Qu County to lure away Lu Bu's main force, so as to take the opportunity to cross the river.
Sun Guan was escorted by several soldiers and hid in the dense forest and fled back to Huaiyin City. Guo Jia was worried that Lu Bu knew that he was going south with the army, so he asked Lu Bu to act cautiously, and disguised himself as Xiahou Yuan's personal soldier when Ren Cheng went south with the army to hide his eyes and ears.
After capturing the camp built by Lu Bu, Guo Jia only left 200 cavalry to guard the camp, and Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan took the cavalry to ambush Lu Bu halfway back to Huaiyin City.
was ready, just waiting for Lu Bu to crash into the ambush, but he didn't expect to kill a few waiters to make Lu Bu suspicious, and he didn't see him for a long time.
Guo Jia sent people to check, only to know that Lu Bu sent hundreds of soldiers to dig pits around the army, and the army was slowly pushed in a battle formation.
Guo Jia originally planned to use the mobility of the cavalry to drag Lu Bu's infantry outside the city, slowly looking for fighters, and found that Lu Bu actually used a small pit with a large bowl mouth to restrain the cavalry, Guo Jia found that Lu Bu was no longer the reckless man he used to be. sighed: "Today's Lu Bu is not yesterday's Lu Bu, the prime minister is in danger." ”
Xiahou Yuan listened and asked: "Lu Bu's army is not more than 10,000, and our army is ten times larger than him, so the military division is worrying." ”
"Lu Bu dragged the prime minister's 100,000 troops down to Changlu and then to Xiapi, Pengcheng, and Lu all the way to Xiapi, Pengcheng, and Luguo, it seems that our army is pursuing the victory, but in fact, our army is exhausted. Lü Bu deprived our army of rest, and once we went to war with Yuan Shao, Lü Bu would be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman. Now with a few small holes, our cavalry is useless. ”
"What are you afraid of him doing? Thousands of war horses charged at the same time, what can a few small holes do? Zhang Fei listened and said with a grin.
"General Yide dares to fight? So much better. You can lead 500 cavalry to charge the battle, and General Miaocai will lead the army to press the formation for you. Guo Jia also wanted to see if this small hole could really restrain the cavalry, he just speculated in his heart, once the horse's hooves fell into the pit when the cavalry was running, I was afraid that it would be possible to lead the horse again, and the specific way would only be known after the actual battle. Guo Jia did not bother with the disrespect in Zhang Fei's words, and said excitedly. Anyway, Zhang Fei is Liu Bei's subordinate, Liu Bei is not really loyal to the prime minister at first glance, and if he dies, he will die, and it is better to die.
"You are afraid of Lu Bu, but I am not afraid of Zhang Fei. The eldest brother and the second brother pressed me for the formation, so I went to take Lu Bu's dog head and came back to give it to the eldest brother. Zhang Fei broke free of Liu Bei's arm and said to Liu Bei and Guan Yu. Although he was also afraid, how could he regret the words that had already been spoken.
Guo Jia watched Zhang Fei lead five hundred cavalry in front of him and kill in the direction of Lu Bu, and his heart was slightly reluctant, but Liu Bei's infantry was far behind by the cavalry, and now he could only attack Lu Bu with his own cavalry.
"Report! In front of him, a thief will lead 500 cavalry to rush forward. Lu Bu returned several scouts one after another in front of him, sending back the same news.
"Ordered Li Damu to dig more horse pits around." Lu Bu didn't know if this small pit could withstand the cavalry, and he had only seen it occasionally from books.
The dust was flying in the distance, and the banner was stiffened in the air by the wind, and it was impossible to see what words were written on the banner, so it was impossible to deduce that it was the general under Cao Cao.
"Three family slaves, dare to fight me for 300 rounds?"
Just when Lu Bu secretly guessed who was coming, Zhang Fei's unique angry shout came, almost causing Lu Bu to fall off his horse.
"Homecoming!" Lu Bu shouted at the Death Legion, which was still digging a hole in the distance.
I saw that within two or three hundred steps around Lu Bu's big array, there were dense pitfalls the size of bowls.