Chapter 31: Fighting on the Plains
After everyone and Lu Bu converged, after all the previous events, Lu Bu saw that Guo Yan was killed by Xu Huang, and praised: "Gongming is brave and abnormal, and he has both wisdom and strategy, and he really has the style of a general!" Chang'an, who is waiting to return, will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds! ā
Xu Huang was overjoyed and thanked him: "Thank you, lord!" ā
Lu Bu looked around at the cavalry behind him and shouted: "Now that the Xiliang rebels are besieging Chang'an, Chang'an is the foundation of our army, and there is no room for error!" All the generals are in Chang'an, and they will kill the enemy together with the generals, pacify the rebels, and there will be no life or death! ā
Thousands of cavalry roared with raised arms, and the battle was high. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Taking advantage of the great morale, Lu Bu led about 5,000 cavalry, pursued at the tail of the horse, and headed west.
Let's say that Li Ji took the remnants of the army and joined Zhang Ji's army in embarrassment. Guo Yan was killed by Xu Huang, and the remaining more than 10,000 people fled with Li Dao.
After the defeat, Zhang Ji and others were shocked, and Jia Xu comforted: "There are chasing soldiers in the back, and there are obstacles in front, only by fighting to the death can there be a glimmer of life!" Lu Bu's family is all in Chang'an, if we capture Chang'an, even if Lu Bu kills, the general trend has been decided, what is there to fear? ā
Duan Xuan said: "Chang'an deep ditch and high base, I'm afraid it will not be easy to capture!" ā
After Jia Xu looked around at everyone, he smiled faintly: "Everyone, don't forget, Lu Bu's enemies are not just us!" Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo, monopolized Chaogang, and coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, Wang Yun and others must hate it in their hearts. As long as we besiege Chang'an and send people to secretly unite with Wang Yun and others, it will not be difficult to take Chang'an. In addition, Xiliang Ma Teng, Jincheng Han Sui is now Chen Bing Chen Cang, containing Xu Rong, Gao Shun in the north is contained by Wang Kuang in Hanoi, and Dasanguan Huangfu Songbei Nanyang Yuan Shu is restrained in the south, and Lu Bu has no more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he has to guard all places, and there are no more than 10,000 soldiers available in his hands. Our army is still superior to Lu Bu in strength, so what is there to fear? ā
Zhang Ji and the others on the side were relieved when they heard this, and they all admired Jia Xu.
It was Jia Xu who urged everyone to speed up the march and be sure to rush to Chang'an.
Behind the marching army came the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, the sound of hooves was like thunder, and the smoke and dust were loud, as if thousands of troops and horses were galloping towards them. Li Dao and the others were shocked, there were still two days of travel in Chang'an here, but they didn't want Lu Bu to lead the army to kill them.
Seeing that everyone was flustered, Jia Xu said to Li Wei: "It must be just a small group of people who come, and they can quickly line up to meet them." ā
Li Wei was defeated by Lu Bu several times, and Guo Yan died tragically at the hands of Xu Huang, and he was already frightened. Hearing what Jia Xu said, my heart settled down a little.
The smoke and dust cleared, revealing a neat and murderous cavalry. The leader, the air is magnificent, heroic, like a mountain, under the seat is a fiery red war horse, the horse is full of jumping flames, the limbs are strong and powerful, one zhang long, eight feet high.
Who is that knight if he is not Lu Bu.
On the plain, the two armies met. The hunting wind is raging, the flags are swaying, and the war drums are ringing.
The Xiliang rebels formed a huge square formation, with shield soldiers in front, pikemen in the center, and archers in the rear. The two wings were the Western Liang cavalry led by Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew. This formation is clearly surrounded by defense.
Lu Bu held the reins in his left hand, and raised the halberd in his right hand forward, and the red rabbit galloped away like a sharp arrow offline. Behind him, the five thousand iron horsemen of Bingzhou also urged the war horses and rushed forward.
The sound of hooves was like thunder, the neighing of war horses, and the smoke and dust in the sky were rolled up, obscuring the vision of the advance, but nothing could stop the direction of the torrent.
In the Xiliang formation, the pikemen holding the shield in the front row tightened the spear and shield in their hands, felt the ground trembling under their feet, and their legs trembled involuntarily. They nervously looked at the rushing Bingzhou cavalry, and there was fear in their eyes.
"Shoot!"
When they gathered for more than 100 paces, Li Dao finally ordered the archers to shoot arrows at Lu Bu's cavalry.
The sound of the arrow breaking through the air was so piercing in the sky above the empty field.
The rain of arrows came like a dark cloud, and they shot at the charging Lu Bu cavalry.
Lu Bu danced Fang Tian's halberd and shouted: "Spread out and dodge the rain of arrows!" ā
When the cavalry heard this, they lay down on the belly of the war horse to avoid the rain of arrows, and at the same time widened the distance between the front and back and the left and right robes.
Even so, the rain of arrows still shot the more than 100 cavalry companies and horses that charged in front of them into hedgehogs, and then they were crushed into powder by the robes behind them.
War is merciless, especially in this era of cold weapons, and it is normal to die on the battlefield. These are battlefield veterans, who will not be afraid and retreat for the death of the robe, and if they want to survive, the only way to survive is to keep moving forward, moving forward, and moving forward again.
Lu Bu's halberd swept away the rain of arrows left and right, took out the sky-shaking bow from the horse with his backhand, and shot three arrows in a row at the Xiliang array, and immediately three soldiers who looked like generals in the Xiliang array were shot in the throats, and at the same time, they were carried back by the strong force of the bow and arrows, shooting another companion to death.
Three arrows killed six people, Lu Bu continued to bend his bow and build arrows, and the arrows were not missing, and the Xiliang soldiers panicked and retreated one after another.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Bu gathered his war horse and rushed into the Xiliang rebel formation first, drawing halberds left and right and opening bows, and a burst of rampage, where the war horse passed, the stumps and arms were broken, and they were scattered all over the ground.
Soon, the Xiliang rebel array was opened a big opening, and the Bingzhou cavalry behind him, under the leadership of Xu Huang, rushed into the formation, rushed left and right, and continued to expand the opening.
The order flag in the Xiliang formation continued to wave, and the Xiliang soldiers began to use it like a tide, trying to trap the Bingzhou cavalry in the formation.
Several spears stabbed in, Lu Bu lightly lifted the halberd, separated the spear, pulled out the fish intestine sword from the left back, and with a slight wave, the spears were cut off one after another, and the fish intestines came out and re-entered, and the sword was put back into the sheath.
The Xiliang rebels were shocked and wanted to retreat. But Lu Bu didn't give them a chance, and the halberd slashed, several heads flew up, and blood gushed out from the broken neck, and was soon crushed into a pile of rotten meat by his companions or war horses.
Lu Bu killed more than a dozen people in a row, and the Xiliang soldiers were frightened and avoided Lu Bu one after another.
The soldiers of Bingzhou were like scissors, in the Xiliang rebel formation, turning over the river and the sea, rampage, and rushing the enemy's formation to pieces. The formation of the Xiliang Army was suddenly in chaos.
Jia Xu, who was watching from the back, looked at the posture of Lu Bu standing on a prancing horse in the army, and thought thoughtfully. The Xiliang soldiers were several times larger, but they couldn't trap Lu Bu. Lu Bu's cavalry still came and went like the wind, like dragons, and tens of thousands of people couldn't trap thousands of cavalry. And the reason why this cavalry is so brave is because of Lu Bu. This person's martial arts are no less than the former overlords of Western Chu, and one person can be the king of the wild. Jia Xu said in his heart, could it be that I saw this person wrong?
Not to mention what Jia Xu thought in his heart, just talking about Li Wei, seeing that tens of thousands of people couldn't trap Lu Bu, and Lu Bu's cavalry rushed into chaos, in a fit of rage, he waved the command flag, the rear formation changed to the front formation, and slowly retreated, and Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew on the left and right wings led the Flying Bear Army to intercept Lu Bu's Bingzhou Iron Cavalry.
Lu Bu crossed the halberd and jumped on the horse, and there was no one to join in. Zhang Ji and the others avoided Lu Bu's edge and trapped Lu Bu with their numbers. But he still couldn't trap Lu Bu's cavalry.
On the field, the two cavalry were like two huge torrents, fiercely colliding together, and the huge collision was flooded with countless blood flowers. The neighing of war horses and the painful cries of soldiers resounded in the air.
As the saying goes, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and no amount of intrigue and trickery can play a big role at this moment. The two sides fought for several hours, but Lu Bu had few troops, was outnumbered, and gradually showed defeat.
Lu Bu had already felt the swiftness of the rebel siege, 5,000 people against tens of thousands, and it was already the limit of what he could support. Moreover, the speed of the cavalry has begun to slow down, and the losses are gradually increasing.
Lu Bu decided to withdraw, and the time had come, so he no longer hesitated, and immediately turned his horse's head and retreated in the direction of Chang'an. As soon as the Bingzhou cavalry withdrew, Li Dao was on top of the high post, and when he saw Lu Bu fleeing in the direction of Chang'an with more than 2,000 cavalry, he laughed and said: "Lu Bu will also escape, haha, coward!" One! ā
Behind him, Jia Xu said in his heart: "Lu Bu fled in the direction of Chang'an, and he must have left a backup move." ā
Before Jia Xu could figure it out, Li Dao had already ordered the herald to let Zhang Ji pursue Lu Bu, and at the same time raise a large army to kill Chang'an. Li Dao swept away the bad luck of the past few days, and when he saw Lu Bu escape, how could he let go of such a rare opportunity.
Jia Xu wanted to persuade too late, so he had to follow the army to Chang'an under the protection of the guards.
Let's say that Lu Bu led the cavalry and ran wildly all the way, and when he reached a great avenue, he stopped advancing. This is the only way to Chang'an. The avenue widens outside and narrows inside, and is lined with dense forests on both sides.
Lu Bulema turned around, glanced at the Bingzhou cavalry who had been stained with blood, and saw that their eyes were firm, and there was no trace of panic, except for exhaustion, they were high-spirited and warlike, and they were satisfied, and a smile appeared on their cold faces, and then disappeared, and Le Ma turned around.
Behind him, Xu Huang, Qin Yi, Chen Wei, Hou Cheng and others gathered around Lu Bu.
Soon I saw smoke and dust billowing from the rear, and the Xiliang cavalry led by Zhang Ji had already arrived.
Lu Bule came out of the horse, pointed at Zhang Ji in front of the formation with a halberd and shouted: "Zhang Ji, do you dare to decide the winner alone?" ā
Zhang Ji said with a smile: "Wenhou is unparalleled in the world, Ji thinks that he is not the opponent of the general, so he will be exempted from going head-to-head before this battle!" ā
Lu Bu sneered, stopped answering, swung his halberd, and rushed towards Zhang Ji in front of the formation.
Zhang Ji hurriedly retreated under the escort of his personal guards. Zhang Xiu jumped on the horse with a spear and intercepted Lu Bu.
Xu Huang, who was behind him, brandished the mountain axe, and shouted: "Zhang Xiu, your opponent is here!" ā
After that, the big axe slashed at Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu secretly said bitterly, and before he could think about it, he hurriedly lowered his body and flashed a knife from Zhang Xiu's horizontal slash. Xu Huang laughed loudly, and the double axe swung like a raging storm, attacking Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu is staggered from left to right, and he can't parry. The guards behind him besieged Xu Huang together. Xu Huang was fearless, opened his bow left and right, and chopped melons and vegetables with two axes.
Zhang Xiu's martial arts could have fought with Xu Huang for fifty rounds without being in vain, but Zhang Xiu cared about Lu Bu on the side, and only thought about quickly retreating to the back.
But he didn't want to, Lu Bu's unintentional mind was on how to introduce the Xiliang cavalry into the ambush.
Lu Bu feinted for a while, and then shouted: "Withdraw!" ā
Flee again and go in the direction of Chang'an. When Xu Huang saw it, he also attacked Zhang Xiu, flicked the horse's head, and went to the forest with Hou Cheng and others.
Zhang Ji saw that Lu Bu wanted to escape, and when he was hesitating whether to pursue, Li Ji led the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to chase after him.
Li Dao saw that Lu Bu was only concerned about escaping, and there was no doubt at the moment, only when Lu Bu knew that he was outnumbered, so he fled to Chang'an City.
"Chase!"
Li Dao immediately ordered the army to kill Ben Chang.