Chapter 21 Pioneer Xu Huang
In the third year of the first peace, in March, Lu Bu led 30,000 troops after becoming the Son of Heaven, and set out from Chang'an, intending to quell the Niufu Rebellion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Xu Huang was the vanguard, Zhu Jun escorted grain and grass for the rear army, and took Zhang Liao to sit in the Chinese army and march to Tongguan.
Let's say that Xu Huang was the vanguard, leading a thousand horsemen, and when he passed Lantian County, he happened to meet the 3,000 Xiliang army led by Hu Chi'er under the Niu Fu tent.
Niu Fu took Hu Chi'er as the vanguard and led the 3,000 Xiliang army to open the way. This Hu Chi'er was originally a Qiang person, and he took refuge in the Niu Fu tent, burning, killing and looting. No, just under Niu Fu's order to investigate the military situation in Chang'an for the vanguard, as soon as he passed Huayin County and arrived in Zheng County, he looted it.
After listening to the scout's detailed report, Xu Huang pondered: "This Hu Chi'er is a rammer and a fool, but this time he gave the general a chance!" β
Xu Huang intended to eliminate this Hu Chi'er, so he led the crowd to prepare and kill Hu Chi'er.
Let's say that Hu Chi'er is nine feet tall, with a red face and red hair, eyes like copper bells, arms as thick as tree stumps, a hideous face, and brute strength, which no one can match, and is even loved by Niu Fu.
At this moment, he sat on his horse, watched the harvest of the children, and grinned.
Suddenly, there was a rush of horses' hooves, from far and near. The sound of horses' hooves on the ground became more and more rapid, and the earth seemed to tremble as a result.
Hu Chi'er's complexion changed, and the Xiliang army under his command also changed their complexion greatly. Didn't they know that it was the sound of the cavalry running?
In just an instant, Hu Chi'er saw that in front of him, a black torrent came from far and near, and the momentum was like a monstrous wave, rolling forward.
Hu Chi'er danced her mace, shouted loudly, and ordered her subordinates to get ready.
Directly ahead, the cavalry galloping from far and near was Xu Huang. This Xu Huang heard the report from the scout, and happened to meet Hu Chi'er's 3,000 Xiliang troops, and all of them were infantry, so he intended to destroy this army and win the first credit.
Hearing that this Hu Chi'er had just come from Zheng County to loot the second, he secretly scolded these fools, the march was so scattered, if he didn't destroy this Xiliang army, God wouldn't do it.
So on the one hand, he sent someone to tell Lu Bu, and on the other hand, he led this thousand elite cavalry to kill Hu Chi'er.
Tens of miles away, but in the blink of an eye. Hu Chi'er and the others were able to put the formation in order, but Xu Huang's cavalry had already been killed.
The black torrent rolled in, and the war horses galloped, wrapped in the momentum of destroying everything, and slammed into the enemy formation. The huge impact brought up countless scarlet waves.
The shiny spear, illuminated by the scorching sun, emitted a cold glow and pierced into the chest of the enemy soldier.
The neighing of the horses, the mournful sound of the soldiers, echoed in the sky above this empty plain in an instant.
A thousand cavalry into a sharp cone, easily piercing the enemy, Xu Huang took the lead, the double axe danced left and right, the blocker was invincible, and the cavalry behind him abandoned the spear, drew out the long knife one after another, and slashed the enemy like a wolf.
When the infantry meets the cavalry, there is only a dead end, not to mention the Xiliang soldiers who have no military discipline. The Xiliang soldiers were cried wolf by the ghosts killed by this thousand cavalry, and they were defeated and retreated.
Xu Huang slashed left and right, and wherever he killed, the cavalry behind him rushed in. With a flick of his left hand, he opened the spear that was stabbed by a Xiliang army, just in time to catch a glimpse of Hu Chi'er.
This Hu Chi'er was also very good, the brute force of the gods, a mace opened and closed, and killed several cavalrymen. Xu Huang was furious and slapped his horse to kill Hu Chi'er.
"Phew!" Xu Huang shouted, and slashed at Hu Chi'er with an axe in his right hand, Hu Chi'er grinned and laughed: "It's good!" The mace was in a gear in the air, and the axes and clubs struck each other, making a deafening crashing sound.
Xu Huang was shocked, and secretly said that this guy has a lot of strength. That Hu Chi'er repelled Xu Huang with a block, and laughed proudly: "That little thief, cut and eat your Grandpa Hu!" β
Xu Huang was furious, and swung his cardigan axe again to attack Hu Chi'er up and down. Xu Huang's martial arts are exquisite, his left and right hands are like butterflies wearing flowers, flying up and down, dancing left and right, and Hu Chi'er can still be on a par with Xu Huang at the beginning of the period. But Hu Chi'er was invincible with a brute force, but after a long time, it became a little difficult.
Although Xu Huang's strength is not as good as Hu Chi'er's, his martial arts are exquisite, which is comparable to Hu Chi'er's reckless man. After 20 rounds, Xu Huang slashed at Hu Chi'er's mace with an axe in his left hand, shook his wrist, and slashed at Hu Chi'er's hands.
Xu Huang sneered, wanted to run, picked up the big axe on the mace, and then hit Hu Chi'er who was about to escape, and smashed Hu Chi'er off the horse.
"Tie up!"
Xu Huang shouted, and the two and two cavalrymen behind him immediately flew up and pounced, tied Hu Chi'er and dragged him back.
Hu Chi'er was captured, and Xu Huang ordered the cavalry to surrender without killing.
The three thousand Xiliang soldiers were slashed and killed by the cavalry, most of them scattered, and the rest were all killed. Now when he saw that the Lord was about to be captured, and heard that he would surrender and not kill, he gradually dropped his weapons and knelt on the ground and surrendered.
Xu Huang ordered the cavalry to collect the weapons of these surrendered Xiliang soldiers, and then sent a hundred cavalry to guard them, and the rest of the people cleaned up the battlefield.
In this battle, it was only an hour before and after, half of the 3,000 Xiliang soldiers were killed and wounded, 1,300 surrendered, and the rest fled back to Tongguan.
Xu Huang ordered the army to rest for the time being, sent scouts to investigate the movements of the Xiliang rebels, and at the same time sent someone to report the battle report to Lu Bu.
After Lu Bu got Xu Huang's good news, he was overjoyed and said: "Xu Gongming is really a fierce general, and he lives up to the expectations of this general!" So he ordered the army to speed up the march and turn with Xu Huang.
In the afternoon, LΓΌ Bu's army of 30,000 joined Xu Huang, Xu Huang reported the military situation to LΓΌ Bu, and LΓΌ Bu ordered the army to set up camp after hearing this, and then convened the generals to discuss.
Zhu Jun had also led the grain and grass baggage to come from behind. Lu Bu knew that Zhu Jun was the general who exterminated the Yellow Turban in the past, and the marching formation was better than everyone present, so he asked: "According to the report of Tan Malai, Niu Fu, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji gathered 100,000 people to attack, although they were outnumbered, but it was not a wise move to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 themselves!" β
Zhu Jun said: "The lord is right, although the enemy army is numerous, it is not as elite as our army. Marching and fighting is nothing more than troops, food and grass! Now the enemy army of 100,000 people, the daily consumption of grain and grass is very huge, if our army can surprise the enemy's grain and grass, cut off its roots, the enemy army will definitely be discouraged, so that our army can be sure of victory! β
Lu Bu said in his heart, Zhu Jun is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield, and he is indeed an expert in marching and fighting. Although this plan works, it will definitely work, and Jia Xu under the Niu Fu account is not a simple role.
After hearing this, everyone agreed with Zhu Jun's plan.
Lu Bu was noncommittal, did not agree or veto, but said: "However, now that the rebels occupy Tongguan, if our army wants to bypass Tongguan and sneak attack the enemy army, it will indeed increase many variables!" β
Zhu Jun also nodded and said, "What the lord said is true!" In this way, only by attracting the rebels to a decisive battle on the plains and giving full play to the advantages of our army can the enemy army be defeated! β
Now that's the only way to go, and after engaging the enemy tomorrow, we will find an opportunity to break the enemy. At the same time, I also felt helpless in my heart, there was no military advisor under my command who was willing to give advice, otherwise, I would not be so poor.
The next day, Lu Buliu and Zhu Jun guarded the camp, unified the army, and set up a military formation thirty miles away from Tongguan!
Let's say that Niu Fu, when he learned that the rout soldiers had come to report, that Hu Chi'er had been captured, that three thousand Xiliang soldiers had died, and that those who had surrendered had surrendered, he hurriedly summoned Li Dao, Guo Yan, Duan Xuan and others to discuss. Duan Xuan's fellow villager Jia Xu was valued by Niu Fu because he advised Niu Fu and others to raise troops to avenge Dong Zhuo.
It's just that Li Wei got the secret letter sent by his nephews Li Ying and Li Ru, and he became suspicious at first, but there was no evidence.
"Lu Bu is brave, our army has lost the fierce general Hu Chi'er, and now it is not Lu Bu's opponent, how can it be good now?"
"General, what are you afraid of? That Lu Bu is just a villain who wants glory on his back, and tomorrow, I will go to meet that Lu Bu when I am the commander of the army. Lu Bu is only 30,000 soldiers and horses, how can he be my opponent of hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops. β
Li Dao hated Lu Bu very much, and when he was under Dong Zhuo's command, he was at odds with Lu Bu and the other state troops, and now how could he fall into his own momentum.
"That's it!"
Everyone drank together, Niu Fu saw this, and looked at Jia Xu, seeing Jia Xu sitting aside, smiling silently, and without objection, he got up and said: "Okay, I will kill Lu Bu, attack Chang'an, avenge the Lord Gazette, and then kidnap the Son of Heaven and share the glory and wealth!" β
The crowd agreed.
Jia Xu on the side smiled lightly, and there was a trace of imperceptible gaze in his eyes.
Thirty miles away from Tongguan, the two armies lined up on the plain, looking at it at a glance, but seeing the crowds of people, densely packed, like a huge black cloth.
Swords, guns, swords, halberds, standing solemnly like a forest, under the scorching sun, emitting a dazzling cold light. An aura of slaughter permeated the plain.
The officers and men of the two armies all looked solemn, their faces were solemn, and a low aura of solemnity filled their faces.
On Lu Bu's side, the infantry was the middle army, the cavalry was the rear, the two wings were pikemen, and behind him were Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Fan Chou, Yang Feng, Li Feng, Xue Lan and other generals.
Over there, Niu Fu brought Li Dao, Guo Yan, Duan Xuan, Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu and other generals, lined up. The Chinese army is also the Xiliang cavalry, and the wings are the Xiliang soldiers.
Lu Bu ordered the herald to step forward and scolded Niu Fu and others for not obeying the edict and trying to rebel in vain, but they were actually anti-thieves, and advised the Xiliang army not to follow the thieves to make trouble.
Niu Fu scolded angrily, scolded Lu Bu for being ungrateful, betraying the Lord for glory, and now kidnapping the Son of Heaven and arrogating the saints, he is really a thief.
Lu Bu knew that such an insult was meaningless, so he ordered the Chinese army to make way for the cavalry.
Lu Buce stepped forward immediately, jumped on the horse, pointed at Niu Fu with a halberd, and said: "Niu Fu, now that I will be here again, do you dare to come to the showdown?" If you are defeated, you will withdraw as the leader, if you don't dare, you can be killed! β
Niu Fu was afraid of Lu Bu's martial arts, and said with a smile, "How can this general fall into his own identity and compete with you, a nameless general?" Now that the general is here, if you dare to come to the battle, you are a hero, if you don't dare, you should go home and hug your mother-in-law, go home and pick up the child! β
Lu Bu sneered: "Hmph, why don't you dare!" β
So the two sides set up their own momentum.
The trumpets sounded and the drums shook.
The two sides set up a position, and the big battle is about to break out!