Chapter XXXVIII

If the army is defeated like a mountain, how can it be reversed by manpower?

Gu Lu's face couldn't help but take on a sad look. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoEven if his strength has advanced greatly, but under the attack of Liu Cao's two families, he is still defeated and retreated. Even if he is not afraid of any local military general in the heads-up, as long as the army presses, he is powerless.

When his hometown was raided, many of the 15,000 soldiers he took with him were fugitives. Defeated all the way, he now has only five thousand available troops in his hands.

Now, he thought about retreating to the earthen city near the sea, and then resting. In this day and age, it's okay to lose a battle, as long as you can get back up. With the frequent wars in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, it is not difficult to make a comeback.

With 5,000 elite soldiers in hand, the world can be reached!

It's just that before that, you have to get rid of the hated Xiahou Yuan. Xiahou Miaocai is worthy of the name of the Shenxing general, and he has been following them with two thousand tigers and leopards, and he is very annoying.

"Pei Yuanshao, you take the large army to go first, and after you arrive in Tucheng, rest the soldiers and reserve the materials for defending the city." Gu Lu ordered: "I'll take someone to break off." ”

"Yes, General!" Pei Yuanshao's beard has become thicker, originally just a stubble appearance, but now it has developed towards Zhou Cangzhong's face.

The southern part of Qingzhou is slightly flat, but there are still many hills. In this environment, although the cavalry is still very impactful, the ratio is greatly weakened when it is on the Great Plains. The two thousand tigers and leopards carried by Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun hung twenty miles behind them.

After thinking for a while, Gu Lu raised his whip and pointed to a mound and said, "Divide half of the soldiers and horses and garrison them on that mound." ”

The adjutant general said: "However, there is no water source on the mound, so it is not suitable for garrisoning. It is better to go down to the village and stop the enemy army. ”

Gu Lu shook his head and said: "The enemy is outnumbered and I am outnumbered, and if we compare for a long time, we will definitely suffer a loss, so we can only make surprise moves and kill this enemy army first." ”

The adjutant general has already fulfilled his responsibilities, and since the main general does not accept it, then he can only accept the order.

Five hundred soldiers and more than two hundred mules and horses remained on the mound near the main road, and the soldiers, led by the junior officers, piled all kinds of equipment in the middle, arranged a small number of short haired squirrels outside, and transported enough drinking water to it.

And Gu Lu stopped at a farther distance with all the cavalry, and also began to make a fire to cook.

At this time, the two thousand tigers and leopards that Cao Chun took were only ten miles away from here.

Xiahou Yuan rode on his horse with his armor on his head, frowned, and said, "The enemy army has left the main road and started to make a fire on the mound on the side of the road?" ”

The spy affirmed: "That's it, a group of about five or six hundred people, on the top of the hill. The other group did not know how many, on the flat ground behind the hills. ”

Xiahou Yuan waved his hand and let the spy go down to rest, he turned his head and said to Cao Chun, who was silent on the side: "What do you think of Zihe?" What are the thieves trying to do? ”

Not long after the beard on Cao Chun's chin was shaved, the hard stubble came out again. He removed the scarf from his head and said, "Whatever the enemy wants, we just need to bite their tails firmly." ”

"In other words," Xiahou Yuan said in a deep voice, "We want to attack?" ”

"Of course!" Cao Chun said firmly: "Even if the enemy sets up an ambush there, we have to disrupt their deployment so that they can't retreat with peace of mind, so that after the general (referring to Cao Cao) catches up, he can easily break the main force of this Yellow Turban Army." ”

Xiahou Yuan is also a decisive person, and he likes to use danger the most. I just said that, but I just wanted to get Cao Chun's unification, after all, the master of this tiger and leopard rider would be Cao Chun and not him.

After getting Cao Chun's consent, Xiahou Yuan asked the soldiers to nibble on some black beans in the cold water, and then turned over and rushed over together.

A large number of cavalry could not spread out in such a narrow road, and more than a thousand cavalry pulled out a formation for several miles. Thousands of horses' hooves trampled across the avenue, making a thunderous sound.

The soldiers, who were methodically eating, heard the thunderous sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and then there was a commotion for a moment, and then it fell silent again. Only the mules and horses, which were placed on top of the mound, began to be restless and swirl in panic.

These soldiers who remained all followed Gu Lu with one heart. They had been fighting bad battles for several years in the previous Yellow Turban Uprising, and they had been mixed up in the chaos of Qingzhou for a few years, and they had long been accustomed to fighting and dying.

It wasn't until Gu Lu came to Qingzhou that he used the art of war and discipline to turn these warriors into a real army. This army once repelled Liu Beijun, who had two divine generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and also repelled Cao Cao's infantry army. Now, this army can still face the more than 1,000 tigers and leopards that are attacking.

Silence, they are not going to perish in silence, but to explode in silence.

When Xiahou Yuan came to the bottom of the mound with the cavalry, he saw a group of soldiers waiting for him silently. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the troops on the mound who were silently forming a formation, and his heart felt a sense of greasy.

These Yellow Turban Thieves..... After smashing his mouth, Xiahou Yuan had to admit that these thieves were much stronger than the ones he had encountered before. If I hadn't copied the back path of these guys first, I am afraid that I would not have been able to drive these thieves into such a poor mountain and remote place so smoothly.

Now that the enemy occupies a favorable position, and the cavalry is not in a position to attack on the back, should you ..... Test?

Looking at the enemy troops on the mound, Xiahou Yuan didn't think about it, so he ordered a captain to attack with three hundred dismounted infantry, and he took the rest of the soldiers and horses to press the formation on the main road.

More than 300 tigers and leopards rode down their horses, followed behind the captain, and slowly attacked the mound.

The distance between the two sides began to slowly decrease, and bows and arrows began to shoot at each other. The sharp arrow pierced the sky and made a "rustling" sound, which was very much in line with the vibration of the bowstring, forming a unique rhythm on the battlefield.

At this time, Xiahou Yuan relaxed. There are a lot to consider before the war, the comparison of forces, the weakness of the enemy's army, and various situations. But when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, there is no need to worry about it.

Just rely on the sword and gun in your hand to defeat the enemy.

Looking at the confrontation up and down the mound, Xiahou Yuan was already fearless. (To be continued.) )