Luoyang, Yuanshu camp.

Guo Jia came to visit at night, and Yuan Shu was overjoyed when he heard the news, and he greeted him barefoot.

"Bong-hyo."

"General."

"Please."

"Please."

The guest and the host sat down, and Yuan Shu asked, "Feng Xiao came to visit late at night, I don't know what is important?" ”

Guo Jia smiled and said: "Without him, I have come to say hello to the general." ”

"Oh?" Yuan Shu was puzzled, "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Guo Jiadao: "I heard that the princes of the Twelve Roads headed by Prime Minister Cao Cheng have been on the table of the Son of Heaven, and the joint general Gu played as the great Sima, and the general Yuan Shao led the world's soldiers and horses, the Son of Heaven has been allowed to play, and the angel is rushing from Xuchang to Luoyang, and soon after, the general is the great Sima who is under one person and above ten thousand people today. ”

Guo Jiayan had the intention of changing his course and abandoning Cao, Yuan Shu suddenly burst into joy, and couldn't help but say: "If you have to help each other with filial piety, you can win the army of 100,000." ”

Guo Jia said in a low voice: "Prime Minister Cao Ying is an evil villain and has a suspicious surname, and if he follows his side for a long time, he will be harmed. Xuchang saw that the general had the intention of surrendering, and the person who was worried was afraid that it would hurt the harmony between the prime minister and the general, and it would be unfavorable to the great cause of rebellion, so he endured it so far. ”

"Feng Xiao is extremely worried." Yuan Shu said repeatedly, "It should be like this, now that the great cause of rebellion is unfinished, Fengxiao still needs to be wronged for a while, how about temporarily living in Cao Ying?" ”

Guo Jia said casually: "Dare to disobey your fate." ”

Yuan Shu said happily: "Today, I have to help each other with filial piety, and the big thing is harmonious." ”

Guo Jia said: "Jia has a word, is the general willing to listen to it?" ”

Yuan Shu said: "I want to hear it." ”

Guo Jiadao: "The general was born in a famous family, the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family, can be described as prominent, and his brother Yuan Shao once led the eighteenth Kwantung coalition army to destroy the national thief Dong Zhuo, so he is admired by the people of the world. ”

Yuan Shu said: "I have this intention, can there be a good plan for filial piety?" ”

Guo Jia said: "The army of Xiliang has withdrawn to the west of Hangu in a big way, trying to rely on Xiongguan to block the 300,000 Kwantung coalition army, which seems to be wise but is actually extremely stupid. ”

"Why did Bong Hyo say this?"

"The Xiliang army is all cavalry, winning in the speed of maneuvering, and now it is guarded by the pass, which can be described as a short and a long one, and my 300,000 Kwantung coalition troops are all infantry, and the field battle is at a disadvantage but it is the advantage, so the Xiliang army will be defeated."

"Well, what Feng Xiao said is very reasonable." Yuan Shu nodded again and again, "When the prime minister feasted the princes of all walks of life, Shudang reprimanded the retreat of the soldiers, and then urged the princes of all walks of life to enter the Hangu Pass and fight to the death with the horses. ”

Guo Jia said: "The general is wise. ”

……

At the foot of Xuyi Mountain, Lu Village.

Ma Yue crossed the front of Ma Suli Village, when he was looking at the terrain, he suddenly heard the sound of killing in the village, and suddenly there was a standard of people and horses to kill out of the village, enter the open space in front of the village, and Ma Yue's two thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry across a vast paddy field to set up a formation, but saw the flag fluttering, swords, guns, swords and halberds standing like a forest, quite a weather.

"Knock knock~~"

In the sound of the golden drum, the team of men and horses suddenly cracked apart, and then a man with a naked body galloped out of the formation on foot, and rushed forward along the muddy field stalks, and ran in front of Ma Yue in just a moment.

Poor Li Meng was shaved off his hair, beard, eyebrows, and even the bird feathers under his crotch were shaved clean, and his whole body was stripped bare, and he also drew a big turtle on his back, how embarrassed he looked, ran to Ma Yue and knelt down loudly, and said sadly: "The last general is incompetent, disgrace to Xiliang Tieqi, and disgrace to the lord!" ”

"Keng~~"

Li Meng's voice fell, and without waiting for Ma Yue to answer, he jumped up, grabbed a steel knife from a Liangzhou elementary school next to him, and wanted to kill himself when he reached his neck, but fortunately, Dian Wei's eyes were fast, and a halberd knocked the steel knife in Li Meng's hand alive, Ma Yue turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to pet Li Meng, and said in a harmonious voice: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and General Li Meng does not have to worry about it." ”

Li Meng's eyes were red, and he said miserably: "Lord, I will be humiliated like this in the end, how can I have the face to meet the father and elder of Guanzhong?" ”

"Manly man, you can afford to put it down!" Ma Yue's face sank, and he said sharply, "Today, you have been humiliated, just come and get this field back!" Suicide and abandonment are the work of cowards, and the brave do not take it. ”

"Lord!" Li Meng trembled when he heard this, suddenly straightened up his ** body, his eyes rekindled the beast like a vicious wolf, and said quickly, "In this way, the last general is willing to attack Lu Village again for the front!" This time, the Lusu dog thief will be captured alive, and then he will be cut with a thousand knives in front of all the brothers, so as to eliminate the hatred in his heart. ”

"Good!" Ma Yue nodded and said in a deep voice, "General Ben will give you another three hundred soldiers and horses to launch an assault from the paddy fields in the east." ”

"Order!"

Li Meng suddenly agreed, and Ma Yue's own soldiers had already led a war horse. Li Meng didn't put on armor, but only randomly found a battle robe to wrap his whole body, and grabbed a long knife, then turned over on his horse, and then pushed the long knife in his hand forward, and led three hundred Xiliang iron horsemen to go down to the paddy field like dumplings.

……

Vacant land in front of Lucun Village.

In front of the private army of more than 1,000 people, two young people stood tall, the young man on the left looked burly and extraordinary, and the young man on the right was particularly applauded.

At this time, seeing Li Meng leading three hundred iron horsemen to launch an assault from the paddy fields in the east, the young man on the right gently shook the goose feather fan in his hand and said to the young man on the left: "Brother Zijing, do you see it?" The Northwest Horse Butcher is indeed worthy of his name, and he is worthy of being a veteran of a hundred battles who rushed out of thousands of troops. ”

The young man on the left side of the dare is Lu Su, but I don't know who the young man on the right is?

"Hmm." Lu Su nodded, and said in a deep voice, "The world says that the horse butcher is as cunning as a fox and as fierce as a wolf, this is not a deception, we humiliate his generals so much, this person can still talk and laugh freely, did not urge the army to attack immediately, but only sent three hundred cavalry to test the attack, just this calm kung fu is enough to be impressive." ”

"Hehe, but then again, only such people are worthy of being your opponents, aren't they?" The young man on the right smiled freely, pointed the goose feather fan in his hand forward, and his tone revealed a confidence that was almost arrogant, and said solemnly, "In this battle, we will definitely bury the two thousand iron horsemen of the horse butcher here!" ”

"Sigh Rhythm ~~"

The young man's voice fell, and the Xiliang Iron Horseman, who was stepping on the paddy field, suddenly turned over on his back, and the paddy field that could only pass the lower leg of the war horse suddenly became a deep pond, and the unsuspecting Xiliang Iron Rider and the rider were planted one after another, struggling and wailing in the turbid muddy water.

Pity these northwest men are like wolves and tigers on land, but when they get to the water, they are not even as good as fish and shrimp, and in less than a moment, dozens of iron horsemen were wiped out.

……

In front of the Xiliang Formation.

A terrifying cold color flashed in Ma Yue's eyes, Huo Ran raised his head and glanced at Lu Cun coldly, and said in a condensed voice: "General Ben is really not wrong, there are many articles in this seemingly simple paddy field!" ”

Li Su thought deeply and said: "Obviously, there is a village protection ditch hidden in this paddy field, and due to the muddy water, it is difficult for our army to judge the exact location of the village protection ditch!" This trench may be straight or curved, and it will be very difficult to find it and fill it up without three days. ”

Dian Wei behind him clenched his fists in anger, and shouted in an urn: "Damn! ”

Ma Yue leisurely raised his right arm and said coldly: "Blow the trumpet, withdraw the troops!" ”

"Woo woo~~"

Ma Yue gave an order, and a desolate and low horn sounded in the formation, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which had entered the paddy field, immediately began to retreat, and withdrew to the formation for a little count, and the three hundred men and horses had already lost forty or fifty horses, Li Meng even had his lungs about to explode, staring at his red eyes, and said to the horse: "Lord, let the last general rush again!" ”

"No, General Li Meng must not be reckless." Ma Yue Huoran raised his hand and stopped Li Mengdao, "This Lu Su is not simple, this person is proficient in the art of war, very good at using soldiers, and is very good at fortification with the help of terrain, he is a difficult opponent!" However~~ ran into General Ben, he was unlucky. ”

Li Su's expression moved, and he asked, "The lord has a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Ma Yue turned slowly, his eyes turned to the small river that passed around the southwest of Lu Village, and a cold smile suddenly bloomed at the corner of his mouth, and he said in a condensed voice: "This small river is more than a foot deep, just like a moat, tightly protecting the west and south sides of Lu Village, which can be described as a natural barrier to block the attack of our Xiliang Iron Cavalry." ”

Li Su said suddenly: "What does the lord mean, is it to cross the river and attack?" ”

"Not bad!" Ma Yue said coldly, "The more dangerous the place, the more fragile the defense!" Because of this small river arching to the west and both sides, Lu Su is bound to focus on the defense of the paddy fields on the east side and the Xuyi Mountain on the north side, but will ignore the defense along the river, so the breakthrough from the small river will be able to achieve success. ”

Ma Yue's words are completely in line with the gist of the soldier's "surprise, attack its unpreparedness", the more dangerous the natural situation, the easier it is for people to be negligent, and surprise, attack it is also the horse butcher's consistent combat thinking, through eight years is by virtue of this trick, the horse butcher can live to this day!

Li Su said: "However, how should our cavalry cross the river?" ”

"Crossing the river is not a problem, but it will have to wait until after dark." Ma Yue smiled and said to Li Su, "Ziyan can return to Xuyi County as soon as possible, and order General Gan Ning to immediately lead the Jinfan thieves to come." ”

"Command."

Li Su clenched his fists and rode away.

……

Lu Village.

The young man shook the feather fan in his hand and said casually: "Brother Zijing, the Xiliang Army will not attack again before dark, but the soldiers can go back to the village for dinner." ”

"Hmm~~" Lu Su said awe-inspiringly, "Why is Gongjin (Zhou Yu's expression) so sure?" ”

If the horse butcher has a thousand miles of ears and can hear the conversation between the two, he will be shocked that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and the young man who dared to love this lupine scarf (the lupine scarf has always been Zhou Yu's, borrowed by Zhuge Liang for hundreds of years, and it should be returned to its original owner) is the Zhou Lang who made the 830,000 Cao army wiped out in ashes while talking and laughing!

Zhou Yu smiled freely, pointed ahead with a feather fan and said, "Brother Zijing, please take a look." ”

Lu Su Huoran turned his head, and saw that the Xiliang army on the other side of the river had disarmed and dismounted, and began to set up camp, and couldn't help but be puzzled: "It's just past noon, and the horse butcher is ready to set up camp?" It's really puzzling, isn't it waiting for the arrival of the follow-up army, ready to fight tomorrow? ”

Zhou Yu said: "It's true that I'm waiting for the follow-up army, but it's not preparing to fight tomorrow, but tonight!" ”

Lu Su said: "Tonight? ”

"Yes, tonight." A faint smile suddenly bloomed at the corner of Zhou Yu's mouth, and he said loudly, "The horse butcher's skill stops here." Ruoyu's prediction was not bad, the horse butcher must have prepared to transfer reinforcements from Xuyi to help, and then take advantage of the darkness of the night to cross the river from the west and south sides to attack Lu Village. ”

"Across the river?" Lu Su was puzzled, "How can the Xiliang army cross the river in a hurry?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "Although the Lu River is more than a foot deep, it is a pity that it is not more than dozens of feet wide, even if it can block the sprint of the war horse, it cannot stop the soldier's swimming." ”

"Swimming?" Lu Su said suddenly, "Gong Jin is saying ~~ Jinfan thief!?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled: "Exactly." ”

Lu Su was silent for a long time, and after a long time, he muttered: "The true god of the public is also, although he has not left the house, he has already won a thousand miles away, and every move of the horse butcher is within the calculation of the public prudent, Su~~ bow." ”

Zhou Yu said happily: "Brother Zijing doesn't have to be too humble, if it weren't for Brother Zijing's usual liking of the military book formation, and operating Lucun as an important military town, not only digging a hidden ditch to protect the village in the eastern paddy fields, but also building a dam on Xuyi Mountain to store water, even if Yu has the ability to reach the sky, how can he be a horse butcher?" ”

Lu Su said with a smile: "It's still prudent and clever, the mountains, rivers and mountains, everywhere are male soldiers." ”

……

It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high.

In the night, Gan Ning was dressed in a thin straight jacket, holding a nine-ring steel knife and said to Ma Yue: "In Lu Village, there are only thousands of people, and there are only more than a thousand strong. ”

Gan Ning is crazy enough, but he also has the qualifications to be crazy!

Jinfan thieves have been rampant in the Yangtze River for many years, they are dragons on the water, and they are also fierce tigers on land. However, this Lu Su's ability to show before made Ma Yue jealous, thinking of this, Ma Yue couldn't help but tell again: "General Gan Ning, remember to capture Lu Su alive as much as possible." ”

"Command." Gan Ning clenched his fists loudly, turned around and slammed the nine-ring steel knife into the night sky, and said quickly, "Brothers, go!" ”

The eight hundred sail thieves put the steel knives in their mouths one after another, then turned around and jumped into the river like dumplings, and swam towards the opposite bank like a swimming fish. For these Jinfan thieves who are familiar with the surname of Shui, the small river that is not more than dozens of zhang wide can swim to the other side with a meal.

However, it was at this time that the mutation abruptly occurred.

"Boom Boom~~"

A faint sound suddenly came from the northwest direction, Ma Yue's heart jumped, and he suddenly felt that the ground under his feet was trembling slightly, looking at this momentum, it seemed that thousands of cavalry galloped on the field, but this Xu, Yang land except for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under his command, who else has such a scale of cavalry?

"Lord, it seems to be a cavalryman!" Li Su's face turned pale, and he looked around in a panic, "But it's pitch black and there is no fire around." ”

"That's not right!" Jiang Xia thief Chen Hu suddenly shouted, "It's a flood!" The flood is overflowing! ”

"." Ma Yue's face changed, and he shouted, "At this time, the rainy season has not arrived, and the precipitation is not abundant, where is the flood...... Ahh ”

Li Su lost his voice and said, "Lord, what's wrong?" ”

"Dig the embankment and discharge the flood!" Ma Yue said miserably, "There must be a reservoir built on this Xuyi Mountain, and I have fucking fallen into Lu Su's plot again, quickly blow the trumpet, let Gan Ning's Jinfan Navy withdraw to the shore, quickly~~"

"Woo woo~~"

"Boom~~"

The trumpets were raised, but before the sail thieves could swim back to the south bank, the flood had already arrived with the sound of devouring the heavens and the earth.

With this faint moonlight, Ma Yue and his two thousand Xiliang soldiers were horrified to see that a monstrous wave pressed over like a hill, and the Jinfan water thief who bore the brunt of it was thrown high like a small ant falling into the water.

"Brothers, huddle together!"

In the surging flood, Gan Ning struggled to the surface and shouted hoarsely, the thunderous sound miraculously drowned out the roar of the flood and reached the ears of the nearby Jinfan water thieves.

"Hurry ~~ Don't let go, don't let go even if you die~~"

The Jinfan thief is worthy of being a thief who has been begging for a living on the water for many years, Gan Ning roared, before the flood completely washed away the Jinfan thief, these thieves had opened their arms and held them firmly together, and then like a large group of toads, they rose and fell in the flood peak, carrying heavy loads and floating, tumbling and rolling downstream.

The south bank of the Little River.

Ma Yue's heart was broken, and he howled sharply: "Quick, light the torch, go downstream along the river bank to find it, even if you find the edge of the sky, you must find Gan Ning and his Jinfan thief back!" ”

……

On the north bank of the Xiaohe River, under the faint night, Zhou Yu and Lu Su stood solemnly in the wind.

"It's a pity." Lu Su sighed regretfully, "If there is an elite army of 5,000 people, if you take advantage of the situation at this time, you will definitely be able to defeat the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in one fell swoop, and the horse butcher will also be in a catastrophe." ”

Zhou Yu shook his head and said disapprerovingly: "Brother Zijing underestimated the horse butcher and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under his command, Yu thought that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of the Horse Butcher could indeed be called a tiger and wolf army, and with the current Yangzhou soldiers, even if it was ten times the enemy, it would be difficult to say that it would win!" Therefore, even if 5,000 elite soldiers took advantage of the situation to chase and kill, they were defeated and invincible! ”

Lu Su was surprised: "Gongjin's evaluation of Xiliang Iron Riding is so high? ”

Zhou Yu gently shook the goose feather fan in his hand, and said quietly: "Li Mu of the former Zhao Kingdom is good at riding, and the cavalry under his command are all elite soldiers, so it's nothing more than that." ”

……

Ma Yue led the Xiliang army to search all the way downstream along the river bank, and found more than ten miles until he found Gan Ning and his eight hundred Jinfan thieves on a river beach.

As strong as Gan Ning, he was also exhausted at this time, struggled to stand up, and said to the horse: "Lord~~ Lord, Ning is incompetent~~ Let ~~ let you down." ”

"It's all to blame General Ben's carelessness, which caused the general and Jinfan soldiers to suffer from this." Ma Yue looked miserable, hurriedly stepped forward to help Gan Ning, and said heartbrokenly, "Come on, quickly help General Gan Ning to go ashore to rest, and then rescue the Jinfan soldiers on the river beach one by one, Li Meng, where is Li Meng?" ”

Li Meng hurriedly stepped forward and said sharply: "The last general." ”

Ma Yue said: "Immediately lead five hundred brothers back to Xuyi, and take all the thirty Lang Zhong who are in prison!" ”

"Yes."

Li Meng suddenly agreed, ordered five hundred cavalry and hurried away.

Ma Yue ordered Chen Hu and Zhang Bao to lead the Jiangxia thieves to rescue the Jinfan thieves to the shore, and after counting, more than 100 people were washed away by the flood, and most of the rest were fleshy and wounded, and a few soldiers were seriously injured and dying. Fire and water are ruthless, and mortal flesh and blood cannot resist the power of nature after all.

……

(To be continued)