Yan Yan and Yan Pu led the army out from both wings, intending to intercept Lu Bu's cavalry from the side, since it was interception, it was not a desperate fight, but the pikemen led by the two could not stop the cavalry's galloping charging speed, and nothing could be done, so the men and horses on both wings withdrew to the army with little success, and retreated with Zhang Liaozhong's army.

The men and horses who resisted the enemy's swords and shields also retreated, and the horses and guns were not neatly placed in the hurry, revealing countless gaps for Lu Bu's cavalry to rush through, and the crossbowmen did not cause effective damage to the cavalry after letting go of a wave of arrows, and the five thousand cavalry charged, and after the interception of the two wings of the Taiping army and the shooting of the crossbowmen, the damage was less than five hundred, and it was difficult to stop the arrogance of the opposing horse.

Retreating in an orderly manner, Zhang Liao seemed to turn a blind eye to the cavalry that rushed to kill, but after retreating a mile, he ordered the soldiers with spears to prepare to meet the enemy.

With human flesh and blood alone, I'm afraid it won't be able to stop the cavalry from rushing and killing! But Zhang Liao still looked at the cavalry team with billowing smoke and dust unchanged.

Turning a blind eye to the corpses of the sword and shield soldiers who died under the hooves of the horses in his own army, Lu Bu was full of spirits, smiling at the corners of his mouth, and led the whole army to march on top of the red rabbit, only to wait for the cavalry team in front to disrupt the Taiping army's formation, he would lead the whole army to charge and sweep away.

The sword and shield soldiers who were lying on the ground screaming constantly were the victims, and behind them, Lu Bu's army was slowly approaching, and in front, the vanguard cavalry was unstoppable, and was about to step into the camp tent that Zhang Liao's army had no time to put away when it retreated.

The complacent Lu Bu was ready to raise Fang Tian's halberd at any time to order the whole army to rush and kill, but he didn't expect his pupils to shrink and his expression was dumbfounded.

The vanguard of the cavalry in front suddenly fell, and the white cloth wrapped in the big tent of the barracks fell into the trench, the horses neighed, the dust flew, and the situation took a sharp turn!

Horses were constantly falling in front of them, and cavalry were falling from their horses, as if there were countless traps in front of them.

"Mingjin retreats!"

Lu Bu Junlang's face was full of hideousness, and he was unwilling to order the troops to be withdrawn.

Even if he has courage and no strategy, but when he sees the scene in front of him, he also knows that the enemy army has secretly dug a trench, waiting for his cavalry to rush to death, in this case, if he does not give the order to retreat, then he is not brave and strategic, but as stupid as a pig and dog.

Five thousand cavalry charged, back three thousand men and horses, Lu Bu gritted his gums, rode a red rabbit forward, crossed the camp barrier and took a look, sure enough, the camp tent in front of Zhang Liao's army was empty, there was no living room in it, only countless criss-crossing deep ditches and trenches.

Looking at Zhang Liao's army, which had retreated for a mile, he could vaguely see Zhang Liao, the military general lined up in front of the formation, Lu Bu's fists squeaked, and he said angrily: "What kind of ability is it to make annihilation slippery?!" ”

For the camp left by Zhang Liao's camp, Lu Bu didn't look at it, he didn't look at it, he just stared at those trenches with monstrous hatred, but he didn't know that the layout of the camp was also a way to understand the opponent, in history, Zhuge Liang withdrew his troops, Sima Yi saw the layout of Zhuge Liang's camp, and gave Zhuge Liang an evaluation: The world's genius!

This is one aspect of the distinction between high and low military strategists.

Zhang Liao is going north to meet the enemy, the military supplies and grain and grass are in the rear, so he can retreat calmly, this is a battle, the loss of 2,000 soldiers, but Lu Bu counted last night's robbery of the camp, has lost more than 8,000 soldiers, although Zhang Liao is defending, but also for the sake of attack, defending can be a big victory, not for the sake of defending.

It was determined that Lu Bu did not lead the army to rush up to kill, after all, even if Lu Bu did not fill in those trenches, it would take a lot of time for the troops to pass through the trenches, so Zhang Liao continued to order a retreat, and then retreated for five miles before setting up camp and going down.

Lu Bu, who had lost a lot of troops, only got the results of the army's advance of three miles, and he was unwilling, and planned to compete with Zhang Liao again.

After another three days, Lu Bu did not dare to rashly raise troops to attack because of the previous losses, for fear that Zhang Liao's old tricks would be repeated, and a small force would harass Zhang Liao every day, but they were all deterred by Zhang Liao's crossbowmen and could not advance.

In the confrontation with Lu Bu to gain the upper hand, Zhang Liao was not proud, although Lu Bu is famous in the world, but he no longer has any admiration for Lu Bu, just as an ordinary opponent, the first time I heard that Lu Bu's admiration for his prestige has long disappeared, for an opponent who can't even look down on himself, Zhang Liao does not have much sense of accomplishment even if he defeats him.

Still studying the military book in the tent, Zhang Liao would glance at the map behind him from time to time, and simulate it in combination with the knowledge he had learned, and often unconsciously immersed himself in it.

The sound of footsteps came, Zhang Liao was extremely vigilant, raised his head and looked, Yan Yan and Yan Pu arrived together, Yan Pu went straight to the point, and said: "General, Lu Bu has lost a row, and it is difficult to advance an inch, if this continues, I am afraid that he will retreat and withdraw directly to Chang'an." ”

Yan Yan also agreed with this, and said: "General, otherwise Ming said that I would lead the army to fight head-on with Lu Bu, and defeat him, so as to give him confidence, lest he retreat and leave." ”

Zhang Liao thought about it, he was also afraid that Lu Bu would withdraw his troops, but he couldn't make it too obvious to lure the enemy, otherwise it would be clumsy, and Lu Bu would be suspicious, so he resolutely withdrew his troops.

Standing up and holding the book of war and knocking it in his hand, Zhang Liao pondered for a long time and then vetoed Yan Yan's proposal.

"Since Lu Bu went south, our army has not taken the initiative to attack, if General Ming Yan takes the initiative to fight Lu Bu and is defeated, it will make Lu Bu suspicious, because we are afraid of his cavalry, how can we take the initiative to send him to death? We don't know if Lu Bu will think so thoroughly, but we can't risk ruining the lord's plan. In this way, starting from the Ming Dynasty, if Lu Bu sends foot soldiers to disturb, he can order the infantry to fight, and the crossbowmen will not fight. ”

The two of them thought about it, turned their heads to look at each other, stroked their beards and smiled.

The next day, Lü Bu again sent foot soldiers to attack tentatively, and the two armies fought in front of Zhang Liao's camp, and the battle was inextricable.

Lu Bu, who was riding his horse in front of the army, wondered in his heart: Why is there no crossbowman in the enemy army to release arrows today?

Could it be that the arrows are running out?

Looking down and thinking carefully about the beginning of the battle to the present, every time there is a confrontation, Zhang Liao's crossbowmen must first shoot the formation to deter his army, and then if it is a confrontation, the crossbowmen must shoot arrows in unison, and the number of arrows consumed is indeed amazing, a thousand crossbowmen put ten arrows is 10,000 arrows, so to think, the arrows are exhausted, it is not impossible, when the two armies clean up the battlefield, even if Zhang Liao can recover one or two percent of the arrows shot intact and then use, it is already commendable.

Regardless of whether Zhang Liao really ran out of arrows, Lu Bu couldn't miss the opportunity, so he ordered the rear infantry army to come forward to support, and he didn't dare to use the cavalry, for fear that Zhang Liao would dig a trench and wait for him.

When Lu Bu's army of infantry soldiers was put into the battlefield to support the front, Zhang Liao's army seemed to have been prepared and retreated, and the whole army retreated again in an orderly manner, and this retreat was more complete than the last time, retreating fifteen miles.

Lu Bu did not order the pursuit, but personally rode the red rabbit to the camp tent left by Zhang Liao's army, and used Fang Tian's halberd to open the camp tent to see, it was empty, but there was no trap, his expression changed slightly, and after observing several camp tents back and forth angrily, Lu Bu looked up to the sky and roared...... This time, Zhang Liao did not set a trap, that is, he led the army back normally, and Lu Bu missed the best opportunity to charge and pursue with cavalry.

But Lü Bu at least did not pay the price of 8,000 soldiers to march for a few miles as he had done a few days ago, and this time, he only paid less than a thousand men in exchange for the results of the march of ten miles, although Zhang Liao only lost less than a thousand men.

First into the trap, and then deceived again, Lu Bu was angry and hateful, led the army to launch a fierce attack on Zhang Liao's army, but Zhang Liao still held on, after each confrontation, he took the initiative to retreat ten miles, and each time he would leave some camp tents in front of the army, Lu Bu checked the camp camp results are different every time, sometimes there are trenches, sometimes there are not, virtual and real, so there is only one road, and can not be detoured, which makes him always want to use cavalry to pursue Zhang Liao's army but is afraid of falling into the other party's calculations.

From the first day of the confrontation between the two armies of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, more than half a month has passed, this half a month, Lu Bu entered, Zhang Liao retreated, in addition to the beginning of the big war so that Lu Bu suffered heavy losses, and then it was an insignificant confrontation, Lu Bu's 40,000 army out of Chang'an, now less than 30,000, and Zhang Liao's 40,000 soldiers and horses not only meet the enemy with ease, but also lose less than 5,000 soldiers, that is, the military burden consumption is more serious, including camp tents, bows and arrows, and too late to take back the horse guns.

Seeing that more than half a month has passed, and he has only gone south for less than a hundred miles from the north end of the old road, no matter how arrogant Lu Bu is, he will inevitably be a little depressed, he already has the idea of withdrawing the army, but he has the name of Lu Bu among people, and he has just been named General Fenwu, Wen Hou, if he goes back so gloomy, what is the prestige of spreading out?

People in the world don't know that there is Zhang Liao, but everyone knows Lu Bu, Lu Bu was defeated by Zhang Liao, and what he achieved was Zhang Liao's prestige!

But facts speak louder than words, Lu Bu just didn't bargain in front of Zhang Liao, and he made himself suspicious, and even the grass and trees were all soldiers, and the other party's empty camp made him very jealous.

Lu Bu, who was at a loss in the camp, couldn't think of a good way to break the enemy, and couldn't help but think of the scene of the war with the foreigners on the grassland back then, that is, the two armies rushed to kill, and it was Sun Tzu who insisted on not fighting! Who can stop the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand? Who can stand in the way before the cavalry he leads?

Fighting with Zhang Liao, a bastard, not only is the hero useless, but he is also suffocated and suffers a lot of anger!

"Withdraw! Back in Chang'an, Wang Yunai said what he said! "Lu Bu has finally made up his mind to withdraw his troops, this battle can't be fought? People just don't fight, there are only a few roads to Yizhou in the south, except for the old road, the other roads are all rugged and difficult to travel, if the old road can't go, let alone other roads.

Just as Lu Bu ordered the withdrawal of the army, someone ran into his tent in a panic, and said in a panicked voice with a cry: "General, Chen Cang is lost!" Our army's food and grass are broken! ”

Lu Bu was shocked, grabbed the man's neck and lifted him up, and asked sharply, "What did you say?!" Chen Cang lost? Which way? Isn't that Li Dao that bastard? ”

The person who came was pinched by the neck and couldn't breathe, Lu Bu let go of his hand and sat on the ground, and said intermittently: "I don't know wow, yes, yes, it's all the way from, the people and horses from the east of Chen Cang, it seems that it is the leader surnamed Guo who leads the army." ”

Outer part?!

Lu Bu was heartbroken, Chen Cang's garrison was less than 2,000, even if the other party only had 5,000 people who could take it, but Chen Cang had the grain and grass he brought when he left Chang'an, which was needed for his army for two months.

The point is that Chen Cang is behind his army, which is his retreat!

At this time, following Lu Bu's footsteps, an army of more than 30,000 soldiers and horses went south from Chencang, and the commander wearing armor on the horse was Guo Jia.

(To be continued)