Chapter 243: Wolf Ride
"In any case, this battle of the Tiger Prison is also the best time for our army to march into Luoyang, and the original prince still needs to show some prestige of the alliance leader, and order the troops to enter the Tiger Prison tomorrow, and those who violate the military order will be killed." Cao Cao has already scolded in his heart, Yuan Shao, what kind of thing are you, as the leader of the alliance, you can't command your subordinate princes, and this alliance leader should be too sloppy.
After listening to Cao Cao's advice, Yuan Shao also gave the princes of each battalion an order to march tomorrow.
However, although this military order is like a mountain, the Kwantung coalition army also dragged on for three or four days before starting from the camp of Sujujube and marching to the Tiger Prison Pass, which was already ten days away.
Dong Zhuo was shocked when he received the news of Hua Xiong's death, and immediately ordered Hu Zhen and Lu Bu to lead an army of 50,000 to reinforce Tiger Pass. After receiving the order, Hu Zhenlu Bu did not dare to put it off, and went to the Tiger Prison Pass to help the battle in the starry night, and arrived before the Kwantung Coalition Army arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass.
After Hua Xiong was killed, the deputy general Li Su was the deputy general who guarded the Tiger Prison Pass, and he strictly guarded it, and he did not dare to go out of the pass again.
When Liu Ze and Cao Cao saw each other, they could only smile bitterly. What was supposed to be a breakthrough battle with an excellent opportunity turned into a tough battle, and if you want to win the Tiger Prison Pass, you will try to climb to the sky.
The Kwantung coalition army set up camp 50 miles before the Tiger Prison Pass, and hundreds of thousands of horses and horses were in a mighty position, and they were camped for hundreds of miles, and the banner covered the sun, but it was also a huge momentum. Although the princes of all walks of life are afraid of war, they have finally reached the tiger prison, and no matter how afraid of death, they have to hold on, and there are many people, so they can fight each other. After the camp was completed, Yuan Shao personally took command, and the Eighth Route Army came out and killed the tiger prison. Screaming.
Looking at the glorious momentum of the coalition army under the pass, Li Su's face was like earth, and he urgently reported to Lu Bu, the governor of the Dadu Huzhen Cavalry. Hu Zhen went up to the building, looked east, and also gasped, the Kwantung coalition soldiers and horses were numerous, dense, layered, almost impossible to see. Hu Zhen ordered the door to be closed tightly and the suspension bridge to be hung high. The whole army held the pass.
In fact, he didn't need to give orders. In the past few days, the door of the Tiger Prison has not been opened.
Lu Bu was not happy, and snorted coldly: "According to Lu's opinion, the people under the gate are just some local chickens and dogs, even if there are many people. And what is there to fear? Wouldn't defending the city lose the prestige of our army? β
Hu Zhen is a confidant who has followed Dong Zhuo for many years. Won Dong Zhuo's respect. The status of the Xiliang Army is also second only to Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu, ahead of Li Dao and Guo Yan. But after LΓΌ Bu killed his stepfather Ding Yuan and defected to Dong Zhuo and worshipped Dong Zhuo as his godfather, LΓΌ Bu's status in the army skyrocketed. Although he has not surpassed Hu Zhen for the time being, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Dong Zhuo has a lot of importance towards Lu Bu, and in order to win him over, he even did not hesitate to give away the only thousand-mile divine horse of the Xiliang Army, the Red Rabbit Horse. This treatment, even Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu has never enjoyed it.
To tell the truth, Hu Zhen is extremely disgusted with Lu Bu, the exploits of the generals of Xiliang are all spelled out with a knife and a gun, Lu Bu is something, but he is just a villain who sells for glory, he has no credit for credit, he has no record of success, except for flattery, and he is called godfather when he meets people, Hu Zhen can't see what Lu Bu has to do.
The Kwantung Coalition Army is large, and the truth is not clear, and Hu Zhen's plan to hold the city is undoubtedly the wisest choice, but Lu Bu raised objections, and Hu Zhen, who is currently the supreme commander of the Tiger Prison Pass, is undoubtedly very annoyed.
"I am ordered by Xiangguo to guard the tiger prison, as long as the Kwantung Zhukou is blocked outside the pass, I can complete the trust of Xiangguo, as a general, I only need to act according to orders, why am I afraid of any false name?"
Lu Bu sneered and said: "When I set out on the expedition, I have boasted of Haikou in front of Xiangguo, and the princes outside the Guanguan regard it as a mustard. If General Hu is a stubborn defender, when will he be able to capture Yuan Cao and the others? If General Hu doesn't dare to go out of the customs, he is willing to lead his headquarters out of the city to beg for thieves, and in front of the Prime Minister in the future, you don't have to fight for merit! β
Hu Zhen was also angry and said, "Okay! If General Lu insists on going to war, Hu will not stop him, and he will do whatever he wants! β
So, Lu Bu led the three thousand wolf horses of the headquarters to ride out of the city proudly and lined up to meet the enemy, but saw that Lu Bu was wearing a purple and gold crown with a three-pronged bundle of hair, a robe of red brocade and a hundred flowers in Xichuan, wearing a chain armor with a beast face and swallowing his head, and a delicate lion belt around his waist. A Fang Tian painting halberd made of the Far North Xuantie is jet black and shiny, and the red rabbit horse sits down, red as a fire coal, and the divine horse is extraordinary, and it is really "Lu Bu among people, red rabbit among horses".
The three thousand wolf riders behind Lu Bu were even more majestic, swallowing mountains and rivers, and the black armor was shining in the sun, flashing with a dazzling cold light. Different from Liu Ze's archers, the Wolf Cavalry of Bingzhou was equipped with a round shield of stabbing spears and was a typical lancer. The lancers had an advantage in terms of impact power, using their powerful charging power to tear through the opponent's defense line like a wolf's fang, hence the name Wolf Cavalry.
And Liang since ancient times many strong troops, this and the state wolf ride is also well-known, when Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the capital inside and outside the city are all afraid of its momentum, only the state thorn Shi Ding originally dared to and Dong Zhuo shouted, the person who relied on was this and the state wolf ride. Later, it was Dong Zhuo who obeyed Li Su's Jianyi and separated Ding Yuan and Lu Bu, and the wolf cavalry of this state was returned to the name of the Xiliang Army.
Liu Ze looked at it from afar in the formation, Lu Bu was full of energy, and the wolf rider of Bingzhou was like a tiger, and he couldn't help but praise: "This wolf riding of Bingzhou is really worthy of its reputation!" β
Zhang Fei also saw Lu Bu, and said slightly: "Isn't that the guy who was the leader in Luoyang back then, after a few years, he actually looked like a dog." β
Guan Yu's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Lu Bu's martial arts are not low, and it may be difficult to have an opponent in the coalition army." β
Zhao Yun has never seen Lu Bu, since he took refuge in Liu Ze, he has not gone through a real battle, at this time he is already gearing up and eager to try, but Liu Ze did not command, Zhao Yun naturally did not dare to act rashly.
"Wen He, in your opinion, if our three thousand archers want to fight against Lu Bu's three thousand wolf cavalry, what are the chances of winning?" Liu Ze turned around and asked Jia Xu.
Jia Xu pondered and said: "The advantage of the wolf cavalry in Bingzhou is that the frontal impact is powerful, equipped with bayonet spears and shields, and the cavalry is heavily armored, and the defense ability is strong. If you face the enemy head-on, it is difficult for the archers to bargain, but the archers have their own advantages of the archers, and they are flexible and roundabout, which is the strength of the archers. In the battle, if the archers can dodge the attack edge of the wolf cavalry, detour to the flank, and take advantage of the poor mobility of the wolf cavalry to attack its weak flank, the chance of victory is still relatively large. β
Liu Ze laughed and said: "Wenhe's vision is far-reaching, which is very close to my heart, although the wolf ride is fierce, I am not afraid of it." β
While they were talking, Bao Xin, the minister of Jibei and Cao Cao, among the princes of the Eight Routes, were also the main combatants in the coalition army, and there were not many people who deceived Lu Bu, so they led the army to attack directly, and the one who charged at the forefront was Bao Xin's brother Bao Zhong. Bao Zhong was long in arm strength, so that a huge axe to open the mountain rushed over when he looked at Lu Bu.
Lu Bu stood in front of the formation, calmed down, and shouted, "Who are you?" Lu Mou doesn't kill the unknown under the halberd? β
Bao Zhong said proudly: "I am Bao Zhong, the commander of Jibei, Lu Bu Xiao'er, suffer death!" "Picked up the mountain axe, and with the horse's momentum, the head was cut off with an axe.
"Nameless rats, you dare to be rampant, you are looking for death!" Lu Bu said contemptuously, just after the two horses and one wrong stirrup, Fang Tian's halberd was picked upward, although Bao Zhong's strength was quite large, but compared with Lu Bu, it was not a star and a half worse, the halberd and axe intersected, and Bao Zhong's hands were numb, he couldn't hold it, and the mountain axe flew straight out.
If a military general loses his weapon on the battlefield, his life will not be saved. Bao Zhong just shouted "ah" for a while, and the halberd head of Fang Tian's halberd had already crossed his neck, and immediately Bao Zhong's head rolled to the ground, and blood gushed like a fountain on his neck. The war horse still carried the headless corpse by habit.
When Bao Xin saw that his younger brother was dead, he mourned and waved the flag, and the Bao family army rushed up, vying to avenge Bao Zhong.
Lu Bu raised Fang Tian's halberd, the blood on the head of the halberd was still dripping down, Lu Bu had a cruel smile on his cold face, and with a wave of his left hand, the wolf rider rumbled and rushed towards the Bao family's army.
For the first time, the truly terrifying power of the wolf cavalry was shown on the battlefield, and the three thousand wolf cavalry were like three thousand movable fortresses, roaring towards the Bao family army. Bao Xin's tens of thousands of people and horses, in front of the wolf riding in Bingzhou, are as small as ants. The spears that were two feet and three feet long were sharp and sharp, with the momentum of the horses, it seemed to have the strength of ten thousand jun, the first row of foot soldiers were pierced, but the pace of the wolf cavalry attack was not curbed in the slightest, the second row and the third row of foot soldiers were pierced closely, and each of the stabbing guns was full of the corpses of the foot soldiers of the Bao family.
"Archers! Archers! Shoot! Bao Xin shouted loudly.
The line of the Bao family's army was torn apart by the wolf cavalry almost instantly, although Bao Xin commanded the archers to counterattack, but the scattered arrows could not cause effective damage to the wolf cavalry at all, and the wolf cavalry's shield and heavy armor on their bodies defended most of the feather arrows.
The battlefield is changing in an instant, and once the infantry's defensive line is torn apart, at the terrifying speed of the cavalry, it is definitely a one-sided slaughter. Lu Bu's wolf rider discharged a formation nearly a hundred zhang wide, moving straight forward and quickly, crushing the qiqi that was blocking it in front of it.
After the front team of the Bao family army was swallowed up by the wolf horsemen, the rest of the soldiers were terrified, completely lost the courage to advance, and turned and fled. But on the battlefield, it is often not easy to escape, and no matter how fast a person can run on two legs than a war horse, just in the chaos of the army, there are many crowds, trampling on each other, not dying in the hands of the enemy, but being trampled to death by his own chaotic army.
With just one charge, Lu Bu's wolf cavalry defeated Bao Xin's tens of thousands of infantry, and if he continued to pursue, Bao Xin was almost wiped out. (To be continued......)