From the moment he saw Zhang Yan offering Gao Lan's head, Lu Bu had a feeling that Zhang Yan, the head of the thief, might have the talent to command crossbowmen.

Lu Bu brought five hundred strong crossbows from Taiyuan all the way away, and he just thought that when facing the enemy, he could improve the long-range fire support and reduce the loss of soldiers, but he didn't expect that after handing it over to Zhang Yan, he would be able to exert such a great effect, shoot Gao Ran, and defeat Gao Lan's 3,000 soldiers and horses.

And judging from what Zhang Yan said just now, he has a pretty good grasp of the three-stage shooting of crossbowmen.

The only thing to worry about is that the thief soldiers under his command have always been casual and accustomed to it, and the crossbowmen need to have stricter discipline and calm quality, otherwise, when it comes to the enemy's confrontation, watching the enemy rush over, some of them have poor psychological quality, or are organized and undisciplined, they will suddenly turn around and run away.

Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that Lu Yi was already a fish on the chopping board and could be ravaged, Lu Bu wanted to see if the thief soldiers under Zhang Yan's command had the feasibility of cultivating them into crossbowmen.

Zhang Yan received the order, his face was happy, and he ordered loudly: "Crossbowmen step forward, prepare, shoot!" ”

Lu Bu stood twenty steps behind Zhang Yan's crossbowmen, watching Zhang Yan methodically command the crossbowmen to divide into three groups, and according to the effectiveness of the first wave of crossbows, the second and third groups of crossbowmen would be appropriately adjusted, and he couldn't help nodding secretly, feeling that he was indeed a material that could be made in the crossbowmen.

At the foot of the hill, Lu Yi had changed into a horse of his own guard at this time, his eyes were like about to burn, and he had fought to such a humiliating extent today, and it was the first time that he heard in his ears, and there were miserable cries that sounded from time to time. It was shot by a soldier shot by Zhang Yan's thieves.

Zhang Yan's thief soldiers were armed with strong crossbows, and the range was larger than that of his elite crossbowmen, coupled with the geographical advantage, he and his soldiers were regarded as targets for a while, and they practiced there by themselves, what salvos, what arrows, twisted strings, and they could take their time calmly and unhurriedly.

But that's just one side of the pressure, the other. It came from Lu Bu, who was holding a hard bow, and Fang Cai's chain of three arrows, but it scared Lu Yi, so that now he didn't dare to stand up straight, but only dared to hide in the crowd of guards. so as not to become the target of Lu Bu's shooting.

Zhang Yan's orders continued, and the crossbow arrows sneered. Screams rang out continuously. In Lu Yi's view, this was supposed to be an easy chase and kill battle, but it turned out to be like a game, but it was he who was injured.

Under the pressure of the continuous shooting of the crossbow arrows, the soldiers facing the hill were already retreating. Originally, it was a rough circle formation, but at this time, it had begun to squeeze inward, and if it continued like this, there was no need for Lu Bu to lead the army to rush and kill. The soldier will collapse on his own.

Guo Tu followed Lu Bu's side, looking at it in his eyes, anxious in his heart, and wanted to speak several times, but when the words came to an end, he still swallowed it.

Because he found that no matter how hard he racked his brains, in this situation, even if he was in the position of Lu Yi, it would be difficult to find a way out, unless there were reinforcements in Yecheng, there was still a possibility of escaping.

At this time, Hua Xiong rode his horse to Lu Bu's side, lowered his voice, and asked in a low voice, "Lord, why don't you order the cavalry to rush down and defeat one of them?" ”

Lu Bu shook his head, raised the hard bow in his hand, pointed to the Jizhou military array below, and said: "The most elite under the Luyi tent is actually a strong crossbowman, thousands of strong crossbows are fired together, which is the nemesis of the lightly armed cavalry, and now he is the meat on the chopping block, we can play with him to death, and then, we can swagger into Yecheng." ”

Hearing this, Hua Xiong turned his head and glanced at Zhang Yan, looking at the salvo of crossbow arrows, his scalp was a little numb, and he nodded in response: "Indeed, even a rookie like Zhang Yan can shoot Gao Ran with a strong crossbow, so how strong are the crossbowmen under Lu Yi." ”

Lu Bu did not answer, but he had an answer in his heart, in his memory, when Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao fought Jizhou, they suffered a big loss under the hands of Lu Yi, and they were shot by Lu Yi's crossbowmen and were defeated, so that they lost the initiative to compete with Yuan Shao for hegemony in Hebei.

At this time, Lu Yi had reluctantly ordered a slow retreat, but Zhang Yan was not a fool, he pressed over step by step, five hundred crossbowmen, divided into three groups, always maintained a distance of one hundred and twenty steps, and practiced with the soldiers and horses of Lu Yi to their heart's content.

Finally, a soldier watched his companion fall to the ground after being hit by an arrow, and for a moment he was not dead, and writhing and screaming there, and his heart could not bear it any longer, so he threw down his spear, fled from the army, and ran with shouts and shouts.

Sou!

Lu Yi straightened up, stretched out his bow and arrows, and shot the first soldier who escaped, but then, there were three swishing sounds, and he only had time to hide by the saddle when he heard a miserable cry, a mournful scream, it was an unlucky guard who was hit by an arrow, and the war horse that had just been replaced was hit by an arrow again, and fell to the ground with a mournful scream.

Fortunately, he saw the opportunity quickly and jumped away, not being crushed by the fallen war horse, but at this time, even if he hid in the crowd and couldn't see the situation clearly, just by the sound, he knew that the soldiers in the outer circle had begun to flee violently.

"General, go!"

The guards jumped off their horses, reined the horses to Lu Yi, and shouted loudly. Lu Yi was slightly stunned, but he still turned over his horse, lowered his body, and fled to Yecheng surrounded by a group of guards, mixed with deserters.

Lu Bu sneered and ordered: "Huaxiong, Dian Wei, you lead two thousand cavalry to hunt down and kill Lu Yi, and bring his head to see him!" ”

Hua Xiong immediately responded excitedly and loudly, waved his hand, led two thousand cavalry, and covered the past along the hill.

Lu Bu's eyes at this time were fixed on the hundreds of people who were still in the middle of the formation of the Lu Yi army, they were originally blocked by the spearmen and halberders on the periphery, and at this time, the peripheral soldiers fled violently, completely exposing them, it was the most elite crossbow soldiers under the Lu Yi tent.

He thought to himself, since he failed to recruit Lu Yi, it would be a great help to be able to recruit these crossbowmen.

Zhang Yan was exquisite, and immediately understood Lu Bu's thoughts, and ordered the crossbowmen to stop firing arrows, but just held the crossbow flat, maintaining a posture that could be fired at any time.

Lu Bu urged the horse forward, side by side with Zhang Yan, and shouted at the bottom of the hill: "I am Lu Bu, the general of the chariot cavalry, and Lu Yi has already abandoned you and fled for his life alone......

"Don't listen to Lu Bu's lies, shoot!"

Before Lu Bu's words fell, some of the strong crossbowmen under the hill were shouting loudly, but unfortunately, no one responded to his order and really shot crossbow arrows.

But in this way, this person also showed his figure, Lu Bu sneered, bent his bow and arrows, and the arrows were like flowing water, and the arrows were like lightning, hitting the person very accurately, making him fall to the ground with a scream.

Lu Bu's miraculous archery skills were used for the third time, the first two times, they shot Lu Yi's war horse, and this time, they shot Lu Yi's personal guards, so that his intention to buy some time for Lu Yi was shattered on the spot.

This time, Lu Bu's shouting was no longer troublesome, and after a while, a person appeared in the crossbow formation, crossed everyone, and walked up to Lu Bu fearlessly, until Lu Bu took twenty steps in front of the horse, and then stopped, and said: "A certain is the crossbow soldier Hou Tianjing, what the general said, can it be true?" ”

Lu Bu and Zhang Yan hahadaxiao, Guo Tu who was following him, couldn't help laughing, but as soon as the smile on his face appeared, he endured it and didn't laugh out loud.

"A certain dignified Li Tinghou, a general of the chariot cavalry, a leader and a state pastor, the name of Lu Bu is also resounding all over the world, just look at your strict military discipline and love talents, otherwise, do you think that with only a few hundred people and a strong crossbow, you can escape with your life?"

After speaking, Lu Bu pointed at Zhang Yan and said to Tian Jing: "Do you see it, he is Zhang Yan, the head of the Black Mountain thief, and now he is also under my account, five hundred strong crossbows, shoot Gao Lan, and defeat Gao Lan's three thousand elites, you surrender, just follow him, I want to build an invincible strong crossbow soldier in the world!" ”

Tian Jingneng, on behalf of Li Tao, another military marquis, came up to talk to Lu Bu about returning to Shun, which means that the two of them, after seeing Lu Yi abandon them and escape, already had the intention of surrendering, and now when they heard Lu Bu say so impassionedly, their eyes immediately lit up, but their faces were still calm, and they saluted Lu Bu and said, "Okay, let me go down and discuss with my colleagues." ”

In fact, there is nothing to discuss, the eight hundred crossbowmen, almost none of them were damaged, and all of them were collected by Lu Bu, and even the two military marquis, Tian Jing and Li Tao, were still in official positions.

After sending troops to Yecheng so far, Lu Bu was very satisfied with the results achieved, in fact, it was not enough, but far exceeded his and Jia Xu's previous expectations.

Zhang Yan was even more excited, the lord Lu Bu said that he wanted to build an invincible crossbowman in the world, and looking at the current situation, the leader of this strong crossbowman will be him, and the key is that he is afraid that it will fall on Tian Jing and Li Tao, as well as the eight hundred strong crossbowmen who surrendered, so for the two of them, Zhang Yan was very enthusiastic and introduced the generals under his command to them one by one.

This place is only ten miles away from Yecheng, Lu Bu simply ordered the army to rest here, Hua Xiong and Dian Wei led the army to chase and kill Lu Yi did not return, and he and Guo Tu rode horses to overlook Yecheng.

Since being forced by Lu Bu to leave Lugu Mountain and come to Yecheng, Guo Tu has not said a word, unless Lu Bu asks him directly, otherwise, he will never take the initiative to speak out, and even if he answers Lu Bu's questions, it does not involve some hidden secrets of Yecheng and the lord Yuan Shao.

Lu Bu was secretly amused at Guo Tu's actions, in fact, under his account, there are now Jia Xu and Xu Shu, as well as Cai Yong, Qiao Mao, Qiao Yu and others, there is no shortage of Guo Tu such a number one person, the reason why he did this is just to disgust Yuan Shao, and by the way, weaken his strength.

After seeing it for a while, Lu Bu pointed to Yecheng and said to Guo Tu: "Tonight, we will spend the night in Yecheng!" ”

Guo Tu has seen too many unbelievable things about Lu Bu, and at this time, he really doesn't even have half-belief in his heart, but he has not yet reached the level of conviction, and looking at the bottom of the hill, a thousand elite horsemen, as well as Zhang Yan's five thousand thieves, and the eight hundred strong crossbowmen who have recently surrendered, they have no intention of camping, and he knows that Lu Bu must have some basis for saying this.

Sure enough, after a pause, Lu Buhaha explained with a smile: "At this point, I won't hide it from you, in Yecheng, my people have infiltrated it!" (To be continued......)

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