228 Battle of Guanzhong. Ba Shui waits for each other
At first glance, this is indeed an empty city plan, except for Huangfu Song, who does not have a fuqin on the city, everything is extremely similar to the empty city plan in Lu Bu's memory.
"Humph!"
Lu Bu snorted coldly, laughed secretly in his heart, and ordered: "Enter the city!" ”
Three thousand fine horsemen, under the leadership of Lu Bu, the momentum is like a rainbow, straight to the city gate, a moment later, Lu Bu took the lead in galloping across the suspension bridge, through the East Gate City Gate Hole, into the city of Zheng County.
Zheng County is a small place, the two avenues crisscrossing the city, connecting the four city gates together, on both sides of the avenue at this moment, quietly, not even a single figure, the people in the city, whether they are in the city, or have been emptied by Huangfu Song long ago, Lu Bu does not know.
Three thousand fine horsemen are like a rolling torrent, injected into the streets of the city, Lu Bu just galloped to the bell and drum tower at the intersection of the avenue, and saw the end of the west gate, there is a riding shadow, snatching the door.
This must be the Guanzhong army ambushed in the city, if Lu Bu sent a small group of elite horsemen into the city to check, it would be in the arms of the Guanzhong army, and was ambushed by it, and now Lu Bu brazenly led a large team of men and horses into the city, if they don't escape, they will have no chance.
"Kill!"
Lu Bu roared angrily, and scolded in his heart: "Sample, if you want to play this hand in front of the invincible Bingzhou Jingqi in the world, do you think it will be long?" ”
The three thousand elite horsemen roared in unison, accompanied by the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, resounding throughout the city!
Lu Bu led the crowd to chase after him, as for this empty city, no matter what tricks Huangfu Song had, in front of the subsequent army, it was all in vain.
The cavalry fleeing in front of him, it seems, was only a few hundred, running wildly along the avenue, the autumn day was dry, rolling up the dust in the sky, and Lu Bu led the crowd less than a mile behind him, and the dust came to his face. Straight into the mouth, nose and eyes, I tasted the bitterness again.
Chasing out of the city, Lu Bu relied on the courage of the red rabbit horse, and there was no problem in catching up with the Guanzhong cavalry in front, but the dust entered the eyes along the way, causing tears to flow for a long time, presumably the same is true of the red rabbit horse, immediately slowed down the horse, gradually stopped, and gave up the pursuit.
Watch the smoke and dust go all the way away. The first thing Lu Bu and the others did was to take out the water bladder, clean their eyes, and clean the eyes of the war horse. I knew in my heart that it was right to give up the pursuit.
Zheng County is both down. From Huayin to Chang'an. Only the emperor's mausoleum at the foot of Lishan Mountain remains, which can be used as a barrier, and if Huangfu Song gives up this area again, it means that he is determined to defend Chang'an.
At this point, Lu Bu is even more steady. The army rested in Zheng County for three days before continuing to be the vanguard by Xu Huang, who personally led the army to Chang'an after half a day's journey.
Soon. Lu Bu immediately had to report that Huangfu Song had set up a large camp on the bank of Bashui outside Chang'an City, waiting for the arrival of the state army.
Lu Bu was not polite, and led the army straight forward, camped on the east bank of Bashui, and faced Huangfu Song's army across the water. He was not in a hurry to attack, but first spent three full days to explore the surrounding mountains and rivers before preparing for his next move.
At night, in the big tent of the Chinese army, the butter lamps and candles were burning silently, emitting orange light, and everything in the tent was coated with a layer of warm orange.
Lu Bu concentrated the generals in the army, and Xu Shu discussed the strategy of the war, and everyone gathered around the huge map spread on the ground, which marked the mountains, rivers, and dangerous roads within a radius of fifty miles, which was the result of the cooperation of many scouts in the past few days.
Just looking at the relationship between friend and foe revealed on the map, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.
Everyone was silent, Lu Bu took the lead in speaking, and said quietly: "Huangfu Song, this old horseman, really has two brushes, eight hundred miles of Qinchuan in Guanzhong, and there is no danger to defend, but he gave up the peripheral cities, concentrated his forces, and relied on Ba Shui, intending to fight to the death with our army. ”
"My lord is right!" Xu Shu took over and said, "The battlefield chosen by Huangfu Song is easy to defend and not conducive to attack, but once you break through Huangfu Song's Zuihou defense line, Chang'an City is in front of you." And the key to offense and defense is the Baqiao. ”
Everyone's eyes are actually focused on the Baqiao, which is heavily guarded by Huangfu Song, that is, here, if Lu Bu's army wants to cross Bashui, this is the most convenient place.
In the past three days, he also tried to go up the river to find a place to cross the river, but he was disappointed.
After watching it for a while, Lu Bu asked out loud: "How to break through the blockade of Huangfu Song and cross the river from the Ba Bridge, what are your good methods?" ”
Everyone was silent for a long time, Xu Huang was the first to raise his head, and said: "Since Huangfu Song chose this place for a decisive battle, I am afraid that he will send crossbowmen to firmly seal the Baqiao, light horses, and foot soldiers......"
Speaking of this, Xu Huang himself shook his head slightly, and his attitude was already obvious.
Lu Bu looked up at everyone, Han Xian, Yang Feng, and Song Xian all had solemn faces, obviously similar to Xu Huang's opinions, only Zhang Yan seemed to be a little impatient, and Dian Wei kept his face on the floor as always, and said nothing.
Dian Wei's old mother and family have now settled down in Taiyuan, Lu Bu is very generous to him, mansion, money, official position, but Dian Wei is still reluctant to look like the boss, and he will also carry out Lu Bu's military orders, but he is not very happy in his heart.
Lu Bu knew that this was his heart knot that had not yet been completely gone, so he let him do this, and he could only wait for a little longer, and he could gradually return to his heart.
Seeing that everyone was a little troubled, Lu Bu hahadaxiao, with a relaxed expression, said to everyone: "If Huangfu Song thinks that with a small river that is no more than five hundred steps wide, he can block the footsteps of my army, then he is very wrong. I'll show him tomorrow what it means to be unstoppable! ”
Everyone exchanged glances with each other, and the lord Lu Bu was so confident, but he didn't know what to say, which immediately aroused the curiosity in their hearts, but at this time, it was inconvenient to ask.
Early the next morning, the mist on the water surface of Bashui had not yet dissipated, and in the camp of the state army, the war drums sounded frequently, and groups of troops drove out of the camp in an orderly manner and poured into the bronze plain on the bank of the Bashui River.
At the same time, Huangfu Song also fought-for-tat, concentrating his troops and arranging a formation across the water.
Bashui is nearly 500 paces wide, and neither strong crossbowmen nor archers have such a long range, so across Bashui, the two armies can calmly deploy their troops without worrying about each other's interference.
Huang Fu Song's side has only more than 20,000 troops, compared to Lu Bu's 40,000 army, it is at an absolute disadvantage, but it occupies a geographical advantage, so Huang Fu Song is still full of confidence in this battle.
When he set up the formation, he couldn't help but feel a little disdain in his heart when he saw that the Bingzhou army on the other side of the bridge was still there, but when he noticed that the Bingzhou army was on both sides of the Baqiao, lined up along the river bank, and the carriages were connected to each other, as if building a car wall.
"Well, what does Lu Bu mean by this?"
Huangfu Song's heart rose vigilantly, stared closely at the carriage on the other side, and asked.
By his side, there was his hometown Zhu Jun, as well as Li Su, his eldest son Huangfu Jianshou, and the reinforcements sent by Xiliang Ma Teng Han Sui, and the commanders were Ma Chao and Ma Wan respectively.
Although Ma Play is also surnamed Ma, but Ma Teng Ma Chao has no kinship relationship, he himself is also one of the eight generals under Han Sui's account, this time to aid the army of Emperor Fu Song in Guanzhong, Ma Teng and Han Sui each sent troops, although they joined forces, but they were subordinate to the generals, and they were not subordinate to each other.
The only thing that is the same is that they are all fine horsemen, each with fifteen hundred horsemen.
Huangfu Song asked out loud, but no one could give him an answer, in fact, not only he had this question, Zhu Jun, Li Su, Huangfu Jianshou, as well as Ma Chao and Ma Wan, also had this question.
Li Su was actually quite helpless at this time, since he was put into the account of Huangfu Song, he is now almost alone.
As early as when the Kwanti Coalition Army defeated the Kwantung Coalition Army and Huangfu Song got out of trouble in Chang'an and captured Chang'an, he led the army to form an alliance with Guo Tao, the brother of Guo Tai, and Zhang Ji, Ma Teng and Han Suibu, intending to recapture Chang'an.
Subsequently, a series of events occurred, Ma Teng and Han Sui attacked each other, Zhang Ji led his troops from Wuguan to Nanyang, he and Guo Tao were lonely, and could only lead the army to retreat to Fenglingdu.
Luoyang followed the chaos, Huaxiong burned the Tiger Prison Pass, indulged the Guandong Sun Jian's troops to force Luoyang, Guo Tai, Li Dao and Guo Yan respectively led their troops to retreat west, and Luoyang was burned to a ruin.
Immediately after, Chang'an was also in chaos, the saint died in the chaos, Huangfu Song was mighty, and together with Zhu Jun, he killed Li Dao and Guo Yan, Guo Tai fled, and he had no choice but to choose to surrender.
After returning to Shun, Li Su realized that it was better to surrender to Emperor Fu Song than to defect to Lu Bu.
Li Suce stood a few steps away from Huangfu Song, looking at this energetic veteran, his eyes looked like nothing on the surface, but in his heart, he was really full of resentment, and sighed: Who would have thought that the loyal and upright veteran Huangfu Song would be so decisive and decisive, and deprive the soldiers and horses under his account of him with a thunderous momentum.
And in order to prevent Li Su from secretly communicating with Lu Bu, Huangfu Song directly arranged Li Su by his side.
Just as Li Su was pondering, the veteran Zhu Jun spoke: "This, could it be that Lu Bu is ...... to cross the river?"
Before the words fell, these carriages immediately changed, facing the west side, the walls of the carriages opened almost at the same time, and the thud of falling to the ground was so loud that even Huangfu Song and his party, who were far away on the river, could hear it clearly.
But when they looked at the situation inside the car, everyone gasped.
Although it is far away, it is not very clear to see, but both sides of the carriage on the opposite bank have been opened, and you can still see that what is loaded in the car is something to cross the river, which is clearly a crossbow with a bed!
Thinking of this, everyone gasped again, and at the same time remembered a rumor about the state army.
It is said that in several battles, Lu Bu used a strong crossbow that was stronger than a strong crossbow, and the crossbow arrows shot could shoot the Xianbei war horse in the sprint.
Could it be that the big cart lined up in front of him is this kind of strong crossbow that is stronger than a strong crossbow? Is it possible to have a range of up to 500 paces wide in Bashui?
No one spoke, all of them looked solemn, and at this moment, the war drums on the other side suddenly sounded, as if to announce to heaven and earth: The war has begun! (To be continued......)