Chapter Forty-Nine: The First Battle

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou asked the generals to discuss countermeasures to deal with the Wei army's division of troops, and Guo Youzhi also advocated giving the Wei army a head-on blow, and said that if you want to win, you need to ensure two things:

"First, make sure they really have 10,000 people per team. In other words, will they pretend to divide the men equally, but in fact concentrate their superior forces to attack us, while the other team is just bluffing with a small number of men and horses to confuse us. "Guo Youzhi.

"Hmm!" Liu Hou nodded in agreement. From later generations, he has seen a lot of various romances, and is familiar with such plots, and this situation is often seen in the book, such as a certain military division or general, ordering a certain general to lead a small number of people, more flags or more torches, bluffing, and pretending to be a large team.

Even Zhang Fei knew how to order the sergeant to ride a horse, drag the branches behind the horse, and run back and forth in the woods, raising a cloud of dust, so that the pursuing Wei army mistakenly thought that there was a large army of men and horses in ambush. Even the old man Zhang Fei will use the method, which shows how commonly used this method is.

"Second, we must determine the time for the second Wei army to support, and at the same time, we must also fight quickly, and we must end the battle with the first Wei army before the second Wei army supports or even outflanks us. If the two armies are too close and the time for the two armies to converge is too short, then we must withdraw decisively and not engage the first Wei army. Guo Youzhi continued.

"Okay, then immediately give an order, let the scouts strengthen their reconnaissance, and be sure to find out the actual number of the two teams of the Wei army and their distance." Liu Houfa gave the order.

Liu Hou recalled the infantry regiments that were used as scouts in the inner ring area, put the whole army into a state of readiness, and arranged positions to concentrate troops to fight the Wei army in this favorable terrain.

Who knows, this wait waited until the afternoon of the next day, and the Wei army marched very cautiously, and only walked 30 miles a day before setting up camp. Therefore, although the two sides were only sixty or seventy miles apart, it was not until the afternoon of the next day that Liu Hou saw the Wei army's fluttering Lu characters from a distance.

"Not Xu Huang?" Liu Hou is very strange, he only knows Lu Bu as a famous general of the Three Kingdoms surnamed Lu.

"It seems that this group of people should be led by Xu Huang's deputy general, Lu Jian. I heard that this man is very scheming, and we need to be careful about how to deal with it. Guo Youzhi, who had done his homework, solved Liu Hou's doubts in a timely manner.

Seeing that the Wei army was not in a hurry to attack, but made the appearance of setting up camp and burying the pot to cook, Guo You said: "You can't wait for them to eat and rest, let alone let them set up camp, you have to take advantage of their exhaustion to defeat them in one go." Also, send scouts at once to stop their messengers, and not let them report to another team, lest they join us. ”

But it was too late, and the Wei army not only sent fast horses to deliver a message to another Wei army, but also lit a beacon fire, and Liu Hou could not stop the beacon smoke from fluttering in the sky even if he had great ability.

"Big brother, immediately send out scouts to confirm the location of the other team." Liu Hou commanded.

"No!" Guan Xing agreed, and then instructed the people around him to do it.

"The prince does not need to be in a hurry, according to the report of the scouts before, the other team is half a day's journey away from us, and even if they come in a hurry, it will not be possible to catch up without two or three hours. This little time is enough time for us to clean up the team in front of us. ”

Then, everyone began to discuss the issue of arranging troops, and Guo Yuzhi said:

"You can send a group of men and horses to attack the enemy's large array head-on, and I believe that it only takes a few rounds of Qi Se to defeat them, and after defeating them, send two battalions of men and horses to outflank them from the rear road and cut off their back route for escaping, so that the Wei army can be given greater damage. The rest of the men and horses remained in the center, ready to protect the two flanks and the rear at any time. ”

Guo Youzhi's arrangement was very thoughtful, and Liu Hou had no opinions, so Zhang Bao began to grab the messenger for the frontal attack:

"Leave the main attack to me, I promise to pinch out all this Lu Jian's."

In fact, there is nothing to grab, Liu Hou's subordinates don't have many available generals at all, either he goes or Guan Xing goes, Guan Xing is more restrained, and rarely takes the initiative to fight for something. And Liu Hou and Guo Youzhi obviously need to stay in the Chinese army.

"It's okay to let you go, but you have to promise me one thing." Liu Houdao.

"You say something, don't say one thing, I promise you 10 things." Zhang Bao patted his chest and said with a big grin.

"It's very simple, you are not allowed to rush up and fight people." Liu Hou knows Zhang Bao's temperament very well, and is afraid that he will not be provoked, so he will rush out and fight with others on impulse, if there is any accident, how can he explain to Zhang Fei?

"These third brothers, don't give the fighting generals, what is the reason, what is the point of fighting like this. As soon as your musketeers are activated, the Wei army rats will fall like crops, stubble by stubble, and they will be ruthless. Why don't you let me find Lu Jian, a birdman, to have a good time first. Zhang Bao argued.

"You don't have to care about any reason, just don't let you go to fight, you will go if you promise, and if you don't agree, you will call the eldest brother." Liu Hou didn't bother to explain the reason to him, did he tell him, because you are young, your strength has not yet grown, and your martial arts have not been practiced well, are you afraid that you will not be able to beat others? If he said this, arousing the arrogance in his heart, he would definitely rush forward, and then the nine oxen would not be able to pull it back, wouldn't it ruin his own good deeds.

"You, you, you, Adou, how can you be like this, you look down on people, aren't you, you, you can't be like this" Zhang Bao was so angry that he pointed at Liu Hou and stammered. Usually in front of people, he rarely calls Liu Hou Adou, most of them are called third brothers, but now he is so angry that he can't care about anything else, so he directly calls out the nicknames he calls in private.

"Hmph, I just look down on you, how about it? If you want to fight, I'll talk about it when you win. Liu Hou said disapprerovingly.

"Okay, you little Adou, am I afraid of you, when this battle is over, I will definitely find you to fight for three hundred rounds." Zhang Bao said angrily.

Usually when he has nothing to do, Liu Hou often fights with Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, among the three, Zhang Bao has the greatest strength, but he always loses more and wins less. Liu Hou and Guan Xing are two martial arts equal, and they each have wins and losses.

In fact, Zhang Bao is not unable to win against Liu Hou, if it is replaced by a life-and-death fight, it is difficult to say who wins and who loses between the two people. But the competition is different, Liu Hou is flexible, his marksmanship is weird and changeable, and he often gives Zhang Bao a cold shot. Although it is a light and fluttering touch, in the case of martial arts, the tip of the gun is removed, and the top of the stick is wrapped in powder, and the victory or defeat is determined by calculating the white dots on the body. So even a little fluttering is counting.

If it is a life-and-death fight, it is different, with Liu Hou's few fists and embroidered legs, even if he stabs Zhang Bao, he may not be able to pierce the heavy armor on Zhang Bao's body. And as long as Liu Hou, who is delicate and tender, is touched by his spear, he will definitely have to shed his skin and bones.

Liu Hou is clever in this, Zhang Bao uses an 80-kilogram iron spear, which is naturally extremely difficult to dance and very slow, while Liu Hou uses a wooden pole weighing more than 10 kilograms, and the dance speed is more than a step faster, so he can often draw cold seeds to Zhang Bao.

Of course, in addition to the tricky factor, there is still a little technical factor in it: he comes from later generations, has a certain understanding of internal boxing, and under Zhao Yun's careful teaching, marksmanship has a certain shadow of internal strength.

Every time Zhang Bao fights with him, he feels as if his spear is stuck by the opponent's gun, and every time he swings it, he feels extremely difficult, just like wielding a knife in the water.

In this way, Zhang Bao almost loses every time he competes with Liu Hou, and the same is true with Guan Xingbi, he is not a person who is willing to admit defeat, he often pesters the two of them to compete, and he is tired of losing and fighting.

"Okay, I'll give you a chance to avenge this battle after this battle, but now you have to promise me not to fight first, otherwise I'll let the eldest brother attack and you outflank the back road." Liu Houdao.

"What's so fun about outflanking the back road, I promise you. Zhang Bao said with a smile.

"That's right, you just need to command the musket team as you usually train, and strive to defeat and disperse the enemy as much as possible, as long as you break and escape, there is still a big brother behind to block it, and when the time comes, I dare to guarantee that this Wei army will be finished." After this battle, there is still a team of Wei troops to clean up, and you have to fight the battle. Liu Houdao.

Zhang Bao was about to agree to leave, only to hear Liu Hou say again: "First battalion commander." ”

The commander of a battalion came out and kicked his legs, saluted and said, "Here!" ”

"You are responsible for taking care of General Zhang Xiao, you can't let him run out to fight generals, if he runs out to fight generals, you will cut off your own head to see me."

"No!" The battalion commanders stood together and saluted again. As for whether he complained in his heart about why General Zhang Xiao made a mistake and wanted to cut off his head, it is unknown.

So, Zhang Bao led three battalions of the second regiment to attack head-on, and Guan Xing led two battalions of the first regiment to go around to the rear of the Wei army to prepare to block the rout. Liu Hou had a battalion of the Third Regiment and the First Regiment on hand, with a total of 2,000 people in four battalions. He assigned a battalion to defend the left flank, a battalion to defend the right flank, and a battalion to defend the rear, and he himself led a battalion as a reserve to deal with all sides in the center.

The three brothers went their own way, and the Wei army was not having a good time here, the camp could not be established, and the half-cooked rice that had just been buried in the pot could not be eaten, so Lu Jian ordered the whole team to fight immediately. The soldiers who had gathered in a group immediately stood up, dressed neatly, took up their weapons and went to the procession, and those who were anxious did not forget to scoop up a spoonful of half-cooked rice before leaving, and put a handful in their mouths without regard to the hot mouth. The rest of the fireheads continued to cook, and waited for the victorious soldiers to return from their victories.

These Wei troops were also considered well-trained, and although they issued an urgent military order, they did not panic at all, and quickly and orderly lined up in front of the two armies, quietly waiting for the advance of the Shu army.

The Shu army soon arrived at the land of a stone's throw, and Lu Jian gave an order, and the archers fell to the ground at a 45-degree angle to the sky, and a rain of arrows fell in front of the Shu army one after another. As a result, the Shu army stopped advancing and stood in formation outside the SE range of these arrows, which was the so-called "SE fixed formation".

Lu Jian rode a high-headed horse to the front of the two armies, and shouted: "A certain Wei general Lu Jian, who is the Shu general, quickly report to the name, and a certain subordinate will not kill the nameless." ”

Zhang Bao also held the eight snake spears in his hand, and rode a black horse out of front of the battle under his crotch, only to see the black man, black armor, black horse and black snake spear, just looking at his words, I thought I was looking at ink paintings. As soon as he came out, he scolded:

"Ahh Listen, your grandfather, my name is Zhang Bao. There's a kind of you just stand there and don't go, look at your grandfather, I won't beat you all over the head. ”

The sergeants on both sides were embarrassed, and this one spoke really interestingly. And the commander of the first battalion is shocked, this young master, he won't want to find someone to fight alone as soon as he comes up, right? It was about his own head, and the battalion commander who saw that the situation was not good didn't think about it, so he immediately rushed out and grabbed Zhang Bao's reins, for fear that Zhang Bao would urge him to fight immediately if he didn't agree.