Chapter 700: Lu Feng first blocked the road
The reason why Zhang Fei conquered the gall and did not enter. He led the army to continue to march eastward, not because he had discovered Tian Feng's strategic intention to use the gall pottery as bait to lure him into the urn.
Zhang Fei's intention was to put pressure on the Xiongwu army stationed east of the mainland, and when Chen Zhiyi took over Liu Pan's garrison in Ren County, Liu Pan's troops could take advantage of the situation to enter the city of Gauntloo and form a strong support for Zhang Fei. If the Xiongwu army stationed in the area from Nangong to Xindu does not withdraw, the next step will be the danger of being attacked on the north and south roads, and this unfavorable situation is definitely not what Pang De expected.
Lu Bu and Tian Feng, who had already withdrawn from the gall pottery, received an emergency secret protection from the shadow, and found that Zhang Fei actually entered the city without seeing it, but directly waved his army eastward, and couldn't help but be a little stunned.
Tian Feng said: "Zhang Fei's march this time was unexpected, if my guess is correct, the purpose of his march to the east was to force the Xiongwu army to evacuate Nangong, but in this way, it caused a lot of trouble for our soldiers to encircle the gall pottery. ”
Lu Bu said: "Since Zhang Fei will not enter the city, and the area east of the mainland Ze cannot afford to be lost, it seems that we have to urgently mobilize ambush troops to intercept Zhang Fei at the Huiluo Pavilion, fifty miles east of the gall Tao. ”
Tian Feng frowned and said, "It's just that in this way, our real combat strength will be in Zhang Fei's hands, but I'm afraid that it will be difficult to achieve the predetermined combat goal." It's better for us to set up suspicious soldiers, so that Zhang Fei thinks that the Xiongwu Army has ambushed heavy troops on the road from Gall Tao to Nangong, so that it will be difficult to retreat!"
Lu Bu looked at the military map and thought about Tian Feng's suggestion, and then said: "Does the Great Military Division mean to let the Xiongwu army left in the area of Nangong march towards Zhang Fei's troops, block the road of the southern army's advance, and force Zhang Fei to turn around and return to Gauntland?"
Tian Feng replied: "That's exactly what it means. As long as the 20,000 Xiongwu troops who crossed the mainland seized the opportunity and arrived at the moment before Liu Pan's departure from Ren County to Gall Tao, Zhang Fei would not be able to detect the back road being cut off. In the case that the road ahead is blocked and there are reinforcements behind, he will definitely not risk an immediate decisive battle with the Xiongwu army, but first retreat to the gall, and then find a way to mobilize other forces from the east bank of the mainland to sneak attack the back of the Xiongwu army. ”
After listening to Tian Feng's analysis, Lu Bu raised his own question again: "It's just that in this way, there are only 10,000 flying tigers/cavalry left east of the mainland, so doesn't it seem a little thin?"
Tian Feng replied: "This matter is not difficult, when the 10,000 Xiongwu troops who pretended to be ambushes saw Zhang Fei's retreat, they could directly follow them to the gall to participate in the encirclement battle, and the task of the Xiongwu army garrisoning Nangong was temporarily handed over to the 10,000 Xiong Zhen army to take over." ”
Lu Bu nodded, and said to Tian Feng with great admiration: "The army division is rigorous in its use of soldiers, and it is not confined to details and forms, and Bu has been taught!"
Tian Feng smiled and said: "Feng Xian praised him like this, Tian didn't dare to be ashamed. It is only because we have been able to transmit information quickly, because all armies have been able to achieve unity of command and strict military discipline, and because Master Taifu has vigorously cultivated the ability of middle- and low-level command generals for many years, that no matter how the various armies divide and combine, it is still inconvenient to maintain their basic combat strength, so we can use troops so flexibly. If other forces are changed, such a temporary adjustment of the troops' tasks and operational plans will only lead to counterproductive and self-destruction. ”
Lu Bu deeply understood Tian Feng's words, and said sincerely: "Master Taifu is eloquent and strategic, every time he has a wonderful idea, it will definitely have a far-reaching impact, and it is a great blessing for my generation to be able to follow him!"
Tian Feng nodded silently, agreeing with Lu Bu's statement. "Fengxian, there is an urgent task now, and you need to go out personally!" Tian Feng said again.
"It's okay for the military division to be blunt, Bu is happy to go!"
Tian Feng said: "Zhang Fei's martial arts have reached the fullest, I am worried that there is no one in the Xiongwu army who is invincible, so I will let you go to the town, and I will meet this deputy commander of the Southern Army for a while!"
"This matter is easy to hear, I will go now!" After Lu Bu finished speaking, he only took five hundred guards to bid farewell to Tian Feng and went to the Luoluo Pavilion.
Without waiting for Lu Bu to go far, several shadow team members rushed out to send adjusted combat orders to Ye Xiong, Wang Lu, Pang De, Li Feng and other generals participating in the battle.
That night, Zhang Fei led his army to be stationed twenty miles away from the gall pottery, and Lu Bu rushed to the Luoting overnight. On the morning of the second day, Zhang Fei led the army to continue to move eastward, and the 10,000 Xiongwu troops who had originally planned to stay in Nangong had received an urgent order to leave the army and march westward, heading straight to the Mingluo Pavilion, while the remaining 20,000 Xiongwu troops continued to prepare to start crossing the mainland in the evening.
On the night of the second day, Zhang Fei led the army to arrive at the pavilion, and the front probed the Malay newspaper, saying that there were hundreds of enemy troops in front of the pavilion, and there was a very powerful general, who made a Fang Tian painting halberd, carrying a big bow behind his back, and shot several spies who did not know the depth of the spies in a gesture.
Zhang Fei was shocked when he heard this, and guessed that it was very likely that the person blocking the road in front of him was Lu Bu, the number one person in the Jizhou Legion of the Jin Kingdom, so he led a team of guards to meet Lu Bu.
By the time Zhang Fei arrived at the pavilion, it was already completely dark, and he saw hundreds of torches flashing in the distance, one of them riding on a horse and stopping in the middle of the road.
Zhang Fei then asked loudly from afar: "The person who stopped in the middle of the road, but Lu Fengxian?"
Lu Bu replied: "Lu has been waiting here for a long time, and those who come dare to report their names!"
Zhang Fei then turned around, turned around and left, and did not engage Lu Bu. It turned out that it was getting late at this time, which was obviously not suitable for the two sides to fight, Zhang Fei was worried that there were assassins from the Jin Kingdom ambushed nearby, so he did not reveal his identity, once he determined that the person blocking the road was Lu Bu, he immediately returned to his own army, and prepared to prevent the Jin army from attacking the camp at night.
In the night of the same day, the 10,000 Xiongwu troops who were urgently dispatched finally arrived at the Luoting Pavilion before dawn and joined Lu Bu together.
After dawn, Zhang Fei led the army to surround the pavilion, and found that there were many traces of soldiers and horses moving behind Lu Bu. Zhang Fei suspected that this was a suspicious plan deliberately set up by Lu Bu, and there might only be thousands of soldiers who escaped from the city behind him, so he sent someone to challenge Lu Bu, stating that the two main generals would fight in front of the battle.
Lu Bu has always been not afraid to fight alone, and since Zhang Fei sent someone to write a battle letter, he took it without hesitation.
The two sides agreed to fight at the time, and the location was chosen on an open and flat wilderness five miles in front of the pavilion.
When the appointed time was about to come, Lu Bu and Zhang Fei coincidentally appeared at the duel, and a mile behind them were soldiers from both sides who came to help in the battle.
Lu Bu was still riding his pure white horse, holding the stainless steel Fangtian Painting Halberd that had accompanied him in his battles for ten years, wearing a set of dark and shiny plate armor, and wearing a helmet in the shape of a tiger's head with only two black holes and holes, which did not look much different from the configuration of the other main generals of the Jin Kingdom.
Zhang Fei rode a black Dawan horse, carrying a sharp spear more than a zhang long, the tip of the spear showed a snake-shaped wave blade, shining with cold brilliance in the sunlight. Zhang Fei was wearing armor that imitated the style of Jin State plate armor, and he was also wearing a helmet on his head to hide his face.
Although no one is willing to admit it, after all these years of competition, the weapons and armor used by the generals of the Jin State are the best in terms of applicability and protective ability, so the imperial court used some of the steel provided by the Jin State to Luoyang every year to make a batch of better weapons and armor than before, although there is still a gap compared with what the Jin State produces, but the progress is also obvious.
The two people on the field are both superb martial artists, so they omitted all the nonsense and politeness, and as soon as they came up, they urged the war horses to gallop with all their might, and used their sharpest offensive moves.
The two rode unstoppably in the center of the field, Zhang Fei's iron spear went straight to Lu Bu's heart, and Lu Bu's halberd slashed Zhang Fei's neck......
Before they knew it, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu had been fighting for more than 80 rounds, and although both of them were riding extremely strong BMWs, they were both tired and panting, and they seemed to be showing signs of exhaustion.
In the ninetieth round, Zhang Fei was stabbed in the thigh by Lu Bu's halberd, and blood immediately flowed. Zhang Fei took advantage of the opportunity of the two sides to turn the horses' heads and directly urged the war horses to retreat to their own formation. After Lu Bu dropped the horse's head, he found that Zhang Fei was cowardly defeated and left, so he chased after him from behind, but because the horses on both sides were exhausted, he finally let Zhang Fei return to his own position.