Chapter 12 Lu Bu among the people
On a midsummer night, the evening breeze is just right, and people can't stop missing the bed.
Cao Hong, who had been marching for three days in a row, chose a valley to camp and prepared for the night, firstly to reconfirm the situation at Xiaopei's side, and secondly, to prepare for the big battle.
On the hill outside the valley, Lu Bu looked at the piles of bonfires, and preliminarily judged that the number of people was consistent with what Wei Yue had reported.
"Wen Hou, it seems that Cao's army is tired from the rapid march for days, and there are only two teams of sentry riders around." Gao Shun pointed to the two teams of night patrol sergeants not far away.
There is no danger to defend a temporary camp like this, and there are usually enough sentry horses to be sent out that Cao is confident that he will not be noticed.
Who would have thought that they would appear so suddenly.
"Peping, you lead a team of cavalry to attack from the west, and I will attack from the east, and immediately approach the big tent of the Chinese army, and kill the generals to capture the flag to chill the hearts of their troops!"
On the march and in battle, Lu Bu is a good hand, his face is like sinking water, and he is calm as if he is doing an insignificant thing.
The slaughter of the Hu people earned him the name of a flying general in those years, and the battle against Dong Qinwang allowed him to precipitate his experience and further improve his military quality.
These have all justified Lu Bu's name among others.
The two men each led fifteen hundred horsemen and went their separate ways.
This kind of sneak attack battle, highlighting a fast, Lu Bu did not bring infantry, and the three thousand iron cavalry under his command were exhausted.
Since it was a temporary camp, there was no stockade, and there was no so-called gate, Lu Bu and the cavalry saw that the distance was almost the same, and they accelerated abruptly.
"Knock knock~"
After the sentinel in charge of the night patrol found out, he immediately sounded the gong warning on his body.
In the next breath, the guard who struck the gong was struck by an arrow in the throat, and the force of the arrow carried him away.
Cao Jun, who was awakened by the gong, rushed out of the tent with a ring-headed knife, and before he could figure out what was going on, Fang Tian's halberd rushed to his face.
The chest cavity of the person who was photographed was deflated, like a kite with a broken string, and blood mist splattered wantonly from his mouth.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Don't mess around! ”
Cao Jun was all elite, and he didn't remove his armor when he slept, so he could react so quickly.
However, every time they gathered together to fight back, a fiery red horse taller than an ordinary war horse would rush towards them, accompanied by a cold halberd shadow, and many people fell to the ground clutching their throats without even seeing the appearance of the comer.
"Uncle, it's not good, there are cavalry attacking the camp, attacking from both sides in the east and west, and there is chaos in the barracks now!"
Cao Xiu, who was only eighteen years old, was attacked by a sneak attack when he followed Cao Hong to the battlefield for the first time, and his lips couldn't stop trembling when he spoke.
"Don't mess around! Chaos is a failure! ”
Cao Hong, who had experienced several battles in Xingyang and Puyang, was in danger, picked up a big knife and rushed out of the military tent to look around, and immediately made a decision after roughly judging the situation, "There are not many people, but the killing is sudden, I will go to Xizhai to retreat the enemy, you take people to Dongzhai!" ”
"Whoa!"
The two men mounted their horses and led the cavalry into action.
"Cao Wenlie! Cao Wenlie! Cao Wenlie! ”
Cao Xiu galloped while learning Cao Hong's name yelling, so that the panicked sergeants knew that the main general was still there and there was no need to panic.
Everywhere they went, the sergeants did become much calmer.
On the battlefield, Lu Bu followed the usual tactics, taking the lead by himself, using the advantage of the red rabbit horse to rush into the crowd and tear a hole, and the cavalry behind him immediately rushed up, which could quickly swallow up one regiment after another.
"The thief will be known by name!"
Cao Xiu, who had overturned four cavalrymen in a row, found a trace of feeling, and was not afraid in the face of Lu Bu, who was obviously one size bigger than himself.
"Lu Fengxian!"
With this tiger roar, the seven Cao Jun were swept upside down by Fang Tian's halberd, and after landing, a bloody mark was plowed out.
The moment Lu Fengxian shouted out the three words, it was obvious that all Cao Jun's movements were sluggish.
Cao Xiu gasped, and suddenly felt a biting chill coming from the depths of his back.
Among the people, Lu Bu is an insurmountable peak in front of the world's generals.
During the Puyang War, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian, and Le Jin surrounded and suppressed him, and he could not be killed.
Cao Xiu was on the battlefield for the first time, and it was also the first time he saw Lu Bu, but when these two things merged, it was a nightmare.
Before he could come back to his senses, Lu Bu was already coming towards him, and Fang Tian's halberd dragged a deep trace on the ground.
Cao Xiu clenched his teeth and let out an angry roar to raise his courage, and the spear stabbed towards Lu Bu's door.
Lu Bu didn't dodge or dodge, Fang Tian drew the halberd and hit the spear crookedly, it was just a simple collision, and the buzzing sound from the body of the spear actually made the silver spear almost get out of his hand.
Damn, what a domineering power!
When he tried to draw his spear back and launch a second attack, a cold light flashed in front of him, and then the heavens and the earth began to flip, and the sounds around him began to subside.
In a blur, he saw a headless corpse fall straight from his horse, and the sky and earth fell into darkness.
"The Lord is dead, and the soldiers rush in with me!"
With the death of Cao Xiu, the morale of Lu Bu's army exploded, and they all shouted: "Wenhou is invincible, Wenhou is invincible, Wenhou is invincible!" ”
Lu Bu took the lead in opening the way, and the fiery red cloak hunted, and wherever there was a block, the halberd swept by, and the blood mist was filled.
In the chaotic battlefield, he fought his way out of the battlefield with his own strength and led the way for the cavalry behind him.
After a short time, he arrived at the Chinese military tent, cut off the fluttering 'Cao' character Daxu, and picked up the bonfire in front of him, and the fire engulfed the entire Chinese army tent at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Bell Bell Bell ~"
A hurried gong sounded, a signal for retreat.
Lu Bu wiped the blood stains splashed on his face, and the evening breeze blew with the smell of burnt linen, he laughed happily and raised his halberd, "Kill me!" ”
Pursuit is a must, he doesn't care about the capture, he doesn't care that Cao Jun didn't carry a baggage with him, so naturally it is impossible to loot any materials, but he wants to tell Cao Cao that there is a price to pay for attacking me!
On this night, Cao's army was chased for thirty miles, with countless casualties.
In the early morning of the next day, Gao Shunxing hurriedly ran to Lu Bu, who was sitting under the tree with his eyes closed, and grinned:
"Wen Hou, 1,364 Cao Jun war horses were captured in this battle!"
War horses are the most valuable resources, and they are even more valuable in Xuzhou, which does not produce war horses.
These horses were of great help to Lu Bu, who had blocked the procurement routes by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the west and north.
Lu Bu also smiled, he stood up and breathed a long sigh of relief, with this batch of war horses, he could form a team of cavalry again in time.
Yunwen, this battle is a big victory, all thanks to you.
I'll remember.
"How are the brethren?" After a while, Lu Bu looked at Gao Shun who was excited.
"One hundred and seventeen people were killed, and more than three hundred were seriously wounded." Gao Shun's face was full of distress.
At the cost of more than 400 casualties, 5,000 Cao troops were defeated and more than 1,000 war horses were captured, which was a bumper harvest on weekdays, but this time it was a sneak attack after all, and Gao Shun felt that it was still too much.
"This time is different from usual, all of them are the elite of the Cao army, and such casualties are already a great victory."
Lu Bu patted him on the shoulder, "Bury the brothers." ”