The soldiers exchanged their heads, "That's natural, that's the Iron Cavalry!" You don't know ......."

"Shut up!" Some team leaders immediately stopped them with a rough voice, "There is an enemy attack!" ”

When he shouted like this, Jinji's shrill and loud voice rang out one after another!

If it was Yu Ban's infantry, how could he have arrived here so quickly?

If it's cavalry...... How did he find this high ground with such precision?

These chaotic problems began when this small number of tiger and leopard cavalry suddenly appeared on the hills, this cavalry was less than five hundred men, but they advanced and retreated in moderation, each of them held a horse lance, and when they rushed down from the hills, it was like a bloody gust of wind, and in an instant they dispersed the soldiers that Tai Shi Ci was forming.

And their reaction was extremely agile, and when they saw the crossbowmen surrounded by long-card soldiers, ready to shoot back with a rain of arrows, the cavalry immediately scattered and fled!

Yu Ban's infantry had not yet arrived, so they could not inflict greater damage on the Xuzhou soldiers, but even so, it was still a frightening and demoralizing dismount!

Until Zhang Liao's Bingzhou cavalry arrived, these tiger and leopard cavalry were still like sharks smelling blood, surrounding the vicinity of the Xuzhou army, not far or close, and refused to leave.

And at the end of the field in the distance, the cloud-like banner of the Yanzhou Army was slowly appearing on the land.

This war did not require any more communication between the two sides, and they knew each other's intentions very well, so first the golden cymbals, then the war drums, the archers in front, the rattan soldiers in the back, and the halberders or horse lancers on the sides, cautiously hid behind the antlers, waiting for the cavalry who did not know from which direction they would rush -

When the lines on both sides slowly approached, and the rain of arrows finally overlapped and intertwined, a team of sword hands rushed out of the black cloud-like military formation, holding rattan cards on one side to cover the overwhelming rain of arrows, and shouting in their mouths, side by side with their comrades, striding forward!

They were so fast that they could barely catch up with the rain of arrows, and when they were close to the last thirty paces, some of them even threw away their rattan cards and rushed at the archers who had not had time to retreat!

The cold iron ring sword forged from the Yanzhou Iron Commander pierced deep into the chest of the first row of archers, and when it was pulled out, it was a whirlwind like blood! After chopping melons and vegetables and killing these archers in the front row, the front of the Xuzhou people was opened a few small openings by these brave and strong warriors in an instant!

When the flag was changed, and the officer roared loudly, wanting to wipe out this death squad and reorganize the front, Yu Ban's main force had already come to them!

The archers had retreated, and spears flew one after another, like a rain of arrows, but heavier and more oppressive than the rain of arrows, and it was not uncommon for the spears thrown by those with infinite strength to pierce the rattan plaque!

When the rattan soldiers in the second row also fell down screaming, this battlefield suddenly seemed to become the board of a butcher who was about to show off his skills, and when the sword light quickly lifted and fell, one after another blood splashed!

And the butcher with a steel knife was standing under the protection of the Chinese army, still staring at this battlefield with a cold face.

"Tai Shi Ci is also worthy of the reputation of a famous general," he picked up his horsewhip and pointed to the Xuzhou army, which was still maintaining the core formation despite slowly retreating, "It's a pity that after all, the strong crossbow is at the end." ”

"After all, it's not Lu Lian who is close to ......"

Yu Ban's eyes suddenly moved slightly, and his tone was still very flat.

"What if she's close?"

The arms of those soldiers were still strong, but the recuperated Yanzhou soldiers were even stronger;

Those soldiers are very tenacious in their will to fight, but the Yanzhou soldiers who are out of the nest are also not a problem;

Those soldiers were familiar with this land, but this was the third time that the Yanzhou soldiers had come to this land!

This is Xuzhou, someone else's homeland, someone else's homeland, so what?

War does not depend on who is more pitiful, who is more just, who can shed more tears, or who has a better reputation and knows how to appease the homeless.

Lu Lian may be a famous general, but there are too many facts for her to be distracted, since she will be unbearable when she sees the homeless, probably she will be heartbroken when she sees these dead soldiers.

She has too many things in her head, how can she compare to him?

Yu Ban values this opponent and her reputation as undefeated, but he also firmly believes that she will eventually meet an opponent that she cannot defeat.

So, why can't it be him?

He didn't care about the lives of the common people, he didn't care about the Han family, righteousness, forgiveness and other ethereal things, and those things advocated by famous men and sages were worthless in his eyes.

But he cares whether the lord he chooses is constantly victorious, and he also cares about whether he himself is constantly victorious.

He lived a very simple life, never liked women, never hid the materials collected in the army, and hardly had any hobbies.

In addition to constantly fighting, constantly winning, and constantly accumulating valve, he has no distractions, no desires and no desires - so how could he lose to Lu Lian?!

Zhang Liao grabbed the reins and took a deep breath.

Once again, the tiger and leopard cavalry ran back to the flank of the Yanzhou army, and so did he.

And although the battlefield has not yet been decided, he can see that the Xuzhou soldiers are just gritting their teeth to support and withstand wave after wave of attacks, and even Tai Shici has to come to the battle in person and draw his sword to fight.

This is indeed a formidable enemy, but this sense of oppression is not unfamiliar.

His gaze shifted to Yu Ban's banner, and he thought in his heart that this battle was the same as Yu Ban's fight, but he had an extremely familiar feeling.

The division of labor among the soldiers of the forbidden army is very clear, even in the fight, they can obey the dispatch, when to move forward, when to retreat and repair the formation, when the long card soldiers retreat, the knife hand comes forward, and when the knife hand retreats, the long halberd soldiers roar in unison, and take a step forward!

…… This has nothing to do with any clever schemes, and what is revealed is purely Yu Ban's control over this army.

Every order he gave was swift and complete, and every soldier was able to respond immediately and inhibitably.

In Zhang Liao's impression, only Gao Shun can do this, but Gao Shun's trapped camp is less than 1,000 people, and Yu Ban's elite army is 5,000.

- like an arm making a finger.

Chapter 263

Lu Hangyu set off one step ahead of Guan Yu, she was going north and besieging Yu Ban.

She also didn't carry much baggage.

All the baggage was left to Guan Yu, and the difficult task of transporting supplies from this swamp was also handed over to Guan Yu, but it was almost nothing compared to what he had to face next.

The Huai'an City, which was dug out of a five-zhang wide trench by Yu Ban, was also handed over to Guan Yu, but as we all know, the baggage was mainly tents, daily necessities, grain and grass, etc., and those siege equipment several zhang high could not be brought with him anyway, over the mountains and mountains, and challenging the swamp wetlands.

Therefore, after leaving the swamp, he also had to go around cutting down trees, make ladder carts and battering rams from the craftsmen and men of the army, and at the same time, surround the whole city - otherwise the army would attack the city at the west gate, and the defenders would rush out from the east gate, and there would be no need to kill anyone, as long as they set fire to those behemoths, it would be enough for the besieging army to lose blood pressure.

This was one of the reasons why Cao Cao's army had not completely encircled Xiapi for a long time, and at this moment, this kind of trouble also appeared in front of Guan Yu and Lu Hangyu.

That's why they had to devise such a strategy, to induce them to be banned

As long as Yu Ban is breached, then the morale of the soldiers defending the city will inevitably plummet, and Huai'an City can be broken by itself and return to their hands.

…… This is actually not a very new trick, especially since Yu Ban just used it once not long ago.

Fu Shiren saw the Yanzhou army feinting, his brain was hot, and he rushed out, so the people were lost, and the city was lost.

Now that they have done it again, the only expectation is that Yu Ban is as vulnerable as Fu Shiren.

…… It seems that this expectation has been disappointed.

After pulling her legs out of the mud, the soldiers silently followed her up to the dirt road in the woods, carrying flags and knives.

Leaves from nowhere fell, swept by the wind, and gradually piled up on the side of the road, and as the soldiers stepped on them, the pale or golden leaves rustled under the pairs of straw sandals.

She rode her warhorse and walked at the front of the group, the black blade behind her, still sleeping quietly.

After losing this combat partner, Lu Hangyu became more cautious and more aware of the movements around him.

It was difficult to hide any ambushes in the fields, most of the peasants' grass huts had been burned down, some of the houses had collapsed, so they mercifully covered up the bodies of their masters, and some of the beams were too strong, so that through the hollow windows, you could still see the figures floating inside.

She suddenly reined in her horse.

"There's someone there."

She stretched out her hand and pointed to a mountain god monument that was split into two sections dozens of steps away.

With a clamp on the horse's belly, the horse's hooves were gently and skillfully lifted into the barren field, followed by a scream.

A small, thin, muddy figure sprang out from behind the monument and ran frantically towards the depths of the field.

"Don't chase it!" She suddenly shouted.

“…… Checkmate? "The horse was about to chase, and when he heard her voice, he hurriedly ran back again, "When he met an unknown person on the way, he should have brought it back for a detailed investigation, just in case, why did the general let him go?" ”

"We're already in Xuzhou, and we're running for Yu Ban," she said, "Yu Ban's heart is bright, don't you know how to watch out for our movements?" He came from Yanzhou, and it was impossible for him to bring a child with the army, let alone buy such a local child. ”

"Why not? General ......"

"Look at the sight along the road," she said, pointing to the signs of war in the distance. ”

So the cavalry was temporarily silent.

"Go on," she said blandly, "and, take some dry food and put it on the stump." ”

They had gone a long way, but when they were still twenty miles from the battlefield, it was still completely dark.

The scouts brought them back the news, which was not very good, but it was acceptable: Yu Ban's 5,000 elite soldiers formed a semicircle formation and had handed her over to Tai Shici's soldiers to surround her, but the two armies could not fight at night, so they could only camp and rest, and there was no time to dig trenches, so they simply used carts to set up fortifications, set up tents, and waited for the day.

Although Tai Shi Ci was down, he always maintained the front, so Yu Ban did not have a good way to break it in one go, so he had to take a break for a while.

"Yu Ban must have also known that the general was coming, and at the latest tomorrow morning, he would raise troops to attack in a hurry," the cavalry under Zhang Liao's command said in a Mandarin with the flavor of Bingzhou, "so General Zhang asked the general to show how to retreat from the enemy?" ”

"Let's camp and rest first," she said, "as for how to retreat...... I'll have to think about it. ”

Although they camped, the soldiers could not rest, they had to set up tents, to fetch water, to collect firewood, to look around for some wild vegetables and wild fruits to come back - the army naturally has grain and rice, but the non-staple food is scarce, only salted meat and dried vegetables, and it can only be said that it is barely satisfying to eat - if you are lucky, it will be better to be able to beat two stupid golden chickens back, if you can't beat it, you can touch a nest of brocade eggs in the forest.

The soldiers busily boiled the water, threw the simple washed ingredients into it, and then stared intently at the steaming pot of soup, which contained everything, vegetables, wild fruits, jerky, bird eggs, and enough for a team of men.

For the sake of fairness, those things were basically chopped into thin pieces, and they might not be able to float on the surface of the soup pot, so the soldiers learned the skill of "picking up lightly and slowly, and sinking the spoon to the bottom".

…… Of course, no matter how clever the soup scooping technique is, you can't actually get much, but a bowl of hot soup is still enough to dispel the fatigue and fatigue of the march.

Compared to the soldiers, the food here is naturally much better.

A roasted partridge, plus a few partridge eggs, a bowl of vegetable soup, and a piece of bread.

She stared at the top-notch food for a moment, and decided to go out and look around, looking for an appetite.

Everyone was marching in a hurry, not only did Yu Ban and Tai Shici's soldiers and horses not be able to build a safe and reliable camp, but she was the same here, so she could only fence the camp with a car, cut down trees, and tie some rudimentary antlers to lay out.

It was already completely dark.

The camp was noisy, but as soon as you stepped out, you could immediately feel the almost suffocating silence.

Leaves swayed in the wind in the distance, and water murmured in the distance, but there were no homes nearby, far or near.

She stood by the river for a moment, then turned away.

"Why are you so bold?"

The dirty, little head poked out carefully from behind the rock.

He is the eldest in the family, so he can be called Da Lang, but his parents prefer to call him Ah Xiong, ah, he always feels that he is already a man who stands up to the sky, but he will still be scolded by his mother for not being able to weave straw sandals......

She sat on the stone and listened to the little boy of about ten years old a little nervously, so she talked a lot and couldn't find the point in muttering.

In fact, he didn't know who it was, he couldn't read, so as soon as the cavalry came, he ran away as fast as he could, he was so panicked that he hadn't eaten anything for a few days, and his already pounding heart beat faster.