Chapter 58: Withdrawal to Chang'an

Lu Bu looked at the tens of thousands of troops in front of him and fell into a tangle.

And Gao Shun didn't speak, he said enough words.

The situation of the army is not very good, and these old soldiers he has brought with him from the state are being consumed little by little.

The cavalry was swept into the infantry array, and the powerful impact was gone.

The main function of cavalry is to charge into battle, and once you are in the middle of the enemy, there are only two possibilities.

One is to break through the enemy formation, when the enemy formation is broken, the enemy's formation disappears, and the next is to disperse and annihilate the enemy army.

The second is that they are caught in the enemy's army, unable to break through the enemy formation, and unable to retreat, in this case, if the martial arts are strong, they can still be killed in the infantry formation, if the martial arts are slightly worse, they can only be found in the pile of corpses.

And now Lu Bu's cavalry is this second type, their first task was not to rush into battle, but to kill Lin Mu, but Lin Mu was not killed, their formation was still disrupted, and then they were directly involved by the imperial army.

The army did not even storm the enemy position, and was broken into by the enemy.

However, although the disadvantages of Lu Bu's army were more obvious, it was not easy for the imperial army.

Although there are forests as spearheads, there are too many of Lu Bu's army.

And most of them are experienced veterans, and there are many fewer veterans of the imperial army.

Therefore, although Lu Bu's army fell into a disadvantage, it was not so easy to be killed and collapsed.

This is also the reason why Lu Bu has never wanted to withdraw his troops.

If you don't retreat, when the army cuts off the edge of the imperial army, your own army can be preserved.

And if it is withdrawn, it will be to leave tens of thousands of people for the imperial army to kill.

But at this time, the imperial army, under the leadership of Lin Mu, had already carved out half of Lu Bu's army.

The speed of the army is not fast, but it is extremely determined.

The army follows behind Lin Mu, and you only need to make sure that you follow Lin Mu all the time.

They don't need to know what they're doing, they just need to follow.

But there were too many enemy troops on both sides, killing one after another, and the endless killings were endless.

At this moment, a cry came from nowhere.

"For Your Majesty!"

The soldiers rushed into battle on this battlefield, and they were extremely tired.

But after hearing these four words at this moment, it suddenly seemed to gain a new strength.

First there was only one voice shouting, and soon there was a second, a third......

Countless voices rang out in unison on this incomparably chaotic battlefield.

These four words seemed to have magical power, and the soldiers shouted and killed the enemy.

The originally unfast speed suddenly accelerated, and the entire battlefield was a cry for the four words of Your Majesty.

Seeing this scene, Lu Bu already understood that his army might be over.

Originally, the hesitation in his heart made Lu Bu not know whether to withdraw the troops, but now this scene makes Lu Bu understand that if he does not withdraw the troops, he is afraid that it will not work.

Originally, the withdrawal of troops could still withdraw 20,000 soldiers, but now the withdrawal of troops is afraid that there are not even 10,000 soldiers.

But if you don't withdraw, it will be the end of the whole army.

Lu Bu clenched the reins in his hand, stared at the battlefield in front of him, and gritted his teeth.

"Mingjin retreats!"

The sound of gold and iron echoing spread far away on the battlefield, and the army that was still holding on began to retreat slowly, but how could Lin Mu let them go at this time.

He continued to charge with his soldiers, but in an instant, the army that was already demoralized collapsed.

From the original stalemate, it became a retreat, then from retreat to a rout, and finally into an escape with armor thrown away.

If the retreat had just begun, the tens of thousands of troops would still be complete, and they would not have become like this if they had covered each other's retreat.

But at this time, the army has already lost thousands of troops, and the hearts of the ten thousand troops are in chaos, how can it not be chaotic to retreat at this time.

Lu Bu glanced at the battlefield, Le Ma returned to the Xinfeng military camp, and then did not stay long and retreated in the direction of Chang'an with the army.

Lu Bu originally set up the camp in Xinfeng, why did he make this decision after defeating the imperial army and facilitating the pursuit.

But now that the army has been defeated, Xinfeng has no danger to defend, and even the city wall is not high.

If you rely on such a lonely camp, you can't even run once you are surrounded.

Therefore, now the only way out is to return to Chang'an, defend in Chang'an, and after holding each other, with the grain and grass accumulated by the imperial court, I am afraid that it will not last long.

The imperial court was not rich in the first place, and after being poisoned by Dong Zhuo, the savings were not much, and now that the army is newly trained, the consumption of grain and grass will only increase.

Although Lu Bu heard in Chang'an that the imperial court had killed many wealthy families, how many could he kill?

Isn't this world still supported by the family, he Liu argues that a newly enthroned emperor, even if he kills again, how much can he kill?

The army fled all the way into Chang'an City, and then returned to Chang'an from the battlefield one after another.

Most of these soldiers were cavalry, and they could return from Xinfeng to Chang'an in less than an hour.

After Lu Bu was relieved by these soldiers, he went to his house again, sat down and wanted to calm down a little, but he didn't expect that the more he thought about it, the more irritated he became.

Under the First World War, there were only a few thousand of tens of thousands of troops left, which was simply unacceptable to Lu Bu.

At that moment, a soldier suddenly ran in from outside.

"The general is not good, there are chaotic people everywhere in the city, and the east gate has been stormed by thousands of chaotic people, and the generals are suppressing it."

Lu Bu looked at the soldier in front of him, and Lu Bu, who was already irritable, was even more irritable.

With a long knife in his hand, he walked out of the door and rode towards the most chaotic place.

Chang'an, as the second largest city in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was extremely developed in terms of population and economy.

But first he was poisoned by Dong Zhuo, and after Dong Zhuo's death, Lu Bu came again.

Lu Bu is more brutal than Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo will also restrain the soldiers, but Lu Bu is already not prestigious in the army, and it has not been long before he kills Ding Yuan.

If he restricts his subordinates like this, I'm afraid that his subordinates will turn against him.

In addition, he later collected the remnants of Xiliang Dong Zhuo, and the military discipline was a mess.

Fortunately, Lu Bu is not without any political acumen, and understands that if he wants to be stationed here, he must have the support of local wealthy families and families.

This allowed these groups not to be taken by Lu Bu's soldiers.

However, although these rebels did not dare to harass those wealthy families, the ordinary people suffered a lot.

Military discipline is a mess, and only the local people can suffer.

When Lu Bu had an army of 100,000, no one dared to clash with Lu Bu, but now that Lu Bu was defeated, there was not one out of ten soldiers.

At this time, it was the time of the great chaos in Chang'an, and how could the people who had suffered from these chaos not resist.

At this time, there were only thousands of soldiers left on the Chang'an city wall, and there was no way to defend the remaining Chang'an City.