Chapter 1361: Lu Bu Is Surrounded
"Are there really only two thousand cavalry?!" Zhang Xiong muttered to himself as he watched the surging cavalry approach; his words revealed a deep sense of confusion.
"Are there really only two thousand cavalry?" At the same time, Zhao Yun was also muttering to himself at the exit of the southern end of the valley. But now there is no time to think about it. If Lu Bu really has only two thousand cavalry, then the war will be much simpler.
If Lu Bu has more soldiers and horses behind him, Zhao Yun can only hope that Zhang Xiong can guard the entrance to the north end of the valley and give himself enough time.
I don't know whether it is because he is marching on his own territory, or because he feels that the Tang army has only two thousand cavalry and there is no possibility of posing a threat to him, so Lu Bu led two thousand cavalry into the valley without any hesitation.
Seeing two thousand cavalrymen entering the valley, Zhang Xiong stood up and ordered everyone: "Pass the order, get ready, and block the north entrance of the valley as soon as the general gives the signal. Then the army will prepare to defend against the enemy according to the previous arrangement!"
A few miles of distance is a blink of an eye for the cavalry, and soon the "rumbling" of horse hooves sounded at the southern end of the valley. Outside the valley entrance, Zhao Yun sat on his horse, holding the reins lightly with his left hand, holding a long spear in his right hand, with the tip of the spear pointed obliquely at the ground in front, and quietly looking into the valley.
There were five thousand white horse volunteers in front and behind Zhao Yun, and the volunteers behind were all sitting on horses, holding long spears in their hands, standing quietly in formation. The five thousand volunteers in front of him were different. They did not ride horses, but dismounted and stood in formation, each holding a longbow, and the quiver in front of them was full of arrows.
In front of the Yicong archery formation was a dense spear formation consisting of 3,000 spearmen. Because the valley entrance was not too wide, the 3,000 spearmen were divided into five rows, with 600 spearmen in each row. The dense spears pointed into the valley. Looking out from the valley, it seemed as if a huge hedgehog was seen.
In front of the spear formation was a full four rows of wooden chevaux de frise, which Zhao Yun ordered the craftsmen to make in half a day. There were not many of them, only enough for four rows, and they were made very roughly. Many branches on the chevaux de frise were not cleaned, and there were branches extending more than several inches everywhere. Because there were not enough sword and shield soldiers, Zhao Yun could only use chevaux de frise to arrange defense.
Soon, the "rumbling" sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, and then a cavalry appeared in everyone's sight, led by Lu Bu riding a red rabbit horse.
The Tang army soldiers saw Lu Bu and the Bingzhou wolf riders, and Lu Bu and his men also saw the Tang army formation outside the valley entrance.
"Whoa..."
"Whew..."
Waves of neighing came one after another. Lü Bu finally stopped his Red Hare 200 steps ahead of the Tang army's formation. Behind him, more than 6,000 horses also stopped one after another. Fortunately, the Red Hare ran faster than ordinary horses. When the other horses finally stopped, they were only a few steps away from Lü Bu.
"Zhao Yun! Is Huangfu Chaobo here?" Lü Bu stopped his horse and pointed his halberd at a distance and shouted;
"I'm sorry to disappoint King Zhao. My king is still in Jinyang!" Zhao Yun answered;
"In that case, why don't you open the road and I will go to Jinyang to meet him in person!" Lü Bu said;
"If King Zhao wants to go, just dismount and be tied up. I will escort King Zhao to meet my king!"
"How brave!" Lü Bu was furious when he heard this. He was about to order a charge. Suddenly, Zhao Yun pointed his gun forward and shouted: "Send a signal!"
A guard next to him heard this and quickly raised his longbow and shot an arrow into the sky. It was a whistling arrow.
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"Swish..."
A sharp whistle broke through the air, and then a series of earth-shaking killing sounds rang out from the cliffs on both sides of Lü Bu.
"Kill..."
"Kill..."
"Buzz..."
"Swoosh..."
In an instant, countless arrows fell from the sky, like dense raindrops, and rushed directly into the Zhao army in the valley. For a time, the Zhao cavalry and horses in the entire valley were covered by dense rain of arrows.
"Ah..."
"Puff..."
Three thousand Yicong each had ten arrows,
A total of 30,000 arrows fell from the sky and were distributed to the two thousand cavalry, with each person having less than 15 arrows. However, this was only an ideal situation. The real situation was that after the 30,000 arrows were shot, only more than half of the two thousand cavalry were lost, and nearly a thousand cavalry were not shot dead.
However, this was enough to make Lu Bu explode. In his opinion, the reason why Huang Xu's cavalry fought desperately with his Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry on the grassland of Yunzhong County was to damage the strength of his army and prepare for the final blow now.
"How dare you bully me like this!" As he spoke, Lu Bu pulled up the reins, raised his halberd in his right hand and pointed it forward, shouting: "Bingzhou Wolf Riders, follow me to charge the formation!" After saying that, he clamped his legs together, and the Red Hare seemed to have a telepathic connection with him, and raised its hooves and ran forward.
The remaining 800 Bingzhou Wolf Riders all drew their weapons upon hearing this, and followed closely behind him, rushing towards the Tang army's defensive formation.
A distance of more than 200 steps is a useless distance for cavalry. If they fight on horseback, the distance is too close, and the warhorse can't speed up at all. If they dismount and fight on foot, for cavalry like the Bingzhou Wolf Riders, dismounting and fighting on foot is a way to cut off one's own arm. However, under the current conditions, Lu Bu can no longer care about so much, and can only lead the cavalry to charge directly.
Seeing that Lu Bu's Red Hare was about to rush to a distance of 100 steps in front of the formation, Lu Bu began to wave his Fang Tian Huaji, ready to deal with the arrows shot by the Tang army's crossbowmen.
At this moment, dozens of riders suddenly rushed out from Lu Bu's side, but it was the Bingzhou Wolf Riders who were following Lu Bu. Their horses all had short blades stuck in their butts. It was the huge pain that caused their The war horse suddenly exploded and rushed forward, even faster than the accelerating red rabbit horse.
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment and let me break the formation for Your Majesty!" When one of the leading generals passed by Lu Bu, he saluted Lu Bu and shouted loudly;
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment and let your subordinates break the formation for Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment and let us break the formation for Your Majesty!"
The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry who followed closely behind them all saluted Lu Bu just like the first one, and then drove their horses directly towards the Tang army's horse-rejecting formation.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Yun was also moved in his heart, but he did not stop there, and orders continued to come out of his mouth.
"Instruct the archers to fire five volleys at a position sixty steps in front of the formation!"
"Instruct the pikemen to prepare for collision!"
"The cavalry is ready, we must not allow a Zhao Army cavalry to successfully break through!"
"Guards, get ready to attack with me!"
…
"Buzzing..."
"Whoosh..."
Thousands of arrows shot towards the position sixty steps in front of the formation like a black rain curtain.
Chapter 1361 Lu Bu is surrounded
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