Chapter 271 Encounter

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Because it is close to the war zone, from Yique Pass in the south around Songshan Mountain to Hulao Pass, you can clearly feel an unspeakable desolation.

This was not caused by this battle. In fact, since Lu Bu reoccupied Luoyang and stationed troops here, a large area of ​​the population east of Hulao and west of Yique Pass was absorbed into the land of Heluo.

Those who didn't want to come in kept away. Even the common people knew that a big battle would happen here sooner or later.

Looking at this area now, and even the Yingchuan area, it is much more desolate than when the princes attacked Dong.

"Brother, Yuan Benchu ​​clearly looked down on us. We came thousands of miles to seek refuge, and he didn't even want to give us food and grass. He even asked us to attack Yique Pass alone. Was Yique Pass so easy to conquer? I heard that since then After Lu Bu reoccupied Luoyang, he reinforced Yique and Hulao several times. Now Yuan Shao is planning to wait for the winter to cross the river on ice, but he asked us to attack Yique Pass, but he is still unwilling to give us food and grass. According to me, we can directly Forget about withdrawing the troops!" In the Meishan area, Liu Bei and his party, who had left Yuan Shao's camp, were preparing to go to Yique Pass, but Zhang Fei was full of complaints.

The reason is actually to put it bluntly, Yuan Shao doesn't want to support Liu Bei's troops. Although 20,000 people are not many, they are not his own people, so why should he give them food and grass?

As for letting Liu Bei come to Yique Pass, it is not because Yuan Shao really wants to embarrass Liu Bei. According to Yuan Shao's plan, crossing the river in winter is indeed an important step, but Yique Pass and Hulao Pass must also be fought. Yuan Shao not only has to deal with these two Guan, Bingzhou is also attacking. Taihang Baxing was attacked by Black Mountain bandits. Now Zhang Yan is probably turning to Lu Bu. It is difficult to pass through Taihang, so Yuan Shao can only find a way from Yanmen. .

Therefore, the main force of Yuan Shao's attack was the high-ranking cadres who passed through Yanmen. Gao Lan was responsible for attacking Jiguan, while Yuan Shao led the main force to station troops in Hanoi. He ordered Wen Chou to occupy Xingyang and Zhang He to occupy Aocang to form a double-team on Hulao Pass. .

Liu Bei is only responsible for Yique Pass. Everyone cooperates with each other, and you don't even need to attack. As long as you can contain the troops at Yique Pass, it is enough. But for Liu Bei's people, it is obvious that Yuan Shao treats them as pawns.

This is also the drawback of the alliance. It is difficult to convince each other. Even if Yuan Shao is the leader of the alliance, his power far exceeds that of Liu Bei and others.

"Yide, don't talk nonsense. We are here to save your majesty. What difference should we make between each other?" Liu Bei knew that his brother was aggrieved for him, but this was really unnecessary. Chen Gong had already sent Yuan Shao this time. Yuan Shao's offensive intentions were thoroughly analyzed. Compared with the princes' challenge to Dong in those days, Yuan Shao is now more than twice as strong as he was in terms of strength and response strategy.

"Brother." Zhang Fei rode his horse to Liu Bei's side and frowned: "I don't know why, but I always feel that I was a little hasty in waiting to mobilize the troops this time. Do you think that if Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, or Cao Cao come to attack, Yuan Long might be able to defend Xuzhou? "

Zhang Fei was even a little worried about whether they could return to Xuzhou?

After all, there is a large area of ​​Cao Cao's territory in between. Whether he can go back safely depends on Cao Cao's happiness. This kind of thing really makes people feel very insecure.

Liu Bei frowned and glanced at Zhang Fei. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the army suddenly stop. The two of them looked quickly and saw Guan Yu in front raising his long sword high, signaling the army to stop.

"Yun Chang, why did you suddenly stop the army?" Liu Bei and Zhang Fei rushed forward and looked at Guan Yu in confusion and asked.

Guan Yu pointed forward, frowned and said, "Brother, look over there!"

Liu Bei and Zhang Fei followed the instructions and saw that there was nothing wrong. Just as they were about to say something, Zhang Fei suddenly stopped.

As far as the eye can see, where the sky and the earth meet, like the end of the wilderness, there seems to be a black line moving. From their current position, the billowing smoke and dust seem to make the black line blurry.

"Prepare for war!" Liu Bei's face was solemn. After these years of fighting in the north and south, although there were mostly small victories and almost no big battles were won, Liu Bei also accumulated a wealth of combat experience. This is obviously an army in The sight of a march.

I don’t know who the enemy troops are, but coming from this direction, it is possible that Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and even Lu Bu’s armies will come.

"It's the cavalry!" After Guan Yu felt it for a moment, his expression became more solemn.

Although Cao Cao and Yuan Shu had cavalry, they were not many. As the other side approached, they were no longer in a line. They could see the galloping knights and the trembling sound coming from the ground.

Yuan Shu and Cao Cao cannot produce a cavalry of this size and with such momentum. There is only one person in the world who can have such a cavalry with such courage.

Guan Yu's face was as dark as water and he shouted: "Circle Formation!"

This is the second confrontation between the three brothers and Lu Bu's army. No matter how powerful the opponent is, they can't lose. After these years of fighting, they have a fighting force at their disposal. It is no longer the only way to rely on Gongsun Zan. Even if they are facing Lu Bu, they will not be afraid at all.

Under Guan Yu's command, the army quickly gathered, formed a circular formation, and stood ready. As long as the opponent dared to attack his own army, he would definitely make the opponent lose a few teeth.

On the other side, Lu Bu's scouts also discovered this group of troops. Ma Chao looked at Lu Bu eagerly and said, "My lord, should we change to heavy armor?"

Ever since he knew that the Flying Cavalry Army had heavy armor, Ma Chao had always wanted to try it. Now that an enemy army appeared, he naturally wanted to see the power of heavy armor!

"Heavy armored cavalry should not be used unless it is a last resort." Lu Bu shook his head. Although heavy armor is fierce, there will definitely be casualties if you charge directly into the formation. Unless necessary, Lu Bu does not want the flying cavalry to charge into the formation with heavy armor.

As for the soldiers and horses in front of him, it was not difficult for Lu Bu to deal with them, and he even didn't want to deal with them.

"The three of us will each lead two thousand soldiers. We will march around the formation and shoot from a long distance with our continuous crossbows! After firing a crossbow box, we will withdraw immediately and do not want to fight!" Lu Bu observed the enemy's formation and asked Wei Yan, Ma Chao and himself to lead their own troops. An army can defeat the enemy with crossbows and arrows.

It's hard to say when it comes to cavalry shooting. No matter how well the Han people train, they can't compare to the Huns and Xianbei people. But if the bow is replaced by a crossbow, that's another story. The Flying Cavalry Army has tried shooting before, but the opponents were all inferior. A high-end character who doesn't show any skills. Now when he encounters the enemy, it's time for the world to see the effect of cavalry paired with repeating crossbows.

"Here!" Ma Chao and Wei Yan agreed, each waving their command flags. The flying cavalry army quickly divided into three groups, and then began to accelerate slowly.

The thunderous sound of hoofbeats came from far and near. When Guan Yu saw that the enemy was indeed attacking, he immediately raised his hand. As soon as the enemy approached, he immediately ordered the archers to release arrows to kill the rebels.

But the next moment, what came oncoming was not the enemy's attack, but an overwhelming barrage of crossbow arrows.

The cavalry of the Flying Cavalry Army just passed by the Xuzhou Army's formation. Crossbow arrows fell one after another. Many wooden shields in the front row were directly shot through. Even if the shields were pierced, many crossbow arrows shot through the gaps and hit the shields. The soldiers behind.

The Xuzhou Army's shield was not like the large shield made by the Guanzhong Army, but a round shield half a man's height. Unless a person curled up into a ball, it could not be completely protected.

Wei Yan, who came first, walked around the formation and fired the crossbow arrows one by one in the hands of the cavalry. After the crossbow box was empty, he slowed down and let other crossbowmen from the front row to shoot.

The first cavalry circled the formation twice and left. Many Xuzhou troops had already fallen to the ground. Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the second cavalry army had already arrived. It also used crossbows. This crossbow not only fired fast, but also had sufficient power. , Shields would be shot through from time to time. Faced with the attack of the flying cavalry army, the Xuzhou army did not even have a chance to fight back. The archers in the formation had just pushed out of the protection of the shield hand, and before they could release their arrows, the crossbow arrows immediately hit them.

Occasionally, the arrows shot fell on people and bounced off the leather armor, causing no harm at all.

Ma Chao led the second group of soldiers and horses to circle the formation twice. Seeing that the opponent's circular formation was riddled with holes, it might be completely destroyed with just one charge, but in the end he suppressed the urge and after firing the crossbow box, Lead the army and march away.

Ma Chao's departure could not let Liu Bei and others breathe a sigh of relief, because Lu Bu had already led his army to kill them, and they were still being bombarded with crossbow arrows. However, after the Xuzhou army experienced the indiscriminate bombardment by Ma Chao and Wei Yan, the circular formation was in ruins. Kong, facing Lu Bu's crossbow arrows, the casualties suddenly increased, and the lives of the Xuzhou Army were cut off like grass.

At this moment, morale finally completely collapsed. Some people began to give up and retreat quickly. This retreat did not matter, but it caused a chain reaction. A large number of soldiers began to retreat, trying to avoid these demonic cavalry.

Even though many people know that holding on to death is slower than escaping, but at the moment when morale collapses, instinct will replace rationality, and a trace of luck will think that they may survive.

In short, the Xuzhou Army, which had gone through two rounds of baptism, finally collapsed completely in front of Lu Bu's last round.

Liu Bei watched in pain as his soldiers were being harvested like weeds by the enemy but could do nothing. He pulled out his swords and wanted to fight the enemy, but was stopped by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei desperately, and they dragged Chen Gong and ran away.

"Retreat to Meishan!" Chen Gong shouted to Guan Yu in his busy schedule.

Guan Yu understood and took the lead in protecting Liu Bei as he retreated towards Meishan. As long as he entered the mountains and forests, the opponent would not be able to catch up even if he wanted to pursue them. It is not that the cavalry cannot enter the mountains, but after entering the mountains, it is difficult to form a cavalry formation. Mountains and forests are as complex as this. The terrain makes it difficult for the cavalry to conduct group operations, and lone cavalry can easily be counterattacked.

Even if the opponent really catches up, there are plenty of places to hide in the mountains.

Lu Bu did not deliberately pursue the enemy general. Now in front of him, the general was no different from a small soldier. After the enemy army was defeated, he went back and forth like Ma Chao and Wei Yan. The Xuzhou army was completely defeated. They were dead and surrendered. After surrendering, only a few people retreated into Meishan.

Naturally, it was impossible for Lu Bu to follow such a small number of people into the mountains and let the surrendered soldiers clean up the battlefield. The main purpose was to collect the usable crossbow arrows and then fight these surrendered soldiers to get out...