Starting from Longyou, the further to the west side of the Hexi Corridor, the less populated it becomes. It is even obvious that some village forts have been abandoned, with only some broken walls and half-collapsed tile eaves left.
This vaguely proves that this place was once prosperous for a period of time.
The clouds in the sky are extremely thick, as if they are directly pressing down on the ground, and as long as you walk a little further, you can reach out and reach them.
Of course, this is an illusion. In fact, the horizon is still the horizon, endless.
Lu Bu led a group of cavalry and moved forward slowly along the ancient road. The white smoke emitted by the men and horses lingered in the mouth and nose, and soon accumulated a lot of snowflakes, which then turned into frost.
On a deserted road, boredom and supplies are two ferocious beasts, peering unscrupulously from the side, and then ready to pounce at any time.
The severe cold is not a big deal for the cavalry led by Lu Bu. With the sweaters, plus the original linoleum and furs, as long as they are careful not to let the sweaters get wet by Han water or snow water, the problem is actually
It's not a huge problem, but supply is still a big problem.
In other words, in an era when transportation was inconvenient, supply was still the most important factor restricting the military's outward expansion. Even if the enemy's territory was inhabited, how would you survive the vast uninhabited land? If there is grassland, like
The Mongolian model may be okay, but if there is no grass, such as sea water, how can we break through?
Fortunately, Lu Bu didn't need to go too far this time. It was enough to bring about ten days' worth of food back and forth.
This road used to be an official road for travel. Unfortunately, not many people use it now, so it has been invaded by various animals and plants again, and now it has become narrower. If it were during the spring and summer seasons when plants grow wildly, I am afraid that some places would be
Can't find a place to stay...
At the front is the ranger who is in charge of scouting. He has no shield, only a bow and arrow, and a sword slung behind his back. The arrows hanging on his waist are opened for easy access. Under the leather felt hat, a pair of vigilant eyes are exposed.
His eyes were constantly searching for clues ahead.
There are not many people in this area, but they are spread out widely, like a comb, pulling people out all the way.
In the middle, there is a relatively dense main battle group. These cavalrymen not only have swords, but also long spears with hemp ropes wrapped around the handles of the guns. There are also small shields on the sides of the horses. They are powerful and form a relatively neat formation.
The queue moves forward slowly. If you look down from the air, it looks like a twisting gray-black rectangular patch.
At the back, there are mostly war horses. Some are carrying some water bags, linoleum and other things, but many of them are empty. These war horses are used for replacement. If you find that your horse's physical strength has dropped too much,
Generally speaking, they will be changed after a certain distance, drying the war horses that have consumed too much endurance due to sweating, then wrapping them in dry felt, feeding them a few mouthfuls of fried beans or something, and then letting these war horses temporarily follow behind.
, to regain some strength.
Originally, Li Ru meant not to be too anxious and to wait for the spring to come when the flowers bloom. However, Lu Bu couldn't sit or stand. It was really scratching his head. Later, Li Ru simply let Lu Bu go...
Anyway, we can experiment with marching for a long time in the Western Region to see if there are any problems or omissions. These experiences will be useful if we really expand to the west.
After all, the Han Dynasty had abandoned the Northwest for more than a hundred years, so even if some previous experience had survived, it had probably turned into ashes and ceased to exist.
Lu Bu had previously found out that the large and powerful horse thieves who suddenly appeared in the Hexi Corridor were actually a Xianbei tribe originally in the Baimo desert, belonging to the Lushui tribe. The leader was King Juqu Feiyun, known as the Wild Boar King.
It's not that King Fei Yun of Juqu is fat, but because his character is as fierce as a wild boar, and he is vengeful and fierce. The most important thing is because the title of Wolf King and Eagle King is so memorable, and the wild boar
Wang is just right...
Jiang Ji followed Lu Bu and added: "I heard that this Lushui tribe is one of the Xianbei tribes in the northern part of Yinshan Mountain. Later, didn't they conquer the west and defeat the Xianbei in Yinshan Mountain? These people were afraid and moved westward... As a result, they also encountered
After going to that Ma's house, the two of them hooked up together..."
"Two lost dogs..." Lu Bu snorted disdainfully, "Well, I'll clean up the mess for Zhengxi..." Lu Bu casually touched the neck of Red Tuma No. 2, acting like a big brother applying it to his younger brother.
The disgusted look on the butt.
"Marquis Wen, when will we attack?" Wei Xu asked after Zao.
"Since we want to destroy them in one fell swoop, we can't be too hasty..." Lu Bu said with amusement, looking ahead, "Otherwise they are really separated and it will be difficult to chase them... First we need to see what the plans of these two bereaved dogs are.
Besides..."
This is how Lu Bu has always fought. It's not that Lu Bu has any arrogance, it's just that Lu Bu is a complete frontline commander. What he's best at is commanding troops according to subtle changes in the battlefield, so basically there is no specific advance plan.
Everything in the attack plan is a temporary order before the battle. As for any clever tricks, there is no such thing...
Approaching the hiding place of the Wild Boar King and others, Lu Bu ordered people to find a ditch for correction. In the northwest, there are high mountains, deserts, and ditches that are invisible from a distance. These ditches
It may have been a glacier water incision, or it may have been a river bed left by an ancient river diversion. Anyway, it is hidden under the horizon, so if you are far away, you can't see anything.
The soldiers dismounted one after another, and each found a place to tidy up his companion, or feed his companion something to eat and drink, and then drank a few sips himself. Although they were all busy, they were busy but not in a hurry.
The scouts crawled out from the edge of the ditch, like a group of ants leaving their nest and heading into the distance.
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The galloping speed of the war horses suddenly accelerated. The sound of intensive horse hooves immediately turned into a roar, and then it was like thunder, shaking the entire battlefield.
It was like a loud thunder, hitting the empty wilderness heavily.
"Drumroll! March!"
A cavalry formation of a thousand people, suddenly led by Lu Bu, began to change formations while running at high speed. The sharp front of the formation was getting longer and sharper. Looking from a distance, it looked like a sword.
The sword flashed with murderous intent, and the cold light stimulated the eyes of everyone in Lu Shui Xianbei, and even took away the sunlight in the sky. I felt that the next moment this sharpness would pierce skin, flesh, and anything.
King Fei Yun of Juqu seemed to have been stabbed in advance by this sharp edge. His face showed colors of surprise, pain, regret, etc., all mixed together. He originally thought it was just a small Han army.
The reconnaissance team that accidentally discovered his lair, in order to prevent this group of Han people from escaping back to report the news and exposing the location of his lair, rushed out with men and horses in an attempt to outflank and eliminate this Han troop, but the result...
Run back?
Let's not talk about whether they can outrun them. How can the unprepared tribesmen in their lair stand any good in front of the Han soldiers? Are they going to abandon their tribesmen again and then flee west?
King Fei Yun of Juqu looked around and saw that the troops he brought out were two thousand-man troops. Although they were not completely full, they still had a certain advantage in numbers. If they saw the Han people, they would turn around and run away. No matter what,
This is a huge blow to the morale of our own people...
King Fei Yun of Juqu pulled out his sword and shouted with all his strength: "The left wing moves closer to the central army, the right wing covers it, the central army attacks, and advances at full speed! Let the Ma family's boy take the flank! Kill!" He kicked the horse's belly hard.
, the war horse was in pain and rushed out like an arrow. The surrounding guards immediately gathered together, forming a huge arrow and rushed towards the Han army's center formation.
The cavalry on both sides are getting closer!
King Fei Yun of Juqu held the horse's reins with one hand, brandished his sword with the other, and shouted with an unknown meaning: "Hululu..."
Lu Shui Xianbei also shouted loudly in unison, and for a while the battlefield was filled with such strange shouts: "Hululu...Hululu..."
This method is like a ferocious beast in the arena, or a beast in the mountains and forests, raising its head and howling. In addition to declaring sovereignty, it is also to enhance the momentum of one's own side!
Since both sides were galloping at the same time, the distance between them quickly narrowed.
King Fei Yun of Juqu shouted: "Up the arrow, up the arrow..."
The Xianbei cavalry skillfully took the bow and arrow into their hands, then bent the bow and nocked the arrow, and threw it upward into the sky, trying to disrupt the Han people's formation with one or two waves of arrow rain during the contact.
"咻咻...咻咻..."
Amidst the sound of bowstrings, gray, black or yellow arrows, with different high and low screams, flew into the air, and then quickly turned around from the air and turned down, like a group of blood-sucking beasts.
The insect was like a sparse black cloud, shrouding Lu Bu's forward.
"Raise your shield!"
Lu Bu shouted loudly, and then Fang Tian's painted halberd hovered in the air, sweeping down a large number of arrows. Not only did he cover himself, but he also helped Chituma No. 2 and the close guards to shoot away the arrows.
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Although Zhengxi has always emphasized equipment, and has a very high immunity against arrows from the Integrity Era, but to be honest in war, it is not entirely dependent on equipment, but also a considerable part of luck. Therefore, after the arrow falls,
The soldier who still had some luck dropped to the bottom was hit by an arrow in the face, or somewhere in the joint. He was immediately turned upside down, and then was submerged by the subsequent horse hooves, leaving only a bloody mark...
The two sides were forty or fifty steps apart, and they could clearly see each other's faces when facing each other.
"Take the spear! Throw it!"
Seeing that the two sides were about to collide head-on, Jiang Jiu shouted loudly, took the short spear behind him, and threw it forward with all his strength!
"Buzz...buzz..."
Because of the cast iron head and short body of the short spear, it is a little heavier in the front and lighter in the back, but because of this, it is particularly suitable for throwing, just like a large crossbow arrow. Although the range is much shorter than that of a bow and arrow,
In terms of power at close range, it is several times more powerful than a bow and arrow!
The next moment, Lu Shui Xianbei's soldiers fell into pieces as if they had been directly bitten by an invisible beast. One to two hundred Xianbei soldiers screamed, accompanied by the dying cries of their horses,
Like a piece of fallen wheat straw, it was trampled arbitrarily by the soldiers and Han soldiers who rushed up. In the yellow sand, it was trampled by countless horse hooves into a bloody mess in the blink of an eye. It was more bloody and terrifying than a slaughterhouse.
extremely.
However, more soldiers had no time to respond to the bloodshed. The next moment, they were like lunatics who had lost their minds, fighting each other at the risk of their lives, and the shouts of killing came one after another, and they collided with each other.
The strong smell of blood could not even be blown by the wind. The fierce battle between the two sides became the most powerful sound in this world at this moment.
Lu Bu waved the Fang Tian Painted Halberd, without even looking at the Xianbei swords and spears that were thrust straight at him. He roared angrily and made a few simple straight slashes, sweeping and diagonal slashes, with a unique screaming sound, like something released from hell.
The ferocious beast waved its sharp claws, and not only the ordinary Xianbei soldiers, but also the heads of the Xianbei horses that rushed towards them were cut and chopped off by Lu Bu!
Fortunately, the Xianbei soldiers were not dead yet, along with other Xianbei soldiers and horses. The body parts and meat were broken. Because of the death of the horses, they could not control their bodies and flew in the air. Before they could land, they were shot by the cavalry following Lu Bu.
Chest and abdomen!
Under the leadership of Lu Bu and Jiang Ji, the Han cavalry marched forward bravely and bravely killed the enemy. And because the long flying geese formation was deployed, even if they missed a hit, they continued to gallop forward regardless of the enemy, leaving behind them
The other comrades who followed will deal with it. Move forward, only move forward. The galloping war horses are like blades pierced into the flesh and blood, moving forward with the blood!
Lu Bu leaned over and chopped to death an enemy soldier who was about to chop his horse. He then made a small spin and chopped off half of the enemy knight's body on the left. He pulled it sideways and cut off the neck of another Xianbei cavalryman. He died all around.
The Xianbei troops and horses spewed out blood like layers of blood mist, immediately dyeing Lu Bu's armor, Lu Bu's shirt, and Lu Bu's red rabbit horse red!
This mass of red, jumping and moving, with boundless killing intent and soul-stunning magnificence, is like a bright red flame ignited in the battlefield, attracting countless flesh and blood, becoming
The bones under his seat fulfill the reputation of the God of War!
Lu Bu is in front and Jiang Ji is on the right. The two of them are the symbol of the entire Han army's cavalry advancing. The Yanxing Formation exerts a strong impact and destructive power. The soldiers on the outside slash and kill the enemy cavalry, and the soldiers on the inside supplement the casualties on the outside.
, unexpectedly orderly, like a huge hair clipper, with the canine teeth interlaced, not only cut the hair, but also brought up a whole blood groove!
The Ma's troops, who were originally going to attack the Han army's flank, couldn't help but slow down their horses after seeing such a scene, and hesitated...
"Who is this Han general?!" Ma Xiu stared at Lu Bu, who was radiating blood-colored flames, with a look of horror in his eyes. Ma Xiu believed that his martial arts skills were also good, but if he expected Lu Bu to be like this in the battlefield, he would still downplay it.
It's ordinary, but it can cut through the waves of blood with ease, as fast as a ferocious beast, and as sharp as a magic weapon, but it is extremely difficult. Without even having to fight head-on, Ma Xiu is already a little frightened.
Pang De, who was on the side, also had a hint of panic in his eyes, "Lu? Could it be... why is this guy here?!"
