News of the battle between Lu Bu and the Da Gan Army also reached here.
Liu Bei discovered that Lu Bu actually wanted to take the last bit of cavalry from the coalition, and he fought with Da Gan and became furious: "Lü Bu is also a veteran general for many years. Doesn't he know the consequences of our army losing his cavalry! His cavalry is defeated, and we Even if there is an advantage in military strength, the army will be divided into various cities and the logistics will be cut off. In the end, Lei Gong will concentrate his superior troops and annihilate them one by one! Why don't other generals stop Lu Bu's recklessness!"
Liu Bei asked Lu Bu to lead 30,000 cavalry to Dongjun. He wanted Lu Bu to inquire about the situation in Dongjun and lay the foundation for the next battle. He did not expect that Lu Bu would fight with the cavalry of the Daqian Army. In Liu Bei's view, this was simply not worth the gain. thing!
Jian Yong also complained: "We obviously just wanted them to find out the situation in Dongjun, but we didn't expect that Lu Bu and the others actually wanted to fight Duke Lei and annihilate a cavalry of 50,000 people. If Duke Lei was so easy to fight, We won’t stay in Dingtao forever. If Lu Bu is annihilated by Lei Gong, how will we fight this battle?"
Although Liu Bei and the others were several times more powerful than the Jizhou Army, they were not as good as the Jizhou Army in terms of food and grass. Each city in Jizhou had food and grass for at least half a year, so even if they were cut off from the outside world by the Daqian Army, they could hold on alone. More than half a year.
But Yuan Shao and the others could not do this. Three years of drought had exhausted Yanzhou's food supply. Very few cities in Yanzhou had more than one month's supply of food and grass. Even the frontline cities like Puyang could only retain three months' supply of food and grass. , and when a large number of troops gathered in Dingtao, the entire coalition of princes could only rely on Liu Bei and Cao Cao to provide food and grass.
Therefore, for Liu Bei and the others, if they lose Lu Bu's cavalry, Daqian's cavalry will be able to attack the food roads of the coalition of princes unscrupulously and cut off their source of food and grass. No matter how many soldiers they have, they will only be able to face the entire army. Collapse situation!
Yuan Shao said awkwardly: "They also want to severely injure Thunder Lord, but their idea is good!"
If the eldest son hadn't agreed to Lu Bu's suggestion, he would have wanted to take Lu Bu to Dingtao and beat him up. It took a lot of effort to retain the few cavalry in his hands. You must know that raising one cavalry is better than raising 6-7 cavalry. Infantry, and there was a drought in Yanzhou Sili, so it was very difficult for him to retain this cavalry. He wanted to withdraw these cavalry several times, but thinking of the hundreds of thousands of cavalry in Lei Gong Desert, he gritted his teeth and persisted. But today It looked like he was going to be beaten by Lu Bu.
However, Yuan Shao also knows Yuan Tan's thoughts. With the current strength of the Daqian army, if they cannot continue to stop them from going south, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Sili may not be safe. For Yuan Shao, the current situation is a critical one. It's time. Now, as long as there is a life-saving straw, we must seize it. Who can say about the future war if we keep the cavalry? These 30,000 cavalry can fight more than 100,000 cavalry. Now that Lei Gong has divided his troops, Lu Bu has defeated them in the battle. If the army is large, this may not be an opportunity to defeat Lei Gong!
Of course, this still depends on victory or defeat. If Lu Bu and the others really win, then Lu Bu and Yuan Tan will be far-sighted. But if they fail, Yuan Tan will be a fool. He will use his only tens of thousands of cavalry to exchange for countless thunder gongs. The cavalry directly defeated the allied cavalry. It can be said that Yuan Shao was in a nervous mood now. He was worried that Lu Bu would lose all his cavalry in the first battle, but also hoped that Lu Bu could severely damage the army and annihilate the 50,000 cavalry.
Cao Cao, on the other hand, said calmly: "In this situation, Lu Bu and the others can really annihilate a large group of cavalry to improve our situation, and they won a battle! Lu Bu is also a famous general in Bingzhou. With the same troops and the same equipment, Lu Bu can't It is said that it was a great victory, but it is impossible to be defeated! And even if they were defeated, it would only take less than two days to return to Dingtao at the speed of the cavalry. The terrain in Yanzhou is not only beneficial to Lei Gong's cavalry, but also to our side! "
Xu You also said: "What we have to do now is not to blame Lu Bu, but to find a way to keep them safe! Lihu is not far from Dingtao. How about we send 50,000 troops to support Lu Bu and the others? We can ensure the safety of Lu Bu and his group’s retreat!”
Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were deep in thought when they heard Xu You's words.
Now the situation is completely different from when the Daqian army invaded Yanzhou. Gao Lan and the others helped the coalition of princes to fight for half a month. I dare not say that 800,000 troops have gathered around Yanzhou, but there are 600,000. Now in Jingzhou The soldiers came to Dingtao, and Guan Yu also led 50,000 troops to Changyi. In the direction of Qingzhou and Chenliu County, the Han army gathered more and more soldiers. Yang Feng and Li Gang were already at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and The speed of the attack has also begun to slow down!
The distance from Dingtao to Lihu is only 200 miles, and it only takes a few days to reach it by marching. However, the terrain along the way can be said to be flat. They had tried their best to avoid fighting with Daqian on the plains, and now they sent a large army to support them. Lu Bu, no one knows whether he will form a fueling tactic and move the decisive battle sites originally scheduled in Dingtao and Changyi to the outskirts of Lihu.
However, the three of them thought about it and felt that it was more important to keep Lu Bu and his 30,000 cavalry at this stage, so they appointed Zhang Fei as the commander-in-chief and Xin Pi as the deputy general to lead 50,000 infantry to Lihu to support Lu Bu and the others.
The next day! Lihu countryside!
Lu Bu once again led an army of 50,000 to attack Duan Peng's army in a mighty manner.
Lihu is a small county town and cannot accommodate Duan Peng's 50,000 troops. He can only go out to confront Lu Bu!
But this time Lu Bu didn't talk nonsense with Duan Peng!
After the two sides set up their formations, he ordered: "Wei Xu, your troops will be the vanguard and attack Duan Peng's central army!"
"Wei Xu did not hesitate, raised his iron cavalry and loudly ordered his subordinates: "Charge forward and kill all Lei Gong's subordinates!"
"Woooooo!" The thick horn sound resounded throughout the battlefield.
Duan Peng's army of 5,000 cavalry soldiers is now charging towards them. Thousands of horses are galloping. The shouts of the Han army soldiers are getting louder and louder, and the whole battlefield is filled with murderous intent!
"Boom, boom, boom!" The war drums of the Daqian Army were thunderous and earth-shattering. Facing the cavalry of the Han army rushing up, the soldiers of the Daqian Army looked serious but not nervous. Duan Peng said to his messenger: "Order He Feng The battalion resists the enemy!"
After receiving the order, He Feng immediately led his battalion to rush forward to resist Wei Xu's cavalry. The two sides did not test much, and the moment they came into contact was the most intense hand-to-hand combat!
Lu Bu watched the battle for a long time and then said: "The senior cadres of the Chinese army, Hao Meng, led 20,000 infantrymen and quickly advanced to support Wei Xu."
Yuan Tan on the side asked: "Isn't it appropriate to use infantry to attack the middle of Da Gan's army?"
Lu Bu sneered and said: "The 20,000 infantrymen in the middle are a bait. They want them to draw out all Duan Peng's cavalry so that we can divide the cavalry surrounding Duan Peng. From yesterday's battle, we can see that although Duan Peng is They don’t have much commanding talent, but the Daqian army’s wall-mounting tactics are extremely powerful, which makes it difficult for us to separate and surround them. Duan Peng’s wall-mounting charge can drive away the cavalry, but it will never break through the heavy infantry formation!”
Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and Cao Cao were extremely afraid of Lei Gong's cavalry. Not only did they all activate the Wubao tactics, but their infantry were all upgraded to heavy infantry. They had either horses and swords, maces or spears in their hands, and they were also equipped with chariots. Weapons such as antlers, horse-repelling horses, giant shields, etc. that restrain cavalry tactics.
The reinforcements sent by Lu Bu were naturally discovered by Duan Peng and others. He was surprised and said: "What does Lu Bu want to do? Does he want to use heavy infantry to attack our cavalry?"
If you take these infantry for a walk, you will be able to wear out these heavy infantry in less than half an hour, and by then they will only become lambs to be slaughtered by the army!
It is said that many elite heavy infantry in the Song Dynasty were sent to the slaughter of the Xixia people by famous figures like Han Qi and Fu Bi! The heavy infantry's tactics against cavalry have always been to wait for the cavalry to charge forward.
Song Yi shook his head and said: "Lü Bu is also a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles. He also has a heavy infantry trapped in the camp. How could he not know the shortcomings of heavy infantry? You look at the troops and horses, and there are chariots and horses all around. , this doesn’t look like an attack at all!
Duan Peng said: "Order Li Kang to lead a battalion of cavalry to attack the infantry supported by the Han army to see what tricks Lu Bu is playing!"
After Li Kang received the order, he led his cavalry and charged towards Gao Gan and his heavy infantry. At this time, Wei Xu quickly retreated to the rear of Gao Gan and his team to repair!
After Gao Gan and others brought 20,000 infantry to the center of the battlefield, they stopped and quickly placed chariots, horses, antlers and other obstacles, and four giant Xuanwu formations appeared on the battlefield!
He Feng originally led his men to pursue Wei Xu, but when his men approached Gao Gan's army, the Han army suddenly lost arrows like rain, and tens of thousands of archers shot at He Feng and others wantonly.
After He Feng and his men circled the four Xuanwu formations, they discovered that it was difficult for him to find a breakthrough to the west due to the tight defense of the Han army's heavy infantry. On the contrary, when he got close to them, he was easily shot by archers!
Soon Li Kang and He Feng met!
He asked: "How about these four turtle shells?"
He Feng said: "It's relatively strong. I'm worried that there will be too many casualties among the soldiers, so I just circled it outside!"
Li Kang shouted: "If you are so indecisive, the casualties will be more serious! Now we only have to rush forward and crush the turtle shell of the Han army. The remaining Han army will be the lambs to be slaughtered under our sword."
Brothers, follow me and rush forward! Li Kang led the cavalry around to the flank of the Han army's Xuanwu formation, and first used crossbows to wash the ground and suppress the Han army's bows and arrows!
Then the war horses rushed towards the Ju horses and chariots! With a loud "boom", a large number of chariots were trampled to pieces, and the Ju horses and antlers were also moved away by the Daqian army soldiers!
There was a gap in the Han army's formation. Li Kang led the cavalry to rush forward, but what they faced was the Han army's giant shields and shining spears. The entire Han army's Xuanwu formation agreed with a hedgehog with a knife, which made it difficult to get down. mouth!
"Boom, boom, boom!" Daqian's cavalry soldiers suddenly threw several grenades weighing several kilograms, directly blowing a gap in the Han army's Xuanwu formation.
Li Kang said with great joy: "Brothers, follow me and fight in! Kill!"
The Daqian cavalry followed Li Kang into this gap, and the gap became wider and wider with the efforts of the Daqian soldiers. Gradually, the Han army's Xuanwu formation collapsed, and the Han army soldiers fled to other army formations one after another!
At this time, Wei Xu, who had been repairing, saw the cavalry of the Daqian army slaughtering his allies, and immediately led the cavalry to block the actions of Li Kang and others. With the help of Wei Xu, most of the Han army's infantry fled to other Xuanwu formations. Life saved!
"Brother Feng, Dagan's cavalry has overwhelmed our battle formation!" Yuan Tan said distressedly. Those on the front line were all soldiers of his Yuan family, and half of them were massacred by Dagan's cavalry.
Lu Bu said fiercely: "This gunpowder is just a cheating weapon. We have as many troops as we can, use them all to fight back!"
The last time he fought with Duan Peng, he found that Duan Peng did not use artillery. He knew that the gunpowder in Duan Peng's hand should be used up, but now it seems that Da Qianjun still has a small amount of gunpowder in his hand!
Lu Bu continued: "Let the cavalry on both wings slowly approach the Dagan Army to create pressure on Duan Peng! At the same time, order Zhao Yun to support the army in the middle and find a way to severely damage the two battalions of cavalry in the middle of the Dagan Army to mobilize the Dagan Army!"
After receiving Lu Bu's order, Zhao Yun led 5,000 cavalry and rushed to the center.
At the same time, the Yuan army began to counterattack under the command of Gao Gan. Wei Xu rushed into the army of Li Kang and He Feng, trying to lure them closer to Gao Gan's heavy infantry. Then Gao Gan and his men used ballistas, crossbows, and bows to attack the generals. The Qian army attacked head-on.
The extremely lethal ballistae shot through the iron armor shield, and the crossbow arrows and bow arrows also hit the horses or unlucky soldiers in large numbers. Countless galloping soldiers fell to the ground, which aroused the anger of Li Kang and others. The two of them joined forces. I want to continue attacking Wei Xu, this fly.
But at this time, Zhao Yun rushed to the battlefield with his cavalry. Zhao Yun rushed to the front line, and 5,000 soldiers came over like a long dragon. Li Kang and He Feng were overjoyed. They abandoned the three turtle shells of Gao Gan and led the soldiers to intercept Zhao Yun came and wanted to use his superior strength to annihilate the cavalry led by Zhao Yun!
"Boom, boom, boom!" The sound of horse hooves was so thunderous that two long dragons approached quickly.
"Boom" soon collided with each other!
The swords of He Feng and Li Kang were extremely sharp, slashing left and right, and they were unstoppable. No warrior could resist more than one of their attacks! The swords of the two were dyed red with blood.
After Zhao Yun on the other side rushed towards the Daqian Army, his spear recognized the wandering dragon. Any Daqian Army soldier within the range of Zhao Yun's spear died under Zhao Yun's iron spear.
Zhao Yun and more than a dozen personal guards formed a sharp arrow to continuously break through the military formation of Da Gan's army. Soon the generals of both sides met.
He Feng and Li Kang want to kill Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun also wants to kill He Feng and Li Kang to achieve the purpose of beheading!
Zhao Yun kept riding his horse and rushed in front of He Feng, and then stabbed him with his spear like a dragon. He Feng raised his sword and wanted to cut off Zhao Yun's iron spear! But Zhao Yun's iron spear blocked He Feng's sword, and then cut it off with a sweeping sweep.
He Feng's throat! He Feng protected his throat with his hands, but blood spurted out and he couldn't stop it!