In the northwest of Fufeng County, there is a county named "Fengxiang".
It is said that when King Wen of Zhou Dynasty came out of Qishan Mountain, he saw a colorful phoenix descending from the sky, hence its name.
Therefore, there have always been rumors in the local area that Fengxiang will produce a great sage. However, from the Great Zhou Dynasty to the present day, there is still no sign of such a person appearing.
When Lü Bu arrived with his army, the rebels stationed in the county fled because they were afraid of Lü Fengxian's reputation, allowing the trapped troops who had moved to dozens of counties to enter the city to rest and regroup.
The rebels, residents of surrounding counties and even the soldiers trapped in the camp believed that this was just a short rest and would not stop until they repelled the rebel camp that besieged Fufeng.
But only Lu Bu and Gao Shun knew that Li Ru's arrangements for the newly formed troops in the trapped camp had ended here. The last of the orders that came one after another was "Occupy Fengxiang and adapt to changes."
Where is the "opportunity" and how to "change"? From the series of combat operations in the trapped camp, it is completely unclear what Li Ru's intentions are - at least Lu Bu did not understand. All he can do is to arrange for the alternation of soldiers
Just rest, replenish luggage, repair equipment, and prepare for the next battle.
"There is no news about Guan Hai and Zhang Ke yet?" Lu Bu asked Gao Shun while standing on the wall of Fengxiang County and looking around.
"No," Gao Shun responded: "This time the Qiang people also divided their forces. More than half ignored the decoy troops and came straight to us. I believe that although there is danger there, it will not be too great."
"Hmph..." Lu Bu frowned, trying to think about an encounter that ended not long ago.
Due to Bian Zhang, most of Han Sui's command were cavalry, and the ones sent to chase the bandit general Zhou Shen were light cavalry. Therefore, the trapped camp easily won the first few blocking battles, which finally attracted their attention and began to dispatch
The heavy cavalry was looking for a trap, and at that time Li Ru's additional order came, asking them to avoid the cavalry, not go on flat ground, and go around the mountains where the cavalry was inconvenient to attack the counties around Fufeng.
However, Lu Bu couldn't bear that the cavalry kept chasing behind him without fighting back at all, so while acting in accordance with Li Ru's military orders, he divided the trapped camp into two. One part pretended to be surrounded, attracting the cavalry to stop, and the other
One of them took the opportunity to attack from outside. The pursuers were caught off guard and suffered several losses.
Finally, this time, the Qiang cavalry seemed to have a commander. When Guan Hai and Zhang Ke's troops appeared to lure the enemy, the cavalry also dispersed, half of them attacked, and the other half came straight towards the place where Lu Bu and Gao Shun ambush.
Although he had not carefully cleaned up the hidden traces in the first place, Lu Bu was slightly surprised to be seen almost instantly. What surprised him most was that the cavalry did not slow down at all due to the bumpy road when running through the mountains.
As a result, the two trapped camps had to fight and retreat, and finally broke off the mutual aid situation.
After Lu Bu's troops repelled the besieging cavalry, they occupied Fengxiang in accordance with Li Ru's order. However, there has been no news from Guan Hai, Zhang Ke and half of the trapped camp led by them.
"There was some mistake in dividing the troops this time," Lu Bu sighed: "You and I should each order an army."
"General, don't worry," Gao Shun said: "We are heavy infantry, trapped in a camp, and born to be surrounded."
"I just thought of the cavalry troops attacking Guan Hai and Zhang Ke. It seems that some generals appeared. If I were there, I could change my taste. I'm tired of killing ordinary soldiers all day long." Lu Bu responded.
"...No," Gao Shun paused before continuing: "That person probably didn't come here because you are here, General."
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"Report—General Guan Hai has returned with his troops!" The messenger ran up the city wall to report to Lu Bu.
"I saw it." Lu Bu glared at him and raised his hand to point outside the city.
It is not the main road, but the woodland on the side of the city. Soldiers from the trapped camp holding swords and shields and wearing heavy armor are walking out one after another. Although they have not lost their helmets and removed their armor, they can still be seen from the scars on the armor and the cracks of the swords and shields.
It turned out that they had gone through a hard battle, and Guan Hai, who was at the front, was in the most embarrassing situation.
Although the slogan of the trapped camp is "The ambition to trap the enemy is life or death", if there is a large-scale attrition, morale will inevitably drop. Gao Shun saw that these stragglers were obviously not more than half of the original number, so he quickly arranged for soldiers on duty
Go to meet them and guard their retreat to prevent pursuing troops.
"My subordinates are incompetent, which resulted in the loss of more than half of the unit, and even led to the death of Colonel Zhang in battle. Please punish me." Guan Hai came to the city wall, apologized, and bowed deeply.
Although victory or defeat is a common thing for military strategists, the loss of one heavy infantry like the trapped camp, which was almost piled up with money, is comparable to the loss of five ordinary soldiers. What's more, Zhang Ke is the veteran of the predecessor of the trapped camp, which only had a few hundred people.
Qualification, this loss can no longer be calculated.
"Don't say it's useless! What happened to you after you were scattered?" Lu Bu waved his hand impatiently and asked him.
Zhang Ke... was a bit quick-witted at first, but after Lu Bu formed the enemy camp and appointed him as the captain, and took charge of a branch alone, he completely gave up thinking and used a big sword in a decent manner, cutting off whatever he wanted.
Cutting, it is easy to win this way, but if you encounter a powerful character, you will die quickly.
Therefore, Lu Bu was not surprised when he heard that he was killed in battle. On the contrary, it was the loss of soldiers trapped in the camp that made him feel heartbroken.
After this high-intensity battle, the veterans trapped in the camp quickly regained their combat effectiveness, and the new recruits, protected by thick armor, also became familiar with this heavy infantry warfare method.
Since the "excellent" level armor was not good enough to cope with cavalry thrusts, Lu Bu was planning to spend a lot of money to upgrade everyone's equipment to "excellent". This time, a quarter of it was lost, which directly disrupted the plan - with Zhang Ke
He is so reckless, do we need to equip him with a full set of "excellent" quality equipment to make him less likely to die?
"Your Majesty, the rebel generals who are chasing and killing my subordinates are flying flags with the character 'horse' and 'pang' respectively, but they have not been named," Guan Hai responded: "My subordinates retreated to the mountains and forests according to previous tactics, but those
The cavalry's speed did not slow down in the mountains, and they could not escape for a while."
Just like this, Lu Bu thought, this is not an occasional group of cavalry who are good at mountain warfare, but the rebels have an entire cavalry unit that can also travel through mountains and forests. Perhaps it was originally used as a trump card to deal with large government troops, but it turned out that
Crash by trapped camp.
Li Ru could never have anticipated this, so now he can only defeat it on his own.
"Ma, General Pang ordered the soldiers to separate his subordinates from Colonel Zhang Ke. The last time he saw Captain Zhang, he was being nailed to a tree by an enemy general named Pang who penetrated his armor with a spear. The remaining
The soldiers have also been surrounded, and my subordinates have to lead others to retreat." Guan Hai continued.
"The guy named Pang? I have remembered it, but through the armor and through the heart? Tsk." Lu Bu smacked his lips: "Gao Shun, remember, the captain who falls into the camp in the future must be equipped with sophisticated armor."
"My subordinates take orders." Gao Shun complied, and then said: "Since Mr. Li Ru has issued the order of 'adapting to changes', should we retreat at this time and report on the horses from Zhou Zhou, General Pang, and whether we can ignore the mountains?"
A special unit of arms?”
"Oh, is this how you understand?" Lu Bu glanced sideways at Gao Shun: "My uncle's 'change' is to defeat these two people and completely destroy the cavalry team."
"General, please calm down. We do not have the upper hand at this time, and since the strength of those two people has reached the level of killing Captain Zhang Ke..." Gao Shun tried to persuade him.
"Could they be stronger than me?" Lu Bu glared: "If you are worried about the loss of troops, it will be fine if I don't lead any soldiers and ride alone to deal with them!"
"This..." Gao Shun was stunned. Now he couldn't even say there was a problem, nor could he say there was no problem.
Lu Bu claims to be the best in the world in terms of military force. He has never been defeated so far. His "unparalleled" ability is also extremely powerful. When he repelled Tan Shihuai's forward, he even got the title of "killing a thousand people". But if he has to deal with 20,000 people at the same time,
people and the powerful generals who lead them, no matter what...
"There is a problem, and it's a big problem," Zhang Ke said: "Those two guys are not only very skilled, but also insidious. If you are as upright as Mr. Fengxian, you will suffer."
"..."
"Huh? What do you think I'm doing?" Zhang Ke scratched his head.
"Young man, I wanted to report this, but the generals had a great time chatting with each other..." The messenger on the side was sweating on his forehead.
"Okay, go down!" Lu Bu dismissed the messenger and strode up to Zhang Ke and looked him up and down.
Compared with those ordinary defeated soldiers, Zhang Ke was even worse. Not to mention his disgraced face, his helmet was torn open with a big gap, leaving a long scar. The pits on his breastplate seemed to have been hit by a heavy hammer, and his heart was
On the front and back, two were covered in blood, with identical penetration marks.
This armor would only be normal if it were worn on a fallen soldier, but at this moment Zhang Ke was alive and kicking, as smart and upright as ever.
"Ah, if that's the case," Zhang Ke noticed where everyone's eyes were gathered, raised his hand and touched the penetration gap, "one of those two guys shot a cold arrow, and the other pierced me and left directly.
It was confirmed that I was alive and dead, but my heart was actually on the left side, so I finally escaped death."
"Nine Flower Jade Dew Pills?" Guan Hai looked at the healed wound carefully and asked curiously: "Could there be guards hiding nearby and rescued you in time after the enemy general left?"
"The school captain doesn't have guards," Zhang Ke said: "I have an impression that someone asked me if I wanted to live. That must be what I wanted to do. I also want to seek revenge on the guy who dared to poke me. He poked me.
If he shoots me, I will chop him ten times."
"..." The generals were silent again.
"Huh, since he's not dead, that's good," Lu Bu said: "Zhang Ke, Guan Hai, you two will lead the army to guard Fengxiang, and send the known information back. I will go to meet those two in person.
The generals of Xiliang and their cavalry who can run freely in the mountains, Gao Shun are also coming."
