On the Dingchou day of the twelfth lunar month in the sixth year of Yanxing, three days before the end of the new year, the Liang people at the foot of Wuzhangyuan suddenly learned the news: the Shu army had abandoned the camp on the eve of the battle and headed eastward, heading straight for Chang'an.
According to the news from local farmers, they set out at Chou hour, about four hours ago.
After four hours, the experienced veterans all estimated the distance after learning about it: No matter how fast the Shu army moved, after all, the horses were still walking at night, so they would not be walking fast.
The distance will definitely not exceed forty miles. If we chase it on horseback, we will probably arrive in two hours.
But differences quickly emerged among the military commanders as to whether to pursue or not to catch up.
The general Lu Bu naturally advocated continuing the pursuit and fighting the decisive battle with the Shu army. He said: "The Shu army abandoned the camp, Shidi was in a favorable position, and showed me to leave with my back. This is a great opportunity for a joint battle. We only need to lead our cavalry to follow."
Afterwards, could those slow sergeants under Liu Fan be able to serve as soldiers?"
However, former general Han Sui insisted on not fighting. He returned to camp and watched the Shu army's actions. He said: "The Shu army took the initiative to invite a battle and then exposed its shortcomings. It must have been a plan. It is unwise to fight recklessly despite knowing that there is a fraud.
.It is better to make plans after clarifying the situation."
Some people also suggested that the Shu army's baggage depends entirely on the supply at the valley entrance. Why not attack Xiegu first? Once the valley entrance is captured, how long can more than 100,000 people sustain without food and grass? They will starve to death. But this was quickly rejected.
After all, it is common sense among military strategists to carry out food and grass supplies. Now that the Shu army dared to abandon Xiegu and go eastward, they must have secretly changed their food routes before they dared to act like this. This sentence was exactly what Liu Fan planned. In fact, during his rest in Wuzhangyuan, he secretly ordered Zhang
Lu and others switched to transporting grain via the Tangluo Road, which was opened the day before yesterday and resulted in the current change.
All in all, everyone had different opinions, and after arguing for half an hour, they still couldn't make up their minds. Lu Bu had already had enough of such an atmosphere of inconsistency, and shouted angrily in front of everyone: "You are all so scared! Why are you so entangled? Military affairs are basically done in one go.
.You are so hesitant, how different are you from shepherds?!"
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After he opened his mouth to curse, all the generals fell silent. At this time, Lu Bu's tone became calmer again, and he said calmly: "Don't think too much. I will lead the attacking army in front, and you will follow behind and watch the overall situation. If I succeed, I will
If we take advantage of the situation, if we can't take it, we still have to contain it so that the rebel army does not dare to invade Xijing. Otherwise, where will the emperor be placed?"
With this arrangement, the others would not object, and they all returned to their formations and marched eastward. Lu Bu led his 40,000 troops at the front, with Jia Xu and other Dong Zhuo's remaining troops in the middle, the Qiang Di from the three towns of Liangzhou behind, and the front in the middle.
They were about four or five miles apart. During the discussion, Jia Xu didn't say a word the whole time.
Liang's army set out at three o'clock in the hour. At this time, the sun was hanging overhead, and its rays were shining down. People felt warm. When they looked up, they saw bright lights all around, and some of the rocks on the top of the mountain were also exposed. And Lu Bu
The tall horse rode at the front, and the bright light armor was particularly bright, as if he was a man from the sky. Some soldiers were a little hesitant at first, but looking at Lu Bu's tall figure from a distance, they gradually felt relieved and said privately: There are only people like the general.
, can he be called the best general in the world.
That being said, the road ahead was delayed after all. They didn't see traces of the Shu army's rear formation until two o'clock in the morning. At this time, the sky was extremely dark, and thick clouds were coming in layers.
The waves pressed down to the low sky. The clouds on the skyline turned dark red, as if they were smeared with blood. Soon, snowflakes began to fall sporadically, reflecting red dots under the red clouds in the sky, like dots of solidified blood clots.
People curiously stretched out their hands to pick it up, but what remained in their palms were still snow-white ice crystals.
The military formation of the Shu army was less than ten miles to the east, hidden behind blood-red low clouds, but there were a large number of bonfires lit, and in conjunction with the countless flags in the military formation, it was as if they had ignited the clouds. The low clouds pressed tightly,
The mountains and high plateaus to the south were invisible. So Lu Bu ordered the front army to stop to eat some dry food and wait for the center and rear armies to gather. After another half an hour, the center and rear armies also arrived, so Lü Bu was on the left and Jia Jia was on the left.
Xu is in the middle, with the three towns on the right, extending in a linear shape to both sides. The army is adjacent to the Wei River in the north and Wei Yuan in the south. It is about ten miles long and two miles thick. It moves slowly in formation. Snowflakes are falling one after another, and hundreds of thousands of horsemen are riding on them.
Ahead of the snow, the surroundings are filled with snow and mist, like ghosts walking around.
It was getting dark very quickly, and the Liang army quickly folded their flags and stood in formation and stopped moving forward. Although the main formation where the Shu army was resting could be seen in front, the road could not be seen clearly. It was estimated that the distance between the forward and the rear troops was less than five meters.
Li. Han Sui once again sent a message asking if it was too late now. Should we continue to march as planned? If not, we should first set up camp to avoid the snow and rest, and plan to join the battle tomorrow.
Lu Bu still insisted on fighting together, even at night. He said: "Although our army is a little tired after walking for a day, isn't that the same for those Shu troops? Seeing us coming from afar, they must have thought that nothing happened today.
, I will lead the army to raid tonight, and I will definitely exceed their expectations and achieve a complete victory."
Seeing that the communicator was not satisfied, Lu Bu said again: "You can move your army to Kangyuan and watch us capture and kill with the Shu people. If you encounter a critical moment, you can go around Nanshan to attack its flanks and send out an encirclement."
To the east, the Shu army will be defeated."
After listening to Lu Bu's words, the envoy knew that the situation was urgent, so he took a message back to the Liang people's formation and reported to Han Sui, Ma Teng, Song Jian and the various Qiang and Di kings. After Han Sui and others fell into the formation, they were cooking cheese.
Drinking pulp to keep warm. After hearing what was reported, he couldn't help but privately discuss with others: "Lu Bu is so warlike, let's see what he can do tonight. If it doesn't work, we should think about the future as soon as possible."
So the envoy reported back to Lu Bu: "The former general and others are ready to watch the battle, but they didn't say anything else."
Lü Bu had already made up his mind about this. After hearing the reply, he didn't say much more. Instead, he sent the message to Jia Xu of the Chinese army. Lü Bu sent someone to warn him: "If I don't support it, I still hope that Wen He will take over."
Xu still didn't say much, so he naturally agreed to Lu Bu's request.
After dinner and a short rest, when Lu Bu led thousands of people out into battle, the snow had stopped. At this time, the moon came out of the clouds again, reflecting the bright white scenery on the mountains and below.
When the vision suddenly became clear, the knights raised their military flags high and approached slowly in the breeze without the sound of drums. Their formation was not a horizontal formation, but with four battalions in the center, four battalions on the left, four battalions on the right, and four battalions in the middle.
, leaving two battalions at the back, forming an inward-curving circular formation, and also like an arrow attacking forward. This formation can be contracted into a circular formation when defending, and can be used as a wedge to attack the enemy formation when attacking. It is an offensive and defensive formation.
Formation.
The battalions were walking on the ground and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when they saw the sky was so bright. They listened carefully to the surrounding atmosphere, guessing and praying in their hearts: Did the Shu army find them? Or were they already asleep? God bless, even if the Shu army
If you find out, let them get closer!
But nine out of ten things in the world are unsatisfactory. When they reached the plateau where the enemy camp was located, they saw the Shu army arrayed on the silvery white land like a row of huge sea of clouds. The moonlight was hidden behind it, revealing a silvery and cold light.
The light is majestic, thick and motionless, as if there are thousands of waves hiding behind it. If once angered, these waves will roar out and roll in, drowning everything in the world.
Opposite them, the Liang army realized that it was difficult to make a surprise attack, so they could only form a majestic formation, waiting for Lu Bu's order to attack. In the shadow, the Liang army's formation was like a black mass in the sky about to spread rain.
The clouds are ready to go, without fear, thunder and torrential rain will start at any time.
As for Han, Ma, Song and others, they gathered their men and Qiang Di and moved to a plateau with many trees. These knights were secretly scattered among the snow-capped ravines and plains in the distance, as if they were standing quietly
The snowy forest. The horses they were riding clumsily paced and turned around in the thick snow, losing their former lightness and vigor.
What remains between the sea of white and black clouds is a land squeezed between the Wei River and a plateau called Duanliuyuan. The white snow covering it is as clean as a blanket. It is ready to welcome the zombies and cross currents all over the ground.
The black blood.
Now that his whereabouts had been discovered, Lu Bu no longer hid. He asked the troops to rest on the spot and eat again. He took out the wheat cakes and water he had prepared in advance to satisfy their hunger, while he called a dozen riders to come over and left the main formation to Gao Gao.
Shun, he actually broke away from the team and went directly to the Shu formation.
In front of ten thousand troops, Lu Bu quickly advanced nearly 500 steps in front of the Shu army without any scruples. With the bright moonlight in the night sky, he vaguely observed the formation of the Shu army on the opposite side, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air in his heart. These military formations were closely connected.
It is about several miles thick, and stretches from north to south without end. In the cold wind, countless yellow flags are fluttering in the Shu army formation. There are large shields and heavy crossbows in front of the formation. Most of them are infantry, and there are only a small number of cavalry. But
The armor coverage rate is extremely high. Under the moonlight, countless densely packed armor collars shine, which is extremely spectacular.
Lu Bu was probably a little frightened by the Shu army formation he was watching. A rough estimate was that the number of people should be more than 80,000. Moreover, the formation was ready at this time. It was obvious that he had already made arrangements and had many designs waiting for him. This made Lu Bu feel a little regretful.
, but when he thought that Han Sui and others were still watching from the southwest plateau, he could not retreat, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to prepare for the battle.
He thought for a while, then continued to ride his horse towards the Shu army's formation until he was beyond the range of the arrow. Then he rode his horse slowly and walked sideways, trying to observe the strength of the Shu people and the location of the commander.
How could the people of Shu tolerate such a blatant provocation? After a while, several horsemen rushed out of the army formation and headed straight for Lu Bu.
Originally Lu Bu wanted to ride back to the army immediately, but after walking a few steps, he was attracted by the general's attire. He couldn't help but stop again and looked back carefully. These knights were riding tall horses, although they were not as good as the red ones.
It is a rabbit, but it is taller than the ordinary Bingzhou horse, has longer legs, and is obviously much more agile when marching on the snow.
But what is more eye-catching is the clothing of these knights. Although they wear fish scale armor, outside the armor, they have extremely gorgeous brocade. There are also two-foot-long bird feathers on their helmets, belts and trousers.
Countless bells are hung on the tall tree poles. When they move, the tinkling sounds are like the spring breeze blowing, lasting for a long time.
The leading knight was the most gorgeously dressed, wearing a bright red military uniform and carrying a long bow of lacquered gold. He was as fiery as fire in the moonlit night, showing a very different temperament. He pointed at Lu Bu, arrogantly
He said: "I am the captain of Jiangzhou, Yizhou. I am the leader of Linjiang, Ganning and Ganxing. Who is the general on the opposite side? Please tell me your name quickly!"
[1] Duanliuyuan: At the end of the Han Dynasty, an ancient river to the east of Wugongmang was cut off, exposing a wide river channel. Later generations lived on it, forming a river village. On the Taiyuan five miles northeast of the village, Liu Wenjing, the Duke of Lu, was unjustly killed by Li Yuan in the Tang Dynasty.
During the Zhenguan period, Taizong Li Shimin commemorated Liu Wenjing's contribution, rehabilitated him, and restored his official title. Following the example of the Han Dynasty, he built the tomb in the shape of three mountains to show future generations that Wenjing rebelled against the Sui Dynasty and fought against the Turks.
The glorious military exploits of "Capturing Guanzhong". Only then appeared on the vast northern wilderness the magnificent landscape of "the towering three tombs and the forest of steles and towers". Duanliu Plain has since been renamed Mitsuka Plain.