Chapter 26 Battle of Nanyang Dragon and Tiger (Continued)
Thinking back to Cai Mao's efforts to persuade him to drink and to stay in the city to rest, under the candlelight in the tent, Lu Bu's first reaction was that he was being played by Liu Biao's fellow!
This is of course very possible. I think back in the Northern Army, when Liu Biao was the Lieutenant of the Northern Army and he was the Colonel of the Northern Army, the two of them could not deal with each other... A famous member of the Liu clan in the Central Plains and a Heshuo warrior could deal with it.
That's weird! During the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, the two sides directly had discord and differences. To put it harshly, it could be said that Lu Bu betrayed his boss Liu Biao and took the Northern Army away to defect. However, Dong Zhuo gained power too quickly at that time.
But Liu Biao didn't have time to fall out until he left Luo.
There was an opportunity to compare notes. Now that the enemy is unlikely to attack due to the heavy rain, why not deal with Lu Bu first?
And since he has to deal with himself, he must have all the soldiers under him to deal with it carefully. At this thought, Lu Bu almost despaired... This was not only a problem of the rain at night that greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of his cavalry, but also not only that he only had
The problem with the eight hundred people is that they were driven out of Chang'an this time. Sun Jian rejected him by force, and Liu Biao did not accept him. The world is so big that even if he, Lu Bu, could escape, where could he go?
Do you really want to become a bandit in the countryside? A bandit leader with the Yinshou of the largest county in the world and the county Hou Yinshou?
Or maybe he and his eight hundred cavalry are all invulnerable, and can they pass through hundreds of cities under the rule of Sun Jian or Liu Biao and escape to their old friends Cao Cao or Liu Bei?
An indescribable despair took over Lu Bu's body. The last time he felt this way was in Pujin. At that time, he followed Jia Xu's advice and sent troops to follow Dong. As a result, as soon as he reached Pujin, he heard that Jia Wenhe offered Tongguan behind him.
Then the whole life fell to the bottom.
"Junhou! Junhou, are you up?!" At this moment, a man suddenly opened the military tent and barged in with a fire stick. It was none other than Huang Yuan, Huang Qianjiu, one of Lu Bu's few confidant generals. "Sun Jian is coming.
Come and fight quickly!"
Lu Bu, who was still wearing plain clothes on the couch, was suddenly startled: "Who do you think is coming?"
"It's Sun Jian!" Huang Yuan answered hastily while lighting up the lamp. "Looking at the formation, there will be no less than ten thousand troops to attack, but Liu Pan's front army collapsed in just a moment. Lord, please quickly put on your armor!"
Lu Bu was even more surprised and confused: "Is Sun Wentai a god? Can he attack at this time? Didn't you brave the rain during the day and serve as sentinels until the afternoon?"
"So the front army collapsed all of a sudden!" Huang Yuan became more and more anxious. "Who could have thought that they would descend like divine soldiers from the sky? Lord, now is not the time to worry about this matter, but how to deal with it. Hurry up and put on your armor to fight.
Bar!"
Lu Bu was in a trance, and immediately put on his armor with the help of Huang Qianjiu. After a while, they went out of the tent together... However, as soon as he stepped out of the tent, he was suddenly stunned because it was too dark and chaotic outside.
At the same time, the rain was still pouring down, and the sound of "Kill Lu Bu" getting closer and closer in front of me was like thunder, which was the only thing that seemed slightly tidy.
There is no doubt that Huang Yuan relied on this to conclude that the front camp had collapsed.
It's just...how to fight this?
"How can we fight this?" Lu Bu, who was aroused by the rain and came to his senses, turned and asked.
Huang Yuan also woke up. In the dark night and chaos, it was difficult for the cavalry to find a place to line up, not to mention the ground was so slippery... But the most deadly thing was not these, but how did they distinguish between ourselves and the enemy? How to let them know?
The cavalry takes action in a camp full of obstacles?
Is it based on accent recognition?
It is better to ask before the fight, which family you are from? Or you can charge towards the place where Lu Bu was killed? Even if this method works, is it a suicide to race in the camp on such a dark and rainy night?
And without the war horses, the eight hundred Beidisu cavalry fighting in the mud might not be as good as the local Jingzhou soldiers!
"Your Majesty!" Huang Yuan immediately changed his face after he woke up. "It's no longer possible to attack. How about setting fire to the military tent here, reorganizing the troops and horses around the rear camp, and waiting for dawn to launch a counterattack?"
"Withdraw!" Lu Fengxian took a deep breath amidst the voices of "Kill Lu Bu" in the sky, but made a decision simply. "While the battle has not advanced in front of us, with the horses, the whole army ran towards Deng County behind us.
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Huang Yuan was puzzled for a moment: "Your Majesty, I know that this battle is difficult, and there is no harm in retreating for a while. But if we avoid the battle at this time, how will we explain to Liu Biao in the future? Besides, even if it is difficult, we are not afraid..."
"I know what you mean. I know these things better than you." Lu Bu turned back coldly. "I can only rely on Liu Biao now, and if we can clear space and reorganize our troops in the chaos of the battle, with our long battle
If we put our best men first, we may not be able to muster the courage to reverse the situation of the war... But why should we risk our lives to help Liu Jingsheng?"
Huang Yuan tilted his head slightly, the meaning was obvious... The whole camp was shouting "Kill Lu Bu"!
"That's not the case." Lu Bu smiled instead of being angry in the rain. "In the final analysis, this battle is a matter between Sun Wentai and Liu Jingsheng, and we are so poor that we have no interest in this. Even the so-called 'killing Lu Bu' can only be done by Sun Wentai."
It's just a moment of anger... At this time, all we have to do is to protect the eight hundred cavalry and not fall into this muddy nest for no reason!"
Huang Yuan woke up slightly.
"But what you said is right." Lu Bu listened attentively a few more times, and then suddenly laughed again. "Just from today's shouts, I know that Sun Jian still remembers the hatred of the Yingchuan battle, and he will never tolerate me.
Yes, we can only rely on Liu Biao for the time being... Well, you and Wei Xu will take our cavalry to hide behind Deng County. We must protect our own soldiers and horses first. I will go to the city alone to find
Cai Mao, for the current plan, there is no manpower left outside the city, so the best way is to help Cai Mao strictly guard the city!"
Huang Yuan immediately bowed his head and obeyed the order.
"Remember!" Lu Bu couldn't help but warned. "In the final analysis, you eight hundred cavalry are the capital of me, the empty-headed Marquis Wen and the prefect! Without capital, we can't rise again, and if we can't rise again... Qian
9. I, Lu Bu, am a hero, how can I live in depression for a long time? Do you think that I took refuge with Liu Biao just to lend him a county to establish a foothold in? I will tell you my true intention tonight. The more fierce the fight between his two families, the more losses Liu Biao will suffer.
Heavy, I can be more steady when I ride in front of him, but I can't let him let it go to the end."
Huang Yuan stared blankly at his old master. To be fair, he had been idle for several years. Before leaving Wuguan this time, he had not seen him for a long time.
However, after many years of being together, he finally passed away.
Lu Bu watched his old subordinate turn around and disappear into the rainy night, with an expressionless face, wearing iron-clad leather boots, and stopped in front of the tent with his hands behind his hands for a long time to listen specifically to the sound of "Kill Lu Bu" that was like waves.
He is a veteran on the battlefield. At first, he was still drunk and panicked because he misjudged the situation. Now that he had a general understanding of the situation, he did not panic anymore and even began to speculate based on the voice that killed him.
War situation.
By the way, the battlefield may be the most bizarre and chaotic place in the world. When the two sides face each other in life and death, you can see any weird scene here... Sometimes one side will win a complete victory, and the general will be majestic after the war.
When you are in awe, you will be easily knocked down by a stray arrow; sometimes one side clearly has the advantage, but will be defeated because you have too much time to take advantage of it; sometimes you clearly have huge war potential but cannot use it at all, and you lose it with an indescribable sense of powerlessness.
everything.
The upper and lower limits of human beings are constantly being refreshed in wars. When they are stupid, they are so stupid that it is difficult for people to understand. When they are smart, they are so smart that it is incredible.
; When it is noble, it is so noble that people will praise it for eternity; when it is despicable, it is so despicable that people will hate it for life... In this kind of place, all discussions of "rationality" are an afterthought, because the war itself is made of all kinds of unreasonable things to build up reasonableness.
A process that results.
Lu Bu listened for a while and 'observed' for a while, and he already understood the battle situation at this time... That is, no matter what method Sun Jian used to suddenly appear here, when he led thousands of troops to appear here,
At that moment, the so-called battle on the bank of the water where Liu Biao aided and protected Yuan Shu was effectively over.
After this battle, the main force of Liu Biao's army will completely lose the ability to actively intervene in the battle in Nanyang, while Sun Jian can calmly wait for reinforcements from behind and sweep the east bank of Bishui.
Why so sure?
The reason is very simple. Lu Bu keenly realized that the problem is not how good Sun Jian's army is in fighting, nor how weak Liu Biao's army is... In fact, according to his observations in the past few days, Liu Biao's army is still outstanding, and the logistics are supplemented.
, the officer organization and the quality of the soldiers are quite good, but now they have exposed a fatal weakness, that is, Liu Biao's soldiers obviously have no experience in dealing with night attacks.
Or to put it more simply, they lack experience in any large-scale battlefield! And if you think about it carefully, this battle seems to be Liu Biao's first large-scale use of troops after he gained power in Jingzhou... No wonder this kind of army was defeated miserably in the new wilderness before
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In fact, Lu Bu only stood in front of his tent for a moment before he already felt something strange. There were two distinct voices on the battlefield. One was the cry of "Kill Lu Bu" when Sun Jian's troops made a surprise attack, and the other was the chaos of Jingzhou soldiers.
The noise caused by the latter spreads much faster than the former!
And this means that the Jingzhou soldiers' own chaos came faster than Sun Jian's army's advance.
There is nothing that can be done about it. The Jingzhou soldiers may not be afraid of death because they were born in Jianghan, but they really have no experience in night fighting.
After coming to the conclusion, Lu Fengxian shook his head, then turned around and took out the famous Lu horse from the corner of his military tent...
That's right, Lu Bu always slept with his war horse!
By the way, he himself can't tell whether he was expelled from Chang'an or successfully escaped from Chang'an. Anyway, his life is really difficult these days. He has no supplies and no place to stay. In Danshui, he is being relied on by a second-generation official like Xu Kun.
Due to the favorable geographical location across the river to block the attack, he could only wander around the mountainous area in the west of Nanyang. He once occupied Shedu Township in a mountain nest, but then he felt ridiculous and abandoned that township again to join his former colleague Liu Biao.
However, he has never trusted Liu Biao, or in other words, he has never trusted anyone since he felt betrayed by Jia Xu... Therefore, he kept his Luma in the military tent; so
, it was clear that Jia Xu had detained his wife and daughter and had not seen Wenrou Township for a long time, but when Cai Mao asked him to stay in the city, he still returned to the humid military camp outside the city despite being drunk.
Because Lu Fengxian, the tiger of the world who once dominated the world, was ready to run away at any time.
This feels so bad!
But the more this happens, the more cautious Lu Fengxian must be and the more he must preserve his capital, because only in this way can he gain a foothold and no longer be inferior to others!
Only in troubled times, how can a mere eight hundred cavalry gain a foothold among these princes who frequently mobilize tens of thousands of troops? It can only be said that the road ahead is long and arduous.
On the other side, Cai Mao in the city was not an incompetent person. The military camp outside the city was completely defeated. He also responded immediately. So on the top of the city, braziers, torches, countless oils, and even cooking oil were lit with choking smoke.
They were all moved out at any cost, and the blazing torches erected a beacon for the defeated soldiers in the military camp outside the city.
"Is Mr. Cai worried that the Jingzhou soldiers outside will not be defeated quickly enough?" The gatekeeper was ordered to open the door to recruit troops. He naturally recognized Lu Bu when he saw him. However, Lu Fengxian rode into the city alone and went straight to the city to find Cai Mao.
"Marquis Wen must teach me!" Cai Hao, as a son of a noble family, still has basic qualities, but he is a famous general in a hundred battles. No matter how knowledgeable he is, no matter how much training he has, he can't be as calm as Lu Bu. "Ignition is
is it wrong?"
"It's true that I'm wrong, but it doesn't matter." Lu Bu, fully armored, came slowly and said calmly. "Although the Jingzhou soldiers are quite good, they don't have much war experience. They were defeated in the previous battle of Xinye because of this."
, and since the night attack succeeded this time, there was almost no excuse... But there are two keys to reversal in the defeat of this battle."
"Marquis Wen, tell me quickly."
"One is how powerful Sun Wentai's troops are." Lu Bu stood on the city and pointed to the noisy camp in the darkness below the city. "The rain is so heavy, there have been many sentries exploring all day long.
It can't be faked. Sun Wentai's night attack must have paid a huge price, and his troops and horses must have been extremely exhausted. At this time, they all relied on a successful momentum to fight... And if there was no lighting from the beginning, it would not be possible.
Open the door to accept the defeated troops, and let the soldiers and horses fight in the rainy night. Maybe under the huge sacrifice, Sun Wentai's soldiers and horses will be unable to hold on first. And I said that you should not raise fire with a single step. That's why you do this.
, but instead urged the rear camp troops who still had organizational structure and combat capabilities to give up resistance and enter the city one after another."
Cai Hao suddenly understood, but he quickly asked again: "Is it time to turn off the engine at this time?"
"No need," Lu Bu kept shaking his head. "When I set off, I knew that the defeat outside was already decided, and it would be useless to turn off the flames... But if we want to close the city gate and let the defeated army flee along the city, the troops maintaining the formation of the rear camp have already come in.
, At this time, all the troops are routed, and no matter how many troops are routed, it is useless, but it will shake the morale of the troops in the city."
With his ears full of "Kill Lu Bu" himself, Cai Hao naturally trusted him, so he immediately ordered: "Close the city gate quickly and order the newly arrived troops to circle the city and take shelter to the west!"
"And the second key lies in this city." Lu Bu waited for the other party to complete the order, and then said calmly. "With such a night attack, the overall situation outside the city is out of control, and this city has become the only reliance... But
As I said before, the enemy must be exhausted. If the city can hold out until dawn, even though Sun Wentai will be victorious by then, the troops and horses will be at the end of their strength. If there are two or three thousand fresh troops in the city by then, they can turn defeat into victory!"
Cai Hao completely realized: "On the battlefield, Marquis Wen is ten times better than me! I immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses in the city to gather and prepare, and divide them into two, half to defend the city, and the other half to stand by..."
Lu Bu spread his hands slightly, completely unfazed.
At the same time, in the military camp outside the city, just as Lu Bu said, Liu Pan and Huang Zhongkong had enough courage, but they could not command at all, and they did not know how to command. They did not know where the enemy general was, and they did not know where their subordinates were.
They just felt that the sound of "Kill Lu Bu" was filling their ears, shaking the heaven and earth, like thunder and waves, rolling back their camp and collapsing away together.
Huang Zhong was older and actually had some experience. He was indeed preparing to light up the camp to gather the soldiers, but it happened that it was a dark and rainy night. He, who was in the front camp, almost instantly lost his room for maneuver, while Liu Pan was there from beginning to end.
I don't know how to deal with it.
Sun Jian's troops during the attack also didn't know where their general was and were even more exhausted. However, in the dark night, the constant shouts of "Kill Lu Bu" and the advancing front made them excited again and again.
Overturning the front camp, then overturning the middle camp, and finally reaching the rear camp almost without losing any blood... As the mountains roared and the tsunami roared, everyone knew that Sun Jian was destined to win this battle!
Sun Jian, who was covered in blood and had already looked down on his plain clothes and scarf, stood on the collapsed tent of Liu Pan's army, and then looked at Deng County, where countless braziers and torches were forcibly lit in the rain, but he suddenly looked around and
When he found his beloved general Jiang Qin, he was by his side.
"Have you seen Gong Yi?" Sun Jian held the ancient ingot knife and pointed at each other from a distance, extremely calm. "In the rainy night, the defeated troops outside the city were out of control. That was the enemy's only support. If it could be defeated, let alone the whole battle.
Victory, even Liu Biao has to stop this time! Our army will rest in this stronghold until dawn. As long as there is a ray of light to shine on the city wall, I will personally lead the troops to climb the city to lure you!"
Jiang Qin, who was also covered in blood, nodded for a moment, but then shook his head again.
