Lu Bu's Bingzhou Army was deployed in Zhongmou County, deliberately waiting for the arrival of the three princes.
Zhu Jun fled in panic, taking only a dozen of his followers with him, and came to Yuan Shao's army, crying bitterly and recounting the horror of the war.
Yuan Shao did not dare to neglect this former famous general. He personally received Zhu Jun, consoled him with kind words, and promised to avenge Zhu Jun.
Then Yuan Shao personally directed three groups of soldiers and horses towards Lu Bu's army.
The soldiers and horses of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were in front of him, but Lu Bu didn't notice them.
In the heart of Marquis Lu Wen, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are still the same as when more than ten princes raised their troops together, but they are all suffering from scabies and leprosy, and they will not achieve anything.
Among the princes, Sun Jian, the most brave and skillful in fighting, has died in the battle. What ability can the remaining people have?
However, it turned out that Lu Bu's idea was extremely wrong.
He is out of touch with the times.
The current strength of Yuan, Cao, and Tao families is completely different from when they fought with him at Hulao Pass.
When the troops of Yuan, Cao, and Tao were resisting the east of Zhongmu County, they immediately stood still.
Yuan Shao ordered Tao Shang and Cao Cao to place their camps on the left and right sides of their camps, forming a horn formation. Yuan Shao stationed his troops due east, facing the direction of Zhongmu County, waiting for Lu Bu's arrival.
It was not an offensive posture at all. Yuan Shao was in no hurry and was ready for battle. He was not in a hurry to fight Lu Bu. It can be said that he was loose and in a mess.
Regarding this point, Tao Shang was a little puzzled, so he immediately consulted with Guo Jia to try to figure out Yuan Shao's intentions.
Tao Shang believes that logically speaking, the Bingzhou Army is the front of the enemy's army. Although it is brave, it is only an enemy force after all. If Dong Zhuo's troops and horses arrive at the headquarters, the two armies and horses will join together and fight head-on. It was not easy to do this. Instead of taking advantage of the enemy's main force and attacking its front before it arrived, they waited quietly. I really couldn't figure out what Yuan Shao was thinking.
Guo Jia was a genius, but he saw things more clearly than the pottery merchant. He told the pottery merchant that Yuan Shao was looking for people, not armies.
Yuan Shao is no longer what he used to be. Not only does he have many powerful generals under his command, but also many gentry advisers from all over the world are gathered under his command. Yuan Shao's arrangements today must have been guided by an expert.
The pottery merchant didn't know what he meant, so Guo Jia immediately explained to the pottery merchant:
Although Lu Bu appeared to be the vanguard and led the army, in fact, in the eyes of the generals of the Xiliang Army, as a latecomer, Lu Bu had received great favor from Dong Zhuo, and he fell into the category of being nakedly jealous of them. People must be isolated.
Coupled with Dong Zhuo's daily checks, balances and instigations, intentionally or unintentionally, Lu Bu has been pushed to the opposite side of the generals in Liangzhou.
Yuan Shao had the three armies and horses arranged as horns. On the surface, they seemed to be loose and not fighting, but in fact they were in a tight formation, trying to catch turtles in the urn. And Lu Bu was not a person who took things easy. If Yuan Shao did not move, Lu Bu would not dare to attack easily.
If the situation here spreads to the rear, given the relationship between the Xiliang generals and Lu Bu, they will definitely slander Lu Bu in front of Dong Zhuo for being too timid to fight.
With Dong Zhuo's current violent temperament, he would never have thought that the old thief would definitely send someone to rebuke Lu Bu, and would even order Lu Bu to fight within a limited time.
In this way, it is tantamount to changing positions on offense and defense.
The three armies of our own side had more troops than Lu Bu's army, so they divided into three groups to form horns. Dong Zhuo scolded Lu Bu for going into battle. The three armies turned from attack to defense. Not only could they avoid the advantages of the Bingzhou army's cavalry, but they could also maximize their use. The power of Quyi's crossbow array.
Moreover, Lu Bu turned from defense to offense because of Dong Zhuo's rebuke, and the pressure on him suddenly increased. If he failed to win, he would probably face another provocation and slander from the Xiliang generals.
Yuan Shao's method of recruiting people is by no means just a casual person's advice.
Guo Jia concluded that Yuan Shao must be surrounded by highly resourceful people, and their abilities were probably not inferior to his own.
And it's very possible that it's not one.
In this way, after a few days of fighting with Chen Bing, Lu Bu could no longer sit still, and everything was moving in the direction of Yuan Shao's strategy and Guo Jia's guess.
Behind Lu Bu, the spies reported the intelligence to Dong Zhuo.
Lu Bu stood still and refused to fight against Yuan Shao's army. This suddenly played into the hands of the Xiliang generals.
Among the generals under Dong Zhuo, headed by Li Jue, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Guo Si and others all remonstrated with Dong Zhuo, saying that Lu Bu usually complained about the poor treatment of the Bingzhou army by the Prime Minister in recent years, but this time he could not hold on.
In the battle, Yuan Shaojun must have some weird thoughts even if he stands still. Please Dong Zhuo be more careful and guard against Lu Bu's weird thoughts.
Moreover, Li Jue also stated to Dong Zhuo that the food routes from the rear of Yuan Shao's army leading to Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Xuzhou were smooth without any obstacles, and the three families were not short of food, especially Jizhou was the world's granary. If they wanted to wait for Yuan and Cao,
Tao San's family was short of food and food, so they retreated without fighting. This was simply ridiculous. It is self-evident what Lu Bu was thinking.
Lu Bu must have deliberately conserved his strength and did not want his direct lineage of the Bingzhou Army to suffer losses... His heart was tormented.
At the time of Lü Bu, Dong Zhuo, who led the Bingzhou Army to surrender after killing Ding Yuan, was a tiger and wolf in character. Dong Zhuo was not at ease with him, so in recent years, he has been intentionally or unintentionally restricting Lü Bu's development.
And deliberately suppress differentiation.
Now that the facts are in front of us, and Dong Zhuo is in high spirits after taking Five Stone Powder every day, he looks energetic on the surface, but in fact his mind is no longer very clear, so the old thief doesn't care about anything else and directly dispatches
The messenger went to Lu Bu's military camp, scolded him in a letter, and ordered him to choose a day to go to war, otherwise he would be dealt with according to military law.
Lu Bu was shocked when he saw Dong Zhuo's letter.
Although Lu Bu didn't think highly of the coalition forces of the Kwantung princes, the enemy's true identity was unclear at the moment and they were still clinging to their camp, so it was definitely not the best idea to engage in a hasty battle.
Moreover, Lu Bu was indeed a little careful. He didn't want his Bingzhou Army to suffer unreasonable losses... He thought it would be best to wait until Dong Zhuo's main force arrived before attacking the enemy.
But now that Dong Zhuo had issued a military order, Lu Bu had no choice but to disobey him.
Faced with many desperations, Lu Bu could only choose to march towards Yuan Shao's camp.
But in this way, it plays into Yuan Shao's plan!
The three camps set up in the shape of horns were set up like iron barrels under Yuan Shao's arrangement. The defensive offensive was also extremely strict, especially the three bows and crossbows led by Qu Yi and assisted by Gan Ning and Yu Jin.
Battalion, the offensive is sharp, Cheng can be said to be the nemesis of the cavalry.
On the first day when Lu Bu led the Bingzhou wolf cavalry to attack the strongholds of three princes, he was defeated and defeated by the three groups of troops.
The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry are good at using scimitars and have extremely strong maneuverability. If faced head-on on the plains, there is almost no enemy formation they cannot break through.
However, Yuan Shao had already made plans for this. He carefully deployed his defenses and took advantage of the enemy's internal strife, forcing Lu Bu to give up his advantage and turn passivity into initiative.
Although the Bingzhou wolf cavalry is brave and good at fighting, compared with the Baima Yicong of Youzhou, they have their own shortcomings and strengths. Quyi's crossbow array once fired Gongsun Zan's flowers from the front on the plain battlefield, but now it is in the battlefield with momentum.
The advantage of dealing with Lu Bu's Wolf Cavalry under defense is self-evident.
What's more, with the help of Gan Ning and Yu Jin, this battle was even more worrying for Lu Bu.
After attacking Yuan Shao's Dazhai three times, Lu Bu's army returned to the main formation, leaving hundreds of corpses behind and bringing back more than a thousand wounded soldiers.
Seeing these loyal soldiers dying and being injured, even though Lu Bu was ruthless, his heart was broken...
Yuan Shao's crossbow is really powerful!
Lu Bu had been fighting for many years, but he had never seen such a tight defense of bows and crossbows. It was almost airtight, with no gaps at all.
Who is the person leading this crossbow camp?
But Lu Bu didn't have time to think too much. The battle had already reached this level. He couldn't let his soldiers sacrifice in vain. He must attack Yuan Jun's camp today!
Thus, the fourth storm organized by Lu Bu began again.
A volley of arrows poured into the sky, covering up the clouds and the sun, and the sky was on guard to be shrouded by it. The arrows were mixed with the wind, and they hit the Bingzhou Army who rushed towards Yuan Jun's camp. Blood spattered everywhere, and almost everyone died on the battlefield.
It's increasing every moment.
"Dong dong dong dong!"
The war drums of Lu Bu's army were beating continuously, and the attacking army was commanded by Song Xian, the third general under Lu Bu's command.
The problem is that no matter how they are arranged, the soldiers under Song Xian's command cannot rush within three feet in front of Yuan Jun's camp. In front of Yuan Jun's camp, countless corpses have been left with the naked eye, and the look on Song Xian's face
His veins were exposed and his eyes were bloodshot and red. He looked fiercely at the impregnable Yuan Jun Dazhai in the distance. Although he was extremely angry, he was helpless.
The rumbling drums seemed to hit the hearts of the soldiers, making them scratch their hearts and make them feel uncomfortable.
Lu Bu rode a neighing red rabbit horse to the front army and shouted coldly at Song Xian: "Song Xian! If you lead another five thousand soldiers to attack, you must capture Yuan Shao's stronghold!"
Song Xian nodded heavily and shouted: "No!"
Then he straightened his back, took the long spear from his entourage, and said fiercely to the soldiers behind him: "Boss of Bingzhou! If you charge with me again, whoever is the first to attack Yuan Shao's fortress?"
There are many rewards in the village, Marquis Wen! Kill him!"
The officers and soldiers of the Bingzhou Army are all tigers and wolves. No one in the three armies is greedy for life and afraid of death, and after years of training, they are all extremely warlike.
When the soldiers heard this, their eyes turned red.
"Kill!!"
The five thousand Bingzhou attacking troops surged towards Yuan Shao's military stronghold again like a black tide.
There was also a crazy flame in Lu Bu's eyes. He flicked the Fang Tian painted halberd in his hand and shouted loudly: "The crossbowmen of the rear army, follow Song Xian and rush forward, covered by the rain of arrows! Beat the heavy drum! For the soldiers
Cheers! Pass the order and after defeating Yuan, I will allow them to massacre the city in a nearby county for three days!"
The officers and soldiers of the Bingzhou Army were promised a reward for slaughtering the city. Their expressions became more and more excited and crazy, their red eyes filled with greed and cold murderous intent, and they rushed towards the Yuan Army's stronghold faster and faster.
In the front line of Yuan Jun's work, Qu Yi, Gan Ning and Yu Jin were all there.
Qu Yi looked at Song Xian and his army charging towards him again with an arrogant look on his face. He half-closed his eyes as if he was asleep and didn't even give an order.
The soldiers defending in the stronghold also obeyed the generals carefully. Faced with the Bingzhou Army, which was as fierce as wolves and full of murderous intent, not a single soldier took any action without Qu Yi's order.
Even if the enemy is in front of them, they seem to only wait for the general, otherwise, they will just let the enemy kill them.
It wasn't until Song Xian's attacking army got closer to the camp that Qu Yi suddenly opened his eyes and shouted calmly: "Hold the four-stone bow and shoot the arrows!"
"Swish, swish, swish!"
"Three Stone Gong Camp, release arrows!"
“Swish, swish, swish!
"Two stone bow camps, shoot arrows!"
"Crossbow Battalion, shoot!"
"Whoosh whoosh!"
A series of orders were issued, and the soldiers guarding the camp performed their duties. Although they were busy, they did not show any panic. In the open space in front of Yuan Jun's stronghold, the Bingzhou Army soldiers screamed and fell to the ground one by one, and the shouts of killing gradually subsided.
weaken.
Even Song Xian himself was shot in the shoulder by an arrow and fell from his horse.
Lu Bu, who was watching the battle from a distance, turned pale when he saw this. He pointed at Song Xian who fell off his horse and shouted: "Hurry! Save Song Xian quickly! This is my general's arm, we must not lose it!"
The pro-army troops behind Lu Bu rushed into the battlefield without hesitation, braved the rain of arrows, and at the cost of the lives of seven or eight people, half-carrying and half-dragging, they managed to rescue Song Xian back to their own formation.
The Bingzhou army left behind hundreds more corpses and returned in vain. They surged forward like a tide and retreated to the rear like a tide.