Setting up an ambush was Cao Cao's favorite tactic in the early days.
This routine was often used to defeat the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, defeat the Black Mountain Army, the Southern Huns, Yuan Shu, and Lu Bu, and it worked repeatedly.
The sun is slightly warmer, and the spring breeze is gentle. The hillside to the west is dotted with lush trees, the leaves are swaying in the wind, and the branches are lush. From the east, groups of white clouds like the same are slowly drifting.
The area near Daze Lake in Feng County was filled with murderous aura. Tens of thousands of shadowy figures emerged from the dense reeds and basil bushes by the river, disturbing countless peaceful beasts living nearby.
On such a grand scale, with forty to fifty thousand people fighting, even the tigers in the nearby jungle could only watch from a distance and did not dare to come up and join in the fun.
Cao Cao, Guo Jiaxi Zhicai and others stood on the mountain overlooking the war below. After the first round of arrow rain, Lu Bu's army in front was already overwhelmed and suffered heavy losses. Then the second wave of offensive came like a tide.
Lu's army was already on the verge of defeat.
Cao Jun, who was wearing black and purple clothes, and Sun Jun, who was wearing red clothes, joined together and attacked Lu Jun, who was wearing gray and black clothes. Lu Jun could resist at first, but soon he could no longer hold on.
Hao Meng's troops who were at the forefront were defeated immediately, and then Song Xian, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and other troops were defeated one after another.
The surrounding terrain was extremely unfavorable for cavalry. There were hills and plains on the left, and lakes and wetlands on the right. The roads were narrow and the land was soft, making it impossible to launch a charge. Lu Bu's cavalry guards could only choose to wait and watch in the distant plains, unable to rush to rescue.
This is one of Lu Bu's biggest trump cards. If the battle is on the plains, with the infantry facing off, and the left and right cavalry charging and strangulating, the enemy can be easily defeated. But where can there be any cavalry charge now?
No matter in terms of tactics, terrain, fighting style, or numbers, Lu Bu was already at a disadvantage. Sun Jian even personally led the army, becoming more and more courageous as he fought, and charged towards Lu Bu's army in the middle camp.
"How dare the thief!"
Lu Bu saw that his front army was beaten to a terrible state, and his eyes were about to burst. Sun Jian was approaching. With hatred, a red rabbit and a horse were caught in the belly of the army, and they came out of the army, and actually killed Sun Jian alone.
Sun Jian could only see a red ghost-like figure on the road ahead attacking him like lightning. Before he could see it clearly, a silver handle flashed like a bright moon and pierced the center of his eyebrows.
During the Hulao Pass, Sun Jian was seriously injured by Xu Rong in an ambush because he underestimated the enemy and rushed in. He was recovering from his injuries and did not see Lu Bu's power with his own eyes.
But this does not mean that Sun Jian does not know how powerful Lu Bu is.
As a general who has been fighting in the army all year round, and who once fought alongside Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, even people with arrogant personalities such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have to admit that Lu Bu is braver than them, let alone Sun Jian?
So when he saw Lu Bu coming to kill him with hatred, Sun Jian did not dare to neglect him. He used up 120% of his strength to block the attack with his ancient sword.
rub!
Then a harsh sound of weapons friction was heard.
Sparks flew and dragons roared.
Then he saw Lu Bu holding a halberd in one hand, slashing a crescent moon in the air, and struck it down hard as if it had the power of a thousand pounds.
Sun Jian, on the other hand, held the sword with both hands horizontally, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd tightly, with veins popping on his forehead, and he gritted his teeth to hold on.
This blow was a decisive blow.
If you know something about martial arts, you will understand that when holding a knife, you use one hand to slash, and the enemy uses two hands to block, and you can easily block it.
Because two hands use more strength than one hand, and holding a knife with two hands is far stronger than one hand, this is common sense even if you don't know martial arts.
However, Lu Bu took a trick. Although he was wielding a halberd to chop with one hand, he borrowed the charging inertia of the red rabbit horse, so his strength was much greater than usual when holding a halberd with one hand.
But even so, it is enough to prove Lu Bu's tyranny. After all, Lu Bu borrowed the horse power, and Sun Jian also borrowed the horse power to support him. As a result, he even boasted about the horse with both hands, but he could barely hold up Lu Bu's hateful blow. This shows the gap in strength between the two sides.
How big is it.
"Ming Gong, don't panic, Cheng Pu is here!"
Seeing that Sun Jian was at a disadvantage and suffered a loss, Cheng Pu, one of the four generals of Soochow, stabbed several Lu soldiers around him to death, then rushed towards Lu Bu with his sword and stabbed him in the face.
The horse was very long. In order to avoid Cheng Pu's stab, Lu Bu withdrew his strength and turned his head to avoid it.
Sun Jian suddenly felt that the pressure was suddenly reduced, and he immediately slashed with his sword. Lu Bu smiled coldly and disdainfully, and Fang Tian twirled his halberd lightly in his hand. Not only did he knock back Sun Jian's ancient ingot sword, but he also knocked Cheng Pu back.
Ma Chang, who changed his moves, missed the target.
As mentioned before, the horse's shaft is not only long, but its head is also equipped with iron nails and blades, which can stab, hammer, beat, tease, chop, etc. Cheng Pu is also a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time. He can immediately change his moves if he misses a hit.
He demonstrated his extremely fast reaction ability and also demonstrated his excellent and qualified martial arts skills.
But unfortunately, in front of Lu Bu, this kind of trick was as ridiculous as a child playing with a stick. He easily defused the two men's attacks, and then stabbed Cheng Pu diagonally to death.
Fortunately, Huang Gai, Zu Mao and Han Dang arrived in time and joined forces to resist Lu Bu's attack.
Six people fought together in the rebel army. It was basically Sun Jian and four strong generals who surrounded Lu Bu. Faced with the siege, Lu Bu was not under as much pressure as he imagined. Every time, he could easily resolve the attacks coming from all directions. Occasionally,
A single blow from the halberd can also cause huge trouble to the enemy.
The Three Heroes fought against Lu Bu because there were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with 108 and 107 force values, and the four generals of Soochow basically had a force value of about 70-80. Even if Sun Jian, who had a force value of over 90, was added, how could they compare?
The invincible Lu Bu?
Although Sun Jian defeated Lu Bu in history, it was because of the internal strife between Lu Bu and Hu Zhen. When the two sides were fighting, Sun Jian fought with the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman benefited, and he finally won the victory.
If we talk about personal bravery, Lu Bu is more powerful.
Therefore, even if five people fight one person, they can barely compete in a short period of time and cannot defeat him at all.
On the hilltop, Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and carefully watched the situation below.
From an overall perspective, the coalition forces of Cao and Sun clearly had the upper hand. Lu Bu's army lacked critical cavalry help, and was ambushed. It had the disadvantage of having fewer men than more men. It could only parry, but had no intention of counterattack.
However, Sun Jian's shortcomings of taking the lead in every battle were exposed. Lu Bu fought with him. If Lu Bu could kill Sun Jian, the outcome would be unpredictable.
"Ming Gong, the archers are ready."
Yu Jin appeared next to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao nodded, pointed to a hill in the distance and said: "Let the front army press over and protect the archers to occupy that place."
Yu Jin looked over and saw that it was the mountains not far from where Lu Bu and Sun Jian were fighting.
There are some hills in the terrain near Daze, but they are not high. They are no more than five or six meters short, and the highest is only thirty or forty meters. They can be said to be a pile of small slopes, but it is these small slopes that seriously hinder Lu Bu.
The cavalry brigade gave the Cao-Sun coalition an advantage.
The first wave of arrow rain was released by Sun Jian's army. Sun Jian went north for rescue this time in a hurry and did not bring much baggage, so there were not many arrows. After the first round of shooting, there were no arrows, so he had to start
Melee.
Cao Cao's supplies were quite sufficient. After all, he was retreating with baggage vehicles. However, it was in a retreat state before and it took time to adjust. Now the archers are ready.
After receiving the order, Yu Jin led his soldiers and horses and began to press forward with force. Soon a large number of archers were on the mountain ridge.
"Ming Gong plans to eradicate Lu Bu and Sun Jian together?"
Guo Jia's ghostly figure appeared behind Cao Cao. He looked at the battle on the lake shore in the distance with a strange light flashing in his eyes.
If Lu Bu and Sun Jian died here at the same time, then not only Yanzhou, but also Yuzhou and the others would be able to spy on them.
Cao Cao pondered and said: "I heard that Sun Bofu, the son of Sun Jian, bravely conquered the three armies and has great prestige?"
Sun Ce is already twenty-one years old this year. Last year, Sun Jian gave him the nickname Bofu. He went around Yuzhou to fight against bandits, Yellow Turbans, etc. He was so brave that he was known as the Little Overlord.
"Um."
Guo Jia said softly: "If this is the case, then it is indeed inappropriate."
"Then order the entire army to attack."
Cao Cao said calmly.
"only!"
Everyone bowed their hands.
After the order for the entire army to attack was given, Lu Bu's army was defeated even faster.
Originally, Cao's army retreated all the way and their formation had not yet been set up, so Lu Bu initially fought with Sun Jian's army and Cao's rear army.
However, after a period of adjustment, Cao's army set up a formation and began to attack from the side with Sun Jian's army.
As a result, Lu Bu's army became even more irresistible, and was immediately on the verge of collapse.
"hateful!"
Lu Bu glanced around and saw that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, and there were more and more enemies.
He looked at Sun Jian fiercely. If Sun Jian had not arrived suddenly, he would have killed Cao Cao today, occupied the entire Yanzhou, and even had a peek at the land of Xuzhou.
"General, our army is defeated, withdraw."
Li Su broke out of the siege, came to Lu Bu's side, drove Huang Gai back, and shouted to Lu Bu.
Lu Bu Fang Tian swept his halberd, fending off Sun Jian and Cheng Pu, Zu Mao and Han Dang, and roared: "Get out!"
Then he turned around and walked away.
Sun Jian's eyes turned red and he roared angrily: "Kill!"
After saying that, he set off his horse and ran wildly, hot on his heels.
The two of them were running one behind the other.
There were small-scale battles all around the mountains and plains, with soldiers and horses from both sides chasing and fleeing. There were countless black spots on the vast land, as if swarms of ants were being chased by the flood behind them.
Lu Bu's Red Rabbit horse ran very fast, running dozens of meters away in an instant. Then while running, the Red Rabbit's speed suddenly slowed down slightly.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Bu was seen holding the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in one hand, holding the halberd under his arm, and then pulled out the precious eagle bow hanging on the horse's belly from the side of the Red Rabbit Horse.
A terrifying silver light emitted.
He actually held his halberd and shot arrows at the same time!
Sun Jian's eyes widened, and before he could react, an arrow shot out like a meteor, hitting him in the shoulder!
If he had not instinctively turned sideways at the critical moment and used Lu Bu's archery skills to shoot a halberd, Sun Jian would have been hit not only in the shoulder but also in the neck.
This arrow was so powerful that it penetrated Sun Jian's collarbone directly. The arrow passed through his back shoulder and knocked him off his horse.
"General!"
"Ming Gong!"
Cheng Pu, Han Dang and many Sun Jun soldiers were so frightened that they dismounted and came over without even bothering to pursue Lu Jun.
"Hahahahaha."
Seeing Sun Jian hit by an arrow and falling from his horse, with no idea whether he was alive or dead, Lu Bu laughed proudly.
"Fire the arrow!"
At this moment, on a hillside not far away, after Yu Jin gave an order, hundreds of archers immediately bent their bows and set arrows, and rained arrows at Lu Bu.
Lu Bu didn't feel proud for long, he was also hit in the thigh by a rain of arrows, and he quickly galloped his horse.
In fact, without his urging, the red rabbit horse was already running wildly.
In the wave of arrows just now, the red rabbit horse was also hit by an arrow in the buttocks. The horse's buttocks were very fleshy, so it couldn't cause much damage, but it would definitely hurt. The red rabbit horse was frightened and ran away at full power, and ran out in an instant.
The range of the bow.
"Pity."
Cao Cao in the distance looked at this scene and couldn't help but feel very sorry.
He arranged for Yu Jin to secretly bring archers there in order to snipe Lu Bu. If Lu Bu could be shot to death here, the outcome of the battle would be decisive. But he still underestimated the explosive power of the red rabbit horse, which was so fast that even arrows could be shot.
Didn't keep up.
Even if Lu Bu survives and regains Yanzhou, there are still many obstacles.
"Ming Gong, although Lu Bu left, the morale of his army has plummeted. We just need to take advantage of the victory to pursue him. There is no place for him in Yanzhou."
Xi Zhicai said.
"Um."
Cao Cao nodded and waved his hand: "Chase, don't let go of an enemy!"
"Ming Gong has an order not to let an enemy go."
The messenger went to deliver the order.
Among the current generals of Cao's army, Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ren are the main generals, followed by Li Qian, Le Jin, Yu Jin, Li Dian and others.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xiahou Dun is guarding Guangling, and Cao Ren is guarding Xiapi, so Cao Cao's main generals currently are Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong.
The two men led their troops and chased Lu Bu for dozens of miles, scattering Lu Bu's troops and causing numerous casualties and surrenders.
When Lu Bu came to Yanzhou from Jizhou, he only had 2,000 cavalry around him and Zhang Yang's 10,000 Bingzhou Army. Later, there were 30,000 people because of the expansion of the army in Yanzhou.
These Yanzhou soldiers and horses were against Cao Cao. They were originally very passive in fighting and were far less powerful than the Bingzhou soldiers. Now that they were defeated, it became even more so.
Even after escaping from the vicinity of Daze, Lu Bu once tried to organize a counterattack with troops and horses, but he was scattered by these Yanzhou troops.
In desperation, Lu Bu could only lead his cavalry and Bingzhou Army to retreat and ran back to Shanyang County.
But this battle is still not over.
After Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu, he knew that Yuan Shu had no intention of going north, so he immediately transferred all the soldiers and horses from Pengcheng, so that he had an army of 20,000.
Sun Jian was wounded, and the Yuzhou army withdrew to Liang State. Cao Cao led his army to continue attacking Lu Bu, and Yu Juye defeated Lu Bu again.
Lu Bu fled in panic and ran back to Jiyin. Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue him and then attacked Dingtao.
By the time of the Battle of Dingtao, Lu Bu's Yanzhou army had all been dispersed, either dead or wounded, fleeing or surrendering, with only more than a thousand Bingzhou cavalry and 6,000 Bingzhou soldiers around them.
Cao Cao was deeply entrenched in Yanzhou. After his return, he immediately received responses from all over the country and launched a massive attack on Dingtao.
Dingtao only held out for a few days before it was captured by Cao Cao. Lu Bu fled west again, fleeing to Chenliu and defecting to Zhang Yang.
In these three battles, the Battle of Fengxian, the Battle of Juye, and the Battle of Dingtao. Lu Bu was beaten like a lost dog by Cao Cao and fled in all directions. Except for Chen Liu, there was no place for him in Yanzhou.
Just when Lu Bu was in a panic, Yuan Shu of Huainan had driven away Liu Yao and occupied the entire Yangzhou.
Hearing that Sun Jian was seriously injured, Yuan Shu was overjoyed and immediately ordered to march westward.