I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 445, lost troops and lost generals

Dingtao, the coalition camp!
The news of Lu Bu's battle with the Dagan army also reached here.

When Liu Bei found out that Lu Bu wanted to take the last cavalry from the coalition army, he fought with Dagan and said angrily, "Lu Bu is also a veteran for many years. Doesn't he know the consequences of our army losing his cavalry! The cavalry in his hand was defeated. We Even if there is an advantage in military strength, they will be divided among the various cities by the main army, and the logistics will be cut off, and finally they will be wiped out one by one by Lei Gong's concentrated superior force! Why didn't the other generals stop Lu Bu's recklessness!"

Liu Bei asked Lu Bu to lead 3 cavalry to Dongjun. He wanted Lu Bu to find out the situation in Dongjun and lay the foundation for the next battle. He never thought that Lu Bu would fight with the cavalry of the main army. In Liu Bei's view, this is not worth the candle. thing!

Jian Yong also complained: "We obviously just want them to find out the situation in Dongjun, but we didn't expect that Lu Bu and the others would actually want to fight Lei Gong and wipe out a cavalry force of 5 people. If Lei Gong is so easy to fight, We will not stay in Dingtao forever, if Lu Bu is wiped out by Lei Gong, how will we fight this battle?"

Although Liu Bei and his troops are several times stronger than the original Jizhou Army, they are not as good as the Jizhou Army in terms of food and grass. Every city in Jizhou has food and grass for at least half a year, so even if they are cut off from the outside world by the Dagan Army, they can stand alone. More than half a year.

But Yuan Shao and the others couldn’t do this. The three-year drought exhausted Yanzhou’s food supply. Few cities in Yanzhou had more than one month’s supply of food and grass. Even the most front-line cities like Puyang only kept food for three months. , and when a large number of troops gathered in Dingtao, the entire coalition of princes could only rely on Liu Bei and Cao Cao to provide food and grass.

Therefore, for Liu Bei and the others, if they lose Lu Bu's cavalry, the large cavalry can unscrupulously attack the food roads of the coalition forces of the princes and cut off their sources of food and grass. At that time, no matter how many soldiers they have, they can only face the entire army Crash situation!
Yuan Shao said embarrassingly: "They also want to hit Lei Gong hard, and the idea is still good!"

If the eldest son hadn't agreed to Lu Bu's suggestion, he would have wanted to beat Lu Bula to Dingtao, and he had exhausted all his efforts to keep the cavalry in his hands.You must know that raising one cavalry is comparable to raising 6-7 infantry, and Yanzhou Sili suffered a drought. It was very difficult for him to keep this cavalry. He wanted to withdraw these cavalry several times, but he thought that Leigong Desert had hundreds of thousands Cavalry, he gritted his teeth and persisted.But today, it looks like Lu Bu is about to be dismissed.

However, Yuan Shao is also aware of Yuan Tan's thoughts. With the current strength of the large army, if they cannot continue to stop them from going south, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Sili may all be lost. The current situation is a critical survival for Yuan Shao It's time, now as long as there is any life-saving straw, you must grasp it, and who can save the cavalry can say what the next war will be, these 3 cavalry can fight more than 10 cavalry, and now Lei Gong divides the troops, and Lu Bu is also better than the battle Daganjun, this may not be an opportunity to defeat Lei Gong!
Of course, it still depends on the victory or defeat. If Lu Bu and the others are really victorious, then Lu Bu and Yuan Tan will be far-sighted, but if they fail, Yuan Tan will be a fool. The cavalry directly defeated the cavalry of the coalition army.It can be said that Yuan Shao is in a nervous mood now. He is worried that Lu Bu will lose all his cavalry in the first battle, and also hopes that Lu Bu can severely damage the main army and annihilate the [-] cavalry.

On the contrary, Cao Cao said calmly: "In this situation, Lu Bu and the others can really annihilate a large number of cavalry and improve our situation, and they won a battle! Lu Bu is also a famous general in Bingzhou. It is a big victory, but it is impossible to lose a big one! And even if they lose, it will take less than two days to return to Dingtao with the speed of the cavalry. The terrain in Yanzhou is not only beneficial to Lei Gong's cavalry, but also to our side! "

Xu You also said: "What we have to do now is not to blame Lu Bu, but to find a way to keep them safe! Lihu is not far from Dingtao, why don't we send 5 troops to support Lu Bu and the others? It can guarantee the safety of Lu Bu's rear!"

Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fell into deep thought when they heard Xu You's words.

Now the situation is completely different from when the big army invaded Yanzhou. Gao Lan and the others helped the coalition forces of the princes to fight for half a month. I dare not say that there are 80 troops gathered around Yanzhou, but there are 60. Now Jingzhou The soldiers came to Dingtao, and Guan Yu also led an army of 5 to Changyi. In the direction of Qingzhou and Chenliu County, more and more soldiers were assembled by the Han army. Yang Feng and Li Gang were already at a disadvantage in terms of strength. The speed of attack has also begun to slow down!

The journey from Dingtao to Lihu is only 200 miles away, and it will only take a few days to get there by marching. However, the terrain along the way can be said to be flat. They tried their best to avoid fighting with the big army on the plain, and now they send a large army to support them. Lu Bu, no one knows whether he will form a refueling tactic and move the decisive battle between Dingtao and Changyi to the outskirts of Lihu.

However, the three of them thought about it for a while and felt that it was more important to keep Lv Bu and his 5 cavalry at this stage, so they appointed Zhang Fei as the commander-in-chief, and Xin Pi as the deputy general to lead [-] infantry to Lihu to support Lv Bu and the others.

the next day!Lihu country!
Lu Bu once again led an army of 5 to attack Duan Peng's army.

Lihu is a small county, and it is difficult to accommodate Duan Peng's 5 horses. He can only go out to fight Lu Bu!

And this time Lu Bu didn't talk nonsense with Duan Peng!

After the two sides set up their formations, he ordered: "Wei Xu, your troops are the vanguard, attack Duan Peng's central army!"

Without hesitation, Wei Xu raised his cavalry and ordered his subordinates loudly: "Rush up and kill Lei Gong's subordinates!" "

"Woooooo!" The sound of the horn resounded across the battlefield.

Five thousand iron cavalry officers and soldiers are now charged by Duan Peng's middle army, tens of thousands of horses are galloping, the shouts of the soldiers of the Han army are getting louder and louder, and the entire battlefield is filled with murderous aura!
"Boom, boom, boom!"Facing the iron cavalry rushing up from the Han army, the soldiers of the Dagan army looked serious, but not nervous. Duan Peng said to his messenger: "Order He Fengying to resist the enemy!"

After He Feng received the order, he immediately led his own battalion to resist Wei Xu's cavalry. The two sides didn't try much, and the most intense hand-to-hand combat was the first contact!
After watching the battle for a long time, Lu Bu said, "Hao Meng, a high-ranking cadre in the Chinese army, led [-] infantry and advanced quickly to support Wei Xu."

Yuan Tan asked, "I'm afraid it's not suitable to use infantry to attack the middle of the main army?"

Lu Bu sneered and said, "The [-] infantry in the middle are the bait, and we want them to lure out all of Duan Peng's cavalry, so that we can divide and surround Duan Peng's cavalry. From yesterday's battle, we can see that although Duan Peng is I don’t have any commanding skills, but the Dagan Army’s wall-riding tactics are extremely powerful, which makes it difficult for us to divide and surround them. Duan Peng’s wall-riding charge can break through the cavalry, but it can’t break through the formation of heavy infantry!”

Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and Cao Cao were terrified of Lei Gong's cavalry. They not only activated the Wubao tactics, but also upgraded their infantry to heavy infantry. Their hands were either horse swords, maces, spears, or chariots. Antlers, repelling horses, giant shields and other weapons that restrain cavalry tactics.

The reinforcements sent by Lu Bu were naturally discovered by Duan Peng and the others. He was surprised: "What is Lu Bu trying to do? He wants to use heavy infantry to attack our cavalry?"

If you take these infantry for a walk, you can exhaust these heavy infantry in less than half an hour, and then they will only become lambs waiting to be slaughtered by the army!
It is said that in the Song Dynasty, many elite heavy infantry soldiers were sent to the butcher's knives of the Xixia people by names like Han Qi and Fu Bi!The heavy infantry's tactics against cavalry has always been to wait for the cavalry to rush up.

Song Yi shook his head and said: "Lu Bu is also a veteran who has experienced many battles. He still has a heavy infantry trapped in the camp. How could he not know the shortcomings of the heavy infantry? When you look at the army, there are chariots and horses all around. , This doesn't look like an attack!

Duan Peng said: "Order Li Kang to lead a battalion of cavalry to attack the infantry supported by the Han army, and see what tricks Lu Bu is playing!"

After Li Kang received the order, he led his iron cavalry to charge towards the heavy infantry like Gao Gan and the others.And at this moment, Wei Xu quickly retreated to the rear of the senior officials and the others to recuperate!
After Gao Gan and others brought 2 infantry to the center of the battlefield, they stopped and quickly placed obstacles such as chariots, horses, antlers, etc., and four giant basaltic formations appeared on the battlefield!
He Feng led his subordinates to pursue Wei Xu, but when his subordinates approached the high-ranking army, the Han army suddenly rained arrows, and tens of thousands of archers shot at He Feng and others wantonly.

After He Feng and his men circled around the four basalt formations, they found that the heavy infantry of the Han army was heavily defended and it was difficult for him to find the west to break through. On the contrary, when they approached them, they were easily shot and killed by archers!

Soon Li Kang and He Feng will meet!
He asked, "How about the four turtle shells?"

He Feng said: "It's relatively solid. I'm worried that there will be too many casualties among the soldiers, so I just circle around it!"

Li Kang shouted: "If you are so indecisive, the casualties will be even heavier! Now we only need to rush up and crush the tortoise shells of the Han army. The remaining Han army will be lambs waiting to be slaughtered by our swords."

Brothers follow me and rush up!Li Kang led the cavalry around to the flanks of the Han army's Xuanwu formation, first used the crossbow to wash the ground, and suppressed the Han army's bows and arrows!
Then the horse rushed to reject the horse, the chariot! With a loud "boom", a large number of chariots were crushed, and the horses and antlers were also moved away by the soldiers of the army!

There was a gap in the formation of the Han army. Li Kang led the cavalry to charge up, but what they faced was the huge shield and shining spears of the Han army. mouth!
"Boom, boom, boom!" Dagan's cavalry soldiers suddenly threw a few grenades weighing several kilograms, directly blasting a gap in the Xuanwu formation of the Han army.

Li Kang said happily: "Brothers follow me and kill in! Kill!"

The Dagan cavalry followed Li Kang into the gap, and the gap became wider and wider with the efforts of the Dagan soldiers. Gradually, the Xuanwu formation of the Han army collapsed, and the Han soldiers fled to other formations one after another!

At this time, Wei Xu, who had been repaired, saw the cavalry of the Dagan army slaughtering his allies, and immediately led the cavalry to block the actions of Li Kang and others. With the help of Wei Xu, most of the infantry of the Han army fled to other Xuanwu formations Saved my life!

"Brother Fengxian, the Dagan cavalry has crushed our battle formation!" Yuan Tan said distressedly, the soldiers on the front line were all soldiers of his Yuan family, and they were massacred by the Dagan cavalry just like that.

Lu Bu said viciously: "This gunpowder is a weapon for cheating. How many of our troops are there, use them all to fight back!"

The last time he fought Duan Peng, he found that Duan Peng didn't use artillery, so he knew that Duan Peng's gunpowder should be used up, but now it seems that the Dagan Army still has a small amount of gunpowder!

Lu Bu continued: "Let the cavalry on the two wings approach the Dagan army slowly to create pressure on Duan Peng! At the same time, order Zhao Yun to support the army in the middle, and find a way to severely damage the two battalions of cavalry in the middle of the Dagan army. We must mobilize the Dagan army!"

Zhao Yun rushed to the center with 5000 cavalry after receiving Lu Bu's order.

At the same time, Yuan Jun began to counterattack under the command of Gao Gan, and Wei Xu rushed to Li Kang and He Feng's army, trying to lure them close to Gao Gan's heavy infantry.Then Gao Gan and the others used ballistas, crossbow arrows, and bows to give the Dagan army a head-on blow.

The ballista with huge lethality shot through the armored shield, and the crossbow arrows and bows also shot a large number of horses or unlucky soldiers. Countless galloping soldiers fell to the ground, which aroused the anger of Li Kang and others. The two joined forces, He wanted to continue to attack Wei Xu, the fly.

But at this time Zhao Yun rushed to the battlefield with the cavalry.Zhao Yunchong was at the forefront, and 5000 soldiers rushed over like a long dragon.Li Kang and He Feng were overjoyed. They abandoned the three tortoise shells of Gao Gan and led the soldiers to intercept Zhao Yun, intending to use their superior strength to annihilate the cavalry led by Zhao Yun!
"Boom, boom, boom!" The sound of horseshoes was so thunderous that the two dragons approached quickly.

"Boom" soon collided together!

He Feng and Li Kang's swords are extremely sharp, cutting left and right, unstoppable, any warrior can resist more than one move from them!Blood stained the swords of the two men.

On the other side, after Zhao Yun rushed to the Dagan army, his spear recognized You Long, and any Dagan army fighters within the range of Zhao Yun's spear died under Zhao Yun's iron spear.
Zhao Yun and a dozen personal guards formed a sharp arrow to break through the formation of the main army, and soon the main generals of the two sides met.

He Feng and Li Kang wanted to kill Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun also wanted to kill He Feng and Li Kang to achieve the purpose of beheading!

Zhao Yun rode his horse and rushed in front of He Feng, and then stabbed with his long spear like a swimming dragon.He Feng raised his knife to cut off Zhao Yun's iron spear!But Zhao Yun's iron spear blocked He Feng's saber, and the next sweep directly cut He Feng's throat!He Feng covered his throat with his hands, but the blood spurted out, it couldn't be stopped!
(End of this chapter)