Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 235 Chapter 234
As a battle-hardened warrior Zhang Liao, especially in the first half of his life as a soldier who lost most of his battles, he has a lot of experience in the battle.

The number of soldiers and horses that are cut off is usually one-twentieth of the entire team. After Cao Jun is defeated for a while, theoretically, there are no more than 3 people, so it is unlikely that he will have more than 500 people.

Moreover, this is still a set of broken soldiers and horses when the cavalry is full.

After all, their mission was to cover the retreat of the army, not to fight. Even if they won the ambush, it was only to scare off the pursuers, and they dared not pursue them, because the food and grass with the army usually only lasted about three days.

But the scout told Zhang Liao that there were [-] fire stoves, that is to say, [-] soldiers and horses, which was obviously impossible.

When he led people to the Maple Leaf Trail, he was shocked when he found the fire stoves left by Cao Jun. After counting them carefully, there were no more, no less, [-] fire stoves.

"Damn it, Cao thief's soldiers and horses are not very good at fighting, but they can't eat at all. Does the broken rear army that can't sustain two or 3000 people want to feed 8000 people?" Yan Liang directly kicked over a fire stove, cursing.

"What are you talking about? This must be Cao Jun's suspicious strategy. An army of 3 to 2000 people can never exceed [-] people. Besides, in the night attack, we captured so many horses from Cao Jun. How can there be thousands of cavalry? , This is clearly scaring us!" My stupid brother, can you learn your ugly brother's art of war carefully?

Zhang Liao squatted in front of the fire stove and stared at the burnt black stove head in a daze. He picked up a handful of soil and kneaded it slowly, lost in thought.

"Such a simple plan to suspect soldiers is enough to see through even a partial general, but why are there [-] fire stoves, just for the sake of suspicious soldiers, three hundred is reasonable, [-], isn't this intentionally self-defeating?"

Yan Liang who was on the side approached Wen Chou and muttered in a low voice, "Brother, Wen Yuan said you are a partial general."

"Shut up, I told you not to associate with Guo Tu, just imitate his nonsense." Wen Chou rolled his eyes at him.

Zhang Liao ignored the bickering between the two brothers. He didn't understand why Cao Jun deliberately exaggerated the soldiers and horses behind him. This kind of trace was too obvious, and it seemed more like deliberately exposing their shortcomings to lure him to pursue them.

But soon, Zhang Liao was relieved again. He imitated Jia Xu's understanding of himself and the enemy, and put himself into Cao Jun's position, and soon understood why.

Because Jia Xu made a move out of nothing, in Cao Jun's view, his soldiers and horses are no longer 4, but more than [-]. The exposed cavalry alone has six or seven thousand, so at this time, three hundred firemen The stove couldn't frighten him at all, so he built [-] fire stoves.

Yes, it is so.

Although he couldn't be sure how many Cao Jun had ambushed, the more the opponent behaved in a serious manner, the more he believed that the opponent didn't have many soldiers at all.

Therefore, he decisively ordered everyone to rest in place, and continue to pursue in depth after an hour.

These fire stoves can be seen at a glance that they were left a day ago, and according to the speed, they can catch up with them tomorrow at the latest.

Next, although Zhang Liao continued to send out scouts to explore the way ahead, the speed was obviously faster than before.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Liao held a sheepskin map and said to Yan Liangwenchou: "There are two valleys and a hill ahead, both of which can be ambushed, but if we send scouts to investigate one by one, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep up." Cao Jun's footsteps, everyone should be careful."

"Here." The two nodded seriously.

Is it possible to fall in such a reckless manner?

The answer is yes, but Zhang Liao believes that Cao Jun's ambush is not many, even if he loses the initiative, as long as the army's morale is not lost, [-] cavalry can easily fight back and kill them.

The rested army went all the way forward, passing through a mountain depression without any problem. When walking around the mountain along the Maple Leaf Trail, a rain of arrows suddenly poured down on the hill, and the horses of the vanguard were swayed from side to side in shock.

"Not good! There is an ambush, prepare for battle, prepare for battle!" Yan Liang yelled sharply.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of Cao Jun's banners were suddenly erected on the hill, and the sound of fighting was terrifying.

According to the establishment of the army with 500 people and a military flag, it seems that there are at least 8000 to [-] people under this flag, and Lu Jun, who was prepared for the ambush, panicked for a while.

Zhang Liao, who was at a later position, looked at the banner on the hill, then at the arrow rain that had completely missed in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Wen Chou, lead the troops up with me, Yan Liang will lead a thousand cavalry, and wait for the Cao army to escape down the mountain." , you lead the army to charge and kill again!"

"Wen Yuan, why is this?" Wen Chou clenched his soul-breaking gun tightly, not daring to take his eyes off the hill.

"Don't be nervous. If Cao Jun really wanted to ambush us, he would wait for our army to pass halfway before attacking. But now they are rushing to attack before the former army has passed. Isn't this fake?"

After listening to Zhang Liao's analysis, and seeing Cao Jun's banner flashing on the hill, but no one rushed down, Wen Chou who reacted laughed and said, "Understood, they don't have many ambush soldiers, they are just suspicious soldiers, kill them!"

Zhang Liao and Wen Chou rushed up the hill with their troops, just as they expected, the banners in the mountain fell one after another, and a group of cavalry of Cao Jun fled in panic from the other end.

Looking at it from a glance, there were no more than seven or eight hundred cavalry at most. Zhang Liao felt relieved, which made sense. Cao Jun probably had only these cavalry left.

It seems that the other party understands the false and the real, and used so many blindfolds to deceive himself along the way.

Now, the fog has cleared, and Zhang Liao can pursue him unscrupulously.

Along the way, Cao Jun, who was slower, was overtaken by Lu Jun cavalry and fell to the ground one by one.

After rushing out of the second mountain depression, their direction changed, and they turned to the east, breaking away from Cao Jun's withdrawal route all the way north.

But because the opponent was right in front of him, as long as the cavalry was completely dispersed, the infantry chasing the opponent would go unimpeded. Zhang Liao decided to follow their escape direction and pursue them to the end.

I don't know how long they have been chasing, Cao Jun has lost more than a hundred riders, and he is obviously running for his life, but he is still only a few dozen steps faster than Lu Jun, giving people a look that he will catch up soon.

Normally, Zhang Liao might not be able to see through the problem, but Zhang Liao, who had tried three or four blindfolds along the way, finally became passionate and pursued and killed him desperately.

Of course, the biggest reliance was that he kept the terrain of this area in mind, and there was no place to ambush around, so there would be no major problems.

When they chased across a riverbed, Zhang Liao suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly ordered to stop.

The huge inertia forced them to still rush forward a hundred steps before stopping.

"Wen Yuan, what happened?" Yan Liang who turned his head asked hurriedly.

"There should be a river here!" He hurriedly took out the sheepskin drawing from his arms to confirm.

"Isn't that the one just now?" Wen Chou turned his head and glanced at the river bed he just waded through.

"Anfeng just had a heavy rain, even if the water level has dropped, it is absolutely impossible to just submerge the horseshoe."

When Zhang Liao saw clearly the river named Lishui on the sheepskin map, his heart sank, his pupils condensed, and he exclaimed, "Hurry up!"

Before the soldiers could turn their horses around, there was a loud rumbling sound above the river bed.

Immediately afterwards, the turbulent water rushed like a beast, and the Lu Jun cavalry standing on the river bed were as fragile as fallen leaves and were swept away without even a chance to struggle.

The flood that suddenly appeared swept over 20 cavalrymen of Lu Jun, with few casualties, but the problem was that it split the 3000-man team into two.

There were only seven or eight hundred riders from Zhang Liao, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou on the north bank of the water, and the rest were all blocked on the south bank.

Seeing that the torrent is four to five feet wide from the water, coupled with the rapid current, it is impossible to pass.

Rao is half his life as a soldier, Liaoshen, who has played [-] wins and [-], is also nervous at this moment. He finally understands that the previous blindfolds are actually deliberately used to wear down his patience. Cao Jun's real purpose is to Bring yourself here so you can win more with less.

"Zhang Liao, today is the day of your death, take your life!" Before Zhang Liao could make up his mind, Xu Chu led the cavalry and charged back.

He rushed into the crowd, directly pierced a Lu Jun cavalryman with his iron sword, and knocked down two cavalrymen with his body convulsed with pain.

At the same time, Xiahoudun, Zhang Yun, and Xu Huang also rushed up with people. They were not many in number, but their morale was like a rainbow.

On the other hand, Lu Jun, who was originally chasing with enthusiasm, was frightened by Li Shui's rush. In addition, the team was divided into two and the rear was cut off. He immediately fell into panic.

"Brothers, let's fight them!" Yan Liang was reckless, without any fear, when he saw Zhang Xi, he raised his knife and killed him regardless of whether he was in a desperate situation or not.

Wen Chou also gritted his teeth and swung his spear at the attacking Cao Jun, happily and fearlessly.

Han Xin in history used to fight with his back to the wall, winning more with less, adding a lot to his reputation as a soldier.

But the current situation is obviously different. Han Xin is prepared for his last stand, and everyone knows what they are going to face.

Lu Jun was in the middle of a passionate pursuit, and was suddenly rushed by Lishui. Looking at Cao Jun who rushed towards him, he felt like he was doomed.

Although Zhang Liao, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were fighting desperately, Lu Jun was still falling at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The more than 2000 Lu Jun on the other side of the river seemed anxious and wanted to help, but didn't know how to help, like ants on a hot pot.

As more and more Cao Jun ants gathered, Lu Jun on the north bank was forced to stand on the riverside, and Lu Jun was forced to fall into the water continuously, causing waves of splashes.

Some people want to use a war horse to swim across to help. If the current is not urgent, this is possible, because the war horse itself can swim, even if the speed is slower, it may not be impossible to cross the river.

But just after the flood was released from the water, the rushing water engulfed Lu Jun trying to swim one by one.

Now, they didn't dare to go into the water anymore, they could only watch their robes fall down one by one, in shock and fear.

It's over, today, here, Lu Jun on the north bank of the river, none of them can escape, including Zhang Liao, Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

"Shoot arrows at me, if you die, you will die. Let the arrows go!" It is almost impossible to break through from the front, and the rushing water at the back blocks the escape route. In this case, Zhang Liao chose what Yan Liang said. , Fish dead net break strike!
With Zhang Liao's military order, the soldiers on the south bank got off their horses one after another, fetched bows and arrows from the saddles, and strung the bows to aim at the opposite bank. The rain of arrows was very sparse, because they had to worry about not hurting their own people.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao yelled fiercely, "Fire arrows at me, regardless of enemy or friend, those who disobey the military order, beheaded!"

When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. Now that we have reached the end of the road, we will live to death!

"put!"

The hysterical roar of the riding captain.

In the next breath, a dense rain of arrows directly greeted the chaotic battle circle.

Cao Jun fell many people, Lu Jun also had arrows hit, and even Zhang Liao himself was shot in the arm.

Under desperation, the will to survive made Lu Jun burst out with a fearless fighting spirit. They didn't look at the arrows behind them, and only followed Zhang Liao, Yan Liang and Wen Chou to rush forward. , For a while, Cao Jun was stunned by this kind of game of killing each other, and some people began to instinctively want to avoid and block the oncoming arrows.

Even Xu Chu wanted to kill Zhang Liao, but the rain of arrows interrupted his progress.

Seeing that the effect was better than expected, the riding captain shouted: "Shoot the arrows, shoot all those who don't want to suffer from military law!"

Lu Jun on the other side of the river, some were crying, some were vomiting, because they clearly saw that their arrows had shot at Pao Ze.

But they can't stop, they must follow the military law!
Seeing that they were about to eat up the remaining 200 Lu Jun cavalrymen, thus forming a close encirclement of Zhang Liao, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but every time the arrow rain forced them to stop.

There is no way, Cao Jun is attacking head-on, and he can watch the oncoming arrow rain with his own eyes. The survival instinct will make them give up fighting and dodge and block.

On the other hand, Lu Jun became more and more courageous as he fought more and more. Zhang Liao was hit by three arrows in his arm, back and thigh, and Yan Liangwen Chou was also pierced with two arrows, but they were determined to die and rushed regardless.

Finally, when Lu Jun died with more than [-] riders, Cao Jun's iron barrel-like encirclement appeared several holes.

"Brothers, rush out with me!" Zhang Liao's tasseled helmet was shot over, his hair was disheveled, and blood dripped from his body along the armor.

But all of this, he seemed to forget the pain, and rushed towards the opening that represented the hope of living.

"Don't let them go!" Xiahou Dun had just finished shouting, when the horse was hit by an arrow, and he rolled over.

Even if the coach is like this, what shocking move can you expect other people to make? Facing the rain of arrows shot by more than 2000 people, no one can remain indifferent.

Xu Chu was also very angry and wanted to chase, but because too many Lu Jun died in battle, this allowed the cavalry on the other side of the river to shoot more accurately. Even Xu Chu himself had to keep blocking to shoot down the rain of arrows.

rushed out.

Zhang Liao took Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and rushed out in the encirclement and desperation of more than 3000 Cao troops.

Xu Huang hurriedly shouted: "Don't run away from Zhang Liao, follow me to catch up!"

He took hundreds of cavalry to pursue, Xu Chu and Zhang Yun followed closely behind.

Annoyed, Xiahoudun got on a horse from which side he didn't know, and followed.

Did many Lu Jun run away?
Not many, only twenty or thirty riders. They originally had seven or eight hundred riders, so it was considered a crushing victory.

But Xiahoudun knew that Guo Jia set up this seamless plan to ambush Zhang Liao, and if he let him go, it would be nothing like a victory.

What's more, many of my own people died.

In comparison, Xiahoudun has no doubts that Cao Jun may have died more. In the indiscriminate shooting, it is obvious that the denser Cao Jun suffered more.

"Whoever kills Zhang Liao will be rewarded with ten thousand gold and made a school captain!" Xiahou Dun shouted angrily, he must be beheaded!

　There is one more chapter, before the evening.

　　
　
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