Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 121: Rush forward, don’t stop

About ten miles west of Huai County, there is a depression surrounded by dense forests.

The cold wind blew through the dry trees, whining and adding a bit of desolation to this winter.

Zhang Yan and several Qu commanders led more than 4,000 people into the woods and lay in wait, waiting for Lu Bu to get into the pocket formation.

Zhang Yang felt that something was a little strange. He looked at Sui Gu next to him with a puzzled look and whispered: "Didn't you come here to hunt? Why did you set up such a large ambush? What kind of prey is worthy of such a large deployment of troops?"

"The prey is Lu Bu!" Sui Gu looked proud after saying this.

what! ?

Zhang Yang was stunned when he heard this, his mouth opened wide, and Beifeng poured it into his mouth. He felt as if he was frozen. Even his thinking was frozen, and he completely lost his ability to think.

"How is that possible? The commander-in-chief clearly said that he wanted to be on good terms with Lu Bu, but he also asked Yang to write a letter to Fengxian to reminisce about the past and connect with each other." Zhang Yang murmured to himself.

"The marshal did send a letter to Lu Bu in your name." Sui Gu smiled, "but it was not a letter written by you to reminisce about the past. Instead, you asked someone to imitate your handwriting and write a letter to Lu Bu to lure him. Come to this depression and deal with it on the spot. Don't look at me like that. You have accomplished a great feat this time."

With that said, Sui Gu handed over a letter and said: "The letter you wrote to reminisce is here, and it has not been sent out at all."

"I...you..." Zhang Yang took the letter and felt his head buzzing. Things were completely different from what he expected.

He knew that Lu Bu would come! Because Lu Bu trusted him and used his name to lure Lu Bu to come...

Such a vicious strategy, Zhang Yang felt like his heart was twisting in a knife.

Zhang Yang stumbled to Zhang Yan and said seriously: "Why did the commander deceive the general?"

Zhang Yan took a look at Zhang Yang, who was in despair, and said with a smile: "You have also been a leader for many years. You must have heard that soldiers are not afraid of deceit."

"A soldier never tires of deception? But how can one deceive one's own people?" Zhang Yang couldn't laugh or cry. "Lü Bushi is a fierce general who is not so easy to catch. It is better to make friends than to make enemies."

"My purpose is to deceive Lu Bu through you." Zhang Yan smiled proudly and said, "Since ancient times, officials and thieves have been at odds. How could he be on good terms with us? Unless he is in a desperate situation and has no other way out. Isn't that the case with you? Join our Montenegrin Army only when you have nowhere to go."

Zhang Yang felt extremely aggrieved in his heart. He thought about how he was a well-known man back then, but now he seemed to have invisible shackles on his hands and feet, being restricted everywhere and struggling every step of the way.

"If you die in service to the emperor, it will be Zhang's fault." Zhang Yang sighed and squatted in the grass nest in a daze.

He didn't dare to look up and look at the faces looking at him. Those faces all had a look of ridicule and a look of successful conspiracy. When he saw their expressions, he wanted to pounce on them and tear off their faces. Tear to pieces.

But he had no choice but to silently hope that Lu Bu would not be fooled so easily and not come into this ambush.

But he knew that this was almost impossible. Lu Bu trusted him very much and was an extremely impulsive person. When he saw the letter written in his handwriting, he would definitely be tempted to come here.

His heart became colder and colder. He raised his hand and touched the old letter on his chest. It seemed that only there was a trace of warmth here.

I don't know how long it took, but a minion hurried over and said, "Commander, Lu Bu is here!"

When everyone heard the news, they hurriedly climbed down and heard the sound of horse hooves coming closer and closer, as if the earth was shaking.

Zhang Yan frowned and asked the guard next to him, "How many troops did Lu Bu bring?"

"They are all cavalry, roughly estimated to be one thousand and fifty." Minionshui reported.

"what!?"

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this. They looked at each other in confusion. They could see that each other's faces were pale. They didn't know whether they were frightened or cold.

"This stupid Lu Bu brought all the cavalry?" Zhang Yan said in disbelief, "He didn't leave any troops to protect the county?"

"When the commander wrote to him, did he say how many people you brought to hunt here?" Qu Shuai Yu Du asked.

"I didn't say that." Zhang Yan spread his hands and said, "I was thinking, isn't it just hunting? There can't be tens of thousands of people. It's common for ten or eight of us brothers to go hunting together. He doesn’t need to bring all the cavalry, right? Isn’t it enough to have a hundred cavalry?”

"The emperor of Kyoto has to take tens of thousands of people with him when hunting." Zhang Yang stood up and interjected.

He was happy to see how panicked these people were when they heard that Lu Bu was coming with his cavalry.

Zhang Yan: "..."

Perhaps in Lu Bu's opinion, these more than 1,500 men and horses are not enough.

"It's bad, we only have four thousand people and we can't stop the opponent's cavalry at all." Sui Gu reminded hurriedly.

Zhang Yan glanced at the crowd, stamped her feet fiercely, and said angrily: "You are so useless. Four thousand people are fighting against one thousand and five, and you don't have any confidence in winning. I have raised you all for so many years, and you are all useless." "

Everyone was silent.

Zhang Yan also knew that they were frightened by Lu Bu and knew the bravery of this cavalry.

"It's freezing cold today. It's too late to lay ropes to trip the horses or dig pits for the horses." Zhang Yan said with a fierce look in her eyes, "The only option is not to fight Lu Bu but to shoot with bows and arrows. That's all." , under the protection of all the soldiers, it is difficult to say whether Lu Bu can be shot to death."

At this time, Zhang Yan felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Why don't you have such extraordinary martial arts?

"Yes, then give him a thousand arrows to pierce his heart!" Yu Du gritted his teeth and said, "Even if he escapes, he will not dare to fight back to Huai County with his remaining soldiers. As long as there is no Lu Bu, we can take Huai County and return it." Isn’t it easy to catch it?”

Everyone nodded, feeling that at this point, it seemed that they could only choose this path.

"No, Commander!" Zhang Yang hurriedly stopped him.

If 4,000 men fought with Lü Bu's 1,500 cavalry with real swords and spears, he believed that Lü Bu could retreat calmly even if he could not win.

However, it would be difficult to say if the Montenegrin army did not engage Lu Bu in battle, but fired thousands of arrows, calculated deliberately and unintentionally.

A general will inevitably die in battle.

Everyone looked at Zhang Yang.

"Why not?" Zhang Yan asked.

"The commander-in-chief also said just now that if Lu Bu is in a desperate situation and has no choice but to surrender, he may surrender." Zhang Yang said, "When Lu Bu comes, the general will be willing to go and persuade him to surrender. This will save a lot of trouble."

When the handsome men heard this, their eyes lit up.

Zhang Yan snorted coldly and said: "He is not in a desperate situation when he enters the encirclement. Unless most of his troops are killed and he feels that there is no way forward or retreat, then he is considered desperate. At that time, there is no way to persuade him. Chi, everyone listens to the order and prepares bows and arrows!"

When Zhang Yang saw that there was no room for maneuver, he had no choice but to retreat, feeling uneasy.

Unexpectedly, just after taking a few steps back, Zhang Yan said: "Send someone to watch him, don't let him mess around!"

Five Black Mountain bandits came over immediately and surrounded Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang had no choice but to continue crawling on the cold ground and observe the depression in front of him. Some Montenegrin Army flags were planted in the depression, and there were also smoke. They could be seen from a distance. I believe that if Lu Bu came, he would definitely follow the smoke.

I remembered Lu Bu's excited expression when he saw him last night, his sincere move to lead him away from the den of thieves, and his words: Uncle Zhi, it was so hard for Bu to find you. At that moment, the helpless Zhang Yang felt that he was not alone in this world, and he had a good brother like Lu Fengxian.

He touched the old letter he kept on his chest again, and found that the words written in it were all from the bottom of his heart.

However, it was this letter that made Zhang Yan, the big bandit, imitate the handwriting, and instead deceived Lu Bu into encirclement.

Zhang Yang is also a person of temperament. Thinking of this, he can't help but feel sad.

The sound of horse hooves became more and more intense, and on the horizon, a black horizontal line continued to advance, gradually forming a dark cavalry formation, with countless cavalry coming from the east like a tide.

Zhang Yan could hear that the surrounding Black Mountain troops, including the Qu commanders, were all breathing heavily at this moment. They were nervous and scared.

As expected, Lu Bu came in the direction of the smoke.

The cavalry is getting closer and closer...

Lu Bu originally wanted to use the speed of the cavalry to directly break up the Black Mountain Army's arrangement here, and then capture or kill its leader Zhang Yan.

But when we were about to reach the smoke, we didn't see a single soldier. We only saw some flags commonly used by the Montenegrin Army randomly planted around the smoke, not far and near.

Lu Bu felt something was wrong, but on second thought, it was possible that this was just a temporary foothold for the Montenegrin Army, and their real hunting place was elsewhere.

Then he shouted: "Don't slow down, keep going!"

The cavalry rushed through the smoke like a gust of wind, still running forward.

Suddenly, a person stood up on the soil stalk in front, running towards this side, shouting: "Fengxian, there is an ambush here, the cavalry should not stop, keep charging forward! Charge!"

Zhang Yang was specifically responsible for military affairs in the Bingzhou Army, so he was also familiar with the art of cavalry. The advantage of cavalry lies in its speed. Once it slows down or even stops, it is easy to fall into passivity.

Now that they have entered the encirclement, panic-defending on the spot or an emergency retreat are not the best options for the cavalry.

The cavalry must move forward without hesitation, continue to charge forward, and use its speed advantage and huge impact to charge directly from the front.

Four thousand people formed a large circle, with a huge open space in the middle. On average, although the frontal defense was relatively thick, it was still impossible to block the impact of 1,500 cavalry.

So Zhang Yang decisively drew his knife, chopped down a Black Mountain bandit who was looking at him, and ran out from behind the stalks, just to remind Lu Bu that no matter what he encountered, he had to rush forward. Only by rushing forward can he survive.

"Uncle Zhi!?" Lu Bu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Zhang Yang.

At the same time, I also heard Zhang Yang’s cry, and I was extremely moved. After all, it was too risky for Zhang Yang to do this. He was risking his life and it was purely for the sake of brotherhood.

"Charge!" Lu Bu shouted loudly, Fang Tian drew his halberd into the air, and the cavalry continued to accelerate.

"Uncle Zhi, be careful!" Lu Bu suddenly shouted and saw an arrow sticking out from behind the soil stalk, shooting straight at Zhang Yang.

But the reminder was too late. The arrow hit Zhang Yang's back. Immediately afterwards, the sound of banging clappers came one after another around the depression. Arrows were dense like rain lines, shooting from all directions towards the Yueqi camp.

"Don't stop! Keep charging!" Lu Bu shouted loudly, "Watch the arrows!"

puff!puff!puff……

Arrows fell into the cavalry formation one after another. Although the cavalry was relatively loose when running, and the peripheral riders raised their hand shields, they were unable to block the large number of arrows thrown.

Cavalrymen continued to be hit by arrows and fell off their horses, and then were trampled to pieces by the cavalry behind them.

puff!

Another arrow hit Zhang Yang in the back. Zhang Yang staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Lu Bu galloped on his horse, drew his bow and arrows, and shot three arrows in a row towards the place where the cold arrows were placed, as fast as meteors and lightning.

This hand stunned Zhang Yan and Zhu Qushuai who were opposite. When they were shooting, they still held such a big Fang Tian Hua Ji in their hands, but they could still shoot such three amazing arrows. Everyone present could not make it happen.

puff!puff!puff!

"what!"

Yu Du screamed and was hit by three arrows. Just now, he shot two arrows at Zhang Yang's back, but he didn't expect the retribution to come so quickly. With his horse running at such a high speed, and holding Fang Tian's painted halberd in one hand, Lu Bu was actually able to hit all three arrows. middle.

"Commander!" Yu Du's mouth was bleeding, and he struggled to hold Zhang Yan's shoulders and said, "I didn't expect that Yu was shot to death by an arrow before Zhang Yang. This thief..."

Zhang Yan had no time to care about Yu Du's life and death, and shouted loudly: "Block him, no matter what, I can't let Lu Bu rush out, shoot the arrow! Shoot the arrow!"

At this time, Lu Bu had already rushed to Zhang Yang, threw away his bow and arrow, and reached out to pick up the crumbling Zhang Yang.

"Uncle Zhi, how are you?" Lu Bu asked loudly.

Two arrows pierced Zhang Yang's back deeply, and the arrow feathers were still shaking.

Seeing Lu Bu, Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Fengxian, keep rushing forward, don't stop! They can't stop you!"

As he spoke, blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

Lu Bu's heart was as sharp as a knife, and he shouted loudly: "Come out! Kill anyone who stands in my way! Kill!"

Every one of the Yueqi camp was full of vigor and vitality, moving forward quickly despite the rain of arrows.

Countless arrows came straight towards Lu Bu. He was holding Zhang Yang in one hand and wielding the Fangtian Painted Halberd in the other hand. The sky was full of arrows, but none of them could get close.

"Brother Fengxian, it was my brother who harmed you." Zhang Yang's voice was a little low, "The Black Mountain bandits imitated Yang's handwriting and wrote you a fake letter to lure you here and want to set up an ambush to kill you."

"It's not your fault, it's all the thief's cunningness." Lu Bu said solemnly, "You shouldn't have run out, it's the same as committing suicide."

"Brother, I'm afraid you'll stop! Cough cough cough..." Zhang Yang coughed up two more mouthfuls of blood and said, "My letter is here."

As I spoke, I wanted to reach into my arms to get the letter, but I couldn't lift my arms. I felt weak all over. I just wanted to close my eyes and have a good sleep. When I fell asleep, the troubles in this world would no longer bother me. .

Lu Bu saw this, with tears in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Zhi, there is no need to say more, save your energy, Bu will take you to His Majesty, and let the imperial doctor treat your injury."

"If you don't say it..." Zhang Yang's voice became weaker and weaker, and his tone began to be intermittent, "If you don't say it... it will be too late to say it."

Lu Bu gritted his steel teeth and said, "Then if you have anything to confess, just tell me. I will do it for you even if I risk my life."

"Alas..." Zhang Yang let out a long breath, struggled internally for a long time, and finally made up his mind and continued.

"Originally...there were a lot of things...to tell you. There were big secrets...but once you knew...it would be...no fun. So, just let me, a stupid person like me, go... .”

After saying that, Zhang Yang tilted his head and lost his breath.

Lu Bu held back his tears and shouted loudly: "Kill!"

The sound shook the mountains and forests, making people frightened. It was clear that the fighting spirit was high, but it seemed to be filled with endless sadness.

(End of this chapter)