Three Kingdoms: The opening incorporates Li Cunxiao

Chapter 29 The Flying Bear Arrives

After receiving Dong Zhuo's order, Li Jue and Guo Si immediately ordered their troops and horses, turned their horses' heads, and charged towards Cao Jun.

The armies on both sides pursued and met each other, and within half an hour, they encountered each other.

"Zhiran, you set up your formation to attack Cao Cao head-on. I will go to meet Xu Rong's remaining army, and then attack his flanks. Cao Cao will be defeated under a double attack."

Li Jue readily agreed and set up a formation on the plain.

When Cao Cao took a look, he saw that the cavalry on the plain were all in disarray, and they could not see the end of the cavalry, so he immediately ordered to stop the pursuit.

"Since the Flying Bear Army appears here so quickly, Thief Dong must be not far away. Zi Qian, you lead three thousand elite cavalry to bypass the Flying Bear Army and pursue Dong Zhuo. You must make our army famous."

Zhang Wu thought for a while, the Flying Bear Army had at least 20,000 troops, and Cao Cao's cavalry only had 5,000. If he handed over 3,000 fine cavalry to him, there would be no need to fight on the front battlefield, and he would have to be pressed to the ground by the Xiliang cavalry and rubbed. .

"My lord, you don't need three thousand, just a hundred riders."

"Don't be ridiculous. Dong Zhuo has at least one hundred thousand armored men around him. How can a hundred knights dare to pursue him?"

"It doesn't matter, since it's a bluff, a hundred horses are enough."

Zhang Wu could see clearly that there were only 5,000 cavalrymen in his headquarters. Even if they were all taken away, it would be impossible to do anything to Dong Zhuo.

Boss Cao just wanted to gain a reputation by pursuing Dong Zhuo. As long as the world could see that it was Cao's army who was loyal to the Han Dynasty without fear of death. Especially when the armies of the princes marched to Luoyang to divide the spoils, this kind of loyalty seemed particularly noble.

From now on, Cao Jun can occupy the great cause, and people with lofty ideals will be happy to join him. This is a chain effect.

Zhang Wu waved his spear, rode his horse to the center of the army, and said loudly: "If you are not afraid of death, follow me to pursue Dong Zhuo. Anyone who steps out will be rewarded with ten gold coins. Anyone who is killed in battle will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins for his family members to be supported by the Dongjun Prefecture."

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. In just a moment, he picked out a hundred people, bypassed the main force of the Flying Bear Army from the flank, and headed west.

"General, there is a small group of cavalry bypassing the main force of our army and heading west. Do you want to pursue it?"

Li Jue, Zhang Wu's army, naturally saw that just these two people could stir up trouble.

"There is no need to mess up your position and attack Cao Cao with all your strength. This time I will make sure that he never comes back."

"promise."

Zhang Wu only took away a hundred cavalry, but Cao Cao's side was still in difficulty.

The Flying Bear Army is the overlord among the cavalry. Except for Gongsun Zan's white horse Yi Cong who can compete with it, the world has never heard of a second cavalry force that can fight with it.

But Gongsun Zan only had two thousand white-horse followers, so only Dong Zhuo, who was rich and wealthy, could produce an elite army of more than ten thousand cavalry.

After catching up to this point, Cao Cao's goal has actually been achieved. What he has to do now is to help Zhang Wu delay as much time as possible, and finally gain a lot of reputation.

"Send the order, retreat slowly, do not engage in direct confrontation with the Xiliang army, and retreat to the vicinity of Xingyang."

"promise."

Li Jue saw that Cao's army did not launch a charge but retreated slowly. He immediately smiled disdainfully and said, "I thought Cao A'man was really not afraid of death and would devote his life to serving the Han Dynasty. Now it seems that it is nothing more than this. But now that I want to withdraw, I have already Too late."

"My Lord, we can't retreat any longer. Once the Xiliang Iron Cavalry charges completely, they will disperse our army in an instant."

Cao Cao looked back to see that the military formation was still in chaos, and shook his head: "No problem, continue to retreat."

Just when the Flying Bear Army was charging at full speed and was about to disrupt Cao Jun's formation, a large group of refugees and farmers appeared on the horizon, dragging their families with them and completely occupying the pipeline.

To the west of Xingyang, the terrain is not flat and there are dense forests on the roadside. It is difficult for the cavalry to launch a side-by-side charge. In this way, the Flying Bear Army's numerical advantage cannot be used at all.

When Cao Cao pursued Xu Rong, he noticed the speed of large groups of civilians migrating, so he expected from the beginning that the Flying Bear Army would not have time to charge at full speed. It's not that the Xiliang army cherishes human life, but when it launches a charge, if the front army's cavalry tramples and injures civilians, it will not only congest the official road, but also the rear army does not know the situation of the front army and charges rashly, which is very likely to cause a disaster. Massive stampede.

By then, half of the Flying Bear Army would be injured before the battle officially started.

Li Jue was a little angry and ordered the soldiers: "Disperse the people and don't block the official roads. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy."

After the Xiliang army received the military order, they waved their steel swords to disperse these sudden mud-legged soldiers. However, there were more than tens of millions of residents in Luoyang, stretching for dozens of miles in front of them. The people behind them had no idea what was happening in front of them. They just dragged their families with them. Keep your head down and move forward.

Facing the threat of death, those in front wanted to retreat, but were forced forward by the crowd. In this way, there was a natural human barrier between Cao Jun and Xiliang Army.

Before Li Jue's main force joined the battle, Guo Si's small force did not dare to charge. Once the head and tail could not see each other, their cavalry could easily be divided and cannibalized by the remaining troops.

On the other side, Zhang Wu led Baiqi all the way to the west.

All the Xiliang troops who encountered escorting property on the road were picked to death, and Dong Zhuo's financial report box was overturned directly to the ground.

"General Renyi, there are not many people who can spread wealth to the people these days." The knight next to Zhang Wu praised, showing an expression of admiration.

"Benevolence and righteousness are nothing. We only have a hundred people. Even if we get this wealth, we can't bring it back. Now we use it as erbium to attract the refugees to loot, but it can create chaos and completely separate the pursuers behind us."

Baiqi chased Dong Zhuo, and it was done well. It shocked the world. If he was not careful, even Zhang Wu would have to answer here.

He can't even take care of himself now, so how can he have the time to care about the lives of these refugees.

"General, look, the big Han dragon flag, in front is the Emperor's carriage."

When Zhang Wu saw it, his scalp felt numb.

The black-armored soldiers surrounding Long Banner stretch for nearly ten miles, at least 70,000 to 80,000 elite soldiers.

Although Zhang Wu was responsible for one more person breaking into the formation, at that time there were only a thousand people at most, and Chi Ji could kill them all by leaping a few times, and he could leave at any time if he wanted.

However, even if he was the reincarnation of the Overlord of Western Chu, he would not be able to escape unscathed if he forced his way into such a military formation that was as dense as a swarm of ants.

It was as strong as Zhang Wushang and he was afraid of it, not to mention the cavalry around him.

"General, how do you proceed?"

"Hang at a distance, be careful not to be surrounded by enemy troops, and wait until night before making plans."

"promise."

As the night fell, Dong Zhuo didn't know what to think, but he set up a huge bonfire in front of the main camp and spread barbecue on it. Maybe he really felt that no one who was not afraid of death would dare to directly attack his camp. .

But what he didn't know was that less than five miles away from his camp, there was really someone who was not afraid of death and was watching his every move.

The golden leg of lamb exuded an alluring fragrance. The ministers who had been traveling all day smelled the fragrance and gathered around unconsciously.

Dong Zhuo chuckled twice: "I really thought you sour scholars could fill your stomachs just by talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality." As he said that, he threw a golden leg of lamb on the ground, just like he was sending away a wild dog.

A strong sense of humiliation rose in everyone's hearts.

None of them were usually respected big shots, but now this Xiliang warrior dared to bully them like this.

But when a sharp steel knife is right in front of you, everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak out. This may be the tragedy of scholars. If you lose your integrity, you have to go hungry or even lose your life. If you want to lose your integrity, you usually create nobility. They were not allowed to bow their heads.

(End of this chapter)