The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 142
Yan Yan and Yan Pu led the troops out from the two wings, intending to intercept Lu Bu's cavalry from the side. Since it was an interception, it was not a fight to the death, but the pikemen led by the two could not stop the cavalry's lightning-like charging speed at all, and nothing could be done , So the men and horses on the two wings withdrew to the army with little effect, and retreated with Zhang Liao's central army.

The men and horses defending against the enemy's swords and shields also withdrew back, and their carbine guns were not neatly arranged in a hurry, leaving countless gaps for Lu Bu's cavalry to rush through. Injury, five thousand cavalry charged forward, after being intercepted by the two wings of the Taiping army and shot by the crossbowmen, the damage was less than five hundred, and it was difficult to stop the opponent's galloping arrogance.

Retreating in an orderly manner, Zhang Liao seemed to turn a blind eye to the oncoming cavalry, but after retreating for a mile, he ordered the soldiers with long spears to prepare to meet the enemy.

Human flesh and blood alone may not be able to stop the cavalry charge at all!But Zhang Liao still looked at the cavalry team with billowing smoke and dust without changing his face.

Turning a blind eye to the corpses of the sword and shield soldiers who died under the horseshoes of his own army, Lu Bu was in high spirits, with a smile on his mouth, straddling the red rabbit and leading the whole army. The whole army charged and swept away.

The sword and shield soldiers lying on the ground screaming and screaming are the victims. Behind them, Lu Bu's army is slowly approaching. In front of them, the vanguard cavalry is moving forward, and they are about to step into the camp that Zhang Liao's army has no time to put away when they retreat.

The self-satisfied Lu Bu was ready to raise Fang Tian's painted halberd to order the whole army to charge at any time, but unexpectedly his pupils shrank slightly and his expression was dumbfounded.

The vanguard of the cavalry in front suddenly fell down, rolled up the white cloth of the barracks tent and fell into the ditch, the horse neighed, the dust was flying, and the situation took a sudden turn!

In front of them, horses fell and cavalry fell off their horses, as if there were countless traps in front of them.

"Ming Jin withdraws troops!"

Lu Bu Junlang's face was full of ferocity, unwilling to order the troops to withdraw.

Even if he is brave and foolish, seeing the scene in front of him, he knows that the enemy army has dug a pit secretly, waiting for his cavalry to rush to die. Under such circumstances, if he does not order to retreat, then he will It's not that he is brave and foolish, but that he is as stupid as a pig and dog.

Five thousand cavalry charged forward and came back with more than three thousand men and horses. Lu Bu bit his gums and rode forward on a red rabbit. There are only countless criss-crossing deep ditches and pits.

Looking at Zhang Liao's army that had already retreated for a mile, he could vaguely see Zhang Liao, the general in front of the formation. Lu Bu clenched his fists and said angrily, "What kind of skill is it to play tricks?!"

As for the camp left by Zhang Liao, Lu Bu didn't look at it, and he didn't even look at it. He just stared at the pits and trenches with hatred, but he didn't know that the layout of the camp was also a way to understand the opponent. In history, when Zhuge Liang withdrew his troops, Sima Yi had seen Zhuge Liang's camp. After the layout, I gave Zhuge Liang an evaluation: "Wizards in the world!"

This is one aspect of the distinction between high and low military strategists.

Zhang Liao was heading north to meet the enemy, and his military supplies, food, grass and supplies were all in the rear, so he could retreat calmly. In today's battle, he lost [-] soldiers, but Lu Bu lost more than [-] soldiers, including last night's robbing of the camp. Although Zhang Liao was defending, he It is also defending for the purpose of attacking, and defending can win a big victory, not defending for the sake of defense.

It was confirmed that Lu Bu did not lead his troops to charge up. After all, even if Lu Bu did not fill up the trenches, it would take a lot of time for the troops to pass through the trenches, so Zhang Liao continued to order to retreat, and then set up camp after retreating five miles.

Lv Bu, who suffered a lot of casualties, only got the result of the army advancing three miles. He was unwilling to reconcile, and planned to compete with Zhang Liao tomorrow.

Three days later, Lu Bu did not dare to attack rashly because he had suffered a loss before, for fear that Zhang Liao would repeat his old tricks. Every day, small groups of troops harassed Zhang Liao, but they were all intimidated by Zhang Liao's crossbowmen and could not move forward.

Gaining the upper hand in the confrontation with Lv Bu, Zhang Liao was not complacent. Although Lv Bu is famous all over the world, he no longer has any admiration for Lv Bu. He just treats Lv Bu as an ordinary opponent. Even if Zhang Liao defeated an opponent that he couldn't even look up to, he wouldn't have much sense of accomplishment.

Still studying military books in the commander's tent, Zhang Liao would glance at the map behind him from time to time, and simulate it based on what he had learned, often submerged in it unconsciously.

When the sound of footsteps came, Zhang Liao was very vigilant. He raised his head and saw that Yan Yan and Yan Pu had arrived together. Yan Pu cut to the chase and said, "General, Lu Bu has lost a streak and is unable to make any progress. If this continues, I'm afraid he will retreat. If you don't mind, just withdraw to Chang'an."

Yan Yan also agreed with this point, saying: "General, why don't you let me lead the army to confront Lu Bu head-on tomorrow, pretend to be defeated, and give him confidence, lest he retreat and leave."

Zhang Liao thought for a while, he was also afraid of Lu Bu's retreat, so he couldn't make it too obvious to lure the enemy, otherwise it would be counterproductive, Lu Bu became suspicious and decided to withdraw his troops.

Standing up and holding the book of war in his hand, Zhang Liao vetoed Yan Yan's proposal after pondering for a while.

"Since Lu Bu went south, our army has never taken the initiative to attack. If General Yan takes the initiative to fight Lu Bu tomorrow and feigns defeat, it will make Lu Bu suspicious, because we are afraid of his cavalry, so how can we take the initiative to die? Lu Bu will We don't think so thoroughly, we don't know, but we can't take the risk of ruining the master's plan. In this way, starting tomorrow, if Lu Bu sends infantry to harass, the infantry can be ordered to fight, and the crossbowmen will not fight."

Thinking about it, the two turned their heads and looked at each other, stroked their beards and smiled.

The next day, Lu Bu sent his infantry again to make a tentative attack. The two armies fought in front of Zhang Liao's camp, and the fight was inextricable.

Lu Bu, who rode his horse in front of the army, became suspicious: Why didn't the enemy have any archers to shoot arrows today?
Could it be that the arrows are exhausted?
Looking down carefully from the beginning of the battle to the present, every time there is a confrontation, Zhang Liao's crossbowmen must first shoot to intimidate his army, and then if there is a confrontation, the crossbowmen must fire arrows at random. Over the past few days, the amount of arrows consumed is indeed astonishing. , a thousand crossbowmen firing ten arrows is ten thousand arrows. Thinking about it this way, it is not impossible to run out of arrows. When the two armies clean up the battlefield, even if Zhang Liao can recover [-] to [-]% of the arrows shot intact It is already very valuable to use again.

No matter whether Zhang Liao really ran out of arrows or not, Lu Bu couldn't miss the opportunity, so he ordered the infantry army to come forward to support him. He didn't dare to use the cavalry, for fear that Zhang Liao would dig another trench to wait for him.

When Lu Bu's army of infantry entered the battlefield to support the front, Zhang Liao's army seemed to be prepared to fight and retreat. The whole army retreated in an orderly manner again, and this retreat was more thorough than last time, retreating fifteen miles.

Lu Bu didn't order to pursue, but rode a red rabbit to the tent left by Zhang Liao's army, and opened the tent with Fang Tian's painted halberd to see that it was empty, but there were no traps, his expression changed slightly, and he was full of anger After observing several camps back and forth, Lu Bu raised his head to the sky and roared...

This time, Zhang Liao did not set a trap, but led his army back normally, and Lu Bu missed the best opportunity to use his cavalry to charge and chase.

But at least Lu Bu did not pay the price of 1000 soldiers to march for several miles as he did a few days ago. This time, he only spent less than 1000 men in exchange for the result of marching ten miles, although Zhang Liao only lost less than [-] miles. [-] people.

Falling into the trap first, and then being deceived, Lv Bu was angry and hated, and led his army to launch a fierce attack on Zhang Liao's army, but Zhang Liao still stood firm. After the daily confrontation, he took the initiative to retreat ten miles, and every time he would leave some camps in front of the army. Every time Lu Bu checked the tents, the results were different. Sometimes there were pits, sometimes there were no trenches, and there was only one way, and there was no detour. calculating.

Counting from the first day of the confrontation between the two armies of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, more than half a month has passed. In the past half month, Lu Bu entered and Zhang Liao retreated. In an insignificant confrontation, Lu Bu's [-] troops left Chang'an, and now they have less than [-] under his command, while Zhang Liao's [-] troops are not only able to meet the enemy with ease, but also lost less than [-] troops. The military supplies are quite depleted, including tents, bows and arrows, and The refusal guns that were too late to take back.

Seeing that more than half a month has passed, and he has only traveled less than a hundred miles south from the northern end of the old road, no matter how arrogant Lu Bu is, he will inevitably be weakened and somewhat depressed. Just been named General Fenwu, Marquis Wen, if he goes back in such a disheveled manner, what is his reputation?
People in the world don't know Zhang Liao, but everyone knows Lu Bu. Lu Bu was defeated by Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao's reputation was achieved!
But the facts speak louder than words, Lu Bu just didn't get a bargain in front of Zhang Liao, and made himself suspicious, and even turned into a soldier, and the opponent's empty camp made him extremely afraid.

Lu Bu, who was at a loss in the camp, couldn't think of a good strategy to defeat the enemy. He couldn't help but think back to the scene of the war with the foreigners on the grassland, that is, the two armies rushed to kill, and it was Sun Tzu who stood firm and did not fight!Who can stop Fang Tian's painting of a halberd in his hand?Who can block the way in front of the cavalry he leads?
Fighting against Zhang Liao, that bastard, not only is the hero useless, but also makes him feel angry and suffers a lot of uselessness!
"Withdraw the troops! Go back to Chang'an, what Wang Yun'ai said!" Lu Bu finally made up his mind to withdraw the troops. Is this battle impossible?People just don't fight, and there are only a few roads to go south to Yizhou. Except for the old road, all other roads are rough and difficult. If the old road cannot be followed, let alone other roads.

Just when Lu Bu ordered the withdrawal of the troops, someone ran into his tent in a panic, crying in a frightened voice: "General, Chencang is lost! Our army's food and grass are gone!"

Lu Bu was shocked, grabbed the man by the neck and lifted him up, and asked sharply, "What did you say?! Chen Cang is lost? Where is the team? Is it that bastard Li Jue?"

The visitor was pinched by the neck and couldn't breathe. Lu Bu let go of his hand and fell to the ground, saying intermittently: "I don't know, yes, yes, they came all the way from the east of Chen Cang. , seems to be the leader of the road whose surname is Guo leading the army."

Guo? !

Lü Bu was heartbroken, Chen Cang had less than 5000 defenders, and even if the opponent had [-] men, he could take it down. However, Chen Cang had the food and supplies he brought with him when he left Chang'an, which would supply his army for two months. It doesn't matter if Chen Cang is lost. No, it doesn't matter.

The point is, Chen Cang is behind his army, which is his retreat!
At this time, following Lv Bu's footsteps, an army of more than [-] soldiers and horses went south from Chencang. The commander riding on the horse and wearing armor was none other than Guo Jia.

(End of this chapter)