The Collection of The End

——A.D. 180——

In the northwest of Fufeng County, there is a county named "Fengxiang".

It is said that when King Wen of Zhou Dynasty came out of Qishan Mountain, he saw a colorful phoenix descending from the sky, hence the name.

Therefore, there are rumors in the local area that Fengxiang will produce a great sage. However, since the Great Zhou Dynasty to this day, there are still no signs of similar figures appearing.

When Lu Bu arrived with his army, the rebels stationed in the county fled because they were afraid of Lu Fengxian's reputation, allowing the trapped troops who had moved to dozens of counties to enter the city to rest.

The rebels, residents of surrounding counties and even the soldiers trapped in the camp believed that this was just a short rest and would not stop until they repelled the rebel camp besieging Fufeng.

But only Lu Bu and Gao Shun knew that Li Ru's arrangements for the newly formed troops in the trapped camp had ended. The last of the orders that came one after another was "Occupy Fengxiang and adapt to changes."

Where is the "opportunity" and how to "change"? From the series of combat operations in the trapped camp, it is completely unclear what Li Ru's intention was - at least Lu Bu did not understand it. All he could do was to arrange for the soldiers to take turns to rest, replenish baggage, and repair equipment to prepare for the next battle. .

"There is no news about Guan Hai and Zhang Ke yet?" Lu Bu asked Gao Shun while standing on the wall of Fengxiang County, looking around at the surrounding environment.

"Never," Gao Shun responded: "This time the Qiang people also divided their forces. More than half ignored the decoy troops and came straight to us. Presumably, although there is danger there, it will not be too great."

"Hmph..." Lu Bu frowned, trying to think about an encounter that ended not long ago.

Since most of Bian Zhang and Han Sui's command were cavalry, and the ones sent to chase the bandit general Zhou Shen were light cavalry, the trapped camp easily won the first few blocking battles, which finally attracted their attention and began to dispatch The heavy cavalry looked for a trap, and at that time Li Ru's additional order came, asking them to avoid the cavalry, not walk on flat ground, and go around the mountains where the cavalry was inconvenient to attack the counties around Fufeng.

However, Lu Bu couldn't bear that the cavalry kept chasing behind him without fighting back at all, so while acting in accordance with Li Ru's military orders, he divided the trapped camp into two. One part pretended to be surrounded, attracting the cavalry to stop, and the other One of them took the opportunity to attack from outside. The pursuers were caught off guard and suffered several losses.

Finally, this time, the Qiang cavalry seemed to have a commander. When Guan Hai and Zhang Ke's troops appeared to lure the enemy, the cavalry also dispersed, half of them attacked, and the other half came straight towards the place where Lu Bu and Gao Shun ambush.

Although he had not carefully cleaned up the hidden traces in the first place, Lu Bu was slightly surprised to be seen almost instantly. What surprised him the most was that the cavalry did not slow down at all due to the bumpy road while running through the mountains. As a result, the two trapped camps had to fight and retreat, and finally broke off the mutual aid trend.

After Lu Bu's troops repelled the besieging cavalry, they occupied Fengxiang in accordance with Li Ru's order. However, there was no news from Guan Hai, Zhang Ke and half of the trapped camp led by them.

"There was some mistake in dividing the troops this time," Lu Bu sighed: "You and I should each order an army."

"General, don't worry," Gao Shun said, "We are heavy infantry, trapped in a camp, and born to be surrounded."

"I just thought of the cavalry that attacked Guan Hai and Zhang Ke. It seems that some generals appeared. If I were there, I could have a change. I'm tired of killing ordinary soldiers all day long." Lu Bu responded.

"...No," Gao Shun paused before continuing: "That person probably didn't come here because you are here, General."

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"Report—General Guan Hai has returned with his troops!" The messenger ran up the city wall and reported to Lu Bu.

"I saw it." Lu Bu glared at him and raised his hand to point outside the city.

It was not the main road, but the woodland on the side of the city. Soldiers from the trapped camp holding swords and shields and wearing heavy armor were walking out one after another. Although they did not lose their armor,

But it can still be seen from the scars in the armor and the cracks in the sword and shield that they experienced a hard battle, and Guan Hai, who was walking in the front, was the most embarrassed.

Although the slogan of the trapped camp is "The ambition to trap the enemy is life or death", if there is a large-scale attrition, morale will inevitably drop. Gao Shun saw that these stragglers were obviously not more than half of the original number, so he quickly arranged the soldiers on duty Go to meet them and hold their rear against pursuing troops.

"My subordinates are incompetent, which resulted in the loss of more than half of the unit, and even led to the death of Captain Zhang in battle. Please punish me." Guan Hai came to the city wall, apologized, and bowed deeply.

Although victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers, the loss of one heavy infantry like the trapped camp, which was almost piled up with money, is comparable to the loss of five ordinary soldiers. What's more, Zhang Ke is the veteran of the predecessor of the trapped camp, which only had a few hundred people. Qualification, this loss can no longer be calculated.

"Don't say it's useless! What happened to you after you were scattered?" Lu Bu waved his hand impatiently and asked him.

Zhang Ke... was a bit quick-witted at first, but after Lu Bu formed the trap camp and appointed him as the captain, and took charge of a branch alone, he completely gave up thinking and used a big sword to cut off everything. Cutting, it is easy to win this way, but if you encounter a powerful character, you will die quickly.

Therefore, Lu Bu was not surprised to hear that he was killed in battle, but it was the loss of soldiers trapped in the camp that made him heartbroken.

After this period of high-intensity fighting, the veterans trapped in the camp quickly regained their combat effectiveness, and the new recruits were also familiar with this heavy infantry warfare method under the protection of thick armor.

Since the "excellent" level armor was not good enough to cope with cavalry thrusts, Lu Bu planned to spend a lot of money to upgrade everyone's equipment to "excellent". This time, a quarter of it was lost, which directly disrupted the plan - with Zhang Ke He is so reckless, do we need to equip him with a full set of "excellent" quality equipment to make him less likely to die?

"Your Majesty, the rebel generals who pursued and killed my subordinates carried banners with the word 'horse' and the word 'Pang' respectively, but they have not been named," Guan Hai responded: "My subordinates retreated to the mountains and forests according to previous tactics, but those The cavalry's speed did not slow down in the mountains, and they could not escape for a while."

Just like this, Lu Bu thought, this is not an occasional group of cavalry who are good at mountain warfare, but the rebels have a whole cavalry unit that can also travel through mountains and forests. Perhaps it was originally used as a trump card to deal with large government troops, but it turned out that Crash by trapped camp.

Li Ru could never have expected this, so now he can only defeat it on his own.

"Generals Ma and Pang ordered the soldiers to separate their subordinates from Colonel Zhang Ke. The last time they saw Captain Zhang, he was being nailed to a tree by an enemy general named Pang who penetrated his armor with a spear. The remaining The soldiers have also been surrounded, and my subordinates have to lead others to retreat," Guan Hai continued.

"The guy named Pang? I remember it, but through armor and heart? Tsk." Lu Bu smacked his lips: "Gao Shun, remember, the captains who fall into the camp in the future must be equipped with sophisticated armor."

"My subordinates take orders." Gao Shun complied, and then said: "Since Mr. Li Ru has issued the order of 'adapting to changes', should we retreat at this time and report the situation of General Ma and Pang from Zhouzhuang and the people who can ignore the mountains?" Special arms?"

"Oh, is this how you understand?" Lu Bu glanced sideways at Gao Shun: "My uncle's 'change' is to defeat these two people and completely destroy the cavalry team."

"General, please calm down. We do not have the upper hand at this time, and since those two men are strong enough to kill Captain Zhang Ke..." Gao Shun tried to persuade him.

"Could they be stronger than me?" Lu Bu glared: "If you are worried about the loss of troops, it will be fine if I don't lead any soldiers and ride alone to deal with them!"

"This..." Gao Shun was stunned. He couldn't say there was a problem now, nor could he say there was no problem.

Lu Bu claims to be the best in the world in terms of military force. He has never been defeated so far. His "unparalleled" strength is also extremely powerful. When he repelled Tan Shihuai's forward, he even got the title of "killing a thousand people". But if he has to deal with 20,000 people at the same time, People and the powerful generals who lead them, no matter what...

"There is a problem, and it is a big problem," Zhang Ke said: "Those two guys are not only very skilled, but also insidious. If you are as upright as Mr. Fengxian, you will suffer."

"..."

"Huh? What do you think I'm doing?" Zhang Ke scratched his head.

"Young man, I originally wanted to report it, but the generals had a great time chatting with each other..." The messenger on the side was sweating on his forehead.

"Okay, you can go down!" Lu Bu dismissed the messenger and strode up to Zhang Ke and looked him up and down.

Compared with those ordinary defeated soldiers, Zhang Ke was even worse. Not to mention his disgraced face, his helmet was torn open with a big gap, leaving a long scar. The pits on his breastplate seemed to have been hit by a heavy hammer, and his heart was There were even two on the front and back that were covered in blood, with identical penetration marks.

This armor would only be normal if it were worn on a fallen soldier, but at this moment Zhang Ke was alive and kicking, as smart and upright as ever.

"Ah, if that's the case," Zhang Ke noticed where everyone's eyes were gathered, raised his hand and touched the penetration gap, "one of those two guys shot a cold arrow, and the other pierced me and left directly. It was confirmed that I was alive and dead, but my heart was actually on the left side, so I finally escaped death."

"Jiuhua Jade Dew Pills?" Guan Hai looked at the healed wound carefully and asked curiously: "Could there be guards hiding nearby and rescued you in time after the enemy general left?"

"The school captain does not have guards," Zhang Ke said: "I have an impression that someone asked me if I wanted to live. That must be what I wanted to do. I also want to seek revenge on the guy who dared to poke me. He poked me. If he shoots me, I will chop him ten times."

"..." The generals were silent again.

"Huh, since he's not dead, that's good," Lu Bu said: "Zhang Ke and Guan Hai, you two will lead the army to guard Fengxiang, and send the known information back. I will go to meet those two in person. General Xiliang and their cavalry who can run freely in the mountains, Gao Shun are also coming."

"...I accept my orders."