Three Kingdoms

Zhang Liao and Zhang Ji, riding in two, rushed at the front of the team, like the two sharpest blades, killing the defeated Xianbei soldiers.

The arrival of Zhang Ji suppressed the Xianbei people who already had little morale and lost all their temper.

The Xianbei people mustered up the courage to launch a desperate attack, but without much improvement, they were quickly defeated by Zhang Ji and Zhang Liao. Although the Xianbei people have received supplies, how can they compare with Zhang Ji's soldiers who have been training for a period of time?

Therefore, when the attack was fruitless, the Xianbei people had to retreat.

The Xianbei people came with great momentum and fought hard for a long time, but had to return defeated. In such a situation, even the King of Heaven could not regain his strength and make any small moves. Therefore, once he received the order to retreat, he almost Scrambling to escape.

Zhang Liao's speed was slightly slower than Zhang Ji's, but he had already taken off his long-stepping bow on the horse, stood up slightly, then mounted the carved feather arrow, and sat firmly on the galloping horse, with his bow drawn. And shooting, in the blink of an eye, there were four or five arrows in a row, the arrows roared, and they actually got in front of Zhang Ji. Several Xianbei cavalry who were still thinking about turning around and shooting turned sideways to dodge. Two others had no time to dodge, and one of them was shot. In the back, one person was shot in the shoulder, and he suddenly fell from his head and feet!

At this time, Zhang Ji had already shouted loudly, and the prancing horse rushed straight into the fleeing Xianbei people. The spear directly knocked over a Xianbei man, and then without waiting for the spear to be drawn, he casually pulled out the sword on one side. , and he will cut it with his backhand!

Behind the two men, the Wolf Cavalry of the Northern Han Dynasty also showed their elite cavalry strength at this time, roaring and cooperating with each other. Some were holding spears, and some were holding bows and arrows, chasing and shooting at the same time. The Xianbei people had no intention of fighting at all and just wanted to escape on horseback. If the mountain roads were not congested, these people would not be able to escape. These Xianbei cavalry are not willing to stand here and wait for the Han army to crash in...

The Han cavalry were highly motivated to fight and were commanded by generals. However, the Xianbei people were all looking after their own affairs and were in disarray. The Han cavalry was knocked into the end of the team. Suddenly there was a crowd of people shouting and horses neighing. I don’t know how many Xianbei people there were. He was cut down from his horse!

Zhang Jicheng was at the forefront. When he was in the Xiliang frontier army, he took the lead. How many years have passed, this habit still remains. As the sharpest tip of the cavalry, spears and swords are flying, unstoppable. Long-term fighting and living on horseback made Zhang Ji's equestrian skills even better than those of ordinary Xianbei people who grew up on horseback. Seeing Zhang Jichun using his legs to control the horse and jumping to avoid it in a small area, he not only dodged the Xianbei people's counterattack weapons, but also dodged the corpses of enemy soldiers lying low on the horse's feet, leading the troops like Like a swimming fish, it plunged into the Xianbei people's queue!

Perhaps because Zhang Liao was really depleting his physical strength these days, he did not rush to the front line like Zhang Ji, but followed the Han cavalry array in the middle. Although he did not fight directly, he had a long bow in his hand. , but more terrifying than any weapon. In the melee of hundreds of cavalry, Zhang Liao drew his bow and shot. Every arrow seemed to have eyes, and almost all arrows were fired.

Several Xianbei cavalry were brave enough to prepare to resist Zhang Ji's attack, but Zhang Liao disrupted their formation with a few arrows. The remaining Xianbei people immediately had no desire to look back and fight. They all shrank their heads and prayed. As long as I can outrun other Xianbei people...

Among the Xianbei array, the originally bright white flag was now muddy and dirty. Under the flag was the so-called warrior of the Xianbei royal court, Turul.

At this time, Turul's mind was in chaos. Perhaps among these chaotic thoughts, there was still some regret for Turkin that day.

That day Turjin persuaded Turul to ride forward lightly and seize the Dry Bones Pass first. However, Turjin believed that the Han people would not appear here at all and there was no need to make a fuss about it. But now they have failed at the Dry Bones Pass. There was a lot of bloodshed and a lot of soldiers were killed. If I go back, I don’t know what kind of punishment I will receive...

How can the Han people be so strong?

Not only strong, but also tough...

The Han general named Zhang was guarding the Withered Bones Pass like a copper wall. No matter how hard he tried, he could not get over it!

Not to mention anything else, just how many people have died at the hands of this Han general named Zhang in the past few days!

No one is willing to face such an opponent, not even the Xianbei Royal Court warriors who always claim to be brave, especially when two or three Royal Court warriors died at the hands of Zhang Han. …

In such a situation, even the warriors of the Royal Court, who have always been extremely brave and determined, couldn't help but sigh that the sky was not on their side. They had been fighting on the Dry Bones Mountain Road for so long, and the corpses were piled up like mountains, and even the men and horses were almost maimed. , but gained nothing. The young general named Zhang is still in full swing, and the few close warriors he brought with him were also killed by the spear of the general named Han.

When the supplies finally arrived, I thought I could finally get rid of this extremely brave Han general. I also thought I could take the Dry Bones Pass in one go and advance into the hinterland of Bingzhou. However, I never thought that the Han army would also arrive for reinforcements!

If heaven doesn't go as planned, there's nothing you can do!

Run away, you can't fight.

Turul could only lower his head, feeling that a sense of resentment was stuck in his heart, and he was so aggrieved that he almost cried out in pain, it's over, it's over...

Zhang Liao watched the Xianbei people retreat gradually. He chased them for a while, and gradually reached the other port of the Dry Bones Mountain Road. He called Zhang Ji to collect the troops and horses together, and slowly walked back.

At this time, Zhang Liao and the soldiers who had been stationed on the Dry Bones Mountain Road for a long time felt waves of fatigue coming over them. They couldn't even sit still on the horse. They tilted their heads and were about to fall down. The soldiers quickly supported him carefully with admiring eyes.

The blood foam and scum on his armor and uniform is as if he has crawled out of the sea of ​​blood hell and come back to life. How can such a warrior not gain people's respect? ?

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Real warriors have gone through bloody storms, and those who have survived are warriors, while those who have not been able to survive often become martyrs, and they may not even qualify as martyrs. Thousands of miles away, Lu Bu, who was located in Jizhou, walked off the battlefield happily, but he did not expect to face a murderous opportunity that was no less than that on the battlefield.

The Montenegro Army really has almost no way to deal with Lu Bu's tactics. It's not that the Montenegro Army's combat effectiveness is too low, it's just that Lu Bu's combat mode happened to completely restrain the Montenegro Army.

The Black Mountain Army is mostly composed of Yellow Turban veterans and some militiamen who have put down their hoes and sickles and picked up their swords and guns. Compared to the soldiers in the surrounding Jizhou counties, the combat effectiveness of such troops is actually not much different, and even when they really fight bravely, their combat effectiveness is not necessarily different. Where to go.

Anyway, most of the land in Jizhou is plain. If the two sides fight, they will form infantry formations to fight. In fact, because there are so many soldiers in Montenegro, even if the frontal formation suffers, it will be easy to surround them on the flanks. Retrieve it, and no matter how sophisticated Jizhou's troops are, when their flanks are slowly outflanked by the Black Mountain Army, only a handful of them can remain calm.

Therefore, the Black Mountain Army has never suffered much loss in suppressing the soldiers in Jizhou counties. However, this time, when faced with Lu Bu's model, it was completely unable to adapt.

Lu Bu relied on his tyrannical force to attack wherever he wanted. At the same time, as a commander with super high force, no matter where he hit, the ordinary Montenegrin army would not be able to hold it, and the military formation would be broken through in an instant. , and those Montenegrin troops who followed the old method and tried to take a detour and outflank them suddenly found that when they encircled them, only their own defeated troops were left in front of them, and Lu Bu was looking for another breakthrough point...

Therefore, the Montenegrin army tried to stop them but was unable to stop them, and fought but failed to defeat them. On the contrary, for Lu Bu, they fought whenever they wanted and left whenever they wanted. This was almost taking the Hu people's flexible cavalry tactics to the extreme. Under the circumstances, it would be difficult for the Montenegrin Army not to be defeated.

Lu Bu's victory this time was of great help to Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao heard the news, he was even more delighted. Not only did he give Lu Bu many rewards, but even the high-ranking officials who slowly led the army from behind also got a share.

However, such a victory is somewhat humiliating for the local county lieutenants and generals in these counties in Jizhou...

It's like the Montenegrin Army was in two different states. It was very difficult for the Montenegrin Army to suppress the Jizhou nobles before. At that time, the people who commanded the troops from these prefectures and counties were shouting that the Montenegrin army was huge and unmatched. Then in the blink of an eye, they were defeated by an outsider. The cavalrymen with three melons and two dates were dispatched easily!

This face inevitably feels a little painful.

Among them, the person whose face hurt the most was naturally Ju Yi. Not only did his face hurt, but he was also frightened.

Ju Yi felt that he was brave and won the title of Hebei. After that day, Baima Yi, who defeated Gongsun Zan, became the number one general under Yuan Shao's army. Besides himself, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others were far behind him. , not to mention those senior officials...

So when Ju Yi left privately with his followers, although he felt a little uneasy, he didn't take it seriously. After all, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan were in a fierce confrontation and couldn't live without him!

The Battle of Jieqiao made it clear that he was Gongsun Zan's nemesis. If Yuan Shao dared to touch him, wouldn't he be demolishing himself, and then who would resist Gongsun Zan in the future?

So Ju Yi is very bold.

Then now comes Lu Bu.

The Black Mountain Army was beaten up with a crackling sound.

Ju Yi felt as if he had been punched in the body, especially when he heard that Lu Bu was receiving alcohol, food, labor, and other materials from surrounding counties, and the words of the famous Hebei general came out to be mediocre, it was like a knife slashing at Ju Yi. Righteous heart.

Yuan Shao's desire to replace himself with Lu Bu suddenly became a great possibility.

Ju Yi knows his own affairs. Although he defeated Gongsun Zan, he could only defeat but not destroy him! Gongsun Zan mostly had cavalry, so he ran away if he couldn't beat him. Ju Yi himself brought infantry and crossbowmen. Even if he wanted to pursue him, he couldn't catch up...

If you want to completely wipe out the cavalry, only the cavalry can do it. In this battle with Montenegro, Lu Bu's excellent cavalry control ability and combat effectiveness have been fully demonstrated!

"...This beast...must be killed..." Ju Yi made up his mind. He and Lu Bu had no grudges before, but now that Lu Bu is standing in front of him, he can't blame him for being cruel...

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The Black Mountain Army could not bear Lu Bu's humiliation and retreated into the mountainous area with the remaining defeated soldiers. Lu Bu's cavalry could not be used anymore, so they took their troops and horses to a place outside the mountainous area called the Zhang Family Fort and temporarily stationed there. .

The Zhang family's fort was originally a native of Jizhou. More than ten generations of people have lived here. They have continuously invested manpower and material resources in pruning it, and built a family's fort like a small town. There are not only thick stone walls of the fort, but also suspension bridges and ravines. There are even city gates and turrets at the four corners. It can be said that this is a relatively large fort in this area. Previously, the Black Mountain Army robbed the fort. When plundering, they didn't dare to attack the Zhang family's stronghold easily.

Today, the Zhang family's castle was decorated with lanterns and decorations, one to celebrate the retreat of the Black Mountain Army, and the other to hold a banquet in honor of Lu Bu.

Originally, as the commander-in-chief of the army, Lu Bu was supposed to personally patrol every night. However, on the one hand, these subordinates were also deployed by Yuan Shao and were not very familiar with them. On the other hand, three local nobles from Jizhou came to the Zhang family's castle. The celebrities came to Lu Bu hand in hand, and they all said that they came here because of his reputation. They boasted overwhelmingly to Lu Bu, and then when Lu Bu was happy, he forgot about the patrol mission...

The people in the Zhang family's castle were also very attentive. Not only were they serving delicacies like running water, they even arranged for Lu Bu's bodyguards to have a drink in the side hall. Three celebrities from Jizhou were ingratiating themselves, making Lu Bu laugh from time to time. Very happy.

Logically speaking, the nobles will inevitably look down upon people who have not read many poems and books, and basically do not have much verbal communication. But tonight I don’t know why. Maybe it is because I am grateful to Lu Bu for his military exploits for the Montenegrin Army, so I don’t know why at all. There was no trace of contempt for Lu Bu for not studying. Instead, he tried to speak as plainly as possible to cater to Lu Bu.

The most exaggerated thing is that two of them got into an argument about Lu Bu's meritorious service in the Montenegrin Army's battle. They even almost got into a fight with foam at the mouth, and Lu Bu had to step forward to resolve the issue himself.

Originally, Lu Bu was one of the nobles who mostly carried books and was very annoying, so he just prepared to deal with it and then return to the army. However, he did not expect that these three Jizhou nobles would give him a feeling of spring breeze. Unknowingly, I had been drinking from early evening until late at night...