Three Kingdoms

Since starting from Longyou, the further to the west side of the Hexi Corridor, the sparsely populated it has become. It is even obvious that some village forts have been abandoned, with only some broken walls and half-collapsed tile eaves remaining. It vaguely proves that this place was once prosperous for a period of time.

The clouds in the sky are extremely thick, as if they are directly pressing down on the ground, and as long as you walk a little further, you can reach them with your hands.

Of course, this is an illusion. In fact, the horizon is still the horizon, endless.

Lu Bu led a group of cavalry and moved forward slowly along the ancient road. The white smoke emitted by the men and horses lingered in the mouth and nose, and soon accumulated a lot of snowflakes, which then turned into frost.

On a deserted road, boredom and supplies are two ferocious beasts, peering unscrupulously from the side, and then ready to pounce at any time.

The severe cold is not a big deal for the cavalry led by Lu Bu. With the sweaters, plus the original linoleum and furs, as long as they are careful not to let the sweaters get wet by Han water or snow water, the problem is actually It's not a huge problem, but supply is still a big problem.

In other words, in an era when transportation was inconvenient, supply was still the most important factor restricting the military's outward expansion. Even if the enemy's territory is inhabited, how can we survive in the vast no-man's land? If there is grassland, like the Mongolian model, it may be okay, but if there is no grass, such as seawater, how can we make a breakthrough?

Fortunately, Lu Bu didn't need to go too far this time. It was enough to bring about ten days' worth of food back and forth.

This road used to be an official road for travel. Unfortunately, now that no one has left it, it has been invaded by various animals and plants again, and now it has become narrower. If it were during the spring and summer seasons when plants grow wildly, I am afraid that some places would be Can't find a place to stay...

At the front is the ranger who is responsible for scouting. He has no shield, only a bow and arrow, and a sword slung behind his back. The arrows hanging on his waist are opened for easy access. Under the leather felt hat, a pair of vigilant eyes are exposed. His eyes were constantly searching for clues ahead.

There are not many people in this area, but they are spread out widely, like a comb, pulling them out all the way.

In the middle, there is a relatively dense main battle group. These cavalrymen not only have swords, but also long spears with hemp ropes wrapped around the handles of the guns. There are also small shields on the sides of the horses. They are powerful and form a relatively neat formation. The queue moved forward slowly. If you look down from the air, it looks like a twisting gray-black rectangular patch.

At the very back, there were mostly war horses, some carrying water bladders, linoleum, etc., but many of them were empty. These war horses are for replacement. If you find that your horse's physical strength has dropped too much, you will usually replace it after a certain distance. The horse that sweats and consumes too much endurance will be dried and then wrapped in dry felt. , and fed them a few mouthfuls of fried beans, etc., and then let these war horses follow slowly behind to regain their strength.

Originally, Li Ru meant not to be too anxious and to wait for the spring to come when the flowers bloom. However, Lu Bu couldn't sit or stand. It was really scratching his head. Later, Li Ru just let Lu Bu do it...

Anyway, we can experiment with marching for a long time in the Western Region to see if there are any problems or omissions. These experiences will be useful if we really expand to the west.

After all, the Han Dynasty had abandoned the Northwest for more than a hundred years, so even if some previous experience had survived, it had probably turned into ashes and ceased to exist.

Lu Bu had previously found out that the large and powerful horse thieves who suddenly appeared in the Hexi Corridor were actually a Xianbei branch originally in the Baimo Desert, belonging to the Lushui tribe. Their leader was King Juqu Feiyun, known as the Wild Boar King. It's not that King Fei Yun of Juqu is fat, but because his character is as ferocious as a wild boar, and he is vengeful and fierce. The most important thing is because the title of Wolf King and Eagle King is so memorable, and the wild boar Wang is just right...

Jiang Ji followed Lu Bu and added: "I heard that this Lushui tribe is one of the Xianbei tribes in the northern part of Yinshan Mountain. Didn't they conquer the west and defeat the Xianbei in Yinshan Mountain? These people were afraid and moved westward... As a result, they also encountered After going to that Ma's house, the two of them hooked up together..."

"Two lost dogs..." Lu Bu said with a disdainful snort, "Forget it, I will clean up the mess for Zhengxi..." Lu Bu casually touched the neck of Red Tuma No. 2, acting like a big brother applying it to his little brother. The disgusted look on the butt.

"Marquis Wen, when will we attack?" Wei Xu asked from behind.

"Since we want to destroy them in one fell swoop, we can't be too hasty..." Lu Bu said with amusement as he looked ahead, "Otherwise they are really separated and it will be difficult to chase them... We first need to see what arrangements these two bereaved dogs have. Besides..."

Lu Bu always fights like this. It's not that Lu Bu has any arrogance, it's just that Lu Bu is a complete frontline commander. What he's best at is commanding troops according to subtle changes in the battlefield, so basically there is no specific attack plan in advance. Everything is a temporary order before the war. As for any clever tips, there is no such thing...

Approaching the hiding place of the Wild Boar King and others, Lu Bu ordered someone to find a ditch to correct it. In the northwest, there are high mountains, deserts, and ditches that are invisible even from a distance. These ditches may have been glacial water incisions, or they may have been riverbeds left by ancient river diversions. Anyway, they are hidden under the horizon, so if you are far away, nothing can be seen.

The soldiers dismounted one after another, and each found a place to tidy up his companion, or feed his companion something to eat and drink, and then drank a few sips himself. Although they were all busy, they were busy but not in a hurry.

The scouts crawled out from the edge of the ditch, like a group of ants leaving their nest and heading into the distance.

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The galloping speed of the war horse suddenly increased. The intensive sound of horse hooves immediately turned into a roar, and then it was like thunder, shaking the entire battlefield.

Like thunder, it hit the empty wilderness heavily.

"Drumroll! March!"

The cavalry formation of a thousand people, suddenly led by Lu Bu, began to change formations while running at high speed. The sharp edge of the flying geese array is getting longer and sharper. Looking from a distance, it looks like a sharp sword flashing with murderous intent. The cold light stimulates the eyes of everyone in Lu Shui Xianbei, and even steals the sunlight from the sky. , I just feel that the next moment this sharpness will pierce skin, flesh and blood, anything.

King Juqu Fei Yun seemed to have been stabbed in advance by this sharp edge, with colors of surprise, pain, regret, etc. mixed together on his face. He originally thought it was just a small Han army, a small reconnaissance team that inadvertently discovered his lair. In order to prevent this group of Han people from escaping back to report the news and exposing the location of his lair, he rushed out with his troops and attempted to Outflanked and eliminated this Han army, but the result...

Run back?

Let's not talk about whether they can outrun them. How can the unprepared tribesmen in their lair stand any good in front of the Han soldiers? Are you going to abandon your clansmen again and flee westward?

King Fei Yun of Juqu looked around and saw that the troops he brought out were two thousand-man teams. Although they were not completely full, they still had a certain advantage in numbers. If they saw the Han people, they would turn around and run away. No matter what, This is a huge blow to the morale of our own people...

King Fei Yun of Juqu drew out his sword and shouted with all his strength: "The left wing moves closer to the central army, the right wing covers, the central army attacks, advance at full speed! Let the Ma family's boy take the flank! Kill!" He kicked the horse's belly hard. , the war horse was hurt and rushed out like an arrow. The surrounding guards immediately gathered together, forming a huge arrow and rushed towards the center of the Han army.

The cavalry on both sides are getting closer!

King Fei Yun of Juqu pulled the reins of the horse with one hand, brandished the sword with the other, and shouted with an unknown meaning: "Hululu..."

Lu Shui Xianbei also shouted loudly in unison, and for a while the battlefield was filled with such strange shouts: "Hululu...Hululu..."

This method is like a ferocious beast in the arena, or a beast in the mountains and forests, raising its head and howling. In addition to declaring sovereignty, it is also to enhance the momentum of one's side!

Since both sides were galloping at the same time, the distance between them quickly narrowed.

King Fei Yun of Juqu shouted: "Up the arrow, up the arrow..."

The Xianbei cavalry skillfully took the bow and arrow into their hands, then bent the bow and nocked the arrow, and threw it into the sky, trying to disrupt the Han people's formation with one or two waves of arrow rain during the contact.

"咻咻...咻咻..."

Amidst the sound of bowstrings, gray, black, or yellow arrows flew into the air with different high and low screams, and then quickly turned in another direction from the air and turned down, like a group of blood-sucking beasts. The bug was like a sparse black cloud, shrouding Lu Bu's forward.

"Raise your shield!"

Lu Bu shouted, and then Fang Tian's painted halberd hovered in the air, sweeping down a large number of arrows. Not only did he cover himself, but he also helped Chituma No. 2 and the close guards to deflect the arrows. .

Although Zhengxi has always emphasized equipment and has a very high immunity against arrows from the Integrity Era, to be honest in war, it does not rely entirely on equipment, but also a considerable part of luck. Therefore, after the arrow falls, The soldier who still had some luck dropped to the bottom was hit by an arrow in the face, or somewhere in the joint. He was immediately overturned, and then was submerged by the subsequent horse hooves, leaving only a bloody mark...

The two sides are forty or fifty steps apart, and they can clearly see each other's faces when facing each other.

"Take the spear! Throw it!"

Seeing that the two sides were about to collide head-on, Jiang Jiu shouted loudly, took the short spear behind him, and threw it forward with all his strength!

"Buzz...buzz..."

Because of the cast iron head and short body of the short spear, it is somewhat heavier in front and lighter in back, but because of this, it is particularly suitable for throwing, just like a large crossbow arrow. Although the range is much shorter than that of bows and arrows, however In terms of power at close range, it is several times more powerful than a bow and arrow!

The next moment, Lu Shui Xianbei's soldiers fell down in large pieces as if they had been directly bitten by an invisible beast. One to two hundred Xianbei soldiers screamed, accompanied by the screams of the war horses before they died, and were trampled like fallen wheat straw by the own soldiers and Han soldiers who rushed up. In the yellow sand, they were trampled by countless soldiers in the blink of an eye. The horse's hooves were trampled into a bloody mess, which was more bloody and terrifying than a slaughterhouse.

However, more soldiers had no time to respond to the bloodshed. The next moment, they were like madmen who had lost their minds, fighting each other at the risk of their lives, and the shouts of killing came one after another, and they collided with each other.

The strong smell of blood could not even be blown by the wind. The fierce battle between the two sides became the most powerful sound in this world at this moment.

Lu Bu waved Fang Tian's painted halberd, without even looking at the Xianbei swords and spears that were thrust straight at him. He roared angrily and made a few simple straight and sweeping slashes, with a unique screaming sound, like something released from hell. The ferocious beast waved its sharp claws. Not only the ordinary Xianbei soldiers, but also the heads of the Xianbei horses that rushed towards them were cut and chopped off by Lu Bu!

Fortunately, the Xianbei soldiers were not dead yet, along with other Xianbei soldiers and horses. The body parts and meat were broken. Because of the death of the horses, they could not control their bodies and flew in the air. Before they could land, they were shot by the cavalry following Lu Bu. Chest and abdomen!

Under the leadership of Lu Bu and Jiang Ji, the Han cavalry marched forward bravely and bravely killed the enemy. And because they deployed a long flying geese formation, even if they missed a single hit, they continued to gallop forward regardless of the enemy, leaving behind them The other comrades who followed will deal with it. Move forward, only move forward. The galloping war horses are like blades pierced into the flesh and blood, moving forward with the blood!

Lu Bu leaned over and chopped to death an enemy soldier who was about to chop his horse. He then made a small turn and chopped off half of the enemy knight's body on the left. He pulled it sideways and cut off the neck of another Xianbei cavalryman. The surrounding area died. The Xianbei troops and horses spewed out blood like layers of blood mist, immediately dyeing Lu Bu's armor, Lu Bu's shirt, and Lu Bu's red rabbit horse red!

This mass of red, jumping and moving, with boundless killing intent and soul-stunning magnificence, is like a bright red flame ignited in the battlefield, attracting countless flesh and blood, becoming The bones under his seat fulfill the reputation of the God of War!

Lu Bu is in the front and Jiang Ji is on the right. The two of them are the symbol of the entire Han army's cavalry advancing. The Yanxing Formation exerts a strong impact and destructive power. The soldiers on the outside slash the enemy cavalry, and the soldiers on the inside supplement the casualties on the outside. , surprisingly orderly, like a huge hair clipper, with its canine teeth intersecting, not only cutting the hair, but also bringing up a whole blood groove!

Ma's troops, who were originally going to attack the Han army's flank, couldn't help but slow down their horses after seeing such a scene, and hesitated...

"Who is this Han general?!" Ma Xiu stared at Lu Bu, who was radiating blood-colored flames, with a look of horror in his eyes. Ma Xiu believed that his martial arts skills were good, but it was extremely difficult for Lu Bu to be able to cut through the waves of blood with ease, as fast as a ferocious beast, and as sharp as a magic weapon on the battlefield. Without even having to fight head-on, Matthew was already a little timid.

Pang De, who was on the side, also had a hint of panic in his eyes, "Lu? Could it be... why is this guy here?!"