Chapter 41 Flying General Sui Yu

It is Lu Bu's ability to fight hand to hand and fight to the death, but once the battle line is opened and the battle of wits and courage is opened, he can't do it. The staff officer Chen Gong has some insights, but he is still much worse than the wily Cao Cao.Since the setback in Chengshi County, they have not won a single battle. In fact, it was only because they were one step late in getting food, and they have been restrained step by step since then.Every time Cao Cao besieged a city, they went to help, and they were either beaten and defeated by others, or fell before reaching the local city.There are also some county towns that, although nominally cooperating in the rebellion, are actually sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight. Now that Cao Cao has the upper hand, those county magistrates will immediately turn against the water again.What's more terrible is that Yanzhou soldiers and Bingzhou soldiers are at odds, and they fight with each other every three days.

Later, Juye missed, Li Feng and Xue Lan were killed, Chen Gong advised him not to move any more, but to recuperate in Dongmen County and recruit the scattered soldiers.So when Cao Cao sent troops to Dingtao, Lu Bu was not busy with rescue.But after a few days, news of Cao Cao's nearby wheat harvest reached his ears, which made Lu Bu unable to sit still.The famine in Yanzhou caused a sharp drop in food, and Lu Bu had just filled the stomachs of the soldiers, and food and grass would still be a problem in the future.But after finally making it to the autumn harvest season, Cao Cao went to the east to harvest the wheat. What is the difference between this and grabbing the grain in his village?In desperation, Lu Bu led his troops that had not yet rested and sent troops from Dongmin to fight against Cao Cao again.

Unlike in the past, after crossing the border of Dingtao County, Lu Bu immediately ordered to set up camp, and was not in a hurry to fight. He sent scouts to inquire about Cao Jun's movements in detail.He suffered losses several times in succession, and now he is somewhat timid towards this short man from Peiguoqiao County. The reports from several scouts were very clear, and Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were scattered everywhere to harvest wheat and grain.The big camp was completely unprepared, and there were only less than a thousand people stationed there, including many villagers, and even women holding weapons to guard the camp, but there was a levee just to the west of their camp.

Hearing the news, Lu Bu was skeptical, turned his head to look at Chen Gong without saying a word.There was a conflict between the Bingzhou Department and the Yanzhou Department. His attitude of asking Chen Gong in advance made the Bingzhou generals very dissatisfied, while the Yanzhou generals were complacent. Unconsciously, Chen Gong pulled a long expressionless face, so pale that there was almost no blood, and those triangular eyes stared straight out of the tent, so deep that it was hard to fathom.He had begun to regret the unwiseness of the mutiny these days.At the beginning, he was the one who contacted Lu Bu personally, but after working together for a year, he realized that he was hurt by the flattering words from hearsay, and that Lu Bu was just a brave man through and through.Mounting on a war horse, ten thousand people are invincible, but when he dismounts, his faults are exposed. He is soft-hearted, has no opinion, loves vanity, and is greedy for small gains...Chen Gong can't understand why a martial artist who kills like hemp , the character can be so weak and hesitant?The strategy and intelligence are very low, the civil affairs ability is not at all, and the decisiveness in situations is far worse than that of Cao Cao, and he can't even restrain his subordinates.But the bubbles under his feet were all gone by himself. Who told him to turn against Cao Cao when his head became hot?Now that this road can only go to the dark, he has been tied to Lu Bu for the rest of his life!

Seeing that he was silent, Lu Bu simply asked, "Gongtai, what do you think?" "Since Cao Cao dared to see our army as nothing, he must be prepared. I expect there must be an ambush in the embankment." "Then what to do?" "Let's take every step of the way and get closer to his camp. If we get close, the ambush will be exposed. If we don't expose it, we will take advantage of his camp." "Okay!" Lu Bu immediately ordered, "Pull up the camp and set up the stronghold, ten miles away from Cao Ying." With Chen Gong's words, Lu Bu's camp was moved ten miles south of Cao Ying, which was already too close.The scouts kept coming and going, and the ambush really showed a flaw, and five thousand horse infantry were pulled out from the embankment.

"Now we can send troops to attack Cao Jun?" Lu Bu was extremely excited. Chen Gong was not optimistic: "According to me, wait a little longer." The generals in Bingzhou had already expressed their opinions on Chen Gong. Before Lv Bu could speak, the general Hou Cheng stood up and said, "What are you waiting for? Didn't we come here to repel Cao Cao and take back the food and grass? Let Cao Cao cut all the wheat if we wait any longer. go?" Wang Kai from the Yanzhou Department took up the conversation: "What Gongtai said is right, so what should we do if we send out troops and fall into an ambush?"

"Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are mowing wheat outside, and they all rely on women to guard the stronghold. The embankment in the west of the camp is only guarded by five thousand soldiers. This opportunity must not be missed. If you don't fight now, you will be a fool!" Song Xian gave Wang Kai a happy look. He is also a former general of Bingzhou . "Who do you call a fool?" Xu Si stood up abruptly. In an instant, the Yanzhou faction and the Bingzhou faction were arguing fiercely, and several leaders of the troops shouted hysterically.Lu Bu drank for a long time, but no one paid any attention to him. Finally, he drew out his saber and stabbed it fiercely on the handsome table, and everyone was quiet.

Hou Cheng and Song Xian looked around, while Wang Kai and Xu Si raised their heads and remained silent. Lu Bu lost his mind when he saw everyone's appearance. At this time, the person sitting at the back of the east side suddenly said: "Everyone, be calm, I have a compromise, I wonder if it will work?" It was Qin Yilu who spoke. Since Qin Yilu left Cao Cao, one master is not as good as the other. First he spent a few days with He Miao, Dong Zhuo went to Beijing to curry favor with Dong Zhuo, and later returned to Lu Bu.Lv Bu planned to assassinate Dong Zhuo, and he contributed a lot to it, but it was only a message between Lv Bu and Wang Yun.After meeting Wang Yun twice, he saw clearly that Qin Yilu was a mercenary villain. He deeply hated Lu Bu's unknown employment. In order to keep him from revealing the secret, he promised him a beautiful maid in his mansion who held a crown of Diao Chan as his wife. It was enough benefits It didn't make Qin Yilu leak the secret.Unexpectedly, Lv Bu, a womanizer, had an affair with Dong Zhuo's concubine and took Qin Yilu's wife to bed.Qin Yilu didn't care about it, he got into a general because of his wife's relationship.

"Yilu, what can you do?" Qin Yilu looked left and right, swallowed his saliva and said: "Anyway, there are not many Cao troops, let's go out and leave half, and the generals of the state department will lead the troops to attack Cao camp with you, and the big brothers from Yanzhou will guard the camp. It's okay. Right?" It was purely an amicable idea. None of the generals in the battalion could say anything, so Lu Bu turned his head and asked Chen Gong: "Gongtai, what do you think of this method of dividing the army?" With a glance, he put aside military affairs and got up and left the big tent.

An awkward meeting dissipated, and finally Qin Yilu's method of dividing troops was adopted.Leaving the Yanzhou army guarding the battalion, Lu Bu led Bingzhou cavalry to attack Cao's army outside the embankment. Under the scorching sun, Cao Jun's 5,000-horse infantry division was panting in the heat before the battle, and they were forming formations in front of the embankment.Lu Bu came from the long mountain road, and he saw all this clearly.He was ecstatic when he saw the enemy's military slack, and secretly complained that Chen Gong was suspicious, how could he not be able to defeat such a weak enemy with his elite cavalry?

It is better to strike first, and Lu Bu immediately ordered to charge.Bingzhou Cavalry had been working hard for a long time, and the queue dug in neatly, rushing towards Cao Jun like an arrow. Sure enough, Cao's army had no power to parry at all, and they would collapse at the first touch. The soldiers threw away their helmets and armor and fled in all directions like birds and beasts. Some people didn't even want horses and weapons.The Bingzhou army finally fought a beautiful battle, and they scattered to snatch the ordnance, planning to take it back to anger those Yanzhou guys. At this moment, the war drums were loudly shouted like thunder, and a large number of Cao's troops rushed out from behind the embankment in the dark, while at the same time the soldiers who had fled just now rushed back with their blades raised.Now Lu Bu was in serious trouble. The cavalry raid first relied on speed to increase the impact, and second relied on orderly formation to make the enemy nowhere to attack. Now the Bingzhou cavalry are all scattered to snatch the army supplies, and some even dismounted. There were only dozens of soldiers around Lu Bu, seeing that Cao Bing recognized the red rabbits and horses embracing him, he quickly threw away Fang Tian's painted halberd and swung it wildly.He was extremely brave, and he killed countless people during a long battle, but there were not many soldiers left around him.In his busy schedule, he sneaked a glance at the battlefield, and seeing his own people fleeing to death, he couldn't help becoming mad, and he spotted the "Cao" flag on the embankment and killed it.This fellow's martial art is indeed rare in the world, more than a hundred soldiers scrambled to stop them, but they were beaten by him with halberds and horses. Standing under the banner was Cao Cao. He set up a double strategy to lure the enemy. First, he used women and children to guard the camp, and then deliberately sent out only half of the ambush troops to lure Lu Bu. His intention was to break up the enemy's formation and annihilate them.Although Cao Cao had a plan to deal with Lv Bu's assassination, Lv Bu's bravery was beyond all his imagination. He stood by the embankment and watched Lv Bu approaching, and he was still so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat.When Dian Wei saw Lu Bu coming, he quickly pulled out his symmetrical hand from the ground. After his status improved, Cao Cao specially recruited people to make a pair of halberds for him, each weighing forty catties.The army soldiers talked about it in private, and even made up a jingle, "There is a strong man under the tent, Mr. Dian, who carries a pair of halberds and weighs eighty catties."This pair of things is also not easily used on the battlefield, and it is inserted on the ground when not in use. Dian Wei held his halberds in his hand and went to meet the red rabbit horse. Seeing Lu Bu approaching suddenly, he jumped up and smashed the horse and man.Lu Bu didn't expect there to be such a stunned young man on the battlefield. Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, no matter how strong Fang Tian's painted halberd was, the pair of big guys would bend when they hit it. Then knock. There was only a loud "bang" in the ear wheel.Dian Wei's two halberds were released from his hands, and he sat on the ground, unable to get up.But Fang Tian's painted halberd also jumped high, thanks to Lu Bu's quick eyesight and quick hands, he didn't let go of his hand and flew out.He turned the tip of his halberd and was about to rush to kill Cao Cao, when suddenly a cold arrow flew towards him and hit him in the right arm.Lu Bu looked sideways regardless of the pain, and it was Li Jin who was preventing him from entering the Cheng clan who was shooting arrows in the distance, and Li Zheng and Li Dian were also behind him.The uncles and nephews of the Li family were half for the war and half for avenging Li Qian. Since they went to the battlefield, they have been staring at Lu Bu.At this moment, with one arrow, the three men followed with three guns, and the Li family soldiers behind them also came wielding big knives. Seeing that there was no one of his own soldiers around him, Lu Bu knew that the group of people surnamed Li were looking for his own life, and the strong man in front of him stood up unsteadily.It's easy to come, but hard to go.I saw soldiers layer upon layer upon layer upon layer upon layer upon layer of armor, surrounded by layers of armor. He was wearing an arrow in his right arm and swung his halberd, but he failed to open a hole for a long time.Lu Bu instinctively felt that there was a certain wind in the back of his head, expecting that the Hercules' double halberds had arrived again, so he hurriedly urged the horse with all his might.The red rabbit was also really good, he raised his front hoof and trampled to death the two of them, Dian Wei's halberds rubbed against the horse's tail and fell down.Before Lu Bu could breathe a sigh of relief, the Li family's three guns arrived again! Such a flying general, Lu Bu, stepped inside to hide in the blink of an eye, and unexpectedly dodged the three fatal shots.But the body dodged it, but the hair crown was picked off, and Lu Bu immediately let his hair down. If these people had another round like this, no matter how powerful Lu Bu was, he would have to die on the spot today.But at this moment, a team of Bingzhou cavalry came to rescue Lu Bu head-on.The leader, Huang Jiao, has a wide forehead, a straight nose and a straight mouth, and his chin is poked out like a shovel, and he is brave enough to wield a big knife in his hand. "Come and save me!" Lu Bu, who had always been rebellious, begged for help now. The general rushed to kill Lu Bu, and the two of them fled together.How can Li's uncle and nephew let go of the enemy and chase after him closely.Seeing that a horse was getting its tail, suddenly the officer turned his neck and turned his head and stabbed Li Jin on the shoulder. Li Jin fell off the horse with an "ah". "Uncle!" Li Dian and Li Zheng were shocked, and hurriedly robbed him.With that Fangtian painted halberd and a big saber, no one could stop the dozen or so Bingzhou riders, and they broke out of the encirclement. "It's Zhang Liao..." Cao Cao met him in Luoyang in the past. "It's God's will that Lu Bu escaped with such an arrangement!" Lu Bu was defeated, and the remnant soldiers gradually gathered together along the way, but seeing that the camp was also finished.Although Chen Gong was much smarter than Lu Bu, he still didn't know what was going on. The two battalions were only ten miles apart. If the battlefield changed, how would they be able to defend it?His own people were let in, but Cao Jun also came in. When his Yanzhou soldiers saw that all the fellows came, some people turned against them at that time. In the end, the battlefield was lost and the camp fell. Lu Bu and Chen Gong had to leave their supplies and food and lead the army to flee. This time they couldn't even defend Dongmin County, so they had to flee all the way east to the ground of Xuzhou. Before leaving Yanzhou, Chen Gong looked back at his homeland, and couldn't help crying: Cao Cao, you won, and even the women will guard the village for you, can you not win?You killed Bian Rang, Yuan Zhongna and other famous people, and reused Cheng Li, Xue Tiina and other small officials... I have only now realized that the combined power of the Han clan and the common people is much stronger than that of the aristocratic clan. For you It's better to have more control!I'm really confused, I woke up too late... But there are some things that I can't afford to regret. Today, I have no choice. There is only one way to go, and I may never return to my hometown... But Lu Bu didn't have the time to consider that he was farther away from his hometown in Bingzhou. He hurriedly asked: "Gongtai, where are we going?" Chen Gong sighed: "Since we are in Xuzhou, we must vote for Liu Bei." Lu Bu raised his eyebrows: "Wouldn't it be embarrassing for me to vote for that shameless young man!" Chen Gong rolled his eyes at him: "How about the general go back and vote for Cao Cao?" Lu Bu couldn't help shivering, touched the wound on his shoulder, urged the horse forward without saying a word, and led the horse and galloped east...