Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Siege of Jiangyi

In September of the first year of Chuping, Lu Bu sent a letter to Guguan and went straight to the Fengji Department that occupied Gucheng. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Feng Ji hurriedly asked Wang Kuang in Hanoi for help, and Wang Kuang and Yuan Shao's second batch of reinforcements Jiang Qibu crossed the river overnight to support Feng Ji.

By the time Lu Bu arrived in Gucheng, there were more than 20,000 soldiers and 5,000 cavalry (the horses were gifted and purchased from the Lucheng army).

Feng Ji lined up beside the valley water, Lu Bu personally as the vanguard and rushed directly to the Feng Ji army, the two armies fought from Japan to sunset, Lu Bu's army was exhausted, and Feng Ji ordered Wen Chou to lead 5,000 cavalry to attack.

Who knew that Lu Bu became more and more brave the more he fought, regardless of the fatigue of the sergeant to meet Wen Chou, he only used a halberd to chop Wen Chou off the horse, but fortunately the guards were able to fight to the death.

Seeing this, the morale of the Bingzhou wolf cavalry was greatly boosted, and the re-engagement with the Wenchou cavalry, the Hebei cavalry, which had no main general, was defeated by the Bingzhou wolf cavalry, and the infantry with the stalemate was also defeated.

It was a battle, Lu Bu beheaded 3,000, more than 10,000 prisoners, and countless escapees.

Lu Bu's murderous name once again sounded among the princes of the Central Plains.

The princes were forced by Lu Bu's prestige and feared that Xu Rong would join forces with him, so they sent troops from Suojube, and sent people to urge Yuan Shu of Luyang to order Sun Jian to send troops to Yique Pass.

Sun Jian stationed troops in Yangren, and the scholars of Yuzhou contributed money and materials one after another, and helped them recruit soldiers, and for a time Sun Jian made a fortune in Yuzhou, and Yuan Shu of Luyang was suspicious again, and sent people to urge Sun Jian to enter the army several times, but Sun Jian refused on the grounds of insufficient training and insufficient armor.

Lü Bu sent a letter to Guguan, Yuan Shao sent reinforcements out of Ye, and the princes of Kwantung attacked one after another, Yuan Shu could not lag behind, and immediately replenished Sun Jian's armor, soldiers, grain and grass.

Sun Jian knew that he could not delay any longer, so he immediately led his army to attack Yique Pass.

Lü Bu was defeated, the connection between Luoyang and Chang'an was unimpeded again, and the materials and armor brought by Hu Zhen subsequently increased the power of Dong Yue and Xu Rong, and in the face of the siege of the princes, Dong Yue had to divide his troops to fight, with Xu Rong as the leader to resist Liu Dai and other princes, and Hu Zhen and Lü Bu as the leader to relieve the siege of Yique Pass.

After Lu Bu and the two arrived at Yique, Sun Jian hurriedly withdrew his troops back to Yangren, Hu Zhen thought that Sun Jian was frightened by the reputation of Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and then led the army to pursue, but unexpectedly chased to the outside of Yangren and encountered Sun Jian's ambush, Hu Zhen was defeated in a panic, Lu Buyuan was powerless to rescue in Yique, fortunately, Sun Jian just stayed in Yangren and did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

The two armies fought each other's victories and defeats, but Sun Jian's fame rose to prominence, and everyone praised the Kwantung princes, changing the image of being defeated by Xu Rong.

Sun Jian garrisoned Yangren, but Liu Dai and others were beaten by Xu Rong and had no power to fight back, and the princes' army had to return to the sour dates again.

The battle situation in the Central Plains returned to calm again, but an incident occurred in Hedong that made the princes look sideways, and the family sending team sent by Dong Zhuo was attacked by the mountain bandits and retreated to Jiangyi City, and the mountain bandits besieged the city.

The princes knew very well that once the family sending team was attacked and killed by mountain bandits, any move by Liu Bei could be related to the overall situation of the Central Plains, so the envoys from all walks of life began to be alive again.

Baibo, Chang'an, Jinyang, and Anyi all became the centers of the activities of the fine craftsmen, while Jiangyi, which was besieged by mountain bandits, calmed down.

The Lucheng army is both offensive and defensive, the Xiliang army is good at attacking, and although the two elites are few people, it is not a problem to defend the small Jiangyi.

At this moment, there was a lot of quarrel in Jiangyi, for no other reason, the two generals of the family team were all in charge of the battle, and Zuo Yuan and Cai Gu did not agree, there were many bandits, in case of an accident, how to explain to Liu Bei if something happened to the bride.

The reason why I say old is because Han Dang has followed Liu Bei for the longest time, and he is older among the generals, like Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, Wen Ping, Zhao Yun, etc., all twenty years old, and Han Dang is over thirty, and he is naturally a veteran in a cadre.

The veteran general couldn't bear it, which showed his contempt for the mountain bandits: "If you don't quickly destroy this wave of bandits, if the Baibo army makes a big move, then the small Jiangyi will not be able to stop the footsteps of the Baibo army at all."

Zuo Yuan is an old man, and he naturally knows the thoughts of young generals who want to make meritorious contributions, but at his age, sending Cai Yan to Jinyang is a great achievement.

"Yigong, I have sent someone to send a message to Hao Zhao who is away from Shi, Hao Zhao will lead the army south in a few days, and the Baibo army will not come out lightly at that time."

Zuo Yuan said, frowning and said: "Yigong, don't forget why we retreated to Jiangyi, if we don't get rid of that excellent thief army, how can I get out of the city with peace of mind?"

Zhang Xiu said: "It is precisely because of the elite of the thief army that we have to go to war, the small city of Jiangyi, there is not enough food and grass, and when Liu Hou's army comes to help, I am afraid that we will starve to death long ago."

Cai Gu hurriedly said: "There is not enough food and grass, let's save some food."

Zhang Xiu snorted coldly: "I heard that Miss Cai was originally destined to the Hedong Wei clan, if we don't fight, I'm afraid the Hedong Wei clan will send private soldiers to help in the war."

"Not bad."

Han Dang agreed.

Zuo Yuan said helplessly: "If that thief army is not eliminated, it is indeed a problem for our henchmen, and you two remember that the purpose of this battle is to get rid of that elite thief army."

"Whoa!"

Han Dang and Zhang Xiu were overjoyed.

Immediately, Han Dang went out of the city to attack and was about to prepare to attack the city to get the thief army, but the thief army did not dare to go out of the city and was killed by surprise, and the Lu Cheng army was invincible for a while.

Cao Cao, who was standing on a high place, said to the guards: "A group of rabble, didn't you remind them to beware of a sneak attack by the army in the city?"

The guard looked embarrassed, and the black-faced strong man beside him shouted, "Didn't you scrap the family sending team?" Why are there so many armies in the city? ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but be happy when he heard the black-faced man bite him, and was about to speak, when the guard pleaded: "Brother Meng, although Captain Li's brother is a little careless, but after all, he is the main force, in case he is defeated by the Lu Cheng army, it will be difficult for you and me to succeed."

Cao Cao naturally understood this truth, and said to Wei Hu: "Brother Wei, don't worry, Captain Li's people will be saved, but it's not the time yet."

As soon as Cao Cao's words came out, Captain Li's eyes almost wanted to kill, but fortunately, he still knew that he could endure the rebirth, and as his cronies and soldiers died one by one, he couldn't help but bow his head to Cao Cao and said: "Brother Meng, please save my brother in the face of Brother Wei!" Brother will definitely obey Brother Meng in the future? ”

Cao Cao sneered: "It's better to do this?"

Cao Cao looked at the mountain bandits who were almost defeated, and glanced at Cao Hong beside him, Cao Hong immediately pulled out his sword in his hand and said, "Brothers, kill with a certain one!"

"Kill!"

The courage of the soldiers.

Cao Hong took the lead in killing, and the thousands of sharp soldiers behind him were all wearing armor, and the soldiers were distinct, which immediately injected a magical power into the chaotic mountain bandits, and they all turned over to fight with the Lu Cheng army, and Han Dang's resistance suddenly increased greatly.

As Cao Hong resisted Han Dang, the Lu Cheng army fell into a bitter battle, Cao Cao nodded with his beard, suddenly his little eyes lit up, the city gate opened again, Zhang Xiu led the Xiliang army to kill, Cao Cao pulled off several beards nervously, and shouted: "It's not good, hurry, Mingjin retreats."

Cao Cao was too late to collect his troops, Zhang Xiu led people to attack Cao Hong, who was fighting hard with Han Dang, how could Cao Cao's sharp soldiers, who had only trained for more than a month, be compared with the Xiliang Army and the Lucheng Army, let alone being caught between the two armies?

Cao Cao's warriors were losing at a speed visible to the naked eye, the sound of gold sounded, the warriors fled for their lives, and the mountain bandit army was defeated again, and the defeated retreated for more than ten miles before stabilizing their positions.