I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 450 Leave me a thought
Li Su is the captain of cavalry that Dong Zhuo has just moved up recently, and his rank is two thousand stones. It can be said that it is a good time to be high-spirited and roll up his arms and sleeves.

It is estimated that everyone in the Xiliang army, including Li Su himself, never thought that he would be shot to death by an unknown scout on the battlefield.

Human beings are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather.

Obviously, Li Su's tricks are a bit too flimsy.

The situation ahead was quickly passed back to the rear.

Li Jue and Guo Si, who were urging the vanguard to hurry up, were dumbfounded after hearing the news.

Even though the two of them have experienced hundreds of battles, they are heroes in the Xiliang Army, and they have never heard of such a thing.

"Did Li Su be shot by a famous person?" After Li Jue realized it, he hurriedly asked about the truth.

"Reporting to the captain, no, the other party is an ordinary scout."

Li Jue frowned: "How do you know that the other party is an ordinary scout?"

The Xiliang soldier knight said: "Li Duwei's soldiers and horses are chasing after him, they have already shot down several Hebei army scouts, and the reflex level of those scouts is very low, they all shoot randomly, it's just that Li Duwei insisted on going to the front line to shoot and kill the enemy soldiers in person."

"And the other party just happened to shoot an arrow blindly, and it hit Li Duwei on the forehead."

Hearing this, Li Jue couldn't help frowning.

"Are you sure what you said is true, and you have never read it wrong?"

The knight hurriedly said: "The subordinates have been chasing those scouts with the cavalry in front. Those people were in a panic and acted in a panic. It didn't seem like there was any premeditation at all. Therefore, Li Duwei was killed, and the other party is likely to be fooled..."

"It really breaks the face of our army!"

Guo Si turned his head to look at Li Jue angrily, "I didn't even touch the hair of the regular army of the Hebei Army, so let the other side's scouts kill the captain of two thousand stone cavalry with an arrow. Once this matter spreads, won't our Xiliang army be ridiculed by the world?"

"Take it as a quick soldier!"

Li Jue nodded, yes.

It's not that Li Jue and Guo Si have deep feelings for Li Su, but they are both pioneers, and Li Su is controlled by Li Jue and Guo Si.

Now, Li Su was killed, and he was still so shameless. When Dong Zhuo asked about this matter, if Li Jue and Guo Si couldn't give Dong Zhuo a satisfactory answer, the two of them would just...

Right now, if he wanted to make sense in front of Dong Zhuo, he could only kill those scouts and make up for it by making military exploits.

"It doesn't matter who you are? No matter where you flee to the ends of the earth, you will definitely be caught! I will tear you to pieces! Let you be smashed to pieces!"

Guo Si muttered silently.

Li Jue ordered the whole army to speed up their march to chase and kill those who dared to kill their Xiliang army generals.

At the same time, speed up the march to attack the Hebei Army!
Must take revenge!

The Xiliang soldiers continued to attack on Qingqi, vowing to avenge their blood.

……

The mountain belongs to the Funiu Mountain system, lying horizontally from east to west, majestic standing in the Central Plains.

Liu Jian stationed troops on the main road of Xishan, waiting for the arrival of Li Jue and Guo Si's troops.

"Calculating the time, Han Shengying is coming soon."

"Yeah! Is there anything wrong?"

Yan Liang was even more anxious than Liu Jian.

Liu Jian turned his head to look, and there was no sound at Zhang Fei's place.

He has made great progress and has the appearance of a famous general.

Right now, Cao Cao is retreating, Yuan Shao's army is guarding Luyang, and Sun Jian is stationed in Luyang. Although there are fierce tigers by his side, there is nothing to worry about for the time being.

But for the sake of caution, Liu Jian still asked Liu Bei to pay close attention to Sun Jian's movements.

Let Liu Bei deal with Sun Jian when necessary.

On the side of the Xiliang army, Liu Jian wanted to control the scale of the battle. Although this battle was to ambush Li Jue and Guo Si, the main purpose of this battle was to give Dong Zhuo a bad start and to wipe his face away, not to completely fall out with Dong Zhuo.

It was past noon, and the temperature had picked up slightly. Because it was winter, the mist in the mountains had not yet dissipated, and there were patches of white light flashing above the woods.

Calculating the distance, Huang Zhong or the enemy should have arrived in the afternoon or dusk, so it must have been soon.

"My lord! It's Mr. Huang and the others who are here!"

Following Xia Houlan's shout, Liu Jian saw Huang Zhong and the other four riding back on horseback.

They looked tired, and they walked in a hurry, obviously they had suffered a lot along the way.

"Welcome them quickly!"

Liu Jian hurriedly ordered.

"I'll go!" Xia Houlan responded.

When I was young, Huang Zhong and others came to Liu Jian.

"My lord, the last official lost six strong men along the way."

When Huang Zhong saw Liu Jian, the first thing he said was that six people with lofty ideals had been lost, with a look of grief and shame on his face.

Liu Jian stretched out his hand and patted Huang Zhong's shoulder, then looked at the remaining three people behind Huang Zhong.

"Before leaving, do you know what to do?"

The three scouts nodded together.

"Reporting to my lord, we all know that this trip is dangerous, and we have signed the life and death certificate before we leave."

Liu Jian nodded: "For the six people who were lost, in addition to the compensation for the death in battle, I personally donate money to house their wives and children... As for those of you who survived, you will all be promoted two levels."

"Although death is inevitable on the battlefield, our soldiers in Hebei cannot die in vain."

"Every soldier who died has his value, and every soldier who has made contributions to the great man, I will remember him."

The three scouts hurriedly knelt down when they heard the words: "Thank you, my lord!"

At this moment, Liu Jian saw a tree falling slowly on the hilltop in the distance.

That's the tree that conveys the message that the enemy army is coming!
"Get ready!" Liu Jian ordered in a low voice.

"promise!"

"promise!"

No one made any loud noises, they just whispered through their ears, all eyes widened, all hands clenched tightly, and all crossbows, bows and arrows were raised.

Yes, Ballista!
Liu Jian was not crazy enough to use the Hebei army to fight the Xiliang army face to face.

In addition to soldiers and generals, Hebei also has a powerful crossbow machine!
At this moment, the soldiers ambushing here have a thousand strong bows, five hundred bows, three hundred bows, and a hundred bows.

Another twenty stone cannons.

This is a perfect ambush position, just waiting for the opponent to plunge into it.

Finally, everyone saw the Xiliang soldiers, the Xiliang soldiers with the words "Li" and "Guo" in the army.

The Hebei army looked at the army horses below from the top of the mountain, all lying down, not daring to take a breath, for fear that the enemy army would retreat if they saw them or sensed an ambush.

But fortunately, the speed of the Xiliang army did not decrease at all, and it was getting faster and faster.

"Chasing! March quickly!" Guo Bang was yelling.

"Look at my gestures, prepare to attack!" Liu Jian said to the messenger.

Seeing that the front army of Li and Guo has passed through the valley road, the front army of the Xiliang army has also passed the valley road, and the rear army has also entered the valley.

Seeing Liu Jian wave his hand, the messenger's arrow flew into the sky with a piercing whistle.

In an instant, twenty stone cannons, as well as Zhang Zhang and the crossbow drawn by the waist, were launched at the same time, hitting the front army of the Xiliang army intensively.

The tall "Li" flagpole was immediately broken into two pieces by flying stones.

Li Jue's own horse raised its front hooves in shock.

"Don't panic! Don't panic!"

The flag-guarding sergeant's brains shattered and he fell off his horse. The ownerless horse screamed and fled, and the Xiliang army under the banner was in chaos.

The powerful crossbow arrows fired from the waist can even pierce through two war horses at such a condescending and short distance.

Following the Pao Shi and the waist drawing the crossbow, Wen Chou on the opposite hill also launched an attack.

Countless crossbow bolts spread their wings like a bird, drawing a graceful string shape in mid-air, and then arranged in a dense array, covering it fiercely and without distinction.

The arrows were like locusts, endlessly, and the arrow rain of the Hebei Army covered the galloping cavalry one after another.

Some crossbows were so powerful that they could even knock Xiliang knights off their horses. Sometimes a huge horse suddenly fell down while running, and there was only a blood hole on its body, and blood gushed out.

And the reason for this is the result of the powerful shooting of the crossbow from the waist.

The Xiliang army is all warriors who have experienced many battles. Such a dense rain of arrows did not frighten them, nor did the death of their comrades frighten them.

They yelled loudly, brandished their sabers, dodging skillfully on their horses one by one, and at the same time hurriedly urged their horses to move forward.

The rear army immediately dismounted and went up the mountain to compete fiercely with the Hebei army.

"Take down that stone cannon position! Charge up!"

"Fight them!"

"Naigong's death is also a pity!"

The command system of the Xiliang Army has not been broken up, and the soldiers are also brave. Although they have traveled a long distance, they still have a unified command and use the terrain to carry out a powerful counterattack.

"There are archers in the forest, kill them!"

"Kill the enemy with both wings, and the one in the center rushes over!"

"Kill!"

"Fight!"

All kinds of shouts echoed in the valley, and the Xiliang army launched a fierce counterattack against the rain of arrows.

Such a powerful army, if they are really successfully attacked by them, or face the enemy head-on, Liu Jian thinks that it will be a hard battle for the Hebei army, but it's a pity...

"Concentrate the power of the crossbow and aim at the man in the red hood below—shoot!"

Liu Jian ordered.

That person, even if it wasn't Li Jue or Guo Si, must be a senior officer of the Xiliang Army.

Attack the important figures of the enemy first, even if it fails, it can quickly disintegrate the enemy's fighting spirit.

"Wangshan scale five, let go!" Xia Houlan ordered.

The next moment, clusters of arrows rained like tigers, and flew down the mountain again.

The person in the red hood is Guo Si!

At this moment, Guo Bang had lost the momentum of chasing him just now. Seeing countless arrow feathers flying towards him, Guo Bang was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart. He hurriedly got off his horse and hid behind a huge rock.

And those Xiliang soldiers who were about to rush up the mountain were demoralized when they saw that the general was in danger, and they hurriedly withdrew back again to protect Guo Bang.

Compared with Guo Bang, Li Jue has more combat experience and more diverse methods of using troops.

In the eyes of servant Liu Ai, Li Jue's ability to use troops should be better than Sun Jian.

In view of the current situation, Li Jue quickly made a decision!
"Send the order to withdraw quickly, there is an ambush ahead, let's retreat quickly!"

Sima under Li Jue asked: "Lieutenant, although the enemy has powerful crossbows and stone cannons, it is not impossible for us to fight the opponent!"

Li Jue said coldly: "Do you think that Liu Deran only has crossbows and stone cannons? Do you think that all the crossbows and stone cannons used in Hebei's current formation are all they have?"

As soon as he said this, Sima became stupid at the time.

Li Jue looked at the front and said coldly: "The other party is doing Xiangguo face, just a small ambush for a while, let our front vanguard lose some soldiers and horses, and lose their spirit, and then they want to negotiate with Xiangguo..."

"If he really wants to fall out with Xiangguo, with the strength of the Hebei army, it's not impossible to eat all of our soldiers and horses today!"

"Which is your turn to discuss here?"

"Stop talking too much, withdraw quickly!"

What Li Jue said is correct.

Although when the Xiliang army encountered an ambush, its coping mechanism was quite good, which is commendable.

But under the continuous attack of strong bows and crossbows, its pace gradually became chaotic, and gradually lost its unified coordination and became chaotic.

Today's battle, no matter how hard it is, the Xiliang soldiers will lose.

Afterwards, after leaving behind corpses and horses all over the place, the Xiliang army began to swarm towards the rear.

Liu Jian was not happy.

Although the strategic goal was achieved, he was quite surprised by the reaction of the Xiliang army when it was ambushed again just now.

It seems that there is also a difference between the Liangzhou Army and the Liangzhou Army.

There is indeed a big difference between the Liangzhou army directly managed by Dong Zhuo and the Liangzhou army controlled by Niu Fu in terms of quality, combat power, and even fighting spirit.

Really strong!

It's just that under this kind of ambush by one's own side, it can only fail.

At this time, Huang Zhong had already arrived on the hillside with a five-stone strong bow.

He looked at the battlefield below, looked at the Liangzhou sergeants who were evacuating quickly, and at the same time listened to the cries of the wounded Xiliang army...

But there was no disturbance in Huang Zhong's heart, he never cared about those people's life or death.

His eyes were fixed on the big rock where Guo Bang was hiding.

Although Huang Zhong wanted to complete the mission, the Xiliang army drove him like an old dog, and shot and killed six scout athletes under his nose!
This is really a great insult to Huang Zhong who has been on the battlefield for many years.

Although he also killed one of their captains, in Huang Zhong's view, it was still not enough to vent the resentment in his heart.

These Xiliang tigers and wolves deserve to die!
They are not human beings and cannot be treated as human beings.

They are just wolves in human clothing. They owe too much blood debt, and now it's time to repay the debt.

Huang Zhong is determined to use the blood of the opposing general to wash away his shame and comfort the souls of the six athletes.

only……

It's just that he can't kill Guo Si!

According to Liu Jian's request, they ambush this time to hurt Dong Zhuo and let the other party know how powerful they are.

Then negotiate peace with Dong Zhuo.

Hurting the opponent has indeed been done, and today's battle is considered a success.

However, if Li Jue and Guo Si, two of Dong Zhuo's right-hand men, were killed, it would be regarded as enmity with Dong Zhuo.

This is not in line with Liu Jian's current interests.

Liu Jian will take advantage of this event to demand more rights from Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, Huang Zhong could not kill Guo Si.

However, if you don't kill Guo Bang, you still have to leave some marks on the opponent.

As Xiliang soldiers retreated more and more, the situation on the battlefield seemed less dangerous than it was just now.

And a group of Xiliang soldiers with iron shields ran to the side of the boulder and surrounded Guo Si, supporting him and retreating to the rear.

The shields of these people are not big, they can only cover Guo Si's upper body.

The feet and legs of a group of people were exposed.

Standing on the hillside, Huang Zhong watched the shield soldiers escort Guo Si to flee backwards, and then he saw that among those legs, behind two of them was a red hoodie dangling.

Huang Zhong narrowed his eyes.

There is no doubt that it is Guo Bang's shirt!

It's just that at this distance, it's really difficult to shoot at the opponent's legs, even for Huang Zhong.

But Huang Zhong didn't care, since it was a challenge, let's challenge a difficult one!
It doesn't matter if the shot misses, there is no loss anyway!
If it hits the target, it will be a relief!

Leave a mark on the legs and feet of Dong Zhuo's confidant generals, so that the people of Liangzhou will have a long memory!
Let them know, who in this world should not be messed with.

After aiming for a long time, Huang Zhong finally withdrew the bowstring and shot an arrow towards Guo Bang's leg armor!

Seeing that the sharp arrow pierced the air, with an incomparable momentum, an arrow shot at Guo Bang's right foot, nailing his toes to the ground!
"Ah~~!"

Guo Si let out a burst of earth-shattering shouts!
"Toes, toes, my toes!"

At this moment, Guo Bang's toes had been nailed to the ground, and on the hillside, the Hebei army had reloaded their bows and crossbows, and soon there would be another wave of arrows raining. It would be even more difficult for Guo Bang and the others to retreat.

After all, Guo Bang is also a strong general of Xiliang, so he made a decisive decision without hesitation!
He gritted his teeth, took the ring-shoudao knife in the hand of a sergeant next to him, and slashed downward with force.

The toe shot by Huang Zhong was actually cut off by him without hesitation!
"Captain!"

All Xiliang soldiers shouted loudly.

However, they also reacted later, and lifted Guo Bang who was gnashing his teeth in pain, and while blocking the rain of arrows with their shields, they retreated backward like flying.

(End of this chapter)