Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 207: Tripping Horse Rope! (Thanks to the monthly ticket support from book friend 2024…6051~)

Chen Dao was greatly alarmed, and hurriedly led a group of cavalry to flee towards the exit before they could reach the cage.

When an army of 5,000 faces an army of 40,000, once they are successfully surrounded by the enemy, it will be difficult for them to break out!
But the head and tail of the long snake formation were also cavalry.

Moreover, the cavalry under Lu Bu's command have always been faster and more powerful than those of other forces!

When Cao Cao killed Lu Bu, he also obtained many of Lu Bu's cavalry and outstanding cavalry generals.

This was also one of the important reasons why Cao Cao's cavalry was invincible in the Central Plains later.

Under Lu Bu's command, even though the snake formation was broken, the two cavalry forces accelerated to encircle the enemy.

Finally, before Chen Dao rushed out, two cavalry units led by Hou Cheng and Song Xian successfully intercepted the 5,000 light cavalry!

Chen Dao was just a second-rate general.

Although his status in Shu Han was second only to Zhao Yun in history, his abilities were far from Zhao Yun's.

Faced with the situation of being surrounded by the enemy from both ends, he suddenly panicked and could only bite the bullet and collide with the enemy cavalry.

But the reason why light cavalry is called light cavalry is because their equipment is simple and light.

Greatly increases its speed at the expense of attack and defense capabilities.

But in this intercepted situation, the speed advantage can no longer be brought into play.

As soon as the collision occurred, the cavalrymen at the front of Chen Dao's army were chopped down to the ground one after another.

The soldiers on horseback were also easily knocked down by Lu Bu's army equipped with spears and halberds!

Chen Dao, on the other hand, was equipped with a light but short weapon, a ring-handled sword, and had almost no ability to defend himself.

On the tea mountain, Liu Bei was also shocked to see that his troops did not play the role as Zhuge Liang expected:
"Why...why doesn't Lu Bu act according to common sense?

"Military Advisor, how should we respond?"

With Zhuge Liang around, Liu Bei habitually didn't use his own brain.

If you let him use his own brain, he won't be able to take everything into consideration.

This also led to the Battle of Yiling in history, where Emperor Zhaolie of Han made a major strategic mistake.

Zhuge Liang looked at Chen Dao who was fighting hard. He was not as panicked as Liu Bei, but there was a hint of solemnity in his eyes.

Lu Bu's military capabilities were a little beyond his expectations!

Is this also the wisdom and flexibility brought by people in later generations?

However, Zhuge Liang soon found a breakthrough in the enemy's formation and immediately ordered Zhou Cang and Guan Ping behind him:
"In order to forcibly intercept General Chen, the enemy created two gaps in the long snake formation.

"You two will each lead 5,000 infantry and cavalry, charge in from these two gaps, and after you meet up with General Chen, charge out from the south!"

"Here!"

Zhou Cang and Guan Ping led the two armies and rushed out with high morale.

The two of them had successfully intercepted two thousand wooden oxen and flowing horses and tens of thousands of stones of grain and fodder from the enemy, and received great praise from the lord and military advisor.

With the morale brought by the previous victory.

Zhou Cang and Guan Ping quickly rushed in through the two gaps in the long snake formation that had no time to close.

The equipment of these two troops is obviously much better than that of Chen Dao's troops, and it is difficult for the long snake formation to surround them all.

After joining forces with Chen Dao's troops, Zhou Cang and his companions successfully broke out of the belly of the long snake formation with Chen Dao, who still had 4,000 soldiers left!

When Lu Bu saw that his long snake formation was disrupted, anger gathered in his eyes.

He immediately ordered the army to continue the pursuit and take advantage of this opportunity to weaken the enemy's strength as much as possible.

Seeing that the enemy finally caught up, Zhuge Liang's mouth curled up slightly.

He immediately ordered two teams to go around the hillside to the two sides of the location where the five thousand soldiers led by Guan Yu were a few days ago, and find the trip ropes buried in the ground in advance.

When Zhou Cang and his two companions' troops passed by here, nothing happened.

But when the cavalry led by Hou Cheng and Song Xian passed by here.

The tripwires suddenly popped up from the ground under the strong pull of the soldiers on both sides!

The cavalrymen at the front, including Hou Cheng, were unable to react in time and their horses tripped and fell to the ground.

The man on the horse immediately rolled forward.

The cavalrymen at the back had no time to brake and were tripped by the horses in front, falling to the ground immediately!

In this way, the cavalrymen in the rear bumped into or trampled on the horses or comrades in the front one after another.

The frightened horses neighed, jumped around, and trampled around, making the scene even more chaotic.

In a short time, countless horses and soldiers were killed or wounded!

Even Hou Chengdu was kicked and hit by horses in the chaos and suffered serious injuries.

Fortunately, no vital parts were injured, otherwise my life would be in danger!
When Song Xian saw that Hou Cheng was injured, he rushed over from the side, pulled him onto his horse, and took him back to the army!

Lu Bu, who was in charge of the command in the rear, was shocked to see that his own cavalry was knocked to the ground by the sudden tripwire!

When did the enemy plant the tripwire there? !
He thought hard and suddenly remembered that location, which was exactly where the five thousand soldiers led by Guan Yu were a few days ago.

No wonder Guan Yu, knowing full well he was no match for him, still challenged him to a duel.

It turns out that the duel was fake, and their real purpose was to take the opportunity to lay a tripwire!
At that time, their attention was all attracted by Guan Yu.

Moreover, there were rows of soldiers blocking the enemy in front, so no one could notice the small movements behind.

The heavy rain in the following days not only failed to wash out the tripwire.

The mud and rocks sliding down from the tea mountain actually concealed the tripwire even more.

So much so that after the rain stopped, his soldiers did not even notice the existence of the tripwire...

Lu Bu gritted his teeth and was once again amazed by his opponent's wisdom.

Unexpectedly, the other party had already set up the trap a few days ago, waiting for the moment they stepped into it!
Fortunately, the cavalry in the rear reined in their horses in time, avoiding more casualties.

But even this time, Hou Cheng was still injured, and thousands of cavalrymen and horses were lost!

Not only that, Zhou Cang, Guan Ping and the other two who had just been fleeing turned their horses around and attacked their own soldiers!

Seeing that his own soldiers showed signs of shrinking and retreating, Lu Bu knew very well that if they retreated, they would be immediately defeated.

He no longer hesitated and shouted:
"Three armies, listen to my orders! Follow me and charge!"

Before he finished speaking, the Red Hare under Lü Bu's crotch, whistling in the wind, rushed towards the enemy first.

The soldiers at the front heard their lord's roar, then turned around and saw their lord personally rushing towards the enemy, and they were immediately greatly encouraged!
The originally panicked soldiers immediately crushed the fear in their hearts and rushed towards the enemy while shouting!

Zhuge Liang watched as Lü Bu remained calm in the face of danger and went into battle himself.

It was clear that the enemy still had more than 37,000 troops, while Zhou Cang and his men had only more than 13,000.

In a head-on battle with the army led by Lu Bu himself, they were obviously no match.

Zhuge Liang immediately looked at Liu Bei and said calmly:
"My lord, please attack in person, so that we can match the enemy's morale.

"My lord, just hold on for half an hour, and our army will see a turnaround!"

Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang hesitantly.

But soon, he said "hmm" and led the remaining 25,000 people to attack the enemy!
Zhuge Liang, who was staying on the tea mountain, turned his head to look towards Guangling, gently waving the feather fan in his hand, his eyes full of confidence.

(End of this chapter)