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

Chapter 448: The advantage is mine! (Thanks to readers 1814…2368 for their small reward～)

As Lu Bu led the cavalry to fight back against Wen Chou's army, Wen Chou's ten thousand men were immediately killed in pieces, and the situation was in chaos!

Xu Shu, who was in the rear, saw this scene and knew that he could not let Wen Chou waste his troops in vain.

He immediately ordered an army of 10,000 to rush to Wen Chou's aid.

As long as Lu Bu's army cannot leave directly, their goal will be achieved.

There is no need to maintain this circular formation!

As Xu Shu led his troops to attack from the rear, Lu Bu was also attacked from the rear.

For a moment, the entire battlefield was in extreme chaos!
The two Xiahou brothers were fighting Sun Guan, Yan Liang was fighting Wen Chou, and Lu Bu was attacking the rear of Wen Chou's army.

At the rear, Lu Bu's cavalry was attacked from both sides by Xu Shu's army.

The whole battlefield is like a Burger King, with layer after layer of sandwiches!
However, Lu Bu had an overall advantage in military strength, and the 20,000 troops of Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan firmly suppressed Sun Guan.

While Yan Liang was fighting Wen Chou, his troops were slaughtering Wen Chou's soldiers with the help of other generals.

In addition, Lu Bu had just attacked from behind, and Wen Chou's army was now down to only five or six thousand men.

If Xu Shu had not commanded the army to provide cover in time, Wen Chou's army would have suffered even greater casualties.

Although his side had the advantage, Lu Bu understood that the enemy's goal was to delay them.

Once the enemy reinforcements arrive, it will be even more difficult for them to escape.

Lu Bu immediately stopped fighting and led his cavalry to kill Wen Chou's army again and joined forces with Yan Liang's army.

Looking at Yan Liang and Wen Chou who were fighting to a standstill, Lu Bu rode his horse over and deflected Wen Chou's spear with one halberd.

At this moment, he had no time to waste in killing the other party, but shouted to Yan Liang:
"Immediately organize the troops and horses, and follow me to attack from the southeast!"

When Yan Liang heard this, he could only look at Wen Chou helplessly.

Wen Chou was surprised that his weapon could be easily deflected by Lu Bu. It seemed that this guy did have some brute force...

Seeing Yan Liang following Lu Bu to join the armies of Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, he was no longer in a hurry to catch up.

After fighting with Yan Liang just now, he found that Yan Liang's strength seemed to have increased a lot compared to before.

The other party said that he had been training for a period of time using the training method taught by Lu Bu.

I didn’t expect that the effect would be so remarkable in just one or two months!

This made Wen Chou feel a little envious.

After all, when a military general is trained to a certain level, he will reach the limit of his strength.

It is difficult for them to improve their combat effectiveness through traditional training methods.

However, Yan Liang improved his strength.

In just one or two months, my strength increased significantly.

If this continues for a while, I’m afraid I may not be the opponent’s match!
Seeing Yan Liang following Lu Bu away, for some reason, he did not immediately chase after him.

It was not until Xu Shu's army caught up that he pretended to follow Xu Shu and continued to attack Lu Bu.

However, at this moment Lu Bu had already gathered the troops of Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, a total of 42,000 people, and retreated directly to the southeast!

Xu Shu and Sun Guan also joined forces, totaling 24,000 people, and continued to fight with Lu Bu's rear army, preventing them from escaping easily.

Naturally, Lu Bu could not abandon his rear infantry.

But covering the retreat of the rear army together will undoubtedly slow down the overall retreat of the team.

Lu Bu pondered for a moment, and suddenly called Wei Xu, who was not far away, and asked him to lead a thousand cavalrymen to retreat to the Donghai Kingdom first.

And let Yan Yan, who was guarding there, lead the army to provide support!

Wei Xu immediately led a thousand cavalrymen to leave first. Someone went to the East Sea State to ask for help, and Lu Bu was relieved.

The Donghai Kingdom has 30,000 defenders. If Yan Yan can bring 20,000 people to support them, then even if the enemy has more reinforcements, they don’t have to be overly afraid.

In this situation, Lu Bu could calmly lead the cavalry to cover the retreat of the infantry in the rear.

Seeing that Lu Bu was not in such a hurry to evacuate, Xu Shu guessed that Lu Bu should send people to the East Sea Kingdom for help.

However, he suddenly revealed a playful smile.

And the other side.

After receiving the order, Wei Xu immediately led a thousand cavalrymen and marched south.

However, just as they were passing near a small hill called Lanshan, a cannon suddenly rang out from the mountain!
Wei Xu was horrified to find that an army of thousands of people suddenly rushed down the mountain and attacked them directly!

The leader shouted loudly:

"I am Chang Xi from Taishan County! I have been waiting for you little thieves for a long time!"

As he said that, Chang Xi, who was also one of the Four Bandits of Mount Tai, rushed towards Wei Xu's mere one thousand men!
Wei Xu looked at the thousands of enemy troops and had no idea how many people they actually had.

Moreover, he had no idea whether there were other ambushes ahead, so he could only turn around immediately and return the same way!
Chang Xi did not expect that the enemy general would react so decisively. He did not force a breakout, but turned back instead.

It was a pity for fellow villager Yin Li and his 5,000 soldiers who were lying in ambush behind, as they were temporarily useless.

Seeing the cavalry led by Wei Xu running away, Chang Xi did not pursue them further.

Their mission was to cut off the enemy's attempts to seek help from the south.

As long as we continue to guard this place, not even a bluebottle can fly over!

Bluebottle refers to flies in later generations.

At this moment, Lu Bu was covering the rear army and retreating in the direction of Wei Xu's retreat.

But what he didn't expect was that not long after, he saw Wei Xu, who had retreated first, actually returned in a panic with a thousand cavalrymen!

Seeing Wei Xu's frightened look, Lu Bu vaguely guessed something, but still asked:
"What happened?"

Wei Xu replied bitterly:

"A man named Chang Xi led thousands of troops to ambush us near Lanshan...

“I was worried that the enemy might have an ambush in the rear, so I did not choose to break out by force.

"I can only come back to inform the lord first to prevent you from being ambushed by them."

After listening to Wei Xu's words, Lu Bu patted Wei Xu's shoulder approvingly:

"You did the right thing. It is possible that there are other ambushes behind the enemy.

“That Chang Xi, like Sun Guan, was once a bandit in Taishan County.

"This ambush on Lanshan Mountain is quite reasonable."

Moreover, we can predict that they will send a small number of troops to the south for help. It seems that this is another work of Zhuge Liang!

Lu Bu was not overly panicked by this.

There are only a few thousand soldiers and horses. Even if they block their rear, they will not be able to stop his main force.

After the fierce battle just now to cover the rear army, their own strength was reduced to 41,000 people.

Xu Shu's army was also reduced to 22,000 people.

One thousand for two thousand, the advantage is mine!
However, Lu Bu had not been feeling proud for long when the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the northeast!
Then Lu Bu saw that in the direction of Ju County, there was an army whose number was completely unclear and could only be seen as a black mass, chasing them rapidly!
The enemy's reinforcements actually arrived!

(End of this chapter)