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

Chapter 449 Big Fireball! (Thanks to Cowpea Balls and I am Eleven for the five monthly tickets from my two brothers ~)
A look of astonishment appeared on Lu Bu's face.

He originally thought that the enemy's reinforcements would come from Yanzhou in the northwest.

But I didn't expect it to come from the closer northeast!
Only at this moment did he vaguely realize that Xu Shu and his men had not only cut off his retreat.

They even intended to drive them to the southwest!

The purpose is to double-team them again!
No wonder there were enemy troops ambushing in the direction of Lanshan...

Is he planning to catch them all in one fell swoop and completely destroy Lu Bu in Langya Kingdom?

Lu Bu stared quietly at the enemy troops in the north, suddenly snorted coldly, and continued to retreat to the south with his rear army.

He just didn't believe that Zhuge Liang could really draw many troops from other places.

Twenty or thirty thousand is already the maximum!

At this moment, there were only about 20,000 troops left in Xu Shu's army. Even if the 30,000 reinforcements and the 10,000 ambush troops near Lanshan were added, there were only 60,000 troops left.

And they still have a full 40,000 people on their side.

It doesn’t necessarily mean that we are no match for the enemy!

But now we are in the enemy's home turf, and there may be other reinforcements or ambushes.

So they would avoid a hard fight if they can, but even if they really have to fight, they will not be at a disadvantage!
However, although Lü Bu was full of confidence, his future uncle-in-law Wu Kuang came up to him and suggested:
"Lord Chu, the current situation is not good. You should lead 10,000 cavalry to break through and return to Donghai State for help.

"I will lead the infantry to continue to retreat and fight, and wait for you to lead the reinforcements to return and rescue!

“As long as nothing happens to you, the brothers can fight with peace of mind.

"And if something happens to you, the entire power in your territory will probably be in turmoil..."

Lu Bu looked at Wu Kuang's worried expression and was about to refuse when his deputy Qin Mi agreed:

"The enemy's intention this time is to encircle and annihilate the lord here.

“If the lord can escape safely, the others can fight to the death with peace of mind.

"Otherwise, I would have to keep paying attention to your safety and be distracted.

"Please be the first to break out and seek reinforcements. We are willing to stay here and help the generals command the troops!"

Seeing Qin Mi say so, Lu Bu finally wavered.

After a little thought, he felt that what Wu Kuang and Qin Mi said made sense.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang has set up a heavy siege here, and his target is clearly him, Lu Bu!
It seems that Zhuge Liang and his men also realized the importance of capturing the leader first.

If I really lose here, then half of the empire I have worked so hard to build will definitely be wasted.

Although Gao Shun was the second in command, he had a high prestige in the army.

If something really happened to me, he could barely take over my place.

However, given his temperament and personality, he is not suitable to be a monarch, and he cannot handle many things.

By then, there will definitely be people below who will not obey him.

The most important thing is that the other party can't be a match for Zhuge Liang who has lived again!

It seems that after this incident is over, he will have to cultivate Gao Shun's ability to govern the country.

If something unexpected happens to me in the future, he can protect this inheritance for me...

Of course, now is obviously not the time to think about these things.

Lu Bu looked at the generals around him and could only say tenderly:
"In this case, fellow soldiers must hold on!
"Make good use of the formation to defend yourself. I will wipe out the bandits in Lanshan for you and bring the East Sea Kingdom's garrison here as quickly as possible!"

Because they were going to attack Langya State, the garrison of Donghai State was on standby not far from the border.

As long as he could reach the border, he could quickly mobilize the army to provide support.

The 30,000 infantry and cavalry left behind are commanded by the six generals of the Cao family and generals such as Yan Liang and Hao Meng, so there shouldn't be any major mistakes.

As long as we stay steady and hold out until he arrives with reinforcements, there will be no problem.

After giving them a final word of advice, Lu Bu led several civil servants and 10,000 cavalrymen and headed quickly towards Lanshan. …

Chang Xi, who had just retreated back to Lanshan Mountain, was sitting on a big rock with a thin piece of wild grass in his mouth, looking bored.

After lying in ambush for a day or two, they finally waited for a wave of enemy troops, but they were scared away before they even fought.

If ordinary people were not used to living in the mountains, they would not be able to survive for these two days.

I thought I could have a good fight, but unexpectedly the enemy just ran away.

I don't know if there will be another chance to fight the enemy later...

Now that he has led his brothers to submit to Liu Bei, all rewards will be given according to military merit.

It can’t be like before, where whatever he steals is his!

Of course, now he has someone to pay him his salary on time, and he can live in a good house with countless beautiful maids serving him... This is also a happiness that he could not enjoy before.

Therefore, Chang Xi was also willing to surrender to Liu Bei's army and serve him.

But if you want to live a better life, you need to accumulate more military merits.

Therefore, Chang Xi hoped that the enemy could come over quickly so that they could kill them in large numbers.

Just when he was bored, his men suddenly came to report:
"General! Another troop of soldiers is coming from the north!"

"oh?!"

Chang Xi was immediately surprised, and then asked:
"How many people came?"

"It's hard to see clearly... but there should be thousands of them, and they are all cavalry!"

"cavalry?"

Chang Xi's eyes lit up again.

As former bandits, the most scarce thing for them was horses.

The thousand men and horses before had already made him envious.

Too bad they ran too fast.

Now that another group of cavalry has arrived, how can he miss this opportunity?
So what if there are thousands of people? Just rob as much as you can!

They couldn't rob everything, as Yin Li's 5,000 soldiers were waiting for them behind them.

Thinking of this, Chang Xi excitedly led everyone to prepare for battle.

Now that someone dares to break in here again, he must have known that there is an ambush here.

An ambush can no longer achieve its effectiveness by simply taking the enemy by surprise.

So they prepared some little gifts for the enemy!

Thinking of this, Chang Xi ordered the soldiers to light the large grass balls woven from hay and bamboo strips.

Then he rolled down the mountain towards the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain!
At this moment, Lu Bu had just arrived here with 10,000 cavalry.

Because of Wei Xu's previous reminder, he had already been on guard against the mountain.

However, just as they reached the top of the mountain path, countless huge fireballs suddenly lit up on the not-too-high Lanshan Mountain and rolled straight towards them along the slope!
The cavalry around Lu Bu suddenly panicked.

These huge fireballs look like scorching suns in the dark night!
At this moment, it suddenly rolled towards them, and not only the people, but even the horses under their crotch were quite frightened!

Faced with this situation, Lu Bu remained calm and rode his Red Hare towards one of the fireballs at high speed!
When approaching the fireball, he suddenly raised his Fang Tian Hua Ji and hit the fireball hard!

The fireball that looked scary was instantly flattened by the Fang Tian Huaji!

Although sparks flew, the fireball itself did not cause any harm to him or Red Hare!

When the other cavalrymen saw this scene, they also gained courage.

Instead of retreating, they advanced and rushed straight towards the fireball!
(End of this chapter)