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

Chapter 452 Paper People and Paper Horses! (Thanks to the monthly ticket support from book friend 2024…1849~)

Yin Li in the army was also confused when he heard the soldiers' shouting.

Wasn’t Chang Xi lying in ambush in Lanshan? Why did he suddenly come here?
Could it be that they were driven here by the enemy?
While he was wondering, Yin Li had already arrived in front of the formation and saw Chang Xi riding his horse straight towards him.

At the same time, Lu Bu in the back watched Chang Xi and Yin Li talking.

Although I couldn't hear what they were saying, I could vaguely see Yin Li's expression changing again and again.

Finally, after Yin Li pondered for a long time, he nodded heavily as if he had made up his mind.

Then the other party followed Chang Xi and rode towards him on horseback.

As he approached Lu Bu, Yin Li looked up and down at the man in front of him, who was so impressive, and then he bowed and said:

"After listening to General Chang's words just now, I felt enlightened!

"I wish I could meet Lord Chu sooner! If Lord Chu doesn't abandon me, I am willing to serve you like an ox or a horse!"

Like an ox or a horse?

The moment he heard these words, Lu Bu was obviously stunned.

However, when I think about it carefully, I feel there is no problem at all.

Dogs and horses are the same as cattle and horses. Even in the Han Dynasty, 1,800 years ago, they were still exploited as cheap labor...

Lu Bu didn't think much about it, and immediately raised his hand and smiled back:

"General Yin, you are too polite. It is a blessing for me, Lu Bu, that you and General Chang have turned from evil to good!

"I would like to ask the two generals to lend me a helping hand and fight my way back to the north to rescue my infantry and other soldiers.

"When we return to the East Sea Kingdom after the mission is accomplished, I will immediately reward the two generals!"

Stimulated by the interests, Chang Xi and Yin Li looked at each other and clasped their fists at the same time:

"Please use me as you wish, Lord Chu!"

Lu Bu raised the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand:

"Please help me, Generals! Together we can defeat Liu Bei's army!"

As he said that, Lu Bu turned his horse around first and quickly returned to the north with Chang Xi and Yin Li, the two teams that had defected in the middle of the battle!

On the other side. Not long after Lu Bu left.

There were 30,000 soldiers led by the six generals of the Cao family, Hao Meng, Wei Xu and several scholars.

Of these, 26,000 were infantry, and the remaining 4,000 were cavalry.

With Lu Bu taking away 10,000 cavalrymen, the remaining 4,000 cavalrymen could no longer effectively cover the retreat of the infantry.

Unless they abandon the infantry in the rear, they will not be able to escape directly if they are entangled by Xu Shu's army.

Under normal circumstances, they might consider abandoning the rear army to ensure the safe evacuation of the generals.

After all, if a soldier is captured, his chances of survival are relatively high.

It's nothing more than changing camp and continuing to be cannon fodder.

But if a general is captured and refuses to surrender, he will most likely be beheaded.

But in this situation, the Duke of Chu was unwilling to let his infantry die in vain or be captured by the enemy.

Moreover, if they were abandoned, it would deal a huge blow to the morale and spirit of the other soldiers who escaped.

That’s why the generals didn’t abandon the rear army. The soldiers in the rear were also very moved when they saw that their generals didn’t abandon them.

Even though the enemy was right before their eyes and was constantly chasing them.

But they did not show too much fear and continued to organize effective counterattacks!

If it were just the 20,000-plus soldiers led by Xu Shu, that would be easy to deal with.

However, nearly 30,000 troops appeared from the northeast and had already rushed over!
Especially the one leading the group was an iron pagoda of a thousand people!
The clanking of armor and the sound of hooves shake the sky!
See such a steel army.

Even if the number was not large, it brought huge psychological pressure to the infantry behind Lu Bu's army!

But at this time, Qin Mi was much calmer than everyone else.

When he was defending Luo City against Lu Bu's thousands of troops, he was still able to command the troops on his own.

Now that he had many generals to help him, he was more than capable of handling the situation. He quickly commanded the soldiers:

"Gun-throwers, prepare the gunpowder cans! When the enemy's iron pagodas come within 20 meters, throw them at them immediately!"

Once the cavalry speeds up, they can reach you in the blink of an eye at a distance of only twenty meters.

The farthest distance the soldiers threw the gunpowder cans was almost ten meters.

Judging from the time it takes for the gunpowder can to be thrown in the air, it will hit them just when the Iron Pagoda enters the throwing range!
When attacking Langya County this time, Lu Bu had people bring a lot of gunpowder jars.

They didn't use much when Xu Shu was chasing them before.

Now we can put this powerful weapon to good use!
As the Iron Pagoda entered the range of 20 meters, Qin Mi and a group of soldiers gave orders almost at the same time!
The soldiers holding gunpowder cans threw the gunpowder cans in their hands towards the Iron Pagoda!
They thought they would see fierce flames illuminating the earth, but what Qin Mi and his companions did not expect was...

The imagined violent explosion did not occur.

On the contrary, the Iron Pagoda front-row cavalry, who looked so majestic and powerful, were actually knocked to the ground by the body of the gunpowder can in an instant!
Qin Mi and others took a closer look and were shocked to find that those falling down were actually a group of paper people and paper horses!
They were picked up by long bamboo poles by the real Iron Pagoda cavalry in the rear!
With the help of the cover of night, they were deceived!
Apparently the enemy predicted that they would directly throw gunpowder cans, so they deliberately used these paper people and paper horses to make a feint!
This operation made the throwing soldiers on Lu Bu's side stunned for a moment.

And in just this moment, the real Iron Pagoda Army has quickly closed the distance with Lu Bu's army!

Even though the throwers threw gunpowder cans at the enemy's Iron Pagoda again after Qin Mi's reminder.

However, the gunpowder can only fall on the Iron Pagoda in the back, and the Iron Pagoda in the front row still managed to get to the front.

The thick spear in his hand instantly pierced through the chests of hundreds of soldiers!
Then hundreds of soldiers were knocked to the ground by the armored war horses!

The defensive formation that was barely maintained under Qin Mi's command was instantly disrupted by the Iron Pagoda!
Fortunately, the gunpowder cans thrown by the throwers did play a certain role.

When hitting the Iron Pagoda army in the rear, it also successfully disrupted the Iron Pagoda's formation.

This resulted in the Iron Pagoda in the rear being unable to follow up in time, so the first wave of damage to Lu Bu's army was not as high as expected.

The hundreds of Iron Pagodas who rushed forward first were quickly surrounded by Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, who led their men and waited for an opportunity to attack and kill them!

However, these iron pagodas are too hard.

The two Xiahou brothers fought for a long time but only managed to kill a dozen Iron Pagodas.

The remaining Iron Pagodas took advantage of this opportunity and approached Lu Bu's army again.

Although those chosen as throwers are the elite among the soldiers, they are at least at the level of squad leaders.

But they could no longer throw gunpowder cans at the Iron Pagoda that had already broken into the army, otherwise it would hurt friendly forces.

The only thing they could do was to keep the Iron Pagoda outside the formation as much as possible.

Don't let more Iron Pagodas break into the formation.

However, even though they tried their best to throw gunpowder cans, more Iron Pagodas still rushed into the formation!
For a moment, Lu Bu's 30,000-strong army gradually fell into chaos!
(End of this chapter)