My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 136 The Only Chance

"Attack!"

Seeing that everyone had listened to his words, Lu Yi nodded with satisfaction and announced the launch of a general attack.

"Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!" Lu Bu led his 200 Han soldiers and rushed straight to the unprepared Wang Fu's troops.

Wang Fu, who was whipping his private soldiers and trying his best to restore order, felt a violent vibration behind him and turned around in horror.

"What? There are still Hu people ambushing!"

"Is it a coincidence? Or is it Lu Yi's deliberate arrangement?"

He saw six hundred Hu cavalrymen dressed in leather armor charging straight towards him and his men, and his face suddenly turned pale.

The other clan leaders and the private soldiers who were looting the property scattered on the ground also looked in the direction of Lu Yi and others after hearing the shock, but it would have been a big deal if they hadn't looked. Once they did, they all immediately felt scared to death.

The distance between the two is only a dozen miles.

It seems not short, but it is just a blink of an eye for the cavalry who have already accelerated.

They have no time to rob now.

What’s the use of money if you’ve lost your life?

"quick!"

"Everyone get on your horses and be on guard!"

Wang Fu covered his heart, which was about to jump out of his throat, with one hand, and yelled at his subordinates who were in a mess.

But Wang Fu and others were just a gang temporarily put together for profit.

The private soldiers under the command of several clan leaders usually only served as guards for caravans, and at most they would occasionally play the role of Hu people and horse bandits.

There is a world of difference between this and the 800 men under Lu Yi who already possess the temperament of professional soldiers.

At this moment, an unidentified enemy was approaching, and everyone was in danger. No one was willing to listen to Wang Fu's orders, and they all fled in all directions.

"Anyone who dares not obey my orders will die!" Wang Fu was so angry that his eyes turned red. He didn't care who the private soldier in front of him belonged to. He drew the sword at his waist and stabbed a defenseless private soldier with his back to him.

The other clan leaders realized that if the chaos continued, even if they could escape, most of their men would be killed or injured, and it would be difficult to regroup them later.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, they all followed Wang Fu in a killing spree.

After killing more than a dozen people, the chaos was temporarily brought under the threat of death.

Most people regained some of their sanity and spontaneously gathered around Wang Fu and others, but even so, there were still more than a hundred people who fled far away, obviously not prepared to live and die with Wang Fu and others.

But what was waiting for these people was the 300-man Hunye pursuit force that Gao Shun had sent out.

The pursuing troops not only had twice as many people as Wang Fu's deserters, but also had twice as many mounts, and their endurance far exceeded that of these deserters who were running for their lives.

More importantly, these Hunye warriors were all locals who were familiar with the grassland terrain. With them following closely behind them, these shrewd deserters were destined to be killed one by one.

Even if there are one or two who slip through the net, the sandstorms and severe cold of the northern border will tell him why the northern desert is so vast but has such a sparse population.

"Haha, they actually gathered in front of the cavalry that was already charging. They are really a bunch of idiots looking for death! Brothers, follow me to kill them!" Seeing this, Lu Bu couldn't help but let out a long roar of excitement, and immediately led his 200 Han soldiers to kill Wang Fu.

Zhang Xun and Hatterer each led their own troops to follow closely, forming three long arrows that were closely connected but clearly separated, and pierced fiercely into the team of Wang Fu and others who were trying to defend themselves desperately.

"what!"

"Pfft!"

"Bang bang bang..."

Screams, splattering blood, and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground rang out almost at the same time.

Almost one third of the 800 people around Wang Fu were killed or injured immediately, leaving only more than 500 people.

Even though Lu Bu and his 600 men had the advantage of surprise attack and morale, they still suffered dozens of casualties.

There was no other way, this was the brutality of the battles in the cold weapon era. Losing 800 of our own men and injuring 1,000 of the enemy was already considered a small victory.

"whole team!"

Lu Yi, Zhang Xun and Hatter succeeded in one attack. After rushing out two miles and offsetting the inertia of the charge, they immediately gathered together on the spot.

There are three most important factors in a cavalry charge.

The first is the number of people.

The second is speed.

The third and most important one is the queue.

Dense queues can ensure sufficient penetration and lethality.

The cavalry came and went like water.

The scattered waves are just small ones.

If they gather together, it will be a deadly wave.

Just when Lu Bu, Zhang Xun and others were urgently organizing their troops.

"It was a close call. My left hand was nearly chopped off by a Hu soldier just now!"

Wang Fu, who was accidentally stabbed, held tightly his left shoulder which was bleeding. His face was pale and he was still in shock.

"Looking at the leather armor on these Hu soldiers, they should be Xiongnu. I don't know why the Xiongnu are involved with Lu Yi, but if they continue like this, my coalition will be finished with just one or two more charges!"

"Brother Wang, we are no match for them, so let's each lead our men and run for our lives!"

"That's right, if anyone can escape, then escape. If we delay any longer, we will all be slaughtered by these barbarians!"

Two of the five clan leaders, except Wang Fu, had died tragically on the spot in the recent confrontation.

The remaining three were all injured and terrified, and they kept shouting to their leader Wang Fu.

"Can't run!"

Wang Fu has traveled all over the country for many years and he is quite capable. He was able to suppress his negative emotions and regain his sanity at this critical moment of life and death.

"Look!"

As he spoke, he pointed at the two hundred cavalrymen of Gao Shun who were scattered around the periphery.

"These people didn't intend to escape from the beginning. Instead, they wanted to surround us in the outer edge of the dense forest and prevent any of us from escaping."

"These people were planning to catch us all in one fell swoop from the very beginning!"

"If we flee in separate groups, we will certainly be held back by these well-prepared cavalrymen, and the Hu soldiers on the other side will take the opportunity to catch up with us and kill us all."

Wang Fu's explanation was reasonable, but it made the three of them feel even more desperate.

"What should we do? Should we flee back into the jungle?"

"Escape back to the jungle will only prolong our life. There is only one solution now, and that is to persuade those barbarians to surrender in the battle!"

Wang Fu looked at Lu Bu and others who were assembling their troops with a determined and hateful look.

"But these people obviously have some kind of deal with Lu Yi and are being manipulated by him, so why would they turn against us and help us in the middle of a battle?"

Several people asked hurriedly.

"Haha, have you forgotten the relationship between the two leaders Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping and Lord Luo Hanyi?"

"As long as we reveal this relationship to the Xiongnu leader, the Xiongnu who are afraid of the Xianbei people will not dare to continue attacking us!"

Wang Fu's words immediately rekindled the hope of life on everyone's faces.

(End of this chapter)