Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 439
This may be the first time that Lu Bu has commanded so many soldiers and horses to fight against the enemy. Moreover, this time Lu Bu will face the 20 Xiliang army. If the war lasts, I am afraid that Lu Bu will face [-], or even more enemy troops.

Half a day after setting off, Lu Bu led 5000 troops led by Li Su to go to the outpost. After Li Su led the army to leave, Zhang Liao couldn't help but wondered in his heart and said, "General, Li Su can only be mediocre, but at most he can only command a few soldiers." With a thousand troops, the forward position is so important, how can the general entrust it to him."

"Hehe, entrust?" Lu Bu smiled and said, "How does Wen Yuan think Li Su compares to Niu Fu?"

"These two people are not the same. To put it bluntly, they are both wine bags and rice bags." Zhang Liao replied without thinking, "I don't even understand why Dong Zhuo entrusted a [-] army to Niu Fu. Niu Fu can't command an army. He can't charge forward, and with an army of [-] in his hands, he will definitely not be able to exert half of his combat power."

"Yes, Niu Fu is indeed like this." Lu Bu nodded and said, "Tell me, what will happen if a general who can only command thousands of people is sent to command an army of [-]?"

"I'm afraid the army of [-] will suffer." Zhang Liao thought for a while and then replied, "After all, one general is incompetent and exhausts the entire army. People like Niu Fu are much worse than Dong Zhuo in ability, and Dong Zhuo doesn't matter if he leaves." Wherever he went, he would take Li Ru, the military adviser, with him, but Niu Fu had no self-knowledge at all.

When Dong Zhuo took Luoyang, he only brought [-] Iron Armored Army with him. One reason was that he had to act quickly because something happened, and the other reason was that Dong Zhuo knew his own ability.

Although doing so may seem risky, it actually minimizes the danger.Soldiers are more expensive than elites, that's the reason. In the final analysis, it depends on how the master will use it. "

"Hahaha, good, well said." Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao appreciatively and said, "Wen Yuan has improved a lot, every sentence hit the point just now, I also like Niu Fu Incompetent, the key is that he himself is incompetent and has to bring 10 people here.

Li Su brought 5000 troops with him. As long as he was willing to work hard, Niu Fu would definitely not be able to take him down for the time being. Moreover, Niu Fu's army did not go out together, the marching route must be very long, and the logistics supplies must be behind.

In other words, what Li Su has to face at most is Niu Fu's more than 1 vanguards. When Niu Fu's vanguard is blocked, he must order the follow-up troops to speed up. However, as long as our army fights steadily and advances slowly, it will definitely be invincible. "

"The general has a great opinion, and the last general admires it." Zhang Liao cupped his hands and said, "However, general..."

"Speak up if you have something to say, I know you are very unconvinced, right?" Lu Bu smiled and said, "Hehe, Wen Yuan, tell me, what is the biggest advantage of cavalry?"

"Speed, mobility." Zhang Liao quickly replied: "Especially when a small group of cavalry is fighting, it is even more important to take advantage of the speed and mobility of the cavalry. Looking at the world, apart from you, the general, the one in the northern border and his troops The generals used the advantages of the cavalry to the extreme, so they defeated the prairie cavalry time and time again."

"That's right." Lu Bu said solemnly, "Speed ​​and mobility, as long as they are used well, can make the enemy unpredictable. This is not a grassland, and it is not suitable for large-scale cavalry to attack long distances.

But thousands of cavalry is different, Wen Yuan, I want to order you to lead five thousand elite cavalry to detour and attack the rear of Niu Fujun, how dare you accept this military order. "

"Ah, general, you." Zhang Liao replied excitedly: "It turns out that the general already knew what I was thinking, hahaha, of course the last general is willing. The general also said just now that Niu Fukong has [-] troops and cannot command them well." .

As long as there is some disturbance ahead, his marching team will definitely be disrupted. If he doesn't take this opportunity to blackmail him, how can he be worthy of Niu Fu leading the army himself. "

"Well, that's right. Since you also know my thinking, then this task must belong to you." Lu Bu patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Wen Yuan, go and pick out five thousand old Bingzhou subordinates, and each of them will carry them for five days. dry food.

Remember, don't go head-to-head with the enemy's main force, just attack the enemy's logistics force.There are Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and other cavalry generals in northern Xinjiang who are powerful on the grasslands. How can we lose to them from Bingzhou? "

"The last general takes orders."

After receiving Lu Bu's order, Zhang Liao immediately mobilized [-] cavalrymen under his command and set off with weapons and dry food. What Lu Bu said was actually to encourage Zhang Liao. However, the enemy army has [-] troops, so we still have to deal with it carefully.

In fact, Lu Bu was not wrong. Because Niu Fu acted too hastily, the 2 troops could not start at the same time. Now he is only leading [-] troops in the lead, and the rest of the follow-up troops are still behind, especially the food and supplies of the [-] troops. Insufficient, it is dragged behind.

According to Niu Fu's idea, he originally wanted to send troops to the city of Chang'an to catch his opponent by surprise in the shortest possible time, but he didn't realize that no matter how fast he left, he couldn't be faster than the troops in Chang'an. It is such a long way from Fu to Chang'an, as long as Lu Bu sends forwards to resist Niu Fu's first wave of offensive, he can basically stop Niu Fu outside Chang'an.

One day later, the 5000 pioneers sent by Niu Fu encountered Li Su's [-] troops. The two armies fought a battle. Because Li Su had a large number of people and Niu Fu's army was exhausted from the long-distance raid, Li Su's army took advantage of it and fought more and more bravely. .

After two hours of fierce fighting, Niu Fujun's vanguard lost more than 1000 horses and retreated in defeat. Li Su felt that this was the result of his command Ruoding. He was so excited that he sent people to clean up the battlefield while writing The battle report was sent to Lu Bu to invite credit.

Since it was getting late and there had already been a big battle, Li Su ordered the army to set up camp for rest.To win the first battle of the division, it would be exciting for others, let alone Li Su who is so happy.

After nightfall, he ordered the soldiers to be rewarded.This reward is incredible. The vanguard soldiers have fought hard for a long time today, and many people are exhausted. Now that they have the opportunity to revel, how could they miss it.

While Li Su was immersed in his military achievements, he didn't notice that his order was misunderstood by his subordinates. Originally, he just wanted to reward his subordinates, but as a result, many people began to eat and drink without rules after receiving the wine and meat. .As for the task of defending the camp, not only Li Su forgot, but also the others.

The main general did this, and even if the other generals could think of it, it would be difficult for them to say it.

When Lu Bu received the battle report, he frowned, and then he ordered the army to stop advancing and set up camp on the spot.At the same time, he sent a large number of scouts to find out the news. In his heart, Li Su might be defeated.

Lu Bu's worry was not unreasonable. He knew Li Su a little bit. Once a person like Li Su achieved some achievements, he would get overwhelmed.

At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, while Li Sujun's barracks was still in the celebration banquet, hundreds of dead soldiers carefully selected by Niu Fu had already touched the vicinity of Li Sujun's camp by night.

It's not that Niu Fu calculated that Li Su would get carried away after the big victory. The key is that Niu Fu couldn't hold back his breath. In fact, the battle during the day could only be said to be a loss for both sides, but because Li Su had many soldiers, his losses were relatively small. And Niu Fu's vanguard lost at least one-third of the loss. Compared with the loss of this number, Niu Fu was defeated.

Unable to swallow this breath, Niu Fu selected hundreds of soldiers to attack Li Su's camp. According to Niu Fu's intention, he had to teach Li Su a lesson, otherwise Li Su's tail would not be up to the sky.

However, Niu Fu would not have thought of the consequences of what he would do, not to mention that he could not have imagined that Li Su, who was drinking happily at the moment, would never have thought that his opponent would boldly come to rob the camp.

In the middle of the night, the soldiers of Li Su's army relaxed their vigilance, and hundreds of dead soldiers who had been waiting in the dark night launched an attack together.This completely uncoordinated and unstructured attack stunned the soldiers of Li Su's army in the battalion.

Many soldiers were still immersed in the joy of victory, but this victory could not accompany them through the night. Although the hundreds of dead Xiliang soldiers failed to cause much damage to Li Su's army, Li Su's army, which lost the command of the general, suddenly fell into chaos .

It wasn't until Li Su was awakened by his subordinates that he realized that many soldiers had escaped from the camp in the chaos. Simply put, Li Su's power was over, and it was impossible for him to organize his soldiers to resist.

Moreover, what Li Su was more afraid of was Niu Fu's plan to rob the camp. Maybe Niu Fu would make another move. After he summoned some of his subordinates, Li Su ordered the retreat without saying a word.He didn't know that the main force of the enemy had retreated until after dawn when Niu Fu led his army to attack.

During the melee that night, dozens of soldiers sent by Niu Fu were killed, while the enemy army only lost a few hundred people. However, because the enemy commander Li Su fled without a fight, the five thousand troops broke up like this. Even though Niu Fu came late, he still captured hundreds of prisoners.

After Lu Bu received the battle report from here, he sent someone to arrest Li Su without saying a word. Before Li Su could defend himself, Lu Bu ordered Li Su to be taken out and beheaded for public display.

No one dared to intercede with Li Su, and no one dared to disobey Lv Bu's military order, because Lv Bu already held the power of life and death for the soldiers of the three armies. Besides, Li Su lost a battle and lost thousands of soldiers, he really deserved to die.

There has been no joke in the army since ancient times, and Lu Bu was already angry with Li Su, so he didn't take this opportunity to deal with him.

After beheading Li Su, Lu Bu ordered the army to move forward. Although Li Su lost the first battle, it did not affect Lu Bu's plan. Niu Fu won this round, and I'm afraid he will be even more eager to move forward.

Of course, Lu Bu had to satisfy his opponent well. Whether he could defeat Niu Fu's [-] army depended on whether Niu Fu could not attack rashly.

(End of this chapter)