Lu Bu, who had been defeated in Chang 'an, seized Hongnong and Henan, temporarily gaining a foothold.
Back when they were defeated in Chang 'an, Lu Bu's army was still alive. They had brought with them about 30,000 elites, including 8,000 Bingzhou winged cavalry and 20,000 Imperial Army elites.
Lu Bu had an elite army of this scale, and he also had a group of experienced generals under him, including famous generals such as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun. If they were to fight head-on, who knew if there was anyone in the world who could stop this ferocious army?
As Hongnong and Henan were sparsely populated, Hongnong Prefecture had more than 200,000 people, which was relatively richer. Therefore, Lu Bu left Zhang Liao and his deputies Xue Lan and Li Feng to guard Hongnong, leading more than 15,000 elite infantry and cavalry, including more than 3,000 Bingzhou flying cavalry.
Xue Lan and Li Feng led more than 8,000 elite infantry to defend the natural barrier of Tongguan. They used the natural barrier of Tongguan to block several probing attacks from Li Cui of Chang 'an. Zhang Liao himself led 7,000 elite infantry and cavalry to defend Hongnong. Hongnong County was as stable as a mountain under the protection of Zhang Liao.
Lu Bu himself recruited more than 20,000 soldiers from Hongnong and Henan prefectures, making a total army of more than 35,000. He went to defend Henan Prefecture himself. At first, Lu Bu's army was stationed in Luoyang, but Luoyang was dilapidated and could not supply the needs of the army. Therefore, Cao Xing was left to lead thousands of troops to guard Luoyang. He had moved to Xingyang, but as winter passed and spring came, Lu Bu's army in Xingyang began to run short of food. Therefore, under the advice of Xu Si and Wang Kai, Lu Bu led 20,000 troops to Zhongmou (including 5,000 elite cavalry and 5,000 elite infantry), ready to plunder Yanzhou and Yuzhou. He ordered Gao Shun, Cheng Lian and Wei Xu to lead 10,000 troops to guard Xingyang.
However, when our Beihai Army and Cao Cao's army reached an alliance agreement, and Cao Cao's army moved south, Lu Bu split his forces again and ordered Gao Shun, Cheng Lian, and Wei Xu to lead more than ten thousand troops, including the famous Breaking Ranks elites, to guard Chenggao and guard against Cao Cao. At the same time, he ordered Hao Meng to lead 5,000 newly recruited soldiers to guard Xingyang.
At this time, only Song Xian and Hou Cheng, Xu Si and Wang Kai were left with Lu Bu. He led more than 15,000 infantry and more than 5,000 winged cavalry in Bingzhou.
The proud and complacent Lu Bu had split up his forces. This was the result of the planning of his two incompetent strategists, Xu Si and Wang Kai. At first, it was these two short-sighted strategists who had suggested occupying the vast areas of Hongnong and Henan. However, with the dilapidated state of these two prefectures, managing one prefecture was already very difficult, let alone two prefectures.
What was worse was that in the face of insufficient rations, these two strategists had advised Lu Bu to expand his army and recruit 20,000 refugees, bringing forward the time when Lu Bu's army was short of rations.
At this time, our army had already finished gathering at Chen Liu and Zaozao. Zhao Yun led the cavalry into Zaozao. Zhao Yun was still partnering with Zhuge Jin, who had a good cooperation with him last time. Their goal was to wait for an opportunity to cut off the enemy's retreat after the battle began.
Guo Jia, Chen Gong, Xu Sheng, Taishi Ci, Dian Wei, Guan Hai, and I will lead the main force to join Zang Ba's forces and defend Chen Liu. They were prepared to attack in the spring when Sun Qian brought back good news.
But Lu Bu could not wait that long.
In February of the second year of Emperor Xiaoling's reign.
Lu Bu plundered Chenliu County's Junyi County, injuring thousands of people and plundering nearly 4,000 dans of food. Lu Bu quickly returned with a bountiful harvest. The news of our army gathering in Chen Liu caused Lu Bu to feel a little apprehensive, and he personally led the 5,000 Bing Province winged cavalry to bring up the rear.
"It seems that Lu Bu's army is already short of food.”This was Guo Jia's first reaction after receiving the news. Although I knew that Lu Bu would come out to plunder sooner or later, I didn't expect that Sun Qian would be active in Chang 'an two months earlier than we had expected. The imperial court has yet to issue the punitive edict, but I can't wait any longer.
"Order the counties near Henan Prefecture to set up beacon towers and report the whereabouts of Lu Bu's army as soon as possible.”Because the speed of the previous report was still slower than Lu Bu's army, I requested that all the counties switch to beacon fires and set up beacon fire sentries within dozens of li. This way, we can instantly teleport dozens of li, and the border to Chenliu can be teleported within a few hundred li.
Five days later, when Lu Bu's army appeared near Weishi County, southwest of Chenliu, the main force of our army, which was ready to go, was mobilized. This time, Guo Jia decided to face the enemy head-on and attack the enemy on their way back. He ordered Dian Wei and Guan Hai to lead the Wind Wolf Battalion to sneak into Henan and wait for Lu Bu to return.
And I will personally lead Vermillion Bird Camp, Dragon Stallion Camp, and Tiger Might Camp with thirty thousand elites, along with Taishi Ci, Xu Sheng, and Zang Ba to attack Lu Bu's army.
Guo Jia and Chen Gong led the heavy armored infantry of Black Turtle Camp to defend.
Unfortunately, I completely forgot about Lu Bu's specialty and caused our army to suffer heavy losses.
Three miles outside Weishi County.
Spring had just arrived, and there was still a hint of coolness in the air. The wheat in the fields revealed a tender green, adding some vitality to the vast desolation of the surrounding weeds.
Dozens of cavalry surrounded a general wearing a fiery red cannon. His handsome face was flawless as he stood proudly in the direction of Weishi County. His aura of disdain was like a towering mountain.
A pair of cold and emotionless black eyes burst out with a deep spirit. A halberd hung on the horse. It was completely black like ink, but the opening of the halberd was as cold as frost and snow.
This person was the most terrifying general in the world, Lu Bu, riding the famous Red Hare Horse. Thousands of Bing Province winged cavalry warriors stood quietly behind Lu Bu, watching as the infantry attacked the western and southern cities of Wei City.
The original plan to attack the county town had now evolved into a siege, which was very disadvantageous for Lu Bu's army, who only had ladders. Ever since the incident at Junyi, they had increased the number of soldiers in the county town at the border of Yanzhou. Although the city walls were not tall, the defenders who relied on the city walls were clearly more elite than the 10,000 infantry that Lu Bu had used to attack the city.
Lu Bu, who had not made any progress after six hours, was clearly getting impatient. Lu Bu called over a commander. "Lead a thousand cavalry to assist in the battle and launch a round of flying attacks. He told Song Xian and Hou Cheng that if they couldn't take down Weishi County City in two hours, they would have to bring their heads up!”
If it wasn't for the fact that the army was starting to run out of arrows and other resources, Lu Bu would have already activated the powerful flying cavalry of Bing Province.
Lu Bu frowned when he saw that his soldiers had less than half of their arrows in their quiver. A ball of anger was burning in his heart. When had Lu Wenhou, who ruled the world, ever fallen into such a predicament?
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