At this moment, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun both lowered their heads to look down.
He saw that the open space in the dense forest had been scattered with countless iron thorns that looked like water chestnuts.
"This is a caltrop! Everyone, be careful! Don't go any further!"
Iron caltrops were not uncommon in military formations, so Zhang Liao recognized it at a glance.
However, although Zhang Liao recognized this item, he was not proud at all. Instead, he was a little worried.
The use of caltrops was very particular.
Due to the problem of forging techniques, caltrops could not be thrown on a large scale.
It was usually only thrown in some key areas to stop the pursuers.
Now, the area they chose to scatter was a dense and narrow area.
Coupled with the dim light in the dense forest, if one did not pay attention, they would not be able to discover these caltrops at all.
Once the horse was hit, it would be too late and there would be no place for it to move.
Thus, the entire cavalry was in chaos.
After the horses stepped on these caltrops, blood immediately flowed out of their hooves, and they neighed endlessly.
Many cavalrymen were thrown off their horses.
Horses neighing, curses, and screams rose and fell.
Just as this person was shouting and neighing, masked men in black suddenly appeared from both sides of the dense forest.
These masked men in black were all holding crossbows, and the bolts on the crossbows were shining strangely in the dim forest.
At this moment, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, who were skilled in battle formations, saw this and their expressions immediately changed. They hurriedly shouted angrily,
"Everyone, be careful. These crossbow bolts are dipped in poison!”
However, their warning was useless to them, who were now surrounded.
After the volley of arrows, Lu Bu's cavalry was thrown into disarray.
Anyone who was hit by the arrows would foam at the mouth and die on the spot.
"Fengxian! This Xun Wenyuan must have expected us to come after him and deliberately set up an ambush in this dense forest!
The situation isn't looking good. We have to break out!”
At this moment, Zhang Liao shouted at Lu Bu.
Hearing this, Lu Bu waved his halberd and shouted at the crowd,""Follow me and kill our way out!"
After saying that, he reined in his Red Hare horse and rushed toward the forest on both sides that were not covered with caltrops.
However, his expression suddenly changed after he took a few steps. He hurriedly pulled the Red Hare horse he was riding.
However, the cavalrymen around him did not have Lu Bu's keen reflexes and superb horse control skills.
With a boom, they fell into the hole that had been dug earlier.
There were also sharp tree thorns buried in these holes. The cavalrymen who fell into the holes were pierced through.
Some cavalrymen who were lucky enough not to die were hanging on it with their intestines exposed, wailing in pain.
"Xun Wenyuan, I'm going to kill you!"
Seeing the trusted aides he had trained for so many years lose their lives in one wave, Lu Bu's eyes turned even redder, as if he wanted to devour them.
"Fengxian! Retreat first! Otherwise, we'll all die here today!”
At this moment, Gao Shun braved the rain of arrows and came up to Lu Bu and shouted.
Lu Bu hacked away the arrows that were flying towards him, then looked around.
He discovered that in less than half an incense's time, one-third of his cavalrymen had died!
Seeing this, Lu Bu's heart ached.
These cavalrymen were his direct descendants that he had specially recruited in Bingzhou. They were the foundation of his existence in the army.
Even though he had submitted to Dong Zhuo, this army was still under his direct command.
Thus, he was able to pull out this troop from Luoyang without Dong Zhuo's permission.
And now, this cavalry had lost a third of their men before even seeing Xun Zhen. How could Lu Bu not be furious?
"Retreat first!"
At this moment, Zhang Liao also came over and tried to persuade him.
Hearing this, Lu Bu's expression changed. In the end, he gritted his teeth and shouted at everyone to retreat.
As Lu Bu gave the order to retreat, his cavalry finally stopped advancing and turned back.
However, after a few steps, Lu Bu was shocked and furious to find that the road had been covered with caltrops.
"There's no way out! Fengxian, we must find another way out and leave this place!”At this moment, Zhang Liao shouted angrily with blood all over his body.
"Why don't we take a small path and bypass this caltrop area first!”
"Alright, then do as Boping says. Take the small path!”
After saying that, Lu Bu led the group into a small forest path.
However, before they could run far, they suddenly fell again!
He saw that in this dense forest, at some point in time, there were stumbling ropes.
As they were descending the mountain at this moment, coupled with the previous encounter, everyone was afraid that Xun Zhen would come up with some scheme again. Hence, their speed was not slow.
As a result, the horse was tripped by the iron chains and immediately rolled down the cliff with the horse.
"Ahhh! Xun Zhen, come out! Come out!"
At this moment, Lu Bu could no longer suppress the anger that was erupting from the depths of his heart.
It opened its bell-sized eyes and roared into the depths of the forest.
As he roared, he brandished the halberd in his hand and chopped down the thick trees in front of him.
Even though the web between his thumb and forefinger had been torn, the blood continued to flow.
"Hahaha, Wen Yuan, you really toyed with this Lu Bu in the palm of your hand without any effort!”
"Haha, you flatter me. Gongda, I've already said that this Lu Bu is brave but not resourceful.
Not to mention, he was courting death and could not blame anyone else! Alright, we should continue on our way.
However, before I leave, I still have a big gift for Lu Bu. I guarantee that he will never forget it!
Yan Five, have you prepared everything for the second step of the plan?”
"Heh, Young Master, I've long prepared!”
"Alright, then let's begin the second step of the plan!”
"Yes, Young Master!"
"Wen Yuan, you still have another move?"
"Of course. Actually, this is the killing move! The front is just an appetizer."
"Oh? What is this killer move?"
"Don't worry, Gongda. We'll know later. Let's leave this place first.”
.....
This book comes from：m.funovel.com。