The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

At the thought of calling Yuan Shu's father, Liu Zheng had some bad taste in his heart.It is really difficult to call out.

"Yuan Yao, what are you?"

"My lord, didn't I say it last time, as long as my lord is willing to send troops to help my father, I am willing to persuade my father to marry my younger sister to your lord as a concubine."

"I deliberately went back to Runan this time to take my little sister over from Runan and dedicate it to the adults first. As for the wedding, it won't be too late after this crisis is resolved."

Yuan Yao also had no choice but to think of a way to get Liu Zheng to send troops. In fact, he could only do this. After all, he had no other way to persuade Liu Zheng.

Only when he saw him communicate with Liu Zheng last time, when he said that he would sacrifice his sister, did Liu Zheng show some interest. In Yuan Yao's heart, he automatically classified Liu Zheng as a womanizer.

That's why it happened this time.

"Let me send troops, you don't actually need to engage in these things. These days, it's not that I don't want to send troops, but I really have to wait for an opportunity."

"Well, anyway, the timing is almost here. The boat I asked them to build should be almost ready. You stay here for two more days. I will observe. In about two days, you can lead the troops to go Jiang Xia has taken a trip."

"At that time, we will confront Ding Yuan head-on and see what happens."

It's not that Liu Zheng didn't do anything during the past half a month, he still made a lot of preparations.

For example, the construction of the Parade Building, or the [-] sailors of Zu Lang and Zhou Tai to gradually block Dongting Lake, and at the same time let the craftsmen below start to make flat boats. If Liu Zheng's men want to cross the river, they naturally need to connect the river. stand up.

Only by building a bridge in a short period of time to facilitate the rapid passage of the army, will they not be attacked by the opponent halfway, which is also for the sake of caution.

Two days later.

The craftsmen under Liu Zheng built fifty small boats, and tied the boats two by two with iron cables, thus forming a pontoon bridge on the river.

Although the pontoon bridge is not wide, it can allow several people to pass side by side at the same time. It takes less than half an hour for a [-] army to completely lead from here to the direction of Jiangxia County.

And in the past half a month, Liu Zheng has sent people to investigate the terrain around here, and he knows where the river channel is the narrowest, and it is most suitable for placing floating bridges.

After the pontoon bridge was built, Liu Zheng not only had to send people to guard it day and night, but at the same time, he had to use the pontoon bridge as a base to build a small pier, not only for ships to stop temporarily, but also to use this place to expand to Jiangxia County.

When the pontoon bridge was built, Liu Zheng quickly ordered Zhou Tai's navy to open the way ahead to settle all problems, and then Liu Zheng ordered Huang Zhong and Zhou Cang's [-] troops to rush to the pontoon bridge and quickly pass through the pontoon bridge.

Not long after Liu Zheng and others passed the pontoon bridge, there was movement on Ding Yuan's side. They had just landed when they heard the sound of war horses trampling.

Like thunder rolling, the sky and the earth tremble.

Tens of thousands of cavalry galloped forward, approaching from far away, rolling up a cloud of yellow sand, as if attacking by a sandstorm.

"coming!"

When Liu Zheng heard this voice, his face was slightly gloomy, and he said to the army who had just landed behind him.

After hearing this voice, Huang Zhong, Zhou Cang and others behind them all realized the problem, and they didn't dare to talk too much, but immediately ordered their men to form an formation and prepare to meet the enemy.

The 50 army, here, quickly arranged the formation, and soon changed into an arrow formation with a small team of [-] people. This slightly inclusive formation was used to deal with the impact of the cavalry.

The sound of rolling horseshoes didn't last long, and Liu Zheng and others had already seen the enemy's figure.

Those black armored cavalry came galloping from a distance, and approached Liu Zheng's army at a very fast speed. However, when they came to Liu Zheng again, they did not directly charge Liu Zheng. position, stopped.

Liu Zheng's men did not act rashly.After doing a good job of tight defense.He stared at the cavalry in the distance, and after a while, a few people came out of the cavalry, the leader was riding a tall horse, holding a Fangtian painted halberd.Sword eyebrows and star eyes, instrument Yu Xuanang.Under the sunlight, the armor on his body reflected a slight glimmer of light, giving him a somewhat majestic air.

Based on this appearance alone, Liu Zheng recognized this person at a glance, and it was Lu Bu whom he was most afraid of.

Unparalleled general Wen Hou Lu Bu.

As soon as he saw him, Liu Zheng's face became even more gloomy.This time leading the troops here, he thought it would be very difficult to defeat the cavalry led by Lu Bu in front of him.

And when Lu Bu appeared, he immediately led his soldiers and horses towards Liu Zheng's side slowly.

After getting closer, he didn't attack rashly, but asked about the symptoms of the tumor.

"Your Excellency is Liu Zheng, the great traitor."

Lu Bu's voice was very sonorous, in line with the image of Lu Bu in Liu Zheng's mind, that kind of loud voice with a bit of majesty and confidence.

Although the voice is deep, it also has some magnetism.

The tone of his speech was flat, from which Liu Zheng could hear Lu Bu's disdain for him.

Stopping the horses, Lu Bu led an army of [-] to stop a hundred steps away from Liu Zheng and the others.

Then quietly waited for Liu Zheng's reply.

Liu Zheng didn't answer Lu Bu's words right away, but was in deep thought, while carefully looking at the soldiers and horses in the distance.

The [-] army is almost all cavalry.

There are a total of [-] cavalry, tall horses, black breastplates, and uniform clothing. With these equipments alone, the combat effectiveness of this cavalry is impressive.

5Chapter 17 Bingzhou wolf riding

Bingzhou wolf rides.

These cavalry are all cavalry under Ding Yuan. Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Xiliang all produce war horses, and the war horses in the three places are different.

The Xiliang warhorses are tall and mighty, the Bingzhou warhorses are fierce and bloody, and the Youzhou warhorses are petite and brisk.

Therefore, the horses in the three places have their own advantages and disadvantages. The horses in Xiliang are large and suitable for heavy cavalry, while the horses in Youzhou are small in size but fast, and they are mainly light cavalry.

Bingzhou's horses are in the middle of the two. They are not the biggest and the fastest, but they are the least vulnerable. They can run for a long time, can also carry a load forward, can charge, and can also chase.

Because of this, Lu Bu was able to lead them to fight the Huns outside the Great Wall, and even repel the invasion of those Huns.

"What a good horse, and the cavalry is also a good cavalry, what a pity."

Looking at these soldiers and horses under Lu Bu, Liu Zheng sighed.

Zhou Yu quietly asked beside Liu Zheng.

"Master, what a pity."

"It's a pity it's not ours."

Liu Zheng knocked Zhou Yu on the head.

"Below is Liu Zheng, and in front is General Lu Bu!"

Thinking about not answering Lv Bu's words for a long time, he was afraid that Lv Bu would not speak, and would directly lead someone to rush over. After hesitating for a moment, Liu Zheng still spoke to Lv Bu who was in the distance.

Lu Bu was also quite annoyed when he saw that Liu Zheng hadn't answered his words for a long time, but when he saw someone speak up and knew that the person here was Liu Zheng, Lu Bu let go of his displeasure and continued to speak.

"You rebels, are you planning to die when you invade my territory at this time?"

Lu Bu's tone was arrogant, and he didn't take Liu Zheng's 2 people seriously at all.

If there were only 1 soldiers behind Lu Bu, he might still be slightly worried about the infantry behind Liu Zheng, fearing that he would not be able to defeat the entire enemy army, but now with the same strength, Lu Bu has [-] cavalry. Such a cavalry charge can make Liu Zheng's infantry scatter like birds and beasts.

"Actually, I also want to ask you, General Lu Bu, why do you come to Jingzhou to join in the fun instead of guarding your Bingzhou border? Do you dislike your life for being too long?"

Liu Zheng also sneered. Although he was a little afraid of Lu Bu, on the surface, he still couldn't lose his momentum, and he still had to pretend to be forced.

"Hahaha, Liu Zheng, I have met many powerful people. You are the first one who is so arrogant. It fits my temper very well. Based on this, I can spare your life later!"

Seeing Liu Zheng speak like this, Lu Bu laughed out loud.

"In today's world, there are countless heroes, but the one I, Liu Zheng, admires is you, brother Fengxian. When the first battle in Jingzhou is over, I am willing to invite brother Fengxian to come to Yangzhou to have a drink and have fun."

"I'm afraid, you don't have this chance, because you will be defeated by me in a while, so follow me to Jingzhou."

In fact, during the time when Lu Bu was communicating with Liu Zheng, he didn't deliberately delay the time, but after confirming that Liu Zheng only had such a small number of soldiers and horses, and that there were no ambushes in the surrounding area, he was ready to get down to business.

Originally, under the orders of his adoptive father Ding Yuan, he had been dispatching soldiers and horses to patrol the area around Dongtong Lake. Naturally, the purpose was to prevent Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses from taking the opportunity to land, but his spies still found Liu Zheng and others, and waited for him to lead them When the soldiers and horses rushed over, they found Liu Zheng coming from the other side of the river.

The plan of attacking halfway could not be carried out, so Lu Bu was a little cautious and did not dare to attack rashly, because Lu Bu didn't know how many Liu Zheng had under his command at this time.

Taking advantage of the time spent communicating with Liu Zheng, Lu Bu's spies had almost inquired about Liu Zheng's situation. Knowing that Liu Zheng only led 2 people, Lu Bu felt a little swollen.

[-] cavalry, fighting against [-] infantry, isn't that just an easy thing.

So before Liu Zheng finished speaking, Lu Bu waved his hand, and the generals who stretched out their hands immediately understood what Lu Bu meant.

At this time, Lu Bu didn't have eight generals under his command. Historically, there were only five or six of his eight generals by his side. These five or six were Hao Meng, Hou Cheng, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Cheng Lian and others.

These people are all people with fairly good strength in Lu Bu's army, or they have a good relationship with Lu Bu.

Among these people, other people can ignore it, but there is one named Cheng Lian who is more favored by Lu Bu, because this Cheng Lian is from Changsha County.

Cheng Lian told Lu Bu about the method of attacking halfway across the river. Unfortunately, Lu Bu did not rush over when Liu Zheng was halfway across the river.

Following Lu Bu's order to attack, half of the [-] cavalry were immediately divided into three groups led by three generals, and rushed towards Liu Zheng one by one.

The charge of cavalry is terrifying, Liu Zheng has seen it before.

And I have seen the power of the cavalry very early. Back then, Cao Cao's hundreds of cavalry killed the remnants of the Yellow Turbans under him and were defeated.

Today, the number of cavalry led by Lu Bu is better than that of the past, and there are more in number. Facing such a large number of cavalry charges, any general will feel fear.

Of course, Liu Zheng is no exception, but Liu Zheng is not what he was back then. Back then, he was just a yellow scarf soldier who had no power to fight back against Cao Cao's cavalry, but now he is the overlord of a party of princes.

Although facing Lu Bu's attack, he was not in a panic. He had already talked about such a day, and he was already prepared to deal with Lu Bu's cavalry.

"Zhou Cang, let your people raise their shields and guns immediately! Block me in front, even if you use your body to pile up, you have to build a human wall!"

"General Huang Zhong is looking at you!"

The reason why Liu Zheng didn't bring other soldiers to deal with Lu Bu, but only brought Zhou Cang and Huang Zhong's troops, in fact, was because the other people had experienced the war before and needed rotation training at this time, and there was another more important thing. s reason.

Most of Zhou Cang's soldiers and horses are heavily armored infantry with swords and shields, which can form a human wall in front to prevent the impact of cavalry.

Second, most of Huang Zhong's troops were archers. Facing the cavalry, the infantry could not fight at all. Even Zhou Cang's sword and shield fighters could at most last longer, but it was impossible to defeat the cavalry.

The only thing capable of defeating cavalry is archers.

While the cavalry was charging, a round of arrow rain passed by. The cavalry was a moving target, and there must have been many casualties.

Following Liu Zheng's instructions, Huang Zhong, who had already prepared the formation and arranged the formation, immediately turned his head and shouted at the several masters behind him.

Those archers scattered in various regions immediately raised their bows and arrows.

Chapter 548 Fighting Cavalry

Thousands of archers got up, set up their bows and arrows, and accomplished it in one go.

After Huang Zhong's order, the archers released the arrows in their hands in unison, and suddenly the sky was full of arrows.

Facing the cavalry charging over from a distance, they flew over.

Whoosh whoosh.

For a moment, behind Liu Zheng, only the sound of countless piercing sounds could be heard, and thousands of arrows turned into countless black lines, passing Liu Zheng's eyes.

Liu Zheng could only see the cavalry galloping towards him in the distance. With the shooting of the arrow rain, his body suddenly stopped, and many of them fell directly from the horses.

Accompanied by the screams of some cavalry officers and soldiers, the neighing of war horses being hit by arrows, and the rolling thunder of horseshoes trampling on the ground.

Such noisy sounds are intertwined together to create this scene on the battlefield.

Liu Zheng's round of arrow shooting ended soon. The arrows shot naturally caused some damage to the cavalry under Lu Bu's command, and a lot of cavalry damage, but if you want to rely on a round of shooting It is impossible for those cavalry to retreat in the face of difficulties.

Without waiting for the shooter to launch the second round of attack, the Bingzhou wolf cavalry had already rushed to the front. They held spears in their hands and stabbed forward vigorously, trying to use the spears to break through the shields stacked by the spear shield soldiers in front of them. wall.

The sound of bang bang bang, as well as the tragic neighing of war horses, came again, Zhou Cang's infantry and those cavalry were confronting each other.

All of a sudden, Liu Zheng became nervous.

"Stand up, don't be scattered by the cavalry!"

"Keep the formation, and only by holding the formation can you hope to win!"

"Archer, shoot, don't stop!"

"Zhou Chao, you lead the squad to snipe and kill the generals over there. If the generals die in battle, their morale will be defeated!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Liu Zheng issued a series of orders to these people behind him, completely ignoring the casualties of his soldiers.

If the infantry in front couldn't resist the impact of these cavalry and were dispersed in one round, it would not be the infantry like Liu Zheng who were affected.

But the 2 people along the entire river will suffer a devastating blow, and the army's disintegration is not temporary, but the army is defeated like a mountain. If there is a slight defeat in one place, it will be like a plague , spread to the entire army.

In ancient wars, there were hundreds of thousands of battlefields, and the people behind might not even reach the edge of the battlefield. The soldiers in the front were killed, and the surrounding soldiers saw the heavy casualties of their own troops and appeared to be running for their lives. run back.

As soon as they ran back, they would drive the people behind to follow suit. Everyone didn't even know what happened, but they heard the deserters say that the front was defeated, and then ran away in a swarm.

This is the root cause of the Yellow Turban Army's defeat, but people like Liu Zheng are no longer the Yellow Turban Army.

They are all professional soldiers, elite soldiers selected by Liu Zheng from hundreds of thousands of ordinary people.