Three Kingdoms King of the North

Zhang Liao fought against the three generals alone, without the slightest timidity, but became more and more courageous as he fought.After fighting for five or six rounds, he stabbed the general with two sabers on the horse with one shot, and then returned the carbine again, and dismounted the general with the big axe.The remaining lieutenant general wielding a long spear saw that his two comrades were easily killed by Zhang Liao, and he couldn't help but feel timid. Go up and pick his corpse off the horse.

Seeing that the three men under him were about to be killed by Zhang Liao, Guo Si hurriedly rushed over with his weapons.Although he was Dong Zhuo's fierce general, he was not Zhang Liao's opponent. After three rounds of fighting, Zhang Liao stabbed him in the throat.Guo Si quickly lowered his head, but his helmet was thrown off. He was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart, he hurriedly pulled his horse and fled back to the main formation.

Zhang Liao swung his spear forward, allowing the army to cover up and kill him.Seeing Zhang Liao's bravery, the Xiliang soldiers were scared out of their wits long ago. Now that they saw the army rushing, they dared not resist, so they turned around and fled towards the village.

Just as Guo Bang fled into the village, Zhang Liao's army also rushed into the village.In particular, Zhang Liao had his eye on Guo Bang, and he went back and forth among Guo Bang's troops alone to clash, wherever he went, it was like entering a land where no one was there.Guo Bang's foothold was unstable, so he had no choice but to abandon the stockade, and fled desperately with a dozen of his cronies.

Chapter 197 Capture Li Bie and Defeat Li Jue

Zhang Liao took Guo Si's camp and left Song Xian and Hou Cheng behind. He turned west with ten thousand soldiers and horses, preparing to join Lü Bu outside Li Jue's camp.

Although Zhang Liao was in a hurry, it was already past noon when he arrived at the place where Lv Bu was arrayed.Seeing him coming, Lu Bu asked curiously, "Yuan, what's the situation with Guo Bang?"

"Report to Marquis Wen!" Hearing Lu Bu's question, Zhang Liao quickly replied, "The last general has taken away Guo Si's camp. Except for Guo Si who escaped with more than ten cronies, most of the remaining [-] soldiers and horses surrendered. .”

After hearing Zhang Liao's words, Lu Bu was taken aback for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face: "Yuan is really extraordinary, he killed Guo Bang in one shot. Then help me get rid of Li Jue next."

Zhang Liao quickly replied: "The last general obeys orders!"

Lu Bu stared at the stockade on the hillside, frowned and said, "Li Jue is a treacherous and cunning man. No matter how much I scold him, he refuses to go out to fight. The stronghold is heavily defended. Once our army attacked the mountain, it immediately fell with arrows and stones, causing numerous casualties." "

After listening to Lu Bu's brief explanation of the situation here, Zhang Liao pondered for a moment, and said to Lu Bu: "Marquis Wen, the general thinks that there is someone in Li Jue's army who can guide him, otherwise he and Guo Si would not use the exhausted troops to fight against him. The plan made you exhausted yesterday."

"That's right," Lu Bu nodded his head and said to Zhang Liao's statement, "Last night in the barracks, the military commander also said the same thing. Yuan, since you have defeated Guo Si's army, can you still destroy Li Jue's army? Woolen cloth?"

"Marquis Wen, if we want to defeat Li Jue, I think we have to use tactics." Zhang Liao said to Lu Bu, "We might as well pretend to be attacked from the rear and turn around and head east. Choose a dangerous place to ambush soldiers and horses, and wait for Li Jue. When leading the troops to chase out, the front army turned around to attack, and the ambush soldiers cut off his retreat, so Li Jue can be captured."

"This plan is brilliant!" Lu Bu couldn't help applauding after hearing Zhang Liao's plan.Then he discussed with Zhang Liao about where to place the ambush soldiers.

After a stick of incense, Lu Bu ordered the rear army to be changed to the front army, and the front army to be changed to the rear army, and immediately turned around and headed east.Li Jue, who was standing on the watchtower, saw Lv Bu's troops turn around and leave, so he prepared to mobilize troops to harass him from behind, but was stopped by Jia Xu: "Wait a minute, general, Jia feels that something is wrong with Lv Bu's situation today."

"What could be wrong?!" Li Jue waited for a long time, and finally saw Lu Bu's army turn around to the east, thinking that Guo Bang's soldiers and horses were attacking, which forced Lu Bu to turn back to meet the enemy.He also smartly said to Jia Xu: "Hey, you must have seen the soldiers and horses that just arrived below, right? I guess they are the soldiers and horses that Lu Bu used to guard against Guo Si. I probably waited for a long time. Guo Si never went out to meet the enemy, and only withdrew his troops back. I suspect that Guo Si must have launched an offensive in Lü Bu's rear at this moment, forcing Lv Bu to temporarily withdraw from the siege."

Jia Xu patiently waited for Li Jue to finish speaking, and then said to him: "Jia saw that although Lu Bu's soldiers and horses retreated, they did not retreat chaotically. There may be an ambush, so it is better not to attack lightly."

However, Li Jue said disapprovingly, "Master Jia, don't worry, I just let the soldiers and horses follow and chase. Once I see Lu Bu's army turning around, I will immediately retreat to the village. What can he do to me?"

Although he saw Li Jue being so stubborn, Jia Xu, as a military adviser, still had to say what he had to say. He bowed to Li Jue and said, "The general is the leader of the whole army, so how can he be in danger so easily. With Jia's See, it is better to punish one general and lead thousands of soldiers to follow. And the general leads another army to follow, even if the front army is ambushed, the rear army can rescue them."

Li Jue felt that Jia Xu's deployment made some sense, so he called his nephew Li Bie and said to him, "I will give you five thousand troops to pursue Lu Bu."

Li Bie saw Lv Bu's soldiers and horses exhausted yesterday, and thought that the mission he had accepted could still torture Lv Bu unspeakably, so he took orders without hesitation, and immediately went to order soldiers and horses to prepare for the attack.After the shadow of Lu Bu's soldiers and horses was completely gone on the hillside, Li Bie led five thousand cavalry out of the stockade, and followed the route of Lu Bu's march to catch up.

The cavalry had walked for more than ten miles, and just passed a dangerous enemy, suddenly Li Bie saw a large army in front of him. Looking closer, it turned out that Lu Bu was holding Fang Tian's painted halberd, riding a red rabbit horse, standing across the square. At the front of the formation, he said to Li Bie: "I wanted to capture Li Jue, but the old one didn't come, but a young one came instead."

When Li Bie heard Lu Bu say this, he didn't know that he had been tricked.He immediately turned his horse's head and shouted to the cavalry behind: "We have been tricked, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!" Lu Bu swung the Fang Tian painting halberd forward in his hand, and the soldiers in the rear lined up immediately. Shouting and rushing up.

Li Bie didn't run far, when suddenly there was a gunshot from a dangerous place ahead, and then a group of people rushed out.The leader was a handsome young general holding a spear. Seeing Li Bie approaching, the other party yelled: "Zhang Liao and Zhang Yuan are here, the thief will quickly dismount and surrender!"

In Li Bie's mind, Zhang Liao was an unknown person, so he didn't pay attention to him at all, and planned to use his subordinates who were all cavalry to quickly rush out of the encirclement circle set up by Zhang Liao, and rush back to the village to join Li Jue .

Seeing Li Bie's cavalry rushing towards him, Zhang Liao pointed forward with the long spear in his hand, and shouted sharply: "Fire the arrow!" Following the shout, thousands of archers behind Zhang Liao fired their arrows at the same time.The sharp arrows fell into the formation of Libie's cavalry like locusts, and there were endless screams for a while.

When Li Bie rushed in front of Zhang Liao, he was left alone. The rest of the cavalry were either shot to death by random arrows, or blocked by the sharp arrows shot by Zhang Liao's subordinates.If Li Bie knew how powerful Zhang Liao was, he would have turned around and ran away, so how dare he step forward to fight him.

Facing Li Bie who was rushing towards him, Zhang Liao turned slightly to one side, dodged the spear stabbed by the opponent, reached out and grabbed the opponent's belt, lifted him up, threw him on the ground, and then shouted: "Tied!" Immediately, several soldiers came over and tied up Li Bie who had fallen to the ground.

Seeing that Li Bie had been captured, thousands of cavalry rushed forward, trying to snatch their general back from Zhang Liao's hands, and the two sides fought in a group.

When Li Bie rushed in front of Zhang Liao, he was left alone. The rest of the cavalry were either shot to death by random arrows, or blocked by the sharp arrows shot by Zhang Liao's subordinates.If Li Bie knew how powerful Zhang Liao was, he would have turned around and ran away, so how dare he step forward to fight him.

Facing Li Bie who was rushing towards him, Zhang Liao turned slightly to one side, dodged the spear stabbed by the opponent, reached out and grabbed the opponent's belt, lifted him up, threw him on the ground, and then shouted: "Tied!" Immediately, several soldiers came over and tied up Li Bie who had fallen to the ground.

Seeing that Li Bie had been captured, thousands of cavalry rushed forward, trying to snatch their general back from Zhang Liao's hands, and the two sides fought in a group.

Chapter 198

If Han Zhan himself were here and saw Li Jue's army rushing like a wolf, and Lu Bu's army following behind like a rainbow, he would be so surprised that his jaw would drop to the ground.Because there was a big discrepancy between the history in front of him and the history he knew, Lu Bu was able to defeat the two armies of Guo Si and Li Jue successively with the help of Zhang Liao.

Fortunately, Jia Xu was guarding the village, and when he saw Li Jue's army returning home in defeat, he quickly ordered the gate of the village to be opened.As soon as Li Jue entered the village, Jia Xu decisively ordered the gate to be closed and shot arrows outside the village.With an order, arrows rained down, and immediately shot down a large area of ​​the defeated soldiers and pursuers who were rushing towards the gate of the village.

Seeing that the defenders in the village were shooting arrows at their own people in order to defend the village, Lu Bu knew that there was no point in rushing any further, so he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

Zhang Liao, who was commanding troops to attack the mountain, heard the sound of Jin Ming, and hurriedly retreated. He was unwilling to ask Lu Bu, "Wen Hou, our army's victory is imminent. Why did you call Jin to withdraw at this time?"

"The thieves have been on guard for a long time." Lu Bu looked up at the camp on the mountain and said, "We will camp at the foot of the mountain and fight again at another day." After speaking, he ordered his men to retreat five miles to the camp.

Zhang Liao originally wanted to take down the stockade on the mountain in one go, but seeing that Lu Bu had ordered the troops to retreat, he could only sigh and retreat.

Jia Xu, who was standing on the watchtower in the middle of the village, was secretly relieved when he saw Lu Bu's army retreating slowly.He knew very well in his heart that Li Jue's army had just been defeated and their morale was low. If Lu Bu tried his best to attack by force, the village would not be able to hold it at all.At this moment, he took the initiative to retreat, which happened to give his side a breathing space.

It just so happened that at this moment, seeing Li Jue approaching on a horse, Jia Xu hurriedly got off the watchtower and stepped forward to greet him.After Li Jue saw Jia Xu, he said in shame, "I regret that I didn't listen to the advice of the military advisor, and that's why I was defeated."

Jia Xu quickly comforted him and said: "General, don't worry, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Don't see Lu Bu winning a complete victory today, but as long as the general is still there, it is not difficult to defeat Lu Bu."

When the two returned to the tent, Jia Xu analyzed for Li Jue, "General, it seems that General Guo has not appeared for a long time, and he has already been defeated by Lu Bu's troops. But when did Lu Bu's subordinates play such a powerful role?"

"It was Captain Zhang Liao and Zhang Yuan who defeated me and Guo Si today." Li Jue said to Jia Xu with a wry smile, "He was originally a descendant of Nie Yi, and his family changed his surname to avoid resentment. Governor of Bingzhou Ding Yuan thought he was superior in military strength, so he called him to work, and took him and Lu Bu to the capital. After Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan, he followed Lu Bu to the Grand Master."

When Jia Xu heard this, she couldn't help asking curiously: "Since the general knows the details of this person, why does he underestimate the enemy so much today?"

"The military master doesn't know something." Li Jue quickly explained to Jia Xu: "Since he joined the grand master, he has kept a low profile. Except for training and reading, he would not interact with outsiders every day. If he hadn't eaten under his hands today It’s a big loss, I didn’t know he had such a skill.”

"With the help of this man, Lu Bu is like a tiger with wings added." After Jia Xu learned about Zhang Liao from Li Jue, he said thoughtfully, "It may not be easy for us to defeat Lu Bu."

Li Jue originally thought that Jia Xu had some countermeasures, but after hearing what he said, he couldn't help being disappointed: "Can I just sit and wait for death?"

"Of course not." Jia Xu waved his hand and said, "Even though Lu Bu won a great victory today and Zhang Liao is helping him, it will not be easy for him to capture our camp. If he leads an army to challenge tomorrow, We just need to stay behind closed doors. As soon as Zhang Ji and Fan Chou arrive at the capital, Wang Yun will definitely send someone to help Lü Bu back, and our army will be able to defeat Lv Bu if we chase after them again."

"It's not where Guo Si is now." Li Jue said angrily, "Without him to keep Lü Bu in check, Lv Bu could concentrate his forces to attack the camp. Now that the soldiers' morale is unstable and their morale is low, it is difficult to resist Lv Bu's attack. offensive."

"General, if Lv Bu takes advantage of the victory to attack the camp today, it is estimated that the camp has already been breached. If he comes to fight tomorrow, our army only needs to hold out." Facing Li Jue's worries, Jia Xu said confidently: "At the same time, We need to strengthen the defense in the stronghold, if Lu Bu sees that our army can't hold on and launches a strong attack, we can also make him lose his troops.",

"It's so good." After hearing Jia Xu's words, Li Jue called in a side general and ordered him to improve the defense in the debt to deal with Lu Bu's planned attack the next day.

At si o'clock the next day, Lu Bu led his troops to the foot of the mountain to challenge.Li Jue ordered people to hang up the no-war sign at the gate of the village, and hid in the village behind closed doors.Seeing this, Zhang Liao asked Lu Bu to fight and said, "Marquis Wen, please give the last general five thousand soldiers and horses. Before noon, he must hide in the camp."

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu looked at the camp on the hillside, but shook his head and said, "Li Jue has been prepared for a long time. If he attacks by force, he will damage the soldiers in vain. It is better to surround this mountain, and when they run out of food, naturally they will not fight." Self-destruct."

Zhang Liao still wanted to fight, Lu Bu waved his hand at him and said, "It's far from needless to say, I know what I know." After speaking, he sent a group of soldiers to fight in front of the stronghold, and ignored Zhang Liao.

Cheng Lian and Wei Xu led a team of cavalry to the capital day and night, and finally arrived in Chang'an at noon on the third day.Knowing their official positions, it was impossible for them to enter the palace, so they went directly to Situ's mansion.

Who knew that when they got to the door, they were stopped by the porter, and said to them unceremoniously: "This is Situ's mansion, and idlers are not allowed to enter without permission."

After Cheng Lian and Wei Xu exchanged glances, they got off their horses at the same time, cupped their hands towards the doorman and said, "We are the messengers sent by General Fengxian. If there is something urgent to see Situ, please inform me."

The porter heard that he was delivering the letter, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and said to the two: "Please wait a moment, the younger one will go in and report to Situ."