Three Kingdoms King of the North

When Jia Xu saw Guo Si's appearance, he couldn't help but his eyes lit up. He was worried that it would be too risky for Li Jue to lead his troops to pursue Lu Bu alone.Now that Guo Si is here, he has a good way to defeat Lu Bu.Thinking of this, he hastily said to the two: "You two generals, this is not the place to talk, please go to the big tent. Jia has a plan to break Lu Bu and avenge General Guo."

Chapter 200 Defeat like a mountain

When the three of them came to the big tent, Guo Si, who was eager for revenge, couldn't wait to ask: "Military Master, I don't know what good strategy you have to defeat Lu Bu, tell me quickly!"

Jia Xu smiled slightly, and said to Li Jue and Guo Si: "Look, generals, Lü Bu is a man of courage and no strategy. When he learned that the two generals Zhang Fan and Zhang Fan had arrived outside the capital city, they didn't bother to continue besieging me. Army, and hastily pulled out the camp and rushed back to the capital. We can divide into three groups from the left, the middle and the right, and go to pursue Lu Bu."

Before Jia Xu could finish speaking, Li Jue interrupted what he was saying: "Master, has he forgotten that our army currently has only 1000 soldiers, and if we want to divide it into three groups, there will only be 7000 people in each group. You must know that Lu Bu has seven soldiers." Ten thousand troops, twenty or thirty thousand of them were recruited after Niu Fu and Guo Si were defeated."

"What the general said is very true," Jia Xu waited for Li Jue to finish speaking, and then continued with a smile, "Although Lu Bu is eager to return, he has long been on guard against our army's pursuit, and he will definitely stay behind the capable troops. If we If you want to pursue him, the central army closest to him will definitely be defeated after being counterattacked by him."

Hearing this, Guo Si couldn't help interjecting, "Military Master, since we know that Lu Bu has taken precautions, do we still need to pursue it?"

Seeing the confused look of the two men, Jia Xu quickly explained to them, "Lü Bu is the champion of the three armies bravely. No one can beat us. If we chase after him, we will be defeated by him. However, something happened in the capital, and Lv Bu hurried back to rescue, so he After defeating our army, we will no longer be on guard against our army, but go on with all our strength. Our army will chase and kill us again at this moment, and we will surely win a complete victory."

Guo Si waited for Jia Xu to finish speaking, and asked a little puzzled, "If that's the case, we can send troops all the way, so why divide the troops into three places?"

"When the Central Route Army pursues Lu Bu's army for the second time, if the left and right flanks kill another soldier, Lu Bu's army will not be able to figure out the reality of our army. Seeing that soldiers and horses are attacking in all directions, the soldiers and horses that are broken are bound to die. It will be a mess." Jia Xu said here, and specifically reminded Li Jue: "The general also mentioned just now that in Lu Bu's army, there are many former troops of Niu Fu and General Guo. , these people will take the initiative to defect to them. One goes up and down, and Lu Bu has no reason to be invincible."

"Wonderful, wonderful, really wonderful." After listening to Jia Xu's strategy, Guo Si couldn't help applauding, and he took the initiative to ask Ying to say: "My old man will command the Central Route Army, and Zhiran and the military division will each lead a team." Army, just by my side."

"No, General Guo cannot be the commander-in-chief of the Central Route Army." Guo Si's request was unexpectedly denied by Jia Xu without hesitation.He said eloquently: "Lv Bu defeated the general a few days ago. If he found out that it was not General Li but General Guo who was chasing him during the battle, he would definitely be suspicious. Although he is brave and foolish, it does not mean that If you say he is a fool, if you become suspicious, most of the capable men will be dismissed, and then we will be helpless."

As soon as Jia Xu mentioned Lu Bu's effective subordinates, Li Jue and Guo Si thought of Zhang Liao at the same time, because they had both been defeated by Zhang Liao.Li Jue quickly said: "Since the military adviser said so, then I will lead the central army, the military adviser will lead the left army, and Guo Si will lead the right army."

After the discussion was completed, Li Jue led [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, left the camp first, and chased after Lu Bu's army at full speed.However, Jia Xu and Guo Si each led a troop, went out of the gate and went their separate ways, preparing to harass Lü Bu's flank.

Li Jue chased for more than [-] miles with his soldiers and horses, and suddenly a group of soldiers and horses came out from behind the hillside in front. The leader was riding a red rabbit horse, holding a Fang Tian painted halberd, and shouted at Li Jue: " Lu Bu is here, Li Jue hastened to die!"

After shouting, Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand swung forward violently, and rushed over with the cavalry.Li Jue was frightened to death when he saw that Lu Bu had killed himself, and quickly shouted in a changed voice: "Let the arrows, let them go, don't let them rush over, or we will all be ruined."

Following Li Jue's order, five hundred cavalrymen followed behind and shot arrows at the rushing Lu Bu army at the same time.For a moment, the arrows were like flying locusts, and fell straight into the formation of Lu Bu's army, shooting down the twenty or so cavalry rushing in the front.Lu Bu danced the Fang Tian painted halberd in his hand like a windmill, blocking most of the feathered arrows that shot at him, but one still hit his shoulder. Fortunately, the armor was thick, and although the feathered arrow was nailed to it, it did not Injuried.

Lu Bu's horse was fast, and soon rushed to Li Jue. After only one round, Li Jue fled.Seeing Li Jue running away in embarrassment, Lu Bu raised Fang Tian's painted halberd with a smirk and stabbed left and right in the queue.Even Li Jue was no match for him. How could ordinary soldiers stop him? Wherever he passed, the cavalry fell off their horses one after another, and the horses that had lost their masters neighed and fled in all directions.

Lu Bu killed Li Jue's cavalry and led his men to follow Li Jue who was fleeing in a panic.After chasing for five miles, he saw a line of pikemen in front of him, so he reined in his mount, raised Fang Tian's painted halberd high, and shouted: "Retreat!"

After Lv Bu walked away with his soldiers and horses, Li Jue began to gather up the scattered cavalry, and found that in less than half an hour, more than half of his most elite cavalry had been lost.He secretly rejoiced that Jia Xu had decided on a three-pronged attack strategy. Although he lost this battle, he would soon be able to get back his capital and profits.

When Li Jue reorganized his army and was about to go after Lv Bu again, a junior officer said to him with lingering fear: "General, Lv Bu is extremely brave, and no one here is his general. Besides, the army has just been defeated. Our army's morale is at a low point, and if we pursue it again, the entire army may be destroyed."

Li Jue laughed loudly after hearing this, and then said to Xiaoxiao: "The defeat of our army was already expected by the military adviser. Now we can rectify our troops and horses and go to pursue them, and we will surely win a big victory."

Xiaoxiao originally wanted to persuade him a few more words, but considering his low position, it would be useless to persuade him any more. If Li Jue got angry, he would cut himself off with one knife, and his death would be for nothing.So he quickly shut up, went back to gather his subordinates, and prepared to follow Li Jue to pursue Lu Bu.

Li Jue saw the morale of his subordinates on the ground. In order to boost morale, he rode his horse to the front of the queue and said loudly: "Soldiers, we are going to chase Lu Bu again soon. If you can capture Lu Bu, you will be rewarded ten thousand gold; A general of Lu Bu's department will be rewarded with a thousand gold; beheading a level will be rewarded with a gold."

After a series of rewards from Li Jue came out, the sergeants, whose morale was low, shouted at the top of their voices, eager to continue chasing Lu Bu so that they could get Li Jue's rewards.

Chapter 201 Defeat like a mountain

Lu Bu was in a hurry to return to Chang'an, not only because Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's army was approaching the city, but more importantly, he was worried about Diao Chan's safety. He didn't want such a charming beauty to be snatched away by the rebels.Therefore, after defeating Li Jue, he urged his subordinates to speed up and run to the capital quickly.

When Lu Bu's subordinates heard that the capital was in danger, they were a little unstable at first, but they were still vigilant enough because they were worried that Li Jue on the mountain would follow them if they pulled out of the camp.After defeating Li Jue, all the soldiers returned home like an arrow, and after running for less than twenty miles, the soldiers and horses lost their formation.When they ran forty miles, the infantry had been left far behind by the cavalry, and some weak soldiers also fell behind.

In this case, Li Jue's pursuers caught up again.Seeing this, the school lieutenant at the back of the palace immediately stopped fighting with Li Jue, and at the same time sent someone to report to Lu Bu, asking him to bring someone to help.Before Lv Bu's reinforcements could arrive, another group of troops suddenly rushed out from the left flank, completely disrupting Lv Bu's rear army.

The rear team, which was besieged by two groups of people, was struggling to hold on, when they heard another cannon fire, and then killed the left army led by Commander Jia Xu.Seeing that three groups of men and horses were attacking at the same time, the captain at the end had no intention of fighting, so he immediately turned his horse's head and fled first.The soldiers below saw that the officials had fled first, so naturally they would not stay here to die, so they turned around one after another and fled eastward like a tidal wave.

Lu Bu got the report from the rear army and learned that Li Jue's soldiers had killed him again. He couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment, and immediately rushed over with a team, ready to kill Li Jue again.Unexpectedly, the defeated soldiers retreated like a tide, blocking his way.Seeing the three groups of Xiliang soldiers approaching like wolves and tigers, he could only roar angrily, turn his horse's head and retreat with the rout soldiers.

Although Jia Xu is a counselor, his riding skills are extraordinary, and he quickly caught up with Li Jue who was in front.He said to Li Jue somewhat out of breath, "General, there are quite a few former troops from Xiliang in Lu Bu's army, you might as well send someone to shout to them, you can recruit them to come here."

Jia Xu's words reminded Li Jue that although Lv Bu had many soldiers, they were basically soldiers from Xiliang. Some were soldiers brought by Dong Zhuo when he came to Beijing; .These people are not convinced by Lu Bu, as long as they send someone to shout out, they will definitely turn against each other.

Having made up his mind, Li Jue called two of his subordinates and told them: "Quickly order someone to shout: all Xiliang children, as long as they put down their weapons, they will not be killed."

Li Jue's order was conveyed quickly, and it didn't take long before people shouted all over the mountains and plains: "All the children of Xiliang, as long as they abandon their weapons, they will not be killed!"

Don't see Lu Bu's army being defeated, but Li Jue and others encountered small groups of troops to resist from time to time during their pursuit.With the cry of surrender, the resistance on the battlefield disappeared, and groups of Lu Bu troops dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground to ask for surrender.Li Jue asked Jia Xu to lead some of his men to take in the soldiers, while he and Guo Bang continued to pursue Lü Bu with the cavalry.

When it was dark, Li Jue's pursuit came to an end. Lu Bu gathered his men and horses and made an inventory, and almost drew his sword to kill someone.When he left the camp and returned to the capital, he still had [-] soldiers under his command, but now there are only less than [-] left. Except for those who died in battle, the rest all surrendered to Li Jue.

Lu Bu summoned his subordinates to discuss matters, and found that many people were absent. After careful interrogation, almost all of these people died in the rebellion.Zhang Liao asked Lu Bu expressionlessly, "Marquis Wen, what should we do if Li Jue's army pursues us tomorrow?"

Lu Bu was a brave and foolhardy man, and it was okay to charge into battle, but letting him make a decision would have killed him.Originally, there was an army Sima who could help him with his plans, but unfortunately, in today's melee, the army Sima also died among the rebellious army, so that there was no one to help Lu Bu with advice.

Lu Bu never dreamed that Li Jue, who had been defeated by him twice, could beat him to the point of losing his troops.Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said: "Tomorrow we will have a duel with Li Jue. After Li Jue is eliminated, we will return to the capital at no later time."

Hearing what Lu Bu said, Zhang Liao couldn't help but smiled wryly, and then said: "Marquis Wen, please leave me five thousand soldiers and horses. After the general decides to stay, the army covering Marquis Wen will withdraw to the capital."

It stands to reason: You learn a lot from a pit, and Lu Bu suffered such a big loss today, so he should also learn some lessons.Unexpectedly, when he heard Zhang Liao say this, he still insisted on his own opinion: "Leaving Li and Guo is always a disaster. When I go to battle tomorrow, I will cut them under Fang Tian's painted halberd, wipe out all of them, and then lead the army It’s not too late to return to the capital.”

At this moment, Li Jue, who was twenty miles away from Lu Bu's camp, was grinning from ear to ear.In today's battle, I surrendered a total of [-] soldiers, and [-] of them were former elites.With so many soldiers and horses, the chance of capturing Chang'an is even greater.

Li Jue saluted Jia Xu deeply, and said sincerely: "Thanks to the good strategy of the military adviser, I was able to defeat Lu Bu today and surrendered [-] troops."

Jia Xu accepted Li Jue's gift calmly, and asked with a smile, "General, I wonder how you plan to deal with Lu Bu tomorrow?"

"Lü Bu's army is in disarray," Li Jue said carelessly, a little dazzled by today's victory, "when he breaks out of the camp and leaves, we will follow after him and at the same time let the soldiers shout out to get more Lv Bu's army to submit to us. "

"General, although we have recruited a lot of Lu Bu's troops today, it will not be so easy to repeat the old tricks tomorrow." Jia Xu waited for Li Jue to finish speaking, then waved his hand and said, "Lu Bu is so brave that no one can do it." The enemy. If our army confronts Lu Bu head-on, we will definitely be defeated. Then today's great victory will be wiped out."

Hearing what Jia Xu said, Li Jue and Guo Si panicked immediately, and asked him for advice, "Military Master, what should we do to defeat Lu Bu?"

Seeing the two humbly asking him for advice, Jia Xu smiled slightly, and then said: "You two generals, why not divide the army into two places, if Lu Bu attacks General Zhiran, then General Guo will attack from behind; When we were going to deal with General Guo, General Zhiran attacked Lu Bu's flanks. In addition, we had to send a letter to the two generals Zhang Fan and Zhang Fan overnight, asking them to send cavalry to help. Under the attack of Lu Bu's army, we can only run exhausted. When Lu Bu's army is exhausted and the morale of the army is slackened, we will take the opportunity to cover up and kill, and we will surely win a big victory. Even if we can't capture Lu Bu alive, we can still turn him into a lost dog."

"A brilliant plan, a military adviser's brilliant plan is unparalleled in the world." After Li Jue said this, he quickly wrote a letter to Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, and asked a messenger to send them to their barracks overnight, asking them to send troops Attack Lu Bu.After the messenger left, he gave Guo Si another [-] soldiers and horses, and went to the camp fifteen miles away, forming a corner with the camp.

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Bu led his troops to fight in front of Li Jue's camp.Li Jue still ordered someone to hang a no-war sign at the door.Just when Lv Bu was about to order people to attack the stronghold, suddenly a scout came to report that Guo Si's soldiers and horses had arrived behind him.Without saying a word, 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 went to meet the enemy.

Unexpectedly, when Guo Bang saw Lu Bu's army approaching, he turned around and fled back to the camp, closed the gate of the camp, and used bows and arrows to prevent Lu Bu's soldiers from attacking the camp.Lu Bu was attacking the stronghold here, and the scouts came to report that Li Jue's soldiers and horses had left the camp and were coming here.

Seeing that the two of them had used the strategy of the previous few days again, Lu Bu couldn't help screaming angrily, ordered the soldiers and horses to stop attacking the stronghold, and turned around to meet Li Jue again.

Zhang Liao found out that Lu Bu had been duped, and quickly persuaded him: "Marquis Wen, it is better to leave three thousand soldiers and horses for the last general, and watch Guo Si here so that he does not dare to leave the stronghold easily." Hearing Zhang Liao's persuasion, he went straight to meet Li Jue with soldiers and horses.

After going back and forth like this for a few times, Lu Bu's soldiers were exhausted. They came outside Guo Bang's camp and were about to bury the pot for cooking when they suddenly heard shouts of killing coming from the north.Hearing this voice, Lu Bu asked in surprise, "Isn't Li Jue's camp in the west? Where did this army come from?" He hurriedly sent out scouts to find out what was going on.

He was out of breath and reported to Lv Bu, "I report to Marquis Wen that there is a cavalry force of about [-] people. The banner is written with the characters Zhang and Fan."

Zhang Liao listened nearby, and quickly said to Lu Bu: "Marquis Wen, this must be the arrival of Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's troops. Please give the last general 5000 troops, and the last general will definitely stop them."

"The opponent has tens of thousands of cavalry, what do you want five thousand horses?" After Lu Bu finished speaking, he made the most stupid decision: "Turn around and return to Chang'an as soon as possible."

"Don't do it, Marquis Wen." Zhang Liao was frightened when he heard Lu Bu's order, and he quickly persuaded: "If our army returns to Chang'an at this time, once the bandits chase after us, we will be defeated like a mountain." It’s still unknown how many people will return to Chang’an by then.”

"Lü Bu's army is in disarray," Li Jue said carelessly, a little dazzled by today's victory, "when he breaks out of the camp and leaves, we will follow after him and at the same time let the soldiers shout out to get more Lv Bu's army to submit to us. "