The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

They have already disregarded life and death, and they are all professional soldiers who are not afraid of death. As long as Liu Zheng gives an order, they will block Liu Zheng with their bodies without hesitation.

Not for anything else, because Liu Zheng is their lord, Liu Zheng can feed them, and even if he dies in battle, it is an honor, and he can get a lot of pensions. From then on, the family behind them will have no worries about food and clothing.

With this mentality in mind, Zhou Cang's spear and shield soldiers used a human wall to build a line of defense, and blocked the Bingzhou wolf cavalry viciously from the human wall.

It gave Huang Zhong's shooters in the rear enough output time.

Second round of shooting!

The third round of shooting!

Soon following Huang Zhong's order, they started firing, and a rain of arrows shot out from the rear, falling into the cavalry group.

However, Lu Bu, who was not rushing with the army, saw his cavalry in the distance and was actually blocked, his whole face changed.

This was the first time he encountered such a situation.

Originally, Lu Bu thought that some infantry could not last long in the charge of his cavalry, and even a back and forth charge could defeat Liu Zheng's soldiers and flee in embarrassment. To survive in the water.

But Lu Bu was wrong, he rubbed his eyes, as if he couldn't believe what he saw.

"What's going on, why can't our cavalry rush over?"

Lu Bu said something puzzled, and Hou Cheng who was beside him immediately took a step forward and leaned beside Lu Bu to explain.

"General, it seems that Liu Zheng's soldiers built a human wall with people to block our cavalry charge!"

Lu Bu raised his hand and slapped Hou Cheng's face with a slap.

"Do you think I'm blind? I think I can't see? What I'm asking is, why didn't Liu Zheng's men and horses be dispersed by the cavalry? Those infantry who didn't even have war horses, what did they use to block our cavalry? life?"

Hou Cheng, who was slapped in the face by Lu Bu, covered his face with his hands, and did not speak for a while.

After all, he had long been used to Lu Bu's temper and personality. Knowing Lu Bu's character, he was slapped by Lu Bu, so he had to endure it himself.

"It's really strange that the soldiers and horses under this guy Liu Zheng are so brave and fearless. Hou Cheng, you immediately led the remaining 1 people to attack from the left wing, go around the enemy's rear, and wipe out the opponent's back row. those archers!"

After he was convinced that his cavalry did not defeat Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses in the first round of charge, but was blocked by Liu Zheng's infantry, Lu Bu was not discouraged. Instead, he immediately asked Hou Cheng beside him to lead the remaining troops again. The cavalry attacked from the flank.

Anyway, he only dispatched [-] cavalry to attack just now, and the remaining half of the troops did not act rashly.

Now it is only necessary to send the remaining cavalry to bypass these enemy infantry from the flanks, and then quickly attack the archers behind Liu Zheng to eliminate potential threats. Without the shooting of those archers, it is very difficult for these infantry alone fought with cavalry.

Even if all Liu Zheng's men and horses were brave enough to die, it would only delay their death for a while. His cavalry only needed to charge a few more times to completely kill all the infantry in front of them.

Hou Cheng received Lu Bu's order, so naturally he didn't dare to have any doubts. After accepting the order, he led his troops to attack.

Of course, while Hou Cheng moved around the back, from the other side, when Liu Zheng was commanding the archers here, Liu Zheng had already thought that the enemy army would target these archers against him, so before Lu Bu's army came over completely At that time, Liu Zheng had already ordered the remaining part of Huang Zhong's infantry to start forming a shield wall around the perimeter to prevent the enemy's cavalry from charging behind.

The battle became a tug of war, and the two sides began to confront each other.

Chapter 549 Let's Fight Again

Lu Bu's cavalry is very strong. Liu Zheng has seen many cavalry, such as Cao Cao's cavalry, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang iron cavalry, and even those Karasuma cavalry in Youzhou.

Among these cavalry, there are many brave and skilled fighters.

Dong Zhuo's Xiliang iron cavalry charged in the battle, and their power was undoubtedly stronger than these Bingzhou wolf cavalry.

But these Bingzhou wolves riding war horses are obviously more fierce than Xiliang iron cavalry.Moreover, soldiers riding on horses without heavy armor protection are also more flexible and more lethal.

However, it is precisely because of this that without the protection of heavy armor, soldiers are easily killed by archers after a round of shooting.

Liu Zheng's archers have become a threat of great lethality, and only those archers need to be dealt with before Lu Bu has a place to fight.

The sound of clanging and intertwining weapons was still resounding, and the soldiers and horses led by Zhou Cang had already lost thousands of people, and the cavalry had already opened a small hole when they charged.

The formation arranged by Zhou Cang was disintegrated, but after the opening was torn open, new soldiers would soon fill it up and mend the breakthrough so that the cavalry could not directly charge into Liu Zheng's army.

At the same time, the location by the river is so large that it is impossible to fully launch the side-by-side charge of tens of thousands of cavalry, so the cavalry's attack from behind is actually not so easy to achieve, and it is quickly blocked by the human wall.

Liu Zheng kept urging the archers under Huang Zhong to release arrows, and the arrows shot round after round.

At the beginning, it could only cause hundreds of casualties to Lu Bu's cavalry, but when the number of such shootings increased, the casualties suddenly increased.

After five rounds of shooting, the cavalry who confronted Zhou Cang's soldiers and horses had more than 3000 casualties, and there were obviously many unowned horses running around. Lu Bu in the distance finally realized that this battle was not what he imagined. So easy among them.

If the fighting continues, the losses of the cavalry will probably not be small.

But there was no turning back when he opened the bow. If he hadn't directly defeated Liu Zheng in this battle, Lu Bu might not be able to explain to Ding Yuan if he went back, so he could only bite the bullet.

But soon, after Liu Zheng's reinforcements appeared, Lu Bu realized that this battle could not continue.

When the boats of the Zulang Navy and the Zhou Tai Navy gradually appeared on both sides of the river after hearing the news, the appearance of these dozens of warships aroused Lu Bu's vigilance.

"Damn it, Liu Zheng's reinforcements are here."

Thinking that there were still thousands of enemy troops on the warship, and the battle by the river could not be decided in a short time, and Lu Bu had no other troops, only [-] cavalry, who wanted to stop Liu Zheng from so many people. , I'm afraid it's not easy.

Even if Lu Bu is confident that he can defeat Liu Zheng and his troops, there may not be many of his cavalry left.

In order to kill Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, so that his own troops were completely damaged, Lu Bu, who had no grievances or enmities with Liu Zheng, was of course reluctant.

He was not Liu Biao, and he didn't know Liu Zheng's strength and power. In Lu Bu's heart, he was not afraid of Liu Zheng, and even looked down on him a bit.

So at this time, when Lu Bu saw the enemy army coming for reinforcements, he was not very willing to entangle Liu Zheng here.

Anyway, during the confrontation with Liu Zheng, his cavalry had already caused some losses to Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, so it was still profitable to withdraw the troops at this time.

"The situation is not good for us, Gao Shun, order the withdrawal of troops."

Lu Bu didn't want to fight anymore, so he turned his head and shouted to Gao Shun behind him.

Gao Shun, standing behind Lu Bu, has never been reused by Lu Bu, but Gao Shun is capable and loyal.

Seeing that Lv Bu was about to retreat at this time, Gao Shun immediately dissuaded him.

"My lord, the enemy army is weak at this time. We only need to let the troops on the flanks increase their impact and break through the enemy's barrier to determine the outcome of the battle. Withdrawing troops at this time is not good for our army."

Gao Shun's remonstrance did not get Lv Bu's consent, what was greeted was only Lv Bu's cynicism.

"Are you a general, or am I a general, do you dare to question my words?"

Lu Bu glanced at Gao Shun with that kingly aura, which immediately made Gao Shun tremble, and immediately confessed his crime.

"The end will not dare."

"Since you dare not, why don't you order the withdrawal?"

Gao Shun quickly nodded and said yes, and immediately issued an order to retreat, and the sound of the horn was heard immediately. As soon as the charging cavalry heard the sound of the horn, they immediately turned their horses and began to retreat.

Tens of thousands of war horses retreated like a tide in the blink of an eye, leaving Liu Zheng's army.

The infantry around Liu Zheng naturally couldn't pursue, because the infantry couldn't catch up with the cavalry, only the archers were still shooting hard, trying to kill a few more enemies.

Seeing that his own reinforcements are coming, but Lu Bu's men are retreating at this time, Liu Zheng is not in a hurry. Anyway, he didn't intend to have a life-and-death battle with Lu Bu's men at this time, as long as he can temporarily scare Lu Bu's troops away. Soldiers and horses, guarding the pontoon bridge ferry that has just been built, then Liu Zheng will be satisfied.

As the cavalry retreated, Lu Bu in the distance refused to let Liu Zheng say a few harsh words.

"Liu Zheng, let you go today, and fight again in the future!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Bu didn't talk nonsense with Liu Zheng at all, and just patted his horse and left.

The [-] army came and left aggressively like this.

A vigorous battle had just begun, and it ended in an anticlimactic manner.

Liu Zheng didn't let his men pursue Lu Bu at all, but ordered Zhou Cang to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time strictly guarded against Lu Bu's return.

An hour later, after confirming that Lu Bu had left and went to the nearest county town to join Dingyuan, Liu Zheng and the others began to discuss matters in the newly built military tent.

"Zhou Cang, tell me about the losses of your soldiers and horses."

Liu Zheng opened his mouth to ask about the gains and losses of this battle. The reason why he didn't ask Huang Zhong was because most of Huang Zhong's men were in the rear and did not suffer much loss. Only Zhou Cang's men were in the front resisting the cavalry's impact. Come to think of it, the casualties are still relatively huge.

Zhou Cang's face was slightly gloomy, but when asked by Liu Zheng, he still answered Liu Zheng immediately.

"My lord, our army injured more than 1000 people and killed more than [-] brothers. Most of them were trampled to death by horseshoes, and a few were killed by the enemy's long spears piercing their chests."

Sure enough, after hearing Zhou Cang read the number of casualties, Liu Zheng's face was not only a little ugly.

"The cavalry is really powerful. Even our elite troops still have a big disadvantage when facing the cavalry. I can't even imagine the fear of ordinary soldiers and horses when facing the cavalry."

5 Chapter Fifty

Liu Zheng originally thought that relying on Zhou Cang's elite spear and shield soldiers, he could fight the cavalry.

But the fact is that it gave him a heavy blow.

More than 1000 people died, and more than 4000 people were injured. These injured troops were unable to continue fighting in a short period of time and needed to recuperate. This is equivalent to the loss of 5000 people when Liu Zheng met each other.

It is still an elite army, with so many casualties, Liu Zheng will always feel heavy.

"My lord, although our army suffered a lot of casualties, it's not that we didn't take advantage of the enemy army. When we counted the battlefield, we found that the enemy army had more than 400 casualties. We only collected horses. There are more than [-] horses."

Liu Zheng lowered his head, while thinking deeply, Zhou Cang said something again, which made Liu Zheng feel better.

After all, although Liu Zheng had relatively heavy casualties, Lu Bu's side was not without damage.

Judging from the corpses left on the battlefield, although Lu Bu's cavalry lost less than them, they were able to exchange [-] infantry for the loss of [-] cavalry. sensation.

Although Lu Bu's men and horses suffered heavy casualties, this was not what Liu Zheng expected. In his opinion, even if his men were infantry, they might not be invincible against those cavalry.

However, the appearance of the result still made Liu Zheng feel a little heavy.

Originally, he didn't want the trump card to be drawn out so quickly, so he might have to let them appear in advance.

Liu Zheng has been hiding in Jiaozhou, and his heavy weapons for two full years may need to be moved out to deal with Lu Bu at this time.

The trump card is Liu Zheng's cavalry regiment formed by the horses that Liu Zheng has been transporting back from Youzhou since last year.

Xu Huang is in charge of Liu Zheng's most elite battalion.

Over the years, Liu Zheng has hardly used Xu Huang's troops in foreign wars. Firstly, Xu Huang is the person Liu Zheng trusts the most. He is responsible for the security work of the entire territory. A small number of cavalry owned from the beginning.

Especially after he opened up the route to Youzhou, he was able to get war horses from Youzhou. In this way, some abandoned cavalry battalions could be formed again.

During this year, Xu Huang has been training the cavalry recruited by Liu Zheng closely in Jiaozhou.

In fact, no one else knew that Liu Zheng had an 8000 cavalry under his command.

Originally, Liu Zheng planned to ask Xu Huang to continue training, and then take out the cavalry when he really needed to use the cavalry, but now he didn't expect that these cavalry would be needed so soon.

Liu Zheng raised his head and glanced at Zhou Cang.

"Zhou Cang, now do you know why I value Ding Yuan so much?"

"Understood, this soldier under Ding Yuan doesn't seem to be a soft persimmon that we can pinch at will."

"That's just superficial. There is an elite army of hundreds of people under Lu Bu's command, called the trap camp. Its strength is probably even higher than our elite troops. Of course, it's not that I want to impress others. , to destroy our prestige, but when we face any enemy, we must not take it lightly."

"I understand, my lord. Before, I underestimated Ding Yuan a little bit. Now it seems that Ding Yuan is also a powerful person. We must pay attention to it."

Zhou Cang needs to suffer some hardships to understand how powerful the opponent is. Now that his 1 men have lost a lot, I am afraid that this lesson will be deeply impressive.

After Liu Zheng warned Zhou Cang, he began to raise his own thoughts.

"Brothers, the opponents we have encountered today are very powerful. It is not so easy for us to completely defeat them. We can only increase our troops."

Liu Zheng looked at Huang Zhong, Zhou Cang, Zhou Chao and the others.

Everyone has no opinion.

"Zhou Yu, send me an order immediately to let General Xu Huang of Jiaozhou lead [-] elite cavalry under his command to rush to Changsha County."

"Yes, Master."

Zhou Yu immediately went down to deliver the order.

After some discussion, Liu Zheng's army temporarily stationed near the pontoon bridge fortress, and built a temporary camp here. The main purpose is to have a pontoon bridge, so that people and horses from Changsha County can quickly cross the river to Jiangxia County.

This kind of action can guarantee Liu Zheng that he has a place in Jiangxia County, and he doesn't need to be in trouble with Ding Yuan's people because of the river water.

After his troops arrive in Jiangxia County, they can attack Jiangxia at any time.

Liu Zheng was discussing what to do next, while Lu Bu, who led the army back, was also reporting the situation of the battle to Ding Yuan.

"Fengxian, I heard that you fought that Liu Zheng by the river?"

"Yes, father-in-law, then Liu Zheng's strength is indeed very strong. I led [-] cavalry to patrol nearby, and let him find a place where he can land. I have led the troops to the border of Jiangxia. I wanted to use the cavalry The advantage is to directly disperse Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, but unfortunately, as soon as the battle was fought, I found that Liu Zheng's troops are very elite, not only brave and fearless, but also have strong combat capabilities."

Lu Bu is a proud and arrogant person. He has this ability, but he still has a high evaluation of Liu Zheng.

Ding Yuan knew this about Lu Bu, and he was also a little curious when he heard that Lu Bu thought highly of Liu Zheng.