The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

The battle between Lu Bu and Sun Jian lasted from noon to sunset.

That night, Xun Zhen received a military newspaper.

While reading the military newspaper, although it was late at night and the autumn wind was cool outside the tent, Xun Zhen felt that her head was full of enthusiasm, and she kept the case over and over again. Finally, the general put the report on the case, got up from pressing the sword, and went around to the tent.

He opened the curtain and looked at the military camp barracks, which were far and near. There are dozens of miles, and I can't see the checkpoint, but in the cool wind blowing from the front, with the smell of soil from afar, I seem to smell the thick **** smell under the Taigu Pass, and I seem to hear it. In the afternoon, the screams of the enemy and our soldiers who shook the world and the fighting, the sound of the galloping horses."

Xun You, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and others were all present.

Xi Zhicai got up and walked over. Before Xun Zhen's case, he picked up the military newspaper and read it quietly. After a while, he couldn't help but read it softly.

This military retribution was dictated by Sun Jian, and it was written by his accountants, because the whole story was told from Sun Jian's first point of view about the battle with Lu Bu.

"Our troops formed an array in the morning and formed at noon. Wu Jing, Huang Gai, and Sun Ben attacked Taigu from the south and west to lure Lü Bu; Cheng Pu and Han should lead thousands of people to form an array in the southeast of Guan, waiting for the arrival; I Since I led two thousand horses, I hid in the forest on the right of the southeast formation, waiting for the cloth to come out."

Xi Zhicai read this, paused for a while, Xun You interjected and commented: "Although Sun Hou refused to follow the advice of the prince, but he almost raised the entire army to respond to Lu Bu, which can be considered cautious."

Xi Zhicai commented: "Watching this battle, Marquis Sun wanted to block Lv Bu first with his foot formation, then break through him with his cavalry, and then join forces with his foot and cavalry to attack Lu Bu together, and attack the few with the crowd, although there is no Taigu checkpoint. Profits, but the odds of winning should also be great.”

Xun You nodded in agreement.

Xi Zhicai went on to read: "My formation was formed, Lü Bu suddenly came out, lined up in the northwest, facing my formation, and first charged at my formation with a general. This general will only command more than 700 cavalry. There are ten thousand people in front of me, and one goes forward. After this general, there are two side benefits, each commanding a hundred cavalry, and responding from a distance. I watched it from a distance in the forest, and when I saw the generals rushing into the formation, they took the lead and soldiers, arrows and rocks, although they were a little bit in the middle. The arrows did not retreat, and their ambition became more and more enthusiastic, and their followers all shouted and shouted, like dead soldiers, urging their horses to gallop, hitting my stride, and rushing twice, my stride moved."

Xun You said in surprise: "Hundreds of cavalrymen attacked twice, and Sun Hou's foot formation was moved because of this?"

Guo Jia was also surprised, and said: "Cheng Pu and Han Dang, I know, these two are brave generals, not weak. With them sitting in the town, there are thousands of people in the army, but because of Lu Bu's army. If this general is charged twice, just move for it? Who is this general?"

Xi Zhicai continued to read, and read: "Seeing me moving, I was surprised and pointed to him and asked him, 'Is this Lv Feng first?

Guo Jia said, "It turned out to be Gao Shun! The name of 'Trapped Faction' is well-deserved!"

Lv Bu was a strong general in Dong Zhuo's army. It was very likely that Lv Bu would come to help in this attack on Taigu. Therefore, the advisors in Xun Zhen's army had already inquired about all the brave generals in Lu Bu's army, and Gao Shun was one of them. A well-known one, his soldiers are not many, usually only seven or eight hundred people, but they are all warriors, and have excellent armor and armament. In addition, he is tall and dignified, and has strict military discipline. Therefore, their troops usually attack the enemy. , everything is broken, so it is called "trapped" by people.

Xi Zhicai went on to read: "Seeing Gao Shun's bravery, I knew I couldn't wait any longer, so I proposed to ride out of the forest and wanted to attack Lv Bu. Seeing that I was out of the forest, Lv Bu sent more than ten horses to fight, and the first one was very fierce. You are fierce, even beheading several warriors in front of me, Jiang Lu, Liu Xia, and what you know, they are all harmed by them."

Jiang Lu and Liu Xia were both famous warriors under Sun Jian's account, and their status was inferior to that of Liu Deng and Zhang Fei under Xun Zhen's account. Xun You, Guo Jia, etc. had also heard about these two people. Hearing that the two of them were beheaded successively in battle, Guo Jia was a young man after all. , must be the tiger general of the world! Could it be that this general from Lu Bu's army is Lu Bu himself?"

Xi Zhicai continued to read: "I was shocked and asked, 'Who killed Jiang and Liu, is this Lv Feng first?'? Those who knew about him replied, 'Cheng Lian also'. Cheng Lian, the main force to attack Lu Bu."

Guo Jia said, "It's Cheng Lian!"

Cheng Lian was one of the few warriors under Lü Bu's tent. He often followed Lü Bu's left and right to charge into battle. Sometimes, only Lü Bu, him, and dozens of other cavalry would be able to defeat the enemy. Guo Jia also knew his name.

Xi Zhicai went on to read: "I led the cavalry to rush, and saw a person in Lu Bu's formation pointing at me from a distance. Immediately, more than a hundred Lu cavalry rushed out to meet me, and I was slashed. Lu Bu's main formation moved, and he returned. Divide a few hundred troops to meet me, and the rest join with Gao Shun to attack my formation together."

Sun Jian's few sentences in the military report are very simple. This is because he is not from Lu Bu's side. I don't know that in his "the battle process described in just a few sentences", Lu Bu's side actually passed through. Two twists.

The first turning point was: Sun Jian saw a person in Lu Bu's formation pointing at him from a distance, and the person who pointed to him was Lu Bu. At that time, Lu Bu noticed Sun Jian, who was wearing heavy armor and rushing forward, so he pointed at him. , asked left and right, "Is this Sun Jian?" There were people around him who knew Sun Jian, and he answered "yes". Gao Shun attacked twice, and Cheng Pu and Han Dang's formations moved for him. Cheng Lian's charge killed several warriors from Sun Jian's army. Therefore, Lu Bu didn't bother to fight in person, so he ordered a few This is what Sun Jian later described as "immediately more than a hundred Lu cavalry came out and galloped to meet me".

The second turning point occurred after Sun Jian killed the Lu Bu Yong generals who were "galloping to meet him" one after another.

Lu Bu had already passed the previous battle and had already underestimated Sun Jian, but he did not expect that Sun Jian would be so fierce. A few of the brave generals he sent to him were beheaded. Lu Bu immediately changed his previous attitude. , and even changed the tactics he had set before.

Lu Bu's original tactic was as follows: he would first lead the cavalry to break Sun Jian's cavalry, and then join forces with Gao Shun to attack Sun Jian's infantry.

However, after seeing Sun Jian's bravery with his own eyes, he noticed that although Sun Jian's formation had moved a little because of Gao Shun's two attacks, it soon became stable again under the adjustment and supervision of the two generals of Sun's army. Lu Bu didn't know that the two people who adjusted and oversaw the formation were Cheng Pu and Han Dang, but he knew that if this situation continued: Sun Jian's formation had stabilized, Sun Jian had no worries, and Sun Jian himself was like this. Mammoth, if the fight goes on like this, Lu Bu may not only not win, but also lose.

After all, Sun Jian had many troops, with more than 20,000 cavalry, and Lu Bu only had 2,000 or 3,000 cavalry, so he couldn't win quickly.

Therefore, Lü Bu adjusted his tactics on the fly. Instead, Wei Xu and others led several hundred cavalry to join Cheng Lian to meet Sun Jian, while he personally led more than a thousand cavalry to join with Gao Shun to attack Sun Jian and set up a formation in an attempt to change the situation. First, break Sun Jian's formation, and then attack Sun Jian's cavalry.

Sun Jian was unaware of these two turning points. All he knew was his own deployment and what he saw about Lu Bu's response.

Guo Jia made an "ahhhhh" sound, clenched his fists, and said, "Lu Bu personally went to hit the Sun Hou formation? ..., this, this, can Sun Hou's formation stop it?"

In fact, Guo Jia knew that Sun Jian must have blocked it. Otherwise, Sun Jian must have suffered a disastrous defeat in this afternoon's battle. It is impossible for Xun Zhen to calm down after reading the military newspaper, while Xi Zhicai still has time to fight here. The military newspaper is read to everyone.

It was only through the content of the previous military reports that Guo Jia saw the good fighting skills of Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, so even after guessing the result, he would inevitably be a little worried about Sun Jian, so he said this.

Xi Zhicai did not read Sun Jian's military newspaper word by word, but glanced down, took a brief look, and said, "I'm blocking it."

"How did you stop it?"

"In the military newspaper, it was said: Cheng Pu was in a negative situation and did not retreat. He finally stood under his banner and beat drums to urge the battle. Han Dang led more than a thousand soldiers and bowmen to go around the side of the battle and attacked Lu Bu. , Gao Shun stood in the way."

Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief, clapped his hands and said, "So, the heroes of this battle were Cheng Pu and Han Dang."

This is also easy to understand. Cheng Pu and Han Dang are Sun Jian's arms, especially Cheng Pu. He lost a game to Lu Bu the night before yesterday, and almost his entire army was wiped out. back. The main generals who defended the formation would not retreat, and of course the soldiers below had to fight to the end. Therefore, even though Lu Bu and Gao Shun joined forces, totaling more than a thousand cavalry, they fought until the evening, and in the end they were not able to defeat Sun Jian. This crowd of thousands.

Guo Jia asked, "What's next? What did you say next?"

Although Xun You didn't ask, he still looked suspicious, wanting to know the outcome of the war.

Xi Zhicai replied: "The military report goes on to say: Sun Hou was entangled by the cavalry dispatched by Lv Bu, and he was attacked repeatedly but could not break it completely. At the end of the battle, Sun Hou would not be able to break into the formation of integrity, and neither could Lü Bu. After breaking the formation of Cheng Pu and Han Dang, each of them retreats."

But it was a draw.

However, Guo Jia still remembered another time and asked, "Where are Wu Jing, Huang Gai, and Sun Ben?"

"The military newspaper mentioned a sentence, saying: After the battle between Sun Hou and Lu Bu, everyone in Wu Jing stopped the offensive and watched the battle from a distance."

"Where's Dong Jun in Taigu Pass? Can anyone come out to cooperate with Lu Bu?"

"Dong Jun in Taigu Pass is just watching the battle with bated breath, and no one has left the pass."

Guo Jia felt a little pity, and sighed: "If the Taigu Pass guards dare to come out, although this battle cannot destroy Lu Bu, it is not impossible to take the opportunity to break the pass."

From the fierce battle between Lv Bu and Sun Jian to Taigu Pass, Xun Zhen turned back to the tent from the entrance of the tent, took the military report from Xi Zhicai, went back to the tent and sat down, saying: Filial piety, Zhicai has read so far, but the words in the military newspaper have not been finished yet.”

"Anything else? What did you say?"

"When Wentai and Lu Bu each withdrew their troops, Lu Bu jumped into battle, went to the front of Wentai alone, and called Wentai to see him. Wentai also rode alone to see him. The two of them had a few conversations."

"Lu Bu went to the front of Sun Hou's formation alone, and Sun Hou also went to see him alone?"

Guo Jia imagined this scene: after half a day of fierce battle~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the battle is finally over, the red sun is sinking in the west, the afterglow is scattered, the distant Taigu Guanxiong crosses the mountains and rivers, and the nearby fields are people, horses and corpses. The lost warhorse was wailing and moaning on the battlefield. At this time, Lv Bu came to invite him alone, and Sun Jian went to meet him alone. Tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers on both sides of the battlefield looked up and watched them talk under the afterglow of the setting sun.

Thinking of this, Guo Jia was fascinated and couldn't help asking, "I don't know what the two of them talked about alone?"

Xun Zhen found what was written about the matter in the military newspaper, took a closer look, then raised her head, looked at the late autumn night outside the tent, and said leisurely: "Wentai didn't say what the two of them talked about, only After talking with Lu Bu, the two returned to their own troops, and Wentai said to the left and right: 'Lu Feng was a traitor and a traitor who was overthrown.

Guo Jia sighed when he heard it, sighed for a long time, and then said, "Marquis Sun commented on Lu Bu like this, and I don't know how Lu Bu commented on Marquis Sun after he returned to the battle?"

This matter made Guo Jia remember for a long time, and it was not until many years later that he inquired about it.

At that time, after Lu Bu returned to the battle, his left and right sides asked him, "What did you say to Sun Jian?" Like Sun Jian, Lu Bu did not elaborate on the content, but only said: "Sun Wentai is a fierce tiger in the east of the Yangtze River, and he can be called a hero in the first battle. "