Lu Bu led the Xuzhou soldiers who were willing to follow him out of Xiapi, met up with the large group of people coming from Xiaopei at the intersection, and continued westward, returning to Zhugu.
At this time, Lu Bu's team, including refugees, women and children, their families, and the generals who had taken refuge in Xuzhou, numbered nearly 30,000 people.
They drove eastward in a mighty way, and no princes along the way dared to intercept them.
On the way, he met some former Yanzhou forces who defected to him to escape Cao Cao, including Zhang Miao and others.
Seven days later they returned to Tsukugu safely.
After returning to Tsukugu, it goes without saying that various personnel arrangements, military establishment, resettlement of refugees and other matters were carried out.
Lu Bu asked people to take the three prisoners Xia Houyuan, Dian Wei, and Yan Liang to the Zhucheng Brainwashing Center and wash their heads.
As soon as he finished these things, the personnel from the pigeon house came to report the news they had just received.
The news came from Shangluo.
A Xiliang army passed through Shangluo.
However, it did not attack and surround Shangluo.
Instead, it bypassed Shangluo City, passed Wuguan, and came to Nanyang County along Shangyu Road.
The leader According to the scouts' inquiries, it was Zhang Ji.
Zhang Ji and Lu Bu read this name and thought that the second year of Xingping had passed.
If the history of this time and space is not much different from the original time and space, this year should be the year when Emperor Liu Xie fled Chang'an.
At present, Guanzhong, especially around Chang'an City, should be short of food to the point where people are eating each other, and even the Xiliang warlords are not immune.
They should have been trapped in the "Malthusian Trap".
The severely damaged productivity could not support so many Xiliang soldiers who had no business in farming, and it was time to kill each other.
The purpose of Zhang Ji's trip south this time was to hit the grass valley.
All the refugees near Chang'an who could run at this time should have finished running.
Thinking of this, Lu Bu ordered his scouts to follow the fleet that went to Shangluo to pick up the refugees and bring a letter to Li Su.
After transferring this batch of refugees, the entire army retreated to Zhugu.
Then he ordered the ministries stationed in Zhugu to strengthen their vigilance.
He was well aware of the madness and ferocity of these "Xiliang hungry wolves".
After Zhang Ji's seven thousand Xiliang cavalry passed Wuguan, they burned, killed and looted all the way like rogue bandits.
For example, after the locusts pass through, there is no food left.
All the villages along the way were looted by them, but the barren Qinling Shangyu area still couldn't fill the bellies of these seven thousand people and horses, and they quickly rushed into the relatively wealthy Nanyang Plain area.
Yuan Shu garrisoned Wancheng to defend it.
Zhang Ji's cavalry was helpless against Wancheng, a strong city, and a large number of Yuan Shu's reinforcements from Runan would soon arrive.
In desperation, Zhang Ji plundered all the villages around Wancheng and headed south to Zancheng, Rangcheng under the rule of Liu Biao.
The boundaries of Zan City are across the Han River from Lu Bu's Zhugu territory.
Lu Bu stood at the top of the city building, solemnly and indifferently looking at the Xiliang cavalry coming like dark clouds across the Han River.
These Xiliang knights stood on the bank of the Han River and formed an array five miles long.
Two generals in the army rode out and squinted at Lu Bu from a distance across the water.
These two people were Zhang Ji and his disciple Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Ji heard that Lu Bu, the "public enemy of Xiliang", had opened up a large territory between Nanyang and Jingzhou, and there was endless food, so he specially led his troops to clear grass and grain. .
But now the three- to four-hundred-meter-wide river lying in front of them and the endless wall behind the river broke this illusion.
Not to mention 7,000 cavalry, even 70,000 infantry cannot attack them.
Two days ago, Zhang Xiu sent a group of elite scouts to quietly cross the Han River from the upper reaches, trying to get behind the wall from the mountains to find out.
However, these people seemed to have disappeared from the world, and they disappeared after crossing the river and entering the mountains.
There was no trace.
At the top of the city building, Lu Bu coldly ordered: "Bring some pots to the other side."
He ordered his soldiers to play flags at the top of the city.
The various military posts distributed along the Tsukugu defense line quickly spread orders to various positions through semaphores.
Several huge eight-wheeled carriages pulled by eight horses were running quickly on the wall of the Tsukugu defense line.
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Unlike ordinary carriages, the wheels ran on hardwood tracks.
Mounted on the vehicle was a large ballista, with six gun crew members on board.
Today's Tsukugu defense line is no longer what it used to be.
It has complete facilities, communication system, defense system, and transportation system.
"Uncle, let's start scolding."
Zhang Xiu said to Zhang Ji.
The scolding formation is the only way Zhang Ji can attack Lu Bu now.
Even so, it was not easy for the other party to hear him from a distance of more than three to four hundred meters.
All the sergeants had to beat the beat and curse in unison.
Zhang Jigang was about to nod when he suddenly noticed a dozen bright spots flying from across the river, getting bigger and bigger and turning into fireballs, and then followed by a dozen loud noises, a dozen strands of flames rose into the sky.
Throughout the Xiliang army formation, dozens of horses were frightened and ran wildly.
Zhang Xiu's horse was also frightened.
It suddenly lifted its front hooves into the air, and the person stood up.
Zhang Xiu was thrown off his horse and was in a miserable state.
Zhang Ji shouted in fear: "What the hell is this?"
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of fist-sized stone bullets flew towards him.
He saw with his own eyes that the two Xiliang knights not far away from him were shattered into pieces in an instant.
Zhang Ji was horrified at this time.
As someone who has been in the army for more than ten years, he has seen all kinds of armor and equipment, including catapults, bed carts and crossbows.
However, no matter how big these things are, they cannot have such an effect. .
The bed crossbow cannot throw projectiles, and the catapult can throw stone projectiles, but it cannot hit that far.
Even if the catapults and manpower projection personnel are enlarged to the same scale, after being thrown so far, the stone bullets will fly to nowhere.
Whether they can hit the formation depends on luck.
Just like the bed crossbow, if you want to hunt a specific target from a long distance, you have to rely on intensive shooting.
"Retreat, retreat" Zhang Ji gave the order without hesitation, then turned his horse and drove away, followed closely by Zhang Xiu who had just climbed on the horse's back.
In an instant, the Xiliang cavalry receded like a tide, leaving only a dozen bloody corpses in the open space.
On the third day after Zhang Jijun retreated, Kuai Liang of Jingzhou came to Zhugu again.
This time Lu Bu received him in Zhucheng.
"Marquis Wen, you must help my lord this time."
Kuai Liang changed his usual eloquent tone this time and said straight to the point.
Lu Bu said jokingly: "Kuai Gong, this is wrong.
Xiangyang is not far from Zhugu.
I don't usually see you here for a visit.
You only come here when you have something to do.
This time, you must be here for Zhang Ji's affairs."
Kuai Liang said hurriedly: "Don't be surprised, Marquis Wen.
He has been really busy with state affairs in recent years.
Let's talk about Zhang Ji."
"That Zhang Ji invaded our second city of Rangzan in Jingzhou and burned and killed them without restraint.
My lord is kind-hearted and thought that Zhang Ji's army invaded south because of lack of food and pay, so he sent an envoy to negotiate with him, persuaded him to stop his troops, and was willing to allocate a sum of money.
The city is for him to support his soldiers and horses.
Who knows that this guy wants to take Xiangyang City in Jingzhou?"
Kuai Liang said angrily.
"Then what can I do for Liu Shijun?"
Lu Bu asked.
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"Marquis Wen knows that the specialty of our Jingzhou Army lies in water warfare and infantry warfare.
This cavalry battle is our shortcoming in Jingzhou.
And the Nanxiang Plain is very suitable for cavalry to roam freely.
If our Jingzhou Army fights in this plain area, The losses are bound to be huge, so I want to ask Wen Hou's Bingzhou cavalry to help."
Kuai Liang revealed his true intention
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