Ji Ling originally planned to go to Nanyang first, join Zhang Xun, and then start to transport materials from Nanyang, unite Nanyang soldiers and horses, and force Yique Pass together, if the war goes well, maybe when he arrives at Yique Pass, Lei Bo, Chen Lan and Qiao Rui's troops may have broken through Yique Pass, and when the time comes, 100,000 troops can join forces in one place, and they can directly enter Sili, even if the Son of Heaven escapes back to Guanzhong, it doesn't matter, 100,000 troops crush all the way over, even if they can't enter Guanzhong, it is still possible to occupy Luoyang and Xingyang.
It's just that before he arrived in Nanyang, the news of Qiaorui's defeat came from the front line, and the 20,000-strong army was gone.
While annoyed by Qiao Rui's incompetence, he was also amazed by the strength of the imperial army.
If Qiao Rui talks about bravery, he is naturally not as good as Ji Ling, who is known as the first general under Yuan Shu, but if he talks about commanding the army, although he is not a famous general, he is decent, and under Yuan Shu, he is also ranked first.
But such a general, almost when he arrived at Yique Pass, he was wiped out by the imperial court and there was not even a scum left, which had to surprise Ji Ling.
Then Chen Lan and Lei Bo sent people to ask for convergence, and Ji Ling thought about it and agreed.
Chen Lan and Lei Bo are not necessarily stronger than Qiao Rui, although there are many soldiers, they are only similar to the imperial court, if the imperial court takes the opportunity to break through each one, once Chen Lan and Lei Bo are defeated, then this 100,000 army against the imperial court soldiers and horses will become a joke.
It was only a few days after the battle began, and half of the soldiers and horses were lost, and if it continued like this, no matter how many soldiers and horses under Yuan Shu's command were, it would not be enough for people to cut down.
Therefore, after receiving Lei Bo's letter, Ji Ling immediately changed his original intention, while letting the two continue to march towards Yique Pass, and at the same time sending someone to inform Zhang Xun to ensure that the grain route was not damaged, he took the men and horses to march quickly, preparing to meet Lei Bo and Chen Lan in Jiaxian.
Early in the morning, I have arrived at Fenqiu, and it is less than 100 miles away from Jiaxian, which is agreed to meet, and I should be able to arrive before sunset.
Looking back at the direction of Fenqiu, Ji Ling also made up his mind that as long as the two armies converged, even if the imperial army was covered in iron, it would be impossible to beat twice the strength of the army.
It would be better if Zhang Xun could mobilize some more soldiers and horses.
On horseback, Ji Ling thought about how to fight in the future battle, it was absolutely impossible for him to agree to the fight, one Lu Bu could sweep the generals under Yuan Shu, not to mention, in the imperial court, there was more than one fierce general under Lu Bu, even if he was known as the first fierce general under Yuan Shu, he did not have the slightest confidence in the fierce generals of the imperial court.
Therefore, Ji Ling has only one idea about how to deal with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, that is, group fighting, well, relying on the battle formation to win.
"General, look" Just as Ji Ling was wandering out of the sky, an adjutant general suddenly pointed ahead.
"Hmm" Ji Ling looked up and saw that above the wilderness in front of him, the sky was full of dust, and countless black dots converged into a black line, which was gradually becoming clear in his field of vision.
Enemy troops Ji Ling raised the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand and signaled the army to stop advancing, and the probe horse in front of him had returned quickly, with a panicked look on his face.
"General, it's a rout, our rout, Chen Lan and Lei Bo are defeated" Tan Ma didn't care about getting off his horse, and he was already roaring on horseback from a distance.
"What" Ji Ling's body shook, and the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand was almost unable to hold it, and he repeated sharply: "Defeated" "It's defeated."
Tanma said bitterly: "The chasing soldiers are behind, it seems that it is the cavalry led by Lu Bu."
"Waste" Ji Ling spat fiercely, and roared angrily: "Three arms war" Behind the "喏", several generals responded to the order, and quickly commanded the soldiers and horses to set up the formation, Ji Ling's department, but the elite under Yuan Shu's command, plus Ji Ling's strong general, whether it is morale or military appearance, it is far from being comparable to the soldiers and horses led by Chen Lan and Lei Bo, but in a quarter of an hour's effort, the formation has been lined up and ready for battle.
"General, it's Ji Ling's troops" On the other side, Lu Bu unhurriedly led the soldiers and horses behind Yuan Shujun, and from time to time a round of arrow rain came, or rushed up to harvest, and the general of the scout team who was responsible for transmitting the information came to Lu Bu's side and said in a deep voice.
"Ji Ling is not slow" Lu Bu couldn't help but snort coldly when he heard this, among the generals under Yuan Shu, only Ji Ling can let him take a look at it, but this is also relative, Ji Ling's ability is at most first-class, which can make Lu Bu have the interest to make a move, but that's all.
I took off the binoculars from my waist, sat on my war horse and looked into the distance, and I also saw the formation that had been laid out in front of me.
Lu Bu's brows furrowed slightly, just looking at the military formation, he knew that Ji Ling's troops were far from being comparable to Chen Lan and Lei Bo's miscellaneous soldiers, although Chen Lan and Lei Bo were defeated, but Lu Bu's own losses were also a lot, not only in terms of troops, but also in terms of physical strength.
Don't look at the cavalry led by Lu Bu now, but Lu Bu knows very well that after the previous battle, and then the pursuit, the army has reached the end of the strong crossbow, and then against the elite of Ji Ling, he can fight, but these soldiers under his command can't fight.
Looking at Yuan Shujun, who was running for his life under their drive, Lu Bu's eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam, and he turned his head and said, "Inform General Fan Chou, gather forces, and drive these routs to the opponent's army formation."
He wants to use these routs to impact Ji Ling's military formation, if it works, it will naturally be the best, if not, he can only withdraw.
"Oh" The general heard this, agreed, and went to give the order.
Soon, Lu Bu's military formation gradually pulled away, it was originally a conical formation, but now the Chinese army is gradually slowing down, but the two wings are beginning to rush forward, where can the Yuan army, who is running wildly, feel these changes, but like a fly without a head, with Lu Bu's drive, it began to move closer to the middle.
On the other side, Ji Ling looked at the robe that was driven by the enemy, gradually converging into a single force, and came back to this side, frowned, and secretly scolded Lu Bu for being treacherous, but his face was expressionless, and he turned his head to look at the deputy general and said: "Beat the flag and let the defeated army retreat from both sides." ” "Whoa" Several flag officers kept waving the flag, but Chen Lan and Lei Bo's rout army had already lost its commander, and no one would pay attention to any flag language at this moment, just running wildly.
A flash of anger flashed in Ji Ling's eyes, and he shouted: "Bow and arrow preparation" "Crunch" In a series of muffled sounds, under the protection of spearmen and sword and shield bearers, rows of archers pulled their bows and arrows into a full circle, and under the command of Ji Ling, they locked their targets on about thirty steps in front of the military formation.
"General, that's our man," one of the lieutenants said with some reluctance.
Ji Ling didn't say anything, just glanced at him coldly, and slowly raised his arm: "Beat the flag again" Several flag officers quickly waved the order flag in their hands, but with little effect, some people saw it and began to subconsciously run to both sides, but more people didn't believe that Ji Ling would do anything to them, and still turned a deaf ear and ran wildly.
A cold glint flashed in Ji Ling's eyes, and his raised left hand slashed into the void fiercely: "Release the arrow" "Buzz" With the sound of the bowstring, a rain of arrows rose into the air, converging into a large dense array of arrows like dark clouds in the air, and after a short period of stasis, it fell overwhelmingly towards the range of thirty steps in front of the military array.
"Puff Puff" Blood flowers splashed in the center of the battlefield, and the terrible screams made the front of the military formation instantly turn into a human purgatory, these defeated troops did not expect that they did not die under the enemy's hooves, but died under the arrows of their own people, and at the same time, this rain of arrows also made these routs who were running wildly sober up, and under the threat of death, the people who did not die even rolled and crawled towards both sides of the military formation.
Seeing that he was already approaching the place where Ji Ling's army was an arrow away, Lu Bu raised Fang Tian's painting halberd, and the cavalry formation began to slow down, and before he was about to reach the land of a stone's throw, he gradually stopped the charge.
"Some courage" Lu Bu circled back and forth in front of the formation, looking at Ji Ling's department who was waiting for the battle, a trace of regret flashed in his eyes, Ji Ling's decisiveness saved their fate of defeat, otherwise even if it was an elite, once the formation was crushed by their own rout, there was no way but to flee, and when the time came, they could continue to pursue it with all their might, until this elite was completely defeated.
In this wilderness, the only way for the infantry to face the cavalry is to form a dense military formation and use their bodies to resist the impact of the cavalry.
Seeing that the other party was waiting for him, rushing forward at this moment, except for increasing casualties, there was no meaning, Lu Bu knew very well that with the current state of this cavalry, in the face of an elite force like Ji Ling, it would be difficult to attack like before, but if he wanted to give up like this, he was somewhat unwilling in his heart, if even Ji Ling's troops and horses were defeated, then next, the imperial court attacked Nanyang, it was as easy as a snap, it was Yuan Shu, and I am afraid it would be difficult to mobilize another 100,000 soldiers and horses in a short period of time.
Although Yuan Shu can gather 300,000 soldiers and horses, he also has to guard against other princes, and it is impossible to transfer all the troops, 100,000 troops are all the mobile forces in Yuan Shu's hands now, and if he wants to transfer them, it is not so easy.
After thinking about it, Lu Buce immediately stepped forward, came to the center of the two armies, looked at the direction of Ji Ling's handsome banner from afar, and sighed helplessly in his heart, at this distance, even if he shot an arrow, it would be difficult to hurt Ji Ling.
Looking at a group of nervous Yuan soldiers, Lu Bu grinned at the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "Ji Ling, dare to come out and fight with me" "Wen Hou forgive me" Ji Ling was in the middle of the Chinese army, there were two sword and shield men and spearmen stopped in front of him, looked at Lu Bu, and said loudly: "The two armies are fighting, how can they judge the victory or loss with personal bravery, Shu Ji Ling can't accept it, if Wen Hou wants to fight, he can lead the army to attack, and Ji Ling will definitely accompany him to the end." ” "Heh" Lu Bu shook his head and sneered: "This is the first fierce general under Yuan Shu's command, but that's it."
Ji Ling was furious in his heart, but he also knew that it was Lu Bu who was provoking him, so he didn't hear it.
"Okay, I'll let you go today" Seeing that the opponent's formation had no intention of taking the initiative or accepting the challenge, Lu Bu could only helplessly turn the horse's head: "Fight again another day" t1706231537: