Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Lu Bu called Hua Xiong away, and Hu Zhen's plan to take the initiative to attack had been temporarily shelved. Unexpectedly, scouts reported that Sun Jian led 20,000 troops out of Luyang and was heading towards Guangcheng Pass. So Hu Zhen, the arrogant guy, decided to learn from Lu Bu.

Hu Zhen left Li Meng with two thousand men to guard the pass, while he himself brought three thousand cavalrymen to attack the camp.

In Hu Zhen's opinion, if Lu Bu's 500 cavalrymen were able to break through the allied army's camp of 100,000 men, wouldn't it be a piece of cake for him to deal with Sun Jian's 20,000 men with just 3,000 cavalrymen?

However, he overlooked one point: Sun Jian and his men were united, issued orders from the same source, and came with a purpose. They were completely incomparable to the 100,000 mob outside Sishui Pass.

Moreover, when Sun Jian was seventeen years old, he recruited soldiers as a county Sima, suppressed the rebellion in Xuchang in Juzhang, and served as the county magistrate of three counties successively. Wherever he went, he was quite prestigious. When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, he followed the famous general Zhu Jun to fight in the south and the north, and later followed Zhang Wen to attack Bian Zhang and Han Sui. In the fourth year of Zhongping, he was appointed as the prefect of Changsha and suppressed the Quxing Rebellion in Changsha. It can be said that he has been through hundreds of battles and his experience in facing the enemy is richer than that of Cao Cao today.

And the most important point is that Hu Zhen does not have the strength of Lu Bu at all!

When Sun Jian's troops were about thirty miles away from Liang County, a scout came to report that Hu Zhen's troops had left Guangcheng Pass.

Sun Jian reined in his horse, looked at the map in his hand, and ordered, "Advance another five miles and form our battle line at the confluence of the Ru and Li rivers."

The confluence of these two rivers is a triangular area. If the operation is carried out well during the battle, it is easy to trap Hu Zhen's cavalry.

The cavalry was fast, and it only took more than an hour to travel more than thirty miles. Hu Zhen wanted to rush over and kill the enemy by surprise, but he saw that Sun Jian had already formed a battle formation, so Hu Zhen asked his soldiers to stop and rest for a while before continuing the battle.

Hu Zhen dismounted, holding the sword at his waist with one hand and twirling his mustache with the other, happily imagining the glory after this battle. Although Lu Bu broke the enemy camp, he also lost Xingyang. If he could kill Sun Jian today, plus the merit of breaking Yingchuan, he should be able to be appointed as the General of Four Towns, right?

If Lu Bu fails to repel the Guandong coalition, he will lose face as the General of the Cavalry. When he returns to Chang'an, his military rank might even be higher than Lu Bu's...

The sun slowly rose higher and the sunlight became warmer and warmer. Hu Zhen came back to his senses from his fantasy, looked at the time, jumped on his horse, and ordered his soldiers to start charging.

The sound of horse hooves rumbled!

"put!"

The two armies were within an arrow's reach of each other. The generals of both sides gave orders at the same time, and arrows rained down from the sky.

"Ding ding ding..."

"what--"

"hiss……"

The clinking of arrows hitting armor, the screams of soldiers, and the neighing of horses formed a chaotic melody, marking the beginning of this battle.

The cavalry only had time to fire two rounds before rushing to the front of Sun Jian's army. Hu Zhen's knights hurriedly put away their bows and replaced them with spears, but arrows continued to fly out from Sun Jian's army, nailing down the knights on their horses.

This is what the light cavalry had to face when charging. Fortunately, the cavalry was fast and they could get close to the enemy formation. The cavalry in front turned their horses' heads and passed by the spear formation at an angle, circling the enemy formation and killing them. Long spears kept coming out from behind the horses, knocking Sun Jian's infantry away.

Blocked by shields, the cavalry's momentum weakened, more infantry rushed up, and the two sides officially engaged in a fight.

At the center of the army, Sun Jian saw that Hu Zhen's cavalry was completely trapped. He waved his flag and separated the army into two teams from the rear. The teams went around the battlefield and lined up in an eight-shaped formation along the river, waiting on both sides of the battlefield.

Although Hu Zhen's Western Liang army was brave, they were outnumbered after all. The cavalry had lost all mobility and quickly showed signs of defeat under the siege of numerous infantry. Seeing that the casualties were almost 20%, Hu Zhen did not dare to fight any longer and hurriedly ordered a retreat.

One of the reasons why Hu Zhen dared to provoke Sun Jian was that he relied on the fact that his own army was composed of cavalry, while Sun Jian's army was basically composed of infantry. Even if he could not win, he could escape if he wanted to.

However, during the fight just now, Hu Zhen's troops had been consciously led into the innermost part of the triangle by Sun Jian, and were now almost surrounded between the river and Sun Jian's troops. The remaining 2,000 Xiliang troops fought hard to break out, and they left hundreds of lives behind before they broke out of the encirclement.

The cavalry, having broken away from the enemy infantry, had just started their horses when they were greeted by a hail of arrows flying from both sides. By the time Hu Zhen finally broke away from Sun Jian's team, there were only about 1,500 soldiers from Liang Province left.

Hu Zhen, galloping back, was dumbfounded. Why had Lü Bu's 500 men attacked a 100,000-man camp and only lost about a hundred cavalrymen, while his own 3,000 men couldn't defeat 20,000? What made Hu Zhen even more dumbfounded was that a cavalry unit suddenly appeared in front of them, blocking their way.

Sun Jian's troops were mostly infantry, but that didn't mean he had no cavalry. Two days ago, he sent Han Dang and Cheng Pu with his only 1,000 cavalry to ambush in the nearby mountains.

Hu Zhen's back was covered in cold sweat. He looked back and saw that Sun Jian's infantry were catching up with him again. Now he was caught in the middle. What should he do?

Hu Zhen gritted his teeth and immediately ordered his soldiers to continue charging forward.

Cheng Pu and Han Dang set their eyes on Hu Zhen and led their troops to meet him.

As the war horses galloped, Sun Jian's army, which was at the forefront, had already lowered their spears. Zeng Liang's spear tips flashed a captivating light in the sunlight. Hu Zhen's troops suffered heavy losses. At this time, the mentality of the soldiers had somewhat collapsed. Seeing that there were ambushes ahead, some of them subconsciously turned their horses around and fled.

"Come back, follow me, charge forward!" Hu Zhen shouted in the team.

Some soldiers followed him forward, while others continued to flee to the sides or behind. Cheng Pu and Han Dang led their men to kill them all the way and soon arrived near Hu Zhen.

The two men had a clear purpose, which was to kill the enemy leader. When Hu Zhen found himself surrounded on the left and right, it was too late to escape.

Looking at the blood-drenched weapons in Han Dang and Cheng Pu's hands, Hu Zhen looked around and subconsciously shouted, "Hua Xiong, where is Hua Xiong?"

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"General, Hua Xiong is here!"

At Sishui Pass, following a report from the soldier at the door, Hua Xiong lifted the curtain and walked into the military tent.

"Greetings, General Huoqi!" Hua Xiong saluted Lu Bu with his fists clasped.

"Hello, Yingwei, please don't be so polite!" Lu Bu raised his hand and motioned Hua Xiong to take a seat.

Hua Xiong walked over to the side, knelt down, and asked, "I wonder why the general has summoned me here?"

Lü Bu had nothing to worry about, but he had been summoned, so he had to be careful. He clenched his fist, coughed softly, and said slowly, "According to reports, Sun Jian has led his troops north. Hu Zhen is a hot-headed man who gets carried away easily. I'm always worried. I called you here to ask if the defenses of Guangcheng Pass are in place."

Hua Xiong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, General. We have five thousand soldiers stationed at Guangcheng Pass. Even if Sun Jian had wings, he wouldn't be able to get through."

"If we defend the pass, it will be very difficult for Sun Jian to capture it. I'm afraid Hu Zhen will take the initiative to challenge us. You should know him well. He is a man of impatient temper. I sent you here so that you can go back and keep an eye on him and make sure the enemy army doesn't trick him out of the pass."

After hearing what Lu Bu said, Hua Xiong hesitated for a moment and said truthfully, "To be honest, General, he had already planned to go to Luyang to fight Sun Jian before I arrived. I've been on the road for several days, transporting food and fodder. I wonder if he has already dispatched his troops?"

Lu Bu feigned surprise. "What? He actually abandoned the pass and marched out? Yuan Shao to the north hasn't been repelled yet, and a hundred thousand troops are waiting outside Sishui Pass, eager to see him. If he fails, and Sun Jian leads his troops straight into Luoyang, how will he explain this to his lord?"

Just as Lu Bu finished speaking, an urgent report came from outside, "Report--"

A soldier came running in breathlessly, "General, urgent news from Guangcheng Pass, eight hundred miles away! General Hu led his troops out of the city yesterday to attack Sun Jian. Of the three thousand soldiers, only one thousand remain, and the commander was killed!"