Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

As the sun rose higher and higher, the ferry had already transported 4,000 soldiers to the other side, but they had not yet been able to form a solid defense system. Every time before the second wave of soldiers arrived, the enemy would always break the formation that the Liangzhou army had barely built.

Seeing this battle situation, Ma Chao, who was full of confidence in the morning, looked very ugly. He thought that he could build a stronghold on the opposite bank without relying on Li Su and allow his soldiers to cross the river smoothly. However, the result was far from what he imagined.

After being severely reprimanded by Ma Teng, he became more and more irritated.

He believed himself to be invincible on horseback. If he were on land, he would have led his cavalry to charge and trample the enemy to pieces. However, facing the river blocking the way, even with his invincible courage, he was helpless.

The river crossing operation has been going on for so long that he can't stop it even if he wants to, because if there are no follow-up soldiers to support, the remaining soldiers on the other side will be killed by the other side in less than an hour. Now he can only pray that Li Su can move faster.

Time passed minute by minute, and while Ma Chao was waiting anxiously, good news finally came from Heyang. Li Su's entire army had successfully crossed to the other side and defeated the Bingzhou defenders.

If Li Su's army marched quickly along the river bank from Heyang, they could arrive in half a day. But in fact, it would not take half a day at all. When the Bingzhou army learned that the Heyang camp had been lost and the army was in chaos, his Liangzhou army could take the opportunity to build a stronghold on the river bank and then continuously send troops there.

This good news greatly boosted the morale of the Liangzhou soldiers in Puzhen, and they rushed to the other side in waves.

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In Heyang, Li Su stood before the destroyed Bingzhou military camp, his face filled with disbelief. He'd actually won? He'd defeated Gao Shun's troops?

Although they were outnumbered, the number of soldiers who crossed the river first was not much different from that of the Bingzhou army. He had already prepared for a desperate fight, but unexpectedly, he defeated the enemy after only half of the fight.

In fact, the battle in Heyang was not very smooth. From crossing the river in the morning to repelling the Bingzhou army at noon, more than 1,500 of the 5,000 soldiers led by Li Su were killed or wounded, and more than 300 Bingzhou soldiers were killed in the battle. With such a heavy cost of casualties, if it were someone else, there would be no doubt about the outcome of the battle.

However, Li Su, who was afraid of Lu Bu and the Bingzhou army, felt that his victory was a little incredible. He couldn't help but suspect that the other party had deliberately let him come and set a trap in front of him, waiting for him to fall into it?

"General Li, is it time to set off for Pujin?"

Seeing Li Su standing in front of the camp in a daze, a general sent by Ma Teng couldn't help but come over to remind him.

"No, that's not right. Today's situation went a little too smoothly. Let me send out a few scouts to thoroughly investigate the route and nearby cities before we set off."

The lieutenant general sweated. "We lost nearly 30% of our troops before we repelled them. How can we call that a success? We only had about 20 war horses crossing the river. How can we send scouts? By the time they have a thorough investigation, two days will have passed."

Li Su frowned and said, "You don't understand. They are Gao Shunxun's soldiers. They are not so vulnerable."

"Unable to withstand a single blow?" The lieutenant's expression turned cold. "My general led the army in a fierce battle at Pujin. You've already crossed the river, but you're delaying here. What's your intention?"

"What do you mean?"

Li Su's face also turned bad. During the years when I was in power in Chang'an, everyone from the emperor to the princes and ministers were respectful to me. How dare you, a mere lieutenant general, speak to me like this?

The lieutenant sneered, "I heard that General Li and Lu Bu are from the same hometown and grew up together. I'm sure your friendship is extraordinary. Are you deliberately setting him up as a traitor?"

"Bullshit! Do you have any fucking brains? If I wanted to be a traitor, I would have poisoned your general to death long ago. Why would I have to fight to the death with you?"

"In this case, please ask General Li to send troops to Puzhou as soon as possible." The deputy general bowed.

Li Su was furious. "I told you, this is fishy. Damn it, I'll just have them all taken down along the way."

"But Pu Jin can't wait. General, we have to wait a day, so we have to retreat. Those who crossed the river earlier never returned. We are isolated here, and the Bingzhou army will quickly launch a counterattack and repel us. If you are worried about an ambush on the road, you can send scouts to explore the way while you march, and leave some people to guard the ferry and boats. If there is any change, you can retreat in time."

Li Su's anger subsided for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Let's do as you say. Leave 800 people to guard here."

After the two men agreed to stay behind, they quickly sent troops to Puzhou. Li Su was sure that there would be an ambush on the road, so he walked very carefully. However, until they were ten miles away from Puzhou, there was no sign of any ambushes.

"General Li has been in Chang'an for too long and has become timid. Look, where do the ambush troops come from?" The lieutenant general looked at Li Su with a hint of ridicule.

Li Su snorted coldly, "It's always better to be careful!"

At this time, seven waves of Liangzhou soldiers had crossed Puzhen, but there were only more than 3,000 people left on the riverbank fighting hard, and the rest had all been killed.

Li Su asked the soldiers to rest for a while and prepared to attack the Bingzhou army from the side, trying to set up a barrier at the Puzhen Ferry before dark.

As the sky gradually darkened, the battle on the riverbank had reached a fever pitch. With the participation of Li Su and his men, the Bingzhou army, which had previously held the upper hand, began to show signs of retreat.

Although not all the troops were involved in the battle, all the soldiers had been lined up by the river since morning until now, with only a short break to eat dry food. Standing like this for a whole day in the cold winter was tiring enough. Under the double-sided attack from the Liangzhou army, the defeat seemed reasonable.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Gao Shun finally decided to give up defending the riverbank and let all the soldiers retreat back to the camp.

Without the interference of the Bingzhou army on the riverbank, the Liangzhou soldiers began to flow here continuously. By midnight, except for the 3,000 people who stayed behind, the rest had all crossed to Puban, with a total force of 20,000.

After overcoming the most difficult stage of crossing the river, it would not be too difficult to use 20,000 people to capture Gao Shun's camp with only 4,000 to 5,000 people.

Of course, Ma Teng was also on guard against the enemy sending more troops from the rear, and the purpose of his attack on Puzhou was to control Hedong County, not simply to plunder or defeat a few thousand Bingzhou troops. So after the soldiers crossed the river, he did not rush to capture the camp. Instead, he let the soldiers set up a simple camp on the river bank to rest, and ordered the soldiers left behind in Linjin City to transport some siege weapons and war horses.

Just when the fighting in Puzhen was about to subside, a bloody massacre broke out in the middle of the night on the other side of the Yellow River in Heyang County.

Li Su was very wary of the Bingzhou army, and there was no problem with leaving a retreat route. However, his opponent this time was Zhang Mo, and there were three secret forces hidden in her layout. In addition to the 5,000 Black Mountain troops supporting Gao Shun's camp, there were also 5,000 Black Mountain troops hidden in Sangquan City. There was also a small team of 200 people who crossed the river from Caisangjin further north a few days ago and quietly came to Heyang along a small path.

This team was used as special forces, with the purpose of eliminating the scouts and outposts of the Liangzhou Army on the opposite bank one by one.

Zhang Yan's 5,000 men defeated a few hundred men with almost no effort. After seizing the ferry, he crossed the river overnight. The 5,000 men traveled lightly and headed straight for Ma Teng's military food storage area - Linjin City.