Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

In front of Tongguan, the Golden Eagle Guards and Yan Xing's knights had already fought three rounds. As Yan Xing had expected, under the huge casualties, the knights of Liangzhou had become cowardly. They no longer obeyed orders and drove their horses slowly back. Fear was in their eyes, and they looked around, ready to flee the battlefield at any time.

On the other hand, the other side did not need the general to give another order. The knights rushed through the battle, gathered the team and started a new round of charge.

Yan Xing no longer wanted to make unnecessary sacrifices. He quickly organized the team to retreat before the morale completely collapsed.

Taishi Ci was hesitating whether to give chase or not when Lu Bu sent troops to deliver his order, asking him to defeat Yan Xing and lead his troops to the outskirts of Huayin City. So Taishi Ci gave chase and killed him along the way.

At this time, outside Huayin City, Han Sui and others had received urgent news from the front line. Yan Xing's 10,000 cavalrymen were defeated by the enemy. Among them, 3,000 fleeing soldiers were driven to break through Li Kan's army formation. The 20,000-strong army was chased and killed by Lu Bu with more than 1,000 cavalrymen. At this moment, including Li Kan, nearly 10,000 remaining soldiers were fleeing towards Huayin.

Upon hearing the battle report, Han Sui and Ma Teng were dumbfounded. After learning that Lu Bu led his troops out of the city, they had already anticipated that Yan Xing's 10,000 men would not be a match for Lu Bu and Taishi Ci. What Han Sui really used to deal with Lu Bu was Li Kan's military formation blocking the return route. That formation was equipped with a large number of bows and crossbows. No matter how powerful Lu Bu and his knights were, they could not avoid the dense rain of arrows.

However, they did not expect that Lu Bu would think of using the defeated soldiers to attack the infantry formation. Not only did Li Kan's 20,000 people play no role at all, but they also joined the ranks of the defeated army.

Compared to the shock of Ma and Han, Li Jue had an expression of expectation. Lu Bu was best at field battles. The cavalry led by that guy were like a mad herd of cattle in the wilderness, and no one could stop them.

Moreover, Li Jue felt that even if the 2,000 Liangzhou cavalry were really shot to death, Lu Bu could still rush over safely.

Li Jue glanced at Ma and Han and sneered in his heart. These two Liaos still wanted to intercept and kill Lu Bu with a mere 20,000 people. It was simply a pipe dream. Let alone attacking the city now, when Lu Bu led his troops back, these people outside the city would also be defeated.

A group of defeated soldiers who were chased like headless flies, the fear they felt could infect the entire army.

Li Jue's eyes shifted between Ma and Han, considering whose head he would cut off and give to Lu Bu after Lu Bu's troops arrived.

"Wen Yue, let's withdraw our troops quickly!" After calming down from the shock, Ma Teng quickly suggested to Han Sui.

"retreat?"

Han Sui looked at the top of Huayin City with a very gloomy expression. He knew that when Ma Teng said to withdraw the troops, he meant to withdraw to Liang Province, not to withdraw to the military camp.

This time they sent a total of 100,000 troops. First, Ma Teng lost 30,000 soldiers in Puzhen, and today he lost about 20,000 more. Even if those defeated soldiers escaped back, it would be difficult to raise their morale in a short time. If he continued to stay here, he would still not be able to break Huayin City, and might even be counterattacked by Lu Bu.

Han Sui was extremely unwilling to accept the loss of his troops and generals and the failure of his mission. After a moment of contemplation, he suddenly said, "I heard that Lu Bu is best at killing his generals. If we use the two of us as bait, maybe we can lure him to death?"

Ma Teng asked, "How can you lure him to death? That guy can kick a horse away with one kick. Back then, several generals outside Sishui Pass couldn't kill him. Beigong Boyu's four heavenly kings, who were comparable to wild bulls, were chopped off one by one by him. He couldn't kill him..."

"Besides, his Red Hare is incredibly fast. Don't try to lure him to death, and he'll kill you instead. If you want to be the bait, stay here. I won't accompany you."

Han Sui narrowed his eyes, "No matter how good he is at fighting, he's still a mortal. I can't kill him with brute force, but can't I outsmart him?"

"How to outsmart him?"

Han Sui said, "There's a cliff on the road to Zheng County. If we place a lot of huge rocks there, and then lure Lü Bu to pursue us, and then wait for his army to reach the bottom of the cliff, could we crush him to death?"

Ma Teng's eyes lit up, "This method works!"

Having made up his mind, Han Sui immediately ordered a withdrawal, first returning to the main camp, and then sent people to set a trap on the cliff.

When Lü Bu came to Huayin chasing a group of defeated soldiers, Han Sui's troops who were besieging the city had already retreated to the camp. No matter how brave Lü Bu was, he was not arrogant enough to lead only one or two thousand people to break into the enemy camp. When he was about to return to the city, he heard from the scouts that there was a cavalry from Liang Province being chased by Taishi Ci in the rear and was retreating towards the camp. Lü Bu turned back and joined Taishi Ci to encircle Yan Xing's defeated army.

Yan Xing's retreat was not like the previous defeated army, which just fled with their heads covered. He personally led hundreds of people to cover the rear, and took with him all the shields and crossbows of the entire army, using shields for protection and bows and crossbows to suppress the pursuit speed of the Golden Eagle Guards.

Having run all the way to this point, although many of the hundreds of people at the back have sacrificed their lives, the team ahead is in good order and safe.

Yan Xing knew that Li Kan was holding the rear with 20,000 men, and that as long as they retreated there in an orderly manner, they would be safe. However, he never expected that Li Kan's army had been broken by Lu Bu's rout, and Han Sui's army had retreated back to the camp.

"General, we have been abandoned..." When a deputy general heard the news, his mood, which had originally been able to avoid being defeated, instantly collapsed.

Yan Xing looked at the two pursuers in front and behind, his face full of despair. The pursuers in the back were already so difficult to deal with, not to mention that Lu Bu himself had brought people back to encircle them in front. Not to mention the soldiers, even he himself had lost the courage and determination to continue fighting.

If they flee to the north, they will be blocked by the river; if they flee to the south, they will be blocked by the mountains. They have no way out, and the lord doesn't even send anyone to pick them up. How could he just abandon them like that?

This was a misunderstanding on the part of Yan Xing. Han Sui only heard the report that the defeated army in the rear was driven to attack Li Kan's army, and he thought that Yan Xing was also in that defeated army. He thought that Yan Xing's men were all cavalry, and it would not be difficult for them to escape after breaking through Li Kan's army, so he ignored them.

However, given the mobility and lethality of Lu Bu's cavalry, even if Han Sui wanted to intervene, he would be powerless at that time.

However, the defeated army did not think so. A soldier who was following Yan Xing in the rear shouted, "Since the lord does not care about our lives, why should we risk our lives for him? We might as well surrender!"

"General, surrender!" said another soldier.

"Surrender! Surrender!" the soldiers shouted.

Yan Xing looked at the people around him. After a moment of silence, the despair in his eyes disappeared, replaced by the determination to fight to the death. He gripped the spear tightly and said, "I have followed the lord for several years. He has treated me well and even promised his beloved daughter to me as my wife. I cannot surrender to others so easily just because the lord forgot to send someone to pick me up!"

He looked at Taishi Ci's pursuers behind him and said to them, "You all go ahead and surrender to Lü Bu. I will go to the rear to challenge the general. If I am lucky enough to kill him, it will be considered a repayment of my lord's favor!"

After he finished speaking, he ignored everyone and rode his horse alone to meet Taishi Ci's troops behind him.