Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Is Gongsun Zan a fool?

He was born into a noble family. Because of his handsome appearance, loud voice, wit and eloquence, he was appreciated by the prefect of Zhuo County and was recruited as a son-in-law.

He studied under Lu Zhi and also became a disciple of Liu Kuan, so his knowledge must have been good.

During the Guanghe period, he suppressed the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Zhang Chun's rebellion, fought repeatedly against the Xianbei and Wuhuan, and made his power known beyond the Great Wall.

This guy has a lot of problems, but that doesn't mean he is stupid.

"Lord Cao wants to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the two tigers. After Lu Bu and I fight to the death, he will sit back and reap the benefits, right?" Gongsun Zan looked at Xun You and asked coldly.

Xun You knew this man was not easy to fool, and that continued deception would only rupture the alliance. He spoke truthfully, "It's true that I'm sitting on the mountain watching the tigers fight, but I'm really misunderstanding you. My Yanzhou cavalry is scarce. Even if you two were to suffer mutual destruction, a wounded tiger would still hurt others. How could Cao Gong be so capable of playing the role of a fisherman? I'm not afraid of letting your majesty know. After recuperating, my lord will head south to quell the traitor Yuan Gonglu, who has pretentiously proclaimed himself emperor. The north remains your domain. As long as you don't march south, you will forever be the Han Dynasty's King of Yan and my Yanzhou's ally!"

"The King of Yan of the Han Dynasty?" Gongsun Zan snorted in his heart, "I want to be the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!"

However, thinking about Cao Cao's pitifully small number of cavalry, it would be very difficult for him to capture the north. Gongsun Zan felt relieved and thought that taking Jizhou was his own business. If Cao Cao really sent troops over, wouldn't he have to share some of the fruits of victory with him?

"In that case, I will transfer some more troops from Youzhou to Anping State to protect our army's retreat. I will leave Qinghe State alone for now."

Protecting the retreat? Was he considering defeat before the battle even began? Xun You secretly shook his head. Originally, this battle had a 70% chance of winning, but the commander had already begun to panic, and he could only manage to maintain a 50-50 chance!

Gongsun Fan's reinforcements arrived quickly, and within a few days his 20,000-strong army arrived at Boluoting, east of Dingtao. During this period, Xu Huang tried to lead his troops north to harass Gongsun Fan, but was disturbed by the troops in Nancheng and could not move forward. After waiting for a few more days, Tian Kai led 10,000 troops from Bohai County, and Shan Jing led 10,000 troops from Hejian State. Gongsun Zan gathered a total of 70,000 troops, and his chief secretary Guan Jing led 20,000 troops from Youzhou to support him.

Gongsun Zan mobilized so many troops from all over, and no matter how confident Lu Bu was, he dared not take it lightly. As Amo said, the results of the Battle of Guandu, which Yuan Shao thought he would win, and the Battle of Chibi, which Cao Cao thought he would win, were far beyond everyone's expectations. This time, the Tang Kingdom almost concentrated all the people's strength and military forces to fight Gongsun. If they lost, they would be the second Yuan Shao, and they could not afford to lose.

Lu Bu simply told Xu Rong and Wei Xu not to worry about the Zhao clan thieves for the time being, and ordered Wei Xu to lead his troops to station in Bairen to guard the right wing of the army. Cheng Lian, who was previously responsible for guarding Yuanshi City, led his troops south and set up a defense line outside Gaoyi City to guard the left wing. Xu Rong came with 10,000 troops to help. Gao Shun left a part of his people to station in Weijun to prevent Cao Cao from sending troops to attack, and the rest of the people went to Qinghe State as planned.

The troops from all parties gathered, and the time came to March 196, AD. Both sides were ready, and there was no need to delay any further. Lu Bu was busy sending his soldiers back for spring plowing, and the same went for Gongsun Zan. No one could create food out of thin air without farming.

In the early morning, when it was just light, the four gates of Dintao were wide open, and flags were waving in Lu Bu's camp. A total of 120,000 troops from both sides gathered in the wilderness west of Dintao City.

The commanders on both sides had rich military careers and were very good at deploying troops of less than 100,000 men. Before noon, the armies of all sides had been formed on the endless plains. Looking around, there were only a sea of ​​heads and fluttering flags in the sky. Before the battle even started, the breathing and footsteps of so many horses and soldiers, even the sound of each person speaking, were so noisy that it was difficult to hear the voices of people around.

The early spring sunshine shines on the earth, and the breeze blows gently. This kind of weather should make people feel very comfortable, but at this moment everyone on the battlefield is a little nervous: the soldiers are nervous, the generals, officers, counselors, military officials, and even the army commander is nervous.

For Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan, commanding a huge army and keeping it organized is basically no problem, but how to fully unleash its combat effectiveness is a test of the commander's ability, and their fate will ultimately be determined by the outcome of this war!

"Start the war!" In the Tang army formation, Lu Bu, dressed in black armor, raised his Fang Tian Hua Ji in one hand and pointed it at the Yan army formation opposite. These were just two clear and crisp words.

The three armies received the order, drums thundered, flags waved, and the sounds of drums and trumpets were immediately heard from Gongsun Zan's side. The front armies of both sides began to move, and as Lu Bu's military orders were conveyed one after another, the rest of the troops were also sent to the battlefield under the command of their respective commanders.

Both sides had large cavalry legions, so the battle was earth-shaking as soon as it started. Naturally, casualties occurred quickly the moment the two sides came into contact. However, for the tens of thousands of troops, the initial combat casualties were not worth mentioning at all.

As the commander-in-chief of an army, Lu Bu did not show off his courage and go to the front line to command. Instead, he and his advisers including Zhang Mo retreated to a high slope in the rear to observe the entire battle situation.

The battlefield involved tens of thousands of people, and the inner and outer battle lines stretched for more than ten miles. Lu Bu and others could only see the general situation from a high place. In such a large-scale operation, once the battle started, the commander-in-chief would lose the detailed command of each unit and could only make overall adjustments by observing the battle situation in various places, such as where reinforcements were needed, where the defeated troops needed to be replaced, etc., and local wars depended on the command skills and response capabilities of each general to emergencies.

The quality of soldiers on both the Tang and Yan sides was similar, but compared with those generals of Gongsun Zan, the generals leading the troops on Lu Bu's side were obviously much better. It goes without saying that Zhang Liao, Qu Yi, Xu Rong and other main generals who controlled the overall situation of one side. The deputy generals at the next level, such as Qian Zhao, Yan Xing, Hou Cheng, Qu Shu, etc., were all experienced and steady people. There were also Yan Liang, Hua Xiong and Ma Chao who served as the mobile troops. Their personal martial arts were all top-notch in the world, and their penetrating power was amazing.

As for Gongsun Zan, apart from himself and his cousin Gongsun Fan, who had more combat experience, the others, such as Shan Jing, Tian Kai and others, might be good at governing the local areas, but their command of the battle situation and their personal martial arts were far inferior to those of Zhang Liao and others.

On the battlefield, swords and spears clashed, arrows flew, horses galloped, and blood splattered. Countless lives were lost every minute, and anyone's power was insignificant, no matter if they were ordinary soldiers or generals. You never knew when a flying arrow would take your life.

"Your Majesty, the Bingzhou Military District has sent back a military report that the enemy cavalry commander Gongsun Fan was accidentally shot by a stray arrow and was seriously injured!" A scout came galloping from a distance, dismounted and bowed to Lu Bu to report.

Lu Bu and others turned their attention to the cavalry battle on the left side of the battlefield. The enemy cavalry's flags were still there, but the troops in one area were being killed and were somewhat collapsed. Obviously, that position should be where Gongsun Fan was. The Bingzhou cavalry advanced like a wall and achieved a small-scale local victory!

On a large battlefield with tens of thousands of soldiers, as long as the flag of one side does not fall, the injury or death of the main general will only shake the morale of some soldiers, but will not affect the entire team, because each team will be equipped with one or two deputy generals to prevent the main general from having an accident and leaving the entire army without a commander.