Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

On the arrow tower in the distance, Dong Zhuo frowned slightly when he saw Hua Xiong easily break through the enemy's first line of defense.

Hu Zhen, who was guarding beside him, said, "My lord, this is a little too easy to break. I'm afraid it's a trick."

"It's not just fear, it's definitely a trick. Beigong Boyu wants to let us in and join forces with him."

"Then what should we do? Or break out from the west side of Wangyuan?"

Dong Zhuo shook his head. "It might be easier to break out from there, but once we get there, we'll have to enter Longxi first and then go back around Wudu. Not only is the journey long, but there are still several rebel groups over there. If we fight back piecemeal, we'll probably lose even more men and horses. Besides, we're out of food."

He turned and walked down the arrow tower, saying coldly, "Let Niu Fu and the others lead the troops to follow Hua Xiong. Beigong Boyu's group of Qiang soldiers from various tribes will not be able to wipe out my elite troops."

Although Dong Zhuo had only 6,000 cavalrymen, his soldiers were on par with the Qiang soldiers in terms of individual strength, but in terms of military discipline and the degree of coordination between soldiers, his soldiers were definitely miles ahead of the Qiang soldiers.

The order of the breakout had been decided yesterday. The cavalry was divided into three formations, with Hua Xiong in the first, Niu Fu and Hu Zhen in the second, Dong Zhuo personally leading two thousand in the third, and the infantry behind them each led by Dong Yue and Duan Wei.

Order the soldiers to pass the order down, and everyone should break out one by one in order.

In order to prevent being divided by the enemy, the distance between each unit of troops cannot be too far, and the front team cannot rush forward blindly. They must always check whether the ones behind are keeping up. Otherwise, if they rush too fast, they may be surrounded by the enemy and become an isolated force.

Dong Zhuo personally led a cavalry, following closely behind Niu Fu's cavalry formation. After the cavalry left, the infantry formed a military formation and began to slowly move forward.

Among all the troops, Hua Xiong's army, as the vanguard, encountered the most fierce attack from the enemy. Up to now, four to five hundred of the two thousand cavalry in the vanguard have been killed. Despite such heavy casualties, they still showed no signs of fleeing, which shows how elite this army is.

Dong Zhuo also ordered Hu Zhen's deputy general Li Meng to lead a thousand cavalry to support Hua Xiong. With the addition of these fresh troops, the second Qiang army formation blocking the front was also broken.

Not only was Hua Xiong's vanguard constantly fighting, but the various military formations were also constantly attacked from the enemy's flanks as they advanced. Fortunately, Dong Zhuo's soldiers were all well-trained, their formation was basically not in disarray, and no one was left behind or dispersed. From sunrise to noon, Dong Zhuo's cavalry formation had basically broken away from the enemy's first line of defense and entered a relatively wide area.

After fighting for half a day, both the soldiers and the horses were exhausted. It was impossible to cook at this time, so the soldiers could only take out the dry food they brought with them to fill their stomachs.

Before everyone could rest, Hua Xiong from the front sent someone to report that another group of rebels were coming.

This was the disadvantage of Dong Zhuo's small number of troops. From morning to noon, regardless of whether they encountered the enemy or not, they were always on the run. On the other hand, Dong Zhuo's troops were divided into groups and stationed in the front to wait for the enemy to tire out. With fresh troops fighting against tired troops, the advantage was obvious.

"Let Hua Xiong lead the troops to retreat, and Wencai lead his men to repel the enemy." Dong Zhuo gave the order.

The infantry had not caught up yet, and Dong Zhuo had planned to take a short rest before fighting back to support the infantry. However, he did not expect another group of enemy soldiers to come from the front, so he had to kill them first.

Beigong Boyu's troops were recruited from various Qiang tribes. The Qiang people were strong and had outstanding individual combat capabilities, but they were not good at group fights. Moreover, these people had not undergone rigorous military training, and their morale was easily broken. When casualties exceeded 10%, the Qiang soldiers began to disintegrate.

The second group of Qiang soldiers who came to attack were quickly repelled. Dong Zhuo rested for a while and then fought back to support the infantry.

The infantry formed two large square formations, almost occupying the entire width of the road. As long as the formation did not disperse, it was like two hard turtle shells. It was difficult for the enemy cavalry to launch a large-scale attack on them, and they could only harass them from behind.

Despite this, the infantry had no horses and had to transport food and fodder on the road. Under the constant harassment of the cavalry, more than a thousand people were killed or wounded.

Beigong Boyu anticipated that Dong Zhuo would come back to reinforce the infantry, so he had already gathered the soldiers who had just been killed and lined up on the side to wait.

Beigong Boyu's goal was not to kill Dong Zhuo's troops all at once, but to slowly wear down his men in the form of a rotation of battles, and finally annihilate them in one fell swoop. So when Dong Zhuo came back, he just fought for a while and then led his troops to retreat to the east.

There are two more lines of defense in the east. Beigong Boyu's tired soldiers can retreat to the rear to rest, while Dong Zhuo's men can only keep moving forward to break through.

Dong Zhuo's infantry and cavalry joined together, and the entire army marched forward for more than ten miles. The sun slowly set in the west, and the entire army was about to set up camp to rest, but they heard the rumbling sound of horse hooves coming from the front again.

"Isn't it over yet?"

Hua Xiong had just laid down when he heard a noise and suddenly jumped up from the ground, cursing, "These thieves are really crying until they see the coffin. I'll go chop them into pieces and feed them to the fish."

Dong Zhuo raised his hand to stop him and said to Duan Wei, "Zhongming, you lead two thousand men to the front, and the others will stay put and wait."

Duan Wei bowed and went to mobilize the troops for battle.

The two sides fought for a while, and as it was getting dark, they had to call off their troops. However, this group of Qiang soldiers did not retreat. They kept beating drums and riding horses not far away all night, disturbing Dong Zhuo's army and preventing them from resting. At dawn the next day, they no longer attacked, but rode away, and then another cavalry rushed from behind.

Every time the Qiang cavalry charged, they would only fight in a small area for a while and then retreat. After a while, another group would come.

Dong Zhuo still had more than 5,000 cavalry, and he could have fought in a circular manner, but he had little food and grass left, so he could not wait for the enemy to tire out. Although he also replaced his troops and rushed to fight, when he was not fighting, the entire army was on the road.

On the third day, Dong Zhuo's army finally reached the last line of defense with exhausted steps.

Dong Zhuo stood on a high place and looked out. On the road ahead, the Qiang soldiers were arranged in three military formations. The sight was filled with dense crowds of heads and war horses, about seven or eight thousand in number.

Although their number is smaller than ours, they are all cavalry and fresh troops. Judging from their aggressive appearance, they obviously want to defeat our tired soldiers in one fell swoop.

This is the last group of enemy troops. As long as they defeat this group of people, they can return to Anding smoothly.

However, Dong Zhuo's soldiers had been fighting for two days and were exhausted. It would be difficult to kill so many enemy troops. They had lost more than 2,000 infantry and nearly 1,000 cavalry in the past two days. If this battle continued, who knew how many more people would be killed.

He originally thought that the other party wanted to lure him into a trap so that they could annihilate him in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect that they were planning to fight in rotation, defeating one group and replacing them with another, slowly wearing down his army. At this moment, Dong Zhuo was really panicked.

Several armies sent by Zhang Wen had been defeated and retreated. Although his own army did not defeat the enemy, at least he had caught up with them and fought with them. As long as he could retreat safely to Anding, he would have the best result among the six armies. However, he did not expect that he would be the one who suffered the worst defeat in the end. This was very difficult for Dong Zhuo, who had always been strong-willed, to accept.

Soon, the enemy's first 3,000-man army began to attack.

The thunderous sound of horse hooves struck the hearts of every Xiliang soldier. They had heard this sound many times in the past three days. They felt their blood boiling two days ago, but when they heard it today, they felt a suffocating sense of oppression in this sound.

Looking at the dust raised by the cavalry in the distance, the bloodshot eyes of the Xiliang soldiers revealed fear for the first time.

"kill!"

Hua Xiong raised his sword high and shouted.

The booming sound of war drums seemed a little weak under the rumbling sound of the enemy's horses' hooves. Hua Xiong rode out first, and two thousand cavalry followed and charged towards the enemy.