Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

The deputy general that Lu Bu brought with him this time was Wu Shan. Wu Shan grew up in Mei County and was very familiar with the terrain in this area. He knew exactly where to set up ambushes.

"Draw out these three roads and clearly mark the mountains, rivers and villages along the way." Lu Bu said to Wu Dan.

It is not enough to just avoid the ambush. The road Lu Bu drew is the longest. Hu Zhen and Niu Fu may not be able to fight, but they have no problem leading the troops from here to Qishan. If you want to win, you can only send people to ambush these two people.

Wu Shan quickly drew a map of the route from Mei County to Mount Qi on a piece of cloth. Lu Bu took a careful look at it and found that there were many mountains and valleys suitable for ambushes.

However, Wu Dan was familiar with the terrain here, and many people in Hu Zhen and Niu Fu's team must have been familiar with it as well. The two of them were originally in a sure win situation, but now that Dong Zhuo had added a rule of mutual ambush, the two of them would definitely be on guard, and it would probably not be easy to ambush successfully in the dark.

Lu Bu asked Wu Shan what he thought. Wu Shan obviously knew that an ambush was not easy, so he shook his head helplessly.

"It's not easy, it's not easy! It's really not easy!" Wei Xu said, shaking his head.

Lu Bu frowned slightly, thought for a moment, then suddenly relaxed and said, "If an ambush in secret doesn't work, then let's ambush openly."

Wei Xu asked in confusion, "You call it an ambush when it's open and aboveboard? Brother-in-law, are you planning to lead your troops over and engage them in direct combat? But a commander can't participate in an ambush. If we rely on ourselves to deal with two teams, we're afraid we'll be eliminated."

"No, the main force cannot move. We can only send a small group of people."

Lü Bu's gaze fell on the map, and he pointed out six locations on the road between Niu Fu and Hu Zhen. He said to Wei Xu and Niu Li, "Each of you will lead a hundred skilled archers, divide them into three teams, and take the shortcut to ambush at these six locations."

He pointed to the four places ahead and said, "We've set up ambushes in these places. I'm sure they'll find us. Your goal is to paralyze them. Once you're discovered, they can retreat and flee. There's no need to come back. Just head to Qishan."

He then pointed to two villages near Qishan and said, "This last one is the time to strike. Remember, you don't have to hide here. Just disguise yourself as farmers working on the roadside and wait for an opportunity to shoot the commander or deputy commander."

A-Mo said that this was called thinking inertia. In everyone's cognition, ambushes must be in the dark. He deliberately added two ambushes in the dark in the beginning to consolidate the thinking habits of Hu Zhen and the other two. Finally, he did it in the open. In addition, the last one was close to the end. According to Hu Zhen's temperament, he must have been too proud at this time, and the possibility of the ambush being successful was still very high.

Wu Shan praised, "Sima is very smart. If you can kill one of the commander and deputy commander, we will win as long as we arrive on time."

Lu Bu put away the map and said, "There is no time to lose, let's set off quickly!"

"promise!"

Wei Xu and the other two received the order and hurriedly assembled their troops to set off. Lu Bu also set off with his troops.

Not only did he send scouts in front, he also had people behind to cover the rear, in order to prevent Hu Zhen or Niu Fu's men from suddenly attacking from behind.

In terms of unconventional tactics, Lu Bu may not be as good as Hu Zhen, but in terms of marching and fighting, ten Hu Zhen are no match for one Lu Bu. Although Lu Bu had to constantly check whether there were ambushes along the way, his marching speed was still not slow. By noon, he had covered nearly half the distance.

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On the other side, Hu Zhen and Niu Fu had a shorter route and knew in advance where Dong Yue's ambush troops were lying in wait, so they were able to march very quickly and had already covered half the distance by noon.

The two of them were sure that they could arrive before Lu Bu, and they were also aware of Lu Bu's abilities. They were afraid that if the ambush failed, they might even suffer losses in their own troops, so they had no intention of sending anyone to ambush Lu Bu.

However, they were also on guard against Lu Bu's sneak attacks, so they only walked fast at the beginning, and began to slow down around noon to guard against Lu Bu's ambush.

A small group of people would definitely be able to walk faster than the main group if they rode at full speed, and if they took a shortcut, they would be able to catch up with them in about the same time, so they walked the second half of the journey very carefully.

Hu Zhen began to send scouts ahead, and asked the soldiers to check the cliffs, woods, river valleys, and even dense reeds along the way. During this period, they indeed discovered two ambushes.

Hu Zhen looked at the fleeing Lü Bu soldiers and laughed heartily, "That Lü Fengxian, in order to win, actually sent out two ambushes, but I caught them both."

He looked at the setting sun and said, "We are almost at Qishan. Our army hasn't lost a single soldier. He is doomed to fail this time."

Li Meng echoed, "That's right. He was so proud of himself during the martial arts competition that day. It would be such a disgrace to have him perform the Ju Yue Qu Wu in public this time."

"Yes, yes, slap him in the face, slap Lu Fengxian in the face very hard!" Hu Zhen looked very proud.

"We can win even if we walk slowly over now."

"No, we still have to hurry up and try to get first place!"

He not only wants to defeat Lu Bu, but also Niu Fu.

Hu Zhen ordered, "The entire army must march quickly and try to reach Mount Qi within half an hour."

Shouts immediately rang out in the team, and the cavalrymen galloped faster and soon arrived near a village.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, in the farmlands beside the official road, farmers in groups of three or four were busy collecting the dried straw. The women gathered the straw together and tied it into bundles, and the men were responsible for carrying it back to the village. Smoke was rising from the village not far away. A black dog on the ridge of the field saw Hu Zhen and his large group of people, stretched its neck and barked wildly.

The road Hu Zhen drew was a direct official road, with the shortest distance and the most farmlands and villages along the way. From time to time, he could see farmers working in the fields along the way. Hu Zhen did not take these farmers seriously.

These untouchables were even more timid than the dog. They were always so scared when they saw the army that they dared not even make a sound. Now, the farmers had become weak in the knees and were lying on the ground trembling.

The leader, one of the personal guards sent by Dong Zhuo to supervise, glanced at the farmers kneeling beside the straw pile, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. These people seemed a little strange.

However, before he could figure it out, he saw those men suddenly stand up, a few arrows whizzed by, and screams of pain came from the middle of the team. He looked back and saw that Hu Zhen, Li Meng and the other two soldiers had green paint on their faces.

Wei Xu stood in the field holding a crossbow and laughed, "Sima Hu, the commander and deputy commander were both killed. You are eliminated."

Hu Zhen was still a little confused. He touched his face which was hurt by the arrow, and then looked at his fingers. The green color on them stung his eyes.

"No, this is impossible..."

Wei Xu looked at the leading guard and asked, "Has Sima Hu's team been eliminated?"

The guard came back to his senses from the sudden change, nodded and announced, "Sima Hu's main and deputy generals were ambushed in the first round, and the score is zero."

Hu Zhen felt like he had fallen from heaven to hell. He hurried forward and whispered to the guard, "Can you keep this secret for me? I will reward you handsomely later!"

The guard shook his head. "This matter cannot be concealed. If the lord knew that I was partial, you know what would happen. I apologize!"

Hu Zhen's face turned ashen, and his eyes narrowed with anger. Wei Xu laughed at him a few times, then left with a few of his men.

The same thing happened in Niu Fu's team, but Niu Fu was not as crazy as Hu Zhen. He walked very carefully along the way. Only his deputy general Zhang Ji and a dozen soldiers were ambushed, and no one else was injured. He arrived at Mount Qishan earlier than Lu Bu.

However, although he was the first to arrive, he was ambushed by his deputy general, and not only did he not receive the extra reward, but he also had 687 coins deducted from his reward, leaving him with only coins in the end.

Although Lu Bu arrived second, he arrived within the specified time. Except for the first two teams sent to ambush who were accidentally shot by Hu Zhen and Niu Fu's men, the others arrived on time.

Lu Bu's basic score is 965, plus an additional reward of 500 coins, for a final score of 1465 coins.

The marching speed was the most disadvantageous to Lu Bu, but in the end, Lu Bu's team got the highest score. In the subsequent charge battle and breaking the formation, although Lu Bu might not necessarily take first place, with more than a thousand points as a foundation, he will definitely not be at the bottom.

The next day, when everyone returned to the military camp, Hu Zhen's face was still blue, but it was from anger.

Dong Zhuo asked the military commander about the progress of the march. When he heard that Lü Bu had actually ambushed Hu Zhen and Niu Fu openly, he couldn't help but laugh. "Fengxian is not only brave, but also resourceful! Good, good!"

"My lord, you are too kind. I just took advantage of the situation!" Lu Bu said humbly.

If the target of this ambush was Duan Wei, there was a high possibility of failure. The reason why it went so smoothly was more due to Hu Zhen's personality.

Dong Zhuo said, "Although it is a bit tricky, it is a deliberate ambush."

He then looked at Hu Zhen and said, "Wencai, do you know why you lost this round?"

Hu Zhen said in a muffled voice, "I don't know, please let me know."

Dong Zhuo patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "You are not without ability, but you lack composure. When you encounter setbacks, you become dejected, and when you achieve a small victory, you become complacent. This gives the enemy an opportunity to exploit you."

He pointed at the soldiers below and said, "Look at the physique of our soldiers. Are they comparable to those farmers? If you were calmer, Fengxian's surprise attack would fail."

Hu Zhen suddenly realized that the farmers in this world were all skinny and bony, and there was no way the soldiers had such strong physiques. He didn't even notice such an obvious flaw, which showed that he was too proud of himself.

After scolding him, Dong Zhuo comforted him, "If you can remember this lesson, even if you lose the final competition, it will be worth it. Do you understand?"

Hu Zhen nodded, "I'll remember it!"

Seeing this, Lü Bu couldn't help but feel depressed. How could he have taught Hu Zhen a lesson this time? If Hu Wencai changed his complacent behavior, wouldn't it be even more difficult to deal with him in the future?

Lu Bu was a little too worried about this. As the saying goes, a dog will always eat shit, and a person's character is not that easy to change.

After Dong Zhuo praised Lu Bu and disciplined Hu Zhen, he also trained Niu Fu for a while before letting people start the second round of competition.

In the second round of charge, Hu Zhen sent Hua Xiong as his deputy general, Niu Fu sent Guo Si, and Lu Bu sent Li Su.

The order of play in this game is still determined by drawing lots. Two of the three lots have red dots and one is blank. The two teams that draw red dots will face off first, and each team will have to play two games.

The first scene is Hu Zhen versus Niu Fu.

On a makeshift stand in the wilderness outside the city, Niu Fu glanced at the two battling teams, then turned to look at Hu Zhen. "Wencai, unless you can keep Lü Bu at the bottom of the table in the next two rounds, you're going to lose this time."

Hu Zhen snorted coldly, "I don't think so!"

Even if Hu Zhen had passed last night, even if Lu Bu had been at the bottom of the list in these two rounds, it would have been extremely difficult for him to make up the points. Now, if he didn't want to do Ju Yue Qu Yong, he could only make Niu Fu lose the last two rounds. After all, making Niu Fu lose is much easier than making Lu Bu lose.

Niu Fu had no idea that Hu Zhen was thinking of "it would rather die than let his friend die". The two had discussed it before and decided to fight as gently as possible during the charge to reduce casualties on both sides. But Hu Zhen had changed his mind now. Guo Si did not fight with all his strength after receiving Niu Fu's order, but Hua Xiong fought to the death from the beginning. In less than half an hour, most of Niu Fu's men had been eliminated, even Guo Si was eliminated.

In the first match, Hu Zhen suffered only 822 casualties and scored 380 points, while Niu Fu suffered casualties and scored points.

When Niu Fu saw the result, he knew that he had been tricked by Hu Zhen, and the relationship between the duo broke down.

In the second game, Lu Bu faced Niu Fu. Assuming that the quality of the soldiers was similar, Lu Bu's strategy was to let Li Su lead a team to besiege Guo Si at the beginning, and get rid of this powerful man. Then the casualties of the soldiers would be much less when fighting later.

Although Guo Si's martial arts skills were slightly better than Li Su's, he was immediately surrounded and defeated. The result of this round was similar for both sides. Lu Bu suffered 56 casualties and scored 888 points, while Niu Fu suffered 68 casualties and scored 864 points.

The last match was between Lu Bu and Hu Zhen. Hu Zhen learned from Niu Fu's lesson in the previous match and did not let Hua Xiong rush too aggressively. However, this was exactly what Lu Bu wanted. The match lasted only half an hour. As long as Hua Xiong did not make any big moves, the casualties on his side would be much less.

After a fierce battle, Lü Bu suffered 108 casualties and a score of 784, while Hu Zhen suffered 79 casualties and a score of 842.

In the last round of breaking the formation, the one who set up the formation was Duan Wei. There were three infantry formations, each with 500 men, arranged in a circle. From the outside to the inside, swordsmen, shields, spears, and archers were arranged in concentric circles. The proportions of each type of soldiers in the three teams of Lu, Hu, and Niu could be decided by themselves. The three teams broke the formation at the same time. Whoever broke it first won. The final casualties were not counted.

This is actually the most difficult of the three rounds of competition. When the number of people is equal and the defending side does not move the formation, this formation is like a turtle carrying a hedgehog on its back, and it is difficult to break it with only 500 people.

Hu Zhen and Niu Fu have no way to cheat in this battle, because Duan Wei has always been known for his impartiality. He will not listen to anyone except his lord. Breaking the formation can only rely on their own abilities.

In fact, according to the current scores, even if Lu Bu scored zero points in the last round, he would still be in first place. This game is actually a duel between Niu Fu and Hu Zhen. If Hu Zhen doesn't want to be at the bottom, he must take first place, or let Niu Fu take third place.

However, this is not something he can achieve just by thinking about it. It also depends on Lu Bu. If Lu Bu is willing to cooperate with him, Hu Zhen is still confident of achieving this result. But no matter how thick-skinned he is, it is not a good time for him to seek cooperation with Lu Bu at this time.

Although he never openly opposed Lu Bu, everyone is not a fool. From his suggestion that the loser should do the Ju Yue Qu Yong, it can be seen that he was deliberately targeting Lu Bu and wanted to see him make a fool of himself, but in the end he might be the one who made a fool of himself.

"Boom boom boom——"

After three drum beats, the three teams began to attack. Because they were afraid that charging too hard on horseback would cause casualties, both sides fought on foot.

The tactic Hu Zhen gave to Wang Fang was to charge and break through quickly. The weapons he chose were mostly spears, swords and shields. When the war drums sounded, Wang Fang's five hundred men rushed forward with shields raised. Two rains of arrows came down in the formation, and more than a hundred people were eliminated at the beginning.

Niu Fu knew that his ability was not as good as Li Jue's, so he did not give him any orders and just let him fight according to the situation.

Li Jue did not lead his men to attack with brute force. He let the shield bearers lead the way, forming a square formation and slowly moving forward. During this period, archers from both sides kept shooting at each other. However, since gaps easily appeared in Li Jue's formation during the movement, the casualties on Li Jue's side were obviously more than those in the circular formation.

Lu Bu also did not give any instructions to Han Lai and Gao Shun. Breaking the formation was Gao Shun's strong point, and he was not as good as him in this aspect. If he gave Han Lai and Gao Shun any instructions, it would only restrict their hands and feet.