Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Nearly one-third of the troops were killed or wounded before they actually encountered the enemy. Seeing this casualty, Wu Jin, who was charging in the middle of the team, was shocked. He suddenly thought that this group might not be ordinary troops at all, but officers and soldiers in disguise.

Wu Jin subconsciously wanted to retreat, but the warrior at the front of the team had already rushed into the circle. Turning back at this time would only result in more casualties, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to charge.

The moment the Huns rushed into the semicircle, two teams of archers quickly bypassed the gaps between the wooden stakes and ran outside the arc. The Huns came in and found that the wooden stakes were in double rows and in both directions. There was also a row of sharp wooden stakes behind the vehicles facing the center of the circle to prevent them from crossing over and chasing the archers. The Huns had to deal with the cavalry in the circle first.

The two teams of Golden Eagle Cavalry, led by Xu Chu and Zhang Fan respectively, surrounded the Xiongnu army from the left and right, like two sharp blades piercing into the Xiongnu army, and the troops of both sides officially fought together.

Xu Chu was wearing one of the sets of plate armor that was used as a specimen. Fully armed and with extraordinary strength, he rushed into the group of Huns like a killing machine. At first, he used the speed of his horse to push forward, and the Huns' weapons were all broken the moment they touched the steel blades.

He didn't even consider defending himself. The occasional spears or scimitars that stabbed him only made a clanging sound, causing no damage. Xu Chu swung his sword wildly, cutting the Xiongnu cavalry around him like tofu, cutting them into pieces.

A Xiongnu warrior saw that Xu Chu's armor could not be cut through, so he took advantage of the opportunity when he was about to attack and stabbed his warhorse with his spear. The warhorse felt pain and neighed, trying to throw Xu Chu off. Xu Chu grabbed the horse's mane tightly with one hand and raised his sword with the other to kill the violent and uncontrollable warhorse. The moment the long-faced horse's head flew out, a column of blood spurted out, and Xu Chu jumped off the horse's back as it fell.

He no longer tried to seize the horses. It was more convenient for him to fight on foot with heavy armor. The big knife in his hand was waving, and if he didn't cherish the lives of the horses, he would have killed one horse leg with one knife, and he could have killed a large number of them in a short time.

Zhang Fan was not to be outdone. He wielded his halberd as fast as the wind, slashing diagonally, stabbing straight, and hooking back, and killed four or five riders.

Zhang Fan was the most talented in martial arts among the ten young men. He had made great progress under Lu Bu's guidance for more than a year, and it was no problem for him to fight ten people alone.

The carefully selected Golden Eagle Guards were equally brave. Although their riding skills were not as good as those of the Huns, and some of them even found it difficult to free their hands to fight, the horses of both sides had already slowed down. The Golden Eagle Guards relied on the sharp knives in their hands. Even if they swung the knives with one hand, the Huns' weapons and leather armor were still difficult to stop. Once they were hit, they would either be dismembered or gutted.

Of course, there were some members of the Golden Eagle Guard who were accidentally assassinated and felled from their horses, but compared with the Huns, these casualties were almost negligible.

Seeing more than half of his tribesmen being slaughtered in a short while, not only did the Xiongnu cavalry show horror on their faces, but Wu Jin's mentality also completely collapsed. This group of troops were more experienced and braver than his own warriors, and with the sharp weapons in their hands, this caravan was even more brutal than the officers and soldiers.

At this moment, Wu Jin no longer dared to think about any goods or weapons. He just wanted to escape quickly. He hurriedly asked the messenger to blow the horn and evacuate. However, there were wooden stakes in front of the semicircle, and longbowmen were watching closely. If he turned back, he would definitely leave behind a large number of lives. But there were bushes behind the formation, and it was not easy for the war horses to escape.

Xu Chu and his men were aiming to seize the horses. Having just shot a number of them with longbows, some of the unattended horses had fled the battlefield. With only the few hundred cavalrymen remaining in the semicircle, how could they possibly let them escape? The two sides engaged in further fighting, and in the end, only Wu Jin, escorted by dozens of cavalrymen, managed to escape from behind the semicircle with difficulty.

Zhang Mo set up this semicircular formation based on the terrain with the intention of killing the enemy. If there was a river, a forest, or a high slope behind the formation, the trapped enemies would basically have difficulty escaping. However, this bush gave Wu Jin a way to survive.

Today's battle was the first major victory of the Golden Eagle Guard after its formation. After counting the casualties, thirteen Golden Eagle Guards were killed and sixteen were injured, while more than nine hundred Huns were killed. The semicircular formation was littered with corpses, some missing limbs, some with heads cut off and stomachs ripped open. The blood turned the dry land into wet red mud.

"Today I really admire our boss. I admire him completely!"

A Golden Eagle Guard soldier laughed heartily and said, "To think you could come up with such a brilliant double-row semicircular formation of wooden stakes is incredible! I'm convinced you're the reincarnation of the Military Saint!"

Another person echoed, "That's right! When have we ever won a battle so easily? Today we completely crushed these dogs. It was so fucking awesome!"

"The longbowmen are really powerful. Before we could even make a move, nearly half of the barbarians were shot dead."

Du Fei laughed and said, "They underestimated us. They thought we were just ordinary soldiers, but they didn't know that each of us was a desperate criminal with dozens of lives on our hands."

"Haha, yes, it's a desperado, a desperate barbarian! If we are short of money and food in the future, we can go to the border and get everything we want."

"That's right. Why can only the Hu people go south to plunder? We can also go north to work. If we join the Xianbei and plunder the Hugou tribe, we will not only get horses, but also endless beef and mutton."

"There are also Hu Ji. I heard that Hu Ji are all fair-skinned and beautiful. The boss only said that you can't bully Han women, but he didn't say you can't bully Hu people."

At this time, Xu Chu came over and said to Du Fei, "Alright, stop bragging. Before it gets dark, take a team of people to retrieve the scattered war horses nearby. Search every Hu person and collect all the ironware, armor, and other things."

"Okay!"

The soldiers shouted and ran to clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils, but Xu Chu was thinking about what the last two people had said, that looting the Xianbei tribe seemed like a good idea.

The battlefield was not cleared until noon of the next day. In this battle, more than 400 intact war horses were captured, and more than 100 were injured. Of course, there were also many dead horses. The weather was getting hotter today, and so much horse meat could not be kept. The Golden Eagle Guards could not finish eating it in a short time, so Xu Chu had people drag the horse away and give it to the Han people in the nearby villages.

The bodies of the Golden Eagle Guards who died in battle could only be burned and the ashes taken back. As for the nearly one thousand corpses of the Hu people, Xu Chu originally wanted to abandon them, but he was afraid that they would rot and cause plague, so he ordered people to dig a large pit and bury them.

It was already the morning of the third day when they finished dealing with these things. Xu Chu and others were just about to continue on their way when they heard a scout come and report that a group of 500 soldiers were coming here from the rear, and were only about ten miles away.

Although he had the official certificate issued by the Taiyuan prefect, Xu Chu was still wary of the officers and soldiers along the way, and ordered his soldiers to form a battle line after receiving the report.

The officers and soldiers who came were none other than the Bingzhou cavalry led by Zhang Liao, accompanied by Lu Bu and Wei Xu who had caught up with Zhang Liao's troops on fast horses.

Zhang Liao saw from afar that the enemy was waiting in a serious manner, so he stopped his troops at a distance of one arrow and sent someone forward to pass on the message.

"We are the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry under the command of Governor Zhang Yi. We heard that the Hu people were causing trouble here, so we have come to help drive them out. Please don't misunderstand me."

Xu Chu felt relieved after hearing this and sent one of his men up to announce, "Thank you very much, soldiers! We defeated the Hu people the day before yesterday. Thank you for your trouble."

Zhang Liao had previously learned from scouts that this caravan had effortlessly slaughtered nearly a thousand Hu people, leaving them in a bloody mess. At first, he didn't quite believe it, but now, seeing that everyone on the other side was safe and sound and that a patch of land not far away was almost soaked in blood, he knew that this was true.

"Now the combat power of the merchant caravan is comparable to that of my officers and soldiers?" Zhang Liao turned to ask Lu Bu, his face full of disbelief.