Chapter 253 Zhou Gongjin defeated Ma Butcher

Luoyang, Yuan Shu Daying.

Guo Jia visited at night, and Yuan Shu was overjoyed and was anxious to greet him barefoot.

"Faith filial piety."

"General."

"please."

"please."

When the guest and the host sat down, Yuan Shu stroked his beard and asked, "Wang Xiao came to visit late at night, I don't know what's important?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Nothing else, I'm here to congratulate the general."

"Oh?" Yuan Shu said in confusion, "Where does the joy come from?"

Guo Jia said: "I heard that the twelve princes led by Prime Minister Cao have submitted a letter to the emperor and jointly submitted a letter to the general as the Grand Sima, and led the troops of the world with General Yuan Shao. The emperor has approved the report. The angels are coming from Xuchang to the fast horses of Luoyang. Soon after, the general will be the Grand Sima who is below the next person and above ten thousand people. Jia Bucai, and I hope the general will support him in the future."

Guo Jia's words were quite changed and he wanted to abandon Cao and like each other. Yuan Shu was suddenly overjoyed and said happily: "If you can be helped by filial piety, you will be able to win a hundred thousand army."

Guo Jia whispered: "Prime Minister Cao Cao is a villain and is suspicious by nature. If he follows him for a long time, he will be harmed. Jia had long wanted to abandon him, but he had not met a wise ruler. Xuchang wanted to be effective when he saw the general under him. Those who were worried about it may hurt the harmony between the Prime Minister and the general, and it would be unfavorable to fight against the great cause. Therefore, he has endured it until now."

"Fengxiao is extremely concerned about it." Yuan Shu said repeatedly, "It should have been like this. Now that the great cause of rebellion has not been completed, Fengxiao still needs to be wronged for a while, and temporarily stay in Cao's camp. How about?"

Guo Jiaran said: "I dare not obey orders."

Yuan Shu said happily: "Now I have to be filial and help me, and the great things will be harmonious."

Guo Jia said: "Jia has a word, will the general listen?"

Yuan Shu said: "I wish to hear it."

Guo Jia said: "The general came from a famous family and had four generations of Yuan's three kings. He was prominent. His brother Yuan Shao once led the 18th Kanto coalition forces to fight against the destruction of the traitor Dong Zhuo, so he was respected by the people of the world. If the general wants to gain recognition from the people of the world, he must follow the example of Ling and lead the coalition forces to fight against the destruction of the horse."

Yuan Shu said: "I have this intention. Can you have a good idea to be filial?"

Guo Jia said: "The Xiliang army has now withdrawn to the west of Hangu, trying to rely on the pass to block the 300,000 Kanto coalition forces. It seems wise and actually extremely stupid."

"Why did Fengxiao say this?"

"The Xiliang army is all cavalry, and its victory lies in its maneuver speed. Now it is guarded by the pass, which can be said to be a favourable person. Our 300,000 Guandong coalition forces are all infantry. The field battle is at a disadvantage but have all the advantages. Therefore, the Xiliang army will be defeated."

"Well, what Fengxiao said is very reasonable." Yuan Shu nodded repeatedly, "When the Prime Minister feasted all the princes in the future, Shu should denounce the saying of retreating troops. Then urge all the princes to advance to Hangu Pass and fight with Ma Ni to the death."

Guo Jia said: "The general is wise."

At the foot of Xuyi Mountain, Lu Village.

Ma Yue crossed the horse and stood in front of the village. When he was looking at the terrain, he suddenly heard the sound of killing in the village. Suddenly, a man and horse rushed out of the village and entered the open space in front of the village. He set up a formation between the two thousand Xiliang cavalry of Ma Yue's two thousand Xiliang cavalry across a vast paddy field. But he saw flags flying, swords, guns, swords and halberds standing in the forest, which was quite impressive.

"Dongdongdongdongdong~~"

With the sound of the golden drum, the team suddenly broke open, and then a man covered in red stiletto ran out of the formation and ran forward along the muddy field stem. In just a moment, he ran to Ma Yue. Ma Yue looked closely and recognized that the man was Li Meng.

Poor Li Meng was shaved with his hair, beard, eyebrows, and even the bird hair under his crotch were shaved. He was stripped of his whole body and had a big turtle on his back. The more embarrassed he looked, the more embarrassed he was. He ran to Ma Yue and knelt down and said sadly: "I am incompetent, I will embarrass the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and embarrass the lord!"

"Clam~~"

Before Li Meng could finish his speech, he jumped up without waiting for Ma Yue to answer, snatched the steel knife from a Liangzhou school beside him, and tried to commit suicide by reaching his neck. Fortunately, Dian Wei was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and a halberd knocked the steel knife from Li Meng's hand. Ma Yue then turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to caress Li Meng, and said in harmony: "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs, General Li Meng doesn't have to worry about it."

Li Meng's eyes were red and he said tragically: "Lord, if you are humiliated, how can you see the elders of Guanzhong?"

"A real man, you can take it and let it go!" Ma Yue's face darkened and he said sternly, "You are humiliated today, and you will find this place back tomorrow! Suicide is done by cowards, and the brave will not take it."

"Lord!" Li Meng trembled when he heard this, and suddenly raised his naked body. The beast light like a wolf was ignited in his eyes and said quickly, "In this way, I will be willing to attack Lu Village again for the front! This time I will capture the dog thief of Lu Su alive, and then cut him into pieces in front of all the brothers to eliminate the hatred in my heart."

"Okay!" Ma Yue nodded and said in a deep voice, "I will give you another 300 troops and launch an assault from the paddy field in the east."

"Get orders!"

Li Meng agreed with a loud voice. Ma Yue's personal soldiers had already led a war horse. Li Meng was not wearing armor, but just searched for a battle robe to wrap his body. He grabbed a long sword and then turned over the horse. He then lifted the long sword in his hand forward, and led the three hundred Xiliang iron cavalry to the paddy field like dumplings. The iron hooves were gathered, stirring up mud and water droplets and flying all over the sky.

The open space in front of Lu Village.

In front of the private army of more than a thousand people, two young men stood long. The young man on the left looked magnificent and extraordinary. The young man on the right was particularly applauding. He had a genuine face like pink, his lips like red vermilion, his Confucian shirt fluttered, and his feather fan and lantern scarf. His manners were quite elegant and outspoken, which made people feel at ease.

At this time, Li Meng led 300 cavalry to launch an assault from the paddy field in the east. The young man on the right gently shook the goose-feather fan in his hand and said to the young man on the left: "Did Brother Zijing see it? The butcher of the northwest horse is indeed well-known, and he is worthy of being a general of war who rushed out of thousands of troops."

It turns out that the young man on the left is Lu Su, but I don’t know who the young man on the right is?

"Yeah." Lu Su nodded and said in a deep voice, "Everyone in the world calls the horse butcher cunning like a fox and a cruel wolf. This is true that I will not deceive him. We humiliate his generals so much that this person can still talk and laugh calmly. He did not urge the army to launch an attack immediately, but sent only 300 cavalry to conduct a tentative attack. However, this calmness is enough to be amazed."

"Haha, but then again, only such people are worthy of being your opponent, right?" The young man on the right smiled and pointed the goose-feathered fan in his hand forward. He expressed his almost arrogant confidence in his tone, and said solemnly, "In today's battle, we must bury the horse butcher two thousand iron cavalry here!"

"Xilulu~~"

As the young man finished speaking, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who was stepping on the paddy fields, suddenly fell over. The paddy fields that could only survive the calves of the war horses suddenly became a deep pond. The defenseless Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the people and the riders fell into it one after another, struggling and wailing in the turbid mud and water.

Poor these northwestern men were like wolves and tigers on land, but they were not even as good as fish and shrimps when they got into the water. In less than a moment, dozens of cavalry and iron cavalry were tragically destroyed.

In front of the Xiliang Formation.

A terrifying cold look flashed through Ma Yue's eyes. He suddenly looked up and glanced at Lu Village coldly, and said in a narrow voice: "I am indeed not wrong. There is a lot of articles in this seemingly simple paddy field!"

Li Sushen agreed and said: "Obviously, there is a village-Hu Village trench hidden in this paddy field. Due to the turbid mud and water, it is difficult for our army to determine the exact location of the village-Hu Village trench! This trench may be straight or curved. It is difficult to find it and fill it up without three days."

Dian Wei, behind him, clenched his fists tightly and shouted in a gust: "Damn it!"

Ma Yueran raised his right arm high and said coldly: "Blow the trumpet and withdraw the troops!"

"Woooooooooooooo~~"

With Ma Yue's order, a desolate and low trumpet sound rang out in the formation. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry who entered the paddy field immediately began to retreat. After a brief count of the withdrawal, the three hundred people had been damaged by 40 or 50 horses. Li Meng was almost angry and stared at Ma Yue with red eyes, saying to Ma Yue: "Master, let the general rush again!"

"No, General Li Meng should not be reckless." Ma Yue raised his hand suddenly and stopped Li Meng, "This Lu Su is not simple. This man is proficient in military tactics, is very good at using military tactics, and is very good at using terrain defense. He is a difficult opponent! But~~ If he meets this general, he is considered unlucky."

Li Su's expression moved and asked, "Does the lord have a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Ma Yue turned around slowly, his eyes turned to the small river that was passing southwest of Lu Village. A cold smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said in a calm voice: "This small river is more than meter deep, just like a moat, which tightly protects the west and south sides of Lu Village, and can be regarded as a natural barrier that blocks the attack of our Xiliang Iron Cavalry."

Li Su suddenly said, "What is the lord's meaning? Is it to cross the river and attack?"

"Not bad!" Ma Yue said coldly, "The more natural danger it is, the more fragile the defense will be! Because this small river is guarding the west, on both sides, Lu Su will inevitably focus his defense on the paddy fields on the east side and Xuyi Mountain on the north side, and instead ignore the defense along the river. Therefore, breaking through the small river will lead to success."

Ma Yue's words are completely in line with the essence of military strategists' "attack if you are unexpected, attack if you are unprepared". The more natural dangers arise, the more people are generally more likely to be careless. Attacking if you are unprepared is also the usual combat idea of ​​Ma Butcher. It is with this unique move that Ma Butcher can survive to this day!

Li Su said: "But, how should our cavalry cross the river?"

"Crossing the river is not a problem, but it needs to wait until dark." Ma Yue smiled gloomy and said to Li Su, "Zi Yan should return to Xuyi County quickly and ask General Gan Ning to lead the Jinfan thief to come immediately."

"Receive the order."

Li Su clasped his fists and rode his horse away.

Lu Village.

The young man waved his feather fan and said splendidly: "Brother Zijing, the Xiliang army will not attack again before dark, so he will let the soldiers return to the village for dinner."

"Well~~" Lu Su said sternly, "Why is Gong Jin (Zhou Yu's name) so sure?"

If the butcher horses had a thousand miles of ears, they would be shocked to hear the conversation between the two, and the Buddhas would be shocked to be born and the two Buddhas ascended to heaven. It turned out that the young man of the feather fan Lun scarf (the feather fan Lun scarf has always been Zhou Yu, and he had borrowed it for hundreds of years and it was time to return to the original owner) was Zhou Lang who destroyed the 830,000 Cao troops while chatting and laughing!

Zhou Yu smiled casually, pointed at the front with a feather fan and said, "Brother Zijing, please see."

Lu Su suddenly turned his head, and saw that the Xiliang army on the other side were disarming and began to set up camp. He couldn't help but be puzzled and said, "It's just noon, but the butcher of horses is preparing to set up camp? It's really puzzling. Could it be that he is waiting for the subsequent army to arrive and prepare for a fight tomorrow?"

Zhou Yu said: "It's true that we are waiting for the follow-up army, but it's not about to fight tomorrow, but tonight!"

Lu Su said: "Tonight?"

"Yes, that's tonight." Zhou Yu's mouth suddenly had a faint smile and said loudly, "Ma Butcher Ma's skills are not bad. If Yu expected, Ma Butcher Ma must be ready to send reinforcements from Xuyi to help, and then take advantage of the darkness of the night to cross the river from the west and south sides to attack Lu Village."

"Cross the river?" Lu Su said in confusion, "How can the Xiliang army cross the river?"

Zhou Yu said: "Although the Lu River is more than meter deep, it is a pity that it is only dozens of feet wide. Even if it can block the sprint of war horses, it cannot stop the soldiers' swimming."

"Swim over?" Lu Su said suddenly, "Your Majesty is saying~~ Jinfan Thief!?"

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "That's right."

Lu Su was silent for a while, and after a long time he sighed, "Gong Jin is a real god. Although he has not left the house, he has already won a thousand miles away. The horse butcher's every move is within Gong Jin's calculations. Su~~Who worships you."

Zhou Yu said happily: "Brother Zijing doesn't have to be too humble. If Brother Zijing had not always liked military script formations and treated Lu Village as a military town, he not only dug the hidden trenches of the village in the paddy fields in the east, but also built a dam on Xuyi Mountain to store water. Even if Yu had the ability to reach the sky, how could he do anything to the horse butcher?"

Lu Su said shamelessly: "You are still vigilant and wise, mountains, rivers and mountains are everywhere."

It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high.

Under the night, Gan Ning was wearing a thin straight body, holding a nine-ring steel knife in his hand and said to Ma Yue: "There are only a few thousand people in Lu Village and only a thousand strong people. I would rather saliva than go down. Please wait for the good news."

Gan Ning is crazy enough, but she is also qualified to be crazy!

The Jinfan thieves have been rampant in the Yangtze River for many years. They are dragons on the water and tigers on the land. They use 800 Jinfan thieves to deal with the small Lu village. Even Ma Yue himself felt that they were a little bit of a big deal. However, the ability Lu Su showed before made Ma Yue fearful. Thinking of this, Ma Yue couldn't help but reminded him again: "General Gan Ning, remember to capture Lu Su alive."

"Receive the order." Gan Ning clasped his fists and turned around and slapped the Jiuhuan Steel Knife into the night sky, and said quickly, "Brothers, go!"

The eight hundred Jinfan thieves held the steel knives in their hands in their mouths, then turned around and jumped into the river like dumplings, swam to the other side like swimming fish. For these Jinfan thieves who are familiar with water, the small river that is only dozens of feet wide can reach the other side in just a meal.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

"Boom boom boom boom~~"
To be continued...