Single combat before battle is a very childish move. After war has become more competitive and ritualized, heroic personal duels have become a distant legend. Generally, no one will do this, and it will not have any impact on the outcome.
Influence. The two armies faced each other and challenged each other. Only the second-rate Lu Bu had done this. He actually unseated Guo Duo, but failed to reverse the defeat and still withdrew from Chang'an in despair.
Of course, Lu Xun would not take Wei Ba's duel seriously. In his opinion, this only meant that Wei Ba had no choice but to use this boring method. On the battlefield, there is no way to win but to anger.
The opponent's coming to look for opportunities is naturally a sign of incompetence. If Wei Ba really had this ability, he could just attack the city directly, so why bother with so many tricks.
Lu Xun ignored Wei Ba's clamor at all. He was thinking about whether Wei Ba had any other intentions for doing this. Wei Ba was indeed stupid for doing this, but Wei Ba in his impression should not be so stupid. People who are not stupid do stupid things.
There are only two possibilities, one is that he is crazy, and the other is that he has ulterior motives.
Lu Xun hoped that Wei Ba would go crazy, but he had to guard against his ulterior motives.
Just like Wei Ba locked himself in a room, meditating and speculating on Lu Xun's psychology, Lu Xun was also speculating on Wei Ba's psychology. However, he was more experienced, so he was not as entangled as Wei Ba. He acted very calmly,
He was so calm that everyone around him felt like he had a ticket to victory.
In fact, Lu Xun was also confused. He did not expect that Wei Ba would conquer Xupu so smoothly, and he did not expect that Wei Ba would bravely lead two thousand people to Yuanling City and challenge him. If Wei Ba had not gone crazy,
Then there is only one possibility: Wei Ba sees the truth in him.
His military strength is severely insufficient.
In order to rush for time, Lu Xun rushed from Wuchang to Yuanling with more than a hundred guards and cavalry. It took him only seven days to travel 1,500 to 600 miles. Of course, only cavalry could travel at this speed. And it was a small group of cavalry.
It was impossible for infantry to complete such a march. Lu Xun had nearly ten thousand elite troops, but these elite troops were still on the road. It would take at least ten days to reach Yuanling.
If Bu Qu was by his side, Lu Xun would open the city gates and fight to the death with Wei Ba. He really wanted to capture Wei Ba, and Wei Ba came to the door on his own initiative. He had no reason not to accept it. But he had no troops. Apart from less than
In addition to a hundred personal guards, there were only two thousand soldiers left behind by Pan Jun. They were going to fight Wei Ba. The outcome was a matter of life and death, and it was even more wishful thinking to capture Wei Ba.
Of course Lu Xun would not do such a thing, so he could only endure it and turn a blind eye to Wei Ba's arrogant challenge.
Lu Xun had such a self-cultivation, but it did not mean that his subordinates also had such a self-cultivation. Seeing Wei Ba showing off his power in front of the battle, the Wu army on the city was very angry and depressed. And those barbarians from various tribes looked at the jubilant barbarians below the city.
Naturally, I felt a little sour in my heart.
Pan Jun's subordinates are mainly Jingzhou people. Half of them are barbarians recruited from various tribes. Barbarians are martial and brave, and they will draw swords against each other if they disagree. They fight bravely and have always been the first choice for recruitment. It is precisely because of this.
In this way, the barbarians felt very ashamed of Lu Xun's silence.
Invisibly, they would rather have a brave Shangguan like Wei Ba. Although it seemed a bit stupid to Lu Xun, in the eyes of the barbarians, this is what makes him look like a man and a warrior.
When Wei Ba's challenge was not responded to and he sent out scolding masters to scold the formation, this sentiment became even stronger. Dozens of barbarians cursed outside the city, scolding the famous auxiliary general Lu Xun until he was bloody. The Wu army was extremely angry, especially the barbarian soldiers who originally belonged to Pan Jun. They felt that they were innocent and that Lu Xun was not their superior officer at all, but now they were scolded so unpleasantly by the enemy, which was completely unjust.
As soon as he heard that it was the barbarian soldiers scolding the formation, Lu Xun immediately understood - at least he thought he understood Wei Ba's intention. He ordered that no one was allowed to fight, and anyone who disobeyed the order would be killed. Wei Ba wanted to use such a childish fierce fighting method, so he Wei Ba will not be allowed to succeed.
He didn't even allow crossbowmen to shoot. Yuanling was not a major military town and there were no sharp weapons like city-defending crossbows. Ordinary crossbows couldn't hit those people at all and would only be laughed at by them. Instead of doing this, it was better to remain silent.
There was no response from the city, but the people below the city scolded them even louder. The barbarians used different methods to scold, and spit was flying everywhere. The scolding made the Wu army officers and soldiers on the city blush with shame, and Lu Xun's bodyguard was even more angry and gnashing his teeth. The calmest one On the contrary, it was Lu Xun himself.
Wei Ba cursed for three days in a row, but Lu Xun did not leave the city. The battle between the two sides was only between the scouts. The scouts Lu Xun sent to the city were hunted down by Wei Ba most closely. Once they left the city, it was difficult to come back. They either disappeared or disappeared. The corpse was thrown under the city.
Yuanling City was actually surrounded by 2,000 people from Wei Ba. This was really ridiculous, and the Wu soldiers in the city felt even more humiliated.
On the fourth day, when the morning sun rose, dozens of barbarian soldiers in the scolding formation came lazily to the front of the formation carrying their weapons, laid out wine and meat, and started the day's scolding formation. Lu Xun found that Wei Ba did not come to the formation as usual, but He was not fooled and still ordered not to attack.
On the fifth day, Wei Ba also did not come.
On the sixth day, Wei Ba still didn't come.
On the seventh day, Lu Xun was a little uneasy and decided to order an attack. When he set off from Linyuan, Wei Jing had already agreed to lead troops to Youyang. It was more than 500 miles from Linyuan to Yuanling. According to Lu Xun's estimate, Wei Jing was now It's time to arrive at Yuanling. Wei Ba has made no progress under Yuanling City. He will probably make a feint and sneak up to intercept Wei Jing. Of course he can't let Wei Ba have his way. He wants to contain Wei Ba and give Wei Jing some opportunities. Create opportunities.
As soon as Lu Xun opened the city gate, the barbarians who were scolding happily ran away as soon as they saw it. When Lu Xun saw it, he was shocked and immediately sent people to launch a probing attack on Wei Ba's camp. After a meal, , the soldiers who left the city came back and told Lu Xun a very unexpected news.
There is an empty camp outside the city, and there is no one except the barbarians who are scolding the formation.
Lu Xun was shocked and suddenly understood what Wei Ba meant. He immediately sent people down the Yuan River to search for Wei Ba's traces. At the same time, he reminded Wei Jing to be careful not to be ambushed.
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One hundred and thirty miles east of Yuanling City, there is Hutou Mountain and Qinglang Beach.
Wei Ba stood behind a huge stone, staring at the slowly approaching Wu fleet formation, looking at the battle flag with the word "Wei" flying on the bow, and couldn't help but want to laugh. At Youshui, Wei Jing achieved his first achievement. Today, Wei Jing will become his first success in the duel with Lu Xun.
When Wei Ba came to Yuanling, he didn't want to attack Yuanling City. Two thousand people attacked the city. Unless he had a weapon like artillery, there wouldn't be enough people to kill him. His target was Wei Jing, an infantryman. The stallion blocked Yuanling City and prevented Lu Xun from coming out, which was nothing more than cutting off the connection between Lu Xun and Wei Jing. While others were cursing the formation at the foot of Yuanling City, their attention was all in the direction of Linyuan.
Wei Ba estimated that Lu Xun would think of this when the time came, so he made slight adjustments to the plan. Instead of waiting for Wei Jing to arrive at Yuanling before launching the attack, he chose Qinglang Beach, which was 130 miles away from Yuanling.
Battlefield. On the fifth day after arriving at Yuanling City, when he received news that Wei Jing was about to enter the ambush point, he quietly left the camp with his main force, leaving only the barbarians who scolded the formation to continue acting.
He took action one day earlier than Lu Xun estimated, and the location was fifty or sixty miles farther than Lu Xun estimated.
This day and fifty-six miles of space were the result of his careful planning and hard work, and the opportunity he had been waiting for.
Now, Wei Jing has come to his lips, and Lu Xun is still in Yuanling City. Even if he realizes the danger, he would not be able to get here in a day. What's more, with Lu Xun's cautious character, he
It was impossible not to be wary of the traps he set along the way, and he did not dare to let go and march quickly. In this way, it might take him two days to reach the battlefield.
Two days were enough for him to eat Wei Jing's reinforcements. This was once the place where General Fubo's horse Yuan was wrapped in horse leather, and this would also be the place where Wei Jing was captured again.
Wei Ba stared at Wei Jing's warship and raised his arms high. When Wei Jing's warship entered the predetermined location, he waved his arms vigorously and gave the order to attack.
The exciting war drums suddenly exploded, and the silent valley instantly lost its calm. The crossbowmen who were ambushing on the cliffs on both sides emerged from their hiding places, triggered the crossbow machine, and poured out a dense burst of arrows at the Wu army on the warship.
Rain and arrows were like dark clouds, and the sky above Wu's army was darkened. The soldiers hiding on the shore rowed their warships with all their strength and rushed towards the Wu army's warships in the middle of Yuan River. The shouts of killing were like huge waves, and they rushed towards the panic.
Wu Jun was at a loss.
Wu Jun was not prepared at all. The soldiers who were leisurely admiring the scenery on the deck were shot down. The remaining soldiers rolled and crawled, looking for a place to lie down. Screams, cries, and angry roars came together.
A piece of music that rebuked everyone's ears and impacted everyone's nerves.
Wei Jing was the target of the crossbowmen's attention. The bodyguards around Wei Jing suffered heavy casualties. Even Wei Jing himself was hit by two arrows. He grinned in pain and was in agony. He didn't care about his own image and rushed toward the ship.
The boat ran away, shouting loudly at the same time: "Drumming! Drumming!"
The drummers rushed towards the war drums, but were attacked by a fierce rain of arrows. Sharp arrows shot through the air, making the drummers miserable and unable to get close to the war drums. Wei Jing's order could not be issued, and the Wu troops on each ship could only
They can fight on their own, some want to continue to rush forward, some want to retreat, some want to get to the shore, and some want to resist on the spot.
Warships, large and small, collided with each other and became a mess.
After a violent rain of arrows, countless corpses fell on the Wu Army's warships. The soldiers injured by the arrows fell in a pool of blood, groaning in pain. Few people were still standing. The enemy's arrow array was sudden and fierce, and they could not even fight.
There was no time to react and the loss was heavy.
When Wang Shuang and others rushed over, climbed onto the warship, and prepared to kill each other, they were surprised to find that there were not many enemies in front of them. The outcome was already clear before the battle began. Wang Shuang and others did not
Dare to be careless, they searched carefully. When they dragged the pale-faced Wei Jing out of the corner, Wang Shuang smiled.