The geographical conditions of the region where Xicheng is located are the same as that of the Hanzhong Plain. It is a basin surrounded by mountains, but the area is much smaller than that of the Hanzhong Plain with a area of ​​more than 100 square kilometers. It is basically a zone that stretches along the Han River for more than 100 miles and has an average width of only five or six miles, so it can only be called an upper basin or river valley.

The sound of a sharp arrow pierced the night sky. Soon, in the hilly area 15 miles north of Xicheng, a man's head suddenly emerged from the ground full of vegetation, and he was wearing a helmet and armor. It turned out to be a school official of Zhang Lujun.

Then more and more soldiers emerged from the ground. This was not the magic of Zhang Luzhen's scattering through the sky or spreading beans into soldiers. There was just a sky pit here, and there were several caves on the inner wall of the sky pit, which could hide soldiers. Before Lu Bu's army captured Xicheng, this sky pit cave contained 5,000 elite infantrymen and stored enough food for a year. To be more precise, Zhang Lu's quick throwing of Xicheng was part of the strategy.

These five thousand infantrymen have been in the sinkhole for so long that they can only go to the pit to bask in the sun. When they hear the signal of a sound of arrows, they all become excited. They scramble to climb up the vine ladder from the sinkhole to the ground. The person who led the troops was Yang Ren, the general under Zhang Lu.

Today, there are only three thousand Lu Bu troops in the entire area of ​​Xicheng, but there are only less than one thousand defenders in the city.

An hour later, Yang Ren, who was like a divine weapon, led his troops to surround Xicheng. Then, as planned, he ordered the soldiers to set up iron cables to block the river along the Han River waterway to cut off the return path of the main force of Lu Bu's army.

Then, Yang Ren commanded the soldiers to persuade them to surrender, but no one responded to the city. The soldiers on the city just held their halberds and arrows, alerting to every move under the city.

Yang Ren did not start siege in a hurry, but ordered the excavation of fortifications and build camps. First, he used four camps and fortifications spread to the two wings to block the four people in the Xicheng City. Then he set up a line of defense in the valley to snipe the retreating main force of Lu Bu.

At this time, in the seemingly calm city of Xicheng, Xia Yue commanded the soldiers to work nervously and use big wood to hold all the four city gates firmly. A rolling wood stone and boiling oil were prepared on the wall.

Lu Bu did not expect that there was an ambush in the Xicheng area. But he was confident that Xia Yue could defend the Xicheng, which was his confidence that he was not panicked after hearing the roar of arrows. In addition, there was another reason that made him as stable as Mount Tai, that there was a 1,500 Tiger Cavalry of 1,500 people in the three thousand defenders in the Xicheng area, composed of the Gunzi Ma Tiefutu.

Moreover, they were not stationed in Xicheng City, but in the mountains and forests near the river valley, they set up camps to station with hundreds of hero hunters and warriors. The task was to ensure that the Han River Valley in Xicheng City was unobstructed with the hero hunters. Zhang Lujun would never have dreamed that Lu Bu would bring the cavalry to the mountains.

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"Look, Lu Bu escaped!" Yang Ang shouted. Zhang Wei looked around and saw that in the Lu Bu military camp built by the water, soldiers began to line up on board the ship. Dhows floated eastward along the water.

"Gather the soldiers and prepare to pursue them." Zhang Wei shouted excitedly. Bamboo rafts were put into the water, and Zhang Lujun went down on a raft and followed Lu Bu's fleet far away. On the entire not-wide Han River, the entire Han River was filled with soldiers and armor, and the flags and sails were sailing in the sky.

When Lu Bu and Zhang Wei passed the canyon river for dozens of miles in front and behind, and entered the Hanshui Valley in Xicheng, the two sides suddenly became wide. When Yang Ang saw this terrain, his heart suddenly moved and said to Zhang Weishou beside him: "General, if Lu Bu ambushed two crossbowmen on the shore, we can't stand it."

Zhang Wei laughed and said, "Lu Bu's army is now trapped in the West City, and it is impossible for him to have any extra troops to ambush us."

"I'm not afraid of ten thousand, I'm afraid of anything."

"Okay, just as you say. Come on, send an order to transfer a thousand knives to the shore to protect the wings of the raft team." Zhang Wei ordered.

More than a hundred bamboo rafts were stalked to the two sides. Soon, more than a thousand sword soldiers followed the bamboo rafts panting. They were still dozens of miles away from the West City, and there should have been a preset camp where they annihilate Lu Bu.

At this moment, a rumbling roar came. Zhang Wei was shocked when he heard this sound, thinking that somewhere was flooding, and was turning his head around and looking around. Yang Ang was shocked and said, "Cavals, large groups of cavalry."

Li Su and Song Xian each led 500 kidnapped horses and 200 Tiefutu, and rushed along the flat valleys on both sides of the river bank. They only received the order from the orders half an hour ago.

Zhang Lu's sword and card soldiers on the river bank were not yet conscious, but were knocked away by a strong heavy-armed war horse or penetrated with candied haws by a cavalry. After two iron cavalry swept by like two whirlwinds, only piles of bloody "mud" were left on the river bank.

When Zhang Wei saw this scene, he shouted on the bamboo raft in grief. However, Yang Ang was stunned. With a "bang", the head of a personal soldier beside them was smashed into a big pit, and blood and bones splattered their faces.

"Squat down" Yang Ang shouted, pulling Zhang Wei to squat onto the bamboo raft. It turned out that the Lu Bu fleet, a few hundred meters ahead, stopped moving forward, some leaned towards the two sides, and some directly anchored and moored in the river.

Dozens of Viking ships anchored in the river all set up light crossbows and threw stone bombs at Zhang Lujun's bamboo raft team one after another. There were also garrison crossbowmen on the ship, and they used arrows to shoot at the bamboo rafts.

"Go to the dock quickly!" Zhang Wei shouted.

"You can't dock. If there are enemy heavy cavalry on the shore, you will die if you go up!" Yang Ang said anxiously.

While talking, the tiger cavalry on both sides of the straits had already begun to shoot, and sharp arrows flew from both sides to the soldiers Zhang Lu who had no support on the bamboo raft. Thump, thump, corpses fell into the water. Some soldiers Zhang Lu also began to fight back with crossbows, but on the undulating bamboo raft, they had almost no effect on the target of running at high speed on the shore.

It is obvious that Zhang Lujun only had one road at the moment, rushed downstream, broke through Lu Bu's water defense line, and then saw if he could run across the cavalry on both sides of the strait.

"Brothers, we have no way out now. We can only live to death and rush over to the highway. When we arrived in Xicheng County, there were friendly troops there to pick us up." Yang Ang drew his sword and shouted.

After hearing his encouragement, the remaining bamboo rafts rushed downstream in large numbers. Seeing this, the Viking ships stationed in the river quickly raised their anchors and floated downstream. At this time, the rest of Lu Bu soldiers had already arrived ashore, arranged formations on both sides of the straits, waiting for the bamboo raft team to come.

The cavalry on both sides of the straits were chasing the bamboo rafts in the river and shooting strong arrows at them continuously until the bamboo rafts entered the array arranged by Lubu. The tiger shooters on both sides, crossbowmen in the garrison, hero hunters, and sharp men in the formation, poured the arrows in their hands into the river one after another. The sword and shield heavy infantry threw the javelin out with assists.
Chapter completed!