Chapter 96: Soldiers and Hongnong

With the strength of the Red Rabbit Horse, Lu Bu fought out a bloody path from Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and Pang De to the main formation with the help of the Pegasus.

When Ma Chao waved his gun and ordered an attack, he stuck out his tongue and licked the blood on the corner of his mouth. Looking at Lu Bu's back as he was leaving, a raging murderous intent burned in his eyes. If this person is not eliminated, he will definitely become a confidant.

"Ling Ming, Zilong, can you still hold on?" Ma Chao retracted his gaze and looked at the two of them with concern and asked.

Zhao Yun smiled bitterly, reached out to tear off the clothes on the collar, tied them randomly to the wound around his waist, and gasped, "It's nothing big, it's just skin trauma."

"Young Master, I can't die, but it's a pity that Lu Bu escaped." Pang De smiled and spit out a mouthful of blood. Obviously, in the battle just now, his internal organs were shaken very lightly, and the armor on his body was cut into pieces, and the blood from the wound was still flowing.

"Zilong, escort Ling Ming back and bandage the wound, leave it to me here." Ma Chao shouted in a deep voice when he saw Pang De being injured.

"Young Master..." Before Pang De finished speaking, Ma Chao blocked him and said, "This is the order, retreat quickly!"

"Abide by the order!" Zhao Yun turned his horse's head, led Pang De's war horse, and retreated backwards.

At this moment, Hu Chier, who received Ma Chao's general order, had already led the Bing Jia to attack Lu Bu's camp. After Ma Chao ordered Zhao Yun and the others to retreat, he picked up his spear and killed Lu Bu's camp.

Gao Shun and Zhang Rui took advantage of the opportunity of disturbing the enemy camp by thick smoke, and each led 5,000 cavalry to advance from the left and right wings to advance together to attack Lu Bu's camp first.

The Lu Bu soldiers in the camp were coughing with thick smoke at this time, and were not prepared for any defense. They were suddenly surprised when they faced the torrent of the iron cavalry that was sweeping over.

Although most of the soldiers immediately picked up weapons, before they could organize an effective defensive formation, the Xiliang cavalry rushed towards them, covered their faces and waved their swords, and like hell messengers, they took the lead in waving weapons at them. The panicked soldiers in the camp felt that the light of the sword flashed in front of them, and the cavalry passing by with a pegasus fought their heads with one knife.

"Ouch...my hand..."

"Ah...Help..."

"……withdraw!"

The Lu Bu defenders in the camp were completely trapped in the shadow of death under the raid of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and a scream sounded in the entire camp.

The Xiliang cavalry holding a high sword, the excited screams and the galloping sounds of war horses, mixed with the screams of the camp, formed a unique solemn and murderous aura.

When the five thousand cavalry led by Zhang Rui interspersed through the enemy camp, they suddenly encountered Lu Bu's troops who had retreated from the battlefield.

Although Lu Bu's cavalry was only 3,000, this cavalry was undoubtedly Lu Bu's elite cavalry. At this moment, the two teams of cavalry met on a narrow road, and they saw strong murderous intent from each other's eyes.

"Kill..." Zhang Rui waved the spear in his hand and took the lead in meeting it.

"...Kill...ah!" With Zhang Rui's shout, thousands of cavalry roared and roared into the enemy cavalry.

Zhang Rui rode his horse to hold his spear, roared angrily, and the spear pierced out like lightning. An enemy cavalry that came up was penetrated by his chest and fell off his horse and died.

Then several enemy cavalry surrounded, before the weapons in their hands had been cut on Zhang Rui, the spear in his hand arrived first, and he turned back and swung out with a horizontal slash, blocking several enemy cavalry, and they all fell off their horses and died.

"Lu Bu?" When Zhang Rui was picking down the enemy cavalry on the left, he found a team of personal soldiers, resisting Lu Bu's banner, guarding Lu Bu and walking towards the north. At this moment, Lu Bu leaned over the horse's back and seemed to be seriously injured.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Rui was shocked and shouted: "Those who kill Lu Bu will be rewarded with a thousand gold!"

"roar!"

"Kill Lu Bu..."

Hearing Zhang Rui's shouting, the soldiers of Xiliang on the battlefield shouted in unison and rushed towards the direction of Lu Bu's escape. Zhang Rui took the lead, and successively led several enemy cavalry and chased them.

At this time, Lu Bu was indeed very injured. During the fierce battle just now, although he was attacked by Zhao Yun and Pang Deqi, he also paid a considerable price, especially when Ma Chao joined the battle group, he almost injured the vital points several times.

"Abandon the camp, let's go southeast." Lu Bu saw the camp chaos, and the cavalry of Xiliang rushed back and forth, and there were enemy cavalry chasing behind him, and he was unable to fight again. He sighed in his heart, knowing that the defeat was settled, so he had no choice but to abandon the camp and leave.

Seeing that Lu Bu was about to escape, Zhang Rui was naturally reluctant to leave and immediately rushed to chase him. Lu Bu had no intention of fighting again and was only concerned about escaping. Although the three thousand guards and cavalry he led were all elite, his morale and morale were sharply reduced during the panicked retreat, and his combat power was naturally even more difficult to exert.

Zhang Rui's troops were full of morale. He chased him for dozens of miles and killed two thousand enemy cavalry. Seeing that he was far away from the battlefield, Zhang Rui knew that he would not pursue the enemy, he led his army back.

Lu Bu was indeed seriously injured in the battle just now, otherwise he would not be so embarrassed at this time. Until Zhang Rui's pursuers returned, he breathed a sigh of relief and led more than 800 cavalry to escape into the mountains.

When Zhang Rui returned, the infantry armor led by Ma Chao and Gao Shun's five thousand cavalry had defeated the camp defenders and ended the battle.

This time, the 30,000 vanguard troops led by Lu Bu were killed, more than 15,000 were captured, and thousands were lost. Except for the 800 soldiers brought back by Lu Bu, the entire army was wiped out.

As soon as the battle ended here, Jia Xu hurriedly came from Tongguan and led his troops to the battlefield.

In front of the temporary camp on the side of the battlefield, Jia Xu found Ma Chao and said, "Ming Gong, General Zhang He sent a scout just back to report that Dong Zhuo's army had been in Hongnong and had collected thousands of ferries and would cross the Yellow River north to this evening. Now General Zhang He has been involved in the millions of people driven by Dong Zhuo, and is preparing to raise fire and clamor when Dong Zhuo's army crosses first. He also hopes that Ming Gong will go to reinforce immediately."

"Sure enough, Wen He was caught up with the information. It seemed that he could only attack first." Ma Chao looked up at the sun in the sky, and guessed that it was noon at this time. If he led the cavalry to go there now, he would probably be able to arrive at Hongnong County at night.

Ma Chao thought so and said, "Wenhe, what are your opinions?"

"Ming Gong, the army has just passed through a war, so it is not advisable to move lightly. I brought three thousand light cavalry from the pass, so I can set off immediately. After the army is resting, I can go to the reception immediately." Jia Xu pondered for a moment and replied loudly.

The main purpose of this battle is not to kill Dong Zhuo, but to disrupt it. The purpose is naturally to take the opportunity to rob the materials plundered by Dong Zhuo and to gather millions of people. I believe that with the support of these millions of people, the arable land in Guanzhong will be quickly redeveloped.
Chapter completed!