In a camp fifteen miles away from the Taishan Army position.
Surprisingly, Lu Bu, who was supposed to lead the entire army into battle, was not in a hurry at this time. Not only did he not change his clothes and armor, he did not even summon several of his generals, and just drank one cup after another.
While drinking, he suddenly cried.
Yes, he cried because he couldn't get love. What he cried was that great ambitions are hard to achieve.
The life experience of this martial artist from the Wuyuan border area has long been changed beyond recognition due to the changes of the times.
Lu Bu was born in Wuyuan County, which governs Jiuyuan County. It is located on the 800-mile Hetao Plain, with Yinshan Mountain to the north, Yellow River to the south, Youyan to the east, and Liangzhou to the west. Zili Town has always been an important military area in the fortress.
At that time, this area between Yinshan Mountain and Yangshan Mountain was also called "Henan Land".
Because the big river begins to branch off from the western part of Jiuyuan, a river in the north returns to its main stream after detouring for hundreds of miles. Between this branch and the main stream, there is a roughly rectangular grassland and hilly land extending more than 100 miles from north to south and more than 200 miles from east to west.
Because this area is located outside the Yinshan Pass, it is an important channel for the Han people to resist the nomadic forces north of the Yinshan Mountains.
Therefore, since the Warring States Period, the Qin people have been stationed here and established the famous "Nine Plains Legion" here.
After the collapse of Qin, the Han Empire, which was built on its ruins, still established frontier defense lines in Jiuyuan.
There is no way, this area in Henan is too suitable for Han people to defend.
Due to the climate and rain, this area also has the characteristics of a variety of intertwined terrains such as grasslands, rivers, hills, mountains, lakes, and Gobi. This complex geography is suitable for the Han people to build barriers, fortresses and border walls.
At the same time, the Yinshan Pass is guarded here. Once the Han Empire can resist the early attack of the grassland people here, it can calmly use a small number of cavalry to go deep into the grassland and launch a quick counterattack against the Hu people on the Yinshan grassland.
This is Jiuyuan, the real strategic location between Hu and Han.
But it is a pity that the Jiuyuan Army, which was as shining as the Qin and Han Dynasties, has never appeared again. There are only frontier defenders like Lu Bu's father and his father.
They were forgotten by the empire in this remote corner, but they continued to defend the Great Wall with their lives.
Lu Bu's fathers and fathers' fathers were all members of the Jiuyuan Frontier Army. They were firewood, burning silently. Throughout the two hundred years of the Later Han Dynasty, not a single Jiuyuan person appeared on the stage of history.
Until him, Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian.
This reckless warrior from the frontier fortress entered the stage of history for the first time during the civil war in the empire.
That was the later stage of the second Weihan battlefield. At that time, the Kwantung Army had already defeated Hangu Pass, and the Kansai side had almost given up on the eastern section of Xiaohan and fully retreated to the vicinity of Tongguan, which was newly built by Yang Biao.
But at that critical moment, it was Lu Bu who led the 3,000 Bingzhou troops to march 500 miles a day, rushed to the rear of the Kwantung Army, broke through six companies, killed 18 fierce generals, and burned the grain in one fell swoop. The army retreated.
It can be said that among such bright generals on the battlefield of Weihan, Lu Bu is the most dazzling one.
Even Liu Hong once excitedly compared Lu Bu to his "Changping Marquis".
Who is the Marquis of Changping? Wei Qing was also the most meritorious general of the Han Dynasty.
It can be said that Liu Hong had high hopes for Lu Bu, a border warrior.
He even actually betrothed his daughter Princess Wannian to Lu Bu, which is a true story of a monarch and his ministers.
But unfortunately, Liu Hong died too early, and all these promises naturally became empty talk.
Today, he received news from behind that Princess Wannian was getting married today, but the groom was not him, but Dong Zhuo's son, Dong Hu.
This wedding was officiated by Empress Dowager Dong, which symbolized the integration of the public family represented by the Han Dynasty and the Wu family represented by Dong Zhuo.
Therefore, Lu Bu could only drown his sorrows in wine.
Not only was the planned attack mission abandoned, but a sense of resentment also grew in his heart.
Coming from Jiuyuan, Lu Bu understood a truth earlier than ordinary people:
"Fame can only be gained immediately."
He does not have a prominent family background, nor does he have any noble people to support him. The Bailian Ju in his hand and the red rabbit horse under his crotch are his family background and noble people.
With his bravery, he felt he could do anything.
And in the beginning, that was exactly what happened. The monarch's appreciation and the enemy's fear made him indulge in his own force again.
However, when he entered Chang'an, he found that he could not use all his martial arts skills. It seems like people there always have this weird idea that there is a different set of rules there.
And people like him are only worthy of being called gong dogs and martial artists.
Just when Lu Bu was about to have another drink, the tent suddenly opened and Wu Guanbian walked in excitedly.
As he walked, the black bird tails on both sides of his crown trembled.
After seeing this person come in, Lu Bu smiled and said:
"Uncle Zhi, you came just in time, let's have another drink."
This man named Uncle Zhi is none other than Zhang Yang, the current number two figure in the Three Thousand Bingzhou Army. This man was from Yunzhong County, but like Lu Bu, he became famous in the border areas and was famous locally.
The two served in the frontier army together, ate hungry barbarians together, and rode horses together among flowers. It can be said that they have a true irreversible relationship, sharing life and death together.
So when Zhang Yang came in, he was not polite. When he came up, he took the prince from Lu Bu's hand and said worriedly:
"Fengxian, when will this happen? Zhang Liao has already selected the knights for the battle, and they are waiting for you."
Lu Bu was not polite and took the wine cup again without even spilling a drop of the wine inside. Then he drank a full sip and said happily:
"I, Lu Bu, have loved wine and beauty all my life. Now that the beauty has been lost, will the wine also be taken away?"
Zhang Yang was paused when he heard this, until what Lu Bu said. He sighed and comforted:
"Fengxian, listen to my advice and look forward. There are some things that we can't ask for, and the princess is something we can think of? As for beauties? With the swords of our Bingzhou Army, whoever's queen you fall in love with, that's not it. A matter of words?”
Lu Bu shook his head and said a little drunkenly:
"Uncle Zhi, Uncle Zhi, you don't understand, you don't understand."
Zhang Yang shook his head helplessly and said softly:
"Yes, yes, I don't understand, I don't understand. Okay, let's get out of the army quickly, otherwise we will really violate military law."
But this time Lu Bu couldn't move, he was so drunk that he started to speak:
"It's just a stupid fight. So what if I, Lu Bu, win all the fights? Isn't that a martial artist? Who will look at me seriously?"
After saying that, he pushed Zhang Yang away, walked straight to the couch, and slept with his clothes on.
Afterwards, no matter how Zhang Yang talked and pushed, Lu Bu didn't react at all.
Seeing that Lu Bu had made up his mind not to fight, Zhang Yang said helplessly:
"Okay, if you don't want to go up, then you can stay here and we, Lao Zhang, will go up for you."
After saying that, he saw Lu Bu's armor hanging on the shelf beside the couch, so he took it off and left a message before leaving:
"Lend me your red rabbit and horse."
Lu Bu's eyelids twitched, and he wanted to speak, but his body was still stiff, and then he slowed down for a moment.
In just half a beat, Zhang Yang was already out of the tent holding Lu Bu's armor.
Lu Bu shook his head, didn't take it seriously, and simply fell asleep.
……
Over there, when Zhang Yang, wearing Lu Bu's full set of armor and pulling out his iconic red rabbit horse, appeared in front of the soldiers, the whole audience cheered in unison.
This is why Zhang Yang dragged Lu Bu out of the battle.
Lu Bu is the soul of this Bingzhou soldiers. With him, this is an iron army that will win every battle.
But now that Lu Bu is not in the battle and the military situation is urgent, Zhang Yang can only use Li Daitao's method to boost morale.
Of course, Zhang Yang had nothing to worry about. He was a warrior in the frontier army, and his combat power was weaker than Lu Bu's. In the two days of contact battles, the Taishan troops on the opposite side have been thoroughly eaten by them. There are only a few who can match Zhang Yang, but who can kill him? None. Therefore, Zhang Yang has no worries about his own safety.
Amid the cheers of the knights, Zhang Yang silently performed Lu Bu, and then he saw that Zhang Liao, who was supposed to be here, was not there.
He wanted to ask, but he was worried that his words would be leaked, so he could only get back on his horse.
After receiving the horse chariot handed over by Ya Bing, Zhang Yang raised his palm to the sky, shook the reins of the red rabbit, and rushed forward to the sound of gongs and drums.
Behind him, five hundred Bingzhou knights, each carrying a flag and holding horses under their arms, followed closely.
……
When Zhang Liao returned from the Central Army, Zhang Yang and his cavalry had disappeared.
He was in a hurry and hurried back to the camp, preparing to mobilize the remaining Bingzhou troops to support Lu Bu.
It turned out that the Chinese Army had just called him to tell him the latest intelligence.
Reinforcements came from the Taishan Army on the opposite side. The number was not clear, but they were gathering the entire army and seemed to be coming out in full force.
So Hu Zhen asked Zhang Liao to go back and tell Lu Bu that the original contact battle was no longer effective, and asked him to lead the Bingzhou Army to retreat to the northwest of the Chinese Army and hand over the remaining military affairs to the Yizhou Military Department.
Zhang Liao immediately realized the importance of this information.
In his heart, he was complaining that such important military information was not sent to someone first, and that he had to run back and forth. But he still hurried back to the front army and sent the information as soon as possible.
But in the end it was still a step too slow.
Just when he stepped into Lu Bu's military tent and was about to collect the military register and gather the troops, he was stunned for a moment.
Why was Lu Bu still lying on the couch when he was supposed to be out in battle?
In an instant, Zhang Liao realized what had happened.
He immediately poured a pot of wine on Lu Bu's head, waking him up directly.
Lu Bu was awakened, his whole body was full of violence, and he stared at Zhang Liao.
Even people like Zhang Liao shuddered when Lu Bu stared at him. But he still tried hard to get through:
"Captain, something bad happened."
Lu Bu had woken up and relaxed after realizing that the person in front of him was Zhang Liao and not Dong Jun's assassin. But no one who wakes up with such a pot of wine will have a good temper.
So, he said firmly:
"What's the big deal? What's wrong?"
So Zhang Liao hurriedly explained to Lu Bu what had just happened, and finally he said:
"Colonel Lieutenant, we have to quickly support Vice Colonel Zhang. The army from the opposite side is pouring out, and he will lead five hundred cavalry to meet it. It's life or death."
Lu Bu's face was gloomy. He had been listening, and when he heard the end, he suddenly became furious.
Then he slapped the table in front of him, and then the solid wood table was scattered. Zhang Liao on the side did not dare to move.
Lu Bu stood up and cursed:
"You idiots are trying to harm me!"
Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, not understanding how the two things were connected. But the most important thing right now is to quickly support Zhang Yang, otherwise it will be too late.
Lu Bu also understood this truth. He first asked people to find his spare armor, but Zhang Yang took Bai Lianyan away, and he couldn't find the spare one for a while.
At this moment, he saw a row of painted halberds standing outside the thorny door outside the tooth tent, and casually took out a pure iron square halberd, but unexpectedly took advantage of it.
Seeing Lu Bu taking the painted halberd as a weapon, Zhang Liao quickly stopped him:
"Captain, this halberd is a ceremonial weapon and is not suitable for combat."
Unexpectedly, these words inspired Lu Bu even more. He shook his head and said:
"From today on, I, Lu Bu, no longer want to be a martial artist. This ritual weapon is great. Let me ask you, Lu Bu, if I use this ritual weapon to go into battle, who wouldn't think more of me?"
Zhang Liao was confused, but after smelling the smell of alcohol on Lu Bu's body, he suddenly understood.
Is the captain drunk?
But now that the matter has come to this, we still have to rely on Lu Bu to get the brothers back.
So Zhang Liao went to organize the army, and Lu Bu put on armor.
When Zhang Liao comes back with a group of cavalry generals. The big tent was opened, and a general wearing a helmet and armor appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone was shocked, only to see Lu Bu in front of them:
"The three-pronged jewel crown is brilliant, and the two pheasant tails are colorful. In the hand is a square halberd with a painted pole, and on the back is a five-color flag with baht money."
Especially the painted halberd by Fang Tian, which makes Lu Bu's temperament unparalleled. He is truly an unparalleled general.
At this moment, Zhang Liao and everyone else thought that this halberd should be Lu Bu's weapon, and ordinary people would just use it to imitate it.
Over there, Lu Bu was also very satisfied with his new appearance. If it were normal times, he would never make such a big statement, because such people would have died long ago on the battlefield.
But at this moment, he was drunk, heartbroken, and had only one thought in his mind:
"Let me show you what kind of person I, Lu Bu, am!"
Thinking of this, he was full of pride and said to the generals:
"Let's go and pick up the brothers."
So Qianqi rolled up Ping Gang.
……
At this time, Zhang Yang had led five hundred Bingzhou cavalry to the front line, and was less than four miles away from the Taishan Army's position.
At this time, Zhang Yang already felt something was wrong.
Because the sound on the other side was too loud, there were shouts and movement everywhere, and he could even feel the ground shaking here.
At this time, Wei Yue, who was marching out of the army, frowned and said uneasily:
"Captain, there's something wrong with this momentum. Isn't it possible that the opposite side has been forced by our army in the past two days and wants to send out the entire army to fight with us?"
At this moment, Wei Yue still thought that the person in front of him was Lu Bu.
Zhang Yang was very confused at this time.
According to common sense, he should retreat to the base camp one after another. But now he is wearing Lu Bu's armor, and the soldiers all think he is Lu Bu.
If he withdraws at this time, Lu Bu's reputation will be tarnished by him, which Zhang Yang does not want to see.
So, Zhang Yang thought for a while, raised the horse again, and then pointed at a Mount Tai army cavalry coming forward.
It was decided that we should first defeat an army and steal its morale, and then return to camp.
At this moment, the Taishan Army Cavalry that Zhang Yang was referring to had just galloped towards them.
There are not many of them, that is, about a hundred people riding on horseback. However, these people all carry a flag and write two words:
"Jinhu!"
I set off back to Shanghai at noon yesterday, and when I got home at 5 o'clock this morning, I was feeling giddy.
The update will be stable after that. In the coming year, I wish you all and Xiao Chen great success! The master said that I will make a fortune this year, and I also hope that my family will make a fortune this year too!
The Year of the Dragon is here, everything is a new beginning, everything is still in time, it’s just the right time.