Chapter 2253: Lu Fengxian VS Li Shimin

Chapter 2253 Lu Fengxian VS Li Shimin

Chapter 2249: Lu Fengxian VS Li Shimin

After Huo Qubing received the news about Fenglingdu and Aoguan, he guessed that Li Shimin would probably retreat directly. After all, if he didn't retreat, he would not be able to leave even if he wanted to.

Huo Qubing sent spies to monitor the Tang camp day and night. Sure enough, he found that both Li Shimin and Li Siyuan had withdrawn overnight, and Li Sizhao was left behind after the Wuzhang Yuan was cut off, apparently to stop the Qin army and delay the attack.

 Huo Qubing ignored Li Siyuan's troops who had escaped. Instead, he concentrated all his troops and prepared to forcibly break through Wuzhangyuan and catch up with Li Shimin as quickly as possible.

As a famous general of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Sizhao was not low in command and force, especially the commander attribute was as high as 95 points, which was more than enough for a city defender. It was a pity that this time he encountered Huo Qubing.

Under the fierce attack of Huo Qubing's 40,000 troops, Li Sizhao could not hold on for even one day. The Wuzhangyuan camp was breached by the Qin army, and Li Sizhao was also shot to death by Gongsun Xuanyuan.

After breaking through the Wuzhangyuan camp, Huo Qubing did not take any pause and personally led 20,000 cavalry to pursue Li Shimin.

At the same time, Li Shimin's troops, who had fled to Wugong County, ran into Lu Bu's five thousand cavalry halfway.

Of the 40,000 Tang army's infantry and cavalry, fully 10,000 were cavalry. However, Lu Bu had only 5,000 cavalry under his command. Naturally, he did not dare to confront the Tang army head-on, but chose to harass them.

Lü Bu commanded the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. Although their speed was slower than that of Huo Qubing, they were still much faster than the Tang army.

Relying on his speed advantage, Lu Bu led his army to engage in guerrilla warfare with the Tang army, constantly attacking the Tang army. After one attack, he immediately fled far away, and then returned, leaving Li Shimin undisturbed.

Lu Bu's harassment did not cause much damage to the Tang army, but it seriously slowed down the Tang army's marching speed.

Li Shimin knew very well that the 10,000 troops left in Wuzhangyuan could not hold off Huo Qubing for long. If they marched at this speed, let alone Chang'an, they would probably be overtaken by Huo Qubing before they reached Hu County.

With no choice, Li Shimin could only personally lead 10,000 cavalry to guard the two wings of the army. After discovering Lu Bu's traces, he immediately attacked and pursued closely to keep the army as far away from the Qin army's cavalry as possible.

Just because Lu Bu didn't dare to fight with 40,000 Tang troops doesn't mean that he didn't dare to fight with 10,000 Tang troops. He was not afraid even of cavalry.

Seeing that Li Shimin personally led 10,000 cavalry to pursue him, Lu Bu led his army to retreat fifty miles north, deliberately drawing the Tang cavalry away from the infantry. When the distance between the two was too far to provide support, he changed direction and turned around to fight the Tang army decisively.

  【Ding dong, Lu Bu's skill "Flying General" activates effect 1. When leading the cavalry in battle, his own command +4 and force +3.

 Lü Bu (wounded): Commander 88 (+3), Force 107 (+5), Intelligence 61, Politics 58, Charisma 97 (+2);

 Fang Tian painted halberd, dragon tongue bow +1, red rabbit horse +1;

 At present, Lu Bu's commandership has increased by 92, and his military strength has increased by 110;】

After the Battle of Youzhou, Lu Bu's basic command increased by 1 point, now reaching 88, and his command of cavalry can reach 92;

[Ding dong, Lu Bu’s skill ‘Flying General’ effect 4 is activated. When commanding the ‘Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry’ in battle, the riding skills of the units will be improved, the attack power will be increased, the movement speed will be greatly increased, and the military command of the entire army will be +1;

 At present, Lu Bu's commandership has increased by 93, and his military strength has increased by 111;】

I have to say that the successive victories made Lu Bu a little overconfident. He overestimated himself with a supreme commander of 93, and underestimated Li Shimin, who had a basic commander of 100.

The Qin army's five thousand iron knights are in high morale, but the Tang army's morale is low. In terms of overall combat strength, the five thousand Qin army may be stronger than the Tang army in the past, but the battle requires not only combat power, but also brain power.

Li Shimin did not use any strategy this time, because the war came so fast and suddenly that he had no time to make arrangements. However, with an intelligence of 99, even a temporary arrangement was still the best arrangement.

Li Shimin divided the army into three groups, with 5,000 men in the center and 2,500 on the left and right wings. He also ordered Gao Si to lead the center army to fight against Lu Bu, while he commanded the left and right wings to attack the two wings of the Qin army. Lu Bu was injured in the battle with Kong Peng. Although it was not a serious injury, it still had a certain impact on his combat power.

 After that, Lu Bu even fought with Wang Shi even though he was injured, and now he faced off against the two great war gods, Ma Shanwei and Gao Siji.

Lu Bu, who was in poor condition, would naturally find it difficult to replicate his record in the Battle of Youzhou when he single-handedly challenged the three war gods and even won.

This battle was very difficult for Lu Bu. Under the attack of two gods of war, Lu Bu, who was injured, only lasted a hundred rounds before falling into a disadvantage.

 But when the battle was about to reach the 200th round, Lu Bu chose to retreat on his own initiative.

It's not that Lu Bu is afraid of Ma Shanwei and Gao Siji, but that the Qin army will not be able to hold on.

Even though Lu Bu was at a disadvantage among the generals, he still paid attention to the battle situation around him, but found that his own casualties were too fast, so he immediately realized that Li Shimin had seen through the tactics.

The tactics used by Lu Bu were a typical arrow formation, which focused on directly defeating the opponent in one go. However, if the opponent failed to be defeated in one go, he would be exhausted again and fall into the enemy's quagmire.

Li Shimin saw the weakness of this method of warfare at a glance, so he deliberately let Ma Shanwei and Gao Siji hold back Lu Bu, and continuously weakened the Qin army from the weak wings. By the time Lu Bu found out, the Qin army had already suffered many casualties. .

 After using all his strength to repel Ma Shanwei and Gao Siji, Lu Bu raised his halberd and shouted: "Retreat."

The Qin army, which had not yet been completely trapped, immediately pulled out and made an emergency retreat. However, many Qin cavalry were entangled by the Tang army and failed to get out in time.

Li Shimin naturally would not let go of the opportunity to pursue. He led his army to pursue at full speed. However, he found that Lu Bu was fleeing to the west. He was worried that he would hit Huo Qubing's pursuers, so he withdrew his troops and stopped pursuing them.

The battle between Lu Bu and Li Shimin pitted five thousand against ten thousand. The two sides fought for two hours, and finally ended with the Qin army's defeat.

After the war, statistics showed that the Qin army suffered casualties of 2,000 cavalry and lost nearly two-thirds, while the Tang army actually suffered 3,000 cavalry casualties.

The Tang Army was clearly the victorious side and had a superiority in military strength, but its casualties were greater than those of the Qin Army, which shows the Qin Army's comprehensive combat power.

Through this battle, Li Shimin once again saw the bravery of the Qin army, and he made up his mind that he would never engage in field battles with the Qin army before he was absolutely sure.

After simply cleaning the battlefield, the Tang army did not want weapons, only armor and horses, and then continued to Chang'an with thousands of armored horses.

On Lu Bu's side, two thousand cavalry were lost, and their injuries worsened. Naturally, he was extremely upset, but he did not dare to face Li Shimin alone. The top priority now was to join up with Huo Qubing.

After marching for only half a day, Lu Bu ran into Huo Qubing's troops who were chasing him.

 When he learned that Lu Bu had been defeated for a while, Huo Qubing did not blame him.

Five thousand against ten thousand, and the opponent is Li Shimin. Lu Bu can still keep three thousand cavalry, which is already quite difficult.

After a brief understanding of the situation, Huo Qubing ordered his horses to speed up and march at full speed, hoping to catch up with Li Shimin as soon as possible, but unfortunately he was still a step too late.

Half a day later, Huo Qubing led his cavalry to pursue Hu County. Just when they were about to enter Jingzhaoyin, Li Shimin's army had already fled into Chang'an.

Although Huo Qubing was extremely upset about this, there was nothing he could do about it. After all, he was leading cavalry, not heavenly soldiers and generals, and it was impossible for him to fly to Chang'an City.

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