Chapter 176 Luyuan County
Zhou Yu's plan to lead his army to fight the decisive battle with the main force of the Nan barbarian army in Cizhou City did not come true. After Tu Yanbu learned that the Zhennan army landed in Yuhuan Port in Kangzhou Prefecture, the Great Wei Empire, immediately began to mobilize troops and prepare to take the initiative to fight the Zhennan army.
When Zhou Yu led the army into Cizhou Prefecture, Tu Yanbu led the 12 brigades of Xiongyiwei and 1.2 million Southern Barbarians to block the way of Zhennan Army in Luyuan County, Fuping County, Cizhou Prefecture.
Zhou Yu didn't care about this. Anyway, he just hoped to find an opportunity to fight the main force of the Southern Barbarian Army, whether in Cizhou City or Luyuan County, as long as he could encounter the main force of the Southern Barbarian Army.
Then more than 600,000 town southern troops and the Southern Barbarians with more than 1.35 million troops confronted each other on the plain east of Luyuan County.
The county town of Luyuan County is one of the dozen cities that the Great Wei Empire did not fall in Cizhou Prefecture.
Li You'an, the county magistrate of Luyuan County, stood on the east wall of the county town, looked at two large camps in the distance, turned his head to the county magistrate Lu Li beside him and said: "It seems that the Zhennan Army and rebels of Yan State are preparing to launch a decisive battle in our Luyuan County. How many soldiers are there in your hands now?"
County magistrate Lu Li said in a deep voice: "Sir, there are 6,000 soldiers in the county and 8,000 soldiers in the county. However, facing the rebels, only the 1,200 soldiers under my command can still be fought. The eight-barrel soldiers who came from Kangzhou Prefecture to support our Luyuan County are only a little stronger than the rural troops we temporarily convened."
County Magistrate Li You'an sighed slightly and said, "Our Great Wei has been in peace for many years and his military preparations have been relaxed. If it weren't for the Zhennan Army of Yan State coming to help, perhaps several prefectures in the southern part of our Great Wei would soon fall into the hands of the rebels."
After pausing, the county magistrate Li You'an continued, "Although my Luyuan County has few soldiers, the Zhennan Army has come from afar to fight the rebels. Our Luyuan County must express our opinions. I hope that the Lu County Magistrate can lead you two battalions of soldiers to the Zhennan Army camp to participate in this decisive battle between the Zhennan Army and the rebels. I wonder if the Lu County Magistrate dares to take this important task?"
"I'm willing to go!"
Zhou Yu did not expect that Luyuan County would take the initiative to send troops out of the city to assist in the battle. Although there were only two battalions of Wei's government soldiers, the more than 1,000 Wei's government soldiers were neatly decorated and all were strong, so they were definitely not a mob.
Zhou Yu called Lu Li, the county magistrate of Luyuan County, who led more than a thousand Wei State soldiers to his tent. "I have told you that the decisive battle with the main force of the rebels in Cizhou Prefecture, without the assistance of the Wei army, it is enough to have our Zhennan Army. Lu County magistrate would still lead these two battalions of soldiers back to the county town to prevent the rebels from attacking Luyuan City!"
Lu Li clasped his fists and said, "Master Zhou, the general of the Imperial Army was ordered by the county magistrate to obey the orders of the Zhennan Army. Although I only brought 1,200 soldiers from the government, these 1,200 soldiers from the government have been trained for many years. Whether they are war soldiers or auxiliary soldiers, they can be able to fight. Please give General Zhou a chance to go into battle to kill the enemy!"
At this time, Lu Bu, who was sitting in the commander's tent, suddenly asked, "I wonder how well the county magistrate Lu is?"
Lu Li immediately said, "Reporting to this general, the general has not cultivated his vitality, but the general has great strength, and most people should not be the opponent of the general."
Lu Li was about 1.95 meters tall, and his body was full of tendons and flesh. You could tell at a glance that he was a strongman.
Lu Bu continued to ask, "Will you fight with the Grandmaster Warrior?"
Lu Li hesitated for a moment and said, "I only fought with one Grandmaster Warrior, but I was lucky enough to win half a move."
When Zhou Yu and Lu Bu heard that Lu Li had defeated a master warrior, Zhou Yu and Lu Bu couldn't help but exchanged glances with each other. Zhou Yu then said loudly: "Since County Magistrate Lu takes the initiative to ask for the battle, then Lu County Magistrate will take the two battalions of troops under his command and temporarily return to General Lu Bu's command!"
When Lu Li walked out of the commander's tent, Zhou Yu smiled and asked Lu Bu, "Fengxian, are you interested in this county lieutenant with the same surname as you?"
Lu Bu nodded slowly and said, "Gongjin, with my feeling, this county lieutenant named Lu Li is definitely a rare general. If you fight one-on-one, maybe even I can't defeat him easily. I'm going to give it a try to see if I can recruit him into our Zhennan Army."
Zhou Yu nodded and said, "When the lord came, he also told me that if we encounter available talents in the territory of Wei, we should try to recruit our Zhennan Army. Lu Li, Fengxian can give it a try. Not to mention his martial arts, just his ability in military management is worth recruiting him."
Early in the morning of October 15, 20th year of Jianping, the Zhennan Army, who had just set up camp yesterday, took the initiative to assemble most of the troops and began to line up between the two camps.
Seeing that the Zhennan Army took the initiative to fight, the Southern Barbarian Army was not willing to be outdone. Soon hundreds of thousands of Southern Barbarian Army also began to line up between the two camps. Tu Yanbu, the Grand Marshal of the Southern Barbarian Army, took hundreds of generals under his command, and rode his horse to the front of his own battle formation.
Fei Lianhong, the third marshal of the Southern Barbarian Army, whispered to Tu Yanbu: "Brother, do you need to send people to the two armies to challenge the battle? Kill the spirit of Zhennan Army!"
Tu Yanbu nodded, then asked loudly: "Will that general go to the two armies to give Zhennan Army a warning?"
As soon as Tu Yanbu finished speaking, a general of the Southern Barbarian Army shouted: "Twenty-fourth brother, your ninth brother is willing to make a good start for our Southern Barbarian Army."
The Southern Barbarian General who was invited to fight was Tu Lin's adopted son Jiu Tai Baotu Yandu.
Tu Yandu's original name was Ji Guanan, and he was also a powerful general in the original Tu family army.
Tu Yandu called him the twenty-fourth brother, Tu Yanbu couldn't help but snorted coldly in his heart, but on the surface he smiled and said, "Then let Brother Ninth take action and kill the spirit of Zhennan Army!"
"Haha, don't worry, Brother Ninth will help you get the heads of the Yan generals today."
Tu Yandu immediately urged Ma to come to the front of the two armies and shouted loudly: "The ninth prince of Tu Yandu in the Tu family army is here, can anyone dare fight with me?"
Zhou Yu couldn't help but frown when he saw the Southern Barbarian Army sending a general to challenge the two armies.
Zhou Yu always believed that fighting against generals in front of the two armies was like playing house in a child, and had no effect at all.
However, now the Southern Barbarian Army has sent people to challenge. If he does not send people to fight, it would be harmful to morale. So Zhou Yu turned around and looked around at the generals behind him, "Since the Southern Barbarian Army wants to fight, we can only accompany him. I wonder which general is willing to fight?"
As soon as Zhou Yu finished speaking, a general from the Eastern Barbarian shouted: "Master Zhou, I, Hou Yan, are willing to cut off the head of that enemy general for you!"
Huo Houyan is the younger brother of a large tribe leader of Qingfanman. This time Huo Houyan brought the tribe's five thousand cavalry and eight thousand infantry to the Wei State by employed by Zhennan Grand Governor's Office.
When Zhou Yu saw that it was Hou Yan who asked for a fight, a trace of intriguing flashed in his eyes. Then Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Since the leader of Hou Yan is willing to fight, then he will be handsome. This will make people prepare a celebration wine for the leader of Hou Yan."
"Standle Zhou can ask someone to warm up the wine, and go back to someone's house!"
It was Fang Song, the general of the Tu family army, who urged the horse to approach Zhou Yu and whispered: "Master, the Nine-Type Protective Pu Yandu is a top-ranked general in the Tu family army. Liu Quan, Deng Yong, Song Qi, Gao Lian, Huang Cheng, and Qi Bo, and none of them can be the opponents of the Nine-Type Protective Pu Yandu. The subordinates felt that Hou Yan was also in trouble."
Zhou Yu smiled slightly and whispered: "The original name of Jiu Tai Baotu Yandu was Ji Guanan. He was promoted to the Grandmaster Warrior at the age of nineteen. His martial arts are enough to rank among the top ten in the original Tu family army. Although Hou Yan is also a Grandmaster Warrior, he should not be able to defeat Tu Yandu."
Fang Song was stunned at first, and then he understood what Zhou Yu meant. Once Hou Yan died in front of the two armies, the Zhennan Army would have the opportunity to recruit the five thousand cavalry and eight thousand infantry brought by Hou Yan.
Zhou Yu then said to Fang Song: "Now there are only ten guards in the imperial guards in our Zhennan army, but the imperial court has no restrictions on the government soldiers in our Zhennan army. Among our army along the way, there are 500,000 troops from all ethnic groups in the Eastern Barbarians, and more than 200 military camps can be reorganized. At that time, you, Liu Quan, Deng Yong and others can all become commanders of the palace."
After holding a long-handled sword, Huo Houyan urged the horse to come to the front of the two armies, he shouted loudly at Tu Yandu: "Huo Houyan is here in the Qingfan Shangshui tribe, Huo Houyan, please don't be rampant in the enemy generals. Today, Huo Houyan will come to take your life!"
When Tu Yandu heard Hou Yan mention the Qingfanman, he frowned, "You are the Dongman, why do you want to become the minion of the Yanman?"
Hou Yan thought to himself that Turtle Grandma is willing to become the minions of Yan people!
The Zhennan Army of Yan State is really too powerful. Not to mention the Shangshui tribe that only has less than 40,000 warriors, even those large tribes with 200,000 warriors still choose to surrender to the Zhennan Army.
"Speak less nonsense, come and take your life!" Huo Houyan was unwilling to say more to Tu Yandu, and rushed towards Tu Yandu with a long sword.
Tu Yandu glanced slightly at the corner of his mouth, and he raised his gun and went up to meet him.
The two of them fought back and forth, and soon they fought for more than thirty rounds. Huo Houyan was inferior to Tu Yandu in terms of strength. Huo Houyan's hands holding the hilt of the knife, and the tiger's mouth was all broken. However, Huo Houyan's eyes were red and there was no intention of retreating. He roared and urged the horse to swing the knife and rushed towards Tu Yandu again.
When the two horses were in a stirrup this time, Tu Yandu finally shot out Thunder Houyan's long sword, and then took advantage of the situation and pierced the armor on Thunder Houyan's chest, and the spear head was also pierced from the armor on Thunder Houyan's back.
After pulling the body of Thunder Hou Yan off the war horse, Tu Yandu crossed the iron spear in his hand and laughed and shouted: "The ninth prince of the Tu family army, Tu Yandu is here, but there are still people who dare to come and die?"
Fei Lianhong, the third marshal of the Southern Barbarian Army, saw Tu Yandu stabbing a general of the Zhennan Army to death with a shot, couldn't help but sigh and said to Tu Yanbu: "Brother, the Jiu Taibao's martial arts have improved a lot. In our Nan Barbarian Army, there should not be many people who can beat Jiu Taibao."
Tu Yanbu sighed slightly and said, "Tu Yandu's martial arts is indeed good, but this person is unruly. I don't know if I can completely surrender him in the future."
Fei Lianhong smiled dryly, "Brother, don't worry, if Tu Yandu dares to make any trouble, I will help my brother deal with him hard!"
Tu Yanbu's face suddenly showed a smile, "I have third brother, you, the number one master of the Southern Barbarian Army, so I am really not worried about Tu Yandu causing any trouble."
After Hou Yan was killed, before Zhou Yu could speak, another Eastern Barbarian general urged his horse to rush towards the two armies.
When Zhou Yu saw the Dongman general rushing out, his smile became stronger. The Dongman general was Hou Yan's cousin, Hou Ming, and he was also the deputy commander of the 5,000 cavalry and 8,000 infantry of the Shangshui tribe of the Qingfan Man.
As far as Zhou Yu knows, although Hou Ming is also a master warrior and is a famous general in the entire Qingfan Man, Hou Ming's martial arts are actually slightly inferior to his cousin Hou Yan.
Now Hou Yan was stabbed to death by Tu Yandu with one shot. Hou Ming is almost no different from going up now.
However, if even Hou Ming died in front of the two armies, Zhou Yu would be more confident of annexing the five thousand cavalry and eight thousand infantry of the Shangshui tribe.
As expected by Zhou Yu, Hou Ming and Tu Yandu fought for more than twenty rounds, Tu Yandu was stabbed in the throat with a shot, and fell down and fell to the ground and died.
Tu Yandu killed two generals from Zhennan Army in succession, which greatly boosted the morale of the Southern Barbarian Army. Cheers resounded throughout the sky. Tu Yandu was even more crazy and shouted loudly: "One more person who died will die. Today, grandpa will kill you!"
Although Zhennan Army lost two consecutive games, Zhou Yu had a smile on his lips. If it weren't for considering his morale, Zhou Yu really wanted to use Tu Yandu to get rid of a few more Eastern Barbarian generals.
Zhou Yu turned his head and said to Lu Bu not far behind him, "Fengxian, why don't you go up and go for activities today?"
Lu Bu smiled slightly, "I haven't encountered such a fighter for a long time, so I'll go up and play."
After Lu Bu finished speaking, he urged his horse to come to the two armies. He crossed the Fang Tianhua Ji in his hand and said coldly to Tu Yandu: "Zhennan Army, Lu Bu!"
Seeing Lu Bu going to fight, the Zhennan Army, whether it was the imperial guards, the government soldiers, or the generals and soldiers of the Eastern Barbarian tribes, couldn't help but cheer.
Lu Bu has a high prestige in the Zhennan Army and even among the Eastern Barbarian tribes. Of course, Lu Bu's prestige was accumulated by countless lives on the battlefield, including the lives of many powerful generals of the Eastern Barbarian tribes.
Tu Yandu was very confident in his martial arts. After Lu Bu announced his name, Tu Yandu rushed over with a gun and shouted, "Jiang Yan takes his life!"
A murderous aura appeared on Lu Bu's face instantly, and he urged his horse to meet him.
With a loud "dang--" sound, Lu Bu's Fang Tian Painting Ji collided with Tu Yandu's iron spear.
Tu Yandu, who often regarded himself as a natural divine power, almost got knocked away in his iron spear in his hand, which made Tu Yandu's expression immediately become solemn.
Chapter completed!