Chapter 520 The Battle of Lumenting
Just as Ailang and others discussed taking advantage of the night to raid Cao's camp, a scout suddenly ran in and reported: "Report to the General, Cao's army has retreated!"
Everyone was surprised to hear this suddenly. Ai Lang thought he had heard it wrong and asked angrily: "Do you say Cao's army retreat? Really?" The scout said: "Report to the general, Cao's army has indeed retreated! Not long ago, Cao's army suddenly quietly retreated from the west from the Dangshan camp and retreated to the west!"
Ailang immediately ran out of the tent, and everyone followed closely behind. Ailang looked towards Cao's camp, and saw that the lights were as quiet as usual, without any abnormality. Chen Gong beside him said, "The camp is as usual, which means that Cao's army has really retreated." Ailang couldn't help but curse, and then ordered the generals: "The entire army attacked immediately, and we can't let the bastard Xiahou Dun run away!" The generals agreed in unison.
Not long after, Lu Bu's army was in full swing, and nearly 300,000 troops emerged in full swing, and then they were divided into two units, one with only tens of thousands of people swept straight towards the Cao army's central camp, and the other main force was led by Ailang himself to bypass Dangshan and pursue Xiahou Dun's main force.
The wrong attack on the main camp of Cao's army did not encounter any resistance and then attacked the camp. As soon as they entered the camp, they found that the huge camp had already left the camp empty!
Ai Lang, who was pursuing Xiahou Dun's main force, soon encountered Cao's army, who was responsible for the cut off the rear, and fierce battles broke out between the two sides. Ai Lang led his army to defeat Cao's army, who was cut off the cut off the rear, and Ai Lang fought hard all the way until dawn. Ai Lang led his army to a small river. At this time, the scouts in front came to report that Xiahou Dun's army was retreating towards Lumenting. Ai Lang was unwilling to let Xiahou Dun join Cao Pi, so he immediately led his army to pursue him relentlessly.
Not long after, a messenger rushed to Ai Lang who was chasing Xiahou Dun, and said breathlessly: "General, Miss Zhuge Mengxue ordered the villain to come and report to the general, saying that there was an urgent matter to report to the general, and asked the general to suspend the pursuit!" Ai Lang said angrily: "Tell me to stop? Wouldn't that make Xiahou Dun run away? If he asked him to meet Cao Pi, this battle would be difficult!" The messenger said: "This, this villain doesn't know!..."
Ailang hesitated for a moment, thinking that Zhuge Mengxue was rigorous and extremely wise. Since she sent someone to call her, she must have had some better strategy. As soon as she thought of this, Ailang chose to believe Zhuge Mengxue's judgment and immediately ordered the army to stop chasing and stop on the spot.
Xiahou Dun led the army to lure Ailang's army straight toward Lumenting. At this time, Cao Pi's army had set up an ambush on the side of Lumenting, waiting for Ailang to be lured into the trap by him Xiahou Dun. However, at this moment, Xiahou Dun suddenly received an urgent report from the rear, saying that Lu Bu's army had stopped pursuing. Xiahou Dun was shocked and asked that the army should stop and send a large number of scouts to find out what was going on. Not long after, the exact information came, and Lu Bu's army did stop. For some reason. Xiahou Dun considered that this carefully planned trap might fail, and he couldn't help but feel anxious and immediately decided to lead the army to counterattack. With this expression, Xiahou Dun immediately passed an order, ordering the army to turn around and prepare to counterattack Lu Bu's army.
However, at this moment, news came from behind that Lu Bu's army was starting to move again and chasing here! Xiahou Dun was overjoyed and worried about another incident, so he led the army to turn around and fight with the Lu Bu's army that was chasing him before retreating to the west. This time, Lu Bu's army did not pause at all and kept chasing him relentlessly!
Before noon that day, the army led by Xiahou Dun entered the area of Lumen Pavilion. As soon as Xiahou Dun arrived, he immediately received an order, ordering him to immediately lead the army to camp at Lumen Pavilion waiting for Lumen Pavilion to arrive. Xiahou Dun immediately followed the order to set up camp at Lumen Pavilion. There was only one small village in Lumen Pavilion, and all the people in the village were moved away. Xiahou Dun stationed with the village as the center, digging trenches around, laying down horses, and preparing for the battle. Xiahou Dun had informed his army of the lord of setting up heavy troops in all directions, so he swept away the previous depressed atmosphere, and his morale was very high, and the entire Lumen Pavilion was full of busy scenes.
More than an hour later, Xiahou Dun received a report from his subordinates and learned that Lu Bu's army had reached more than ten miles east and could arrive before sunset. Xiahou Dun immediately ordered his army to stop working and rest and wait for battle. At this moment, the entire camp was far from completed, and the trench was not too late to be dug, and the horse was only arranged on the most important position on the front; as for the fences of the camp, they were only erected at positions around where cavalry could be impacted by the cavalry, and other places had to use the logs that had just been cut down and from villages and towns.
The construction of the houses demolished in the middle was used as an obstacle to protect the camp. The entire camp seemed a bit rough! However, Xiahou Dun was not worried, because his mission was nothing more than to attract Lu Bu's army to create conditions for the 300,000 troops ambushing around to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Lu Bu army. The current state of the camp is enough to complete this task. Compared with building a strong enough camp, he let the soldiers seize the time to rest and nourish their strength to deal with the war that will come soon.
Cao Pi stood on a hill north of Lumen Pavilion and looked forward, and the entire Lumen Pavilion area was in sight. At this time, a messenger rushed to report: "Report to the Prime Minister, General Xiahou ordered villains to report that Lu Bu's army is only ten miles away from Lumen Pavilion, and can arrive before sunset!" Cao Pi couldn't help but feel excited and murmured to himself: "It's finally going to start! After this battle, see who else in the world dares to underestimate me!"
Sima Yi, who was standing beside him, asked the messenger: "Are General Xiahou ready?" The messenger clasped his fists and said: "Our army is ready, just waiting for Lu Bu's army to arrive!"
Cao Pi said: "Very good! Go back and tell General Xiahou that the key to the victory or defeat lies in him! He must resist the fierce attack of Lu Bu's army in order to siege our army and finally win time to wipe out Lu Bu's army!" The messenger clasped his fists and said: "General Xiahou said, please rest assured, Prime Minister, he will definitely nail Lu Bu's army firmly in the Lumen Pavilion!"
The sun gradually sets westward, and before we know it, the originally bright earth turned into a dim yellow. At this moment, there were loud rumbling sounds from the east, from far to near, as if a surging wave. After a while, Xiahou Dun, who had been waiting for Lu Bu's army to arrive, saw the sunset, as if a tide was pouring in the mountains and fields! Xiahou Dun's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but murmur: "Come on! It's finally going to start! Lu Bu, this battle must be your last battle!"
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves outside the camp came suddenly, and a scout rode his horse straight into the camp. After a while, the scout came to Xiahou Dun, turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee, and said with his fist: "General, Lu Bu's army is less than two miles away!" "Well. How many soldiers are there?" "The sky is dark, not very clear, I saw that the cavalry and infantry of Lu Bu's army are everywhere! In addition, they have discovered more than a dozen of their general flags, and the main force of the enemy should have come!"
Xiahou Dun immediately ordered the messenger around him to report the situation to the Prime Minister, and then ordered the troops to enter the battle position to prepare for battle. The sound of the horns of the battle sounded loudly, and the departments of the Cao army, led by their respective generals, entered the position to prepare for the attack of Lu Bu's army.
When Cao Pi received Xiahou Dun's report, he saw from a distance that Lu Bu's army had advanced to the front of Xiahou Dun's camp and formed a huge military formation. At this time, the sun had basically set, and the world was dark. In a vague way, Lu Bu's army was like mountains and tides. Cao Pi couldn't help but get excited and turned his head to ask Sima Yi: "Sir, can you attack?" Sima Yi clasped his fists and said: "Prime Minister, don't be anxious. It's not too late to attack after the war begins." Cao Pi frowned and asked with a smile: "Sir, are you still worried that Lu Bu will be ambushed?" Sima Yi smiled and said: "Chen Gong and others are far-sighted and profound people like the sea. You must be careful!" Cao Pi nodded and said: "What Mr. said, let's talk about it later after the war begins!"
Speaking of which, before Ailang led the army to Xiahou Dun's camp, he immediately sent Wen Chou to challenge. At this time, it was already dark, and the troops on both sides lit torches, and the overwhelming scale of Lu Bu's army was amazing!
Wen Chou rode his horse to the other party's camp and shouted loudly: "Xiahou Dun, you escaped from your life last time! Today I will take your dog's head! Come out quickly, how can a man become a turtle with his head tucked!"
Xiahou Dun was very angry when he heard his scolding and couldn't bear it. He immediately rushed out of the camp with his mace and rushed towards Wen Chou, shouting loudly: "Wen Chou is a man, come and take his life!" Wen Chou laughed loudly and immediately urged the horse to meet him. In a blink of an eye, the two horses intersected, and the knife and rod collided heavily and made a loud noise, which shocked the audience! The officers and soldiers on both sides couldn't help but burst into enthusiasm and made huge shouts, like a tsunami. At the same time, the sound of war drums echoed between heaven and earth like thunder, which made the two on the field even more excited and fiercely fought!
The two generals were like fighting against each other, with a stunning momentum! They fought fiercely for nearly thirty rounds without a distinction! At this time, the officers and soldiers on both sides couldn't help but raise their hearts in their throats, and couldn't help but use all their strength to cheer! Although they were just two people fighting fiercely in the field, they touched the hearts of everyone present!
Seeing that Xiahou Dun and Wen Chou were in a difficult situation, Han Sui felt that he had the opportunity to take advantage of this opportunity to kill the powerful general Wen Chou in one fell swoop. This was a great contribution! As soon as he thought of this, Han Sui immediately rushed out of the camp with a spear and rushed towards the two of them.
Chapter completed!