Chapter 549 A Critical Moment

Seeing that Lu Bu was about to defeat six times the Jizhou army with a weak enemy, a sudden turn of events occurred.

Suddenly there was a sound of horns from the south, and a flag with the word "文" was quickly approached surrounded by nearly 10,000 troops.

Lu Bu frowned: "Reinforcements?"

Jushou was overjoyed: "When the reinforcements arrive, beat the drums immediately. The entire army must not retreat. Lu Bu must be held back!"

The visitors were none other than the 10,000 Jizhou Army led by Wen Chou, who had been ordered to garrison Xingxingkou to prevent Liu Ye from going north to merge with the state. Although Jushou was a little surprised as to why Wen Chou gave up defending Xingxingkou and went north to Bingzhou instead, it was too late to think about anything now. The most important thing was to deal with Lu Bu first.

"Qu Yi, you are leading the army. I will go meet Lu Bu first!"

After leaving the task of leading the troops to Qu Yi, a general from the Jizhou Army came flying over with a spear in hand. It was Wen Chou, a fierce general from the Jizhou Army. Wen Chou and Yan Liang have always been called together. The two are very similar in temperament, character, and martial arts. Previously, Yan Liang was dissatisfied with Lu Bu, but Wen Chou actually wanted to challenge Lu Bu.

"Where is Lu Bu's son?" Wen Chou shouted: "Hebei General Wen Chou is here, does he dare to fight me for 300 rounds?"

Lu Bu snorted coldly: "Why don't you dare?"

After that, Lu Bu ordered Cheng Lian and Wei Yue to continue leading the charge, while he himself turned around, raised his halberd and leaped on his horse to fight Wen Chou.

when! The steel spear and Fang Tian's painted halberd were intertwined, and Wen Chou showed a look of surprise: Apart from Brother Yan Liang, this was the first time he had encountered such a master, and Lu Bu was indeed worthy of his reputation.

"Sure enough, you have some skills, just watch your moves!"

Wen Chou cheered up, and the steel gun in his hand turned into countless gun shadows, covering Lu Bu's body. However, Lu Bu failed to quickly defeat Wen Chou like he had done with Yan Liang before.

Before, Lu Bu wanted to make a surprise move and boost his morale, so he used all his strength to finally defeat Yan Liang. The reason why Yan Liang was defeated and did not pursue him was actually because he wanted to calm down his blood.

While Wen Chou and Lu Bu were fighting, Qu Yi took over the command of the 10,000 Jizhou Army without hesitation.

"The whole army comes forward, block the gap, don't let the Bingzhou cavalry escape!"

Ten thousand Jizhou troops suddenly surged forward under the command of Qu Yi, and those at the front were none other than Qu Yi's soldiers who had died first.

More than eight hundred dead soldiers came forward in formation, holding bamboo shields and holding crossbows in the other hand. They aimed at the Bingzhou cavalry in front of them and fired.

Whoosh whoosh!

Although the Bingzhou cavalry has a strong impact, it is limited by the Bingzhou economy, so they mostly wear light leather armor, and naturally they cannot withstand the extremely sharp special crossbow arrows of the dead soldiers.

"Well!"

A round of arrows was fired, and when more than a hundred Bingzhou cavalry fell from their horses, Lu Bu frowned when he saw this scene.

"Retreat! Reach out to the brothers from the Bingzhou Army in the city and retreat to the north!"

Although Lu Bu had previously led the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry to advance three times in and out of the Jizhou Army, with an army of three thousand suppressing an enemy nearly six times the size of the enemy, he relied on his indomitable morale. But now after the reinforcements of the Jizhou Army led by Wen Chou arrived, the morale of the Jizhou Army recovered while the morale of the Bingzhou Army declined. It was simply impossible for Lu Bu to defeat the enemy in one go.

Moreover, Lu Bu keenly discovered that the enemy's soldiers armed with strong bows and crossbows seemed to be the nemesis of the Bingzhou Army, so it was better not to fight head-on.

After hearing Lu Bu's order, although the Bingzhou army was unwilling, they still obeyed the order and retreated.

Wen Chou, on the other hand, rushed forward with his gun drawn and said, "Lu Bu, please leave, are you afraid?"

This Wen Chou was so ungrateful that Lu Bu was furious: "Get out of here!"

Fang Tian's painted halberd slashed out fiercely with 10% of Lu Bu's strength. Wen Chou felt the tiger's mouth tremble, and knew that he was unable to defeat him, so he had to let Lu Bu go.

Lu Bu got out, looked up to the sky and roared, and the red rabbit horse led three thousand cavalry towards Nie County, rolling up smoke and dust all the way.

"Gao Shun! What are you doing so slowly? Why don't you come out quickly?"

Lu Bu shouted loudly at the top of Nie County City from a distance, while the soldiers of Bingzhou City on top of the city were overjoyed.

"Marquis Wen is here to save us."

"Stop talking and get down quickly."

Hundreds of defeated soldiers looked at Gao Shun expectantly. Gao Shun nodded slightly, waved his hand and said: "Open the city gate and prepare to retreat!"

The Bingzhou army in the city was overjoyed and hurriedly pulled the thousand-jin gate. As a heavy sound slowly sounded, the gate of Nie County slowly opened.

"Stop talking nonsense, mount your horse and retreat immediately!" Lu Bu ordered.

"Marquis Wen." Gao Shun cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "There are still hundreds of soldiers in the city who are seriously injured. What should we do?"

Lu Bu frowned and realized that if it weren't for the hundreds of wounded soldiers, Gao Shun would have led his army to break through.

"Well" Lu Bu pondered for a while and then said decisively: "It's impossible to take them away, so let's allow them to surrender to the Jizhou army."

Relying on the mobility of their horses, the Bingzhou cavalry could naturally evacuate quickly, but if they brought hundreds of wounded soldiers with them, it would be hard to say. Letting the wounded soldiers surrender to the Jizhou army on their own was the best option at the moment.

"You will finally understand."

"Yes." Lu Bu nodded and said, "Retreat!"

After responding to the defeat of more than 600 remnant troops in Nie County, Lu Bu led the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry to retreat north. Relying on the mobility of the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry, they finally broke out of the gap of the Jizhou Army. Only 3,000 Bingzhou Iron Cavalry were in sight. The smoke and dust disappeared along the way, like dragging a long yellow tail.

Wen Chou's hands were still trembling slightly. The tiger's mouth was broken due to the collision with Fang Tian's painted halberd. The blood that flowed out has dried up and stuck firmly to the barrel of the gun. He couldn't calm down for a long time.

"Damn Lu Bu, his skills are really tough."

Wen Chou sighed, then rode his horse towards the Chinese army and saw Ju Shou standing on the platform.

When Jushou saw Wen Chou rushing over on his horse, he was about to ask a question, but Wen Chou spoke first: "Mr. Gong Yu, where is my brother?"

"General Yan had a duel with Lu Bu before, but is now seriously injured and recuperating in the camp."

"What?" Wen Chou was surprised. He and Yan Liang were acquaintances for eight years, and their friendship was extraordinary. He was shocked when he heard Ju Shou's words, and hurriedly turned around and rushed into the camp.

Jushou frowned. He was just about to ask Wen Chou why he led his army to leave Xingxingkou without authorization, but he didn't expect Wen Chou to rush into the camp immediately. Forget it, Wen Chou's army was in good order, and it didn't look like he had suffered heavy losses. There should have been no battle at Xingxingkou, but why did he leave his post without permission?

"Mr. Mr. Yu."

At this moment, Qu Yi rushed over on horseback, and Jushou hurriedly asked: "General Qu, what are you doing?"