Lugu Mountain is a mountain range with continuous undulations.
To the west of Lugu Mountain is a desert with few people. To the east of Lugu Mountain, there are green mountains and green waters, an open area.
At this moment, there is a peak in the southwest of Lugu Mountain.
Halfway up the mountain.
The terrain here is flatter and can accommodate 5,000 Parthian soldiers.
The leader of the Parthian army was named Arbaf, who was a general under Shamir.
He was very dissatisfied with the task of guarding Lugu Mountain. After attacking Lan's City for several days, he paid a heavy price and finally weakened the power of Lan's City. When he was about to break the city and make meritorious deeds, he was transferred.
This means that the first opportunity to snatch money and people after breaking the city is gone.
It would be different if he followed and attacked.
Now, there is nothing.
Albaf was sitting halfway up the mountain. Because it was located on a high ground, he could see the city in the distance. Perhaps, the siege has already begun. It's a pity that he didn't have the chance to participate, so he could only watch.
Thinking of the soft bodies of the women in Lan's City, Albaf became even more angry. He looked at the soldiers under his command and suddenly said loudly: "Whatever you need to rest, you can practice for me."
"Our mission is to stop the invading enemy."
"Perhaps the enemy is coming."
"If we don't practice and prepare for battle now, once our defense line collapses, wouldn't we be living up to Her Highness the Princess's arrangements?"
Albaf said loudly: "Practice, practice for me, don't let everyone be lazy."
All the soldiers looked helpless.
The soldiers were not happy.
However, Albaf gave the order, and they could not refuse, so they could only obey the arrangement and start training honestly.
Albaf nodded with satisfaction.
But, he had nothing to do again.
Albaf narrowed his eyes slightly and thought quickly in his mind. Although he could not go to the war, could he find a way? While Albaf was thinking, there was a sound of rapid footsteps. A soldier quickly came to Albaf's side and said loudly: "Your Excellency, General."
Albaf said lazily: "What's the matter?"
The soldier reported: "A large number of troops have appeared in our south. The number of the opponent is at least 30,000 to 40,000. In fact, the number of the opponent's troops is not lower than ours."
Albaf stood up abruptly.
He immediately cheered up.
The enemy is coming.
Moreover, there are quite a few.
Albaf admired in his heart that it was indeed the smart and wise Princess who had an insight into the situation. If this time the reinforcements from Lan's City were not stopped and the reinforcements were allowed to approach, the consequences would be immeasurable.
Arbaf's eyes were bright and he ordered: "Prepare for war immediately and put the entire army on alert."
"As you command!"
The soldiers quickly made arrangements.
The army's defense line was deployed, and Albaf, wearing armor, stood on the mountainside and looked into the distance. Time passed little by little, and in less than half an hour, Albaf saw the Fahrenheit City reinforcements coming from a distance under Lugu Mountain.
Albaf was not afraid, but rather looking forward to it.
There are many people on the other side!
However, he sat halfway up the mountain, prepared sufficient defensive supplies, and guarded the area from a high position. It is actually very easy to block the opponent, there is no difficulty at all.
Another quarter of an hour passed, and Albaf saw the Ming army arriving at the official road at the foot of the mountain.
However, the Ming army did not stop and garrison.
The army is still advancing.
Arbaf saw this scene and was stunned for a moment, but quickly regained his composure and waited quietly again. He thought that these enemy troops might not stop to rest and camp until they reached some places ahead, and they would take Lugu Mountain first.
Otherwise, Albaf can surprise the opponent at any time.
However, the development of the situation once again exceeded Albaf's expectations. The advancing army did not stop. The army continued to advance like a mighty dragon, meandering forward.
From beginning to end, she didn't even look at him.
From beginning to end, there was no stopping to rest.
When all the Ming troops successfully passed through the official road at the foot of Lugu Mountain, Albaf quickly arranged for people to further inquire about the news. The sentry sent back the message, and Albaf's expression suddenly became anxious.
Can't ignore it!
If the opponent is allowed to go to Lan's City, it will affect the plan to attack Lan's City.
He must hold off reinforcements.
Albaf decisively ordered: "Send troops, everyone should go down the mountain and prepare to raid the enemy. Remember this. Our raid is not to destroy the opponent, but only to disturb the opponent so that the opponent cannot move on."
"Once the opponent's army comes back, we will retreat to Lugu Mountain. Once the opponent is only a small force, we will destroy the opponent in one go."
"In short, we must stop the other party."
"Only in this way can this battle be fought."
Albaf carried out the order, and within a short time, five thousand troops were mobilized.
Four thousand infantry were in front, and one thousand cavalry were guarding the left and right sides.
The army quickly went down the mountain and went straight to the rear of Cao Cao's army.
This news was quickly discovered by Cao Cao's sentry. After Cao Cao learned the information, he was not impatient because the opponent's troops were not large. Cao Cao did not immediately arrange cavalry to fight, but only deployed an infantry phalanx in the rear.
Now that the cavalry is arranged to deal with it, the Parthian army may withdraw directly and retreat to Lugu Mountain to guard it.
Hook the other person first.
Victory can only be won when the opponent's infantry comes up in large numbers and engages the infantry who stayed to block the attack, until the killing becomes inextricable.
Cao Cao's spear formation only had more than 3,000 people.
This army soon fought with the chasing Albaf infantry, and the two sides fought together. Although they held back the army left by Cao Cao to fight, the other armies continued on their way.
The overall situation has not changed.
Arbaf saw this scene, but he was not satisfied. His army failed to defeat the opponent's defense line and could not contain the enemy. If it were an ordinary war, a war that lasted for many years, Albaf would not have cared about Lu Xuan going to Lan City.
He only needs to target the opponent's food path.
Now, it's different.
It only takes one or two days to break Lan's City. If we don't delay now, new forces will come to Lan's City, and Her Royal Highness's strategy will be defeated.
This is absolutely not allowed.
Albaf knew that he had to resort to heavy measures, and decisively ordered: "Come here, tell the cavalry to attack from the left and right wings."
The messenger quickly informed.
A thousand cavalry followed closely, charging up from both wings, intending to flank the Ming army that was still defending. However, when the Parthian cavalry rushed out, they were also counterattacked by Cao Cao's cavalry. Cao Cao adopted a strategy of using cavalry to respond to cavalry.
Not only that, Huang Zhong has already gone to war.
Huang Zhong's cavalry rushed with him, and under Huang Zhong's fierce attack, they swept over quickly like a plow sweeping a hole.
Albaf commanded the army to charge forward, but he did not expect that his offensive was completely blocked and he was never able to break the enemy's defense line. On the contrary, the enemy came to kill him, causing his army to retreat steadily.
Albaf began to become impatient in his heart.
He repeatedly ordered counterattacks, but was always suppressed, and the army's offensive completely dissipated.
The momentum of the army is getting weaker and weaker.
Huang Zhong saw this scene and sneered in his heart. The original plan was to need elephant soldiers to join the battle to help. Now, there is no need for elephant soldiers at all. Just the army under his command is enough to defeat the opponent.
"Kill over and defeat the enemy."
"Beat them all."
Huang Zhong kept giving orders, and the sweeping force of the army became stronger and stronger.
In the current fighting, the three thousand cavalry led by Gusta on the other side were not far away. He originally did not pay attention to this battle at all. Gusta believes that this battle really has no technical content.
Albaf is on the mountainside of Lugu Mountain, and the Ming army rushing to rescue cannot leave and must stop to attack.
However, the Ming army adjusted its plan.
The Ming army went directly north and blocked Albaf's army, putting Albaf in trouble.
Gusta did not feel how powerful the Ming army was rushing to the rescue. He was more inclined to think that Albaf was weak. The opponent looks powerful in the army, but in fact, he is just an average general.
Gusta led three thousand cavalry towards the battlefield.
Its speed is extremely fast.
The three thousand cavalry led by Gusta had approached the battlefield at the foot of Lu Valley Mountain in less than a quarter of an hour. When Gusta arrived, Albaf's army had been defeated across the board and was almost unstoppable.
"Defeat the Ming army and kill them."
Gusta held a sharp long sword and ordered loudly.
He himself also took the lead, riding a horse and rushing to the front. Gusta has a strong body, and the war horse under his crotch is also a dark horse with excellent endurance. Under his full-speed attack, Gusta reached the left flank of the battlefield in an instant and quickly cut into the battlefield.
Gusta's long sword kept swinging, hitting the bodies of the Ming army infantry, and sweeping across them.
Led by Gusta, they tore apart the Ming army's defense line and entered the battlefield.
This is the advantage of cavalry over infantry.
Under the premise that the cavalry rushes into the formation to cover up the kill, if there is no spear formation to block the attack, and the cavalry is allowed to rush into the formation, once the infantry is overwhelmed, it will no longer be able to stop it.
Huang Zhong also discovered the situation, and he felt a sudden change in his heart.
Unexpectedly, these Parthian people actually had an ambush force.
I underestimated these Parthians.
Huang Zhong led his men to quickly block the attack. He glanced at the battlefield. Although he was currently overwhelmed, Huang Zhong was still high-spirited. He led his men to attack and hold back the incoming cavalry. On the other side, people were quickly arranged to notify the elephant soldiers to join the battle.
When Huang Zhong was fierce, he rushed into the crowd of Gusta's cavalry. Because the opponent did not have the commander's banner and could not see where the leader of the army was, Huang Zhong could only continue to counterattack in order to block the opponent.
Huang Zhong fought further. Although he failed to suppress Gusta's cavalry, the defense line that was initially suppressed and breached by Gusta gradually stabilized the situation under the leadership of Huang Zhong.
The two sides fought, one attacking and the other defending in a stalemate.
Albaf and Gusta joined.
Albaf said loudly: "Gusta, order your people to further strengthen the attack. We must defeat this reinforcement in this battle. Otherwise, the opponent's army will approach Lan's City, and Her Royal Highness the Princess's plan will fail."
Gusta said coldly: "What you can think of, can't I think of it?"
He further ordered an onslaught.
All the cavalry brought by Gusta fought hard, and the offensive became more and more fierce, putting great pressure on Huang Zhong.
Huang Zhong did not ask Cao Cao for help.
As for Cao Cao, there are no reinforcements coming yet.
Huang Zhong gathered his troops around him and fought with all his strength. Although he was in a disadvantageous position, Huang Zhong remained silent and concentrated on attacking and killing.
Two quarters of an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
Huang Zhong's army was in danger.
"General Huang, the opponent's cavalry has too many people, and we can't hold it any longer."
"General Huang, let's retreat."
Many soldiers were frightened because they did not have enough fighting power and elites. Under the current premise, we have fallen into a very unfavorable situation.
Huang Zhong ordered: "Attack with all strength, we still have a trump card. Our elephant soldiers are already on their way."
After the soldiers heard this, they could only attack further.
The army continued to defend.
Boom! !
Suddenly, Huang Zhong heard the sound of shaking on the ground. Although there were sounds of fighting on the battlefield, and there were shouts of death, screams, and curses all around, the voices of the elephant soldiers were extremely obvious.
The roar of elephants echoed in the air.
One after another elephants stepped on the ground, and the deafening sound came from far to near.
Huang Zhong heard the elephant soldiers coming, his eyes were sharp, and he shouted loudly: "Reinforcements are coming, our reinforcements are coming."
All Ming army officers and soldiers are in high spirits.
Everyone is extremely excited.
The soldiers, who had been in decline and tired of resisting, became energetic again.
Compared with the fighting spirit of the Ming soldiers under Huang Zhong's command, Gusta watched as victory gradually belonged to him. Now, a deafening sound suddenly appeared from behind. He turned his head and looked back. In an instant, he saw not far away, Giant elephants have been killed one after another.
Gusta was stunned for a moment.
What kind of monster is this?
It was so tall and strong, it was like a moving hill. He swore that he had never seen such an animal before, and it actually came towards the fighting battlefield under the control of soldiers.
