Chapter 294 Chariot Crushing
Soon, the smoke from the two burning manors rose straight into the sky.

On the road, Lu Bu, wearing a mask and dragging his Fang Tian Ji, walked slowly.

Behind him, the more than 300 Cao army cavalrymen who arrived first reined in their horses and dared not move forward.

At this time, Black Bear boarded the chariot, and Mrs. Yin, holding her youngest son, was also pushed onto the chariot by a puppet Taoist soldier.

The black bear looked around but didn't see the legendary handsome boy He Yan.

Fearing that stray arrows might accidentally injure Lady Yi, the manor servants were ordered to load the collected gold and silver utensils onto the cart, followed by bundles of cloth and silk.

Soon, the Black Bear's carriage with four front and eight rear seats was filled with all kinds of silks and satins, which protected Mrs. Yin and her son tightly.

At this time, Guan Yu came on horseback, accompanied by three carriages.

Mrs. Du was quite bold. She was not frightened by her current situation. Instead, she lifted the curtain to look.

Her gaze fell on the black bear, who had now changed into gilded Ming Guang armor and wore a Sanxingdui mask that was equally golden.

Guan Yu cupped his hands and said: "The Grand Marshal is still faster."

"I am not familiar with Madam Yin, so I will skip the time to reminisce about the past. In terms of calculation, General Yunchang will be faster."

The black bear was quite humble and asked, "Then let's set off?"

"Okay, then I'll lead the way!"

"Lord Yunchang goes ahead, I will cover your rear."

The black bear bowed, and Guan Yu also bowed in return.

After saluting, Guan Yu pulled out the spear that was nailed to the ground, and turned his horse Red Hare to the west.

The knights, both old and new, who were accompanying him, were very active in helping Mrs. Du move, with packages hung on both sides of their horses' necks.

Watching Guan Yu's seventy-odd riders leaving, Black Bear looked up and thought for a while. Yuan Shu, who was in charge of driving the carriage, shook the reins, and the twelve super-sized draft horses with harnessed Yin-dried horses turned around and headed east.

Gao Shun's ten-man team has now all been transformed into knights, all wearing silver-gilt armor.

White robes and silver armor, even the weapons are gilded with silver, the helmets are decorated with white feathers, and they are hung with white cloaks. Even the mounts are covered with horse armor covered with white robes.

There was also a small team of more than thirty elite cavalrymen, all of whom were extremely excited at this moment.

Each of them rode two horses and followed the chariot eastward.

As the Black Bear's huge and unique chariot with four front and eight rear wheels approached, Lu Bu, who was slowly retreating, stopped, but the cavalry from Xudu began to become unstable.

On Black Bear’s huge chariot, there was a huge banner hanging with white characters on a black background: Grand Sima of Han.

Black Bear stood at the front of the car, pulled out the eight-sided Han sword with golden diamond pattern and pointed it forward: "Beat the drum! Forward!"

A big drum stood in the middle of the front of the carriage, and two heavily-armored puppet Taoist soldiers were beating the war drum.

To the rhythm of drums, the huge chariot began to move forward.

Lu Bu took the lead in attacking, with his Fang Tian Ji pointing straight forward. Seeing him rushing towards him, the guarding knights could not turn around, so they dodged to the sides.

More than 300 cavalrymen scattered in panic, and Lu Bu continued to advance. Seeing this, the guard infantry who were following behind either accelerated their advance or reorganized their formation on the spot.

After seeing the situation clearly, several infantry centuries retreated to both sides of the road and did not try to stop the attack.

Lu Bu's horse was fast, and Gao Shun's ten cavalrymen were there to spread the killing. All Cao's troops on the road were within the attack and killing range of Lu Bu and Gao Shun.

They did not chase after Cao's troops outside the road, but instead forced the Cao's guards to retreat outside the road and dare not step forward to engage in battle.

The chariot with the banner of "Han Da Sima" was moving forward quickly, and the nearest team of one hundred people was standing on the edge of the road.

The leader, Du Bo, watched helplessly as a wounded soldier a dozen steps away was trampled by the armored divine horse pulling the cart, and then crushed repeatedly by the heavy wheels.

Du Bo vaguely saw that the head carriage of this strange, huge chariot used wooden boards as shields, with the words "Great Luck" written on them.

The Dayun chariot continued to move forward, and Black Bear nodded to the hundred-man team on the side of the road. The team leader, Du Bo, had a blank expression and a dull look on his face.

Soon, they arrived outside the city of Xudu.

The old city walls severely restricted the expansion and development of Xu Du. General Cao Ding stood on the top of the city wall.

Cao Hong, who was stationed outside the city, also gathered his troops and formed a square formation, which was deployed in the southern area of ​​the city; while in the north of the city, an army was also arriving, arranging its troops, and deploying into a battle square formation.

On the city wall, General Liu Ruo and Imperial Censor Liang Mao arrived together. Liang Mao walked in front and bowed to Cao Ding: "General Wei, there is a lot of commotion in the city, disturbing the palace. The emperor ordered me to come and check it out."

As Liang Mao spoke, he had already noticed the changes in the situation outside the city.

I also saw the specially made huge banner. From about fifty or sixty steps away, the words on it could be barely made out.

Liang Mao had never seen such a large banner in his life. According to his estimation, it was as long as a whole piece of cloth, and as wide as four pieces of cloth sewn together.

The characteristic of flags is very obvious, that is, they are always hung and unfolded.

The four words "Han Da Sima" are there. Unless you are blind, who dares to shoot an arrow easily?

Is it reasonable for the Black Bear who attacked Luoyang to suddenly lead an elite team to Luoyang? This is reasonable!

Liang Mao had no doubt about the other party's authenticity, and Cao Ding had no doubt about it either, so even though Black Bear's chariots were almost at the city, he did not dare to let the defenders shoot arrows.

Not to mention him, even Cao Hong, who was forming a battle array outside the city, did not dare to attack rashly at this moment.

Archery is easy, but if you can't kill a black bear, then things will not be easy.

Just when Cao Ding was in a dilemma, he saw Liang Mao coming and immediately said, "I don't know whether it is the Grand Marshal himself or a rampant thief who is just pretending to be powerful."

Liang Mao understood as soon as he heard it, that they were going to send someone out to negotiate and get the black bear away from the vicinity of Xu Du first.

Every time Black Bear stays here, the thoughts of the people, officials in the city, and the surrounding troops will change.

It is very likely that if the situation is delayed too long, the people in the city will be forced to ask the emperor to leave the palace.

It is easy to invite him out, but how easy is it to put the emperor back into the palace?
Even if you use kind words to coax the emperor into the palace, how will you explain it to Cao Cao when he comes back?

Just as Liang Mao was thinking, Lu Bu rode forward, grabbed the short spear with his right arm and threw it towards the city wall.

With a loud bang, the nearly five-foot-long short spear was nailed into the wooden pillar half a foot deep, and a cloth strip was tied to the spear shaft.

Liang Mao turned his head to look at Cao Ding, and Cao Ding lowered his head to look at his feet, as if he didn't see any short spear or cloth strip.

Seeing this, Liu Ruo took a deep breath, and fear surrounded him from all directions.

If it is not handled properly now, Cao Ding may completely turn against us.

Liang Mao turned his head to look at Liu Ruo, and seeing Liu Ruo's expression, he also felt his scalp tingling.

During the stalemate, Xun Yu quickly climbed the city wall, glanced at the short spear silk book on the pillar, and said to Cao Ding and others: "This bold thief dared to pretend to be the Grand Marshal!"

Seeing Xun Yu's statement, Cao Ding and Liu Ruo both breathed a sigh of relief. Cao Ding immediately said to his attendants, "This thief is a fake. Shoot him with arrows!"

"Shoot the arrow!"

Suddenly, three or four hundred archers on the city wall shot arrows, and arrows poured down.

Lu Bu was the closest and was given special care. He held the Fang Tian Ji diagonally in front of him and moved it in circles, blocking some arrows. Some arrows and crossbow arrows also hit his armor and bounced off one after another.

Even if some of the arrows hit the gaps in the armor, they would fall as Lu Bu retreated.

Arrows also fell densely near the black bear, but the twelve armored horses driving the carriage reacted calmly, and even Yuan Shu, who was driving the carriage, was fearless.

There were Taoist soldiers holding shields standing in front and on both sides of the black bear, cooperating with the roof of the car to protect the black bear.

At this moment, Cao Hong could no longer bear it, so he drew his sword and galloped around the formation, "This thief is pretending to be the Grand Marshal. Kill him and I will reward him with a thousand gold coins and make him a marquis!"

Regardless of whether he has the authority or not, he offers the highest reward at this moment!

After shouting several times, Cao Hong reined in his horse and stood beside the square formation, raising his sword and swinging it down: "Beat the drum! Forward!"

Square formations of a hundred men each began to advance to the beat of drums, but within thirty steps, the formations of a hundred men in the same row became uneven.

After another thirty or forty steps, the internal battle line of the phalanx of a hundred people began to become disorganized.

Less than fifty steps later, the phalanxes dispersed and turned into scattered battle groups of dozens or even dozens of people, all rushing to charge.

"remarkably brave!"

Black Bear had already seen where Cao Hong was, and he didn't need to give any orders. He turned the Dayun chariot under his feet and charged towards Cao Hong.

The twelve harnessed horses galloped and accelerated for the first time, and Yuan Shu, who was driving the horses, pulled a rope hard.

The mechanism fixed on the horse's shoulder is activated, and the scimitar is ejected by the spring.

Soon Lu Bu took the lead, galloping around the charging vanguard of Cao Hong's troops and approaching Cao Hong at an extremely fast speed.

When Cao Hong noticed it, the personal knights around him rode their horses to intercept him, but Cao Hong sped forward in an attempt to blend into the charging infantry group.

At the same time, Cao Hong's battle flag team also began to advance, but they did not follow Cao Hong's left and right, but deliberately deviated.

However, Black Bear had already stared at Cao Hong intently, watching the twelve armored horses charging in front of him, and the vehicles were also shaking as they kept crushing the enemy soldiers.

Some of Cao's soldiers were rejoicing for avoiding the charge of the horses. Before they could get close with their spears and halberds, the twenty-four three-foot-long rolling curtains driven by the rotation of the axles knocked down Cao's soldiers like wheat.

Wherever the chariots passed, they left behind two rows of Cao soldiers, holding their broken legs, rolling on the ground, crying and screaming.

On the city wall, Xun Yu, with his handsome face and exquisite beard, felt a darkness in front of his eyes.

Although he did not understand battle formations, he could now see clearly that the strong infantry numbers and vast plains of Guandong would be crushed by such a huge chariot!
Cao Hong narrowly avoided the impact of the Dayun chariot, but one of his horse's front legs was broken.

The overturned warhorse pressed down one of Cao Hong's legs. When he was struggling hard and was about to pull his leg out, Lu Bu arrived.

Cao Hong only had time to turn his head and look carefully, but before he could see anything clearly, his vision became completely dark.

(End of this chapter)