Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1837

The white foam sprayed out by the war horse flew through the air, mixed with the flying dust, and covered Xia Houyuan's head and face.

Shrubs and weeds kept receding under the hooves of the horses.

War horses are generally not easily frightened, but once frightened, they are not easy to control.

At some point, Xia Houyuan's helmet fell off, and his tied hair was also scattered, just like Xia Houyuan's mood at the moment, which was in a mess.

The horses galloped wildly, panicked and desperate.

Xia Houyuan could only hug the horse's neck tightly, trying not to be jolted off by the horse as much as possible.I don't know how long it has passed, and I don't know how many miles I have run. In the end, the horse was exhausted and stopped slowly. When it fell to the ground with a plop, Xia Houyuan rolled off the horse with it.

Xia Houyuan almost bumped into a rock, even though he was exempted from the instant death damage, when he fell off the horse, he rubbed against the ground firmly, and there were a few cuts on his arms, head and face, dripping with blood. Embarrassed.

The war horse has already lost strength, and due to the excessive blood loss, it has fallen to the ground, foaming at the mouth, with less air intake and more air output. In order to appease Xia Houyuan, or want to ask Xia Houyuan for help.

Xiahouyuan's horse was injured, and he fled, and his soldiers scattered. Even Xiahouyuan's guards were a little caught off guard. Xia Houyuan's horse finally stopped after being exhausted, but the guards looked left and right, and no one knew exactly where it ran...

There is no GPS positioning these days, so it can only be observed manually. The guards look at each other, and at the same time, a few people go to the surrounding area to look at the terrain. He shouted: "General, General! 』

As if he had heard the call, Xia Houyuan's eyeballs finally gained focus. He fixed his eyes on the face of the guard in front of him again, and asked eagerly, "Why?" 』

The guard responded confusedly, "What why?" 』

The guards and others were a little worried. After all, these guards are basically connected with Xia Houyuan himself. If Xia Houyuan's status is high, these guards will naturally rise. If Xia Houyuan fails, these guards will naturally have no future...

Moreover, these guards are often not alone, and they also implicate the follow-up guards' families, wives and children, so they can't see Xia Houyuan like this, so he boldly said: "General, let's go back to Yanzhou?" 』

Xia Houyuan was obviously lost in thought again, his eyes were once again loose, and he didn't respond.

The guards looked at each other.

Normally, it would not be the guard's turn to comment on this kind of matter, but right now Xia Houyuan obviously has some mental problems. It is obviously unrealistic to expect him to come up with an idea immediately, but it is a problem after all if he has no idea.

"Don't panic!Have you eaten?You guys, go search around and see what you can find?The general is just thinking about some problems, just figure it out!Do the work first, don't stand around foolishly! 』An older man, who seemed to be the leader of the guards, stood up and gave orders loudly.

With the order, it made people feel more at ease, and these guards also silently assigned tasks to do the corresponding things.There are some busy things at hand, so I won’t think about it randomly. After a while, someone raised a bonfire, and then used a helmet to fetch water from a nearby water source, and then hung it on the bonfire to act as a temporary pot. , add some picked wild vegetables and dry food with you, and cook like this.

After all, the incident happened suddenly, who can run around with the pot?
what?
Dander, pomade, dirt and lice in your helmet?

Used to it.It's like the cafeteria of the school of later generations. When I saw cockroaches and flies when I was a freshman, most of them would make a fuss and roar. It's much better in the second and third years, because I know it's useless to scream. In the fourth year, I even think it's the canteen master. Added a meal...

Humans are very strange creatures. After eating something, the heart seems not to be so flustered.

The guard gradually settled down, and spontaneously began to be on duty.

Xia Houyuan was still thinking, and his mind was still on the previous battlefield.There are still arrows flying in the air like locusts, horses and soldiers are still screaming and fighting for their lives, bloody sabers and long spears are flying, and the small iron halberd thrown by Zhao Yun is whistling and circling...

why?
Why were his soldiers defeated so quickly?

Why are they all cavalry, but why is there such a big gap?

Why didn't I realize it at the time, and even thought I could win?

why why……

Countless question marks circled and collided in Xia Houyuan's mind.

Night slowly fell.

The guards were guarding Xia Houyuan, their eyes were full of worry. Victory and defeat of military strategists were a common occurrence, but if Xia Houyuan couldn't get out, then not only Xia Houyuan, but also these guards would be finished together!

But these guards couldn't just push Xia Houyuan's head away and help him straighten it out. They could only wait quietly, waiting for Xia Houyuan to recover...

For Xia Houyuan in this battle, the wounds on his body are secondary, and more important is the trauma in his heart. When self-confidence is completely destroyed, no matter who it is, it will be quite uncomfortable , especially someone like Xia Houyuan who is somewhat conceited in his daily life.

In the wilderness, the night is dark, and the howling of wild beasts is remembered from time to time, showing a world where the weak and the strong prey on the strong.

Xia Houyuan opened his eyes, although he was lying down, he didn't feel sleepy.

After a night of nothing, when the sun rose again the next day, what made these guards happy was that Xia Houyuan had finally returned to normal, of course, at least on the surface.Xia Houyuan ordered someone to cut off some meat from his dead horse, cook and share the meat, and then walked back again.

Although Xia Houyuan himself seemed to have no serious problems, this time the so-called "fire reconnaissance" directly "reconnaissance" lost at least seven or eight hundred cavalrymen of the Cao army, which caused the already weak cavalry of the Cao army to be hit hard again. One blow, if coupled with the blow to the confidence of Cao Jun's cavalry, it is no wonder that this loss made Cao Cao almost vomit blood, and scolded Xia Houyuan, the main person in charge of this operation, as General Baidi.

Fortunately, Cao Chun was relatively calm and did not continue to confront Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun also did not continue to fight Cao Chun regardless of the horse's endurance because of considerations. After the two met each other, they retreated. It is considered to have preserved most of Cao Jun's cavalry.

On the one hand, Cao Cao ordered Xia Houyuan's general position to be taken away, and he was demoted to serve as a scapegoat. On the other hand, he asked Cao Chun to lead the reorganized cavalry and strengthen security and training. The fact of the change caused a huge loophole to suddenly appear in Cao Cao's original layout, which forced Cao Cao to start to change the plan in a targeted manner. When changing the plan, he received a report from Lejin in Sanyang and found that The soldiers and horses of "Taishi" were killed, which made Cao Cao feel as if the situation was worse, and he had a headache.

Cao Cao regretted it a little.If I really knew that the current situation would happen, it would be better to have all the troops on top at the beginning, and face the general Hussar...

In fact, in terms of the overall strategic deployment, Cao Cao's original plan was not wrong, and even a little clever.If the hussar generals attack, no matter which side they go to, they can attack the back of the hussar general. If the hussars go south, Le Jin and others from the north will march; Cutting off the return journey of General Hussar's men and horses, using the city to press on step by step, risking a year's harvest was harmed, and also trapped General Hussars' men and horses to death!
However, General Hussars kept his troops unmoved, which immediately made Cao Cao confused about what Fei Qian wanted to do...

Could it be that Fei Qian sensed Cao Cao's intentions and wanted to fight a protracted war?

Or maybe Fei Qian didn't want to welcome the emperor, but just pretended to be Luo Yang?

or some other reason...

Cao Cao thought a lot, but what he didn't expect was that the hussar general Fei Qian could send a partial army to Hanoi!
Fei Qian What is this going to do?
In this era, the cost of information transmission is extremely high. Even if Hanoi and Jizhou are neighbors, it usually takes three days to transmit the news from Shanyang to Cao Cao. Even if it is urgent, it will take two days. The same is true for the news from the county, which has a considerable lag. Cao Cao must consider any new changes during the period of time when the news is delivered, and make corresponding deduction based on such changes...

Could it be that they want to contact Yecheng and rescue Yuan Shang?When did Yuan Shang have a relationship with Fei Qian?
But just when Cao Cao was about to send troops to attack, he received news that Le Jin dispatched urgently, saying that the hussars led by "Tai Shi" had disappeared...

What is missing?
If Cao Cao hadn't known Le Jin's calm personality, he might have wondered if Le Jin was crazy now?After three batches before and after, there are more than 2000 nearly [-] people. How could such a group of people disappear?
Could it be that he turned around and went back to the south?Or is it in the mountains?
Cao Cao couldn't understand it, and Le Jin in the Shanyang area was even more confused. He didn't even dare to leave Shanyang, so he could only send scouts to search everywhere.

There are no traces. After all, so many people passed by, there are some traces after all, but these traces are very strange. On the one hand, they are very chaotic, and on the other hand, there are some differences in numbers. This is why Le Jin finally reported to Cao Cao that the Hussars One of the important reasons is gone.

After repeated confirmation by the scouts, it was found that only about six or seven hundred people went to the southwest, while the rest of the hussars who crossed the border in Wen County seemed to have evaporated, leaving no trace at all.

Could it be that there were no such people in the first place?
Just like when Dong Zhuo pretended to be 3000 people with 30,000 people?
But Le Jin didn't dare to confirm it. After all, if the judgment was wrong, the consequences would be very serious, so he could only report the situation to Cao Cao urgently and let Cao Cao make a decision.

Cao Cao supported his increasingly headache, unable to make a decision for a long time.

Is it really the only way to do that?
The candles in Cao Cao's central army camp did not go out all night...

...(◎_◎;)? ...

When Cao Cao was unable to judge for a while, Zhang Chen had already set foot on the journey back to Heluo with his men.

"Captain, do you think it's useful for us to run around like this?" ’ the guard next to Zhang Chen asked.

That's right, Fei Qianque sent troops to the north, but it wasn't Tai Shici, Tai Shici was still in Hangu Pass, it was just Zhang Chen who brought 700 people back and forth in Wengu Pass under the name of Tai Shici. The county circled around several times, creating the illusion that several batches of troops were heading north, and even deceived Sima Fang. After all, Sima Fang had never been to the battlefield himself. It may be good on paper, but the actual experience may not be as strong as his son Sima Yi.

"You don't understand this, it's called the strategy of falsehood..." Zhang Chen laughed twice, as if he understood it well, "As the saying goes, disturb his will, shake his fighting spirit, and make him in a dilemma... 』

In fact, Zhang Chen may not understand everything, but according to the lessons in the martial arts hall that he remembered before, the half bucket of water was shaken for a while, and he also gained quite a lot of admiring gazes from his subordinates.

"Study hard, you know? "Zhang Chen said, "Don't read a word all day long as if you were stabbed with a knife. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, you can't stop crying, you know?After learning these, you can understand what strategy is in the future!Okay, let's go to work, go to a few people to check again, have the traces been cleaned up... Also, the sentry is also released, if someone touches the nose, I can't afford to lose this person! 』

The hussars replied, and each got busy.

In fact, Zhang Chen only understood a small part of it. It is indeed a false policy, but its effect is not just to disturb people's hearts...

Cao Cao guarded against Fei Qian, and Fei Qian also guarded against Cao Cao.

Fei Qian didn't have the eyes of God, so of course he had to mobilize Cao Cao's hidden pawns in order to predict the direction of Cao Cao's next move. The main purpose of Zhang Chen and his group was to put pressure on Cao Cao's flanks and pass through Cao Cao's troops. The corresponding to judge Cao Cao's specific arrangement.

To put it simply, when Zhang Chen and others passed through Wen County, the soldiers of Cao Jun in Wen County were trembling and did not even dare to leave the city. Yang, it's different. Le Jin dared to send a large number of scouts to conduct reconnaissance, which also showed that there was a certain amount of troops in Shanyang...

After two or three days of follow-up fermentation, there will be movements in Jizhou, which will even affect Cao Jun who is fighting with Fei Qian, and will also produce corresponding changes. After all, different reactions contain different meanings, and observing these Cao Jun's behavior will become the basis for judging Fei Qian's next stage of action.

Jizhou was originally a rather unstable area, and within this area, there were many complicated relationships, between soldiers of Cao Jun and Yuan Jun's troops, between the nobles of Yuzhou and the nobles of Jizhou, as well as Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi. It is extremely unstable, and Fei Qian's action this time is like adding some catalysts to these unstable factors, and then making the next stage of strategic deployment based on the subsequent reaction.

However, what Fei Qian did not expect was that Cao Cao was not the first to change...

(End of this chapter)