Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3379 Everyone makes the best use of their talents

When lights were lit on the high platform in the central camp of Cao's army and the war drums were beaten, almost all the soldiers in the camp were looking forward to it.

In Cao's army, the information gap between the top, middle and bottom levels was very large.

Cao Hong and others already knew that the situation was irreversible, while the middle and lower-level Cao army members were still waiting for orders.

Perhaps it is an order that will never arrive.

Although the morale of Cao's army has dropped a lot compared to before the war began, and the military spirit is also rather decadent, but what is interesting is that, just like those tamed civilians, after enduring injuries again and again, these Cao's soldiers, regardless of whether they have a lot of complaints or grudges, still habitually gather together and gather under the flag of Cao's army.

They are dissatisfied, they are resentful, they like to grumble whenever they have nothing to do, but now that the war has broken out, they stand together again.

They have no choice.

Just like most of the time, although the high-ranking officials in the court loudly stated that they represented the people and the lower classes, in fact, the lower classes had never been truly represented in the Han Dynasty.

When Cao Cao was about to leave, he would not listen to their voices.

When Cao Hong wanted to abandon the camp, he did not discuss it with them.

And they are still here, looking up, waiting...

It seems like they are always waiting for the savior to come and save them.

The basic clothing and attire of Cao's army followed the traditions of the Han Dynasty.

Red and black are the colors of the men, and they are also their colors.

The red is fire and blood, the black is iron and the night is dark...

I don't know how long I waited, but suddenly someone yelled, "What a bullshit order! !"

Ordinary soldiers reacted slower than those in military academy, but the noise they caused was bigger!

The order from the central camp to hold the camp was somewhat understandable, but asking everyone to hold on until dawn was a bit absurd...

How is this going?

Are we going to let those cavalrymen roam around the camp without restraint?

Shouldn't the normal course of action be to keep part of the military camp stationary at key points, while the rest of the troops move forward to engage in battle, narrowing the range of movement of the Hussars until the Hussars are completely defeated or driven out?

What's the logic behind everyone not moving?

Many people who reacted quickly understood what was going on and shouted, "He is worried about us!"

"They are treating us as traitors and are on guard against us!"

"What kind of order is this? Just sit there and wait for death?!"

"Wait until the Hussars kill us all, and then we'll be considered loyal?!"

The sounds of shouting rose and fell among the camps.

But just like all the previous grumblings and complaints, it’s useless no matter how much you say it.

Regardless of the chaos within the various camps of Cao's army, just looking at the frontier camp near the gate of Cao's army camp, the frontier camp where Bao Zhong was originally located was already in a mess.

Although Cao's army had a large number of people, there were big problems with their mutual military system. When ordinary Cao's soldiers were in trouble, the Zhonglingjun and Zhonghujun stood and watched. When the Zhonglingjun and Zhonghujun were in trouble, the other Cao's soldiers had no intention of taking the initiative to rescue them, unless they were given clear orders.

The Cao army in the various camps could still grumble or quarrel loudly, but now the Central Guard Army team left behind on the main road was in trouble...

Xu Chu could not drive away the civilians, but he could defeat those who were wearing Cao’s armor and holding Cao’s flag.

Xu Chu was amazed by the various strange things in Shandong and couldn't understand them.

He led his men to drive away the laborers. Even if they were driven away for a while, they would quickly turn around and return to their original place, as if there was an invisible rope tied around their necks.

  And Bao Zhonghe always drives away those civilians, and it works!

What the hell!

With Bao Zhonghe's help, Xu Chu was finally able to mobilize the civilians and spread the chaos.

The first ones to suffer misfortune, of course, were those Central Guard troops that were stuck on the main roads.

If these Central Guard troops were only dealing with enemies in one direction, there would be no problem. But now the civilians in the dugouts were stirred up and running around like headless flies. They also said that they were following some order to go to such and such, and even mentioned the title of the Prime Minister...

If the Central Guard Army team hesitated for a moment, their formation would be disrupted, so the solidity of the defense of these Central Guard Army guarding the important roads would naturally be greatly reduced.

  Moreover, Xu Chu was very smart, and he was accompanied by elite infantry, so he often did not take the usual route. Even if the earth wall was high, he could either build a human ladder or use simple wooden planks to create a path, and go around behind the Central Guard Squadron or launch a surprise attack from the side!

These small teams of the Central Guards were often attracted by the more powerful civilians, and they were inevitably distracted by attackers like Xu Chu who were hiding in the darkness. After Xu Chu's attack, many important roads were lost!

The loss of important roads means that the unrest begins to spread.

But soon, as these civilians rushed forward indiscriminately, the Central Guard Squad also began to kill indiscriminately.

  At first he asked a few questions, but later he didn't even ask. The Central Guard Army even directly used a trap and pulled out the pin that was originally stuck on the flap. No one could see clearly in the darkness, and no one knew how many people had fallen into the pit. There was an immediate wailing!

In some places, the traps were set by the civilians who foolishly ran into them, or they brought the flames with them when they ran around. As a result, some traps that were originally set with kerosene were ignited, and the civilians who accidentally ran into them were burned and let out the loudest roars of their lives...

But these were just appetizers. As the order near the gate of Cao's camp collapsed, the civilians fled in panic, and the Central Guard Squad guarding the important roads were unable to resist, the Hussar cavalry outside Cao's camp finally moved and sent out a small team to rush into Cao's camp, throwing incendiary objects everywhere, making the situation even more chaotic!

The chaos spread, affecting more camps, and more civilians were driven out from between the camps.

Those civilians who were driven out of their dugouts were like losing their lifelong shells and being exposed naked. So these civilians were eager to find new dugouts, so that they could hide their buttocks and feel safe. Before they had new dugouts, they were afraid, they were panicked, they ran, they wandered...

These laborers, who have been selected and trained generation after generation, have already tied their lives firmly to the land. Digging holes are engraved in their genes and have become an instinct they desire.

More and more flames rose up, and it should have been brighter, but the smoke everywhere blocked people's vision.

As vision is obstructed, hearing becomes more acute.

The wild shouting and yelling were ringing in their ears, making the Cao army soldiers guarding the important roads more and more uneasy. They didn't know where the enemy would appear. There was light, but they couldn't see anything clearly. They were clearly in Cao's camp, but they felt like they were trapped in a Shura field. Even the most elite soldiers could not help but be shaken!

At this moment, the Cao army soldiers who stayed behind couldn't help but have the same thought in their minds: "It's over! The camp is going to be destroyed!"

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At this moment, Cao Sheng, who was in the central camp, was trying his best to look north through the rising smoke, "Have the cavalrymen and horses moved?"

"Move, move!"

A soldier responded.

But soon, another soldier shouted, "Don't move! Don't move!"

Cao Sheng was furious, but soon realized that it was not the lookout soldiers who had a problem, but that part of the cavalry had moved...

Only part of it moved!

Why is this cavalryman so calm? !

Moreover, it was not only General Fei Qian who was calm and composed. Even the general who broke into the camp and caused chaos was not in a hurry to attack Cao's central camp directly, but to create greater chaos on the periphery.

Therefore, for a while, the central camp of Cao's army was in a state of seeking peace in the midst of chaos. At this moment, Cao Sheng had to admit that the choice of the cavalry and its leader was the right one.

If you want to take advantage of the night and rush in impatiently at the risk of your life, even if you don't make any plans for survival, but in the Cao army camp, where traps are everywhere, suspension bridges and sentry towers are everywhere, and arrow towers and crossbow platforms are scattered everywhere, even if you drive away the crowd for a while, it will still be dangerous if you mix in.

Cao's army would not be soft-hearted just because they were mixed with their comrades, nor would they give up using traps just because they saw civilians. Moreover, in the mixed crowd, those confused and confused civilians might also knock them down and trample them with their horses until they turned into a pool of meat paste.

However, the choice of the Hussars now, although slow, is much safer!

"well……"

Cao Sheng sighed.

Yes, if the Hussars were like the Xiliang Army back then, charging and attacking without caring about anything, that would be great...

With such tactics, it would seem that a lot of people were killed and a lot of equipment was burned after a battle, but in fact it would not cause much damage to the military of Shandong. On the contrary, in the process, one thousand enemies were killed and eight hundred of their own were lost. The Shandong army could win without fighting, or win without winning.

After all, those who sacrificed and were lost were all low-level civilians and soldiers, while the middle and upper levels were all smiling.

Cao Sheng stared blankly, watching the flames spread, watching the frenzied tide spread from the outside to the inside, gradually igniting the camps one by one, watching the towering Cao army flags fall one after another...

Before he knew it, Cao Sheng was in tears.

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Under the three-color flag of the commander of the cavalry, Fei Qian saw that the Cao army camp was in such chaos, flames shot up into the sky, and cries echoed throughout the fields, but his expression did not become extremely excited or complacent, but remained calm, as if everything before his eyes was normal.

This cavalry general, this calming skill...

When Xiahou Dun saw Fei Qian like this, his heart moved and he thought of something, and suddenly he felt a chill on his back.

Has he fallen into a trap again?

The cavalry was like a whirlwind, stirring up the whole Han Dynasty into a turmoil...

Well, the wind is rising and the clouds are surging, and the sky and the earth are changing color.

  Before meeting Fei Qian, Xiahou Dun always thought that Cao's army was the strongest. After all, Cao's army was in a place where there were four wars, fighting in the south and the north, and successively destroyed several powerful local princes. Fei Qian just took advantage of some opportunities and got some Xiliang relics. Even if he was strong for a while, he couldn't be strong forever! What's more, there were mixed people in Guanzhong and Longxi, and the border troubles in the north were uncertain. The territory owned by Fei Qian had no people, no money, and he had to raise so many war horses. How long could he be strong? !

In fact, Xiahou Dun’s judgment was not wrong to a certain extent.

This is indeed true in history. The Xiliang Army was indeed strong for a while, but soon declined. Even if Ma Chao charged into the battle line and killed Cao Cao in history, it cannot change the fact that the Xiliang Army did not know how to govern, did not know the importance of maintaining order, and only knew how to kill to make others obey. It was impossible for an army like this to gain a foothold in the Central Plains of China.

This was the case in the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty as well. If the local gentry had not been given enough political compromise and concessions on interests, rebellion would have occurred every year.

Therefore, in the early years, even when Fei Qian led his troops to attack Xu County, Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun still believed that Fei Qian was only strong in military force. Once the fighting was quelled, Fei Qian would soon lose blood in the rebellion in Guanzhong and Longyou and eventually fall.

What if they gave up the title of Shangshutai? This was what most people in Shandong thought at the time. Even if a few wise people noticed something was wrong, they could only retreat because the enemy was at the gates of the city. Moreover, they could not tell what was wrong...

Of course, if Xiahou Dun were to say it now, then something was simply too wrong! He could even summarize a dozen or twenty problems!

  Who would have thought that after Fei Qian returned to the army, he was not dragged down by those stubborn soldiers of Xiliang, but soared up like lightning! Going north, expanding west, fighting in the field, besieging the city, luring the enemy, chasing and killing, opening up the Western Regions, opening up trade routes, and destroying the enemy country with a wave of his hand!

The annexation of Guanzhong to the north, the snowy areas of Sichuan and Shu, Longyou and Hexi, not only did not become a burden to Fei Qian, but instead began to become aids to the cavalry!

  The strategy of decline and gain that Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun had originally thought of was indeed realized, but unfortunately, it was not Fei Qian who was weakened, but Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun who grew stronger at the expense of one another!

"I have some questions that I don't understand," Xiahou Dun said, bowing to Fei Qian, "Please enlighten me, cavalry."

Fei Qian nodded, "Go ahead."

Xiahou Dun asked: "Excuse me, cavalry, how did you gather so many loyal and brave men?"

Fei Qian was a little surprised. He thought Xiahou Dun would ask about the problems in Cao's camp or the defeated soldiers of Cao, but he didn't expect Xiahou Dun to ask this.

But this question...

It's quite interesting too.

Fei Qian smiled.

  Can I tell you that I'm cheating?

Of course, at the beginning, Fei Qian did make use of some ready-made historical knowledge, but later Fei Qian gradually understood that the reason why historical figures became those figures was not because they were born that way, but because they were honed and grew up in the environment they experienced!

No one is born to be a Zhuge Liang forever!

The same is true for Xu Huang, Zhuge, Zhao Yun and so on.

When you are young, you may have a certain level of strength or intelligence, but that does not mean you have the ability to lead.

Xu Huang was not stable enough, so Fei Qian kept him in Guanzhong, and only sent him to Sichuan when Xu Huang stopped shaking. Unfortunately, he was still a little shaky...

Zhuge Liang trained his troops in Sichuan, while Zhao Yun grew up in the northern region.

Of course there are also failures.

Now Fei Qian is no longer too obsessed with these historical figures, such as Gan Feng from the Northern Territory, Li Li from the nearby area, and even...

"Julius!"

Fei Qian shouted.

“I’m here!” Julius replied in a muffled voice.

Julius had always stood behind Xiahou Dun. Of course, it was not to protect Xiahou Dun. So he could hear everything Xiahou Dun and Fei Qian said.

"Did you hear his question? Do you understand it? If you do, explain it to him." Fei Qian said with a smile.

"I certainly understand, but I also don't understand," Julius replied.

Fei Qian waved his hand, "Just talk first, it's okay."

Xiahou Dun turned to look at Julius, frowning slightly. He thought Fei Qian was just trying to fool him again.

However, Xiahou Dun originally did not think that Fei Qian could give a standard answer that would allow him to learn from and practice. Instead, he used this question as a starting point and then raised the subsequent questions...

So even though Julius spoke with a strange accent, Xiahou Dun endured it and listened.

"Let's just say it..." Julius knew that his accent was not standard, so he tried to be brief and clear, "Others... have this, lololo, take it! Among the cavalry, there is this, do you want it? Come and take it! Search... um, so let's go separately..."

Although Julius's speech was unclear, he managed to express his meaning through gestures and words.

One goes, the other comes.

Xiahou Dun was just pretending, and he didn’t think Julius could say anything. But he didn’t expect Julius to actually say something different. This surprised Xiahou Dun so much that he even got stuck on the questions he wanted to ask later…

"If you regard all people in the world as cattle, horses, pigs and dogs, then naturally the world is full of cattle, horses, pigs and dogs." Fei Qian said slowly, "If you regard all people in the world as talents, then naturally the world is full of talents... The rest is just people making the best use of their talents!"

"Everyone is doing his best?" Xiahou Dun couldn't help but repeat.

It was not until this moment that Xiahou Dun truly realized how big the difference was between his philosophy and Fei Qian's. It was also at this moment that he truly put away the arrogance in his heart...

However, it is a bit late.

Fei Qian was about to continue saying something when suddenly a huge fire broke out in Cao's camp, lighting up half the sky!