Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3390 Battle

The tricolor flag flies high.

  Those people in Hedong who had hidden in the ravines, caves, or some hidden cellars, especially the children of the gentry, hurried back with the land deeds!

People can die, but the title deed cannot be lost!

  As long as the land is still there, the family will not fall!

These sons of the noble families understood very early on, even in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, that human life depends on the land...

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all inseparable from land, so these Hedong gentry children, even in the most difficult times, tried their best to preserve the land deeds, so that after the war subsided, they could still own these means of production and living, and still become the upper class.

But this time, they ran into some trouble...

Pei Ji, who returned to Anyi City, said that due to the war, many places in Anyi City were damaged and caught fire, which naturally included the official residence originally used to store these land deed files!

At first, the surviving Hedong children thought this was a good thing. After all, if the public archives were unclear, wouldn't it be up to the individual to decide? It's like a plastic ground stake. Whether it's 10 yuan for postage or 990 yuan for one, isn't it just a matter of issuing a ticket yourself?

But soon, these Hedong children were dumbfounded.

An Yi posted a notice, saying that the battle in Hedong had caused countless deaths and injuries to innocent people, that the heavens had a benevolent heart, that the emperor had the intention to comfort the people, and that the cavalry had the responsibility to stabilize the local area, so the "unowned land" in Hedong was allocated to the remaining people to cultivate and replant crops to tide over the difficulties...

For most farmers, as long as they have a piece of land and crops to plant, they will feel at ease. Therefore, the announcement issued by the cavalry or Anyi was undoubtedly a great comfort to the traumatized Hedong. Even though the war was not over yet, many civilians had already started to produce and live while wiping their tears.

  But for the children of the Hedong gentry, this is a nightmare!

Because the Cavalry did not recognize the land deeds in their hands!

Strictly speaking, the Cavalry does not recognize "isolated evidence".

These Hedong children need to prove that their father is their father... ahem, that's wrong, they need to prove that these lands are indeed theirs. Just having a land deed is not enough, there must be other proofs, the simplest of which is the proof of taxes paid by these Hedong children's families over the years...

That's the problem!

  In the land of Hedong, has there ever been a fool who paid taxes in full and declared his property truthfully?

Oh, there are some.

  For example, the Sima family and some other small poor families. Since the proportion of land assets of these families or individuals is not very high, there is no need for them to evade taxes. However, all the slightly larger noble families did not declare their property truthfully, let alone pay taxes truthfully!

Without sufficient proof of tax payment, one cannot get back one's land in full!

In fact, Fei Qian had used this trick once before in Guanzhong. But at that time, the children of the Hedong gentry were all watching the fun with a smile, thinking that the melon was delicious. But now that the melon has fallen on their heads, it is not sweet at all.

  Wasn’t it agreed that the landlords’ money and land would be returned in full?

Among them, of course, there are also people from the Pei family.

Therefore, before Fei Qian and Cao Cao had completely resolved their conflict, a small number of Hedong nobles began to collude under the cover of darkness...

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Gubeikou Road.

Cao Chun's sudden arrival brought about sudden changes in Gubeikou.

  The leader who had been idling away his time and preparing to be "gloriously" injured and then retreat to the second line was beheaded on the spot, which naturally achieved a certain effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkey. As for those ordinary Cao army soldiers, after retreating and having a big meal, when they pounce again, it must be like a storm!

Han Gun and Lei Chong looked at each other and saw some tension and shock in each other's eyes.

"I was negligent. I didn't expect this Cao family member to come so quickly!"

Lei Zhong sighed. He knew some of the situation in Gubeikou, and everything was as he expected at first, except that Cao Chun arrived at Gubeikou much earlier than Lei Zhong expected.

The arrival of Cao Chun boosted the morale of Cao's army to a certain extent. The key was that after a series of fierce battles, Han Gun and the other two would inevitably suffer casualties. If no measures were taken, they might be wiped out in the next attack by Cao's army!

Inside the stone mansion, the bodies of both sides were scattered everywhere. At the beginning, they had time to throw the dead Cao soldiers away, but now they were too lazy to move and just let the bodies of the Cao soldiers fall everywhere...

Han Gun stuck his head out slightly to take a look outside, then retracted it before the Cao army archers could react.

Several arrows whizzed over and hit the spot near where Han Gun had just stretched out his head.

"Hey! 』

Han Gun cursed, then turned to Lei Zhong and said, "They are eating, we should also hurry up and let our men eat some... By the way, what's in this granary? Is there anything to eat?"

Lei Zhong smiled bitterly, "If it was money and food, why would they be stored here? This is a temporary storage... I just took a look around, and there are only discarded armor and broken flags, not much food... There is nothing that can be used to burn to stop Cao's army... There is no time to prevent fire here, why would they store those things?"

"Only some discarded armor?" Han Gun frowned and waved his hand, "Forget it, just eat the dry food you brought with you, eat whatever you can..."

Maybe this is the last meal.

Although Han Gun didn't want to say anything discouraging, it was indeed the fact.

A stone wall is just a stone wall, not a city wall.

During the previous attack by Cao's army, a section of the wall had collapsed. Cao's army rushed in from the gap. Although Han Gun finally arrived with reinforcements, they also lost a lot of manpower. This stone-walled mansion itself was not a particularly solid defensive place. The reason why they did not retreat at that time was because Zhang He's army was close at hand. As long as they held on...

It was obviously impossible for Cao's soldiers at Gubeikou to fight on two fronts, so Han Gun and others could not say that they were completely unsuccessful. After all, if they had not come, Cao's army would not have set fire to the north road. Then Zhang He and others might have suffered more losses when they attacked. But the fire set in advance also temporarily cut off their possibility of contact with Zhang He.

They originally wanted to wait and hold out, but now it seems that was a wrong choice.

On the battlefield, every wrong choice is fatal.

"How much Five Elements Thunder is left?"

"There are only three left..."

This killing weapon is about to run out...

"what to do?"

This question rang in everyone's mind.

"I have a plan..." Liu Fu came out after resting for a while, his face still pale, "Fighting Cao's army head-on like this will only cause more and more casualties..."

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Looking at the somewhat dilapidated stone-walled mansion, Cao Chun's heart was filled with anger.

  It was just a shabby house, and they couldn't take it down after fighting for two or three hours. What kind of war was this? !

Cao Chun was not angry only about this battle, but also because he did not know when the Cao army had become weaker and was not so determined in fighting. The fierceness of the early years, when they would bite their teeth and tear a piece of flesh from the enemy, had disappeared.

It should have become stronger the more it fights, but now it is becoming weaker the more it fights!

  This is not how a war should be fought, and it cannot be fought this way!

Looking at those cowardly-eyed, trembling Cao army soldiers, Cao Chun wanted to kill these guys but he could only suppress his anger.

He can't replace everything...

He is alone, and it is impossible for him to defend Yuyang and Gubeikou at the same time, nor is it possible for him to do everything. He also needs helpers and needs the Cao army soldiers to grow up.

And this stone-walled mansion may be a better whetstone.

Cao Chun hopes to find one or two sharp blades in this process that can help him get through the current unfavorable situation.

Moreover, in front of the Five Elements Thunder, Cao Chun couldn't guarantee that he could resist the thunder with his own body, so he could only let his soldiers exhaust the opponent first.

In this world, everyone is just holding on.

If you can hold on and survive, you are the winner.

The dead are dead, and everything in this world has nothing to do with the dead. Seeing that most of the soldiers had almost finished eating, Cao Chun stood in the queue and shouted to the Cao army soldiers: "The heroes of the Han Dynasty, the Guangwu Restoration, all came from the Central Plains! Now the world is in chaos, and the heroes are causing trouble. Only we can assist the emperor and bring peace to the world! Today's battle is not only for the Cao family, but also for the emperor and for the Han Dynasty!"

Cao Chun drew his sword and pointed it at the stone-walled mansion. "I will be supervising the battle here! Anyone who kills an enemy soldier will be promoted one level on the spot! Anyone who holds the head of an enemy general will be promoted to a captain! I have made a promise and it will be fulfilled immediately! Do you have the courage to spare? !"

Although some of the speeches were unintelligible, these big-name Cao soldiers basically understood them.

This discount coupon is obviously too high!

It's no longer the kind of 200 minus 10, 300 minus 30, no longer the kind of fear of playing too big, no longer the kind of look of not being able to afford it. One head will be promoted to a higher level, and if you get the head of an enemy general, you can be promoted to a captain on the spot, which is the ceiling for ordinary soldiers!

The eyes of many Cao army soldiers lit up.

  It's like there's a lottery for commenting and forwarding. What if this happens?

Cao Chun raised his sword high, "May the Han Dynasty win! Kill the enemy!"

It was not known whether they were moved by Cao Chun's generosity or inspired by his heroic spirit, but many of Cao's soldiers also raised their swords and guns and shouted loudly, "Long live the Han! Long live the Han! Kill the enemy!"

Amid the roar, the Cao army soldiers, as if they had smelled blood, split into three groups and rushed towards the stone-walled mansion.

The two sides engaged in close combat, fighting to the death.

Han Gun swung his sword vigorously, and ordinary Cao soldiers were no match for him. However, Han Gun alone was able to protect the main gate. A large number of Cao soldiers came out from the gaps in the wall, or simply set up wooden ladders and jumped down from the high wall, regardless of their sprained ankles, and limped to kill the hussars in order to earn heads as merit.

The hussars fought bravely, and even when they shot their last arrow or swung their last sword, they faced the enemy and did not retreat.

Lei Zhong's spear flew up and down, killing some Cao soldiers from time to time, but the number of Cao soldiers surrounding him seemed to be increasing. The Cao soldiers were not fools. Compared with Han Gun, Lei Zhong was definitely older and had a better chance of taking his head!

A wounded Cao soldier fell to the ground. Lei Zhong kicked him and was about to kick him out to prevent him from getting in the way, but he found that his legs were tightly held by the wounded Cao soldier.

"Head... Captain... "

The wounded soldier seemed to be muttering something.

With his calf being hugged, Lei Zhong's body movements were immediately affected, and his flexibility was naturally compromised. In the blink of an eye, he was hit by two swords. Although both cuts hit the armor, it was not a good sign!

  Faced with such a situation, Lei Zhong's many years of experience as a veteran soldier came into play. He roared, first used his spear to force away several approaching Cao soldiers, then exerted his strength, knelt on the ground, and used his knee to hit the neck of the soldier who was holding his injured foot directly!

This is the most correct choice.

  Because even if he used the tail blade of the gun handle, or used a knife to chop and stab the Cao soldier who was holding Lei Zhong's feet, it was possible that even if he killed the Cao soldier, the Cao soldier would still be able to hold Lei Zhong's feet tightly before he died!

Only by directly destroying the central nervous system of the Cao army soldier's neck can the Cao army soldier be unable to continue holding Lei Zhong's feet.

Although Lei Zhong did not jump high to attack with his knees like a wrestler, the weight of his armor and the raised armor of his knee pads smashed hard on Cao Jun's neck, almost immediately breaking his neck into a nearly right angle.

The Cao army soldier immediately stopped and loosened his hands that were originally tightly clasped.

  But just like this delay, two or three more Cao army soldiers rushed up, forced into the inner circle of Lei Zhong's spear, and hacked at Lei Zhong, making him scream. The situation was extremely dangerous for a while!

"Retreat! Retreat to the main house!"

Han Gun rushed over and knocked down a Cao soldier who was surrounding Lei Zhong with one sword, then he retreated directly into the main house without stopping.

When the hussars heard Han Gun's shout, they immediately formed groups of three or five and gradually retreated.

The frontal pressure suddenly eased, and more Cao's soldiers rushed in. There were more and more Cao's soldiers in the yard, some standing alive and some lying dead or wounded.

Han Gun brought his men to guard in front of the main house, blocking the door tightly.

The soldiers of Cao's army were in high spirits and chased the Hussars like crazy.

One hussar soldier retreated a little slowly, and in the blink of an eye he was devoured by these blood-thirsty Cao army soldiers.

Han Gun swung his long sword and killed a Cao army soldier who rushed to the main gate. He roared wildly in the rain of blood: "Kill! Stop them! Don't let them rush in!"

In an instant, countless swords and guns collided with each other at the door of the main house, and sparks flew everywhere.

There was a flickering fire outside the house, and it was dark inside.

The Cao army that rushed in from outside had more or less a visual gap, and were often hit by swords and guns before they could see the people inside clearly.

After the first dozen Cao soldiers were killed, the confused Cao soldiers finally reacted and shouted for people to throw torches into the house...

Just as these Cao army soldiers were crowded in the front yard, in front of the main house, under the wall, some figures who were originally lying in a pool of blood slowly stood up.

These figures were also wearing Cao's army uniforms, worn-out and damaged armor, and stained with blood. They looked like souls returning from hell.

Most of Cao's soldiers focused their attention on the main house, but they didn't expect that these people had been hiding among the corpses in the yard from the beginning. After Cao's soldiers revealed their chrysanthemums one by one, they began to take action.

"Ahhhh..."

When the first Cao army soldier who died tragically screamed and fell to the ground, the other Cao army soldiers did not pay much attention.

However, as Liu Fu led the soldiers hidden in the corpses to hack and kill Cao's soldiers from behind, and Han Gun and others rushed out from the main house, these Cao's soldiers finally realized that something was wrong, but they could not withstand the double-sided attack and immediately fled crying...

  When Cao Chun saw this, he was so angry that he almost died!

Cao Chun asked these Cao army soldiers to go forward and fight, not because he did not dare, but because Cao Chun wanted these Cao army soldiers to regain the courage to fight and understand how to fight this battle!

  But Cao Chun never expected that such a dilapidated mansion not only repelled Cao's army's multiple attacks in succession, but even repelled the attack wave that Cao Chun thought was a sure win this time!

A hoarse shout was heard from the dilapidated stone house. Although Cao Chun couldn't hear what was being shouted, he could sense the meaning behind it...

"Who left first?"

Cao Chun's face turned pale.

The Cao army soldiers who had retreated naturally refused to speak, but the others outside knew who had escaped first and pointed them out one after another. Cao Chun then ordered the arrest of the first few people who had escaped.

"General! You can't blame me! There's a monster in here!"

"Yes, yes! There is a monster!"

"Resurrection from the dead! Unkillable monster!"

"I saw with my own eyes the monster crawling out of the blood pool..."

In order to survive, those Cao army soldiers tried their best to find excuses for themselves, and the more they spoke, the more they believed that their excuses were true...

"shut up!"

Cao Chun was not fooled. "It's just a trick of hiding a person in a corpse! You guys don't even have the ability to identify it?! Then why are you fighting a war and getting paid for it?!"

It was natural that Cao Chun would not allow any talk of gods or ghosts to shake the morale of his troops.

In the Han Dynasty, discussions about gods and ghosts were still very popular, especially among the lower classes.

If these Cao army soldiers really think that the Hussars have the power of ghosts and gods, it will be difficult to deal with...

But Cao Chun forgot that it was not the lower-class common people and the general public who first started to deify the Hussars or turn them into demons.

  Now Cao Chun wants these grassroots people to not believe or spread rumors!

"Come here! Kill these cowards who are fleeing from the battlefield!"

At the command, heads fell to the ground.

"Bring the war drums!" Cao Chun shouted, "I will personally beat the drums for you..."

Before Cao Chun finished speaking, he heard another round of emergency warning gong sounds on the Gubeikou Road, which sounded like a deafening sound, accompanied by someone screaming, "Oh no! It's over! The Hussars are coming in!"