Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3399 Decline

"The Cavalry is coming!"

"The Hussars are coming again!"

Perhaps this sentence will become the most common buzzword of Cao Jun this year.

Just like the "wolf cry", at the beginning, it may cause mass panic, but later it becomes "it's here, why are you shouting?"

The emergence of Li Li and Sima Yi greatly accelerated the evolution of this process.

Cao Cao knew that his soldiers would be tired, but he couldn't find a good way to solve the problem.

Because he couldn't take the initiative to attack, he could only wait passively...

He repeatedly emphasized that this was a strategy to tire out the troops, but the vast majority of the non-commissioned officers in the military academy just said "oh yes, oh yes". They obeyed the orders on the surface, but in fact did not take them seriously.

The strategy of tiring out the army is an open conspiracy.

Although Lao Cao still had less than a thousand cavalrymen and the cavalry general Qian Zhao, he could not just let Qian Zhao go. The reason was simple, because cavalry had no chance of winning in a field battle. The morale was low and the command was problematic. Qian Zhao was a good cavalry general, but not a world-famous general. He alone could not play a pivotal role and could not change the situation.

  How to do?

It's difficult.

These arrogant cavalrymen are difficult to defeat and capture, but if left alone, Cao's soldiers will become increasingly exhausted.

When the sun rose in the early morning, the cavalry of the Hussars blew the wake-up horn before arriving at the camp.

When they were having breakfast in the morning, the Hussars came again, bringing warm greetings - they fired two or three large rhubarb crossbow grenades, no matter what they exploded, it was considered a little spice for Cao's army.

At noon, when the sun was high in the sky, the cavalry came again. This time they would conduct tentative destruction on some fortifications or outposts outside the Zhongtiaoshan camp.

It was really just a test, because as soon as Cao's army moved, they would whistle and run away. Even if Cao's army used crossbows and catapults, they basically couldn't hit them. Occasionally, very few cavalrymen were hit, but as long as they were not hit directly in the face, they would probably not die, but the severity of the injuries would vary.

By the afternoon, the cavalry had even more tricks...

They would form groups outside the camp to curse, from Cao Cao to Xiahou Dun, and then to Cao Hong, changing their curses in various ways. When the loud-mouthed soldiers became hoarse, some would start singing Shandong folk songs, and they would touch Cao Zilian's chest or something like that...

Cao Hong was so angry that he trembled.

Not only that, they would also set up a table far away, in a place where Cao's army could not reach them but could see them, and then start lighting a fire, barbecuing and drinking wine!

By nightfall, everything should have calmed down, but every hour or hour and a half, the Hussars would light grenades irregularly, and shout slogans of charge and attack as the grenades exploded. Even though the Cao army soldiers knew that the Hussars were bluffing, they still had to get up and guard.

As a result, Cao's soldiers, especially those at the forefront of the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, were all listless...

Cao Cao had been watching the whole time, and at dusk that day, he suddenly called Cao Hong and Qian Zhao.

"Tonight, there is an 80% chance that the enemy army will come to test the enemy and attack!" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, his small eyes focused and sparkling.

"Ah?" Cao Hong asked in confusion, "Why are you so sure, my lord?"

  In the past two or three days, Li Li and Sima Yi took turns to lead a small group of troops to cause trouble, while the large group of troops provided support from behind. The Cao army was in a dilemma whether to fight or not to fight, and was in great distress. Now, after hearing Cao Cao say that the Cavalry Army might attack tonight, Cao Hong couldn't help but become excited!

"In the past two days, the Hussars seemed to be in chaos, but in fact..." Cao Cao sneered, "Now the soldiers outside the camp are all tired, hum...so the Hussars are most likely to launch a surprise attack tonight!"

……

……

Did the Hussars ever launch any unsuccessful night attacks?

It seems like there is, but it also seems like there isn’t.

Sima Yi rubbed his chin. He had gradually grown some beard, but not much, just like his combat experience. But even so, Sima Yi still instinctively felt something was wrong, and he attached great importance to this feeling of self.

It may sound a bit mysterious to call it instinct, but in fact it should be the product of the dual superposition of experience and wisdom.

"You just don't feel right?"

Li Li frowned, somewhat dissatisfied.

The plan was proposed by Sima Yi, and it was executed together with Sima Yi. Now it's time to put the brakes on?

My pants are...

Oh, there were no pants in the Han Dynasty, that’s okay.

  Okay, what feels wrong about you, Sima Yi who is not wearing pants?

Sima Yi was also thinking, and slowly said: "Old thief Cao has been on the battlefield for many years, how could he not know my strategy of tiring out the troops?"

Li Li thought about it and nodded.

Even though Li Li was dissatisfied in his heart, he had one good advantage, which was that he was able to listen to others.

Seeing that Li Li did not interrupt or show any impatience, Sima Yi continued, "So we should think about it a little more. This old thief knew that we were tired, but he did not rotate the Cao army soldiers outside the camp. He wanted us to see that these soldiers were already exhausted..."

In later times, there is a theory called the Three Rhythms, which, although not certain to be true, does explain some issues. That is, in the process of human evolution, there is always adaptability for survival.

A person's life fluctuates from being full of energy and endurance to being exhausted and low in endurance, but it cannot be quantified or simply digitized. After all, people have different values ​​and personalities, which leads to some people becoming hysterical when their energy and endurance are both low, while others remain calm until their physical strength is restored.

The same is true for Cao's soldiers. Some of them will be almost on the verge of collapse due to the disturbance caused by Sima Yi and Li Li, but it cannot be denied that there are still some people who will still think calmly and adapt as much as possible.

Therefore, if it is said that ordinary Cao army soldiers and generals may be disturbed by Sima Yi and Li Li's strategy of exhausting the soldiers, their energy and endurance will decrease and they will enter an irrational state, but the same is true for Cao Cao...

That would be a bit of an underestimation of the people of the world.

Sima Yi looked at Li Li, secretly observing Li Li's expression.

Sima Yi's Sima family, like Fei Qian's Fei family, is actually a family with a relatively small number of people and not very prosperous. So Sima Yi was also subconsciously expanding his network of contacts, but he was not being too picky.

Building this kind of network of contacts does not take one or two days, or just once or twice, but during the entire process, Sima Yi would intentionally set some "hidden thresholds" to distinguish and screen personnel.

This is how Sima Yi treated Li Li.

If Li Li yelled and vented his emotions to express his dissatisfaction, Sima Yi would most likely follow Li Li's lead and then say nothing, because Li Li did have more than half of the troops under his command, and he could choose not to listen to Sima Yi. But if Li Li was willing to listen, as he was doing now, Sima Yi would tell the truth.

"So, now..." Li Li asked, "You mean... to make some adjustments?"

Sima Yi nodded, "That's true. Why not do this and that..."

……

……

That night.

The moon is not dark, but the wind is high.

The cold autumn night wind from the north whistled across the plateau. Even though the plateau made a whimpering protest in the cold wind, the cold autumn night wind still mercilessly snatched away everything on the bare plateau, as if it would not leave a single drop of oil or water on the plateau even if it scraped the ground three feet deep.

The less they have, the more they will be exploited and plundered.

Even though the defenseless loess whimpered loudly, no help came, but instead it was met with a new round of trampling.

The horses of the Cavalry Army rushed down from the earthen plateau like wind and thunder, with an overwhelming momentum, and rushed towards the flaws of Cao's camp that had been observed long ago.

Sure enough, the flaw was right there.

The cavalry roared and broke through the defenses outside the Cao army camp without much effort, and began to advance to the second line of defense of the Cao army. The Cao army's Zhongtiao Mountain camp had three lines of defense along the height of the mountain. The outermost circle was naturally the largest and the most vulnerable.

The Cao army soldiers in this line of defense saw the Hussars rushing towards them aggressively, and they took the initiative to "change" their battle positions without the Cao army generals ordering them to move in...

As soon as the two sides came into contact, the Cao army soldiers on the defensive line near the breakthrough point ran away without saying a word. Come to think of it, it was unrealistic to let these Cao army soldiers, whose energy and endurance had almost fallen to the bottom, fight against the powerful cavalry. As the cavalry attacked, the war drums in the Cao army camp sounded quickly and intensively.

"boom! boom! 』

A huge explosion erupted on the battlefield, mixed with the sound of Cao's war drums.

This is the Cavalry Army blasting through the second line of Cao's defense.

In an instant, the sounds of war drums, trumpets, soldiers' shouts, and galloping horses reached the sky.

“Swish…”

Thousands of arrows whistled into the air and shot at the Hussar cavalry.

"Be careful of arrows!"

Li Li shouted loudly, raised his shield to protect his vital parts, and also covered the head and face of his horse.

The rain of arrows whistled down, and Li Li was shocked.

  He knew Sima Yi was right!

The Cao army was well prepared!

This is not difficult to judge as long as you have a relatively calm mind.

In actual combat, the arrows of archers cannot have an automatic tracking function, and they will definitely hit the target as long as they are shot, especially in the dark. If the Cao army is a temporary contingent of archers, then the arrows shot will be much sparser, and it is even possible that the first few rounds will be empty, and then the hit rate will increase after the ruler is modified.

And now, Cao's army had a large number of hits in almost the first round of arrow rain!

  Although the lethality of arrows thrown from long distances is often caused by the falling metal of the arrowhead, it does not mean that armor can be completely immune!

As the arrows fell, muffled groans were heard from the surrounding area, mixed with the neighing of injured war horses.

"Retreat! Retreat in all directions!"

Li Li gave the order immediately without any hesitation.

If you are a little more greedy at this time, it will mean three more casualties!

Cao's army did not deploy troops on the first line of defense, but instead placed its combat power on the second line of defense.

Li Li's order was quickly conveyed, but some cavalrymen, not knowing whether it was because they were unwilling to give up or because they were far away and noisy, could not hear the whistle of retreat clearly, and were soon covered by the continuous rain of arrows...

In just a short period of time, Cao's army shot at least 20,000 to 30,000 arrows!

In order to prevent archers from losing their targets, some rockets are mixed into ordinary arrows as marks.

This is also an important means of fighting at night and when vision is obstructed.

Well, Mr. Luo turned Sun Shiwan's forced action into Brother Zhu's straw boat borrowing arrows, and he certainly didn't expect that there would be rockets...

The order issued by Li Li was indeed very timely. They had just completed the turn when they were immediately blocked by Cao's soldiers.

When the two armies met, a bloody battle immediately broke out.

Cao Hong had injured legs and feet, and he was an important figure after all, and no one could replace his current position in Cao Ying, so Cao Hong naturally took charge of the command, while it was Qian Zhao who fought and intercepted on the front line.

  Li Li led his men to charge back and forth, trying to kill the blocking enemy soldiers and break through the constant entanglement and encirclement of Cao's army. The group of cavalrymen he led was like crashing into a spider web, but a spider web is a spider web after all, not a fishing net, let alone a hunting net. It does not have enough density and strength, and it is impossible to stop Li Li and others completely!

Moreover, most of Cao's troops were infantry, and even if they were close at hand, they could hardly control Li Li's cavalry.

The passing each other in TV dramas and movies can add beauty, but the passing by each other here can only make Cao's soldiers sad.

Qian Zhao saw Cao's soldiers falling down one after another under the charge of the cavalry, some dead, some injured, blood and screams spreading out, he couldn't help but shout loudly with all his strength: "Brothers, follow me and kill!"

Qian Zhao set his sights on Li Li.

I don't know why, but when Qian Zhao stared at Li Li, it was as if he saw another version of himself...

No, no no.

Qian Zhao's starting point is far higher than Li Li's.

Perhaps the two people said that they had the same thing in common, that is, the same cavalry generals and the same experience in foreign warfare.

Qian Zhao didn't like pointing his sword at Han people like him, but he had to do what he didn't like again and again.

It’s like going to work in the future.

Unhappiness is just a means of making a living.

Qian Zhao led a team of 100 men and rushed straight towards Li Li, stepping on the blood-stained mud and the broken limbs on the battlefield, shouting and moving forward, "Kill the horses! Kill the horses first..."

Qian Zhao shouted wildly and waved his spear, knocking a cavalryman off his horse.

  If we don't find a way to make Li Li and others stop, we will never be able to surround and kill Li Li!

Under the leadership of Qian Zhao, Cao's soldiers fought hard towards Li Li.

Li Li also roared and killed a Cao army soldier who tried to attack his horse with a knife, but he failed to notice the short axe thrown from another direction...

The short axe was not very accurate and failed to hit the belly of Li Li's horse, but it did leave a deep wound on the horse's leg.

The warhorse felt a pain, its legs stumbled, and it stumbled and fell to the ground.

Li Li was caught off guard and fell off his horse.

"Kill him! Kill him..."

When the Cao army soldiers saw Li Li fall off his horse, they shouted excitedly.

The hussars following Li Li immediately rushed forward to block Cao's attack. Some shot with bows, some swung swords, some jumped up on their horses to charge directly, and some threw the short weapons they carried with all their might...

Li Li's fall caused the entire team to come to a standstill.

In this small space, it was like honey falling into an ant pile.

Cao Hong was watching the battle from a high platform. Seeing this, he was overjoyed and pushed away the drummer who was beating the war drum. "Get lost! You are beating so softly, like a woman! I will personally beat the drum to cheer for General Qian! Kill, kill, kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Cao Hong beat the drum himself, and the other drummers tried their best to use all their strength to beat the war drums loudly!

The layers of Cao's soldiers were attracted by the "honey"...

Just when Li Li and others were trapped in the middle and gradually couldn't hold on any longer, suddenly there was a huge noise rolling out from outside Cao's camp!

Sima Yi led his men and rushed in from another direction, and launched a violent attack on the buttocks and anuses of the Cao army soldiers who were besieging Li Li.

At this time, the Cao army archers, who originally had fierce firepower, had no way to intercept or make any fixed-point covering shooting, because the Cao army soldiers not only blocked the shooting range, but also mixed with the cavalrymen...

Unexpectedly, the Cao army soldiers of the Cavalry Army had a second attack. They were originally concentrating on surrounding and killing Li Li, but were caught off guard by Sima Yi. The besieged Li Li and others immediately found the direction and opportunity to break out, and evacuated along the road opened by Sima Yi.

Some Cao's soldiers still wanted to fight to the death, but they didn't expect that Sima Yi's men were not only good at archery, but also carried some grenades. They were immediately either shot and screaming in panic or had their heads broken and bleeding from the explosion, and they dared not chase anymore.

Qian Zhao originally wanted to strangle Li Li, but when he saw Sima Yi rushing in and torches lit up outside Cao's camp, he was not sure how many cavalrymen there were, so he did not chase them outside Cao's camp.

This was originally a situation of two losses or two wins. It can be understood and described in any way. The Hussars broke through a line of defense and tested some of Cao's arrangements and strengths. Cao's army defeated the Hussars' night attack and successfully killed some of the Hussars.

Even though Cao's army suffered more casualties than the cavalry, it didn't matter.

  But what Qian Zhao didn't expect was that after he finished arranging the affairs and stepped down, he was not greeted with warm greetings for his hard work, but with angry accusations!

"Qianzi Sutra! Why did the thief escape? !"

  This question may make people angry, but people have their own reasons. If you can defeat the enemy general, why can't you kill him? It's like being able to work until you are 60, why can't you work for another 10 years until you are 70?

Doesn't it make sense?