Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3413 Shared hatred and hatred

When the navy in Chang'an attacked and burned Cao's pontoon bridge, Zhu Ling couldn't help but become a little impatient.

Because the gullies on the plateau are difficult to climb.

The Cao army knew that the Cavalry had the ability to pass through the gullies between the earthen plateaus, and they also inferred from some clues how the Cavalry soldiers passed through the gullies, so they "loosened the soil" in some areas that were easier to climb, causing Zhu Ling to fail in climbing in two places.

In addition, when climbing, they had to avoid the sight of Cao's sentries. Once exposed, they would attract Cao's attack directly overhead. However, Zhu Ling was not discouraged. He continued to look for an area that could be climbed. He first tried to climb up with a small number of soldiers, and then used ropes to fix the folding ladder. Finally, he found a rather secret location and sent people to climb up.

But this way, it will take a long time.

But Zhu Ling couldn't be impatient. He had many experiences of attacking Cao's camps, so he was the one who led the troops this time.

Sneak attack is a tactic that almost all generals understand and know how to guard against. However, it does not mean that it can be prevented. The most crucial point is whether it can be discovered in time.

Therefore, Zhu Ling walked very carefully. He first tried to climb the opposite earthen plateau with a small number of soldiers, then carefully observed the position of Cao's sentries, and when the attention of these Cao's sentries was attracted to Tongguan and the floating bridge, he pulled out a sentry post. Only then did he feel more at ease and led everyone to climb up the earthen plateau and move towards the middle and rear part of Cao's camp.

For the convenience of movement, Zhu Ling and others did not wear thick armor, but ordinary armor, without battle skirts, and only added leg and arm guards that would not affect movement and make noise. If they were really trapped in the encirclement of Cao's soldiers, their ability to continue fighting would be relatively poor, so Zhu Ling needed to move in and out quickly, taking advantage of the fact that Cao's army's attention was drawn to the direction of the river, and then run away.

In principle, there is no major problem with Cao's army's deployment.

This is the old tradition of Shandong - "in principle", but in fact, in Shandong, it is more of a practical problem. Cao's army has fought with the Hussars several times, but it has not achieved much. Originally, the Shandong people thought they had some advantages, but in front of the Hussars, they could not find any way to defeat the enemy.

They couldn't defeat small troops, nor large troops, their siege equipment couldn't compare, and their flexibility and mobility were far behind. It seemed that they were behind in all aspects. The Cao army soldiers felt that they had worked so hard to rush to Guanzhong just to be beaten by the Hussars...

For the Cao army soldiers in the Tongguan camp, the battle of Tongguan lasted for so long, and they only advanced to the lower city of Tongguan. However, the enemy counterattacked and recaptured the lower city area in half a day, forcing the Cao army to retreat and flee, and they also suffered heavy losses.

  This had a great impact on the morale of Cao's army. Many people have begun to spread rumors privately, saying that it is so difficult to fight even though there are not many Hussars now. If more Hussars come later, then they will be doomed!

With this mentality, the Cao army soldiers on the rear line did not demonstrate their full vigilance capabilities. Many of the Cao army soldiers at the preset sentry posts did not care about the movements in their own vigilance areas, but were very worried about the battle on the Tongguan River in the distance, and gathered together to whisper.

  What’s interesting is that in addition to expressing worry and emotion, these soldiers also felt a little bit “lucky”!

It's like seeing other people selling their children, and then you can sit down and drink tea and wine.

The same hatred?

nonexistent.

Shandong's obvious class divisions and strategies to drive the people against the people have split the common people into many factions. The big division is geographical, where people often ask where they are from. The small division is based on preferences, and the salty party and the sweet party can fight to the point of being angry and ignoring their relatives.

Under such circumstances, it is rare for ordinary people and soldiers in Shandong to have any empathy with each other. Instead, these people will take the initiative to stand up and defend the rulers and their superiors...

Because in the minds of these ordinary people and soldiers who sympathize with the rulers, it seems that if they behave in this way, they will be regarded as good dogs by the rulers, and they can be rewarded with two more pieces of meat, or promoted to be the leading dogs.

That’s right, the leader dog is still a dog.

But as long as they live better and die later than other dogs, they are satisfied.

So when they saw the fire on the Tongguan Slope Road, the tragic plight of Cao's soldiers being burned, heard the war drums and shouts from both sides that never stopped, and the continuous roar of the Hussar Army's catapults and artillery, they actually gained a bit of happiness from the suffering of their own kind.

  Luckily I didn’t go!

Fortunately, it wasn’t me who died!

fortunately……

Under such circumstances, Zhu Ling led his soldiers to bypass the obstacles and traps set by Cao's army and headed towards the rear camp of Cao's army. After passing the front line of the cordon, the sentries in the middle and rear of Cao's army were obviously not paying much attention. At some point, Zhu Ling even thought that they had been seen by Cao's army and would be exposed, but no warning sounded.

Most of Cao's soldiers were dejected, as if they hadn't had enough food...

Maybe I really wasn’t full.

But this issue is not important to Zhu Ling now.

Zhu Ling is more concerned about what target to choose at the moment.

forage?

Although it is indeed a good choice, it is hard to say how much food and grass Cao's army has left now.

So you can only make flexible choices based on your own judgment.

This is also the reason why Pang Tong did not make any requests before Zhu Ling set off.

The Cao army paid a heavy price for trying to intercept the cavalry. In just half a day, many corpses were floating on the surface of the river, most of them were Cao's soldiers.

Despite this, Cao's generals still gave orders to stop the attack of the Cavalry Army at all costs.

This "at all costs" order did indeed "block" the counterattack of the Hussars on the Tongguan Slope and on the water, but it did come at a huge cost. When the Cao army thought that the Hussars' attacks on land and water were temporarily blocked by fire and flesh and blood, Zhu Ling led his soldiers and selected a target.

In fact, Zhu Ling was not very satisfied with this goal, but there was no time.

As the counterattacks of the cavalry on the Tongguan Slope and on the water stopped, Cao's army would inevitably withdraw its attention from the front line, and Zhu Ling would be in greater danger of being exposed...

Sometimes, human instincts are very strong. This kind of alertness inherited from animals since the birth of human beings, avoiding disasters and looking for opportunities. Zhu Ling's instincts were good. The place he chose did not have any obvious hoarding tents, but only some baggage carts, and some soldiers guarding the surroundings.

After a long period of fighting, Cao's army had consumed a large amount of supplies.

These baggage carts were obviously transported from Shandong at a later stage.

Although Zhu Ling didn't know what was in those baggage carts, he felt that since in such a war situation, special personnel were arranged to guard the things, they must be good things.

At Zhu Ling's command, his soldiers all took action, placed the rockets they carried on the ground, and aimed at the area determined by Zhu Ling.

Soon, the rocket took off into the air, whistling across the sky, and then plunged towards the Cao army's baggage truck area in the distance...

When the rocket took off into the sky, Cao's soldiers were pointing and shouting at the flying rocket, but these belated warnings could not change the direction of the rocket.

The rocket grinned, let out a happy laugh, and with a long trail of fireworks, it landed with a bang.

The first generation of rockets developed by Zhu Ling was subsequently guided by Pang Tong and assisted in its production by Ma Jun's subordinates. Based on the original one in ten misses, the rockets were greatly enhanced.

At least now it’s one or two out of ten…

Before, Zhu Ling’s hit was just a verbal hit, but now it is a real hit.

The Hussars successfully counterattacked. Although the fire had cut off the roads on land and water, and the Hussars could not rush along the roads to the Cao army camp, this was actually a huge failure. Anyone with a little bit of common sense would know that if the enemy continued to suppress them like this, the Cao army would gradually collapse.

First, Cao's army in the Hedong area retreated step by step. Now not only was the lower city of Tongguan lost, but the floating bridge on the river was also engulfed in flames. This made the Cao army soldiers feel that all their efforts seemed to be in vain.

"boom! 』

The rocket exploded on the ground.

  The scattered flames splashed everywhere!

"boom! ! 』

  An even louder noise suddenly rang out!

It seemed as if the whole ground was shaking!

The trees were shaking, the sand and rocks were trembling, and a huge cloud of dust rose into the sky!

Zhu Ling couldn't help but look back, stood there for a moment, and suddenly laughed, "Haha, it's time! Let's go, let's go! It seems we have made a big mistake!"

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Zhongtiao Mountain, a path leading to Boshan.

He always lay on the ridge with some branches and leaves tied on his head and shoulders.

If it doesn't move, it will look like a bush at first glance.

Traveling in the mountains, in this era, there is no navigation, no map, and no mature route. If you take the wrong turn at a fork in the road, you may be stuck in the mountains forever...

Even in later times, it was not uncommon for hikers who lacked equipment or luck to die in the wild mountains because they got lost.

Moreover, the time agreed upon with Xu Chu and the others was only three days, which did not allow them to climb slowly. They could only hurry on, passing through forests and crossing streams. It was extremely difficult to get here.

Along the way, I have been fighting hard!

  Fight for your life!

Because for him, he really only has his own life left to fight for...

He did have meritorious service before, and the General of the Cavalry would not deliberately make things difficult for him, erase or reduce his merits because of his status, but...

  Not enough!

If he were to live out his life in a remote county, taking the money and new identity he had gained from his merits, forgetting everything, and living out his life in a small county town, then the merits he had accumulated before would be generally sufficient. However, if he wanted to rebuild his family background, then the merits he had accumulated before would be far from enough.

Everyone has his or her own path in life.

Some people are born into a smooth road and can walk however they want, but some people are born to have no choice but to climb mountains, and there is always a mountain higher than the other!

I always thought that when he was young, he had used up all his luck and walked all the smooth roads. Now all that was left was to climb mountains, climb mountains continuously, or reach the next peak, or fall to his death in the mountain stream...

  But he never expected that the desperate ruthlessness he displayed would win the recognition of the cavalry soldiers who came with him!

Because the ordinary soldiers of the Cavalry Army were also fighting desperately!

In the feudal dynasty, if an ordinary child from an ordinary family wanted to climb higher, what else could he fight for if he didn't work hard? First, he had no connections, second, no wealth, and third, no neighbor. Mr. Wang said he would start with a small goal...

The harder you fight, the more you become integrated into the Hussar Corps.

Ordinary soldiers would smile when they saw him, and would even share with him some of the wild fruits and herbs they picked on the road.

So this is what it means, "People with different ideals cannot work together"!

  People who are walking slowly on a flat road feel the beauty of the mountains and rivers, and then they curiously say to those who are climbing the mountains, since you are going to climb the mountains, why don’t you rent out the idle cars at home?

He was a person who had always been walking on a smooth road, but when he suddenly found that his road was blocked, he started to climb the mountain and realized that only by climbing high can you see far, and only by climbing to the top of the mountain can he show others that I have conquered this mountain and this place!

I always carefully observe the Suoyang Pass not far away.

Because the Yuban Road had long been replaced by the more accessible Tandao and Pubanjin passages, few people usually travel on this road. Hedong also did not receive much repair in those days, so it naturally looks a bit dilapidated.

Cao's army stationed here had 700 to 800 soldiers, and the soldiers were also lazy...

He slowly retreated from the ridge, "Let's find a place to rest... We will advance at sunset and attack at midnight!"

At sunset, the light in the mountains gradually dimmed. The three hundred elite soldiers who had climbed the mountains for three days, led by Cong Lai, quietly went towards Suoyang Pass.

……

……

Cao Zhang threw his helmet to the ground, his eyes blazing with fire, "What did you say?! Falling stars from the sky?! Do you know what you are saying?!"

The military student lying on the ground was trembling constantly. He didn't dare to look up at Cao Zhang, nor did he dare to say anything. He just kowtowed repeatedly.

"Push this troublemaker down and execute him!"

Cao Zhang shouted loudly.

Cao Zhang was very angry.

  "At night a meteor fell into the camp. During the day a cloud appeared like a collapsing mountain. It fell on the camp but did not reach the ground before dispersing. All the officers and soldiers were fed up and lay down." What is this?

Damn it, you dare to call it a "meteor"!

Your whole family is a shooting star!

If this is true, then now, they have become the "Wang Mang Army"? !

Several guards rushed up and dragged the unfortunate military school away.

Liu Fu looked at the military school officer who was pale and still gritting his teeth, shook his head and said nothing.

A fool, just die.

You are under attack, so you should beg for mercy. Tell me about your achievements in the past few years. It would be best if you have some kind of relationship with that general. Then you might have a chance to survive...

He gritted his teeth and said nothing. He seemed brave, but was actually stupid. Not everyone can enjoy the treatment of "sparing lives". Liu Fu didn't have the leisure to sacrifice his own personal relationships and face for an unknown military academy.

  The more important question now is how to deal with the current dire situation!

The kerosene trap on the Tongguan Slope was destroyed.

Most of the pontoon bridge was burned down. Even if we tried our best to repair it with soldiers and civilians, what would happen if the cavalry navy came again next time?

And the back camp...

Liu Fu didn't believe in the "shooting star" or anything like that. Even if it was Liu Xiu's shooting star, Liu Fu didn't believe it either, but he would never tell others not to believe it.

Liu Fu believed that the so-called meteors were actually some bad weather, such as strong winds and rainstorms, extreme conditions where you couldn't see your hand in front of you, which allowed Liu Xiu to lead a small number of troops and charge directly into the center of Wang Mang's army without being sniped by other members of Wang Mang's army.

But from another perspective, Liu Xiu was indeed lucky to appear on this battlefield at a critical moment...

So could it be that the current "luck" has shifted to Guanzhong again?

Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. The fortune of the Han Dynasty. The last Han Dynasty lasted for two hundred years in Chang'an. The current Han Dynasty lasted for two hundred years in Luoyang. Calculated in this way, it seems...

"Military advisor... Military advisor?!"

Cao Zhang's shouting brought Liu Fu back to his senses, "Ah, General, what's the matter?"

"What's the matter?" Cao Zhang was furious, but facing Liu Fu, he couldn't yell at him like he was dealing with an ordinary military student, so he could only suppress his temper, "Military Advisor, what should we do now?"

What to do?

It's something you really should think about carefully.

Liu Fu nodded, "Let me make some plans."

The battlefield gradually became quiet.

The fire on the Tongguan Slope is still burning, and no one will be able to come before it is extinguished.

Although Cao's army still had some ships and could send the navy to attack the Guanzhong navy upstream, the floating bridge had been destroyed, and the only way to connect the Zhongtiaoshan camp and the Tongguan camp was the ferry boats. If these boats were to be damaged in the river, the traffic would be completely cut off. Therefore, it was meaningless to attack the Guanzhong navy on the water, so Cao's army stopped fighting and began to clean up the battlefield, recovering some arrows and stone bullets, and preparing for a more difficult battle.

The Guanzhong navy of the cavalry also returned to the Tongguan ferry, joined the Tongguan troops, dealt with battlefield debris, and transported Cao's surrendered prisoners. They also cleaned up the traps originally set by Cao's army in the lower city of Tongguan, and adjusted the fortifications originally used for the defense of the upper city of Tongguan to face the direction of Cao's camp.

The battlefield has temporarily calmed down, but everyone knows that this calm is only temporary...