Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3427 True and False
On the rock wall, the sounds of screaming and howling, accompanied by the sounds of knives and guns clashing and hacking into flesh, made both sides seem more and more brutal in such a small area.

From time to time, someone would get injured or die, falling from the rock wall. The smell of blood filled the air, arousing everyone's ferocity. At this moment, the sky was approaching dawn, and the morning dew had already risen in the mountains, but the rock wall was so hot that the blood could not be condensed.

Both sides have no way out.

He could never lose, because once the rock wall was lost, it would mean that Suoyang Pass would be cut in half. Even if he took away any half, the remaining half would inevitably be destroyed.

The Cao army was also unwilling to retreat. They might have been the closest to success here, so why would they give up? Moreover, it was not easy to climb up the rock wall, and it would be even more difficult to climb down. Could it be that they hoped that the Hussars would help pull the ropes so that the Cao army soldiers could slide down smoothly?

There were dozens of pairs of people fighting on a short section of rock wall. Someone would fall down at any time, and then the next person would jump in and hack at the opponent without hesitation. The place was narrow, and soon all the soldiers with long spears were hacked to death. The rest were all holding swords and shields. Long weapons were sharp when forming a battle formation, but in this narrow area, they might not be as flexible as short weapons such as swords!

Once you are in it, there is almost no room to maneuver or dodge, just constant fighting, chopping down your opponents, or being chopped down by your opponents.

Always enter a bloody battle from the beginning when you bring people with you!
Because this time, the troops Cao Hong sent out for the sneak attack were not the county soldiers from before, but the real Qingzhou army!

Therefore, when Cong Lai arrived at the rock wall, these Cao army soldiers had already gained a certain advantage. Cong Lai led his soldiers step by step, and turned the previously tilted balance back little by little!
In fact, at this time, Yuanshi had already regretted it a little, and his physical strength was also exhausted. If it weren't for the hussars who had been guarding him, he might have been injured by Cao's army. The motivation that drove Yuanshi to fight at Suoyang Pass was actually to bring glory to his family. This desire made Yuanshi make a lot of efforts, and it was easy for him to further become his obsession and fall into madness.

And under the Cavalry, how many brave generals and wise ministers are there?

How could a little prodigal son like him be ranked?

Therefore, whenever he thought about these things, he always had trouble sleeping and eating, and it was also the internal motivation that pushed him to take risks.

He could have retreated calmly, but in his desire for greater merit, he naturally put himself in a more dangerous position!
At this time, outside Suoyang Pass, Cao's army had already surged up from the north, and Suoyang Pass had been forced into a situation of fighting on two fronts!

In such a situation, even if we wanted to retreat, we couldn't!
Therefore, they could only ignore the situation in the north and just shout more and more fiercely in the bloody battle on the rock wall, hoping that if Cao's army failed to break the northern defense line, they could kill Cao's army on the rock wall, eliminate this hidden danger, and then turn back to support the battle in the north!
The only reason I persisted now was because I believed Xu Chu would do as he promised...

Reinforcements will come, they will definitely come!
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Early morning is the darkest time of the day.

But the darkest sky also has another advantage, which is that a little light can travel very far.

The fire on Suoyang Pass was discovered by the cavalry scouts in the distance, who immediately climbed to the back of the loess plateau and lit a bonfire as a warning.

The firelight conveyed the message, and the message reached Xu Chu.

The main reason why Xu Chu had not gone to Suoyang Pass before was that there were not many Cao troops attacking Suoyang Pass at the beginning.

Destroying two or three thousand Cao's soldiers did not mean much to Xu Chu.

And now...

"It is just as the captain said!" Xu Chu laughed, and then gave the order, "Attack! Cut off Cao's retreat and strangle Cao's army at Suoyang Pass!"

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Cao Hong naturally took certain risks when he left the Zhongtiao Mountain camp and attacked Suoyang Pass at night.

According to the plan he and Dong Zhao made, this was a chain of tactics that combined attack and elimination.

If all goes well...

According to Dong Zhao, everything is fifty-fifty, but Cao Hong feels that with a fifty-fifty chance, it is worth a try!

As for whether it will succeed, it depends on God's will.

Thinking of God's will, Cao Hong couldn't help but look up at the sky.

Even on the noisy battlefield and in the bloody atmosphere, Cao Hong still felt the majesty of heaven was awe-inspiring and mysterious.

In fact, the power of heaven that Cao Hong feared might not necessarily be the actual majesty of the gods, but rather the unknown and instinctive fear of the future and fate.

If everything in the future is knowable, people will lose their sense of awe.

Just like keyboard warriors, most of them have no reverence at all when facing history.

"General?" Cao Hong's guard asked in confusion, "General, you also know the art of stargazing?"

"Haha!" Cao Hong laughed, then his face darkened slightly, "Watching the stars... watching the heart... well, this murderous heart is in everyone... smelling this, it's time to come!"

"What's coming?" Guard Cao Hong asked.

Cao Hong did not answer, but just cast his gaze into the last dark night before dawn.

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South of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Cao Cao's temporary residence.

Suoyang Pass was occupied by the Cavalry Army, and Cao Cao was forced to speed up his retreat.

While Cao Hong was observing the sky, Cao Cao was also not asleep. He was also outside the tent, looking at the sky with his hands behind his back.

Now there are no outsiders following Cao Cao, only his wife's son, Qin Lang.

Qin Lang was the son of Qin Yilu and Du.

Qin Yiluo once blocked a knife for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao said he would take care of Qin Yiluo's wife, and he meant what he said.

In fact, it may seem immoral in later generations, but in the chaotic times of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's "care" was actually understandable. In chaotic times, many families collapsed after losing their pillars. Of course, Du's beauty may also be a big part of the reason.

Qin Lang inherited some of Du's looks and was quite handsome, especially now that he was young and full of youthfulness. Even when he was in the army and suffered repeated hardships, he still maintained his elegance.

"Lang'er, do you know that what I have been looking forward to in my life is the unification of the Han Dynasty..."

Cao Cao looked up at the sky and spoke in a flat voice.

Human nature is contradictory and history is complex.

Anything must be placed in the historical context of the time to have a certain meaning. If you separate it from the historical context and comment on its behavior alone, it will deviate from objectivity and true meaning unless the purpose is to make fun of it. Only by considering the objective content of the historical process in a specific time and specific environment can we correctly understand specific historical facts.

So in his early years, Cao Cao really just wanted to fight for the Han Dynasty all his life...

But when did some changes happen?

It probably started during the Sour Jujube Alliance.

Cao Cao was a politician.

A hidden prerequisite for being a politician is to have a strong desire to gamble, or to put it more nicely, a spirit of adventure.

If you succeed, you will be a king; if you fail, you will be a bandit.

If one cannot adapt to the risk stimulation of such a huge gap between the upper and lower levels, he will not have a big heart and will not be able to become a strong politician.

Cao Cao was undoubtedly a politician with a strong heart. He gambled again and again, putting all his chips on the line.

But regardless of winning or losing, Cao Cao still hoped that the country could be unified rather than divided for a long time.

Waging this war means putting everything on the table.

"Father..." Qin Lang couldn't really understand Cao Cao's behavior. "If we withdraw our troops like this, the situation in Shandong... may not be what father wants..."

In Shandong, some people will follow Cao Cao, but more people will just watch from the sidelines. At the same time, there are also many people who will only hinder him, especially the children of the gentry who had been deprived of some political rights and regional interests by Cao Cao before.

It was good enough that these sons of the aristocratic families did not take advantage of the opportunity to add insult to injury. How could they possibly stand with Cao Cao?
In this light, Cao Cao's plan to "unify Shandong" proposed in his camp in Zhongtiao Mountain was just empty talk.

"No, no!" Cao Cao laughed, "Do you know that there is also a saying of "Great China" among the cavalry?" "Great China?" Qin Lang didn't understand.

Cao Cao stretched out his hand and drew a big circle. "North to the desert, west to the Western Regions, south to Rinnan, east... hehe, east, west, south, north, wherever the Han flag is, it's all Han territory! All the children of the Han garrison and the registered citizens are Han citizens!"

"This..." Qin Lang took a breath. He could hear that

There was some approval in Cao Cao's tone towards Fei Qian's remarks.

"If it were only us who ruled the Shandong region..." Cao Cao smiled, "it would not be enough... Feng Xiao's death was mostly due to long-term fatigue and lack of rest... Look at the other people around you, who are the ones who work hard all day without rest, and who are the ones who idle around and talk all day? If I fail, I may not die. If I die, the Shandong region will suffer from the terminal disease of idle talk. If we don't stop them, the disease will not be cured!"

Qin Lang was stunned for a while, and it was really difficult to understand the meaning of Cao Cao's words, "Father..."

Because Qin Lang also likes idle talk, he thinks there is nothing wrong with idle talk. How can he deny it?

Cao Cao glanced at Qin Lang and sighed slightly in his heart.

His sons, whether biological or adopted, each have their own characteristics and strengths, as well as their own problems.

He has so many candidates for succession, all of them have problems of one kind or another, so what about the Hussars?
Cao Cao looked up at the sky.

When people leave, the tea gets cold; when people die, politics disappears.

When Cao Cao said what would happen to Shandong after his death, wasn't he also talking about what would happen to Guanzhong after the death of Huoqi?

The victory or defeat of this battle was decided on the battlefield, but the victory or defeat in the future will not be decided on the battlefield.

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Fei Qian, whom Lao Cao was thinking about, was leading his men and rushing forward.

He and Cao Xiu staggered.

Plans can never keep up with changes.

Anyi was left to Xun Chen, while Fei Qian himself led his army south to meet up with Xu Chu and others.

Fei Qian felt that classmate Lao Cao had set another trap.

Maybe in Zhongtiao Mountain, maybe in Heluo, or somewhere else.

The key is that Fei Qian figured out where the problem came from...

Fei Qian sent Conglai to the front line, one reason was to take care of Conglai's wishes, and another more important reason was that as a former mid-level military school of Cao's army, Conglai had a more direct understanding of the Zhongtiaoshan Camp and the Tongguan Camp.

But it was obvious that after arriving at the front line, he was not willing to be a support, but instead rushed forward and secretly led others to play in the jungle!
For jungle, generally there is no problem, but you need to put a ward in the bush now!
Fei Qian originally wanted to let Conglai be the eye, but he didn't expect that the "eye" ran away into the mountains...

For most people, Cao Cao is now like a candle in the wind, which can be blown out with just one breath, but Fei Qian knows that this "candle" is not so easy to extinguish!

Didn’t Yuan Shao also think that Cao Cao was about to fall?

Among the Three Kingdoms, Cao, Liu and Sun, which one is the easier to deal with?

Even Emperor Sun, although he was restrained by the Jiangdong nobles at the beginning, he still killed most of them in the end, so that he could not suppress the northerners during the Jin Dynasty...

So it is true that Cao Cao is now showing signs of defeat, but it is still too early to say that he has been completely defeated.

The most important thing is that Fei Qian doesn't need to come up with any "brilliant ideas" now!
This guy has always...

It’s an open conspiracy!
Even if you use a fair and just force to suppress others, not everyone will be convinced. Even if you use a strange strategy to conquer the world, there will definitely be more noise, especially from those keyboard warriors in the Han Dynasty. None of them are good people.

If Fei Qian wants to win the battle in one go, he cannot be impatient, nor can he make mistakes, or in other words, he cannot make too many mistakes, otherwise it is very likely that some people will lose the desire to follow him in the process.

When Guanzhong was in trouble, food had to be transported from Sichuan, Hanzhong, Qinling Mountains, or Longxi. At that time, everyone thought it was delicious if they had a bowl of soup noodles and a few meat buns, but who would cherish a few meat buns now?

Fei Qian remembered that Xu Chu once said that when he went to eat meat buns, the bun shop owner didn't dare to serve him meat buns, but what about now? Can Xu Chu still eat so much?

Xu Chu is still by Fei Qian's side, he can be seen and often touched, but what about those who are far away and cannot be seen?
These problems are far more difficult than fighting a war.

Therefore, Fei Qian hopes that in this war, more people will grow up or realize something, so that they can be assigned according to their different situations in the end...

For those who are greedy, let them expand the territory and exploit their greed.

Those who speak nonsense should be used to spread culture.

The harsh ones should be made to hold the criminal law and use it severely.

Human nature is not perfect.

Make the best use of things, and the same goes for people.

Although this is the idea, there are still too many things to do. Fei Qian is not sure whether he can finish these things within the limited time, or make a direction...

Or, as some people say, trust the wisdom of those who come after you?

Hey!
The wisdom of both Khadgar and Nogannon is not worthy of complete trust, they can only serve as guidance, let alone other people?

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Among all the generals in the entire Cavalry Army, Zhao Yun is the least greedy and has the calmest mentality. If Zhao Yun is ranked second, I am afraid no one dares to claim to be first.

Cao Chun judged that the Northern Territory Army would pursue them all the way, but he misjudged Zhao Yun's character.

If other generals came, they would still swagger into the city even if it was not dark.

But Zhao Yun did not do so.

In fact, the reason why Zhao Yun did not enter the city directly was very simple.

On the surface, he said that it was to ensure the military discipline of the Cavalry Corps, especially after knowing that a group of horse thieves had pretended to be the Cavalry Corps and engaged in crazy looting, he wanted to let the people of Youzhou know the difference between the real Cavalry Corps and the fake Cavalry Corps.

But in fact, Zhao Yun simply didn't want the people of Youzhou to suffer any more harm.

Zhao Yun knew that even if he issued a clear ban or sent more patrolling cavalry, various problems would inevitably arise once a large number of soldiers entered the city.

In fact, it has already appeared in Yuyang.

A military school couldn't control their greed, robbed a family in the city, and then said that the family was in collusion with the thieves...

Although Zhao Yun finally found out the truth and enforced military discipline, the problem still occurred. And the consequences were irreversible.

Xin Pi tactfully said that the military school fought bravely and should not be killed just like that, which was a pity. Besides, the family in the city might not really have no connection with Cao's army, so it was a so-called "false accusation".

Zhao Yun did not comment on what Xin Pi said, but did not change his decision.

When Zhao Yun was about to be executed, he went to ask the military school what his unfulfilled wish was, but he was scolded by the military school, saying why Zhao Yun supported Yuyang, these were bandits, this was a bandit land...

Xin Pi couldn't figure it out, and neither could the military academy.

Indeed, from the perspective of the two hostile parties, occupying Youzhou is equivalent to occupying the enemy's territory, so everything of the enemy will naturally become their spoils of war.

Isn't it the victor's right to enjoy the spoils of war?
Why did Zhao Yun want to stop them and even find out the truth for the people of Yuyang?
Even if the military academy deliberately framed him, so what?
Isn't it beneficial to your own side to frame the enemy?
Is the truth really that important?
To find out the truth, someone must die!
Now that everyone is dead, who will continue to follow Zhao Yun to fight?

Is this true?
But Zhao Yun felt that no matter whether it was the Northern Territory or Youzhou, no matter whether it was Guanzhong or Shandong, they were all the Han people.

They are all big men!
Now there is a fight to the death because some people are unwilling to obey the instructions of the Cavalry. However, if they put down their swords and guns, then naturally they cannot be regarded as enemies.

However, Zhao Yun couldn't figure out how to do it specifically, so in order to avoid more similar situations, Zhao Yun simply restrained his soldiers and did not allow them to enter the city at will.

But this almost drove Chen Bin, who was lying in ambush in Ji County, crazy...

(End of this chapter)