Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3430 Unsung Hero
Under the moonlight, Xu Chu and his men were rushing towards Suoyang Pass.

Xu Chu was already very cautious. He did not focus on Suoyang Pass from the beginning.

After all, the road to Suoyang Pass has been in disrepair for a long time and is not a very suitable direction for cavalry advance.

It's like the cement roads in rural areas in later generations. It's not that cars can't drive on them, but the roads are narrow and it's easy to hit the bricks and stones or scratch your car paint.

So the focus should still be on the road.

But if Cao's army could be lured out, then Xu Chu would certainly not miss the opportunity to attack Cao's army in the wild.

As for marching into Cao's camp, Xu Chu had suffered a loss in Anyi camp before, so he naturally would not advance lightly.

Without sufficient information or before destroying the fortifications in Cao's camp, Xu Chu would not deploy a large number of troops to attack the Zhongtiao Mountain camp. After all, this would be almost equivalent to using flesh and blood to open up a path.

What the Hussars need now is to maintain their advantage rather than fight to the death and risk everything.

Xu Chu would not do such a stupid thing.

Therefore, Xu Chu agreed to the previous strategy and attacked from three directions simultaneously, trying to draw Cao's army as far as possible and looking for opportunities to defeat Cao's army through the movement.

Cao's army did not have many cavalry, which allowed Xu Chu to move more freely on the outer line. However, Xu Chu did not keep all the troops on the front line of Cao's army, but harassed them in turns. This ensured that each unit was active and energetic, and also prevented all the troops from being too tired and consuming too much horsepower and physical strength.

Without much cavalry, Cao's army lost the ability to carry out surprise attacks in the wild.

So Xu Chu naturally focused more on how to tear and break the tortoise shell of Cao's army.

The troops of Cao's army that fought for Suoyang Pass were released intentionally by Xu Chu.

Is it easier to defeat Cao’s army in the camp or Cao’s army that has escaped?

This conclusion can be drawn without much thought.

But is it really like this?
Xu Chu knew that Cao's army was going to recapture Suoyang Pass, but did Cao's army know that Xu Chu was watching them?

Under the moonlight, the cavalry galloped.

"How many Cao troops are there?" Xu Chu asked the scout who came to report as he walked forward, "Who is the general leading the Cao army?"

"It's hard to see clearly in the dark, but judging by the torches, there are at least three thousand men!" The scout replied, "The flag of the commander says Protector General!"

Xu Chu exhaled, "Ha! It's him again!"

As the troops advanced and crossed the plateau, the lights and fires on the distant hills gradually became clearer.

"No! Cao's army has more than 3,000!" Xu Chu squinted his eyes and estimated, and came up with a rough estimate, "There should be 5,000... But this is better!"

This is a piece of fat meat!

So Xu Chu no longer concealed his whereabouts. He led the cavalry, rushed out of the ravine where he was hiding, and directly attacked Cao's army that was fighting at Suoyang Pass!
Xu Chu's vanguard military school, led by 300 cavalrymen and another military school, bypassed the main force and rode quickly to the flank of Cao's army after receiving Xu Chu's order.

Xu Chu's formation was roughly shaped like a trident, except that the tips of the two wings protruded further forward.

In this way, they could check whether there was any danger on the flank of Xu Chu's headquarters, and also serve the purpose of outflanking Cao's army.

The vanguard military school was somewhat nervous and a little excited. He was reinforced from Pingyang to Xu Chu's army.

His father had served the General of the Cavalry for many years. When he was old, he retired and became a minor official in Pingyang. He lived a good life. His favorite thing was to tell others about his "bravery in the past"...

Now, it is his turn to show courage and gain military merit!
It is not easy to become a cavalryman.

First of all, they must be agile and not too heavy. Although there are exceptions, the vast majority of cavalrymen are relatively light and cannot be too short. If these requirements are met, a large number of people will not be able to meet the standards.

At the moment, not many people are overweight, but not everyone can meet the standards of agility and height.

After reaching the standard, you still have to train, at least half a year of high-intensity training, and you have to eat and sleep with the warhorse.

Only when the warhorse and cavalry become close and cooperate well with each other can it be considered a qualified cavalry cavalry.

While the military academy was thinking about how to implement Xu Chu's tactics next, he led his men to rush to the flank.

Under the starlight and moonlight, the war horses galloped.

Rushed over the slope and across the plateau.

Suddenly, the military academy felt the horse under him prick up its ears, twist its neck uneasily, and lean in a certain direction...

The military academy was shocked!
At this moment, he heard a familiar voice!

"Raise your shield! Left wing!"

The military academy shouted almost instinctively, then stretched out his hand and raised the cavalry shield from his side, bending down to reduce the area exposed to arrows, while using the shield to protect his vital parts and the neck of his horse.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Swish, swish, swish!" 』

The arrow flew through the air with the sound of the bowstring!

At this time, the military academy saw a lot of dark shadows emerging on the slope on one side!
"Cao's army archers!"

"Raise your shields! Raise your shields!"

Arrows whizzed down.

Some of the cavalrymen who failed to react in time were hit by Cao's arrows. If they were hit in ordinary parts of the body, they could still grit their teeth and continue to gallop forward despite the arrows, but if they were unfortunately hit in vital parts, they would fall off their horses with screams.

On the battlefield, under the swords, guns and arrows, everyone can only roll the dice of fate. Some people seem to always roll 20 points, immune to all damage, while others only roll 1 point, and suffer various critical hits at any time.

"Don't stop!" the cadet yelled, "Follow me!"

The military academy understood that if they stopped because of an attack, it would not only fail to reduce the probability of being shot, but would cause the cavalry in the rear to be crowded into a group and eventually become targets for Cao's archers!
Continuing along the ditch was not a good option either.

After all, Cao's army was lying in ambush here, and they must have made arrangements in the front as well.

Perhaps some simple tripwires could cause great harm to the cavalry when there are arrows whistling around.

So the only choice now is to run directly up the slope!
dash forward!
If there is no road, create one!
Cao's army obviously underestimated the elite level of the Hussar cavalry, and also underestimated the tacit cooperation between the Hussar cavalry and the war horses.

According to the original pattern and tactics of fighting Shandong, Cao's army built an ambush position on the flank. They did bet on the cavalry sent by Xu Chu and attacked with arrows, causing heavy damage to the Hussars. However, Cao's army never expected that these Hussars would not continue to move forward along the ditch, but would directly cross the ditch!

As the name suggests, a ditch has soil on both sides.

Although the glacial movement in ancient times cut a series of ditches in the yellow land with relatively steep slopes, in the following years, due to the erosion of wind, sand and rain, some of these ditches, which originally had nearly vertical slopes, collapsed and now have a gentler slope.

Under normal circumstances, these gentle slopes are not suitable for horse racing, but the situation is special now!
When a dog is desperate, it jumps over the wall; when a chicken is desperate, it climbs a tree!

When the horse is in a hurry, it will fly over the eaves and walls!
If you face this steep slope head on, you will not be able to run up it in most cases. However, if you cut up diagonally, there is a chance that you can leap up to some lower earth walls before you lose control of your center of gravity!

Cao's army obviously did not expect the Hussar cavalry to be so fierce!

Cao Jun originally thought that as long as they shot down from the earth slope, it would be fine. No matter how strong the cavalry was, no matter how good their armor was, they might not be able to block the whole body. And even if the cavalry continued to charge forward to the gully under damage, Cao Jun was not afraid. There were chevaux de frise and traps in front of the gully, which would definitely be able to eat up this cavalry unit! If the cavalry immediately turned from the front to the rear, and retreated directly regardless of casualties, it would also be an acceptable result for Cao Jun. After all, it is not easy to find a perfect place to ambush in a hurry at night. If Cao Hong did not have a deep understanding of the surrounding terrain, he might not be able to find a suitable place even if he wanted to ambush.

According to Cao's experience, after being attacked, it was already rare for the cavalry to turn around and retreat as much as possible despite the damage from the arrows. Not many generals could do this. Most generals just rushed forward, and the more they rushed, the more they died...

As a result, no one expected that the Hussars had no intention of escaping, but chose to directly attack the slope!
"Crazy! They're crazy!"

The Cao army soldiers shouted as if they were the ones who were ambushed.

Humans’ jumping ability is not that high. If you don’t master certain skills, you can’t even jump one meter. War horses certainly don’t have any back-leaping skills. Even so, most war horses can jump to 1.5 meters, and some particularly good war horses can even jump to nearly two meters...

If we add the height of the warhorse and the height of its diagonal run up the slope, the two or three meter slope is actually not as difficult to cross as Cao's army imagined!

The warhorse jumped up diagonally, and finally went down the slope with a grunt, but the military school took advantage of the horse's momentum and pounced onto the slope.

Although he was unstable when he landed and had to roll over before getting up, the surrounding Cao army soldiers were so surprised that they had no time to switch between long-range and short-range weapons to pounce on him and strangle him. Some even took two steps back in fear, as if to cooperate and make some space for the Cavalry Academy!

As the military academy rushed up the slope, other cavalrymen followed suit!

"kill! 』

The Cavalry School officer was not afraid at all when facing numerous Cao's soldiers. With a roar, he swung the sword in his hand down with lightning speed and chopped down the Cao soldier who was closest to him and was still preparing to throw away his bow and arrow to switch to swords and guns.

"Kill him!"

The leader of Cao's army shouted and pointed at the Cavalry School.

Not all Hussars can jump onto the slope, but as long as a few of them gain a firm foothold and then lower the ropes they carry, more and more Hussars will soon climb up the slope, and the so-called advantage of the terrain of Cao's army will be gone!

Obviously, the only way for Cao's army to secure the final victory of the ambush is to kill these Hussars as quickly as possible!
However, Cao's soldiers were not as brave and sturdy as these cavalrymen, and most of them standing on the edge of the slope had bows and arrows in their hands and beside them. Their swords and spears were either placed on the side or carried on their backs. For a moment, few of them could fight directly with bows and arrows like elf archers. Therefore, although these Cao soldiers heard the order from their leader, most of them still did not move forward, but were busy switching weapons...

War is like a catalyst.

Either accelerate growth or accelerate destruction.

Faced with the threat of the Hussars, Cao's army obviously had to grow to a great extent, otherwise it would have been destroyed.

Cao Hong had obviously made progress, or there were still some people in Cao's army who were still holding on. The ambush Cao Hong had set up was obviously a reflection of his deep understanding of the surrounding terrain, but unfortunately, he encountered a stronger opponent.

Just as the Cavalry Academy was fighting its way out, it ran into trouble at Suoyang Pass.

Although he led his men to drive Cao's troops down the rock wall, cut the rope ladders set up by Cao's troops on the rock wall, and used falling rocks to break the wooden plank roads set up by Cao's troops, which was considered a good result, but there is gain and loss. The outer wall of Suoyang Pass was breached by Cao Hong and his men.

The outer wall of Suoyang Pass was not very high to begin with, and with the earth and stone walls, although it is steep, if you really want to climb up, even if you don't climb up by climbing up through the cracks in the rocks, you can find a place to build a three-story ladder and climb up directly.

Moreover, he was never a particularly fierce general, he was just an average martial artist, so when he led his men hurriedly from the rock wall to the outer city, he was already one step too late.

Cao's army climbed up from many places on the outer wall of Suoyang Pass, causing many breaking points in the cavalry army's defense on the outer wall.

The battle on the outer wall turned extremely brutal in a blink of an eye.

Lai killed the Cao army soldier in front of him with one sword, but the next Cao army soldier rushed up and almost stabbed a hole in Lai's waist.

He was still roaring, but his voice and strength were fading.

The other Hussars were also fighting hard, and from time to time someone would scream and fall down, some from Cao's army, and some from the Hussars.

Because at the beginning, the sudden attack on the rock wall caused the hussars to be somewhat distracted, and they failed to effectively curb Cao's army's initial climb up the city, which led to increasingly fierce hand-to-hand combat.

The people were always stuck at the junction of the outer wall and the inner wall.

Arrows whistled through the air.

Neither side had very good accuracy at night, but at the same time, the visual impact of the darkness also made it difficult for soldiers on both sides to avoid damage from arrows.

On the other side, Qu Chang, a cavalry commander, also tried to open up the outer wall passage that was blocked by Cao's army, but he was suppressed in the corner tower by Cao's random shooting and could not provide support smoothly.

The cavalry archers tried to lean out and shoot at the climbing Cao soldiers, but the casualties were too great, so they had to abandon this tactic and instead only shoot at the Cao soldiers from the side to reduce the pressure of frontal defense.

Soldiers on both sides were shouting, which resulted in all the orders having a very small impact range. They could only rely on the grassroots organization and the instinctive cooperation between the soldiers. In this regard, the soldiers of the Cavalry Army had some advantages. It was also because of this that after the outer wall of Suoyang Pass was breached at several points, there was still no large-scale collapse.

But the outer wall is basically irrecoverable...

Most of the soldiers Cao Hong brought were veterans from Qingzhou. Those who survived the battles had good combat skills and had their own ways of killing people. However, any Qingzhou soldier who was a little soft-handed might not have survived the Central Plains War until now.

This is a huge pressure for people like Genglai.

Cao Hong did not hesitate to use these Qingzhou soldiers and divided them into multiple attack groups, striving to win the battle in one go.

Although he had always wanted to support, he had consumed a lot of physical strength and was now somewhat at the end of his rope.

Wielding a bloody sword, he led his soldiers to rush to the city wall again and again to block and kill people, and then organized everyone to charge, block and kill people.

"No, I can't fight anymore..."

His confidence began to waver, and his hands and feet began to tremble.

He leaned against the doorway, feeling his heart beating violently and groaning in pain from all parts of his body. He didn't even know if he was injured...

He now faces another choice.

Should we retreat to the inner city and continue to resist, or simply abandon the pass and evacuate to the mountains?
He was always hesitating and wavering, but the cavalry commander on the other side of the outer wall never hesitated or wavered.

Facing the constant suppression of Cao Jun's arrows, Hussar Qu Chang also saw that the Hussars on the outer wall had been cut into several sections by Cao Jun and were being attacked from both sides. Casualties continued to appear, so he rushed out of the doorway, holding up his shield and shouting loudly: "Kill!"

Arrows whistled.

However, the cavalry commander Qu Chang faced the rain of arrows from Cao's army and charged forward bravely, taking the lead.

The soldiers behind the cavalry commander Qu Chang also roared and rushed out of the doorway that could have sheltered their bodies. Some were holding swords and spears, while others were holding shields. They followed the cavalry commander Qu Chang and ran out.

Although there is a shield to protect you, it does not protect you from all physical damage.

It was seen that the cavalry commander paused for a moment while running, but soon started running forward again, broke through a line of Cao's army, rescued some cavalry soldiers, and then continued to move forward!
And on the body of the cavalry commander Qu Chang, the arrows were seen still trembling!

"Kill! Kill them and bring them back!"

Suddenly he stopped thinking, considering, and hesitating. He stood up again and gripped his sword tightly.

He didn't know the cavalry commander before, and perhaps he would not have the chance to know him in the future, but now, at this moment, they are comrades standing together!

He was proud of the unfamiliar cavalry commander and ashamed of his own cowardice just now!
Named heroes are certainly worthy of admiration from future generations, but unnamed heroes should also be respected by future generations!
Always roaring, "Long live the cavalry!"

"The hussars are victorious!" 』

The soldiers behind him also shouted and rushed out with him, braving the arrows.

More hussars shouted, and for a moment, all the noises in Suoyang Pass were drowned out by this sound.

"Qiuqi! Victory!"