Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3473 He is retreating
Dong Zhao was on the observation deck, looking at the Hussar cavalry raising a cloud of dust, and his heart sank.

He hoped that it was only Xu Chu and the cavalry vanguard who came, but he also hoped that Fei Qian would come as soon as possible. This contradictory mentality was mixed in him.

If you just look at the appearance, there doesn't seem to be much decadence in Cao's army camp.

The flags are like clouds, and the armor, swords and spears shine brighter than snow.

It seems that there is still no difference from before...

But if you look closely at the Cao army soldiers in each formation, you will find that although these Cao army soldiers are lined up, their expressions are tense and their looks are panicked.

"Is General Lu finished?!"

"Didn't they say that General Lu went to attack the front camp of the Hussars?"

"Now the cavalry has come to attack us, but General Lu is gone!"

"We are doomed..."

"That's not right. Didn't Military Advisor Dong say before that General Lu was in danger and it was a false report? What do you say now?"

"Does it matter what I say now?"

"Well... that's true..."

The soldiers of Cao's army talked a lot, and the more they talked, the more frustrated they felt.

These thoughts of the soldiers were also circulating in the military academy, and some non-commissioned officers in the academy even couldn't help but run to ask Dong Zhao.

And this time, Dong Zhao finally stopped making excuses.

"Victory and defeat are common in war."

Although Dong Zhao still did not say it explicitly, at least he said it.

This time, Cao Cao and his men were not only defeated by Fei Qian, but also by those "unknown men" under Fei Qian's command.

In Shandong, starting from Yuedanping, or perhaps even earlier, when the students in the academy began to comment on this or that, the standard for judging whether a person is capable is whether he has a good reputation...

However, these people under the command of the Cavalry had neither reputation nor fame.

The Hussars were getting closer.

Fortunately, the strategy really worked. The Cavalry came in a hurry without bringing any siege equipment.

He still has more than 7,000 men, plus the traps in the mountain roads. As long as Cao Cao can defeat the Tongguan troops, he can get support, and maybe even have a chance to turn defeat into victory!

"Beat the drum! Fight!"

But whether it is the battle in Zhongtiao Mountain or the battle in Tongguan, can it really be as Dong Zhao expected?

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Yan Township.

"The front door is broken!"

When this desperate howl was heard, Cao Zhang was holding his bowl and preparing to eat.

He had just retreated from the front line and had not had time to catch his breath when he heard such a shout. His hands shook and the bowl of rice fell to the ground, spilling all over the floor.

Even in this tense and desperate situation, the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of Cao's army still did not eat in the same place.

Ordinary soldiers ate mixed soup, but generals and military officers could still get a bowl of rice.

The difference is clear.

But at this moment, when they suddenly heard the news, people on both sides had stunned expressions and stared at each other blankly.

The next moment, Cao Zhang kicked the bowl away, grabbed the sword beside him, and rushed out.

At this moment, Cao Zhang seemed to be trapped in a nightmare. He always felt a sense of unreality, yet was filled with fear.

He just stepped down and it has only been a short time. How could it be broken so easily?

When he retreated, didn't the Cavalry also retreat to rest?

Even if the Hussars launch another surprise attack, it is impossible for the soldiers guarding the front gate to not be able to hold out in such a short period of time, right?
He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself, but was soon staggered by the shouts and screams coming from the front door!
Is it true?
The weapons clashed violently, the screams and shouts rose and fell, blending into one, and the sound of war drums was scattered, making it impossible to distinguish the nodes.

Where is Liu Fu?
Where is the damn Liu Fu?

But in the blink of an eye, the other side of Yanxiang was also filled with killing sounds...

Cao Zhang's heart suddenly tightened into a ball!
No matter what happened at the front gate, or how the cavalry broke through the city gate, Yanxiang was in danger now!
Cao Zhang's guards also rushed over, looking panicked, "General! What should we do? What should we do? !"

"What are you panicking about?" Cao Zhang shouted, "Gather the troops immediately! Check the equipment! Wait for orders!"

"Yes!" Seeing that Cao Zhang still had his own opinion, the guards calmed down a little, and each of them took orders and went to gather the soldiers in the city.

At this moment, Yanxiang City was in chaos.

Especially the petty officials in charge of the rear camp's baggage, most of whom had never been on the battlefield with real swords and guns. When the news of the front gate being broken reached here, the camp was immediately blown up. Some people ran into the houses when they saw them, some knelt on the ground and cried and screamed, some ran around like headless flies, some just followed others in a daze, and of course some people turned around in circles on the spot as if they were looking for something to defend themselves, but then found that no matter what sword or gun they were, they didn't seem to be able to use them...

The soldiers around Cao Zhang were in chaos for a while, and were only managed to be restrained after being shouted at by the guards.

However, after being rushed by the petty officials in the rear camp, the camp became somewhat chaotic again. Many soldiers followed involuntarily. Several military trainees and scolding were of no avail. Only after they drew their swords and killed a few people, and the smell of blood filled the air, did these soldiers sober up a little.

Cao Zhang didn't have time to pay attention to all this; he was anxiously looking for Liu Fu.

He stood at the street corner and saw that the city gate seemed to be full of fleeing soldiers. Cao's military flags were falling and collapsing...

The defeat was like a landslide, and the army was in disarray. It was useless to say anything at this time. The first thing to do was to find a favorable terrain to stabilize the team, and then think about other things...

Cao Zhang looked up at the sky, "What time is it now? !"

The guard next to him said: "It's probably around 12:00 pm..."

Cao Zhang was silent.

It was only the evening of the next day!
They couldn't even last three days!
Damn!

Before Cao Zhang and others reached the front door, they saw a small group of hussars rushing towards them from the other side of the street!

There were fires everywhere at the city gate.

I don't know whether it was set on fire by Cao's army or the Hussars, but there was fire and blood everywhere.

It was also because of this that the Cavalry Army had not yet completely controlled the Front Gate, but the Cao army soldiers were already in a panic and running around everywhere.

There were originally a lot of stone slabs and wooden beams that Cao Zhang had stockpiled at the city gate. On the one hand, they were used to defend the city wall for easy access, and on the other hand, they were used to prevent the Hussars from using gunpowder to blow up the city gate. But now, no one knew when they had been moved out into a narrow passage, and some Hussars were rushing into the city along this passage!
Because of the flames and debris, these Hussars could not enter smoothly, and their numbers were not as many as those climbing up the city walls. However, the intimidation of these Hussars to Cao's soldiers was far greater than their numbers. A dozen or even several cavalrymen could trample on the streets and alleys, chopping anyone they saw and burning anyone they saw!

Cao's soldiers were in a panic, unable to support each other, and could only fight on their own in groups. When the Hussars charged in, they fell down like wheat being cut, and some collapsed here and there. Broken arms and legs were everywhere, and blood and flesh were flying everywhere. Heads and limbs were kicked all over the ground by people's legs and horses' hooves.

There were also a few Cao army soldiers who were fearless and rushed towards the Hussars, risking their lives to knock the Hussars off their horses and wrestling with them. Even if they died, they would drag a Hussar soldier with them...

But such brave Cao's soldiers were a minority after all.

When the cavalrymen who rushed in saw Cao Zhang coming with a large army, they did not fight to the death, but whistled and rushed to the side of the street...

"Don't worry about them! Find the military advisor first!"

Cao Zhang shouted that he must find Liu Fu first to find out the situation.

Cao Zhang saw Liu Fu.

Liu Fu and others were surrounded by the Cavalry Army near the watchtower on the top of the city wall.

The soldiers led by Liu Fu formed a double-layer formation with the watchtower as the core. The outer layer was equipped with shields, spears, and halberds. The cavalry soldiers raised their shields when they shot arrows at them. If they dared to get close, they would chop with swords, stab with spears, and hook with halberds. If they were injured, they would retreat to the inner circle, and someone would naturally stand up to take his place. Twenty or thirty archers climbed to the top of the watchtower and shot wildly outside. "Save the military advisor!"

Cao Zhang shouted and led his men to rush towards the watchtower.

The hussars who gathered at the watchtower, without a general in charge, were unable to stop Cao Zhang's charge. Seeing that it was an easy task here, they whistled and retreated.

Before Cao Zhang and Liu Fu could say anything, or even have time to catch their breath, they heard another round of deafening shouting outside!

Cao Zhang and Liu Fu turned around and saw a battle flag of the Zhang family approaching slowly!

Zhang Liao is coming!
Cao Zhang's face suddenly turned pale.

Yanxiang can’t be saved!

Although the battle around Yanxiang had never stopped since yesterday morning, sometimes a group of cavalrymen came up to harass and test, sometimes soldiers pushed some siege equipment over to fight, and sometimes two or three cavalrymen attacked at the same time. Several times the situation was extremely critical, and the city was destroyed and people died in an instant. It was Cao Zhang and Liu Fu, as well as the soldiers of the Huben Camp, who ran east and west, like firefighters, putting out the fire of destruction again and again...

But now...

"There's... there's a spy!"

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Liu Fu was hugging one arm, his face pale, obviously injured in the recent battle.

"spy?!"

When Cao Zhang heard what Liu Fu said, he refused to believe it at first, but the reality was right before his eyes and he couldn't help but believe it!
The cavalry outside the city roared, and the shouts of "Long live the cavalry" seemed to be able to push down mountains and make rivers flow backwards!

Looking at the approaching Zhang clan battle flag, Cao Zhang gritted his teeth in anger.

Why couldn't he hold on?
Why couldn't those Cao army soldiers hold on?

But no matter how many whys you ask, it cannot change the current situation.

Although the flames and stone blocks at the city gate would more or less slow down the speed at which the cavalry could charge into the city, the Cao army soldiers already knew that the city gate had been lost, and the collapse of the entire city was imminent...

Although Cao Zhang wanted to continue to hold on, how could he do it?
Liu Fu also looked exhausted, as if he had aged ten years in these two days.

Who could have thought that Yanxiang’s eventual downfall would be due to something like this?

He still hasn't quite figured out how come someone suddenly joined the Hussars?

He remembered that when he replaced Cao Zhang just now, he went to inspect the city gate on purpose, but did not see anything special.

The collapse of the defenses at the front gate has now caused chaos throughout the city. Cao Zhang and Liu Fu now have only two choices: either take their men to the burning front gate of Yanxiang to fight Zhang Liao and survive in the flames, or live forever in the flames...

The other road is the old road they are familiar with.

"Retreat..."

Liu Fu said.

When he was on duty at the front gate, something went wrong. Whether it was Liu Fu's problem or not, it had become his problem now, so Liu Fu was very depressed. But no matter how depressed he was, he had to fulfill his duties and come up with the most suitable strategy for the moment, even though Liu Fu knew that after he came up with such a strategy and said this, he would most likely be labeled as a "war-fearing" person in the future.

After the war, Cao Zhang must have been brave and courageous, while Liu Fu himself was the main culprit who was cowardly and kept holding Cao Zhang back, leading to Cao Zhang's defeat...

Coupled with the loss of the front gate this time, it is simply indisputable!
But even if Liu Fu knew this, what could he do?

"We can retreat now and reach Wangdianzi Village, where we can hold out for a while longer," Liu Fu said helplessly, "At least we can hold out for three days..."

Cao Zhang was helpless and had to give the order, "Burn the incendiary materials! We retreat!"

When the Cao army soldiers heard the order to retreat, they ran away in a hurry, throwing torches and other items on the fire-starting devices as they ran, in order to stop the pursuit of the Hussars.

Even so, there were still some cavalrymen who bypassed the line of fire and chased Cao Zhang and others.

It was just that Cao Zhang, Liu Fu and others retreated all the way from the Tongguan camp to Yanxiang. Both the soldiers and the military academy were relatively experienced and did not raise flags when they fled. The cavalry charged and killed for a while, but could not find Cao Zhang, Liu Fu and other important military academy leaders. They were also worried that the flames were too big and would cause Yanxiang to burn down, and they would lose a place to rest. So after chasing and killing for a while, they slowly retreated to put out the flames and clean up the mess.

The sun sets.

Looking towards the west, there were no more large groups of cavalry appearing. Even if a few Hussars showed up, they just looked around for a while and then turned around and left.

Cao Zhang finally let out a long sigh, knowing that the catastrophe had come to a temporary end. He felt relieved, and the breath that had been pent up in his chest was released. He felt a terrible pain all over his body, and his arms and legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead. He could no longer lift the heavy sword in his hand. He slowly sat down on the ground, holding the sword handle, and gasped with his mouth wide open.

There was the clanging sound of weapons falling to the ground and heavy breathing everywhere.

No one spoke, just gasped.

It’s like a drowning person coming back to life and feeling the beauty of breathing and the existence of life.

Cao Zhang took a few breaths and felt his body recover a little. His arms and legs were not shaking as much anymore. He looked to the left and right but did not see Liu Fu.

"Where is the military advisor?" Cao Zhang asked.

"I don't know. He was still at the back just now..." Guard Cao Zhang replied.

Cao Zhang's expression suddenly changed and his eyes rolled twice.

Could it be that this old man surrendered to the enemy when he saw that the situation was getting bad?

It is no wonder that Cao Zhang became suspicious. After all, when the gate of Yanxiang city was broken, it was the time when he and Liu Fu were changing guard.

Liu Fu replaced him and asked Cao Zhang to go back and rest, but then something went wrong...

Liu Fu said that it was done by a spy, but where did the spy come from? Did he sneak in, or was he already in the queue?
Cao Zhang couldn't help but turn his head, raised his eyebrows, and looked around.

"General?" The guards beside Cao Zhang saw that Cao Zhang's eyes were somewhat ferocious, and they couldn't help but tremble with fear, "General, you...you are..."

Cao Zhang came back to his senses and rubbed his face with his hands, "It's okay."

In fact, he was also a little shocked by this sudden change.

The people around him were basically the core soldiers of Cao's army, that is, the veterans who followed Cao Cao all the way from Chenliu, and some were members of the Cao family, or people from the same hometown. If there were traitors among these people, then the Cao family would be completely finished. Why did Cao Zhang have to wait until this time to identify and verify?
After a while, Liu Fu came over from another direction.

Cao Zhang suddenly remembered that Liu Fu was injured, so he couldn't walk as fast as Cao Zhang and the others, so it was normal for him to fall behind...

As if to conceal his thoughts, Cao Zhang stood up and greeted him, "Military Advisor... can you still hold on?"

Liu Fu's face was pale, his arm was wrapped with a cable tie, and some blood was still seeping out. "It's okay... I won't die for the time being..."

Cao Zhang seemed to want Sanqian to help Liu Fu sit down, but whether intentionally or unintentionally, he touched the wound on Liu Fu's arm, causing Liu Fu to shiver in pain. "Ah, sorry! I was so careless! Quick, move aside and let the military advisor sit down!"

Liu Fu glanced at Cao Zhang and sighed slightly in his heart, but said nothing.

The two sat down and started talking about what happened at Qianmen in Yanxiang.

When mentioning this matter, Liu Fu couldn't help feeling a little confused.

He didn't notice any signs.

It seemed to happen all of a sudden.

But Liu Fu's words sounded a little different to Cao Zhang.

What does it mean to happen "suddenly" and what does it mean to happen "without any warning"?
The military school soldiers guarding the front gate at that time were all under the command of Liu Fu. How could they be said to know nothing?
But looking at Liu Fu's expression, Cao Zhang swallowed the doubts that were about to arise in his mind.

"Let's send someone to contact the lord first..."

Fortunately, Cao Cao had made arrangements in advance. Although the time limit did not meet Cao Cao's requirements, it can still be considered as meeting the standard, right?

perhaps……

Cao Zhang stood up and stopped asking what had happened in Qianmen City of Yanxiang.

Now that things have come to this, what point would it make to find out what exactly happened?

However, this is like a thorn, hidden in Cao Zhang's heart, and it may prick him at any time...