Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3634: Victory is achieved through the invisible system, and the desperate situation leads to a lonely city

Compared to Cheng Yu's dilemma, Jiang Jiong seemed much more relaxed and quick after receiving the order from the General of Cavalry.

This is not because Jiang Jiong's intelligence is superior to Cheng Yu's, but the severity of the situation on the battlefield and the extra bonus brought by the convenience of information communication.

After all, for Jiang Jiong, the front line north of the river is not that important. Victory is of course good, but if he fails, there are reserve troops and generals to take his place, so the pressure in his heart is much less.

On the other hand, if Cheng Yu's garrison position was breached, the area around Wen County in Henei would definitely suffer a serious blow, especially to the east of Wen County. To the north of the river is the area of ​​Jizhou, and the cavalry would not be able to run smoothly.

Le Jin, who was originally stationed in Wen County, has now sneaked into Hedong and also needs Cheng Yu's support. If...

Cao Cao had said before that he would send someone to fill the position, but Cheng Yu had no news on whether the replacement had arrived.

For the same thing, because the pressure is different, the attitude will inevitably be different.

It’s just like ordinary people starting a business, the whole family works hard to squeeze out tens of thousands of dollars, and once they fail, they will immediately return to the time before liberation. The Tianlong people just raise a few fingers easily, indicating that it’s just a few small goals, winning or losing doesn’t matter, you have to keep a calm mind, what is there to be nervous about?
In this case, the gap between the generals of both sides is not just determined by the numerical value of intelligence.

Moreover, when the two sides were confronting each other, although there were some problems and some strange voices in the troops of both sides, unlike Cao's army that avoided fighting and retreated, and engaged in class oppression, most of the problems in Jiang Jiong's troops were the desire to gain more military merits. So when Jiang Jiong gave the order, his subordinates did not have any objections. This does not mean that Jiang Jiong has a higher reputation than Cheng Yu, but in basic training, because after the standardization of the Cavalry Army, many things can be omitted and there is a minimum bottom line, which can be provided to generals and military academies for reference and measurement.

As long as there is a war, these cavalry soldiers are always in high spirits, because they have actually gained, or seen others gain, tangible benefits from the war, rather than just empty promises drawn every day, every month, and every year.

There are these real things that are within reach as long as you work hard, which are comparable to the virtual pie of shouting "work hard" every day and then finding out that you still have to work hard for your whole life.

When Jiang Jiong gave an order, even the Qiang people would be full of confidence and carry out his orders to the letter.

Because the Qiang people all knew that even if Jiang Jiong's words did not count, there was still the General of the Cavalry to back him up.

Although Jiang Jiong's men were not numerous, after receiving the order from the General of Cavalry, Jiang Jiong gave the order to divide his troops without hesitation.

Some Qiang troops who were familiar with the mountains and good at living outdoors, as well as a few Han officers, entered the mountains, while the others retreated westwards, giving up the ferry crossing...

By the time Cheng Yu discovered Jiang Jiong's unusual movements, he was already one or two days late. Then it took another day or two to detect the specific situation, and then he discussed and prepared. By the time Cheng Yu's deputy general led the soldiers and began to follow the footprints in the mountains towards the mountain road, the Qiang people who were traveling in the mountains had already taken the lead by four or five days.

The key point was that the deputy general of Cao's army who was following behind was very cautious, taking three steps and stopping for one step, always on guard, for fear of falling into an ambush by the Cavalry Army in the mountains.

After a few rounds, when the Qiang troops traveling through the mountains discovered the grain transport team sent from Wen County, they rushed out of the mountains without any hesitation.

Sixty or seventy cavalrymen mounted their horses and rushed out along the valley, like a pack of wolves seeing a large herd of cattle and sheep.

Cao's army didn't expect to encounter the soldiers of the Hussar Army here. They didn't even know what happened to Cheng Yu and Jiang Jiong at the front. They just knew that they had to transport the food to the Cao's camp at the front. So the Cao's grain transport team didn't have much defense. Even though there were more than 200 guards with the grain transport team, when they saw the Hussar Army cavalry rushing out of the valley, the guards of the Cao's army panicked.

Although the non-commissioned officers of Cao's military academy were still shouting in an attempt to re-discipline and command their soldiers to conduct defensive resistance in the escort formation, the Cao's soldiers who were frightened by the cavalry were unable to form an effective formation, nor did they rely on the baggage carts to resist. Instead, they abandoned the baggage carts and fled in all directions.

Whether it was the Cao army soldiers or the old Han civilians, they had no sense of responsibility or belonging to the food and supplies or the Cheng Yu troops on the front line. For everyone in the food transport team, this transportation was just a task. Anyway, the food and supplies were not theirs, so when their lives were compared with other people's food and supplies, what should they do? Do they need to think more about it?
The vanguard cavalry, numbering less than a hundred, acted as if they were in an empty land, killing indiscriminately and ruthlessly suppressing the sporadic resistance.

By the time the second group of cavalry arrived, Cao's grain transport queue was in even worse condition.

The sound of hurried horse hooves spread along the road. The excited Qiang cavalrymen roared and waved their shining swords, raising clouds of blood.

The Cao army's grain transport team put up almost no resistance. Although their numbers were similar, they collapsed at the first blow. The Cao army soldiers who hadn't had time to escape were left with two choices...

"Surrender! We surrender!"

A soldier of Cao's army knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy loudly.

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

More Cao army soldiers knelt on the ground, kowtowed continuously, and did not even dare to raise their heads.

As for the civilians, they either fled to the mountains early or simply hid their heads somewhere, like an ostrich trying to cover its ears while stealing a bell.

The encounter was over in less than half an hour.

Looking at the Cao army soldiers and civilians kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, and the baggage and food fodder twisted in the middle of the road, the Qiang people waved their swords on horseback and sang the name of the General of Cavalry, as if to express that they wanted to offer everything in front of them as a sacrifice to Fei Qian.

The few Han military commanders in the Qiang army breathed a sigh of relief.

They succeeded.

The Qiang people won the victory and had no complaints. At the same time, they also attacked Cao's supply routes and solved their own food supply problems, achieving multiple goals with one stroke.

"Do the heads of those who surrender count?"

The Qiang military school pointed at the Cao army soldiers on the ground and shouted to the Han officers in the team.

The Han commander of the military academy shook his head.

The Qiang military officer sighed, but didn't say much. He pointed at the baggage and food and asked, "Where are the food and food?"

The Han commander glared at the Qiang commander and said, "Follow the rules!"

The Qiang military school student chuckled and didn't get angry because of being glared at. "Okay, then we'll follow the rules."

In fact, many of these things already have "rules" in the manual, but there are always people who will test whether the bottom line is still there.

The heads of surrendered soldiers are not counted as military merits. On the one hand, this is to prevent the meaningless massacre of soldiers. On the other hand, it is also to give the other side the option of surrender. Otherwise, they will die whether they surrender or not, so they will definitely choose to take a chance and have a chance of survival.

Of course, in this process there is no way to have accurate statistics like a computer, such as whether to accept the opponent's surrender, whether to count if the opponent is killed, etc., but at least it is a kind of re-establishment of order after the situation on the battlefield has become clear.

This is more important than how many people are killed. It is a key point that is repeatedly emphasized in military academy training, especially in non-commissioned officer training.

They are not only destroyers and killers on the battlefield, but also maintainers of order off the battlefield.

Thinking of this, the Han military academy commander couldn't help but glare at the Qiang military academy commander.

Seeing that the Cavalry Army did not kill indiscriminately, the surrendered Cao army soldiers naturally had no idea of ​​resisting. They lined up obediently and squatted with their heads in their hands as requested by the Cavalry Army.

The Hussars began to replenish the battlefield in an orderly manner, putting the food and fodder on the baggage carts into their own pockets.

"Military School, there are still a lot of wood and utensils in these cars. What should we do?"

The soldiers reported.

The military school didn't care, "If you can't take it away, just set it on fire!"

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Some of Cao's soldiers who escaped fled to Wen County.

The Cao army garrison in Wen County was totally unprepared for the infiltration of the Hussars. They didn't even know whether Cheng Yu on the front line had been defeated, so that the Hussars appeared before their eyes. Fortunately, the garrison commander of Wen County was somewhat stable. He did not immediately load the carts and flee. Instead, he ordered the city gates to be locked, and then urgently sent people to Jizhou and Yuzhou to pass on the news.

Not long after sending out the message for help, he met Wang Tu who came to support Cheng Yu.

Wang Tu, General of the Central Guard, was a general from a humble family who had followed Cao Cao in his early years and climbed up the ranks.

After receiving Cao Cao's order, he came here at night with more than 2,000 soldiers, but he did not expect that he was still a step too late.

Cao's army was no longer as well-off as before the Battle of Guanzhong. They had to carefully plan their use of food and supplies. Although only a grain transport team was attacked, it might mean that Cheng Yu would be short of food and supplies on the front line. And if Wang Tu had come two days earlier, he might have been able to cooperate with the grain transport team to launch a small ambush or something...

Of course, this kind of hindsight assumption has always been the easiest thing to do.

What is not easy is how to do things at hand well and how to prepare for future battles.

Although he felt somewhat nervous and regretful, Wang Tu did not rush to search for the Hussars for a fight. Instead, he sent someone to report to Cao Cao that the Hussars had infiltrated and disrupted the transportation of grain and fodder.

Wang Tu was no longer a teenager, and after being seriously injured and dying, he no longer had those arrogant thoughts. He knew that he was just an ordinary general, and there was a big gap between him and those brave generals of the cavalry. So he immediately entered Wen County, took over the city defense, and began to prepare for war.

First make yourself invincible, then wait for the enemy to be defeated.

The blow that Gan Ning slashed on his face in the past made him understand this truth even more.

He had only more than 2,000 soldiers under his command, and half of them had just been gathered together and were unable to form any combat effectiveness.

It is undoubtedly a foolish idea to want to fight against the Hussars in the field. It is better to stay in the city honestly.

He needs to find his position again on the battlefield and find his core values.

It turned out that Wang Tu's caution was well worth it.

Soon after Wang Tu entered Wen County, some cavalrymen attempted to launch a surprise attack on Wen County. However, seeing that Wen County was heavily guarded, they circled outside the city twice before retreating...

At this time, Deputy General Cheng Yu was still walking around in the mountains, stopping and starting, guarding against sneak attacks that could occur at any time.

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On the other side, there was also an injured general who was trying to rebuild his confidence on the battlefield.

Zhu Ling.

Zhu Ling's injuries had not yet fully healed, but he could no longer sit still. He looked for Fei Qian several times to express his determination and will to return to the battlefield.

The previous battle at Black Stone Pass, or rather the sneak attack, caused Zhu Ling to suffer a lot.

Not only is there physical pain, but also emotional pain.

The gap between people is even greater than the gap between people and gods.

Humans can feel compassion for animals and plants of different species, but often show unreasonable malice towards other people. Even if they know that something is wrong, they will still do it, and will also find excuses to justify themselves for doing such evil.

When Jiang Jiong saw Zhu Ling again, he was shocked.

When injured, people do look a little pale, which is normal. Jiang Jiong had seen soldiers with blood and qi deficiency after being injured, but he was still a little surprised when he saw Zhu Ling's face.

"What's wrong with your face..."

When Jiang Jiong saw Zhu Ling, he blurted out what he wanted to say subconsciously, but he only said half of the words, then he reacted and swallowed the other half.

Jiang Jiong himself was also a military commander, so how could he not know the problem?
"Are your wounds healed?" Jiang Jiong asked.

Zhu Ling tried to pat himself to show how strong he was, but he pulled at the wound that had not yet healed, and he gasped in pain.

"Okay, stop holding on..." Jiang Jiong said helplessly, "Now that you're here, can I really send you back? You... why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhu Ling smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Time waits for no one!"

"But you're like this..." Jiang Jiong was still a little worried.

"I won't fight on the front line, it's okay..." Zhu Ling pointed to his hand with missing fingers, his smile full of bitterness, "Look... Even if I want to, it won't work..."

Jiang Jiong looked on, silent.

Speaking of which, Zhu Ling used to be a man of extraordinary martial arts and strategy. Now, Jiang Jiong didn't even need to ask too much to guess that there must be a lot of gossipers in the army who were trying to belittle Zhu Ling to show their own value.

Yes, it is human nature to evaluate others to express ourselves.

Whether it is Shandong or Guanzhong, whether it is ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, it is the same.

So Jiang Jiong did not persuade Zhu Ling to go back to recuperate, because Jiang Jiong knew that would make Zhu Ling even more miserable.

People who stand on their hips and point fingers will always feel more relaxed than those who bow their heads and actually do things. Critics are often only responsible for evaluating the results, but not directly involved in the execution process. Therefore, they do not need to bear the trivial pressure, risk of failure or time cost of actual operations. Executors need to face specific problems and be directly responsible for the results, which puts a heavier psychological and physical burden on them.

This is the fundamental reason why some people find the same problem very simple while others find it very difficult.

Especially when these people who point fingers fall into the pit of "hindsight", thinking that all problems should be "obvious", but ignoring the complexity and uncertainty of the entire thing in the implementation process, and never make any suggestions before things happen, but only criticize after they happen.

"My lord said that I should summarize it myself..." Zhu Ling rubbed his face with his hands, "and then report it to the Military Academy... This is also a good thing, right?"

Jiang Jiong nodded, "Of course it's a good thing. To be honest, I haven't been able to report many battles to the Military Academy in all these years... You have at least three, right?"

"Including Black Rock Pass... that's four cases now." Zhu Ling grinned, his face brightening up somewhat.

Jiang Jiong also laughed.

The two laughed for a while, and Jiang Jiong said, "Then you have to help me, and let me have a good example to report to the Military Academy..."

Zhu Ling patted Jiang Jiong's shoulder with her good hand, "I will definitely help!"

Jiang Jiong spread out the map, "Now that Cao's army is following us, what do you think they will do?"

Zhu Ling tapped the ferry twice, "You said before that Cao's army has a lot of new recruits this time, and they are still capturing civilians... So I think Cao's army will first seize the ferry, and then build a military camp to try to block the ferry! We can't hide here for long, I'm afraid Cao's army will definitely send people to explore and search in this direction..."

Jiang Jiong nodded.

What Zhu Ling said was basically the same as what Jiang Jiong thought.

But what Zhu Ling said next surprised Jiang Jiong. "However, Cao Jun's arrival is a little slow... From here to here, even if it is slow, they should have arrived... But now we can't see Cao Jun's brigade... So I think Cao Jun may have guessed that we might be hiding here, or in this direction... So now Cao Jun is moving slowly, it is very likely that they are doing something!"

"What's the matter?" Jiang Jiong asked.

"Hehe..." Zhu Ling smiled, and some excitement appeared on his thin face. "I guess Cao's army has been transporting food and grass to the front-line camp, and none of these baggage carts have ever returned!"

"Although I'm not sure... but no scouts mentioned any convoys returning..." Jiang Jiong thought for a moment and looked at Zhu Ling, "You mean... what's the problem?"

Zhu Ling nodded, without keeping the secret, "This is Cao's army's method! This is also what we need to prepare for now!"