Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3641: Wisdom breaks through the dangerous pass, Gui family is the empty inheritance

Some people are smart and can gain experience from books or others, but some people are ordinary and can only gain experience through their own personal experience. And some people may not be able to accumulate any experience even if they have personal experience.

Xiahou Xian was just an ordinary person and could not be compared with Sima Yi.

His only advantage is that his surname is Xiahou.

A surname can only determine how one's food, clothing and other living expenses are after birth, but it may not necessarily determine how capable one is or how intelligent one is.

Xiahou Xian watched the cavalrymen of the Hussar Army, who were divided into small groups or even scattered soldiers, passing through Guikuai one after another, and sweat kept pouring out of his forehead. The reason for the sweat was that the CPU in his brain was about to dry up.

What is this scenario?
At this time, it is very important to have battlefield experience.

Of course, there are also a small number of people who are born with battlefield intuition, such as Huo Qubing, so even if they have no battlefield experience, they can still deliver critical hits.

As for Xiahou Xian, he has no talent in this area.

After the hussars passed through the Ghost Crying Pass two or three times in a row, he realized something was wrong, but he failed to make a prompt decision. It was not until the guards beside him couldn't help but remind him that Xiahou Xian hesitantly said, "Wait a little longer..."

The tactics used by Sima Yi were not actually uncommon, but they went straight to the heart of the people.

Looking at the large army lined up outside Guikuai, Xiahou Xian's greed was aroused. He fantasized about having more hussars enter the trap area, but only two or three people could pass through at a time, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing the sun setting, Xiahou Xian, no matter how slow he was, noticed something was wrong. He was thinking whether he should send two Hussars to drop rocks to kill at least one of them, and then use it as a threat to stop the Hussars from advancing, and then turn around and kill the dozen or twenty Hussars who passed by one after another in front...

But the next wave of hussars never showed up, and after a while, there were suddenly restless shouts from the top of the mountain where the falling rocks were arranged. Immediately, the prepared falling rocks on the top of the mountain rolled down with a crackling sound, bounced on the mountain wall, and then crashed into the valley, stirring up a large amount of smoke and dust!

"What are you doing?!"

Xiahou Xian screamed.

There was no cavalry coming, and there was no order from him, so why did they release the fallen rocks that they had dug out with great difficulty? !
In a real battlefield, the top of a mountain may not have all the appropriate rocks of different sizes, especially large fallen rocks. Not only do you need to prepare them in advance, you also need to place them in the right place...

"Report! Hussars, the Hussars are coming!"

"What? ! 』

Xiahou Xian was shocked and looked up, only to find that a fierce battle had broken out on the top of the mountain!
"kill! kill! kill! 』

As the battle on the top of the mountain broke out, the cavalry troops outside the Ghost Pass also shouted in unison and quickly separated a small team to charge forward, while the team behind them moved forward in an orderly manner.

"withdraw! Escape! 』

Xiahou Xian then realized that the situation was not good. His most powerful killing move had been broken. Even if there were some small rocks on the remaining ridges, they could not cause a devastating blow to the cavalry troops in the mountain road. So he could only retreat in a hurry before the large cavalry force came up.

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After Guikuai, Cao Yizheng led a group of soldiers towards Xiahou Xian's place.

"Fortunately, I arrived in time... otherwise, Xiahou would have been... "

When Cao Yi was leading his troops on the march, he detected the appearance of the cavalry scouts.

This means that either Guikuai has been breached, or something went wrong with Xiahou Xian and the attack failed. Regardless of the result, it means there is a problem.

However, when they were about to enter the range of Guikuai, a rain of arrows suddenly fell from above their heads!

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…”

"Kill!" 』

Along with the screams of Cao's soldiers were the shouts of Ma Qilang and others on the cliff.

On the cliff ahead, a row of hussars were shooting at Cao's army below.

Cao's army had just turned the mountain road, and the soldiers in the front row had no idea what was happening. They were either shot and knocked down, or fell into the valley amid the shoving and screaming.

"What's going on?"

Cao Yi was shocked, but soon realized that Xiahou Xian was in danger!

Cao Yi looked at the hussars on the cliff, then looked at the stone wall, "Charge! Charge... You can't charge through, retreat..."

At the beginning, Cao Yi thought that the Hussars on the cliff could not come down, so he could just rush over to contact Xiahou Xian's soldiers. But soon Cao Yi saw the Hussars on the cliff pushed down several large fireballs, and a sea of ​​fire immediately formed under the cliff.

Cao Yi felt very distressed when he saw the burned and shot Cao army soldiers retreating with injuries, but what made him feel even more uneasy was Xiahou Xian's troops!
Although there are some contradictions and conflicts between Cao Yi and Xiahou Xian, under the current situation, Cao Yi is still unwilling to sit idly by and watch Xiahou Xian get into problems!
"Is there any other way?"

Cao Yi hurriedly asked his personal guards and others.

The guard shook his head, "This is the only way... There is another way to go around Yique Pass..."

"Go around Yique Pass?" Cao Yi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "No, it's too far! We still have to guard against the cavalry here and continue to move forward. There is no way to go to Yique Pass! Is there any other way? ! "

The guards were also worried.

Cao Yi looked at the hussars on the cliff, and suddenly an idea occurred to him, "I say, this road is blocked, is there a road like theirs?"

The guards looked in the direction of Cao Yi's finger, not quite understanding what he meant.

"They can't get down because they didn't bring any ropes... Captain Xiahou probably didn't bring any either..." Cao Yi said, "But is there any place where we can bring some ropes to help Captain Xiahou get up and down?"

The guard took a breath of mountain dust and said, "Ahem... I'll go ask right away!"

Cao Yi nodded, "Xiahou...you must survive..."

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Ma Qilang launched the offensive in advance, and Sima Yi knew that something unexpected had happened.

Experienced generals and military strategists are probably like Sima Yi, who always holds a few cards in his hand and will never play all the cards unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Cao's reinforcements?"

Sima Yi sent someone to contact Ma Qilang, and it was confirmed.

Sima Yi suddenly fell into deep thought, and after a moment he smiled, "He is lucky. Come, pass the order! No need to chase the bandits, march south, control the hilltops, and set up outposts!"

Chen Junhou, who was beside Sima Yi, asked: "This thief general... is let go?"

Sima Yi smiled and said, "The Lord wants us here not to kill one or two thieves... but to force Cao's army to move and defend! If we can kill two running dogs and rabbits along the way, it's fine, but if we spend time chasing and killing them... it will be a waste of time!"

Chen Junhou cupped his hands and said, "I understand! I'll arrange it right away!"

Even if Sima Yi gave up the pursuit of Xiahou Xian, the loss of Cao's army was not small. And the key is that Cao's army made so many careful preparations, at least excavating the huge rocks consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, but failed to lead the cavalry army into the preset trap. The difference between this gain and loss was huge.

Cao Yi gathered the defeated soldiers, and then reunited with Xun Yun and Han Hao, and hurriedly reported the battle report to Cao Cao...

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...northern Jizhou.

Another encounter was also underway.

In a hidden reed marsh, Ren Xian looked at the confused night, with some confusion in his eyes. "Father... will the Hussars really come?"

Ren Jun looked towards the north, was silent for a moment, and then sighed, "It will come... did you know? Many people in Jizhou have already contacted the Hussars... The location of this camp... I think the Hussars already know it..."

"Why?!" Ren Xian was a little angry, "We treated them well! Why did they betray us?!"

"Not thin?" Ren Jun's face seemed to be much older than before. "People's hearts are all like this!"

Some things simply cannot be prevented.

Therefore, this time, Ren Jun specially brought the garrison soldiers from Yuzhou, with the same purpose of luring the cavalry and setting an ambush.

In the northern area of ​​Jizhou, there was no dangerous terrain like Guikuai, nor any vertical stone walls like Leida Cliff, so Ren Jun could only use the Cao army camp in front as a cover, while he himself hid in the reed marsh.

It is not a pleasant experience to be in the reed marsh in summer.

But Ren Jun and others still persisted.

"Wuyi has fallen... but the Hussars can't get much supplies..." Ren Jun said, "Since these guys in Jizhou have sold us out, it will be difficult for the Hussars to attack... Apart from here, where else can we get a large amount of military food and supplies? Therefore, the Hussars must come! But... I don't know who will come..."

Ren Jun also felt a little uneasy in his heart, because Cao Chun couldn't beat Zhao Yun, Wei Yan and others, so if a really powerful general came, he really didn't know if he could win!

Even if Ren Jun prepared some means...

"If the cavalry comes, follow me closely!" Ren Jun glanced at Ren Xian, "When the fighting starts and the situation becomes chaotic, if you run around, I won't be able to take care of you!"

Ren Xian quickly said, "Don't worry, father. I won't run around!"

After a moment, Ren Xian couldn't help but whispered: "Father...in this camp...I mean, if the Hussars really come, I'm afraid we won't be able to resist them, right?"

"We want to make sure they can't resist." Ren Jun didn't hide his intentions from Ren Xian, and directly gave the answer, "These guys, can we expect them to defend the city for us? If there were no food or villages around this camp, they would have wanted to run away a long time ago!"

"Father... can't we recruit these people and use them for our own benefit?" Ren Xian said in a low voice, "Although Yecheng has built a lot of fortifications,... even the strongest fortifications still need manpower..."

Ren Jun was silent for a moment, sighed and shook his head.

If it were normal times, or if they had more time, Ren Jun and Ren Xian could try to select some capable men from these miscellaneous soldiers to supplement the team, or reinforce Yecheng, but now they dare not do so at all.

On the one hand, most of these guys have not received any training. Even if they join the army, they can only do some auxiliary work, which does not help much in improving combat effectiveness or other aspects.

Another reason is that Ren Jun can almost guarantee that among these people who were forcibly brought in like "imprisoned men", even if they have no grievances against Cao's army, there will be some "spies" hidden in the local gentry...

Based on the above reasons, Ren Jun would rather take the garrison soldiers with him than incorporate these people into his own team.

"Father..."

Ren Xian seemed to have more questions, but Ren Jun had lost some interest in talking.

Regarding the current war situation, they themselves often know that even if they win this victory, it may not be able to change the threat level of the entire northern Jizhou, but they still have to come and do it.

Being in the middle, you often have no control over your own behavior.

The lower-class common people, the middle-level military academy non-commissioned officers, and even Ren Jun and Ren Xian, who were once high and mighty, were equally powerless to escape the whirlpool of history once they were swept away, and could only take one step at a time.

"Father... I'll go check it out again..."

Seeing that Ren Jun looked worried, Ren Xian stopped talking and asking more questions.

Ren Jun nodded, exhaled, and looked up into the distance.

In the distance, a large area of ​​Cao's army camp was bathed in the faint moonlight, seeming to be full of tranquility and peace.

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Gan Feng immediately stood on the slope and watched the hussars charging towards Cao's camp in front of him under the moonlight.

The night wind blows and the surroundings are quiet.

Some time ago, Wei Yan captured Cao Chun and seized two or three counties in northern Ji and southern You. If it weren't for the lack of troops and the fact that the Protector-General of the Northern Territory had not sent follow-up reinforcements, Wei Yan might have wanted to take Yecheng directly!
Under such circumstances, Gan Feng naturally felt a little restless.

This time, Gan Feng received a letter saying that Cao's army was gathering troops here, preparing to counterattack in northern Jizhou.

So Gan Feng came...

After some preliminary reconnaissance, Gan Feng discovered that although the Cao army camp was large, it was obviously undefended.

Shouts rang out everywhere, and the darkness seemed to be torn apart in an instant. Lights and fires flickered, and blood filled the air.

"A sneak attack by the cavalry..."

"Help..."

The shrill screams alarmed Cao's army camp, and the camp was in chaos.

The defensive fortifications of Cao's army camp were very simple. I don't know if it was because they cut corners when building these fortifications, or if the military school in charge of the camp was lazy. Anyway, when looking from a distance, there seemed to be watchtowers, stakes, trenches and chevaux de frise. But in fact, because the camp covered a large area, these fortifications were scattered and not connected, resulting in gaps in some places.

In these "gap" areas, even if there are fortifications in other places, it is obviously impossible to move to the "gap" areas in a short period of time. Therefore, even if there are fortifications in some places, they are actually useless.

The Hussars were good at surprise attacks, so when they approached the camp and found these "gaps", they immediately launched an attack.

The Cao army soldiers on duty in the camp's watchtowers and on sentry posts were attacked first. Some of them died in their sleep and did not suffer much pain, but some of them were not killed in one blow, so they let out heart-wrenching screams, which immediately alarmed the entire camp.

Gan Feng was a little hesitant when he saw that the raid on Cao's camp went so smoothly, but after thinking about it, he realized that Cao's army had been recruiting soldiers one after another, and Cao Chun had already wiped out all of Cao's cavalry in one wave. Now these temporarily recruited Cao soldiers were almost like peasant soldiers, so it seemed natural that they were exhausted and neglected to guard against anything.

Especially when Gan Feng saw his troops advancing, the Cao army soldiers were extremely terrified. They cried for their parents and fled like wolves and pigs. There was no resistance at all. When they were fleeing in all directions, the order for a full-scale attack was issued.

The morale of the Hussars suddenly soared, and their roars were like thunder. They followed these Cao's fleeing soldiers and advanced like driving a flock of sheep, intending to charge into the center of Cao's camp, attack the most vulnerable part of Cao's army, and destroy the entire command system of Cao's camp in one go, so as to quickly gain battlefield advantage and completely defeat this part of Cao's army.

Cao's army camp was very large, extending from north to south along the river bank for a full four or five miles.

In the dark night, the screams of fear were deafening. Countless escapees ran for their lives in the darkness, stepping deep and shallow. The painful cries of those who fell were quickly trampled into a bloody mess by the crazy feet.

Because they were restricted by the river, most of Cao's soldiers were driven to run south. As more and more Cao's soldiers fled, the traffic became more and more congested, and the speed became slower and slower. Even the cavalrymen under Gan Feng who were following behind also slowed down...

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

Suddenly, the earth-shaking sound of war drums was heard in the darkness!
The huge drum sound was like thunder leaping into the sky, shaking the surrounding areas. It sounded particularly terrifying in the dark night, and even caused the cavalry horses that were driving away Cao's fleeing soldiers to slow down and look around for the source of the drum sound.

Following the thrilling drumbeats, torches were suddenly lit up in the dark night, illuminating a hillside. On the hillside, a large flag of Cao's army was flying high. The scattered Cao's soldiers who were being chased and killed suddenly seemed to have found their backbone, and they all turned around and headed towards the flag of Cao's army.

Gan Feng reined in his horse and stared at the Cao army flag that was displayed in the firelight. With the guidance of the flag and torches, the scattered soldiers in the Cao army camp were like beaten children who saw their parents. They ran away three times faster, shouting and crying at the top of their lungs, running towards the hillside.

Gan Feng suddenly felt something was wrong...

But before Gan Feng could figure out what was going on, his cavalrymen, led by the defeated Cao army, turned a corner and rushed towards the hillside.