Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3652: Blood-forged Lonely Castle, True Gold Revealed, Mo Thief’s Victory in War, False Fame
Han Hao's eyes were bloodshot.

Sima Yi indeed had an ambush!
Unfortunately, although Han Hao guessed that there was an ambush, he thought it was inside the military bunker. He didn't expect that only a small number of people were inside the bunker, and most of the murderous intentions came from outside the bunker!
Han Hao did try his best to guard against the visible sentries, but the secret sentries deployed by Sima Yi were extremely cunning and hidden, far beyond his expectation and search range!

What’s even more fatal is that Cao Yi only gave Han Hao 200 laborers!

Nothing else was given!
This resulted in Han Hao having no extra strength to conduct more extensive reconnaissance, and he also had no way to effectively control the queue!
Because before Han Hao could make any decision, these 200 civilians were the first to flee when they were attacked!
It's like avoiding a wolf that's rushing into the flock of sheep.

It's not like Cao Yi was deliberately trying to trick Han Hao. After all, the two hundred civilians were also a resource, a labor force that could help dig trenches, lay bridges, and even serve as cannon fodder when necessary...

However, these effects are only valid during normal and orderly time periods, and now that the situation is not right, these civilians are the first to run away.

After all, the civilians who did not know how to run away had already died in the previous stage of the war.

"Hold on! Don't be afraid! Don't panic!"

Han Hao brandished his long sword and led the charge, trying to find a breakthrough.

His veteran soldiers were indeed brave. They formed a tight circle and fought desperately to resist attacks from all directions, protecting their commander and maintaining the basic line.

However, in the darkness, Han Hao's soldiers had no idea how many men Sima Yi had ambushed here. They just felt as if there were endless ambushes, rushing in from afar and joining the battle.

At the same time, there were arrows in the air like locusts, and spears nearby like dense forests, especially in the direction of their retreat, which was even more fierce.

The symphony of blood and death is constantly knocking on their senses and confusing their minds.

Han Hao's personal soldiers fell one by one, and the circular formation was constantly compressed and torn apart.

The civilians who were forcibly conscripted by Cao's army had no intention of living or dying with Han Hao. They had no fighting spirit and fled in all directions crying, which disrupted their already thin formation and provided a perfect opportunity for Sima Yi's ambush troops to penetrate and divide them.

In a very short period of time, Han Hao's troops suffered heavy losses.

Even Han Hao himself was hit by an arrow shot from nowhere. If it weren't for his excellent armor, he would have fallen to the ground.

With a half-broken arrow on his back, Han Hao tried his best to calm down and looked around.

The soldiers around him were surrounded on a small hill.

The fire from the military fort not far away reflected Sima Yi's flag, as well as the ferocious faces of the ambushing soldiers and their raised cold weapons.

Despair loomed.

Han Hao's public spirit and selfishness intertwined into the flames of despair at the moment, devouring his flesh and blood and soul.

He failed to achieve the strategic goal of capturing the fortress, nor did he prove himself with victory, but his dignity and courage as a veteran supported him in making the final choice...

He wiped the blood off his face and shouted to the remaining men: "Gentlemen! Hao is incompetent and has brought you to this point! But we, the soldiers, would rather die than surrender! Follow me and kill!"

He no longer sought to break out, but changed direction and launched a desperate charge towards the military fort, towards the top of the fort where Sima Yi's banner could be vaguely seen!

He would rather die than surrender!

It is not only the last cry of loyalty to the country, but also an expression of grief and indignation for having unfulfilled ambitions but being controlled by others!

Most of the soldiers in Han Hao's headquarters had followed Han Hao through thick and thin. In this final moment that tested human nature and human heart, most of them chose to follow Han Hao!
After most of the soldiers in the headquarters shouted, the few soldiers who were still hesitant and hesitant also roared and followed the large army to charge towards the military fort!

Han Hao's desperate charge was originally intended to sacrifice his life for his country...

But when he led his soldiers and rushed into the military fortress with Sima Yi's banner raised like moths to a flame, rushing towards the trap that seemed to be a sure death, Han Hao suddenly discovered instinctively that the damage they suffered was not as high as he imagined! !
This……

Although it seemed like there were still arrows raining down like locusts and shouts of killing shaking the sky!

However, the speed at which the soldiers fell was not as fast as imagined!

On the other hand, Han Hao's soldiers' unexpected turn caused Sima Yi's ambush attack to fail!

No matter whether Han Hao continued to stay on that small mound or retreated, he would have to endure multiple waves of attacks from many directions!

But Han Hao turned around and rushed towards the military fort where Sima Yi's flag was!
The hussars who were preparing to intercept in sequence from a distance and to nibble at Han Hao's retreat route piece by piece suddenly missed out!

"Fight to the death! Charge to the fort gate!"

Han Hao's eyes were bloodshot, and his roar drowned out the sounds of fighting around him.

His battlefield intuition enabled him to instantly determine that retreat was a dead end, as the ambushes on both sides had blocked his retreat.

The only way to survive is the seemingly most solid fortress in front of you!
Sima Yi set up an empty formation!
The military bunker that looks like a desperate place of death is actually the best refuge at the moment!

In this case, Han Hao quickly judged that Sima Yi's main elite forces must be ambushing on the periphery, and the defenders in the fort might be the relatively weak link!
This was Han Hao's intuition when he was in a desperate situation, as if he was gambling his life!

The veterans from Han Hao's headquarters were worthy of the title of elite. After the initial chaos, they almost instinctively formed an array with Han Hao as the core, ignoring the arrows and spears shot from both sides, and rushed towards the wooden gate of the military fort!

"Release the wood! Quick! Quick!"

The cavalry officer on the fort wall gave orders in a stern voice, somewhat panicked.

Sima Yi had not made any preparations in the military fortress. The wood and stones used to build the military fortress now seemed to have become the best defensive weapons...

The heavy beam came down with a whistling sound!

The soldiers of Han Hao's headquarters who were charging suddenly howled in pain, and their formation came to a standstill.

But the defense academy on the fortress didn't stay proud for long...

"Don't stop! Charge forward!! Only by charging forward can you survive! You will die here!!" Han Hao swung his sword to block a stray arrow, but another arrow hit his left shoulder. The penetrating force not only made his body shake, but also tore his flesh and skin in great pain, almost making him black out!
But in the next moment, Han Hao gritted his teeth, led the way, stepped on the corpses of his comrades, and continued to charge forward despite the falling logs and boulders!

The guards around him fell one after another, using their bodies to block the fatal attacks for him.

Just when Han Hao's offensive was about to be completely curbed and his troops were on the verge of collapse, he keenly discovered a flaw!
Perhaps it was because the defenders relied too much on the preset ambush, or perhaps it was because the second round of transporting logs required time to prepare. After rushing to the side of the fort gate, there seemed to be a brief chaos and gap in the defense of the military fort!
"Bongmu! Just right!"

The wooden beams thrown down by the defenders became sharp weapons for crashing into the gate of the fort!
"Now! Follow me to break the door!"

Han Hao burst out his last mad fighting spirit, and together with other soldiers, he picked up a huge battering ram. Under the astonished gaze of the fort's defenders, he used his flesh and blood to drive the battering ram, which was stained with the blood and flesh of Cao's army, into the gate of the fort!

"boom! 』

A loud bang!
The gate of the fort was shaking and trembling.

Where the door leaves met, sand and soil fell down with a loud noise.

Just as Han Hao expected, due to time constraints, Sima Yi occupied the military fort, but the gate of the fort could not be completely repaired!

"retreat!"

Han Hao spat out a mouthful of blood and phlegm, as if he was crazy.

A dozen people held the wooden beams and stepped back.

The military school student on the fort roared, "Don't let them hit me again! Shoot them! Shoot them!"

The archers on the military fort didn't care about the danger of falling. They leaned more than half of their bodies out from the top of the military fort and shot at Han Hao and others below the military fort in an awkward posture!
At the same time, a second round of wooden beams and falling rocks were also thrown down by the defenders!
Arrows, wooden stakes, and falling rocks.

Blood, screams, death.

But when a Cao army soldier holding the wooden beam died, another Cao army soldier would take his place!

"Boom!" The fort gate, which had been in disrepair for a long time and had not been repaired in time, was finally torn into pieces by the desperate impact of Han Hao and others, revealing a huge gap!

"Go in!"

Han Hao was the first to rush into the castle, brandishing his long sword like a Shura!
The remaining Cao troops let out a final cry, rushed into the fort, and engaged in a brutal hand-to-hand combat with the hastily prepared defenders.

The fighting inside the fort was equally brutal.

The defenders relied on the familiar terrain to resist step by step. Han Hao's troops were less than 500, and many of them were injured.

Every inch of the ground was soaked in blood.

Han Hao himself was wounded several times and his armor was torn into pieces, but he was supported entirely by an indomitable will.

In the end, relying on the veterans' fearless experience and Han Hao's decisiveness at the critical moment, they paid a huge price and cleared out the defenders in the military fort. In turn, they were stuck in the military fort, resisting Sima Yi's ambush from other directions coming from afar...

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Almost at the same time that Han Hao's troops were ambushed, another battle broke out at Guikuai.

After Cao Yi and Xun Yun learned that Han Hao had "attracted" the attention of Sima Yi's main force as planned, the irresistible urge to "achieve great achievements" in their hearts finally overwhelmed their "safe" disguise.

They assembled the main armored troops they could mobilize, which they considered to be the most "elite". Of course, most of them were also their own private soldiers and affiliated troops. The two of them personally led the troops, one in front and one behind, and rushed towards the Guikuai Pass, which they believed had been "lured away from the mountain" and had empty defenses.

"This is a godsend opportunity for us! Once we recapture Guikuai and cut off Sima's retreat, we will be able to achieve great success!"

Cao Yi declared to his left and right with great enthusiasm, and it seemed as if he saw the victory report flying to Xu County and to Cao Cao's desk, and then a gratified smile appeared on Cao Cao's face.

Xun Yun was also quite reserved, but in fact he nodded excitedly in his heart, "Although Han Yuansi was reckless, he did hit the mark unexpectedly and tied down the enemy's main force... If this battle is successful, he should also be credited as a merit."

Xun Yun felt that he was being extremely generous. After all, in Shandong, not everyone would be credited with merit after being "contradicted" in person. It was already very good that it was not recorded in the notebook to make things difficult for others.

Cao Yi didn't say anything, he just laughed and urged the soldiers forward.

They seem to be already figuring out how to distribute the credit...

But their good dream did not last long. When their soldiers poured into the narrow Ghost Cry Pass and the vanguard of Cao's army had even rushed halfway through the pass, their beautiful dream suddenly turned into a nightmare!

The cliffs on both sides of the pass were not as unguarded as they had expected!

The tricolor flag was suddenly erected, and amid the roar of war drums, a denser rain of arrows, rolling logs and rocks poured down on Han Hao than what was done in the military fort, like a mountain torrent!

The pass was narrow and Cao's army had no way to dodge. In an instant, people and horses were thrown to the ground, and casualties were everywhere!
"We've fallen into a trap! There's an ambush! Retreat quickly!"

retreat?

It's easier said than done!

Perhaps in terms of military strategy it is simply a matter of "the front team becomes the rear team", but in reality Cao's army was crowded and trampled in the narrow pass, making them a perfect target for the ambushes on both sides!
The vanguard of Cao's army wanted to run back, the center of Cao's army also wanted to run back, everyone wanted to run back!

But the mountain path was so narrow, and not everyone had the unique skill to climb walls and fly over rooftops, so all kinds of terrified screams, accompanied by the rumbling sound of war drums, were drowned out by arrows and falling rocks!
What’s even more terrifying is that a team of elite cavalry ambushes suddenly rushed out from behind the pass, trying to completely block Cao’s army’s retreat!
This is exactly what Sima Yi prepared, specifically to deal with troops that might launch a surprise attack on the pass!

The vanguard general of Cao's army tried to organize a resistance, but was shot through the chest by a powerful crossbow arrow and died on the spot.

Under the desperate protection of their personal soldiers, Cao Yi and Xun Yun abandoned their weapons and armor and fled in a panic. Watching their trusted elite soldiers falling like wheat being cut, their high-spirited spirits were gone, leaving only endless fear and shame.

why? !

Why is Sima Yi here?
Shouldn't Sima Yi be at the abandoned military fort? !

Cao and Xun finally escaped back to the camp in disgrace under the protection of their own soldiers who risked their lives.

They were full of confidence and high spirits when they went into battle, but when they really got to the battlefield, Sima Yi emptied their health bars in an instant. If it weren't for those private soldiers who exchanged their lives to open a bloody way for escape, Cao and Xun would most likely have been trapped in the Ghost Pass forever!
Looking at the less than half of the soldiers who had escaped, and most of them were injured, the groaning and screaming sounds filled the Cao army camp, and Cao and Xun's faces turned pale.

Not only did they fail to capture Guikuai, but they also suffered heavy casualties and suffered a complete defeat!
Cao Yi and Xun Yun were in a state of daze, their gorgeous robes were covered in dirt and blood, and they no longer had the demeanor of noble gentlemen.

Then, even more shocking news came...

Han Hao actually captured the abandoned military bunker!
Although the casualties were extremely heavy,

Han Hao himself was also seriously injured, but the flag of Cao’s army was indeed planted on the top of the fort!
Han Hao's bloody battle in the military fort also attracted the remnants of Xiahou Xian who had escaped. When he saw the Cao army's flag rising in the military fort, he mustered up his remaining courage and pretended to be a large army coming to help!
The cavalry at the military fort, seeing that they could not capture the fort for the time being and seeing that Cao's "reinforcements" were coming, actually retreated!
"Retreat? Retreat?"

Cao Yi’s eyes widened.

This news was like a thunderbolt, exploding in the dead silent camp, shocking Cao and Xunzi so much that they looked at each other in astonishment!

"Oh no!" Xun Yun slapped his thigh, "We've fallen into a trap! The little thief Sima is not at the military fort at all! The main force of the Hussars is still at Guikuai!"

Afterwards, everyone can be Sima Yi.

Judging from the results, anyone can be God.

Now the two of them thought, how could Sima Yi easily give up such a dangerous place like Guikuai?
Therefore, the attack on the abandoned military fort was just Sima Yi's feint!

That's the small troop over there!

Therefore, Xiahou Xian's remaining soldiers were able to send messages back again and again!

If Sima Yi's main force was in the military fort, then Xiahou Xian would probably have died long ago!
Therefore, Han Hao was the one who "got away the bargain", while the other two were...

Cao Yi and Xun Yun looked at each other, their eyes full of disbelief, and then an expression of extreme embarrassment appeared on their faces.

What is going on?!

Before Xiahou Xian's defeat, Cao Yi and Xun Yun were a little grumbling, and they couldn't help but despise Xiahou Xian's incompetence in their hearts.

Now it was Cao and Xun's turn to be defeated, while Xiahou Xian and Han Hao captured the military fort!
Regardless of the casualties among the soldiers and generals, Xiahou Xian and Han Hao actually "repelled" the Hussar Army!
On the other hand, what about Cao and Xun? They personally led the main force of Cao's army to attack, but suffered heavy casualties and suffered a great defeat!
However, Han Hao, who was despised by them and only given 800 soldiers, completed the task that the two of them originally thought was impossible and captured the key stronghold!

This huge contrast was like a loud slap in their faces, so painful!

Along with the embarrassment, intense jealousy sprang out like a poisonous snake, biting their hearts.

Nowadays, the military newspaper must report the loss of soldiers and generals, but how to write it? !

The failure at Guikuai needs to be explained, Xiahou Xian's victory or defeat needs to be accounted for, and Han Hao's strategy and bravery also need to be expressed. In this way, their own prestige and future are in jeopardy!
The military fort that Han Hao captured was another ready-made and huge achievement!

if so……

Would Cao Cao directly order the two of them to obey Han Hao's command? !
Wouldn't it be...

Cao and Xun looked at each other, and seemed to see some darkness in human nature in each other's eyes.

What if we could attribute the credit, at least most of it, to their "strategic planning"?
What if they could package Han Hao's "unauthorized attack" as part of their "wise deployment"?

"Quick! Send someone to the fort!"

Cao Yi suddenly jumped up, his voice changing due to excitement and some ulterior thoughts, "Support General Han! Make sure General Han is safe! Also, take over the defense of the military fort immediately! It is our strategic location!"

Xun Yun's eyes flashed with shrewd calculations, and he immediately ordered the clerk beside him: "Quickly prepare a battle report! Just write... Our army has seen through Sima's tricks and knows that the military fort is its key point, so we decided to divide and attack together! General Han will lead a small army to attack the military fort, and this counselor and General Cao will lead the army to attack Guikuai! Attack the enemy and save them! As expected, as General Cao planned, in the battle of Guikuai, the enemy was cunning and had many ambushes. Our army fought bravely and inflicted heavy damage on the enemy! General Han did not disappoint everyone, fought bloody battles, and finally conquered the military fort, cutting off Sima's extravagant hope of moving south! In this battle, although the military school soldiers were killed, the enemy's strongholds were broken and a lot of gains were made! Frustrated Sima's plan to penetrate into our Jingxiang! The victory of this battle is all due to the dedication of our officers and soldiers! It is all because of General Cao's proper deployment and command! It is all because of the reputation of the lord and the glory of the Han Dynasty! 』

"Write it down quickly! And then report it to the Prime Minister immediately!"