Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 440 Entering the mountain to search, severely injuring Cao Jun

What Xun You received was a mess.

Very bad mess.

The rear has been attacked by surprise, and it is very difficult for them.

The casualties in the rear gradually increased, and a lot of food and grass were burned, so it could not last long.

If you continue to defend, morale will collapse.

Xun You estimates that only Zhang Ming can do this, they have a magical army that can continue to harass from the rear.

Up to now, Xun You has not thought of a way to deal with it.

Xun You didn't know that they used the airlift method, but thought that a small army had infiltrated in.

Therefore, Xun You began to plan the second set of plans.

In case Cao Cao disagrees with the retreat, or the news cannot be delivered in time, then they will have a second plan.

The second plan is to organize the army into the mountains, find their lairs, and destroy their supply lines.

With so many troops, they must need food and grass to go to the rear.

Few people can eat wild fruits and hunt.

It is unrealistic to have too many people, someone must provide stable food and grass.

Therefore, Xun You is going to send people into the mountains to look for it.

He found Xia Houyuan.

"General Xiahou, how many troops are you looking for? A team of 3000 people is needed. At least five are needed. Search from these directions. You must find the enemy's lair and destroy them, or drive them away completely."

Xia Houyuan took the order and went to make arrangements immediately.

He personally led an army and horses, handed over the rest to other generals, and immediately took a few days of dry food, and then went into the mountains.

The army entered the mountain.

The situation in the mountains was complicated, and they immediately found traces of many people's activities.

There are many more ambushes.

The special team arranged many ambushes in the mountains, some of which had been used and some of which had not been used, and were destroyed by Cao Jun at this time.

Cao Jun found a large number of traces of human activities.

As for the special team, they retreated immediately after they discovered that the enemy had entered the mountain.

Zhang Ming would not allow them to fight recklessly.

Commander Zhao Yun immediately received the news.

"It will definitely be your nightmare if you dare to enter the mountain."

"Call all the teams back."

Zhao Yun was delighted that someone actually wanted to go into the mountain to find them.

Two hours later, the crowd arrived.

"My lord trained us in mountain warfare. We haven't used it much, but we can use it today."

Zhao Yun glanced around and said, "Today, we will teach Cao Jun how to behave."

Everyone was very excited. After training for so long, they can finally use it.

"Now, divide into two groups, one group has about 300 people, and 300 people are enough to deal with 3000 people in the mountains."

"First, attract them to the depths, and then continue to harass them from all directions, killing and wounding their army."

"Especially at night, it will be their nightmare."

"Start spreading out now."

After Zhao Yun gave the order, a few minutes later, the two groups dispersed.

First of all, they have to attract the enemy first, leaving traces for them to track.

Two groups, each attracting an army to pursue them.

Of course they couldn't pursue them, but they finally found the enemy, so they kept pursuing them.

Cao Jun dared to pursue because he judged that the enemy's number was not large. If he ran to the rear, it would be difficult to supply logistics, so there must not be many people.

Not many people?
Indeed, there were not many people. Zhang Ming only sent 680 people, Zhao Yun sent 600 people, and led 80 people to deal with emergencies.

After Cao Jun entered the mountain, sure enough, Zhang Ming's army did not harass them again.

This gave them a rare moment of peace.

Days of harassment have caused huge losses, and it has also dealt a major blow to the morale of the soldiers.

Xun You was a little relieved, but he still insisted on withdrawing troops.

"Military Master, if we destroy the enemy's lair, we will be able to hold on until Zhang Ming's army is blocked, so that Yanzhou will be safe." Xiahou Dun said to Xun You.

Xun You had already planned to withdraw his troops, which made Xiahou Dun very unwilling. Abandoning the entire Yanzhou was not what he wanted.

"It's a last resort. We can't afford it. It's unimaginable to spend a day in this mountain."

When grain and grass are transported in, people on the road need to eat. If the speed is slow, they will eat more.

For example, if you recruit [-] people to transport grain and grass, you can eat most of the grain and grass transported on the way, and when you go back, you have to distribute a bag of grain to each of them so that they can eat enough on the way back.

Therefore, in general long-distance transportation of grain and grass, [-]% of the [-]% needs to be consumed on the road, and only [-]% actually reach the front battlefield.

In this way, what wars are fought is logistics, and what is fought is consumption.

Only when the soldiers and horses did not move, the food and grass went first.

In ancient times, it was too difficult to transport grain and grass by manpower.

The mountain road is not easy to walk, and the food and grass consumed will naturally increase.

Therefore, Xun You judged that they would not last long.

Going south now requires a huge amount of food and grass, and it is even more unsustainable.

If it weren't for Cao Ang's ability to grow a lot of food and grass, they might have gone bankrupt.

Therefore, Xun You said: "Maybe the lord will agree to withdraw the troops, we cannot stay here for long."

Xiahou Dun had no choice but to carry out the order.

Many people know about this matter, and some troops quietly began to prepare.

And the army that entered the mountain.

"Chase, they're over there."

"Chasing, don't worry about ambush, be careful."

Xia Houyuan's men were also attracted to him, and he personally led them in pursuit.

"Attention ahead, the enemy has bows and crossbows, pay attention to protect them with shields."

Those in front have one-handed shields.

The army quickly pursued.

This pursuit lasted more than two hours, and the special forces in front turned around and shot from time to time, preventing them from advancing.

The pursuit continued, and at noon, Xia Houyuan had to ask people to stop and rest.

After chasing for a long time, they didn't know where they went.

At this time, they lost a dozen people.

Xia Houyuan held his breath, told the soldiers to walk slowly, and continued to pursue.

They continued to pursue in the afternoon, but the enemy seemed to have gone far, and they kept looking along the traces.

I have never lost track, and I can always see the traces left by the enemy in front of me.

Continue to pursue, they want to find out the enemy's lair and destroy their logistics supplies.

After walking for another half day, during this half day, I haven't seen the enemy's figure, but I can see the traces they left behind.

Song Chen was ordered to lead the group.

He found all the team leaders, and said: "It's getting dark, and we can start working. After they are dealt with, we will continue to harass their food delivery team."

Song Chen arranged to disperse the attack and attack from all directions.

And draw the enemy apart.

In the mountains, once they parted, it was tantamount to death.

Song Chen began to assign tasks.

"Remember, even if you attract the enemy to a distance to kill them, you must keep in touch. You can't leave the team. After you go out, you must return to the team immediately after finishing your work."

The captains expressed their understanding, and then began to act.

The action begins.

Xia Houyuan's army was marching normally, suddenly an army rushed out from the side, they only had more than 30 people, and attacked them.

More than 30 arrows attacked, killing more than a dozen of them.

"Over there, hurry up."

When they were about to pursue, enemies also appeared from other directions and attacked them, causing them to lose dozens of people immediately.

Xia Houyuan and the others were taken aback and hurriedly prepared.

"Attention, you, take your men up and chase."

Xia Houyuan pointed to a centurion and said.

The centurion immediately rushed up with his men, some of them had shields, so they defended carefully.

Surrounded by enemies, they made noises from time to time.

A cold arrow is being released, but after preparation, the lethality is not strong.

A team of [-] people chased after them. After chasing for about two miles, suddenly many people appeared beside them.

They used leaves and other camouflage, and immediately attacked with bows and crossbows after they appeared.

Suddenly, more than 30 people were killed or injured.

"kill."

Before Cao Jun could react, the special team killed him.

Soon, the hundred-man team was wiped out.

After killing people, the team leader said: "Pretend to be Cao Jun, go over and kill a wave."

Simply put on their clothes and bring their bows and crossbows, and they walked towards Cao Jun's army.

Cao Jun saw movement in the forest, saw his clothes, and couldn't see people clearly.

They don't have much preparation.

Approaching, suddenly, everyone showed their bows and crossbows.

"No, it's the enemy."

By this time it was too late, and the squad began to attack.

After a wave of crossbows, retreat immediately and never stay behind.

There was also a wave of attacks from other directions at the same time.

This wave of attacks cost them more than 100 people.

Xia Houyuan immediately realized the danger, and the 100 people must have died when they went out.

They were indeed dead, they were attacked by surprise, and they were facing ferocious special forces.

"All surrounded by shields on all sides."

Xia Houyuan ordered.

Can't do it together?

No.

It was slowly getting dark.

The special forces were equipped with flashlights and miner's lamps.

"Get ready guys."

Several special forces brought a porcelain bottle with gasoline in it, and they planned to ignite it and throw it into the crowd.

"Prepare."

More than a dozen porcelain bottles are ready, and the mouths of the bottles are plugged with cotton wool.

Take out the lighter and light it.

"Throw."

The porcelain bottle was thrown out.

Some exploded in the crowd.

Suddenly, the crowd exploded.

Porcelain vase shards can hurt people, gasoline is poured on people, and the fire is ignited.

"on fire."

"what,"

"It hurts."

Suddenly, there was a scream, the soldiers exploded, and immediately ran away in the dark.

This can be dangerous.

Suddenly, the silent hunting began.

Many special forces attack.

Start assassinating enemies.

In the panic, many people didn't know how they died, and the soldiers didn't know that some of them were killed, so they kept running.

The special forces attack everywhere.

Many soldiers ran away.

Chaos, orders, almost death.

"Come back, don't run around."

"Don't run around."

Xia Houyuan knew it was broken.

However, the soldiers scattered in all directions, and they would go astray in the dark.

Xia Houyuan just shouted a few times.

A few more porcelain bottles were thrown over, with fire.

His voice gave the special forces direction.

Immediately, the gathered soldiers ran into chaos again.

The hunt begins.

There are many ways for special forces to separate them and kill them slowly.

Don't worry, take your time.

No one can escape.

Half an hour later, there were not many people left around Xia Houyuan, only hundreds of people remained.

"Go, go back overnight."

Xia Houyuan didn't dare to stay and continued to run.

But how do they run in the dark?
They can't run away, they are not familiar with the road, and in the dark, they are not the opponents of special forces.

Hunt, keep hunting.

And it's a silent hunt.

Sometimes the screams of soldiers can be heard, and sometimes there are no screams.

Xia Houyuan ran with his men, some were killed and some were left behind.

"Run, run scattered, count as many as you can go back."

Xia Houyuan knew that if they got together again, they would attract all the firepower, and they would be surrounded and annihilated in the end.

So they scattered.

A massacre begins.

Special soldiers with night vision goggles and flashlights and miner's lamps have been chasing them down.

The hunt continues, and few people can escape.

Xia Houyuan was lucky, escaped into the dense jungle, and then ran forward desperately.

He used a one-handed shield to block Qianman's branches, and ran wildly all the way.

He had to leave the soldier behind, because in the dark, he was just like any other soldier, just someone waiting to be killed.

Xia Houyuan finally ran back.

But none of his soldiers came back.

Xia Houyuan was covered in wounds, scratched by branches.

He went back to report to Xun You.

"How could this be? Are they heavenly soldiers?"

Xun You was very surprised, looking at the miserable Xia Houyuan, he didn't know what to say.

Xia Houyuan said: "They smashed bottles and cans and exploded among us. When the soldiers dispersed, they couldn't gather together, and they killed them slowly in the end."

Xun You closed his eyes and sighed, "The other troops are also in trouble."

Indeed, on that night, a team of 3000 people was wiped out.

Suffering this major blow, it was even more difficult for Xun You.

This news cannot be concealed, because sporadic soldiers ran out, and Lu Bu had already received the news.

"Hmph, blame me for not doing my best at the beginning, your death is even worse."

Lu Bu doesn't care at all now, he can do whatever he likes.

Five armies entered, and half were wiped out.

Two of them were destroyed, and the other two were harassed, and the casualties were not small.

They hurried out.

This time, the total number of casualties was more than before.

In previous raids, there might have been dozens of casualties, but a lot of food and grass had been burned.

In this way, Xun You dare not fight casually now.

"Military division, why don't we gather the food and grass and send soldiers to escort them carefully." A general said.

"Hey, it's a long way to go for centralized custody. If they throw that kind of clay pot with fire again, the loss will be huge."

Xun You didn't dare to concentrate on transporting food and grass, he would be ambushed, and the loss would be too great.

Therefore, we can only continue with a small amount, and then continue to transport food and grass.

In this way, there will be constant attacks, but there will be no devastating losses.

Xun You was waiting, and he wrote another letter to Cao Cao, asking to retreat.

In the next few days, Zhao Yun continued to harass them.

Zhang Ming sent out the remaining hundreds of special forces, and returned with a new batch, so that others had to train as well.

Over the past few days, there have been dozens of harassments every day.

Some had victories, some had no victories. In general, hundreds of them could still be killed and some food and grass burned.

A few days later, Cao Cao had a headache when he received the letter.

"Cao Ren, it's better."

After receiving the letter, Cao Cao immediately went to Cao Ren.

"It's much better. After taking the medicine, I can already fall asleep."

Cao Cao nodded and handed Xun You's letter to him.

"This Zhang Ming established a special army with a small number in his early years. This army is very powerful and good at assassination. If it is harassed from the rear, it is indeed very difficult to deal with. We may be attacked by this army this time. Assassinated."

Cao Ren said after reading the letter.

(End of this chapter)