Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 263
In the period of cold weapons, fighting a war is actually morale.

Before time travel, it was hard for Liu Xie to imagine that a single person could control a war.But when he actually came to the battlefield where people kill people, he realized that the difference between reality and his imagination is heaven and earth.

The reason is because of this morale.

In the past, Liu Xie always thought that the martial arts masters in this world can only fight three or two by one person, and if ten or eight come forward, they will deal with him.But after successive wars, Liu Xie realized that in the early days of the Three Kingdoms, when the combat effectiveness of the army was not yet mature, all kinds of incidents of breaking into the camp with one enemy and a hundred troops could easily occur in various places.

Because those fierce generals are the favorites on the battlefield, they can easily smell the morale trend on the battlefield, and then lead their own troops, showing off their own force and suddenly rushing forward, knocking out the fleeting little bit of the enemy's army. Grasp the weak link, pounce on it, tear it apart, expand it, and crush it.When the morale of the entire army collapses due to this weak link, they can control the entire war.

Therefore, any qualified general will try his best to ensure the morale of his own army.Even if it is not expensive, try to maintain the passing line that will not cause military panic or defection.Because, if morale is lost, no matter how many people there are, they cannot fight. This is the consensus of all generals and advisers in this era.

At this moment, Yuan Jun's morale was completely collapsed. Even after a day of fleeing, those soldiers who followed suit and had a herd mentality gathered together were still more than the Han and Cao troops.But it is a pity that the current situation is that Yuan Jun, who has a large number of people, dissipates and flees all the way.

On the contrary, the Han-Cao Allied Forces here, as the pursuit and defense, are chasing more and more vigorously.The coalition army is mighty like the most infatuated man, reluctantly chasing Yuan Jun who is running happily ahead.Until Yuan Shudu crossed the Nanji River wet at night and rushed to Xiangyi County in a panic, the soldiers of the coalition army didn't feel that they had chased the enemy for a whole day after only eating one meal!
Poor Yuan Shu was already on the verge of going crazy. When the army poured into the city, he didn't even wait for all his troops to enter, so he jumped and cursed at people to close the city gate quickly.Before entering the county government office in the city, before he had a cup of tea, he suddenly remembered something, and said sourly:
"Victory or defeat is a common matter in military strategists. Although our army lost this battle, it was defeated by the schemes and tricks of such despicable villains as Cao Cao! Although Cao Aman won, he lost the demeanor of a scholar and warrior. The world is not ashamed. Come on People, hang the waiver card on the tower, so that Cao Aman can know what the Spring and Autumn War is all about."

When the disgraced civil and military people heard Yuan Shu explaining himself in this way, they were really ashamed, sad and suffocated to laugh.Fighting is the most violent and rude means of life and death. You, Yuan Shu, have been beaten to the bum, and you still want to talk about demeanor and justice.

Even if this idiot whose brain is flooded with bastards, he is better than this lord who has less brains and short-circuits at every turn, commonly known as brain damage!

Especially the issue of the free battle card, if you lose, you can sneakily swallow this breath and it's over. What's the matter with this sign, I'm afraid the enemy doesn't know that our morale is low and we are unbearable to fight?

When Yuan Shu didn't care about these, because at this moment, his hand started to rub the sword in his hand again.Everyone knew that this was a sign that Yuan Shu was planning to find a scapegoat for his stupid failure.As a result, all the civil and military personnel in the county yamen, no matter out of fear or disappointment, no one opened their mouths anyway, and they all kept silent, not even bothering to lift their heads.

Yuan Shu saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he couldn't kill without reason for a while.But the sulking anger in his chest became more and more uncomfortable. He was so angry that he clapped his hands and shouted: "Hang up the exemption card so that Cao Jun can't see it clearly! You trash, step back... "

But before the words fell, everyone heard a mess outside.Just as Yuan Shu's evil fire was rushing to drink, a messenger hurried in and shouted, "General, disaster has happened!"

When this sentence came out, not only Yuan Shu wanted to slash the order with his sword, but even the silent civil and military officers wanted to swallow this blind order alive.It was Xu Miao, a veteran of the Han Dynasty, who had some city after all. Before Yuan Shu swung his sword, he hurriedly shouted at the messenger: "What happened, if you don't know clearly, you will be punished for disturbing the morale of the army!"

"Where is the morale of the army? The people of Xiangyi City have rebelled!" The order followed Yuan Shu for a whole day, and he was full of resentment, so he couldn't speak in a hurry.In the end, seeing Yuan Shu's livid and ferocious face, he even deliberately added: "The Han-Cao coalition forces outside the city are also preparing to attack the city!"

"Bold! You, you damn bastard servant!" Yuan Shu was really stimulated at this moment. How dare you despise yourself so much with a small order?But when Yuan Shu suddenly jumped up and was about to slash the life-or-death emissary with a sword, he saw that the emissary had turned his head away, ignored all the generals and counselors, and even sneered at Yuan Shu, and walked away!

And those civil and military officials turned a blind eye at this time, and just let such stubborn and rampant orders go away!

Yuan Shu's eyeballs immediately turned red, and now he has only one impulse in his head, which is to swing the sword in his hand and kill all the people in front of him that he doesn't like!

But today is destined to be Yuan Shu's unlucky day. Just when Yuan Shu was accumulating evil spirits and anger, Xu Miao who was at the side suddenly slapped his forehead and shouted: "We have cast ourselves into a trap! Xiangyi was originally Cao Cao and Wei Zi The place where Dong Zhuo raised his troops, the Cao clan is deeply rooted here, how can the common people sit idly by when they see us being pursued by the Han-Cao allied forces? Cao Cao only needs to shoot a sentry arrow into the city, and he can join forces with the people in the city!"

Hearing Xu Miao's explanation, Yuan Shu, the post-Han general and the person with the best mental endurance, suddenly became sober at the last moment.Regardless of the crowd, he ran out alone, and climbed up to the tower with his bodyguards to have a look—the Han-Cao coalition forces were about to besiege the city!
As expected, the people in the city organized themselves and started street fighting in every corner of the city.In the dark place of Xiangyi City, a ball of flames and the screams of soldiers being killed appeared from time to time.The whole series of situations made Yuan Shu, a rear general with nerves as tough as a steel wire, a little unbearable. The corner of his mouth twisted, and he suddenly coughed deadly. Finally, he covered his mouth with his mouth, and suddenly found that he was coughing up blood from anger. !

"Oh my god, I belong to the Yuan family, what kind of evil did I do!" Yuan Shu fell to his knees on the tower with a plop, and his previous arrogance and arrogance disappeared.At this time, he was like a desperate, angry and wronged child, with a hint of crying in his voice.

"Everyone, all of you, you are either veteran generals who have experienced many battles, or good planners. I have treated you well in the past, tell me, what should I do at this time?" Yuan Shu knelt on the ground, sanity It seemed that he was a little unclear, and like a lunatic, he suddenly pulled Yuan Huan who was closest to him: "Yaoqing, Yaoqing, you are usually the most outspoken, what can you do for the current plan?"

Seeing Yuan Shu's distraught appearance, Yuan Huan softened his heart for a moment, helped Yuan Shu to stand up, at least pretended to be a commander in chief of the army, and then resolutely said: "General, our army has been defeated and lost, and our foothold is unstable. , coupled with the unknown geography, it is impossible to fight in a dangerous place. According to the opinion of my subordinates, the troops should flee at high speed... transfer, and after our army finds a safe place, we can take advantage of the Han-Cao coalition forces to go deep and fight back. , in order to distort the decline."

"Yes, yes, Yaoqing is right." After hearing Yuan Huan's words, Yuan Shu seemed to have regained his sanity, and he grabbed another guard beside him: "Hurry up, send the order, we will continue to escape..."

As soon as these words came out, all the people present couldn't help but sighed to Yuan Shu in their hearts: With such a master, do they really have a bright future?
As a result, the dark night suddenly overwhelmed everyone's hearts.Everyone looked at the night without a trace of starlight, and only felt that their future was bleak from now on.

But after Yuan Shu was so busy that many remnants left and fled, Liu Xie and Cao Cao, who entered Xiangyi City, looked up at the night and nodded to each other: "Tonight, it's a good weather..."

"Send the order, continue to chase!" The two spoke at the same time again, and the entire Xiangyi city burst into a burst of heroic shouts that resounded through the night sky.

(End of this chapter)