At the foot of Wenxi City, Lu Zhao stood under his general's flag and turned to look, his face pale.
At this moment, not only the road tactics, but also the soldiers of Cao's army had no intention of paying attention to what the fighting situation was like above and below Wenxi City.
"Where did these guys come from?! Aren't they a small force behind them? How come there are so many people? Why? Why?!" Lu Zhao roared loudly, completely ignoring that such a statement would only make him look stupid.
and incompetence.
The messenger who reported the news before said that the grain team was attacked, but did not say that Zhang Xiu's large force had moved behind them. As a result, Lu Zhao took it for granted that it was a small force of Hussars, while Zhang Xiu was still on the Emei Ridge.
, so Lu Zhao deployed sentries and rangers in the direction of Emei Ridge. Unexpectedly, there was no movement in the direction of Emei Ridge. Instead, Zhang Xiulai came out from behind!
"Damn! These incompetent scouts! Mistaken me! Mistaken me!"
Lu Zhao subconsciously shied away the blame, but unfortunately the people around him didn't bother to listen to his scapegoating skills, "General! What should I do?! What should I do?!"
Most of Cao's troops are under Wenxi City, and a small number are guarding the direction of Emei Mountain. As for the defense behind the rear, they are only the old and weak in the camp.
The military academy rushed over, "General! Fight or retreat, give the order quickly! If it's a moment later, the camp will not be saved!"
The military academy's face was livid, and his eyes were about to burst into flames when he stared at Lu Zhao!
It's all Luzhao's fault!
Previously, when Cao Jun dared to confront Zhang Xiu, he only relied on the fortifications of the camp.
In the camp, the soldiers of Cao's army dared to slap their butts and piss on the hussars such as Zhang Xiu and others, taunting them loudly!
But now most of Cao's soldiers are outside the camp!
It's like standing in the wild with all your clothes off, facing the fierce cold winter. No matter how big the bird was before, it is now as shrunken as a pea.
Moreover, Zhang Xiu came up from behind, which not only meant that their escape route was cut off, but also gave the impression that they had become a lone army!
Could something have happened to Cao Cao?
Wenxi is a bit remote compared to the Yuncheng Basin in the east of Hedong. If Cao's army was really defeated in the Yuncheng Basin, there might not be any news to them at all!
Now that the Hussars are charging forward, maybe it means that Fei Qian has defeated Cao Cao?
If so, even if they capture Wenxi and save the camp, what's the point?
And in the hearts of these Cao Jun military academies, they were even more worried than Lu Zhao.
If they win, Lu Zhao will eat meat, and they can still drink some soup. Even if they are dissatisfied, they will admit it. But if they lose, will this bastard named Lu put all the blame on them?
This bastard named Lu doesn't seem to be a guy who is brave enough to take responsibility. Could it be possible that he can change his personality now and be brave enough to shoulder heavy responsibilities?
Just this thought in their minds made these middle and low-level military academies of Cao's army no longer have the slightest idea of fighting and resisting here.
Lu Zhao whistled loudly and hurriedly led his guards down from the high platform and ran towards the camp.
"I would like to meet this hussar general for a while! See if he has three heads and six arms!" Lu Zhao roared, seeming to encourage himself and the surrounding Cao army, "The hussar army has come from afar."
, must be exhausted! Our army has enough rest here to wait for work! This battle can be won! It can be won!"
Yes, at this moment, Lu Zhao still has luck in mind.
He rushed down the high platform in a hurry, almost tripping on the last few steps, then grabbed the reins of the horse delivered by the guard, and flipped onto the horse's back with shaking feet...
Didn't flip up.
With more force, he climbed onto the horse's back, shook the horse's reins, and headed towards the camp!
Although Cao Jun's military academy followed Lu Zhao without saying a word, they seemed to be communicating something with each other's glances.
In war, luck often does not bring victory, but more often destruction.
If Lu Zhao could be more realistic on weekdays and not follow the same pattern as the Shandong nobles, then I wonder if what he said would reassure the soldiers of the surrounding Cao army.
Many people like to bully and deceive honest people, but when something really happens, they are willing to believe what honest people say, rather than listen to the instructions of the guy who is usually glib and talks about doctrines, but only has ideas in his heart.
It's a pity that most of the time, honest people are cheated and die on the road, without waiting for the chance to stand up at the last critical moment.
Obviously, if Lu Zhao was an honest person, he would not be in the position he is in today. And since he cannot be called an honest person, will the soldiers of Cao Jun's military academy be willing to trust him in times of crisis?
So when Lu Zhao said, "It can be fought and won," who would believe it?
He doesn’t even believe it himself!
Even in the era of hot weapons, when a fully armed cavalry attacks, it is still a huge threat and shock!
I believe that the hunters with guns who hunted on the African grasslands and were trampled to death by horses and cattle had a good say in this.
Therefore, when the old and weak people who stayed behind in Cao Jun's camp saw the hussars and horses rushing on the horizon, along the hillsides and depressions, sweeping in like mercury pouring down the ground, and the Milky Way hanging upside down, they were already very nervous.
My heart was in turmoil, but when I turned around, I found that the flag of the general Lu Zhao had actually moved!
When these old and weak soldiers in Cao Cao's army saw the general move his flag, would their first reaction be that Lu Zhao would come to rescue them?
There will be a ghost!
Cao Jun treated the civilians of Hedong with incomparable cruelty, and then he could not abandon or give up on his own friendly troops? Don't be kidding, even fools know that this is absolutely impossible, so when the road moves, the old and weak in the camp will
Someone secretly opened the gate of the camp and spontaneously moved towards the road to "gather"...
Is it wrong to always be consistent with the leader?
As soon as the soldiers of Cao's army in the camp ran away, other soldiers of Cao's army immediately followed suit!
The Cao army who stayed at the camp and the Cao army who attacked Wenxi met up smoothly, then stared at each other and shouted...
"Don't panic, don't panic!"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!"
"What are you doing here?!"
"What do you want to do again?!"
Not far away, Zhang Xiu had detached a small group of troops led by Li Er and rushed towards Cao Jun's camp, while he led a large force towards Lu Zhao's general's flag!
As long as Cao Jun's infantry fails to form a formation, it is equivalent to a piece of meat that can be chopped into pieces as you like!
The hussars have put down their masks, leveled their swords and guns, and the cold light flashed on the blades, like neat steel waves, rushing straight towards Lu Zhao and the others!
The sun shines on the battlefield, seeming to be forced back by the cold light of the swords and guns in the hands of the hussars!
The rays of these stars seem to have re-cut the sunlight into seven colors, as bright as stars, but with the threat of death!
These hussars charging straight from a distance, their formations were uniform, as if they were an extremely sophisticated war machine. No matter where they passed, whether it was a slope or a ditch, they could not stop their progress.
.They maintained a neat attack array. Every time the war horses stepped on, they kicked up little bits of dust and rolled up yellow dragons!
Such an astonishing impact array and such a well-trained cavalry team can undoubtedly be achieved only by the hussars that the Han Dynasty is proud of.
Their arrival brought hope to Wenxi's defenders, but also brought despair to Cao's soldiers.
This piece of embroidery has such power, so behind Zhang Xiu, if the hussars general Fei Qian is commanding, how many hussars will be roaring towards him?
Just thinking about it makes me feel like the world is dark, as if I have been hit directly to the bottom of the sea by these turbulent steel waves!
Luzhao's partial army struggled for a long time under Wenxi City. Most of the initial high-spirited fighting spirit dissipated when Zhang Xiu struck his first blow, and the rest were also destroyed in the process of continuing to attack Wenxi.
It took little by little, and it was completely wiped out after knowing that the grain team was attacked. The beast's counterattack before death was fierce, but the first attack had no effect, and naturally it no longer had the strength to make a second attack.
The middle and lower ranks of Cao's army had long wanted to retreat, but they were suppressed by Lu Zhao. Now Zhang Xiu came with his men and horses, and as soon as Lu Zhao moved his flag, he immediately "understood it from his heart", and almost all the soldiers of Cao's army surged up.
The same idea, whoever wants to fuck, I can’t fuck anyway!
No one dares to face the hussars whose horse speed has increased in the field!
The memory of the hussars attacking Cao Jun's infantry array has not faded away. The impact was bloody all the way, with broken limbs and bloody flesh! Under the trampling of horse hooves, even if you want to get a whole corpse, you don't know how difficult it is.
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Neither the central leading army nor the central guarding army can resist, so how do you expect the ordinary soldiers of Cao's army, who are not satisfied with their pay and have defective weapons, to be able to stop them?
As a result, Cao's army, whether inside the camp or outside the camp, involuntarily made a huge noise, and there were shouts everywhere, and these shouts were not shouting orders to resist, but starting guns for escape.
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Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhao, who was rushing to the camp, had his blood freeze almost instantly!
Although his own flag was still flying, although he had not yet fought against the hussars, and although his guards were still tightly surrounding him, at this moment, he felt as if he was naked and alone.
Standing in the vast sea of snow, even my thoughts were frozen!
Some of Cao's soldiers in the distance were trampled by hussars and horses, and were suddenly swallowed up by the billowing yellow smoke. The splashes of blood couldn't even make the yellow dragon stop at all!
The soldiers of Cao's army screamed, shouted, and stumbled around, pushing their ranks into more chaos. Each of Cao's soldiers did not have much courage to stand up and face the enemy bravely, and some only had the strength to escape.
I want to stay away from these killing gods, and then go further. The expressions on the faces of every Cao Jun soldier are so similar at this moment. They were all the same on the people in Hedong they drove away.
, twisted horror!
No matter how strong and complete the defensive position is, it still needs people to hold it in order to be effective.
If a good camp is originally good, if it is determined to stick to it, even the old and weak can hold on for an hour or three. It can more or less be able to hold on until Lu Zhao turns around, but the soldiers of Cao's army in the camp, who pride themselves on being smart, think Lu Zhao is about to run away.
, he hurriedly ran over to "join" Lu Zhao, and as a result, other camp defenders also ran out...
When Li Er charged in, there were not even any soldiers of Cao's army who tried to shoot and block him. It was completely different from the previous hedgehog-like state with no place to bite.
Li Er laughed heartily and galloped around the camp, burning tents and killing Cao's soldiers who had short legs and could not react. He was very happy for a while.
Zhang Xiu, on the other hand, focused on the head on Lu Zhao's neck.
The array already formed by Cao Jun was not thick. Although some Cao Jun soldiers continued to join the array from behind, this thin array was too insignificant in the face of the sharp impact of the hussars.
If the soldiers of Cao's army had the will to fight to the death, they might be able to hold on for a while longer and cause more damage to Zhang Xiu and others. However, maybe there are not enough recruits on the road, or there may be some other reasons. These Cao's soldiers simply can't.
Not so high morale.
As a result, the entire Cao Jun array, from the camp to the field, from the outer line to the inner line, was all stirred up.
Chaos, chaos.
Those in the camp were eager to escape, while those fighting in the field wanted to return to the camp. They mixed with each other and bumped into each other. Abuse and complaints were flying everywhere. The non-commissioned officers of Cao Jun's military academy yelled and cursed, but it had no effect at all.
Under the impact of the hussars and horses, Cao Jun was like a smashed clay statue, falling to the ground and scattered everywhere. Even if someone put the scattered large and small pieces back together, they could not be restored.
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In the blink of an eye, Cao Jun's formation has been broken through!
In Lu Zhao's heart, there was a voice asking repeatedly, "Should we fight for our lives, or should we survive?"
This question was like a sharp knife, constantly cutting into his courage and reason, making it difficult for him to make a choice.
Fighting means putting oneself to death, throwing oneself into the battle without hesitation, and using all strength to fight against the enemy, even if the cost is life. This choice stems from the desire for victory, the pursuit of honor, or the pursuit of honor.
The assumption of responsibility. It may bring heroic heroic feats and leave legendary stories, but it may also be a road of no return and eventually be lost in the flames of war.
Staying alive is a more instinctive choice, which represents the desire for the future of life. Choosing to stay alive may temporarily avoid the edge of the battle and save your own life, but it may also mean giving up resistance and betraying your comrades.
He is even considered a coward. Such a choice is undoubtedly a kind of betrayal and escape.
When attacking Wenxi, Lu Zhao originally thought that he could avoid the large hussars and it was a local, small-scale battle, which would be more beneficial to him and give him a better stage to show off his martial prowess. However, Lu Zhao did not expect that it would be a local and small-scale battle.
The cavalry's partial army is also so cunning!
How to do how to do?
In fact, when Lu Zhao asked in his mind, he already had the answer. All his worries were just because if he ran away like this, let alone the subsequent issue of culpability, it was about whether he could really escape from Zhang Xiu's cavalry.
go!
After hesitating, Lu Zhao's guard had already seen it, and quickly stretched out his hand to pull the reins of Lu Zhao's horse, "General! The enemy general is coming towards us! Why not avoid his sharp edge first, and then turn in!"
The enemy troops charge continuously, and after a while, their strength will inevitably be exhausted!』
Lu Zhao's face was ashen, he waved his riding crop and hit the guard, "Damn it! Are you going to let me lose without a fight?!"
The guard felt the intensity of the blows and suddenly knew, "Why don't you fight? There was a three-drum method before, but no one said it was a crime to avoid fighting?!"
The ancestors of the Cao family all "avoided war". We follow the sages and do it. How can we call it "guilt"?
At most, it is to emphasize that some subjective wishes are good, but objectively, some irresistible difficulties have arisen...
Lu Zhao hurriedly slipped down the ladder, "That's right! That's right! Now that the bandit army is in full swing, it would be unwise to fight against it! We should wait until the three drums relax before we can counterattack! Give orders, give orders! Turn in, turn in.
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Lu Zhao quickly turned his horse's head, waved his whip, and said, "Let the bandit army be proud for a while... I also swear that if I can't lead my son, I can defeat the bandit army and seize this news, it will be unforgivable! Send an order,
Retreat, no matter whether they are in the east or the west, retreat, fucking retreat! Turn around thirty miles away and regroup again!"
At this moment, Lu Zhao's eyes seemed to be red and filled with tears, and he seemed to be full of deep affection for Cao's soldiers...
Then he just ignored him and fled at full speed.
In the final analysis, the Shandong military system, with farmers and soldiers as its main combat force, no matter how hard it fights or how brutal it is on weekdays, it cannot solve a fundamental problem - fighting with the wind and waves cannot be grasped, and fighting against the wind and waves cannot be controlled.
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This was true in the Han Dynasty, and it was also true in the Tang Dynasty.
The subsequent feudal dynasties were basically the same.
Except for the elite Imperial Guards, the other troops are like bandits. They get carried away when they win, and it's not just Lu Zhao who is wiped out when they lose.
Even the elite Imperial Guard, the most important weapon of the country in the feudal dynasty, could easily become corrupted when there was no war to fight or no troops to sustain, and eventually it became a place for bureaucrats to glorify their merits and gild their bodies.
It's like a clay statue with gold painted on it. It looks golden, but its belly is full of rotten straw and stinky mud.
Zhang Xiu watched Lu Zhao flee with a few guards and made a dissatisfied sound, but did not pursue him forcefully.
It's simple, the horsepower is insufficient.
When switching to battle, the most challenging thing is not the people, but the horses.
If it weren't for the fact that the hussars were provided with high-calorie and heavy-salt dry food, and the war horses were also equipped with sugar-fried beans, these big guys might not have such good physical endurance to carry out such a long circle and continue to charge and fight.
If Lu Zhao did not escape, then Zhang Xiu would have to kill or defeat him in a short time.
Of course, Zhang Xiu is relatively confident in his own martial prowess.
But if Lu Zhao runs away like this, are we going to chase him...
Zhang Xiu stretched out his hand and touched the neck of the war horse under his crotch, sighed slightly, and immediately ordered: "Kneel down and surrender without killing! Tell the Wenxi City guard to come out quickly, it's time to get to work!"
