Chapter 3479 Voting with your feet

The cold wind blew up the yellow sand and the iron armor was stained with blood.

The smell of blood is actually very bad, and strangely, the longer it takes, the more fishy it becomes. Even if the nose is used to this smell, it still won’t accept it in my heart.

However, as a soldier of the Cavalry Army, Wu Ming had to accept it and even wanted to create more blood with his own hands.

Wu Ming is not famous.

He is not like those heroes, he is often famous all over the world and has a reputation that is shocking all over the world. He is not even famous in his hometown...

If he still has a hometown.

If there is still if, he should have been born in that inconspicuous mountain village, and then lived in that mountain village all his life, married a woman who was as thick as him, and then gave birth to a bunch of cubs, and grew up playing with mud in the fields with other farmers, just like he and his father, ancestors, and the same life, without any change.

His parents were simple farmers, working from sunrise to sunset, and their lives were simple and difficult.

If there were still if, he would have been holding a hoe and pickaxe all his life, rather than chopping off his head like now.

The war has made everything peaceful and peaceful, and it is broken...

Wu Ming remembers that when he was a child, although life in the village was poor, everyone was having a happy life.

He and his friends were running in the mountains, fields, playing hide-and-seek, while the adults were working and smiling.

The sky at that time seemed to be bluer than it is now, and the clouds were whiter.

The day is warmer than it is now, and the night is quieter than it is now.

But later, the smiles on the adults gradually decreased. Then Wu Ming heard the words of war, famine, refugees and so on from the adults for the first time. However, at that time, Wu Ming did not know the meaning of these words. He was still silly happy, running from one end of the mountain forest to the other end, climbing up a tree to pick bird eggs, drilling into the bushes to pick berries and eating them, until his peaceful life was trampled by war and fire.

Wu Ming still remembers that it was an ordinary day that could not be more ordinary, and then everything became unusual and became unusual.

The screams of death and the collision of metal spread along the road.

The adults hurriedly packed up their things and hid in the mountains with Wu Ming and other children.

That was the first time Wu Ming felt the fear of war so close...

Even now, Wu Ming is still afraid of war. When he cut off his opponent's head, he still feels disgusted. His heartbeats are still very fast, as if he is about to jump out of his chest.

But now, he no longer escapes.

Because Wu Ming knew that escaping was useless.

The more you escape, the more painful it is.

During those days of hiding in the mountains, food immediately became extremely scarce. Berries and wild vegetables were the best delicacies, and bark and leaves became foods to satisfy hunger...

His life is no longer about having fun, but about following the adults to pick wild vegetables and grind the bark.

The bark cannot be eaten directly, so it must be smashed on the stone again and again, and then the slurry and the smashed bark are combined into cakes, and they are just like cakes with serious food.

Swallowing that kind of cake is like cutting it in your throat with a knife.

If you don’t eat it, it means that the fire burns in your stomach, and it will make people crazy!

Wu Ming and the others thought that they could return to their original stable life after evading once, but they were disappointed...

Then there was despair...

I don’t know how long it took for a desperate life to come, until the appearance of the General of the Cavalry.

Oh, at that time, the General of the Cavalry was not the Cavalry, he was just the General of the Central Army.

Wu Ming remembered that when he first met the cavalry, the cavalry asked them to jump into the pit...

It was really a pit. I dug it out on the ground, then simply used some pits built with wooden boards and cattails, and then filled them with water.

Wu Ming once thought that the cavalry wanted to bury them alive, but it didn't seem like it. After all, burying them alive doesn't require such a problem. So he jumped down and got a new robe!

Wu Ming remembered that he was naked at that time, but he was holding the robe, hunched over, and cried bitterly!

After so many years, Wu Ming thought he would no longer cry or hurt, but just such a robe made Wu Ming feel the pain again and shed tears again...

The robe was actually very ordinary, the ordinary linen was rough and simple, but Wu Ming always regarded the robe as a treasure, wrapped it neatly and placed it in a camphor wood box.

That is a treasure that is even more precious than gold and silver.

In Shandong, people like Wu Ming have to be farmers and obey labor, and they will also be arrested as strong men. They may not be able to enjoy the items eaten and used by the superiors, but at the Cavalry, he only needs to do a good job.

Therefore, even if Wu Ming doesn't like the smell of blood, he will do what a soldier should do!

He understood something in Guanzhong. Although he was the same man, not all places would regard the people as human beings!

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Some people say that the army and the people are like fish and water.

But suddenly one day, the fish in the fish pond died.

Some people say that this fish is too delicate and cannot withstand the wind and rain, and the scorching sun is exposed to the sun, and if you are a little unsatisfied, you will get over your stomach.

Some people also say that this fish is too lazy and doesn’t know how to work hard to find food. It’s better to find three jobs a day, so won’t you live a good life?

Most of them are talking about the fish problem, but no one mentioned that the water quality has changed, and no one has said what the people who manage this fish pond did or did nothing...

Wu Ming didn't know whether these statements were right or wrong, but he knew where he was in Shandong. If he even breathed in the wrong rhythm, it was called malicious breathing. In Guanzhong, as long as he did something well, he would get praise and rewards.

So Wu Ming now treats killing as a hoe on the ground, chopping and killing as chopping wood.

Hoe and remove weeds and plant hope.

Cut off dead branches and reap merits.

The enemy should be hoeed and chopped down, and the compatriots should leave hope!

The cold wind in the mountains rolled up dead leaves and yellow sand. Wu Ming held the sword tightly with one hand, and slightly covered the wind and sand in front of his eyes with the other, looking into the distance.

In front is Hengshan Rock.

Take it down and the cavalry can win!

That's what Sima Confucius said.

Then take it off!

The oncoming wind and sand hit the swords and armor, making a rustling and crisp sound, as if it was the rushing blood and the wailing of death.

"Enemy!" The soldiers in front shouted loudly, "They are climbing up too!"

The mountain mist was cold and brought out murderous aura.

As the shouting sound came in front of him, more than a dozen arrows also followed the shouting and shot towards Wu Ming and others!

The Cao army opposite was obviously also a veteran, and did not rush to shoot at Wu Ming and others as soon as they climbed up. Instead, they waited until the breath was evenly adjusted, and then they shot at Wu Ming and others after Wu Ming and others discovered them.

『Be careful of the arrows!』

Wu Ming shouted, raised his shield, covering his head, face, chest and neck.

"There are not many people!" Wu Ming immediately judged it and shouted, "Roar up! Nothing here! It's useless to be a target! Grab the ridge!"

The Hussars following Wu Ming also reacted, either covering them with shields or calling with swords.

In the dark night and mountain wind, Cao's army's arrows were not very accurate. He heard the arrows falling on the shield armor or piercing the surrounding ground.

At this position, he obviously has no advantage in shooting against Cao's army on the spot.

The Hussar soldiers following Wu Ming shouted angrily and rushed up with arrows.

Occasionally, a few stray arrows hit the armor, making a tinging sound. Wu Ming didn't care at all, just burying his head forward!

"kill!"

Wu Ming yelled, rushed forward, and the sword roared down, immediately cutting off the arm of the front Cao army half!

Wu Ming has no outstanding combat skills, and the only thing he can rely on is his three axes of slashing thousands of times during the team's training.

Step up, cut!

Rush and sting!

Regress, block!

At the ridge, a piece of gold and iron suddenly rang out with the sound of the body.

It was like the owner of a pork shop who came to the business, chopping the meat with a thorny cut.

Some people died on the spot, like sand, soil and stones, rolling down the mountain, while others were just injured and not dead yet, but fell to the ground, screaming, and then I don’t know who had a knife or who was stepped on the soil, and the screams turned into a dull sound...

The mountain mist blew by, wrapping the shattered whistle together.

The whistle was the sound of life lost by the cut arteries.

The Cao army soldiers also rushed forward and killed Wu Ming and others.

When we first started fighting, there were few soldiers in the Hussars and many soldiers in the Cao army.

Because no matter what, the soldiers of the Cao army were running in the camp, with relatively shorter distances. The Hussars came by detour, and the queues of the front and back were lengthened, which made the soldiers not the same when they arrived at Hengshanyan. However, no matter whether the Hussars arrived or three, as long as they heard the sound of shouting for killing in front, they did not hesitate at all, and directly stepped up and rushed up!

The space at the ridge itself is not very large. Dozens of people fighting against each other on the top of the mountain, which makes this area full. Both sides know that whoever occupys this area can gain a certain geographical advantage!

The Cao army wants it, and the cavalry army wants it too!

The Cao army soldiers who rushed behind did not seem to have expected that the Hussars were so fierce, and dozens of people dared to rush up. They could not react for a while. The Cao army soldiers who came up behind couldn't help but were a little busy, not knowing what they should do, but just shouted and scolded.

Some soldiers of Cao's army climbed halfway up the mountain also wanted to support their side, which was to shoot arrows. The original intention was naturally good, but in the dark, it was already difficult to identify the enemy and me strangled together under the shaking of light and fire, let alone seize the fleeting opportunity to shoot the opponent's soldiers when the two sides fought.

Therefore, the arrows shot by the Cao army soldiers in the rear failed to cause much damage to Wu Ming and others. Instead, they shot several of the soldiers from Cao army's own soldiers...

There are not all brave men in Cao's army.

These Cao army soldiers also wanted to break the balance of this chaos and let the Cao army gain the upper hand, so they rushed towards Wu Ming to death. They saw that Wu Ming was the small leader of the Cavalry Army and wanted to kill Wu Ming, causing the vanguard of the Cavalry to retreat!

But no matter how these Cao army soldiers attacked, Wu Ming and others were like stones on the river bank, standing firmly there, and never retreating!

If Wu Ming and others were halfway up the mountain, then the Cao army soldiers rushed forward fearlessly, and their geographical disadvantages would inevitably make Wu Ming and others untenable on the hillside, and even if they were unwilling to do so, they would be crushed back to the valley.

But now Wu Ming and Cao's soldiers stood intertwined on the ridge, and the difference between the two sides was the same. Instead, the Cao's soldiers rushing up from behind needed to attack, and if they were unstable, they first slid down the slope of the earth.

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Dong Zhao supervised the battle, and from the beginning he felt sure of winning, then gradually became anxious and uneasy.

At first he felt that he was more sure, but now these assurances were like fine sand in his hand, which seemed to be there, but as soon as he tried his best, it began to slide down...

Why are there so many brave men in the cavalry army?

Could it be that the cavalry has some wonderful methods to recruit these soldiers and military academies that cannot be said to be able to fight against a hundred, but at least one to three, they are still brave and vigorously advance?

If one person fights against three people, it is probably a loss, but if thirty people fight against one hundred people, it may not necessarily suffer.

The Cao army had many soldiers, but the soldiers were not united. Although there were few people rushing up on the side of the cavalry, everyone worked together and cooperated with each other, and they actually fought with the Cao army's soldiers!

When Dong Zhao saw that there were more and more Hussar soldiers, he even faintly suppressed Cao's soldiers, and he couldn't help but be anxious!

"Roar up!" Dong Zhao shouted, "Roar up!"

The soldiers of Cao's army were close to each other, crowding with people, as if they were rushing forward very hard, but they were just standing still.

Why did the ridge that I came first and arrived first seem to be attacking the ridge controlled by the cavalry now?

"This won't work!" Dong Zhao frowned, "Archer! Where is the leader of the archer?"

The archers' team led over, "What are the military advisor's instructions?"

Dong Zhao pointed to the ridge and "Come to cover me with fire!"

The Archers were stunned, "Ah? Wouldn't we let our people retreat first?"

Dong Zhao shook his head, "Can't retreat! Shoot directly!"

『But...』The Archers team hesitated, 『But...』

"No, but!" Dong Zhao said angrily, "If you can't defend this place, the entire camp will be in danger! Is the safety of the first camp important, or are these lives important?! Shoot immediately!"

The archers stumbled, but finally bowed their heads to take the order.

After all, he was just standing behind and shooting arrows. Being able to say something more to the soldiers in front is already considered to be responsible. As for the others...

Isn’t this a “order”?

Even if you die unjustly and want to blame yourself, you can only blame others. Don’t compete with me, who obeys orders...

As long as the one who dies is not yourself, such a big thing is not considered a big deal.

The archers were leading the psychological construction team. At first, their voices were a little depressed, but later they felt that they were becoming more and more reasonable. When they issued the orders, they even felt that the soldiers who rushed to the front should die!

Who made them unable to rush up?

Who made them fail to defeat the Cavalry?

So the archers' voice became louder: "Everyone is ready! Get an arrow! Aim!"

On the other side, Dong Zhao called his guard, "As soon as the arrow fell, you will rush up with the people! Be sure to take the ridge down!"

The guard looked at the ridge and suddenly felt a little cold on his back, "Military advisor, I am protecting you, this... I want to rush up with people, wouldn't there be no one to protect you?"

Dong Zhao drew out his long sword and shook it in front of him a few times. "I have also learned swordsmanship, and ordinary thieves cannot get close to you! Don't worry! The ridge here is the key to the mountain rock! If you can't guard it, the entire camp will be in danger! What's the point of yours and me personally? Don't say too much, and go and prepare immediately!"

The guard looked at the long sword in Dong Zhao's hand and sighed in his heart, only to bow his hand to take the order.

From the perspective of the superior, there is nothing wrong with what Dong Zhao does now.

Zhongtiaoshan Camp is a collective, so what's the problem of sacrificing individuals for the sake of collective interests?

Of course, this is the truth, but the question is why are the sacrifices always the individuals at the bottom?

If Dong Zhao himself rushed up, and he was not afraid of sacrifice and snatched the ridge with his soldiers, it would be difficult for Sima Yi to arrive here with subsequent Hussar soldiers.

But Dong Zhao didn't.

He used to let his subordinates die, soldiers die, and the lower class die, and then put it on the name of righteousness to the safety of the entire camp.

The archers team led the guards of Dong Zhao followed Dong Zhao's orders, but it did not mean that they felt that Dong Zhao was doing the right thing, but that their interests were closely linked to Dong Zhao. They were vested interests, not innocent staff. While enjoying the pleasure of manipulating others' lives and deaths, they were looking for excuses for their own guilt.

Arrows roared down, and the Cao army soldiers who were fighting with Wu Ming and others were covered by arrow rain together with Wu Ming and other Hussar soldiers!

The soldiers on both sides immediately fell down like a large area of ​​Zhuanghe on the ridge!

"Come! Crush!" Dong Zhao's guard was overjoyed when he saw this, so he danced the sword in his hand and shouted, "The military advisor has an order! Crush up! Take down the ridge!"

Dong Zhao's guard shouted, and then a bunch of people were shouting, but many Cao's soldiers did not rush up...

Some people even just shouted in place, not even taking a step forward.

"Run, rush! Go quickly!"

Dong Zhao's guard leader shouted anxiously, "You all rushed up! Why don't you rush?"

However, the surrounding Cao's soldiers were still standing still, raising their arms and shouting.

Dong Zhao's guard raised his sword and 'Run! rush up! Those who disobey military orders and kill them! Those who hesitate and fail to advance!'

The surrounding Cao army soldiers walked forward and then took two steps to stop, and some even walked forward in a zigzag shape...

The soldiers at the bottom had no say. Even the Central Leading Army Central Guards brought by Dong Zhao were considered good elite soldiers. However, in Dong Zhao's eyes, the difference between them and ordinary soldiers was only the price, which was not very important to their lives.
Chapter completed!