Surrounded by two ordinary soldiers, standing on the lookout tower of the military camp, Chang Cheng looked at the horse thieves in the distance with a little complacent and gladness.
"It's Sima who has foresight! If we are in a hurry to travel, wouldn't we just happen to meet these horse thieves? If we were attacked by horse thieves on the road, it would be awful!"
"Look, those horse thieves don't know how to build a camp at all! Sima really had a clever idea, and the horse thieves exposed their shortcomings in an instant!"
『That's it!』
『Yes, yes!』
Although Chang Cheng was a military marquis who came to pretend to be Sima, everyone called Sima, just like when they met in later companies, they called him a general, regardless of whether it was the general assistant or the general assistant.
Chang Cheng tried hard to maintain his smile so that he would not smile too arrogantly, and his lips were somewhat distorted. "I said earlier... No, General Wei often taught us that we must be careful in this matter of military and armor! So be cautious, what's the problem? Look, isn't this a living example? Carelessness will lead to a loss!"
『Yes, yes!』
『Yes, yes!』
"Sima is right!"
This flattering atmosphere made Gao Shun feel very annoyed, but Chang Cheng felt willing to accept it.
In such an atmosphere, Changcheng felt uncomfortable as if he was caught in water.
"You go back immediately and report to General Wei, saying that we have encountered the front army of the horse thieves! Our generals fight hard to death, and we will definitely be able to protect Xihai City and the peace of the people! Please rest assured General Wei and his lord!" Chang Cheng pointed to the person who was behind him and said, "You must make all these words clear! You must have half a sentence! In addition, apply for some weapons, materials, and supplies...
Chang Cheng didn't feel anything wrong with putting Wei Xu's name in front of Lu Bu, and the people around him didn't seem to feel anything wrong with him.
The little sergeant pointed at by Chang Cheng was rarely flattered on weekdays.
Chang Cheng couldn't remember all the military academy soldiers around him who nodded and bowed, but he could remember those who didn't flatter him.
Wei Xu had just sent someone to scold him. Now he sent someone back. Even if he said good things, he might not be able to please Wei Xu. In addition, he was a soldier who was not very good at speaking, so Chang Cheng felt even more at ease.
The little soldier really didn't know how to speak. He was stunned for a moment, and then hesitated and said: "This, Sima, we... haven't just left much, there are still a lot of food and supplies in the army...
What is this Sima? Is that Sima still possible?
Chang Cheng frowned, "What's your name? Zhang Tiansheng? Or Zhang Disheng? What's wrong? Will the military order not be followed? Otherwise, you will be Sima? What?"
"The little one dares! The little one will go now!" The soldier apologized repeatedly, then hurriedly got off the wardrobe and left.
Chang Cheng snorted, then continued to look at the horse thief in the distance.
How do these guys understand the importance of reporting their bosses at all times?
Even if your boss looks bad, you must report it in time.
If you don’t report in time, how can your boss know about my hard work and merits?
If you don’t report frequently, how can you get more benefits?
Things must be done and benefits must be taken. This is Chang Cheng’s most correct attitude!
"By the way, why did these horse thieves get here? Isn't there General Gao in front?" Suddenly someone asked.
It seems that it is at this moment that some people remember that their coach is not Chang Cheng, but Gao Shun.
"General Gao, what happened... isn't something wrong?" another person said.
Something happened?
Chang Cheng shook his head and sighed, "It's probably because he's wrong, General Gao... Well, I'm more anxious. This place may not be familiar with it. If he took the wrong path, it's not impossible to go wrong with the horse thief..." He could only say this, because if he agreed that something happened to Gao Shun, as an adjutant, he would need to rescue Gao Shun, otherwise he would be guilty. Now, as long as Gao Shun goes forward without permission and loses his time, there will naturally be nothing to do with Chang Cheng.
However, why didn’t Gao Shun meet these horse thieves?
What won't happen?
Chang Cheng didn't think that this group of horse thieves could do anything to the high-sustainment, but the wind and sand in the Western Regions were very strong, and sometimes the climate suddenly changed, or it was taken the wrong path, lost its direction and walked into the Gobi desert.
Hey, if something really happens, it would be better?
Then aren’t all the merits belong to you?
Chang Cheng suddenly felt a golden light flashing in front of him, as if he had seen a gorgeous smooth road.
"Come on! Let's discuss it! The key point now is how we should deal with these horse thieves!"
Chang Cheng suddenly felt spirited, "I have already made a decision, but I still have to test you... Come on, I'll tell you how to deal with it more appropriately?"
If there were thousands of horse thieves, Chang Cheng would definitely feel afraid, but when he was a crowded person and the horse thieves were only two or three hundred horse thieves, Chang Cheng would naturally not feel any fear.
Chang Cheng seemed to be confident, but in fact he had no idea.
Others may think that he must have learned a lot of military skills and combat experience by General Wei Xu. He often boasted that he had learned something with General Wei Xu, but he himself knew that he had not learned any of the above military aspects, but he had accumulated a lot of skills in serving people.
But after all, I can’t say that I use the means of serving the general to deal with the horse thief, so that the horse thief will be so happy first?
"This..." The remaining two soldiers looked at each other, and one of them said carefully, "It's Sima, you ordered, and we'll fight whatever you want!"
"Yes, Sima please give an order!" Another person followed.
Chang Cheng's face darkened, "I said it, let you talk first! Why, don't you want to talk about it?"
"This... I'll just talk about it casually?" the sergeant asked hesitantly.
Chang Cheng nodded.
The two soldiers looked at each other and then began to think helplessly.
"Or why we'll attack at night!" A moment later, a soldier suddenly said loudly, as if the louder the sound was, the more correct it was. "This horse thief camp is loose, just like a half-closed crotch, and you can enter casually! We touched it directly in the middle of the night, and we will definitely be able to kill a thief who fell into the water!"
"Yes, yes, night attack! Night attack!" Another soldier nodded and said, "I heard that the General of the Cavalry had also had many night attacks before, all of which were great victory!"
Chang Cheng's eyes lit up, yes, night attack, why didn't I expect it?
"Well, it seems that what you think is the same as Sima! This is very good, very good! Then let's do it like this, tonight's third update, attack the thief camp at night!"
Chang Cheng waved his arm with great enthusiasm, "We are waiting for the effort, the thief comes from afar. As long as one strike is successful, the thief will be defeated! By then, you and I will all have merits, and the general will definitely be rewarded!"
The two soldiers looked at each other and they all agreed.
Chang Cheng felt that he was amazing and made a brilliant plan, but what he didn't know was that not all night attacks were successful, just like whether all generals could be famous generals.
What Chang Cheng and others didn't know was that they thought that the example they learned was that the General Fei Qian of the Cavalry chose to attack at night because Fei Qian had not had many soldiers in the early stage...
If I can take down the girl with integrity, who would like to be a serious person to go out at any time... Uh, night attack?
Even those who like Wei Yan like to go to the wrong path have met some conditions before they dare to slap their chests and launch sneak attacks.
Night attack is a bet-style tactic of defeating the more with few and weak and strong with weak. It not only has certain requirements for soldiers, but also has high requirements for the generals who lead the team.
Now Chang Cheng has more troops than horse thieves. As long as he faces upright, although such a match may be dull and there is nothing exciting at all, the more clearly the frontal battle is, the fewer flaws will be. After all, on the frontal battlefield, the competition is always the generals, the strength of soldiers, and weapons and equipment.
Chang Cheng's bravery is not worth mentioning, but at least the number of soldiers and equipment of the Han army is stronger than that of horse thieves, so as long as they fight head-on, Pang De will have a headache.
The advantage of the Han army is the disadvantage of the horse thief.
While Chang Cheng and others were observing the horse thief camp, Pang De was also staring at Chang Cheng's camp.
In the eyes of Chang Cheng and others, the camp built by Pang De with these horse thieves was full of loopholes, and in the eyes of Pang De, the camp built by Chang Cheng was also full of flaws.
Pang De even suspected that it was a flaw left by the Han army deliberately to lure himself into attack.
But Pang De thought about it again, if he brought three thousand people, he would have no fewer Han soldiers, but he would have designed a trap, but he has only brought less than three hundred people at the moment...
What's going on?
Although the Han soldiers led by Chang Cheng were regular soldiers, it does not mean that these Han soldiers who came to the Western Regions followed Lu Bu were as rigorous and serious as the soldiers of Zhong Sanfu. As the souls of the army, the generals are not only reflected in combat, but also in daily behavior.
Only when the general requires strict discipline and norms can the subordinate soldiers have strict discipline and regulations.
Chang Cheng pretends to understand if he doesn't know, of course the soldiers under him can be lazy. Although they are still established according to Cao Dian, everyone thinks it is just a temporary barrack? I'm a little lazy, and others are not lazy, so it's okay?
Pang De noticed that the stakes on the Han camp were dry, loose, and it seemed to shake when the wind blew. The wooden stakes around these camps should be nailed to the ground, but in order to save some energy, soldiers pressing into the ground is done, especially the climate is dry and the ground is so hard that it will take how much effort to press into the ground?
These were originally the scope of inspection by generals in the military, but Chang Cheng didn't understand these, so he couldn't find anything.
Chang Cheng felt that everything was fine and nothing unusual.
Pang De was a little doubtful. He felt that the Han soldiers should not be so lazy. How long did it take for Lu Bu to kowtow and contribute to the Western Regions?
But when he recalled what he saw and heard in the forward camp and what he seemed to be problems that should not have occurred at all, Pang De thought for a long time and finally seemed to understand something...
Pang De quickly adjusted his plan, from luring the Han army to attack, to the same decision as Chang Cheng.
Night attack.
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On the other hand, Gao Shun had a dream.
He dreamed that he was riding a lame war horse slowly walking in the battlefield.
The war horse seemed to be injured, turning one after another.
Even Gao Shun himself seemed to be injured.
Blood flowed down the eyelids, making everything in front of you seem to be bright red.
Gao Shun looked back at the soldiers following him, and seemed to be dyed red in blood, as if he was as tired as he was on the verge of death.
Suddenly, the ground trembled, and the sound of horse hooves like rolling thunder came from a distance!
"You dare to recite someone!"
Gao Shun looked up and saw Lu Bu rushing towards him with an angry look on his face, waving Fang Tian Hua Ji and chopping it down!
Gao Shun wanted to raise his spear to resist, but found that his hands and feet were weak and he could not raise his spear at all. He could only watch Fang Tian Huaji roaring down the bloody sky!
The moment Fang Tian’s painting halberd fell, Gao Shun suddenly woke up, feeling a little cold sweat behind her back.
"General, what's wrong with you, General?"
The guards around him seemed to see Gao Shun's abnormality, so they asked.
Gao Shun calmed down, "It's okay... It's okay, by the way, has the scout from the thief leader come back yet?"
The guard was about to answer when he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from a distance, and then he couldn't help but look and listened to the night, "It seems like we are our people..."
Although the scout tied a linen on the horse's hooves to reduce the sound in order to keep it secret, there was still some movement in the night in the desert wilderness. Of course, it was impossible to hear it when it was far away. However, after getting closer, soldiers familiar with this movement suddenly heard it.
Gao Shun reached out to support the ground, trying to stand up, but he didn't expect that his palm would press on a sharp hard rock, which subconsciously shrank, resulting in losing the center of gravity. If he hadn't reacted faster, his other hand would have supported the ground, and he might have fallen to the sharp hard rock...
What's going on?
When I just fell asleep, I seemed to have checked the surrounding area.
Could it be that I was negligent?
Gao Shun was just about to think about it, but the news reported by the scout who came back disrupted his thinking.
"General! Found it!" The scout said excitedly, "I have found the position of the thief leader!"
『Speak quickly!" Gao Shun asked, 『How far is the distance, how many people are there?』
On the one hand, Gao Shun had to avoid the exploration of horse thieves, and on the other hand, he had to hang on the flanks of horse thieves and others. He could neither leave too far nor get too close. If Gao Shun had not been cultivating his personal guards over the years, he might not have been able to carry people to do such meticulous operations.
Moreover, it was not smooth at the beginning, because when Ma Xiu and others were marching, although there was no way to have meteor whistle and scouts like regular troops, the chaotic horse thief was also somewhat equivalent to a scout to some extent. In addition, it was impossible to erect the huge "Walk on the Way for Heaven" when they were rushing, so it was not until Ma Xiu and others stopped, as if they were discussing or waiting for something, the scout sent by Gao Shun really determined Ma Xiu's location.
"Are you really going to Xihai City?" Gao Shun frowned slightly after hearing the scout's reward.
Gao Shun thought this was a bit weird.
When Gao Shun heard the horse thief talk about this for the first time, he actually didn't believe it. At that time, he knew that Chang Cheng had some intention of scaring Chang Cheng. He thought that it would be best to scare Chang Cheng back to Xihai City, but he didn't expect that Chang Cheng would hold on.
If you hear that there are horse thieves robbing in the wild, this is definitely normal, but who has heard that horse thieves will attack the city head-on?
Gao Shun felt that it was probably the horse thief who was bragging, and it was a bit like a suspicion of a military plan. He shot Gao Shun and others to dare not come out, and then the horse thief could retreat calmly.
So Gao Shun did the opposite, allowing the front army of the horse thief to catch the horse thief leader off guard. After all, as long as there are people who retreat, people's hearts will inevitably disperse. Even if there are many people at that time, most of them will be like a flock of sheep, and they only know how to run around and there will not be many people resisting. However, Gao Shun did not expect that the main bodies of the horse thief not only did not leave but retreated, but also moved towards Xihai City.
There must be some changes in this.
Could it be...
Gao Shun thought about it, and he thought of two possibilities.
One is that not all these horse thieves are horse thieves, and it is very likely that they are mixed with other Western countries, or even the people from the Kushan region.
Another one is that the horse thief thinks he is sure to attack Xihai City, or is there an insider who is ambushed in Xihai City?
Gao Shun thought about it for a long time and felt that both were possible.
"Come!" Gao Shun quickly wrote down the two possibilities he was thinking about, and then sent them to Changcheng's place behind him, asking Changcheng to immediately pass the message to Xihai City and report it to Lu Bu.
Although he and Chang Cheng did not get along well, and even had quarrels, Gao Shun finally gave in. He came to fight, not to argue with Lu Bu or Lu Bu's men. So in the end, Gao Shun gave up on the in-depth investigation, and simply took his troops out of sight and came forward with his headquarters.
Although Gao Shun released a group of horse thieves, Gao Shun could not have thought that Chang Cheng would not even beat two or three hundred horse thieves with nearly a thousand people? Gao Shun felt that under normal circumstances, even if Chang Cheng did not do a good job of detecting when he was marching in the field, and then accidentally ran into the team and adjusted the queue slightly, the horse thieves could only retreat.
If you set up a camp and stick to it, let alone, even a pig can probably beat it.
The messenger left.
"General, we are now..." Gao Shun's guard saw that there seemed to be a new change and asked softly, "What should I do? Do you want to go back?"
Gao Shun did not answer, but asked the guards to count how much supplies and food were left in the army, then calculated the distance between him and the horse thief, and deduced the relevant battle situation.
"General, there are still some dry food, which cost about seven or eight days, but there is not much water..." The guard came back to report, "It was originally planned to go to the next water source to replenish it tomorrow morning..."
Gao Shun nodded, looked up at the sky, "Send the order and wake up your brother, and prepare to set off now before tomorrow. We must first arrive at the next water source! Then find an opportunity and take the initiative!"
Chapter completed!