Xiahou Dun was not without preparations for retreat. When he was still controlling Jinyang, he secretly sent some soldiers to transport supplies in the Taihang Mountain Trail in case of emergency needs.
But what he never expected was that when he really needed these materials, all the materials that had finally been transported to the mountain pass were gone!
It only leaves some empty or destroyed ruins of the camp.
Xiahou Dun was almost crazy.
He knew that he was advancing a hundred miles away and going deep into the army alone, so once he became a tired army, he would definitely not fight for a long time. So he made plans before the Battle of Jinyang. As long as he stayed for three months to half a year, he would look for opportunities to break through. With the camps of mountain roads, he was confident that he would not let the cavalry find any good opportunities, so he would involve the troops under Fei Qian and create better offensive opportunities for Cao Cao.
But Xiahou Dun really didn't expect that he not only suffered a devastating blow in Jinyang, but also encountered such a strange thing on this Taihang Mountain Trail!
"The Lord, I've seen it all..." The guard whispered beside Xiahou Dun, "There is no sign of fighting, there is no such thing as... This is abnormal, very abnormal...
Even if you are really attacked by the cavalry and horses, there will be some fighting and resistance, and then there will be traces left in the camp. Even if there are wild dogs, vultures and other scavengers coming, there will be no traces.
Xiahou Dun was so worried that his head hurt. Even if he left some food and grass, he could support them for a longer time...
Why is it gone?
However, there is not much time for Xiahou Dun to think about why such changes occur. He must solve the problem of food. Otherwise, not to mention the remaining more than a hundred personal guards, even he himself will lose his life.
"Have the person sent to Shexian has not replied yet?"
Xiahou Dun asked.
The guard shook his head.
Xiahou Dun's face turned a little darker again.
"The Lord...we are now..." The guards didn't finish their words, but everyone knew what it meant.
The horse meat has been eaten.
Connecting to Xiahou Dun's own war horse.
Everyone is a infantryman.
But the road is still long and the county is still far away.
『…Go to the back,』 Xiahou Dun had a gloomy face and a low voice,『Searching for some horse meat... and bring those injured...』
The guard was a little confused at the beginning, but he soon understood and immediately widened his eyes.
Now these people are Xiahou Dun's troops!
It is precisely because of the faction that when the Cao army soldiers mutinyed before, these talents stood on Xiahou Dun's side.
But now...
What does the division mean to the generals?
Meaning everything.
Just as later feudal dynasties often said that the people were the cornerstones of the dynasty, the current tribes of the Eastern Han Dynasty were also the cornerstones of the generals. They not only provided military support, but also symbols of their power and status.
The number of corps determines the power of the generals in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and sometimes even can influence the political situation of the dynasty, especially when centralization is weak. Because these corps are often associated with the land owned by the general, the general also indirectly controls the land and labor through the control corps, maintains the internal stability of his own territory, and is used to suppress rebellions and maintain order.
Therefore, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, when recruiting troops, the general always liked to pat his chest, saying that he only gave birth to...
Cough cough cough, as long as you perform well, the general will come to retire.
Now Xiahou Dun said that he never lie or breaks his promise, because from the beginning, Xiahou Dun did not say who raised whom.
As for the faction who mistakenly think that the retirement subject is them, can Xiahou Dun blame him?
No contract was signed.
Even if you take a step back, what if you sign a contract?
No matter what he wrote in black and white, what can I do if I say I don’t recognize him?
Just like the constitution of a capitalist country also stipulates that private property is inviolable, but whose private property is protected? Who will implement it?
The personal soldiers looked at Xiahou Dun almost spitting out fire, as if they were trying to eat people. They stopped saying anything, and answered in a low voice, then greeted some people, either carrying or taking the injured soldiers to the rear.
After a while, the soldiers came back with some fresh meat.
It is said to be horse meat.
It is passed by the professional test of personal soldiers and is horse meat.
Add some wild vegetables picked around the area and cooked a large pot of vegetables.
There was a pot or a bowl, so I put it in a helmet and brought it to Xiahou Dun.
Xiahou Dun was silent for a while, then raised his helmet and ate it.
After Xiahou Dun finished eating, everyone ate silently.
have eaten.
Anyway, it's not the first time I've eaten horse meat.
But this time the horse meat is indeed a bit different.
The taste is in your heart.
...
...
The sudden change broke the silence of Xiahou Dun and his group.
After eating horse meat, although he had the energy to move forward, he seemed to have lost something. Whether it was Xiahou Dun or other soldiers of the troops, he stopped talking, and even the slightest complaints before were gone.
If there is no change, silence may continue to remain silent until permanent.
But now, silence is broken.
It was broken by sudden external forces!
People shouted and howled everywhere!
In the mountain road, it was as noisy as if it was blowing up.
However, Xiahou Dun, who was in it, still seemed difficult to understand why the situation turned into what it was now.
They encountered an attack.
Yan Rou attacked with a few people.
There was basically no big difficulty in Yan Rou conquering Shexian.
Because Cui Jun finished all the things he should have done.
In order to escape from Jinyang, Cui Jun did not bring much supplies along the way, so all his supplements were vaining Xiahou's flag...
The strict class system in Shandong's military system makes it difficult for subordinates and it is unlikely that they will question their superiors. Even if they think there is something wrong with the order, they will still be executed more often.
After all, Shandong is constantly demanding, executing, executing, executing, executing in many cases.
If it cannot be executed, it will be dismissed on the spot.
This one-size-fits-all phenomenon has profoundly affected every corner of Shandong.
What are the specific reasons for the policy or instructions that are difficult to be implemented? In fact, all the officials in the upper court know this. But with just one order or one sentence, they can be implemented. Why do you have to spend more time, more energy, and more sweat?
Is it useful when the upper head is cut with one piece of cake and then ask the lower head not to be cut with it?
Therefore, when Cui Jun held the banner and raised various orders with obvious problems, he was still executed. If he didn't execute it, he would be convicted and executed on the spot. Even if he knew it was wrong, he would just say "simple and crude" afterwards, and "next time" will be done.
Of course everyone knows how to choose.
So when Xiahou Dun fled, there were only empty supply camps along the way.
Then Xiahou Dun sent the soldiers who reported to Shexian County, which naturally became Yan Rou's guide "beacon" and, well, perhaps also Xiahou Dun's "near lamp"...
When Yan Rou and his men rushed towards Xiahou Dun, the Xiahou Dun army, who should have been intercepted desperately, had no idea why it scattered everywhere and did not have much fighting spirit!
You should know that these are the teams that Xiahou Dun personally recruited and trained!
Among the many Cao army soldiers, the troops who can become generals of Xiahou Dun have at least some skills, but now...
At this moment, Xiahou Dun had no time to think too much. The enemy was rushing in front of him, so he could only fight hard!
Screaming, screaming, spreading loess smoke and dust.
Splashing blood, tilted figures.
Xiahou Dun's personal guard blocked the front and was thrust on his head and neck by arrows flying out of the smoke and dust. The blood splashed out everywhere, staining Xiahou Dun's head, face and body.
"Capturing the thief chief! It's the first achievement!"
『Catch him! Don't let him run away!』
This sound comes from several different people, but the target is the same.
In a blink of an eye, Yan Rou and his men rushed into Xiahou Dun's last line of defense in the smoke and dust.
Almost from the first moment, it was the most direct and cruel collision.
Such fighting on the battlefield cannot be called the beauty of martial arts, only two words, life or death.
The one who lay down died, and the one who stood still lived.
Yan Rou swept away several messy swords and guns, and then suddenly hit the shield formation of Xiahou Dun's personal guards in front of him.
"boom!"
The battle between spear and shield!
Wood chips fly everywhere!
The wood chips include the long spear handle in Yan Rou's hand, and the shield in Xiahou Dun's personal guard...
The horse spear that Yan Rou originally used was damaged in the early battles, and later it used the standard spears of the cavalry army. Although this spear was strictly manufactured by craftsmen, it was always mass-produced. Under such a huge impact, the tough gun handle was difficult to compete with and burst open.
The shield in the other party's hand could not withstand it. The corner of the broken shield flew up and almost hit Xiahou Dun's helmet.
The physical fitness of a martial artist is generally better than that of ordinary people, so the force of this kind of explosion is also amazing. If it weren't for this, the standard spear would not have broken down under such a violent impact. However, this power is not normal. It is not reliable to rely solely on spears to smash the shield.
"Let me do it!" A strong man rushed forward behind Yan Rou, waved the hammer in his hand and smashed it hard!
『Hehe!』
Strike weapons are obviously more destructive to shields than spears.
After a sudden hit, a shield was smashed to pieces by the strong man.
The warhammer is made of cast iron and is extremely heavy. Although there is no sharp blade, if it is swung, it will inevitably be broken.
When the shield was smashed, the strong man exhaled and wanted to smash the second shield.
Xiahou Dun's personal guard dared not to respond. He quickly shrank his shield back, and only a buzzing roar was heard, and the war hammer smashed the air with the sound of wind. Xiahou Dun's personal guard did not dare to wait for the opponent to swing the third time, and his feet suddenly exerted force and pounced on him, exerting the best strength to slash at the opponent's neck with the sword in his hand.
Yan Rou changed a spear and then added a position. She shook the gun and picked up the sword that cut towards the strong man.
The strong man was gone from danger, so he shouted again and swung the hammer and smashed it down.
Xiahou Dun's personal guard's knife was lifted away, but he did not dare to take the hammer head-on. He could only try to remove the force by slantingly. The huge force of the hammer could not be removed at all. He was smashed out with a thud, and the center of gravity was unstable and fell to the ground.
The few people intertwined and they were all in the fight.
There was smoke and dust in the mountain pass, and it seemed that there were fighting everywhere.
The shield array was smashed open by the strong man, and Xiahou Dun was helplessly exposed.
Yan Rou let out a strange laugh, shook her spear and stabbed her directly at Xiahou Dun.
Xiahou Dun could only lift the shield to block it, and then pressed against Yan Rou's spear with one sword and cut it over with his backhand.
Yan Rou let out a hey, kicked Xiahou Dun on the shield, staggering Xiahou Dun. He also took advantage of the force to jump back and pulled a certain distance.
Xiahou Dun naturally could not cut Yan Rou's fingers along the handle of the spear.
Yan Rou turned around and looked into the spear, then she shook out the spear flower and stabbed Xiahou Dun's head and neck.
Xiahou Dun lowered his body, stood up his shield, and suddenly put it on the shelves. Then he took a big step forward and waved his sword to cut Yan Rou's lower three routes.
The moves between these two people, both of whom are all the means of fighting on the battlefield between spears and swords and shields that are too standard.
A single gun is to use the length of the spear to suppress the opponent, while a knife and shield do everything possible to snatch the inner ring of the spear and give full play to the advantages of short weapons.
If you are in the training ground, or when both sides are full of energy and are full of energy, the two of you can't say you can go back and forth and kill you in the dark.
Although Xiahou Dun is not a top-notch military general in martial arts, Yan Rou is not the same. To a certain extent, Xiahou Dun's martial arts skills are even higher than Yan Rou. After all, Yan Rou grew up on the grassland and desert, with a little stronger strength, but it is natural that he lacks skills.
After all, the moon stick and the year knife are a lifelong gun. The ancient apes can already wield big sticks to smash people, but it is not that easy to gain some accomplishments in the spear.
So Xiahou Dun should have certain advantages.
It’s a pity that Xiahou Dun is hungry and tired at the moment, and his energy and physical strength have dropped a lot.
After fighting for several rounds, Xiahou Dun obviously became short of breath and his arms began to tremble. Knowing that the situation was not good, he just slashed his sword and made a stance to fight against Yan Rou. He found an opportunity to turn around and run away!
For Yan Rou, it is obvious that Xiahou Dun captured alive is far more valuable than the dead fish Xiahou, so he held back a little. It was precisely because Yan Rou held back a little that the experienced Xiahou Dun could see that he was unwilling to be captured just like this!
She would rather die in the mountains than become a meritorious person in Yan Rou!
Escape!
Escape, run away...
The sky is dark and the trees are wailing.
The afterglow shone on the rugged mountain road, and even the wind seemed to be against Xiahou Dun, causing his chest to hurt.
He once commanded the troops, but now there are only a few people left by his side.
He used to be shining, but now he is covered in blood and dirt.
Behind him was the shouts of pursuers, and ahead of him was a vast future.
Xiahou Dun's armor was covered in blood. This was once his glory on the battlefield, but now it has become his sorrow at this moment.
He originally had a golden horn that could only be made into a golden horn with a huge amount of money, and was a disaster for him. But now the ordinary helmet is already weak and tilted and may fall off at any time.
His shield had been discarded during his escape, and the only thing left was a battle knife.
But he still held it tightly in his hand, as if this was his only support, and it was his last trace of persistence towards himself, Shandong, and Cao Cao.
The forest shrubs whipped him.
The growing rattan and tree roots were tripping him.
Xiahou Dun fell to the ground with a grunt, and the only sword flew out of his hand, jumped and disappeared from the bushes.
The shouts of pursuers echoed among the trees, as if there were pursuers from all directions.
Only then did Xiahou Dun realize that only three or two people were left following him.
"What about them...whether...the others?" Xiahou Dun asked with a violent breath.
silence.
It was also a breathing silence.
Why?
Xiahou Dun wanted to roar, but he didn't have much strength anymore.
He couldn't figure it out, he was very angry.
Didn’t these subordinates vow to be loyal to him, but did they voluntarily join his corps, support everything he had, obey his orders, from life to death, from themselves to their families, shouldn’t they give everything for the Xiahou family and the prime minister’s great cause and will never betray them?
Why do these guys actually escape now? They didn’t follow me tightly and did not protect me with all their duties?
Why?!
Xiahou Dun stood up, "I have a way..."
"…" There seemed to be a little light in the eyes of the remaining guard.
"So..." Xiahou Dun said while starting to take off his armor, "One of you comes to put on this armor...and then as long as you cut off your head, they will naturally have no way to tell... They will retreat at that time..."
Xiahou Dun untied the armored silk ribbon and stared at the remaining guards, "Who are you... coming?"
Xiahou Dun said it very naturally.
It seems like the sun in the sky rises from the east and sets in the west.
Because in Xiahou Dun's heart, these divisions were his spear and shield.
Spears are used to attack the enemy, and shields are used to defend themselves. But whether they are spears or shields, they are just weapons, objects, and things...
Not a human.
"…" The remaining guards were silent.
"Hmm?" Xiahou Dun frowned slightly.
A personal guard took off his helmet, took it in his hand, and walked forward, "I...I'll do it..."
Xiahou Dun let out a breath and showed his most kind smile as much as possible, "Don't worry, I will definitely take good care of you..."
Before Xiahou Dun could finish his words, he saw the guard hit Xiahou Dun's head with the helmet in his hand!
『Dong!』
A dull sound came out, and Xiahou Dun felt the sky spinning and fell to the ground with a thud!
"What are you doing?!" Several other guards screamed in shock.
The attacking guard smiled bitterly, "I'll ask one question! General Xiahou! Do you remember the names of those "horse meat"?! I ask you, can't you remember their names?! If you remember, I will die for you! Say! Just one name! Say it!!"
『…』 Xiahou Dun was silent.
If Xiahou Dun said that he would not be able to really say someone's name, of course, it was reminded by the clerk around him.
But now he has no secretary, oh, no tips from the clerk...
After all, in Shandong, who would remember the name of the tool?
Whether this tool is alive or dead.
Especially when eating horse meat, Xiahou Dun was constantly suggesting that this was real horse meat, so it was even more impossible to remember the names of these horse meats...
The attacking guard smiled bitterly, and then shouted to the sky: "Big Man! Loyal and filial! Hahaha! This is General Xiahou who is loyal, filial and kind!"
The guard raised the sword.
The remaining few personal guards subconsciously protected Xiahou Dun.
Even though they saw it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears, they still instinctively safeguarded Xiahou Dun's dignity and stood on the side of Xiahou Dun.
Amid the tragic laughter, the guard committed suicide with his sword.
Blood splashed out, dyeing the land in the forest red...
Suddenly, the light and shadow in the woods swayed, "Finish them! Here! Here!!"