Chaotic shouts and shouts suddenly sounded in the camp.
In the mountains, a large number of torches were also lit, swaying and making noise, as if countless soldiers and horses were rushing towards the camp on Zhongtiao Mountain.
Guo Jia came out of the tent wearing a big cloak, faced the night wind and climbed up to the sentry tower in the camp. He squinted at the torches that suddenly appeared in the mountains, suddenly sneezed, and immediately ordered, "Come here!"
Drumming!』
The rumble of war drums sounded, covering up all the human voices and echoing in the mountains.
The soldiers of Cao's army also regained order and composure amidst the sound of war drums, and formed defense formations in an orderly manner to extinguish the incoming flames.
Cao Jun's soldiers poured the sand and soil prepared in the camp onto the burning kerosene and quickly extinguished the kerosene. Even if some wood and tent linoleum were ignited, they were pushed down by Cao Jun's soldiers and did not let the flames spread in the night wind.
freely spread among them.
"Sure enough." Sima Yi sneered on the top of the mountain.
The Cao army camp where Guo Jia was located did not attack in a panic, but adopted the most rigorous defensive posture.
The soldiers of Cao's army in the camp were naturally not disturbed by Sima Yi's men shouting wildly on the mountain amid the sound of war drums. And what's very interesting is that when they saw other people doing things calmly, even if
There are still some people who are panicking, but they will calm down quickly...
If Sima Yi wanted to take the opportunity to attack the camp, he would be counterattacked by Guo Jia's defense.
Sima Yi stared at the fire in the Zhongtiao Mountain camp and found that his original inference was correct.
Under the illumination of kerosene, the movements of Cao's soldiers were also more obvious.
If the area where Sima Yi shot was a grain garrison, it might have threatened Cao Jun's food problem. These Cao Jun soldiers would never be so calm...
Food and grass are more easily ignited than ordinary wood and tents.
Therefore, the answer is that either the area Sima Yi attacked was not a place where grain and grass was stored, or the grain and grass were stored underground and were not afraid of being burned by debris on the surface.
Sima Yi felt that the latter was more likely. After all, Cao's army had a lot of men before, and Zhongtiao Mountain was considered to be on a high loess slope. The soil was relatively dry and stable, so digging some cellars to store grain and grass was not considered a problem.
How troublesome.
If this is the case, then it is basically impossible to directly use a loaded rhubarb crossbow to burn grain and grass.
"You're really on guard..." Sima Yi sneered.
"Do you want to continue shooting?" asked the soldiers beside Sima Yi.
Sima Yi turned around and went down the mountain, "No, put it away. Get ready to move... let's change places..."
"Change somewhere? Go there?"
"Let's go to the original ambush..." Sima Yi said with a smile, "By the way...the last person poured some kerosene on it and burned it down!"
After a while, the hustle and bustle in the mountains stopped, but a mountaintop burned inexplicably, and the flames shot up into the sky, swaying in the night wind, and reflected half of the sky as if dawn had arrived early.
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Lu Chang, who was marching to the Tongguan camp in the mountains, received an alarm from the soldiers. When he looked back, he saw the firelight that reflected half of the sky red, and he immediately trembled.
"It's just as the military advisor expected!" Lu Chang shouted, "The thieves are planning to attack the Zhongtiao Mountain camp! Send an order, the rear team becomes the front team, the front team becomes the rear team, and return to the camp quickly! Kill the thieves!"
The soldiers of Cao's army responded to the shouts, turned around, and hurried towards the Zhongtiao Mountain camp.
The official road in Zhongtiao Mountain is relatively flat and open, but in order to be flat and open, it must wind up along the mountain. It is impossible to go directly to the Zhongtiao Mountain camp along a straight line. Although Lu Chang and others can
Guo Jia's advice, but seeing the fire all over the sky and not knowing the situation of his own camp, he will inevitably become a little anxious and panicked.
Normally, they came out of the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp and encountered no problems along the way. Now that they are walking back along the original road, they naturally do not think that there is any danger on the way back. In addition,
Due to the anxiety at the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, these Cao soldiers moved faster.
As soon as we walked faster, the team changed shape.
The swordsmen and shieldmen who were originally lined up on both sides naturally couldn't move as fast as the spearmen and archers in the middle because of their heavy loads. They made an emergency trip in the middle of the night without even a bite to eat, and then walked back and forth on the mountain road.
, physical decline is inevitable.
Even on such a wide official road, it would not be a very comfortable experience to rush back and forth. Cao Jun's soldiers could not help but gasp and breathe, and the weapons in their hands began to become a walking stick...
There was a blazing fire on the top of the mountain in the distance, and it seemed like a huge monster was roaring in the sky.
Countless birds and animals were frightened, flying around and screaming, creating a doomsday scene.
"Whoosh!"
An arrow flew and shot down the Cao soldiers who were walking in the front to the ground.
"Ah ah ah..." screams sounded.
Cao Jun's soldiers subconsciously defended and evaded on the spot.
The fallen torch flickered on the official road.
The mountain on one side of the mountain road is dark, and under the light and shadow, it seems like there are countless black shadows hiding in it, shaking constantly.
"The enemy is attacking! The enemy is attacking!" Cao's soldiers shouted, "There are archers! Where are the shields? Where are our shields?"
Only then did you think of the shield?
So those shield soldiers just now were so tired that they almost stuck out their tongues and panted like dogs. Why didn't anyone say that anyone reached out to help?
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Arrows came whistling, one from the left and one from the right.
"Ahhh! I've been hit by an arrow! Come on, come and save me!"
The soldiers of Cao's army who were shot were lying dying on the official road, or struggling in pain and wailing.
"Charge over!" Lu Chang shouted, "Don't stay!"
Almost instinctively, Lu Chang immediately urged Cao's soldiers to move forward instead of being crowded into a group on the mountain road!
Before Lu Chang could finish his words, he saw a stream of light coming and piercing into the soldiers of Cao's army clustered in the mountain road!
Sawdust flew everywhere and fire oil splattered!
"Ahhhh..."
The soldiers of Cao's army who were stained with kerosene howled, and their voice was much louder than that of the guy who had been hit by the arrow before.
Many soldiers who were rushing around because their bodies were stained with flames were stunned, and some of them fell headlong into the mountains aside, rolling down with long pitiful screams and dull collision sounds.
There are also some soldiers of Cao's army who don't know whether they instinctively seek help from the people around them, or whether they want to find someone to support them before they die. The flames are like a closely-contacted emergency virus, spreading rapidly among the crowd!
"Those who rebel against the army will die!" Lu Chang chopped down a soldier of Cao's army who was on fire and was running around. "Charge over! There is no danger in this way! Charge over!"
Lu Chang's judgment was undoubtedly correct.
The official road in Zhongtiao Mountain winds along the mountain. It does not look like some dangerous terrain that only one man can pass and ten thousand people cannot pass. Rather than being stuck in a dilemma on the mountain road, it is better to rush over directly.
Lu Chang and the others had just walked through this mountain road before, so it was impossible to dig out any insurmountable gap or trap in such a short period of time. Moreover, Lu Chang judged that this force attacking Cao's army was an attempt to intercept
They backed up and slowed them down, so as long as they rushed over, they could naturally break the interception of the hussar horses.
Under Lu Chang's urging, the soldiers of Cao's army also shouted, leaving behind their injured or burned comrades, carrying arrows and running forward crazily.
In the mountain road, due to the slope itself, and the fact that Cao Jun subconsciously huddled in a pile at the beginning, even though they were in the middle of life and death, Cao Jun's soldiers unleashed their potential, howling at the top of their lungs, and marched on the mountain road.
There was pushing and shoving among each other, but some Cao Jun soldiers accidentally tripped or were pushed down, and rolled all the way down the mountain stream with a long tail sound...
Arrows flying from time to time only increased the panic of Cao's soldiers.
Under such circumstances, many soldiers of Cao's army showed their traditional skills and threw away the various weapons and weapons they were carrying. They felt relaxed and happy after the burden was relieved, and their speed immediately increased. This relaxed and happy feeling
He immediately educated the other soldiers of Cao's army, and among the clanging sounds, countless weapons and armors were abandoned on the mountain road. They just wanted to be free and happy, and pursue self-release of their nature!
Before dawn, the darkness seems to be thicker.
Under the black sky, the blazing fire on the mountaintop seemed to be a sign of something.
The soldiers of Cao's army, whether they were in the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, running on the mountain road, or in the Tongguan camp on the other side of the river, which had finally calmed down, seemed to feel something vaguely.
When people are in the wave of the times, no matter how dull they are, they can still feel the impact of the invisible force washing and pushing. However, some people can ride the wind and rise, while others can only squat.
There are some people who act like talkative monkeys in the trees, and some people feel something but cannot express it, and it settles for a long time and then turns into a sigh.
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in those days……
I wonder if Lu Chang can remember that many years later, this was the closest he got to Sima Yi.
If he turned a corner in his thoughts and tried his best to rush to the ridge where Sima Yi ambushed, he would be able to capture Sima Yi without a doubt...
However, Lu Chang was good at defending but not good at attacking.
Otherwise, he would not be allowed to come to the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp to assist Guo Jia in garrisoning, so his instinctive choice was to rush back as soon as possible, rather than stay and fight with Sima Yi in anger.
After missing this choice point, he became farther and farther away from Sima Yi.
It's like two intersecting lines.
The fire was raging, and Lu Chang carried an injured soldier across the interception line, leaving the fire and casualties behind. The mountain road stained with kerosene was emitting a dazzling fire, which seemed to echo the mountain fire not far away.
.Some corpses were engulfed in flames, exuding the unique burnt smell produced by burning human bodies.
"Don't stop! Move forward! Move forward!"
Lu Chang urged.
Just as he expected, the opponent could only intercept and shoot at a certain stage of the mountain road, and after passing that section of the mountain road, it would be out of the opponent's attack range.
On the ridge on the opposite side of the mountain road, it seemed that they knew that they could no longer attack Lu Chang and the others, so they gradually became quiet. If it weren't for the smell of blood and wailing sounds around them, they might have thought it was just an illusion.
Looking at the scattered queues behind him, with their frightened faces, Lu Chang sighed and placed the wounded soldiers on the side of the mountain road. "Bandage and repair the wounded soldiers on the spot! Leave a team of people to take care of them! The rest of them will follow me to quickly assist the camp."
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It was impossible for him to stay here and wait for the wounded soldiers to be treated, so his decision was still correct.
The camp is more important.
Lu Chang believed that his choice was correct.
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Guo Jia, who was exposed to two consecutive cold winds one night, felt that his head was swollen, his blood vessels were pulsing, and his face and eyeballs were a little swollen and painful. After drinking some hot soup, he wrapped his hair in a big cloak.
After sweating a little, I suddenly received a message from the soldiers, saying that Lu Chang was ambushed on his way back!
Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly understood why an unknown fire suddenly ignited on the top of the mountain...
It turns out that when the thieves saw that the Zhongtiao Mountain camp was heavily guarded, they turned around and targeted Lu Chang!
etc.
Guo Jia held his head with his hands, enduring the headache and thinking.
He felt as if a handful of sand had been stuffed into his head, making turning it not only difficult but also painful.
"Strategist..." When the guard on the side saw this, he couldn't help but asked with some worry, "Strategist, why don't you take a good rest, this thief is just causing trouble outside..."
"That's right!" After receiving the unintentional reminder from the guard, Guo Jia finally thought of the key point, "Here comes someone! Send an order to General Lu to gather his troops and form a formation outside the camp. They are not allowed to enter the camp!"
Damn thief, so cunning!
Guo Jia stood up, but felt a little dizzy and his body was shaking. If there were no guards on the side who stepped forward to help him, he almost fell to the ground.
"Military advisor!" the guard said eagerly, "Come..."
The guard was about to call the doctor or something, but he was held back by Guo Jia, "It doesn't matter...it doesn't matter! I'll be fine here...you took a certain token, go and give the order! The thief must be following General Lu."
!Go quickly, go!』
Guo Jia pushed the guard.
The guard had no choice but to ask Guo Jia to sit in the tent, then turned around and hurried forward to deliver the order.
Because the person who wants to be blocked is not an ordinary military academy, but Guo Jia's deputy, the military commander of the entire camp. If Guo Jia's token is not shown and is simply communicated verbally, it may not be implemented. However, if a formal document is used,
Something like that is obviously impossible at the moment, so it can only be done by Guo Jia's personal bodyguards, carrying Guo Jia's tokens, and personally delivering the order on behalf of Guo Jia's identity...
"Close the camp gate!" Guo Jia's guard held up the military advisor ribbon representing Guo Jia, "The military advisor has an order! Close the camp gate! The soldiers are repairing on the spot outside! No one is allowed to enter the camp!"
The soldiers at the camp gate were about to open the camp gate when they heard the order and were stunned.
I turned around to confirm, and indeed I saw the military advisor's ribbon held high in the guard's hand, and then I repeated the guard's order, "The military advisor has an order! Close the camp gate! Soldiers are outside, repair on the spot!"
"Close the camp gate!"
"Fix it on the spot!"
"No one is allowed in!"
The soldiers at the camp gate passed orders, and their voices came and went.
"Tsk..."
The hussar soldiers hiding among Lu Chang's troops realized that they could not survive. He let go of his arm that was supporting a Cao army soldier with a sprained foot.
"Thank you..." The soldier of Cao's army had not noticed anything wrong yet, but he was grateful for the "comrade" beside him who came out from nowhere and supported him all the way, "Thank you so much!"
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to keep up..."
The elite hussar scout showed a few big teeth, and while feeling around on his body, he responded casually, "Nothing, it should be, everything should be..."
"Alas, you are so enthusiastic..." Cao Jun's soldier said with some emotion, and then halfway through speaking, he saw the "comrade" next to him took out a black spherical object from his body, "
Huh? What is this?』
The hussar scout showed a rather honest smile, "A "little gift" for you..."
Under the increasingly confused gazes of the Weijiao soldiers, the hussar scout lit the grenade, and then threw it towards a distant place where there were many Cao soldiers.
The crooked Cao Jun soldier opened his mouth wide and couldn't help but follow the "little gift" with his eyes...
"boom!"
Like a thunderbolt falling on the ground, in the sudden rise of gunpowder smoke and light fire, the human tissue lifted up by the explosion air wave flew in the air, and then fell.
The soldier of Cao's army with his sprained leg suddenly became unsteady and fell to the ground. Then he realized that his "comrade" who had been supporting him along the way had disappeared. He only heard someone's shrill cry, "The hussars are coming!"
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"Hussars?!" The sprained Cao Jun soldier finally woke up and was horrified, "Hussars! Hussars are coming..."
"boom!"
Another explosion sounded from the other side.
Cao's soldiers, who were already a little frightened, suddenly fell into chaos!
"Open the door! Let us in!"
"Open the camp gate!"
"The hussars are coming! Run!"
"Thunder!"
"Help! Open the door!"
Chaotic sounds mingled.
Some were shouted by the elite hussar scouts mixed in the queue, and some were shouted by Cao's soldiers themselves.
If a group of buffaloes line up in an array with their horns pointing outward, even the lions will be unable to do anything to the buffalo herd. But once the buffalo herd starts to run away and each of them is minding their own business, even the jackals can come over and take a share of the pie.
The soldiers of Cao's army, who were already in a state of shock, were blown up by the grenade, screamed and frightened, and immediately subconsciously rushed towards the camp gate. After all, in their minds, as long as they entered the camp, they would be safe...
"You can't open the door!" Guard Guo Jia raised the military advisor's seal and repeated the order, "You can't open the door!"
"They are coming!" the camp gate guard shouted urgently, "What should we do? What should we do?!"
"This..." Sweat rolled down Guo Jia's guard's head, and finally he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Kill anyone who rushes into the camp gate!"
The arrows whizzed down, killing Cao's soldiers who tried to rush into the camp at the gate of the camp.
The chaotic dark night finally passed, and the belated sun jumped out of the ridge and splashed sunlight on the mountains.
Guo Jia endured the headache and physical discomfort and came out to clean up the mess.
A disgraced Lu Chang stepped forward to plead guilty.
Only a hundred people were actually killed or injured in the hussar attack last night, but the number of casualties caused by fighting among each other was nearly a thousand!
"This is not the time..." Guo Jiaqiang held on, beads of sweat rolling down his head, and his face turned blue, "This is not the time to apologize...General gather the troops as soon as possible to calm the morale of the troops..."
Lu Chang also noticed something was wrong with Guo Jia, "Military advisor... you, what are you..."
"Help me into the tent..." Guo Jia grabbed Lu Chang's hand.
Lu Chang felt that Guo Jia's hand was hot, and he couldn't help being shocked. He quickly helped Guo Jia into the tent together with Guo Jia's guards.
As soon as he entered the tent, Guo Jia collapsed. Before he passed out, he was still muttering, "We must...strictly guard...contact the lord...remember...don't let the thieves...take advantage of the chaos to attack..."
"Strategist, strategist!" Lu Chang touched Guo Jia's forehead. The tentacles were extremely hot and he was startled. "Come here, send the doctor quickly!"
