Chapter 3373 A small choice
Xu Chu and others put out the torches, relying on their strength of their own abilities and their previous understanding of the Cao army camp, they quietly walked through the gullies of the earthen plateau and touched the camp gate area where Bao Zhong was.
Of course, Xu Chu would not go through those passages full of traps and fortifications, but climbed over the earthen plateau and passed through the land nests of the civilians in the Cao army camp.
Then Xu Chu discovered a very interesting problem, but also confuses him very much.
When Xu Chu was under the city of Anyi, he vaguely discovered this point, but he didn't have time to explore more, but at the moment, Xu Chu felt it was very obvious...
He could not incite, and even drove away the civilians and civilians in Cao's camp!
In Xu Chu's original understanding, even if these civilians and civilians did not rise up and follow Xu Chu and others and resisted Cao's army together, they would run around and bump into each other under the drive of instinct and create better combat opportunities for Xu Chu and others.
But, not.
These civilians would just hug each other and tremble. Even when passing by them, these civilians would not shout, shout, or run around.
It's like deaf and dumb...
This is very strange.
This surprised Xu Chu and raised his vigilance. He stopped and squinted his eyes at the land nests of the villagers.
These ground nests are like holes dug out from the underworld in the darkness. However, the people who were awakened in the ground nests do not step beyond the line, but just lying in the ground nests with their eyes open in the darkness. In the darkness, only the eyes reflected light from the fire, which seemed to be alive.
"These guys...
Xu Chu frowned, and he looked around and felt something was wrong.
It is said to be a camp for civilians, but it is actually a gathering place for the ground nests. There are no fences or walls, only pits on the ground, as well as the faces and eyes exposed in the pits, which seem to prove that the people in the ground nests are humans, or animals that look like humans.
These people who were held, driven away, and enslaved watched Xu Chu leave with others, and then watched Xu Chu come back with others, without moving, running, or calling, silently and obeying oneself.
Xu Chu waved his hand and said, "Check these nests!"
The soldiers under his command immediately rushed into the ground nest and lifted up the sheds of several ground nests in a row.
The men in the ground nests with the sheds were like marmots pried open the soil layer above their heads, screaming and hugging each other, without any resistance or running away.
『No weapons!』
"No Cao's army!"
"No!"
『…』
The successive reports did not eliminate Xu Chu's doubts, but instead made him even more puzzled.
"Strange..." Xu Chu walked to a ground nest with a roof lifted open.
The men in the ground nest hugged each other tightly and hugged in the corner. If they hadn't trembled from time to time, and rolled their eyes at Xu Chu, they would have thought that these guys were dead.
The smell in the ground nest was so stinking. Even if the ceiling was opened, it would not be dissipated for a while.
Xu Chu is very familiar with this odor.
This is the smell of dead people, the smell of rottenness.
These people...
Still alive, or dead?
In the Cao Jun camp in the distance, there was still chaos, and the figures swayed in the firelight, running, shouting, and roaring.
Screams were dripping blood.
Crying sounds, ups and downs.
Those things made Xu Chu feel normal...
These civilians are very abnormal.
Xu Chu looked around and saw that he was not worried that Cao Hong would find him. After all, it was a camp within a radius of twenty miles. Although it was not as exaggerated as Liu Huangshu's seventy miles, it was normal that the human heads were hit with dog brains, and it was just a normal time to receive information from behind. At night, whether it was a messenger or a golden drum flag to command soldiers, there was a very high delay.
Therefore, even if Cao Hong wants to launch a large-scale counterattack, it takes a certain amount of time. The more panicked the Cao army soldiers, the more relieved Xu Chu will feel. However, the civilians in front of him are so "being at peace with oneself" that Xu Chu feels strange...
"Why don't you run away or run?"
Xu Chu asked.
『…』
silence.
No one answered him.
All the civilians in the land nests are like deaf people or fools, and they cannot hear or understand what Xu Chu said.
『Say! Answer the general!』
A Hussar shook his bloody sword.
When I saw the bloody sword, someone whispered: "You can't run... If you run, you will die..."
Xu Chu was stunned.
What is the reason for this?
If you don’t run away, you won’t die?
『General, Cao Jun was not found to ambush...』
After patrolling, a Hussar soldier came to report.
Xu Chu was still puzzled, but he didn't think much about it. "Turn all these people out and let them run! Burn these sheds and let them run out!"
Since there are no weapons or ambush, let these people escape by themselves.
The Hussars responded in one after another, and then immediately pulled the torches and threw them on the sheds on the nests, pointing the direction for the civilians, "Everyone goes in that direction! Hurry up!"
In the perception of Xu Chu and the Hussars, these innocent people were considered innocent. Although they had no time to take them out of Cao's camp now, they pointed out a way and let them run out by themselves.
What Xu Chu never expected was that these civilians were indeed driven out by the Hussars and scattered out at first, but as soon as Xu Chu and others left, they had just turned over the earthen plateau. When Xu Chu turned around, he saw these civilians returning to their original place...
"This..." Xu Chu frowned.
What's the situation?
However, at this moment, Xu Chu had no time to look back and pay attention to it. He could only bypass the earthen plateau and touch Bao Zhong's butt.
It’s not that Xu Chu likes chrysanthemums, but that he is cautious.
...
...
In the central camp of Cao's army.
The most important thing about night battles is the effective transmission of information, and Cao Jun obviously had a big problem in this regard.
In the Cao army camp, the large and small camps were staggered, and the central camp where Cao Hong was located was not only a higher fence wall, but also a deeper trenches. Just opening the door, there were four places, high platforms, watchtowers, and arrow towers, which were densely packed.
It would be amazing to set up one or two sentry towers at the camp gate. In this central camp of Cao's army, there are not only defensive platforms for archers, but also weapons platforms for specially erected crossbows.
If you only look at the crossbows on the platform, the cold cold light stared at the fire and blood in other places, and it seemed calm and unmoved. But if you look below close to the ground, you will find that in the camp, the soldiers who were urgently traveling were running around sweating profusely, and they were in a panic, sank into the night and conveying orders...
So, is this a mountain that is still moving, or a frightened bird?
Looking at the fires ignited in the camp and the blood splattering, and listening to the fighting and screams everywhere, Cao Hong's face was as deep as water.
"Thief! It's really damn!" Cao Hong cursed angrily, "Everyone who istrayed his ancestors and forgot his ancestors will kill them!"
Before Bao Zhong rebelled, Cao Hong wanted to let Bao Zhong shout loyalty every day and thank him for his blessings every night. He volunteered to work overtime until his sudden death, and contributed the last drop of bone marrow to the Cao Family Group Co., Ltd. of the Han Dynasty.
Even when Cao Hong had already noticed complaints, complaints, or even when he was angry, he still didn't care and even gave a high point of guidance, "I don't know what's wrong with this person now, how could he have so much hostility?"
Do you really don't know?
Or pretend not to know?
Now that Bao Zhong has rebelled, Cao Hong is furious again, saying that Bao Zhong, a rebellious person, had long expected that he would be like this!
The company gave him such a good platform and gave him such a good display opportunity and growth environment. I didn’t expect that Bao Zhong was so ungrateful and vulgar and humble!
Then I felt strange again, why did the military academy that I arranged to monitor Bao Zhong’s soldiers and military schools be so easily dealt with?
Finally, I came to the conclusion that it was a bunch of waste!
However, Cao Hong also made some arrangements and mobilized some central guards to block the front and back positions of Bao Zhong. As a means of precaution, it seems that it does play a role now, blocking the movement range of Bao Zhong's troops.
Now, for Cao Hong, he needs to determine the next move of the cavalry...
In this way, he can make more targeted arrangements.
"General! The cavalry and thieves seem to be heading east! They burned the civilian camp!"
Looking up at the soldiers on the building shouted.
Because it is at night, it is not clear.
But the cries and the ignition of fire will more or less reveal some information.
"Going east? Going to Anyi City again?" Cao Hong was stunned. "Did you look carefully?"
"Look carefully! It is indeed the fire of the civilian camp in the east!" The soldiers reported.
"This..." Cao Hong was confused.
After a long time, Is it for Anyi City again?
Didn't you come for yourself?
What does the cavalry mean?
Cao Hong is now injured in his leg and cannot climb the platform. He can only try to stretch his neck and look into the distance.
The Cao army camp occupied a very wide area, and there were small camps in the camp.
As the fire sways, you can only see many shadows shaking between the camps, wooden stakes, and fortifications, but you can't see clearly what it is...
Cao Hong gritted his teeth, "Have the cavalry outside the camp moved?"
Looking at the Cao army soldiers on the tower tried to stare at the darkness in the distance, then distinguished whether there were horse hooves in the air. After a while, he lowered his head and shouted, "Master, I didn't notice any movement!"
The guard said from the side: "Master, will you... not send out cavalry?"
Cao Hong was silent for a while, then shook his head, "Impossible! The cavalry has always been cautious, how could it be just using some infantry? It is definitely impossible! These cavalry may have all wrapped around horse hooves!"
"But..." The guard said two words and did not continue, because there was no need.
As long as you are not a fool, you can understand the situation now.
The riots continue.
At night, there is something more terrifying than the enemy situation, which is marketing...
Oh, wrong, Yingxiao!
In fact, it seems that marketing and Yingxiao have a lot of similarities, all of which are entangled with personal will, falling into inexplicable fanaticism, and losing their minds...
If such riots continue at night, even if the cavalry and the thief rebels are eliminated or repelled, it will cause considerable losses and may even fail to end the next day.
So Cao Hong has only two options, one is to quell the riots as soon as possible, and the other is...
Cao Hong looked up at him.
The stars in the sky are still so pure and gorgeous, without any contamination of the blood and dirt of the world.
If the main force of the cavalry is unknown, he cannot act rashly...
But the result is even worse!
Because if there is such a stir at night, I am afraid that the losses that may be caused will be greater than those of the enemy's rushing to the camp!
If you hold on, you don’t have to wait until Fei Qian comes, and Cao Hong himself will collapse first!
Dilemma, another dilemma!
A familiar feeling surged into Cao Hong's heart again.
"The cavalry is really a good opponent..." Cao Hong subconsciously wanted to go upstairs, but staggered slightly because of the injury on his feet, but soon he pushed away the guard's hand and looked north, "What a good opponent!"
This is the case on the battlefield, no matter how difficult it is, you have to choose!
Cao Cao's tactics are already witty and changeable, and cannot be calculated based on common sense. However, Cao Hong did not expect that the tactics corresponding to the cavalry were so beyond the norm...
General generals often only arrange tactics according to basic or habitual cognition. For example, if you want to set up a formation, then it should be "the two wings are placed on cavalry, and the middle line should be long-range troops such as heavy armored infantry and strong crossbows." Of course, this understanding cannot be said to be wrong, but in fact, this is not a rule or a rule, and this arrangement method cannot be broken.
After Fei Qian arrived, the entire Cavalry Army, regardless of the issue of momentum, was the changes in this basic tactic that made Cao Hong exhausted from dealing with it.
At the beginning, everything seemed normal.
It's like the formation that Fei Qian first set out.
For this reason, Cao Hong was proud of himself for a while, thinking that the cavalry was just like this.
But unexpectedly, his complacency could not last long.
Even half of the originally expected, no, even one-third of them failed to stick to it.
When did this change occur?
There was still noisy in the camp, as if every minute and every moment were urging Cao Hong to make a decision as soon as possible!
Yes, that's it!
It’s like this every time, and it’s always a hurry!
Cao Hong suddenly grinned, "Haha! What a cavalryman!"
『Reign of the Lord?
The guards didn't understand.
"Charles, cavalry!"
Cao Hong nodded while sighing.
Fei Qian never sticks to fixed tactics. Sometimes he arranges traditional tactical formations just to confuse his opponents. Just like after Cao Hong discovered Fei Qian's division of troops, he felt that he had the opportunity to raid Xu Chu's troops, fighting less, but he was thought to have a capsized ship...
At the moment, the whole situation was like a falling snowball, becoming increasingly out of Cao Hong's control. When Cao Hong turned around and thought about it carefully, he did not find out what he had done wrong!
This is not to say that Cao Hong is stubborn and does not repent, but Cao Hong discovered that even if he returns to those choices, he will still choose his previous choice!
When the cavalry first arrived, Cao Hong chose to defend the camp rather than fight immediately. Judging from the current results, perhaps the entire army might have had different results at that time, but in fact, the morale of the Cao army was scattered and some of the troops had been secretly transferred by Cao Cao, and he no longer had the conditions to fight with Fei Qian in a head-on battle. Instead, the rational choice and the best tactical strategy to consume the camp fortifications.
Did Cao Hong make the wrong choice here?
There is nothing wrong.
But later, Cao Hong couldn't help but abandon the original plan of consuming the camp, violated the instructions given to him by Cao Cao, and led the army to attack!
The reason why Cao Hong couldn't help it was that the cavalry revealed a "flaw"!
How can you miss a great fighter opportunity?
Cao Hong felt that he could seize the opportunity and change the situation...
Is he wrong?
It’s not wrong, it’s just that things are in a hurry!
The situation on the battlefield changed greatly, and Fei Qian's troops became weak after he divided his troops and he also sent troops to attack the Anyi camp at that time!
It's simply...
Fei Qian has relatively few troops on the surface. According to common sense, he should concentrate his troops, but he just divided his troops! This unreasonable measure made Cao Hong unable to sit still.
But now that Cao Hong is asked to choose again, Cao Hong will at most wonder if he should have attacked Fei Qianzhong Army at that time, rather than sitting there and ignoring Anyi.
So what if Cao Hong endured it?
Although it may not fail immediately, morale will be hit harder!
When the cavalry army gathered together, it can be said that the opponent's army was powerful, but Fei Qian divided the troops, what should I say? Moreover, Fei Qian did not dare to go out for one point three, so once again, he would not go out for one point five or not? If the troops were divided to attack Anyi without saving, what would Cao's army think about defeating the army?
The morale of Cao's army itself is not high. Faced with such a situation, Cao Hong could of course have to choose to go out to rescue the Anyi camp, or directly "surround Wei and save Zhao"!
Cao Hong did not choose to raid Fei Qian's mid-range formation at that time because Cao Hong felt that the cavalry on both wings of Fei Qian would be surrounded and returned at any time, so Cao Hong chose to attack a cavalry on the flank first, and then tried to kill Xu Chu after removing a certain threat. As a result, Cao Hong did not first defeat the Hussar cavalry on the wings, but capsized in front of Xu Chu's infantry.
In the end, the current situation was formed.
And now...
Cao Hong faces a choice again.
Should I choose to chase and kill the cavalry thieves heading east, or to go to the camp gate to wipe out the traitors of Bao Zhong?
Although Cao Hong was a little puzzled by the way to Anyi, it made sense to think about it. After all, the battle in Anyi only rescued a small number of people. Now the escaped people want to rescue more relatives and other things.
So is it important to intercept the people in Anyi, or is it safer to strangle Bao Zhong first?
Some people have been picked up in Anyi City, and their importance has been greatly reduced, so now...
Chapter completed!