That night, Cao Cao, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, and his subordinates and generals spent all their energy and intelligence to build a huge camp in Anyi, Hedong for a long time, including earthen traps, horse-rejecting fortifications, etc., as well as about 20,000 people in the camp.
The soldiers, as well as more than ten thousand civilians, were all destroyed and routed overnight.
Like a huge tower of sand, it is vulnerable to the surging torrent of steel.
Cao Hong abandoned his army and ran away, burning his supplies and cutting off his pursuers.
Chao Zhou made a decisive blow, which was commendable for his courage, but he finally died in front of the hussars' formation.
The remaining soldiers of Cao's army fled in all directions. Some did not know where they were going, and some had nowhere to go. They cried and screamed to the sky, and there were countless dead and wounded.
In the end, Cao Hong took away less than 3,000 soldiers, and the rest of Cao's army, whether they were ordinary county soldiers or elites with the prefix "中", were powerless in the face of the huge Hussars army. Cao's army accumulated over the years, from Shandong to
Most of the countless supplies and equipment that had been transported so hard from the ground, as well as all kinds of property looted from the east of Heluo River, were burned in the fire.
It cannot be said that Cao Hong's strategy was completely ineffective. At least when he was escaping, not only did the chariot attract the attention of most of the hussars, but the fire also stopped the hussars.
And those sporadic hussar scouts cruising in the distance in small teams could not stop Cao Hong from running for his life...
Dogs will jump over the wall when they are anxious, and people will go crazy when they are anxious.
By the time Fei Qian received the news, Cao Hong and others had already run away.
Fei Qian thought for a moment and gave up the idea of chasing the bandit at night.
After all, Cao Jun's camp in Anyi is already such a large piece of barbecue meat, and it always needs to be digested after eating it.
Cao Jun's camp was destroyed, and the city of Anyi was naturally destroyed without a fight.
At this moment, the village elders in Anyi City quickly prepared some small gifts and hurriedly came to pay homage to Hussar, but were turned away from the camp...
Fei Qian didn't have time to see these guys.
Cao's army was defeated, but it did not mean that Fei Qian could immediately send his troops south regardless.
The cavalry can send part of the cavalry out, bypass the remains of Cao Jun's camp, and move forward to detect and pursue, but the rest of the army has no way to set off south immediately. Although the effect of letting Xiahou Dun come forward to clean up the remaining troops of Cao Jun is pretty good, it is obvious that
It was impossible for Fei Qian to let Xiahou Dun lead the remnants of Cao's army. The matter of gathering and reorganizing Cao's army was also quite cumbersome.
unless……
When Cao Cao's troops surrendered, they did the same thing as Cao Cao did to Yuan's troops, trapping and killing them all.
They declared to the outside world that they were all plagues. The Yuan army sent troops to maliciously spread the plague, so they should be killed.
If you can't solve the problem, solve the problem.
It's not that Fei Qian has never done this before, but it doesn't mean that it's right to do it. But now Fei Qian has elite soldiers, strong generals, a school and a political system, but he still does something "harmless for a hundred days"
?Doesn’t that mean that he is incompetent and that his subordinates are also incompetent?
Most of Cao's army's supplies were burned. Fortunately, Fei Qian had mobilized some food and grass from Linfen before, so there was no problem in going up. But now more problems are dealing with the endgame in Hedong, so Fei Qian is very busy.
With all the big and small things on his hands, he naturally had no time to meet with any village elders in Anyi.
But these village elders gathered outside the camp gate and had to deal with it, so Fei Qian called Pei Ji and asked him to deal with these people's problems...
After Pei Ji arrived under Fei Qian's command, he was also very busy. He said that if he wanted to imitate Ban Dingyuan, he would naturally need to be both civil and military. Therefore, he not only had to practice martial arts, but also needed to do some literary work, almost without stopping for a moment.
If it were an ordinary person, he would be more or less tired, or start to think of ways to be lazy and lie down, but Pei Ji didn't. He was like a sword, the more he sharpened it, the sharper it became!
After leaving the camp gate, Pei Ji glanced over and hummed softly.
Basically, he knows all these people.
In fact, these village elders in Anyi City are also paying close attention to the changes on the battlefield. Even if the Hussars have no intention of continuing to come to Anyi to rescue them, these people are also paying attention to the movements of the Hussars. But who would have thought that overnight
Things have changed?!
In the middle of the night, fires shot up into the sky, and they howled miserably. They hid in their homes, shivering, and prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky. After dawn, they thanked God, saying that God heard their prayers and followed their wishes...
Don’t these people know that their prayers to gods, emperors, and other gods are ineffective?
No, in fact, they also know it, and they know it very clearly, but when they talk to the outside world, especially to their subordinates, they will show that they are grateful to God, because in this way they can prove that it was their prayers that allowed Anyi City to survive last night.
Stay safe amidst the horrific changes.
As for the Hussar's sudden force and the defeat of Cao's camp overnight, they kept silent.
When the smoke from the battlefield finally dissipated, they climbed up the city wall and looked at each other. After a while, some people said that there was something going on at home, while others said that they needed to pee and escape. Then when they arrived at the city gate, they saw that everyone was bringing their vehicles.
Once they got together, it was a coincidence that they were just pretending, walking together...
These people originally thought that Cao Jun deliberately showed weakness and went too far. In fact, Cao Jun still had enough strength to fight. There were few hussars. Even if he gathered the whole army and pushed it forward, even if he could not win, it would still be wasted.
Without the Hussar's men and horses, the Hussar had to retreat. Therefore, these people were not willing to surrender to the Hussar at the beginning and had to wait until the final result. This idea also supported them.
Some people even think that their importance will be highlighted only after the Hussar and the Prime Minister are both defeated. Whoever they support will win the final victory, so they secretly hope that Fei Qian and Cao Cao will win.
Love and kill each other for a longer time. As for the ordinary people in Hedong during this process, they are just weeds, cattle and horses at best, so what are they worth?
Only Pei Ji firmly believes that Cao Cao will inevitably fail, and will even be defeated by Fei Qian in a short time! Cao Cao's army will also suffer considerable losses, for no other reason than Cao Cao is no longer the same as he was when he fought against Dong Zhuo
The Cao Cao of that time was dead, but the Hussar was still the Hussar!
It was precisely because of this judgment that Pei Ji decided to leave Anyi and join Qiusi first.
However, Pei Ji did not expect that Cao's army would be in such a state of disgrace!
While sighing secretly, Pei Ji also looked down upon these fellow countrymen who had just come here.
Before, Cao Cao was powerful, so he hurriedly bought things. But what Cao Cao wanted was not the fence-sitters, so these guys were reluctant to part with their own property, and retreated to Anyi City, shouting for Pei to protect them.
The Pei family defended the city, sending people, money, supplies, and even human lives on the city walls. However, these people huddled in the city one by one and knew how to pray to the gods of heaven and earth. When the Pei family asked them to help, they all acted as if they were there.
Can't hear or see!
Now……
"In the spring of the tenth year, when Qi was at peace, the guild of Qi marquis congratulated him." Pei Ji looked at the crowd and said slowly, "Plow rice and offer advice, and use troops to rob the marquis. Confucius said, "The descendants will not seek for Xia, the barbarians will not disrupt China, and the prisoners will not be captured."
To make an alliance, if the soldiers are not forced to do well, it will be unlucky for gods, unjust for virtue, and disrespectful for people. You must not do this. The Marquis of Qi then dismissed. In the past nine years, things have been peaceful in Hedong, Xiang Xiang has not gone out, and Jiale has not been wild.
.If you have the food and have it, you are abandoning the etiquette. If you don’t have it, use the barnyard grass. Therefore, using the barnyard grass to humiliate the king, abandoning the etiquette is called evil, and you are waiting for it?"
Those who understand have expressions of embarrassment, while those who do not understand have smiles on their faces.
Pei Ji didn't say much anymore and looked at everyone with cold eyes, "Beyond the camp gate is an important military area. Anyone who intrudes will be killed without mercy!"
Previously, the soldiers on guard at the camp gate didn't know how the Hussars were going to deal with these people, so they didn't say much. Now after hearing Pei Ji's words, they understood and immediately led the soldiers forward to scold these people.
"Back off! Back off! Back off a hundred steps! Anyone who dares to stand within a hundred steps and get in the way will be killed without mercy!"
"Hoo! Ha!"
When the spears and shields came out, these guys were immediately frightened. Especially on these spears and shields, the smell of blood from last night still seemed to remain, which made these people dare not let go of one more thing, and ran a hundred steps away in a hurry.
, then stopped, gesticulating and mumbling.
When the soldiers guarding the camp gate saw that these people had retreated, they paid no more attention to them.
As for jabbering a hundred steps outside the camp gate, let them jabber.
"What does this guy mean?" someone asked.
Some people shook their heads, not knowing whether they didn't understand or were sighing, and went back with the things they brought.
Others were a little embarrassed. They didn't know what Pei Ji said and they couldn't see the hussar. They waited outside the camp for a long time and finally could only go back muttering...
Regardless of the fact that Pei Ji returned to the camp and received Xun Chen's approval, he turned to look at Cao Hong running away on the road, and he felt extremely miserable.
Although the madness of that night has passed, it still seems to remain in Cao Hong's mind forever.
The wind has started to blow, and the loess and dust in the east of the river are flying, and the mountains, rivers and land are desolate.
Thanks to Cao Cao's army, the area south of Anyi in Hedong was desolate.
Only beside the road can you still see some ruins with no human habitation, as well as some abandoned fields. The war that lasted only a short time has already caused this once prosperous land to turn into ruins. It was not destroyed.
It was implicated in the flames of war, burned down, and later raided by Cao's army. There were really not even a few hairs left.
Ordinary people in Hedong were either killed, captured, or fled, wandering, wandering among the ravines, living and dying in this loess land, making this area no longer look like the human world, but more like a human being.
The situation of dividing ghost territory.
Less than a hundred cavalrymen gathered into a slightly huge sentinel formation and marched slowly south. Everywhere they passed, they were as frightened as a bowed bird. They carefully looked around to make sure there was no ambush before proceeding.
Keep moving forward.
This is the last cavalry unit directly under Cao Hong.
I miss the past, regret the past, hate that I was not as good as before, and the longer I live, the worse I am.
This is probably the best summary in Cao Hong's heart at the moment.
After running away overnight, the entire army was wiped out.
There were less than 3,000 people who rushed out, but when they were counted again at dawn, they were half less!
Less than 1,500, and 250 more had to be divided. After all, no one knew whether the Hussars would come after them. The remaining more than 1,000 people ran south in panic. This scale was not even as large as when Cao Hong led his troops.
One-tenth of Ma Da Yangchi!
It's not that Cao's army has never been defeated miserably. In the early years, Cao's army also stumbled along the way, with ups and downs. But at that time, Cao Hong was always relatively optimistic. At worst, he would recruit again and build a new army!
But now...
For some reason, he suddenly lost the courage to say such things.
They sacrificed their lives and fought with no calculation of casualties. Their exhaustive planning only resulted in a disastrous defeat.
Damn it, damn it!
If only the food and fodder could arrive on time...
Or maybe those Cao Junjun soldiers can be a little stronger...
In Cao Hong's mind, every key node of the entire battle flashed through his mind, and then he discovered that it seemed to be just a little bit off!
Just a little bit closer!
Thinking about the end, Cao Hong couldn't help but feel a little resentful. It wasn't against Qiusi Feiqian. After all, the two sides were enemies. They were fighting each other on the battlefield. There was nothing to hate about whoever won and who lost.
First he hated Bao Zhong for his rebellion, and then Cao Hong hated those guys in Shandong who were holding him back!
Those guys in Shandong were actually sitting back and watching the success or failure of Cao Jun!
Judging from their intentions, they actually wanted Cao Cao to fail!
They enjoyed all kinds of favors and salaries given by the big man, but they thought about what kind of internal fighting and strife they were going to have!
The wind stirred up the yellow sand, causing the sky and the earth to turn black and yellow.
"General! I can't see the road clearly, I need to find a place to take shelter!" Cao Jun's scout who returned from the front reported, "There is sand everywhere, we have to wait until the sand stops!"
Cao Hong raised his head and looked ahead. It was chaotic and the visibility was less than a hundred steps, so he nodded.
The group of people quickly found a sheltered mountain col to stay.
"This wind is so good! Now our traces are covered by wind and sand. Even if the hussar scouts follow us, it will be difficult to find us!"
After stopping, these once arrogant and arrogant leaders were now happy that the hussars could not hunt them down!
The corner of Cao Hong's mouth twitched a few times, but he didn't say anything.
Within Cao Hong's line of sight, there was the middle leader who had discarded his helmet and armor, his clothes were torn, and he looked embarrassed. Moreover, Cao Hong also knew that he himself probably looked like this.
During the defeat, the organization was almost completely disrupted. No one knew who was following, and no one knew where the higher level was. Some soldiers who could still remember holding swords, guns and wearing armor were considered good.
They are so elite, and some of them don’t even have a knife for picking meat!
Many people still have some blood stains on their bodies, and they don't know whether it is their own or contaminated by others, let alone how the blood stains were contaminated...
"General..." Guard Cao Hong looked at Cao Hong's injured leg and whispered, "General, your wound has begun to bleed again... Logically speaking, the wound medicine should be changed now, but..."
But Cao Hong knew what the purpose was.
You don't even have much food to eat now, so what kind of medicine are you thinking about?
Cao Hong waved his hand, then took off his own pocket and handed it to the guard, "My injury... is not a problem. You can go find some dry firewood and wild food. Even some hot soup will be good."
In general, the soldiers of Cao's army should not use them as pots and cauldrons.
Because most of the helmets are woven with the same patches as the armor for manufacturing cost. Therefore, the helmets of ordinary Cao Jun soldiers are leaky. Only the helmets of high-ranking generals like Cao Hong are in one piece.
Made of beaten copper, it can also be used to hold water and heat it.
The guards took the order, but in this place that had been raided countless times by Cao's army, apart from some dead bones and dead wood, what else could be found?
In the end, I just wandered around in the deserted fields, grabbed some barnyard grass, tore down some dilapidated wooden pillars, lit a fire in a sheltered place, used Cao Hong's bucket to draw water, threw some grass roots and wild vegetables into it, and randomly
Once stirred, it becomes a rare "dish".
After all, there are some oily heads and head lice among Douchun, which is more or less oil and meat.
After cooking for a while, I don't know if it was boiled or not, but it was heated anyway, so I put it on a torn war robe and presented it to Cao Hong.
Cao Hong took it, and an unspeakable smell hit his nose.
It had been a long, long, long time since he had eaten or drank such vulgar food.
Cao Hong was originally hungry and injured. He thought that even if the food was put in front of him, he would be able to eat and drink it. But when the hot soup drink was brought to him, he
But I couldn't drink it at all. Just smelling it made me want to gag.
But the stomach bag was empty and the colic was painful.
Perhaps seeing Cao Hong's difficulty, the guard whispered: "General, if it doesn't work... some of the horses are injured..."
Cao Hong's Adam's apple slipped, and after hesitating for a long time, he shook his head with difficulty, "No! These war horses... are the last... if... then they will really be..."
Maybe it’s talking about war horses, maybe it’s not talking about war horses.
Cao Hong didn't say any more. He just gritted his teeth, raised the bag, drank a few sips, then suppressed his nausea, handed the bag to the guard, and waved his hand.
The guard didn't mind it. After taking it, he drank it with the other guards. He also picked up grass roots and chewed them, not even missing the oily flowers in the bag.
After drinking some water, Cao Hong's gastrointestinal cramps seemed to be relieved a little, but his hunger became more and more intense.
Tired, exhausted both physically and mentally.
The double physical and mental pressure made Cao Hong miserable.
But God seemed to be playing tricks on Cao Hong. Not long after Cao Hong stopped, Cao Jun's scouts who had come forward suddenly rushed back. Their faces were extremely pale, and they fell to the ground with a thud. They didn't even bother to cry out in pain, just like a frightened bird.
The general shouted: "Oh no! There is a large group of people ahead! I don't know whether I am friend or foe!"
