On the rock wall, there were roars and screams, accompanied by the sounds of swords and guns clashing and chopping into flesh, making both sides become more and more ferocious in an extremely small area.
From time to time, someone is injured or dead, falling from the rock wall. The smell of blood permeates the surroundings, stimulating everyone's ferocity. At this moment, the sky is approaching dawn, and the cold morning dew has begun to rise in the mountains, but there is no place on the rock wall.
Under the rising blood, it cannot condense.
From both sides, there is no way out.
He can never lose, because once the rock wall is lost, it means that Suoyang Pass will be cut in half from the middle. Even if he takes away any half, the remaining half will inevitably meet the end of destruction.
And Cao Jun is also unwilling to retreat. They may be the closest to success here, so why give up like this? What's more, it is not easy to climb up the rock wall. It is even more difficult to climb down again. Is it possible to still hope?
The hussar soldiers helped pull the rope, allowing Cao's soldiers to slide down smoothly?
In just a short section of the rock wall, there were more than a dozen pairs fighting. Someone would fall down at any time, and then the next person would jump in and attack the opponent without hesitation. The place was narrow, and soon the soldiers with spears were all killed.
After slashing and killing, the only ones left are holding sabers and shields. Long weapons are sharp when forming a battle formation, but in this narrow range, short weapons such as sabers may not be as flexible!
During this time, there was almost no room to move or dodge. There was only constant fighting, cutting down the opponent, or being cut down by the opponent.
I have always entered a bloody battle with manpower from the very beginning!
Because this time, the ones Cao Hong sent out to attack were not the soldiers from the previous counties, but the real Qingzhou Army!
Therefore, when Neng rushed to the rock wall, these Cao soldiers had already occupied a certain advantage, and Neng led his soldiers step by step to tip back the previously tilted balance bit by bit!
In fact, at this time, I had already regretted it, and the physical exertion was not small. If it were not for the hussars guarding him, he would have been injured by Cao's army long ago. The driving force for fighting at Suoyang Pass is actually
In order to regain the glory of his family, this desire has made him put in a lot of efforts, and it can easily become his obsession and fall into madness.
And under the cavalry, how many brave generals and wise ministers are there?
How can he, a little prodigal son, be ranked high?
So when he thinks of these things, he never sleeps or eats well, which is also the inner motivation that drives him to take risks.
He could have retreated calmly, but in order to pursue greater achievements, he was naturally placed in a more dangerous position!
At this time, outside Suoyang Pass, Cao's army had surged up from the north, and Suoyang Pass had been forced into a two-front battle!
Under such a situation, even if you want to retreat, you can't retreat!
Therefore, I could only ignore the situation to the north and just fight more and more bloody on the rock wall, hoping to kill Cao Jun on the rock wall when Cao Jun failed to break the northern defense line, and then clear this hidden danger.
Go back and support the battle in the north!
The only reason to persist now is to believe that Xu Chu will do what he promised before...
Reinforcements will come, they will definitely come!
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Early in the morning is the darkest time.
But the darkest days also have another advantage, that is, a little light can travel far.
The light from the closed fire of Cynomorium made the hussar scouts in the distance notice it, and they immediately climbed to the back of the plateau and lit a warning bonfire.
The firelight conveyed the news, and the news was delivered to Xu Chu.
Xu Chu had not gone to Suoyang Pass before, mainly because there were not many Cao troops who attacked Suoyang Pass at the beginning.
The elimination of two to three thousand Cao Jun soldiers was not of great significance to Xu Chu.
And now...
"It's just as the captain said!" Xu Chu laughed, and then gave the order, "Attack! Cut off Cao's army's retreat and strangle Cao's army at Suoyang Pass!"
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Cao Hong left the Zhongtiao Mountain camp and attacked Suoyang Pass at night, so he naturally took a certain risk.
According to the plan he and Dong Zhao made, this was a series of eliminations and attacks.
If all goes well...
According to Dong Zhao, everything is between 50 and 50, but Cao Hong feels that if there is a number of 50 to 50, it is worth his while!
Whether it can succeed or not depends on God's will.
Thinking of God's will, Cao Hong couldn't help but look up at the sky.
Even on the noisy battlefield and in the bloody atmosphere, Cao Hong would still feel that God was majestic and mysterious.
In fact, the power of heaven that Cao Hong feared may not necessarily be the true majesty of the gods, but still the unknown and instinctive fear of the future and fate.
If everything in the future is knowable, people will lose their sense of awe.
Just like keyboard warriors, most of them don't have the slightest awe when facing history.
"General?" Cao Hong's guard asked with some confusion, "Does the general also know the art of stargazing?"
"Haha!" Cao Hong smiled, and then his face darkened slightly, "Stargazing...watching the heart...well, everyone has this desire to kill...if you smell this, it's time to come!"
"What's coming?" Guard Cao Hong asked.
Cao Hong did not answer, but cast his gaze into the last dark night before dawn.
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Zhongtiao Shannan.
Cao Cao's temporary residence.
Suoyang Pass was occupied by the Hussars, and Cao Cao was forced to speed up his retreat.
While Cao Hong was looking at the sky, Cao Cao was not sleeping either. He was also outside the tent, looking at the sky with his hands behind his back.
Now there are no outsiders following Cao Cao, only the wife's son, Qin Lang.
Qin Lang is the son of Qin Yilu and Du.
Qin Yilu even blocked Cao Cao's sword back then.
Cao Cao said he would take care of Qin Yilu's wife, and he meant what he said.
In fact, it may seem unethical in later generations, but in troubled times like the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's "care" was actually understandable. In troubled times, after losing the backbone of the family, there were many cases where the entire family collapsed.
Of course, Du's beauty may also be a big part of the reason.
Qin Lang inherited part of the Du family's appearance, and is quite handsome, especially now that he is young, and his whole body is full of youthful atmosphere. Even in the military and after repeated fatigue, his demeanor has not diminished.
"Lang'er, do you know that all I hope for in this life is the unification of the Han Dynasty..."
Cao Cao looked up at the sky and his voice was calm.
Human nature is full of contradictions, and history is complicated.
Everything must be placed in the historical environment of the time in order to have a certain meaning. If you are separated from the historical environment and comment on its behavior alone, unless the purpose is to joke and ridicule, otherwise it will deviate from objectivity and true meaning. Only by considering the specific
Only through time and the objective content of the historical process in a specific environment can we correctly understand specific historical facts.
Therefore, in his early years, Cao Cao really only wanted to fight for the great man for the rest of his life...
But when did something change?
It probably started around the time of the Jujube Alliance.
Cao Cao was a politician.
A hidden prerequisite for politicians is to have a strong sense of gambling, or to put it more nicely, it is called a spirit of adventure.
If you succeed, you become a king; if you fail, you become a bandit.
If you can't adapt to the huge gap between the upper and lower levels of risk stimulation, you won't have a big heart, and you won't be able to become a strong politician.
Cao Cao was undoubtedly a politician with a strong heart. He gambled again and again and put all his chips on the line.
But regardless of winning or losing, Cao Cao still hopes that the country can be unified, rather than divided for a long time.
To carry out this war, everything is put on the gambling table.
"Father..." Qin Lang actually couldn't understand Cao Cao's behavior. "If we withdraw our troops like this, in Shandong... I'm afraid it may not be as my father wishes..."
In Shandong, some people will follow Cao Cao, but more people will watch with cold eyes. At the same time, there are also many people who will only hold back, especially the children of the gentry who were deprived of some political rights and regional interests by Cao Cao before.
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It would be great if these noblemen didn't take the opportunity to add insult to injury. How could they stand with Cao Cao?
Thinking about it this way, Cao Cao's plan to "unify Shandong" in the Zhongtiao Mountain camp seems like empty talk.
"No, no!" Cao Cao laughed, "Did you know that there is also a theory of "Greater China" in Hussar?" "Greater China?" Qin Lang didn't understand.
Cao Cao stretched out his hand and drew a large circle, "To the desert in the north, to the Western Region in the west, to Rinan in the south, to the east... Hehe, anywhere in the east, west, south, and south, where the flag of the Han Dynasty is located, is Han territory! All the sons of the Han Dynasty garrison,
All registered citizens are Han people!"
"This..." Qin Lang took a breath. He could hear it,
Cao Cao's tone contained some implicit approval for Fei Qian's remarks.
"In the land of Shandong, if it's just us people..." Cao Cao smiled, "It's not enough... Fengxiao's death was mostly due to long-term fatigue and failure to recuperate... Look at the other people around you, they are tired all day long.
And who are the people who cannot rest, and who are they who are idle and talking all day long? If someone loses, he may not die, but if someone dies, in the land of Shandong, he will definitely suffer from the terminal disease of talking, and the door will not be cut off, and the disease will not be cured!"
Qin Lang was stunned for a long time, it was really difficult to understand the meaning of Cao Cao's words, "Father..."
Because Qin Lang also likes to talk, he feels that there is nothing wrong with talking, so how can he deny it outright?
Cao Cao glanced at Qin Lang and sighed slightly in his heart.
His sons, whether biological or adopted, each have their own characteristics, strengths, and problems.
There are so many candidates for his successor, all of which have problems of one kind or another, so what about the Hussars?
Cao Cao looked up at the sky.
When people leave, the tea will cool down, and when people die, the government will disappear.
When Cao Cao said that what would happen to Shandong after his death, he was not talking about what would happen to Guanzhong after the death of Qiusi.
This battle is won or lost on the battlefield, but the future will be won or lost on the battlefield.
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Fei Qian, whom Lao Cao was thinking about, was heading forward with his troops.
He and Cao Xiu were separated.
Plans can never keep up with changes.
Anyi was left to Xun Chen, while Fei Qian led his army south to join Xu Chu and others.
Fei Qian thinks that Mr. Cao has another trap.
Maybe in Zhongtiao Mountain, maybe in Heluo, or somewhere else.
The key is that Fei Qian figured out where the problem came from...
Fei Qian sent Chang to the front line, partly to take care of Chang's wishes, and another more important reason was that, as a former middle-level military academy of Cao's army, Chang had a more direct understanding of Zhongtiao Mountain Camp and Tongguan Camp.
But obviously, after arriving at the front line, he was not willing to be an assistant, but instead secretly led people to the jungle with him!
Generally speaking, it's okay to fight in the jungle, but you need to put a hole in the grass now!
Fei Qian originally wanted to let Yang go to look at the eyes, but he didn't expect that the "eyes" ran away into the mountains...
To most people, Cao Cao seems to be a candle in the wind that can be blown out with one more breath, but Fei Qian knows that this "candle" is not so easy to extinguish!
Didn't Yuan Shao also think that Cao Cao was about to fall?
Among the Three Kingdoms, which one, Cao, Liu, and Sun, was the most fuel-efficient?
Even Emperor Sun, in Jiangdong, although he was greatly restrained by the Jiangdong nobles at the beginning, later on, he still killed all the Jiangdong nobles, so that the Jin Dynasty could not overpower the Yankees...
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Therefore, it is true to say that Cao Cao is now showing signs of defeat, but it is still too early to say that he has been completely defeated.
The most important thing is that now Fei Qian doesn't need any more "strange plots"!
This guy has never...
What a conspiracy!
Even if you conquer the world with an upright force, not everyone will be convinced. Even if you win the world through clever tactics, there will definitely be more noise, especially those keyboard warriors of the Han Dynasty. One after another, they are not good things.
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If Fei Qian wants to gain all his power in one battle, he cannot be hasty or make mistakes, or he cannot make too many mistakes. Otherwise, it is very likely that some people will lose the will to follow him in the process.
When Guanzhong was in poverty, food had to be transferred thousands of miles from Hanzhong, Sichuan, or through the Qinling Mountains, or around Longxi. At that time, everyone had a bowl of soup cakes and a few meat buns, and they already felt that they were very delicious.
Okay, but who would cherish a few meat buns now?
Fei Qian remembered that Xu Chu once said that when he went to eat meat buns, the store owner of the bun shop didn't dare to serve them to him. But what about now? Xu Chu can still eat so many?
Xu Chu is still around Fei Qian, he can see it and often touch it, but what about those places far away that can't be seen?
These problems are far more difficult than fighting a war.
So what Fei Qian hopes more is that in this war, more people will grow up or realize something, so that in the end, they can be matched according to the different situations of each person...
For those who are greedy, let them expand the country and use their greed.
Those who speak nonsense should help spread culture and use their words.
For those who are harsh, let them grasp the criminal law and use it harshly.
Human nature is not perfect.
Make the best use of things, and people need to do the same.
Although this is what he envisioned, there are still too many things to do, and Fei Qian is not sure whether he can complete these things within the limited time, or whether he can make a direction...
Or, as some people say, believe in the wisdom of those who come after you?
Hey!
Neither Khadgar nor Norgannon's wisdom deserves full trust, they can only be guides, let alone other people?
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Among the generals in the entire Hussars Army, he is the least greedy and has the calmest mentality. If Zhao Yun is ranked second, I am afraid no one would dare to be ranked first.
Cao Chun judged that the Northern Territory Army would pursue them all the way, but he misjudged Zhao Yun's character.
If other generals, even if it was not dark, would still enter the city with great arrogance.
But Zhao Yun did not do this.
In fact, the reason why Zhao Yun did not enter the city directly was very simple.
On the surface, he stated that it was to ensure the military discipline of the Hussars, especially after learning that there was once a group of horse thieves pretending to be Hussars and looting wildly, and to let the people of Youzhou know the difference between real and fake Hussars.
But in fact, Zhao Yun simply didn't want the people of Youzhou to be harmed anymore.
Zhao Yun knew that even if he explicitly prohibited it or sent additional patrols and cavalry, once a large number of soldiers entered the city, various problems would inevitably arise.
In Yuyang, it has actually already appeared.
A military academy couldn't control its greed and robbed a certain household in the city, and then said that this certain household was a thief...
Although Zhao Yun finally found out and tightened military discipline, problems still occurred. And the consequences were irreversible.
Xin Pi euphemistically said that the military academy fought bravely and it would be a pity not to kill him like this. Besides, that certain household in the city may not really have anything to do with Cao Jun. It is so-called "unfounded".
Zhao Yun did not comment on what Xin Pi said, but did not change his decision.
When he was about to be executed, Zhao Yun went to ask the military school what his unfulfilled wish was, but he was scolded by the military school, saying why should Zhao Yun support Yuyang? These are bandits and this is a bandit land...
Xinpi couldn't figure it out, and the military academy couldn't figure it out either.
Indeed, from the perspective of both hostile parties, occupying Youzhou is equivalent to occupying the enemy's territory, and then everything belonging to the enemy will naturally become their spoils of war.
Isn’t it the right of the victor to enjoy the spoils of war?
Why does Zhao Yun still want to stop them, or even find out the truth for the people of Yuyang?
Even if the military academy deliberately framed it, so what?
Isn't it beneficial to one's own side to frame someone from the enemy?
Is the truth really that important?
If you find out the truth, you will die!
Everyone is dead, who will continue to fight with Zhao Yun?
Is this true?
But Zhao Yun felt that no matter whether it was the Northern Territory or Youzhou, whether it was Guanzhong or Shandong, they were actually all Han people.
They are all big men!
Nowadays, the reason for fighting life and death is because some people are unwilling to obey the guidance of the hussar, but if they put down their swords and guns, then naturally they cannot be regarded as enemies.
However, Zhao Yun could not figure out how to do it specifically, so in order to avoid more similar situations, Zhao Yun simply restrained the soldiers and prevented them from entering the city at will.
But this made Chen Bin, who was ambushing in Ji County, almost crazy...
