The opponent has recovered from the attack to some extent, and their morale has also increased. On the other hand, our own side, obviously the attacking side, has been beaten to several knots by the opponent.
In addition to this small group of cavalry led by Qian Zhao, some Cao soldiers have been surrounded by hussars and are being brutally attacked by their opponents. Failure is not far away...
In a daze, Qianzhao seemed to see how he had fled in panic when facing the Xianbei Wuhuan who were heading south.
But most of his current opponents are people who stayed back from those days and are still in the North.
Qianzhao suddenly saw Li Li.
Li Li was pointing in the direction of Qianzhao and seemed to be shouting something.
The hussars on the left and right of Li Li also shouted in unison and conveyed the killing sound, looking majestic.
"Woo..."
Suddenly, both sides who were immersed in the bloody fight on the battlefield were attracted by a long and low horn horn, and then the war drums roared. At this moment, everyone turned to look at the sound.
The place on the mountain of Suoyang Pass.
At Suoyang Pass, the big flag representing Cao's army fell down, and was replaced by the three-color battle flag representing the Hussars!
The three-color war flag flying high seemed to emit colorful brilliance under the sunlight!
Suddenly, up and down the mountain, almost all the hussars were cheering in unison!
That is the symbol of the Hussars, that is the glory of Guanzhong in the North!
It represents the majesty of the Han Dynasty and the myth of being undefeated!
Almost at the same time, the necks of Cao Jun's soldiers lowered their heads.
Lianzhao's heart, at this moment, seemed to be immersed in ice water.
Cao Hong failed?
Captured?
Killed?
But whether Cao Hong was captured or killed, it all meant the same thing.
Qianzhao's rescue mission failed.
Now that his mission has failed, there is only one way to break out.
Qianzhao turned around and was about to order his men to retreat, but he did not call out because he saw that the soldiers and men he had brought with him had already started to retreat voluntarily and voluntarily...
The troops leading the recruitment were in chaos.
Some of them were still following Qianzhao, but some had already started to run away. Although the soldiers of Cao's army were still the same people, and their outer bodies looked unchanged, Qianzhao could feel that there was no soul inside the body.
The hussars at Cynomorium Pass also began to walk down the mountain, and there were cheers all over the mountains and plains.
The trap that Qian Zhao sent people to ambush in advance now seems like a joke, and his coming to rescue Cao Hong also seems like a dream.
All his preparations, the traps he laid, and all his efforts came to nothing in the end.
There is no power, but I don’t know where to use it; there is empty weapon, but I don’t know where to use it.
At dawn, it’s time to wake up from the dream.
Qianzhao felt deeply tired, as if he had made countless efforts, practiced thousands of times, and sweated for countless years, and finally thought he was standing on the same starting line as some people, and then he
He found that he was standing on the wrong side. What he thought was the starting line was actually his finishing line.
"General!" shouted the soldier behind Qian Zhao, "where are we going now?"
"Where to go..." Qianzhao smiled bitterly, "Retreat..."
Where else could he go?
The wilderness is vast and the sky is vast, but there seems to be no place for him to stay.
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Cao Jun's camp at Zhongtiao Mountain.
Lu Chang was preparing to attack with his troops.
The assembly of Cao's army was obviously much slower than before.
"Don't worry, the Hussars are nothing more than that."
As usual, Lu Chang still had to appease his subordinates and encourage his military academies.
"The Hussar Front Army has fallen into the trap and was transferred to Suoyang Pass by General Cao. At this moment, the Hussar Front Army camp is empty! This is a great opportunity for you and me!"
"Everyone has worked hard today! Tomorrow is the time to celebrate!"
"Even if our army evacuates by then, you will still have meritorious deeds on your body, and you will be rewarded heavily after the war!"
In Cao's army camp, Lu Chang said this to his men.
Cao Jun's military academy all echoed, showing harmony.
Lu Chang smiled and said a few more words, then put on his robe and appeared majestically in the middle of the formation.
However, Lu Chang's smile quickly disappeared.
It's not that I received the news of Cao Hong's defeat. After all, Suoyang Pass is still some distance from the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp, and Qianzhao Li Li is also fighting at the foot of Suoyang Pass Mountain. There are no soldiers of Cao's army who can bravely break through the battlefield to report the news.
Therefore, Lu Chang, Dong Zhao and others thought that Cao Hong could delay and persist.
The reason why Lu Chang couldn't laugh was because he found that the soldiers went out to fight and had no food to eat...
It can't be said that there was none at all, but even Lu Chang couldn't bear to look at the pitifully small pancake.
Although it is not the twelfth lunar month of winter, the wind blowing from the north is still relatively cold. If there is no food in this belly, how can you have the strength to fight when the time comes?
"What's going on?"
This situation was so obvious that Lu Chang noticed this problem immediately.
"These are what we eat when we go into battle?!"
"This..." The military academy in charge of logistics also had a grimace on his face, "General... this is what was issued... General, let me take a step back..."
Lu Chang had a sullen face and took two steps to the side.
The Logistics Military Academy bent down and followed him, "The general doesn't know something... Colonel Cao, who is in charge of logistics, said that there is not much food for the soldiers... and they have to prepare food for the return journey... and it is not possible to attack the front camp of the Hussars."
You can feed the enemy, it’s the best of both worlds..."
"Two what? This is the best of both worlds?"
Lu Chang burst out laughing, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Most people know that the Hussars have good logistical support, but they blatantly stated that they would not give or give less food to Cao's soldiers. This reason was so powerful that Lu Chang felt a little confused.
I don’t know how this logical thinking is established.
Withdrawal, oh, on the way back, of course you need to eat and prepare, there is nothing wrong with that, but now the soldiers are going out to attack the front camp of the hussars!
This is not going to a party!
Still feeding on the enemy?
If you can't defeat it...
Lu Chang suddenly understood something.
If they lose the battle, there is a high probability that many of these people will not be able to come back, so there will be no need to give them anything to eat.
Lu Chang was silent for a long time, then shook his head, "Please give me a message to the rear camp's baggage manager..."
"Yes, yes, please tell me, General." The Logistics Military Academy bent over.
Lu Chang exhaled and said, "A gentleman is a gentleman. He is a native of our country. He is a native of our country. How could he not live for ten thousand years?"
After Lu Chang paused, the Logistics Military Academy still waited for a moment before asking, "That's it?"
Lu Chang nodded, "That's it."
After hearing the message, the logistics manager just smiled, his expression mostly filled with disdain.
Chinese?
Savage?
Haha, except for the Cao family who are Chinese, the rest are all savages!
Since he is a savage, it is good to have food, so why talk about ten thousand years or ten thousand years?
Could it be that just one bite of food would make it last ten thousand years?
What a joke!
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Many people's ideas, plans, and visions will change at any time.
Maybe one second you were thinking about serving the country and the people, and the next second you decided to show off a Swiss roll as a snack. Otherwise, how would you have the strength to serve the country and the people? There are also some people who can persist for ten years.
Once an ideal is established, it almost never changes, no matter what kind of hardships it encounters.
It's hard to say who is better and who is worse between these two types of people.
After all, humans need to adapt to the environment and also need to change the environment.
These two kinds of people should originally cooperate, complement each other, and support each other, but unfortunately, more often than not, they laugh at each other, ridicule each other, and despise each other.
Among Cao Jun, there are those who stick to their original intentions, and there are also those who change their goals at any time, and there are also those who may repeatedly jump between these two types and move back and forth...
For example, Xiahou Dun.
At the beginning, Xiahou Dun thought about dying and escaping, but at that time, the hussars were tightly guarded and there was no such chance.
After all, Xiahou Dun is the second sword of Cao's army, how can he be treated as normal?
However, as time went by, Xiahou Dun became less interested in seeking death and more interested in exploring.
He could obey all Fei Qian's arrangements, he could be submissive under the supervision of the hussars, he could remain silent, eat well and sleep well every day, as if he had no other agenda in his mind.
But in fact, Xiahou Dun only had Cao Ah Man in his heart.
Xiahou Dun has also been waiting for the opportunity.
In the end, Xiahou Dun really got an opportunity, but no one could tell whether this opportunity was a good opportunity or a good choice.
The person in charge of affairs in Anyi was Xun Chen.
After Fei Qian led his troops southward, he left Xiahou Dun and other surrendered generals in the Anyi camp.
Xun Chen did not follow him south, but began to implement Fei Qian's various new policies around Anyi. He was so busy that he almost bumped heads every day, and did not have much time to manage these surrendered generals.
When implementing the New Deal, especially the initial stage, it is undoubtedly the most difficult period because there are too many problems that need to be solved. To deal with the original problems, the original methods cannot be used, and new personnel also need new adaptations.
During this period, it was natural that there would inevitably be a little confusion, especially since the gentry children in Hedong were not too willing.
Every day Xun Chen wakes up early. After washing, he immediately has to deal with various tasks. This lasts until the preserved meat is cold, then he takes some time to hurriedly take a few bites, and immediately has to approve the manuscript. Even if he eats
While eating, I stared at the records of various affairs reported around me, and then I put down my chopsticks from time to time and wrote a few more words.
Agriculture needs to be arranged and industry restored.
After the war, many places became ruins, and everything had to start over.
The busyness of the Hussar side naturally allowed these surrendered generals to see some "opportunities".
Xiahou Dun, as the surrendered general, oh, the biggest one among the captives, did not seem worried these days. Instead, he ate and slept. He went to bed early every day, and soon he was snoring like thunder.
The soldiers responsible for guarding Xiahou Dun couldn't help but feel a little contemptuous when they saw this, but they were relieved.
But who could have known that Xiahou Dun spent most of his time secretly calculating the time for the guards to change shifts, listening to the footsteps of the guards inside and outside the courtyard?
All these changes started from the day Xiahou Dun met Cao Xiu...
It was also from that day on that Xiahou Dun was waiting every day, waiting for the "opportunity" to come to him.
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Cao Xiu arrived at Anyi, but Fei Qian led his troops south again.
As a result, Cao Xiu's plan to be "heroic" naturally failed again.
Perhaps since the war started, all of Cao Xiu's plans have failed again and again, so Cao Xiu has become somewhat used to it. Perhaps he is numb, so after hearing that Fei Qian left, he did not show any particularly emotional behavior.
Come, this makes the soldiers responsible for monitoring Cao Xiu somewhat relieved.
Cao Xiu did not go to see Xiahou Dun immediately, but met his own child, Cao Zhao.
When Cao Xiu saw Cao Zhao's figure, his face darkened unconsciously.
In his opinion, Cao Zhao has simply disgraced the Cao family!
If the son does not teach, it is the father's fault.
With his own child looking like this, Cao Xiu naturally felt that there was no luster on his face.
When Cao Zhao saw his father, he was still a little excited at first, but when he saw his father's gloomy face, he put away his joy, hesitated for a while, then stepped forward and whispered, "Father..."
Cao Xiu frowned.
【Are you so reluctant to call yourself father? 】
Cao Zhao lowered his head.
[Do you dislike me so much? You’re already like this, and you’re not even happy when we meet? 】
The two of them were sitting opposite each other, not far apart, but there seemed to be an invisible ravine between them, separating them far apart.
Consideration and understanding are all mutual.
In no particular order!
When Cao Xiu saw this, his heart slowly sank.
[Sure enough, he is weak and surrendered, otherwise he would not show such a state.]
Cao Zhao bowed his head and said nothing, feeling very depressed.
[My father is unhappy and puts on a bad face. He always puts on a bad face every time he sees me. Can't he just smile? 】
Neither of them spoke for a while.
Cao Xiu's father died when he was young.
Therefore, in Cao Xiu's memory, his father is undoubtedly perfect and a role model for his life.
Cao Xiu hopes that he can be as perfect as his father.
The most important thing is that Cao Xiu suffered a lot when he was young because he lost his father. Especially some people would pretend to be generous on the surface, but in fact they said in a sinister way, ah, Cao Xiu, everyone must forgive him.
You have to be considerate of him, you have to know that Cao Xiu has no father, oh hehe hehe...
Cao Xiu, who grew up in such an environment, of course hopes that he can set an example for Cao Zhao, and also try his best to tell his children to go in that direction, and not to repeat the hardships he suffered in the past, and to suffer the consequences of his past.
sins suffered.
Because I am in pain, I want my children not to suffer that kind of pain.
But life is often such an irony.
Fortunately, when he was a child, when Cao Zhao was stumbling around and learning to speak, Cao Xiu would take him to play, and then he would hold him together to climb mountains and ride horses. At that time, Cao Zhao was undoubtedly close to Cao Xiu, but when Cao Zhao arrived,
When they started studying, the relationship between Cao Xiu and Cao Zhao deteriorated little by little.
The reason for the deterioration of the relationship between Cao Xiu and Cao Zhao is actually very simple: "learning".
Studying is not just for your parents...
This may be the sentence that parents have said most often for thousands of years, both at home and abroad.
But the problem is that in the hearts of a large number of children, this sentence is the most disgusting.
The same is true for Cao Zhao.
Although Cao Xiu told him every time that studying hard and being able to be both civil and military was for Cao Zhao to have a better future, Cao Zhao would not refute it every time, but in his heart he disagreed and felt that Cao Xiu asked him to study hard.
Practicing civil and martial arts was just to make up for Cao Xiu's regrets back then, so this responsibility was imposed on him.
And if you learn well, wouldn't it just become something for your parents to show off to each other? What's the point? I haven't seen other people's parents, and they don't have so many demands? Aren't they also living a good life? Those children of the Cao family and the Xiahou family,
Eating and drinking every day, flying eagles and lackeys, isn't it also a happy life? Why do I have to work so hard every day and be scolded if I can't learn well?
Of course, the "scolding" that Cao Zhao felt was, strictly speaking, perhaps just an accusation.
Because Cao Xiu could easily see that Cao Zhao was careless when doing certain things.
What Cao Xiu blamed was Cao Zhao's attitude.
Especially when it comes to studying.
Learning and practicing civil and martial arts obviously require hardship.
Cao Xiu naturally understands this, and Cao Xiu can understand that everyone has different talents, some are good at something, and some are not good at it, but he feels that it is not that Cao Zhao is not good at it, but that Cao Zhao is unwilling to do it, as long as Cao Zhao is willing to do it
He can do everything well, so why can't Cao Zhao do it seriously?
Cao Xiu could agree that Cao Zhao was unable to reach certain heights due to lack of talent in certain things, but he could not admit that Cao Zhao wasted his talent because of his laziness and incorrect attitude.
Cao Xiu believed that this kind of thing was the most unacceptable to him as a father.
His own child can obviously be better, so why as a father should he indulge his laziness and make him inactive?
It was obvious that when he was young, Cao Zhao was so smart and clever, and he had already set his ambition to be both civil and military, but why did he put this ambition aside now that he has grown up? Whenever Cao Xiu mentioned this matter,
He looks like his parents are dead, but he can laugh and have fun with other people?
Cao Xiu glanced at the hussar soldiers inside and outside the courtyard, and then said to Cao Zhao: "Do you know that "a gentleman is a citizen of the country. He is a citizen of the country, Hu Buwannian", what is the meaning of this sentence?"
There were hussars inside and outside the courtyard. Of course, Cao Xiu could not directly say that I was going to cause trouble. He could only explain some words in a more subtle way to draw out some meanings.
But when Cao Zhao heard these words, only one thought came to his mind -
