Chapter 3496 There must be a reason

『What is that?』

When Zhang Liao heard the huge roar in front of him, he immediately rushed to a place of the earth slope, turned over and got off the horse, climbed up the earth slope with both hands and feet, and looked up.

Orange-red flames rose in the distance, and then there were echoes in the valley, mixed with the shouts of some people and horses.

"Have Cao's army still used up any gunpowder?"

Zhang Liao's expression changed.

It is not rare for Cao's army to have gunpowder.

Cao's army's gunpowder is not easy to use, but it is also troublesome if there are too many.

Before, Zhu Ling took out part of the gunpowder from Cao's army in the area of ​​Tongguan camp, making the attacks of Pang Tong and others smoother and safer, but no one ensured whether the gunpowder was added to the Cao army in the future.

Zhang Liao stood on the slope, listening to the echo of the huge roar in front of him, frowned, and after a moment of silence, he said, "General Ma is probably in trouble..."

"Not it?" The guard replied from the side, "General Ma has experienced a long battle formation, can he really fall into a trap? And isn't this the thief army always like this..."

『What's going on?" Zhang Liao turned his head slightly and glanced at the guard, 『Do you think so too?"

The guard sipped, "Everyone, ha, everyone thinks so..."

Zhang Liao did not reveal what the so-called "Everyone" was, but said: "Although General Ma was brave, Prime Minister Cao had been circulating in the Central Plains for many years, and his strategies and tactics were changing. Only the lord in the world could surpass him... Even Pang Lingjun was cautious again and again... General Ma...

The guards and others looked at each other and stopped talking.

If Zhang Liao said it was someone else as an example, the guard might have replied a few more words, but if the General of the Cavalry was treated with caution, then everyone would not say anything.

Unless you think you are more powerful than the General of the Cavalry?

Cao Cao's personal bravery may be worse than Ma Yue, but Cao Cao has rich combat experience. How could he compare to the situation like Ma Yue in response to this battlefield?

As long as Ma Yue responds with a mistake, Cao Cao will seize the opportunity.

Pang Tong knew this, Zhang Liao understood, Zhu Ling believed it, but Ma Yue didn't believe it at all.

"The cavalry is the speed." Zhang Liao shook his head slightly and said, "One strike will lead to a retreat, and if you don't hit, you must not have the intention of seeking delusion, once you seek delusion..."

Zhang Liao didn't finish speaking.

No one knows whether the "false seeking" he said was to seek victory on the battlefield or something else.

Zhang Liao raised his hand and said, "Everyone is ready! Let's go to rescue!"

Zhang Liao's guard was stunned, "General! We only have 500 soldiers! This number of people...is not enough!"

『Haha!』 Zhang Liao laughed and said, 『If we don’t go, these people will not be enough! As soon as we move, it’s dark. Who knows if we are one or several five hundred?』

Instead of concealing his whereabouts, Zhang Liao asked his subordinates to blew copper whistles, and walked forward slowly in an orderly manner.

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When Zhang Liao was dispatched without any concealment, Cao's army naturally discovered it.

When Cao Cao saw Zhang Liao's banner, he felt a move in his heart and immediately ordered the Jin Dynasty to withdraw his troops.

In the ambush just now, he injured and killed at least three or four hundred Hussar cavalry, and some Hussar cavalry were unable to control their horses and distances when turning, and eventually rushed into the river...

This is already a good result.

Moreover, after the earth plateau was blasted by gunpowder, it became a little unstable, forming a long slope on the mudflat. Although the road from the mudflat to the back line of Hangu Pass was cut off, there was also an additional road that could be climbed.

Although the soil is soft now, it is difficult for people to climb, and there is also the danger of a second collapse, it is really a big deal...

Moreover, Cao Cao didn't know whether Zhang Liao and others came to the team or a bunch of them...

So, in the end, Cao Cao did not continue to entangle, just as Zhang Liao expected, and ordered the Jin Dynasty to withdraw his troops.

The Cao army began to retreat in an orderly manner and entered Hangu Guanzhong, leaving behind a messy battlefield.

Above the river beach, the war horses shot dead and injured were everywhere.

The more serious casualties occurred under the earthen plateau.

One area was directly smashed by gunpowder, burying all the large areas under the loess.

Some soldiers who escaped the loess were buried by luck and were in shock and looked pale.

While being on guard against Cao's army, Zhang Liao was on guard to prevent Cao's army from returning, he also cleaned up the remaining troops and reorganized the order.

After a period of reconstruction, Zhang Liao gathered most of the scattered Hussar soldiers and counted the number of people who lost their troops. He found that in addition to the soldiers and horses, the horses were missing...

Zhang Liao thought that Ma Yue was buried by the collapse of the earth plateau caused by the gunpowder explosion, so he asked someone to try to excavate.

However, the soil layer is soft and can't be dug by simply using simple tools.

Zhang Liao asked the defeated Hussar soldiers again, but many people said they didn't know where Ma Yue was going...

After all, the scene was extremely chaotic at that time. Arrows, crossbows, gunpowder explosions, loess flying, and the array was completely ineffective. Unless the Hussars were close to see the traces of Ma Yue and others, it was impossible for others to know that far away.

『Ask again! Check carefully!』

Zhang Liao frowned.

If you died in battle, although it is a pity, it is acceptable, but if you are captured by Cao's army, it will be troublesome.

Zhang Liao originally planned to evacuate his soldiers, but now he is forced to stay where he is looking for Ma Yue's traces.

The situation changed, and Zhang Liao could not make a decision alone. He could only continue to find people while giving people a quick return to Pang Tong.

The follow-up actions of Pang Tong were originally forced to pause first...

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The horse is shocked.

To be precise, the people were shocked.

Hangu Pass is not as open and dense as in later generations, but desolate and numerous ravines. If it were during the day, Ma Yue would not be able to tell the direction, but the people and horses were frightened and ran around and got lost immediately.

By the time the war horses and people were exhausted and stopped, they could no longer tell the difference between the east, west, south and north.

The loess is full of gullies. If you have a good view during the day, you can still see the mountains in the distance or other landmark buildings as the direction. However, in the darkness, you are running around for a while, and no one knows where you are running, nor whether the direction in front of you is south or north, east or west.

Logically speaking, Ma Yue should have expected that Cao Jun might have gunpowder and irritation oil...

But this is like every guy who runs a red light in later generations, whether pedestrians, electric bikes, or driving, should realize that there may be dangers that will rush out in another direction, but what is the result?

If everyone can predict three seconds like a single captain, then everyone will definitely be promoted and made a fortune.

Ma Yue almost fell off the war horse, and then sat aside in a daze, shaking in confusion.

After following Ma Yue's more than a dozen soldiers stopped, then after a while, he finally settled down slowly.

Ma Yue's eyes were a little distracted.

It's probably like driving drunk and then having an accident.

Before something happened, I felt awesome.

After something happened, oh, it's over...

Where are you and what are you doing?

Ma Yue's head buzzed, and then after a long time, he realized that it was not the buzzing inside his head, but the guards beside him were shouting anxiously.

『I...cough cough...』

As soon as Ma Yue opened his mouth, he was about to say something, but he realized that he had been filled with a lot of dust, sand and gravel. He immediately started to cough.

The guard quickly brought the water bag.

Ma Yue took it and rinsed several times with his hands tremblingly before he could clean up the sand, gravel and dust in his mouth.

The guard looked at the water bag in Ma Yue's hand, his lips squirmed, and finally said nothing.

Water, this thing is the strangest thing.

It is one of the heaviest items to carry with you, but when you drink it in your stomach, you will feel that you don’t have much weight, or why will you lose it if you don’t drink much?

During the battle, no one will deliberately bring too many water bags. Moreover, even if they are carried, they will easily break. Whether it is scratched by swords and guns, or shot through by arrows, no matter how much water is left, it will be reset to zero.

The horses and horses were frightened and ran around, so the guards could only follow them all the way, but no one knew where they ran and whether there could be new water sources around them...

Incredible things are very important.

But looking at Ma Yue's current state, the guard couldn't say anything.

After a while, Ma Yue regained his mind, but he still trembled, "Why are we... defeated?"

The guard was stunned.

Ask us about this?

And the first thing Ma Yue asked was this?

Is Ma Yue poor in ability?
To be continued...