"Your Majesty, there are too many thieves, we can't kill them, and we can't hold them in front of us!"
The messenger, covered in blood, ran over and brought back bad news to Feng Yong.
Feng Yong looked at Guan Ji.
There was no emotion on Guan Ji's face, and she said calmly: "It's okay if you can't withstand it. If you can withstand it, it means Cao Zhen didn't try his best. If he doesn't try his best, where will we get the chance?"
Feng Junhou quickly asked: "Then what should we do now?"
"Ming Jin withdraws the troops and asks the soldiers to withdraw and defend the stronghold."
After hearing this, Feng Yong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered: "Ming Jin!"
Cao Zhen rushed into the battle like crazy. Not to mention the soldiers at the front, even Feng Yong at the rear was a little frightened.
He didn't know much about the soldiers he brought out with his own hands.
To say that they are rare elite soldiers in this era is well deserved.
But no matter how elite a soldier is, there are limits.
Fearing that his retreat would be cut off, he led his troops and rushed all the way from Linjing back to Wushi.
After resting for only one day, they rushed all the way to Xiaoguan, and then immediately fought hard with the superior Wei army for many days.
After such a rapid march for days, and then immediately thrown into high-intensity combat, even an iron man will be worn out.
Facing the crazy attack of the Wei army today, it is extremely rare that they have only now reported that the front line cannot withstand it.
After all, the Wei army has the upper hand and can take turns taking turns in the battle, but they don't have this kind of treatment on their side.
The golden sound of retreating troops sounded, and the Han soldiers at the forefront felt like they were hearing the sound of nature.
"retreat!"
The leading captain yelled and pointed out two song lengths: "You lead the people to the back!"
"Don't panic, hold on! If you hold on for a while, you can go back!"
Retreating troops is a kind of operation that extremely tests the quality of the army.
It does not retreat in a rush, but takes cover alternately and retreats gradually.
Otherwise, it can easily lead to a big rout.
Especially those armies that are not highly organized cannot retreat easily, otherwise they will turn around and run away as soon as the sound of gold rings.
It is very likely that you will not be defeated by the enemy, but will be scattered by your own family.
This will not happen to the elite soldiers of Xiaowei Mansion.
In other words, there are few enemies in the world today that can make the officers and soldiers of Xiaowei Mansion flee while they still have fighting strength.
The grassroots literate officers who have initially developed a sense of ownership are its greatest guarantee.
The first to retreat as a cover were basically the battalions with Nanxiang soldiers as the main force.
Although the front camp had become somewhat disorganized under the life-threatening impact of the Wei army, under effective organization, the Han army still tried its best to ensure an orderly retreat.
"Da Sima, the Shu captives have been defeated, defeated!"
After hearing the news from the front, Cao Zhen was ecstatic and laughed: "Brother Feng, no matter how powerful you are, is it possible that you can still pull off any tricks?"
I remembered that my plan was to communicate with Liangzhou first and prepare to take down Longyou.
Later, I only thought about taking down Xiaoguan and consolidating Guanzhong.
What I want now is to defeat this evil thief and get rid of the bad breath in my heart!
When he thought of this, Cao Zhen felt happy first, then sad, and then hateful!
The happy one is that the Feng thief will be defeated.
What's sad is that the plan that I and His Majesty had planned for a long time was ruined by evil thieves.
The countless money, food, and efforts invested were all wasted in one day.
What's more important is that all the things arranged by the Wei Dynasty in Longyou Liangzhou will be exposed to the Shu captives.
"This thief will never be destroyed, so he will be our biggest enemy after the Wei Dynasty!"
Cao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "Come here, pass the order, let the front army retreat and rest, while the rear army presses forward and prepare to attack the stronghold."
He has been at loggerheads with his opponent these days and is well aware of how difficult the opponent is.
Now they have finally been forced to retreat. Taking advantage of the high morale of the army, it is a good time to pursue them.
Otherwise, when the other party calms down, there will be another bad fight.
"Cao is really anxious."
Guan Ji said this as she watched the Wei army's rear troops come up and prepare to attack the stronghold, seemingly not giving her side any time to breathe.
Although she was forced to retreat to the stronghold by such a crazy attack by the Wei army, she still looked calm.
The heavy casualties at the front didn't seem to have any impact on her at all.
"He has to be anxious!" Although he is a mascot, Feng Junhou is also thoughtful.
"We have been entangled with him here for so long. Not to mention Longyou, even Hanzhong has probably reacted."
"The longer he stays here, the less likely he will be to break through Xiao Pass. If the reinforcements from Longyou and Hanzhong arrive at Xiao Pass, he has not yet decided the winner with us."
"Let alone Xiao Guan, I'm afraid he won't even be able to keep his peace..."
Guan Ji finally looked back at Feng Junhou and smiled softly:
"It's as if he can maintain his stability now!"
After saying this, she asked: "Where is Zhao Guang?"
Zhao Guang, who had been waiting for military orders under the commander's platform for a long time, had been scratching his head and could neither sit nor stand.
The emergency situation ahead was reported again and again, but my sister refused to call his name, which made him like an ant on a hot pot.
If it weren't for his sister's rigorous military management, which made him feel in awe, he would have stepped forward to ask.
At this time, he finally heard his sister order his general, and he jumped up and said loudly:
"Zhao Guang is here!"
"You come up first."
Zhao Guang hurriedly ran up to the handsome platform.
Guan Ji handed him the telescope and pointed him in a direction:
"Did you see that big flag? Among Cao's rebels, this flag is the tallest. That flag must be where Cao Zhen's command camp is."
Zhao Guang looked in the direction pointed by Guan Ji, with excitement on his face, and nodded repeatedly: "I saw it."
"Cao's thieves are now alternating between the front and rear armies. In addition, our army is retreating to the camp. They must not have thought that we would counterattack."
Guan Ji looked calm and said slowly: "Your mission is to rush forward in this direction and clear a path. Don't look back and don't cherish the war horse."
"It doesn't matter where you rush. If you can break through Cao's army, that's the best!"
Three thousand armored cavalry broke through the formation of one hundred thousand Cao thieves?!
After Zhao Guang heard this, he felt that his soul was burning.
Let's have fun. That means leading a knight to have fun in Cao's camp!
Zhao Guang was so excited that he was trembling all over just thinking about it.
"The final general will definitely live up to his command! I will never return to the army until I break the bandit camp!"
On the other hand, Feng Junhou, who was standing next to him, didn't like hearing this. He let out a "tsk" and was about to say, "Keep the green hills here, so you don't have to worry about running out of firewood."
How could Guan Ji, as his pillow person, not know his thoughts?
At that moment, the phoenix eyes stared over, staring back at Feng Junhou's words.
"If you can really break through the enemy's camp and penetrate the enemy's formation, after this battle, you will be like General Zhao in the battle of Changbanpo."
While Guan Ji suppressed Feng Junhou, she also added more fanaticism to Zhao Guang, who was already enthusiastic.
Although this guy Zhao Guang has been severely beaten by General Zhao since he was a child, he is actually a fan of his master in his heart.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have imitated the appearance of General Zhao when he was young, with a white horse and a silver gun and a handsome silver armor.
At this time, when he heard Guan Ji say this, his eyes had begun to become bloodshot, his nostrils expanded rapidly, and his wheezing was like a cow panting.
"General, let's see how the last general performs!"
Zhao Guang clasped his fists heavily, turned around and got off the stage.
In the deepest part of the Han army's camp, three thousand armored cavalry were armoring themselves and their horses with the help of their entourage.
The so-called armored riding refers to people wearing armor and horses not wearing armor or only wearing light leather armor to cover their vital parts.
The so-called equipment refers to horse armor.
Even in Yuezhi City, Feng Yong only dispatched armored cavalry and did not use horse equipment.
Because this thing is really too expensive.
It was so expensive that even the wealthy Feng Junhou could barely raise three thousand horses so far.
The huge amount of money and food is just the foundation.
We also need to have qualified tall war horses and produce enough refined iron.
As for the knights, they are the easiest. After all, it is a common practice for the Han Dynasty to raise horses. Coupled with Feng Yong's scientific training, soldiers are not a problem.
Thanks to Emperor Xiaowu, he improved the horse breeds of the Han Dynasty. Coupled with the fact that horse breeding was popular in the Han Dynasty, the horses did not deteriorate as seriously as later generations.
In addition, Liangzhou Dama is famous all over the world.
So Feng Yong spent three years raising these horses by himself, trying to buy them at a high price from Liangzhou, and plundering them from all over Longyou, to finally get this few war horses together.
Coupled with the development of Nanxiang's iron smelting technology, Huang Yueying's improvement of iron smelting tools, and the personal supervision of the master Pu Yuan.
The production and quality of fine iron have been improved, which allowed Feng Yong to organize these three thousand heavy cavalry.
All of the above conditions are indispensable.
It can be said that without the foundation laid by Feng Yong over the years, these three thousand armored riding equipment would not be possible.
There are three thousand people in name, but in fact, the normal rangers and Hu riders are their followers.
In this official battle, all the rangers and horsemen in the army must first help them wear armor, and then follow them into battle.
The unusual silence in the Shu camp made Guo Huai feel a little uneasy.
He took advantage of the gap between the front and rear armies to find Cao Zhen:
"Da Sima, these Shu captives are elite soldiers, and they are also the Feng thief. They are full of scheming, vicious and cunning. General Kuang Zhi will see that when they retreat, they are orderly and not in chaos, not a rout."
"Now that they are suddenly huddled in the camp, they are afraid of some trick, so it is better to be more careful. Why not let people test them first and make arrangements before attacking the camp."
Cao Zhen had already been blinded by hatred at this time. He only wanted to catch Feng Wen and that beast, whip him a hundred times, and then skin him and dry him in the sun.
Why are you still thinking about waiting?
"I think that Feng Wenhe has all kinds of tricks, is it possible that he can still defeat my army?!"
Wasn't he a cow a few days ago?
That's because he still wants to leave some remaining strength to capture Xiao Pass.
Now when he shows his full strength, shouldn't he have to retreat obediently?
It's just that in this battle, I was calculated mentally and unintentionally, and at the same time I had a huge military advantage, but in the end it ended up like this. Even if I won, it would not be very glorious.
Thinking again that all his plans had failed, the anger in Cao Zhen's heart became even higher.
The most important thing is that Feng Thief has delayed himself for too much time, and he is afraid that reinforcements from the Shu captives are about to arrive.
It is estimated that after this battle, the best opportunity to capture Xiao Pass has been lost.
If I don't take advantage of the victory to attack the camp now, I will really let Feng Thief escape. How can I face His Majesty?
Thinking of this, Cao Zhen looked at Guo Huai with blood-red eyes: "General Guo, didn't you say at the beginning that you wanted to be a vanguard to break thieves? This time I will follow your wish!"
When Guo Huai heard this, his body trembled subconsciously!
If he said that he didn't know Feng Zeizhirui before, so he said that, then in these days, he finally realized how difficult the other party was.
Guo Huai, who had been directing operations on the front line, could see that the Shu captives' retreat to the camp was by no means a rout, but an orderly retreat.
It was probably impossible to say that the other party was playing some trick, because he could see that the Shu captives really couldn't stand it anymore.
But if the other party wants to hold the camp and delay time, then it is very possible.
What he was worried about was that if Thief Feng really wanted to delay, he would definitely make arrangements in the camp.
The first batch of soldiers who went up to attack the camp were afraid that they would not get a good deal.
But at this time, he couldn't swallow what he had said before, so he had no choice but to respond: "General, you dare not obey your orders?"
At the same time, I thought to myself: If I can't get anything good, I can't get it. As long as I can defeat Feng Thief, it can be regarded as eliminating a big harm to the Wei Dynasty.
With this thought in mind, I went down to make preparations for attacking the camp without mentioning it.
As a general of the Wei army, Guo Huai had his own merits, so he instinctively felt that something was wrong, but the Wei soldiers below did not feel anything was wrong.
Seeing that the Shu captives were forced to retreat to the camp, most of the soldiers were very excited. After fighting hard for many days, they were about to capture the thieves.
But before they could begin to attack the city, the gate of the camp opposite suddenly opened wide, and even a large section of the wall collapsed.
This sudden turn of events shocked many Wei soldiers.
"Could it be possible...the Shu captives are planning to surrender?"
Someone said subconsciously.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a faint vibration on the ground.
"what is that?"
Those with sharp eyes saw a row of red iron walls appearing on the opposite side, and they were also red iron walls that moved forward.
As the red iron wall quickly approached, the shaking on the ground became more and more obvious.
The hooves move like thunder!
The heavy cavalry, both men and horses wrapped in red iron armor, held up long cavalry-specific spears and rushed over like a red torrent.
Before Wei Jun, who was at the front, could figure out what he was facing, his body was knocked away like a piece of paper.
This is...cavalry?
The last thought of many people before they die is: Is this the ghost knight from the underworld summoned by the ghost king?
Needless to say, the cavalry were all covered in armor. Even their faces were covered with iron masks, with only a pair of extremely cold eyes exposed.
The mount they sat on had its face covered with a narrow iron shield, like its owner, only its eyes were exposed.
There was an armor made of armor on his neck, and his chest and body were all well protected.
The person and the mount seem to be integrated into one, making it impossible to tell what they are.
The Wei army was originally at the time when the front and rear armies were alternating. Coupled with the fierce charge of this unknown monster, no one could stop it, and a big hole was torn open in one fell swoop.
"Assault rider!"
Even though she was prepared in her heart, Guan Ji never expected that the impact of this armored riding equipment would be so powerful!
Wherever the armor and riding equipment touched, the Wei army collapsed at the first touch, just like anointing oil meeting a red-hot iron.
In the blink of an eye, the heavy cavalry had broken through the Wei army's front army. Their speed did not slow down and they continued to rush inward.
Guan Ji almost couldn't react, and immediately shouted: "Quick, Tuqi, follow up!"
The front line of the Wei army, which had been ravaged by heavy cavalry, was in a mess. Before they could recover from their shock, sudden cavalry, Hu cavalry, and wandering cavalry followed closely.
Spears, halberds, long arrows and heavy arrows descended like heavy rain.
"Don't stop, follow Jia Qi and charge forward!"
Guan Ji shouted sharply.
The drums of the Han army became more and more passionate.
Zhao Guang, who was rushing at the front, could no longer hear the drums from behind. Now he only remembered his sister's instructions before setting off: that is, rush, rush, rush!
Don't look back, keep moving forward!
Charge as far as you can. If you break through Cao Cao's army, that would be the best!
The iron hoofs knocked away countless objects, first the infantry, then the cavalry, and then the tents...
If you can't hit them, just crush them!
No one can stop this torrent of red iron armor.
Cao Zhen was about to give the order to the front army to prepare to attack the camp, when he saw some personal guards running towards him:
"Da Sima, it's not good! Then Thief Feng... Thief Feng sent ghost cavalry to charge into the formation. The front army is in chaos, it's all in chaos!"