At the same time, Ardashir was running at full speed to the crossing of the Helmand River. As for the information that the investigators detected about Ardashir heading to the mountain camp before, it was more of a tactical fraud. After all, it is so big now.
No one on either side can see the rain, so they can only rely on other means to detect it.
Ardashir may not have as many investigators as the Han Dynasty, but as Ardashir comes from the Parthian Empire, he at least knows the general type of investigation capabilities that can be used under such heavy rain, and he also knows more or less about these investigations.
What are the upper limits and shortcomings of abilities?
After all, sometimes war is simply a competition of intelligence acquisition capabilities. Currently, there is no hope of obtaining Ardashir through intelligence gathering, but Ardashir can still do it by releasing some false intelligence to deceive the Han Dynasty's investigative capabilities.
It's just that it can be clearly seen that the effect of this false information is not very good. Although it did shock the Han Dynasty when it was first collected, after analysis by Cao Ren and others, it was quickly demonstrated that Aldashir went to
Alpine campsites are unlikely.
After all, going to the high mountain camp is to put it bluntly, it is a gamble, a life and death operation between the two parties, and Ardashir has not reached this level. To put it bluntly, with only Ardashir's little capital, he can compete with Cao Cao for his old capital.
Even if Lao Cao will suffer heavy losses, it will be Lao Cao who wins in the end.
"Go to the crossing of the Helmand River at full speed." Aldashir stood by the road and led the Holy Death Riders to conduct reconnaissance while urging his elite legions to attack with all their strength. He also knew that his previous intelligence fraud could not be concealed from the Han Dynasty.
It's too long, but at least it can delay them for some time. If this time allows them to reach the Helmand River Ferry first, then it's a matter of who gets the blow.
"Yes!" Pharez replied loudly, and his soldiers also marched forward in the rain with firm expressions. They were not shaken by the rain at all, but the heavy rain did slow down Ardashir's march to a great extent.
, and the cold rain continued to take away the heat of the soldiers under his command, making it difficult for many soldiers to maintain their condition continuously even if they had firm beliefs.
"Gurgan, you lead the Scimitar Assaulters and rush to the crossing of the Hermann River first, set up defenses there, and be ready to meet us." Aldashir ordered Gurgan, who led the Scimitar Assaulters,
He now fully understands the situation.
"Yes." Young Gurgan replied loudly.
"Be careful. If the Han army has already arrived when you arrive at the crossing of the Helmand River, then retreat and wait for our army to join us. If the Han army does not arrive, you can set up defenses there. The Han army may be more powerful than our army."
The main force arrived a little early. This mission is very dangerous, but Gurgan, you need to hold on for a while. I will definitely lead the main force to arrive." Aldashir grabbed Gurgan who was about to leave and said loudly, "We must
careful!"
Gurgan nodded when he heard this, and then Shili with a resolute look quickly led the team away from here. Due to the current rainfall problem, the main force under Ardashir's command, except for a small number of Holy Death Cavalry, are also infantry, and in
The fastest among these infantrymen is the scimitar assaulter.
Well, the fastest runner is actually the Kshatriya warrior army led by Sakala. After all, the special effect brought by the talent of divine foot power allows Sakala's headquarters to walk on the ground everywhere, but this army
It was taken by Aldashir to release false information, so now Gurgan can only go to the Helmand River Ferry first.
When Vesudeva I integrated the north and south of the Kushans, it was as if he had forgotten Ghaznavids and Sakala, although to be honest, they had participated in the war between the Han Dynasty and the Kushans from the very beginning.
That kind of outstanding general who is still alive today.
But Vesutiva I never mentioned these two people again after arranging them here. From a certain point of view, in addition to the better performance of these two people's legions in the Northern Guishan Mountains, I am afraid they are also somewhat suppressed.
The meaning of Brahmin is in it, after all, these two are Brahmin people.
"Tavasdes, can we really arrive before the main force of the Han army arrives at the crossing of the Helmand River?" Ardashir asked with some dignity after seeing Gurgan off.
Despite what Aldashir said before, he was extremely confident, but he actually had doubts about whether he could reach the Helmand River on time. What's more, as the executor of the plan, the Han army should not
At such an important node, it runs slower than Ardashir.
"Yes." Tavasdes said firmly, "The problems within the Han Dynasty are bigger than I thought. If not, the other party would arrive earlier than us anyway, but due to internal conflicts, the Han army needs to send part of the army to
The focus on pacifying the interior has led to some problems. Although we are now slightly further from the Helmand River crossing than the Han Dynasty, it is not much further."
"But such a forced march..." Ardashir looked at the soldiers marching in the rain, and they were somewhat unable to keep up in terms of physical fitness.
"At least our soldiers under your command did not become resentful even in such heavy rain. Instead, they continued to march. This is an opportunity. The situation reported by Saqqara has already revealed a big problem. The Han army
We are resting, this is our opportunity." Tavasdes said with excitement, "We will definitely arrive one after another with the Han army, and then we will just pretend that we are an ambush."
"Are the problems within the Han army so big?" Although Aldashir also received a lot of inside information, knew what Cao Cao had done, and knew about the turmoil within Cao Cao's forces, he had never thought about the internal turmoil within Cao Cao's forces.
The conflict has reached such an exaggerated level.
"Now it seems that not only the middle and upper classes are dissatisfied with the monarch, but also the middle and lower classes. Judging from our current situation, even if the Han army marches all the way, it is impossible to reach the limit and is forced to stop to rest. All we can say is
Yes, the commander-in-chief was forced to compromise." Tavasdes said with a hint of joy in his eyes. The intelligence learned that Cao Cao's internal situation and the situation seen on the real battlefield were completely different.
"Under such popular sentiments, although the Han army is strong, it is nothing but a piece of loose sand." Tavasdes said confidently, "At some unforeseen time, we can directly exploit the loopholes and force the Han army to collapse directly, gaining a greater advantage than now.
Result."
"I think it's hard to say. When Yan Xing was there before, you were there and saw that even if the Han army is not in good condition, we are not much better." Aldashir sighed and said.
"It's different. When Yan Xing was there, there was a single legion. At least the top and bottom were united, but now there are multiple legions cooperating. War is not stronger with more people. When orders are difficult to execute and people's hearts are not unified, more troops will only open up gaps.
"More." Tavasdes said with a smile, "I looked for flaws in the Han Dynasty before, but I couldn't find any that could be exploited. I didn't expect that there was something wrong with the people of the Han Dynasty."
"It's difficult to fight. The individual qualities of the Han soldiers are there, and the backbone at the grassroots level is very good. Even if they are dissatisfied with the upper-level command, they can still exert considerable combat effectiveness. It's not just a matter of force." Alda
Hill sighed. He had obtained a lot of Han Dynasty armor, and even obtained armor from the Tiger Guard. Just placing such armor in front of him would give him a great sense of security.
"At least it's not the previous situation where we had an advantage but couldn't turn it into victory." Tavasdes looked at Ardashir and said with a smile, "If I had known that the Han Dynasty's flaw was in this aspect, I shouldn't have
The power of destiny weaving should be invested in the Kushan side, but should be invested in the Han Dynasty, so that the contradiction between the middle and lower classes and the upper class will gradually intensify, and finally the whole thing will explode."
"Forced march, it rains so heavily, and the road is so muddy." Ardashir sighed. Even if his main force could arrive on time, its combat effectiveness would still be reduced by one-third. Fortunately, the Han Dynasty was just like them.
, so much has to be lost.
But when he thought that the armored legions of the Han Dynasty would not lose their defense even if they walked away like this, Aldashir's face became somewhat ugly.
At the same time, the Han army, which had spent a lot of time resting and recuperating, finally mobilized again under Cao Ren's urging. Although the soldiers under his command complained about this, their quality over the years was displayed here, and they cursed a few times.
So he set off.
However, the marching speed was obviously slower than it should be. Cao Ren wanted to continue the forced march, but the speed of his soldiers did not increase much even if they conducted a forced march.
"Every unit maintains its status and is prepared to attack and defend at any time." Ma Pin ordered to the brothers around him. It would be better to walk slowly, which effectively maintained his own combat effectiveness. The only drawback was that he was in the rain.
, if you walk slower, the rain will last longer and take away more heat, causing people to feel somewhat stiff.
"Zixiao, at this speed, even if we rush over, I'm afraid we won't have time to rely on the ferry to set up defenses. I'm afraid Ardashir will lead his troops over before the defense line is established." Xia Houyuan kept patrolling from front to back to prevent anyone from falling behind.
In order to prevent some teams from being too slow, after going back and forth twice, Xia Houyuan spoke to Cao Ren with some worry.
"But at least the physical strength is well preserved." Cao Ren said helplessly. This is not his problem, but the army itself is resisting collectively in this regard, and the marching speed cannot be increased at all. There is nothing he can do.
Good idea.
"What I mean is that we can't separate an army and go there first." Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Ren and suggested, "If this continues, I'm afraid something will change."
"On the other side of the Helmand River, Bakza is nearby. If a single legion passes by, not only will it not be able to deploy defenses, but it will also fall into another kind of embarrassment." Cao Ren shook his head and said. He was also a mature and prudent general, although he had good intentions.
He wanted to force a march to solve the problem, but after realizing that he couldn't do it, he gave up his previous idea and moved forward steadily to maintain his condition. In this way, even if he did not build a defensive front and waited for work, he would still have something
Considerable advantage.
Xia Houyuan was silent for a while after hearing this. He was a little worried, but what Cao Ren said was indeed correct. No matter the current marching speed, he could maintain his peak physical strength, and there would be no big problem if he entered the battlefield at any time.
In this way, one party tried their best to march to the Helmand River Ferry as quickly as possible, and the other party tried their best to maintain their physical strength and rushed to the Helmand River Ferry at an unhurried speed. As time passed,
When Cao's main force arrived at the ferry of Helmand River, Ardashir was already less than thirty miles away from the ferry.
"Investigation shows that Ardashir is located in so many places?" Before entering the Helmand River crossing, Cao Ren reviewed his intelligence for the last time and found that the information given by the main investigators showed that Ardashir was located in many places.
Traces of Hill's strength.
"It seems that the other party has spent a lot of effort to forge intelligence." Cao Ren said with some emotion, "Just to form so many traces requires a lot of manpower. For a tactical deception, so many manpower were used.
, it seems that Ardashir is also at the end of its rope.”
"Probably the Kshatriya warrior legion led by Sakala. Only that legion can run around in various terrains and leave so many traces. It seems that the trace of Ardashir heading to the mountain camp was also forged.
It's over." Xiahou Dun said with a smile on his face, as long as Aldashir comes to the crossing of the Helmand River, everything will be fine. They will wait for work and fight hard with Aldashir, not to mention how hard they fight.
, at least many problems were solved on the spot.
"This is the only possibility. Speaking of which, should we also cultivate such a mountain high-speed mobile army? This army is very difficult to establish in the Beigui Mountains." Cao Ren said to Xiahou Dun.
Unlike the Stable Shield Guards, this legion is so strong that it can jump between mountains as if walking on flat ground. The all-terrain traversability and maneuverability brought by the Shenzu Tong are used to their limit in this mountainous terrain. In this place, even if
It was a few guards who blocked Saqqara. The opponent just ran up the cliff just like the blue sheep. For this thing, 89° is a slope and a path that can be walked. So after entering Beigui,
Sakala is really at home.
Of course, from a certain point of view, it seems that the Brahmins have uneasy and good intentions for setting up such an army, but it doesn't matter now, good intentions or bad intentions don't matter anymore, they have all become the memory of history.
"We'll talk about it later, rush over, set up defenses on the spot, and wait for Ardashir's arrival!" Xiahou Dun said with excitement.
On the other side, Le Jin and Li Dian were summarizing the intelligence from the investigators, because after arriving here, the information obtained by the investigators was really outrageous. The entire area around the Helmand River Ferry, except for the road where the Han army entered,
There are traces of Ardashir everywhere.
If they hadn't known that Ardashir didn't have so many troops, Le Jin and Li Dian would have thought that they were surrounded by Ardashir.
"Be careful. Although Ardashir does not have so many troops, if the opponent can leave so many traces here, the problem is actually very serious." Li Dian cautiously greeted the generals under his command.
"Kill!" Just as the main force of Cao's army was about to advance towards the crossing of the Helmand River, there was a loud noise, and then a loud shout of killing came from the heavy rain, "Death to Cao's army!"
Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun, who were on the front line, had their expressions darkened. Although the soldiers on the front line were wandering all the way and did not march with all their strength, they still had considerable physical strength and had many years of battlefield experience. When they heard this cry to kill,
When the sound was heard, he directly raised his shield and bent down, commanding his soldiers to line up to fight the enemy. The frontline generals hardly showed any panic.
The throwing spears flew over from the front with an ear-piercing whistling sound. The legion under Gurgan's command were strange scimitar assaulters whose core was instantaneous explosion of power.
After the scimitar assaulters of the Kushan Empire were reorganized by Ardashir, some of their elite talents were reshaped, and then there was such a backbone legion with the core of instantaneous power explosion. Although logically speaking, the positioning of this legion is quite
Strangely, it was not what Aldashir originally envisioned, but Gurgan used this legion very well.
The special skill of integrating power, exerting force from the soles of the feet, combined with the release of talent, instantly accelerated the spear from zero to more than 200 meters per second. The terrifying scream pierced the rain curtain and stabbed the soldiers of the Han army, directly killing those on the front line.
Later, the soldier who raised his shield fell to the ground.
The shouts of killing from all directions shocked all the Han soldiers. Thanks to the fact that most of the Han soldiers had experienced the battlefield, they were not shaken by this. However, the invisible opponents in the rain curtain flew from time to time and threw spears, which still gave Han soldiers a lot of blows.
The army caused great pressure, as if the traces of the semi-surrounding Han army detected before were really the tens of thousands of Ardashir's main force.
"Ardashir!" Cao Ren roared at the rain curtain in front of him.
When Cao Ren launched an attack towards the front, Cao Jun's flank was attacked by Bakza. Tavasdes had already sent someone to contact Bakza before, and Gurgan's arrival allowed the two to successfully reunite. With Wan Wan
After gathering his troops, Gurgan became bolder and immediately deployed around the Helmand River. After hearing Gurgan's plan, Bakza was willing to cooperate with the opponent.
Such a gap in information made Cao Ren think that the noise in front of him was the main force of Ardashir. In addition, another large legion was said to have attacked Cao Hong's tribe. Cao Ren naturally identified the opponent as Ardashir's force.
The main force, that is to say, the opponent did not know what method they used to reach the Helmand River Ferry first!
To put it bluntly, the surprise attack plan was a complete failure, and it was basically nonsense to wait for work. Instead, Aldashir seized the opportunity and ambushed him on the Helmand River.
Cao Ren was extremely unwilling, but Ardashir was already blocked here. Even if they started fighting on the spot, it would be of no value. They could only fight hard and organize the manpower to retreat to Kandahar.
