Because he wanted to ensure combat effectiveness, Cao Cao's marching speed was not outrageous. On the contrary, the three thousand mixed shield guards led by Cao Zhang ran as fast as rabbits.
"Young Master, if we are marching like this, something may happen if we encounter the enemy." Niu Jin said with some worry, Cao Zhang's marching speed was really outrageous.
"Isn't it just about being ambushed? What are we afraid of? In this desert terrain, if the opponent wants to ambush us, we can only go head-to-head. Our equipment is all made by me from the Tiger Guards. The quality is absolutely guaranteed. We can fight head-on.
What are you afraid of?" Cao Zhang said, patting his chest.
"But our current marching speed is almost a hundred miles a day. This has far exceeded the limit of the art of war, and this is still a desert!" Niu Jin said worriedly.
"Don't worry, it's not a big problem. When we were in Chang'an, we wore heavy armor and ran around every day. This is after General Zhu trained me, and I worked hard to become a real elite!" Cao Zhang assured, patting his chest again.
.
Niu Jin said that he has a big head, why can you get everything by just grinding and hard work.
"Don't worry. According to my research, this shield guard's talent is called adaptive. It seems that if you strengthen a certain aspect crazily, it will specialize itself. After this group of people fell into my hands, I took them everywhere every day.
." Cao Zhang said proudly.
Liu Bei had a better character, and he had well trained the three sons of the old Cao family. Not to mention Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, their innate qualities were just like that, and they were only suitable for literature and planning.
But Cao Zhang is a skinny monkey. Liu Bei initially planned to teach Cao Zhang to learn literature, but it turned out that Cao Zhang teased Xu Chu every day. Once Xu Chu pushed Cao Zhang into the soil, and then the guards pulled Cao Zhang out of the soil like a radish.
came out.
After that, Liu Bei thought that Cao Zhang was extremely talented, so he found someone to teach Cao Zhang the art of war, and even allowed Cao Zhang to hang out in the military camp. Liu Bei turned a blind eye to Cao Zhang's need for some armor, anyway.
In this era, military commanders also had a very good background. Since he had this qualification, Liu Bei would not stop him.
Xu Chu was also asked to take the exam every day, but Xu Chu had no interest in it at first. After a long time, he really liked it. Compared with those Ma Zhong and Huang Xu in the past, Cao Zhang was obviously extremely durable.
At first, Xu Chu could use only five points of force. Later, Xu Chu found that as long as he didn't move his inner energy, even if he pressed Cao Zhang down and hit him, the opponent would scream at most.
So Xu Chu liked to educate Cao Zhang, and with Liu Bei's hint, Xu Chu would also allow Cao Zhang to be exposed to some things that he should not be exposed to at his age.
Even for this legion of three thousand people, although there are only five hundred people belonging to Cao Zhang, Cao Zhang can use these people for training without orders from the top. This is why Cao Zhang can pull these people away.
When he was in Chang'an, Cao Zhang was chased and beaten by Xu Chu every day. After the beating, Cao Zhang led this group of people around and was as tired as a dead dog every day. But as time went by, in addition to the talents of normal shield guards, this legion had
Also specialized in endurance.
If a normal legion is allowed to do a crazy march like this now, it will lose its combat effectiveness in less than three days. However, Cao Zhang's group of shield guards are so watered down, there is nothing to be afraid of.
"But if we encounter him head-on, we may not be able to defeat him!" Niu Jin said with some collapse. His young master seemed to be crazy.
"Don't worry, I found a god before I left. After a long process of hard work, the god finally customized a set of combat manuals for me." Cao Zhang said proudly, patting his chest.
"Zhuge Kongming knows it!" Cao Zhang said very proudly.
"I know." Niu Jin nodded. Who doesn't know that Zhuge Liang is only a few dozen years old and can already take over Chen Xi's duties when Chen Xi is away? He is drooling with envy. That's really not true.
Common people can compare.
"I hugged that god's thigh and begged for this combat manual for a long time, and that god just gave it to me." Cao Zhang said in a silly tone, not caring at all how embarrassing it was.
Speaking of which, Han Xin's leg was almost broken by Cao Zhang. There was no way. After seeing Zhuge Liang, a powerful figure, being lifted up and beaten by a god, Cao Zhang gave up on the art of war and tactics, and then seized an opportunity to hug the opponent's leg.
The thighs kept asking for it.
In the end, due to sincerity, the gold and stone were opened. Han Xin, with a broken face, ordered a series of tactics for Cao Zhang to face his opponents. There was really nothing he could do. Cao Zhang hugged Han Xin's leg and would not let go. No matter how hard Han Xin fought, Cao Zhang
None of it.
Cao Zhang generally couldn't enter Weiyang Palace, but Cao Zhang rummaged through the boxes at home and gave Liu Tong a gift, saying that he wanted to find someone in Weiyang Palace. Liu Tong thought about it and warned Cao Zhang not to mess around in the harem again.
Let Cao Zhang in.
Then Cao Zhang grabbed Han Xin's thigh and hugged him, refusing to let go. No matter how hard Han Xin tried to throw him away, Cao Zhang refused to let go. Liu Tong and Si Niang looked at Han Xin as they passed by, asked Han Xin what he had for lunch, and then ignored him.
During lunch, Cao Zhang still refused to let go, and even competed with Han Xin for food. He acted like a boss, teach me, boss, you must teach me. I have gold, stone, jade, and everything. As long as you like it, I will give it all to you.
, my father also has a magic sword, which he also gives to you. Please teach me.
Han Xin said that as long as you let go, I will teach you, while Cao Zhang said, if you teach me, I will let go.
The two fought for two days and two nights. Cao Zhang hugged Han Xin's thigh when he slept. Finally, Han Xin felt that the child's courage, patience and courage were quite good, so he hugged his thigh while Cao Zhang was sleeping.
Next, he gave Cao Zhang a detailed explanation on how to face various enemies. Although the method was very rigid, Han Xin's custom-made military tactics were still very reliable.
Cao Zhang also belongs to the intuitive flow and can distinguish good from bad. After Han Xin finished teaching, Cao Zhang moved a lot of things from home to give to Han Xin. He even brought his brother and his younger brother to sing for Han Xin, boasting that the other party had
Duo La, even Han Xin had to sigh at this ability.
"Are you sure these are useful?" Niu Jin said rather worriedly.
"It will definitely be useful. That god is still very powerful. I later gave him a lot of sandalwood." Cao Zhang patted his chest and said, "Okay, let's continue marching. Our goal today is to catch up with my father.
Let my dad see what I have learned over the years."
"Okay, young master, as long as you are happy." Niu Jin sighed and said nothing more. Cao Cao might have arrived in Kandahar.
Nearly a hundred miles behind, Pang De and Yan Xing were both a little confused. They chased Cao Zhang all the way but failed to catch up. Although they were one day behind Cao Zhang, Cao Zhang was a shield guard and they were cavalry. As a result, they marched all the way without catching up.
Seeing the stop, he actually didn't catch up.
"Isn't Ziwen lost over there?" Yan Xing didn't know what to say.
"It's unlikely. He probably had a plan before he sent the troops. I received news that he took a guide with him when he ran away, so he couldn't have gotten lost." Pound waved his hand and said, "Forget it, leave him alone.
We continue to march, the war in Kandahar will not end for a while, and we will not have any big problems even if we stay at night for a few days."
"Hey, if we were all cavalry, our material consumption would be too much. Fortunately, we can be regarded as camel riders now." Yan Xing looked at the camel team behind him and shook his head.
"To be honest, I never thought we would have so many camels before." Pang De also said with emotion. From the first wave of camels being put on the market, there was no shortage of camels in the Han Dynasty. After that, more camels were put on the market every year.
I was sent here because this is the only place where there is a desert battlefield.
As for Li Jue, there is no need at all. Those people can just use war horses to fight. Things like camels are really not suitable for Li Jue.
After all, the generals on Cao Cao's side were still normal people. Since it was a desert battle, except for a few generals, most of them were replaced by camels.
"If it weren't for camels and horses crossing the desert, it would be even more desperate." Yan Xing said with regret. If it was just an ordinary march of more than ten days, it would be enough to let the camels eat all they can in Herat, but
If it were a war horse, it would really be fatal.
At first, the Han army suffered heavy losses due to this problem, but now that the battle has been going on for a long time, the Han army has adapted to desert warfare.
Nearly a hundred miles in front of Cao Zhang, Gumala looked with a headache at the news the falconer told them. There was a small Han army behind them.
"How many people?" Barak frowned and asked.
"Three thousand to five thousand people, a small army." The falconer quickly replied.
"Okay, you go back first and continue the investigation." Barak sent the falconer away, saying that he already knew.
"What should we do?" Sahel frowned and said. The legions under their command are all relatively powerful legions, with two guards and one dual talent, plus some auxiliary troops transporting grain and grass, which totals almost 20,000 people.
This is also the disadvantage of fighting across the desert. Neither the Han army nor the Kushan army dared to bring too many troops because the consumption of food and grass was too great.
Just like now, the largest number of troops in Kushan should be large-scale single talent, and the best thing about Barak is the combat effectiveness adjustment brought by balancing mental images, which can bring out the combat effectiveness of large-scale dual talent, and can fight across the desert.
He can only lead a few elites here. After all, he has to bring food, grass and water with him!
Even if there is an oasis and water in the desert, having food to eat is still a big problem.
"Destroy them?" Barak frowned and said.
"They shouldn't be able to see clearly at night. I can speak Chinese." Gumara said calmly, "How about it, do you want to try it?"
"Then we will march slower these two nights. When they come, I remember that there should be sand dunes ahead, suitable for us to ambush." Barak said.
