The cold wind whistled again.
The Cao soldiers, who were sheltering from the cliff, ran back with their heads and heads, then sat down by the bonfire, shook off their somewhat ragged shoes, stretched out their feet and came to the bonfire to bake. Suddenly, a sour smell filled the air.
However, this only increased some of the original odor concentration. For the Cao soldiers of several other people, this new concentration was not a big deal.
"How could anyone come in this weather?"
"That's right, it's so cold! It's said that when you walk in, it's even colder inside the mountain!"
A figure raised a little and whispered: "After saying a few words, I still feel that it's not tired enough? If I still have the energy, I'll go to the night guard!"
Seeing Shi's long words, the other Cao soldiers shut their mouths, and even if some of them were muttering something, they quickly disappeared into the wind.
For most ordinary Cao soldiers, they are not aware of the changes in the situation in the middle and upper classes. Most of the time they obey orders and do whatever they ask them to do. As for why, they don’t know and rarely think about it.
Le Jin launched an attack, not thinking about it, but Cao's army was short of horses.
Speaking of which, it is still the influence of Fei Qian on Cao Cao.
Because Taishici's attack on Yecheng and Fei Qian's second attack on Yingchuan made the middle and upper classes of the Cao family pay more attention to the cavalry tactics, and even more attention than in history. You should know that in history, until Cao Cao went south to Jiangdong, the tiger and leopard cavalry were only a mere three thousand, even at its peak, only about five or six thousand. Now, the cavalry of Cao's army alone in the northern part of Youzhou had exceeded this number.
In addition, Fei Qian's emphasis on military equipment made Cao Cao have to strengthen his logistics investment in military equipment, which also led to more difficulties in Cao Cao's economy. At the same time, due to the large number of cavalry operations, the scarcity of war horses on Cao Cao's side seemed even more embarrassing.
Youzhou, Jizhou Zhongmu, Hanoi, and Luoyang are Cao Cao's only routes to purchase war horses, and they are often profitable by middlemen...
If Cao Chun could achieve certain results on the northern desert battlefield, such as breaking through the Dingling Royal Court and capturing a large number of war horses, then Cao Cao's side would not seem so embarrassing.
It was precisely because Cao Chun's results were not ideal that the Cao army had to turn their attention to these "middlemen". Therefore, it became the consensus among the Cao army that they seized the supply route to isolate the middlemen to make the difference in the price difference, or to reduce the price by "requests" and increase the number of war horses.
Therefore, whether it was the investigation in Zhongmu or the attack in Hanoi County, it seemed to have nothing to do with it, but in fact it pointed to important military supplies and war horses.
Therefore, there are two different attitudes when it comes to Sima. On the one hand, they are slightly gentle, such as Xun or the other. As long as the middlemen are willing to cooperate, they can talk about it. On the other hand, they are similar to Le Jin. If the damn middlemen are unwilling to cooperate, they will all die!
Since the Cao family Xiahou family and others, as well as those who are closely connected with the Cao family political group and rely on good and bad luck, have chosen to stand on Cao Cao's side, there is no more choice. After all, in the Central Plains of China, once the cavalry of the cavalry breaks in, if there is no corresponding cavalry counterattack, there is really no good way!
Just like the feudal dynasty after China, once the Hu cavalry broke through the border defense line, they would almost be beaten one-sidedly...
Cao Cao obviously did not want to do this, and the generals of the Cao family group, who were in Jizhou and Youzhou, were also unwilling to see such a situation. Therefore, when some news came from Qinglong Temple in Chang'an, the middle and high-level generals and officials of the Cao family political group took different measures.
After all, Fei Qian is now spending his thoughts on Qinglong Temple. If he doesn't make some small moves while Fei Qian's eyes are away, would he wait until Fei Qian hits the cavalry to the tip of his nose before he fixes these problems?
Intermittent snow in winter is indeed not a good weather for combat.
Of course, if you delay for a while, in spring, after the rain, it will also cause headaches for the soldiers.
It's too hot in summer and there are many mosquitoes.
Throughout the year, autumn is more in line with the needs of combat, but unfortunately, this combat model was completely distorted as early as the Warring States Period. When a person went to the line to gain benefits, the queue inevitably slipped into scatters.
For soldiers in the Taihang Mountain Trail, even if the weather is worse, they have to fight.
Now that Cao Cao and Feiqian are in a confrontation, if they can increase their strength by one point, it will reduce the pressure for the main force to fight in the future. Only by obtaining more war horses as soon as possible can more cavalry be trained!
The Sima family is undoubtedly the largest middleman in Hanoi. If the Sima family cannot be defeated, it will be like a delusion to control the war horse market in Hanoi. If there is a slight delay and wait for Fei Qian to recover from the Qinglong Temple Great Treatise, then such a good opportunity may not be the second time!
Nowadays, even if you don’t understand the economy or do not know the civil affairs, you can still feel it. So what if you have three or four years? If this gap continues to widen, Fei Qian will not have to move troops at that time. Just show it a little bit. The gentry tyrants in Shandong who are already linked to Fei Qian’s economy will immediately shake their tails and fall under Fei Qian’s skirt?
Therefore, since Sima has been evil, it must be done to the end.
But there are many things in the world, and you can't do whatever you want...
『Swoosh!』
The moment the night wind stopped slightly, the sound of breaking through the air sounded!
The Cao soldiers resting by the bonfire did not play the role of a sentry detective at all. In a daze, one of them was shot directly by the crossbow. The blood spurted out splattered into the bonfire, and a large amount of black smoke suddenly rose!
The soldiers who were shot by the crossbow fell down, which scared the other Cao soldiers to scream!
At this moment, the gap between veterans and new recruits is fully demonstrated...
The recruits screamed, then sat there or were eager to stand up, but they didn't know that such behavior on the bonfire was a very convenient target. They were immediately shot by the crossbow and arrows one after another.
Compared with the veteran Shi Chang who left the bonfire, he kicked his feet on the ground at the first time, used his hands and feet, grabbed the hilt of the sword with one hand, rolled over to the dark place on the side, and avoided a crossbow shot at him, then drew out the sword and looked in the direction where the crossbow was shot in horror.
Cao Junshi complained secretly, why did he run into them again?
After the panic, Cao Junshi had already recognized it. This was obviously the method of the elite scouts under the command of the cavalry! The crossbow was missing and the arrow was missing to make up for the leak! If the distance was close, there might be a small axe and a small iron halberd thrown!
He had already experienced it in Heluo once. Those ghostly figures in the darkness left an indelible impression on Cao Junshi Chang!
Seeing that his subordinates were killed continuously, and then there seemed to be black shadows shaking around, and a faint cold light was revealed. Cao Junshi couldn't help but lose the courage to fight and shouted: "Surrender! I surrender..."
"Leave your weapons! I won't kill you! Stand out!" A voice in the darkness shouted, "If you are honest, you can survive!"
Cao Junshi hesitated for a moment, and threw the sword in his hand out and landed on the ground with a clang. Now his subordinates were dead and injured, and he obviously could not defeat these cavalry scouts who were faintly surrounded, so he might have to survive...
A battle knife poked out from the darkness and then brought out Zhang Tian's figure.
Zhang Tian walked to Cao Junshi, and his face was still shaking with some murderous aura, and he put on a cold smile, "Come on, to be honest, how many people are there in that part of you, where are you..."
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Sima's copycat is close to each other.
After obtaining conclusive news, Zhang Ji also rushed over with his men. On the one hand, he got conclusive news because he caught the survivor, and on the other hand, he was worried that the arrest of the survivor would reveal his whereabouts, which made the other party be prepared.
Of course, it is also possible that the other party intends to abandon his child and sets a trap...
However, after Zhang Ji repeatedly asked, he looked at the map again and thought that the possibility of this was very small.
There are only a few mountain trails around Sima Mountain Village. After all, they have to ride and be able to pass the car. Therefore, the mountain trail is not as complicated as the herb-collecting path, so as long as you know the specific location information, the subsequent things will be simple.
Even if you want to ambush, you need to have certain terrain requirements, otherwise it will become an encounter.
Not long after the sky became brighter, Zhang Ji and his people rushed to Le Sheng's face.
Although the Taihang Mountain Trail is already a very mature route, some places still have at most two or three horses in parallel width, so it is impossible to engage in horse battles. Therefore, when Zhang Ji and Lesheng fought, they also adopted a horse-drawn staircase battle.
Zhang Ji was not as famous as Zhang Xiu in history.
Well, maybe it's also famous, but it's not Zhang Ji himself, but his wife - "When I first saw my brother and sister, I'll make up for you brother!"
However, in fact, Zhang Ji's current wife is not the Zou family whom he wanted to refuse but welcomed in the Romance, but the "bag" he married in Xiliang before.
Well, in the official history, there is no word "Zou"; it is just Zhang Ji's wife. The specific surname was added by Mr. Luo. I don't know if it was to add details to make Cao Thief more full, or for some other reason. After all, this "Zou" was exposed once in history books, and he must have died after the riot that night.
From this point of view, the so-called "Zou Family" should have been produced by Haoyou, a local area near Wancheng and in Nanyang at that time...
If the Zou family was really so stunning and so famous, Cao Cao had a Dong Zhuo before, and could he wait for his classmate Cao to carefully savor it?
So it is mostly people like "Diao Chan" who are local Haoyouxian.
At the same time, it was only because Zou was presented to Zhang Ji by the local Haoyou, so he did not hesitate at all and was taken out for bribing Cao Cao for the second time, just like Liu Bei went into Chuan and married Wu, who was also a widow.
Moreover, Zhang Ji mostly died because of Zou, not because of the Zou family, but because of Zou family, Zhang Ji did not choose to collect the local area when he was short of food in the army. He did not recruit the "Zou family" Haoyou, nor did he attack the Runan area. Instead, he sent troops to Liu Biao to plunder, and died of loss.
Now, Zhang Ji, who is not troubled by women, obviously draws his gun at a brutal speed.
As a general who habitually rushed to the front line, Zhang Ji also rushed to the front line this time. He used a circular shield tied with his left hand to cover his vital points, and then the big gun thrust and smashed in the array of Cao's soldiers like a rolling python, with a magnificent momentum.
When he was killed, Zhang Ji not only used his spear to kill the enemy, but even picked up the weapons that landed on the ground and threw them at the Cao army soldiers. The Cao army soldiers' front line suddenly became a little scattered.
The same is true for the soldiers around Zhang Ji.
This is the habit of the Xiliang soldiers.
Or it is also the style of the old Qin people.
When Zhang Ji saw that Cao's army was scattered, he shouted: "Follow me!"
Behind him, more than a dozen soldiers raised their shields to follow. Wen Ling immediately protected Zhang Ji tightly, rushed towards the gap exposed by the Cao army soldiers, and crashed into the Cao army formation and slashed.
In an instant, the screams suddenly echoed in the mountains, making the other Cao soldiers frightened and pale.
After being rushed by Zhang Ji, the Cao army soldiers were immediately unable to hold on. They threw down their shields first and ran backwards. However, after running a few steps, they were blocked by the Cao army soldiers behind them. They collided together, which was extremely chaotic.
Le Sheng was so anxious that he jumped from behind. After all, if this narrower terrain was washed away by Zhang Ji, it would mean that Le Sheng and others would be compressed and could not even use their hands and feet!
Such face-to-face fighting has a relatively small space. It should be the best time for the brave general to perform. But the problem is that Le Jin has extraordinary force, but Le Sheng is just a very polite and sparse hand. If he really wants to go against Zhang Ji, he dare not.
Zhang Ji adjusted his breath behind the shield, then recovered his strength, and then shouted again and rushed forward!
Seeing Zhang Ji's crazy and brave look, Le Sheng felt timid in his heart. He held the sword and shook his feet and did not dare to move forward. However, when he saw the front gradually being oppressed and deformed by Zhang Ji, he was also panicked and couldn't help but shout: "Archer! Where is the archer? Shoot, shoot arrows!"
When he shouted the last "arrow", Le Sheng's voice was as sharp as if someone had pinched it, and it was a little bit sharp.
There were indeed some archers led by Le Sheng. After hearing Le Sheng's order, he could not help but hesitate when he saw the soldiers on his side intertwined with the canine teeth on the other side, "Then...there are our people..."
"I said to shoot arrows!" Le Sheng's eyes were almost glaring, "Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows!
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The arrows came whistling.
Most of the soldiers of the Cao army wore Liangdang armor, and only a small number of high-ranking soldiers were the truncated armor.
The Liangdang armor is simply the armor that only protects the chest and back, which is not much different from the bulletproof vests of later generations. The regular soldiers under Fei Qian had completely abandoned the Liangdang armor at a very early age. Basically, they all use the tube sleeve armor, and have added neck protection, and there is also a cavalry shield attached to the left forearm.
In the continuous practice and evolution, the tower shields of heavy infantry under Fei Qian's command have become larger and heavier. At the same time, the round shields of cavalry and mountain soldiers have taken into account both tenacity and also paid attention to lightness. Basically, all of them are made of steel, and some soldiers will even deliberately polish some of the edges of the round shield...
When Le Sheng was trying to attack Zhang Ji with a misunderstanding, the Cao army soldiers wearing Liangdang armor exposed their arms and buttocks and thighs were in great danger. As long as they were not within the protection range of Liangdang armor, they would basically stab each one accurately, and each one would stab each one would be a blood hole...
These Cao army soldiers never expected to receive shots from their own arrows, and many of them were shot to the ground, wailing, or died directly on the spot.
On the other hand, Zhang Ji and others seemed to have been shot a lot, but in fact the damage was not as big as Le Sheng imagined. Especially when the arrows were missing and the shooting was shot, it had a certain randomness. There might be someone with strong luck on the battlefield. Even if thousands of arrows were shot at one go, they could not touch the body.
In addition, the intermittent snowfall in winter, if it is not effectively protected, the bowstring will be relatively weaker. You should know that Cao's army is not as "luxury" as Fei Qian's command. Even the tarpaulin felt blankets are shared by one, not one per person.
Therefore, Zhang Ji and others covered their faces with round shields, and when the arrow rain fell, they roared and advanced forward. The general had such courage, so he naturally led ordinary soldiers. In addition, these soldiers under the cavalry had enough daily training. Those older and poor health had retired. Almost all of the soldiers in the army were elite. Inspired by Zhang Ji's courage, they almost beat Cao's soldiers upright.
Logically speaking, Le Jin's training for his soldiers was not bad, nor was he corrupted so quickly. But the problem is that, on the one hand, Le Sheng and Zhang Ji, their experience in both personal bravery and battle formations was a little worse. On the other hand, the equipment protection of Cao's soldiers was also a little different...
I was a little worse here and a little worse there. As a result, my heart that had finally gathered up was stabbed by Le Sheng's faint move!
One side is the leader who can lead his subordinates to charge into battle, and the other side is the leader who can only stand behind, waving his sword and stabbing his backgroud. It is clear what to do.
At that moment, these Cao army soldiers shouted, turned around and ran away. Those who had no time to run away simply threw away their weapons and hugged their heads and dodged, allowing Zhang Ji to roll by like a torrent of steel!
Chapter completed!