Chapter 3204 Window

After Li Dian rushed forward with his soldiers, he suddenly discovered something.

Cao Jun...

It seems to be less capable of fighting.

In Li Dian's memory, there is nothing to say about ordinary Cao's soldiers, but the direct combat soldiers such as the Cao family's leadership and guards are still quite powerful.

Except for the match...

Oh, then it's all right.

Li Dian watched the Cao army soldier running at the back being chased by Di mountain soldiers, and then slashed up with one knife. The Cao army soldiers limped for a few steps, and were caught by two chased Di mountain soldiers, pressed on the ground and slashed their heads...

Suddenly, a trace of indescribable emotions surged in Li Dian's heart, and then he sighed softly.

As soon as Cao Zhen retreated, the Cao army soldiers who were fighting in the front quickly lost their will to fight. Originally, these Cao army soldiers were able to form formations to fight against Di mountain soldiers, supporting them without collapse. As a result, Cao Zhen retreated, everyone was just thinking about escaping.

The Cao army soldier just now was chased and killed until his head was cut off, and he did not turn around and fight against the Di mountain soldiers. It seemed that his fighting will to fight suddenly disappeared.

From the beginning of the battle, Li Dian was looking for Cao Zhen's figure, but the distance was too far and could not be found. However, Li Dian knew that although Cao Zhen did not shoot out the flag, he was among the group of Cao's soldiers.

Suddenly, a soldier in front of him cheered loudly, "Hahaha! This is a big fish!"

Li Dian jumped and looked up. He saw several Di mountain soldiers pulling a generally intact Cao army's corpse. The cap of the corpse had fallen. I don't know where it fell, or who took it away as a spoil. However, the corpse also had a pair of black-sleeved armor on its body, with a war skirt, with a uniform paint surface and complete armor. It was not something that ordinary Cao soldiers could afford.

Li Dian walked up, separated the onlookers, and went up to check. The Cao army military academy should have been shot and had a half-arrow arrow on his head. He identified his face. It was not Cao Zhen, but it should also be a middle-level military academy in the Cao family's Zhonggu, and perhaps the front-line commander of the Cao army in front just now.

"At least a military marquis." Li Dian said, then he swept the Di mountain soldiers watching the fun, and immediately said angrily, "Don't let go! Put it here! All these are all registered! You are indispensable! What are you all doing here? Clean the battlefield! Also, those who just fought half of the battle and cut their heads, and half of their merits were deducted! The cow trained will strip the rope three times, so how can you teach you?!"

The Di people's mountain soldiers immediately scattered.

No matter how much he scolded, Li Dian was quite satisfied with the performance of the Di people's mountain soldiers this time.

Li Dian arrived here from Mulansai. Although the journey was shorter than Cao Zhen's distance, the time was relatively fast and the preparations were not sufficient. Most of the Di mountain soldiers were fighting against Cao's army head-on for the first time, and they were able to achieve such a level...

but……

Li Dian frowned.

"General! Cao's army is no longer able to do it, why don't you chase after him?"

Li Dian guards beside him asked.

Li Dian looked back at the guard.

The guard shrank his head slightly and whispered: "General, this is an opportunity..."

"What opportunity?" Li Dian asked.

Just like in the Han Dynasty, most of the generals were close friends and trustworthy confidants. Most of Li Dian’s personal guards were from the Li clan and their own relatives.

"This... this fish is too small..." The guard kicked the body of the Cao army's military marquis and whispered, "It's enough to give ordinary soldiers, but if it's for the general...

Li Dian smiled, then frowned slightly.

He understood what guard meant.

Merits are like an upgraded experience value. The higher the level, the more experience value you need. Such a merit of a Cao army marquis is enough for an ordinary soldier to upgrade to three levels on the spot, but if it is placed on Li Dian, it can only add a little progress bar.

and……

This is indeed a good opportunity.

A complete separation from Cao's family is a good opportunity to show loyalty.

It’s not that Li Dian was half-hearted before, but that Li Dian had worked under Boss Cao before.

This is a fact, whether Li Dian admits or avoids it, it is a fact that exists.

So, if you can really cut off Cao Zhen’s head, not to mention the merits, it means that Li Dian is truly on Fei Qian’s side. From then on, no one else will dare to have any rumors about Li Dian’s experience of working under Lao Cao.

Of course, there may be some indirect discussions for Li Dian personally, but it is indeed a great benefit for Li Dian's entire family.

Li Dian glanced at the guard.

When Li Dian defected to Fei Qian and then asked for the Li Dian clan back from Cao Cao, Li Dian clan members often scolded him behind his back...

There were even many Li Dian tribe members who cried all the way to Guanzhong.

Calculate it, how long has it been?

Li Dian was silent for a while, then frowned and looked at the surrounding battlefield, shook his head and said, "It is naturally the best to win, but now it seems... it cannot be chased."

"Master..." The guard was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but say with some concern, "This...If this is..."

Li Dian raised his hand and said, "Look, the Cao army is actually scattered in the front, and the middle and back formations are complete... The most casualties are here. From there, there have been few Cao army casualties... What does this mean? Moreover, the mountain road is narrow and embarrassing. If we chase it in a hurry, the queue will naturally not be in shape. At that time, Cao army will fight back at any time. Do you think we can withstand it? Even if we hold it, will we make a profit or a loss?"

"Lord, then you mean...

Although the guards are eager for merit, they are now on the battlefield. It is OK to make suggestions, but Li Dian is still the one who decides.

『Let me think about it…』

Li Dian Tiao looked at the direction of Cao's defeat and thought.

...

...

Cao Zhen squatted quietly in the grass, like a tiger and leopard waiting for the arrival of prey, adjusting his breathing as much as possible to stabilize his breath.

He is ready to use the same trick again.

Who said that if you are ambushed, you cannot ambush the other way around?

Cao Zhen is not as panicked as he seems on the surface.

After he confirmed that there was an enemy ambush, he realized at the first time that even if he rushed out of the valley, he might not be able to defeat the opponent's ambush.

Even the elite soldiers of Cao's army who came from afar were exhausted. Cao Zhen didn't know the situation on the other side at all, and he didn't know what preparations the other party had, so how likely would he win if the entire army attacked?

Why not come back and squat in the grass.

At least Cao Zhen took people through this road...

That's right, it's the narrow and long stone road that made Cao Zhen frightened.

When he got here, Cao Zhen was afraid of ambushing, so he asked his subordinates to search again and again.

It comes in handy now.

Because the investigation was carefully conducted, Cao Zhen naturally knew that there could be hidden people there.

After a while, some of the defeated soldiers in the front stumbled back and fled along the mountain road...

Cao Zhen swallowed.

Will Li Dian come?

He was really unsure of this.

If it were before, Cao Zhen was 80% sure, Li Dian would pursue him. Because at that time, Li Dian was a general and a general who was a vanguard, even if he led his troops alone, and most of the time, these generals had to "go through fire and water" for the main generals. Even if they knew there were traps or felt that there was danger, they still had to attack under the command of the main general.

But now, Cao Zhen is not sure...

Is Li Dian's changes before or after surrender?

Cao Zhen's mood spread like the weeds in front of him.

If Li Dian catches up, then he will fight back, and Hanzhong won't be able to win it smoothly, but if Li Dian doesn't come...

Cao Zhen looked at the mountain road in the distance through the grass, his eyes full of longing and expectation.

This desire and expectation came out the last time he appeared... Cough cough, it was still the time when Cao Zhen got married. Now, Cao Zhen swears that he has never expected someone's arrival so much in his life, and he is still a man.

The fleeing Cao's soldiers passed by in groups of three or three, and fewer and fewer than that.

Cao Zhen’s heart is slowly sinking.

After another moment, the mountain road became silent.

The light in Cao Zhen's eyes gradually dimmed with the silence of the mountain road.

A cup of tea passed.

A quarter of an hour passed.

The mountain road is silent...

"Master... do you want..." The guard beside Cao Zhen gritted his teeth and whispered, "Do you want... let's go and induce..."

To sway a sway, it’s really not to sway a flag. Li Dian and others couldn’t find the way, so the “shot” mentioned by the guards must be wearing Cao Zhen’s armor and pretending to be Cao Zhen himself to lure Li Dian into the bait.

But such behavior means great risks.

The guards said this and almost gave their life.

Cao Zhen was silent and sat back on the ground.

"No need...send orders and prepare to withdraw troops..."

『Reign of Lord!』

Cao Zhen looked up and looked at the narrow sky, "Send the order...Li Mancheng, he will not be fooled..."

Cao Zhen understood Li Dian’s choice.

Now Li Dian can stabilize and not attack Sandian County before, but now he can also stabilize and not pursue him.

For Cao Zhen, Li Dian, who is not greedy for merit, does not advance rashly, and is like a stone wall in front of him, cannot be shaken at all.

Seeing that Cao Zhen had made up his mind, the guard stood up and went to pass the order.

Facing such an extremely calm opponent, Cao Zhen really had a headache.

The detour is obviously not done.

Although the Di guide said before that there is another road that leads to the rear of Mulan Pass, but...

Cao Zhen glanced at his subordinates who were about to retreat and sighed in his heart.

If the march failed, the ambush was not successful, and the morale had already fallen to an extremely low. If Cao Zhen had not led the elite and his own troops, there would have been a possibility of mutiny in the middle of the night.

With such soldiers, if you go over mountains and ridges, you will have to go deeper alone, at least Cao Zhen can't do it.

So we can only withdraw our troops, but if we continue like this, Cao Zhen will have to fight to the death in Mulan.

After such a fight, Cao Zhen also understood that on Mulansai, there were definitely not just the soldiers on the surface of the military camp. Li Dian must have hidden soldiers somewhere. Therefore, every time Cao Zhen attacked Mulansai, it meant that he could not achieve the effect of destroying the defenders with continuous attacks. Instead, Li Dian used Mulansai's geographical advantage to destroy Cao's army!

Therefore, attacking Mulansai became the worst strategy.

It’s not possible to detour, and it’s not cost-effective to attack.

Could it be that the battle in Hanzhong will stop here?

Cao Zhen was unwilling to give up.

He thought hard, and suddenly, he thought of an idea...

A strategy that might be able to take advantage of this failure.

But soon, Cao Zhen felt a little uneasy again. What would he do if the plan still fails to succeed?

The sun gradually sets westward, taking away the hustle and bustle of the day.

Cao Zhen stood on the hillside, and suddenly felt a little sadness in his heart.

All the fatigue, all the running and all the struggle seemed to turn into a sigh like smoke at this moment, dissipating in the evening breeze.

But Cao Zhen also knew that he was not qualified to be depressed now.

He must use his words and deeds to tell all the soldiers of the Cao army that after every dusk, there is a dawn waiting.

Cao Zhenqiang cheered up, raised his head, then laughed and faced his subordinates.

No matter what, he will find the brilliance of tomorrow from the afterglow of the setting sun...

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『Kill! Kill!』

From Tongguan, Zhu Ling's roar came.

There are many corpses in the lower city of Tongguan.

Cao's army's unconcerned life and death attack almost turned the walls and battlements of the lower city of Tongguan into red.

The defenders suffered a considerable loss.

Zhu Ling's armor was stained with countless blood stains, and there were still some parts where the armor was missing and there was no time to fill it.

With the support of the artillery that was rebuilt to cover the snow shed, Cao's offensive was slightly controlled, but after getting used to the roar of artillery...

In other words, the continuous attacks of Cao's military, civilians and soldiers, and soldiers also brought heavy pressure to the Tongguan defenders.

"The cavalry won thousands of victories!"

『Kill!』

Zhu Ling's battle knife slashed hard at the chest of a Cao army soldier who was rushing up, and immediately cut his breastplate, cutting out a wound that was deep enough to see the bone.

The soldiers of Cao's army howled and tried to fight back before death, but were stabbed into the stomach by Zhu Ling's guards and pushed them off the city wall.

Another Cao army soldier faced Zhu Ling and others who were fiercely striking, and he jumped onto the wall in a panic. Just as he was about to jump down, two spears quickly passed through his body and fixed him on the wall. The Cao army soldier covered the wounds that were pierced, and sprayed blood at the Cao army soldiers outside the city, screaming, and blood splashed like rain.

Seeing the tragic situation, the Cao army soldiers who were climbing up the city couldn't help but retreat.

Seeing this, Zhu Ling laughed and became more and more crazy. He led his guards to advance from one section of the city wall to another section, and cut down or drove all the Cao army soldiers who had finally climbed up.

For a moment, Cao's army's offensive momentum was interrupted.

There was a lot of cheers on the top of the city.

Zhu Ling looked around and wiped the blood stained with flesh and bones on the sword, and then pushed the Cao army's body to the city, "Sweep the battlefield! Prepare for rotation!"

The cheers gradually stopped, and then there was a moaning sound.

『Doctor! Here!』

A shout sounded.

Teams of medical staff rushed to the top of the city, regardless of the blood and corpses on the wall, checked the wounded and treated the on-site. Then groups of people carried the wounded down the city and moved them to the rear for treatment.

The defenders have the advantage, but it does not mean that they can be completely exempted from damage.

There is still hope of treatment when injured, but some soldiers died directly and could not even be rescued.

Either by accidentally protruding your head or accidentally stepping on the air under your feet, your life will disappear.

Recklessly, blood rushed to his head, lost his mind, and died.

The timid ones will deform their movements when fighting, and their defenses will not be in place, so they will die.

I was lucky, but I was still dead even though I was obviously not wrong...

The place in Tongguan is like a sieve, or a grinding plate of flesh and blood.

The defenders who can survive now are like steel that is tapped again and again, tough and brave, and indomitable.

Under such a cruel battle, most of the Tongguan defenders knew how to exchange the smallest injuries for the greatest results. Those skills that were originally difficult to integrate on the training ground were gradually imprinted in their bloodline.

Zhu Ling patrolled the city wall, picked two swords that were not damaged and inserted behind him.

Not only him, but also Zhu Ling's guards, and some other guards in the city, were also doing the same.

In the game, the battle will be unparalleled, and the sword tips are cut by thousands of people, and the gun tips are not curled. But in fact, even if you refine fine steel, after killing several people in a row, the blade will begin to become dull...

At present, there is absolutely no time to polish the weapons for Zhu Ling or other defenders.

Sure enough, Cao's army attacked again and soon rushed forward under the pressure of Cao's army's commander in the rear.

Not only the Cao army's own supervision team, but also under the long-range threats of artillery, catapults, crossbows and other crossings on the top of Tongguan city, the Cao army's soldiers could only pass through dangerous areas as soon as possible and attack the lower city of Tongguan as soon as possible.

On the sakura in front of Tongguan Xiacheng, there is no room for maneuver in the narrow area. It can only be a passive beating like a gambling fortune. Therefore, as long as you embark on this section of the road, it is almost like a life of death.

But as long as you survive the attack, you can retreat and rest...

That’s right. If you want to survive, you must first take the Huangquan Road.

No one can escape.

Except for the direct Chinese character head, the other soldiers were constantly rotating. Those who came from the rear had to walk in the flesh and blood millstone before they could retreat to rest for a few days. There might be a second rotation, and maybe they could wait until they survive...
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