Chapter 3221 What you think I think he think
Hanzhong, Mulan Ser.
The section of road in the middle of Mulan Pass is the most dangerous place among the entire military village road.
In fact, there was an additional plank road here, but now it was demolished by the defenders and it seemed empty. If you step on the air, it would slip directly, and maybe you would fall directly along the stone road to the cliff.
Such a terrain makes people feel frightened at first sight, and there is almost no possibility of conquering it.
Therefore, after the battle started, Cao's army never got any advantage.
However, after a long period of time, after too much damage, I will start to think about it more or less.
The most direct change is that Cao's army used the suicide squad.
Sometimes, learning is not easy, but learning bad is very simple.
Since General Husband often used the sneak attack night battle mode, he naturally achieved some good results, but it also promoted the overall tactical changes of the Han Dynasty.
The result was that even Shen Dan was in a stalemate and suddenly made such a move.
And it's a combination of tricks.
During the attack, Cao's army discovered the stone caves left by these plank roads on the Mulansai Mountain Road.
Shen Dan is now working on two things. On the one hand, he makes people climb up the cliff and try to rush into the Mulan Sect to disturb the internal chaos. On the other hand, he is taking advantage of the chaos inside the Mulan Sect to organize people to quickly set up a plank road, expand the attack surface, attack both inside and outside, and take a two-pronged approach!
For a moment, the fire of Mulanzha swayed and the sound rolled like a boil!
Li Dian intercepted Cao Zhen in the mountains, and Ma Zhong was responsible for defending Mulan Stop.
Ma Zhong really didn't expect Shen Dan to use this trick...
After all, the Cao army before seemed to have made a card or sign an attack every day, and it was so dull that it suddenly launched a raid at night, which caught Ma Zhong and the defenders of Mulan Village off guard.
『Kill!』
"The Mulan Pill has been broken!"
The Cao army soldiers climbed over the cliff, whistling and fighting with the defenders of Mulansai.
『Night attack!』
『Cao Army is in!』
There was an uproar in the Mulan Pass.
Because the night was chaotic and the fire was swaying, no one knew how many Cao troops had climbed up, and they were inevitably a little panicked for a while. Some people died under the sword of Cao's army, and of course some people stabbed Cao's army down the cliff with one shot.
『Ahhh——』
Screams echoed between the cliffs.
Seeing that Cao's army climbing up the cliff still attracted most of Mulansai's attention, Shen Dan raised his arms and shouted, "Hurry! Pave the plank road!"
Cao's army, below the mountain road, lit a torch and rushed forward with wooden beams.
The war drums roared and echoed in the mountains.
『Dong!Dongdong!』
The sledgehammer hits the horizontal stroke and nails the wooden beam to the rock wall.
The wooden wedges clamped into the stone cave, tightly clamping the beams of the wooden pillars.
If the plank road can be successfully laid, it will be equivalent to expanding the width of the road more than doubled, which means that the Cao army can send more people to attack Mulansai in a more fierce manner.
After the wooden wedge was stuck in, the beam of the wooden column was stabilized, someone immediately handed over the wooden board and knocked on the iron nail, and immediately continued to lay down another wooden beam forward.
"Cao Jun is paving the plank road!"
Some soldiers on Mulan Front also discovered the movements of Cao's army.
『Shoot!Shoot!
Arrows shot down from the Mulan plug.
A Cao army soldier who was laying a wooden board was shot and screamed in pain.
The person who paved the wooden board was from Shangyong Shen family.
Although the Shen family members are also called friendly troops among the Cao army and sound good, they are actually still regarded as cannon fodder by the Cao army. The ordinary people who came forward to die before were ordinary people in Shangyong, so it is naturally the turn of the Shen family soldiers.
The Shen soldier screamed while trying to escape back, but was killed by Cao Junshi, who was in charge of the army behind, kicked off the cliff with one foot, and then shouted with a bloody battle knife, "If you don't want to die, hurry up and lay it down!"
Shen Dan looked down and frowned slightly, but did not say anything, but asked several shield hands to step forward and use some slight cover.
The Shen soldiers who had been brave enough continued to step forward and pave the plank road.
The reason why Shen Dan invested so much of his own troops this time was because he felt that if he did not find a way to take down Mulansai as soon as possible, the next time would inevitably cause Shen's soldiers to die in vain on the mountain road of Mulansai.
Before, all the people who died in Shangyong were all the people, so Shen Dan naturally didn't feel sorry for him. But now when he was about to fill in his own assets, Shen Dan also showed a certain degree of subjective initiative, which caught Ma Zhong off guard.
If we attacked together tonight, making it difficult for Mulan Pass to correspond, it would be a rare opportunity!
Mulan Village is indeed dangerous, and the rugged and narrow mountain roads make every attacker feel desperate, but the more natural dangers are, once taken down, the psychological impact on the defenders will be huge. It is impossible to immediately cause panic in the Hanzhong army, and perhaps the front line can be smoothly pushed down to Nanzheng.
In fact, many events in history have been like this. Once the frontier is lost and is pushed to the core of the capital, it will immediately fluctuate up and down, and the surrendered factions will instantly expand, and may even kill the pro-war factions in turn as the promotion level.
Therefore, Shen Dan believed that as long as he took down Mulansai, he could basically complete most of the entire Hanzhong strategy, and the rest was Cao Zhen's business, and he could naturally obtain most of the benefits of Hanzhong, including but not limited to population and wealth.
When fighting, sometimes it is the heart of the people.
And people's hearts are often more fragile than the geographical location.
There are not many defenders in the Mulan Pass.
Because the terrain of Mulan Village is narrow, even if the soldiers are piled up, they cannot be used. Therefore, they have always been rotated with the barracks in the rear. Every morning before the sky is dawn, new forces will be replenished to Mulan Village, and the soldiers who were originally on duty will be rotated in batches.
In this way, it is possible to ensure that the soldiers on duty on Mulan Pass have sufficient physical strength, but it also makes the relative number of soldiers on Mulan Pass less when there is no force to enter and hand over.
Normally, there will be no problem with this arrangement.
But that was a strategy based on the previous number of people. After Li Dian took away a large number of Di soldiers, the total number of soldiers in Mulansai was reduced invisibly, which made the entire rotation plan inevitably lead to some deviations.
Ma Zhong did not make timely adjustments, or he felt that there was no need to make adjustments.
The total amount has decreased, but the number of rotations has not changed at each time, which has led to more frequent rotations and will cause soldiers to be more tired than before.
In addition, when Shen Dan attacked, he was very stern, attacked at the sunrise and withdrawn at the sunset. This has been like this for more than ten days, which also led to the inertial perception of Ma Zhong and Mulansai's soldiers. When Shen Dan suddenly came to such a move, he was unable to react.
Shen Dan's sneak attack was like a dagger, and it was caught off guard and stabbed into Ma Zhong's back.
『Don't panic!』
Fortunately, although Ma Zhong lacks wisdom and strategy, his martial arts are not bad!
The most important thing is that Ma Zhong chose the most correct way to deal with it...
"Don't panic! First clear out the thief army on the cliff!"
"I expected the thief army to come and attack!"
『Everything has been arranged!』
『Pick up the weapon! Guard the position!』
Ma Zhong not only shouted himself, but also ordered people to shout like this in other places. He immediately rushed to the top of Mulansai with his personal guards and strangled the Cao army soldiers who were climbing the cliff.
This is like defending the city. First of all, we have to deal with the enemy troops that crawl in. As for the enemy troops under the city gate, there is still a gate gap, so the danger will be less...
On the one hand, Ma Zhong led the way, and on the other hand, he comforted the people's hearts, gradually stabilized the situation and prevented the defenders from irrational behavior under unknown circumstances.
Sometimes, people will do things that they cannot understand when panic, fear, or in some extreme emotions. This kind of psychological behavior is usually called "irrational behavior" or "hysteria". These behaviors are not based on logical or rational thinking, but are directly influenced and driven by strong emotions.
This irrational behavior is not limited to men or women. When an individual is in a strong emotional state, the rational thinking part of the brain may be suppressed by the emotional part, causing people to make some decisions and actions that may not be wise or even impulsive. This behavior will help the brain release stress, but it may not be released in a good direction.
For example, the camp gate may have been opened for no reason...
Especially for narrow passes like Mulansai, the scope of errors and negligence that can be tolerated is very small.
Fortunately, Ma Zhong's words and deeds suppressed the turbulent emotions.
"Hurry up! Wake up the soldiers in the military camp at the foot of the mountain and come to reinforce immediately! All teams must guard strictly and prevent Cao's army from attacking other places..."
After Ma Zhong and his men cleared out the Cao army soldiers who were climbing up the cliff, they immediately rushed to the gate of Mulan Shou with a smell of blood. While walking, they ordered urgently.
When Ma Zhong braved the rain of arrows and climbed up to the wall of the village, he saw that Cao's army was about to lay the plank road in front of the village gate.
"Rolling stones and wood! Hurry up! Go and get it!"
Ma Zhong turned his head and shouted.
The next moment, an arrow roared up from below and hit the bag that Ma Zhong was wearing, pushing Ma Zhong backwards.
Ma Zhong just turned his head, otherwise this arrow would have been inserted directly into Ma Zhong's face!
Ma Zhong pushed away the guard who came to help him, shook his head, and found that he had not been hurt. He cursed: "Everyone is around me! Go and move the rolling stones and wood! Blast the thief army down! Don't let the thief army approach the gate!"
The Cao army below had almost restored the plank road to the front of the village gate, and the Cao army's formation had been assembled in the distance.
Shen Dan looked up and saw that the sound on the cliff gradually subsided. He knew that most of the Cao soldiers who climbed up the cliff had died. He couldn't wait for the plank road to be completely restored, and he issued an order to let Cao's army attack directly.
"It's too late! Kill it!"
"Our people on the plank road have not retreated!"
On the plank road, there are also some auxiliary soldiers responsible for repair and Cao's army.
"Kill up!" Shen Dan was furious and drew out his sword, "Let them attack together! Those who retreated will be killed!"
Originally, when Cao's army was in charge of the Shen family's auxiliary soldiers, Shen Dan said nothing. Now Cao's army asked those soldiers to retreat?
Shen Dan held up his long sword, his face as deep as water.
Under the military order, the Cao army formed a formation could only rush forward in a swarm.
The chief Cao Junshi, who was originally in charge of the military commander on the plank road, saw the soldiers behind him rushing up. He subconsciously wanted to avoid him, but found that he could not avoid him at all and could not retreat. He was directly pushed in front of him and involuntarily pushed towards Mulan, and then looked at the rolling stones thrown from above and came to his front!
"boom!"
The rolling stones fell down and collided and bounced between the mountain roads.
『Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
The screams of Cao Junbing who was smashed out sounded.
Although the trajectory and collision angle of the rolling stone bell are very random, the damage is very great for the soldiers of Cao's army who are congested in the mountain road. More importantly, after losing the shield, the arrows shot from the head have nowhere to avoid, and they can only resist, and the array is in chaos for a moment.
Shen Dan saw that it was obviously a little short of this, but he just couldn't attack, and he was very happy. However, even if he was unwilling to accept it, the opportunity for him to raid tonight was lost, and in the end he could only withdraw his troops.
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Among the mountains of the Qinling Mountains.
Cao Zhen received a letter from Mulansai. After reading it, he was silent for a long time.
It was said that Shen Dan was not attentive, but Shen Dan also organized a suicide squad to climb the cliff and attack at night.
But Shen Dan was working very hard, but he was unable to conquer Mulansai.
So what can Cao Zhen say?
What's more, Cao Zhen was unable to get any advantage when facing Li Dian.
After Cao Zhen lost some of his soldiers, he tried to set up an ambush to lure Li Dian into a trap and showed signs of retreat. As a result, Li Dian was guarding the valley entrance and was unmoved at all. Cao Zhen originally thought that the location where he originally set up an ambush was too obvious, so he deliberately retreated for another section and chose a place that was not so dangerous to ambush, but he still didn't wait for Li Dian's troops to come. He was completely giving up and did not expect Li Dian to come.
Although there is snow to temporarily replenish water, Cao Zhen has eaten up all the dry food. He has been using mules and horses to support them these days, and the mules and horses are almost finished.
"Sent order...withdraw troops."
Cao Zhen's face was a little more vicissitudes and helpless. Because he was busy working in the mountains, could he rest and adjust well? Cao Zhen's current appearance was even ten years older than when he first set out from Xiangyang.
Cao Zhen's guard did not raise any objection, because almost everyone dared not say anything.
If you can't attack, don't you just have to retreat?
Li Dian's defense was very stable, and Cao Zhen could not find any good opportunity at all.
If Cao Zhen had not brought his troops and the elite troops of Cao's army, the morale of the army would have been disbanded and could not be dealt with. The reason why Cao Zhen could still hold on to the last moment in the mountains is mainly because these troops were almost all under the control of the Cao family. Even if he had any ideas, he had to consider the old and young people in his family.
This is like in later generations, one can often rectify the workplace, but there is no middle-aged social animal dares to do this.
After XXX, the whole family was not hungry. Even if they quit naked, they would have to go home to rely on their parents. But what about middle-aged social animals? If they don’t work for a day, they will not be able to eat for a day. The old and the young are hungry for feeding. How could they have the confidence to turn their backs on?
The same is true for Cao Zhen's private soldiers. When he heard that Cao Zhen finally ordered the withdrawal of troops, he showed a little relaxed attitude, but he did not dare to show that he was too displeased by Cao Zhen, but he also revealed some ease in his words and deeds.
Cao Zhen looked at it silently.
He was unwilling to give up.
Li Dian was too "right" to lead the troops. Cao Zhen could not seduce Li Dian in the mountains, which means that if Cao Zhen still wanted to attack Hanzhong, he could only block Mulan. This was just like Wuguandao could only block Wuguan Pass, which was hopeless and helpless.
It is indeed possible to pile up a way out by using human lives, but the problem is that it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources and still have time.
No matter from that perspective, Cao Zhen does not have so many resources to waste.
Only wisdom can be taken.
Before Cao Zhen came to Shangyong, he thought that with Shen as an insider, Di people and Yongren were available, so he could defeat Hanzhong. However, he did not expect that Shen's words were not entirely true. He took them down in Shangyong, and the Di people did win some of them, but it was useless to just take down Shangyong!
Cao Zhen took off his trousers and kowtowed twice on the stone beside him, shaking out a lot of scalp, insects and dust came, "Shangyong is not a crossroads, nor is it a battleground, it is a place to get along with..."
That's right, Cao Zhen has some deviations in his understanding of Shangyong, and now he has a relatively accurate understanding.
The Shangyong form is scattered, and Cao's army can come easily, and Li Dian can easily recover it. Therefore, Li Dian gave up this area that is not easy to defend at the beginning, and even if Cao Zhen occupied it now, it is still difficult to defend.
"Yes, cross the ground." Cao Zhen repeated, looking at the pocket in his hand, as if this pocket was a place of Shangyong, "It is hard to keep the gate..."
Cao Zhen thought about it, but for a moment he didn't think of any good idea.
Cao's soldiers came and went, and soon collected all the supplies. They came to Cao Zhen to report, "The Lord, I have packed up..."
"So fast?" Cao Zhen was stunned for a moment, but soon understood.
They hadn't had much supplies left, and the soldiers had the intention to retreat, so they naturally quickly.
Cao Zhen felt a little unhappy, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only sigh and stand up.
For these soldiers, they did not know what the overall situation of the world is, nor did they know how important this battle between Cao Cao and Fei Qian is...
etc.
Cao Zhen was about to put on the bag when he suddenly thought of something, and then stared at the patterns on the bag and pondered silently.
Seeing this, the guard beside Cao Zhen couldn't help but jump in his heart again, "This... Lord? Lord, what are the instructions?"
Cao Zhen reacted, his eyes turned a few times, and he had a rough idea in his heart, so he put his pocket on his head, waved his hand, "Nothing is wrong... set off!"
Cao Zhen thought of a solution.
Chapter completed!