Chapter 3462 Before and after
The wilderness, the cold wind.
Loess, dark sky.
The leaves on the small branches of the wood were almost pulled down by the cold wind, as if they were calling for the approaching winter.
All year round, autumn and winter, it is like going from life to death.
But these Cao troops tried to escape from the death.
The instinctive desire of human beings to survive caused these Cao army soldiers to burst out with seemingly endless motivation.
The defeated soldiers who ran, howled, and fled to the road scattered.
But there are still many Cao troops who cannot avoid the sickle of the god of death.
Like most cold weapon wars, real killing is often produced in large quantities after one side is defeated.
After Lu Chang ordered the retreat, the entire Cao army's front immediately collapsed.
Even if the formation collapsed, the soldiers were killed and injured near the breakthrough. However, once the entire army collapsed, death immediately affected all the soldiers of Cao's army.
Death laughed wildly, pounced down, enjoying the feast of blood and flesh.
"Discard your weapons and kneel down to avoid death! Those who resist will be killed without mercy!"
The Hussar cavalry shouted skillfully and killed the Cao army soldiers who tried to resist or bump into and escape.
But in the dark night, Cao's army suddenly burst into pieces, like a sand tower collapse, Huang Xu and others couldn't stop it!
However, the number of casualties in Cao's army suddenly soared in such a short period of time.
In less than a cup of tea, the Cao army brought almost the same number of casualties as before and the Cavalry Army.
"Where are the enemy generals?"
Huang Xu shouted and danced his sword.
But as the fire pounded, he didn't see Lu Chang.
『There is a flag here!』
A cavalry rushed to where Lu Chang was originally, but he did not see anyone, but only saw the flags of generals lying on the ground.
"Ahhhh! There is no courage!"
Huang Xu was extremely angry.
There were soldiers running away from Cao's army everywhere, and there was insufficient light. Huang Xu didn't know which direction Lu Chang had fled.
After all, this is not Bailang Mountain, and Fei Qian is not the Hu king with hundreds of thousands of string control soldiers. Huang Xu and the others cannot surround the earthen mountain, and it is impossible to escape.
At the same time, Lu Chang was obviously an experienced master. He did not carry anything clearly marked, and even the guards asked to escape in dispersed ways. This made it impossible for Huang Xu or the surrounding racquets to identify Lu Chang's place as quickly as possible under the interception of the darkness and fire...
After all, not everyone can carry a small radar, it depends on who has a small sign on top of his head.
Huang Xu searched angrily and rushed around the mountain for a while, but could not find Lu Chang's traces.
In desperation, Huang Xu had to go back and report his life.
Fei Qian originally did not intend to chase Lu Chang.
It was not that Fei Qian suddenly felt kind, but because Fei Qian's original plan was just to make up for the seat. After all, the logistics and artillery supplies had not arrived yet. His original plan was just to eliminate some potential dangers in the gap when Xu Chu had not yet redirected from Suoyang Pass.
Moreover, the distance between the former army camp and the Zhongtiaoshan camp of Cao's army is not very far. It is not too difficult for Cao's army to escape back from fifty or sixty miles.
It would undoubtedly cost a lot of manpower and horsepower to chase and search for escaped enemy generals in the wilderness on a large scale. Fei Qian originally thought it was unpaid. However, when he heard his subordinates' report that the result of interrogating prisoners and surrendered soldiers was not that the ordinary Cao army military academy led the team, but that after Lu Chang, the head general of Zhongtiaoshan Camp, led the team, Fei Qian quickly changed his mind and asked Huang Xu to lead the cavalry team to immediately go to the direction of Zhongtiaoshan Camp to hunt Lu Chang.
Yes, it's hunting.
The dead Lu Chang has no value except for providing merit bonuses to soldiers and military academy.
What Fei Qian needed was the specific arrangement of the Zhongtiao Mountain camp and the detailed distribution of soldiers. These things were not clearer than Lu Chang, the former garrison commander of Zhongtiao Mountain.
That's why Fei Qian specifically asked Huang Xu to continue fighting to avoid some soldiers stopping and slashing Lu Chang with one knife.
Huang Xu also knew the key to this matter, so he immediately took his men to the direction of Zhongtiaoshan Camp, tracked the traces of Lu Chang and others, and arrested them.
Fei Qian called out the garrison soldiers in the front army camp, and asked them to clean up the battlefield and take prisoners.
Although it was a victory, some doubts arose in Fei Qian's mind.
What is Cao's army here for?
Do fellow villagers open the door to deliver vegetables?
It is indeed a bit uncaution to say that Xu Chu left the front army camp.
But if Cao's army wants to come to raid the former military camp, shouldn't it be a "quick, accurate and ruthless"?
As a result, Cao's army came, but he was slow to act. The attack was not like an attack, and the seduction was not like an temptation. What exactly did this come?
Do you think the weather is good, come for an autumn outing?
Fei Qian is difficult to understand.
Fei Qian’s doubts are indeed reasonable.
However, the current situation of Cao's defeat is a reality facing Fei Qian.
So Fei Qian could only let go of this doubt for the time being...
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Where in Tongguan.
War brings not only death, but also geographical changes.
For example, Tongguan Sakado, under this war, the width of at least one parking space has been broadened!
This change is surprising, but seems to be expected.
Cao's army seemed to have been ready to resist step by step very early, just like a gecko's tail was broken, one section after another.
Of course, the inability to implement terrain restrictions is also an important reason why Cao Jun's strategy can work.
Cao's army attacked Guanzhong because of the terrain restrictions, and now the cavalry troops cannot be deployed due to the terrain restrictions.
These battlefield limitations of nature work on both sides at the same time.
When Zhang Liao defeated the camp in front of Niutouyuan, Tongguan, he led only more than 2,000 troops and less than 3,000 people.
There are not many people, but on such a road, they are already in a saturation state.
It also tests the general's control ability of the battlefield troops. Otherwise, if you are not careful, your troops will block your route and bear the losses that you should not have.
Therefore, Zhang Liao fought very steadily.
Occasionally, there are Cao's teams who want to fight and block, and some teams want to bypass Niutouyuan. They go around the back and attack Zhang Liao's logistics, similar to the work Zhu Ling did before, but these people are not Zhu Ling's opponents at all, and they are found before they can even get through the earthen plateau. They are killed and injured under the strong crossbow and bow.
Promoting step by step, the coordinated combat mode of multiple arms, Zhang Liao's tactical attack, on such a road, was really like a bulldozer. Seeing Zhang Liao coming, Cao's army found a way to deal with it, but it just couldn't stop it!
The speed of advancement is not fast, but the victory is stable enough.
On the flank of Zhang Liao, there are boats patrolling back and forth on the water, while the position on the plateau is controlled by Zhu Ling.
This allows Zhang Liao to concentrate on dealing with the frontal Cao army.
However, Cao's army at Tongguan was helpless in the face of the advancement of Zhang Liao and others.
Fighting head-on, it’s impossible!
There are brave generals, elite soldiers, and high-tech...
Cao's army retreated all the way.
Zhang Liao continued to clean up the remaining troops, and then sent the prisoners and surrendered soldiers to the back line, both slow and relaxed.
This made Cao Zhang and others extremely painful. Perhaps they would rather face a vicious opponent and either defeat them or fall into their trap in one breath than accept a slow knife like Zhang Liao. Especially, they knew where Zhang Liao was going to fight and when they wanted to fight, but they just couldn't stand it!
It's like a later generation doing surgery in a hospital. The anesthetics were not completely penetrated. In a daze, you could feel the doctor cutting his skin open, then crunching through the bones, unable to struggle or get rid of it!
Cao's army retreated step by step, and Zhang Liao pressed forward step by step.
When the war in Tongguan reached Chang'an, Guanzhong, even the most pessimistic person who had been singular in the past could not help but stand up and say, "Cao's army is now a major trend! Shandong is not worth mentioning!"
"You still want to say this?!"
"That's not what you said before!"
It caused others to laugh and asked if the man said what he said before, and why he didn't continue to say bad things now?
Those people would express their feelings and say with a firm word that if they hadn't kept ringing the alarm for the General of the Cavalry and asked the General of the Cavalry to treat him carefully, how could they have achieved today's results? The expression was proud, just like the achievements of the soldiers on the front line fighting, which was no match for their few words.
Everyone laughed, all of them were watching the show.
However, within Guanzhong, an extremely optimistic atmosphere began to arise.
"Cao Army... is over!"
『So Shandong...hehehehe!』
"That place in Shandong is good!"
『That's, that's...』
The war has not yet stopped completely, and someone is already planning what benefits to get.
When they need to fight to the death, these people will hide, either it means they are in good health and the elderly and young people in the family need to take care of them and cannot afford such a great responsibility. However, when they find that the benefits are right in front of them, these people will stand up very naturally and say that they are OK and ready!
Indeed, everyone carries the flower sedan chair.
But who can know whether these sedan chairs are real people or ghosts wearing human skins?
Even if Zhang Liao knew about these things, he didn't care too much. His current attention was all on the front line, and he was all on how to fight.
Cao's army laid many traps on the Tongguan Sakura Road, which made Zhang Liao be particularly careful when advancing, otherwise once he fell into the trap, there would inevitably be damage.
In the dark night, even if the war stops, people still scream loudly.
Some are injured, sick and disabled, while others are war syndrome.
Fortunately, the wounded and sick people have special logistical injury camps, doctors are treated and taken care of, and then they are more stable and moved to Guanzhong. However, these soldiers with war syndrome in the military camps are not easy to deal with.
Maybe it seems that everything is normal during the day, talking and laughing, but at night, you will suddenly cry and howl, with a shrill and terrifying voice.
In this battle, countless casualties were killed or injured.
Even if all kinds of corpses are cleaned, they will still leave various marks on the air and the ground, including but not limited to the smell of blood and decay. They may even sit on something left by someone while sitting down to rest inadvertently.
Even soldiers who are used to life and death will be affected more or less, not to mention those new recruits who have not experienced many wars before and have only seen blood during training.
When some people grow up, some people naturally cannot adapt.
Therefore, almost every time Zhang Liao stopped to rest, he would take his people to patrol the camp once every hour at night. According to Cao Dian, as the general, he only needed to patrol the camp once overnight, but Zhang Liao did not slacken at all.
So, Zhang Liao encountered the "letter" of Cao's scout.
"Old Friend"'s letter.
Because Zhang Liao was in the training camp, the military academy who received the letter was immediately found Zhang Liao.
"Old friend?" Zhang Liao frowned.
Looking at the words "Send Zhang Wenyuan to the stage" written on it, Zhang Liao suddenly felt that these words became a little dazzling.
"Taiwan"?
I, Zhang Liao, wherever Cao's army, can anyone call me "Taiqi"?
Zhang Liao did not open the letter immediately, but looked up at the sky.
He was born in Yanmen and belonged to a poor family, and could even be said to be a very devastating poor family.
So in his hometown, he has no friends.
When Ding Yuan was under his command, there were only a few friends, but later...
『Haha…』 Zhang Liao suddenly smiled, 『A man came, sealed and sealed, and sent it to Pang Lingjun directly!』
Zhang Liao suddenly remembered that it seemed that at some point, someone encountered a similar situation, and suddenly an old friend came to visit...
Although it is just a letter now,...
Who knows?
Zhang Liao's guard asked: "Master, don't you watch it?"
Zhang Liao shook his head, "Don't look."
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Not only Zhang Liao is making choices, but also in Zhongtiaoshan Camp.
After Dong Zhao received the letter of request for help, he said that this was a "false report"!
However, these military academies, which lacked trust, were naturally skeptical.
In military affairs, Lu Chang is their superior general. When they are in trouble, they stand by and watch. Even if they say that it is Dong Zhao's obstacle, if there is sufficient reason, they will be regarded as unfaithful people. If they want to be promoted, they may have no hope in this life.
After all, the leader may not remember who came during the New Year and the Festival, but he will definitely remember who did not come.
No matter what, you still have to put on the look you should have.
The military academy leader said that since Lu Chang asked for help, he naturally wanted to rescue him, but Dong Zhao said that he was a fake request for help, saying that he was a general of the Cao family, and General Lu Chang's surname was Lu but not Cao...
However, the military academy believed that it was the Cao army, not the Cao family. After all, it was normal for the person who came to report the news to die and said something wrong. Moreover, it was only fifty or sixty miles away from the military camp in front of the cavalry. Even if there was any problem, people should be sent out to investigate immediately. How could a "fake report" be settled?
After a while of argument, Dong Zhao finally made a compromise and made a arrangement.
The military academy was satisfied and left after receiving the order.
Dong Zhao looked at the military academies leaving, his eyes cold.
"Why are you accommodating these Qiu Basing?" Dong Zhao's confidant said dissatisfiedly, "A group of lowly embryos who don't know how high the world is!"
"Calm the sound!" Dong Zhao said in a deep voice.
"Not only..." the confidant lowered his head and responded, but obviously his expression was still angry.
"These are all dying people, why bother to worry about it..." Dong Zhao said slowly, "The dead are the most important..."
The confidant's expression then eased a little, but after a moment, he said nervously, "As it is, why... why...?"
"Why are you still here?" Dong Zhao said.
The confidant nodded.
Dong Zhao smiled and waved his hand, "You don't have to know this... I have my own arrangements. Let's do things. The key is those craftsmen, not these military academies... Do you understand? The craftsmen must be prepared and protect themselves! Never make mistakes!"
Dong Zhao said it seriously, and his confidant naturally responded to the right, and then stepped down.
Dong Zhao sat alone in the big tent, looking at the position that originally belonged to Lu Chang, and was silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled, "Don't blame me... Everything depends on their own luck..."
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Lu Chang was wearing the armor of ordinary soldiers and hid in the ravine with the dozen closest guards.
He had a disheveled head and face, and he had no such style as a so-called general.
More than a dozen guards also looked nervous, and from time to time they looked up at the sky above their heads. When there was a slight movement, their whole body immediately tensed.
The distance between fifty and sixty miles is now like a natural barrier.
Lu Chang knew that if the cavalry knew that he was leading the army, he would definitely be searching for it, so he did not dare to go straight to Zhongtiao Mountain. Instead, he ran out diagonally and found this unknown ravine to hide.
"There are all cavalry and racquets outside!" The guard who reached the top of the ditch but rushed down hurriedly whispered, "There are everywhere! What should I do? I can't go back!"
In order not to attract the attention of the Hussar Cavalry scouts, Lu Chang and others abandoned the few war horses, but pretended to be ordinary soldiers and fled on foot. This method undoubtedly saved Lu Chang's life.
Because the Hussar Cavalry pays special attention to those who ride war horses...
However, as those who were riding war horses were caught up by the Hussar cavalry, the stroll of Lu Changshe horses was likely to be exposed.
I hope those guys will swear to death and never say anything if I beat them to death?
And there is also a big problem with walking, which is the slow speed.
Because I have to walk around and avoid the cavalry and ride, the journey of one day may take two days, or even three days!
In this process, it may be discovered at all times and intercepted by the Hussars and Cavalrymen.
Lu Chang sent escorts to try to reconnaissance in different directions and see that there were weak places there to pass through, but in the end, he found that there were scouts wandering everywhere!
Crouching in the ravine, the cavalry and the cavalry were not close to him, but who knew when these cavalry and cavalry would come to their faces?
Moreover, it is not a big deal to keep shrinking in the valley. It is enough to kill people without food or drink!
One day, two days, you can save some things and you can’t even run away in three or four days!
"Master, what should we do?"
The guard asked Lu Chang, but found that Lu Chang seemed to be wandering outside the sky. He was thinking about something. He was shocked and looked at each other, "General? General?!"
Chapter completed!