Three Kingdoms

Yangcheng Mountain in the north and Shaoshi Mountain in the south, the mountains connected by the two peaks are like a sloping passage leading to Xu County casually constructed by nature. Once you enter this end, you can only go there. One end comes out.

When Zhang Liao led people into this passage, Xiahou Dun was patrolling the top of Yangcheng. In the past few days, Xiahou Dun couldn't sleep every day, and he didn't even have much time to sleep during the night.

During this period, Cao Jun in Yangcheng, under the leadership of Xiahou Dun, strengthened Yangcheng's defense system over and over again, but Xiahou Dun still felt quite uneasy in his heart. Although these soldiers under Xiahou Dun were reorganized and trained and were more rigorous than ordinary soldiers of the country, after comparing with the hussars and horses, some fundamental shortcomings seemed to be exposed.

I don’t know why last night, but someone suddenly howled in the middle of the night, almost causing a riot in the city. Fortunately, he had been patrolling frequently in the past few days, and Xiahou Dun rushed to the scene quickly, and was able to quickly suppress the agitation among the troops without causing a bigger commotion. Question comes. Most of the cavalry led by General Hussar this time were cavalry, and Xiahou Dun, who was defending the city, normally shouldn't have to worry about the safety of the city, but for some reason, Xiahou Dun always felt that there was some hidden danger, but he could never find it. Concrete answer.

The cavalry led by Zhu and Zhang suddenly penetrated under Xu County, as if a door suddenly opened. The flash of light made Xiahou Dun almost unable to open his eyes. So there is such a war mode? Although they did not directly attack the city, logically speaking there should be no damage to the city, but in fact when Zhu and Zhang came, both Yangcheng and Xu County were as if they were facing a powerful enemy and were trembling with fear. They put down all their livelihoods outside the city and concentrated in the city, not to mention those manors in the suburbs that didn't have much ability to protect themselves...

This is very scary.

The Han Dynasty, since the Eastern Han Dynasty chose Luoyang as the capital and gave up Guanzhong and Beidi, it has basically not experienced huge pressure from the Hu people, so much so that the intensity and intensity are much lower than those of the Xiongnu in the Western Han Dynasty. The Xiqiang rebellion at the same level cannot be defeated.

Therefore, Xiahou Dun and others still followed the inherent thinking of the Han Dynasty in fighting over the past few decades, and naturally could not keep up with the development of the hussar general model.

Don’t these people and horses need food and grass?

People can hunt or fish to reduce some dry food consumption, but what about war horses? War horses always have to eat, right? It's impossible to eat omnivores like humans. How did the Qiaoqiren Ma persist for so many days?

Such questions have been lingering in Xiahou Dun's mind, just like the generals of some farming dynasties in later generations often had such questions when facing the cavalry of nomadic tribes. These are two completely different modes of life and two modes of thinking, and now, the Cavalry General Fei Qian seems to have mastered them and showed this way in front of Xiahou Dun and others.

Zhu and Zhang broke through Xiahou Dun's defense and went straight to the depths. The signal released after this change in the war mode made Xiahou Dun and others considered first-class generals. They were somewhat shocked in their hearts. After all, this happened in their own home. What happened to him was far more profound than the Battle of Yecheng. As the saying goes, most things that happen to others will become stories. Only what happens to you will feel hurt and painful.

Although the Hussar General in Luoyang has not made any moves, Xiahou Dun always felt that the Hussar General would come here, come in this direction, and go straight to Xu County like Zhu and Zhang!

However, this judgment is just a personal feeling. Xiahou Dun could not find any evidence to prove this. On the contrary, the changes in Hanoi in the north and the contact battle in Chenliu territory proved that the Hussar General focused on the north and the middle road. ,but……

Who knows?

If the cavalry general Fei Qian brought the same elite troops as Zhu and Zhang this time, then could the troops he had worked so hard to organize in Yuzhou, Yingchuan, really be his opponents?

Originally, Xiahou Dun had some confidence. After all, many of these soldiers and horses were trained by his subordinates, and he also felt that his command was smooth and sharp when dealing with the surrounding bandits. But now it seems that he is far away from the hussar general. His subordinates are still far behind the boss. God knows how the General Hussars were trained, and what kind of life-and-death battles they went through before they were able to forge such a powerful army that shocked and frightened everyone...

Xiahou Dun sometimes hoped that the Cavalry General would go north instead of south. Although it was somewhat unkind to think so, after all, the pressure of facing the Cavalry General directly made Xiahou Dun somewhat uncomfortable. It's a pity that wishes are really strange things to say. Basically, God likes to give the opposite thing. The more you wish for something deep in your heart, the less it will be. The less you want something to come, and then something will come. Like disease and housing prices.

When a wisp of smoke and dust rose in the distance, Xiahou Dun's heart sank, and kept sinking, repeatedly falling into the bottomless abyss. He seemed to hear the sound of war drums competing in his ears, and Xiahou Dun pressed his hands on the battlements. His fingers were a little white, and only one thought spread out in his mind, filling all the space.

"Fei Qian is here, Hussar is here!" 』

Then Xiahou Dun's next thought was a chill in his heart, "My child..."

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Time goes back to a few hours ago.

It was Xia Houchong who stationed at the Yangcheng village and provided Yangcheng with outpost defense and early warning.

In the Han Dynasty, people got married relatively early, so Xiahou Chong was not too young. This time, Xiahou Dun had a heavy responsibility. As his son, Xiahou Chong naturally had to share his father's worries.

Before Zhang Liao's attack, Xia Houchong had just become extremely angry because there were still lazy guys in the camp taking advantage of the night to drench filth in the camp. Why did Xia Houchong know? It's very simple, because Xia Houchong stepped on it when he personally led the patrol.

Suddenly, the anger rose. It was as if the uncle could bear it and the aunt couldn't. There were military regulations and regulations, and they even dug a cesspit on purpose. But every once in a while, someone was too lazy to walk a long way to the cesspit. No one could see it in the dark. He was excreting in a hidden corner of the corner, and then Xia Houchong stepped on it and hit the jackpot.

"Who pulled it?" ! 』

But how can we find the answer to this kind of thing?

The angry Xia Houchong, with the unspeakable smell of a kick, scolded him all the way up to the village wall, looking condescendingly to the villagers, and even let go of his voice, even the local accent came out...

"What a bunch of gossips!" Erqingtou! Lack of leaf lungs! A dog has better eyes than a sheep! The mud won't go up the wall! I am just too kind to you! The fence is missing and I didn’t ask you to mend it right away! The trench is too shallow for you to dig immediately! For small daily mistakes, forget them if you can, and forgive them if you can! 』

"Now follow the uncle one by one to get the big donkey and bear!" You shit all at my feet, you don’t want to live a good life! If everyone is not sad, even I can’t live a practical life! All of them have to be rolled up by me like monkeys, those who build the walls of the village, those who clear the ditches, and those who dare to pull them into the camp, I will pull them down as many as they can and eat them back! 』

Amidst Xia Houchong's scolding, Cao Jun in the village naturally did not dare to get into trouble. They quickly came out of their tents, and then under the orders of the team leader Qu Chang and others, they took various kinds of weapons. Start working with such tools.

Xia Houchong looked at it and felt a little less angry.

The guards under his command fetched water and some hay to help Xia Houchong remove the dirt on his boots. However, after all, they were either the rubber-soled boots of later generations with smooth surfaces, or ordinary fur-covered sewn leather boots. No matter what, there was no way to completely remove them. Get rid of that intoxicating smell...

The Xiahou family was not born and immediately mastered the so-called military essentials and secrets of leadership. They only grew up through continuous training and verification. However, neither Xiahou Dun nor Xia Houchong expected that their opponent this time would be very different from usual.

Just when Xia Houchong felt that the smell on his feet was too exciting and couldn't bear it any longer, and was about to leave the camp and go back to his tent to change into a pair of cleaner boots, Shanlan passed by his ears, seeming to bring out something strange. The sound made Xia Houchong startled, and then he froze on the spot.

This abnormal sound has never stopped since the moment it appeared, and it is getting louder and louder. It is like a muffled thunder rolling from the sky. For a moment, it seems to shake the entire village, including people and the walls of the village. Everything started shaking!

Xia Houchong was almost unsteady on his feet. He turned around and looked around. He saw a black line jumping rapidly and expanding at the extreme end of the horizon. Then he could see the three-color flag flying high, like a needle. Usually it stings in the eyes, and it hurts!

"Hussar... Hussar, here comes the hussar!" Here it comes! 』

Groups of cavalry spread out along the front, with their spears held high like a forest. On these weapons, little bits of cold light danced, as if they were weapons forged from the Nine Netherworld, which could freeze the opponent. His blood flowed, and even his opponent's thoughts froze!

At least, Xia Houchong waited until he could almost clearly see the large groups of cavalry, like walls of steel, pressing towards his stronghold. He was in a daze for a while before suddenly waking up, howling for people to knock on The alarm was sounded, and people hurriedly put bows, arrows and spears on the wall to defend themselves.

There were three to four hundred hussars coming in front of them, and there were two more cavalry arrays deployed on the left and right sides. In other words, on the defense line of the mountain stronghold, they were about to resist more than a thousand people. Human attack! Xia Houchong even believed that if his stronghold was larger, the hussar general might be able to suppress even more people!

Murderous intent rose into the sky, and the only sounds left in the surrounding area were people shouting, horses neighing, and the sound of weapons and armor!

Who told you that cavalry is not conducive to attacking cities and demolishing strongholds?

Who told Xiuqi not to come to Yingchuan, but to Jizhou?

The large group of cavalry in front of them advanced like a steel city wall, and then after traveling a certain distance, they adjusted their pace slightly, and then advanced again, directly forcing them to the edge of the mountain stronghold's range, and then they saw the messengers running through them. They came and went among the cavalry array like a butterfly piercing flowers, making Xia Houchong feel dizzy. He knew that these messengers must be explaining the various offensive arrangements, and the next moment would definitely be a turbulent attack like a mountain and sea collapsing!

Xia Houchong himself, however, did not have the slightest courage to go out to fight, and even felt that his legs could not help but tremble...

Is the Cavalry General really prepared to use his flesh and blood to destroy the stronghold?

Although it is impossible to build a large-scale mountain village connecting the two mountains due to the distance between Yangcheng Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain on both sides, a relatively narrow location was chosen as much as possible, and a two-story camp was built according to the terrain. It is high on the outside and low on the outside, and the back is backed by a mountain, which leads to mountain springs. Although the other three sides can be accessed, only the front is easier to walk. The other two sides have more gravel and are steeper. It can be said that it is quite good. A camp was established, but for some reason, Xia Houchong, who originally felt quite confident, seemed to have lost his confidence and sense of security after actually seeing the Hussars, and his heart became uneasy.

Soon, the hussar in front of the mountain village gave Xia Houchong an answer.

When the cavalry moved, the closer they got, the more dazzling it became. When all three teams of cavalry started to move, Xia Houchong couldn't tell for a while which team was the main attack, which was a feint attack, or both. Yes or neither...

The antlers, horses and fences originally arranged under the mountain stronghold were quickly pulled down or dragged away by the hussars and horses, but the arrows shot from the mountain stronghold were not able to damage these. The swimming cavalry caused a lot of direct damage. After paying the price of the lives of more than a dozen people, the hussars cleared a passage, exposing Xia Houchong's chrysanthemum, er, the village gate...

Immediately, the cavalry dispersed to both sides, and slowly coming up in the middle were heavy armored soldiers who had already put on thick armor and held up shields without knowing it! Although the number of people was not very large, Xia Houchong's back was soaked with cold sweat as he pushed forward the steel battle wall! If it weren't for the slightly smaller shields in the hands of these heavily armored soldiers, Xia Houchong would even think that he was not facing cavalry, but an infantry formation!

Most of his arrangements were for cavalry, and he never thought he would encounter such a group of heavily armored infantry!

"shoot! Shoot them! No, bows and arrows don’t work, I need wood! Where's Sagi? Where are the Rolling Stones? Move them all up, move them up quickly! 』

In the face of the huge pressure, Xia Houchong's tone was distorted, and then the movements of his soldiers seemed to be distorted as well. Although the rolling stones and trees were smashed down, they still could not stop the advancement of these heavily armored soldiers. , coupled with the fact that the hussars on both sides also dismounted and became temporary archers to provide cover on both sides, bursts of arrow rain hit the wall like hail!

The dense rain of arrows made Xiahou Chong afraid to show his face. He could only huddle under the shields of the guards, not to mention the ordinary soldiers who had no shields and were throwing rolling stones and trees down. Many Cao soldiers simply couldn't look at it. Look, just throw it away anyway, so the accuracy and lethality can be imagined.

Xia Houchong was horrified to find that the group of soldiers and horses he faced were cavalry on the surface, but in fact, if necessary, these cavalry could also become archers, sword and shield heavy armor, spearmen, or even blasters... …

Trenches, horse-rejection, and shallow pits dug in the ground are mostly aimed at war horses, but for soldiers approaching on foot, they have almost no lethality. Coupled with the protection of double-layered armor and the shielding of shields, unless it is indeed It was quite unlucky to be hit in the front by a rolling stone. Otherwise, ordinary arrows would be like scratching an itch and would not have much stopping effect on these heavy armored soldiers.

Soon these heavily armored soldiers crossed the trench and gathered under the village wall and gate!

Accompanied by several loud noises, for Xia Houchong and Cao Jun in the village, their physical and psychological defenses collapsed amidst these loud noises!