Three Kingdoms

Zhang Liao did not personally enter the stronghold, but commanded the troops outside, expanding the chaos in the stronghold and causing more of Cao's troops to collapse. Around Zhang Liao, there were about twenty guards following closely. These guards usually did not go into battle to kill the enemy. Their only responsibility was to protect Zhang Liao. Although Zhang Liao's martial arts was quite good, they could not take it lightly.

This model has become a routine and is the standard for all military generals in the Feiqian Army. After Fei Qian's repeated emphasis and the examples in the Martial Arts Hall, many people have understood this. Only by what position should people do can ensure the healthy operation of the entire army. If a general rushes to the front line every day, then let's Who will direct the entire battle?

Although such regulations may inhibit the powerful generals such as Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao from fully displaying their power, it is also a kind of protection. Perhaps, in this historical process, there may be one less Zhang Babai in the future, but it is not necessarily impossible that there will be one more Governor Zhang in the future...

Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao are both commanders with strong luck BUFF in history, but Fei Qian cannot guarantee that this will be the case now. If there is an eventuality, it will be too late to regret it. It is better to emphasize it in advance and do a good job. Supporting protective measures should be taken to reduce the occurrence of accidents, rather than pinning all hopes on limited historical experience and inertial thinking.

Zhang Liao understood Fei Qian's intention. He also heard from Gao Shun about Lu Bu's attack on Cao Ying. At that time, Lu Bu just felt that something was wrong and wanted to lead the team out of the camp. However, some Yanzhou soldiers who were not very familiar with Lu Bu thought that Lu Bu had been defeated. As a result, there was a huge chaos and even Gao Shun and others who followed Lu Bu were controlled. Unable to control the situation, a good situation suddenly collapsed...

Be careful, you can't go wrong.

The organized resistance within the village quickly collapsed, leaving nothing but disorderly panic.

In fact, there was not much suspense in the whole battle from the beginning. Even though Xiahou Chong had certain geographical advantages, he failed to provide timely warning after the scouts were strangled, and he failed to prepare for the hussars and soldiers' skills and equipment. Suppression eventually led to the current situation, which is naturally not so strange.

Following Fei Qian all the way to the south and north, whether it is Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, or the soldiers and horses under his command, they are actually very accustomed to fighting. They have a deeper understanding and smoother actions than ordinary recruits. See The opponent was in disarray, and pressed slowly. He did not show any impatience or joy. He just followed the fleeing Cao army like a sheep, seeming ready to drive the chaos all the way to the Yangtze River. Near the city, it’s the same under Xiahou Dun’s eyes!

It's not that the hussars want to attack the deserters such as Xia Houchong, but there is no need to kill them. Because unless necessary, generally cavalry will not be used to rush directly into the crowd to slow down and kill. What the cavalry is best at is still traveling at high speed, creating chaos, disrupting the array until the opponent is completely defeated. It's not impossible to change jobs occasionally, but if you can't change jobs, you will lose your job. In the final analysis, you are still a cavalry. Maneuvering and destroying the opponent's array are still the main means. As for the matter of forceful attack, there are also full-time personnel... …

When Fei Qian led his jingqi, like broken bamboos, directly flattened the mountain stronghold, like rushing to the bottom of Yangcheng, Xiahou Dun had just put down the hanging basket and hoisted Xiahou Chong onto the city wall.

Although there were not many people in the village, there were still more than 2,000 people. In the end, only Xia Houchong and the other less than a hundred people who actually fled to Yangcheng were Zhang Liao who had received Fei Qian's instructions and deliberately stayed there. Come out, otherwise I'm afraid there won't be even this few people left.

It's not that Fei Qian had a special favor for Xiahou Dun, but Fei Qian didn't know that the man stationed at the mountain village was Xiahou Dun's son, so he thought he was just a little bastard, and putting him back would just put some pressure on Xiahou Dun, so he missed catching him. An opportunity to capture Xia Houchong.

Xia Houchong, disheveled and embarrassed, knelt at Xia Houdun's feet, his body trembling from time to time.

Xiahou Dun had a sullen face and said nothing.

In love, one's own children, flesh and blood family ties.

In Fa, the stronghold was lost, and the troops and generals were lost.

So now, is it a favor or a march?

"explain! "What exactly is going on?" 』

Xiahou Dun's voice was fierce, but Xiahou Chong felt a little relieved. It is said that a son is better than his father, but the reverse is basically true. Xiahou Dun acted like this just for others to see. If he really gave up on Xiahou Chong, he wouldn't say anything...

Even so, Xia Houchong did not dare to neglect, and quickly told the whole story of the incident, everything he could think of and remember, especially emphasizing the loud noise when the stronghold was broken. On the one hand, it was indeed It left a deep impression on Xia Houchong. On the other hand, it was also used to express that it was not his own fault that he could not defend the mountain stronghold, but the communist army, uh, the hussars were too sharp...

"How could a hussar have such a sharp weapon?" 』

As a general in charge of the army, Xiahou Dun naturally would not believe in any theories about gods and ghosts. On the contrary, Xiahou Dun believed that basically all the theories about gods and ghosts were man-made, so he was immediately alarmed, because if the hussar could use such a sharp weapon It is used to break the gate of Shanzhai Village, which means that it can break the gate of Yangcheng.

In fact, the camp gates and city gates of the cottage are made of different materials, have different thicknesses, and naturally have different sturdiness. Just like plywood and solid wood boards, although they are both called wooden boards, they are actually completely different things. However, Xiahou Dun didn't understand this, and he didn't even know what the maximum damage limit of Fei Qian's weapon was. So when he heard Xia Houchong's account, he felt a chill in his heart and countless hairs on his body. upright!

He originally thought that the cavalry could not attack the city, so Xiahou Dun originally thought that when he faced the hussars and horses, he was already in an invincible position. Even if he could not win outside the city, the hussars and horses would not be able to attack the city. Come on, listening to Xia Houchong's words is no less than a bolt from the blue!

As a result, the so-called understanding that cavalry cannot attack a city was completely overturned in front of the hussar general Fei Qian!

If the cavalry could attack the city...

Xiahou Dun couldn't help but tremble, and then he was silent for a long time. He waved his hand and asked someone to take Xiahou Chong into custody first. He was going to write a letter of apology first. If this battle was won, the big problem would naturally be minimized. The trivial matter was reduced, and Xia Houchong's guilt was offset. If he and himself were defeated in front of the hussar general Fei Qian, then the father and son would have to go to Cao Cao to plead guilty.

What's more important now is how to face these menacing hussars?

In Xiahou Dun's original plan, if the hussars came, he would at least attack them while they were unstable from afar. Even if he could not defeat them, he would at least disrupt the hussars' rhythm and slow down their pace. It can be done to some extent, but now...

Xiahou Dun couldn't help but hesitate a little.

Should we go out of the city to fight as planned and disrupt the Hussars' position, or should we quickly strengthen the defenses of the four gates and fill the city gates with sand and soil to avoid the tragedy of Yangcheng Village from happening again?

Xiahou Dun looked at more and more hussars gathering in the distance, and couldn't help but murmur to himself: "If my lord is like this, how will he choose?" 』

What Xiahou Dun didn't know was that the Cao Cao he was talking about was also facing a choice at this moment.

Life is like standing on a fork all the time. Whether to go left or right is always a question. The envoys sent by Cao Cao to Yuan Xi received a response. Yuan Xi agreed to Cao Cao's proposal and also recruited some Hu cavalry. However, one thing that made Cao Cao difficult was that the price of these Hu cavalry was very high.

Although good goods are not cheap, most people still hope that they are not only cheap but also good. So when Cao Cao got Yuan Xi's response, he couldn't help but be shocked. It was more of physical pain, heartache and a kind of Helpless, like facing the Double Eleven bill for future generations.

Do you really have to pay so much?

There are some cavalry, a specialty of the Hu people.

Produced in Wuhuan, it has a single cylinder and single horsepower, a panoramic sunroof, leather seats, and a built-in massage system. No oil is needed, only grass is used. It is tough and stylish, but at the same time it has meticulous elegance and grace. It can control passion and gallop with grace... …

The quantity is 2,500, comes with a driver, free shipping to Jizhou, fixed price, 25 million yuan, and also includes some food, equipment, armor, utensils, etc.

Cao Cao's hands trembled slightly, as if Huabei was about to expire, and then the finance department notified that the payment of wages would be delayed...

As Cao Cao expected, the Wuhuan people were willing to join, but at what price...

You know, Cao Cao also stayed in the center of the imperial court back then, so he knew that during the Han Ling Emperor's period, the Wuhuan people were recruited to fight, which was about 3,000 people, and the annual expenditure was about 50 million to 70 million. Note , which is the cost for a whole year.

And now, it’s a trip!

Twenty-five million per trip!

There are only 2,500 troops!

Of course, having said that, if a large number of people came all of a sudden, Cao Cao might not be willing.

The Wuhuan people of today's Han Dynasty are actually at the end of primitive society and are in the transitional stage of transforming into a slave society.

The Wuhuan people have a language, but there are no specific problems. Their language is somewhat similar to the Xianbei people. This is why the Wuhuan people and the Xianbei people can get along to a certain extent. The earliest Wuhuan people were in a matrilineal society and practiced step marriage and sister-in-law marriage. That is, after the death of the father and elder brother, the son and brother could marry their stepmother and sister-in-law. Intermarriage is even possible.

Later, with the continuous communication and exchange with the Han Dynasty people, it gradually became a patrilineal structure, but it still relied on animal husbandry as the main pillar and hunting on the side. The Wuhuan people are also very envious of the agricultural system of the Han people and are very willing to learn agricultural technology. However, this agriculture is not something that can be learned casually. In addition, the Wuhuan people still retain certain migration habits. Sometimes they learn agriculture. The process was interrupted again and again during migration.

With the development of Wuhuan itself, tribal privatization also occurred. Each tribe had its own rules to protect its own property, and the leader of the tribe gradually became the ruler, with life and death control over the entire tribe. power.

The Eastern Han Dynasty and Wuhuan were generally peaceful. There had been no large-scale wars between them for about forty or fifty years. Of course there were still minor frictions, just like brothers who often fought each other with fists and kicks. Generally speaking, the Wuhuan people were relatively pro-Han, and even participated as mercenaries in many military operations in the Eastern Han Dynasty to quell rebellions in other places. They were even once recruited by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty as palace guards to guard Kyoto.

During his lifetime, Yuan Shao looked down on the Wuhuan people in his heart, but in order to use the Wuhuan cavalry, he still maintained a certain relationship with the Wuhuan people, especially with the Wuhuan leader Tadun. The Huan people gathered around him, and in the name of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, he granted Tadun the title of Wuhuan Chanyu. Historically, he also selected a daughter from his own clan and gave her to Tadun as his wife...

But at this stage, because Yuan Shao was defeated faster than in history, the relationship between Yuan and Tadun is not as close as it was in history. Naturally, Tadun is not as obsessed with Yuan as in history. , still holding on to Yuan Shao's kindness. In addition, the three brothers of the Yuan family failed to live up to their expectations and destroyed their family property to pieces. Then Louban, Nanlou and other Wuhuan people naturally approached Liu He, and Liu He followed the hussar general Fei Qian. entrenched in the Changshan area, and Tadun's group hid in the desert for a while after being defeated by Zhang Xiu. After regrouping, they discovered that Wuhuan's environment had changed drastically.

Either out of anger or resentment, Yuan Xi felt that since Xianbei's situation was now weakening, Youzhou could be regarded as an area that could be developed. If he relied on Fei Qian, wouldn't he feel guilty or something? Therefore, Yuan Xi also wanted to revitalize Youzhou and develop his own strength, so he hit it off with Tadun who had returned from the desert, and the two families got together.

This time Cao Cao wrote, Yuan Xi and Tadun discussed it and agreed.

Not everyone has a God's perspective, and not everyone has a clear vision of the future. In Yuan Xi's view, how can it be said that Cao Cao still "sits as the emperor" and also owns a large area like Jizhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and Piao Although the cavalry general was also strong, he was far away after all. Coupled with the "Zhen incident", Yuan Xi was very disgusted with Fei Qian and turned to Cao Cao, who was confronting Fei Qian. It was natural.

For Tadun, it's even simpler. Tadun was in urgent need of money, a lot of money, and then he could use the money to go to the desert to lure the scattered tribes under his name, so that he could strengthen himself and make big plans, so he opened his mouth with a roar, Not surprising either.

However, such a price is undoubtedly a considerable pressure on Cao Cao's already tight finances.

So how should you choose?

Maybe after a long time, or maybe just a few breaths, the gambler character in Cao Cao's blood surged up again, and he slapped the letter on the table with a heavy slap!

Put it on!

Open the cards!