Three Kingdoms

Chen Lan looked at Cao Jun's camp from a distance. Behind him were some soldiers from Yangqu disguised as Cao Jun, as well as two carts pulling some "materials".

The cart was covered with tarpaulin and was obviously very heavy.

The banner held by Chen Lan was still the same Han banner as Cao Jun.

The flag of the Han Dynasty is the same for everyone.

As for Cao Jun's military flag, Chen Lan didn't get it, so he simply didn't display it.

"Cao's army has no more than 800 people. Divide the troops and leave at least half. It would be good if half of the people can be left in the camp..." Chen Lan said softly as he walked, as if to give to those around him. People are encouraged, and it seems to give themselves confidence, "We don't need to fight all Cao Jun's soldiers, we only need to burn Cao Jun's baggage... Of course, it would be better if we can chop off some heads and get more meritorious deeds..." …』

Chen Lan looked back at the black smoke on the mountain in the distance, "Cao Jun can definitely see this smoke, so General Cao Jun must go check there first... We just need to hurry up before General Cao Jun comes back with his people." "Come out...Ma Saburo, take the people to the front. Remember, pretend to be more presentable. If you can avoid alerting Cao Jun, it's best to sneak in first..."

"Chen Wu, follow the cart with your archers," Chen Lan ordered again, "If something goes wrong, shoot those Cao Jun military schools and the archers on the sentry tower first!" 』

"After we enter Cao Jun's camp, we will immediately rush to the rear camp, burn their luggage, and then circle back from the ravine to prevent being blocked halfway by the returning Cao Jun..."

"Do you remember everything?" Chen Lan asked, turning her head and looking around.

Everyone responded one by one.

There seemed to be some voices responding even inside the car.

"Hey, don't say anything in the car..." Chen Lan waved her hand, "Go, go!" Now we are Cao Jun, hold your head high and chest high! Walk! 』

If we make a relatively simple measurement based on the values ​​​​in the game, then except for those top generals in the world, most people's force values ​​​​are basically around 50 or 60, and the weak and elderly have dropped to 30. Forty, or even lower, but that doesn't mean that people with a value of thirty or forty can't kill people.

In later generations, when couples quarreled, there were many cases of blood splattering in anger, and it was not necessarily the man who won. There were women who chopped off each other's heads with kitchen knives and scissors...

Therefore, the force value alone does not necessarily determine the outcome of the battle. There are too many related factors.

For example, Chen Lan is somewhat courageous and knowledgeable, but she has always been unknown before.

Are there only those famous generals in the Three Kingdoms?

There are more people like Chen Lan, but they just don’t have the opportunity or space to show them, or even if they show it, they may not be recorded by the ruling class...

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Outside Cao Jun's camp.

Masaburo was walking in front, and the bag on his head was tilted to one side, as if it would fall off at the next moment, so he had to jog a few steps to hold him up, and then jog a few steps again to hold him up.

Normally, the doudou has a lace, and it must be tied according to military regulations. However, on the one hand, the lace is easy to break, and on the other hand, it is uncomfortable to tie the throat if it is tightened, so many soldiers are lazy and do not tie it. Just like many motorcycle riders in later generations do not fasten the straps of their helmets, or even bother to wear them.

"quick! quick! Open the door quickly! Come! Come lend a hand! 』

Masanlang held the crooked bag with one hand and greeted the soldiers on duty outside Cao Jun's camp with the other.

Behind Masaburo followed two large carts. There were no mules and horses, and they were all dragged and pushed by manpower. Several people were in front of and behind the car, gasping from exhaustion. The vehicle was covered with cloth, and the wheels were deeply sunk into the loose soil. At first glance, it was obvious that it carried a lot of things and was very heavy.

When the soldiers on duty outside Cao's camp saw this, their eyes suddenly lit up. How many good things are these two big cars? Without even thinking about it, he leaned his spear against the pillar of the camp next to him and hurried up.

One of them stepped forward without saying a word, stretched out his paws to lift the cover on the vehicle, and muttered, "Is there any fur?" Give me a piece first! This damn weather is freezing to death! 』

Masanuro quickly stopped him, "This can't be done!" This...these are all numbered...can't move! Ah haha, behind, behind there is..."

"later? ” The Cao Jun soldier guarding the gate muttered, put down his paw, looked behind him, and said, “These damn dogs kill talented people, they only know how to drink soldiers’ blood... Where did you get so many good things?” 』

"That way, toward the mountain..." Masaburo responded casually, and then dragged the vehicle forward.

The soldiers of Cao's army who were guarding the gate didn't look like they were coming up to help. Instead, they looked at the black smoke rising from the other side of the mountain and said, "Is it over there?" Why didn't I see it when I passed by before? 』

Masaburo didn't know how to answer, so he simply didn't speak, and he and the others just tried to drag him forward, with sweat rolling down his head.

Commander Cao Jun looked at it and suddenly felt something was wrong.

The reason why something was wrong was not that he didn't know Masaburo or that there were any flaws in his armor and disguise, but another reason...

The ability to remember faces varies from person to person. Some people can remember it just by looking at it, and some people will remember it incorrectly after seeing it every day. For a commander of Cao Jun, it is impossible for him to remember the face of every person in the army, so Masanlang and others came to think that He didn't care at all if he was a stranger.

As for the costumes that look a bit like those of the Hussars, that's not a problem.

Xiahou Dun occupied Jinyang, and some of the standard armors that were originally in the warehouses of Jinyang naturally became Cao Jun's armor, so there is nothing to make a fuss about using them mixedly.

What surprised Commander Cao Jun was the "diligence" attitude of Masanlang and others...

Do you need to be so serious?

What are you doing other than just hanging out for a day?

Why are you working so hard? Can you get one more bite to eat?

Such a heavy car, pushed and pulled so hard, whose body is exhausted?

The commander of Cao's army stood aside with some suspicion in his eyes. He felt that Ma Sanlang and others did not look like Shandong people. At least the Shandong soldiers were not so desperate...

Before Commander Cao Jun could say anything, he felt someone suddenly coming from behind. Just as he was about to turn around, an arm strangled his neck, and a sharp knife seemed to be stabbed into the gap between the armor under his ribs. Suddenly, all the hairs on the body stood up, "You... you..."

Chen Wuyi put his arms around Shi Chang's neck and whispered: "Want to live or die?" Shut up if you want to live! Otherwise... hum..."

Cao Jun's eyes rolled around wildly, and he nodded repeatedly without saying a word.

The commander of Cao's army thought that even if these guys could get in, they would be discovered by people in the camp. Then he would have a chance to escape. However, he did not expect that the soldiers of Cao's army in the camp also thought the same way. When they saw the camp gate guard, No alarm was issued, so naturally there was not much thought to take care of it, so Chen Lan and others were allowed to sneak into the camp...

"kill! kill! kill! 』

After Chen Lan and others entered the camp, they lifted the cover of the vehicle, jumped out of the vehicle with a roar, and either threw fire heads or chopped people into the camp. In a moment, Cao Jun's camp was full of people. There was chaos inside.

Chen Lan shouted: "The Hussars are coming!" Run! 』

Masanlang didn't care about the crooked and unsuitable bag, so he let the bag buckle crookedly on his head, and started shouting. Now he shouted that the hussar army was coming, and now he shouted that the army lord Qu Chang was dead. It was because Masanlang and others didn't know Xia Houcheng's name, otherwise they would have shouted that so-and-so was killed.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

"Kill!" 』

"The hussars are coming!" 』

"Run!" 』

This kind of unreasonable shouting, if you just calm down a little, you may not be deceived, or if you carefully observe the surrounding situation, you will find that the so-called "horse army" does not exist at all, but even if it is so clueless, The shouting was mindless, and Chen Lan and his group were causing chaos and setting fires. No one came out to stop Cao Jun's camp. It was as if the camp had been blown up, and everyone was buzzing and running around.

The people running in front of the camp were probably stunned by the killings by Chen Lan and others at first. They subconsciously avoided it, thinking of going to the middle of the camp where there were many people to seek safety. However, the people in the middle of the camp didn't know where they were and ran away when they saw the front. The people just turned around and ran away without thinking, causing the entire camp of Cao's soldiers to run away in panic.

Everyone knows that if someone steps forward at this time to turn the tide, this kind of riot can be stopped without saying anything. But everyone hopes that it is others who can turn the tide, and it is others who face the sword and gun. They only need to follow, but in the end no one take the lead……

Xia Houcheng was anxious to seize the horses as his own meritorious service. He could not wait any longer. One of his deputies, Wang Tiansheng, followed him and died on Guaizi Mountain.

There was originally a deputy in the military camp, but unfortunately he had to be on guard duty last night. As a result, he was on duty all night, and the cold wind blew all night. Not even a hair was seen. In the morning, he said he saw a tribe of barbarians, and then He was left to guard the camp again. So he naturally went back to his tent to sleep. When Chen Lan and his party came in, he was deeply asleep and couldn't wake up for a long time.

Without a leader, Cao's army was in chaos. Cao's soldiers fled in all directions. No one knew why this happened or where Xia Houcheng went...

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Xia Houcheng was gathering the remaining defeated generals at Guaizi Mountain and walked back leisurely.

"Disposal" of the wounded will take some time, and will also lead to a decrease in morale.

Before leaving, Xia Houcheng also summoned everyone to line up for a lecture, promised rewards, and drew some pancakes that most people could not eat. He then promoted people on the spot and gave out some small positions that had been vacant due to injuries and deaths. Only then could the general's morale and morale be restored.

Doing these things, of course, also takes a certain amount of time.

As a result, Xia Houcheng and his men were not halfway back when they saw black smoke rising from their camp!

Xia Houcheng was suddenly startled and almost dropped the spear in his hand, "Why are you so fat?" ! 』

Xia Houcheng hurriedly urged people to go check it out, but the information they got back made him almost fall off his horse on the spot, "An army of hussars?" Where did the army come from? ! 』

Looking at the dejected soldiers of Cao's army, all of them were in a miserable state, Xia Houcheng suppressed his anger and asked, "Where is Shi Quchang?" "Chief Shiqu is the middle- and lower-level sergeant who stays in the military camp. Now that something happened in the military camp, Xia Houcheng would of course be the first to ask him.

"Army Sima... Shi Quchang, he... didn't see anyone..." the soldier reported back, "I can't say I'm afraid, it's already..."

"what happened? ! ” Xia Houcheng asked.

Before the soldiers could elaborate, Xia Houcheng heard a loud noise from behind his queue!

Xia Houcheng looked back like a frightened bird, and saw pillars of yellow dust rising in the distance. There was also the faint sound of horse hooves, as if a large number of cavalry were swarming in!

Xia Houcheng swallowed his saliva and said, "Retreat!" 』

The deputy was killed, the soldiers were dejected, and the camp was destroyed. No matter how ambitious Xia Houcheng was, he couldn't hold on any longer. He could only urgently issue an order for the entire army to retreat, and even sent people to look back to see where the smoke was rising. I don't dare to...

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On the hillside, Chen Lan and the leaders of Bai Shiqiang looked at the dejected soldiers of Cao's army meandering on the mountain road in the distance.

Behind Chen Lan and the Baishi Qiang leader, some Baishi Qiang tribesmen were taking down the branches and forks tied behind the horses.

Bai Shiqiang is a businessman, and of course he is good at business, but it does not mean that he is good at fighting. But to scare people, it is related to business, and there is no business without treachery. The bluff is written in the flesh and blood. Besides, tying some branches or something is not a great strategy. The key is where to use it or how to use it...

"County Magistrate Chen is really very wise. How do you know that Cao Jun did not dare to look back?" ” asked the leader of Baishi Qiang.

"If it was at the beginning, Cao Jun would definitely send someone to investigate," Chen Lan smiled, "But now... they have no courage..."

From Cao Jun's point of view, Baishi Qiang came pretending to be a large-scale cavalry force, which gave Xiahou Cheng a sufficient excuse. Anyway, everyone saw the towering smoke and dust sweeping from the rear, saying that a large cavalry army was coming. There was no problem, and in this way, Xia Houcheng's own failure became an acceptable result.

With the hussar army coming, what does Xiahou Cheng's defeat mean? It’s hard to say that it actually has some merit!

After all, he was able to save most of the soldiers under the hussar army, but only lost some artifacts. How can he be considered to have good command and a measured advance and retreat?

Of course, what Chen Lan didn't say was that if his attack on Cao's camp was unfavorable, Bai Shiqiang's wave of people could also be used as a means to disrupt Cao's army, giving Chen Lan and him a chance to escape...

Hussar often says that everything must be planned. In fact, in the art of war, think about defeat before thinking about victory.

Chen Lan understands this deeply.

Watching Cao Jun go away, Chen Lan said to the leader of Bai Shiqiang: "There is still a big business... Chief, would you like to hear it?" 』

The leader of the Baishi Qiang laughed and said, "Magistrate Chen is too polite. Please speak, please speak..."

Chen Lan said slowly, "I heard that these Cao soldiers destroyed a lot of your cattle and sheep before... Although I said I would compensate you for these cattle and sheep, but let these guys go like this... What do you think, leader?" , will the people in your tribe have any grievances? 』

"Hmm..." The leader of Baishi Qiang couldn't help but turn around and look at his tribesmen, and then laughed twice, "What can it be... Haha, tell me straight, County Magistrate Chen, what is it?" 』

"I said, it's business. Chen Lan raised her hand and pointed at the retreating figure of Cao Jun, "These heads of Cao Jun are big business!" 』

The leader of Bai Shiqiang laughed and originally wanted to refuse, but he hesitated when the words came to his lips, and then frowned and thought.

This is indeed big business...

The Baishi Qiang people are not afraid of business, but they are afraid of no business.

Chen Lan said slowly, "Chief, do you think Cao Jun is scary?" You see, these Cao Jun soldiers are not invincible... If you are cut with a knife, you will die, and if you are hit with an arrow, you will die. And these Cao Jun soldiers, the heads of the soldiers are quite valuable... Just like today We are doing the same thing, looking for opportunities to kill one or two, is it difficult? Didn’t we just win today? So... you know what I mean? Chief, you have been doing business with various tribes here a long time ago. If I go to those leaders and tell them, it will definitely be better than you... And the most important thing is that I am the magistrate of Yangqu County, and I said it must be here. You can't leave at will... You must also know that there are some men in the tribe who are brave but can't find any suitable way... Now, is this a good opportunity? Is it a big deal? 』

"This... you make sense..." The leader of Bai Shiqiang nodded quickly this time and patted his chest, "My sword is not dull yet, and my horse is not tired yet!" They killed our cattle, sheep, and our people, and they had to pay a sufficient price! But... I want to be sure. If you capture the heads of these guys, how will your combat merit be calculated? 』

Chen Lan nodded and said, "Your battle merit calculation is the same as that of the Han people!" Absolutely the same! 』

The leader of the Baishi Qiang laughed, "The Lord Baishi is above!" This is what you said! 』

"I said! I swear! Chen Lan repeated, stretching out her palm, "Absolutely the same!" 』

The Baishi Qiang leader slapped Chen Lan's palm, "That's it!" 』

Immediately, the Baishi Qiang leader laughed and walked towards his people, "My sons! Big business is coming..."

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No matter how great the war, no matter how magnificent the battle, it is often composed of small battlefields and messy chapters one after another. However, this battle in Taiyuan County was first launched by Xiahou Dun. After Yangqu, Cao Jun seemed to have reached a peak, but soon began to decline. The reason why they felt more and more anxious was because of Chen Lan in Yangqu. Sudden inspiration?

Just like what Chen Lan said, even if these nomadic people have settled down, there are always some people who are not willing to accept the status quo and are unwilling to serve cattle, sheep and crops every day. This time, Cao Jun's attack became the best for these people. Show stage. In comparison, the Hussars with good reputation are obviously more trustworthy than Cao's army.

In the entire Taiyuan area, due to years of cooperation, trade, and mutually dependent production and survival relationships, the Han and Hu people have changed from the separation and mutual hostility during the Huan Ling period. Instead, because of the invasion of Cao Jun, and because of Chen Lan The existence of Han officials who were willing to treat Hu and Han equally, united with each other, worked together, dispersed countless hunting teams, launched counterattacks against Cao Jun's invasion, ambushed, harassed, hunted...

Xiahou Dun's headache had just begun.