Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3381 The Last Journey

Cao Hong swore and vowed.

It was like watching a pirated version.

Regardless of whether Cao Hong's swearing was true or false, or an excuse to save face, at this moment, the chariots arranged according to his orders had already begun to rush to the cavalry!

Because Cao Hong and Che Zhou had agreed that once the central camp caught fire, they would rush straight to the cavalry!

Now, the central camp of Cao's army caught fire!

The fire was the order!

In the era without instant messaging, such things were too common.

Even if there was communication, it was very easy to go wrong. For example, when the military order was transmitted, Qinyang was written as Biyang, and then the army ran to Biyang. Do you think this was a mistake by the combat staff who issued the order, or was it intentional?

The shouts and screams echoed in the night, and the horses' hooves trembled on the loess.

Most of the cavalry went to Cao's camp. There were not many people left in the middle camp, but there were many sentries on the periphery!

Not long after Che Zhou led the cavalry of the Central Army of Cao Hongliu to rush towards the cavalry's middle camp, he was discovered by the cavalry scouts, who blew the copper whistle and issued a sharp warning!

『Enemy attack! Enemy attack! 』

『Enemy attack! In the direction of the hour of Xu! 』

『Hoo! Hear! 』

As the layers of commands came out, the cavalry's middle formation began to adjust the direction.

Fei Qian sat firmly on the high platform, "Hmm? The hour of Xu? It's appropriate. 』

Xiahou Dun's eyebrows moved. He didn't expect that when he encountered an enemy attack, the cavalry Fei Qian was still thinking about these things? Shouldn't he urgently deploy the troops and then arrange a defense strategy? How could he still consider whether it was "appropriate"?

Xu, from Wu, contains one, which means destruction.

In September, the Yang Qi is weak, and all things are complete, and the Yang goes down into the earth.

In the five elements, the earth is born in Wu and flourishes in Xu.

When it flourishes to the extreme, it will decline!

Who is the earth element in the Han Dynasty now? Who is flourishing to the extreme?

Xiahou Dun suddenly felt a palpitation, and was stunned and speechless for a while.

In the firelight, Che Zhou broke through the interception of some cavalrymen of the cavalry squad, and with red eyes, he came towards the flag of the commander of the three armies where Fei Qian was!

If he could break through and defeat the center of the cavalry army, just as Cao Hong said, then he could still fight!

On the high platform, more than a dozen flags rolled in the night wind and jumped under the reflection of the firelight.

Che Zhou seemed to see the figure of the cavalry, so he pointed his spear at him and roared!

"Charge! Kill him!"

Che Zhou knew that if he rushed up like this, he would die, but he still came.

The surname Che is very rare.

Just like Fei Qian's Fei family, there are very few people.

But he doesn't have the same luck as Fei Qian.

He is the descendant of Che Qianqiu, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty.

That's it, no more.

To a certain extent, he was blessed by Che Qianqiu, but in fact, he inherited Che Qianqiu's poison.

Because Che Qianqiu's original surname was Tian, ​​and when Che Qianqiu was the prime minister, that is, in the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Che Qianqiu presided over the Salt and Iron Conference...

Yes, that Salt and Iron.

The Chinese have always had a tradition of sacrificing the public for the benefit of the private.

Zhou's well-field, Han's salt and iron, and...

And the rich are definitely not the poor masses.

As a manager, he ignored and even indulged in various problems in the growth of fruit trees, so that when the tree was cut down, he could work with others to pick the fattest fruit first, but point out the worm-eaten eyes and rotten roots, saying, "See, it's all rotten, so he is right, he is a family of loyal heroes, and will be remembered forever!

But he intentionally or unintentionally ignored his original duty as the caretaker and manager of the fruit trees!

What did he do when the fruit trees were infested with worms and rotten roots? !

So, Che Qianqiu really passed down his reputation for thousands of years.

After Che Qianqiu, none of his descendants could enter the Han Dynasty!

Even his son committed suicide because of the crime of "stealing and increasing salt"!

After committing suicide, he was still stripped of his title, land, and property!

So by the time of Che Zhou's generation, it had fallen like the descendants of King Jing of Zhongshan, and was split again during the chaos of the Three Kingdoms. The Xian Emperor moved eastward and barely survived through the chaos of Li and Guo. The other branch went south to Jingzhou, and later fled to Wuling. He was the one who was called "Wuling Strange Man". Well, it was the strange man who said "Wuling Barbarian County, there is such a strange man".

After King Jing of Zhongshan, he was fighting for the glory in his heart. Che Zhou, the descendant of Che Qianqiu, was also struggling to prove himself!

Struggling in troubled times.

But what was the result of the struggle? He was just a governor of Xuzhou who would never take office!

He wanted to take office!

He didn't want to be a commander without troops forever, so even if this mission was dangerous, he still came!

Now Che Zhou seemed to be struggling in a net, a net of death.

The more he struggled, the more painful it was, and the closer he was to death.

The squad of cavalry patrolling outside did not directly charge at the risk of their lives, but swam around the outer line of Che Zhou's queue like piranhas, shooting crossbow arrows from the darkness from time to time, gradually bleeding Che Zhou and others.

These arrows and crossbows were often not aimed at the Cao army cavalry, but at the war horses!

Even if the Cao army cavalry intentionally helped to block and bump, some of them would inevitably be missed. From time to time, the sound of horses wailing, followed by the sound of falling and colliding...

At the current situation, Che Zhou certainly knew that the Cao army camp could not hold on. If he took a step back, he would collapse.

The fire in the central camp started. Whether it was set by himself or the cavalry had already rushed into the central camp, as long as the flag of the central camp fell, it would be a huge disaster for the Cao army! The general is the courage of the army. Losing the main flag will not only lose the convenience of dispatching and command, but also make the whole army lose their courage!

So he must buy time, take advantage of the opportunity that the cavalry has not yet turned around, raid the cavalry central army camp, capture and kill Fei Qian, and there will be a glimmer of hope for the Cao army!

One side is desperate to break through, and the other side is trying its best to intercept. Both sides are running at high speed, swords and arrows are shining with cold light, and blood is spilled on the yellow land.

Che Zhou heard various noises, especially the last shrill whine of casualties. He knew that fighting at night was always the most brutal fight to the death, and the formation was completely uncontrollable, and it was nothing more than fighting for life. As Che Zhou continued to charge forward, the number of cavalrymen who came to intercept him gradually increased. The number of casualties on both sides was soaring rapidly, and no one knew how many people and horses fell in this chaotic moment!

Fei Qian stood on the high platform.

He was standing under the fluttering tricolor flag.

Seeing the look in Xiahou Dun's eyes, Fei Qian smiled, pointed at himself, and then pointed to the high platform of the central camp in the distance that was in flames.

The king met the king, but the king did not meet the king.

Xiahou Dun's eyes were slightly cold, but he soon closed his eyes and sighed. At that moment, Xiahou Dun did have an impulse to rush over and grab Fei Qian, like a meteor falling from the sky, and become a blooming blood flower on this yellow land!

But when his reason came back a little, he would kick and hit him madly in his mind, telling him that half a step behind him, there was a strong man like a mixed-haired bear, and as long as he moved a little, he would be pinned down...

Xiahou Dun's own martial arts value was not very strong, naturally better than Fei Qian, but not enough for him to still be unparalleled in the current situation of being unarmed.

So Xiahou Dun could only stare at Fei Qian in the end, watching the cloak on Fei Qian's body fluttering, pursing his lips, not knowing whether he wanted the night wind to be stronger, to blow this pretentious guy off the high platform, or to call for friendly fire to turn himself and the cavalry Fei Qian into ashes together.

The flag was raised under the high platform, and a sharp whistle was blown.

Fei Qian looked at the fire dragon of Cao's army that was circling and rushing from the direction of Anyi City, shook his head and sighed, "What a pity..."

What a pity?

Fei Qian didn't say it, and no one would ask.

Shandong is not without brave people, and the Central Plains is not only cattle and horses working with their heads down.

Chen Sheng, who shouted out the voices of many grassroots people and frightened those high-ranking guys, and wanted to delete them from history and textbooks, was also from Henan.

But what happened in the end?

Chen Sheng shouted and shed blood, but the one who finally enjoyed the results, at least for a while, was the descendant of the old nobles of Chu.

Generation after generation, time and time again, cattle and horses were domesticated.

Generation after generation, time and time again, all things were domesticated!

It's not that Che Zhou was not brave, it's not that the Cao cavalrymen who led the army were not brave, but that their bravery was used in the wrong place. They stood together with those Shandong nobles and were brave for those who controlled their means of production and living.

Just like a vicious dog raised in a manor, it is brave.

Che Zhou saw the platform approaching, and the figure on the platform was so dazzling that he was a little dazed, like myopia and astigmatism. Suddenly he realized that he had been injured on the head without knowing when, and blood flowed down his forehead, blinding his eyes.

"Kill..."

Che Zhou screamed, his voice was hoarse and weak in the continuous screaming. And under such a chaotic sound, even the leading cavalry in Cao's army behind Che Zhou might not be able to hear what Che Zhou was shouting, but Che Zhou still shouted, waving the blood-stained spear, pointing at the platform where Fei Qian was.

The sharp copper whistle hurt Che Zhou's eardrums.

Che Zhou knew that it was a unique command sound of the Hussar Army, which was also used for warning or conveying some message, but Che Zhou had no mind to distinguish anything at the moment. He was less than two hundred steps away from the infantry array under the Hussar platform!

Great!

Success is just around the corner!

When Che Zhou ran all the way without being attacked by the Hussar artillery, he thought he was close to success!

That's right, under the cover of darkness, it was not easy for artillery to aim or hit!

When the Hussar Army really saw their figures, they had already arrived in front of the Hussar Army!

Che Zhou was ready for everything, even ready to use his flesh and blood to knock open the chevaux de frise and long spears and shields of the infantry array of the Hussar Army, to knock open a bloody path, and to knock out a chance to turn the tables!

Two hundred steps!

For the cavalry, two hundred steps is like a blink of an eye!

So, Che Zhou blinked.

What is that?

Even at night, with his vision blurred by the color of blood, at a distance of two hundred steps, the rider saw something that seemed to be placed in front of the hussars and infantry array?

It's just an outline, but it looks like a car?

This is about twenty cars, but what is the purpose of placing such a car relatively alone in front of the formation?

Is this going to be used as a stumbling block?

But why are they not connected together?

Do you want to stop the scattered dozens or twenty cars?

Is this because there was no time to prepare?

A feeling of pride arose in Che Zhou's heart when he suddenly saw a little firelight on the outline of the vehicle, and soon there were sparks shooting out in all directions...

not good!

Che Zhou instinctively felt a sense of extreme fear, but before he could do anything or shout anything, the dark outlines of the vehicles were suddenly lit up by dazzling firelight!

Gray-white smoke filled the air, and the eardrum-piercing scream dominated the entire night sky.

Suddenly, dozens of rockets with fireworks, like a swarm of bees emerging from the nest, flew into the air with a whine, and shot at Cao Jun's cavalry group along a relatively low trajectory!

The screams of death passed by Che Zhou's ears!

I don’t know if this is Che Zhou’s luck or his misfortune.

If he was directly hit by a rocket and died on the spot, there might not be much pain.

Just when Che Zhou was gasping for breath, thinking that he had just had a brush with death and everyone was safe, the rockets began to explode one after another!

The screams of horses and cavalry suddenly became loud!

One car, twenty rockets, twenty cars, that is, nearly four hundred rockets were fired in a short period of time!

Well, some stubborn or malfunctioning rockets were left on the car and even exploded on the car!

Fei Qian looked at it and couldn't help but clicked his tongue twice and shook his head.

These are all free money!

Cao Jun wanted to fight for consumption, and now he did it.

It's just that Cao's army consumed human lives, while Fei Qian consumed money.

Which is more important, human life or money? Obviously, there will be different answers in different places and different positions. But one thing is the same, that is, rare things are more valuable.

There are many people in Shandong, so human life is particularly cheap. However, Guanzhong and Beidi have lacked population from the beginning of their development, so in comparison, human life is much more valuable...

Cao Jun thought it was a good deal to take the most humble things and consume them with Fei Qian.

Because in the eyes of people in Shandong, the lives of these lower-class people and soldiers are not valuable.

Feijun happens to think so too and thinks it's a good deal.

It will take at least ten years for these people to grow up, and these gunpowder will only take a little trouble at most.

Isn't it a sure profit to exchange lifeless saltpeter charcoal for fresh life?

Therefore, the key point of this "One Throw of the World" has always been that when the money is in place, the effect will be in place.

The firelight generated by the explosion and the derived gray-white smoke filled the space between the two armies, making everyone's vision blurred, and only those bright-colored spots remained on the retina.

The momentum of Cao Jun's entire charge was completely disrupted.

Those who were directly hit by rockets could still more or less have their bodies intact, but those who were injured by explosions or burnt by gunpowder, the pain made both humans and horses almost crazy!

The horses rolled on the ground, and the fallen cavalrymen were like sausages falling on the street. The horses behind them, who had no time to stop their feet, rushed upwards, and immediately made a snap, and were either trampled to death or crushed.

In order not to trample on friendly troops, but also shocked by the tragic situation ahead, Cao's cavalry behind them involuntarily slowed down, and then crowded together...

The second round came with the blow from the ballista.

The shots of the ballista are not as colorful as those of the rocket car, but they are just as deadly.

A long crossbow can often penetrate two or three people at a distance of about two hundred steps, and it even refuses to stop!

Even the thickness of the war horse will be penetrated directly, and then the two horses will be nailed together and die together!

In addition, Cao's cavalry were frightened by the rockets, so they slowed down and clustered together, resulting in a particularly good shooting effect from the crossbows!

When a crossbow gun goes down, it will bring out a stream of blood!

Che Zhou was still not hit by the second round of blows.

The God of Death caressed Che Zhou's sensitive skin and nerves, and then blew a rogue whistle in Che Zhou's ear teasingly...

"Ahhhhh..."

The car made a meaningless roar, but he was still charging!

Charge in the face of death!

With the chariots like this, Cao Jun's leading cavalry did not collapse immediately, but also rushed forward with the chariots!

Again, there may not be any brave people in Shandong, but in many cases...

Like now.

After running for a while, Che Zhou's vision suddenly became clear, and he ran through the smoke.

But what appeared in front of the chariot were neat spears and large shields, and...

An infantry crossbow mounted on a large shield!

There is not only artillery among the hussars!

It’s not just cavalry either!

The other parts of the hussars may not be equipped with crossbows, but in Fei Qian's central formation, there must be a soldier who is good at using crossbows in the direct guard battalion!

These enhanced crossbowmen not only shoot faster than ordinary crossbowmen, but also shoot more accurately!

『Be careful with the crossbow...』

Che Zhou shouted, but his shout was interrupted by a crossbow arrow.

The god of death finally hugged him and took him down from the warhorse, like a fallen leaf falling from the sky and falling on the yellow earth...

His whole life has been wandering, searching, expecting, and longing.

But until the moment he fell from the horse's back, Che Zhou suddenly realized that Cao Hong's troops, who were supposed to appear behind him or on the flank to cover and support his attack, did not appear.

『Haha...』

Che Zhou finally chuckled, not knowing what he was laughing at, and vomited a mouthful of blood.

In the last moment of his life, he saw a piece of darkness rapidly expanding, and finally swallowed up everything he had without limit.