Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3399 Decline

"The Hussars are coming!" 』

"The Hussars are here again!" 』

Perhaps this sentence will become Cao Jun's most common buzzword this year.

Just like "Wolf is coming", at the beginning, it may cause large-scale panic, but later it becomes "Come on, come on, what are you calling?" 』

The emergence of Li Li and Sima Yi greatly accelerated the evolution of this process.

Cao Cao knew that Cao Jun's soldiers would be tired like this, but he couldn't find a good way to solve this problem for a while.

Because he cannot take the initiative to attack and can only wait passively...

He repeatedly emphasized that this was a plan to weaken the army, but the vast majority of military academy non-commissioned officers were like "oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh", but in fact they really didn't take it seriously.

The strategy of exhausting the army is a conspiracy on the surface.

Although Lao Cao still had less than a thousand cavalry on hand and the cavalry generals leading the troops, he couldn't let the troops go out so casually. The reason is simple, because cavalry has no chance of winning in field battles. Morale is low, and there are problems with the leadership. Qianzhao is a good cavalry commander, but he is not a peerless general. He alone cannot play a mainstay role and cannot change the situation of the battle with one person.

what to do?

It's difficult.

These mighty hussars are difficult to fight and capture, but if left alone, Cao's soldiers will become increasingly exhausted.

When the sun rose in the morning, the hussars' cavalry blew the horn before arriving at the camp.

When we were having breakfast in the morning, the Hussars came again and brought warm greetings - they fired two or three large yellow crossbow grenades. No matter what they exploded, it was a little extra for Cao's army.

At noon, when the sun was high in the sky, the hussars came again. This time they will conduct tentative damage to some fortifications or checkpoints outside the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp.

It's really just tentative, because as long as Cao Jun moves, they will roar and run away. Even if Cao Jun uses ballistas and catapults, they basically can't hit them. Occasionally, a very few hussars were hit. As long as they were not hit directly head-on, they would most likely not die. The only difference was the severity of their injuries.

By the afternoon, the Hussars had even more tricks up their sleeves...

They would form a group to curse outside the camp, starting from Cao Cao, then Xiahou Dun, and then Cao Hong, changing their tactics. When the soldiers with loud voices became hoarse, some soldiers would start singing Shandong tunes, touching Cao Zilian's chest and so on...

Cao Hong was so angry that he trembled.

Not only that, they would also set up a table in a place where Cao Jun could not hit but could see it from a distance, and then started to light a barbecue and drink some wine!

By the time night falls, logically speaking, things should have stopped. However, every other hour or hour and a half, hussars would light grenades with irregularity, and when the explosions exploded, they would also shout to charge. The slogan of attack, even though the soldiers of Cao's army knew that the hussars were bluffing again, they still had to get up and defend.

As a result, Cao's soldiers, especially those at the forefront of the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, were all listless...

Cao Cao had been watching. At dusk that day, he suddenly called Cao Hong and Qianzhao.

"Tonight, there is an 80% chance that the bandit army will come to test and attack!" ”Cao Cao squinted his eyes, his small eyes shining brightly.

"ah? ” Cao Hong asked in confusion, “Why is my lord so sure?” 』

In the past two or three days, Li Li and Sima Yi took turns to go into battle, leading small groups of troops to cause trouble, and large groups of troops holding down the formation at the back. Cao Cao's army was either fighting or not fighting. It was extremely uncomfortable. Now I heard Cao Cao say that the Hussars will be defeated tonight. Cao Hong could not help but feel refreshed as he was about to attack!

"In the past two days, the hussars seem to be in chaos, but are they actually..." Cao Cao sneered, "Now the soldiers outside the camp are showing signs of fatigue, huh... so the hussars are probably going to attack tonight!" 』

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Did the Hussars have any unsuccessful night attacks?

It seems there is, and it seems there isn't.

Sima Yi rubbed his chin. He has gradually gained some beard now, but not much, just like his combat experience. But even so, Sima Yi still felt the abnormality almost instinctively, and he attached great importance to this feeling of self.

It may be a bit mysterious to say that instinct is actually a product of the dual superposition of experience and wisdom.

"You just don't feel right? 』

Li Li frowned, somewhat dissatisfied.

The plan was proposed by Sima Yi, and it was executed by Sima Yi and him together. Now it is the last moment to apply the brakes?

My pants are all...

Oh, there were no pants in the Han Dynasty, so that would be fine.

Okay, Sima Yi, you don’t wear pants, what’s wrong with you?

Sima Yi was also thinking, and said slowly: "Old traitor Cao has also been on the battlefield for many years, how could he not know my strategy of tiring the army?" 』

Li Li thought for a while and nodded.

Even though Li Li was dissatisfied, he had a better advantage, that is, he could listen to what was said.

Seeing that Li Li didn't interrupt or show any impatience, Sima Yi continued, "So we should think more about it. This old thief knew that our troops were exhausted, but he didn't replace the Cao soldiers outside the camp." The purpose is to let us see that these soldiers are exhausted..."

In later generations, there is the so-called three-rhythm theory. Although it is not sure to be true, it also explains some problems. That is to say, in the process of human evolution, there are always adaptations for survival.

A person's journey from full energy and full endurance to exhaustion and low endurance has a certain degree of fluctuation, but it cannot be quantified or simply digitized. After all, people have different outlooks and personalities, which causes some people to enter a state of hysteria when their energy and endurance are low, while others will still survive calmly until their physical strength is restored.

The same is true for the soldiers of Cao's army. Some of them will be disturbed by Sima Yi and Li Li to the point of collapse, but it cannot be denied that some will still think calmly and adapt as much as possible.

Therefore, if we talk about the general soldiers and generals of Cao Cao's army, they may be disturbed by the tired tactics of Sima Yi and Li Li, and their energy and endurance will decrease, and they will enter an irrational state. But the same is true for Cao Cao...

That would be a bit underestimating the people of the world.

Sima Yi looked at Li Li and secretly observed Li Li's expression.

Sima Yi's Sima surname is actually the same as Fei Qian's Fei surname. They are both surnames with a relatively small number of people and a less prosperous family. Therefore, Sima Yi is also subconsciously expanding his network of contacts, but it is not that he is greedy.

This kind of network building is not done in a day or two, nor once or twice, but during the whole process, Sima Yi will deliberately set some "hidden thresholds" to distinguish and screen people.

This is how Sima Yi treats Li Li.

If Li Li yelled and vented his dissatisfaction, then Sima Yi would most likely do what Li Li did first and then say nothing more, because Li Li did have the authority to command more than half of the troops and horses, and he could choose not to Listen to Sima Yi. But if Li Li is willing to listen, Sima Yi will tell the truth.

"So, now..." Li Li asked, "You mean...we need to make some adjustments?" 』

Sima Yi nodded, "That's true." It might as well be like this and so on..."

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It's night.

The moon is not dark, but the wind is high.

The cold autumn night wind from the north whistled up and down the plateau. Even though the soil plateau whined in protest in the cold wind, the cold wind in the autumn night still ruthlessly snatched away everything on the bare soil plateau. Even if it blew the ground three feet away, it could not let the soil go away. There is still a little bit of oil and water in the original situation.

The less it is, the more it is squeezed and plundered.

No matter how loud the whimpering sound was, Tuyuan, who had no ability to resist, did not wait for help, but ushered in a new round of trampling.

The hooves of the hussars ran down from the plateau, like wind and thunder, and with an overwhelming momentum, they rushed towards the flaw in Cao Jun's camp that had been observed long ago.

Sure enough, the flaw is the flaw right there.

The hussars roared and without much effort, they broke through the defenses outside Cao Jun's camp and began to rush towards Cao Jun's second line of defense. Cao Jun's Zhongtiao Mountain camp has three lines of defense along the mountains. The outermost line is naturally the largest and most vulnerable.

The soldiers of Cao's army in this line of defense saw the hussars rushing towards them with great force. They did not need the general of Cao's army to order them to move in. They had already "switched" their combat positions on their own initiative...

As soon as the two sides came into contact, Cao's soldiers in a defensive line near the breach ran away without saying a word. Thinking about it, it is obviously unrealistic for these soldiers of Cao's army, whose energy and endurance have almost hit the bottom, to fight against the powerful hussars.

As the Hussars attacked, the war drums in Cao's camp beat rapidly and intensively.

"boom! boom! 』

A huge explosion broke out on the battlefield, mixed with the sound of Cao Jun's war drums.

This is the Hussars blasting the second defensive line of Cao's army.

Suddenly, the sound of war drums, horns, shouts of soldiers, and galloping horses soared into the sky.

"Whoosh..."

Thousands of arrows roared into the air, shooting at the hussars.

"Watch out for arrows!" 』

Li Li shouted loudly, raised his shield to defend his vitals, and also covered his head and face with the war horse.

The rain of arrows whizzed down, and Li Li was shocked.

He knew that Sima Yi was right!

This Cao Jun has been prepared for a long time!

This is not difficult to judge, as long as you have a cooler head.

In actual combat, it is impossible for an archer's arrow to have an automatic tracking function. As long as it is shot, it will definitely hit, especially in the dark night. If Cao Jun was a temporary gathering of archers, the arrows they would shoot would be much sparse, and they might even miss the target in the first few rounds. Only after the ruler is modified can the hit rate be increased.

But now, Cao Jun almost hit a large number of hits in the first round of arrow rain!

Although the lethality of arrows from such long-distance projections is often caused by the damage caused by the falling metal of the arrows, it does not mean that armor will be completely immune!

As the arrow fell, a muffled sound came from the surrounding area, mixed with the neighing of injured horses.

"retreat! Disperse and retreat! 』

Li Li immediately gave the order without any hesitation.

If there is one more point of greed at this time, it means there will be three points more casualties!

Cao Jun did not deploy on the first line of defense, but placed his combat power on the second line of defense.

Li Li's command was conveyed quickly, but there were still some hussars. I don't know whether it was because they were unwilling to give in, or because they were far away and the sound was noisy. They failed to hear the retreating whistle clearly, and were quickly attacked one after another. Covered by arrow rain...

In just a short time of burning incense, Cao Jun shot at least 20,000 to 30,000 arrows!

And in order to prevent the archers from losing their targets, some rockets are deliberately mixed with ordinary arrows as markers.

This is also an important method for fighting at night and when the line of sight is blocked.

Well, Mr. Luo turned Sun Shiwan's forced move into Brother Zhu's straw boat to borrow arrows. He must not have thought about the rocket thing...

Li Li's order was indeed timely. They had just completed the turn when they were immediately blocked by Cao's soldiers.

When the two armies met, they immediately started a bloody fight.

Cao Hong had injuries to his legs and feet, and after all, Cao Hong was an important figure, and no one could replace him in Cao's current position in the camp. Therefore, Cao Hong naturally took command, and the one who fought and intercepted on the front line was Qianzhao.

Li Li led his men to rush back and forth, trying to kill the blocking enemy soldiers and break through the constant entanglement and siege of Cao's army. The group of cavalry he led seemed to have crashed into a spider web, but a spider web is a spider web after all, not a fishing net, let alone a hunting net. It does not have enough density and strength to completely stop Li Li and others. , simply impossible!

Moreover, most of Cao's troops were infantry. Even if they were close at hand, it would be difficult to control Li Li's cavalry.

In TV series and movies, passing by can add beauty, but passing by here can only make Cao's soldiers sad.

Qianzhao saw Cao's soldiers falling down in batches under the collision of the hussars, either dead or injured. The blood and screams spread together. He couldn't help but shout with all his strength: "Brothers" Hey, let me kill you! 』

Qianzhao focused on Li Li.

I don't know why, when Qianzhao stared at Li Li, it was like he saw another version of himself...

No, no no.

The starting point of Qianzhao was far higher than that of Li Li.

Perhaps the two people have the same thing, that is, they have the same cavalry generals and the same experience in foreign combat.

Qianzhao didn't like pointing his sword at Han people like him, but he had to do things he didn't like again and again.

It’s like going to work in the future.

Unhappiness is just a means of making a living.

Qianzhao led a squad of 100 men roaring straight towards Li Li, stepping on the blood-stained soil and the broken limbs on the battlefield, shouting forward, "Kill the horse!" Kill the horse first..."

Qianzhao shouted wildly and waved his spear, knocking a hussar off his horse.

There is no way to make Li Li and others stop, but they will never be able to surround and kill Li Li!

Cao's soldiers, led by Qian Zhao, fought hard to kill Li Li.

Li Li also roared and slashed to death a Cao soldier who tried to attack his horse, but he failed to notice the short ax thrown from the other direction...

The hatchet's accuracy was average, and it failed to hit the belly of Li Li's war horse, but it also made a deep wound on the horse's leg.

The war horse stung, its legs and feet twisted, and it stumbled and fell to the ground.

Li Li was caught off guard and fell from his horse.

"Kill him!" Kill him..."

When the soldiers of Cao's army saw Li Li fell from his horse, they shouted excitedly.

The hussar soldiers following Li Li immediately roared forward to block Cao's attack line. Some drew their bows and shot fiercely, some slashed with swords, some galloped up on their horses to prepare for a direct collision, and some struggled to throw the short weapons they carried...

Li Li fell off his horse, causing the entire queue to come to a standstill.

In this small space, it was like honey falling into a pile of ants.

Cao Hong was watching the battle from the high platform. When he saw this scene, he was overjoyed and pushed away the drummer who was beating the war drum, "Get out!" Beat her until she's soft, like a pussy! Someone came to beat the drum and cheer for General Qian in person! Kill, kill! 』

"kill! Kill! 』

Cao Hong beat the drum himself, and the other drummers couldn't wait to use all their strength to beat the drums so loudly!

Layers upon layers of Cao Jun soldiers were attracted by the "honey"...

Just when Li Li and others were trapped in the middle, and gradually became unable to hold on any longer, suddenly there was another loud noise outside Cao Ying!

Sima Yi and his men rushed in from the other direction and violently dealt a violent blow to the buttocks of the Cao soldiers who surrounded Li Li.

At this time, Cao Jun's archers, who were originally fierce in firepower, were unable to intercept or make any fixed-point coverage shots, because Cao Jun's soldiers not only blocked the shooting range, but also mixed with the hussars and horses...

Unexpectedly, the Hussars had a second attack on Cao's soldiers. They were originally focused on strangling Li Li, but were caught off guard by Sima Yi. The besieged Li Li and others immediately found the direction and opportunity to break out. Follow the road opened by Sima Yi and evacuate outwards.

Some soldiers of Cao's army still wanted to fight to the death, but they did not expect that Sima Yi's men were not only good at bows and arrows, but also carried some grenades, and they were suddenly shot until they screamed or were blown to pieces. The blood was flowing and I didn’t dare to chase anymore.

Qian Zhao originally wanted to strangle Li Li, but when he saw Sima Yi rushing in and torches lit up outside the Cao army camp, he was not sure how many cavalrymen there were, so he did not chase them outside the Cao army camp.

This was originally a situation of two losses or two wins. Anyway, it was okay to understand it in any way. The cavalry broke through a line of defense and tested some of the Cao army's arrangements and strength, while the Cao army defeated the cavalry's night attack and successfully killed some cavalrymen.

Even if the Cao army suffered more casualties than the cavalry, it was not important.

But what Qian Zhao did not expect was that after he arranged the affairs and retreated, he was not greeted with a warm greeting for his hard work, but an angry accusation!

"Qian Zi Jing! Why did the thief escape? ! !"

This kind of questioning does make people angry at first glance, but others have their own reasons. Since you can defeat the enemy general, why can't you kill the enemy general? Just like if you can work until you are 60, why can't you work for another 10 years until you are 70?

Doesn't it make sense?