Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3480 Begging with Mouth

All the mistakes are not accumulated by these Cao army soldiers, but they need Cao army soldiers to bear the greatest damage and sacrifice.

It can be said that these Cao army soldiers are ignorant, or incompetent, but one thing that cannot be denied is that ignorance and incompetence are not the original intention of Cao army soldiers. It is Shandong's policy of keeping the people ignorant and high-pressure control that led to the current performance of Cao army soldiers.

On the ridge, there are actually only more than ten hussars left, and each of them is covered in blood.

Wu Ming was hit by two arrows, one in the chest and one in the leg.

The arrow in the chest was blocked by the armor plate and failed to penetrate, but the tip of the arrow also cut the skin and bled profusely. The calf was not so lucky, and was directly penetrated by the arrow, and the arrowhead was exposed from the other side of the calf.

The arrow in the chest was pulled out, but the arrow in the leg did not dare to move. Because the muscles were still squeezing the arrow shaft, the blood flow was not much, but once it was pulled out, the blood flow would probably double. At that time, even if he was not killed by the Cao army soldiers, he would bleed to death.

『Ah...』

Wu Ming roared at the Cao army soldiers and slapped the shield with his sword.

He knew that if he wanted to survive, he must not be afraid of death!

This seemed contradictory, but now there was consistency.

He had to hold on until the next wave of hussars came up, or even until Sima Yi came with a large army, before he had a chance to retreat!

So he did not show any fear of retreating at all, and was still roaring at the Cao army soldiers!

The swords and shields were full of blood and scars, and the blood and flesh residues on their faces and bodies during the previous fight, Wu Ming and others were like evil spirits crawling out of hell under the flickering firelight!

The Cao army soldiers at Hengshan Rock were staggering, pointing and arguing with swords and guns from a distance. Even though Dong Zhao and other Cao army military officers were shouting and cursing behind them, they still did not move forward.

Not only at Hengshan Rock, the Cao army soldiers behaved like this, but also in the entire Zhongtiao Mountain camp, the performance of the Cao army soldiers was getting worse and worse.

Fei Qian's central army heavy armored troops had advanced to the distance that could not be closer to the Zhongtiao Mountain camp. The Cao army's stone cannons seemed to suddenly wake up and began to throw stone bullets at Fei Qian's central army heavy armored troops.

The stone bullets caused some casualties, but it was too late.

The central army heavy armored troops of the cavalry were not standing very densely. Even if they were hit, they would only suffer individual casualties, which would not have a great impact on the entire formation. Moreover, they had already advanced to the wall of the camp. Would they still wait stupidly to be hit?

Following the command of the front-line military school, the heavy-armored infantrymen of the cavalry rushed to the remaining fortifications and fortifications of the Cao army, overturned the chevaux de frise, and pushed down the fences. The cavalry archers following the heavy-armored infantrymen also rushed to the trenches beside the wall of the stockade and shot fiercely at the Cao army camp.

The arrows of the cavalry also caused considerable casualties to the Cao army in the camp.

After all, in the night, the surroundings of the Cao army camp were relatively bright, and the cavalry archers on the side of the trench were under the protection of the night. Those Cao army archers who exposed their heads and chests on the wall of the camp to shoot, from time to time, some people turned over and fell, and let out long and short screams.

Xu Chu's attack on the east road was not smooth, and the fire was blown to Zhongtiao Mountain by the northwest wind. For a while, Xu Chu had no way to step on the flames and continue to attack along the east road, so he moved from the east road to the middle road.

Shandong is good at infantry, but under the cavalry, these infantrymen who are already wearing double heavy armor are even more elite!

What's more, the cavalry general Fei Qian is on the battlefield, watching their performance and waiting for their victory. Almost everyone rushed into the Cao army's camp under the leadership of the grassroots military school and began to destroy it.

For a while, Cao's Zhongtiaoshan camp was almost everywhere in battle, and fires were rising everywhere.

The area originally designed to guard against the impact of the cavalry cavalry was not very adaptable to heavy-armored infantry, so the Cao army could not rely too much on fortifications and traps to intercept the cavalry. It could only be soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals...

Just when the Cao army's central circle was still trying to deploy soldiers to intercept the advance of these heavily armored soldiers of the cavalry, Xu Chu rushed back to the center line from the east.

Xu Chu was wearing heavy armor, and his whole body was also covered in blood, but this time he did not hold a sword and a shield, but a two-handed battle axe!

Thanks to the influence of Xu Huang, the trainer of the heavy armor camp of the cavalry army in the early days, many people in the heavy armor infantry also like to use battle axes.

This thing is really not available to ordinary soldiers. Only those who are born strong and under the command of the cavalry can have fats and proteins such as beef and mutton. Otherwise, only carbohydrates can't keep up with the high-intensity physical consumption, not to mention that sometimes even carbohydrates may not be replenished in sufficient quantities.

Xu Chu raised the long-handled battle axe in his hand, shouted, and immediately led the soldiers into the Cao army array in the Cao army camp!

Heavy-armored infantry, double-layer armor, plus this heavy treasure, has always been a sharp weapon for breaking formations. Even if there is a wooden fence wall, it will be torn apart quickly under the chopping of the battle axe. The wooden wall was chopped up, and the Cao army soldiers inside the wall were only wearing two crotch armors, holding ordinary swords and guns in front of these armored monsters, just like children playing house with wooden swords and guns.

The Cao army that was broken into the camp by the heavy-armored infantry of the cavalry was immediately killed and howled like wolves and ghosts, and had no power to fight back.

The approaching archers of the cavalry were still extending their shooting to open up the road for these heavy-armored infantry.

Under the leadership of Xu Chu, hundreds of heavy-armored infantry were like bears, with blood in every step. In a blink of an eye, they killed through several layers of enemy formations, and countless souls were added under the swords and axes!

Flames and black smoke rose all around, and blood and broken bones were entangled underground.

Rockets in the sky fell like meteors.

The screams that came one after another were like the trumpets in a symphony, unwilling to be lonely in the battlefield.

The sharp swords brought out sparks and tore flesh and blood.

The heavy battle axes whistled past and smashed bones.

The road was covered with flesh and blood, and every step seemed to have the souls screaming!

The fighting was happening tragically everywhere.

The broken deer forts and the fallen chevaux de frise were revealed to be the traps covered on the surface, becoming the embellishment of the battlefield.

The soldiers on both sides were entangled in a deadly battle, and the sound of fighting and shouting was squeezed out from the bottom of the chest at the last moment of life, even overwhelming the sound of dozens of drums on both sides beating hard, overwhelming the sound of the horns blowing, shaking the curtain of the night, and tearing down the stars in the sky!

Although there were still some soldiers in the Central Commander and the Central Guard in Cao's army, who rushed forward to meet Xu Chu and other heavy-armored infantrymen with the determination to die, these Cao's soldiers who were determined to die were a minority after all. The vast majority of Cao's soldiers were retreating and escaping. The cavalry was not only an elite armored force, but more importantly, they were different from the cavalry. In the beginning of the harassment war, they had been resting and adjusting in the rear. Now they were a fresh force. The sporadic counterattacks of the Cao army were almost crushed in the blink of an eye!

The cavalry's aggressive momentum was unstoppable, forcing the Cao army to roll back, crossing the trenches, crossing the chevaux de frise, passing through the tents, and rushing straight to the inner circle of the Cao army's Zhongtiaoshan camp, which was already panicked and at a loss!

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At least half of the reason why the inner circle of the Cao army's Zhongtiaoshan camp was at a loss was due to Dong Zhao who led the soldiers to kill.

Indeed, for Dong Zhao, both the middle and outer circles were facing the attack of the cavalry, and those military schools were not as stable as the inner circle. It was not easy for the middle and outer circles to cooperate and support each other. How could they be expected to lead troops back to save the danger of the inner circle?

Moreover, the inner circle was in danger. Once this kind of thing spread out, it was really impossible to say that the whole camp would collapse immediately!

The military schools in the Zhongtiaoshan camp had wanted to retreat a long time ago. The reason why they were still holding on was that Dong Zhao in the inner circle was still blocking the intersection and had the power to control who went first and who stayed?

If these military schools knew that they might be cut off from the retreat, the inner circle would not be safe, and there would be no safe retreat, how long these Cao army military schools would persist in fighting, and how much fighting will they still have, it would be hard to say.

So Dong Zhao had to solve the problem himself, and he was the only one who could solve it!

At the beginning, Dong Zhao was still very confident that he could solve the problem, defeat the cavalry soldiers who infiltrated from the small road, and defend the camp. Hengshan Rock is narrow and cramped. The cavalry soldiers must have consumed a lot of energy and physical strength when running around. As long as they block it once at night and wait until dawn for archers to shoot from a high place, no matter how many cavalry soldiers come, they will be buried in the valley!

This is foreseeable and clear.

As long as the cavalry soldiers at Hengshan Rock are repelled and the middle circle is defended, the cavalry soldiers can only retreat and rest if they cannot break through the Zhongtiao Mountain camp in one breath!

Dong Zhao's strategy of waiting for the tired soldiers to tire out can be a great success!

As long as the cavalry soldiers retreat, whether they pursue them a little or make noise on the spot, they can greatly boost the morale of Cao's army. At least they can defend it once more until the strategy formulated by Cao Cao succeeds!

But what Dong Zhao never expected was that the battle at Hengshan Rock was so unsuccessful!

These cavalry soldiers, regardless of casualties, were more fierce and tenacious than Dong Zhao could imagine!

They used human lives to pave a road to success and pushed Cao's army into the abyss of failure!

It was not Dong Zhao who was stupid, nor Sima Yi who was smart. At this moment, it was not Dong Zhao and Sima Yi who made the two sides' strategies finally go their separate ways and present different results, but these ordinary soldiers!

It was the soldiers of both sides who jointly created this result!

If the cavalry soldiers retreated a little, and the Cao soldiers were braver, perhaps the result would be very different.

The number of Cao's soldiers was originally large. If they really fought with human lives, the cavalry army would not be able to stand firm even if they were well-equipped. But now it is obvious that Cao's soldiers are unwilling to rush up...

If you make merit, you will be rewarded!

Otherwise, who would be willing to fight to the death? !

During the battle, blood was shed, merits were made, and scars of various sizes were hung on their bodies as medals. The army also repeatedly stated that what awaited them would be a happy and beautiful retirement life...

Then, nothing more.

Even if they can be discharged from the army, it still depends on whether the local squire can provide them with resettlement!

It would be a coincidence if the local squire happened to have an aunt, a nephew, a nephew, etc. who were also looking for work...

In the feudal dynasty, the flow of information from place to place was imperfect, so some issues in one place may not be communicated to other places. This gave the officials of the feudal dynasty room to cover up. But now within the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, soldiers are relatively densely packed, and messages are transmitted much faster than before. Once the messages start to be transmitted, it may be difficult to control.

In addition, there is no way to prepare any napkins in the Zhongtiao Mountain camp to divert the soldiers' attention...

The more Cao's soldiers knew, the more disappointed they became in Shandong. But after all, those news are other people's business. They sound like some small stories. Although they can make people frustrated and disappointed, they still have to live every day. It's just that if there are too many people hanging around, their morale will not be improved. In addition, Dong Zhao gave these Cao soldiers the last straw...

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In the land of Shandong, it was not just once or twice that he shot his own people together.

Even if Cao Jun reported Dong Zhao's behavior to others after the battle and killed people, what's the use? Shouldn't the roundabout be sent to the person involved and let the person involved handle it on his own?

So Dong Zhao didn't care at all.

But this time, he was wrong.

The soldiers of Cao's army are not indifferent, nor are they fools. Even though they know that there is a huge pit with mountains of swords and sea of ​​fire in front of them, and they will be kicked hard by their own people behind, they will still sacrifice themselves willingly.

Now Dong Zhao suffered the bitter fruit of Cao's army lying flat.

Seeing that the soldiers on his side were making gestures but not rushing up, the hussars on the opposite side joined the new force. Although the number of hussars has not exceeded Cao's army for the time being, the hussars soldiers are brave and decisive. If there were too many, he would rush forward without hesitation and completely suppress Cao's soldiers from the ridge!

Are the Hussars really going to defeat the Zhongtiaoshan Camp tonight?

Before tonight, Dong Zhao would have probably thought this was a joke, but now looking at these hussar soldiers, Dong Zhao realized that maybe he was the one who became the joke.

"Can't retreat!" Can't retreat! Dong Zhao almost wailed and shouted to the surroundings, "We can't retreat!" If you withdraw, it's over! If you can't hold on, it's over! 』

The centuries-old glory of Han Shandong has faded to this point. If it loses again, it will really be impossible to raise its head in front of the people of Guanzhong!

Dong Zhao felt that the spirits of Deng Yu, Wu Han, and even Yuan An and others seemed to be looking at him at this moment!

But when Dong Zhao looked around, he felt strange when he saw the soldiers leading the army and protecting the army...

What about the wisdom and bravery of those Shandong people?

All that's left now is fear.

Even though there were soldiers supervising the war driving them away with swords and guns from behind, the soldiers of Cao's army still lingered outside the range of the war supervising army's swords and guns. They even turned around and cursed when they got angry, indicating that the supervising team had the ability to go up on their own!

Do the supervising team dare to go up?

Obviously, the supervising team didn't dare either.

As a result, the situation became increasingly unfriendly to Cao Jun.

"The Hussars are exhausted!" Dong Zhao still shouted, "As long as we hold on this time, the hussars will retreat!" The Hussars must retreat! 』

This time, Dong Zhao told the truth.

Human physical strength is not unlimited.

Everyone knows this, including those slave owners who want their slaves to work twelve hours a day!

But slave owners like to use other people's limited lives to create their own infinite value.

So Dong Zhao once imagined that the Hussars would launch an attack overnight, but it was just that the Hussars were arrogant, and the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp, the entire Shandong, and the Central Plains of Han Dynasty would be reborn from the ashes in this battle...

Dong Zhao knew that although strategies and materials were important, in the final analysis, war was about people!

The total population of Shandong is greater than that of Guanzhong, so as long as the war continues for a long time, Guanzhong will inevitably fall!

But Dong Zhao didn't know that the war was indeed fought against people, but Shandong's failure was also due to this "people"!

So Dong Zhao failed.

He originally planned to stand firm at Hengshan Rock, guard the intersection, and then have a chance to hold on to the camp and even launch a counterattack, but all these plans failed with "people".

What he saw shattered all his illusions.

Although the hussars were covered in blood and had traveled a long distance, these hussars seemed to still have some strength and courage. One by one, they wanted to rush in front of him and cut off Dong Zhao's head. Hanging on the tricolor flag, go and order the remaining Cao troops in Zhongtiao Mountain to surrender!

He will die here!

Even if he didn't die, the war he commanded was already a complete failure.

Even if you can escape the death penalty, you cannot avoid the life penalty! If he is defeated, Dong Zhao will be expelled from the political core, and may be sent to a bitter cold and misty land. He doesn't know when he will be able to return to his hometown again!

Either die here, or life is worse than death!

Dong Zhao didn't want either of these options. Dong Zhao couldn't tell which of these two results was more terrifying. Perhaps both options are equally terrible and both are unacceptable to him...

surrender?

Dong Zhao shivered.

He also cannot surrender!

It's not that Dong Zhao was so loyal to Cao Cao, but if he joined the cavalry, it would mean that all his knowledge, persistence, and efforts in his half-life were wrong!

This meant that he was wrong and had gone astray!

Admitting that he was wrong and then spending the rest of his life repenting and atonement would make him more uncomfortable than killing him!

So Dong Zhao put down his airs for the first time, put down the posture of a scholar, and showed a pleading look on his face, "Stop them! Stop them! As long as you can stop them! You can have anything you want! If you want gold and silver, you will be rewarded with ten thousand gold! If you want an official position, you will be promoted three levels! 」