Chapter 2719 Everything Is Not Good

When the strength is insufficient, holding on and waiting for help is undoubtedly a correct strategy, but just like all policies will have human deviations, the current correct strategy of the forward camp also has deviations.

A terrible deviation.

The forward camp is the cavalry camp.

The cavalry camp occupies a wide area, so that the cavalry can assemble within the camp and run a short distance. After all, anyone who has ever commanded a cavalry knows that cavalry must run in order to exert its power. A cavalry standing still is a target.

In order to allow the cavalry to run and start fighting the moment they leave the camp, the cavalry camp not only leaves a large open space in the middle of the camp, but even the entrance to the camp and the roads in the camp are relatively open. This makes the defense of the cavalry camp and the defense of the infantry camp completely different concepts.

A general infantry camp relies on strong and dense arrays, sentry towers and archers for defense, while the defense of a cavalry camp relies on cavalry...

When an enemy attacks the camp, except for a small number of soldiers stationed in the camp, most of the cavalry will immediately disperse from the camp, either to pull in, to flank, or to assault the enemy's main formation. Anyway, the enemy If there is no way to resist the back and forth harassment of the cavalry, it will definitely not be possible to attack the camp with peace of mind.

The cavalry is still the king of war in this era, and its powerful mobility and impact determine the initiative on the battlefield. But the problem now is that the forward camp is still the same cavalry camp, but the soldiers inside have changed from horses to thin horses, or even no horses...

What's more, in order to allow the war horses to fight for a longer time and ensure the endurance of the war horses, the cavalry will relatively choose smaller bodies, more flexible and lighter bodies. Such soldiers can reduce the weight of the war horses and obtain longer endurance. Combat ability, after all, it is impossible to carry a heavy thing like Guan Erye without a top-notch war horse like Red Rabbit Horse.

Of course, it is also because of Guan Erye's physique and force, so when Guan Erye rides the red rabbit horse, it is almost the same as a heavyweight boxing champion and a lightweight boxing partner.

Similarly, the Han cavalry with horses can beat the horse thieves on the buttocks, but the cavalry without horses will be beaten randomly by the horse thieves.

The horse thieves had no formation to speak of. They whistled randomly, attacked intermittently, and threw lit rockets and torches into the camp. Although from time to time some horse thieves fell off their horses due to missing counterattack arrows in the camp, the excitement of the fight against the Han army made these horse thieves almost crazy and fearless.

The generals of the cavalry often follow the army. In order to seize the fleeting opportunity between battles, the generals of the cavalry are generally on the front line, advancing and retreating with the large troops, and engaging in personal confrontations with the enemy. They become The target of the opponent's key attack is even more dangerous in each battle than ordinary cavalry, so the loss rate of cavalry generals is very high.

The generals of the infantry can sit on the high platform at the rear, and there are a large number of thick-shielded personal guards under the platform. If they can't see it, they can leave the infantry fighting fiercely on the front line, like a gecko with its tail cut off. Blocking the enemy's advance gives you the opportunity to escape, so infantry generals generally have a higher battlefield survival rate.

More cavalry generals died and fewer infantry generals died, so that the further we fought, fewer and fewer people understood cavalry tactics, and fewer were willing to be cavalry-type, or front-line command type, and more were Controlling it from a safe position in the back can even become a "trick-and-trick" remote control in the rear.

I have to say that the so-called Zhuge style trick in Mr. Luo's Romance of the Three Kingdoms has allowed those who insist on studying to succeed in killing many people...

Ignorance will kill people.

It is said that one general is incompetent and the three armies are exhausted.

Ma Xiu was not a very powerful warrior. His martial arts skills were just better than those of ordinary horse thieves and stronger than those of ordinary Han soldiers. After all, there was still some inheritance in the family.

But Pound was different.

Pound is probably the monkey version of Guan Yu?

The horse thieves who were excited to fight roared and rushed around in chaos. Anyway, the horse thieves were used to fighting without any order, so the more chaotic they felt, the more they felt that they were at their own pace, while Pound was leading a group of enemies. The small group of cavalry was preparing to attack the Han army's camp head-on.

The horse thieves in front of Pound's array began to pinch their fingers and whistle, signaling other horse thieves blocking the route to get out of the way.

Pang De and his men slowly began to accelerate amidst the chaotic noise.

The war horse jumped lightly. The natural habit formed over thousands of years made the war horse subconsciously follow the leading horse, and it could maintain a relatively consistent speed without any special control by humans.

Pound paid no attention to the light arrows flying from far away, and while running, he observed his array from left to right. All four hundred of his men started jogging, and there were surging figures everywhere. The array did not appear due to acceleration. Despite the chaos, the results of more than a year of training were still showing up, which made Pang De feel slightly relieved.

This battle must be carried out with authority, otherwise the banner of "doing justice for heaven" will not be erected!

No matter what this "Heavenly Way" is, for Pound, loyalty to Ma is probably the last remaining "Heavenly Way" in Pound's mind.

After a while, the slow sound of horse hooves gradually began to speed up, and the intensive sound of hoofbeats slowly merged into a rumbling sound, which was like celestial music in Pang De's ears.

Some horse thieves in front of Pound panicked and moved their horses out of the way, and then watched Pound and the others whizzing by. They suddenly became more excited in fear, and followed Pound and the others while roaring loudly.

These horse thieves have often suffered losses from the Han cavalry array, so when these horse thieves saw that they also had such an array, they felt that the losses and suffering they had suffered back then could be repaid today!

The array strengthens not only group fights and duels, but also a subtle collective concept. Just like the few horse thieves facing the camp gate, the scattered horse thieves usually choose to avoid it, but Pang De stretched out his hand and said, "Ma Laoliu!" Take someone to break it away! 』

Without a queue, everyone only thinks about themselves, but with an array, individuals belong to the array.

Ma Laoliu roared filial piety and sped up, "Goudan!" Follow me! 』

If it were a horse that was resisting the infantry camp, Pound would not dare to hit it.

Because according to the infantry's code of conduct, the horse guard at the camp gate must be nailed into the ground and then tamped down with stones. Not to mention bumping it, even if it is given time to slowly dismantle it, it will be laborious. However, because the cavalry camp often requires war horses to come in and out, the horses are mobile and can be carried away directly by three or four people.

Ma Laoliu left the formation, put a blindfold on the war horse, and frantically urged the war horse to speed up.

Ma Laoliu was thin, bad at gambling, and liked prostitution. He usually cheated and cheated, but at this time, his face turned red, his veins were exposed, he roared, and he and his horse ran into Ju Ma!

With a bang, Juma was knocked off the ground, and Ma Laoliu also jumped into the air, flipped two or three times in the air, and then hit the ground with a bang, blood dripping from his head and face, but he But he laughed out loud, he didn't die, he just made a profit!

Because he has made a meritorious service and can be rewarded with more money.

Being thin also has the advantage of being thin. If a person with a heavy body falls like this, he may be half dead because of his own weight, just like Mr. Guan once fell off his horse, he couldn't get up for a long time, but Zhao Zilong fell off his horse and was beaten. To somersault is to keep fighting.

When Pang De saw that the horse at the camp gate was knocked away, he shouted, "Speed ​​up!" Everyone speed up! 』

The Han troops in the camp also shot hard at Pang De and others. Several cavalrymen on both sides of the array were shot and then fell over, but it did not affect Pang De and his men who finally rushed into the camp!

The Han army camp, which lost its horses and was forced to fight as infantry, finally inevitably fell into chaos. It was like a martial arts master who had lost his easy job and was beaten with bricks by a group of gangsters. fall down.

Frustrated.

pain.

have no choice.

Presumably Lu Bu, who was on the White Gate Tower, was in the same mood as these Han soldiers at the moment.

"kill! 』

Pound roared and waved his sword.

The sound of breaking and the collision of men and horses were continuous. The sound of gun blades colliding and rubbing against each other made people's teeth sore. The Han soldiers who could not avoid were hit by horses and their bones were broken. They fell to the ground spurting blood. Some horses were knocked crooked by the reaction force. However, most of the Han soldiers were directly crushed under the horses' hooves.

Pang De's dense array took advantage and killed them directly from one end of the camp to the other. Under the galloping horses, these Han soldiers who were converted to infantry were unable to resist, even if these Han soldiers bravely fought with swords and lances...

It's not that these Han soldiers are not brave, nor is it that these Han soldiers did anything wrong. The biggest sin of these people may be that when their superiors are lazy, they also follow suit. But what kind of fault is this? On the first day they joined the army, they were required to obey their superiors and obey military orders, so what could they do?

After Pang De led his men to charge for the second time, the entire Han army camp completely collapsed. The array that originally had a little bit of it was riddled with holes by Pang De, leaving only corpses and wounded people on the ground. The resistance array of the Han soldiers was in pieces. Everyone was in panic and completely lost their command. However, the attack was not over yet. What greeted them was the crazy hacking and killing by the horse thieves who followed.

This is a massacre.

If these Han soldiers did not obey the military orders and did not lose their horses...

Just like the mistakes that continued to be repeated in the feudal dynasties of later generations, every time a mistake was made, someone would definitely stand tall, either summarizing, blaming, or with some other emotion or purpose, and then Express what if, what should not be.

They are all right and make sense.

But the next time, it seems like we are repeating the same mistake as last time.

The Han army's forward camp was almost completely destroyed.

Ma Xiu stood on the Han army flag, stamping on it and laughing crazily.

Pang De glanced at it for a few times, then sat silently wiping the war blade in his hand.

The remaining horse thieves were happily cleaning the battlefield and fighting for the spoils.

"If Mr. Lu is unkind, we will do justice for God!" Matthew put his hands on his hips and shouted loudly, "Go and pull the white cloth. We will use this blood to erect the flag of heaven!" Go and invite the leaders from all walks of life to join the alliance here! If you don’t come, hehe, hahahaha..."

"Someone is coming!" Raise the flag of heaven! We must do justice for God! 』

……_(|3　∠)_……

Just as planned, Wei Xu had no intention of actually rescuing the forward camp.

Wei Xu thought that this so-called emergency military report of "horse thieves attacking" was just an ambush arranged by Chen Ada in advance to avoid culpability. If someone traces the lack of horses in the forward camp, it can be said that it was because of the horse thieves' attack. And damaged.

Anyway, within the Chinese officialdom, isn’t it true that everything is concealed from the superiors but not from the subordinates?

The people below know everything, but when the people above don't seem to know, the people below know nothing. Once the people above know, the people below seem to know everything all of a sudden.

So Wei Xu also prepared his ideas and followed the procedure anyway.

Besides, Lu Bu was preparing to hold a big celebration on July 15th. With such an important opportunity to make money... well, an important opportunity to perform, how could Wei Xu just sit back and watch it go away?

After making up my mind and going through the motions, everything became easier.

He summoned the soldiers step by step, prepared supplies and other things, and then carefully inspected them. He found a few problems, not big or small, and ordered them to rectify them. Finally, after everything was ready, he got up early and rushed. It was like a late-night gathering. Starting at midnight in the morning, there were all kinds of stumblings. Finally, the whole army was dispatched. After walking less than twenty miles, it meant that it was getting late and they were stationed to rest.

After that, the news that "the enemy has withdrawn" from the forward camp was "received"...

Wei Xu cursed loudly, expressing his dissatisfaction with Chen Ada's irresponsible behavior, and then asked his confidant Ergouzi to take a few people to the forward camp, deliver a verbal reprimand, and then ordered everyone to return to the army.

One day and one night is a victory lap.

How simple!

Speaking of which, can these people from Ergouzi be considered the "reinforcements" who have arrived at the forward barracks?

Strictly speaking, Er Gouzi and others did not actually reach the forward barracks at all. They discovered traces of a large group of horse thieves halfway along the way, and were so frightened that they hid in the col with their horses and waited for the horse thieves to pass by. Then he cautiously poked his head out again.

After being frightened for a while, Ergouzi didn't dare to move forward, but he felt vaguely that something was wrong in his heart, and it felt inappropriate to just go back like this. After repeated hesitation, Ergouzi had no choice but to travel day and night and sneaked around the vanguard camp, only to discover that the vanguard camp had become a paradise for horse thieves...

A huge flag of "Practice for Heaven" is flying high!

"What the hell?" Acting for heaven? ” Er Gouzi hurried back and reported the news to Wei Xu.

Wei Xu was immediately stunned.

"Didn't you say that Chen Ada was just lying about the military situation?" ” Wei Xu stared and said, “Did you get it wrong?” How could there be a horse thief? How could there be so many horse thieves? What else is there to "do justice for heaven"? Did you eat something that you shouldn't have eaten, or did you see something wrong? 』

Ergouzi cried sadly, "General, I read it right...it's true...I risked my life to find out..."

"No..." Wei Xu felt his head was in chaos, "Wait a minute, I need to think about it... Are you sure this is a real horse thief?" 』

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Real horse thief. ” Ergouzi nodded wildly.

Wei Xu suddenly became furious and slapped Er Gouzi on the face, "How dare you say you are a real horse thief?" ! Damn it, we just said two days ago that the horse thieves had been repulsed! ah! Now you are saying there are horse thieves? ! ah? ! Aren't you fucking slapping me in the face, slapping the great protector in the face? ! Even if you hit me in the face, you still... bastard! Damn it! Damn it! 』

Ergouzi covered his face, "This, no, ah, general, wuwu, this...otherwise, isn't he a real horse thief?" is fake? 』

Wei Xu slapped him again with his backhand, "What a lie!" Are you fucking stupid? ah? The forward camp is full of horse thieves, Chen Adana, the loser, must be doomed! Can this matter be concealed? ah? ! Tell a lie, will the fake horse thieves destroy the vanguard barracks? Do you fucking think everyone else is stupid and just believe whatever you say? ! 』

Ergouzi immediately didn't know what to say. He would be beaten if he told the truth, and he would be beaten if he told lies...

"Snapped! "When Wei Xu saw Ergouzi not talking, his anger rose and he slapped him again, "Speak, aren't you usually pretty good at talking? Why don't you fart now? 』

"..." Ergouzi was extremely aggrieved. Seeing that Wei Xu seemed to want to beat him, he quickly said, "I'm thinking of a way, I'm thinking of a way..."

Wei Xu snorted heavily and stopped beating him.

Even though Wei Xu beat Ergouzi smoothly, Wei Xu himself was actually very panicked.

Wei Xu didn't expect such a thing to happen.

There are indeed many horse thieves in the Western Region, but they are like weeds in the Western Region. Even if they are set on fire, they will still grow in that place next year, and they cannot be controlled or caught cleanly.

There is nothing wrong with Wei Xu's understanding. The abundance of horse thieves is indeed a feature of the Western Regions. In the Western Regions of nomadic peoples and city-states, as long as you can get a horse and a knife, you can become a horse thief. These two things are not too noble in the Western Regions.

The most critical thing is that the Western Region is still very poor. The vast majority of profits on the Han Silk Road fell into the hands of capital, which did not make the ordinary people in the Western Regions rich. Many ordinary people could not survive, and they risked their lives to fight. Naturally, Nothing surprising anymore.

The poorer the place, the more chaotic it is, not only in the Western Region, but also in South Vietnam, the Northern Desert, and in the mountains. Beastiality will be magnified and human nature will be suppressed.

But these cannot be used as an excuse for Wei Xu to be exempted from liability!

If it was possible to make things right before, but now there is a big mess in the forward camp, how can it still make things go smoothly? If the above, or someone else, did a little research, wouldn't everything be revealed?

Then follow the vine and touch the melon...

The egg couldn't be pulled out anymore.

"Damn!" Damn it! ” Wei Xu cursed angrily. At this moment, he was not thinking about the innocent Han soldiers who died in the forward camp at all. He was only thinking about his own hat, status, and authority.

Ergouzi, who was standing aside, suddenly said with enlightenment: "Yes, the general is right!" This, this Chen Ada is really damned, damned! 』

Wei Xu raised his hand irritably, wanting to hit Ergouzi, but suddenly his heart moved and he paused, "You...what idea did you come up with?" 』

Ergouzi winked and said, "General, this... Chen Ada deserves to die... he actually surrendered to the enemy!" Secretly communicating with horse thieves, deceiving the general..."

"meaning? ” Wei Xu was startled for a moment, and then he realized what he was doing. He laughed and said with joy, “Haha, hahahaha, yes, yes! Why! I am just a soft-hearted person. I was deceived by a beast like Chen Ada... I was deceived..."