Chapter 3374 A Little Choice

Chapter 3373 A little choice

Xu Chu and the others extinguished their torches and relied on their own strength and previous understanding of Cao Jun's camp to quietly walk through the ravines in the plateau and reach the camp gate area where Bao Zhong was.

Of course, Xu Chu would not go through the passages full of traps and fortifications. Instead, he would cross the plateau and pass through the dens of the civilians in Cao Jun's camp.

Then Xu Chu discovered a question that was very interesting, but also very confusing to him.

Xu Chu vaguely discovered this when he was at Anyi City, but he didn't have time to explore more. But at the moment, Xu Chu felt it was very obvious...

He was unable to incite or even drive away the civilians in Cao Jun's camp!

In Xu Chu's original understanding, even if these common people would not rise up and follow Xu Chu and others to resist Cao Jun, they would still be driven by instinct, run around and create a better situation for Xu Chu and others. Fighting chance.

But, no.

These peasants would only hug each other and tremble. Even if they passed by, these peasants would not scream or run around.

It's like they are all deaf and dumb...

This is very strange.

This surprised Xu Chu and made him more vigilant. He stopped and squinted at the dens of the peasants.

Each of these underground dens, in the dark night, is like a hole dug out of the underworld. However, the civilians who were awakened in the underground dens did not take a step beyond the trap, but just lay there with their eyes open in the darkness. Inside the underground nest, in the dark night, only the eyes reflected the little bits of firelight, which seemed to be alive.

"These guys..."

Xu Chu frowned and looked around, feeling more and more something was wrong.

It is said to be a camp for civilians, but it is actually a gathering place for Diwozi. There are no fences or walls, only pits on the ground, and faces and eyes exposed in the pits, which seem to prove that the people in the pits are humans, or animals that look like humans.

These people, who were kidnapped, driven away, and enslaved, watched Xu Chu lead his people away, and then watched Xu Chu lead his people back. They didn't move, didn't run, didn't scream, and remained silent.

Xu Chu waved his hand, "Check these dens!" 』

His soldiers immediately rushed into the dens and opened the covers of several dens in succession.

The peasants in the dens whose sheds had their roofs lifted were like prairie dogs whose soil was pried open above their heads. They screamed and hugged each other, but there was no resistance or escape.

"No weapons!" 』

"There is no Cao Jun!" 』

"No! 』

"..."

The successive reports did not eliminate Xu Chu's doubts, but made him even more puzzled.

"Strange..." Xu Chu walked to a den with the roof lifted off.

The peasants in the den hugged each other tightly and huddled in the corner. If it weren't for the trembling from time to time and rolling of his eyelids towards Xu Chu, Xu Chu would probably have thought that these guys were dead.

Inside the underground house, the stench was overwhelming. Even if the roof was lifted, it would not be cleared away for a while.

Xu Chu was very familiar with this stench.

This is the smell of death, the smell of decay.

These people...

Still alive or dead?

In the Cao Jun camp in the distance, the commotion was still there, with figures swaying in the firelight, running, shouting, and roaring.

Screams, blood dripping.

The sound of crying and howling rises and falls.

Those things made Xu Chu feel normal...

These people are not normal.

Xu Chu looked around. He was not worried that Cao Hong would be able to find him. After all, it was a large camp with a radius of twenty miles. Although it was not as exaggerated as Liu Huangshu's seventy miles, the fight started in the front, and the people's heads were beaten with dog brains. I just received the message, which is normal. It's night again, whether you use messengers or golden drums and flags to command soldiers, there is a very high delay.

Therefore, even if Cao Hong wants to launch a large-scale counterattack, it will take a certain amount of time. Moreover, the more panicked Cao's soldiers are, the more Xu Chu will feel at ease. However, these civilians in front of him are so "secure and safe", which makes Xu Chu feel more at ease. I feel weird...

"Why don't you run away?" 』

Xu Chu asked.

"..."

silence.

No one answered him.

All the people in the house were like deaf people or fools, unable to hear or understand what Xu Chu said.

"explain! Answer general! 』

A hussar soldier shook his bloody sword.

After seeing the blood-stained sword, someone whispered: "You can't run...if you run away, you will die..."

Xu Chu was stunned.

What's the reason?

Wouldn't he die if he didn't run?

"General, we didn't find Cao Jun's ambush..."

After an inspection, a hussar soldier came to report.

Xu Chu was still puzzled, but he didn't think about it any more, "Drive these people out and let them run!" Burn these sheds and let them run out! 』

Since there are no weapons or ambushes, just let these people escape on their own.

The hussars responded in unison, and then immediately lit torches and threw them on the shed covers of these dens, pointing out the direction to these civilians, "Let's all go in that direction!" Quick, quick, quick! 』

In the understanding of Xu Chu and the hussar soldiers, these are innocent people. Although they have no time to take them out of Cao's camp now, they can just point out a way and let them run out on their own.

What Xu Chu never expected was that these civilians were indeed driven out by the hussar soldiers at first and dispersed. However, as soon as Xu Chu and others left and turned around the plateau, Xu Chu turned around and saw these civilians. Back to the same place again...

"This..." Xu Chu frowned.

What is going on?

But at this moment, Xu Chu had no time to look back and pay attention, so he could only go around the plateau and touch the back of Bao Zhong's butt.

It's not that Xu Chu likes chrysanthemums, but he is cautious.

…

…

In the central camp of Cao Jun.

The most critical thing in a night battle is the effective transmission of information, and Cao Jun obviously had a big problem in this aspect.

In Cao Jun's camp, large and small camps were scattered at random, but the central camp where Cao Hong was located not only had taller fences and walls, but also deeper trenches. Just open the door and there were four places. High platforms, watchtowers, and arrow towers are densely packed among them.

In other camps, it would be great to just set up one or two sentry towers at the camp gate, but in the central camp of Cao's army, there are not only defensive towers for archers, but also weapons towers for erecting crossbows.

If you just look at the ballistas on the high platform, staring at the fire and blood in other places with their cold light, they seem to be calm and unmoved. But if you look below and close to the ground, you will find that in the camp, soldiers who are rushing to and fro are sweating profusely and running back and forth. They are exhausted and sink into the night to convey orders...

So, is this immovable or a frightened bird?

Seeing the fire burning inside the camp, the blood splattering, and hearing the sounds of fighting and screams everywhere, Cao Hong's face was as dark as water.

"Thief!" Damn it! ” Cao Hong scolded angrily, “Everyone should punish these people who betray their ancestors and forget their ancestors!” 』

Before Bao Zhong rebelled, Cao Hong wished that Bao Zhong would shout loyalty every day, thank him for his blessings every night, volunteer to work overtime until he died suddenly, and contribute his last drop of bone marrow to the Cao Group Co., Ltd. of the Han Dynasty.

Even though Cao Hong had noticed that there were complaints, complaints, or even anger at the lower levels, he still didn't take it seriously. He even pointed out from above, "I don't know what's wrong with this person now. How could he be there?" So much anger? 』

Do you really not know?

Or are you pretending not to know?

Well now, Bao Zhong rebelled, and Cao Hong was furious again, saying that I had expected that Bao Zhong, a rebellious person, would be like this!

The company gave him such a good platform, such a good opportunity to display, and an environment for growth. I didn't expect Bao Zhong to be so ungrateful, vulgar and despicable!

Then I felt strange again, why was the soldier military academy that I arranged to monitor Bao Zhong been eliminated so easily?

Finally came to the conclusion, what a bunch of rubbish!

However, Cao Hong also made some arrangements and mobilized some central guards to block Bao Zhong's front and rear positions as a precaution. It seems to have worked now, blocking Bao Zhong's movement. scope.

Now, for Cao Hong, it is even more important to determine the next move of Qiusi...

In this way, he can make some more targeted arrangements.

"General!" The Hussars and Thieves seem to be heading east! They burned down the civilian camp! 』

The soldiers on the watchtower shouted.

Because it was at night, I couldn't see very clearly.

But the cries and the light of fire will more or less reveal some information.

"Going east?" Going to Anyi City again? ”Cao Hong was stunned for a moment. "Did you look carefully? ! 』

"Look carefully!" It was indeed the civilian camp to the east that caught fire! ” The soldiers reported back.

"This..." Cao Hong was confused.

After working on it for a long time, is it for Anyi City?

Not for yourself?

What does "hussar" mean?

Cao Hong has an injury on his leg now and cannot climb to a high platform. He can only stretch his neck and look into the distance as much as possible.

Cao Jun's camp occupies a very large area, and there are small camps connected vertically and horizontally within the camp.

In the swaying firelight, you can just see many shadows shaking among the camps, wooden piles, and fortifications, but you can't see clearly what they are...

Cao Hong gritted his teeth and asked, "Have the hussars moved outside the camp?" 』

The soldiers of Cao's army on the watchtower tried their best to stare into the darkness in the distance, and then judged whether there was the sound of horse hooves in the air. After a moment, they lowered their heads and shouted, "General, I didn't find any movement!" 』

The guard said from the side: "General, could it be that... the cavalry was not dispatched?" 』

Cao Hong was silent for a while, then shook his head, "Impossible!" This hussar has always been cautious, how could he just use some infantry? Definitely impossible! These cavalrymen might as well have covered their horseshoes! 』

"But..." The guard said two words and stopped talking because it was unnecessary.

Anyone who is not a fool can understand the current situation.

The riots continued.

At night, there is something more terrifying than the enemy, and that is marketing...

Oh, wrong, Yingxiao!

In fact, marketing and Yingxiao seem to have a lot in common. They both rely on personal will, fall into inexplicable fanaticism, and lose their reason...

If the riots continued at night, even if the cavalry and the rebels were eliminated or repelled, it would cause considerable losses, and it might even lead to a failure the next day.

So there were only two choices for Cao Hong. One was to quell the riots as soon as possible, and the other was...

Cao Hong looked up.

The stars in the sky were still so pure and gorgeous, without any stain of the blood and dirt of the world.

The main force of the cavalry was unknown, so he couldn't move rashly...

But the result of not moving would be even worse!

Because if the riots continued at night, I'm afraid the losses might be greater than the enemy's rush to the camp!

If he continued to hold on, he might collapse before Fei Qian came!

Dilemma, another dilemma!

A familiar feeling surged into Cao Hong's heart again.

"The cavalry is such a good opponent..." Cao Hong subconsciously wanted to go up to the watchtower, but he staggered slightly because of the injury on his foot, but soon he pushed away the guard's hand and looked to the north, "What a good opponent!"

This is how it is on the battlefield, no matter how difficult it is, you have to choose!

Cao Cao's tactics are already very clever and cannot be calculated by common sense, but Cao Hong did not expect that the tactics corresponding to the cavalry were so unconventional...

General generals often only arrange tactics according to basic or habitual cognition. For example, it is often said that if you want to arrange a formation, then it should be "put cavalry on both wings, and the middle road should be long-range troops such as heavy armored infantry and strong crossbows." This understanding is certainly not wrong, but in fact it is not a rule or a law, and this arrangement method is not unbreakable.

Since Fei Qian arrived, the entire cavalry army, not to mention the momentum, even the changes in the basic tactics have made Cao Hong exhausted.

At the beginning, everything seemed normal.

Just like the formation that Fei Qian had deployed at the beginning.

For this reason, Cao Hong was proud for a moment, thinking that the cavalry was nothing special.

But he didn't expect that his pride would not last long.

Even half of the original estimate, no, not even one-third.

When did this change happen?

The camp was still noisy, as if every minute and every moment was urging Cao Hong to make a decision as soon as possible!

Yes, that's it!

It's like this every time, every time it's urgent!

Cao Hong suddenly grinned, "Haha! What a cavalry! '

'General? '

The guards were a little confused.

'Cavalry, cavalry! '

Cao Hong nodded and sighed.

Fei Qian never sticks to fixed tactics. Sometimes he arranges traditional tactical formations just to confuse his opponent. Just like when Cao Hong found out that Fei Qian had divided his troops, he thought he had a chance to raid Xu Chu's troops and fight with more people, but he turned out to be wrong...

At this moment, the whole situation was like a snowball rolling down, getting more and more out of Cao Hong's control. When Cao Hong thought about it carefully, he didn't find out what he did wrong!

This is not to say that Cao Hong is stubborn and unrepentant, but Cao Hong found that even if he returned to those choices, he would still choose his previous choice!

When the cavalry first arrived, Cao Hong chose to defend in the camp instead of going into battle immediately. Judging from the current results, perhaps a direct attack by the whole army at that time might have different results, but in fact, the morale of the Cao army was scattered, and after part of the troops had been secretly transferred by Cao Cao, they no longer had the conditions to fight Fei Qian head-on. Instead, relying on the camp fortifications to consume them was a rational choice and the best tactic.

Did Cao Hong make a wrong choice here?

That's right.

But Cao Hong couldn't help it later, abandoned the original plan of relying on the consumption of the camp, violated Cao Cao's order to him, and led the army to attack!

The reason why Cao Hong couldn't help it was that the cavalry showed a "flaw"!

How could such a good opportunity be missed?

Cao Hong felt that he could seize the opportunity and change the situation at that time...

Was he wrong?

He was not wrong, but at that moment, things were urgent!

The situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and Fei Qian's formation became weak as soon as he divided his troops, and he also sent troops to attack Anyi camp at that time!

It was simply...

Fei Qian's apparent military strength was relatively small. According to common sense, he should concentrate his forces, but he just divided his troops! This counterintuitive move made Cao Hong unable to sit still.

But now let Cao Hong choose again, Cao Hong would at most think whether he should have attacked Fei Qian's central army directly at that time, instead of sitting back and watching Anyi.

So what if Cao Hong endured it?

Although they may not fail immediately, their morale will be further hit hard!

If the cavalry army gathers together, it can be said that the enemy's army is strong, but what about Fei Qian's division? Moreover, Fei Qian dare not go out if he divides his troops into three, so if he divides his troops into five again, will he go out or not? If he divides his troops to attack Anyi without rescuing it, what will the defeated Cao army think?

The morale of the Cao army is not high to begin with. Faced with such a situation, Cao Hong can only choose to go out, either to rescue the Anyi camp, or to directly "besiege Wei to save Zhao"!

Cao Hong did not choose to raid Fei Qian's center formation at that time because Cao Hong felt that Fei Qian's cavalry on both wings would come back at any time, so Cao Hong chose to attack a flank cavalry first, and then tried to kill Xu Chu after eliminating a certain threat. As a result, Cao Hong did not defeat the side cavalry cavalry first, but was defeated by Xu Chu's infantry.

In the end, the current situation was formed.

And now...

Cao Hong is facing a choice again.

Should he choose to chase the cavalry bandits heading east, or go to the gate of the camp to eliminate the traitor Bao Zhong?

The cavalry went to Anyi, which was somewhat puzzling to Cao Hong, but it made sense when he thought about it. After all, the previous Anyi battle only rescued a small number of people. It is also human nature for those who escaped now to want to rescue more relatives.

So is it more important to intercept and kill the people in Anyi, or is it safer to strangle Bao Zhong first?

Some people have been taken out of Anyi City, and its importance has been greatly reduced, so now...

Cao Hong gritted his teeth, "Since that's the case, why not kill this traitor Bao Zhong first, and then come back to deal with the cavalry bandits!"