Chapter 3412: Exactly the Same

Chapter 3411: Exactly the same

The retreating Cao army soldiers directly ran into the chariot formation that was being built.

The soldiers' advance and retreat should have been carried out under the command of the flag, trying to complete these tactical actions in the shortest time, but when they were defeated, no one thought about any tactical actions.

The commander of the chariot camp tried to maintain order among these running Cao army soldiers, shouting and yelling, shouting at the top of his lungs, and asked people to wave flags, trying to prevent these fleeing soldiers from affecting the chariot formation as much as possible.

Liu Fu, who was in the middle of the Cao army, also quickly ordered the archers to shoot forward, asking the chariot camp to speed up the construction, so as to snipe and delay the enemy's attack on the middle army.

But the cavalry did not give Cao's army much time. The iron cavalry was galloping, roaring like a hurricane on the battlefield full of corpses.

Death may not be the end.

Losing hope is.

The corpses of the dead rolled and shattered in the tide of attack, and blood splashed and flowed under the horses' hooves. Occasionally, some injured soldiers could be seen crawling and screaming under the iron hooves, and then they were drowned in the rolling yellow dust.

The drums of war were beating, shaking the earth.

The Cao army's front line in Tongguan Xiacheng completely collapsed.

The Cao army in retreat, with their screams of horror, fear and helplessness, dozens of soldiers who did not have time to avoid were knocked away by cattle and horses, trampled into meat paste, and ground into powder.

The archers who came from the Cao army's formation hurriedly took their positions and tried to use bows and arrows to help the retreating Cao soldiers block a way to escape, but the cavalry of the cavalry quickly rushed through the rain of arrows of the Cao army, and used swords and spears on those fleeing Cao soldiers, forcing them to speed up and run at full speed.

Ma Yue waved his sword and shouted, "Brothers! Drive them up! 』

The experienced cavalrymen of the Hussar Army had a tacit understanding with each other. Even if they were in different groups, they could cover and cooperate with each other. Even if they saw Cao Jun building a chariot formation on the Tongguan Slope, they still rushed up without fear.

Because the Hussars knew that they were not fighting alone or in a small group!

Sure enough, the artillery on Tongguan roared at the right time.

Because of the problem of shooting angle, the artillery could only hit the Tongguan Slope and further away, and had no ability to attack the nearby Tongguan Lower City. Therefore, when Ma Yue and other Hussars counterattacked the Cao army occupying the Tongguan Lower City, the artillery could not provide effective support.

Now, after Ma Yue defeated and drove away the Cao army in the Tongguan Lower City, the artillery turned the direction of shooting to the chariot formation on the Tongguan Slope!

The power of the artillery shells was obviously not something that a large shield, a giant spear, or a baggage cart could resist.

In a moment, the area hit by the shells was suddenly filled with a bloody storm, with wood fragments and human body parts flying together.

In fact, at this moment, if Cao Jun could turn around and charge, and continue to fight in the face of death, and swear to block the iron cavalry of the cavalry with their flesh and blood, there would still be a chance.

After all, artillery at this stage is just pure physical damage. The kinetic energy of the shells is used to destroy, similar to the mode of piercing attack, and it is not as powerful as the howitzers of later generations, where a hit can directly destroy a platoon. Therefore, even if Cao Jun’s car camp was hit by artillery, it was only the place where it was hit that was damaged, and the casualties in the straight line were only, and there would not be a large splash range damage.

But who is willing to die?

Fools, stubborn people, and stubborn people died first.

So the genes of these people are not qualified to survive.

The rest are all "smart" people.

Especially when these Cao soldiers knew that they were like grass in the eyes of those generals, nobles, and commanders, and would only die in vain, even if the flag on the high platform of the central army was waved so high that it almost flew up, the defeated Cao soldiers still didn't see it.

They were just ordinary soldiers from Shandong counties, who were transferred to the front line to fight.

Even if they were facing death, disability, possible illness, and other unknown dangers at any time, the salary of these Cao soldiers would still be delayed for one and a half months. After working hard this month and finally surviving, they have to wait until the 15th of next month to get the money for working hard last month...

When the Cao soldiers asked why this happened, the petty officials said as a matter of course, "Everyone is like this, so it's like this. Didn't you see that the generals' salaries were also delayed for one month? '

But the petty officials would not tell these ordinary Cao army soldiers that the military pay of Cao army generals is "basically useless". If everyone really relies on military pay to make a living, would there be so many people in Shandong who would try their best to climb up?

The cavalrymen were galloping, cooperating, and fighting bravely.

The Cao army soldiers were running away, screaming, and trying their best to escape.

In fact, due to the terrain of the upper and lower Tongguan City, the cavalry attacking from the upper city to the lower city could not have as many troops as those on the open plains. So in fact, as Cao Zhang said before the war, even if there were 3,000 pigs, it would take a certain amount of time to kill them all.

If Ma Yue's 800 cavalrymen really cut off heads and killed Cao army little by little, it would be like a splash of water, and after a few flutters, they would immediately disappear in the chaotic battlefield.

The space in the lower city of Tongguan was not large. If the cavalrymen of the cavalrymen really lost their running speed, then in fact, only failure and death would be left for Ma Yue.

But the problem is that when pigs are anxious, they can only push and a few will jump, but they will not be cruel to their own kind, but humans will.

The area of ​​the lower city of Tongguan is relatively open, and then from the relatively open area, they enter the relatively narrow passage on the Tongguan Slope, and then they flee in a disorderly manner. In addition, there are baggage carts on the Tongguan Slope, which further aggravates the congestion.

This is like the long vacation in the future. Everyone knows that this long vacation is hard-earned by others to rest, so there must be a subconscious feeling that any more time is wasted, so everyone, even if they go on vacation, is like a special forces travel, rushing if they can, and squeezing if they can.

Then everyone thinks so...

So a two-way four-lane road can produce the effect of eight cars abreast. Especially those without guardrails in the middle, there are all kinds of clever people who will go against the flow, cut in, and try to harm the interests of others to gain an advantage, and then there will be traffic accidents and congestion...

The final result is that no one can pass, and no one can pass.

So, whose fault is it?

The one who cut in?

No.

In Shandong, it is the fault of those who don't give way.

"If you give way, won't it pass?

"You are a big man, why are you arguing about such a small matter?

"You insist on getting stuck here, and everyone behind is stuck..."

In such an environment, those who disrupt order are "capable" and "profitable", while the interests of those who honestly abide by the rules are trampled and ignored again and again.

So in such an environment, whoever queues up in an orderly manner is an idiot.

The Cao army soldiers fled in defeat. If they entered in a line, most people would have a chance to escape, but what people like to see is that there is congestion again!

No one wanted to give way, no one considered others, no one was willing to wait.

Everyone just wanted to be the first, everyone just wanted to survive, everyone pushed and shoved and cursed.

Then soon someone found that he still had a sword in his hand...

Killing each other became the performance of these soldiers in Shandong.

They began to kill the civilians who blocked their way, the soldiers who stopped them from climbing and dismantling the big shields blocking their way, and the military schools who wanted them to restore order and fight again.

Liu Fu, who was on the high platform of the central army, changed his face, "Not good! General! Quickly give orders, let the archers shoot those fleeing soldiers! Otherwise, the chariot formation will not be preserved, and you and I will not be able to stop the cavalry raid! '

Cao Zhang was stunned, and he glanced at Liu Fu. You old man, don't you have a backup plan besides this chariot formation? !

And this statement...

But as the commander, Cao Zhang naturally had no way to shirk responsibility. He could only immediately order the archers of the central army to shoot a large number of arrows at the crowded position on the Tongguan Slope.

Dense arrows whizzed down. As the commander of these defeated Cao army soldiers, Cao Zhang could not give them any good gifts, but only send them to death.

A large number of arrows were thrown at the crowded position, and those unlucky Cao army soldiers were shot like a hedgehog and died tragically on the spot.

Ma Yue led his men to try to attack once, but found that he could not clear the chariots on the crowded Tongguan Slope, defend against the arrows above his head, and at the same time avoid a large number of casualties...

Ma Yue could only temporarily stop the attack.

However, this was not the end of the attack of the cavalry army, but the first wave of repairs, and the second wave of attacks was going downstream!

At this moment, a series of low and exciting war drums suddenly sounded from the flank of the battlefield.

The navy of the cavalry appeared in Chang'an!

Because the waterways of the big rivers dry up when they are dry and freeze when they are frozen, in fact, in the northern region, the Guanzhong and Hedong areas, since the Han Dynasty, although there have been captains equipped with tower ships, and the rank is not low, there is actually no complete navy.

The navy is indeed expensive.

Fortunately, Fei Qian is not afraid of spending money.

The tower ships of the Han Dynasty generally carry 500 to 800 people. For example, in the middle and late period of the Eastern Wu of the Three Kingdoms, because other technology trees could not be climbed, Sun Shiwan could only desperately engage in the tower ship technology tree and built a large ship that could accommodate 3,000 people!

Originally, Sun Shiwan might want to use this tower ship to deal a large wave of damage, but there was a problem with the card sequence. After he sorted out the card sequence, Sun Shiwan was old again...

So these large tower ships did not show much prestige on the battlefield in the end, but let the children of the Jiangdong gentry run overseas transportation and make a lot of money.

Fei Qian's Guanzhong navy ships are not many in number, and they are basically built in Xuanwu Pond as experimental products for researching navy and sailing ship construction. Because the river waterways are basically frozen once a year, most of the time these ships are stored in Xuanwu Pond.

Nowadays, these ships are transported from Xuanwu Pond to the battlefield through rivers and land.

The artillery tracks developed by Fei Qian in Hedong, or the mode of transporting heavy equipment, were also quickly used to transport these ships...

For Pang Tong, small logs cannot transport large equipment such as ships, so use large logs!

The big, black and thick and the bigger big, black and thick are the most common technological development models in this era.

The crew of the tower ship is about 100 oarsmen and wheelmen, 200 archers, 100 spearmen, and 100 sword and shieldmen. However, in order to increase the speed of the tower ship to the fastest, Ma Jun equipped 300 archers, and all the others acted as oarsmen and wheelmen.

Anyway, Cao's surface ships are even more pitiful, and it is unlikely that there will be melee combat on the springboard. Instead, long-range shooting and destruction on the shore are the focus of the cavalry navy.

With the dual blessing of wheel oars and long oars, the speed of these tower ships of the cavalry is very fast. Almost as soon as they were discovered, they were in front of them in a blink of an eye!

Even the water of the river seemed to be plowed into a ditch by the bow of the tower ship, rolling yellow or white water splashes, and quickly rolled back along the two sides of the tower ship.

"Floating bridge!" Cao Zhang's face changed, "Who is defending the floating bridge on the flank? ! '

Liu Fu sighed, 'It's Guanqiu Duwei. '

Cao Zhang was stunned, and then said in a deep voice: 'Send someone to pass the order immediately! If Guanqiu Duwei can defend the floating bridge, I will record his great merit! '

The messenger immediately ran down the platform and went to pass the order.

Liu Fu's hands in his sleeves were tightly clenched together. Now it's not just the floating bridge, but also the chariot camp on the Tongguan Slope Road, which is also within the attack coverage of the cavalry navy!

But just like Liu Fu abandoned the ordinary Cao army soldiers in the lower city of Tongguan before, now Cao Zhang also abandoned the chariot camp that Liu Fu had worked so hard to build...

Exactly the same.

For Liu Fu, the chariot camp is his focus, and the others are secondary.

For Cao Zhang, the floating bridge is the focus, and the others are also secondary...

As for other people's focus, what is that?

Liu Fu and Cao Zhang are nervous, and Ma Jun is also very nervous.

Speaking of which, this time Ma Jun went out to fight, it was the first time he was forced to do something he was not prepared for!

It’s not that Ma Jun didn’t understand ships, but that he didn’t know how to fight!

Fortunately, Ma Jun knew that he couldn’t command the battle, so he was actually only responsible for commanding and operating the ships. Other things were actually “remotely controlled” by Pang Tong...

‘Uh...’ Ma Jun looked up at the flags hanging on the upper city of Tongguan, and then looked down at the cheat sheet in his hand, ‘Red background black frame flag... um, got it! Come on! Pass the order, slow down, rocket attack! ’

‘Yes!’ The messenger just responded instinctively, and then got stuck again, ‘Master, where to attack? ’

‘Attack where? Attack Cao’s army! ’ Ma Jun stared, ‘Can’t you tell the enemy from the friend? ’

The messenger originally wanted to ask which side to attack, but after hearing what Ma Jun said, he felt that he seemed to be stupid.

Anyway, there are Cao’s army all around, just hit and shoot whatever you can reach!

There are Cao troops on the shore, shoot them!

There are Cao troops in the water, shoot them!

Shoot Cao troops wherever you see them!

Anyway, now they rely on their own big ships to bully the smaller Cao troops...

So, the ships that joined the battlefield did not rush to the shore, land to fight for the ground battlefield, and attack the flanks of Cao's camp, but began to float slowly on the water, launching long-range attacks, and unscrupulously pouring rockets at any place where Cao's soldiers were.

As for rockets, the lethality of arrows is secondary, and the important thing is fire.

Most of the utensils and supplies in the Han Dynasty, even the battle robes worn on the body, are flammable. Once they really burn, it is really troublesome.

And the most critical place is the kerosene traps originally set by the Cao army!

These kerosene traps are also an important reason why Cao Zhang and Liu Fu feel at ease and think that the cavalry army will never be able to beat them.

That's right. If the front line can't be defended, the worst that can happen is to set it on fire. Can the Cavalry Army be indestructible and impervious to fire and water?

"Be careful of rockets!" Liu Fu screamed, and his face finally showed some panic, "Prepare sand and soil to cover! Don't let the rockets ignite the kerosene! "

It's a pity that it's too late.

Even if Liu Fu's order could be issued earlier, the Cao army soldiers could not deal with any problems that arise and make up for all the loopholes like accurate robots.

Soon, the rocket attack caused some large and small fires in the car camp on the Tongguan Slope Road, and then some Cao army soldiers and civilians were seen panicking and abandoning the baggage carts in the car camp and running out frantically!

"Fire! "

The civilian soldiers screamed wildly.

Liu Fu's face suddenly turned pale, and then flushed again. He slapped the railing of the high platform with an angry slap, "Damn lowly people! You disobeyed orders, fled without authorization, and ruined my plan! Damn it, damn it! 』

That's right, Liu Fu placed some kerosene in some vehicles behind the car camp. Originally, Liu Fu's idea was to use it as the last trump card of the car camp. When the real cavalrymen used their flesh and blood to open a passage and were about to pass through the car camp, they would set it on fire. Then Liu Fu could stroke his beard and scarf on the high platform and laugh at the cavalrymen for being nothing more than that.

What a glorious highlight that would be? !

Even if he was defeated and retreated this time, Liu Fu would have reason to say after returning that it was not because he was not good enough. Look, his clever plan could pacify the world and pacify the four directions. With a little trick, he could kill countless cavalrymen!

It's just that he was not good enough, which held him back...

But now, everything has turned to ashes!

At the critical moment, nothing was burned, but many of his own people were burned!

Soon, the flames rose into the sky and began to spread, engulfing the back half of the Tongguan Slope. Then, because the chariots were connected to each other, the flames at the rear of the chariot camp quickly spread to other areas, causing the entire Tongguan Slope to fall into a sea of ​​fire.

『Wow! 』 Ma Jun, who was commanding on the ship, couldn't help but look at the raging fire and exclaimed. Suddenly, he felt as if he had accomplished something great, and he was refreshed. He was looking around and feeling a little complacent, when he suddenly heard a soldier remind him, 『Master! The flag on the top of the city has been changed! 』

『Oh, let me see, let me see...』