Chapter 3414: Common Hatred and Common Enemy

Chapter 3413: Common hatred and common enemy

When the navy of Chang'an attacked and burned the floating bridge of Cao's army, Zhu Ling could not help but get impatient.

Because the gullies of the earth plateau were difficult to climb.

The Cao army knew that the cavalry had the ability to pass through the gullies between the earth plateaus, and also inferred through some clues how the cavalry soldiers passed through the gullies, so they "loosened the soil" in some areas that were easier to climb, causing Zhu Ling to fail to climb in two places.

In addition, when climbing, he had to force the sight of Cao's sentinels away. Once exposed, he would attract Cao's attack directly on his head, but Zhu Ling was not discouraged. He continued to look for areas that could be climbed. First, he tried to climb up with a small number of soldiers, and then used ropes to fix the folding ladder. Finally, he found a rather secret location and sent people to climb up.

However, this took a long time.

But Zhu Ling couldn't be impatient. He had many experiences of sneak attacking Cao's camp, so he was the one to lead the troops this time.

Sneak attack is a tactic that almost all generals know, understand, and even guard against, but it doesn't mean that you can prevent it. The most important point is whether you can find it in time.

Therefore, Zhu Ling walked very carefully. He first tried to climb the opposite earthen plateau with a small number of soldiers, and then carefully observed the position of Cao's sentries. When the attention of these Cao's sentries was attracted to Tongguan and the floating bridge, he pulled out a sentry. Only then did he feel more at ease to lead all the members to climb the earthen plateau and move towards the middle and rear part of Cao's camp.

For the convenience of movement, Zhu Ling and others did not wear thick armor, but ordinary armor, without battle skirts, and only added leg and arm guards that would not affect movement and make noise. If they were really trapped in the encirclement of Cao's soldiers, their ability to continue fighting would be relatively poor, so Zhu Ling needed to move in and out quickly, taking advantage of the fact that Cao's attention was drawn to the river, and then run away.

In principle, there was no problem with Cao's deployment.

This was the old tradition of Shandong - "in principle", but in fact, in Shandong, there were more practical problems. Cao's army had fought with the cavalry several times, but they didn't say how much they had achieved. Originally, the Shandong people thought they had some advantages, but in front of the cavalry, they couldn't find any way to defeat the enemy.

They couldn't beat the small troops, the large troops, the siege equipment, and the flexibility and mobility were not as good as before. It seemed that they were behind in all aspects. The Cao army soldiers felt that they had worked so hard to come to Guanzhong just to be beaten by the Hussars...

For the Cao army soldiers in the Tongguan camp, Tongguan had been fought for so long, that is, they had advanced to the lower city of Tongguan, and the enemy counterattacked and recovered the area of ​​the lower city in half a day, forcing the Cao army to retreat and flee, and also suffered heavy losses.

This had a great impact on the morale of the Cao army. Many people have now begun to spread rumors privately, saying that it is so difficult to fight even though there are not many Hussars now. If more Hussars come later, it will be the end!

Under such a mentality, the Cao army soldiers who are biased towards the rear line did not play their full vigilance ability. Many Cao army soldiers at the preset sentry points did not care about the movements in their own vigilance areas, but were very worried about the battle in the Tongguan River in the distance, and gathered together to chatter.

Interestingly, in addition to expressing worries and emotions, these soldiers also had a little bit of "fortunate"!

It's like seeing other people selling their children, and then you can sit down and drink tea and red wine.

Common hatred against the enemy?

Not true.

The obvious class division in Shandong, and the strategy of driving the people against the people, has caused the ordinary lower classes to split into many factions. The big regional division is always asking where you are from? The small division is the preference division, and the salty party and the sweet party can also fight to the point of being angry and not recognizing relatives.

Under such circumstances, it is rare for ordinary people and soldiers in Shandong to have any empathy. Instead, these people will take the initiative to stand up to defend the rulers and their superiors...

Because in the minds of these ordinary people and soldiers who empathize with the rulers, it seems that if they behave like this, they will be regarded as a good dog by the rulers, and they can be rewarded with two more pieces of meat, or promoted to be the head dog.

Yes, the head dog is still a dog.

But as long as they live better and die later than other dogs, they will be very satisfied.

So when they saw the fire on the Tongguan Slope Road, the tragic state of the Cao army soldiers being burned, heard the drums and shouts of both sides, and the continuous roar of the catapults and artillery of the Hussars, they actually gained a little happiness from the pain of their own kind.

Fortunately, I didn't go up!

Fortunately, it wasn't me who died!

Fortunately...

In this situation, Zhu Ling led the soldiers to bypass the obstacles and traps set by the Cao army and headed towards the rear camp of the Cao army. After passing the forefront of the cordon, the sentries in the middle and rear lines of the Cao army were obviously not very attentive. At some point, Zhu Ling even thought that they were all seen by the Cao army and would be exposed, but there was no warning sound.

Most of the Cao army soldiers were dejected, as if they had not eaten enough...

Perhaps they really had not eaten enough.

But this issue is not important to Zhu Ling now.

Zhu Ling is more concerned about what target to choose.

Food and grass?

Although it is indeed a good choice, it is hard to say how much food and grass Cao Jun has left now.

So you can only choose flexibly based on your own judgment.

This is also the reason why Pang Tong did not make any requests before Zhu Ling set off.

Cao Jun's attempt to intercept the Hussars paid a heavy price. In just half a day, many corpses were floating on the water of the river, basically Cao Jun's soldiers.

Despite this, Cao Jun's generals still issued orders for Cao Jun to block the Hussars' attack at all costs.

This "at all costs" order indeed allowed Cao Jun to "block" the counterattack of the Hussars on the Tongguan Saka Road and on the water, but at a huge price. When everyone in Cao's army thought that the Hussar's attack on land or on the water would be temporarily blocked by fire and flesh and blood, Zhu Ling led his soldiers and selected a target.

In fact, Zhu Ling was not too satisfied with this goal, but there was no time.

As the hussar counterattacks on the Tongguan Pass and on the water surface stopped, Cao Jun would inevitably withdraw his attention from the front line. By then, Zhu Ling would be in greater danger of being exposed...

Sometimes, people's instinctive intuition is very strong. This kind of alertness, inherited from the animal series since the birth of human beings, avoids disasters and looks for life. Zhu Ling's instincts were good. In the place he chose, there were no obvious hoarding tents, just some baggage vehicles, and some soldiers guarding the surrounding area.

After a long battle, Cao Jun had consumed a large amount of supplies.

These baggage trucks were obviously transported from Shandong in the later period.

Although Zhu Ling didn't know what was inside those baggage trucks, he felt that since in such a war situation, special personnel had to be arranged to guard the things, they must be good things.

Zhu Ling gave an order, and all his soldiers took action together, loaded the rockets they carried on the ground, and aimed at the area identified by Zhu Ling.

Not long after, the rocket soared into the sky, roared across the sky, and then plunged towards the area where Cao Jun's baggage vehicles were located in the distance...

When the rocket took off, there were soldiers from Cao's army pointing and shouting at the flying rocket, but these late warnings could not change the direction of the rocket.

Rocket bared his teeth, let out a cheerful laugh, and with a long burst of pyrotechnics, he landed with a crash.

The first-generation rocket developed by Zhu Ling was later guided by Pang Tong and assisted by Ma Jun's men. It was greatly strengthened on the basis of the original failure of one out of ten.

At least now it's one or two out of ten...

Zhu Ling was a verbal hit before, but now it is a real hit.

The Hussars counterattacked successfully. Although the fire now cut off the road on land and water, the Hussars could not rush along the road to Cao Jun's camp. But in fact, this was already a huge failure. As long as there is a little bit of brains, , and they all knew that if they were suppressed and beaten like this by the opponent again, Cao Jun would definitely be unable to hold on any longer.

First, Cao Jun in the Hedong area retreated step by step. Now the lower city of Tongguan was not only lost, but the pontoon bridge on the river was also caught in the raging fire. This made Cao Jun's soldiers feel that all their efforts and efforts seemed to be in vain.

"boom! 』

Rockets exploded on the ground.

Scattered flames splashed out!

"boom! ! 』

An even louder sound erupted!

It seemed like the whole ground was shaking!

The trees were shaking, the sand and rocks were shaking, and a huge cloud of dust rose into the sky!

Zhu Ling couldn't help but look back, stood blankly for a moment, and suddenly laughed, "Haha, yes!" Go quickly, go quickly! We seem to have hit a big one! 』

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Zhongtiao Mountain, the trail leading to Boshan Mountain.

I was lying on the ridge, with some branches and grass blades tied to my head and shoulders.

If it doesn't move, it looks like a shrub at first glance.

Traveling in the mountains, in this era, there is no navigation, no map, and no mature route. If you take a wrong turn, you may be trapped in the mountain forever...

Even in later generations, it is not uncommon news for travelers who lack equipment or lack of luck to die in the wild mountains and forests because they get lost.

Moreover, the time agreed upon with Xu Chu and the others was only three days, and they were not allowed to climb slowly at all. They could only keep walking, walking through forests and streams. This journey was not to mention how difficult it was.

This journey has always been a struggle!

Fight for your life!

Because for Yiyang, he really only has one life left to fight for now...

He did have meritorious service in the past, and the Cavalry General would not deliberately make things difficult, erase or reduce it because of his status, but...

Not enough!

If he takes the money and new identity exchanged for these meritorious deeds in a remote county, just forgets everything and spends his life in a small county town, then the meritorious deeds he has accumulated before are generally enough, but if he wants to If the lintel is to be erected again, then the previous achievements will be far from enough.

Everyone has their own path in life.

Some people are born with a flat road and can walk wherever they want, but some people are born with only climbing mountains, and each mountain is higher than the other!

I have always felt that when he was young, he had used up all his good luck and all the smooth roads. Now all that is left is to climb mountains, keep climbing, or reach the next peak, or fall to death in the mountain stream. …

But I never expected that the desperate ferocity he showed would win the recognition of the hussars soldiers who came with him!

Because the ordinary soldiers of the Hussars are also working hard!

In the feudal dynasty, if ordinary children from ordinary families want to climb higher, what can they do if they don't work hard? First, he has no connections, second, he has no wealth, and third, there is nothing. Lao Wang next door said he would like to set a small goal first...

The harder he worked, the more he integrated into the Hussars.

Ordinary soldiers would always smile when they saw him, and they would even share some of the wild fruits and herbs picked on the road.

It turns out that this is, "different ways do not work together"!

People who are walking slowly on a smooth road feel that the mountains and rivers are beautiful and the rivers are beautiful, and then they strangely say to those who are climbing mountains, since you are going to climb mountains, why don't you rent out your spare vehicles at home?

He was always walking on a smooth road, but when he suddenly found that his road was broken, he started climbing the mountain and realized that only by climbing high can he see far, and only by climbing to the top of the mountain can he tell others that he has conquered this mountain. here!

I have always carefully observed the Suoyang Pass not far away.

Because Yuban Road has long been replaced by Tan Road and Pubanjin, which are easier to walk, this road is usually less traveled. Hedong did not have much repairs in those years, so it naturally looks a bit dilapidated.

Cao's army stationed seven or eight hundred men here, and the soldiers were also lazy...

He slowly retreated from the ridge, "Looking for a place to rest on the spot... We will advance at sunset and attack at midnight!" 』

At sunset, the light in the mountains gradually dimmed. The three hundred elite soldiers who had been climbing in the mountains for three days quietly headed towards Suoyang Pass under the leadership of Cheng.

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Cao Zhang threw his bag directly to the ground, his eyes were like fire, "What did you say?" ! A meteor falling from the sky? ! Do you know what you are talking about? ! 』

The military academy lying on the ground was trembling. He didn't dare to look up at Cao Zhang, and he didn't dare to say anything. He just kowtowed repeatedly.

"Push down this rebel and kill him!" 』

Cao Zhang shouted loudly.

Cao Zhang was very angry.

"At night, there are meteors falling into the camp, and during the day, there are clouds like broken mountains. They fall on the camp and scatter less than the ground. All the officials are tired of lying down." What is this?

Damn it, you dare to call it a "shooting star"!

Your whole family is a "shooting star"!

If this is really the case, then now, have they become "Wang Mang's Army"? !

Several personal guards rushed up and dragged the unfortunate military academy away.

Liu Fu looked at the military academy who was still gritting his teeth and looked pale. He shook his head and said nothing.

A fool, let him die.

With swords and axes on your side, beg for mercy when you need to. Quickly talk about your achievements in the past few years. It is best to have some relationship with that general or something, and then maybe you will have a chance to survive...

Gritting his teeth and saying nothing, he looks brave but is actually very stupid. Not everyone can enjoy the treatment of "sparing people under the knife". For the sake of an unknown military academy, Liu Fu does not have these qualities. Idle mind.

The more important question now is how to deal with this bad situation!

The kerosene trap on Tongguan Ban Road was destroyed.

Most of the pontoon bridge was burned down. Even if soldiers and civilians worked hard to repair it, what would happen next time the hussars and navy came again?

And the back camp...

Liu Fu didn't believe anything like "shooting stars". Even Liu Fu didn't believe Liu Xiu's shooting star, but he would never tell others not to believe it.

Liu Fu believed that the so-called meteors were actually bad weather, such as violent storms and extreme situations where he couldn't see his fingers. This allowed Liu Xiu to lead a small number of men and horses directly into the center of Wang Mang's army without being attacked by other Wang Mang. Army sniper.

But from another perspective, Liu Xiu was indeed lucky to appear on such a battlefield at a critical moment...

So, could it be that the current "luck path" has been transferred to Guanzhong again?

Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. The fate of the Han Dynasty lasted two hundred years in Chang'an during the previous Han Dynasty. Now it lasts two hundred years in Luoyang during this Han Dynasty. In this way, it seems...

"Strategic advisor...strategic advisor?" ! 』

Cao Zhang's shout brought Liu Fu back to his senses, "Ah, general, what's the matter?" 』

"What's the matter?" ” Cao Zhang was furious, but facing Liu Fu, he couldn’t shout and kill like an ordinary military academy. He could only suppress his temper and said, “Military advisor, what should we do now?” 』

What to do?

You really should think about it carefully.

Liu Fu nodded, "Let Fu make some plans." 』

The battlefield gradually became silent.

The fire on the Tongguan Pass is still burning, and no one will be able to come over until it is extinguished.

Although Cao's army still had some ships and could send the navy to attack the Guanzhong navy upstream, now that the pontoon bridge had been destroyed, the only channel between the Zhongtiaoshan camp and the Tongguan camp was the ferry boats. If these ships were to be damaged in the river again, the traffic would be completely cut off. Therefore, it was meaningless to attack the Guanzhong navy on the water, so Cao's army stopped fighting and began to clean up the battlefield, recovering some arrows and stone bullets, preparing for a more difficult battle.

The Guanzhong navy of the cavalry also returned to the Tongguan ferry, and joined the Tongguan troops to deal with the battlefield debris and transport Cao's surrendered prisoners. By the way, they cleaned up the traps originally laid by Cao's army in the lower city of Tongguan, and adjusted the fortifications originally used for the defense of the upper city of Tongguan to the direction of Cao's camp.

The battlefield was temporarily quiet, but everyone knew that this quietness was temporary...