Chapter 3433: Go Through the Process

Chapter 3432 The process needs to be followed

Dong Zhao, who was in the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, would receive the news a little later due to the distance.

But Dong Zhao had just received the news, and his expression became condensed. He hurriedly went up to the observation deck of Zhongtiao Mountain Camp and looked in the direction of Suoyang Pass.

In the dark night, nothing can be seen.

Humans have many organs, all of which are crudely made and functional, but they are definitely not top-notch ones. The human eye's vision is very limited. If it exceeds fifty meters, it loses its fineness. Even if it can be seen, it cannot be seen clearly. Even if you climb high and look far, you are still subject to many restrictions.

Although Dong Zhao knew that Cao Hong was threatened at Suoyang Pass and that a war was raging to kill Yingye, he still couldn't see anything.

The unknown is mysterious.

Facing the mystery, some people are afraid, some are curious, some bravely face the difficulty, and some will just sit back and wait for others to face the difficulty.

Dong Zhao knew in his heart that Cao Hong was in danger...

The ambush is not really to kill many hussars, nor is it to kill the hussars. It is just to hinder the speed of the hussars' rescue of Suoyang Pass and provide more time to set up traps.

Suoyang Pass is like a calamity on the chessboard.

When the two sides put aside this robbery for the time being, this Suoyang Pass will hardly affect the overall situation. However, once one party takes action, they will continue to strangle each other around the Suoyang Pass until finally one party cannot escape. Come up with more means, either to eliminate the disaster, or to move elsewhere.

Lu Chang also came quickly and stood on the high platform with Dong Zhao.

"Military advisor, is there something wrong?" 』

Lu Chang asked.

Even though Lu Changming knew something must have happened, he still asked.

After all, there is a process.

After Cao Cao and Cao Hong left the camp, Lu Chang and Dong Zhao acted as checks and balances on each other.

Dong Zhao is the brain and Lu Chang is the limbs.

Without the command of the brain, the limbs cannot move randomly. Without the assistance of the limbs, the brain alone is useless.

In this way, Cao Cao and Cao Hong will leave with peace of mind.

So even though Lu Chang knew what was going on, he still had to pretend to be "brainless" when asking Dong Zhao.

Dong Zhao glanced at Lu Chang and said, "The flanking ambush at Suoyang Pass was defeated by the Hussars!" 』

"How is it possible..." Lu Chang was stunned for a moment, but then he quickly said, "Then what are the military advisor's orders?" 』

It is a common practice in Shandong to do things and leave traces.

Because no one believes anyone, no one knows who can trust, and no one knows when they will be thrown out and take the blame.

So Lu Chang asked this, which was leaving a mark.

Dong Zhao must have an order before he would do it. Even if Lu Chang knew that he must send troops to support Cao Hong, he still had to ask this question and then have a formal document before he could send troops. Don't talk about what the generals did outside, that was in the early days of the Han Dynasty, and those who shouted these words probably didn't end well.

Dong Zhao held on to the railing, sighed slightly, turned around and walked down, "Let's beat the drum and gather the generals!" 』

At this time, beating drums to gather generals will inevitably make the camp restless, but what can be done?

If you go to the general in private, even if the result is good, but it does not comply with the procedures, it will become a reason for others to impeach you in the future!

Even if this thing is done for the public good and for the sake of the overall situation, after all, no one can ruin the process, right?

The military academy generals came in chaos.

Seeing this, Dong Zhao was in a confused mood.

"What? General Cao is in danger? 』

"If I had known, I would have stopped General Cao from this adventure!" 』

"How could the Hussars come and go so freely when it was so dark?" 』

“If there is a problem on the flank, will there be a problem elsewhere? 』

"..."

Dong Zhao frowned and listened to the discussions among the generals.

These generals and officers were all subordinates of Cao Cao, not Dong Zhao.

So to a certain extent, they were taking orders from Cao Cao, not Dong Zhao, even if Dong Zhao was authorized.

The so-called authorization is temporary. If it is obtained temporarily, it will naturally be lost temporarily.

These generals will not openly oppose or violate, but no one is willing to stand up easily and take any responsibility.

Voluntary is not a good word in Shandong.

Dong Zhao raised his head and looked at the torches inside the tent.

The torch was swaying unsteadily, even though it was made of grease-rich pine wood, it was still swaying in the autumn wind, swaying, and seemed to be extinguished at any time.

Dong Zhao recalled that when they entered Guanzhong, they didn't pay so much attention to the process.

Perhaps when the Han Dynasty was first built, there were not so many rules.

It seems that many things now have procedures and rules, but...

In fact, Dong Zhao didn't understand.

This kind of thing has been true at all times and in all countries. Even for the smallest company, in the early stages of entrepreneurship and development, there is a relatively high degree of freedom, and the boundaries between bosses and employees are not so clear. They eat at roadside stalls and drink wine and call each other brothers, but when they really succeed After that, the gap began to appear, and rules began to be established. When speaking, you must call a certain president, a certain boss, and a certain O. Then the brothers back then are no longer brothers, and they can only talk about it on the lips.

When the company starts to go downhill, various assessments, indicators, and performance will be like a noose tightened around everyone's neck, and they are still colluding with each other. If you want to breathe more, you have to find a way to tighten the noose of others...

Coincidentally, other people think so too.

The high-ranking general manager, the chief executive, and the O think that this will maximize performance and dig the most, allowing employees to exert their maximum potential, but in fact they don't notice that there is also a noose around their necks.

The same is true for the Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao is not in the Zhongtiaoshan camp, and Cao Hong insists on leading the troops to attack in person.

Dong Zhao can understand this.

After all, there are signs of instability in the Cao army camp and even in the entire Shandong area. So if Cao Hong handed over the elite soldiers at hand to a general, who can guarantee that this general will not get lost halfway?

So Cao Hong can only lead the elite troops to attack by himself.

But now Cao Hong's flank is leaking...

After a while, the Cao army officers finally calmed down and looked at Dong Zhao and Lu Chang.

Lu Chang could say nothing, but Dong Zhao couldn't.

Dong Zhao knew that the morale of the Cao army was unstable and the soldiers were panicking, so they needed someone to comfort them. Now that Cao Hong was in danger, someone needed to explain the situation with a reason, regardless of whether the explanation was correct or not.

"The cavalry is taking risks."

Dong Zhao said slowly, "Originally, Anyi collapsed faster than we expected... So the cavalry did have an advantage before. Since they had an advantage, why did they take risks and enter Suoyang Pass? This is probably because there was something wrong with the cavalry..."

Lü Chang nodded on the side. Although he felt that this reasoning didn't make sense, he could only explain it this way.

The military officers saw that Lu Chang also nodded, so whether they believed it or not, they all responded.

Seeing this, Dong Zhao waved his hand and asked the guard to take out something.

All the military academies turned their eyes to take a closer look, and it turned out to be a roll of copper wire.

In this era, copper wire is a rare commodity.

Because drawing wire is very troublesome.

Not only does it consume a lot of manpower, but it may not be able to have a stable output.

Many Cao army military academies did not know what the copper wire was for.

Dong Zhao pointed at the copper wire and said, "This is a sharp weapon to restrain the cavalry..."

"Is this a sharp weapon?" Lü Chang asked puzzledly.

"If this thing is set up between two trees..." Dong Zhao gestured, "When the cavalry rushes through it..."

Dong Zhao briefly described it. Many military academies present had been on the battlefield, so as long as they imagined it a little, they could understand how this thing was used.

Dong Zhao smiled and said, "Not to mention at night, even in the daytime, there may not be cavalry who will notice this thing! If it is arranged properly, even if there are many cavalry, they can be easily killed! But soldiers like us can come and go freely! If this kind of thing is not a weapon to control cavalry, what else is it? '

In the darkness, such a trap is simply a deadly ghost for the cavalry, and it is difficult to detect.

But the military academies are excited, but no one still takes the initiative to fight. Well, in Shandong, this should be called "voluntary" fighting.

It's like the leader told a joke. No matter whether it's funny or not, they all laugh together to show the harmony under the leadership of the leadership team.

Dong Zhao looked at these military academies and always felt a little uneasy.

Dong Zhao knew more or less about the strategy implemented by Cao Cao. Although he didn't agree with it, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others obviously had more say than Dong Zhao.

Of course, the most important problem was that Dong Zhao couldn't come up with a better solution.

Shandong was rotten.

From top to bottom, from inside to outside.

It's like when you see a cockroach in the house, it's not just one, but the cockroaches in the dark can no longer live and begin to occupy the bright place.

At first, Dong Zhao thought it was a problem with eunuchs, so when he was young, he also scolded eunuchs with everyone. But in fact, everyone knows that scolding eunuchs is almost equivalent to scolding the emperor. Eunuchs have power only when they are attached to the emperor, so they actually represent the abuse of imperial power.

But what about now?

The Ten Eunuchs have long turned into dry bones, and the new generation of eunuchs in Xu County are as weak as the current emperor. So it is simply nonsense to talk about the problem of eunuchs.

So now it is Cao Cao's problem?

If Dong Zhao was not under Cao Cao's command, he might think so and scold so.

But now he can't scold, because he did see how Cao Cao, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others are trying to maintain the authority of the Han Dynasty and the operation of the court.

And all this also made Dong Zhao deeply afraid.

What is the Han Dynasty?

What is the country?

The spoils sent by the General of the Cavalry from the Western Regions and the national treaty of Shanshan are like an invisible warning.

Those who understand, naturally understand.

Those who pretend to sleep, still pretend to sleep.

Dong Zhao looked at these military schools, and seemed to see the same symptoms as the big man in them, and then suddenly felt exhausted, and said nothing more, and directly called out, "General Qian, the important task of rescuing General Cao is entrusted to you! !"

Lu Chang couldn't move, and Dong Zhao couldn't move either.

The remaining military academies responded to the jokes, which was fine, but they were asked to lead troops to fight against the Hussars...

Let them continue to tell jokes and listen to jokes.

After the military academies left, Dong Zhao said to Lü Chang: "According to the prior agreement, the generals are ready to march into the Hussars' front camp..."

Qian Zhao was one of them.

The other was "Besiege Wei to Save Zhao".

Lü Chang responded with a straight face and bowed.

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Just when Dong Zhao arranged for Qian Zhao to go to meet Cao Hong, and took advantage of Xu Chu's team to go to Suoyang Pass to attack Xu Chu's camp, Xu Chu had already led his troops to bypass Cao's defense line and rushed to the vicinity of Suoyang Pass.

The flames on Suoyang Pass illuminated half of the mountain in blood red.

The Cao army was obviously very nervous. When they saw the Hussars, they immediately struck the warning gong.

For a moment, there was a clanging sound.

The cavalry of the Hussars were very relaxed. They didn't know that their own camp would be counterattacked by Cao's army.

As they sorted out their equipment, they watched the shadows of Cao's soldiers swaying in the firelight in the distance.

"Prepare for battle!"

The grassroots military school shouted.

"You can eat some dry food!"

"Don't drink too much water!"

"Check the silk ribbon yourself, don't let the armor fall off halfway!"

"If you want to poop, hold it back! If you want to pee, pee on the horse! Don't leave the team! "

This is an advantage of the Hussars.

They have more generous and complete logistical support, so they don't need to get off the horse to find a place to live and cook before fighting.

This may also be a point where the Hussars were "Hu".

Or it can be called "integration".

At the beginning, the Han people also felt strange about the Hu people, as if these Hu people didn't need to eat, and didn't need to stop the army to cook, but in fact the Hu people also cooked.

It's just that a lot of their rice is flour.

After it is fried dry, or crushed, or smashed, or ground into powder, when it is needed to be eaten, take a wooden bowl or a bone bowl, then pour some powder, add water, or liquids such as mare's milk, stir it directly with your fingers, and swallow it together with the fragrance of soil and the breath of nature.

Therefore, when the Hu people are fighting, they can cook for a long time without making fire.

This military convenience was naturally used by Fei Qian. Perhaps in Shandong, some people will say that they have lost their traditions. Can they still eat without the ancestral system of eating in China? But now it seems that the soldiers of Cao's army are so envious when they see the cavalry eating and drinking leisurely!

No one is a steel machine, and they can only stop when the bearings are worn out by adding a little lubricant.

Not afraid of poverty, but afraid of comparison.

If they are all huddled in Shandong, nesting in Cao's camp, and never come out for a lifetime, they will not see the outside world, so even if they have nothing to eat and drink, they are poor and destitute, but they are still "happy"...

But now, many soldiers of Cao's army are "unhappy".

They originally thought that they were hardworking and kind, and they endured hardships, so they should not suffer the worst treatment, the lowest income, the cheapest life, and the most bitter fate. However, they were surprised to find that the cavalry, who were originally in Shandong and were widely publicized by government officials as being in dire straits, not only used better weapons and armor than them, but also had a much better diet than them. Something in their hearts collapsed.

This was a dawn in late autumn.

The severe winter had not yet arrived, but the Cao army soldiers had already felt the cold air.

After a busy night, the food that the Cao army soldiers had eaten yesterday had been consumed. The hungry stomachs made a deafening thunder, as if it was even louder than the sound of the cavalry horses. They were also human beings, and they would be hungry. When they were hungry, they wanted to eat, but the pressure of the cavalry on the battlefield made them breathless. Where was there any chance to leisurely cook food and enjoy a bowl of hot soup in late autumn?

When a hungry person sees others eating and drinking, he will instinctively swallow more or less, and will feel even hungrier!

Seeing this, Xu Chu ordered the soldiers to rest for a while and let the horses catch their breath.

The cavalry soldiers were more relaxed, and some even took out some milk lumps from their bags and shared them with their comrades around them. They ate and drank so deliciously, as if they were on a picnic instead of fighting.

This made the Cao army soldiers even more unbearable...

‘How about we eat something quickly? ’

There were some scattered voices in the ranks of Cao army soldiers.

‘That’s right! That’s right! Even if we go to the battlefield, we have to have something to eat! ’

‘The wind is so cold, and my stomach is empty, I can’t even pick up a sword or a gun! ’

‘Master, please have mercy on me! This won’t work! ’

‘Look at them, and then look at ourselves! We don’t want to be like them, as long as we have something to eat! 』

『That's right, even a black steamed bun is good! 』

The ordinary soldiers of Cao's army chattered, obviously greatly affected.

If Cao's army was also cavalry, then both sides would disperse their formations, and the other side would eat and drink, and they could also eat and drink, but Cao's army was infantry!

If the infantry did not form a formation, it would be a pile of scattered sand, useless!

And the most critical point is that the infantry formation of Cao's army cannot retreat or change places, otherwise, wouldn't the traps dug before and the defense systems arranged be equivalent to all in vain?

So although Cao's soldiers complained, the non-commissioned officers of the Cao's military academy turned a deaf ear to them. At most, when they were annoyed, they would scold these big soldiers for thinking about food all day long, saying that they were all useless, or the better ones would just draw big cakes on the ground, saying that after the battle, everyone would have such a big cake to eat...

When Cao Hong hurried down from Boshan, he saw such a scene, and his breath was choked in his chest, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

What to do?

Distribute cakes on the spot?

Let's not talk about whether it is ready or not. Even if it is, if it is distributed like this now, the team will definitely be dispersed!

When the cavalry rushes up, will they eat cakes first or take swords and guns first?

But in the final analysis, they are still not well prepared.

"What are you doing at the bottom of the mountain?" Cao Hong shouted angrily, "Don't you know how to find a place to light a fire and make some preparations in advance? "

But the military academy at the bottom of the mountain is also very aggrieved.

How dare he make the decision without Cao Hong's prior instructions?

"General... I have no choice. The military rules require two meals a day. It's not time yet... There is no such rule for cooking. If you want to do it, you have to follow the procedures first..."