late han empire

The generals stationed at the rear are like a natural city wall.

Maybe they won't be guarding a fixed place, but in a certain area, any intruder will face an attack that they don't know where to launch.In fact, the generals assigned to guard the frontier are basically those who have a deep understanding of defense, or are used to defensive warfare.

With them, unless the opponent finds their defensive control, or creates a defensive control and tricks them, generally don't expect to be able to break through their defense.

It is precisely because of their existence that the generals who penetrated into the enemy-occupied area can freely sway and conduct guerrilla warfare freely.

The three princes who attacked Liu Ming together, Liu Bei began to mobilize manpower to deal with Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong's troops who had already invaded Zitong County; Cao Cao was attacking Jiangling County, but his real target was Jiangxia County; Sun Quan was the worst, he delayed He couldn't advance to the other side of the Yangtze River, but there were a lot of 'rats' in his own territory.

There are many mountains in the south, so it is generally not suitable for galloping on horseback, and jungle warfare is the main theme.But one thing is undeniable, that is, most of the cities are located in the plains after deducting the areas with more waterways.In this area, basically except for lakes, there may be more, and the rest are basically plain terrain.

Because of this, it is very suitable for cavalry to attack, but Sun Quan basically has no horses, so even if he knows that the enemy is a cavalry force and is invading his territory, he cannot effectively organize manpower to deal with it.

After all, the essence of guerrilla warfare is that the enemy can't beat you no matter what.But I am in motion, constantly attacking the enemy's vital force.

It is more like a protracted war than a psychological war.As guerrilla warfare continues, the combat awareness of the enemy troops will gradually disintegrate, and it is even hard to say when war weariness will appear.

Some time ago, when the rear was being purgeed, the three troops that invaded Sun Quan's territory displayed 120% combat effectiveness.Their plan is to use this desperate method to contain the enemy's large troops, so as to reduce the pressure on the rear troops.Not only them, but several other troops did the same.

But because of this, the casualties and exhaustion of these three troops increased rapidly.

After a few days, the army has reduced at least [-]% of its soldiers.The rest of the soldiers were more or less wounded and urgently needed to find a place to recuperate for a few days, otherwise they would easily die from overwork.

Seeing that the north was beginning to be pacified, the three armies that were more or less in contact quickly met in Yuzhang County and settled down in a village in the mountains.

This is an abandoned village, and the villagers were originally Yue people who hid in the mountains.They may have been residents of Yuzhang originally, but they were too oppressed by the Han people and the taxes to pay were too heavy, so they had to hide in the mountains and forests, otherwise they would have no way out.

A few years ago, they all followed the large army and went to Yue to build a new home, and the village was naturally abandoned.

"I think our biggest mistake is that we didn't let the soldiers at least learn simple surgical operations." Hearing the groans of the wounded soldiers, Ma Chao couldn't help feeling guilty.

They're deep behind enemy lines, which means they won't be able to get enough supplies.That's not to mention, the military doctors that every army usually has, but they can't. After all, doctors are not soldiers, so they can't run around with them.

"Forget it, our task is too sudden, we don't have much time left to study." Hua Xiong comforted him.

"Report, no enemies have been found within fifty miles!" A scout came to report, this is a regular report.

"Explore again, be sure to pay attention to me!" Ma Chao nodded, but still ordered very seriously.

The scout took the lead, quickly changed a horse, and then galloped outside.Before, [-]% of the soldiers were killed, but about [-]% of the horses were killed, so now there are some horses that can be used to replace them.Besides, scouts with one man and two horses are the basic equipment.

Resting in the enemy's territory, the detection of the enemy's actions is very important, as long as there is a slight omission, you will fall into the enemy's siege.This is the main field of the enemy, and no slight mistakes can be made.

"Meng Qi, you are still too careful. Our people have erased the traces, and even specially created some false traces. The enemy has no idea where we will go. Besides, we pay attention to the enemy tactically, but in the Despise the enemy strategically, this is what my lord always says." Hua Xiong smiled.

"We brought 3 people here this time, and 3 people are not stones. There will naturally be a lot of movement in such a mighty confluence. As long as the enemy is not a fool, they will always find some clues. The worst thing is that in the last few days It has never rained, and this place is in the mountains and forests, if the enemy attacks with fire, we will be in trouble!" Ma Chao replied disapprovingly.

"You're right... Well, go and have a good rest. We haven't slept peacefully for a long time... You know, for a long time, I slept on horseback." Hua Xiong laughed Haha turned and left.

"You have to get used to it. We grew up on horseback. At that time, there were no stirrups. We still slept on horseback?" Ma Chao teased, then turned around and returned to his temporary foothold.

What Hua Xiong said is right, it is rare to have a chance, so naturally one should take a good rest.Naturally, you can sleep on horseback, but it is definitely not as comfortable as sleeping on a pile of straw.Of course, it would be even more beautiful if there is a soft bed to sleep on.

Forget it, don't wishful thinking, the conditions here don't allow this at all.

It's rare to rest for three hours. During this time, the adjutants are on duty in turn. Those adjutants who are on duty for the first round, watching others sleep but have to be on duty themselves, are bleeding from their hearts!

For three hours, the scouts continued to investigate, but it was probably due to the convergence, and the scouts could finally change shifts and rest.After working hard for several days in a row, these scouts were actually exhausted.

Three hours passed in a blink of an eye, and Ma Chao and others, who are practitioners, got up quickly, and they had already had enough sleep.And the adjutant of the second class also began to take over the hands of the first class and let them go to rest.

The sky has begun to darken, and the wind is a bit cold at night, after all, it is early winter.

It's just that the wind made Ma Chao feel really uncomfortable. In such a dry weather, the wind is still so strong. If someone really set him on fire... Hey, am I a little too sensitive? !

Then he quickly convinced himself that it was because he was the chief general, and there were more than 4000 brothers standing behind him, and their lives were in his hands. and die.The greater the responsibility, there is no way not to become careful.

It has been five hours since I came here to rest, and the sky has completely darkened.

"Report, no... found the enemy... within a hundred miles...everything is safe!" The scout ran back again, looking out of breath, speaking incoherently.

At least, it sounds like this to others, and only those who know the inside story can hear other things.

The so-called secret code is that you know it but others don't.Sometimes the cipher doesn't need to be too strict, just reverse the order of speaking.

Not in the front, there was 30 seconds of empty time in the middle, so the previous one was invalidated; the real report started from the second sentence, that is, "the enemy was found"; the enemy was a hundred miles away, after all, no enemy was found within a hundred miles; everything Safety means that there is no danger in a radius of a hundred miles; the last is the tone of speech, if you speak with incomparable certainty, that is fire attack (if you are not sure, it means falling rocks, if you are doubtful, you mean water attack, and hesitating means ambush).

Translated, it means that the enemy is a hundred miles away, but within a hundred miles, he has already set up fire attack means.

"Order to go on... continue to sleep! Probe again!!" Ma Chao nodded, and then ordered.

To continue is to get up all the members, but to add a sleeper at the back is to get up secretly, so that no one will find out; as for the meaning of re-exploitation, it means to leave here secretly, so as not to alarm the enemy, so that the enemy will not attack in advance.

The way I came here, I'm afraid there will be enemies ambushing there, waiting for the lucky ones who escaped the fire attack to come to the door.But the safest way is exactly the way you came.As long as the entire army attacks at the fastest speed, even if the opponent ambushes his men, he will not be able to face the assault of [-] cavalry.

Only in this way can we leave this ghost place in the safest way.

Ma Chao didn't know how the enemy found people like him, and when they arranged the fire attack.All he knew was that they couldn't let them dawdle at this moment!