Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2290 Face to face, hurry up

The dark clouds rolled over and began to pile up at an alarming speed, and then squeezed each other, like social animals in a big city rushing to work, wishing to stack each other into paper people on the bus or subway, face to face, back to back. On the back, it accumulates into a dense cylinder or strip, which becomes the shape of a bus or subway, swaying back and forth, moving forward and backward according to a specific rhythm.

  No matter how beautiful, no matter how perfect the plan is, it can't stand God's favor.

  Dingling prepares this and that, planning and planning, and then everything is arranged, God jumps out and says wait for me to go to the bathroom...

  Wow, it started to rain.

  The cold current from Siberia collided with the warm and humid air current surging from the Bohai Bay, and suddenly Lang Youqing concubine intentionally made clouds and rain, spraying Ding Lingren and Cao Jun all over the body, everywhere.

  Among the sound of splashing rain, the world became hazy, as if a filter was hung on it, and even the battlefield became more poetic...

  It's a pity that whether it is Ding Lingren or Cao Jun, they will inevitably have headaches in the face of such heavy rain.

  All plans are a fart in front of nature and God.

   Or not even a fart.

The strong wind blows up the dark clouds like rushing to work, and they come here to play for a while, and after they are happy, they lift their pants or skirts and go away amidst laughter, leaving only the seemingly indifferent person on the surface. , In fact, Yun Duo, who was wailing in his heart, was in great pain and burst into tears.

  It has been raining heavily for two or three days, and the ground is full of yellow mud soup. So much so that Ding Lingren's camp became a panic.

  Who knew there would be such a heavy rain in autumn?

  No one is ready.

  People need shelter from the rain, and so do livestock. If they move, it’s better. If they stand still, under continuous rain washing, it is likely to cause a large loss of heat and cause various problems.

  There are not enough tents.

  It was originally used by humans, but now it is also used by animals.

  The grain and grass are also mostly wet. After eating such grain and grass, there is no problem in a short period of time, but after a long time...

Moreover, even if there are tents in the camp, those located at a slightly lower position are almost soaked in water, and the camps everywhere have no intention of attacking the city. The slave soldiers braved the rain and dug the drainage ditches around the camp deeper. Dingling leaders, big and small, braved the wind and rain, screaming one by one, almost as if they wanted to shout out their lungs.

  Gongsundu's camp was originally on a slightly higher terrain...

  But not long after Gongsun Bingzu and others gloated about their misfortune, the leaders of Ding Lingren came, unceremoniously occupied Gongsun Bing's original camp, and then drove out Gongsun Bing from top to bottom.

   Then Dingling looked at Gongsun Bing gloatingly and laughed.

   There are also Ding Lingren waving one hand, provoking, and pressing the other hand on the saber, ready to wait for Gongsun Bing to come up to reason, and then he can make a hole in Gongsun Bing...

  For Ding Lingren, they didn't regard Gongsun Shangxia as their own at all. Although Gongsundu is called the Marquis of the Gudu, in fact, any Ding Ling would dare to stare at Gongsundu.

  Gongsun soldiers were furious, and then turned their heads to see their Liaodong king, Gongsun Du hunched over in the wind and rain, with pale hair, pale face, pale complexion...

  Then these Gongsun soldiers also lowered their heads one by one, looking for a place to build a camp again.

  Like a lost dog...

  The leader of the Dingling National People's Congress is naturally in the best position. Even if other places are flooded, he will not be flooded. The camp of Gongsun soldiers in the distance was robbed, and the leader of the Ding Lingren naturally noticed it, but he didn't take it seriously. He has more things to worry about now, why would he care if Gongsun soldiers are being bullied?

If Gongsun Du fought those Ding Ling people on the spot, it is impossible for the commander to fight fifty big boards each. Now that Gongsun himself "gives up" without a single bullshit, it is impossible for the commander to go over and preside over some "justice" no?

  Through the heavy rain, the Grand Commander looked at Jixian County in the distance, silent.

  Although Cao Jun is unlikely to attack under the heavy rain, the commander of Ding Ling's National People's Congress still sent rangers, and the troops near Jixian still stick to their positions and are ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

Looking at the dark clouds in the sky, and then looking at the Youyan mountains and rivers, the leader of Ding Lingren didn't have any expression on his face. He even braved the wind and rain, standing on the watchtower, watching Ding Lingren's banner being washed away by the wind and rain. The rain fell on his face and body, and then he remained motionless like a rock.

  A soldier came to the chief, "Commander, please issue a new password!" 』

  『Password…』The commander-in-chief didn't look back, he still looked at the heavy rain, and said after a while, 『It's called "heavy rain"! 』

  The orderly bowed his head and bowed, then left.

  After Ding Lingren discovered that Cao Jun was actually using suspicious tactics, on the one hand, he felt that he had been insulted in terms of IQ, and on the other hand, he also felt that such a little Cao Jun was not enough to pose any threat. Especially after successively breaking through the dilapidated cities in the northern part of Youzhou, which were almost dilapidated after several fights, in the eyes of Commander Ding Ling, these Cao troops in Jixian County were also not worth worrying about.

In addition, in Gongsun Du's description, Jizhou is a place richer, more populous, and more east-west than Youzhou. Therefore, it is a logical thing to attack Jixian County and then plunder Jizhou. Naturally, there is no The reason not to do it...

  If you win another county, not to mention opening for three years, but at least half a year more is no problem.

Although the tooth was broken at the beginning, it was not a big deal for the commander in chief, because most of the dead were slave soldiers, and slave soldiers are consumables. As long as Ji County can be brought down, it will be a good deal buy and sell.

  But now it seems that it is going to lose money.

  In the battlefield, anything can happen...

  God doesn't give face, who can do it?

   It's like the sudden rainstorm that has been coming for several days now, messing up all the plans and then soaking them in the rain.

The commander-in-chief looked at Ji County through the rain curtain, and also saw the moat that had been filled in some time ago. Because of the heavy rain, those mud bags were scattered along the water flow, even if they wanted to attack the city again. , I have to repeat this thing again, and there are siege equipment...

   Now either we must persevere, resist until the rain clears, and then organize an attack, or...

   Withdraw troops.

   It's just a little bit unwilling! It's like some people are unwilling to break up after meeting a scumbag or a scumbag. After all, they have invested in the early stage, so they just give up...

  The leader of Ding Ling's National People's Congress thought about it, and suddenly turned his head to look in Gongsun's direction, "Come here, let Guduhou come here!" 』

  …(╯︵╰)…

  In front of Ding Lingren, the heavy rain also shrouded everything in Jixian County, as if it was going to uniformly change all the colors in the sky and the earth into similar colors that are difficult to see.

  The rain continuously fell on the blue bricks of the city, on the tiles on the gate tower, on the battlements, and also on Cao Hong and Le Jin, making dense and fine white noise.

The bloodstains and minced meat above and below the city have all flowed away with the rain, only the charred wood or corpses opened their mouths to the sky, as if silently protesting what.

  Cao Hong stood behind the battlements, letting the rain hit his helmet and armor. Although the iron armor of this era will soon rust after being exposed to rain, no one cares about this matter now.

  『What is the current situation in the city? ’ Cao Hong asked.

  『It’s okay...』 Le Jin replied, 『Just now I went to inspect the city...Although there is a little water, it’s not a big problem, the ditches are still clear...』

  Cao Hong nodded.

Now the situation is reversed. Cao Jun, who has a fixed shelter from the wind and rain, has a greater advantage. At least Cao Jun, as long as he is not on duty, can shrink in the room and then light a fire to bake. Clothes, make yourself comfortable.

  『Is the general withdrawing his troops just because he was worried about Ding Lingren? Le Jin stood aside, trying to look out, and asked.

  Cao Hong sighed, and said, "That's right... I finally got here, if I just ran away..."

   Le Jin is silent.

  Although Cao Hong and Le Jin were standing on the top of the city wall, when they looked out through the rain and mist, they could only vaguely see the shadows of some small soldiers and horses swaying, but they couldn't see anything clearly.

   Le Jin tried his best to look at it for a long time, his eyes were sore, and in the end he could only wipe the rainwater off his face, and said, "It seems that there are quite a few... Do you want to secretly hang a few scouts down at night to check?" 』

  Cao Hong pondered for a moment, then nodded, "That's what I have to do. ’ Then Cao Hong looked up at the sky again, ‘In this weather, I’m afraid...Zihe’s progress will be hindered...Ah...really...'

Le Jin also nodded, understanding Cao Hong's worries, but he still wanted to comfort Cao Hong, saying: "General Zihe has a good command and is good at running raids... and we have all our troops stuck here, General Zihe will definitely be able to." In one fell swoop! The general can rest easy! 』

  Cao Hong nodded and said, "I hope so. 』

   What Cao Hong is worried about now is that the Ding Ling people have already withdrawn their troops, and they happen to collide with Cao Chun and Xia Houyuan, who are copying the rear from the left and the right, and that will be quite troublesome...

"Even if the Ding Ling people want to withdraw, they will not all leave. They must retreat in batches. If there is a change in the detection of the scouts tonight, it is not too late for us to make plans..." Le Jin said, "And such a heavy rain, Even if a small number of people march in the rain, they will not be able to go very far... Where Zihe is, there will be no worries...』

  Cao Hong glanced at Le Jin and nodded. Although in this layout, Xia Houyuan was also acting as a side army, just like a side horse in Chinese chess, advancing forward, but for some reason, Le Jin didn't mention it, and Cao Hong didn't mention it either.

  …(つД｀)··…

   Xiahouyuan, who was not mentioned, was like a Erha who was finally released. Although he was marching against the wind and rain, his expression was excited, and he almost flung out his tongue while running wildly.

This time Xia Houyuan still led the cavalry of Cao Jun, but the battle armor and weapons were improved a lot. Everyone wore them properly, and a layer of oilcloth was put on the outside of the armor. Much better.

  The rain slanted on his face, but it didn't ease the heat in Xia Houyuan's heart.

   This time, the number of cavalry under Xia Houyuan's command was only 800, but it was already a good start.

  So Xia Houyuan didn't walk timidly because he wanted to penetrate the enemy's rear, but relying on his familiarity with geography, even in the rain, he galloped forward at a speed beyond normal marching speed.

  Xiahouyuan suffered repeated setbacks before, which also greatly damaged Xiahou's face.

  Although it is said that the Cao family and the Xiahou family are like brothers to each other, even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, don't they? In the process of fighting with Yuan Shao, Xia Houyuan was quite good and achieved quite a lot of results, but in the confrontation with Fei Qian, for some reason, Xia Houyuan fell into a disadvantage, and was repeatedly pressed and rubbed on the ground. It's not a small amount of suffering, but when I calculated the accounts, I found that the meritorious deeds I got were not many...

   This is quite embarrassing.

   Fortunately, this battle of Youbei, this great achievement, was finally delivered to Xia Houyuan!

   Never lose!

  Xia Houyuan turned his head to look at his subordinates, raised his arms and shouted: "Hurry up!" hurry up! This time, by copying Dingling's back, it is to defeat it in one fell swoop! Return the stability of Youbei! Everyone should work hard and move forward! 』

  『This battle is a reward, a certain one will not take a cent! All with you! But if there is someone who refuses to listen to orders, he hesitates! Xia Houyuan stared, "Don't blame me for not being sympathetic!" When you know that military law is ruthless! 』

  Cao Jun Qingqi, it is a loud answer.

  『Hurry up! Xia Houyuan shouted, "The meritorious service lies ahead!" Waiting for you to take it! 』

According to Xia Houyuan's plan, it was to go around in the northwest direction, and then go east, straight into Yuyang, and attack Ding Ling's back. On the other side of the rain and fog, dozens of cavalry wearing felt hats were coming on horseback!

  The heavy rain almost covered up all the smoke and the sound of horseshoes, so that several cavalrymen on both sides who rushed to the front almost bumped into each other face to face!

   Both sides froze on the spot for a while, and then saw each other's clothes and attire at the same time, they uttered another shout at the same time, and immediately bumped into each other fiercely on the high place of the hill!

Everyone knows that if you rush down from a high point, you will definitely have an advantage, so whoever grabs the high place on the hill will have some advantage. When the two sides who meet first collide, several people will immediately fall off the horse, and the people behind will be defeated. It was shouting wildly in the heavy rain, calling for his own follow-up soldiers...

  When Xia Houyuan heard the news, he roared and drove his horse up without even thinking about it!

At this moment, Xia Houyuan's characteristics are actually the most suitable for the current situation, especially when they meet each other suddenly, it is even more impossible to say that they are still waiting for the formation, and then wait for the follow-up order to be sent before doing what action according to the order. It's too late.

Although Dingling's cavalry is not necessarily inferior to Xiahouyuan's cavalry, after all, Dingling has not undergone serious cavalry training. Maybe they can do well in battle, but their combat awareness is a little bit worse. When the leader of Dingling came to his senses and urged Dingling to charge forward, Xia Houyuan and others had already wiped out the first batch of Dingling cavalry and occupied the high ground of the hill.

  Xiahouyuan at the top of the hill, seeing the following Dingling people coming, laughed a few times, and led the cavalry around him straight down without stopping!

   is to be caught off guard!

   is a fast!

  In the heavy rain, all long-range weapons lost their lethality, so only hand-to-hand combat remained.

  Man to man, horse to horse, the sound of shouting and fighting, suddenly sounded in this hilly place, the sound of horseshoes was chaotic, and the soldiers shouted and shouted, covering the sound of rain at this moment, filling the world!

   Xia Houyuan yelled, beat or stabbed the Ding Lingmen one by one, and knocked off the horses, as if he had doubled his depression and pain these days and then stuffed them to the Ding Lingren. When Xia Houyuan's follow-up troops rushed to the top of the hill, it was found that Xia Houyuan had brought dozens of cavalrymen of Cao Jun, and killed Ding Lingren from the half **** of the hill to the bottom of the hill in one breath. There are also some empty war horses, running around in a daze...

  Ding Ling had more than a hundred riders left, they were broken and could not reach, and they did not dare to confront Xia Houyuan head-on, so they scattered in all directions, or turned around and ran, or ran towards the inside of the slanting stab.

  In less than half a stick of incense, victory or defeat has become a foregone conclusion.

  Ding Ling was defeated. On the other hand, Xiahouyuan’s cavalry can even be said to have basically no damage...

On the half-slope of the hill, a cavalryman from the Cao Army who fell down during the charge struggled to get up from the muddy water, spitting out a mouthful of mud while yelling, and went to settle accounts with his horse, "Damn it, Why are you so unlucky! don't run! come over! I won't hit you! Let me ask you why the **** you slipped! 』

  For the cavalry, the war horse is sometimes like a family member of their own, but occasionally they are mischievous and the horse stumbles...

  The remaining Cao cavalrymen looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. It seemed that the cloud that had shrouded their heads before had dissipated a lot now.

  『Clean the battlefield! 』

  Xia Houyuan slowly collected his troops, dispatched a group of soldiers to cruise around the periphery, and then ordered, "The rest of the people wait to organize their equipment and eat dry food!" Feed the horse! 』

Xia Houyuan sat down, didn't care about the mud and blood on his hands, took out the dry food and took a bite, and didn't take out the water bag to drink, but raised his head, caught the rain for a while, and then swallowed it with a grunt .

   Actually met Ding Lingren here!

  In this way, if it wasn’t for Ding Lingren’s unconscious looting behavior, then it’s very likely that Ding Lingren also wanted to outflank it…

  Xia Houyuan took another bite of dry rations, and then sprayed dry rations and yelled, "Move faster!" We need to speed up! 』

  (end of this chapter)