Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3338 The danger is not apparent

 In the main camp of Cao Jun, on a certain plain camp.

He always pulled Bao Zhong's arm tightly, "You say it!" Did your confidants tell the former generals of the Hussars about the catapults here? ! Is there any? ! 』

Bao Zhong was stunned, then angry, "How could I know?" ! 』

"That means you didn't explain it specifically, right?" ! ” He said in a deep voice, “You are just looking out for you and your children, right? ! 』

Bao Zhong shook his arm angrily, "How outrageous!" You... do you know that if you are discovered... you will die! 』

Changchun snorted coldly and did not continue to pull forward. Instead, he took a step back and said, "Death?" I've had this realization for a long time... It's just that you'd better pray that the general of the hussar army will not die now! Otherwise, hum..."

"What do you mean? ” Bao Zhong asked.

He never answered.

Obviously, Bao Zhong asked his confidants to pretend to be dead to find the Hussars. The main purpose was not to remind the Hussars of any traps or arrangements in Cao Jun’s camp, but rather to determine his true identity and the Hussars. Negotiating some conditions, the most important thing is how to skillfully send your child to Chang'an Medical Center for treatment...

As for other matters, Bao Zhong obviously won't explain them specifically. If he can ask about the specific layout of the camp, Bao Zhong's confidants must remember it, and Xu Chu must be able to ask.

Now it seems that it is obvious that Xu Chu did not know that Cao Jun had arranged an array of trebuchets behind the wall of the camp...

Bao Zhong was still a little angry at first, but he soon figured out the key issue, and then cold sweat rolled down his head!

From Bao Zhong's point of view, the question is whether the Hussars are trustworthy and whether they can entrust their wealth, including the lives of their children, to the question. Therefore, both Bao Zhong and Bao Zhong's confidants will focus on this point, so regardless of Is it Bao Zhong or Bao Zhong's confidant? In fact, the more important thing is to ensure his own interests. As for how to remind the generals of the Hussar army, it is inevitable that they will have a chip-holding mentality to see how much the Hussar will give, and then I can talk as much as I want, but I can’t tell you everything.

On the other hand, from the Hussar's point of view, even if a correct optical mirror contact signal was sent, the authenticity is still doubtful. After all, what if a spy on one's side rebels? Is Bao Zhong's henchman just trying to fake surrender? Therefore, even if Bao Zhong's confidants give repeated assurances, they will remain cautious.

As a result, the current differences in positions between the two parties and the opacity of information have caused communication to be unsmooth.

A more serious question is, once the former general of the Hussars was injured or killed at this time, would it be thought that Bao Zhonglai and others deliberately gave Xu Chu false information to lure Xu Chu into being fooled? !

If this is really considered to be the case, then when the time comes...

That's why he was always so angry, and after Bao Zhong figured it out, he was covered in cold sweat!

"What if things don't go well...what should I do?" Bao Zhong looked at the front line, then turned to look at the past, his eyes were a little weak, but the shadow was also a little fierce, "You say, what should we do now?" 』

Bao Zhong's hand once again grasped the handle of the knife.

Changchun glanced at Bao Zhong and exhaled, "What else can I do?" Do nothing, just watch. Let’s see if this general of the Hussars Army has enough luck... I have heard that the Lord of the World always has some extraordinary luck... Not only himself, but he can also share the wealth with some of his subordinates..."

Bao Zhong's hand gradually relaxed, "Really?" Just look at this? 』

"What else can we do?" ” I always asked.

Bao Zhong chuckled, "I thought you would encourage me to take action now..."

"snort. ” He glanced at the high platform where Cao’s army was standing, and said, “I’m not that stupid...”

I never said the second half of the words in my stomach.

He was willing to be loyal to the Hussar General Fei Qian, but he did not say that he would be loyal to anyone under the Hussar.

Of course, there is another point that is also important.

Now is not the time to take action.

Cao Jun's camp was in good order.

If people gather in twos and threes to talk and talk, no matter how loud they are, or even have some physical conflicts, it will not attract too much attention. After all, it can be said that they are paying attention to the changes in the battle situation on the front line, and there will be disputes over differences of opinion. But if there are three or five people gathered together, More than ten people…

Do you really think that the leaders and guards on the central platform are all blind?

Therefore, the real opportunity to take action must be when the hussar army attacks in an all-out manner and Cao's army has no time to take care of him!

And now, although the general of the Hussars Army is facing danger, he and Bao Zhong and others could only watch, and even had to obey Cao's orders. When it was time to act, when it was time to pretend, they still had to do it. Pretending...

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No one cares until danger comes.

Just like people who ride e-mules in later generations don’t like to wear helmets in summer...

If you run like this every day, isn’t there any problem?

But when danger comes, it's often too late to wear it.

The hussars and horses were chasing Cao Jun's cavalry, and not many people realized the danger was coming.

It is easy and satisfying for cavalry to chase infantry, but it is more difficult for cavalry to chase cavalry.

But the sense of accomplishment gained is double...

In the midst of pleasure, it is easiest for people to lose themselves.

Because Cao's army was escaping along the loess ravine in a file formation, the Hussars also involuntarily formed a line instead of a surface when they were pursuing!

Seeing that Cao Jun's camp was getting closer and closer, but the soldiers and horses inside Cao Jun's camp were blocked by Cao Hong and others and could not get out at all, the hussars and horses in front became excited, roaring and shouting Standing, waving swords and guns, trying to follow Cao Hong and others, and just rushed into Cao Jun's camp!

Using broken troops to collide with the enemy's line is almost a skill that the hussars are very good at.

So the hussars didn't think much about it, they just thought that victory was right in front of them!

And it’s still a big win!

However, danger often comes quietly at such moments.

On the battlefield, no matter how good the equipment is, how high the morale is, or how big the chances of victory are, as long as a nail from the horse's iron palm falls off, it will lead to fatal consequences!

The soldiers of the Hussars are elite, right?

Is Xu Chu cautious?

No matter how much initiative the Hussars had on the battlefield, he had never thought of attacking Cao's camp directly, but this time, he was seduced by Cao Hong...

A thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest.

Zhuge was praised by later generations, not because Zhuge was cautious in one battle, but because he was cautious throughout his life!

Don’t be greedy for credit, don’t make rash advances, even if it’s an excellent opportunity and Wei Yan’s repeated pleas...

Although it is true that many opportunities will be missed, it is difficult for others to find any opportunities in Zhuge.

Xu Chu was not Zhuge Liang, and he immediately paid the price for his carelessness.

When Xu Chu saw many small black spots suddenly appear in the sky, and then quickly grew in size, he finally understood where the danger he had always sensed came from!

The attack did not come from the ground, nor from Cao Jun's soldiers, but from the sky!

"spread! 』

Xu Chu shouted eagerly.

If it were an ordinary soldier, he would probably be in a dazed state right now, looking up at the rocks falling from the sky...

The worse ones would just cover their eyes and at most let out some screams.

If the current hussars really only rely on Xu Chu's orders, or must hear Xu Chu's orders before taking action, then the end will definitely be heavy casualties!

Fortunately among the misfortunes, these hussars were all elite.

So before Xu Chu's shouts spread, or even before Xu Chu gave the order, these soldiers dispersed the entire queue from bottom to top, almost instinctively!

It is instinct for a war horse to follow the horse in front.

This allows the cavalry to fight more conveniently without paying special attention to the movements of the horses in the queue. However, this also causes the horses to be like an invisible chain to each other, which will continue to follow the inertia of the horse in front. Running forward, if you want to break this chain, you must operate it manually... Hmm, this seems to be similar to the principle of automatic driving?

But in any case, the skilful riding skills of the Hussars enabled them to make the most correct choice in the shortest time. They disrupted the original chain of horses following, causing the array that originally looked like a line to suddenly become Spread out!

In the sky, the God of Death was screaming, while the hussars on the ground were trying their best to avoid it!

The first stone falls!

"Snapped! 』

The stone hit the loess, and immediately bounced violently from the ground, rolling and hitting a hussar, smashing him and his horse into pieces!

Blood is flying in the sky!

Stones fell one after another!

At this moment, the general and the soldiers stood under the same sickle of death!

It's just that after the God of Death harvested countless lives, there were always big and small gaps on the sickle...

Just like the dental scissors in the hands of a barber, no one knows which hair will be cut before it clicks, and which hair will be lucky enough to stay in the gap of the scissors.

The hit rate of Cao Jun's trebuchets was obviously not high, and many of them failed to reach the target range, falling into the air in vain, and some even hit Cao Jun's own horses' heads.

But the damage done to the Hussars was the greatest when the Battle of Anyi was in progress!

And there is no way to fight back!

Like Li Yuanba, who can carve out mountains and open up new territories, or a Gao Chong who can pick up a pulley with a gun, and maybe he can fight back against stones falling from the sky, but after all, not everyone is Li Gao...

Suddenly, the whole land was wailing!

As a former army general, Xu Chu was naturally the target of most of Cao Jun's catapults, but Xu Chu's previous unintentional behavior prevented him from being within the range of Cao Jun's first round of catapults.

When Xu Chu felt something was wrong before, he stood upright on his horse and looked around...

Originally, the purpose of Xu Chu's behavior was not to avoid the attack, but to find out where he felt he was in danger. However, he did not expect that his actions would affect his horse's galloping. , the speed dropped slightly.

Most horse racers will try to curl up on the horse's back when driving at high speed. On the one hand, it reduces the windward side, and on the other hand, it also reduces the burden on the horse. However, Xu Chu's action of observing the enemy's situation made him slightly behind. !

As the saying goes, a slight difference can make a thousand miles difference. This slight deviation prevented Xu Chu from entering the area where Cao Jun's trebuchet launched the first intensive attack!

Of course, even if Xu Chu really entered the area where Cao Jun was intensively attacking, he might not actually be hit by stones.

Although it is ultimately a question of probability, the smaller the probability, the better. It's like someone who doesn't die by jumping off a building, but the vast majority of people who jump off a building die. So can it be said that the person who doesn't die by jumping off a building represents the majority of situations?

The stone fell and hit a place not far in front of Xu Chu.

Xu Chu instinctively tightened his horse and turned to avoid.

Some people jumped off their horses, which seemed to reduce the probability of being hit. But unfortunately, the man was hit by rocks as soon as he jumped off, but his horse was still running unscathed...

Some people lay down on the spot and tried to hide somewhere, but the soldiers who were still running were alive, while those who stopped were crushed to death by half a flying horse...

Everything is chaotic, everything is no longer based on order, but is simply a choice of probability.

It was like countless twenty-sided dice fell in an instant. Those whose luck did not exceed the dice points all died in various ways, even if they were trying their best to avoid or running in a daze.

In just a short moment, the area that was intensively attacked by Cao Jun was a mess of flesh and blood!

And this doesn't mean the end of danger!

Xu Chu looked up and saw that the stones in the air were still falling...

Cao Jun's second round of attacks is coming!

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In the camp of Cao Jun.

Cao Hong, who rushed into the camp, still couldn't help but turn his head and look back.

There was great joy in Cao Jun's camp.

"Did you hit it?" ! "Because Cao Hong was blocked from sight, he could only roughly see the scattered flags of the Hussars outside the camp. He couldn't help laughing, and then asked eagerly, "Did any of you see the hit? 』

This question was asked in a confused manner, and the soldiers under his command responded indiscriminately.

"Hit!" Hit! 』

"The general is wise!" 』

"Let the Hussars know how powerful we are!" 』

"a ha ha ha! 』

"Let them all die!" Die! 』

The soldiers of Cao's army were shouting and venting, trying to vent the depression of being beaten on the head in the past few days. It seemed that just by shouting loudly and waving their swords and guns, they could make those catapults go away. It is the same as throwing more accurately and faster. In fact, due to the shoddy construction of the catapults, some catapults have already developed various problems after the first and second rounds of projection, making even the final projection After going out, it became scattered and scattered, unable to form the initial covering effect...

"I'm asking if you hit the enemy general?" ! 』

Cao Hong shouted loudly.

Unlike ordinary Cao soldiers who were happy as long as they concentrated their hussars, Cao Hong was more concerned about whether he killed or wounded the enemy generals!

"Do you have? ! 』

Cao Hong raised his head and stared, questioning the Cao soldiers on duty at the observation deck.

The soldiers on the observation deck hesitated and hesitated, "Probably... there should be... it seems... there is, right?" "The scene just now was exciting and chaotic. He was so excited that he yelled. How could he care about watching the enemy general to see if he was hit?

Moreover, the hussars and horses scattered after being attacked. He did not have a telescope, so he wanted to rely solely on his naked eyes to try to accurately locate Xu Chu's position amidst the chaos, smoke, dust and blood mist. This was definitely not an ordinary place for Cao's soldiers. skills that can be possessed.

Cao Hong was impatient and stopped asking. He quickly climbed up to the lookout, pushed away the Cao soldier who was in charge of the lookout, widened his eyes, and started searching carefully on the battlefield.

Cao Hong's guards also went to the lookout and tried their best to help search.

"Did you see the general's flag?" ” Cao Hong asked while searching.

Guard Cao Hong replied: "I didn't see it..."

In a chaotic battlefield, it is actually very difficult to find someone alone. Therefore, generally speaking, we look for markers first, and then find people. Whether it is Cao Jun or the Hussars, the first thing is for the general to recognize the flag. Any disturbance in the general's recognition of the flag will bring about continuous reactions, implicating every soldier in the entire army.

Cao Hong quickly took a look around, and then looked at it a second time, suppressing the thudding nervousness.

He didn't see Xu Chu's generals recognizing the flag!

The other hussars are falling apart!

Cao Hong swallowed.

Could it be...

The guard on the side waved his arms excitedly, "General!" No! Didn’t see the recognition flag! 』

Although the flag represents the general himself, it does not mean that they really have the same life. For example, it is not uncommon for the flag bearer to die but the general is fine. It is also possible for the flag to fall in the chaos.

So not seeing the flag really doesn't mean Xu Chu's casualties, but in the current chaotic situation, if Xu Chu is fine, shouldn't he raise the battle flag high to win the morale of the army?

And now no flag appears!

Because the general's flag is so important, even if the soldier holding the flag happens to be killed, he will be immediately replaced by the second flag guard. Even if all the guards under the general die, there will be others. ordinary soldiers to protect and raise the flag...

So, is it really just a stroke of luck?

When Cao Hong thought of this, goosebumps surged all over his body!

He swore to God that he originally just wanted to teach the Hussars a lesson, but he didn't expect to achieve such results!

Well, now it's his turn to make a decision.

Should we attack in an all-out manner, take advantage of the opportunity to cover up the attack, and completely defeat the front hussars, or should we just give up when we get the chance and win a little bit?

"General!" ” The faces of Cao Jun’s guards were all excited, “Give the order! 』

"Give the order!" 』

The rest of Cao's soldiers also roared.

It seemed like victory was just around the corner.