Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3382 Doesn’t have the power

That night, the Han Dynasty's Prime Minister Cao Cao and his subordinates and generals spent all their energy and intelligence to build a huge camp in Anyi, Hedong for a long time, including earthen traps, horse-rejection fortifications, etc., as well as about 20,000 soldiers in the camp. The soldiers, as well as more than ten thousand civilians, were all destroyed and defeated overnight.

Like a huge tower of sand, it was vulnerable to the surging torrent of steel.

Cao Hong abandoned his army and ran away, burning his supplies to stop his pursuers.

Chaozhou made a decisive blow, which was commendable for his courage, but he finally died in front of the hussars' formation.

The remaining soldiers of Cao's army fled in all directions, some with no idea of ​​their destination, and some with nowhere to go, crying loudly and causing countless casualties.

In the end, Cao Hong took away less than 3,000 soldiers, and the rest of Cao's soldiers, whether they were ordinary county soldiers or elites with the prefix "中", were powerless to stop the huge Hussars army. Most of the countless materials and equipment that Cao Jun had accumulated over the years and were transported from Shandong, as well as all kinds of goods looted from the east of Heluo River, were also burned in the fire.

It cannot be said that Cao Hong's strategy was completely ineffective. At least when he escaped, not only did the chariot attract the attention of most of the hussars, but the fire also stopped the hussars.

And those sporadic cavalry scouts cruising in the distance in small team mode could not stop Cao Hong from running with all his might...

Dogs jump over the wall when they are anxious, and people go crazy when they are anxious.

By the time Fei Qian received the news, Cao Hong and others had already run away.

Fei Qian thought for a moment and gave up the idea of ​​chasing the bandit at night.

After all, Cao Jun's camp in Anyi is already such a large piece of barbecue meat, and it always needs to be digested after eating it.

Cao Jun's camp was destroyed, and the city of Anyi was naturally dissolved without a fight.

At this moment, the village elders in Anyi City quickly prepared some small gifts and hurriedly came to pay homage to Hussar, but they were turned away from the camp...

Fei Qian didn't have time to see these guys.

Cao's army was defeated, but it did not mean that Fei Qian could immediately send his troops south regardless.

The cavalry can send some of them out, bypass the remains of Cao's camp, and move forward to detect and pursue, but the rest of the army has no way of saying that it will set off south immediately. Although the effect of letting Xiahou Dun come forward to clean up the remnants of Cao's army was pretty good, it was obviously impossible for Fei Qian to let Xiahou Dun lead the remnants of Cao's army. It would also be quite cumbersome to gather the scattered and reorganized troops.

unless…

When Cao Cao surrendered his troops, he did the same thing as Cao Cao did to Yuan's troops, trapping and killing them all.

It is declared to the outside world that it is a plague. Yuan Jun sent troops to spread the plague maliciously, so he should be killed.

If you can't solve the problem, solve the problem.

It's not like Fei Qian has never done this before, but that doesn't mean it's right. But now Fei Qian has elite soldiers, strong generals, a school and a political system, what else can he do that is "harmless for a hundred days"? Doesn't that mean that he is incompetent, and his subordinates are also incompetent?

Most of Cao's army's supplies were burned. Fortunately, Fei Qian had mobilized some food and grass from Linfen before, so there was no problem in going up. But now more problems are dealing with the endgame in Hedong, so Fei Qian is very busy. With all the big and small things on his hands, he naturally didn't have time to meet any village elders in Anyi.

But these village elders gathered outside the camp gate and had to deal with it, so Fei Qian called Pei Ji and asked him to deal with these people's problems...

Pei Ji was also very busy after he joined Fei Qian. He said that if he wanted to imitate Ban Dingyuan, he would naturally need to be good at both civil and military skills. Therefore, he not only had to practice martial arts, but also needed to do some civil work, almost without stopping for a moment. If it were an ordinary person, he would be more or less tired, or start to think of ways to be lazy and lie down, but Pei Ji didn't. He is like a sword, the more he sharpens it, the sharper it becomes!

After leaving the camp gate, Pei Ji glanced over and hummed softly.

Basically, he knows all these people.

In fact, these village elders in Anyi City are also paying attention to the changes on the battlefield. Even if the Hussars have no intention of continuing to come to Anyi to rescue them, these people are also paying attention to the movements of the Hussars. But who would have thought that overnight Things have changed? !

In the middle of the night, fires shot up into the sky, and they howled miserably. They hid in their homes, shivering, and prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky. After dawn, they thanked God, saying that God heard their prayers and followed their wishes...

Don’t these people know that their prayers to gods, emperors, and other things are ineffective?

No, in fact they also know it, and they know it very clearly, but when they talk to the outside world, especially to their subordinates, they will show that they are grateful to God, because this can prove that it was their prayers that allowed Anyi City to survive last night. Amid the horrific changes, he remained safe and sound.

As for the Hussar's sudden force and the defeat of Cao's camp overnight, they kept silent.

When the smoke from the battlefield finally dissipated, they climbed onto the city wall and looked at each other. After a while, some people said that there was something going on at home, and some said that they needed to escape. Then when they arrived at the city gate, they saw that everyone was running into each other with their vehicles. It was such a coincidence that they were pretending to be walking together...

These people originally thought that Cao Jun deliberately showed weakness and went too far. In fact, Cao Jun still had enough strength to fight. There were few hussars. Even if he gathered the whole army and pushed it forward, even if he could not win, it would still be wasted. If Qiusi's men and horses were captured, Qiusi had to retreat. Therefore, these people were not willing to surrender to the Hussars at the beginning. They had to wait until the final result. This idea was also supporting them.

Some people even think that their importance will be highlighted only after the Hussar and the Prime Minister are both defeated. Whoever they support will win the final victory, so they secretly hope that Fei Qian and Cao Cao will win. Love and kill each other longer. As for the ordinary people in Hedong during this process, they are just weeds, cattle and horses at best, so what are they worth?

Only Pei Ji firmly believed that Cao Cao would definitely fail, and would even be defeated by Fei Qian in a very short period of time! Cao Cao's army will also suffer considerable losses, for no other reason than that Cao Cao is no longer the Cao Cao he was when he fought against Dong Zhuo, but the hussars are still hussars!

It was precisely because of this judgment that Pei Ji decided to leave Anyi and join Qiaoqi first.

However, Pei Ji did not expect that Cao's army would be in such a state of disgrace!

While sighing secretly, Pei Ji also looked down upon these fellow countrymen who had just come here.

Before, Cao Cao was powerful, so he hurriedly bought them. However, what Cao Cao wanted was not the fence-sitters, so these guys were reluctant to part with their own property, and retreated to Anyi City, shouting for Pei to protect them.

The Pei family defended the city, sending people, money, supplies, and even human lives on the city walls. However, these people huddled in the city one by one and knew how to pray to the gods of heaven and earth. When the Pei family asked them to help, they all acted as if they were there. I can't hear or see!

Now…

"Ten years of spring, and Qi Ping." Guild Qihou Yu Zhuqi. Pei Ji looked at everyone and said slowly, "Li Mi offers advice and uses troops to rob the marquis." Confucius said: If one's descendants do not seek Xia, barbarians do not invade China, captives do not make alliances, and soldiers do not force a good enemy, it will be unlucky for gods, unjust for virtue, and disrespectful for people. The Marquis of Qi then stopped. In the past nine years, things have been peaceful in the east of the river. The sacrifice elephants will not go out, and Jiale will not join the wild. To have a meal and have it is to abandon etiquette. If it does not have it, use 畕畷. Therefore, if you humiliate the king with barnyard grass and abandon the etiquette, you will be called evil, and your son will do it? 』

Those who understand have expressions of embarrassment, while those who don’t understand have smiles on their faces.

Pei Ji didn't say much anymore and looked at everyone with cold eyes, "Beyond the camp gate is an important military area. Anyone who intrudes will be killed without mercy!" 』

Previously, the soldiers on guard at the camp gate didn't know how the Hussars were going to deal with these people, so they didn't say much. Now after hearing Pei Ji's words, they understood and immediately led the soldiers forward to scold these people. "Back off!" Back off! Exit a hundred steps! Anyone who dares to stop within a hundred steps will be killed without mercy! 』

"call! ha! 』

A spear and a big shield came out, and these guys were immediately frightened. Especially on these spears and shields, the smell of blood from last night still seemed to remain, which made these people dare not let go of one more thing. They hurriedly ran a hundred steps away before stopping, gesticulating and mumbling.

When the soldiers guarding the camp gate saw that these people had retreated, they paid no more attention to them.

As for chattering a hundred steps outside the camp gate, then let it go.

"What does this guy mean?" ” someone asked.

Some people shook their heads, not knowing whether they didn't understand or were sighing, and went back with the things they brought.

Others were a little embarrassed. They didn't know what Pei Ji said and they were not allowed to see the hussar. They waited outside the camp for a long time and finally could only go back muttering...

Regardless of the fact that Pei Ji returned to the camp and received Xun Chen's approval, he turned around and looked at Cao Hong running away on the road, which was simply desolate.

Although the madness of that night has passed, it still seems to remain in Cao Hong's mind forever.

The wind has started to blow, and east of the river there is loess and dust flying, and the mountains, rivers and land are desolate.

Thanks to Cao Cao's army, south of Anyi in Hedong was desolate.

Only beside the road, you can still see some ruins with no human habitation, and some abandoned fields. The war that lasted only a short time has already turned this once prosperous land into ruins. Either they were involved in the war and burned down, or they were subsequently raided by Cao's army. There were really not even a few hairs left.

Ordinary people in Hedong were either killed, captured, or fled, wandering, wandering among the ravines, living and dying in this loess land, making this area no longer look like a human being, but a few more. The situation of dividing ghost territory.

Less than a hundred cavalrymen gathered into a slightly large sentinel formation and slowly moved southward. Everywhere he went, he was like a frightened bird. He carefully looked around to make sure there was no ambush before continuing to move forward.

This is the last cavalry unit directly under Cao Hong.

I think about the past, regret the past, hate that I was not as good as before, and the longer I live, the worse I am.

This is probably the best summary in Cao Hong's heart at the moment.

After running away overnight, the entire army was wiped out.

Less than three thousand people rushed out, but when they were counted again at dawn, they were half less!

There were less than a thousand and five, and two hundred and five more were divided. After all, no one knew whether the hussars would come after them. The remaining more than a thousand ran south in panic. This scale is not even one-tenth of the size when Cao Hong led his troops to attack Yangchi!

It's not that Cao's army has suffered a disastrous defeat. In the early years, Cao's army also stumbled along the way, with ups and downs. But at that time, Cao Hong could always be more optimistic. At worst, he would recruit again and build a new army!

But now...

For some reason, he suddenly lost the courage to say such things.

They sacrificed their lives and fought with no reckoning of casualties. Their exhaustive planning only resulted in a disastrous defeat.

Damn it, **** it!

If only the food and fodder could arrive on time...

Or maybe those Cao Junjun soldiers can be a little stronger...

In Cao Hong's mind, every key node of the entire battle flashed through his mind, and then he realized that it seemed to be just a little bit off!

Just a little bit closer!

After thinking about it, Cao Hong couldn't help but feel a little resentful. It was not towards Qiusi Feiqian. After all, the two sides were enemies. They were fighting each other on the battlefield. There was nothing to hate about whoever won and who lost.

First he hated Bao Zhong for his rebellion, and then Cao Hong hated those guys in Shandong who were holding him back!

Those guys in Shandong were actually sitting back and watching the success or failure of Cao Jun!

Judging from their intentions, they actually wanted Cao Cao to fail!

They enjoyed all kinds of favors and salaries given by the big man, but they thought about what kind of infighting and strife they were going to have!

The wind picked up the yellow sand and made the sky and the earth turn yellow.

"General!" I can't see the road clearly, I need to find a place to take shelter! "The scouts of Cao Jun who returned from the front reported, "There is sand everywhere, we have to wait until the sand stops! 』

Cao Hong raised his head and looked ahead. It was chaotic and the visibility was less than a hundred steps, so he nodded.

The group of people quickly found a sheltered mountain col to stay.

"This wind is so good!" Now our traces are covered by wind and sand. Even if the hussar scouts follow us, it will be difficult to find us! 』

After stopping, these once arrogant and arrogant leaders were now happy that the hussars could not hunt them down!

The corners of Cao Hong's mouth twitched a few times, but he didn't say anything.

Within Cao Hong's line of sight, he saw the middle leader who had discarded his helmet and armor, his clothes were torn, and he looked embarrassed. Moreover, Cao Hong also knew that he himself probably looked like this.

During the defeat, the organization was almost completely disrupted. No one knew who was following, and no one knew where the higher level was. Some soldiers who could still remember holding swords, guns and wearing armor were considered good. They are so elite, and some of them don’t even have a knife for picking meat!

Many people still have some blood stains on their bodies, and they don’t know whether it is their own or contaminated by others, let alone how the blood stains were contaminated...

"General..." Guard Cao Hong looked at Cao Hong's injured leg and whispered, "General, your wound has begun to bleed again... Logically speaking, the wound medicine should be changed now, but..."

But Cao Hong knew what the purpose was.

Now I don't even have much food to eat, so why are I thinking about medicine?

Cao Hong waved his hand, then took off his own pocket and handed it to the guard, "My injury... doesn't matter." Go and find some dry firewood and some wild food. Even some hot soup will be good. 』

Generally speaking, the soldiers of Cao's army should not use them as pots and cauldrons.

Because most of them are helmets woven with the same patches as battle armor for the sake of manufacturing cost. Therefore, the pockets of ordinary soldiers in Cao's army are leaky. Only the pockets of high-ranking generals like Cao Hong are made of a single piece of copper and can be used to hold water and heat it.

The guards took the order, but in this place that had been raided countless times by Cao's army, apart from some dead bones and dead wood, what else could be found?

In the end, I just wandered around in the deserted fields, grabbed some barnyard grass, tore down some dilapidated wooden pillars, lit a fire in a sheltered place, used Cao Hong's bucket to draw water, threw some grass roots and wild vegetables into it, and randomly Once stirred, it becomes a rare "dish".

After all, there are some oily heads and head lice in Doumun, which is more or less oil and meat.

After cooking for a while, I don't know if it was boiled or not. Anyway, it was heated, so I put it on a torn war robe and presented it to Cao Hong.

Cao Hong took it, and an unspeakable smell hit his nose.

It had been a long, long, long time since he had eaten or drank such a vulgar diet.

Cao Hong was originally hungry and injured. He thought he could eat and drink even the most unpalatable food when it was put in front of him. But when the hot soup drink was brought to him, he But he couldn't drink it at all. Just smelling it made him want to gag.

But the stomach bag was empty and the colic was painful.

Perhaps seeing Cao Hong's difficulty, the guard whispered: "General, if it doesn't work... some of the horses are injured..."

Cao Hong's Adam's apple slipped. After hesitating for a long time, he shook his head with difficulty, "No!" These war horses... are the last... if... then it will really be..."

Maybe it's a war horse, or maybe it's not a war horse.

Cao Hong didn't say any more. He just gritted his teeth, raised the bag, drank a few sips, then suppressed his nausea, handed the bag to the guard, and waved his hand.

The guard didn't mind it. After taking it, he drank it with the other guards. He also picked up grass roots and chewed them, not even missing the oily flowers in the bag.

After drinking some water, Cao Hong's gastrointestinal cramps seemed to be relieved a little, but his hunger became more and more intense.

Tired, physically and mentally exhausted.

The double physical and mental pressure made Cao Hong miserable.

But God seemed to be playing tricks on Cao Hong. Not long after Cao Hong stopped, Cao Jun's scouts who had come forward suddenly rushed back. Their faces were extremely pale, and they fell to the ground with a thud. They didn't even bother to shout in pain, just like a frightened bird. Usually shouts: "No!" There is a large group of people ahead! I don’t know my friend or my enemy! 』

(End of chapter)