Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3495 Ice and Fire

Everyone wants to be smart, and they also want their subordinates to be smart, but most of the time, things are counterproductive.

Even smart people have great wisdom and little cleverness.

Is Lao Cao smart?

The answer is yes, but he also makes mistakes.

The only way is to reflect on it from time to time.

Lao Cao is also reflecting.

In order to gain as much time and space as possible to retreat, Cao Cao has been planning almost day and night for the past two days.

Cao Hong insisted on staying, and together with Liu Fu, one on the left and one on the right, waiting for Cao Cao's final decision.

Cao Cao looks calm on the outside, but in fact he can be nervous.

The reason why he stayed here was that he knew very well that his current situation was very dangerous.

There are enemies outside and thieves inside.

The internal situation changes in Shandong have been reported to Cao Cao.

This was not what he expected to see, but it was not beyond Cao Cao's expectations.

These people from Shandong originally did not think highly of Cao Cao, but felt that Er Yuan was their real spokesperson.

From a certain perspective, this is indeed the case.

Er Yuan is the top being of the gentry, a model for rural tyrants and local surnames to reach the highest stage of development, so he is called a model for the world by the gentry's children.

Under such circumstances, Er Yuan's ambition to go further was exposed.

One was in the south and the other was in the north. The Shandong nobles were immediately divided. As a result, Cao Cao "took advantage" from the middle.

This is the view of many Shandong nobles. Even after Cao Cao unified the Central Plains of Shandong, this problem still did not improve. The children of the gentry still believe that the gentry is the most powerful, powerful, and complete political structure system, and the most powerful collection of people who can cultivate their family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. They simply do not agree with a family like Cao Cao who comes from a heretical background.

Especially after Fei Qian's rise, many Shandong nobles began to express their opinion that Cao Cao is the oldest and has the ability to compete with Fei Qian. Is it interesting to target us every day? He dismissed Cao Cao's suggestions that he should be wary of Feiqian, boost Shandong's manufacturing industry, and re-produce and research new equipment.

Just buy the good stuff, we have money in Shandong!

Unable to resolve the internal conflicts in Shandong, Cao Cao could only eventually transfer the conflicts outward, attack Guanzhong, and seek Hedong, trying to force Fei Qian to fight on multiple fronts and travel thousands of miles to weaken its strength, and then gradually encroach on Guanzhong, and then take over the world.

When it was unfavorable for Cao Cao to march into Guanzhong, the Shandong disciples were torn apart again!

Some people think Feiqian is a threat, while others think Feiqian is an opportunity!

Some people shouted that Fei Qian was the next Dong Zhuo, while others sneered that even Dong Zhuo would die without a complete body?

Cao Cao moved to Hedong and even lost his own clan brothers. He originally thought that it would sound an alarm to these gentry children in Shandong and make them aware of the danger of Fei Qian, but it backfired.

Some people from Shandong even began to feel that Cao Cao was useless, and began to make plans to welcome new "foreign relatives"!

That's right, Cao Cao is actually a "foreign relative" in the hearts of Shandong people. Even though he is now the "prime minister", nothing has changed.

For thousands of years, the Han Dynasty has changed its relatives every year.

Eunuch, relative, Qingliu.

This model was used in Luoyang from Guanzhong.

Cao Cao sighed slightly.

He actually understood the true intentions of some of Fei Qian's actions.

The "separation of powers" model of the Han Dynasty was actually the fundamental purpose of the emperor to seize more ruling power from the local areas. The so-called "eunuchs, relatives, and Qingliu" seem to be three, but in fact there are only two, namely the central government and the local government.

The contradiction between the central and local governments is the root cause of the problem that dates back to the Zhou Dynasty. Nowadays, many gentry children in the Han Dynasty always advocate the laws of Zhou Gong and the ancestral system. They do not really think that the Zhou Dynasty is so good, but they hope that the central government can be like the Zhou Dynasty and enfeoff more princes so that they can also become a prince. Be the emperor of the land.

This is a disease and must be cured.

Fei Qian said, I have medicine.

Cao Cao saw that the medicine was poisonous.

Fei Qian said it was three parts of medicine and poison.

Cao Cao said that instead of taking medicine, he should recuperate first.

Fei Qian said that if he didn't take medicine, he would have surgery...

So the fight started.

The situation Cao Cao is facing now is like encountering a difficult childbirth in ancient times. The midwife rushed out screaming, "Keep the baby alive or baby safe?" ! 』

The ending that wants everything is that both the big and small will most likely die.

The result of only protecting one is that after the incident, the other will leave resentment. Why not protect both?

Cao Cao's choice was to take another gamble.

The two heavens of ice and fire!

Either fall into the ice cave or return to glory!

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Compared to Cao Cao's worries, Ma Yue was very decisive.

Is he wrong?

Wrong.

His problem is that he has an idea, but he is unwilling to tell the truth and communicate and negotiate with Pang Tong.

But the question is, how many people in this world are honest about everything?

The more serious question is, what do those who tell the truth gain in the end? !

It's like insulting the judges who help or not, and despise the judgment, but the core point of the problem is whether to ignore the situation, or to deny the guilt, or whether the judgment is inappropriate?

Those who can't figure this out probably can't figure out why Ma Yue made the mistake.

However, most of the time, the person who made the mistake doesn't feel like they did anything wrong.

That's the case with Ma Yue.

After dark, Ma Yue gave the order to attack.

Compared with the many conflicts and mutual doubts within Cao's army, there was no objection from the Hussars Military Academy.

Everything has pros and cons.

More than a thousand cavalrymen mounted their horses and headed towards the exposed river bank along the river.

Even if the horse's hoof is wrapped to reduce the sound, the tremors cannot be completely avoided.

And once the distance was close, the sound of the collision of armor and weapons could not be covered up by the sound of the river water.

But Ma Yue has nothing to fear!

He believed that as long as he crossed the river beach, even if he was discovered by Cao Jun, what would happen?

So, when Ma Yue felt that he had entered the effective attack range, he gave the order to speed up.

The hussars began to gradually increase their speed, their horses pedaling **** the ground.

The earth trembled slightly, the sound was like muffled thunder.

The tremors became more and more obvious, and the thunder became tighter and louder.

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"The Hussars are coming!" 』

As Cao Jun, who has fought repeatedly with the Hussars for a period of time, he is already very familiar with this kind of tremor.

Cao Jun dug a hole in the ground and buried an urn, which could collect sounds from farther away, even those that are temporarily inaudible to human ears, so Ma Yue and others were still at a relatively long distance, at least It was at a distance that Ma Yue thought was relatively safe that he was exposed.

The hoofs of the war horses roared, demonstrating a power that was as overwhelming as a mountain.

Cao Jun, up and down, they were in awe of that kind of power and also longed to have that kind of power.

Cao Cao is not an experience pack, nor is he a programmed NPC. He only says the same things and does the same things.

When he saw the fear on the faces of the surrounding soldiers, he immediately raised his hand and said, "Send the order!" Get ready! 』

To help a person relieve his tension is not to tell him not to be nervous. Don't be nervous. If he is nervous, he will be finished...

Then that person will definitely become more and more nervous.

The best way is to let him do something else. When his attention is diverted, the tension will gradually decrease.

The messengers ran and the orders were passed on. The soldiers of Cao's army began to check the weapons and other equipment around them under the order. This simple behavior effectively suppressed the fear in the hearts of the soldiers while waiting.

The thunderous sound gradually became louder, mixed with the sound of the river, it was like the roar of the river!

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If Ma Yue could not be dazzled by the desire to win, then he might be more alert, or maybe nothing would change.

If desires were really so easy to control, then reason wouldn't be so embarrassing.

When sprinting, the sound is uncontrollable.

At a long distance, the sound of the river will help cover up some sounds, but at a close distance, these sounds will definitely not be covered up!

So normally, if Cao Jun had no preparations and did not expect the hussars to come, he would definitely be alarmed by these sounds!

Maybe there would be a scream, maybe there would be a warning golden drum, maybe there would be some other reaction, instead of being as quiet as it is now, as if Cao Jun had all fallen into a deep sleep!

Unfortunately, this thought only circulated in Ma Yue's mind for a moment before he kicked it out of the sky.

It's like those who have been defrauded, or the keyboard warriors who are always watching, will feel that the scam is so stupid and ridiculous. However, what is even more ridiculous is that such a simple scam that cannot even be logically consistent makes One by one, people were deceived, even though someone tried to dissuade them, but they still stepped in without hesitation!

Ma Yue was like this, stepping in without hesitation!

He thinks he can win!

If he didn't think so, why would he shout out that he was willing to establish a military order?

A military order may not necessarily lead to beheading, just like Guan Yu's military order, but it also represents the courage to bet everything on ALLIN.

Check out the 16-9 book bar to see the correct version!

If he hits the target, his assets will double again!

Missed...

How could it be missed?

Before the lottery draw, who would think that he would definitely not win?

You definitely wouldn’t buy it if you didn’t win, right?

The hussars followed the river and rushed forward unstoppably!

Opportunities exist every time, but not everyone can choose the most correct one, or the one with less loss. Sometimes a choice that seems good will actually cause more harm.

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The place where Cao Jun chose to ambush was actually the place where Zhu Ling prepared to ambush Cao Jun last time.

Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's not, but there's some special reason.

This beach is about a hundred steps wide, but the part near the river is relatively soft, while the ground near the plateau is relatively hard. From the plateau, archers can easily cover any corner of this section of tidal flat.

When the hussars attack, their sides will be directly exposed to Cao's crossbows.

Cao Jun's archers don't even need to take special aim, they just need to shoot the arrows and crossbows as quickly as possible.

If the Hussars want to attack Cao's army on the plateau, they can only take a detour, because in the area close to the river, there is an erosion structure close to 90 degrees or even greater than 90 degrees. Unless the war horses learn the skills of blue sheep, Otherwise, it would not be able to cause much effective impact and damage to Cao Jun's archers.

Even if the Hussars want to take a detour to attack Cao's army on the plateau, they still need to pass through another ravine, where there are already four rows of sword and shield bearers, four rows of spearmen, horses, and some archers. The ravine is not wide, so Cao Cao only needs to deploy a small number of Cao Jun soldiers to build a defensive position with a certain depth.

Although time was short and Cao Cao had no time to make more obstacles, he believed that with such good terrain and such a position, there should be no problem in defeating the Hussars' attack...

Moreover, Cao Cao also found the "traces" left by Zhu Ling!

Those are the real "killing weapons"!

Unfortunately, Cao Cao didn't have much gunpowder on hand now, so he could only choose one or two places, and he could only look forward to the other positions.

The war drums finally sounded, and Cao Jun from the plateau also began to throw torches below the plateau.

When these torches were thrown down, Ma Yue realized that something was wrong...

But just like those people who are caught in a scam, maybe when the first money is transferred out, their hearts start to panic, and their reason reminds them again, telling them that there is something wrong with this matter, but many times they , still won’t think about it, or even unwilling to accept this fact, because it means that their previous investment has been completely sunk!

If you want to resist the sunk cost mentality, you need to have strong willpower and accurate execution.

Choice is always the most important thing in life.

Especially after becoming a leader, the choice is not only for yourself, but also for the people who follow you...

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Arrows whizzed down!

"Raise your shield—"

Ma Yue shouted.

He already felt a little bad.

These Cao Jun’s arrows came so fast and so neatly!

If Cao Jun's shooting was in a panic, it must have been somewhat scattered, and it wouldn't be so neat...

This means that Cao Jun is likely to be prepared!

However, the horse galloped forward and could not stop immediately, and the reason in Ma Yue's heart was still being pushed down and rubbed on the ground by a guy named "Lucky".

At the same time, Ma Yue also discovered that although Cao Jun's arrows were neat, they were not many in number!

Long before Ma Yue gave the order, after hearing the sound of arrows and bowstrings, the hussars raised their shields in unison, covering the war horse's head, as well as their own head, face, neck and other vital parts.

The arrow crackled into the shield or armor...

Some muffled sounds sounded.

Someone was injured, but not many, it seemed!

This phenomenon made the luck in Ma Yue's heart become even more arrogant, and he trampled his rational face into the ground again.

"Cao's army doesn't have many arrows!" rush! Rush over! 』

The hussars did not stop, they accelerated again.

The sounds of bows and arrows, horses' hooves, war drums, and shouts were mixed with the sound of the flowing river, like a sudden symphony of flesh and blood, and the smell of blood filled the air from the beginning.

"Lean on the plateau!" 』

Ma Yue shouted.

Ma Yue believed that Cao Jun's archers shooting from above must have a shooting angle, but when they get close to the plateau, Cao Jun's archers will lose this shooting angle. And for the cavalry in the queue, they only suffered from shooting on one side, so they only need to concentrate on defending Cao's army on one side. The direction on the side of the river is safe, which means they still have a chance to rush over!

"Split into a team!" Split into a team! 』

Ma Yue shouted, "Separate a team and charge towards the plateau!" Involve Cao Jun! 』

A military academy member in the queue, after receiving the order, without saying a word, whistled, left the group with his men, and went around to the flank of the plateau.

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Cao Cao smiled as he watched Ma Yue and others speed up.

The morale of Cao's army was already very low. This time, Cao Cao's ambush was almost the ultimate arrangement. If Ma Yue was attacked, he would immediately risk his horse getting stuck in the river mud and turn around and leave on the tidal flat. Although Cao's army There will be some gains, but it is obviously not enough to boost the morale of Cao Jun.

Cao Jun desperately needed a victory.

Then you can retreat calmly.

Victory and retreat, two words that were originally unrelated, are now linked together.

"The enemy general is reckless. 』

Cao Cao waved his hand and ordered all the archers to activate.

Liu Fu also exhaled a long breath, "My lord, plan your strategy to win a thousand miles away..."

"Why! ” Cao Cao stopped Liu Fu’s flattery and said, “Yuan Ying will go to the rear camp to arrange the evacuation of the troops... let the baggage go first... tell the men that there is someone here who can definitely stop the rebel army, no need to be surprised! 』

Liu Fu bowed deeply and said, "I obey your order." 』

Fight here, retreat there.

Cao Cao behaved calmly. He didn't feel that he was okay and capable of fighting Fei Qian just because the horse in front of him jumped into the trap. Instead, he took advantage of this wave of momentum and immediately prepared to evacuate without any hesitation.

As the order was issued, the archers of Cao's army who were still standing on the inner plateau stepped forward one after another and shot wildly at Ma Yue and others!

The crossbows were also raised at the same time, and the cavalry on the hussars below were firing madly!

The casualties of the hussars soared instantly!

And because the cavalry formed a long queue, almost all the hussars passing through the plateau were forced to accept the bloodbath of strong bows and crossbows!

The key is that this unfavorable situation was chosen by Ma Yue himself!

If the sword takes a slanted edge, it will naturally have great results, but once it is seen through and targeted, the slanted sword will be extremely weak and fragile!

I don’t know how many times, Ma Yue went from muttering secretly to dismissing Pang Tong’s steady strategy. I don’t know how many times, Ma Yue felt that Pang Tong’s behavior in this or that way was simply annoyingly slow. Going crazy is simply delaying the military plane!

Cao Jun is already like this, why are he still hesitating?

What else to consider?

It goes up suddenly, a sudden burst, and then it’s over?

What is Pang Tong doing?

Why do we need to rest after so many days?

Cao Jun obviously retreated, why didn't he immediately send troops to pursue him?

This is an excellent opportunity. Could it be that letting Cao Jun escape was in vain?

Why don't you send troops immediately to take over the Central Plains of Shandong in one fell swoop?

Cao's army is already in such a state of ruin, what ability does it have to resist?

Is Pang Tong stupid or scared?

Ma Yue thought so, and once this thought arose, it obscured his reason and controlled his thinking, making him more and more impatient and looking down on Pang Tong more and more!

He felt that Pang Tong couldn't seize this opportunity, so don't stop him from seizing this opportunity!

So he issued a military order, and he couldn't listen to other people's dissuasion!

Only now, until the blood flowed out and the soldiers died, did Ma Yue realize why Pang Tong was so slow, why he was so steady, why he didn't choose this tidal flat to attack, and why he repeatedly stopped and persuaded him...

But Ma Yue didn't listen!

Before Ma Yue, he only felt what he wanted to feel and listened to what he wanted to hear!

Now, everything in front of Ma Yue's eyes was flooded and covered in blood!

Everything he felt and wanted was revealed in the blood, and then he laughed wildly, ridiculed, and insulted him!

You are an idiot!

You killed your brothers!

In the current situation, even the most stupid person will understand that he has been tricked and ambushed!

"retreat! ” Ma Yue shouted heartbreakingly, blood and tears mixed together, rolling down, “Retreat! Retreat! 』

(End of chapter)