Chapter 3316: The Great Retreat Outside Wenxi City

Chapter 3315: The Great Retreat Outside Wenxi City

Under Wenxi City, Lu Zhao stood under his general's flag, turned his head and looked pale.

At this moment, not only Lu Zhao, but also Cao's soldiers had no time to pay attention to the battle situation in and outside Wenxi City.

"Where did these guys come from? ! Isn't there a small force behind? How could there be so many people? Why? Why? ! "Lu Zhao roared loudly, ignoring the fact that his statement would only make him look stupid and incompetent.

The messenger who reported the news before said that the grain team was attacked, but did not say that Zhang Xiu's large force moved behind them. As a result, Lu Zhao took it for granted that it was a small force of the cavalry, and Zhang Xiu was still on Emei Ridge, so Lu Zhao arranged sentries and cavalry in the direction of Emei Ridge. Unexpectedly, there was no movement in the direction of Emei Ridge, but Zhang Xiu came out from behind!

"Damn! These incompetent scouts! Mislead me! Mislead me! '

Lu Zhao subconsciously passed the buck, but the people around him didn't want to listen to his passing-the-bullshit skills, 'General! What should we do? ! What should we do? ! '

Most of the Cao army troops were under the city of Wenxi, and a small number were guarding the direction of Emei Mountain. As for the defense behind their buttocks, they were only the old and weak in the camp.

The military school rushed over, 'General! Fight or retreat, give the order quickly! If it's a little later, the camp will be lost! '

The military school's face was livid, and his eyes were about to spit fire at Lu Zhao!

It's all Lu Zhao, the bastard!

Before, the Cao army dared to confront Zhang Xiu head-on, just relying on the defensive fortifications of the camp.

In the camp, the soldiers of the Cao army dared to slap the buttocks and urinate on the cavalry of Zhang Xiu and others, and laughed loudly!

But now most of the soldiers of the Cao army are outside the camp!

This is like standing naked in the wild, and having to endure the fierce winter. No matter how big the bird was before, it has shrunk like a bean now.

And Zhang Xiu came from behind, which not only means that their retreat is cut off, but also that they have become an isolated army!

Could something have happened to Cao Cao?

Wenxi is a bit remote compared to the Yuncheng Basin in Hedong. If the Cao army has really been defeated in the Yuncheng Basin, it may really be impossible to convey any news to them!

Now that the cavalry army is rushing straight in, perhaps it means that Fei Qian has defeated Cao Cao?

If so, even if they captured Wenxi and saved the camp, what is the point?

And in the hearts of these Cao army military schools, they are even more worried than Lu Zhao.

If they win, Lu Zhao eats meat, and they can still drink some soup, even if they are dissatisfied, they will accept it, but if they lose, will this bastard surnamed Lu put all the responsibility on their heads?

This bastard surnamed Lu doesn't look like a guy who is brave enough to take responsibility. Could it be that he can change his character now and take on heavy responsibilities?

This thought alone made these low-level military academies in the Cao army no longer have the slightest idea of ​​fighting here.

Lu Zhao whistled fiercely, and hurried down the platform with his guards, running towards the camp.

"I want to meet this cavalry general! See if he has three heads and six arms!" Lu Zhao shouted, as if to cheer himself up and to encourage the surrounding Cao army, "The cavalry has come from afar and must be tired! Our army has rested well here and is waiting for the tiredness! This battle can be won! It can be won! '

Yes, at this moment, Lu Zhao still had a fluke in his heart.

He rushed down the platform in a hurry, almost tripped on the last few steps, then grabbed the reins handed by the guards, and shook his feet to flip onto the horse's back...

He didn't flip up.

With more effort, he finally climbed onto the horse's back, shook the reins, and headed for the camp!

Although the Caojun military school followed Lu Zhao silently, they seemed to be communicating something with each other through their eyes.

In war, the mentality of luck often does not bring victory, but more often brings destruction.

If Lu Zhao could be more realistic in his daily life and not follow the model of the Shandong gentry, then it is possible that what he said would make the surrounding Caojun military school soldiers feel at ease.

Many people like to bully and pit honest people, but when something really happens, they are willing to believe the words of honest people, and are unwilling to listen to the command of the guy who is usually slick, shouts doctrines on his mouth, and has ideas in his heart.

It's a pity that most of the time, honest people are pitted to death on the road, and they don't have the opportunity to stand up at the last critical moment.

Obviously, if Lu Zhao was an honest man, he would not be in this position today. Since he is not an honest man, would the soldiers of Cao's military academy be willing to believe him in times of crisis?

So when Lu Zhao said "we can fight and win", who believed him?

He himself did not believe it!

Even in the era of hot weapons, when a fully armed cavalryman rushed over, it was also a huge threat and deterrence!

I believe that those hunters who hunted on the African grasslands and were trampled to death by horses and cattle have a lot to say about this.

So when the old and weak who stayed in the Cao army camp saw the cavalrymen rushing on the horizon, along the hillsides and depressions, like mercury pouring on the ground, the sky was hanging upside down, and they were already heartbroken and turbulent. As a result, when they turned their heads, they found that Lu Zhao's general flag was actually moving!

When these old and weak Cao soldiers saw the general move his flag, would their first reaction be that Lu Zhao would come to save them?

There will be a ghost!

Cao Jun treated the civilians of Hedong with incomparable cruelty, and then he was able to treat his own friendly troops without abandoning them? Don't be kidding, even fools know that this is absolutely impossible, so when Lu Zhao moved, the old and weak in the camp secretly opened the camp door and spontaneously "gathered" towards Lu Zhao...

Is it wrong to always be consistent with the leader?

As soon as the soldiers of Cao's army in the camp ran away, other soldiers of Cao's army immediately followed suit!

The Cao army who stayed at the camp and the Cao army who attacked Wenxi successfully met up, then stared at each other and shouted...

"Don't panic! Don't panic!" 』

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" 』

"What are you doing here?" ! 』

"What do you want to do again?" ! 』

Not far away, Zhang Xiu had already detached a small group of troops led by Li Er and rushed towards Cao Jun's camp, while he led a large force towards Lu Zhao's general's flag!

As long as Cao Jun's infantry fails to form a formation, it is equivalent to a piece of meat, which can be chopped into pieces as you like!

The hussars have put down their masks, leveled their swords and guns, and the cold light flashed on the blades, like neat steel waves, rushing straight towards Lu Zhao and the others!

The sun shines on the battlefield, and it seems that the knights and horses are forced back by the cold light of the swords and guns in their hands!

The rays of these stars seem to re-cut the sunlight into seven colors, as bright as stars, but with the threat of death!

These hussars, charging straight from a distance, were in uniform formation, as if they were an extremely sophisticated war machine. Wherever they passed, no matter whether it was a slope or a ditch, they could not stop their progress. They maintained a neat impact array. Every time the war horses stepped on, they kicked up little bits of dust and rolled up yellow dragons!

Such an astonishing impact array and such a well-trained cavalry team can undoubtedly be achieved only by the hussars that the Han Dynasty is proud of.

Their arrival brought hope to Wenxi's defenders, but also brought despair to Cao's soldiers.

This piece of embroidery has such power, so behind Zhang Xiu, if the hussars general Fei Qian is commanding, how many hussars will be roaring towards him?

Just thinking about it makes me feel like everything is dark, as if I've been hit directly to the bottom of the sea by these turbulent steel waves!

Luzhao's partial army struggled for a long time under Wenxi City. Most of the initial high-spirited fighting spirit dissipated when Zhang Xiu struck his first blow, and the rest was also destroyed in the process of continuing to attack Wenxi. It took a little bit of time, and it was completely wiped out after knowing that the food team was attacked. The beast's deadly counterattack is certainly fierce, but the first attack has no effect, and naturally there is no strength for the second attack.

The middle and lower ranks of Cao's army had long wanted to retreat, but they were suppressed by Lu Zhao. Now Zhang Xiu came with his men and horses, and as soon as Lu Zhao moved his flag, he immediately "understood it from his heart", and almost all the soldiers of Cao's army surged up. The same idea, whoever wants to fuck, I can’t fuck anyway!

No one dares to face the hussars whose horse speed has increased in the field!

The memory of the hussars attacking Cao Jun's infantry array has not faded away. The impact was bloody all the way, with broken limbs and bloody flesh! Under the trampling of horses' hooves, even if you want to get a whole corpse, you don't know how difficult it is!

Neither the central leading army nor the central guarding army can resist, so how do you expect these ordinary Cao soldiers, who are dissatisfied with their pay and have defective weapons, to be able to stop them?

As a result, Cao's army, whether inside or outside the camp, involuntarily made a huge noise, and there were shouts everywhere, and these shouts were not the order to resist, but the starting gun for escape. !

Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhao, who was on his way to the camp, felt his blood freeze almost instantly!

Although his own flag was still flying, although he had not yet fought against the Cavalry, although his guards were still tightly surrounding him, at this moment, he felt as if he was naked and alone. Standing in the vast sea of ​​snow, even my thoughts were frozen!

Some of Cao's soldiers in the distance were trampled by hussars and horses, and were suddenly engulfed by the billowing yellow smoke. The splashes of blood couldn't even make the yellow dragon stop at all!

The soldiers of Cao's army screamed, shouted, and stumbled around, pushing and shoving their own queue into even more chaos. Each of Cao's soldiers did not have much courage to stand up and face the enemy. Some only had the strength to escape. They just wanted to stay away from these murderous gods, and then further away. The expressions on the faces of every Cao Jun soldier were so similar at this moment. They had all been shown on the Hedong civilians they had driven away. They were all the same, twisted horror!

No matter how strong and complete the defensive position is, it still needs people to hold it in order to be effective.

If a good camp is originally good, if it is determined to stick to it, even the old and weak can hold on for an hour or three. It can more or less be able to hold on until Lu Zhao turns around, but the soldiers of Cao's army in the camp, who pride themselves on being smart, think that Lu Zhao is about to run away. , he hurriedly ran over to "join" Lu Zhao, and as a result, other camp defenders also ran out...

When Li Er charged in, there were not even any soldiers of Cao's army who tried to shoot to stop him. It was completely different from the previous hedgehog-like state with no place to bite.

Li Er laughed heartily, and galloped wildly through the camp, burning tents and killing Cao's soldiers who had short legs and could not react. He was very happy for a while.

Zhang Xiu, on the other hand, focused on the head on Lu Zhao's neck.

The array that Cao Jun had formed was not thick. Although there were still some Cao soldiers joining the formation from behind, this thin formation was too insignificant in the face of the sharp impact of the hussars.

If the soldiers of Cao's army had the will to fight to the death, they might be able to hold on for a while longer and cause more damage to Zhang Xiu and others. However, maybe there are not enough recruits on the road, or there may be some other reasons. These Cao's soldiers simply can't. Not that high morale.

As a result, the entire Cao Jun array, from the camp to the field, from the outer line to the inner line, was all stirred up.

Chaos, chaos.

Those in the camp are anxious to escape from the camp, while those fighting in the wild want to return to the camp. They mix and clash with each other, and curses and complaints are flying everywhere. The non-commissioned officers of Cao Jun's military academy yelled and cursed loudly, but it had no effect at all.

Under the impact of the hussars and horses, Cao Jun was like a smashed clay statue, falling to the ground and scattered everywhere. Even if someone put the scattered large and small pieces back together, they could not be restored. .

In the blink of an eye, Cao Jun's formation has been broken through!

In Lu Zhao's heart, a voice asked repeatedly, "Should we fight for our lives, or should we survive?" 』

This question was like a sharp knife, constantly cutting his courage and reason, making it difficult for him to make a choice.

Fighting means putting oneself to death, throwing oneself into the battle desperately, and using all one's strength to fight against the enemy, even if the cost is life. This choice stems from the desire to win, the pursuit of honor, or the assumption of responsibility. It may bring heroic heroic deeds and leave legendary stories, but it may also be a road of no return and eventually be lost in the flames of war.

Survival is a more instinctive choice, which represents the desire for the future of life. Choosing to survive may temporarily avoid the edge of the battle and save your own life, but it may also mean giving up resistance, betraying your comrades, and even being regarded as a coward. Such a choice is undoubtedly a kind of betrayal and escape.

When attacking Wenxi, Lu Zhao originally thought that it would be a local, small-scale battle to avoid the large hussars, but it would be more beneficial to him and have a better stage to show off his martial prowess. However, Lu Zhao did not expect that even if The cavalry's partial army is also so cunning!

How to do how to do?

In fact, when Lu Zhao asked in his mind, he already had the answer. All his worries were just because if he ran away like this, let alone the subsequent issue of culpability, it was about whether he could really escape from Zhang Xiu's cavalry. go!

After hesitating, Lu Zhao's guard noticed it and quickly stretched out his hand to pull the reins of Lu Zhao's horse, "General!" The enemy general is coming for us! It's better to avoid its edge first and then turn in! The enemy troops charge continuously, and after a while, their strength will inevitably be exhausted! 』

Lu Zhao's face was livid, he waved his whip and hit the guard, "Damn it!" Do you want me to lose without a fight? ! 』

The guard felt the intensity of Lu Zhao's whipping, and suddenly knew, "How can we not fight?" There was the Three Drums method before, but no one said it was a crime to avoid war? ! 』

The ancestors of the Cao family all "avoided war". We follow the sages and do it. How can we call it "guilt"?

At most, it is to emphasize that some subjective wishes are good, but objectively, some irresistible difficulties have arisen...

Lu Zhao quickly slipped down the ladder and said, "That's right!" exactly! Now that the bandit army is in full swing, it would be unwise to fight against them! You should wait until the three drums relax before you counterattack! Pass the order, pass the order! Turn in turn in! 』

Lu Zhao quickly turned his horse's head and waved his whip, "Let the traitor army be proud for a while... I swear that if I can't lead my son, I can defeat this traitor army and seize this news, it will be unacceptable in the world!" Send the order, retreat, no matter whether they are in the east or the west, retreat, fucking retreat! Follow someone and turn around thirty miles away to regroup! 』

At this moment, Lu Zhao's eyes seemed to be red and full of tears. He seemed to be full of deep affection for Cao's soldiers...

Then he ignored them and fled at full speed.

In the final analysis, the Shandong military system, with farmers and soldiers as its main combat force, no matter how hard it fights or how brutal it is on weekdays, it cannot solve a fundamental problem - fighting with the wind and waves cannot be caught, and fighting against the wind and waves cannot be controlled. .

This was true in the Han Dynasty, and it was also true in the Tang Dynasty.

This was basically the case for subsequent feudal dynasties.

Except for the elite Imperial Guards, the other troops were like bandits. They would get carried away when they won, and it was not just Lu Zhao who would be wiped out when they lost.

Even the elite imperial army, the most important weapon of the country in the feudal dynasty, could easily become corrupted when there was no war to fight or no troops to sustain, and eventually it became a place for bureaucrats to glorify their merits and gild their bodies.

It's like a clay statue with gold painted on it. It looks golden, but its belly is full of rotten straw and stinking mud.

Zhang Xiu watched Lu Zhao flee with a few guards and let out a dissatisfied tut, but did not pursue him forcefully.

Quite simply, there's not enough horsepower.

When switching to battle, the most challenging thing is not the people, but the horses.

If it weren't for the high-calorie and heavy-salt dry food provided to the riders, and the sugar-fried beans to the war horses, these big guys might not have such good physical endurance to continue charging and fighting in such a long circle.

If Lu Zhao didn't run away, Zhang Xiu would have to kill him or defeat him in a short time.

Of course, Zhang Xiu was still quite confident in his own bravery.

But if Lu Zhao ran away like this, should he chase him down...

Zhang Xiu reached out and touched the neck of the warhorse under his crotch, sighed slightly, and immediately ordered: "Kneel down and surrender and you won't be killed! Tell the guard in Wenxi City, so-and-so, to come out quickly, it's time to work! 」