Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2570 People come and go

   More than a thousand war horses galloped across the night land, and the sound of their hooves was like thunder, hitting everyone's heart.

  Everyone leaned on their horses, narrowed the windward area, and galloped the horses.

  In the queue, the team leader and the song leader shouted from time to time, "Follow up, keep up!" 』

   Nearby is the road sign that the scouts have pierced. The white paint is particularly obvious in the dark night.

  In the distance, there is a little red light, which seems to be hanging in the sky.

  That is Yuyang.

  In order to draw out the insects hiding in the dark, of course the whole show has to be done. If the army is getting closer to Yuyang, would these guys dare to take the lead?

  But there is a disadvantage of being far away, it will take longer to go back.

Cao Chun rushed to the front without a doubt. He shrunk his body into a small ball as much as he could, pressed against the horse's back, and urged the horse forward. Behind him were almost all light cavalry. Wearing leather armor and carrying the most basic equipment, he hurried forward.

  Cao Chun is aggrieved.

  He played against Zhao Yun.

  Before, he still felt that Zhao Yun was only one step ahead of that general Baidi, Xia Houyuan, and he could still fight. But for some reason, or when it started, Cao Chun suddenly felt that he didn’t have much confidence.

  Cao Chun needs this kind of confidence, just like Cao Jun needs war horses, so Cao Chun is more or less unscrupulous, after all, everything is focused on victory.

   Big victories, small victories are all victories. If you don’t hit a tiger or leopard, then catching two rabbits or even cuddling some insects can be considered a victory...

  The failure of Xiahoushang’s rear camp this time can be said to be Xiahoushang’s failure, but it can also be regarded as the failure of Cao Chun’s rule in Youzhou. Cao Chun didn't regard himself as a Youzhou native, and the Youzhou people naturally wouldn't regard Cao Chun as one of their own. Under mutual suspicion and utilization, it is not easy to maintain such a long time without conflicts breaking out.

  It's like some company bosses in later generations don't treat employees as human beings, so those employees naturally don't dedicate themselves to the company. It is said that the boss of such a company doesn't know how to motivate employees, don't know how to have corporate culture, don't know how to unite as one, don't know how to make superficial things?

Understand.

   understands everything.

   But to do it, that is two different things.

  The head-on wind blew on Cao Chun's face and body like a knife cut.

   It is impossible for Cao Chun not to know about Cao Cao's current predicament. And if you want to break the situation, you must first have a cavalry army to fight against the Hussar General!

  If you want to be able to fight against Fei Qian, you must at least be able to deal with Zhao Yun, a partial army, right?

  Is this the truth?

  At least Cao Chun must ensure that his strength here can compete with Zhao Yun, so that Cao Cao can be stable in the rear, so do you have time to make superficial articles?

Most of the generals of the Cao family and the Xiahou family did not have any serious training in military science. They relied more on instinct and some inheritance in the family, coupled with their own practical experience, even the art of war written by Cao Cao The book is also at a relatively late stage. It may be that Cao Cao felt that he had to leave something for the second and third generations of the Xiahou family of Cao, so he wrote it.

  So Cao Chun knows how to distinguish what is urgent, what is necessary, what is urgent and unnecessary, and what is necessary and not urgent? People in later generations may not be able to tell the difference.

  What Cao Chun can understand right now is that he feels that the attack this time does not come from outside, but from inside.

   No matter what, he wants to catch the assailant who stabbed the ass!

  Although it was not him who was stabbed, and it was Xia Houshang's fault, Cao Chun was the general after all, so it cannot be said that he was completely free of any responsibility.

This time, Cao Chun also gave Xia Houshang another chance. If Xia Houshang really failed, then he should send a report and send it back. Otherwise, Cao Chun felt that sooner or later, he would be dragged down by Xia Houshang to death .

  After all, what we have to face now is Zhao Yun, who is a hussar, and there is no room for negligence...

"Boost! 』

  Cao Chun shouted, he had tried his best, but his voice quickly dissipated in the wind...

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  The other side.

  Outside Yuyang City, a labor camp for civilian husbands.

  A huge, frantic voice erupted in the camp of the servants.

  The soldiers on duty on the sentry tower still fulfilled their responsibilities. While drawing their bows and firing arrows, they screamed wildly: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! 』

But it was of no use. The peasants and laborers who heard the warning voice did not cherish the short time these soldiers won, but ran around without any rules, like panicked sheep in the sheepfold. As long as they are not caught by wolves If it bites, then it doesn't matter, completely forgetting that I still have horns, and when I usually compete with the same **** for a spouse, my skull can be cracked...

  In the camp, the servants howled and ran in disorder, and some soldiers in charge of guards and supervisors jumped out, trying to order these headless flies, but basically it had no effect.

  According to the truth, if you suffer a loss, you need to gain some wisdom.

  But for one person, maybe this principle can be established, but for a group of people, a large group of people, once the base number goes up, only the shortest board will work. Not to mention that these civilians have no training at all, and they are not elite at all. When they were attacked again, they still behaved so badly.

  Cao Shang was in the middle army, looking at these headless civilian servants, suddenly a strange feeling emerged in his heart, as if he was also one of these civilian servants...

  He is the bait, he is a piece of meat placed on the cutting board to attract these people to bite.

   Now these people are here, but Cao Shang is not excited at all.

  The barracks of the civilian husbands are very sparse.

  The cavalry who rushed forward at the head of the attack broke through the sparsely set up deer village without saying a word. The cavalry behind rushed into the camp from the passage, and the cavalry on the side of the passage were also anxious not to move forward. They kept chasing the peasants away, and then not only ignited some inflammable objects in the camp, but also burned the Several soldiers on duty shot down and fell straight down from the Zhaizha sentry tower.

   More walls were pulled down.

   More horse thieves rushed in.

  These wooden fences are sloppy when they are erected by themselves, and they don't go deep into the ground. Just pull it casually, and it will fall down with a bang. The infantry against the cavalry cannot gain the upper hand if they don't form an formation, and these scattered peasants don't know how to form an formation at all. In a panic, even a few horse thieves broke into the camp without the slightest thought of resisting. Run away when you see it, screaming.

  These cavalry dressed as Huqi had already entered the camp completely. Under the impact of the horses, they seemed to be invincible. Some also picked up those torches that fell on the ground and set tents and grocery vehicles on fire, creating even more chaos...

  Cao Shang yelled and asked his subordinates to move closer to each other.

  With the array, the panic will naturally be much less, and with the blade in hand and the armor on his body, even in the face of Hu Qi, these soldiers led by Cao Shang will not have too outrageous timid behavior.

  The only pity is that there is no car formation for defense, only people can resist.

  Because once a car formation is formed, these Huqi may not fight hard. Once they run around in circles, Xia Houshang will not be able to cover these guys!

  Cao Shang raised a spear and shouted: "Reject the horse!" Get on the gun! 』

  The soldiers gradually gathered around and formed a circular formation.

  On the battlefield, what soldiers fear most is that they have no organization and no command.

In the midst of the chaos, seeing the formation of the circle here, some of the soldiers in charge of guarding and overseeing the work in front fled here, and gradually stopped and joined the circle. Those with weapons were outside, and those without weapons Those with bows and arrows were circled inside, one shoulder leaning on the other, densely arranged with each other, and the spear blades protruded outside like hedgehogs, gradually stabilizing.

  Cao Shang yelled loudly, "Stay stable, keep your spears up!" You don't have to stick it out, just wait for them to bump into it by themselves! Be sure to hold on, hold on! 』

   Xia Houshang on the top of the city saw the bright spot in the middle of the camp, gradually forming a stable formation, and couldn't help but slapped his hands, "That's right, this kid, he still has some skills!" a ha ha ha! 』

  Of course, Xia Houshang was even happier that his strategy had succeeded!

  『Hurry up, hurry up and send an order to open the town's pylorus gate and let the soldiers outflank it! Xia Houshang shouted excitedly, "Don't let those **** escape!" 』

   In fact, opening the gate to the south is faster and the distance is shorter, but the problem is that Xia Houshang is afraid of being rushed in by the opponent when he opens the gate. After all, Xia Houshang can't do it by himself.

When Xia Houshang was young, he also had the dream of killing a person in ten steps without leaving a thousand miles away, but he was soon defeated by the two monsters of wine and meat in reality, and then he realized how fragrant it is to lie flat, anyway, he just needs to move his mouth , Isn't it good to let others do the manual work?

Not long after Xia Houshang dispatched the soldiers from the city, in a courtyard in the city, suddenly the gate of the courtyard opened wide, and some people rushed out from the courtyard, screaming in disorder, and rushed out all at once. come out!

  The conflict between the local family with the surname Hao in Youzhou and the Cao Group has actually reached a very serious level.

  Although they talk about benevolence and righteousness, in fact, the root of most conflicts are interests.

  Youzhou is no exception. Cutting off someone's money is like killing one's parents. What if you cut off the wealth of a large family or several families?

  The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, and of course relying on the border to eat the border. Youzhou is actually somewhat similar to Longyou. The source of income at the border is of course the trade of war horses.

  Yuyang has salt and iron. Then use salt, iron and some other daily utensils to exchange furs and war horses with Hu people. This has always been the most common and important trade model in Youzhou. Otherwise, where did the righteousness of Gongsun Zan's three thousand white horses come from? Is it true that Gongsun Zan can dye, so that a fancy horse can be dyed white?

  Similarly, sneaking some high-priced war horses from hussars is also an important profitable item.

   It's like a smuggled car for later generations.

  Then Cao Chun felt that it was impossible, the market must be regulated, and these black markets must be banned...

Historically, there were not many conflicts between Youzhou and Cao Cao’s forces, because at that time, the ubiquitous Wuhuan people in the northern part of Youzhou were pushed down by Cao Cao and rubbed against the ground. The two kings of Xianbei were not dead yet, and they wanted to In Xian'an, there is no time to wrestle with Cao Cao, so Youzhou is relatively stable in history.

  But now with the stick of Fei Qian, the mixing is a little different.

  First of all, Xianbei is gone, Wuhuan is gone, and Ding Lingren is also disabled. The number of Hu people who could do business with Youzhou has decreased a lot, but this is not the point, because it is impossible for the Hu people to trade a lot of cattle, horses and sheep, and Youzhou itself can't eat many war horses, so This effect only reduces the original sufficient supply, and the reduction in profits can be made up for by raising prices.

   Then, this made Cao Chun unbearable, and it was also the root cause of Youzhou's evolution into the current outbreak of conflicts.

Zhao Yun's Northern Territory Protector's Mansion posed an increasing threat to the Cao family in Youzhou, and war horses were indispensable if they wanted to fight, but the rising price made Cao Chun unable to afford it, and Cao Cao also had no extra spare money to support Youzhou. State.

   There is an urgent need on the one hand and a high price on the other, what should I do?

   Do it yourself.

  It’s like that kind of advertisement, I went to the middleman and made the difference myself.

and then?

  Are middlemen not in a hurry? Don't give the whole yellow ah? Sneaking and being a spy is also a must, or else the whole family will be forced to drink the Northwest Wind?

Ever since, under the influence of the news of Sima's escape in Hanoi, on the one hand, he was afraid, and on the other hand, he might not have the intention of jumping over the wall. Hearing that there was a war among the Hu people in the north, Cao Chun led his troops to the north, and Xia Houshang who remained behind was naturally better than him. It's not as powerful as Cao Chun's, and it doesn't look like much wisdom. If you don't seize the opportunity to make a fuss, are you still waiting for Cao Chun to come back?

  If you want to negotiate, you must be qualified to sit on the negotiating table.

What?

   Is this a rebellion?

   Rebellion is rebellion, what's the big deal?

  In the history of Cao Wei, there were ten rebellions during Cao Cao’s reign, and five rebellions by Cao Pi. The subsequent Cao family also continued to rebel until Cao Huan’s last stick fell to the ground...

  If you don’t rebel, how can you be ordered to safety?

  Cao Chun led the main force, pretending to be Hu people, went south, and moved north. On the one hand, he did not leave, feeling that these guys inside did not dare to move, on the other hand, Cao Chun was not at ease, what if he caught bugs inside, and the outside really came to the door?

   It's better to really wander around and do some armed investigation.

  But Cao Chun never thought that Xia Houshang would be so bad.

Cao Chun had already underestimated Xia Houshang, and he didn't dare to let Xiahoushang go to the front line, so he was left behind, but it turned out to be a mess. Of course, the problem of the first camp in the rear can be said Xia Houshang was not careful, but this time in Yuyang City, it was Xia Houshang himself who provoked it...

   The first taboo Xia Houshang committed was that he divided his troops.

  Dividing the troops is not a big problem. The problem is that after dividing the troops, he didn't stay behind. Generals with military experience know that it is very important to keep a reserve team, and sometimes it can even determine the final victory or defeat of a battle.

  After these people in the city rushed out, Xia Houshang was a little confused, "Why are there still in the city? 』

  He really didn't expect there to be in the city, because there were no barbarians in the city before, and they all had household registration, so Xia Houshang naturally thought that they were all safe. Then the bandits on horseback who attacked outside the city did not come out of the city, so Xia Houshang panicked when faced with the knife stabbing his chrysanthemum.

  The people in the city have a clear goal, just to stir up chaos, and then profit from the chaos, so these guys not only shouted and shouted throughout the city, but also threw torches while running...

   At that time, even Cao’s investigation after the incident can be blamed on the spies. After all, everyone in the city was forced out by the fire. Who knows who did it?

  There are more and more people in the city, those who set fires, those who put out fires, and those who pretended to put out fires while doing evil things, all became chaotic.

  『General! General! Hurry up and order! 』

  Xia Houshang froze for a moment, "Yes, yes! Send an order to bring those people back! return! 』

"return? What about those outside the city? 』

  『Peace the chaos in the city first! Go and send the order! 』Xia Houshang still **** cares about the Hu Qi outside the city, his life is important! Don't look at Xia Houshang's mouth every day shouting that life and death have fate, and it is the best to lie down, but when something happens, his life is still the most precious, and it is not enough to lose a hair!

  The soldiers had no choice but to rush to deliver orders.

  The sound of metal and iron staggered, and the soldiers of the Cao family who had just rushed to the camp outside the city stopped their momentum, stopped in doubt, and looked at each other, suspecting that they had heard it wrong.

  …(*Д*)…

  The sound of tinkling and knocking, Zu Qilang knew that something was wrong, and he hesitated at the same time.

  In the original plan, people in the city would not participate in the action!

  The city is full of "good people"!

  What is the reason that caused the chaos in the city?

If Zu Qilang is gray, half black and half white, then most of the people in the city are white, responsible for sales, purchases, and placement of family members, etc., but whether they are black, white, or gray Yes, for Zu Qilang and others, they all belong to the same family, they are all a family!

   This is almost the imprint engraved in the bones of Zu Qilang and others!

  Take care of your family, help your family, and if your family is in trouble, you must never stand by and watch.

  So the people inside the city knew that there was a trap outside the city, so they took action, and Zu Qilang outside the city found out that something was wrong, and he didn't only think about himself.

  『Seven Lords! what to do? 』

  According to the plan, when the soldiers in the city move, in order to avoid being surrounded, they must withdraw immediately, but now the soldiers in the city have returned, and may threaten the people in the city...

  The dark clouds rolled over. I don’t know if it was stimulated by the flames or they had accumulated to the limit. Some snowflakes and ice slags gradually floated down from the air, and when they were smoked by the flames around the camp, they turned into fine rainwater.

  Zu Qilang raised his head, his expression changed, "It's broken! It's raining and snowing! 』

  If it rains and snows, the fire will not last long. Without the assistance of the fire, Cao Ying will not be in chaos for long!

   And once Cao Ying is no longer in chaos, Zu Qilang and the others will be unlucky!

  The same is true in the city, it seems that the fire will be suppressed soon!

  Suddenly, Zu Qilang seemed to have sensed something, and turned his head to look into the depths of the darkness. There seemed to be a dull voice roaring in the shadows...

  (end of this chapter)