Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2576 People's support

  The cold wind howled again.

The soldiers of the Cao family who were sheltered from the wind on the cliff ran back timidly, then sat down by the campfire, threw off some tattered shoes, stretched out their feet and baked in front of the campfire, and suddenly felt sour The smell permeated the air.

  However, this is just an increase in the original concentration of the smell. For the other soldiers of the Cao family, such an increase in concentration is not a big deal.

  『This weather, how could anyone else come? 』

  『Yes, it’s so cold! It is said that going further in, the mountain is even colder! 』

  A figure raised a little higher, and shouted in a low voice: "Let's say a few words less, don't you feel tired enough?" If you still have energy, go to the night watch! 』

  Seeing Shi Chang speak, the rest of the Cao soldiers also shut their mouths, even if there were a few guys muttering something, they quickly disappeared into the wind.

For most of the ordinary soldiers of the Cao family, they are not aware of the changes in the situation of the middle and upper classes. think.

   Le Jin launched an attack, not because he wanted to come out as soon as he came out, but because Cao Jun was short of horses.

   Speaking of it, it is still Fei Qian's influence on Cao Cao.

  Because Tai Shici attacked Yecheng once and Fei Qian attacked Yingchuan for the second time, the middle and upper strata of the Cao family paid more and more attention to cavalry tactics, even more than in history. We must know that in history, until Cao Cao went south to Jiangdong, the number of tiger and leopard cavalry was only three thousand. Even at the peak, it was about five or six thousand. Now, Cao Junguang's cavalry in the northern part of Youzhou, It has already exceeded this number.

   Coupled with Fei Qian's emphasis on the equipment of soldiers, Cao Cao had to increase his logistics investment in soldiers, which also made Cao Cao's economy more and more difficult. At the same time, because of the operation of a large number of cavalry, the scarcity of war horses on Cao Cao's side seemed even more embarrassing.

  Youzhou, Jizhou Zhongmou, Hanoi, and Luoyang are the only routes Cao Cao can purchase war horses, and they are often subject to middlemen making the difference...

  If Cao Chun could achieve certain results in the northern desert battlefield, such as breaking Ding Ling's court and capturing a large number of horses, then Cao Cao's side would not appear so embarrassing.

   It was precisely because of Cao Chun's unsatisfactory results that Cao Jun had to turn his attention to these "middlemen". Therefore, it has become the consensus of Cao Jun to grab the source of goods by himself to cut off the middleman to make a difference, or to "request" the middleman to reduce the price and increase the number of war horses.

  So, whether it is the investigation in Zhongmou or the attack in Hanoi County, it seems that they have nothing to do with each other, but in fact they all point to important military supplies, war horses.

Therefore, there are two different attitudes towards the Sima family. On the one hand, they are a little softer, such as those represented by Xun Yu. As long as the middlemen are willing to cooperate, they can talk about it. It's similar to Le Jin, if the **** middlemen don't want to cooperate, then they all die!

The Cao Clan, Xiahou Clan and others, as well as those who have been closely connected with the Cao Clan's political group and depend on fortune and misfortune, since they chose to stand on Cao Cao's side, there is no more choice. After all, in the Central Plains of China, once If the cavalry of the hussars broke in, if there is no corresponding cavalry countermeasure, there is really no good way!

   Just like the feudal dynasty after China, once the Hu cavalry broke through the border defense line, it was almost like being beaten one-sidedly...

  Cao Cao is obviously unwilling to do this, and the generals of the Cao Group who are connected with the hussars in Jizhou Youzhou are also unwilling to see such a situation. Therefore, when some news about Qinglong Temple came from Chang'an, the middle and high-level generals and officials of Cao's political group took different measures.

After all, Fei Qian is currently concentrating on the Qinglong Temple. If you don’t take advantage of Fei Qian’s gaze to look away and make some small moves, is it possible to fix these problems when Fei Qian hits the cavalry on the tip of his nose? ?

  Intermittent snowfall in winter is really not a good weather for combat.

  Of course, if it is delayed for a while, in spring, after bursts of rain, it will also cause headaches for soldiers.

  Summer is too hot and there are many mosquitoes.

  All year round, that is, autumn is more in line with the needs of combat, but it is a pity that this combat mode was completely broken as early as the Warring States Period. When a person jumps in the queue to gain benefits, the queue will inevitably slip into chaos.

  For the Lesheng soldiers on the Taihang Mountain Trail, no matter how bad the weather is, they have to fight.

  Now that Cao Cao and Feiqian are confronting each other, if they can increase their strength by one point, it will reduce the pressure on the main force in future decisive battles. Only by obtaining more horses as soon as possible can we train more cavalry!

   Sima is undoubtedly the largest middleman in Hanoi. If Sima cannot be captured, it will be wishful thinking to control the war horse market in Hanoi. If there is a slight delay, when Fei Qian recovers from the Great Discussion of the Qinglong Temple, then such a good opportunity may not come a second time!

  Now the gap between Fei Qian and Cao Cao, even those who don’t understand economics or civil affairs can generally feel it, so what about in three or four years? If such a gap continues to widen, then Fei Qian may say that there is no need to mobilize troops, and he will just give a little hint that the nobles in Shandong who have been linked to Fei Qian's economy may immediately wag their tails and lie down on Fei. Diving under the battle skirt?

  So, since Sima has been evil, he must do it to the end.

   It’s just that, there are many things in the world, and you can’t do whatever you want…

  『Whoosh! 』

  The moment the night wind stopped for a while, the sound of piercing the sky resounded!

The soldiers of the Cao family who were resting by the bonfire did not play the role of a sentry at all. In the drowsy state, one of them was directly shot by a crossbow arrow, and the blood spurted out splashed into the bonfire, and a large amount of blood immediately rose up. black smoke!

   The **** shot by the crossbow fell down, and the other soldiers of the Cao family exclaimed in fright!

  At this very moment, the gap between veterans and recruits is vividly displayed...

The recruits screamed, and then either sat still, or eagerly wanted to stand up, but they didn't know that such behavior by the campfire was simply an extremely convenient target, and they were immediately attacked by crossbow arrows and arrows one after another. The arrows shot all over the place.

The veteran, who was relatively far away from the bonfire, immediately kicked his feet on the ground, using both hands and feet, grabbed the handle of the saber with one hand, and rolled over to the dark place beside him, dodging the gun that shot at him. After a crossbow, he pulled out his sword and looked in the direction of the arrow in horror.

   Chief Cao Jun secretly complained, why did he bump into them again!

  After a moment of panic, Cao Jun's chief had already recognized it. This was obviously the method of the elite scouts under the Hussars' command! Crossbow arrows shoot to kill, arrows make up for leaks! If the distance is close, there may be small axes and small iron halberds thrown!

  He had already experienced the teaching once in Heluo that year. Those ghostly figures in the dark night left an indelible impression on Mr. Cao Jun!

   Seeing his subordinates being killed one after another, and then there seemed to be black shadows shaking around, and a faint cold light appeared, Cao Jun couldn't help losing the courage to fight, and shouted: "Surrender!" I surrender…"

  『Drop your weapon! don't kill you! stand out! ’ A voice in the darkness shouted, ‘Be honest and you can survive! 』

   Cao Jun hesitated for a moment, then threw the saber in his hand, and it landed on the ground with a loud clang. Now his subordinates are dead and wounded, and it is obviously impossible for him to defeat these hussar scouts who are faintly surrounding him, so he is a bachelor, maybe he will survive...

  A saber poked out from the darkness, and then brought out Zhang Tian's figure.

Zhang Tian walked up to Chief Cao Jun, still trembling with a murderous look on his face, he put on a cruel smile, "Come on, tell me the truth, which part do you belong to, how many people are there, and where are they all?" ...'

  …(｀)Ψ…

  Near Sima's cottage.

After Zhang Ji got the conclusive news, he simply rushed over with his men and horses. On the one hand, he got the conclusive news because he had captured the survivors. The other party was prepared.

  Of course, it is also possible that the other party intentionally abandoned the child and set up a trap...

   It's just that after Zhang Ji asked repeatedly, he checked the map again and thought that the possibility of this was very small.

There are only a few mountain trails around Sima’s village. After all, you have to walk horses and pass cars, so the mountain trails are not as complicated as the medicinal trails, so as long as you know the specific location information, follow-up things will be easy. easy.

   Even if you want to ambush, you need to have certain terrain requirements, otherwise it will become an encounter.

   Not long after the sky brightened, Zhang Ji led someone to throw himself on Le Sheng's face.

Although the Taihang Mountain Trail is a very mature route, some places are still at most two or three horses in parallel, and it is impossible to perform horse battles. Therefore, when Zhang Ji and Le Sheng fought, they also adopted dismounted combat. .

  Zhang Ji is not as famous as Zhang Embroidery in history.

   Well, maybe he is also famous, but it is not Zhang Ji himself who is famous, but his wife—"When I saw my siblings for the first time, I will give you my brother!" 』

  However, in fact, Zhang Ji's current wife is not the Zou family who wanted to refuse and welcome in the novel, but the "dross" he married in Xiliang before.

Well, in the official history, there is no word "Zou Shi". It just says that it is Zhang Ji's wife. The specific surname was added by Mr. Luo. I don't know if it is to add details to make Cao thief more plump, or something else After all, this "Zou family" only appeared once in the history books, and he must have died after the riot that night.

  From this point of view, the so-called "Zou Shi" should have been produced by Haoyou, a place near Wancheng and Nanyang at that time...

  If the Zou family is really so stunning, so famous, Cao Cao had Dong Zhuo before him, how can he still wait for the fine product of old classmate Cao?

  So most of them are characters similar to "Diao Chan" presented by local Haoyou.

  At the same time, only the Zou family was dedicated to Zhang Ji by the local tycoon before, so he didn't hesitate to be used to bribe Cao Cao for the second time, just like Liu Bei went to Sichuan to marry a Wu family who was also a widow.

Moreover, most of Zhang Ji died because of the Zou family, not because of his belly, but because of the Zou family. When Zhang Ji was short of food in the army, he did not choose to collect it locally, and did not recruit the "Zou family". Haoyou did not attack Runan area, but sent troops to plunder Liu Biao, and died of being hit by a stray arrow.

   Now, Zhang Ji, who is not "troubled" by female sex, obviously draws his gun at a brutal speed.

  As a warrior who is used to rushing to the front line, Zhang Ji also rushed to the front line this time. Cover your vitals with the round riding shield tied with your left hand, and then the big spear pierces and smashes in the array of Cao Jun's soldiers like a rolling python, with great momentum.

When it came time to kill, Zhang Ji not only killed the enemy with his long spear, but even picked up or picked up the weapon blade that fell on the ground, and threw it at Cao Jun's soldiers, which immediately made Cao Jun's soldiers on the opposite side appear. some messy.

  Even the soldiers around Zhang Ji were the same.

   This is the habit of Xiliang soldiers.

   Or in other words, it is also the style of the old Qin people.

  Seeing that Cao Jun's formation was scattered, Zhang Ji shouted: "Follow me!" 』

  Behind him, more than a dozen armored soldiers raised their shields to follow up. Hearing the order, they immediately protected Zhang Ji tightly, rushed towards the gap exposed by Cao Jun's soldiers, and smashed into Cao Jun's formation for a while.

  In an instant, the screams resounded through the mountains, making the rest of Cao's soldiers startled and their faces pale.

  Being charged by Zhang Ji like this, Cao Jun's soldiers suddenly couldn't hold on. The first one dropped their shields and ran back, but after running for a few steps, they were blocked by Cao Jun's soldiers behind, and they collided back and forth, causing extreme confusion.

   Le Sheng jumped anxiously behind. After all, if this narrow terrain is broken away by Zhang Ji, it means that Le Sheng and others will be compressed, and they will not be able to use their hands and feet!

This kind of face-to-face fight, the space is relatively small, logically speaking, it should be the best moment for a brave general to play, but the problem is that Le Jin has extraordinary force, but Le Sheng is just a mouthful, and his hands are sparse. Le Sheng didn't dare to face off against Zhang Ji.

  Zhang Ji adjusted his breath behind the shield, then regained his strength, then roared again and rushed forward!

Seeing Zhang Ji's crazy and brave appearance, Le Sheng felt a little timid in his heart. He shook his hands and feet with his saber in hand, and dared not move forward, but seeing that the line was gradually deformed by Zhang Ji's oppression, he panicked and couldn't help shouting Said: "Archer! Where are the archers? Shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows! 』

  When the last "Arrow" was called, Le Sheng's voice seemed to be pinched by someone, and it was so sharp that it broke.

   Le Sheng did indeed have some archers. After hearing Le Sheng's order, he saw the pawns on his side intertwined with those on the other side. He couldn't help hesitating, "Then...there are our people..."

  『I said shoot the arrow! Le Sheng's eyes almost popped out, "Let the arrow go!" Let the arrows go! 』

  Arrows roared.

  Most of Cao Jun's soldiers wore double armor, and only a small number of high-level soldiers wore sleeve armor.

The two-dang armor, in simple terms, is the armor that only protects the chest and back, which is not too different from the style of the bulletproof vests of later generations, while the regular soldiers under Fei Qian's command have completely abandoned the two-dang armor very early. The armor is basically a tube sleeve armor, and a neck guard is added, and there is also a cavalry shield attached to the left forearm.

  In continuous practice and evolution, the tower shields of the heavy infantry under Fei Qian's command are getting bigger and heavier. At the same time, the round shields of the cavalry and mountain soldiers pay attention to lightness while taking into account toughness. Basically all of them are made of steel, and some soldiers even sharpen the edges of some of the round shields on purpose...

When Le Sheng wanted to attack Zhang Ji with arrows regardless, those Cao soldiers wearing Liangdang armor with their arms exposed buttocks and thighs were out of luck. As long as they were not within the protection range of Liangdang armor, basically One **** is accurate, one **** is a blood hole...

  These soldiers of the Cao army never expected to receive their own arrows, and many of them fell to the ground, howled, or died on the spot.

On the other hand, Zhang Ji and others seem to have been shot a lot, but in fact the damage is not as great as Le Sheng imagined, especially when the arrows cover the shooting, which itself has a certain degree of randomness Well, there might be someone on the battlefield who is so lucky that even with all arrows fired, he can still not touch his body.

Coupled with the intermittent snowfall in winter, if it is not effectively protected, the bowstring will be relatively weak. You must know that Cao Jun is not as "luxury" as Fei Qian's command, and even the linoleum blankets are shared by all. , not one per person.

  So Zhang Ji and the others covered the front door with a round shield, and when the arrow rain fell, they roared and rushed forward. And the general has such courage, so he naturally led the ordinary soldiers. In addition, the soldiers under the command of these hussars have enough daily training. Those who are old and in poor health have also retired, and almost all of them are in the army. The elite, inspired by Zhang Ji's bravery, almost beat Cao Jun's soldiers fiercely.

Logically speaking, Le Jin's training of his soldiers is not bad, and they will not be corrupted so quickly, but the problem is that Le Sheng is inferior to Zhang Ji in terms of personal bravery and battle experience. Some, on the other hand, the equipment protection of Cao Jun's soldiers is also a bit different...

   I was a bit worse on this side, and a little bit worse on that side, but finally got my heart together, and was stabbed in the back by Le Sheng's stupid move again!

  One side is a general who can lead his own men to charge into battle, and the other side is a leader who can only stand behind, brandishing a saber and stabbing his back ditch. It is already clear what to do.

  At this moment, these soldiers of the Cao army uttered a cry, turned around and ran away, and those who had no time to run away simply threw away their weapons and hugged their heads to the side to avoid it, allowing Zhang Ji and his soldiers to roll past like a torrent of steel!

If these soldiers of the Cao family were really descendants of the Cao family, then naturally the current situation would not have occurred. It is a pity that these soldiers of the Cao family were just rangers recruited by Le Jin in Hanoi County. There is no so-called sense of belonging, let alone being able to work for Lesheng after being stabbed in the back hole...

  (end of this chapter)