Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3069: A wolf travels thousands of miles for meat, but a man travels thousands of miles, why?

 Accident or death, no one knows which one will stand in front of them first.

Black Stone Forest.

Cao Chun obviously knew the "wonderful use" of the Black Stone Forest, so he dug a hole and wanted to lure Zhao Yun to step in. However, perhaps because of his personal emotional urgency, Cao Chun forgot one thing...

 Cao Chun is not the owner of the desert, he is also a guest.

 Can only be called a passer-by.

So the barbarians are the lords of the desert?

 Apparently not either.

 The masters of the desert are always plants, bacteria and various microorganisms. These guys are the group that has stayed in the desert the longest, and even other passers-by need to pay tribute to them for food.

 It’s just that the Hu people are more familiar with this area than Cao Chun.

 What Cao Chun knows, the Hu people must know, and what the Hu people know, Zhao Yun will naturally know. Otherwise, wouldn't the military stronghold system that Zhao Yun built in Mobei over the years be freeloaders?

 So when Zhao Yun got the news from the Hu people, Cao Chun's remaining concealment advantage was gone.

　　　『Someone wants to make the Cao family suffer the consequences. 』

Zhao Yun stood on a stone and looked into the distance, "

The flag beside him stretched as hard as he could in the cold wind, making a crackling sound.

Xinpi looked at the flag, frowned and said: "Guhu, we are waiting in the south and the other side is in the north. If we attack with fire, I am afraid..."

 Zhao Yun also turned his head to look at the flag, "This is indeed a problem." 』

Judging from the information obtained from the Hu people, Cao Chun was at the northern end of the Black Stone Forest and did not go deep into the forest. And because he was in the north and the cold wind blew from north to south, even if the Black Stone Forest burned , and Cao Chun's troops would not be immediately involved in the fire, and Cao Chun could easily escape.

Therefore, if you want to achieve the goal of inflicting heavy damage on Cao Jun's cavalry and even annihilating it, you must first let Cao Jun himself enter the black stone forest. In addition, another condition is required, which is the direction of the wind...

How about asking Brother Pig to twist his waist and dance?

In fact, there is no use in dancing.

 The Battle of Chibi was because the stalemate lasted too long.

There was nothing wrong with Cao Cao's arrangement of the water camp in history. However, he first exposed Zhou Gong's ambitions in advance and failed to implement the camp's health regulations, which led to a large-scale cold and flu epidemic. As a result, the reading time was extended, so that he was Zhou Yu seized the opportunity to fight...

 In the real Battle of Chibi, Brother Zhu did not have any major issues.

It was obviously impossible for Zhao Yun and Cao Chun to confront Cao Chun in the Black Stone Forest, because there was no natural danger from the river in the desert itself. Cao Chun hid behind the Black Stone Forest to cover his whereabouts, not that the place was so dangerous that he could hold on accordingly.

　　　　What if...we retreat? "Zhao Yun suddenly thought of something. While staring at the map, he said to Xin Pi, "Jun Yi goes forward and attacks the Hu people first, and then retreats... towards Yinshan... What should the Cao family do? 』

Xinpi frowned and thought, then drew an arc on the map with his finger, "The meaning of the Protector is..."

Zhao Yun nodded.

 …

 …

Su Li had a headache. He rubbed his head and asked Mo Huba in a low voice, "What are these Han people going to do?" He sent people to beat my people! my people! 』

Su Li gritted his teeth and said, "More than five hundred people died!" More than 300 horses were also captured! Damn it, **** it! 』

Although it was just a small tribal gathering place, Suli suddenly became nervous.

Haven’t everything been discussed before?

 Why did the Han people in Changshan suddenly fall out?

 Did the Han people in Changshan go back on their word, or was there some other reason?

Su Li has never thought about what a covenant can do, but shouldn't the Han people be the most moral and trustworthy?

 The most troublesome thing on the battlefield is the fog of war. Both sides have no idea what the other side is doing or planning...

Mo Huba stood aside and sneered, "How do I remember... what Chang Shan said there seemed to be... "I know"? 』

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Su Li was a little discouraged immediately.

 Whether the word "understood" means acquiescence, it seems that it does, but it is obviously impossible to say whether it means complete agreement or a covenant between the two parties.

　　　『Damn it! The Han people are all evil! Su Li cursed angrily, "Despicable!" Shameless! No faith! 』

Mo Huba listened to Su Li's angry scolding and remained silent.

 In the desert, the words of the strong are truth.

 The words of a weakling, no matter how reasonable they are, still sound like farts.

　　　　What do those Han people want to do? Su Li quickly suppressed her anger and asked.

Mo Huba also couldn't figure it out, "Could it be that the Han people were aware of our plan?" 』

　　　　Who leaked it? ! Su Li immediately raised her eyebrows, showing a fierce look on her face.

Mo Huba shook his head, "My people have always been here anyway..."

Su Li stared at Mo Huba for a long time, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "My people are all loyal... They will never betray me!" 』

Mo Huba flicked his riding whip, "Then there's only one person left..."

Suli was silent for a while and shook his head, "He has no reason." 』

Mo Huba sneered and said, "Are there not many unreasonable things in this desert?" Do you really think that guy was willing to eat that phlegm back then? Did you bite it off or chew it twice? Pooh! Just saying it makes me feel sick! 』

Su Li also took a sip, and then glanced sideways at Mo Huba, "Forget it, let's report it to General Cao first... Let's see how the other side responds... It just so happens that General Cao was still urging us to march two days ago..."

　　　Who is going? ” Mo Huba shook his head and said, “I’m going again? 』

　　　『What do you think? Su Li whispered, "General Cao sent someone to beat my men last time. If I go to see him as if I don't mind anything, won't he become suspicious?" 』

Mo Huba cheered and stood up, "Okay, I'll go." how to say? I hate using my brain the most, it gives me a headache! 』

Suli laughed and said, "I'll treat you to roast lamb when I come back!" 』

Mo Huba said: "If you want a lamb, don't kill the old sheep. It's too bad!" 』

With that said, Mo Huba walked out of the tent, said hello, and headed to the north of the Black Stone Forest with his guards.

After walking for a while and entering the black stone forest, Mo Huba sneered and looked back.

 Who is the prey in the desert?

Who is whose food?

Sheep eat grass, and then the sheep are eaten by humans, wolves, tigers, and leopards. Regardless of whether they are humans or wolves, tigers, or leopards, they will eventually die in this desert and become fertilizer for weeds.

So now who is the sheep and who is the human?

 Who are the jackals, tigers and leopards?

Who is the unnoticed weed?

The biggest problem in the grassland and desert is that most of the time, there is no unified authority. Once this authority is unified, it will cause a heavy blow to the farming people in the south. Fortunately, due to the inherent shortcomings of grassland civilization, even if it is temporarily unified, it will soon fall into a state of fragmentation due to the tribal system.

Mo Huba touched Bu Yao on his head.

 That’s right, Mo Huba envied the Han people, not for their clothes, but for their culture.

Only a knife will eventually become dull. Even if it is sharpened every day, although it can stay sharp, the blade will become thinner and thinner. A country that uses force as a link to maintain its rule cannot escape the fate of overthrow once its force declines.

Some people laughed at him for this, but he never argued.

 What the Han people do is the right thing...

 Can you gain wisdom by swallowing a mouthful of phlegm?

　　Bah!

 If you want to devour it, you have to devour the land of the Han people, the writing of the Han people, and everything of the Han people!

Mo Huba smiled slightly. Before he was able to swallow all this, he should just be a weed. Even if he was nibbled a few times, he should not make any sound, otherwise it would attract more wolves, tigers and leopards...

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 …

At this moment, Cao Jun was not in the area outside the northern end of the Black Stone Forest as Zhao Yun had expected, but was mostly in the northern end of the Black Stone Forest.

 The reason is simple, cold.

Before going on the expedition, Cao Chun had imagined that it would be cold in the wild, but he did not expect it to be so cold. Even though Cao's army carried a large number of fur and felt blankets, the warmth was still not as good as that of the Hussars who wore cotton clothes and sweaters, and the use of bonfires for heating was of no use.

If the bonfire is in a place that cannot accommodate the heat leakage, even if it is in a sheltered place, the side facing the fire will be scorched, and the other side will be cold.

Cao Jun’s soldiers were forced to bake them like pancakes for a while, then turn them over, and they should not be overcooked, otherwise the pores would open, and when turned over again and blown by the cold wind, they would be sour and refreshing...

 The logistics equipment of Cao's cavalry has been as close as possible to that of the hussars.

 The need for war is always an absolute driving force for the development of productive forces and an excellent catalyst. If there is no external invasion, then big sticks and stone axes are enough to fight against most wild beasts. The birth of bows and arrows and javelins made it necessary for even tigers, leopards and elephants to stay away from groups of humans.

If it weren’t for the tribal struggles of humans themselves, bronze vessels might just be used as substitutes for clay pots.

When everyone is wielding bronze weapons in battle, iron that is harder, sharper, and has a higher melting point has become a peerless sharp blade. The famous name of General Moye represents the most powerful metal in the classical war period. Officially Ascended to the throne.

 At the same time, the use of materials and the evolution of tools are also signs of civilization.

With fire, humans have slash-and-burn cultivation and clay pots.

With earthen pots, humans can cook and store food better. Then when they were making earthen pots, they accidentally discovered bronze. Then in order to refine more bronze, they discovered iron with a higher melting point.

With iron, there were stone carvings, deeply cultivated fields, solid dams and canals, taller buildings, and more splendid palaces.

 Without the use of large-scale iron tools, civilization would not have been able to develop to a higher level.

 All evolution is linked to each other. If you want to develop by leaps and bounds, it goes against the laws of nature.

Cao Chun also wanted to make his men and horses the same as the hussars, but they could only be similar but not the same.

 Because Cao Jun's overall productivity could not keep up.

 This is a very helpless thing, and it is also something that no matter how hard Cao Chun tries, he cannot change it.

  There were no skilled craftsmen in Jizhou and Yuzhou, but the only purpose of the existence of those skilled craftsmen was to spend most of their energy on how to please the children of the gentry, that is, the manor owners. The manor owners placed their land ownership in the hands of the emperor. This political system not only ensured the legitimacy of the manor owners, but also made it possible for the manor owners not to have too many conflicts with each other and to prevent each other from launching large-scale wars.

After the unification, the manor owners had only two war directions, one upward and one downward, and most of the time they were downward. This resulted in the manor owner being unable to mobilize the whole country to study military affairs and improve it as they did during the Warring States Period. equipment. After all, what decent weapons do serfs have?

 To deal with bamboo spears and pitchforks, one piece of armor is enough.

 What about the barbarians?

 There is not even enough bronze, let alone any heavy armor.

 So the Han Dynasty's two-piece armor was worn for two to three hundred years, until now...

The reason why the cavalry under Cao Chun's command has evolved is not because the nobles in Jizhou and Yuzhou suddenly figured it out, but because of the strong pressure exerted by Fei Qian!

Cao Chun could not escape the gift of nature at this time. The biting north wind roared in, which not only saved him from the threat of fire, but also filled the gaps in the armor of him and his soldiers with ice slag.

With no choice, Cao Chun could only be blown and pushed by the north wind step by step, and entered the black stone forest.

 No matter what, the trunks and branches of the black stone forest will become the best shelter from the north wind.

 Cao Chun believes that a person must have value to be considered a person, otherwise he is just a pile of meat.

He stared at Mo Huba, vacillating between the choice of human and meat for a long time, and then waved his hand, telling Mo Huba to continue being a human being and to step aside for the time being.

　　Barbarians are not suitable for great use.

 But now we can only use it first.

Cao Chun also knew this. He just wanted to use the barbarians as bait, or as laborers similar to those who filled holes before siege.

 The desert is really huge.

 It's so big that once you deviate a little from the direction, it's possible that no one can find you.

At this moment, Cao Chun deeply understood why many tribes in the desert worshiped wild wolves.

 Indeed, in the desert, there is no more terrifying hunter than the wolf.

 The tiger roars in the forest.

 Leopards are also more terrifying in the forest.

 But these two brothers are both loners, and it is difficult for one mountain to contain two tigers, unless there is one male and one female. The guy prefers to stay in the mountains and forests rather than wandering in the wilderness.

In order to get a bite of meat, wolves will follow their prey for hundreds of miles, including sneak attacks, night attacks, flanking attacks, and seduction and division. Almost all cavalry tactics can be found in wolves.

 After attacking a group of Hu people, Zhang He headed west.

 ‘Zhang Junyi…’ Cao Chun muttered in a low voice, ‘Rebels…everyone will find them and punish them…’

Although he said this, Cao Chun did not say how much hatred he really had for Zhang He.

 He just wanted to know why Fei Qian was so worried about Zhang He?

 Are you not worried at all?

What about Xia Houshang?

The more I think about it, the more chaotic the situation becomes.

 It is not retreating to the direction of the usual mountains, but turning to the west.

 Changshan Mountain is in the south.

 What is there to the west?

  Could it be that soldiers and horses from Yinshan are coming?

 Cao Chun swallowed.

This is impossible!

Xiahou Dun was at Fukouxing and captured Shexian County. Isn’t this enough to put enough pressure on Pingyang?

How dare the soldiers and horses of Yinshan come here despite the threats from Taiyuan and Hedong?

  Or maybe Zhang He just wanted to lure the barbarians away from Changshan?

 Why do you want to leave Changshan?

  Could it be said that Changshan place...

 To test, to counterattack.

　　counterattack, test.

 Cao Chun's patience is wearing thin day by day.

 Chasing Zhang He would be equivalent to running in circles in the desert with Zhang He.

Going around in circles with each other is tantamount to competing for logistics. Although Cao Chun has confidence in his troops, his confidence cannot be eaten.

In many cases, we must face the facts. If we really fight for logistics, Cao Jun will definitely be the first to collapse. Even if Cao Jun has fewer people, there are more barbarians in Cao Jun.

Although Yuyang’s reserves are not small, transshipment is a troublesome matter full of unstable factors.

It is best to solve the problem as soon as possible without delay.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and even the little Jiji has shrunk back. When he wants to urinate, he has to dig for a long time. Cao Chun suspected that if the cold continued, not to mention whether there were enough clothes, Xiaojiji might even shrink...

 Many careless soldiers of Cao's army have begun to lose their ears and fingers.

 Before fighting, the weapon must be held in one's arms, otherwise it will be funny if it cannot be drawn out when it is really necessary...

 The time window is getting smaller and smaller!

If you can't conquer Changshan as soon as possible, then you will have to wait until next year...

 Next year, Cao Chun can wait, but can Cao Cao wait?

If Cao Cao's side was defeated, even if Cao Chun captured Changshan here, how much meaning would it have?

Only the harder and more painful the beating here can reduce the pressure on Cao Cao's side and give Cao Cao more opportunities on the frontal battlefield!

 Changshan!

Once upon a time, Cao Chun also thought about a sneak attack on Changshan, but he weighed it for a long time and finally gave up.

 Because this is a desert, not an area covered by mountains or forests. The sneak attack itself is about taking the enemy by surprise, and the general must have the ability to adapt to changes, and the soldiers must also have the courage to survive in a desperate situation. Cao Chun feels that he still has these two points, but the problem is that he is not concealed enough and cannot be concealed. It doesn’t matter a few hundred people. It is simply impossible for tens of thousands of people to reach Changshan Mountain quietly in such an endless desert, unless...

Cao Chun stood up fiercely and said, "Here comes someone!" Send an order to Chief Hu to march immediately, pursue the enemy, and at the same time uproot Changshan's foreign military stronghold! 』

The military stronghold outside Changshan is Changshan's tentacle extending into the desert.

Only by cutting off these tentacles first can it be possible to hit Changshan like the cold wind blowing from the north!

 Attack is the best way!

Regardless of whether Zhang He ran to the west to escape, lure the enemy, or some other attempt, it is indeed a fact that Zhang He was far away from Changshan!

So, since Zhang He made this gap, Cao Chun can't miss it!

Only by allowing the Hu people to increase their attacks on the military strongholds around Changshan, on the one hand, cut off its tentacles, so that they can be more proactive and calm, and on the other hand, can they truly know what the situation in Changshan is like!

 (End of this chapter)