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, the battle situation in Wenxi City was not only a road move, but even the soldiers of Cao's army were no longer interested in paying attention.
"Where did these guys come from?! Isn't there a small army behind? How could there be so many people? Why? Why?!" Lu Zhao roared loudly, ignoring his words, which only made him stupid and incompetent.
The messenger who reported the message said that the food team was attacked, but it was not said that Zhang Xiu's large army moved behind their butts. As a result, Lu Zhao took it for granted that it was the small army of the cavalry, and Zhang Xiu was still on Emei Ridge, so Lu Zhao arranged a post and a roar in the direction of Emei Ridge. Unexpectedly, there was no movement in the direction of Emei Ridge, but Zhang Xiu came out from behind his butt!
"Damn it! These incompetent scouts! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Lu Zhao subconsciously gave the blame, but unfortunately the people around him didn't have the time to listen to his slander skills, "General! What to do?! What to do?!"
Most of the Cao army was under Wenxi City, and a small number were guarding against the direction of Emei Ridge. The defense behind the butt was only the old and weak in the camp.
The military academy rushed over, "General! Should I fight or retreat? I'll order it quickly! A little later, the camp will be out of stock!"
The military academy's face turned pale, and his eyes staring at Lu Zhao were about to spit out fire!
It’s all because of Lu Zhao this bastard!
Before, Cao Jun dared to face the anus with Zhang Xiu, but it was nothing more than relying on the camp's defensive fortifications.
In the camp, the soldiers of Cao's army dared to slap the butts at Zhang Xiu and others' cavalrymen, and mocked them loudly!
But now most of the Cao army soldiers are outside the camp!
It's like taking off all your clothes and standing in the wild, and having to take on the fierce cold winter that rushed towards you. No matter how big the bird was before, it now shrank like a bean.
Moreover, Zhang Xiu came from the back of the bread, which not only meant that their back path was cut off, but also made him feel like they had become alone!
What could have happened to Cao Cao?
Wenxi is a little remoter than the Yuncheng Basin in Hedong. If Cao's army was really defeated in the Yuncheng Basin, maybe it would be impossible to convey any news to them at all!
Now that the Cavalry Army is heading straight, it may mean that Fei Qian has defeated Cao Cao?
If so, what's the point even if they snatch Wenxi and protect the camp?
Moreover, in the minds of these Cao Jun military academies, they were even more worried than Luzhao.
If they were defeated, Lu Zhao would eat meat, and they could still drink some soup. Even if they were dissatisfied, they would admit it. But if they were defeated, would this bastard named Lu push all the blame on them?
This bastard named Lu doesn't seem to be a guy who has the courage to take responsibility. Could it be that he can change his personality and shoulder heavy responsibilities now?
Just this thought was in my heart, so that these middle and lower-level military academies of the Cao army had no idea of ​​fighting and resisting here.
Lu Zhao whistled suddenly, then hurriedly took his guard down the platform and ran towards the camp.
"I'm going to meet this cavalry general for a while! See if he has three heads and six arms!" Lu Zhao shouted, as if he was cheering himself up and encouraging the surrounding Cao army. "The cavalry army came from afar, and he must be tired! Our army is resting here to wait for work! This battle can be won! It can be won!"
Yes, at this moment, I still have the intention of luck in my heart.
He rushed off the platform and almost tripped on the last steps, then grabbed the reins delivered by the guards, and flipped on the horse's back with his feet...
Didn't flip up.
After exerting force, it was only after I turned on the horse's back, shook the reins of the horse, and headed towards the camp!
Although Cao Jun Military Academy followed the road without saying a word, he looked at each other but seemed to be communicating something.
In war, the mentality of luck often does not bring victory, but more of it brings destruction.
If Lu Zhao can be more practical on weekdays and does not implement the model of Shandong gentry, then what he can't say will make the soldiers of the surrounding Cao army academy feel at ease.
Many people like to bully honest people and cheat honest people, but when there is something wrong, they are willing to believe the honest people's words, but they are unwilling to listen to the command of the guy who is usually slick, yelling politely, and full of ideas in his heart.
It’s a pity that most of the time, honest people were cheated on the road and didn’t wait for the opportunity to stand up at the last critical moment.
Obviously, if Lu Zhao was an honest man, he would not be able to get to the position he is today. Since he could not be called an honest man, would the soldiers of the Cao army academy be willing to believe him in times of crisis?
So when Lu Zhao says "can be fought and won", who believes it?
He himself doesn't believe it!
Even in the era of hot weapons, when a fully armed cavalry attacks, it is a huge threat and deterrence!
I believe that the hunters who hunt with guns who hunt on African grasslands and then trampled on by horses and cattle have a say in this regard.
So when the old and weak left behind in the Caojun camp saw the cavalry and horses rushing on the horizon, along the hillside and depressions, sweeping over the earth like mercury, and the sky river was hanging upside down, they were already in a state of turmoil. As a result, when they turned their heads, they found that the flag of the general who was trying to move!
When these old and weak Cao army saw the flag moving, would the first reaction be to rescue them?
There will be a ghost!
Cao's army was extremely cruel and cruel to those Hedong civilians, and then he could not abandon his friendly forces? Don't joke, even fools knew that this was absolutely impossible, so when the road moves, some of the old and weak in the camp secretly opened the gate of the camp and spontaneously "gathered" towards the road move...
Is there any mistake in always being consistent with your leadership?
As soon as the Cao army soldiers in the camp ran away, they immediately led the other Cao army soldiers to run away!
The Cao army who stayed in the camp and the Cao army who attacked Wenxi successfully met, and then stared at each other and shouted...
『Don't panic!』
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!"
"What are you doing?!"
"What do you want to do again?"
Not far away, Zhang Xiu had already divided a small team of troops led by Li Er and rushed towards Cao's camp, while he led a large army to the Luzhao general flag!
As long as the Cao army infantry fails to form a formation, it is like a piece of meat, chop it whatever you want!
The cavalry and horses had already put down their masks, put their swords and guns flat, and the cold light flashed on the blade, like neat steel waves, rushing straight towards Lu Zhao and others!
The sun shines on the battlefield, and it seems that it is forced back by the cold light of swords and guns in the hands of the cavalry and horses!
These rays of light seem to cut the sunlight into colorful colors, as bright as stars, but with the threat of death!
The Hussars and cavalrymen who rushed straight from a distance had their arrays in a uniform manner, as if they were extremely sophisticated war machines. Wherever they passed, no matter whether they were earth slopes or ditches, they could not stop their progress. They maintained a neat impact array. Every time the war horses pedaled, they raised some dust and rolled up yellow dragons!
Such a stunning impact array and such a well-trained cavalry team, undoubtedly only the proud Hussar cavalry of the Han Dynasty can do it.
Their arrival brought hope to Wenxi's defenders and also to the despair of Cao's soldiers.
This part of Zhang Xiu has such power. So behind Zhang Xiu, if the general Fei Qian of the Cavalry, how many cavalry soldiers would be whistling over?
Just thinking about it this way, I feel that the world is dark, as if I was directly caught by these surging steel waves!
The road was drawn and the army was struggling under Wenxi City for a long time. Most of the initial high fighting spirit disappeared as early as Zhang Xiu's first attack. The rest were also wiped out little by little during the process of continuing to support Wenxi. After Zhixiao's attack, it was completely wiped out. Although the wild beasts counterattacked before death, they had no effect in this pounce, so naturally they would no longer have the power to pounce.
The middle and lower classes of Cao's army had long thought of retreating, but they were suppressed by Lu Zhao. Now Zhang Xiu was coming with his men and horses, and Lu Zhao moved his flag and immediately "understand it". Almost all the soldiers of Cao's army had the same idea. Whoever wants to get on, I won't get on anyway!
No one dares to face the Hussar Cavalry whose horse speed has increased!
The memory of the cavalry and horses attacking the Cao army's infantry array has not faded, but the impact has been bloody all the way, with broken limbs and broken arms blurred! Under the trampling of the horse's hooves, it is hard to even find a whole corpse!
Even the Central Leading Army and the Central Guards could not resist, so they expected that the ordinary Cao army soldiers with dissatisfaction with weapons could be able to withstand it?
So, in the Cao army, whether inside or outside the camp, there were loud noises, and there were shouts everywhere. The shout was not a call for resistance, but a command gun for escape!
Seeing this scene, I was rushing to the camp and my blood almost instantly solidified!
Although his own flag was still flying, although he had not yet fought with the cavalry, and although his guards were still tightly surrounded by him, at this moment, he felt as if he was naked, standing alone in the vast sea of ​​snow, even his thoughts were frozen to the point of being frozen!
Some of the Cao soldiers in the distance were already trampled by the cavalry and horses, and were immediately swallowed by the rolling yellow smoke and dust. The splashing blood could not even make the yellow dragon pause at all!
The Cao army soldiers screamed and shouted, stumbled and rushed around, pushing their queues even more chaotic. Each Cao army soldiers did not have much courage to stand up, and had the courage to meet the enemy. They only had the strength to escape, and only wanted to leave these killing gods farther away, and then farther away. The expressions on each Cao army soldiers' faces were so similar at this moment, and they were once presented on the Hedong civilians they drove away, all the same, twisted and terrified!
No matter how strong or complete the defensive position is, people need to stick to it before it can work.
If a good camp was originally determined to stick to it, even the old and the weak could hold on for a while, they could still hold on for a while, and they could still be able to make a move. However, the soldiers in the camp, who claimed to be smart, thought that Luzhao was about to run away, so they rushed to "converge" with Luzhao, and the result was that they also ran out with other battalions...
When Li Er rushed in, there was not even a Cao army soldier trying to shoot and stop him. It was like a difference between heaven and earth from the previous hedgehog-like state, which had nowhere to go all over his body.
Li Er laughed loudly, ran around the camp, burned the tent, and killed Cao Jun, who had short legs but couldn't react, and had a great time.
Zhang Xiu was eyeing Lu Zhao's head.
The array that Cao's army had already arranged was not thick. Although some Cao's soldiers were constantly joining the array behind, this thin array was too trivial in the face of the sharp impact of the Hussar Cavalry.
If the soldiers of the Cao army had the fighting spirit of decisive death, they might be able to hold on for a while and bring more harm to Zhang Xiu and others. But perhaps it was because of the lack of status in Luzhao, or for some other reason, these Cao army did not have such high morale at all.
As a result, the entire Cao army array, from camp to wilderness, from outside to inside, was stirred up.
It's messy, messy.
The ones in the camp were eager to escape from the camp, but those who were fighting in the wild wanted to return to the camp, and they collided with each other, yelling and complaining all over the sky. The non-commissioned officers of the Cao army shouted loudly, but they had no effect at all.
Under the impact of the cavalry and horses, Cao's army fell on the ground like a crushed clay statue, scattered everywhere. Even if someone pieced together the large and small pieces of it, it could not be restored.
In a blink of an eye, Cao's army's array was broken!
In Lu Zhao's mind, a voice was asking repeatedly, "Do you have to fight to the death or survive?"
This question is like a sharp knife, constantly cutting off his courage and reason, making it difficult for him to make a choice.
Fighting hard means putting oneself to death, throwing oneself into battle at all costs, and fighting against the enemy with all its strength, even if the price is life. This choice stems from the desire for victory, the pursuit of honor, or the responsibility. It may bring heroic heroism, leaving behind legendary stories, but it may also be a path of no return and eventually obscured in the fire of war.
Living life is a more instinctive choice, which represents the desire for the future of life. Choosing to live life may temporarily avoid the edge of the battle and save one's own life, but at the same time it may also mean giving up resistance, turning away from one's comrades, or even being regarded as a coward. Such a choice is undoubtedly a kind of betrayal and escape.
Attacking Wenxi, Lu Zhao originally thought that it could avoid the large cavalry forces, which was a local and small-scale battle, which was more beneficial to him and had a better stage to show his bravery. However, Lu Zhao did not expect that even the partial army of the cavalry would be so cunning!
What to do, what to do?
In fact, when Lu Zhao asked in his heart, he had already had the answer. All his worries were because if he ran like this, not to mention the subsequent crime and responsibilities, could he really escape from Zhang Xiu's cavalry!
Hesitating, Luzhao's escort had already seen it, and quickly reached out to pull the reins of Luzhao's horse, "General! The enemy general is coming towards us! It's better to avoid his sharp edge first and then turn in! The enemy's continuous charge, and after a while, his strength will inevitably fade!"
Lu Zhao's face turned pale, and he waved the whip and whipped the guard, "Damn it! Are you going to make me defeat without fighting?!"
The guard felt the strength of the road move and immediately knew, "Why is it not a fight in life? There was the method of three drums before, but no one said it was a crime of avoiding war?"
The ancestors of the Cao family have all "avoided the war". If we follow our ancestors to do it, how can we call it "responsibility"?
At most, it emphasizes that some subjective intentions are good, but in fact, there are some irresistible difficulties...
Luzhao quickly followed the ladder and walked down, "That's right! That's right! Now the thief army is in full swing, and it's unwise to fight! After the third drum is relaxed, we should fight back! The order is sent! Turn in and move forward!
Lu Zhao quickly turned his horse's head and waved the whip, "Let the thieves be proud of it first... I swear that if you can't take your son to defeat this thieves and seize this joy, it will be unwilling for heaven and earth! I send an order to retreat, whether it is east or west, retreat, and retreat! Let me turn back thirty miles away before gathering!"
At this moment, Lu Zhao seemed to have red eyes, and tears were filled with them, as if he was full of affection for the Cao army soldiers...
Then he ran away without hesitation.
In the final analysis, the Shandong military system with peasants as its main combat power cannot solve a fundamental problem no matter how it fights, or how cruel it is on weekdays - it cannot be grasped, and it cannot be controlled by fighting against the wind and waves.
This is true for the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty.
This was basically the case with subsequent feudal dynasties.
In addition to the elite imperial guards, other troops are like bandits, and they will be defeated as soon as they win, and they will be defeated by the road.
Even the elite imperial guards of the country in the feudal dynasty were easily corrupt and corrupt without fighting or military support, and eventually became a place where bureaucrats and nobles made their achievements and gilded.
It is like a clay statue with gold-shaped figure, which looks golden, but its belly is full of decayed straw and smelly mud.
Zhang Xiu watched Lu Zhao escape with a few guards, and made a dissatisfied sound, but he did not chase him.
It's very simple, the horsepower is insufficient.
When fighting and raiding, the most test is not the man, but the war horse.
If the cavalry had not equipped people with high-calorie, heavy salt and dried food, and also equipped the war horses with fried beans, these big guys might not have such good physical strength and endurance. They could continue to charge and fight after a long round.
If the road move does not run away, then Zhang Xiu must kill or defeat him in a short time.
Of course, Zhang Xiu is quite confident about his own bravery.
But if Luzhao runs like this, will he chase and kill it...
Chapter completed!