Chapter 1840 Absolutely No Backblade
More than a dozen cavalrymen in old leather and hard armor spread out three in front and three in the back, like groundhogs leaving the entrance of the cave, watching the surrounding situation vigilantly, straightening their necks to look into the distance from time to time.
Near Yangcheng, there is Yangcheng Mountain.
Many people may not be familiar with this Yangcheng Mountain, but if you talk about his neighbor next door, more people should have an impression of it. To the southwest of Yangcheng Mountain, not far away is Shaoshi Mountain. Of course, there may still be people who don''t understand what Shaoshi Mountain is, so they can only hook up with Du Niang by themselves.
Different from the Northwest Pass, Sichuan Shu Pass, or the Taihang Pass where one man is invincible, is the distance between Yangcheng Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain? The distance between Muroyama is at least twelve lanes...
It was precisely because of this terrain that Dong Zhuo was able to raid Yangcheng back then.
For such a wide area that needs to be defended, there is naturally no way to build passes like Hangu Pass, Huguan, etc., but to build an outpost cottage. On the one hand, control the passage between the two mountains as much as possible. It is also for early warning in Yangcheng at the bottom of the channel.
So the land in this area is basically uninhabited, and the people who come and go are either caravans or soldiers. But now the caravan trade is no longer going this way, and it is time to go to the relatively safer Wuguan Wancheng line, so this place has become more and more desolate and barren.
For Xiahou Dun, he definitely hopes to link Yangcheng Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain like building a city wall of thousands of miles, and then close the access passages. It can be used as an important point of garrisoning troops, and it can also directly threaten the Heluo area. But the problem is With such a wide distance, building such a "wall" requires a lot of wealth and manpower, and Cao Cao can''t provide it at this stage, so he can only barely deal with it.
And all affairs that are barely coping will eventually have to pay the corresponding price.
Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun reluctantly fought against the defense line of Yangcheng, which now needs to be inspected by General Hussars.
For Xiahou Dun, the pressure on his shoulders is naturally extremely heavy. This hussar general behaved unexpectedly. He sent troops when he thought he would not send troops. After defeating Luoyang, he stopped when he thought he would immediately march into Xu County, Yuzhou. It was like a man who absolutely did not follow the script For actors who come and go, let alone feel aggrieved.
In addition to Xia Houyuan''s matter...
Although Xiahoudun didn''t express anything on the surface, he might not be holding his breath in his heart, so Xiahoudun became more and more cautious, and even dispatched the only cavalry in his hand, increasing the intensity and depth of scout dispatch, and he was determined to reach the point on top of...
And this team of more than ten scouts is the team that went the farthest to Heluo.
This team of scouts from the Xiahou family is called Xiahoupeng. Not all members of the Xiahou family are important ministers, just like not all people surnamed Ma are cattle in later generations. The 28th rule is the same in that dynasty. The poor still have to test their own hands and the little wealth left by their parents. struggle.
However, the surname Xiahou has some preferential treatment, just like the subordinates assigned to Xiahoupeng, they are all relatively elite soldiers, but the so-called elite soldiers also have another name, veteran oil son.
The closer Luoyang got, the more uneasy everyone became. This kind of uneasiness comes from the heart, and has nothing to do with the stones on the mountain and the low bushes. These scenery are the same as before, but the more I look at it, the more hairy I feel, and the more scared I become.
But Xia Houpeng still refused to retreat.
Something seemed wrong, but Xia Houpeng didn''t know what was wrong.
『I saw you! ’ After another mile or two of sentry, Xia Houpeng stopped his horse, suddenly drew out his saber, and shouted in a low voice, ‘Come out! Hiding is useless! 』
It was very quiet all around, and there was no movement.
After waiting for a while, Xia Houpeng and his subordinates met each other''s eyes and nodded, "Let''s rest here for a while..."
Xia Houpeng dismounted by himself, found a rock and sat down, took out the water bag, took a shallow sip, and sucked out the wind, sand and dust in his mouth, then took a big gulp, and then sipped heavily. Let out a rough breath.
If you want to get ahead, it is useless to have such a surname as Xiahou. It is like a horse monkey with a surname of horse. Can it be like Macha? Xia Houpeng wants to get more, how can he do it without taking risks? But the problem is that Xia Houpeng wants to stand out, but his subordinates, especially the veterans assigned to him, don''t think so.
『Still going back? What is this madman going to do? 』
『The **** will only drive us hard, the benefits are not his, but the suffering is ours...』
『Thinking about the Battle of Puyang back then, the fight was really miserable. Everyone in front of him and behind him was **** dead, and no one survived intact, but even if it was like this, what’s the use? The bounty is indeed quite a lot, but the things in his mother''s market are also expensive, and the reward money earned by desperate efforts can''t even buy one mu of his mother''s land! 』
『I haven’t heard anyone say that the Cao family bought this land. If there is less land, the price will naturally be higher... It is said that General Li Feng’s son came forward to buy it...』
『凎！ There is nothing to say about eating meat on top, but there is not even some soup left, can you live this day? I heard...then what, it is a land allocated directly! 』
"real or fake? Don''t be fooled, right? 』
『This is what lied to you! I heard that they still have a badge of military merit, after the battle is over, it will be counted according to the badge, whether you want land or money...』
『That **** idiot only wants money, he must want land! really! 』
『I think even if you want land, it’s definitely not a good place, most of it is a corner place...』
『That’s better than nothing! 』
『This is true…』
Xia Houpeng rested for a while, but he listened to the complaints of his soldiers, and couldn''t help roaring at the end: "Fucking let you rest, but you still have so much energy to talk nonsense!" 』
Xia Houpeng roared, and everyone naturally shut up. But Xia Houpeng didn''t understand what the purpose of everyone saying these complaints was. Is it useful to complain about your previous boss? Most people know it''s useless, but why do they say these things? It''s nothing more than to show that you boy don''t be such a **** like the last one.
Another point is that the lower the level, the more complaints and complaints. It’s not that these people don’t know that complaints and complaints are useless, but because these people have no other way to vent other than complaining...
After eating Xia Houpeng''s drink, these veterans of the Cao army didn''t dare to say anything. Those who were listless all got up or tidied up the horses, loosened their girths and fed some concentrate, or arranged their equipment, ready to continue to the front line while the sky was still bright Explore for a while.
Xia Houpeng was about to re-hang the water bag on the horse''s back, but he stopped halfway through holding it up, and the hairs all over his body stood up for a moment, and he heard the most fearful and familiar howling in the wind in his ears!
Xia Houpeng didn''t have time to think about it, so he threw himself to the side!
In the next moment, a feathered arrow shot from the slanting stab with a strong wind, pierced Xia Houpeng''s water bag, and immediately splashed water all over the sky! If Xia Houpeng didn''t dodge, he might be right in the middle of his face!
I don''t know when, in the bushes on both sides, three or four soldiers wearing weird costumes and even grass on their heads stood up, holding strong bows and crossbows, and they all rushed towards Xia Houpeng''s army. Squad shoot!
Several soldiers lifted off the thin board and floating soil above their heads, got out of the ground, covered in dust, and rushed like beasts with their swords drawn!
『It’s the scout of the hussars! 』
Suddenly Xiahoupeng’s team was on guard outside, and three of them were shot dead, and the other two were being besieged by hussars, and they were also in danger...
When did General Hussars send scouts to this area? !
This is already within the alert range of Cao Jun. If it is broken, it means that there must be General Hussars and other troops ahead!
In a hurry, Xia Houpeng made a mistake. "Go two people! Report to the general! Others, get ready to fight! 』
If it is said that they have cooperated for a long time, there is no problem with Xiahoupeng''s order, but the problem is that Xiahoupeng''s team has not been formed for a long time, and in the eyes of veteran Youzi, Xiahoupeng also bears the name of Xiahoupeng A guy with mixed qualifications who came by airborne...
So, those two go back?
Those are other people?
The next moment, almost all the veterans who were slightly behind immediately got on their horses in various postures, urging their horses to run back as if they were crazy! On the contrary, Xia Houpeng, who was in the middle position, and two or three pawns of Xiahou''s family who followed him were left here!
If it is an ordinary army, the behavior of these veterans will be punished as a crime of "betrayal of the master", but the problem is that Xia Houpeng''s team is scouts, and the most important duty of scouts is not to fight, but to pass information back...
But even so, these fleeing veterans still failed to escape the key care of bows and arrows and crossbows. They were shot by arrows flying out of unknown bushes along the way, and they were killed one by one!
Damn it, ambushed! But how useless they are to die like these escaped veterans, it''s better to fight to the death! How much to pull a pad back!
"kill! Xia Houpeng shouted, "Xiahou has no back blade!" 』
Once upon a time, Xia Houpeng also believed that Cao Jun was an invincible team. When he was fighting Yuan Shu, Xia Houpeng heard the story that a school lieutenant of Cao Jun led three or four hundred people and scared Yuan Shu''s troops of thousands of people to disperse! In the process of attacking Jizhou, I also heard that there was no one resisting a huge city. Basically, when they saw Cao Jun''s banner, they surrendered from a distance! Those Jizhou gentry who used to have their noses up will bow their heads and obediently in front of Cao Jun!
But this time, after meeting the troops of General Hussars, everything seemed to have changed.
First, a group of people rushed to Xu County recklessly, and then broke through the net, seeming to laugh at Cao Jun’s incompetence and Xiahou’s stupidity...
Then there are these hussar scouts, like mountain elves, they are almost integrated with the mountain rocks, bushes, etc. It is extremely difficult to find, and they will suffer if they are not careful. So Xia Houpeng and the others learned to be good later, and cheated from time to time, but even so, just like now, Xia Houpeng pretended to yell before taking a break, but they were still attacked by surprise.
Normally, scouts face off against scouts. In fact, there are not many people on both sides. Normally, the fight is very short, and the purpose of the fight is not purely to kill the enemy. , so the hussars scouts are just a small team at the moment, and they are also a small team, and the number is not too disadvantageous, but the problem is that these few soldiers still run away when they see them!
Running away is not a death!
This is simply a loss of Cao Jun''s face, and a loss of dignity as a soldier!
『Xiahou has no back blade! 』
Yes, there are no cowards in the Jahou family! Even if they die on the battlefield, they are all facing forward, and there is absolutely no escaped person who was hacked to death and shot to death from behind!
Xia Houpeng shouted loudly, brandished his saber and slashed towards Ling Jie.
Ling Jie just gave a slight snort, and then shrank his head and face behind the round shield. Not only did he not slow down, but he kicked his legs fiercely, like a stone ejected by a trebuchet. In the center, directly attack Xia Houpeng with a fitted shield!
With a loud bang, Xia Houpeng''s saber "dang" slashed on Ling Jie''s round shield, and was bounced off high by the reaction force, as if a knife had been slashed on a solid boulder. The joints seemed to be groaning and trembling at this moment, and the arms couldn''t withstand the shock and raised high, and the middle door opened wide!
Ling Jie''s saber came out from under the shield like a snake. He first shrank behind the shield, and then when he found an opportunity, he slammed forward!
The sharp saber slashed across Xiahoupeng''s neck, the tip of the knife cut into Xiahoupeng''s slightly dark skin, then cut off the blood vessels, trachea and larynx, and swept out from the other side with blood foam and air bubbles!
『凎！ ”Ling Jie retracted the knife, and couldn''t help but curse out, “It''s easy to kill again! I couldn''t keep it...You guys, keep alive! 』On the battlefield, one knife kills, one knife kills, and there are very few people who have been beaten for a long time without any injuries, especially for elite scouts like Ling Jie.
"Chi Chi... Chi Chi..." Xia Houpeng grabbed his throat, and blood and air bubbles gushed out from the wound and the gap between his fingers. Even so, Xia Houpeng still stared at Ling Jie, as if shouting something, but Because both the trachea and larynx were cut off, he couldn''t make much sound.
『Xiahou…』
『Xiahou has no back blade! 』
Seeing that Xia Houpeng was cut down, the rest of Xia Hou''s soldiers also acted like crazy, fighting back desperately, and even wounded one of Ling Jie''s men. It was impossible to restore much of the situation, and eventually died in battle one after another.
『Boss, this...we can’t keep it...』 A subordinate came over a little obsequiously, "This...that...how about I help the boss take this head off..."
『Hi... Forget it! ”Ling Jie stopped his subordinates from coming to cut off his head, looked at Xia Houpeng, who was already dying, and said, “Let’s leave it whole, it’s more or less a man...” Xia Houpeng died under Ling Jie’s hand, naturally Ling Jie has the right to dispose of it, so naturally no one objected to his words.
Ling Jie patted the dust off his body, then put away his saber, put **** in his mouth, whistled, and then returned with his men.
The mountain mist blew past, bringing up faint smoke and dust, like a layer of tulle, gently covering Xia Houpeng and the bodies of the several dead. One moment these were still living beings who could talk, laugh, scold and hurt, and the next moment they were lying silently in the yellow sand, no one even remembered their names.
The yellow dust was rolling, following the horseshoes of Ling Jie and others all the way forward, crossed a mound, and then stopped obediently as if hitting layers of steel walls, under the cold spears and shields Fall down.
Huang Xu, with big arms and round waist, was becoming more and more like a wall. When he saw Ling Jie approaching, he tilted his head and gave up half of his body to let Ling Jie come forward.
『General Qi, this should be the last batch of scouts from the Cao army...』 Ling Jie reported the results of the battle one by one.
Fei Qian nodded, then turned to Zhang Liao and said, "Wen Yuan, let''s say it''s seven hours... I don''t know, is it enough?" 』
Zhang Liao cupped his hands and said, "Please wait for the good news, my lord!" After finishing speaking, Zhang Liao got up and walked out. When he got under his battle flag, he raised his head and looked at the three-color flag flying above his head and his general''s battle flag. He didn''t say anything, just smiled. , and then rode out!
I saw some saying that the heroes of the Three Kingdoms are so...
But in fact, the so-called heroic spirit of love and hatred is actually more powerful at the lower level, and harder at the higher level...
So on the street, I often hear that something is going to fight, and it is common to get blood splashed five steps in a fit of anger, but the high-level people basically don''t talk about anything and just fight, think twice and think twice...
When Liu Bei was lying in Baidi City, did he regret it? He has no regrets. Doesn''t he regret it? He regrets it too.
The world is like a furnace, big and small people are struggling in it...
(end of this chapter)