Chapter 3413 Shared Hatred and Enemy


    When Chang''an''s navy attacked and burned Cao''s pontoon bridge, Zhu Ling couldn''t help but become a little impatient.


    Because the ravines in the plateau are difficult to climb.


    Cao Jun knew that the Hussars had the ability to pass through the ravines between the land plateaus, and also used some clues to infer how the Hussars soldiers passed the ravines, so they relaxed some areas that were easier to climb. "Loose soil" caused Zhu Ling to fail in climbing in both places.


    In addition, when climbing, he had to keep out of sight of Cao Jun''s sentries. Once exposed, Cao Jun would attack directly overhead. However, Zhu Ling was not discouraged. He continued to look for areas where he could climb. First, he tried to use a small amount of The soldiers climbed up, and then borrowed ropes to fix the folding ladder. Finally, they found a rather secret location and sent people to climb up.


    But in this case, it will take a long time.


    But Zhu Ling couldn''t be impatient. He had many experiences of sneak attacks on Cao Jun''s camps, so he was still the one to lead the troops this time.


    Sneak attack is a tactic that almost all leading generals understand, understand, and even guard against. However, it does not mean that if you guard against it, you can prevent it. The most important thing is whether it can be discovered in time.


    Therefore, Zhu Ling walked very carefully. He first tried to use a small number of soldiers to go to the opposite land plateau, and then carefully observed the location of Cao Bing''s sentry posts, and took advantage of the attention of these Cao Bing sentry posts to be attracted to Tongguan and the floating bridge. At that time, a sentry post was pulled out, and then he led all the troops to climb up the plateau with confidence, and moved toward the middle and rear parts of Cao Jun''s camp.


    For the convenience of movement, Zhu Ling and others did not wear thick armor. They only wore ordinary battle armor without battle skirts. They only added extra leg and arm guards that would not affect their movements and make noise. If he is really caught in the siege of Cao Jun''s soldiers, his continuous combat capability will be relatively poor, so what Zhu Ling needs is to move in and out quickly, taking advantage of Cao Jun''s attention being attracted to the direction of the river, and run away in one wave.


    Cao Jun''s arrangement is not a big problem in principle.


    This is the old tradition of Shandong - "in principle", but in fact in Shandong, it is more of a practical problem. Cao Jun fought against the Hussars several times, but they did not say how many achievements they achieved. Originally, the Shandong people thought that they had some advantages, but in front of the Hussars, they could not find any way to defeat the enemy.


    Small troops can''t defeat them, nor can large ones. The siege equipment can''t compete with them. Their flexibility and maneuverability are even worse. It seems that they are lagging behind in all aspects. Let the soldiers of Cao''s army feel that they have worked hard to come to Guanzhong just to be beaten by the Hussars...


    For the soldiers of Cao''s army in the Tongguan camp, they fought at Tongguan for so long, that is, they advanced to the lower city of Tongguan. However, the opponent counterattacked and regained the lower city area in half a day, forcing Cao''s army to retreat and escape, and suffered heavy losses.


    This had a great impact on the morale of Cao''s army. Many people have begun to whisper privately that it is so difficult to fight even if there are not many hussars. If there are more hussars later, it will be over. !


    Under such a mentality, Cao Jun''s soldiers who were on the back line did not exert their full vigilance capabilities. Cao Jun''s soldiers at many preset sentry points did not care about the movements in their own guard areas, but were concerned about the movements in the distance. The people were very worried about the battle at Tongguan River and gathered together to chatter.


    What''s interesting is that in addition to expressing worries and emotions, these soldiers also expressed a little bit of "rejoicing"!


    It''s like seeing others selling their children and daughters, and then you can sit down and drink tea and red wine.


    The same hatred?


    Doesn''t exist.


    The obvious class divisions in Shandong, as well as the strategy of driving the common people to fight against the common people, have caused the ordinary lower class to split into many factions. Large geographical divisions, they often ask you where you are from? As small as the distinction between preferences, the salty party and the sweet party can also fight to the point where they can''t even recognize their relatives.


    Under such circumstances, it is rare for ordinary people in Shandong to have any sense of empathy among their soldiers. On the contrary, these people will take the initiative to stand up to defend the rulers and their superiors...


    Because in the minds of these ordinary people and soldiers who sympathize with the rulers, it seems that if they behave like this, they will be regarded as a good dog by the rulers, and they can be rewarded with two more pieces of meat, or they can be promoted to be the leader.


    Yes, the alpha dog is still a dog.


    But as long as they live better and die later than other dogs, they are satisfied.


    So after seeing the fire on the Tongguan Pass, Cao''s soldiers being burned miserably, hearing the war drums and shouts from both sides that never stopped, and the hussars'' catapults and artillery roaring continuously, they instead Get a little happiness from the pain of the same kind.


    Fortunately I didn''t get on!


    Fortunately it wasn''t me who died!


    fortunately…


    Under such circumstances, Zhu Ling led his soldiers to bypass the obstacles and traps set by Cao Jun and headed towards the rear camp of Cao Jun. After passing the frontline cordon, the sentries on the middle and rear lines of Cao''s army were obviously not very careful. At some point, Zhu Ling thought that they had all been seen by Cao''s army and would be exposed, but there was no warning sound. outgoing.


    Most of Cao''s soldiers were dejected, as if they didn''t have enough to eat...


    Maybe I really didn’t have enough to eat.


    But this issue is no longer important to Zhu Ling.


    Zhu Ling is now more concerned about what target to choose.


    forage?


    Although it is indeed a good choice, it is hard to say how much food and grass Cao Jun has left now.


    So you can only choose flexibly based on your own judgment.


    This is also the reason why Pang Tong did not make any request before Zhu Ling set off.


    Cao Jun''s attempt to intercept the Hussars paid a heavy price. In just half a day, many corpses were floating on the water of the river, basically Cao Jun''s soldiers.


    Despite this, Cao Jun''s generals still issued orders for Cao Jun to stop the Hussars'' attack at all costs.


    This "at all costs" order indeed allowed Cao Jun to "block" the counterattack of the Hussars on the Tongguan Saka Road and on the water, but at a huge price. When everyone in Cao''s army thought that the Hussar''s attack on land or on the water would be temporarily blocked by fire and flesh and blood, Zhu Ling led his soldiers and selected a target.


    In fact, Zhu Ling was not too satisfied with this goal, but there was no time.


    As the hussar counterattacks on Tongguan Pass and on the water surface stopped, Cao Jun would inevitably withdraw his attention from the front line, and Zhu Ling would be in greater danger of being exposed by then...


    Sometimes, people''s instinctive intuition is very strong. This kind of alertness inherited from the animal series since the birth of human beings is used to avoid disasters and find hope. Zhu Ling''s instincts were good. There were no obvious hoarding tents in the place he chose. There were just some baggage trucks and some soldiers guarding the surrounding area.


    After a long period of fighting, Cao Jun had consumed a large amount of supplies.


    These baggage trucks were obviously transported from Shandong in the later period.


    Although Zhu Ling didn''t know what exactly was put in those baggage trucks, he felt that since in such a war situation, special personnel had to be arranged to guard the things, they must be good things.


    Zhu Ling gave an order, and all his soldiers took action together, loaded the rockets they carried on the ground, and aimed at the area determined by Zhu Ling.


    Not long after, the rocket soared into the sky, roared across the sky, and then plunged towards the area where Cao Jun''s baggage vehicles were located in the distance...


    When the rocket took off, there were soldiers from Cao''s army pointing and shouting at the flying rocket, but these late warnings could not change the direction of the rocket.


    Rocket bared his teeth, let out a cheerful laugh, and with a long burst of pyrotechnics, he landed with a crash.


    The first-generation rocket developed by Zhu Ling was later guided by Pang Tong and assisted by Ma Jun''s men. It was greatly strengthened on the basis of the original failure of one out of ten.


    At least now it''s one or two out of ten...


    Zhu Ling was a verbal hit before, but now it is a real hit.


    The Hussars counterattacked successfully. Although the fire now cut off the road on land and water, the Hussars could not rush along the road to Cao Jun''s camp. But in fact, this was already a huge failure. As long as there is a little bit of brains, They all knew that if they were suppressed and beaten like this by the opponent again, Cao Jun would definitely be unable to hold on any longer.


    First, Cao Jun in the Hedong area retreated step by step. Now, not only was the lower city of Tongguan lost, but the pontoon bridge on the river was also caught in the raging fire. This made Cao Jun''s soldiers feel that all their efforts and efforts seemed to be in vain.


    "boom! 』


    Rockets exploded on the ground.


    Scattered flames splashed out!


    "boom! 』


    An even louder sound erupted!


    It seemed like the whole ground was shaking!


    The trees were swaying, the sand and stones were shaking, and a huge cloud of dust rose into the sky!


    Zhu Ling couldn''t help but look back, stood blankly for a moment, and suddenly laughed, "Haha, yes!" Go quickly, go quickly! We seem to have hit a big one! 』


    …


    Zhongtiao Mountain, the trail leading to Boshan.


    I was lying on the ridge, with some branches and grass blades tied to my head and shoulders.


    If it doesn''t move, it looks like a shrub at first glance.


    Traveling in the mountains, in this era, there is no navigation, no map, and no mature route. If you take a wrong turn, you may be trapped in the mountain forever...


    Even in later generations, it is not uncommon news for travelers who lack equipment or lack of luck to die in the wild mountains and forests because they get lost.


    Moreover, the time agreed upon with Xu Chu and the others was only three days, and they were not allowed to climb slowly at all. They could only keep walking, walking through forests and streams. This journey was not to mention how difficult it was.


    This journey has always been a struggle!


    Fight for your life!


    Because for Yiyang, he really only has one life left to fight for now...


    He did have meritorious service in the past, and the Cavalry General would not deliberately make things difficult, erase or reduce it because of his status, but...


    Not enough!


    If he takes the money and new identity exchanged for these meritorious deeds in a remote county, just forgets everything and spends his life in a small county town, then the meritorious deeds he has accumulated before are generally enough, but if he wants to If the lintel is to be erected again, then the previous achievements will be far from enough.


    Everyone has their own path in life.


    Some people are born with a flat road and can walk wherever they want, but some people are born with only climbing mountains, and each mountain is higher than the other!


    I have always felt that when he was young, he had used up all his good luck and all the smooth roads. Now all that is left is to climb mountains, keep climbing, or reach the next peak, or fall to death in the mountain stream. …


    But I never expected that the desperate ferocity he showed would win the recognition of the hussars soldiers who came with him!


    Because the ordinary soldiers of the Hussars are also working hard!


    In the feudal dynasty, if ordinary children from ordinary families want to climb higher, what can they do if they don''t work hard? Firstly, he has no connections, secondly, he has no wealth, and thirdly, there is nothing. Lao Wang next door said he would like to set a small goal first...


    The harder he worked, the more he integrated into the Hussars.


    Ordinary soldiers would always smile when they saw him, and they would even share some of the wild fruits and herbs picked on the road.


    It turns out that this is, "different ways do not work together"!


    People who are walking slowly on a smooth road feel that the mountains and rivers are beautiful and the rivers are beautiful, and then they strangely say to those who are climbing mountains, since you are going to climb mountains, why don''t you rent out your spare vehicles at home?


    He was always walking on a smooth road, but when he suddenly found that his road was broken, he started climbing the mountain and realized that only by climbing high can he see far, and only by climbing to the top of the mountain can he tell others that he has conquered this mountain. here!


    I have always carefully observed the Suoyang Pass not far away.


    Because Yuban Road has long been replaced by Tan Road and Pubanjin, which are easier to walk, this road is usually less traveled. Hedong did not have much repairs in those years, so it naturally looks a bit dilapidated.


    Cao''s army stationed seven or eight hundred men here, and the soldiers were also lazy...


    He slowly retreated from the ridge, "Looking for a place to rest... We will advance at sunset and attack at midnight!" 』


    At sunset, the light in the mountains gradually dimmed. The three hundred elite soldiers who had been climbing in the mountains for three days quietly headed towards Suoyang Pass under the leadership of Cheng.


    …


    …


    Cao Zhang threw his bag directly to the ground, his eyes were like fire, "What did you say?" ! A meteor falling from the sky? ! Do you know what you are talking about? ! 』


    The military academy lying on the ground was trembling. He didn''t dare to look up at Cao Zhang, and he didn''t dare to say anything. He just kowtowed repeatedly.


    "Push down this rebel and kill him!" 』


    Cao Zhang shouted loudly.


    Cao Zhang was very angry.


    "At night, there are meteors falling into the camp, and during the day, there are clouds like broken mountains. They fall when the camp is on the ground and scatter before they reach the ground. All the officials are tired of lying down." What is this?


    Damn it, you dare to call it a "shooting star"!


    Your whole family is a "shooting star"!


    If this is really the case, then now, have they become "Wang Mang''s Army"? !


    Several personal guards rushed up and dragged the unfortunate military academy away.


    Liu Fu looked at the military academy who was still gritting his teeth and looked pale. He shook his head and said nothing.


    A fool, let him die.


    With swords and axes on your side, beg for mercy when you need to. Quickly talk about your achievements in the past few years. It is best to have some relationship with that general or something, and then maybe you will have a chance to survive...


    Gritting his teeth and saying nothing, he looks brave but is actually very stupid. Not everyone can enjoy the treatment of "sparing people under the knife". For the sake of an unknown military academy, Liu Fu does not have these qualities. Idle mind.


    The more important question now is how to deal with this bad situation!


    The kerosene trap on Tongguan Ban Road was destroyed.


    Most of the pontoon bridge was burned down. Even if soldiers and civilians worked hard to repair it, what would happen next time the hussars and navy came again?


    And the back camp…


    Liu Fu didn''t believe anything like "shooting stars". Even Liu Fu didn''t believe Liu Xiu''s shooting star, but he would never tell others not to believe it.


    Liu Fu believed that the so-called meteors were actually bad weather, such as violent storms and extreme situations where he couldn''t see his fingers. This allowed Liu Xiu to lead a small number of men and horses directly into the center of Wang Mang''s army without being attacked by other Wang Mang. Army sniper.


    But from another perspective, Liu Xiu was indeed lucky to be able to appear on such a battlefield at a critical moment...


    So could it be that the current "luck path" has been transferred to Guanzhong again?


    Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. The fate of the great Han Dynasty lasted two hundred years in Chang''an during the previous Han Dynasty. Now, it lasts two hundred years in Luoyang during this Han Dynasty. In this way, it seems...


    "Strategist...strategist?" ! 』


    Cao Zhang''s shout brought Liu Fu back to his senses, "Ah, general, what''s the matter?" 』


    "What''s the matter?" ” Cao Zhang was furious, but facing Liu Fu, he couldn’t shout and kill like an ordinary military academy. He could only suppress his temper and said, “Military advisor, what should we do now?” 』


    What to do?


    You really should think about it carefully.


    Liu Fu nodded, "Let Fu make some plans." 』


    The battlefield gradually became silent.


    The fire on the Tongguan Pass is still burning, and no one will be able to come over until it is extinguished.


    Although Cao Jun still has some ships and can send his navy to attack the Guanzhong navy upstream, the pontoon bridge has been completely destroyed, and the only connection between the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp and the Tongguan Camp is the ferry. Ships, if these ships are damaged in the river, they will be completely cut off. Therefore, it would be meaningless to attack the Guanzhong navy on the water, so Cao Jun stopped the fighting in unison and began to clean the battlefield, recovering more or less arrows and stone bullets in preparation for a more difficult battle.


    The Hussar''s Guanzhong navy also circled back to Tongguan Ferry, where they gathered with the Tongguan soldiers and horses to dispose of battlefield debris and transport prisoners of Cao''s surrender. By the way, the trap originally laid by Cao Jun in the lower city of Tongguan was cleared, and the fortifications originally used to defend Tongguan City were now adjusted in the direction of Cao Jun''s camp.


    The battlefield was temporarily quiet, but everyone knew that this quietness was temporary...