Chapter 3430 Unsung Hero
Under the moonlight, Xu Chu and his men were rushing towards Suoyang Pass.
Xu Chu was already very cautious. He did not focus on Cynomorium Pass from the beginning.
After all, the road at Suoyang Pass was in disrepair and was not a very suitable direction for the cavalry to advance.
It''s like the cement road in the countryside in later generations. It''s not that cars can''t drive on it, but the road is narrow and it''s easy to either hit the bricks or scratch your own car paint.
So the focus still has to be on Chidao.
But if Cao Jun can be lured out, then of course Xu Chu will not miss the opportunity to attack Cao Jun in the wild.
As for marching into Cao Jun''s camp, Xu Chu had suffered losses in the Anyi camp before, so it was naturally impossible for him to advance lightly.
Xu Chu would not send a large number of soldiers to attack the Zhongtiao Mountain camp without sufficient information or before destroying the defenses in Cao''s camp. After all, this would be almost equivalent to using flesh and blood to open the way.
What the Hussars need now is to maintain their advantage, rather than risking their lives in a desperate fight.
Xu Chu would not do such a stupid thing.
Therefore, Xu Chu agreed to the original strategy, and launched a three-pronged attack to pull Cao Jun as much as possible, looking for opportunities to defeat Cao Jun from the movement.
Cao Jun did not have many cavalry left, which allowed Xu Chu to move more freely on the outside. However, Xu Chu did not keep all his troops on the front line of Cao Jun, but harassed them in turns. This can not only ensure that each unit is active and active, but also prevent all units from being too tired and consuming too much horsepower and physical strength.
Without much cavalry, Cao''s army also lost the ability to conduct surprise operations in the wild.
So Xu Chu naturally focused more on how to tear and break Cao Jun''s turtle shell.
Cao Jun''s troops fighting for Suoyang Pass were deliberately released by Xu Chu.
Is it easier to fight Cao Jun in the camp or Cao Jun who has escaped?
This can be concluded without much thought.
But is this really the case?
Xu Chu knew that Cao Jun was going to recapture Suoyang Pass, but did Cao Jun know that Xu Chu was watching?
Under the moonlight, the cavalry surged.
"How many Cao troops are there?" Xu Chu moved forward and asked the scouts who came to report, "Who is the general of Cao''s army under his command?" 』
"It''s hard to see clearly in the dark night, but judging by the torches, there are at least three thousand people!" ” The scout responded, “The flag of the leading general says the Protector General!” 』
Xu Chu exhaled, "Ha!" It''s him again! 』
As the troops marched and crossed the plateau, the light and fire on the thin mountains in the distance gradually became clearer.
"wrong! More than three thousand Cao Jun came! ” Xu Chu squinted his eyes and estimated, and came up with a rough estimate, “It should be five thousand...but this is better! 』
This is a piece of fat!
So Xu Chu no longer concealed his whereabouts, led the cavalry, rushed out of the ravine where he was hiding, and rushed directly towards Cao Jun who was fighting at Suoyang Pass!
Xu Chu''s forward military academy led his 300 cavalrymen and another military academy. After receiving Xu Chu''s order, they bypassed the main group and rushed out to the flank of Cao Jun.
Xu Chu''s array is roughly like a trident, except that the tips of the two wings will protrude further forward.
In this way, we can check whether there is any danger on the flanks of Xu Chu''s headquarters, and it can also play a role in outflanking Cao''s army.
The forward military academy was a little nervous, but also a little excited. He had strengthened himself from Pingyang to Xu Chujunzhong.
His father had followed the Hussars General for many years. Later, when he got older, he retired and became a small official in Pingyang. His life was pretty good. In daily life, what he liked most was telling others about his "brave days"...
Now, it''s his turn to show his courage and gain military exploits!
It is not that easy to become a hussar.
First of all, you need to be agile and not too heavy. Although there are exceptions, the vast majority of hussars are relatively small and not too short. With these few rules and one card, a large number of people will not be able to meet the standards.
Nowadays, there are not many people who are overweight, but not everyone can reach the standard for agility and size.
After reaching the standard, you still have to train, at least half a year of high-intensity training, and you have to eat and sleep with the horse.
Only when the war horse and the cavalry are intimate and cooperate with each other can they be considered as qualified hussars.
While the military academy was thinking about how to implement Xu Chu''s tactics next, he led his men to rush to the flank.
Starlight and moonlight, war horses galloping.
Rushed across the **** and crossed the plateau.
Suddenly, the military academy felt that the war horse he was riding perked up its ears, twisted its neck uneasily, and leaned in a certain direction...
The military academy was shocked!
At this moment, he heard a familiar voice!
"Raise your shield!" Left wing! 』
The military academy shouted almost instinctively, then stretched out his hand, raised the cavalry shield from his side, bent down to reduce the area affected by arrows, and at the same time used the shield to cover his own vital points and the neck of the war horse.
"Boom!" Boom! 』
"Swish, swish, swish!" 』
Arrows shot through the air with the sound of bowstrings!
At this time, the military academy saw a lot of black shadows emerging on one side of the slope!
"Cao''s archers!" 』
"Raise your shield, raise your shield!" 』
Arrows whizzed down.
Some of the cavalrymen who were unable to react in time were hit by Cao Jun''s arrows. If they were in ordinary parts, they could still grit their teeth and continue running forward with the arrows. But if they were unfortunately hit in vital parts, they would be screaming in agony. Fall off the horse.
In the battlefield, under the swords, guns and arrows, everyone can only roll the dice of fate. Some people seem to always be able to roll out twenty points and avoid all damage, while others can only roll out one point and suffer various critical hits at every turn.
"Can''t stop!" ” The military academy yelled, “Follow me! 』
The military academy understands that if you stop because you are under attack, not only will it not reduce the probability of being shot, but it will cause the cavalry in the rear to congest and form a group, and eventually become the target of Cao''s archers!
And continuing along the ditch is not a good choice.
After all, Cao Jun ambushed here and must have made arrangements in front.
Perhaps some simple stumbling ropes, when there are arrows whizzing around, can cause the cavalry to suffer heavy losses.
So the only option now is to run straight up the slope!
Rush forward!
If there is no way, just find a way!
Cao Jun obviously underestimated the eliteness of the hussars and the tacit cooperation between the hussars and their horses.
Cao Jun followed the original pattern and routine of fighting against Shandong and built an ambush position on the flank. He indeed bet on the cavalry troops sent by Xu Chu and also attacked with arrows, causing considerable damage to the hussars. However, Cao Jun never suffered any damage. Come to think of it, these hussars are not continuing along the ditch, but going straight up the ditch!
Earth ditch, as the name suggests, has soil on both sides.
Although the glacial movement in ancient times cut these loess soils into ditches with relatively large slopes, in the following years, due to the erosion of wind, sand and rain, some of these ditches that originally had almost vertical slopes became Where the collapse occurred, there was a gentler slope.
Under normal circumstances, these gentle slopes are not very suitable for horse racing, but now the situation is special!
Dogs jump over walls when they are anxious, chickens climb up trees when they are anxious!
If the horse is in a hurry, it will jump over the eaves and walk over the wall!
If you are facing such a large-angle slope, you will not be able to run up it in most cases. However, if you cut it diagonally, there is a probability that you will be able to control the center of gravity before you lose control. Before settling on your center of gravity, jump up to some relatively low earth walls!
Cao Jun obviously did not expect that the hussars would be so fierce!
Cao Jun originally thought that he could just fire furiously downwards on the slope. No matter how strong the hussars were and how good their armor was, they might not be able to cover their whole bodies. And even if the hussars continued to rush towards the ravine despite being hurt, Cao Jun was not afraid. There are horse traps and traps arranged in front of the ravine, and they will definitely be able to capture this hussar detachment! If the hussars immediately moved from the front to the rear and retreated regardless of casualties, that would be an acceptable result for Cao''s army. After all, it is not easy to find the perfect place to ambush at night in a hurry. If Cao Hong didn''t have a deep understanding of the surrounding terrain, even if he wanted to ambush, he might not be able to find a suitable location.
According to Cao Jun''s experience, it is very rare for the hussars to turn around on the spot after being attacked by arrows, and retreat as much as possible despite the damage from arrows. Moreover, there are not many generals who can do this. Most of the generals just rushed forward, and the more they rushed, the more they died...
In the end, no one expected that the Hussars had no intention of escaping, but chose to charge directly into the slope!
"Crazy!" They are crazy! 』
Cao''s soldiers shouted as if they were the ones being ambushed.
Human jumping ability is actually not very high. If you don’t master certain skills, you can’t even jump up to one meter. Of course, war horses don’t have any back-jumping skills. Even so, most war horses can jump up to 1 meter. One and a half meters, some particularly outstanding war horses can even jump to nearly two meters...
If you add in the height of the war horse and the height of the war horse running diagonally up the slope, in fact, the two or three-meter **** is not as insurmountable as Cao Jun imagined!
The war horse that jumped up diagonally finally clattered down the dirt slope, but the military academy used the momentum of the war horse to rush up the dirt slope.
Although he was unsteady when he landed and rolled around before getting up, the surrounding Cao soldiers were surprised and did not have time to switch between long and near weapons to pounce on them and kill them. Some were even frightened and took two steps back. It seemed that They cooperated and gave some space to the Hussars Military Academy!
As the military school rushed up the slope, other hussars followed suit and rushed up!
"kill! 』
The Hussars Military Academy was not afraid of the numerous soldiers of Cao''s army. With a roar, the sword in his hand came down with lightning, and he cut down the Cao army who was closest to him and was still busy preparing to throw away his bow and arrows for swords and guns.
"Kill him!" 』
The leader of Cao''s army shouted, pointing at the Hussars Military Academy.
Not all hussars can jump up the slope, but as long as there are a few who stand firm and hang down the ropes they carry, more and more hussars will soon climb up the slope, and Cao Jun''s so-called The advantages of geographical location are gone!
Obviously, Cao Jun can only secure the final victory of the ambush by killing these hussars as quickly as possible!
It''s just that Cao Jun''s soldiers are not as brave and sturdy as these hussars, and most of these Cao Jun soldiers standing on the edge of the **** are holding bows and arrows in their hands and around them, and their swords and guns are either placed on the side behind them. At that time, few of them could hold bows and arrows in hand-to-hand combat like some elf archers. Therefore, although these Cao soldiers heard the order from their leader, most of Cao''s soldiers still did not move forward. , but busy switching weapons...
War is like a catalyst.
Either accelerate growth or accelerate destruction.
Facing the threat of the Hussars, Cao''s army has obviously grown to a great extent, otherwise it will inevitably face destruction.
Cao Hong has obviously made progress, or there are still some people in Cao''s army who are still persisting. The ambush that Cao Hong set up was obviously a reflection of his deep understanding of the surrounding terrain, but unfortunately, he encountered a stronger opponent.
And just when the Hussars Military Academy was fighting its way out, they were in trouble at Suoyang Pass.
Even though he led his men, he drove down Cao Jun''s troops on the rock wall life and death, cut off the rope ladders erected by Cao Jun on the rock wall, and used falling rocks to break the various wooden plank roads erected by Cao Jun. This was regarded as a victory. Not bad results, but there are gains and losses. The outer city wall of Suoyang Pass was breached by Cao Hong and his men.
The outer city wall of Suoyang Pass is not very high to begin with. Coupled with the earth and stone walls, although it is steep, you really have to climb up. Even if you don''t have to climb up through the stone gaps, find a place to build a three-story building. You can also climb up directly using a human ladder.
And he was never a very ferocious general, he only had ordinary martial arts skills, so when he led his people in a hurry from the rock wall to the outer city, it was already a step too late.
Cao Jun climbed up from many places on the outer wall of Suoyang Pass, causing many breaking points in the Hussars'' defense on the outer wall.
The battle for the outer wall quickly became extremely cruel.
Li Yi chopped down the Cao Jun soldier in front of him with one knife, but the next Cao Jun soldier rushed up and almost poked a hole in Li Yi''s waist.
He had always roared, but his voice and strength were diminishing.
Other hussar soldiers were also fighting hard to kill, and from time to time someone fell down with screams, including Cao''s soldiers and some from the hussar side.
Because at the beginning, the surprise attack on the rock wall caused the hussars to be somewhat distracted and failed to effectively contain Cao''s army''s initial climb on the city, which led to increasingly fierce hand-to-hand combat.
It turned out that someone was stuck at the transition between the outer wall and the inner wall.
Arrows whistled in the air.
The accuracy of both sides at night is not very good, but similarly, the visual impact of darkness also makes it difficult for soldiers on both sides to avoid arrow damage.
The commander of the Hussars on the other side also tried to open up the outer wall passage that was blocked by Cao Jun, but was suppressed by a burst of random shooting by Cao Jun and was suppressed in the corner tower, and could not support smoothly.
The hussars archers tried to lean out and shoot the climbing Cao Jun soldiers, but the casualties were too great. Later, they had to abandon this tactic and changed to shooting only at the side of Cao Jun soldiers to reduce the frontal resistance. pressure.
The soldiers on both sides were shouting, so the range of influence of all orders was very small. They could only rely on the underlying organization and the instinctive cooperation between the soldiers. At this point, the soldiers of the Hussars had some advantages. It is precisely because of this that even after the outer wall of Suoyang Pass was breached at several points, there was still no large-scale collapse.
But the exterior wall is basically irretrievable...
Most of the soldiers brought by Cao Hong were veterans of Qingzhou. These Qingzhou soldiers who can survive in battles basically have good fighting skills, and they each have their own methods on **** people. However, Qingzhou soldiers who are softer may not be able to survive in the Central Plains war. Live till now.
This is a huge pressure for people who have never waited.
Cao Hong did not spare these Qingzhou soldiers and divided them into multiple attacks, striving to win the battle.
Although he had always wanted to support him, his physical strength was extremely exhausted, and now he was somewhat at the end of his strength.
Waving his **** sword, he led his soldiers to rush to the city wall again and again to block and kill, and then organized everyone to charge, block and kill.
"No, I can''t fight anymore..."
His previous confidence began to waver, and his hands and feet began to tremble.
He leaned against the doorway, feeling his heart beating violently and every part of his body moaning in pain. He didn''t even know if he was injured...
He now faces another choice.
Should we retreat to the inner city and continue to resist, or should we simply abandon the pass and evacuate to the mountains?
He was always hesitating, hesitating, but the Qiusi Qu Chang on the other side of the outer wall did not hesitate or hesitate.
Faced with the constant suppression of Cao Jun''s arrows, the Hussars Commander also saw that the Hussars soldiers on the outer wall had been cut into several sections by Cao Jun and were being flanked. Casualties continued to appear, so he rushed out of the door and held up his arms. Shield, shouted loudly: "Kill..."
Arrows whistled.
However, the hussar Qu Chang faced the rain of arrows from Cao Jun and bravely took the lead to kill.
The soldiers behind the hussar Qu Chang also roared and rushed out of the doorway that could have shielded their bodies. They either held swords, guns, or shields, and followed the hussar Qu Chang as they rushed out. .
Although there is a shield, it is not immune to all physical damage.
I saw that the hussar Qu Chang paused for a moment while running, but soon began to run forward again, penetrated one of Cao''s army''s lines, rescued some of the hussar soldiers, and then continued forward!
And on the body of the hussar Qu Chang, I saw that the arrow was still trembling!
"kill! Fight out and bring them back! 』
He suddenly stopped thinking, considering, and hesitating. He stood up again and gripped the sword tightly.
He didn''t know the hussar commander before, and maybe he won''t have the chance to get to know him again in the future, but now, at this moment, they are comrades standing together!
He was proud of the unfamiliar hussar commander, and ashamed of his cowardice just now!
Of course, famous heroes are worthy of admiration from future generations, but unknown heroes should also be respected by future generations!
Always roaring, "The hussars are victorious!" 』
"The hussars are victorious!" 』
The soldiers behind Li Cheng also shouted, and rushed out with Li Cheng braving arrows.
More hussars shouted, and for a moment, all the noise was suppressed by the sound of Cynomorium closing -
"Hussars!" Won victory! 』