"Zixiao, we can't go any faster. It's raining so hard now and the roads are muddy. If we continue to speed up, it's easy to get out of line. Moreover, the soldiers under his command are obviously a little resentful because of the high-speed march." Xia Houyuan caught up with Cao Ren with a few points.
He spoke in an urgent tone.
After hearing this, Cao Ren looked heavy and looked back at the soldiers around him. Although he couldn't see very far, he could still see a little coldness in his face that was soaked by the heavy rain.
After all, marching in this kind of weather is already very dissatisfying, and Cao Ren is still urging his men to speed up. Considering that the soldiers themselves have some resentment towards Cao, the current weather and marching can be said to be...
This resentment was further amplified.
"You came from the rear army, what do you think of the journey?" Although Cao Ren was worried about the situation, the surrounding servants and the headquarters led by the servants all had cold expressions. It was normal for the other lower-level soldiers to have resentful expressions.
Therefore, Cao Ren had to slow down his march and asked Xia Houyuan, who was chasing from the rear, what was the overall situation of the entire army.
"It's not very good. Most of the soldiers have cold faces and gloomy expressions. Forced marching at this time would be too destructive to morale." Xia Houyuan's expression was also obviously not good. He was not blind, and he had been fighting with the army for so many years.
We can also see the current state of the soldiers. It is obvious that most of the soldiers are very unhappy about having to work for Lao Cao in this climate, especially when they are forced to march in the rain!
"Take a rest and let the core headquarters calm down." Cao Ren sighed. No matter how anxious he was, he had to stop and rest. Otherwise, if the camp was really blown up, what would happen even if he could reach the Helmand River crossing? Well,
It's really not possible to blow up the camp, but it's very possible that the work will be done without any effort.
Although it is easy to get into trouble if you do this on the battlefield, as long as the generals and commanders under Lao Cao are veterans, each of them has a life-saving talent, and there are even some talents that can play dead. It is very disgusting and outrageous, so when it comes to the battlefield, it will not work
As long as they exert their strength, it is not too difficult to trap Cao Ren and his group. After all, compared to the soldiers, these generals are more valuable in attacking and killing.
As Cao Ren ordered to rest for half an hour, various special secret techniques and talents were quickly supported. As for exposure, there is no need to talk about it at this time. If the opponent can detect it, an army of this size will be exposed anyway.
If the other party can't detect it, it won't be exposed even with some special secret techniques.
In this case, it is better to let the soldiers perform as they wish, which at least can further stabilize morale.
"I heard that the opponent this time is Ardashir." Ma Pin held up the force field to form an umbrella-like shelter for the more than a hundred brothers under his command. After Cao Ren ordered the entire army to stop and rest, he took it out of his backpack.
He made a huge bamboo kettle, covered with a layer of soft straw, opened the lid and hot air spurted out from the spout. Ma Pin took two sips of ginger syrup to warm up his body, and his condition improved a lot.
"Where did Brother Ma get the ginger syrup?" The soldiers under his command came over after smelling the smell, and Ma Pin poured some of it. The other people's load-bearing capacity was limited, so he could only carry more.
A centimeter-diameter bamboo kettle can hold more than ten kilograms of water at a time. It is heavier than the weapons of ordinary soldiers and takes up a lot of weight. Generally, only big men will use this kettle.
"When I went out, I found the cook from the next camp making ginger syrup, and I asked him to fill two pots of it. I thought it was still a bit heavy, so I took it with me." Ma Pin said nonchalantly. Normal soldiers would still be there.
If you have a load of more than thirty kilograms, you must wear armor. Ma Pin is at this level. There is actually no difference between armor that is thirty kilograms more and armor that is thirty kilograms less.
"Who else can we fight here besides Ardashir?" A veteran took some ginger water from Ma Pin to warm himself up and complained, "But it seems that Ardashir's Death Rider is not here."
How old is it? I remember that a brother from General Xu marked the Holy Death Cavalry and found that the number of Holy Death Cavalry is getting smaller and smaller now."
"It's normal, that thing needs to be replenished to reach my level." Ma Pin had a look of understanding on his face. Although he went to participate in the Battle of the Ganges and was knocked unconscious by a dog before leaving the country and was thrown into the woods, but since then
After realizing his shame, he became brave and has now reached the fifth level of smelting.
"That thing is really difficult to deal with. If you encounter it, you don't know how to fight it." Hu Bo, who sneaked in from the side and tricked Ma Pinjiang syrup, also had a sigh on his face. Everyone present was silent when he heard this.
For a veteran of Ma Pin's level, encountering the Holy Death Cavalry is worse than encountering the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, because the latter cannot beat you and you can run away. In addition, as long as you are careful with the latter, the opponent is actually less able to kill you in a few hits.
Of course, if three or five veterans like Mapin circle around and kick a divine cavalry, it will be difficult to quickly take down the cavalry on the battlefield, but the Holy Death Cavalry is different. The Holy Death Cavalry can really kill Mapin in a few hits.
Kind of veteran.
High attack, high mobility, and high breakthrough. Although they are much more fragile than the Xiliang Cavalry, if a veteran of Ma Pin's level seizes the opportunity, he may be able to pierce through the soldiers of the Holy Death Cavalry with a single shot of the three-edged stabbing sword, and then kill them.
It can be killed directly, but the opponent can also directly kill veterans like Ma Pin with a few hits.
It is possible for tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers who are not afraid of death to hold back the Xiliang cavalry. Even if the Xiliang cavalry can penetrate it, it will take some time, but they cannot face the Holy Death Cavalry. The Holy Death Cavalry may be injured, so
With its super high maneuverability and breakthrough capabilities, it directly penetrated the battle line.
Therefore, facing the Holy Death Cavalry, even a veteran of Ma Pin's level will actually have a headache. This is not an opponent that you will not die if you are careful, but a real opponent. If you are careful, you will die, and it will be even worse.
The worst thing is that you can't retreat even if you fight the Holy Death Cavalry. If you retreat, the battle line may collapse directly.
The veterans under Cao Cao's command sat together and actually studied the Holy Death Cavalry, but the more they studied, the more they felt that the Holy Death Cavalry was the sublimation of the regular Ranger Cavalry. The only problem was that the sublimation was a little too much, causing the Holy Death Cavalry to use the normal method.
There is absolutely no way to deal with it.
"I don't know, maybe it's General Xiahou." Ma Pin said.
"That is probably the legion that has been established for many years but has never been formed. It is said that the troops used are all carefully selected elites." Hu Bo said with some speculation.
The legion that Hu Bo mentioned is actually the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. This thing was something that Cao Cao said he would do when he was in the Central Plains. Now after more than ten years of doing it, it finally has some voice, and it was not done by Lao Cao.
It was Cao Ang who did it.
"What a liar, have you been selected?" Ma Pin sneered when he heard this, and he carefully selected the elite. It's funny, we two brothers are standing together, you are just pretending!
"I haven't? Are you selected?" Hu Bo chuckled, looked at Ma Pin and asked, "I'm not an elite, are you?"
"I'm not an elite either." Ma Pin was not ashamed, but rather proud. He was just working for Lao Cao, and he could really risk his life. However, even his brothers didn't receive the news, so he was definitely not an elite. What a joke, Kandahar.
If the place is ruined, can there still be 5,000 people who can surpass him?
This is the fifth level of smelting. Not counting those old guys who have pretended to be dead. After experiencing the changes in the sky and the curse of world consciousness, the entire Han Dynasty may now be in its early 1000s. Don't expect any more. In this
Under this situation, how many people under Lao Cao's command can be above the fifth level of smelting? One hundred, two hundred?
Anyway, it’s only a little more than a hundred to survive. In other words, if a guy like Ma Pin is willing to be exposed, he can at least get the treatment of a thousand men. However, for people like Ma Pin, a thousand men are more dangerous, and they will be called out by the strong people on the opposite side.
What should I do? If I can't defeat him, I won't be finished. It's better to be a centurion, it's safe!
Even if there are some shameless guys on the opposite side, in a general-scale melee, veterans with this kind of strength will not suffer any injuries as long as they are not in the center, the highest intensity area.
"Eh." While Ma Pin and Hu Bo were chatting, Hu Bo frowned slightly.
"What's wrong?" Ma Pin looked at Hu Bo and asked.
"My clone was annihilated." Hu Bo said.
"I have the impression that you have hundreds of clones." Ma Pin looked at Hu Bo and was silent for a while, "But with the strength of your clones, it is normal for you to be snatched away by snakes, wolves, tigers and leopards in the mountains."
Hu Bo was silent for a while, then raised his right hand, and then a dozen clones with dragonfly wings, no more than three inches high, flew out from the palm of Hu Bo's hand.
Although he is also a fantasy soldier, after Hu Bo ran away from the old Yuan family to Cao Cao's side, he completely gave up this natural combat ability and instead specialized in investigation ability. This thing is similar to a dragonfly.
Investigative abilities developed through Ph.D.
At the same time, Cao Cao's veterans who had a large scale, that is, a starting radius of more than 30 miles, and had anti-interference reconnaissance capabilities, all discovered some abnormalities.
"It doesn't seem right." Several veterans with strong investigative capabilities discovered the anomaly. Although some were not satisfied with Lao Cao, in war, intelligence and investigation cannot be delayed, so after mutual confirmation, the intelligence was quickly
Summarize in the direction of Cao Ren.
"What, Ardashir's main force did not choose to retreat to the Helmand River crossing, but returned to the previous station?" Cao Ren was shocked when he received the news. How could this be possible? If it were a regular attack, what would happen to Ardashir?
Maybe the entire army was dispatched to encircle and suppress Yan Xing?
"This is the situation detected. What should we do now?"
If you release water, you can do it at any time. Anyway, you won't be able to flood yourself. If the embankment breaks, you will be able to flood it until you lose nothing.
Ardashir does want to retreat, but if he retreats normally, he can only go to the Helmand River ferry, but Cao Cao is not a fool. After Ardashir defeats Yan Xinghui, he will retreat there. As long as Cao Cao blocks it there, then
A fierce battle is inevitable.
Even though Lao Cao's foundation is in turmoil now, the Han Empire's strong strength is there. In a fierce battle, even if Ardashir can break through, he will definitely have to hand over some of his trump cards and reveal his true fighting power. And this is Lao Cao's.
The information Cao needs.
But now that Ardashir gave up going back to the Kabul Valley across the Helmand River, and instead returned to the previous camp like nothing happened, then the water attack method that Ardashir had prepared before really played its due role.
The current situation between Cao Cao and Aldashir is that they both know that the other party must have prepared a water attack, and they also know that the other party is not willing to fight to the death with them, and both want to reduce losses. In this case, Aldashir and
Cao Cao's main force appears within the water attack range, so neither side will use water attacks unless one side is about to be defeated and then threatens the other side with mutual destruction.
This is also the reason why Cao Cao didn't worry about the main attack at all. Aldashir took the opportunity to ambush him, and then was completely defeated in one go. Because at that point, Cao Cao directly lifted the table. You Aldashir really dared to kill indiscriminately. Then
Everyone will die together.
In the same way, Aldashir is actually not too worried about the demise of his subordinates. If he is really in a desperate situation, he can just dig out. Therefore, fighting on the Kandahar side, Lao Cao does not dare to really force Aldashir to death now. After all, this is
Everyone must exercise restraint in this situation.
The only time there is no need to restrain is when Ardashir is on the mountain and Cao Cao's main force is on the mountain path, or when Cao Cao's main force is in the city and Ardashir is on the mountain path.
After all, the terrain of Kabul is such that as long as the dike breaks, both sides of the mountain road will be flooded.
But now comes the problem. Cao Cao's main force is in the mountain road, preparing to head to the Helmand River Valley, but Ardashir is not planning to retreat to the ferry. Anyway, he is planning to return to his previous highland camp. This wants
What to do?
Just thinking about it, Cao Ren and others' brains began to boil.
If the dikes in this place burst, there is a high probability that all of the more than 60,000 of them would be killed. Even if there were some who could survive, they would not be able to face the subsequent strangulation by the Holy Death Cavalry.
"We must send people to stop Ardashir now. If we really want to talk about distance now, we are actually closer than Ardashir. We just abandon the Helmand River ferry and move the battlefield to Ardashir.
In front of the abandoned camp." Cao Ren quickly made a judgment.
Again, Cao Ren is actually a famous offensive general. Like Sima Yi, he is a famous general with amazing offensive performance. As for why he is famous in history for defense, it is just because the opponents he encountered were too strong and they were unable to attack.
, can only stick to it.
Because of the twists and turns on the mountain road, the straight-line distance of thirty miles may have to be detoured for hundreds of miles. Even with the blessing of the essence of heaven and earth, the mobility of the soldiers is greatly improved and they can move hundreds of miles at high speed.
Under the current climate and environment, running for hundreds of miles is also a very fatal situation.
However, the problem now is that if you don't rush to stop Ardashir, after Ardashir goes up the mountain, he will really burst the dam, and you rush to stop Ardashir, which is the most suitable battlefield for Cao's army.
It has been directly changed to a new place, and the original situation of waiting for work has also changed. Maybe it will become a place of waiting for work in Ardassil.
"We are not much closer than Ardashir." Xia Houyuan recalled the map of this area, compared it with the position of Ardashir's army detected by the investigators, and then compared the current positions of the two sides from the mountain camp based on memory.
"But if we don't attack at full speed, Ardashir arrives at the mountain camp first, and then relies on the terrain to hold on. If a wave of floods comes, our army will be wiped out, and there won't be much left." Cao Ren looked extremely ugly.
said, "So we can only block here as quickly as possible and have a big fight with Ardashir."
"Fighting a meaningless war?" Zhang Xiu also rushed over at this time. The investigators under his command informed him that they had detected a large group of people marching at high speed for more than 20 miles.
"We need to measure Ardashir's combat effectiveness." Cao Ren said in a suppressed tone.
"Ardashir's men are united and can march at high speeds, and can maintain considerable combat effectiveness after arriving. Can our army achieve this level now?" Zhang Xiu did not refute Cao Ren, but his truth was more powerful than his refutation.
favorable.
"Near the original crossing of the Helmand River, I think our army has the possibility of victory if it waits for work, and no matter what happens, it will not be defeated. However, after this kind of forced march of nearly a hundred miles, it is very likely that after arriving, a battle will begin on the spot.
"Fa..." Zhang Xiu looked at Cao Ren with an indifferent expression, "Is there anyone here who is sure that he can defeat the Holy Death Cavalry? Is he sure that he can face Ardashir when the entire army is exhausted?"
Cao Ren's face looked extremely ugly at this moment.
"Then what do you mean?" Xia Houyuan looked at Zhang Xiu and asked.
"Withdraw directly. Since there is no room for implementation of tactics, it is better to withdraw first and wait for new fighters." Zhang Xiu said slowly.
Although he has a normal relationship with Yan Xing, they are both from Liangzhou after all, and they still have some friendship with each other. In addition, Cao Ang's behavior is a bright spot for Zhang Xiu - Cao Sikong is unreliable, but Cao Shizi is.
It's reliable.
After all, Zhang Xiu has invested a huge amount of money in Lao Cao. If he can avoid changing jobs, Zhang Xiu still doesn't want to change jobs. He didn't consider this before, but Cao Ang dared to mobilize troops privately, so many things can be done.
It's all on the table.
People like Zhang Xiu really wouldn't notice it before he was on the stage, but this time it was almost made clear, so Zhang Xiu would naturally consider it. Crown Prince Cao Ang seemed to be a really good choice.
After having this idea, Zhang Xiu will naturally help Cao Ang when he has the ability. For example, now, Lao Cao, your plan has exploded. There is no point in trying to make up for it. It is better to fail directly, so as to give Lao Cao another blow.
, proves the justice of Cao Ang's troop deployment, and directly characterizes the incompetence of the planners this time, that is, without Cao Ang's troop deployment, not only would the plan fail this time, but the troops would also be lost.
"No!" Cao Ren sternly rejected Zhang Xiu's idea.
"Then what do you think we should do? Rush over and have a fight with Ardashir?" Zhang Xiu confronted Cao Ren without any hesitation.
At least I can barely update on time at work, sigh