Chapter 134: The Drums of War Beat
Zhang Fei has always been known for his bravery in battles, and originally thought that Cao's 500,000 troops would attack, but he had to sacrifice his life to fight fiercely to ensure that his brother and his mentor ran away, and he ran away......
500,000 people, not to mention the army, even if it is 500,000 pigs, it is not so easy to kill!
had no choice but to quickly shrink his forces and retreat to Xinye......
Xinye is a small city, in fact, it is not as big as the castle of the Cai family!
Unexpectedly, according to the master's clever plan, before his car was withdrawn, the militia and the people had already been mobilized to transform the city and its surroundings, and changed some strange equipment for the army......
Then do what you do!
As a result, the serious war was fought and slaughtered as if it were a joke!
This night, the moon is dark and the wind is high, and it is a good time to kill people and set fires!
In the Cao army camp, the soldiers rested early, but they couldn't sleep, not because of anything else, because they were hungry! I ate three taels of grain in a whole day!
"Even if it's a mouse, it's a little more than us eat now, right? Alas, when it comes to rats, if there were a rat now, I could swallow it in one bite! ”
"Lao Tzu, I have a wide stomach, and I don't have enough food for three catties of food on weekdays, but now I give three taels, and I can't fill my teeth!"
"Is there a problem with the grain and grass in our rear? The siege has also stopped in the past two days, can the brothers who died in the battle in front of us die in vain? ”
"Alas...... Don't say anything, close your eyes, pretend to be asleep, and you'll be asleep in a while!
When you fall asleep, you don't get hungry, and the more you talk, the hungrier you get......"
Cao Cao's army of grain grabbers was looting everywhere, causing resentment among the people in the occupied areas of Jingzhou for a while......
The family's grain, piglets, and sweet potatoes were all robbed......
However, after all, it is still not enough to eat! It will take time for the re-requisitioned military rations from the rear to be delivered to ......
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The forward soldiers of the Cao army, a little lazy with hunger, in order to conserve their physical strength, they were all drowsy, and when they were about to fall asleep, they heard drums on all sides!
Knock knock knock......
Knock knock knock......
It sounds like a lot of movement, as if your camp is surrounded by the Han army!
Of course Xiahoudun didn't sleep, he could think that Liu Bei was not stupid, and his good brother Zhang Fei would definitely not let go of this good opportunity to attack and disturb!
Xiahoudun had already prepared an elite army of 5,000 people, and these 5,000 people were basically the best and strongest soldiers selected from each battalion.
Of course, these 5,000 people were well fed, and not only did they receive enough food, but they also slaughtered a number of wounded war horses, so that they could be fed!
The 5,000 people were led by Xiahoudun himself, and when the drums sounded, Xiahoudun jumped on his horse, and the celebrity lit the torch and said only two words.
"Kill! Kill! ”
So these five thousand warriors who were as strong as an iron tower turned on their horses and followed the Lord out of the camp!
However, they did not see any traces of an enemy attack at all!
The scouts were sent out for miles, and finally waited for news.
"What about the enemy?"
"General Yu, the enemy has not been discovered!"
"Why are the drums of war sounding everywhere?"
"When I was ready to set out, the drumming had stopped, and I searched everywhere, but I found no trace of the enemy!"
Xiahou blew his beard angrily and glared, looking at the dark night all around, and he didn't dare to take the men and horses too far away from the camp, in case he was ambushed, it would not be cost-effective to lose his troops and lose his troops.
"Withdraw your troops and return to the camp!"
So, everyone let out a long breath, which was regarded as letting go of the strength they were holding, and then followed the main general, kicking and stepping back to the camp.
Xiahoudun knew that Zhang Fei would not end up in such a hurry at once, and there must still be action, so he ordered the five thousand elites not to remove their armor and sleep on their pillows.
Everyone stared wide-eyed, and finally slept with a wry smile, it was the most humid and hot and boring time in Shu, to wear armor, you must wear thick clothes to cushion, covered with a layer of armor, so wet and boring, how can you sleep?
But with the military order in hand, everyone had to suffer this sin, and finally stayed up until the second half of the night was a little cooler, and began to fight with the upper and lower eyelids, and was about to fall asleep!
Knock knock knock......
Knock knock knock......
The drums are beating again!
The soldiers had to roll over and jump up, ready to follow the main general again, but this time, Xiahoudun did not call everyone to go on the expedition, but sent a large number of scouts to investigate.
"What about the open and dark posts we have set up here and there? Why don't you see a return? Xiahoudun asked.
One of his subordinates said: "General, the enemy is familiar with the terrain, and there are great aspects of assembly and evacuation, sneak attack and retreat, and in the night battle, our side will already suffer a ......loss."
"Ben didn't ask you this, didn't our open and dark sentinels have a lot of them in critical places? Why is there no return? ”
"I'm afraid I've been killed! The second wave of scouts sent out has not been rewarded so far, and the third wave has been dispatched! ”
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While he was talking, he suddenly heard a noise in the distance, and someone shouted loudly!
"What's going on?"
As soon as Xiahoudun asked this sentence, a herald came to report and said: "General, the thieves are shouting everywhere, saying that our army's grain and grass camp has been struck by stars and drought and lightning, and has been completely burned, and the army has run out of food......
"Nonsense! The order is that the reason why the army has reduced the supply of rations is entirely because of the heavy rain in Wancheng, the road is difficult and dangerous, and it is slower, and in a few days, a large amount of grain and grass will arrive. ”
Xiahoudun glared, drew his sword in his hand, and gave this order very majestically.
"No!"
"All the soldiers, go out of the camp with the generals and kill this group of noisy thieves!"
"No!"
Everyone immediately formed a team, turned over their horses, and rushed out of the camp with the main general yelling, and this time, they finally saw people!
The skinny men looked very funny on their skinny horses, but they ran faster than the rabbits, and they only saw it from afar, and they didn't love to fight at all, so they turned around and ran!
Xiahoudun waved his horse lance and ordered: "The thieves and horses are weak and can't run fast, so I will catch up with them, and no one will be left!" ”
So, the five thousand iron horsemen rolled up a gust of wind, and at night they lit torches, and looked more like a rapidly moving cloud of fire! As Xiahoudun expected, Shu Han's war horses were not any war horses at all, and Cao Jun charged, and he was about to trample this group of thin men and horses into meat with iron hooves, but suddenly a thick rain of arrows covered Xiahoudun's men and horses!
The arrows were like flying locusts, but due to the darkness, when they heard the sound of breaking the sky buzzing, everyone was shocked and raised their shields to cover it, but some of the slower ones had already been hit and were directly pierced by the thick spears and arrows! Xiahoudun's own left arm was also taken away by the arrow!