Just kidding, where would Young Master Zhuge who is familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" not know what kind of powerful character this Cao Hong is, just Guan Ping's two sons are not at the same level as others at all. It's pretty much the same to say that your dad is coming. You can beat it, but you can't beat people, just say that these dozens of people under your command are going to attack the cavalry team of hundreds of people, isn't that obviously looking for death?

"Little boy, what's wrong?" When Guan Ping heard Zhuge Zhan call him, he thought it was Mi Zhu's orders!

Zhuge Zhan stood on the carriage, looked at Guan Ping and said solemnly: "Brother Guan, the enemy is outnumbered, and I can only outwit the enemy!" The dense jungles on both sides of the official road and the twists and turns of the trail can greatly weaken the impact of the cavalry and delay the enemy's attack. It is also convenient for our army to hide and ambush, so let's quickly lead the army into the forest to hide! ”

Guan Ping listened to Zhuge Zhan's words, and also felt that there was some truth. It's just that this guy is a child, do you want to listen to it?

was hesitating, Mi Zhu also stuck his head out and said to Guan Ping: "Young General, Zhan'er's words are very reasonable!" Let's take a break in the woods! ”

Since even Mi Zhu said so, then what else is there to say! Guan Ping turned his horse's head and ordered the guards to escort the convoy down the official road and into the jungle hundreds of miles on the side of the road.

"General, they're hiding in the woods!" Cao Hong led his troops to gallop all the way, but he was still a step too slow.

"Chase Lao Tzu!" Cao Hong is now angry to the extreme, damn, kill my beloved general first! Then he played the drama of the golden cicada shelling with Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu froze outside the city for most of the night, and ran so many unjust roads to the north in vain! Damn, don't get caught by Lao Tzu, or Lao Tzu will have to skin you bastards alive! Cao Hong didn't think about it, and rushed into the dense forest with a horse's head and a horse. I completely forgot the precept in the art of war, "don't enter the dense forest, I am afraid of ambushes".

The deputy general next to him wanted to dissuade him, but when he saw Cao Hong's gray face, he swallowed his words back. Love to whoever you want! It's no fun to provoke the general in case. had to take his subordinates and carefully follow Cao Hong into the dense forest.

It is said that in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, more than ten years of Yellow Turban Rebellion and warlord melee caused the Chinese population to plummet by two-thirds. During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, according to the official household registration statistics at that time, the population controlled by the government at that time was still about 56 million. However, by the time Emperor Cao Pi of Wei Wen ascended the throne, the total population of Wei, Shu and Wu was only 13 million. Among them, the worst Shu Han regime controlled less than one million people in the whole territory. This shows how much harm the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the late Han Dynasty and the warlord melee that lasted for more than ten years brought great harm to China at that time.

However, this serious loss of population objectively alleviated the environmental degradation caused by the excessive development of agriculture in the Han and Han dynasties. Due to the exodus of residents in many areas, many areas have been uninhabited for thousands of miles and a large amount of farmland has become barren. As Cao Cao described in the poem "Walking in Artemisia": "The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles." These uninhabited areas have grown over the course of more than a decade to the point where large areas of woodland have naturally spawned.

This woodland on the outskirts of Hefei, which covers hundreds of miles, is one of the large woodlands that has been naturally derived.

Because this woodland is naturally derived, the forest species in it are more mixed. These include maple poplar, finch pine, moso bamboo, toon, privet, poplar, sycamore, mulberry, elm, cedar, masson pine, ginkgo, oak, almond, holly, plane tree, big-leaved yellow and other dozens of common forest trees in the north. In addition, vines and weeds are overgrown, and it is inconvenient to march in them.

Since the night was still very dark, I couldn't see anything in the forest!

"General, this place is overgrown with trees, the roads are rough, and the march is difficult! If the enemy forces set up an ambush. We're going to lose a lot! It's better to quit for the time being. It's the middle of winter, and the plants and trees in the forest are dry and flammable, so if you set fire to them outside the forest, you can force them out! "The lieutenant general saw that the woodland was deep and the road was rugged, so he was afraid of being ambushed. Hurriedly hit the horse forward and stopped Cao Hong persuaded.

Cao Hong suddenly heard that it seemed to make sense, but after thinking about it again, he shook his head again and said, "Although this strategy is good, it is not suitable for us now. Come and see ......" Cao Hong pointed to the forest in front of him and said: "This woodland covers an area of hundreds of miles, and there are no high mountains and dangers around. Don't say that we don't have enough manpower, we can't burn such a large forest at all, even if we can burn it, how long will it take? I'm afraid that before we can spread the fire, the enemy army will have fled without a trace. ”

"Well, what the general said is reasonable! But now the night is dark and the forest is thick, and the road is rough. Rashly go deep for fear of being plotted! ”

"I didn't know that the prime minister entrusted Hefei to me, relying on me as the barrier of the eastern front. A few days ago, I couldn't repel the thieves in Jiangdong, but dragged Wen Yuan and almost killed him. I've been ashamed. Now if Liu Bei's subordinates are allowed to transport a large number of military supplies away from under my nose, then what face do I have to meet the prime minister? Cao Hong looked sad and angry, obviously the last time he was besieged in Hefei by the Jiangdong Army, Cao Hong was under a lot of psychological pressure. At this time, the main generals of the Cao army basically followed Cao Cao's side, and the other side fought vigorously and made meritorious contributions. It's only my own side that has repeatedly made mistakes. How can Cao Hong feel at ease.

"But the general ......," the adjutant general still wanted to persuade.

Cao Hong waved his hand, "No need to say it again!" I'm responsible for what happened! Command the whole army to speed up the dispersal and search forward! ”

"No!" The adjutant general saw that persuasion was useless, so he had no choice but to accept the order.

Under the command of Cao Hong, the Cao army was divided into several small detachments to search and advance.

"Whoosh~Whoosh~Whoosh~" An inaudible whoosh came from not far away.

"Ah~ah~ah~" followed by a terrifying scream, and not far away, Cao soldiers kept falling from their horses.

"What's going on?" Cao Hong asked in surprise.

"General! There is an ambush! The adjutant exclaimed. Ah~" A scream, the lieutenant general immediately fell to the ground.

"Not good! Evacuate! Cao Hong was shocked and ordered his subordinates to withdraw from the jungle. It's too late!

Dense crossbow bolts use the cover of night to maximize the effectiveness of the attack. Cao Hong's side was constantly surrounded by soldiers who were shot and fell from their horses. The rest of the soldiers did not dare to let their horses run wild anymore. That's a live target. They gathered vigilantly and slowly towards Cao Hong's side. A protective wall of human flesh was formed on the perimeter of Cao Hong. Cao Hong also jumped off the horse at this time, and the target on the horse was too big.

"General, what shall we do?" A young general leaned close to Cao Hong's side, nervously watching the movements around him, and asked Cao Hong in a low voice.

"You ask me, who the fuck am I going to ask?" Cao Hong completely lost the loyal appearance just now, and at this time he blamed himself for not being so strong. This is not to say that Cao Hong is afraid of death, in fact, people like them who follow Cao Cao to crawl out of the pile of dead people have long been accustomed to life and death. Since ancient times, Liang generals have all taken "horse leather shroud, died on the battlefield" as their life goal. But......