What is the most terrible thing about fighting in the era of cold weapons?

War is never afraid of fortified cities and dangerous terrain, because no one can guarantee victory in every battle, and it is common to suffer defeat, as long as you can move back later. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But the problem that dreads every general of the unified army is not even the lack of food and water, but the roar of the camp. In an era when communications were extremely unsmooth, once a camp roar occurred, it was basically doomed to failure, and heavy losses were caused without the enemy's action, and in serious cases, it could even threaten the lives of the generals of the unified army. During the Three Kingdoms period, the most typical was Niu Fu, because his soldiers had dissatisfied, and the flight caused chaos, causing him to think that the whole army was in rebellion, and hurriedly fled with a few henchmen, but was finally betrayed and killed by his henchmen.

The situation Liu Xun encountered was actually not much different from the camp Xiao, the difference is that the name of the camp Xiao mostly happened at night, and on the battlefield, it was called a rout. Most of the time, people go with the flow, and if someone can't stand the pressure and collapses, it will naturally affect other people, and even the entire army. So when the rout happens, it's basically unstoppable.

Therefore, the control of the army will always be the primary problem faced by the generals in the era of cold weapons. In the era when heralds relied on horseback, the more troops there were, the harder it was to command. Bai Qi became a nightmare for the Kwantung States because he commanded an army of 600,000 and killed 460,000 people of Zhao in one fell swoop...... If you can't form an effective grasp of the defending army, just like Fu Jian in history, although the whip is broken, but the generals of all ethnic groups under his command have ghosts in their hearts, and the millions of troops are collapsed and flee after a few shouts, and they don't need to fight the Eastern Jin Dynasty army at all, they directly cross the river to chase and kill, and they also create idioms such as rumors and cranes to pass down to the world.

Therefore, it is very important for an excellent general who can control the army, and a general who is known for his rigorous management of the army can definitely have great achievements. In the game, the population base is more than ten times larger, and even more so.

But obviously, Liu Xun is not such a person, and he is not even a qualified general. It's okay when things are going well, but when something goes wrong, it shows a lack of ability.

Liu Xun's camp and Liu Feng's camp are 5 miles apart, which is similar to the earth mountain built by Liu Feng outside the city, which is considered a full momentum, not in a straight line, which is also the reason why his camp can stand up. Although after several days of fighting, the losses on both sides were not small, but it was still not enough to put the whole army out. When the army in front collapsed, Liu Xun still had a lot of troops in his hands.

If he can make a quick decision and send his capable subordinates to deal with and guide the first time a problem arises, he may be able to prevent the rout of the whole army. But he didn't, and when the problem arose, he was caught off guard, didn't know what to do, and delayed the timing. And Lu Fan, who could remind him by his side, never spoke.

The defeat was like a mountain.

Liu Xun failed to solve the problem in the first place and stopped the defeated soldiers from storming the barracks, which doomed him to failure. When the chaotic army poured into the camp, it affected the soldiers who originally remained in the camp in formation, and after a while, it caused chaos in the whole group, and the generals could no longer find their own troops except for the personal soldiers around them.

As the commander-in-chief, Liu Xun naturally didn't think that it was his own reasons that caused this consequence, because even if he was an old man under Yuan Shu, he couldn't afford to carry this black cauldron, otherwise even if he fled back, he would be beheaded by the angry Yuan Shu. So when he found out that something could not be done, he immediately showed extreme anger, and personally led people to suppress the fleeing rout, and even killed several people with his own hands. In the process, he kept angrily scolding the generals who had fought before, and put all the blame on them, so that everyone around him could hear that the defeat of this battle was not his own problem, but that those generals who commanded the army were not strict in governing the army, were not diligent in training, and were not effective in battle......

In this way, not to mention Lu Fan, who has long been thoughtful, even some generals who are still by his side have bad looks. But out of the duty of a soldier, they immediately dissuaded Liu Xun's useless behavior and asked him to organize a retreat immediately.

The withdrawal is simple, and the people around Liu Xun are not chaotic, so they can leave directly. But the problem is that if they leave like this, leaving so many soldiers and horses, there will be no hope for the battle of Shucheng, so before leaving, they must first gather a part of the army. In addition to this, it is necessary to prevent possible attacks on the way home.

Liu Feng's army, under the command of Bai Jian, continued to wreak havoc in Liu Xun's camp, and at the same time, Liu Xun also began to separate from the people around him to collect the scattered soldiers and horses. After all, as a taishou, Liu Xun still has some prestige among the low-level soldiers, and after half an hour, Liu Xun and his subordinates have gathered a lot of people. And Bai Jian was busy solving those chaotic soldiers, and didn't take care of them.

"Fujun, let's go, if you don't leave, it'll be too late." Gathered again, one of the subordinates suggested.

"Okay, let's go, evacuate immediately, and order the cavalry to open the way." Liu Xun ordered.

30,000 cavalry is Liu Xun's last reliance, and all along, as a separate existence, he set up a separate battalion to closely monitor the movements of Liu Feng's cavalry, but this time it has not been affected. When this side was in chaos, the cavalry had already assembled and were ready to fight.

30,000 cavalry went first, and Liu Xun and the others gathered 300,000 or 400,000 soldiers and horses who were apprehensive, followed and left, heading towards Xicheng.

But what Liu Xun feared the most happened, and Jiangdong's 100,000 cavalry appeared on the road ahead.

Things have come to this point, how could Xun Yu let Liu Xun leave safely.

"The cavalry will meet the battle, Captain Li, give you 50,000 men, and assist the cavalry to stop them." Before he could encounter it, Liu Xun had a countermeasure, and after leaving some of the men and horses, the others immediately detoured and continued to move in the direction of the West Gate.

This is actually using the cavalry and the lieutenant as cannon fodder, and the captain Li who was pointed out was full of bitterness. But the most military, he had to obey the order and stay to create a chance for the master to escape.

"Lord Fujun, the scout has come to report ......" Not long after leaving, someone came forward and said Ai Ai.

"What's going on again? Say. Liu Xun is now full of anger and wants to vent, but he has to endure it, which makes him very uncomfortable.

"According to the scouts, a large number of Inhumans have come to kill us in front of us, and those Inhumans have rebelled." This subordinate said carefully.

"What?" Liu Xun almost didn't spit out a mouthful of blood, "How is it possible?" How dare they? ”

"Fujun, this is the case, and the reason is not yet known." The man reported, "The number of Inhumans is no less than ours, and with our current situation, we may not be able to break through, and even if we do, there may not be many of them......

"The house leak happened to rain overnight", this is how Liu Xun felt at this time.

"Go, turn back, enter the city through the south gate." After thinking for a while, Liu Xun gritted his teeth and said.

Because he knew that entering the city through the south gate was not smooth sailing, and even if the enemy troops in the large camp did not have time to take care of them for the time being, the dirt mountain outside the city would not be easy. He only hoped that, in a few days, some more throwables would gather in the city.

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PS: There is no update on going home for the Dragon Boat Festival, I'm really sorry. Also, I just found out that there was a typo in the title of the previous chapter, which should be a crash, forgive me.