Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 604 Soldiers Are Like Water

The stars and the moon are bright and clear, and there are no clouds in the sky.

Inside the Wei army camp, the lights were brightly lit, patrolling soldiers were constantly coming and going, and the security was very strict.

On the mound, with the help of the moonlight, Yuan Hong looked at the fortified Wei army camp not far away through the sparsely forested place. He couldn't help holding his breath for fear of being discovered by the Wei people.

"General, the enemy's defenses are heavily guarded. Our army might as well go around from the side. Although the cavalry gallops are loud, but under the dark night, the people of Wei will not dare to go out without knowing the depth." Guo Xiao said in a low voice.

Yuan Hong restrained the excitement in his heart, and said: "Although Wei Jun's camp is strict, he doesn't know the situation of our army. So far, if I don't leave something for Cao Rui, how can I say that I have waited here."

Guo Xiao and Beishan Tuogu next to him looked at each other, what kind of general was standing next to him!

Bringing back more than 2000 heads, together with the heads of Bian Lan and Sima Yi, is enough for the general to become a marquis, and his brothers can live a better life.To actually want to fight hard, and even want to attack Cao Rui's army camp at night, is really happy and painful.

The moonlight is bright and the vision is good.Yuan Hong looked at it for a long time, pointed to the camp in the northeast corner of Wei Jun, and said: "Wei Camp looks rigorous, but the lights here are not bright, and the torches don't move around much, so this place must be weak. Our army enters from here and runs around the camp. Love to fight, go out from the south gate, and you can get away."

"If Wei Jun pursues him, what should we do?" Beishan Tuogu asked.

Yuan Hong smiled, and said metaphorically: "Do you remember that on the grassland, under the night, wolves attacked people. Even though there were many people, they were afraid of the dark night and did not dare to go out lightly. If they dared to go out, they would definitely attack them."

"Now our army is like wolves, attacking the camp and leaving. When the Wei people reacted, they were not afraid of the night and sent cavalry to attack and kill. Our army has already left. And if the situation is not right, our army can release horses to disturb the enemy. You can take the opportunity to go."

Yuan Hong pointed to the guide gate, and said to Guo Xiao: "After I break into the camp, you lead 300 people and [-] horses to take the opportunity to go around to the south gate and wait for our army to rush out. "

"promise!"

Yuan Hong's troops assembled a large number of horses, including eight hundred soldiers and seven thousand horses, all of which were the strongest among Mongolian horses.With one soldier and two horses, the attack is fast and it is difficult to catch up.

"Let's go, I will be the vanguard, and the generals will follow behind, and I will follow someone to attack the Wei camp."

Under the current dangerous situation, Yuan Hong is familiar with military affairs, and knows that a general must stand up at this time and charge forward to boost morale.

"promise!"

Yuan Hong returned to the cavalry, got on his horse, held a long spear in his right hand, and rode the horse for a step or two.

Taking a deep breath and exhaling, Yuan Hong said, "Back to camp~"

Amidst the neighing of the war horses, he urged the horses to gallop towards the northeast corner of Wei Junying!
From Beishan Tuogu, more than [-] riders followed closely behind without any hesitation.Guo Xiao rode more than [-] riders, and shortly after he left, he detoured in the opposite direction to the south gate.

More than four hundred people quickly climbed over a gentle slope, away from Wei Ying.The uneven ground up and down the road, under the operation of the Han Hu cavalry soldiers, is like walking on flat ground.

Suddenly, they turned to the northeast, and under the terrified eyes of Wei Zu's spies, they leaped out and rushed towards the Wei army camp.

As soon as the spy made a sound, he was shot down by the marksman.

The Wei army patrolling a little outside finally noticed the movement of Yuan Hong and others, and beat the drums for guard, and the loud sound of enemy attacks came and went, reminding the whole army of the enemy's attack.

Even though they were resting late at night, Wei Jun's elite did not relax and arranged in an orderly manner.It's just that Yuanhong's speed is too fast, and the number of people is not large.In addition to the night, it was impossible for Wei Jun to react no matter how quickly he reacted.

The pawns dragged Juma with ropes, Yuan Hong rushed in, wielding a long spear, stabbed several people to death, and more than [-] cavalry rushed into the camp behind him.

The attacked Wei camp quickly responded, and between each section and each song, many sergeants immediately reorganized the army under the fire source, and they were sleeping with their armor on.

A lot of sweat broke out on Yuan Hong's forehead, and he was panting heavily.Wei Ying's vigilance was far beyond his imagination. After stabbing Wei Zu to death, he stopped being reckless and shouted: "Come with me, don't love to fight."

After breaking through the first line of defense, the Han cavalry did not dare to go in deep, so they could only circle around the outside of the camp, charge all the way, set fire at random, and headed straight for the south gate.

However, Yuan Hong seemed to catch a glimpse of Cao Rui's banner at night, he suddenly turned his horse's head and shouted: "Yuan Cen leads the army to go first, and I will arrive later."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Hong didn't wait for everyone's reaction, and went along the night, looking for places with few people and chaos.Along the way, he took out his curved bow, aimed at the figure near the fire source, opened his bow left and right, and shot every arrow.Without the shackles of the army, Yuan Hong pierced through the tight defense of the Wei army like a needle.

Looking at the big flag that was getting closer, Yuan Hong only felt the blood vessels in his forehead beating slightly, and his breathing became more and more rapid.

At this time, Cao Rui woke up from sleep, facing the night attack, he was very calm.The forward did not report, and the scouts did not find the Han army earlier, indicating that this army is just a small army.And after experiencing the Battle of Xinling, the critical situation at that time was far more critical than today, so how could he be afraid.

Sure enough, he was stable and gave great confidence to all the generals and soldiers of the Wei army.

And Yuan Hong didn't dare to go any further, if it wasn't for the night, he would have been shot into a hedgehog or stabbed into a string.He galloped to the vicinity of the Wei army's middle army, and saw that the army formation was already tight, and the Wei soldiers behind him kept gathering in the dark night.

Yuan Hong galloped south along the horizontal direction of the army formation, stretched the bowstring to the ground, and sent arrows to Cao Rui's banner.

As soon as the arrow was shot, Yuan Hong didn't care about the situation, and shouted loudly: "Niwei rats, Xiping Yuanhong is here, who dares to take my head."

"Hahaha~"

Hearty laughter resounded through the army, while Cao Rui looked at the arrow stuck on the ground more than ten steps away, and he sneered in extreme anger.

In the tens of thousands of large military camps, but was harassed by a small group of enemy troops, and let the enemy generals approach the Chinese army, shooting random arrows, this is undoubtedly a mockery of Cao Rui, and also a mockery of all the generals of the Wei army.

Since Cao Rui was hit by Huo Yi's arrow, his thigh often recurred.This time he went to Nanyang for the expedition, despite his fever, he insisted on the expedition.If you are emotionally excited, the thigh wound may burst as usual. At that time, the fever and the wound will inevitably aggravate the condition, making the pain unbearable.

That's why Cao Rui gritted his teeth to restrain his emotions, not wanting to get angry too much.

Wen Qin, who was guarding Cao Rui, was furious. The king humiliated his minister to death. He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the Shu people insulted our great Wei. Today, I am willing to behead the enemy's general for your majesty, to avenge today's shame."

Cao Rui took a few deep breaths and said, "The enemy cavalry has already left, and it's late at night, so how can we pursue them now. If you have the heart, you can just defeat the enemy for Wei on the battlefield, so there is no need to show your bravery."

How can the angry generals not be reconciled, continue to challenge and say: "Your Majesty?"

Cao Rui put his long sword in his hand and said in a cold voice: "The enemy general dares to attack our army at night. He must have ambushes behind him. How can he move lightly. The most important thing now is to quickly stabilize the camp and clarify why the enemy army came from the north of our army. Come."

As the commander-in-chief Cao Rui, he is not as superficial as the generals, and he focuses on winning or losing for a while.And it's not bad to let them be angry, isn't it good to let them out when the army is fighting?
What he is most worried about now is why the enemy general Yuan Hong came from the north of his army instead of from the south. Where is Yanzhou Huanfan in the rear?Where is the grain transportation officer of the five ministries?Can food and grass be lost?

All these questions need to be answered, and must be answered, after all, it involves the stability of the rear of the army.If his rear was pulled out, he would be a fart!

As for chasing Yuan Hong, it was second!

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At dawn, Yuan Hong rode his war horse and hummed a little song, feeling very comfortable.

Guo Xiao drove his horse over and asked, "General, why have soldiers been so erratic since going out for an expedition? I wonder if there is any deep meaning behind it?"

Yuan Hong was still a young man, and when he saw someone asking him for advice, he was very interested, and explained: "When I go north to meet Wang Chang, the vanguard of the Wei general, and push him according to the Wei army's pace and use of troops, I know that most of the enemy troops will be in Duyang, The area around Yexian County. Therefore, we turned back and headed northwest, taking the trail on Mount Funiu and going deep into the enemy's territory."

"After leaving Funiu Mountain, when I met Bian Lan, I immediately attacked him. Before it was night, I was worried that he would notice our army's movement, so I should attack him quickly. And our army's elite soldiers will fight hard, and we will break it."

"Later, our army marched to the vicinity of Cao Rui's army in a hurry, because we were worried that the remnants of Bian Lan would pass the news to Cao Rui. He would block our army's way to the south and attack Huan Fan back and forth. At that time, our army would be defeated."

Guo Xiao asked blankly: "The general knew in advance that the Funiu Mountain Wuni Wei army would go through or guard? And how did he know that most of the enemy troops were in the Duyang and Ye County areas?"

Yuan Hong laughed and said: "Our army captured Nanyang, and the Wei army reacted hastily. It is natural that we should march fast, so we have to take a flat road. The trails are rough and there are many hills. It is difficult to travel fast, so he must not walk. "

"As for where the majority of the enemy army is located? You can hear that it is taboo for military strategists to go deep alone?"

"Then our army crossed the mountains, didn't we go deep alone?" Guo Xiao asked back.

Yuan Hong only felt that Guo Xiao was dull and lost the desire to explain to him. He waved his horsewhip and left a sentence, "Without him, soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no permanent form."

There is another sentence that Yuan Hong didn't say. 'The heavy ones are like mountains and forests, and the rivers are like rivers; '(①)
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①From "Wei Liaozi", which means: when you act steadily, you should be as calm and calm as a mountain forest, and as indomitable as a river; Coverage is inescapable.

(End of this chapter)