Zhiyuan immediately issued an order, and the camps on both sides directly separated a passage with two people from the middle position, which was only more than one meter wide.When the civilians saw this passage, they all flocked to it.
A crowd of civilians must be crowded, but even so, Zhi Yuan's soldiers remained motionless.Some of them seemed to be trying to test the phalanx, pushing hard to the side, but they didn't shake at all.
A few disguised civilians under Cao Cao stabbed them directly through the gap in the shield with a dagger or a weapon.The soldiers on Zhiyuan's side were already prepared, and the spears directly returned.
There may be accidental injuries, but basically most of the dead were those with dirty hands and feet. Before Cao Chun's cavalry arrived, most of the civilians passed through that passage.
There were only more than a dozen corpses on the ground, saying that the attack failed.
Then Cao Chun's team launched a round of cavalry shooting at Zhiyuan's side, and Zhiyuan raised her shield and returned fire with a crossbow.Cao Chun was not a fool either, so he naturally didn't dare to charge the innocent infantry.
After a few rounds of trials by both sides, the cavalry still suffered a lot.Although the infantry couldn't move, Zhiyuan gave 1000 of them a shield that was close to two meters, and even had iron-covered shields at key positions.
Although this thing is very heavy, Zhiyuan still ordered the infantry to carry it.If there is a horse-drawn carriage, it will be transported by horse-drawn carriage.If there is no carriage, just replace it with others when you are on the road.
The people in the first row are in charge of defense and attack with short guns.Someone behind will use a long gun, which is specifically aimed at cavalry charges.And behind these two waves of people are normal infantry, they have relatively complete weapons and bows and crossbows, which are used to shoot at the cavalry.
And all of them have a protection similar to a flying saucer hat, which is used to defend against flow arrows.The many arrows thrown out did not pose too much threat to this group of infantry.And the cavalry is not easy to change direction while running, so it is easier to be predicted by Zhiyuan.
Moreover, if a cavalryman falls, it is easy to cause more chain reactions.After the two sides tested each other several times, Cao Chun found that he had lost at least 100 people on his side, while the opponent's formation did not fluctuate in any way.
Only then did Cao Chun pay attention to the opponent's flag, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback, and then became a little ecstatic. "Hahaha, brothers, who do you see on the other side?!"
"The opposite is actually that Princess Xiangping!"
"Hahaha, it's time to prove us. We are tiger and leopard cavalry, and the other party's hundreds of people in white robes, I heard that some kind of white robe army was created by that princess."
"The army with the same name as the woman, although it looks sophisticated, so what! Although the opponent is tightly wrapped with a shield, it also restricts the opponent's actions."
"If we can fight, we will fight with each other. If we can't fight, we will harass each other. When Yanzhou Mu leads the main force, we must capture this Xiangping princess alive!"
Cao Chun had led soldiers for many years, so naturally he wouldn't confront Zhiyuan's soldiers on a whim.So he tested Zhiyuan's soldiers again, even to see if he could go around and eat up Zhiyuan's five hundred cavalry.
However, Zhiyuan greeted the cavalry, and the five hundred cavalry ran away with one man and two horses.Zhiyuan didn't run away, anyway, Chen Dao was there to protect her.And the infantry battle formation was transformed directly, and shields were erected on all sides.
The cavalry ran out to support them. If they were really here, the meaning of the cavalry would be lost.So Zhi Yuan also asked them to leave here, and wandered around to see how many civilians had evacuated in Kunyang.
Seeing that the other party didn't dare to go up at all, he just wandered around to check his side.Zhiyuan smiled at the corner of her mouth and said to her subordinates: "Throw the bits and pieces quietly on the ground, then walk back in a straight line..."
Soon some soldiers quietly threw some small barbed wire on the ground, and then raised their shields as a whole and began to retreat.Because there are a lot of weeds on the ground in autumn, you won't find it if you don't look carefully.
When Cao Chun saw the opponent backing away, he immediately entangled him.And he shot arrows at this side again, intending to disrupt Zhiyuan's formation.However, what responded to him was the attack of the crossbow, and the strength of the attack did not weaken at all.
"Damn it, how did this woman train a soldier?" Cao Chun secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately he didn't rush over directly, otherwise he would definitely suffer a big loss.
Seeing Zhiyuan's side retreating slowly, Cao Chun's side naturally followed up and tried slowly.After about a while, Cao Chun saw a red flag on Zhiyuan's side.
The red flag waved towards the distance, making Cao Chun confused.Cao Chun looked at the distance, it seemed that there were only 500 white-robed troops over there, did Fang Fang plan to use those [-] people to entangle him and retreat?
I can't tell at all...Cao Chun has already told the rear of Cao Cao's main force, so he just needs to hold back.After all, in Cao Cao's mouth, Zhiyuan's ability to lead troops and evaluation are very high.
Chapter 390: Little Victory
Just when Zhiyuan withdrew, Cao Chun brought people here to harass her again.Suddenly, in the front row of the cavalry team, more than a dozen cavalrymen fell directly from their horses.
And their horses were howling and fell to the ground. No matter how fast Cao Chun reacted, it would be too late for them to stop. Intermittently, nearly a hundred people fell off their horses, and those people rolled on the ground covered in blood.
"What happened!?" At this time, Cao Chun definitely didn't dare to lead the people forward, and began to check the surroundings.
Then they discovered that among the fallen leaves and sand on the ground, there were iron pieces the size of thumbs. The surroundings of those iron pieces were so sharp that if a war horse stepped on them, it would definitely split the horse's shoe.
"Back, back out the same way!" Cao Chun's heart tightened, he was definitely being fooled.
However, at the same time, Zhiyuan's nearly ten thousand infantry did not retreat but advanced and quickly rushed towards Cao Chun.Then directly covered Cao Chun's cavalry who dared not move with the rain of arrows, and the five hundred white-robed soldiers from Zhiyuan not far away also rushed over.
Cao Chun knew it was not good at a glance, so he gritted his teeth: "Rush out the same way immediately!"
You can't hesitate at this time. After all, the loss is not too big now, and rushing out the same way can at least reduce the loss.After all, Cao Chun didn't know exactly how many pieces of iron Zhiyuan and the others had lost. Although there might be some on the original road, it was better than being surrounded by infantry.
After a wave of arrow rain, Cao Chun directly turned the cavalry to retreat. More than 5000 people turned around and dozens of horses were injured. Cao Chun's heart was bleeding, and he really hated Zhiyuan to the extreme.
As soon as they accelerated, Zhiyuan's [-] white-robed army rushed over, and then directly came with two rounds of javelins.At this time, Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry had just rushed out of the ambush, and the formation was not opened at all. The two rounds of javelin directly hit a full wound.
Cao Chun threw a javelin into the air with all his strength, and then he found that there were at least 500 people missing on his side. "Kill!" Cao Chun yelled, turning his hard work into combat power. After all, he was a Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Even if the formation was unfavorable, he would not be afraid of the opponent's five hundred cavalry.
The two sides collided directly, and this kind of cavalry collision was indeed bloody.But since the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had just started, and everyone in the White Robe Army was equipped with a spear, most of the people who died and fell to the ground were Cao Chun's subordinates.
Even Chen Dao led the five hundred white-robed troops to penetrate Cao Chun's cavalry. After the first collision between the two sides, there were nearly a thousand corpses on the ground.These corpses include the four or five hundred who were killed and injured by the javelin, but after the first confrontation, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry lost more than 500 people.
As for the White Robe Army, less than a hundred people fell from their horses. This ratio made Cao Chun almost spit out a mouthful of blood.Moreover, Cao Chun also discovered that those white-robed soldiers were right in front, and they ran around the place where they were ambushing, and none of them fell off.
"Why?!" Cao Chun felt that this was too inexplicable.His soldiers fell one or two hundred in the past, and the opponent just passed by without any accident?
Zhiyuan chuckled, why?Because the horses of the White Robe Army are all war horses with horseshoes installed.Although these white-robed soldiers were not equipped with stirrups to avoid exposure, they were actually equipped with horseshoes.
With horseshoes, these cavalry will naturally not be afraid of the threat of those gadgets, and they can use the horses for a longer period of time, which greatly improves the survival rate of the horses.Cao Cao must not know about it anymore, so this made Cao Chun completely baffled.
After hedging once, Chen Dao would not confront the opponent head-on.Because of the hard charge in front, Chen Dao could see that the opponent's horse didn't accelerate at all, so he took a big advantage in this way.
But now that the other party has already run out, it would be a great disadvantage for the small number of people on their side to collide with each other.So Chen Dao immediately took advantage of the speed of his horse to roam around, and killed Cao Chun's cavalry with javelins.
Zhiyuan's infantry, on the other hand, came to the place where the battle was ahead, and took away all the wounded or dead of their own people, including their horses.As for Cao Chun's subordinates, all those who could be saved were taken away, and those who could not be given a happy one directly.
Cao Chun really couldn't fight anymore, and now his loss has exceeded [-], which is not counted as the injured.Moreover, the princess was full of tricks, Cao Chun didn't know what the result would be if she fought here, and in the end she could only leave the battle and follow her from a distance.
When Cao Cao led the main force here, Zhi Yuan led the civilians to retreat to a hilly area between Kunyang and Wuyang.Cao Chun directly pleaded guilty to Cao Cao, and his vanguard actually lost more than 1000 tiger and leopard cavalry.
Cao Cao stopped for a while and said to Cao Chun, "Have you experienced the woman's ability to lead troops?"
"Yes, the army is uniform, advances and retreats are measured, and the combat effectiveness is extremely strong." Cao Chun sighed, this is something he has to admit.
Cao Cao laughed loudly, and then said to his generals: "The ability of a princess is rare in the world. But you have to remember, he is still a woman. The biggest problem with women is indecision and emotion."
"Didn't the princess want to save the civilians, so I'll give her this chance." Cao Cao smiled slightly, and then began to lead people towards Zhiyuan.
Zhiyuan has already escorted more than 5 people, and most of the civilians in the nearby towns have fled.But there were too many old, weak, sick and disabled, even Zhuge Liang who was in Ye County at this time actually brought people to Zhiyuan's side.
"Princess, this won't work. I have already accommodated more than 1 people in Ye County, and I saw on the way here that there are already more than [-] people. We can't accommodate so many people, and we don't have much food."
Zhiyuan sighed: "How long can I last?"
"It's less than a week, and when I first came, I saw that the princess, your army of more than 1 people, had been supplied, and it didn't even take three days."
"We can't give food to those civilians anymore, otherwise we and the civilians will all starve to death in the end." Zhuge Liang said helplessly.
You say how to save them, look at the civilians who are constantly fleeing, the kite is basically giving out porridge and food all day.Originally, the kite brought a month's supply of food and grass, but now it has only been in Yingchuan County for less than five days, and there are only three days of food left.
This is still the situation where we should not continue to give porridge to the common people. Zhuge Liang said it to Zhi Yuan very earnestly after investigation.
Zhiyuan nodded, and then ordered his subordinates to start collecting some animals or wild vegetables for storage.But now it was late autumn and there was almost no snow, even if Zhiyuan ordered people to look for it, how much could they find?
And at this time, Cao Cao led people outside Zhiyuan's tent.Hmm... Zhiyuan has already established some defenses, mainly led by Wei Yan in the front. They are all wooden fences and wooden camps. Wei Yan has built a big fortress in the past few days.
Zhi Yuan happened to see that Cao Cao brought more than a dozen people to the front of the camp and was watching.
Chapter 390 Two: Yangmou
Zhiyuan rode out on horseback. To be honest, Zhiyuan really felt that she and Cao Cao had chosen two paths.A person's personality really cannot be changed.Zhiyuan sighed, then led Wei Yan and Chen Daodong Bai out of the camp.
"Brother Meng De has not seen you for a long time. Every time I see you, you will have more grievances." Zhi Yuan said to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao laughed and said, "A real man was born between heaven and earth, so why should we be afraid of ghosts? On the contrary, you, the princess, are the source of cholera."
"The source of cholera? Brother Mengde, you are all self-respecting and disobedient to the management of the big man. Don't talk about me setting up a new emperor. The young emperor is the emperor himself, and I just restored his status."
"And the one to the west is itself under the control of the rebellious minister Lu Bu, how can such an emperor convince the public?"
"As for Chaos World, I may also be there, but you are absolutely indispensable, brother. After all, your slaughter all the way is indeed incomparable to others. The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. Good brother, is it not you who are in this situation now? Made it all by yourself?"
Zhiyuan's words were just words.Especially now that Cao Cao was indeed killed all the way here, in Zhi Yuan's view, the crime was heinous.The three views of the two parties are different, so there is no way to communicate.
So the two sides were quiet for a long time, and finally Cao Cao sighed: "There are many innocent people in this world, how many can you save with just a woman like you?"
Zhi Yuan looked at Cao Cao and said seriously, "Do your best..."
"Women's benevolence!" Cao Cao shook his head again: "I said before that this is a troubled world. A girl's benevolence will not work in this troubled world. The only way to bring down the world with iron and blood is to minimize civilian casualties. "
Zhi Yuan made a helpless expression, and then said to Cao Cao, "Stop talking so much nonsense, I begged you to cooperate with me many times. But what do you think? Don't you want to be a slave?"
"All the princes in the world are just killing each other for their own selfish desires. How many people really want to restore the Han Dynasty? I just hope that Meng De will not forget his original intention. Although I know that there are many gentry supporting you now, I really want to help you." I hope you can do something beneficial to the big man."
Cao Cao took a serious look at Zhi Yuan, and then nodded unexpectedly. "Okay, I agree to you. But...it must be under the condition that I am the master."
Zhiyuan froze, then burst into laughter, and finally Zhiyuan said to Cao Cao: "I wish I was a man, otherwise the world will be settled sooner!"
The two sides stopped talking, and Cao Cao said to his men after returning: "The woman is running out of food and grass, and the enemy must be defeated within five days!"
Cao Cao came here to test Zhiyuan, and the front of Zhiyuan's camp was not too big, so Cao Cao paid special attention to it, and found that the pot where the other party was eating was actually stewed porridge with wild vegetables, and looking at the clay bowls of the soldiers, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it. sticky.
This shows that the opponent's food is not enough at all, and Cao Cao drove a lot of civilians in front, the purpose is to consume the food of the kite.And once the kites are short of food, the soldiers will not have the morale to fight, and they will definitely collapse without fighting.
When the subordinates heard Cao Cao's explanation, they all nodded in agreement.Then a group of people started to set up camp opposite Zhi Yuan's camp.And sent cavalry to continue to look for civilians nearby to drive here.
Zhiyuan went back and glanced at Zhuge Liang, then smiled slightly at him: "Is there any way, Ah Liang, to solve the current predicament? They say that you are Crouching Dragon, Ah Liang, so this difficulty should not trouble you?"
Zhuge Liang made a helpless expression: "I said sister princess, there is a shortage of food now, how can I change the food and grass?"
"Cao Cao can plunder everywhere and slaughter civilians. There is no shortage of food and grass. But the princess is different after all. The princess can't plunder the nearby villages and towns. What's more, we are all moving the population now, and there is no way to find food nearby. "
"So princess sister, we must quickly withdraw from Yingchuan County and return to Nanyang to gather food. Or we can only find a way to defeat Cao Cao as soon as possible, but I don't think it will be easy."
Zhiyuan nodded, then sighed.After a while, Zhi Yuan called the people under him, and asked when the civilians would be able to cross the checkpoint in Ye County.According to the last news, if no new civilians come over, it will take at least five days.
There is no way, there are too many old and weak people.Zhiyuan nodded, and then said to her subordinates: "This is probably the most difficult time for us, because we need to protect civilians and fight against the enemy. The most important thing is that we have no food and grass supplies."
"But you are all civilians. What is the difference between these fleeing civilians and yours back then. Our Han army is the people's army, so our existence is naturally to protect civilians."
"So we have to use the current small amount of food, persist for five days, and then retreat to Ye County. The time to test you has come. As long as I don't retreat and leave, no one is allowed to retreat!"
Zhiyuan can be regarded as a pre-war mobilization, and those soldiers have been educated by Zhiyuan since they joined the army, so their morale is naturally shaken now.Many soldiers even laughed and said: "Princess don't worry!"
"I wait to eat big fish and meat every day, but I will only be hungry for a few days. If it is lighter, it will not kill people." After the man finished speaking, a group of people burst into laughter.
After Cao Cao went back, he planned to launch a night attack.Although the opponent doesn't think it will be successful, it can definitely consume the physical strength of the soldiers on Zhiyuan's side.Today, seeing that the opponent is basically out of food, then use the battle to consume the opponent.
Soon at night, Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren to lead thousands of people to attack with rockets.Zhiyuan also made preparations, and after a while of fighting in the dark, the two sides separated.Then the kite miraculously found a dead war horse, so the celebrity dug out the meat of the war horse and made soup for everyone to drink.
To be honest, Zhi Yuan naturally had war horses, but these war horses were so expensive that Zhi Yuan would never slaughter them unless it was a last resort.
There are few kites and there is no way to leave the defense. This intersection is actually very wide. If the defense is insufficient, it is very easy for Cao Cao to break through.The two sides fought like this for two days, and then Zhiyuan discovered that thousands of people passed here one after another in these two days.
"This is definitely a good thing that thief Cao Cao did!" Zhi Yuan really wanted to scold someone, after all, it is too difficult to fight against such a person who has no bottom line.
Finally, Zhiyuan gritted her teeth: "Go and bring back some of Cao Jun's corpses on the battlefield, then cut up the meat and mix it with bark and wild vegetables to eat!"
After saying this, Zhuge Liang shouted directly: "No princess!"
Chapter 390 Three: Countermeasures
Zhiyuan's expression was full of helplessness: "There is nothing important, those civilians don't have any food on them. If you don't give them food, can they walk from here to Ye County in a few days?"
"And my own soldiers, if they can't eat meat and can't eat enough, how can they fight Cao Cao's soldiers? Now we have only fought for three days, and we have suffered more than [-] casualties. It is because our physical strength is gradually unable to keep up."
"It's only been three days, but the civilians are running here continuously. If we leave, Cao Cao will definitely kill all those civilians. It is precisely because Cao Cao wants to consume us now that these civilians have live."
To be honest, Zhiyuan couldn't let Zhiyuan give up on seeing the joy of those civilians seeing the soldiers on their side, and the respect and touch they had for him.
At this time, Zhiyuan suddenly remembered Liu Bei in the original history. Tens of thousands of people asked to run with Liu Bei, so Liu Bei really had the heart to take people away?In the end, it was just that the people chose Liu Bei, otherwise he had been displaced for half his life, why would he make a comeback every time?
In the battle of Changbanpo, Liu Bei's two daughters were arrested to become children, and Xu Shu's mother was taken away. I don't know how many wives and concubines were lost. Isn't it to protect the people?If there were no delays from the people, Liu Bei would have led the army and disappeared long ago.
Perhaps only by experiencing this thing yourself can you feel how much time these civilians are delaying.But these civilians are saved by Japan themselves today, and they will definitely support them in whatever they need to do in the future.
So Zhiyuan thought for a while, and said to Zhuge Liang: "Human aid must be based on people, and now people belong to me, how can I bear to abandon it?"
Zhuge Liang almost cried at Zhiyuan's words, so he nodded and said, "But princess, if the soldiers knew that they were eating human flesh, wouldn't their morale collapse?"
"Cannibalism, what do you think in your heart when you know it in the future?" Zhuge Liang persuaded again, after all, if the army/team gave them cannibalism for no reason, it would be strange once the army/team knew not to bomb the camp.
Zhiyuan smiled lightly, and then said to Zhuge Liang: "As a general, you must lead by example. If you set an example yourself and make a strong statement, your subordinates will naturally understand."
Zhuge Liang's face changed slightly, and then he smiled at Zhiyuan: "The princess is right, but Liang didn't think of it. Almost everyone in the princess's staff can read and write, and they understand the truth."
"That's right...I'm afraid human flesh won't taste good, but if the princess takes the lead, Liang will naturally sacrifice her life to accompany her."
Zhi Yuan laughed loudly, and then said to Zhuge Liang: "You are too young if you don't need it. If you lead your own troops to go out in the future, you can lead the way. Now I am the general, so naturally I will come."
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