Chapter 3240 The soul of the soldiers is gone

The Cao army scouts of more than ten cavalry slowly rode their horses northward.

The northerly, the more obvious the Emei Ridge in front of you, which looked like a cliff.

Like a sleeping giant, lying quietly between heaven and earth.

The top of Emei Ridge is different from ordinary mountains. It is flat, or similar to flat.

Looking up from the slope, it was like a huge step suddenly appeared in the sky. Then climbing this step was like you could climb into the sky!

The sun shines through the sparse clouds and sprinkles on the hillside, with yellow and green interlacing, forming a mottled scroll.

There are also some hilly slopes below Emei Ridge, but compared with Emei Ridge, these hilly slopes are like a small witch who sees a big witch, and they are far behind in size and weight.

Because of the characteristics of loess, some ditches were cut and cut by glaciers in ancient times, so that the gullies and ravines are now crisscrossing, and the enjoyment of the Cao army's scouts all covered with loess.

Because Cao's army came all the way, driving the refugees to the north, everything around them was extremely deserted and desolate.

From time to time, you can see some dead bodies on the roadside.

It was shriveled, as if some ghost had sucked away all the blood before he died.

The villages in the distance have become ruins and become paradises for scavengers.

Some local dogs and jackals with blood-red eyes were quietly watching the Cao army scouts passing by on the edge of the ruins, as if warning these Cao army soldiers, and as if inviting...

"Captain, do you want to go there to get some water?"

A soldier from Cao's army asked, shaking the empty water bag in his hand.

The captain gave the Cao army a whip.

Although it was pulled on the soldiers' armor, the sound of the soldiers involuntarily shrank back a little, and the water bag almost fell to the ground.

"Mi Ba! Isn't it stupid?" Captain Cao spurted, "I don't know how much died in the water in that place?! What else can I get? That's all I want to die!"

Any place that is cultivated by manpower will be obvious once it leaves people. Just like the cultivated fields in the distance, it was during the germination period that the farmer who was farming left and was abandoned there without anyone taking care of it. Weeds quickly grew in the fields, but the serious farmland withered softly and fell to the ground.

The same is true for the water source in the ruins of the village.

Perhaps it was a sweet well before, but now after the arrival of the God of Death, it has become a breeding ground for decay and epidemics.

Just like kindness requires constant careful maintenance, while malice may breed and spread anytime and anywhere.

The yellow sand is long, only the wild dogs or coyotes in the distance make inexplicable howls.

"It's getting late!" The captain Cao Jun, the leader of the team leader, looked up at the still shaky sky, and opened his eyes to tell lies, "Find a place to shelter from the wind, otherwise when the sky gets dark, you will freeze to death!"

After many pulling and fighting, the scouts on both sides also had a relatively tacit understanding.

If it exceeds the hills and earth slopes ahead, it will enter the attack range of the scouts of the Cavalry Army and may be attacked at any time. However, if the distance is a little longer, the scouts of the Cavalry will generally not attack deliberately.

When this team of Cao's scouts were about to arrive at these hilly slopes below Emei Ridge, it happened to be dark...

Of course, it is definitely not that these Cao army scouts are timid and unwilling to move forward to detect. They can only say that the sky is really not worthy of face. It is influenced by objective factors and cannot be transferred by subjective will, right? Just like playing a ball, it depends on whether the sun is big, whether the wind is strong, whether the rain is slippery, and whether the grass is smooth. As long as you are careful, it is an excuse... Oh, the method is available every year.

Besides, with such poor mountains and bad waters and such a desolate scene, there may be a large cavalry army around them at any time. There are only a few scouts of Cao's army. No matter how careful you are, you cannot say it is too much?

Therefore, the Cao army scout immediately stopped and looked for a temporary shelter around to rest. After all, camping and accommodation is not an easy task. The Cao army scout captain made preparations earlier, which is indeed not a big deal...

Unlike ordinary people who choose to camp near water sources, scouts generally choose camping locations, and they are not too close to the water source, and they even deliberately avoid the water source. The reason is very simple, because the water source will bring convenience for water withdrawal, and it will also bring some wild animals, or even some other people.

Therefore, scouts often choose a safe and hidden place, which is relatively broad in view, with no vision blocked around them, and are also far away from roads and other places that are easily discovered by the enemy. If conditions permit, guard posts will be placed on some nearby natural obstacles to provide additional alert and cover.

War horses are scarce resources, so Cao's army must first solve the needs of war horses.

They found a relatively low-lying place under a slope, then checked the ground, there were no poisonous insects, snakes and ants, and then built a simple tent for the war horses so that the war horses could rest.

As for people, after dark, they will stay with the war horses and use their body temperature to warm each other.

It is only after feeding the war horses, it is the turn of human food.

The bonfire is lit in low-lying places, and the rising smoke must be dispersed with a smoke cage to avoid attracting the attention of the enemy.

"Captain, do you want to set up some more alert traps?"

The Cao army soldier who had been whipped by a horse whip asked.

Several Cao army scouts who were chatting and laughing around suddenly became silent.

The captain of the Cao army scout looked at the Cao army soldier with a smile, and then laughed, "Yes! Go and set up a warning trap! Give him a shovel!"

"Aha, I'll give you a shovel!"

Someone laughed and threw a small shovel to the Cao army soldier.

The shovel was thrown to the feet, and the clang sounded and a lot of dust splashed.

The Cao army soldier was stunned for a moment and walked out silently with a shovel.

"Silly guy..." Captain Cao Jun muttered, his voice was not loud or small, "I have seen a stupid person, but I have never seen such a stupid person..."

『Haha, captain, don't be angry, it's just a newcomer... I don't understand the rules...』

"I'll be sensible after a while..."

The captain Cao's army scouted and said nothing more.

There are actually many rules in Shandong.

There are rules among the gentry, and there are also rules among the army.

Seniors, juniors, old people, new people, etc. are actually all manifestations of class.

Because of the strictness of the entire social class, naturally, there is a special emphasis on "rules" everywhere.

This is the "root" of Shandong. It cannot be moved easily and no one is allowed to disobey. Even if the suggestion is correct, but it is not proposed through the "legal and compliant" method, it is a break of the "rules".

"What the hell is this..."

The captain Cao Jun’s scout whispered, “I don’t want to stay for a day…”

In Hedong, Cao's scouts were really tired of being "dried".

At the beginning of the war, the scouts of the Cao army who followed Prime Minister Cao did not encounter many powerful enemies, nor did they say that they played a lot of roles. Anyway, they took Heluo very smoothly.

Although it took some effort to capture Hangu Pass, it was still normal in the minds of these Cao soldiers, and there was no surprise. They also secretly calculated that if Tongguan was like Hangu Pass, then it was impossible to push Guanzhong quickly and Longxi could be pacified in a blink of an eye...

As a result, no one expected that if Hangu Pass was like a frozen persimmon, then Tongguan would be a copper pea. The frozen persimmons were still melted and softened, and the copper pea would be really hard and tooth-breaking.

If you can't do it in one go, it will naturally decline. Although the Cao army's scouts are sharp and the war horses are also equipped, if these Cao army scouts are threatened by the cavalry scouts, they will invade Emei Ridge for long-range detection at any time, so it's better not to be spared.

Generally speaking, the treatment of remote scouts like this is very high in the military.

During the heyday of the Han Dynasty, the Yulin Guard was the elite scout of Emperor Wu of Han. He could not only conduct long-range investigations, but also have the authority to retrieve local defenders when necessary, and transformed into commanders of a small army at any time. However, with the demise of Emperor Wu of Han, the Yulin Guard gradually abandoned. If the old Cao in history had some tiger and leopard cavalry to support the scene, but now, the import of war horses was stuck, and the quality of these Cao army scouts has dropped by more than one level.

Because the resources of war horses are limited, when Cao's army allocates war horses, they must first divide them according to their distance and relatives.

What?

Why not according to personal abilities?

What a joke? If you really divide it according to your personal abilities, will there be a situation where the Central Leader and Central Guards are in a low position and are of a low weight?

This led to those who are truly capable of being among the scouts of Cao's army, and those who are truly capable of being may not be able to get good equipment, while those who are truly capable of being good equipment may not be able to get good equipment.

Therefore, those who do not have good equipment are often more likely to die in conflict, while those who do not have good equipment are often hiding behind and are not easy to die...

Of course, the most direct soldiers of the Cao army were still within the Central Leadership Army.

This is not only the case in the scouts, but also among the Central Leader and Central Guards.

After the brave generation and the warriors of the Cao Xiahou clan who dared to fight and kill, the rest were basically some incompetent people. Therefore, when Sima Laozhe yelled in history, he was scared and peeded his pants and knelt down on the ground to sell his classmate Cao's foundation.

Now, these Cao army scouts also felt that those direct children were all in the rear, and they were still going to survive in a broken place in Hedong. There was also the risk of encountering the cavalry scouts at some time, which was simply a slight resentment...

"I'd stayed in Heluo if I had known it, hey, it's really..."

After stationing, the habitual regret or hindsight will start again.

"Not! That's really beautiful in Heluo! There are so many women! Oh my...tsk tsk!"

"Ahh! I still remember bringing a few pancakes, and then knocking on the door in the alley in the city, handing the pancakes, hehe... a pancake comes once, hehehe..."

These Cao army scouts dare not make any big complaints about Cao Cao. After all, they also brought Cao Cao's bowl of rice, but wherever they ate, it was naturally a little different.

It is a way to eat black cakes and sand in the wild. It is a way to eat it. It is also a way to drink flower wine in the back, and even knock on the widow's door with the cake in his arms.

The scout queue was originally far away from the military camp, and the squad was closely related. The relationship between them was closer than that of ordinary comrades. Therefore, there were no scruples when talking about these, and no one cared about half-truth and half-false complaints.

Didn’t we come to the front line just to make more military achievements?

As a result, I couldn't make much military achievements, but there was a threat of death, so I naturally felt that it was better to stay in the rear.

Of course, I dare not blame Cao Cao, but everyone was not very polite about Cao Hong. After a few words, they ridiculed Cao Hong for making money and working too roughly and not very useful. Cao Cao obviously gave Cao Hong the opportunity to cover up, but now, not only did he fail to conquer Puban County, but he also lost his troops and destroyed a lot of food, grass and supplies, leading to the current situation...

For the Cao army soldiers at the grassroots level, they did not know what the situation changed, and then when they would fight, most people were prone to slack and exhausted, complaining about this and that, and there was no sense of tenacity or cooperation in Cao Cao's overall strategy.

The reason why these Cao army scouts led their teams was more inertial to do things one day. As for the lofty goals, the future of the country, or the prosperity of the nation, etc., there was nothing at all.

However, the land of Shandong doesn’t care what these lower-level soldiers think, so they complement each other.

Although they are both from Shandong, they are like living in two worlds.
To be continued...