As the saying goes, kindness does not lead to troops. In many cases, the use of certain tactics requires the coach to be ruthless.
Such as cheating.
When a coach says the words "defeat is allowed but victory is not allowed", it often means that the death of many of his own soldiers and even generals is inevitable.
These are not symbols and numbers on the game screen, but fresh faces that may have been chatting and laughing in front of you yesterday.
For example, the young general Cao on the river bank had not yet had time to report his name.
He didn't know until his death that he had been abandoned from the beginning and was just a sweet bait to attract Liu Chan and his troops to pursue him.
But it is precisely this cruelty to his own people that makes this strategy difficult for the other party to see through.
Given Xiahou Shang's background, the deaths of these low-level soldiers and low-level generals could not touch his heart.
Xu Huang, who has led troops in battles for many years, has a heart as cold as a rock.
Xiahou Shang, who led his troops to ambush on both sides of the valley, did not have much emotion when he saw his defeated army fleeing into the valley in panic.
Instead, when he saw the young man in silver armor riding a black horse, his heart skipped a beat, and then he felt a burst of ecstasy.
The big fish is hooked!
Liu Chan, who was riding his horse to chase Cao Jun's deserters, turned a blind eye to the unusually quiet valley in front of him and plunged into it.
"Hahaha!" He laughed and waved the spear in his hand to harvest the Cao soldiers in front of him. At the same time, the prompt in the lower right corner was also jumping wildly.
[Physique +1]
[Physique +1]
…
During the pursuit alone, he had already improved his physique to [Excellent Physique (96/300)].
[Hate Cao] + [Hateful Enmity] showed amazing efficiency.
Liu Chan seemed to be really furious, and even after entering the valley, his speed continued unabated.
"Haha, you are brave when you are brave. You are still young after all." Xia Houshang sneered in his heart when he saw Liu Chan rushing into the ambush circle he had set up.
But... he is indeed brave enough!
Even Xia Houshang has a love for talents, and he has such courage at a young age. If he reaches the peak in time, wouldn't he be unrivaled in the world?
It's a pity that Liu Chan, the son of Liu Bei, is destined not to be used by himself. It's a pity.
However, Xia Houshang, who only stared at Liu Chan with his eyes, did not notice the Red Star Army behind him. After entering the valley, the pursuit speed slowed down...
The formation also changed to the "imperial formation", and they steadily advanced, but the distance between them and Liu Chan became wider and wider.
"kill--!"
Suddenly, another group of men and horses appeared in front of the valley. A Xuankai general was sitting among them, with a big flag behind him and a letter with the word "Xu" written in it.
"Liu Chan! Ping Kou General Xu Huang is here, don't be so arrogant!"
Xu Huang, who is also moving from middle age to old age, is still full of energy and continues to echo in the valley.
Liu Chan looked intently and saw Xu Huang standing on his horse holding a broad-bladed halberd. He had the air of a general. The soldiers who followed him were in good order and were obviously an army with strong discipline.
"Ha, you're good to go! Today I am going to avenge my second uncle Guguan for breaking your camp!" Liu Chan not only refused to retreat, but instead shouted loudly and increased his speed again.
Xu Huang was stunned instead. Before he could say the words he had planned to provoke, Liu Chan had already galloped towards him.
Isn’t your second uncle Guan still alive and well? As for such a big hatred?
But no matter what, this saved him a lot of words.
Everything is under control.
[Triggered alone]
[Physique rises to the level of a dragon and a tiger]
[The talent of a long soldier rises to the level of a peerless genius]
[Equestrian talent rises to the level of a peerless genius]
Liu Chan was completely out of touch with the Red Star Army behind him, but at the same time, the single-handed characteristic was also successfully triggered.
He seemed to have gone completely crazy. A spear flew up and down, and he opened and closed to kill Xu Huang's army.
But if someone could observe Liu Chan's face up close, they would find that apart from opening his mouth and shouting to kill, his expression was still extremely calm.
The blood sprayed, the "Physique +1" beating in the lower right corner of the field of vision, and even the accelerated secretion of adrenaline in the body... could not eliminate the calmness in his bones.
Everything... is under control.
[Escape instinct triggered]
Just when Liu Chan was about to rush to Xu Huang's formation in more than a hundred steps, an alarm bell suddenly sounded in his heart. Every time the horse under his crotch took a step forward, the frightening feeling became stronger!
The characteristic trigger prompt on the lower right side of the field of vision is dazzlingly red.
"Uu——!"
Liu Chan jerked the reins, and the horse began to slow down with a long neigh. With the inertia, it rushed a few steps and then suddenly stood up.
The dozen Cao soldiers who were lying on the ground on both sides also received the order almost at the same time.
"Hey!" They grasped the rope with both hands and suddenly stood up and pulled, and a trip rope suddenly became straight!
Kankan was less than ten steps away from Liu Chan...
Further forward from the stumbling rope, there was a large hole dug by Cao Jun in advance and covered under dead branches, dead leaves and floating soil.
[Escape Instinct] This characteristic is Liu Chan's greatest reliance on daring to take risks alone, and its importance is even more important than [Single-handed].
It had never been triggered during several solo kills before. Today it was triggered for the first time, and the situation was indeed dangerous.
"Alas!" Xia Houshang, who was ambushing on the hillside, and Xu Huang, who was waiting in formation in front, couldn't help but sigh bitterly.
It was so close, why did he stop?
But even though he didn't compete fully, he finally led Liu Chan into the encirclement. Xia Houshang immediately gave the order, and shouts of killing suddenly started from the mountains on both sides!
Stones rolled down and arrows shot out!
However, facing the rolling stones on both sides, Liu Chan turned around and galloped away with something in his heart. However, he seemed to have installed automatic guidance, and could always control the horse to run an incredible route, controlling the speed to slow down and then go up.
The rocks came sooner or later, but none of them could hit Liu Chan.
This reward of 50 favorability points from Liu Bei showed its extraordinary effect for the first time.
I can only say thank you to the ancestors of the old Liu family for their gifts.
"Let's go!" Liu Chan rushed back quickly. The Red Star Army soldiers who had been prepared fired back while waiting to respond to Liu Chan.
Although rolling stones are ineffective, there are still crossbows and arrows.
Liu Chan, riding alone and moving in a coquettish manner, gave Cao Jun's shooters a headache.
But after all, there are many people, so even if you are blind, you will always get it by chance.
A crossbow arrow flashed with cold light and fired towards him from the left.
Liu Chan quickly raised his shield to resist.
boom!
There was a muffled sound, and a stab of pain came from his left forearm.
The crossbow arrow broke through the patent leather wooden shield and successfully penetrated the arm armor. This was Liu Chan's first defeat since coming to Sanjun.
Just when he saw that he was about to rush back into the formation, he rolled his eyes and suddenly screamed loudly: "Ah——!"
Then he lay down on the horse's back. Wu Hao carried Liu Chan, who was lying on the horse's back, and finally rushed back to the main formation.
"Protect the prince!"
A skilled Red Star sergeant commander saw the opportunity and suddenly jumped onto Liu Chan's decelerated mount. He used his body as a shield behind him to protect Liu Chan as he fled.
The soldiers of the Red Star Army, who had not gone very far into the valley, quickly covered the prince as he fled out of the valley.
"Liu Chan was hit by an arrow!" Xia Houshang shouted excitedly, "The whole army is chasing, chasing!"
"kill--!"
The war drums beat fiercely, and Cao's army on the hillside took advantage of the situation and rushed down the mountain, running wildly to chase the Shu army who seemed to be fleeing in embarrassment.
The Shu army looked really embarrassed. Except for Liu Chan's flag, the other flags had been thrown and scattered on the ground.
But even during the retreat, they were still shooting backwards in turn, delaying Cao's pursuit.
The soldiers of Cao's army with high morale would fall down from time to time, but they seemed unaware of this. In a war, how can anyone survive?
The great achievement is right in front of you, it depends on who will be lucky enough to eat it!
"Whoever captures and kills Liu Chan will receive a thousand catties of reward!" Xia Houshang, who led his army to chase him out of the valley, shouted loudly. Under the heavy reward, the chasing Cao army became even more crazy.
The soldiers of the Red Star Army also began to be injured one after another. However, whenever there was an injured person, the injured person would be moved to the inside for protection during the formation change.
The road to escape was dripping with blood, and Liu Chan and others finally escaped to the bank of the Duoshui River.
Everyone waded into the water and ran to the west bank without hesitation, and Cao Jun behind them also chased after them.
King Wei's health is obviously getting worse. I am afraid that the Crown Prince of Wei will soon take over the power. As a die-hard princeling, Xia Houshang really needs a big victory at this moment.
And this great victory is just around the corner!
It hasn't rained recently.
It was the last dry period of the river before the flood season in spring. Faced with the water blockage as the water level dropped in front of him, Xia Houshang, who was only looking to capture Liu Chan, did not notice anything wrong.
Xu Huang, who followed Xia Houshang's army out of the valley, felt that everything was going too smoothly.
But while it was going well, it also seemed weird and fake.
Although everything went smoothly on his side, not many Shu troops were left in the valley.
It was clear that Liu Chan was charging towards him with red eyes, but he stopped his charge before the horse rope could be tripped.
All these feelings of disobedience lingered in Xu Huang's heart, causing alarm bells to ring in the heart of this battle-hardened veteran.
He had never seen the Dugshui River before, and he was not familiar with the landscape and geography of the place. He was not sure whether the water level of the Dugshui River would drop so much during the dry season.
This is just a worry based purely on experience and has no clear direction.
But this worry reached its peak when the Red Star Army covered Liu Chan and rushed out of the river bed to continue fleeing westward, and the flag waved greatly.
"Bo Ren, don't chase me anymore!"
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