Chapter 3064: You can't be impatient or messy, you can't get into trouble
The problem Xiahou Yuan encountered was not "miasma", but altitude sickness. Although the area of ​​Shangdang Hedong in Shanxi is not as high as the roof of the world, nor is it a frequent area for altitude sickness, for people who stay at relatively low altitudes for a long time, suddenly perform high-intensity exercise under high excitement and high tension. This kind of enjoyment of up and down will naturally increase the chance of altitude sickness.
In fact, in most cases, as long as you drink more water, rest more, and adapt for a few days, this gap is nothing, but the problem is that Xiahou Yuan is anxious...
Once in a hurry, there will be a problem.
Xiahou Yuan was too hasty but failed to reach it, but at Tongguan, he slapped him angrily on the table.
The arrows of the flag were tilted and shaking for a few times, as if they were about to fall.
"Silly!"
After receiving Xiahou Yuan's letter, Cao Cao was unable to control his rising anger, "Greedy and reckless! He made a big mistake for me!"
Wei Yan was stuck in Shaanxi and Tianjin, which is equivalent to being stuck in Zhongtiao Mountain. On one side, he could monitor the river and on the other side, he could look down on Hedong. For Cao Cao, only after removing the nail Wei Yan, he could smoothly launch his invasion of Hedong, and then threaten Pujin Ferry and Longmen Ferry, and then either attack Tongguan by detour or directly attack Chang'an.
In other words, if the Cavalry Army wants to go around Zhuguanxing and attack Heluo and Henei, Xiahou Yuan can easily cut off the food route and attack its nodes under the support of Cao Cao's army. At this time, the power of the attack can be maximized.
Before the arrow is shot out, the threat is the greatest. Xiahou Yuan’s original position is like a horse on a Chinese chess board. Before the attack direction is determined, there are many choices. The opponent must consider and deal with it and cannot relax. However, after Xiahou Yuan jumps into the enemy formation, there is only one direction left, and even when he retreats, the soldiers will pin the horse’s legs.
Xiahou Yuan's attack was undoubtedly a weapon that should have been left in the later stage and was used in advance.
Originally, Cao Cao wanted Xiahou Yuan to return to Shaanxi and Tianjin and cooperate with Cao Xiu to wipe out Wei Yan, but now it's better, Xiahou Yuan has a "general outside"!
This made Cao Cao very angry...
Because less than a thousand elite Cao army cavalry can stir up a certain local node and play an important role at a certain stage, but it is unpaid to fight from beginning to end, or to fight for consumption in the front.
Xiahou Yuan is like a sharp blade in the hand of an assassin. He must hit it with one blow and cannot be killed and consumed. This is completely different from ordinary Cao's soldiers!
Under Tongguan, thousands of casualties, or even tens of thousands, Cao Cao would not frown much, because there are not many other places in Shandong, and there are definitely many lives!
Can fight horses...
It would be fine if Xiahou Yuan's attack was successful. If it was damaged, when Cao Cao needed someone to hold on or followed the Hussar cavalry, he lost his horse. What should he do then? Therefore, in the early stages of the battle, Cao Cao's arrangement for Xiahou Yuan was mainly to attack the Hussar army that attacked Henoi from Hedong to attack Henoi, to attack its morale and to disrupt its position. Generally speaking, it can be regarded as flanking cavalry, and its main responsibilities were to protect the main formation, harass, and attack, but there was no intention of letting Xiahou Yuan attack as the main force.
Now, Xiahou Yuan has directly penetrated into the enemy's territory because of a victory, and even said arrogantly that he seized the opportunity to attack Pingyang...
This is equivalent to the original flank, which has become the current protruding part!
The original wing has now become the direction of the main attack!
Xiahou Yuan did show his sharp power and lost his original agility.
Cao Cao is the attacking party.
The advantage of the offensive side is that they can choose different directions of the offensive, choose time and place, the number of troops invested, etc. These are the advantages of the offensive side. However, once the offensive side's choice is restrained and forced to a few, the offensive side's advantage will be gone, and the defensive side can easily make corresponding countermeasures.
Xiahou Yuan's attack forced Cao Cao to follow.
Moreover, Cao Cao concluded that the reinforcements that Xiahou Yuan eliminated were not "reinforcements" at all, but bait!
"This white general!" Cao Cao cursed, "Silly, reckless! Disregarding the overall situation!"
The reason for cursing is because Cao Cao can only curse now.
If Xiahou Yuan could be ordered to revive, Cao Cao would not scold him.
Because Cao Cao's understanding of Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan must have already crashed into the net at the moment, either the fish died or the net was broken. Even if Cao Cao issued the order now, it would be too late.
Now, Xiahou Yuan moved, everyone knew Cao Cao's idea of ​​attacking Hedong...
Cao Cao did take action against Hedong, but do you need to make more preparations and make more arrangements in advance?
Xiahou Yuan neither cared about the overall strategy nor communicated with friendly forces. He just rushed in like this. It looked very fierce, but in fact it was stupid.
No matter what tactics it is, it is the most effective only when it is first used. Because no one can imagine it, the effect is naturally the best. And no matter how imitated it, it will lose the initial shock and will inevitably be wary of others. Cao Cao knew that Xiahou Yuan wanted to stage a Yecheng raid in Pingyang, completely disrupt the arrangement of the Cavalry Army, and even pull out the flaws of the Cavalry Army for Cao Cao, but Xiahou Yuan's behavior also means danger.
"Ming Gong, now we can only attack Hedong and support General Miaocai." Guo Jia said slowly, "It is difficult to overcome Tongguan quickly... The original plan should be launched in advance..."
Guo Jia said halfway, but did not continue.
Guo Jia did not expect Tongguan to be so difficult to attack.
Although I had considered it as much as possible when making the plan, the difficulty in Tongguan was still beyond everyone's imagination.
To give a very simple example, in the era when heaters were not on the rise, who would understand what shooting preset units were, what crossfire strikes, and what remote coverage masks were? Perhaps the primary use of these concepts was indeed slightly in the era of cold weapons, but the real maturity must be in the era of heaters. Therefore, when Fei Qian applied these concepts to Tongguan where there were naturally convenient terrain and the gap between the top and bottom, the difficulty formed was definitely not as simple as one plus one equals two.
Even though Tongguan has not used gunpowder on a large scale yet...
The catapults and crossbows in Tongguan can even suppress the Cao army's catapults and fight against those supervising teams that attempt to force labor and farmers to approach Tongguan!
Although there are still many errors in this "precision strike", a coverage can still be achieved.
This means that when Cao's army really sent a regular soldier to attack Tongguan, its grassroots command military academy had to attack by catapults and crossbows!
The flesh and blood body cannot compete with crossbow guns and stone bullets, not to mention the grenades, sulphurs, and other bullets that have not been used yet...
Once the grassroots organizers are killed and blocked, the Cao army's military system is like a human body that has lost its joints or lost its skeleton, and will immediately become stiff or fall down softly!
This is a very serious problem, and Cao Cao had no way to make up for it or improve it.
Because the military system model of Shandong and even Jiangdong, including Cao Cao, is to lead the surface with points and control the upper and lower levels. If you lose this joint skeleton, no matter how many other soldiers are, they will be at a loss. They don’t know what they are going to do, nor do they know what their goal is...
To fool the people, the ultimate fool is yourself.
How to change this?
So how can it be changed?
"Ming Gong, things have come to this point," Guo Jia said slowly, "I can only move..."
Cao Cao pondered for a long time and didn't speak.
It is okay to enter Guanzhong, go to Tongguan, or go to the ferry, or let Xiang Yu resist in Tongguan like Liu Bang did back then, and secretly take the Wuguan Road by himself.
The child only did multiple-choice questions, and Cao Cao wanted them all this time.
From the north to the south, there are almost all besieged fires, because Cao Cao was not only a large number of people, but also many leading generals of the Xiahou clan who could trust. Because there is no need to doubt the loyalty of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan, and the interests of the Xiahou clan are the same, so Cao Cao could let these generals lead their troops and march separately. As long as they break through in any direction, they can directly respond to the army.
But Xiahou Yuan did this almost equivalent to forcing Cao Cao to shift his focus to Hedong!
'The Hedong Ferry must be opened as soon as possible...' Dong Zhao also said from the side, 'If General Miaocai needs military support, he can also add it...'
Cao Cao's face became more and more gloomy.
Dong Zhao was talking about military supplies, but in fact he said that if Xiahou Yuan was in danger, if he was blocked in Hedong County, he could at least open a hole to save his life...
Cao Cao and Guo Jia knew about this, but they didn't say it. At least they were considered to be a little face, but Dong Zhao broke it...
But it is not his fault to say that Dong Zhao is wrong.
After all, you have not considered winning, you should be considered losing first.
"Ming Gong, don't worry..." Guo Jia's eyes rolled, "This can also be regarded as an opportunity to win..."
Cao Cao was a little excited and smiled and said, "What do you say?"
『A long battle has no result, and morale will inevitably fall...』 Guo Jia said, 『Now General Miaocai...well, it can be considered a small victory, which is exciting...』
Cao Cao nodded.
Guo Jia continued, "Secondly, Tongguan is heavy and difficult to get out of the moment. It is also the original strategy to stir Hedong... It is not harmful to make it a little bit ahead of the strategy...
Cao Cao nodded.
"Third, in Hedong, there were many people who had friendship with the Yang family in the past..." Guo Jia's eyes were on Yang Xiu, "Now... I'm sorry for Lao Dezu Xiu's book to communicate and do a big deal together..."
Yang Xiu smiled bitterly, knowing that he would not get any benefits and be scolded, but he could only respond.
Cao Cao laughed, "Good! I will be filial!"
The originally dull atmosphere is now a little loose.
"Ming Gong, before this, attack Fenglingdu..." Guo Jia gestured on the map, "You can break the beacon tower here and build a floating bridge..."
The reason why Feng Lingdu became famous in later generations was probably due to the blessing of Yang Daxia. After all, as a hero, there were few beautiful women who had secretly loved her and could not get anything from this secretly cool show of being so pleasant that they could not get. Perhaps in later online literature, they were all vulgar routines, but it was rare in the martial arts world at that time.
The north of the river is called Fengling Duke, and the ferry south of the river is called Tongguan Duke.
Moreover, Fenglingdu is not a point, but a side.
If the north of Fenglingdu is Zhongtiao Mountain extending down, reaching one leg in the belly of the river with weak energy, then Fenglingdu is the foot of the foot that is soaked in the water. As for the person crossing the river, it is like catching an ant with fallen leaves and duckweed.
The river forms a few-character turn. After turning the bend, the water flow speed becomes relatively slower, which forms Fengling Duke. If you wait until the winter is completely frozen, Fengling Duke can also walk directly on the ice. The most troublesome thing is spring and summer. I won’t mention the rain in summer. It’s still cold in spring. The river has just thawed, and the back foot may be frozen again. If you can’t walk on a boat or walk on an ice, you can only stare at me.
Cao Cao's plan also took into account the weather, so he chose to attack Chang'an as autumn and winter approached. After the winter, the water flow of the river decreased and was no longer as fast as in summer. If the floating bridge could be built smoothly, he could come and go freely even after the freezing in spring. However, due to the existence of Wei Yan, the road to crossing the river was blocked and Wei Yan could not be removed, and this route would be unsafe.
At night, under the cover of the heavy night, Cao Hong brought three thousand soldiers and horses to the crossing point.
This river crossing point is obviously not the best, but it is the safest for Cao's army.
There are many crossing points on both sides of the river, some are wavy hills with wide valleys and gentle slopes, and some are the smooth water surfaces of muddy flats, but in the end, you have to face the same river, which is both passionate and ruthless.
"Captain, the crossing point is right in front of you!"
The one who led Cao Hong was a military academy of the Yang family in Hongnong. A few days ago, he still wagged his tail at the Yang family's children, but now he is used to bowing his head and bowing to the Cao family's children. Regarding the surrounding situation, these soldiers of the Yang family in Hongnong obviously have more say.
The former Yang family's military academy pointed to a mound in front and said, "It's this!"
Cao Hong looked around.
At the foot of the hill is a flat open land, and the river channel is just a little curved here, which looks quite smooth. It is indeed a good place to cross the river.
"How far is the patrol of the thief army on the other side?" Cao Hong asked.
That's right, the thief army.
Apart from myself, they are all thieves.
The former Yang family's military academy was stunned for a moment because he didn't know about this. When he was under Yang family, he was just waiting to die every day. How could he pay attention to the changes on the other side of the river? It is already very diligent to know some matters on the south bank of the river.
However, after a moment, the former Yang Military Academy knew that he was thinking awkwardly. Cao Hong was not asking him at all, but Cao's scout.
The Cao scout knocked away the former Yang Military Academy and reached out to point out in both directions, "There are beacon towers on both sides, one on the hills five miles south, and the other on the hills ten miles north... There are about ten soldiers in the beacon towers... These beacon towers have been built for two years...
Cao Hong nodded.
No wonder Cao Cao said before that Fei Qian was very cunning, not only cunning, but also thought about the problems carefully. He prepared the beacon two years ago...
It’s just that the beacon is dead, and if you want to use it, you still have to rely on people.
And people...
Cao Hong looked towards Shaanxi and Tianjin.
In the night, chaos is everywhere.
I was unable to lure Wei Yan successfully in Shaanxi and Tianjin before, so what about this time?
Cao Hong waved his hand and ordered: "Build a bridge immediately and prepare to cross the river!"
Building a pontoon bridge is simple, but not simple either.
First, there must be a boat.
Then sway the ship longitudinally and hook the ship up with wooden boards.
The pontoon bridge was successfully built...
But this kind of pontoon bridge is too easy to be destroyed, and only a fire is needed, or a few huge logs placed down from the upstream are impacted by a few...
Therefore, if you want to keep the floating bridge for a longer period of time, you not only need to build a bridge, but also need to remove beacons.
At least the two closest beacons need to be conquered and cannot be allowed to send an alarm.
So, Cao Hong took his troops to cross the river first and flew towards the beacon tower.
Cao Hong and his men are naturally considered elite, and Tofeiqian's blessing also vaguely touched some special operations. After all, in the war environment, learning tactical skills is almost an instinct.
The soldiers stationed in the beacon tower were just ordinary county garrisons. When Cao Hong and others touched it, although they found Cao's army at the last moment and screamed and warned, they did not last long and were soon swallowed up in the darkness.
Cao Hong shook the blood from the blade with pride, "Count the heads and see if there are any leaks."
The soldiers clicked up and down the beacon, "The captain, I have seen it, and all the numbers are here, and there are quite a few."
"good!"
Cao Hong looked up at the night. It was about 3 o'clock. According to calculations, the floating bridge could be built at about 4 o'clock, and then the river could be crossed before dawn. With the increase of the number of soldiers crossing the river, more floating bridges would be built. After the dawn was complete, Cao's army could already cross the river most, and even establish a relatively complete mudflat position.
Everything seemed to go smoothly.
Cao Hong lay on the guardrail at the top of the beacon tower and patrolled around.
The screams and warning sounds of soldiers in the beacon towers were probably too short and did not seem to cause chain alarms in other areas...
Except for the sound of night owls crying from the distant mountains and forests, the surroundings were still very quiet.
Cao Hong stayed for a while and found nothing unusual. He went down the beacon tower and left a few soldiers to pretend to be the soldiers on duty at the beacon tower, and then led his men back.
Among the mountains and forests in the distance, among the trees, there is a small house built on a big tree.
The cottage is hidden among the branches of trees, very hidden.
Inside the hut, two people were pale and whispering.
"Did you hear it just now? Is it a warning?"
"The Fengsui did not respond... Something happened must have happened!"
『Call it again...If there is no response, report it quickly...』
After a moment, a few more night owls cried out in the mountains and forests, like flying alone in the night...
Chapter completed!