Chapter 3324: The net is broken
Yuncheng Basin, the area around Anyi.
Henan Village, or Xiaohe Village.
There are many villages here that were originally similar to Henan Village, but now they have been destroyed and abandoned. The fields are still there, but no one has continued to work.
Summer was originally the season when the farmland was growing and welcoming the last ripening autumn, but now there are only weeds in the fields.
The men who had bowed their heads in the fields had disappeared, only broken sheds and abandoned tools, which seemed to be telling something.
The exposed pillars of the burned house were pitch black and pointed at the sky obliquely, like a huge exclamation mark plunged into the ground. There were many traces of robbery left around, including those left by some, and those left by wild beasts. In other words, they should be all wild beasts, which can only destroy but do not know how to build.
During the Cao army's attack some time ago, the Cao army once advanced to the slope of Emeiling, so all the villages along the way were naturally none of them spared.
Now that Fei Qian is heading south from Emei Ridge, the villages he encounters are basically the same.
This may be a "solid walls and clearing the fields" in a sense, so Fei Qian had to walk very carefully. Yesterday, the cavalry scout team reported that they had discovered a spy hidden in the ruins, and then paid the price of losing two or three people to wipe out the spies of Cao's army.
Both sides are growing in the war in Guanzhong and Shandong.
If we talk about the prince of Shandong before, could he think of Tibetans playing tactics in the ruins?
As Fei Qian's army advanced step by step, Cao's army gave up some temporary military camps and camps, evacuated the soldiers and civilians around, burned the remaining supplies, and black smoke rolled into the sky.
Fei Qian sat on the horse's back, pulled out his telescope, adjusted for a while, and looked into the distance.
In the extension of the army, the Cao army scouts and the cavalry scouts were pulling each other.
These Cao army scouts also had a bit of Hu people under the training of the cavalry scouts. Now Cao army scouts have learned to stare from afar, then prick up their ears and widen their eyes. If there is a slight movement, they will ride on their horses and run away, and they will not give the cavalry scouts a chance to get closer to sneak attacks. Even if they have to get closer to some reconnaissance, they will shoot arrows at any suspicious targets, including but not limited to grass, shrubs, treetops, etc.
So Fei Qian naturally saw the situation where the cavalry scout and the Cao army scout were coming and going, chasing the Baopu.
Suddenly, a strange scene was reflected in the lens of Fei Qian's telescope.
Fei Qian frowned slightly, then signaled to the guards beside him, and after running forward for a while, he arrived at the edge of the strange scene he had just seen.
Before he could get close enough, Fei Qian smelled a foul smell.
Fei Qian frowned slightly, then grabbed the war horse and stopped getting closer.
The war horses were obviously a little uncomfortable, and they sniffed loudly, shaking their heads to express dissatisfaction.
This foul odor is basically the smell produced by sulfides. Simply put, it is the corpse odor. The corpse odor is a compound odor made up of ammonia, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, corpse amine, putrescine, fecal odorin, thiol, sulfide, various amines, low-grade fatty acids, low-grade ketones, low-grade aldehydes, some heterocyclic organic matter, smoke-producing substances, etc. It can combine with the blood oxygen in the alveoli, and even when the concentration is high, it can cause pulmonary edema and cause dyspnea.
But it is obviously difficult to have such a high concentration in open areas.
Feiqian is far away and only smells the odor, but there will be no direct harm at the moment.
The aura of rotten corpses will erode the surface of the ground for a long time, and will not gradually dissipate after the ossification is half a year or more.
"Lord, this is a corpse pit." The guard said from the side, "There should be something to cover up on it, and then it was pulled open by the beast..."
It was this open cover, and a large number of flies and insects were growing, so they were flying up and down, so they formed a strange shape in the telescope.
The guard walked forward a few steps, covered his mouth and nose and looked forward, then retreated quickly, gasped for a few breaths, and said hatefully, "Heavenly killed! I don't know how many corpses have been dumped down here! Maybe it was originally cold and some buried, so it couldn't rot... Now when the weather is hot, the corpse gas has expanded, and it is arched out of the soil... These thieves killed these days!"
Fei Qian listened, frowned.
Shandong's description of Dong Zhuo's capital migration is always inevitable. Because Dong Zhuo did such a stupid thing, this has always been a stain on the people of Longxi, and some people in Longxi feel that they can't raise their heads.
But now, people from Shandong are clamoring for Dong Zhuo to kill people every day, and then what?
What is the scene in front of you?
Of course, these scenes cannot be seen by people from Shandong.
Since you can't see it, it's almost equivalent to "not exist" for people in Shandong.
"Go and cut down some weeds and branches, sprinkle tinder, and burn it." Fei Qian ordered, "Cover your mouth and nose with a gauze scarf, don't let the epidemic invade you."
The guard immediately led his troops and called the soldiers to deal with it with a whistle.
Xun Chen came from the back formation and was silent when he saw this scene.
This is different from the battle of soldiers.
Or simply put, the people and soldiers are originally different.
The profession characteristic of soldiers is to fight with the opponent's soldiers, so when they change their positions and become soldiers, they naturally have psychological preparations, but the people do not. Although massacre of enemy people is a tactical method that has been used since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it does not mean that this method is glorious.
Especially the civil war.
Fei Qian has been trying to control the intensity of the civil war and is unwilling to invest too much manpower and material resources, so when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel a little touched.
Xun Chen said on the side: "Most of these are people from Heluo. The land of Heluo has already declined. Now after this battle, most of them are empty in ten rooms."
Fei Qian said: "There are many soldiers in Cao, but their hometowns are complex. Looking at this situation, not everyone is willing to work hard. Therefore, the most important ones among Cao's army are only the two armies of Zhongling Zhonggu. The other Shandong soldiers, even if they are elite, have less combat power than Zhongling Zhonggu's army."
Xun Chen should be.
Of course there is no doubt about this.
Fei turned his head and looked south, then looked at the Gufeng Mountain in the distance, and said to Xun Chen: "In the battle, Anyi should be the most important place. Cao's army must be near Anyi, and he will fight with Zhongling Zhongguzheng... And this Gufeng Mountain... do you have any ideas?"
"There are many gullies on Gufeng Mountain, which is not conducive to war and is difficult to defend." Xun Chen was obviously aware of the terrain of this area, "But there are several springs on this Gufeng Mountain, which can hide soldiers..."
Fei Qian nodded. Although Cao Cao had entered the preset battle position in the Yuncheng Basin, the core strength of the Cao army is still well preserved, so they must be forced to go to the plains before they can attack the main force of the Cao army.
Or it is called Cao Cao's core force.
Once Cao Cao loses the core combat power mainly based on Qingzhou soldiers, he will inevitably have only the defensive power left.
So at present, with Cao Cao's ruthlessness, will he be honestly waiting for beating in Anyi?
"Send the order," Fei said in a deep voice, "All water sources and all camps around are strengthened to detect and prevent scouts! Order the accompanying military doctors to equip the anti-epidemic drugs in case of emergency needs!"
Xun Chen was stunned for a moment, then turned his gaze to the corpse cave that was being ignited not far away. "The lord's intention is... Cao Thief wants to use this method? Want to use the poison strategy?! This is too... too vicious!"
Fei Qian looked at the newly rising flames, thick black smoke, like a demon roaring silently among the flames, "It's false."
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As the temperature in summer gradually rises, the war also seems to be gradually heating up.
Cao's army gathered in Anyi.
In addition to the Zhongling Central Guard Army directly under Cao Cao, there are also recruitment of troops, recruitment of troops, county soldiers, family private soldiers, etc. Now these complicated troops are concentrated around Anyi.
After knowing that the cavalry army was heading south, Cao's army gave up some small strongholds in the north and spread the front layer by layer with Anyi as the center, like a huge flower of Manzhushahua. Cao's army built a trench defense line at the front of Anyi, and Cao Hong personally led the military academy to guard the front line. Moreover, this flower of Manzhushahua seemed to be blooming bigger and bigger, as if he was going to swallow Fei Qian's army in his belly.
The front of Fei Qian's army was like a trident, and the cavalry was the three sharpest blades, followed by solid infantry and slow baggage artillery battalions, rolling down.
The situation is becoming increasingly difficult to understand.
Fei Qian set up the overall situation and used the Yuncheng Basin as a net, which successfully forced Cao Cao to fight the Cavalry here. After Cao Cao entered the Anyi area, he opened a large net in Anyi, and seemed to be waiting for Fei Qian to fall into the trap.
Fei Qian's troops followed the official road and advanced in sequence. He did not walk fast, but was very steady.
The scouts of Cao's army also exceeded one day, and the scale of their cavalry was also exceeded one day.
Because I was forced...
If there are not many people, they may be swallowed by the scouts of Hussars and Cavalry.
Although the cavalry of the vanguard of the cavalry have been suppressing the scout cavalry of the Cao army and the scout cavalry of the Cao army have been avoiding the war, everyone knows that the two sides are entering the final stage of hand-to-hand combat getting closer and closer.
According to the detection of the scouts on the front line, the Cao army troops in the Anyi direction were on high alert, with layers of defense, and built a large number of sentry towers and military camps, building an extremely large and complex barracks system, which naturally eliminated the hope of some generals of the Hussar cavalry military academy to raid with cavalry.
Cao Cao himself set up a flag of the commander of the three armies in the southwest direction of Anyi, which seemed to indicate that he was ready to fight Fei Qian to the death here.
As the temperature further rises, the water level of the Yushui River around Anyi is gradually decreasing.
The grass on the tomb of King Yu was shriveled and yellow under the scorching sun.
It seems that everything has withered under the tyranny of war.
There is a wilderness around Anyi and the terrain of the Loess Plateau.
This land inherited from ancient times also witnessed the growth and development of Huangdi, Yandi, Chiyou, and Yao, Shun and Yu, the ancestors of the Chinese nation. Yao was in Puban in the early capital, and later moved to Pingyang, Shun and Puban in the Shun capital, and Anyi in Yu. The first slave dynasty in China was also born here.
The main reason is that there is a salt pond here, which is a natural and convenient area that can obtain safe salt. It is a treasure place when ancient production technology is insufficient.
But now this area that was originally suitable for people to live in has completely changed.
Two deep trenches were dug out of the periphery, and some wooden stakes were inserted into the two deep trenches, and there were reed mats on both sides of the trenches. I don’t know whether these reed mats were transported by Cao’s army from Shandong or were “recruited” in Hedong…
The official road has naturally been cut off by the deep trench.
There was not much people in sight, only some sparse shrubs, woods and dilapidated villages standing abruptly.
The Cao army camp occupied a very large area. After the deep trenches, a huge structure that is about twenty-five miles wide from east to west and at least fifteen miles north to south. There are no particularly large mountains around the entire Yuncheng Basin except the Gufeng Mountain in the northwest. However, because it is located in the Loess Plateau area, there are many natural ditches that cut the entire area into a chessboard shape of different sizes.
On these blocked soil plateaus of varying sizes, Cao's army connected each other with slings and wooden boards in many places, so that Cao's army could move on the soil plate more conveniently without having to go through the curved ditches. Therefore, these soil plateaus and sling bridges became barriers one by one.
As the commanding general on the front line, Xu Chu led Fei Qian to the forefront of Cao's position.
Looking at the Han army flag flying in the Cao army camp in the distance and the Cao army flag representing Shandong forces, Xu Chu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The place in Shandong is also where Xu Chu grew up.
He is actually from the same place as Cao Cao, from Qiao County.
If it is normal, since they are all fellow villagers, then there will naturally be bonuses from the villagers and may be closer.
But now, he is standing here, and Cao Cao is opposite, and the two sides are fighting each other.
After staying in Guanzhong for a long time, Xu Chu naturally gradually accepted some of Fei Qian's ideas. Perhaps it could not be said to be Fei Qian's personal ideas, but should be said to be "Guanzhong" or "Cabin"...
During the expansion of Feiqian's power, more and more people joined in. People from Guanzhong, Longyou North and other areas will not mention it. Naturally, there are Shandong people like Xu Chu who have entered Feiqian's political senior and military general level. Now, Shandong people like Xu Chu have an important problem that they have to face and have to solve.
If the cavalry defeated...
No, it should be that after defeating the people from Shandong, what kind of identity and attitude should I face the people from Shandong before?
conqueror?
Or a compatriot?
Or...
The rumbling sound of horse hooves pulled Xu Chu back from his chaotic thoughts.
Under the ravines of the earthen plateau, a team of Hussar cavalry were heading south along the ditches.
Cao's army had already withdrawn most of the cavalry scouts on the front, leaving only a few cavalry to monitor the movements of the cavalry.
So where did these Cao's cavalry who shrank back on the front, go?
Although these cavalry units directly belonged to Cao Cao's central leadership and central guards were not as good as those under the cavalry who could even sleep on horseback in cavalry, their loyalty to Cao Cao was unquestionable. So now Xu Chu sent more scouts to extend to the two wings, trying to determine the hidden position of the Cao army's cavalry and the deployment of troops in the Cao army's camp to provide intelligence support for the next stage of combat.
The actions of both sides at this stage are similar. Cao's army also knew that it was impossible for the cavalry to bump into the head recklessly, and they would carefully test and advance, and then wait until the time is ripe, which is the time for a large-scale battle.
Faced with the current situation, Xu Chu felt that Cao Cao would use these earthen plateaus to do some tricks. After all, if Cao's army wants to pass through these earthen plateaus, they only need to walk along the sling bridge above the earthen plateaus, but for the cavalry army, they can only walk along the ditches below the earthen plateaus. This leads to the effect of siege in some areas like standing on the urn city.
If you want to destroy these sling bridges, it is equivalent to attacking these Cao Jun camps. Even if the Cao Jun camps are blocking the walls, Xu Chu couldn't see the layout clearly, and he knew that in addition to the two deep trenches on the surface, the Cao army must have hidden many additional means, such as traps, horse pits, or caltrops...
Anyway, it is not the first time that Shandong has fought with the Cavalry. It is not difficult for Cao's army to copy the methods used by the Cavalry before.
At the same time, it is difficult for the cavalry to cross these deep trenches, but it is not difficult for the infantry of the Cao army to pass. After all, the Cao army camp can be prepared with ladders or wooden boards at any time. If you need it, you can attack the trenches and attack. This is not unpredictable.
The Cao army was stockpiled here, with a large area of ​​more than ten times that of the camp below the slope. Although it can also be used to attack with subsequent artillery transported to point and break the surface, it is precisely because it is broken that even if a point is broken, other areas can provide support. Therefore, as the commander general of the cavalry front army, Xu Chu cannot rush to attack. On the contrary, he must first focus on defense. Not only do he need to arrange vanguard cavalry to test and check the movements of Cao's army, but he also needs to choose a stable area for Fei Qian's central and rear army to ensure the safety of the garrison.
But this area is not easy to choose...
Because of the better plot, Cao's army had already destroyed it first.
Even in a relatively poor area, Xu Chu needs to arrange soldiers to conduct inspections and investigations. Otherwise, if there is a sudden opening in the middle of the night, it may not only lead to defeat, but also Xu Chu's debut as the leader of the front line will become a case of sneering in the martial arts hall.
Be cautious, be cautious.
Xu Chu secretly reminded himself, and then turned to arrange military affairs.
Chapter completed!