Chapter 3341 Generals
Xu Chu's location was about ten miles away from the Cao army camp, and there were not many people around him at the beginning. However, after Xu Chu raised the three-color battle flag on Gaogang, there were many scattered hussar cavalry roaring again, returning to the three-color flag!
Flag lift!
People gather together!
Seeing such a scene, the personal guards beside him were cheering each other, dancing with excitement, and breathing a sigh of relief!
Even Xu Chu's hand holding the sword couldn't help but tremble slightly, and his knuckles turned white!
Ask me how many troops can do this in the world?!
If the cavalry flag is there, the military spirit is there!
For a moment, Xu Chu also wanted to shout loudly and celebrate with these guards that they were in such an army and under such a battle flag!
Xu Chu nodded slightly at the return soldiers, and then turned his gaze to Cao's army.
That maid raises it!
Someone hasn't lost yet!
Seeing that the soldiers and horses began to gather under Gao Gang, the heavy pressure in Xu Chuduidi in his heart disappeared a little!
But that's not enough!
Shame must be cleaned with blood!
It's either the enemy, it's your own!
Xu Chu controlled his fluctuating emotions, straightened his body, and patrolled the battlefield. Although he gave up the command of the cavalry, he was still the leader of the former army. There were Cao's soldiers rushing out in front of him, such a huge Anyi camp, and such a key battle waiting for him!
His own troops were still gathering, while the Li Li flag on the front line was still looming in the dust.
After suffering a loss, how can we recover from the situation now?
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When Xu Chu re-opened the three-color battle flag and the general's surname flag, Cao Hong was staring at the map in Hedong.
The area in Guanzhong is already a large-scale implementation of sand tables and standardized maps, but this matter is still very difficult in Shandong.
It’s not that you don’t understand the new model, but changing the old model will cost the interests of many people, so these people will try their best to prevent the emergence of new things and try every means to pick some bones on new things.
The key is that Cao Cao, Cao Hong, and the people from the Xiahou clan of Cao, do not know how to draw. They can only make these drawings through their subordinates and their subordinates. In this process, a little confusion and deviation will turn into what Cao Hong is seeing now.
Logically speaking, as the main commander of the Anyi Battle, Cao Hong got the most exquisite and detailed map carriage, and it was not bad at all. But in fact, it is a pity that the map carriage in front of Cao Hong can still be described as simple or even simple.
That's right, Cao Hong is the commander, not Cao Cao.
But the map in front of Cao Hong is still a headache.
There is no detailed terrain on the map carriage that is five or six feet square, and there are only simple outlines and some text symbols.
The painting looks like a ingot-shaped "mountain", of course, it represents the soil slopes, hills, high mountains and dangerous peaks. What is the specific difference? Perhaps it is the size of the "mountain" ingot?
"Sichuan" represents a river.
Large square frames and small square frames represent big cities, while small squares represent small cities.
Large circles and small circles represent large camps, and small circles represent small camps or military camps.
In the middle position, there is naturally Anyi City with a large square frame with a small square frame, and on the side is the Cao army camp. Several ink lines with completely uneven thickness outline the connection between each other, but no one knows whether they can follow the direction of the ink lines.
There are some small black dots on the edges of the lines. If you are not careful, you may even think that it is ink accidentally dripping from the map. But in fact, it is a sentry set up to protect the passage...
The entire map has neither terrain marks nor names and locations of each earthen plateau. As for military dynamics such as the march route, tactical goals, maneuvering directions, enemy-to-wealth situations, they can't even see a shadow.
However, Cao Hong was very focused on such a simple map.
He must concentrate because Cao Hong needs to correspond to the plateaus and gullies in his mind one by one with the brief signs on the map and form a whole three-dimensional map battlefield map. From this perspective, if he wants to travel through time and become an ancient general, and then command thousands of troops as soon as he goes on the field, he is basically dreaming.
A footstep was heard quickly, "General! General Bao's troops were still slow! He could not intercept the troops of the cavalry branch!"
『Hmph!』 Cao Hong nodded,『As expected, just keep staring at it!』
"Yi!" The footsteps were gone again.
Cao Hong's confidant stood on one side and asked in a low voice: "General... this Bao Shuyi..."
Cao Hong snorted coldly, "It's more than just Bao Shuyi!"
"Ah?" The confidant reacted and was shocked.
Cao Hong's eyes were still above Tuyu, without even raising his head, "Thinking about when we fought with Yuan Benchu ​​back then... Now it's just a recurrence of the old thing!"
"These people really deserve to be killed!" said his confidant angrily.
『There are endless...』 Cao Hong shook his head, 『What's more, it's hard to say whether these people are enemies or friends before they really do anything... To be honest, I also want to give these guys directly to that person... to save you from being upset...
My confidant was stunned for a moment, then lowered his voice, "Master...that's what it means..."
Cao Hong raised his head and glanced at his confidant.
My confidant suddenly closed his mouth, shrank his head, straightened his chest and belly, as if he was not the one who spoke just now.
Cao Hong snorted coldly, "Get out and see how many catapults have been repaired! Also, the boards at the entrance of the camp can be all... Well, just leave one!"
The confidant quickly answered and then went down happily.
Cao Hong focused his attention again on the map.
On the battlefield, anyone can think that the other party is an idiot and he is the most awesome, but in fact, who is an idiot and who is awesome can only be seen when the dust settles.
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The sun is like a huge fireball, hanging quietly in the sky, embracing the earth passionately with its hot flames. There is no cloud in the sky.
Everything on the earth moaned painfully in the steaming heat wave.
Xu Chu stood under the three-colored flag.
He looks like the point now, but it is not.
The focus became the command of the former cavalry, Li Li.
This counterattack was dominated by Li Li, and Xu Chu placed himself in the auxiliary position.
As for getting rid of humbleness...
It is still somewhat unable to get rid of the characteristics of the nomadic Hu people and go against the wind and waves.
After this battle, we must take this opportunity to dismantle the primitive military bodies formed by the Southern Xiongnu tribes, break up and divide them into various Han army formations!
This is also a "historical issue".
The Hu people broke up and merged them, and it was only after they arrived at the Western Regions of Longxi. So they were first promoted among the Qiang people, but because the Southern Huns surrendered earlier, they did not make much changes. Therefore, although the Debei tribe was considered the Cavalry Army, many of them were Southern Huns.
The current battlefield situation also shows that the old "submission army" system, or the "adapted army" model, cannot be compared with the regular cavalry system.
If you want to annihilate a cavalry in field battles, you can only dispatch cavalry.
Hu Ren is very good at riding, but his tenacity and adaptability are obviously insufficient, so he needs to adjust and supplement. Before, because the rules that cannot be punished are on the side, it is difficult to deal with the low-level branch...
However, before dealing with the resignation of the Ministry of Being, Xu Chu thought that he would make a review first and gave the cavalry a letter to express his apology and demotion.
This is the rule.
If you have merits, you will be rewarded, and if you have any mistakes, you will be punished!
Simple?
But many people, many institutions, and many countries cannot do well.
This was originally a simple rule, but unfortunately, someone would always turn this public rule into a personal rule.
Xu Chu himself must abide by the rules before he can make other people obey the rules.
Xu Chu was not worried about his punishment. He was now more concerned about whether the Cao army would send cavalry to chase him!
Although there are earthen plateaus and gullies here, it is very suitable for cavalry Mercedes-Benz and raids.
If he could take advantage of his defeat to lure the cavalry of Cao's army out and encircle and annihilate him, then his previous losses and casualties of the cavalry and the horse will have higher value.
But Xu Chu was soon disappointed...
The scouts who stayed behind found Xu Chu and reported that although the Cao army sent a considerable number of soldiers to pursue him, there were not many cavalry.
This is a very easy to distinguish on the terrain of the Loess Plateau.
The smoke and dust formed by infantry are low and flat, while the smoke and dust brought out by cavalry are like long dragons, towering into the clouds.
Even if there are cavalry and infantry mixed together, experienced scouts can tell from clues.
Xu Chu frowned.
The news of the enemy's dispatch was not beyond Xu Chu's expectations, but Xu Chu was a little confused about the distribution of Cao Hong's soldiers.
What is Cao Hong doing?
Xu Chu led the attack on Cao's army camp basically with cavalry. With Cao Hong's ability, wouldn't it be impossible for infantry to chase cavalry?
So, is Cao Hong tempted, or will he send cavalry only in the future, or is there any other intention?
Cao Hong is not a fool. Since Cao's army is equipped with cavalry, it will not always be crouched in the camp and will passively be beaten and not fight back. This time, a sudden attack from Xu Chu also proves this.
A cavalry that cannot be used to fight mobile is often inferior to that of infantry.
Xu Chu knew this, didn’t Cao Hong understand?
However, Cao Hong did not send cavalry to chase and kill, but sent infantrymen.
If it weren't for ambush by Cao Hong, Xu Chu might have thought that Cao Hong was not good at commanding cavalry, or was purely timid and incompetent, but now...
Out of caution, Xu Chu asked: "Is it the result of a scout investigation, or has other scouts also confirmed it?"
『It's confirmed!』 The scouts responded, 『At least three scouts sent the same news back.』
"How many people did the enemy troops dispatch?" Xu Chu asked again.
"The specific number is not clear. The smoke and dust are too large, and the number of enemy soldiers is too large, and the banner is complicated. There are several parts that cannot be approached for the time being... According to the current scale, there are at least about 5,000 people..." The scout leader replied.
Xu Chu nodded and stopped talking. He raised his head and frowned, staring at the direction of the Cao army camp with bright eyes, as if he wanted to carefully observe and judge the enemy's movements through these smoke and dust.
Others didn't speak, and quietly waited for him to make a judgment and decision.
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"What? I'll command the cavalry?"
Li Li finally received the military order from Xu Chu, and couldn't help but be surprised.
"This is the general's recognition of the flag!"
Xu Chu's flag protection team divided up some people and was under Li Li's command. Similarly, Xu Chu's flag protection team represented the transfer of command on the battlefield!
Li Li resisted his beating heart, accepted Xu Chu's command, and immediately issued the first order, "Turn to the west slope to assemble!"
There is no more why. Now we not only need to win, but also achieve the best results to offset the previous losses and restore the morale in the army!
war!
Death will stop!
Cavalry, never stop!
General Li Li, who represented Xu Chu, spread the flag in front, and his own recognition in back, was like a yellow dragon turning over, and made a whole team on the earthen plateau, and rushed straight from top to bottom and rushed straight from the camp!
The originally scattered sound of horse hooves was rebuilt after the whole team. It gradually seemed that all the rhythms of war horses were gathered together, and gradually the sound of muffled thunder sounded again on the ground!
Amid this muffled thunderous sound, there was a bronze whistle representing the attack!
The yellow dust was flying and the flags were shaking. The Hussars, who were originally in the retreat, turned around and fought back in the low thunder and the sharp copper whistle!
"The cavalry won thousands of victories!"
『A thousand victories!』
The cavalry and horses shouted, and they turned around and attacked the soldiers who were chasing Cao's army!
The distance between the two armies is actually not far, two or three miles away.
The soldiers of the Cao army were screaming happily, chasing the scattered cavalry and horses, who were injured and unable to escape on the battlefield, but in a flash, the Husscavalry rushed back!
The Cao army, who was chasing the most fierce, had no time to react at all, and was directly rushed into the queue by the cavalry!
The huge sound of collision soared into the sky, and then the weapons intersected, and blood splashed everywhere!
The Cao army infantry team, which had not formed a front, was like paper in the face of such an impact, and was instantly washed away!
At this moment, the soldiers of the Cao army suddenly remembered that these Hussar cavalry were not all archers who had changed their positions in melee combat, but many of them were lancers who had always dominated the desert and beat up the Western Regions to obey the powerful melee combat!
Although the lancers will also carry some long-range weapons, or short-range weapons, such as spears, short axes, small iron halberds, they will not use this throwing weapon as the main combat method, but will use high-speed war horses to impact, then cut and trample!
Most of the time, these lancers did not turn around in circles and fight against infantrymen like in movies and TV dramas, but used the speed of war horses to cut directly with spears and swords!
In addition to the military academy generals with high martial arts skills, they can use long spears and even more complex long halberds to fight, most lancers actually don’t hold guns, but spears with combat knives.
Moreover, now, not only are there lancers rushing and cutting in front, Li Li also dispatched archers and cavalrymen, not directly rushing to the Cao army formation, but trying to bypass the Cao army's line, just like two arms spreading, not only to defeat these Cao army soldiers who were chasing them, but also to swallow these soldiers in one bite!
The archers ran along the lines of Cao's army, and occasionally pulled out some long feathered arrows to shoot.
This kind of arrow may not have much direct lethality, but it can have a certain impact on these Cao army soldiers, which limits their range of activities. Of course, there are also some unlucky guys of Cao army soldiers, who were stabbed by arrows falling from the air with a roar and fell to the ground with screams.
This time the turnaround impact was quick and fierce!
Because he lost the guidance of Xu Chu's flag, the cavalry and horses were once confused.
But most of the Hussar cavalry did not completely lose their fighting spirit because of this, but slowly retreated and automatically gathered to find a new commander. So when Xu Chu's flag reappeared on the battlefield, the entire retreating cavalry line suddenly turned into a counterattack!
The Cavalry Army has a sound and good military title system.
This makes every scattered Hussar cavalry, when they see officers with higher military ranks, immediately obey orders and belong to their posts.
Because the cavalry all knew that these sergeant officers with military titles were all found in the previous battles of the Southern and Northern Wars, and were forged with iron and blood!
When the "second-generation military generation" was not yet corrupt and the military position was based on personal ability and military performance as the standard, this military title system once again showed the powerful posture of the Qin army back then!
The scattered cavalry automatically entered the nearest queue, and then the team joined the brigade. Each Hussar soldier was quick and quick to move. Under their command, he should not lead the military officers to issue too many orders. He almost instinctively completed the formation transformation and combat preparations, just like a stream flowing into the river, and the river rushes into the sea!
If the military spirit is there, it will be in chaos and undefeated, and it will not be dispersed if it is defeated!
The three-color cavalry small corner flag shaking straight in the wind!
These Hussars and cavalrymen formed a powerful situation of central impact and two wings encircling!
Because it has a considerable battlefield power, the arrangement and transformation of the formation and formation between the cavalry has become a very important factor.
If the dispatch is properly, the movements are fast and the reactions are quick, a thousand cavalry can be used as thousands. If you don’t know how to allocate, then it is actually almost the same as the infantry riding horses. As Li Li, who has been trained in the desert of the Northern Region for many years, has clear and simple instructions for commanding such cavalry.
Just as Xu Chu believed that Li Li could do it well, Li Li also believed that these Hussar cavalry could do it well!
The Hussar Cavalry suddenly retreated from the back and suddenly became a striking force. The whole army moved quickly and cooperated well, almost like a natural success!
Although the total number of these cavalrymen was much smaller than that of the Cao army that was chasing and the array was relatively weak, the cavalry occupied a large grid and expanded the formation at once. In addition, the counterattack was so sharp that it immediately caused a heavy blow to the Cao army soldiers who were still immersed in the pleasure of chasing!
These Cao army soldiers who were chasing were immediately stunned...
He clearly saw that the other party had been defeated, but for no reason he was counterattacked by the other party, but his side could not hold on...
How is this fat Si?!
Didn’t you agree to chase after you happily?!
Chapter completed!