On the battlefield, an excellent cavalry is like a real eye that can expand its field of vision several times. Every move of the opponent will be noticed. Then, whether it is to go wild or ambush, the operation of tactics will naturally be more flexible and changeable.
stand up.
With the addition of the Hussars General's three thousand cavalry, although Cao Cao could not completely command them all, the new force was enough to restore the balance that had been somewhat unbalanced, and even tilted it towards Cao Cao's side.
In the fifth year of Yanping, Xia.
Liu Xie was preparing a "grand" foreign contribution in Xu County, but Cao Cao, Sikong, had no time to turn around. He just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to expand his advantage and defeat Yuan Shao's incoming troops in one fell swoop.
Indeed, with the flexible operation of the cavalry, especially these big Han hussars equipped with horseshoes and high-bridge saddles, they are more suitable for long-distance movement and do not choose routes. Gravel areas and wilderness landscapes that were originally inaccessible can also be
You can still leave.
After Cao Cao thought about horseshoes and high-bridge saddles for a day, he immediately asked craftsmen in the army to imitate them. In the Han Dynasty, there was no such thing as a patent.
"Father..." Cao Pi weighed the horseshoe in his hand and couldn't help but ask, "General Hussar is traveling across the northwest, and he is helped by this wonderful thing... In other words, General Hussar doesn't know how to hide something. This is really..."
Cao Pi did a good job as a mascot in the Chinese army camp, and Cao Cao was quite satisfied. He kept it with him these days, letting Cao Pi learn how to handle military and government affairs. After hearing Cao Pi's words, he raised his eyebrows
He started, stopped writing, glanced at Cao Pi slightly, and said: "General Hussar also has profound meanings, you might as well think deeply about it..."
"The Cavalry General has a profound meaning?" Cao Pi was stunned for a moment. After all, Cao Pi was still a teenager and a half-year-old boy. He tried hard to pretend to be an adult, but he was still not an adult and could not understand it.
Meaning, I frowned and pondered for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.
Cao Cao did not explain, and continued to concentrate on his official duties. After a while, when he saw that Cao Pi still couldn't find the answer, he was not anxious or scolded. He just said lightly: "If you can't think of it, go out for a walk and see... you
Uncle Zilian should be at Ma Camp..." After saying that, Cao Cao looked at Dian Wei who was guarding him.
Dian Wei understood, nodded, stood up, and followed Cao Pi, who said goodbye and left the Chinese army's tent, and headed for the horse camp.
Cao Cao's two front camps were damaged in Yuan Shao's attack, and the central camp was also in dilapidated condition. It is now being repaired. Almost all the soldiers have been mobilized, either to carry earthwork or to ram earth.
Knock on the wall.
As the saying goes, sharpening the sword does not waste time cutting firewood. No matter what, a strong camp can provide relatively stable support and is also conducive to the next attack of the soldiers and horses.
Cao Hong was in the horse camp, with the men and horses who were originally riding horses of the Han Dynasty.
For ordinary soldiers to accept new commanders, naturally it is not enough to sit high and issue orders. Cao Hong naturally knew this very well, so he lived and ate with these people day and night, striving to achieve the fastest results
Integrate into it, because Cao Hong also knows that the counterattack against Yuan Shao will soon begin.
"Uncle..." Cao Pi found Cao Hong, saw the ceremony, and asked impatiently, "General Hussar sent troops and horses without covering up the equipment. I wonder what the deep meaning is?"
After hearing this, Cao Hong looked around, pulled Cao Pi aside, and said softly: "Is Sikong asking you?"
Cao Pi nodded awkwardly.
Cao Hong laughed, patted Cao Pi on the shoulder, motioned for him to sit aside, and then said: "You have to look at this matter this way... In fact, we are also worried that General Hussar will take the opportunity to do something, right?"
"So General Hussar is using this to reassure us?" Cao Pi said with some surprise.
"Yes, there is such a meaning..." Cao Hong laughed, but quickly put his smile back, "What's more...actually there is a little bit more..."
Cao Hong was silent for a moment, and then Su Rong said: "If you look at it from another angle, General Hussar is also saying that he doesn't care at all whether we imitate or not..."
"This..." Cao Pi's eyes widened.
Cao Hong sighed lowly and said: "Although we have cavalry, they are not many in number. Secondly, they are just like water without a source... Yongxing occupies 70% of the world's racecourses, and the other 30% is in
Northern Hebei...even if we imitate them, but we don't have the source of the war horses, what can we do? What can we do?"
Cao Pi was speechless.
Then there was silence.
After the uncle and nephew sat for a while, Cao Hong came to his senses first and patted Cao Pi on the shoulder again. Then he stood up and said, "I have to go back to handle military affairs. Pi'er, do you want me to call a guard for you?"
Lead the horse and run two laps?"
Cao Pi thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "I won't delay my uncle... When I have free time next time, my nephew will come to chat with me again..."
Cao Hong laughed loudly and said: "It works! I will leave a good horse for you when the time comes!"
Cao Pi said goodbye and walked back. Halfway there, he couldn't help but stop and turned to look to the west...
This big Han hussar actually made his father and uncle talk about him with disdain, but he didn't know if he had three heads and six arms, a green face and fangs...
...Here is the dividing line for finding a draw...
Within the territory of Jizhou.
Gao Shan looked back at the long string of grain carts and tired soldiers and civilians behind him, and exhaled a long breath. Although he was anxious, the slow speed still made Gao Shan worried. Gao Shan couldn't help but pray to the gods and gods again, as long as he could
After this trip of food arrived safely, I would definitely go back and burn a few incense sticks and make three animal sacrifices or something...
Gao Shan is a member of the Gao family and has lived in Jizhou for many years. He is more or less a distant relative of a high-ranking cadre, and he holds the rank of captain. This time, he is escorting a batch of grain and grass to Baima Ferry.
Time is not forgiving, and I am indeed getting old. Gao Shan’s attention returned to his sore waist and legs, and he smiled to himself. He thought back to when he first joined the army, he was still a strong young man, trekking through thousands of mountains and rivers.
The expedition was completely ignored, but now, after only walking a few dozen miles, my legs, feet and lumbar vertebrae are already sore and numb, and they are really not as good as before.
Generally speaking, the area between Yecheng and Baimadu is still the rear of Yuan Shao's army, so overall safety is acceptable. However, since the previous two grain roads were intercepted, the risk of transporting grain and grass has suddenly increased.
A lot.
Gao Shan did not become the captain solely because of his relatives. As a veteran of the army, Gao Shan even participated in the fight against the rebellion in Youbei and the battle against Xianbei...
The scene from more than ten years ago seemed to appear before his eyes again. Gao Shan couldn't help but shudder and let out a breath of cold air.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was still young at that time, and then Xianbei invaded south and once invaded the territory of Jizhou. His troops were directed towards Luoyang. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty gathered a large army and marched north to attack Xianbei...
It was only the sixth year of Xiping...
Now that I think about it, Gao Shan still shudders. There was a battle that I will never forget. They all fought together to get out of the border area. Only one or two out of ten survived. How many people died on the desert border and turned into white bones.
Prefect Xia Yu sent troops from Gaoliu, defeated the Xianbei Zhonglang general Tian Yan from Yunzhong County, the Xiongnu Zhonglang general Zang Min and the Southern Huns Shanyu Tu Teruo's body was driven out, the Shanyu marched from Yanmen County, and the three armies rushed into the desert.
During the campaign, they crusaded against Xianbei, but in the vast desert, it was impossible to find the main force of Xianbei for a decisive battle. Later, when the troops were exhausted, the Xianbei people came!
The result was naturally a great defeat, and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty extinguished his unrealistic ambitions.
The lofty ideals of the past have long been forgotten by Gaoshan, but the cold wind outside the fortress, the ferocious cavalry, and the blood of his comrades still appear in nightmares many times, making me wake up in the middle of the night, covered in cold sweat.
While he was immersed in memories in the mountains, he suddenly felt frightened in his heart. He didn't know when he seemed to remember some sounds that made him frightened. These sounds came from a distance and were approaching rapidly...
All the hairs on Gao Shan's body stood up. This sound jumped bloody from memory to reality. He tensed up his whole body and roared with all his strength: "It's the cavalry! There's an enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
The entire grain transport queue was suddenly in panic. Before the soldiers and civilians could organize their defensive formations, the cavalry rushing from a distance had already arrived. The word "Xiahou" held high indicated the identity of the opponent.
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A hail of arrows struck first, immediately covering the sky above the grain transport convoy.
Many helpless soldiers and civilians had no idea of escape, and they immediately screamed and wailed!
Just in front of Gaoshan, a soldier was shot through the palm of his hand by a long arrow. The bloody arrow penetrated from the palm of his hand and protruded from the back of his palm. The pain suddenly caused the soldier to hold his palm and fell to the ground crying and shouting...
Gao Shan pulled the unlucky soldier to the side of the baggage cart, then quickly broke the arrow, then violently pulled the arrow out of the soldier's back, then cut off a strip of cloth, and struck the soldier's palm with three blows.
He tied it tightly, then put the sword into his hand, and shouted: "If you don't want to die, you must stop crying!"
On the battlefield, the most useless thing is tears.
Arrows are like rain, and hoofbeats are like thunder.
The messy civilians were running around, and the smell of blood rose into the sky!
Gao Shan yelled: "Circle the vehicles in one place! Circle them in one place! Counterattack! Counterattack!"
The enemy's attacking troops were not actually very large, only about five or six hundred people. The number of soldiers and civilians under his command was also about the same. But the question was, could his soldiers and civilians stop the chaos and obey his orders?
The dull sound of horse hoofbeats began to circle to the side. Gao Shan knew that this was a war horse with cloth strips tied to its hoofs, preparing for a side attack...
Gao Shan closed his eyes, and the scene in his nightmare was played out again, but this time he was not facing the damn Xianbei people, but...
But former comrades...
Gao Shan suddenly felt extremely tired. The Han people are always good at learning. This set of cavalry tactics of frontal intrusion and side attack were actually first used by these nomadic peoples in the desert, such as the Huns and Xianbei, but now
The Han cavalry also learned it and used it on their own people.
Gao Shan couldn't understand why Cao Jun's cavalry bypassed the front line and appeared here. He didn't have time to think about it, because the rockets had already begun to roar in the air and fell into the felt blanket covering the baggage train.
superior!
The mules and horses that were disturbed by the flames jumped and tried to break free, but the queue was completely messed up. Some exposed hay was ignited, and in a short time it burned into a huge fireball, swallowing up the surrounding areas.
Soldiers and mules and horses...
Gao Shan shouted and summoned soldiers to resist, but soon he himself became Xia Houyuan's target.
When the soldiers around Gao Shan were shouting and screaming, and the shallow defense system was like a layer of paper being pierced by Xia Houyuan's reunion, the last thing Gao Shan saw was Xia Houyuan's face that was almost distorted with excitement.
"Hahaha!" Xia Houyuan stabbed Gaoshan to death with one shot, and then shouted, "Quick! Burn all the food and grass! Burn all!"
Captain Yuan Jun died, and the remaining civilians and soldiers lost the courage to resist. They abandoned their baggage vehicles and fled, until at some point they found that the sounds around them gradually became quieter, leaving only the black smoke and the howling cold wind in the distance.
When he arrived, he slowly walked back again, and then in the mess, he saw the frightened expressions on his family's faces...
...Here is the dividing line that twists the waist...
Xu You's rebellion caused all grain transportation routes to be exposed, and it was not easy to temporarily change the grain transportation route. After all, people and horses could take forest trails, but baggage vehicles had to leave the official road.
The trail was extremely difficult, so before Yuan Shao had time to react, the grain and grass route from the rear to the front line suffered a heavy blow.
By the time Yuan Shao realized something was wrong and sent a large number of troops to escort the grain and grass, the consequences of irreparable losses had already been sown...
The army was stationed outside and consumed tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass. After the baggage transporting grain and grass back and forth was burned by Cao Cao's cavalry, Yuan Shao's grain and grass reserves immediately fell below the warning line!
A very realistic and cruel question was placed in front of Yuan Shao. What should he do next?
Retire the army?
Although the battle with Cao Cao this time can be regarded as a victory or a defeat. The Heluo area failed, but Yuan Tan in Qingzhou went well, but the Taishan group is still waiting and watching, otherwise it can basically be regarded as winning.
I’ve gone down to the whole land of Qingzhou...
Then the frontal battlefield also advanced to the boundary of Yanzhou. Overall, it seemed that he still had the upper hand. Yuan Shao was somewhat unwilling to retreat like this.
What's more, what was Cao Cao's previous identity?
He is just his own little brother. Now his own little brother wants to be equal to him, and even pressure him. This is something that Yuan Shao cannot accept no matter what he says in his heart...
But if we want to continue fighting, what should we do with military rations?
Even if we order the operation to be carried out again, water from afar cannot quench our thirst for the time being.
Thinking of the pain, Yuan Shao once again cursed Xu You for betraying him. Although he had ordered the judges in Yecheng to execute Xu You's two servants, Yuan Shao also knew that this was of no importance to Xu You.
, Most of Xu You’s family is still in Yuzhou. Even if these two sons are dead, they are just the second sons of the two tribesmen in his family, and it is not a big deal at all...
Tian Feng's advice is very simple, just one word: retreat.
Yuan Shao really didn't want to retreat, and he would give up the situation if he didn't want to, but there were some things that just wouldn't happen if he didn't want them...
