Chapter 1844: There are strategies but they cannot be used
Yangcheng.
After all, Xiahou Dun did not have the courage or the ability to go out of the city and fight Fei hidden outside the city.
A strong city wall can bring some sense of security to people, and this sense of security may be the only thing that can comfort Xiahou Dun at the moment.
Yangcheng is right in the middle of the two mountain ranges, Yangcheng Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain, and was built on the Ying River. It is more or less a first-class city. It has an important location and can attack and defend. It is almost equal to the entire Yingchuan River in Yuzhou.
The northwest gate of Cao Cao specially arranged for Xiahou Dun to be stationed here for this reason.
Cao Cao may not be able to rest assured if others are here.
Just because Xiahou Dun can't come out, it doesn't mean that Fei Qian can go around the city without a care. After all, the scale of the troops is different, and many things are different. Zhu and Zhang can take advantage of the negligence of Xiahou and others to sneak in, but like Fei Qian
With such a large group, even a blind person can detect abnormalities based on sounds, vibrations, etc.
Although Fei Qian could follow suit and cross the Yingshui River four times, that would be too troublesome. There may be a simpler way now...
Fei Qian looked at Yangcheng and the flag with the words "Xiahou" written on it, then smiled and said to Li Dian: "General Li, I won't give it away..."
Li Dian was silent for a moment, and finally he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you Qiusi for not killing me... I'll see you later... some time..."
Fei Qian pretended not to hear Li Dian's voiceover and waved his hand.
Li Dian didn't say anything more. He knocked the horse's belly slightly, and the horse neighed and moved forward slowly.
On one side are the majestic cavalry troops lined up in a horizontal line, and on the other side are the city defenders who are waiting in strict formation, holding shields and fighting. In the middle of both sides is Li Dian's lonely man and horse, and there is a faint smoke under the horse's hooves.
If it is paired with background music of erhu, morinouqin, etc...
Zhang Chen asked in a low voice behind Zhang Liao: "General, why did the lord let that guy go at this time?"
Zhang Liao glanced at Zhang Chen slightly, and then whispered: "Strategy to attack the heart."
"Strategy to attack the heart?" Zhang Chen still didn't quite understand, but Zhang Liao no longer paid attention to him.
Zhao Yun immediately stood on the other side of Fei Qian, and seemed to hear Zhang Chen's low murmur. He glanced briefly, and then focused on Li Dian, who was walking slowly forward.
Just like Zhang Chen was always trying to decipher the meaning of General Hussar's actions, Zhao Yun actually had his own understanding of the release of Li Dian.
The Yangcheng village must be attacked. On the one hand, the entire southbound passage cannot be opened without fighting. On the other hand, it is not enough to deter Cao's troops in Yingchuan. Just like now, when Fei Qian's hostages captured Yangcheng,
When the power of the mountain stronghold came, Xiahou Dun could only avoid the edge temporarily and did not dare to go out of the city to fight. It was not that Xiahou Duan was timid, but that Xiahou Dun knew that not all of his soldiers were brave. If he was defeated again,
If the morale of the army is shaken again, it will definitely be difficult to end it. It will be safer to stay in the city.
Yangcheng, for the Hussars General, is obviously more inclined to subjugate the enemy without fighting, or in other words, use strategies. After all, Yangcheng is under the command of Xiahou Dun, and the defensive strength of Yangcheng is naturally very different from that of a cottage.
No, if it's a strong attack, you should still be able to defeat it, but the losses may be relatively large.
If you don't fight, just do nothing, and just pass by the city, it will make Xiahou Dun in the city think that Fei Qian is nothing more than that, and then whether it is attacking Fei Qian's rear flank, or intercepting and encircling Fei Qian, it will make Fei Qian
Fei Qian didn't want to see the discomfort, so he asked Li Dian to go to Yangcheng. On the surface, it seemed that he had fulfilled his promise to Li Dian, but in fact...
It is said that the ignorant are fearless. The more you know, the more timid you become. A small force is naturally best kept secret, but since it comes with great fanfare, why cover it up? Fei Qian did not release any 100,000 cavalrymen to hunt Xu County.
In terms of words, he is already very conservative and cautious.
Fei Qian was not afraid that Xiahou Dun would know the situation of his army. On the contrary, Fei Qian also wanted to know how Xiahou Dun would respond in such a situation.
What’s interesting is that as Li Dian, what would he do if he wanted to survive, or to live a better life?
Li Dian lost a battle and lost Luoyang. Yes, this is a fact that Li Dian cannot change, but if someone else defeated the Hussars, then...
If others also lost, Li Dian's crime seemed not that serious...
Doesn't the law punish everyone?
Zhao Yun was slightly thoughtful.
Could it be that the Hussar General also thought of this, so he let Li Dian go without saying anything to Li Dian? How did the Hussar judge that Li Dian would not act stupidly out of anger or other emotions?
action?
Um……
The subtle changes made by the hussar general in this small area are really impressive.
Zhao Yun lowered his eyes silently, as if he was preparing to close his eyes and rest.
In front of the battle.
Li Dian was not walking fast, and it seemed that every step he took was like carrying a thousand pounds on his back. When he reached a stone's throw away, Li Dian slowly raised his head and looked at the top of the city, found Xiahou Dun's figure, pulled the reins, and got off.
Ma, said in a deep voice: "The person who is to be punished has seen General Xiahou!"
Xiahou Dun frowned, pondered for a long time, waved his hand, and ordered his men: "Lower the suspension bridge and hoist it up to the city!"
Li Dian turned the horse around, and then slapped the horse on the butt. The horse felt the pain, spread its hooves and ran back, while Li Dian slowly crossed the suspension bridge and sat in the bamboo basket.
In the middle, amidst the squeaking, pulling and grinding sounds, we boarded Yangcheng.
"Li Mancheng, do you want to be a lobbyist?" Xiahou Dun sat with a golden sword in his hand, and his tone was quite unkind.
Li Dian lowered his head and said: "Now that I am a sinner, how can I have any lobbyists?"
Xiahou Dun paused for a moment, then threw away the question. He did not say whether Li Dian was guilty or not, nor how he would deal with Li Dian. Instead, he asked directly: "How many horses are there on the hussar?"
Li Dian did not hesitate and answered almost immediately: "Nearly ten thousand." It was impossible for Li Dian to completely know how many people Fei Qian had brought, but he could roughly estimate based on his own experience in commanding troops.
Although it was still a rough figure, it at least gave Xiahou Dun a basis for judgment.
"Are they all cavalry?" Xiahou Dun asked again.
Li Dian nodded, then shook his head and said: "It's called cavalry, but... it's actually a tough soldier, with long and short weapons, all kinds of armor, and many changes..."
Xiahou Dun couldn't help but tighten the hand on his knee, "Tell me more!"
Li Dian said: "The hussar soldiers can gallop on horseback and form formations on horseback. They can set up camp, guard, collect, fish and hunt. They also have heavy armor and long halberds, which are good for breaking out in field battles and are disadvantageous in any direction."
also……"
Xiahou Dun leaned forward, "So... there are no auxiliary troops under the hussar?"
"Of course." Li Dian nodded in agreement.
"This..." Although this was not the first time Xiahou Dun heard about this matter, he still felt it was incredible after it was confirmed again by Li Dian. He didn't know what to say for a while.
The military system of the Han Dynasty still has a chain of contempt. It is a very common phenomenon that regular soldiers despise auxiliary soldiers, and auxiliary soldiers despise servicemen. Therefore, in Xiahou Dun's concept, and even in the concepts of many Han generals, there is no auxiliary soldier.
Soldiers or civilian laborers, can this war still be fought?
Just like Xiahou Dun, if the upper and lower parts of Yangcheng are counted, there are at least about 25,000 people, but about half of them are actually civilian laborers, and about half of the remaining half are auxiliaries.
Soldiers, the last ones are the regular soldiers who have been trained and fully equipped, and because Xiahoudun is also considered the front line, the proportion of regular soldiers is relatively high. In an ordinary county, the number of regular soldiers is often only a few hundred, and it can be more than a thousand.
It’s already amazing.
Of course, Fei Qian is not the only place in the world that has professional soldiers who are completely out of work. Just like Xiahou Dun's men, there are about 1,200 soldiers who are completely out of work. In fact, they are Xiahou Dun's private soldiers who do not engage in any occupation or labor at all.
, every day is either fighting or preparing to fight, but for such off-duty soldiers, all the consumption has to be borne by the owner. You may not feel anything in a day or two, but over the years, just eating and drinking, not to mention other things, are just a waste.
The number is so huge that ordinary generals cannot accept it.
It's like visiting relatives in later generations who caught up with the epidemic. Just seven or eight additional people can make the original hospitable host cry...
So the situation described by Li Dian is like a hussar general raising so many personal soldiers!
This is incredible!
Where did General Hussar get so much money?!
What's even more frightening is that the Hussars General also assigned these private soldiers, which were regarded as his own in a certain sense, to his generals to command. This... simply exceeded the imagination of Xiahou Dun and others. For generals who command troops and horses
For example, if you want to "borrow" a singer lady or something, you won't have to say anything, just laugh and wave and say that you can take it. If you want to borrow a few war horses, grit your teeth and just give them away for the sake of face. And if you say
If he wants to "borrow" his soldiers and horses, he will probably fall out immediately...
Ask yourself, if Xiahou Dun was asked to distribute the private soldiers he raised to his subordinates, Xiahou Dun would definitely not be willing to do so, but the problem is that the Hussars General did just that!
Xiahou Dun and Li Dian were both silent, speechless for a moment.
The Han Dynasty or some subsequent feudal dynasties adopted the system of regular soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. It was not because they were unaware of the shortcomings of this system, nor was it unwilling to reform, but because of the dual constraints of productivity and political systems, it could not be implemented.
Everyone knows that human physical strength and endurance have certain limits, especially during cold weapon wars. The victory or defeat of a battle is often a competition between the physical strength and willpower of the soldiers on both sides, so there is no way to guarantee that everyone will
When you are full and strong, give priority to the physical strength and endurance of regular soldiers who have strong combat effectiveness and who have undergone certain training and know how to obey orders, so that the physical strength and endurance of these regular soldiers are used on the blade, which becomes a relative comparison.
Reasonable measures, so the auxiliary soldiers and even the civilian laborers under the auxiliary soldiers were naturally produced to relieve the regular soldiers and reduce their burdens.
But what is the premise for the existence of this structure?
In addition to the lack of productivity, the most important thing is the lack of logistical supplies, which often involves the political level. On the one hand, the soldiers cannot get sufficient supplies, and on the other hand, the local officials come from rich families and take advantage of the war.
The problem of wantonly reaping benefits still existed even in later generations during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Under Fei Qian, because cattle, sheep, pigs and other meat were much more abundant than Cao's army, most of the soldiers were able to have more physical strength than Cao's army. Under Fei Qian's rule, all industries prospered, allowing a common people to
Engaging in production with peace of mind will obviously produce more value than capturing them as laborers, so it will naturally make up for the additional subsidies for these soldiers in logistics, so in fact Fei Qian paid not as much as Xiahou Dun
There are so many people as they imagine. After all, even if the auxiliary soldiers and laborers have less food and less food, the more people they add up, the more they will consume a lot.
Xiahou Dun pondered for a long time, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he straightened his body, "I've got it! I finally know where the Hussar is harming him!"
But Li Dian shook his head and said: "If it were General Xiahou's plan to use more and less, it would probably be difficult to achieve..."
Xiahou Dun stared and instinctively wanted to ask why, but suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help feeling a little depressed. He sighed slightly and shook his head.
Xiahou Dun is also a man who knows the art of war, and Li Dian is naturally not bad at it, so they can all think about what to do against elite soldiers under the current conditions.
Sun Bin during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period had already given the answer.
The lower Sis faced off against the upper Sis, consuming their troops and naturally defeating them.
That's right, the biggest problem with elite troops is the difficulty of replenishing them, which cannot withstand large-scale consumption. From a purely strategic point of view, there is no problem with the method Xiahou Dun thought of. But the problem is not in strategy, but in strategy.
It's in people's hearts.
When fighting against the elite troops of General Hussars, all fools know that the troops who went into battle in the first place were just to consume them, which was basically for nothing. Then, they would have to wait until Fei Qian's elite troops were exhausted to a certain extent.
There is hope of victory, but the most important thing is who will bear the initial consumption of personnel?
Can Cao Cao bear it alone?
Obviously impossible.
Can the court afford it?
The current imperial court is a joke.
Then the only possibility is for the aristocratic families to share the share, but the question is which aristocratic family in Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou is willing to fearlessly contribute all their manpower, material and financial resources, and then risk losing everything in the future.
How much risk do you have to bear these?
In the final analysis, there may be only two families left, the Cao family and the Xiahou family.
And can the Cao family and Xiahou family defeat the Hussars General just by relying on them?
Obviously, it is impossible. And even among the Cao family and the Xiahou family, there are still people who disagree, for fear that after defeating the Cao family and the Xiahou family, other noble families will be advantaged.
There are always a lot of smart people in the world, and these smart people are generally unwilling to suffer losses, or even take any action, but are only willing to criticize with their mouths, singing that a gentleman uses his words but not his hands to express his own opinions.
Condescending. Is there anyone among the aristocratic families under Cao Cao's jurisdiction today who is willing to bear these losses?
No.
So there is a way, but there is no way to use it. Just like during the Warring States Period, the six countries all knew that as long as they worked together, Qin had nothing to fear, and they could do whatever they wanted, but the problem was that they could not work together.
Xiahou Dun figured this out, so he couldn't help but sigh.
This is very gallant.
Everything seems to be very simple, but when you really do it, you find that it is actually very difficult. So now, what is the plan? Xiahou Dun stared at Li Dian for a few times, then moved his eyes outside the city, and then
