To gain an overwhelming advantage, you need an overwhelming logistics most of the time. Almost all you lose money in the war, and you can only make money after the war, just make more money.
Xiahou Yuan’s biggest problem was actually not his personal problem, but when he did not have a solid logistics support, he rushed into Hedong and tried to reappear the battle of Taishi Ci’s Yecheng again.
Taishici's one-day trip to Yecheng seems to be Taishi's ability on the surface, but in fact it is closely related to logistics support. Even if Taishici is really trapped in Shandong, there are subsequent rescue methods.
And Xiahou Yuan did not, or, in other words, was not ready for these matters...
So Xiahou Yuan was disturbed a little and seemed very passive.
When discussing with Xu Ju how to block Xiahou Yuan, Sima Yi considered what countermeasures Xiahou Yuan would adopt. In Sima Yi's view, Xiahou Yuan's strategy was nothing more than three types: fighting, walking, or dragging.
If you fight, you will fall into Sima Yi's trap.
Leave, this is what Sima Yi is most worried about. If Xiahou Yuan was willing to abandon his long-standing obsession and flee immediately at this time, Sima Yi might not be able to stop him. After all, Sima Yi only had the power of harassment, but lacked the force to determine the outcome in one fell swoop. In this case, Sima Yi could only guarantee that he would defeat him, and was not sure that Xiahou Yuan would be left behind.
If you drag, you will be a choice that you can’t go up or down. The problem is that Xiahou Yuan can’t afford to drag.
When the most abandoned is the most cost-effective. If Xiahou Yuan knew what sunk costs were, he might be able to understand this. So when Sima Yi looked at Xiahou Yuan starting to attack, he smiled and laughed happily.
The toughest battle seems to be actually a very failed choice.
Also in the hostile rear, Xiahou Yuan's situation was completely different from that of Taishi Ci at that time.
When Yuan Shao was under Yuan Shao's rule, many areas of Jizhou were still autonomous, nominally belonging to Yuan Shao, taxes were paid, and local officials could also be appointed by Yuan Shao, but in fact, the original gentry surnames were still managed by the countryside. This was already obvious when Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan fought. Yuan Shao wanted to unify the north quickly and then turned south, but the Jizhou men were obviously unwilling to do a loss-making business. They only wanted fame and status and wanted to welcome the emperor to get more rewards.
Therefore, in Yuan Shao's territory at that time, Taishici was in and out of place, not because Taishici was able to fight the entire Jizhou alone, but because everyone in Jizhou's gentry and gentry shrank their heads. As long as Taishici didn't mess with them, they were even willing to give some tolls secretly...
On the contrary, in Hedong, Sima Yi was waiting for those guys to pay Xiahou Yuan a toll.
The key is that Sima Yi had killed a large family in Beiqupi County before and colluded with the Cao army. With the crowds of people, who would dare to give Xiahou Yuan any benefits?
Taishici is in Jizhou, and the local snake pretends to be deaf and dumb, and even gloats about to watch Yuan Shao's good show, and then secretly greets Taishici. Xiahou Yuan is in Hedong, and the local bigwigs are avoiding snakes and scorpions, shouting that you don't come over...
All of this comes from differences in governance methods.
Seeing that Xiahou Yuan was about to launch an attack, Xu Ju took his men into the preset position.
Infantry and fortifications are like cavalry war horses, which are a complementary relationship. Infantry without any fortifications are fragile. Now that they have sufficient preparations, Xu Ju's confidence is naturally strong. The Cao army that fought Fenglingdu is not considered an outstanding merit. The Sima family already has a Cao family's head, so why can't he have a Xiahou family's head?
In war, the blood of the enemy is the greatest glory!
Xiahou Yuan launched a tentative attack.
As expected, Xu Ju and others were immediately attacked toughly.
It cannot be said that the cavalry of the Cao army can only fight on horseback, and if they are dismounted, they are useless. These Xiahou Yuan's soldiers were carefully selected. After sufficient training, even if they are dismounted, they are not worse than ordinary infantry. However, they are still cavalry after all, and they are still at a disadvantage against the pure infantry ruled by Xu Ju, especially those in the fortifications.
In addition, Cao's army's war horses consumed a lot of physical strength, and many war horses started to breathe shortly after attacking. Even if a few war horses started running, it seemed very barely and could not reach the expected speed at all. This reduced the cavalry's saving throw ability in front of arrows...
Shooting fast moving targets has always been one of the most difficult subjects for archers.
The slowdown in the cavalry of Cao's army undoubtedly increased the hit rate to Xu Ji's archers.
Xiahou Yuan shouted anxiously, "Accelerate! Accelerate!"
Xiahou Yuan stared at the Sima flag in the distance, his eyes spitting out of fire. This was a sinister opponent, and this was also a shameless enemy. The Sima family was also in front and behind, but now he felt like he was completely different...
Maybe it's really a replacement?
Xiahou Yuan was a little hesitant. He thought of his successful night attack before, and the most prominent moment, but now it has become so embarrassing in the blink of an eye, which makes him feel a little mixed.
He originally wanted to chase Sima, but now he seems to be being led to a trap.
Cao Cao was near Tongguan, but he was separated by Zhongtiao Mountain and Wangwu Mountain, just like a separation between heaven and man.
Why has Cao Cao still not been able to fight Hedong after I have fought here for so many days?
Could it be that something happened to Cao Cao?
Or...
Xiahou Yuan's heart was so burning that he couldn't calm down.
In the midst of Xiahou Yuan's entanglement, the two sides had already begun to fight.
The arrow left the string and flew into the air, drew an arc, and rushed towards Cao's army.
Compared with Sima Yi, the number of arrows carrying a pitiful cavalry that was less than one can be carried. Xu Ju infantry with a baggage chariot on the side was much more arrogant. After the Cao army's cavalry entered the shooting range, they immediately began to sprinkle arrows.
『Raising the shield——』
With the shout, the Cao army cavalry raised their shields to avoid damage as much as possible.
The cavalry commanded by Sima Yi was exhausted, and the arrows of the cavalry of Cao's army were also consumed, so they had to approach forward in the rain of arrows.
The shields carried by cavalry are generally small shields, which are only half the size of the infantry's large shield, or even smaller. This kind of cavalry shield does not require cavalry to defend against arrow rain, but reduces the risk of damage to its own key points during the attack.
Therefore, during the rushing forward, many Cao's cavalry were shot down and off their horses.
Charging cavalry welcomes death.
Xiahou Yuan felt so distressed that even the corners of his mouth were twitching.
Finally, the cavalry rushed into the simple horse-repelling, and tinder oil splashed on the surrounding trunks and branches.
The rockets roared and the fire rose up.
Xu Ju had a headache, and Sima Yi really hit it.
Xiahou Yuan seized these simple flaws of refusing horses.
Xu Ju was a simple horse-rejected horse-rejected person built directly with a large number of branches and trunks, forming a line to block the charge of the Cao army's cavalry. In order to reduce time and enhance the effect, he did not remove the scattered branches and branches. It was winter now, and these branches were actually a little dry, just a little bit.
When the fire is together, the advantage in the horse-rejecting array immediately becomes a disadvantage.
Xiahou Yuan fought to kill more than 20 Cao's cavalry, and successfully spilled turbulent oil on these horses and then lit the fire.
Among these horse-rejecting horses, Xu Ju infantry immediately became a dilemma. It was obvious that he would not stay for long, and there was a risk of being burned by flames. If he retreated, it would be equivalent to giving up this front and being forced to confront Cao's cavalry in the open space outside the horse-rejecting horse.
"This thief... has a few tricks..."
Xu Ju smiled bitterly. Although he was somewhat prepared when he heard Sima Yi's reminder, he was still a little unhappy when he saw the worst results appear in front of him.
Xu Ju's soldiers tried to slow the flames by slapping the flames and disconnecting the interconnection between the repelling horses, but in the end there was no effect. Some fires may have been controlled in some places, but in other places that were not taken into consideration, they burned bigger and bigger...
"Xu Xiaowei," Sima Yi started to get on the horse with the help of the soldiers, "retreat!"
Although Sima Yi was still tired, his eyes were filled with a coldness. "The fire was burning, we couldn't stay, but we didn't have to worry that Cao's army would pass these refusals... The only direction they could go..."
Xu Ji's eyes turned to the direction Sima Yi showed, and only saw the river beach exposed during the dry season.
Xu Ju suddenly realized, nodded repeatedly, and immediately ordered the soldiers to withdraw from the horse-resisting horse.
Seeing Xu Ju infantry retreating, Cao's army's momentum suddenly increased.
However, just as Sima Yi said, Cao's army burned the horse and still could not pass. But when these horses were completely burned, they would not be burned every day or two. Black smoke rose here. As long as you were not blind, you could know that there was a problem here, which might attract other Hedong troops.
So when Xiahou Yuan saw that Xu Ju infantry was forced out of the horse by flames, he immediately ordered to lead his soldiers through the shallow river beach to attack Xu Ju and Sima Yi!
In Xiahou Yuan's view, Xu Ju infantry was just smoked by fire from the horse, so it was impossible for him to be in line immediately, while Sima Yi was exhausted and could not have much combat power. So he just had to grit his teeth and survive this time to achieve a comprehensive victory!
The raging fire ignited the tree formation. The fire became bigger and bigger, and the more it burned, and finally turned into a flaming dragon, and even stretched to the car formation on the mound.
Sima Yi watched the flames rise, his eyes unstable.
Water and fire are ruthless. The most powerful weapon on the battlefield is not the crossbow or the iron cavalry, but the water and fire.
Those who make good use of water and fire will be famous generals.
You don’t even need to set fire by yourself, but let the other party set fire...
In order to break out of the trap and remove Sima Yi's threat, Xiahou Yuan must completely defeat Sima Yi, and if he can obtain the supplement of the war horse from Sima Yi, he can truly take the initiative. Sima Yi does not believe that Xiahou Yuan cannot see this, so Sima Yi believes that Xiahou Yuan will fight him to the death here, rather than escaping under the flames.
Of course, if Xiahou Yuan is willing to escape, he also welcomes him.
Because Xiahou Yuan’s logistics supply cannot be delayed.
The flames obscured the sight, so when the Cao cavalry rushed out of the river beach, Xu Ju's infantry had not fully reacted.
Some infantry were knocked to the ground by the Cao cavalry. They had just touched the river beach and ran into the Cao cavalry rushing out of the black smoke, like evil ghosts jumping out of the flames.
"Form a formation!" Xu Ju shouted at the infantry.
This prompt is correct, but it's slow.
The two sides have been in a hurry to fight together.
"Don't let Cao's army go up the road! Keep the gentle slope!" Sima Yi shouted loudly, "Victory and defeat are here!"
The reason why we do not set up positions on the gentle slope in advance is that the other party can also see this gentle slope.
If the attempt is exposed in advance, the plan cannot be implemented smoothly.
Xu Ju knew that the moment was very critical, so he gritted his teeth and led the elite around him to the end of the Huma Fire Dragon, and rushed up the black smoke at the river beach.
This is a gentle slope, and it is also at the corner of the river. If you don’t run up the gentle slope from this river, you can only continue to look for other gentle slopes down the river.
The originally inconspicuous gentle slope has now become the key point of competition between the two sides.
When Xu Ju arrived at the gentle slope, the battle situation was already very bad.
The black smoke produced by burning horses was pulled by the wind for a while to go east and west, making the gentle slope full of flying Mars and smoke and dust, and breathing was a little uncomfortable. In this situation, the two sides were competing for this area!
The sight is unclear and the sound is noisy, and almost all the sensory organs are compressed into a narrow range.
A war horse jumped out, and the Cao cavalry on the back waved the sword and slashed down at the infantry that was facing it.
The infantry on the ground heard the horse's hooves ringing beside him, and knew that something was wrong. In life and death, they did not retreat but advanced, and waved their swords to slash at the Cao army cavalry who rushed out of the black smoke.
With a "clang" sound, although the infantry's swords collided with the Cao cavalry's swords, neither side cut any one, but the next moment the war horse that rushed out hit the infantry!
The infantry was knocked back by a huge impact, and then hit the other infantry, and suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground. It was like a child hitting an adult. The adult didn't think there was anything. The child flew out all the way, and the cavalry's advantage was undoubtedly revealed.
"Kill!" Xu Ji held the sword, shouted loudly and rushed forward. He cut off the leg of a war horse that was passing by with one knife.
The war horse fell to the ground with a bang, throwing the cavalry on the horse's back far away.
Xu Ju didn't even look at the Cao army cavalry who fell to the ground, but stared at the black smoke in front of him. The sword swept up with blood and then slashed hard on the thigh of another Cao army cavalry. The Cao army cavalry screamed, fell down from the horse, and was then cut to death by another infantryman.
A spear poked out from the black smoke like a poisonous dragon and rushed straight into Xu Ju's chest.
Xu Ju shouted well, and he tried to sweep the spear, but he didn't expect that the spear was not under force at all. With a clang, Xu Ju flew far away. Xu Ju also opened the door because he used the wrong force!
A Cao army military academy rushed out, sneered and slashed at Xu Ju's neck with a grim smile.
Xu Ju made a wrong step and shook his body, avoiding the sword from Cao Jun Military Academy, but was chopped on his arm by another Cao army. Xu Ju let out a muffled groan and rolled on the spot, avoiding the collision of a war horse, raised the sword and cut the abdomen of the war horse.
Blood splashed out from the wound on the horse's belly, and then the yellow and white intestines slid down from the huge wound. They were soon trampled by other war horses. They ran out with a few steps in a wail, fell to the ground, and threw the knight to the ground.
After being blocked by Xu Ju and his men, the infantry gradually gathered into an array, the large shield was erected, and the spear began to be mounted one by one on the shield.
Sima Yi exhaled a long sigh, "It's done..."
If Xu Ju and his infantry could not hold on, it would be his turn to take over.
Although Sima Yi can also use a knife to cut people and shoot with a bow and arrow, but...
The gentle slope was blocked, and the Cao army wanted to go up the road and could not go up. The Cao army cavalry continued to gush out from behind, but it was impossible to slow down on the spot, so the Cao army cavalry involuntarily began to run down the river.
The ills of unfamiliar with the terrain eventually broke out.
Indeed, during the dry season, the water surface of the river will drop and mudflats will appear, but the problem is that not all mudflats are suitable for horse racing.
As the Cao army cavalry ran, something was wrong.
It looks like a very flat river beach with dry ground, but it is actually just a layer of shell, and the bottom is full of mud!
There may be no problem with people walking on it, but the weight of the war horse plus the human...
So the war horses gradually couldn't run, and all four hooves were stained with mud, like four huge mud boots were put on the horse's hooves.
The Cao army cavalry urged the war horses as much as possible, but the war horses themselves were already very tired. Now they were added with four mud boots, and it was difficult to run for a while. They just gasped and moved forward with difficulty. Under such circumstances, these Cao army cavalry on the river beach became the best targets for Sima Yi and others.
Sima Yi led the cavalry and slowly rode the road on the river bank, calling out the Cao army cavalry who were almost unable to move.
Arrows roared down, and Cao's cavalry were shot and killed one by one on the river road.
Xiahou Yuan and his guards tried to jump out of the river and return to the galloping road, but the war horse was exhausted and was burdened with weight and could not jump up at all. Instead, he hit the stone on the river bank, and his head was bleeding.
"There is no courage!" Xiahou Yuan roared angrily and waved his horse's spear, "You dare to fight with someone!"
His war horse was injured and fell to the ground, and his blood was flowing, forcing Xiahou Yuan to become an infantryman and lead his men to try to climb the stone wall on the river bank.
Sima Yi neither responded to Xiahou Yuan's shouting nor mocked him. He just silently took the bow, took the arrow, aimed at Xiahou Yuan who was roaring in anger, and then let go of the bowstring...
Arrows roared out.
It fell into Xiahou Yuan's chest.
Sima Yi's eyes widened in surprise.
He actually shot?
『I still have to fight...I can still fight...』
Xiahou Yuan angrily pulled out the arrow, with flesh and blood, and blood gushed out. Then he threw out his horse spear in the direction of Sima Yi, and then staggered and threw it into the shallow water, "I...I'm not willing..."
The horse spear twisted in the air, and then pierced its head more than twenty steps ahead of Sima Yi.
The long handle of the horse spear trembled unwillingly, and finally stopped and fell down.
The corpses of the people and horses were distributed scattered along the river channel.
The flames still rise.
Black smoke spreads its teeth and claws in the air.
Chapter completed!