Chapter 3176: The tactics of many people also have an end
Zhang Yangchi.
It was a cold and chaotic morning.
If it weren't for human beings' own judgment of time, it would be difficult to distinguish morning from dusk just by relying on the dim sky in front of them.
Light gray and dark gray clouds in the sky cover all fields of view.
What was once a puddle is now basically frozen into solid ice.
If it is summer and autumn, the scenery here is very beautiful. The long-term warm climate in the Han Dynasty made Zhangyangchi, an inland lake, like a huge mirror, reflecting the surrounding mountains, woods, and sky together.
In the past, the faint ripples of the lake shone with little brilliance under the sun, like countless elves dancing in the lake.
And now, what is dancing is a snowflake elf with sharp teeth and sharp mouth. It looks like the crystal clear water on the summer lake, but it is so sinister that it can secretly tear people's faces and cause frostbite on the exposed ears and fingers.
If Zhangyangchi in summer is beautiful and full of vitality, then Zhangyangchi now is full of murderous intent.
In the wilderness heading towards Zhang Yangchi, the hussars galloped back and forth, chasing and fighting with Cao Jun's scouts.
Under the falling snowflakes, they ran around in the wilderness, fighting each other among the withered bushes and ruins of abandoned villages. Although the number of these scouts was not large, their fighting was unambiguous.
At the end of the game, it seems that there are scouts popping up at any time in the void.
Generally speaking, Cao Jun's scouts were at a disadvantage, but Cao Jun's scouts were more numerous, and they even began to use infantry combined with cavalry to advance forward, clearing out the pure cavalry scouts of the hussars.
This tactic of not seeking speed, but seeking stability, caused Sima Yi's scouts to suffer some losses, but the same losses to Cao's army were also great. Many of these losses were not direct casualties from hand-to-hand combat, but losses from direct combat casualties.
Because of the problems caused by the severe cold.
Of course, at this moment, Cao Jun still feels that the death of some people is not a problem...
After all, there are many people in Shandong, and there are always people.
This is the perception of Shandong’s ruling class throughout China’s history.
ingrained.
Cao Hong already had some experience in dealing with the hussars. Unless it was absolutely necessary, the limited cavalry in his hands would never confront the hussars. He could only use a small group of cavalry to contain the two wings of the hussars, and then use the infantry to contain them.
Use up the hussars, and then look for opportunities to attack the weak flanks.
Cao Hong knew that Sima Yi wanted to use cavalry to harass Cao's army so that Cao's army could not camp closer to Zhang Yangchi, forcing Cao's army to walk farther during the battle. Of course, Cao Hong wanted to be closer to the battlefield, which would save the soldiers' physical strength.
, so he must continue to advance in turn and march towards Zhang Yangchi under pressure.
Zhang Xi, the general who was following Cao Hong, took a few steps forward and whispered beside Cao Hong: "The scouts reported back and found a group of hussars of about 800 people, which seemed to be heading here. It is said that they were fighting."
The general's flag is the word "Sima"."
""Sima"..." Cao Hong muttered through gritted teeth, "What does this beast want to do?" Because Cao Hong said it through gritted teeth, it sounded more like dead horse, or something else.
"You want to sneak attack us? But there are only 800 people..." Zhang Xi also frowned, unable to understand, "800 people want to march towards me, do you really think they are invincible?"
Cao Hong sneered twice, "I don't think they really think that cavalry is omnipotent."
Cao Hong really wanted to let him take the initiative to attack. After all, Cao Hong believed that the infantry would be enough to compete with the cavalry after forming a formation.
After a while, Cao Hong asked: "My lord, is there any reply?"
Zhang Xi shook his head.
Cao Hong looked back and saw thin falling snow in his field of vision. He was silent for a moment and whispered: "It's best not to snow tomorrow..."
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At the entrance of Zhongtiao Mountain.
Cao Jun's camp is also being built here.
Five miles away from the entrance of the mountain pass, Cao's army had already formed its formation, looking around vigilantly in the wind and snow.
From time to time, Cao Jun's cavalry was galloping back and forth, either passing orders or detecting the surrounding situation.
Before the barracks are fully set up, the left and right flanks are each equipped with 3,000 men, forming a military formation that is both offensive and defensive. It can not only resist and expel enemy cavalry with a regular dense array, but also rely on long-range firepower from its rear to expel those who try to take advantage.
Riding.
Behind the array on both wings were the soldiers of Cao's army who were continuously surging out from the mountain pass. The officials responsible for planning the camp area carried command flags and marked the roads and open spaces. The advance personnel of each battalion set up flags based on these flags.
position, guide the troops in the same queue to get down to camp.
Cao Cao relied on Zhongtiao Mountain and set up a plum blossom camp.
This kind of plum blossom camp is also called Liuchu Camp. It is probably named because this camp has six main passages, like a blooming plum blossom, and each branch camp and the main camp can support and connect with each other.
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The Chinese Army serves as the main camp, and the Left and Right Army and the Left and Right Yuhou Army each have three separate camps. The Chinese Army is located in the center, while the Sixth Army is distributed around. This kind of camp is cumbersome, but it can flexibly respond to different battlefield needs.
Cao Cao was naturally in the central camp. It was built as if Mount Tai in Shandong had been moved here. The flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces was fluttering in the wind. The lines outlined by wooden walls and trenches around the camp continued to extend.
On the left and right wings, there are separate camps to respond to the central army, which are independent but closely connected with each other. The soldiers' tents inside the camp are neatly arranged, and the sound of the collision of soldiers and iron is occasionally heard. The patrolling queue slowly rotates around the camp.
The smoke rises and connects with the clouds in the sky.
Throughout the camp, Cao Jun's soldiers were operating in an orderly manner, either strengthening the camp, organizing supplies, practicing in the cold wind, or strengthening their tents.
Cao Cao seemed to be ready to completely turn to the battlefield in Hedong, and spared no effort to demonstrate his advantages.
In Shandong, there are so many people, even if they are exhausted, they can still kill the hussars!
Um……
Can the tactic of having a large number of honor guards really work all the time?
Although the wind and snow are a little lighter now, it is undoubtedly more difficult to conduct high-intensity combat in this kind of weather.
So what did Cao Cao want to do by building the camp with great fanfare?
After Cao Cao arrived at the Chinese army camp, he went to the snow to check it out. The snow layer was not too deep, at least it had little impact on the march. He immediately climbed up to the high platform to observe, and could vaguely see people and horses shaking around outside.
Guo Jia also climbed onto the high platform.
"You haven't found it yet?" Cao Cao asked directly without turning around.
"The last time the scouts reported, we did not see a large number of hussars." Guo Jia said, "After detection by the scouts, the Hedong troops were deployed along Puban, Jiexian, and Pixian, with Anyi as the logistics gathering place.
There are nearly 10,000 troops... but they are all ordinary Hedong soldiers and horses... and no artillery has been found in the counties..."
"Artillery." Cao Cao nodded, then paused for a moment, frowning slightly, "Is the Hussar...in the east of the river? He didn't come to attack?"
Guo Jia shook his head and said, "A few people were arrested alive, and their confessions are inconsistent. Some say they are yes or no, so it is difficult to determine for the time being."
Cao Cao thought for a while and said, "Instruct all battalions to speed up and build camps before nightfall... Well, we must also be careful to guard against night attacks by the hussars... In addition, if the snow stops, you should wake up someone immediately at any time."
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Although there is no direct evidence, Cao Cao felt that Fei Qian was in Hedong.
It can only be found in Hedong.
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"Is it even more exciting when it snows? These crazy dogs from Shandong..."
A hussar, swearing.
Not far to the west of Cao Jun's camp in Zhangyangchi, a three-color battle flag stood in the wind and snow. Under the flag, Sima Yi arrived here with his troops, looking at the camp Cao Hong was building from a distance.
Cao Hong's camp is quite satisfactory. Although Cao Hong may not be as strong as he was in history, after many years of war, his basic skills are still good.
However, Sima Yi now showed his edge earlier than in history.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many people became aware of Sima Yi because of the confrontation between Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang. However, in the Cao Wei Group, in the early days under Cao Cao, Sima Yi was almost invisible and rarely showed his face.
On the one hand, Cao Cao had a suspicious personality, which led him to be wary of those who were more capable but less loyal. On the other hand, there were many talented and strategic people around Cao Cao at that time, and their abilities were even in some respects.
surpassed Sima Yi. So Sima Yi waited until the others were old or dead before he came to the fore.
Nowadays, Sima Yi has a bigger stage. He doesn't need to endure or endure. He just needs to fully demonstrate his abilities and prove that he can not only be a good logistics official, but also a front-line official.
of leadership.
Well, it's just a leader.
Sima Yi is self-aware.
In fact, it is not as complicated as Cao Hong thought. Sima Yi came to check the military situation in person. The reason why he brought 800 cavalry was not to attack or sneak attack Cao Hong, but just...
fear death.
After all, the scout battle was so fierce before...
Sima Yi put down the telescope in his hand and handed it to the military marquis beside him.
The Marquis was stunned, and quickly took the telescope and looked at it carefully.
"Do you see anything?" Sima Yi pointed to Cao Hong's soldiers in the distance who were building an advance camp and said to Huo Nu.
Huonu is from Youzhou. He has a big beard, which is as dense as hair growing from the top of his head to his chin. At first glance, you can tell that he has some Hu people ancestry...
Alas!
So, is the bearded Mr. Zhang...
(Master Zhang was furious, "I am pure! Don't leave, just take a spear from me!")
Youzhou was originally a frontier land, a place of bitter cold, and since the death of Liu Yu, it has never been clean again.
First there was the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, and then there was the invasion of the Hu people. Later, Cao Jun took control of Youzhou, but there were a lot of frictions with the Hussars. The land around Youzhou was originally smaller than Jizhou and Yuzhou.
It was more difficult to farm, and as a result, after years of fighting and capturing young men, the population of Youzhou continued to decline, and much of the cultivated land was abandoned.
Therefore, many people from Youzhou moved to other places, some went to Shandong, and naturally many came to Guanzhong.
Huonu, unlike Mr. Zhang, the main reason is that he has never met Liu Daer. He did not live a good life in Youzhou before. You can tell by looking at his name and understand his status when he was in Youzhou.
It's not high, otherwise it wouldn't be called "slave".
Except for nicknames. After all, there are many nicknames that are just like Gou Sheng Gou Dan, but if the big name is also called Goudan Gou Sheng...
After arriving in Guanzhong, Huonu surrendered to the army.
"General, are you...asking me?" Huonu was a little unsure.
Sima Yi smiled, "I'm not a general yet... I'm just joining the army... I'm asking you, have you seen Cao Jun's problem?"
Surprised! Is Sima Yi good at being a teacher?
In fact, it was not the case, but during this trip to Hedong, Sima Yi found that he had too few people available for him.
The private soldiers of the Sima family are indeed good and have strong loyalty, but loyalty alone is of no use. Compared with the soldiers who have undergone serious training in the military academy under the Hussars, they are still far behind, so Sima Yi wants to
You need to form some good relationships, and you won’t necessarily know when they will be used. When you meet someone who is willing to learn and make progress, just give them some casual advice. It doesn’t take much effort, and you can get some good impressions. Why not do it?
After hearing this, Huonu quickly turned his head and continued to hold up the telescope, trying to observe.
After a while, Huo Nu seemed to see something, put down the telescope, then looked up at the sky, and said to Sima Yi with some hesitation: "It seems... a little slower..."
"Yes, it's slow." Sima Yi nodded, reached for the telescope, and stared at Cao Hong's camp in the distance again.
In this kind of weather, generally speaking, you can only march for half a day, and then start setting up camp in the afternoon. Otherwise, when night falls, the soldiers will not be able to have a good rest in the camp.
However, it was obvious that Cao Hong was "slow".
Huo Nuba smacked his lips, "At this speed, I probably won't be able to set up camp at night... In this case, is it possible..."
Sima Yi still smiled, then nodded, and then shook his head.
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In Cao Hong's camp, Zhang Xi was also laughing.
It was just a sneaky wry smile.
He didn't dare to smile bitterly in front of Cao Hong.
A military officer who was usually close to Zhang Xi came to Zhang Xi's side and asked in a low voice: "General Cao...what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Zhang Xi sighed.
The military academy couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, "I asked General Cao how he was doing, why are you sighing?"
Zhang Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly and said in a low voice, "I won't hide it from you... You also fought against the Hussars back then... Now we have got into the belly of the Hussars, and the surrounding..."
Zhang Xi tried his best to look around, but he couldn't see anything due to the heavy snowfall. "It's hard to say that the hussars have arrived nearby... and we can't set up the camp yet... You tell me, I won't sigh."
, can you still laugh?"
The military academy secretly pointed at Cao Hong's back, "Then General Cao..."
"General Cao...the general has a grudge against the commander of the garrison here..." Zhang Xi whispered.
"General Cao has a grudge, but we don't have any grudge against the general..." The military academy muttered, "In this weather... we have to set up an ambush. I'm afraid that if the hussars and horses don't come, we will freeze to death ourselves, and we don't even need to quill."
Riding a horse and taking action..."
"Shh! Be careful!" Zhang Xi pointed at the military academy, "These are the words of the rebel army."
The military academy also sighed, and after a while, he whispered, "In this weather, even if we can defeat the Hussars... I'm afraid we will have to die a lot of people... After this battle, even if we win,
, what did we win? If the hussars run away, and we don’t have enough horses, we won’t be able to catch up..."
"Well..." Zhang Xi was silent. He didn't want to answer this question because he couldn't answer it at all.
"Commander, please give me a pleasant word... What are our chances of winning this time?" The military academy tugged on Zhang Xi's sleeve and asked.
Zhang Xi turned around and looked at the military academy, then looked left and right, "This...how do I know?"
"Just give a rough idea and make a guess..."
Zhang Xi shook his head, "It's hard to say, it's hard to say... Go to work, stop mumbling, be careful if General Cao sees you, everyone will be in trouble..."
The military academy had no choice but to leave with a slight dejection.
Zhang Xi took a breath, and then slowly exhaled.
The white smoke quickly dissipated in the wind, like dissipated hope.
The middle and lower-level soldiers of Cao's army are not really ruthless, bloodless and fearless war machines. They also feel the changes of the times and the danger of the situation. As the middle- and lower-level soldiers of Cao's army who have fought against the Hussars,
, when they faced the Hussars, they had long lost the confidence they had when they conquered Henan and Hebei.
This kind of confidence may not be visible at ordinary times, but it is very crucial at certain moments.
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In the evening, the scouts of both sides engaged in a small-scale scout battle in the wilderness. Both sides tried hard to prevent the other side from conducting reconnaissance, but in fact, the Cao army's scouts were completely defeated.
Because Cao Jun did not have a telescope.
In this kind of weather, without the blessing of a telescope, the field of vision was actually very poor. Cao Jun's scouts thought they had successfully blocked the hussars from peeking, but in fact it was only Cao Jun's scouts who thought they had succeeded unilaterally.
Cao Jun's scouts reported back and forth, saying that they had not found Sima Yi's troops.
After hearing this, Cao Hong did not comment.
Yes, after hearing about Sima Yi's movements, Cao Hong didn't know whether it was his sixth sense as a general or some other reason. He felt that Sima Yi was close to him and was always spying on him.
Even if Cao Jun’s scouts reported that they had not found anything...
Just because you haven't found it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Cao Hong firmly believed.
In addition to hating Sima Yi, another very important reason is that Cao Hong understands that in such weather, the attacking party will bear more risks.
For example, if he wants to attack the garrison in Zhangyangchi, he will not only have to set out from the camp during the day, brave the wind and snow, and trek twenty to thirty miles to attack. If the attack goes well, everything will be easy.
But if the attack fails, he will have to walk another twenty or thirty miles back to his camp before dark.
Moreover, there is a very serious problem, that is, the hussars are a force dominated by cavalry. Therefore, when Cao Hong is advancing or withdrawing, he must be careful that the hussars and horses may rush out at any time...
The hard land made it difficult for Cao's army to dig trenches and set up camps.
The camp's defense system is naturally much cruder.
Compared with Cao's army, the Hussars relied on local counties for defense, so the wood and supplies they needed would be much more abundant, while Cao's army could only cut trees on site and work hard.
Therefore, Cao Hong wanted to get rid of it once and for all.
If you can...
But Cao Hong never expected that he did wait for Sima Yi's troops to sneak attack at night, but what he didn't expect was that Sima Yi's sneak attack was not in the traditional sense...
