While Yan Rou was chasing and capturing Xiahou Dun, Sima Yi also encountered his opponent.
Sima Yi mobilized part of Pu Banjin's troops, and divided his troops with Hao Zhao as a feint to attack Zhongtiao Mountain, but in fact he was still keeping an eye on the food and fodder of Cao Jun's transit camp.
For this battle, Sima Yi invited craftsmen from the army to design a hollow crossbow arrow filled with kerosene based on the rhubarb crossbow. It could shatter when it hit an object, splashing out the fire inside.
Oil came. He planned to use this new type of crossbow arrow to ignite Cao Cao's army's food and grass in the transit camp and severely damage Cao Cao's supply route.
That's right, Sima Yi didn't want to storm the transit camp, he just wanted to find an opportunity...
Cum!
After all, Cao Cao built hard camps all the way from Tongguan, which can be said to be impregnable. Not only did he dig deep ditches, but he also laid out a large number of defensive horses. If he attacked the camp by force, he would definitely lose a lot of men and horses.
Even if you can break into the camp, there are still criss-crossing internal traps. These traps are hidden under tents and curtains. Even if you capture Cao Jun’s camp alive, you may not be able to describe all the arrangements, so it is very difficult to attack the camp head-on.
Not cost effective.
Due to the limitations of the troops at hand, Sima Yi only had the power of one blow, so he was like an assassin hiding in the shadows. Once his body was revealed, he would lose the bonus of backstabbing.
Compared with Cao Cao's forward camp, this kind of transit camp is relatively weak in strength. It consists of a defensive force mainly composed of the Central Guards and a large number of civilians and baggage vehicles. There are also some weapons-making utensils and related soldiers.
Supplement to A.
Sima Yi knew that Cao Cao was at the end of his strength...
And now Sima Yi wants to dismantle Cao Cao's last crossbow!
Only in this way can profits be maximized.
Judging from the entire battle situation, the war is raging east of Hedong, but Tongguan's attack is obviously more violent.
Cao Cao arranged about 30,000 soldiers in front of Tongguan and attacked day and night.
Tongguan was guarded by Ma Yan and Zhu Ling, as well as all kinds of ordnance prepared in advance. However, in the face of Cao Jun's desperate attack, he still endured great pressure.
In particular, there were craftsmen in Cao's army who learned and grew up in the war. They modified some of Cao's siege equipment and even launched one or two surprise attacks across the Niutou Plain, which made Ma Yan and Zhu Ling
The pressure was increasing. After a month of fierce fighting, the casualties reached more than 3,000 people, including more than 1,000 elite soldiers, and the war situation entered the most tragic stage.
The situation in Wuguan is relatively better. The fighting spirit of Jingzhou soldiers is not strong, but the number is large. Wuguan is relatively exchanging depth for enemy casualties. Every time Cao Jun takes a step forward, he will leave a large number of corpses.
The casualties are constantly increasing. After one or two months of fierce fighting, the fighting desire of these Jingzhou soldiers among Cao's army has dropped to the freezing point. Sometimes, Liao Hua and Huang Zhong don't even need to actually attack, just shouting, and they will be frightened.
They usually turn around and run away in chaos. It can be said that Cao Jun in Wuguan is just gritting his teeth and holding on, and may collapse at any time.
So when Sima Yi obtained this information, he understood that time, the key to everything, is time.
Starting from the attack on Guanzhong, Cao Cao has been in a state of full war for more than half a year.
In the age of cold weapons, it was not easy to conduct a comprehensive war. But even if Cao Cao summoned sufficient manpower and received certain supplements, ignoring the losses everywhere, he still could not determine the situation of the war.
Victory or defeat.
This made Cao Cao very embarrassed.
The longer the delay is, the more disadvantageous it will be for Cao Jun.
If you want to defeat Fei Qian, you need more investment, more soldiers, and more time.
This is true whether it is in Wuguan, Tongguan or Hedong.
Therefore, Sima Yi only needed to avoid the core force of Cao's army, and then make a sneak attack, destroy Cao's army's food and grass, and cut off Cao's army's food routes, in order to delay Cao's army, and Cao's army would inevitably be defeated.
Sima Yi sent Hao Zhao to pretend to attack the Zhongtiao Mountain camp in an attempt to confuse Cao Jun's eyes and further complicate the situation in Hedong.
Once Cao Jun thought that the Zhongtiao Mountain camp would be attacked, Cao Jun's forward momentum would stop. By the time Cao Jun actually sent troops to circle around and suppress Hao Zhao, they had already completed their mission and evacuated the battlefield.
After Sima Yi's detection, Cao Cao's army did not have cavalry in this area, and according to the confessions of the captured survivors, Cao Cao did not have many cavalry. They were concentrated at Cao Cao's headquarters in the front, and there were basically no organized cavalry units in the rear.
So no matter from any angle, this is an excellent opportunity.
Although Hao Zhao thinks the risk is high, he agrees with it.
What Sima Yi didn't expect was that Cao Cao actually separated a group of cavalry, and this group of cavalry had been hidden, waiting for Sima Yi to show up...
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While waiting, Qianzhao was not as calm as he seemed on the surface.
It's just that Qianzhao knew that as a general, he must have his own opinion. If the general showed hesitation and changed his orders day by day, then there would be no need to think about the good outcome of the entire battle.
Staying still and waiting for the rabbit is undoubtedly a common strategy, but the first thing to be sure is that there must be a "rabbit".
Qianzhao thought a lot, and he also thought about what would happen if Sima Yi did not show up but actually attacked Zhongtiao Mountain?
However, Qianzhao never received news that the Zhongtiao Mountain camp was attacked, but reports from Cao's army continued that a group of hussars were appearing near Zhongtiao Mountain.
His subordinate Cao Ping sent someone to report the order to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao remained silent without any reply.
This also made Qianzhao understand that Cao Cao was not entirely on his side.
Acquiescence sometimes does not mean agreement.
If he succeeded, then Cao Cao would silently support him; if he failed, then the previously reported matters would become evidence of his domineering behavior.
Soon, Qianzhao received the latest news: the hussars disappeared again...
These days, Qianzhao has become accustomed to the hustle and bustle of people and horses moving east and west. When he first heard the news, he asked, "Are you approaching the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp again?"
The scout shook his head, "No, the hussars did not approach the Zhongtiao Mountain camp."
Cao Jun's scouts were very sure, because after Hao Zhao and others appeared, Cao Jun urgently deployed layers of defense lines around the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, adding more traps and resisting horses. As a result, Hao Zhao's attack failed.
.They were also wondering about this thing, but they couldn't leave the defense system of Zhongtiao Mountain Camp to chase Hao Zhao, so they found a way to lead.
Qianzhao closed his eyes and thought about it in his mind.
He suddenly thought of what Cao Cao said to him when they were discussing how to deal with Sima Yi, "Sima is a little thief who is cautious and suspicious"...
Suddenly, as if something suddenly dawned on him, Qianzhao thought of a question!
"General Cao!"
Lian greeted and shouted.
Cao Ping was stunned for a moment, but he quickly stepped forward and held his hand, "Lead the general."
Although Cao Ping looked down on Qianzhao, Cao Cao made the appointment of Qianzhao and gave him the sword, so no matter how unhappy he felt, Cao Ping would still be impeccable in terms of etiquette.
As long as you pull the moves, you can win.
After all, to a certain extent, this is not to save face for Qian, but to maintain Cao Cao's authority.
"I want you to take thirty cavalry immediately, each with a team flag, and head towards Zhongtiao Mountain. You must increase your momentum and pretend to be reinforcements!" Qian Zhao said in a deep voice, "Is it clear?!"
Cao Ping was stunned, and then looked around, "General Qian, do you mean there are enemy scouts around?" They are on guard here every day. If the enemy's scouts touch the surrounding area without knowing it, it will be like being attacked by someone.
Randomly slapped on the face.
"This is an order!" Qianzhao said in a deep voice, "This is not an explanation! Are you willing to obey the order?"
Cao Ping lowered his head and said, "I obey the order!"
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Lianzhao's guess was correct.
Sima Yi indeed sent scouts to keep an eye on the transit camp from a distance.
The reason why Cao Jun's scouts failed to discover it was because Sima Yi's scouts were equipped with telescopes.
However, because the number of telescopes is rare, it is impossible for all scouts to have one...
When Cao Ping led his men and horses to evacuate the transit camp with great fanfare and feint towards Zhongtiao Mountain, Sima Yi received the report from the scout.
"As expected!"
Sima Yi laughed and immediately ordered preparations for war.
Compared with Cao's army, where everyone has their own thoughts and the generals are suspicious, Sima Yi's order execution here is naturally very strong. Sima Yi's order is the whole army to assemble.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang seem to belong to the civil service series, but in fact they are really different. Not to mention that Zhuge Liang also had military power in the later period of history. Let's say that when Sima Yi was under Cao Cao, he was conquering Zhang Lu
During this period, Sima Yi had already gone to war with the army and led it. Later, when he had a full-scale confrontation with Zhuge Liang, he once commanded most of the soldiers and horses of Cao Wei's group. He was deeply feared, and that's why he came up with the Empty City Strategy...
And now Sima Yi has been serving in the army in the Northern Territory Protectorate for quite some time. Although he is not very good at wielding a gun and dancing with a stick, if you say that he is only a civil servant and cannot go into battle, then you really underestimate him. In addition,
Sima Yi has also achieved great success in the past, so any hussar soldier will not doubt that there will be any problems with his decision-making. They will only be full of confidence and carry out his orders to the letter.
There was just one thing that Sima Yi neglected.
Hate value.
War is not a stand-alone game, and his opponents are not the barbarians in the desert who lack effective inheritance and information transmission. After he successively defeated the Cao family and Xiahou family, especially after Xiahou Yuan was defeated in Hedong, Sima Yi's
The hatred value is already extremely high, perhaps second only to General Fei Qian.
When an assassin has a very high hatred value and other people's attention to him is also very strong, it will naturally be more difficult for the assassin's stealth skills to be used smoothly.
Since he is an assassin, he cannot have a body that is too huge.
Sima Yi didn't have many soldiers and horses at hand. His plan was to kill with one strike and then escape thousands of miles regardless of the effect. Therefore, he equipped a cavalry with two horses to take advantage of the maximum speed of the cavalry.
Five hundred cavalrymen mounted their horses and followed the direction of the valley, pouring out like flowing water and heading straight towards Cao Jun's transit camp.
Coincidentally, there was a food transport team preparing to leave at the transit camp...
The ordinary soldiers and civilians of Cao's army in the transit camp did not expect that Sima Yi would suddenly appear here. They always thought that they were safe.
They felt that they were in the core inner area of Cao's army. How could there be any danger?
So when these ordinary soldiers and civilians of Cao's army saw Sima Yi jumping out from the horizon, they were not mentally prepared and immediately panicked.
This is the shortcoming of Cao Jun's lack of smooth information between superiors and subordinates. The strict hierarchical system means that there is no explanation or explanation between superiors and subordinates other than orders. Anyway, there are levels of suppression, so why bother to do it?
?
Sima Yi chose the moment when a grain transport convoy was about to be sent to the north, which was extremely clever. When the hussars and horses came roaring, although the military academy responsible for transporting grain and grass shouted loudly, hoping that some soldiers could resist a little
A sudden movement of the hussars gave him a short adjustment time to send the grain and grass back to the transit camp. However, the grain transporting Cao army, who was frightened by Sima Yi and other hussars, did not care about him. They all screamed and shouted directly.
He ran to the transit camp not far away. The coolies also dropped their food and grass and fled in all directions.
The hussars rushed into the convoy, as if they were in an uninhabited land, and mercilessly killed the scattered soldiers who resisted Cao's army.
The sound of horse hooves is thunderous and shocking.
The hussars excitedly waved their sabers on horseback, bringing up a shower of blood.
The soldiers of Cao's army who were escorting the rations were in a panic. They just wanted to escape into the transit camp. But how could the transit camp be willing to let these running Cao's troops and civilians break down the camp gate? There was a sharp warning, and soon there was
With one move, a rain of arrows strikes the enemy.
The ordinary soldiers and civilians of Cao's army who instinctively thought they would find shelter by escaping into the transit camp were wailing, and there were deaths and injuries everywhere.
They fled the convoy, dodged the swords of the hussars, but were shot and killed just one step away from safety.
The soldiers of Cao's army escorting the grain and grass had little time to resist before they were defeated by Sima Yi's troops.
The soldiers of Cao's army in the transit camp just locked the gate of the camp tightly and did not even have the courage to come out and fight.
Everything seems perfect.
The hussars galloped forward, raising smoke like a roaring yellow dragon, swallowing up the few remaining soldiers of Cao's army beside the convoy.
"Go and see if there is really food and grass in the car!"
Sima Yi ordered, and he still maintains a certain degree of vigilance.
Sima Yi's bodyguard stepped forward and stabbed the felt cloth covering the baggage cart with a knife, and also pierced the grain bag inside.
Wow.
The grains on the grain truck flowed down the gap.
"It's food and grass!" the guard shouted excitedly.
Only then did Sima Yi feel relieved, "Take what you can take away, and burn what you can't take away! Burn it!"
Sima Yi reined in his horse and laughed loudly, "Assemble the big yellow crossbow! Let's give them a small gift!"
He is greedy.
Not only was he going to burn down the food team, he was also going to burn down the camp!
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When Sima Yi jumped out, Qianzhao, who was hiding in the woods, noticed it.
After all, the rising smoke is the most direct guidance in this era.
"General!" Cao's soldiers screamed, "the hussars are attacking our grain team!"
Qianzhao snorted, then turned around and saw that some soldiers were already picking up weapons and preparing to fight out. He raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you going to do?!"
"General?" Cao's soldiers wondered, "Isn't this... the hussars have already arrived?"
Qianzhao shouted: "Dismount! Stand by! No one is allowed to move without my general order! Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
"But General! That's...that's our army rations!" Cao's soldiers shouted, "Are we just watching here?"
Qianzhao pulled out the sword that Cao Cao gave him, the blade shone with cold light, "The Prime Minister ordered me to capture and kill the Sima thief! He is not here to protect the grain and grass! The responsibility of grain and grass transportation will be taken by the grain transport official! If anyone dares
If you resist the order and expose your traces... you will be killed without mercy!』
Cao Jun's soldiers swallowed their saliva and silently put down their swords and guns.
Doing this with Zhao Zhao may seem like a desperate act, but strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with it.
The reason why he came here was because he wanted to capture Sima Yi in one fell swoop, and Cao Jun's transit camp was guarded by its own guards. Now the hussars and horses are still running, and their speed has not slowed down. Now it is easy for him to rush out.
This creates a chase battle, and Cao Jun's cavalry, who are not very familiar with the terrain, will either be thrown away during the chase, or they will be taken to an unfavorable place by Sima Yi and suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, Qianzhao can only attack after Sima Yi's speed slows down.
Even if the grain transport team is completely wiped out, the grain and grass will be destroyed.
Cao Jun's grain transport team was defeated, driven, and killed, and was unable to move.
The fleeing soldiers and laborers of Cao's army were shot dead in front of the transit camp, and the soldiers were not moved.
When Sima Yi asked people to check the grain and fodder of the grain transport team, Qian Zhao still didn't move.
When Sima Yi stopped his horse and started to have people carry grain and grass, and burned the grain and grass that could not be taken away, Qianzhao let out a long breath, then waved his arms, "Everyone is here, ready to fight!"
Cao Jun's soldiers began to line up.
The burning grain and grass emitted billowing black smoke, covering the sky and the sun.
"There is only one target!" Qianzhao raised his spear, "Capture and kill Sima! Everyone! If the front army does not advance, the rear army will kill him! If the rear army does not advance, the governor will kill him! If the governor does not advance, someone will kill him."
If someone doesn’t come in!』
Qian Zhao still gave the sword given by Cao Cao to the guard at the side, "Whoever holds this sword will behead him!"
The soldiers of Cao's army all responded to the promise.
"Abandon your bows and arrows and dry food! Cover your horse's clothes! Hold your sword and spear!" He yelled, "Mount your horse! Kill the enemy with someone!"
Everything not related to combat was left behind.
It even includes long-range weapons such as bows and arrows.
Qianzhao was from Youbei, and under Yuan Shao, he commanded the Wuhuan Tuqi.
And his opponent at that time was Baima Yicong.
Although Baima Yicong was eventually defeated by Ju Yi, the experience of competing with Baima Yicong back then can still be used as a reference for Qianzhao now...
Sima Yi, to a certain extent, was also a cavalry archer.
This is the beginning of the battle between Qianzhao and Sima Yi.
