If anyone could get the results afterwards and then reverse the previous process, then everyone would be like Zhuge Liang. But only those who can make plans in advance before things happen can be considered wise.
Fei Qian is not a wise man, but he is moving in this direction. After all, after so many years, he has been in the whirlpool of this big man, and he is in a high position, and has enough information. If he is still being calculated at every turn, instead of
Planning beforehand would undoubtedly be a failure for Fei Qian.
From a strategic perspective alone, Cao Cao's attack on the Yuncheng Basin east of Hedong is of little significance.
Because the Yuncheng Basin in the east of Hedong is a "connected" land.
I can go there, and he can come, which is called "passage".
Since it is Tongxing, it should be located in Gaoyang first to benefit the grain road and win by fighting.
Gaoyang is not a county, but refers to high places and sunny areas. Cao Cao first built his camp in Zhongtiao Mountain, and then gradually entered the Yuncheng Basin in Hedong. This is undoubtedly a manifestation of his thorough understanding of military tactics.
But this "pass" is time-sensitive.
Because the spring floods are coming.
Affected by the late spring cold, the river froze longer than in previous years, which made Cao Cao more threatening when crossing the river in the early stage. Because Cao Cao had the opportunity to open several ferries from Hedong to Guanzhong, he not only threatened Pingyang, but also could invade.
Guanzhong.
But it is a pity that Cao Cao's strategy was destroyed.
Sima Yi used his extraordinary performance to stop Cao Hong.
Even if Sima Yi failed to stop Cao Hong, Zhang Xiu on the Emei Mountains would become Linfen's new line of defense. On the west bank of the river, Pang Tong and his cavalry had already moved to the left of Feng Yi, which would not leave any chance for Cao's army to sneak attack Guanzhong.
Cao Cao's first step of pulling failed.
Including Cao Cao's plan to lure Fei Qian, it also failed.
Fei Qian's calmness exceeded the imagination of these people in Shandong.
In the impression of Shandong people, Fei Qian should be like those Xiliang warriors, who would stroke their spears and scream about hunger and thirst, and then rush up with their men and horses...
Shanxi is good at attacking and Shandong is good at defending. This is the understanding of the Han Dynasty. Just like people often say that Kansai will give out generals and Kanto will give out prime ministers. In fact, it is the same reason. Because the original economic and political system of the manors in Shandong determined Shandong
People’s customs and choices, and Shanxi’s deep integration with nomadicism has also led to Shanxi people having some nomadic habits.
If Fei Qian fails to take the initiative to attack, the original open ground will gradually turn into a hanging ground.
You can go there, but it's hard to go back. It's called hanging.
So later, Cao Cao began to turn his back and force the rural gentry in the Yuncheng Basin, and began to drive out the Yuncheng people on a large scale...
He even killed civilians in Heluo.
All these things are not just something Cao Cao can do whatever he wants, but they all have strategic significance.
Just like throwing gold and silver money on the road, deliberately assuming that the flags and drums in the mountains and forests, etc., are actually serving the overall strategic purpose.
Cao Cao has now forced the rural gentry clan in the Yuncheng Basin into a dead end with no way out. He threatens life and death, uses gold and silver power as bait, and supplements it with the reputation of righteousness and Confucianism, so that these Hedong natives in the Yuncheng Basin will no longer have any chance.
There is no possibility of sitting on the fence. In this way, Cao Cao is actually ready to withdraw his troops, just as Yang Xiu guessed.
Use the natives, population, and wealth of the Yuncheng Basin to cover up the fact that Cao Cao's attack was unfavorable, and then package it up to prove that he had won victory in Hedong.
The most important part of this plan is that Cao Cao must force Fei to come out and fight.
If the battle is beneficial, then of course there is no need to say more.
If the battle fails, Cao Cao will retreat immediately.
Anyway, Cao Cao has already obtained part of the profits.
Even if this income does not match its war expenditure at all, as long as it is averaged and played with data, it is enough to deceive those ignorant people.
The direction of retreat is actually very clear. It uses the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp as a defensive point and retreats from Tongguan Ban Road, Shaanxi and Jin, and Zhiguan Road. As for the remaining and wounded soldiers that cannot be taken away, Cao Cao will leave them with Fei Qian.
. And it will stir up the blood of these disabled and wounded soldiers to the greatest extent possible, and carry out the final fight. The so-called sad soldiers will win because in that desperate state of mind, the destructive power produced is almost terrifying.
It's just that Fei Qian never paid attention to Cao Cao's flirting.
So Cao Cao was very anxious.
The reason for being anxious is that Cao Cao and the others are approaching the critical point of support.
If we don't fight, a chain of collapses will occur...
On the south bank of Tongguan, many half-built wooden pontoons hang loosely on the south bank, but no one continues to work on it. The civilian workers who were as dense as ants a few days ago suddenly disappeared, and several places that looked like military camps were also empty.
It’s so vast and there’s no one to move or handle the wood piled inside.
During the continuous battles, Cao's army had destroyed the city wall and reduced it to ruins, but Cao's army could not continue to attack Tongguan City on Linzhi Plateau.
The reason is very simple, what is a toe?
Because the road leading to Tongguan City is the gap between the toes.
Similarly, there seem to be many roads leading to Emei Mountains, and every fold seems to be climbable, but there are only a few main passages. Is the infrastructure and transportation capacity of later generations far beyond that of the Han Dynasty? But in Emei
There are still only a few main passages in the ridge, and it is impossible for there to be passages everywhere.
Therefore, if Cao Cao wanted to fight, he could only lure Fei Qian down.
As the core of the frontline generals, Cao Xiu also knew this.
The Hussars abandoned the Yuncheng Basin, and the forward retreated to the Emei Mountains. Only Sima Yi on the flank was left on the Puban line. Cao's army stationed advance camps in Slope, Anyi, and Wenxi.
Cao Xiu ordered Liu Zhu to erect the banner of Cao's general at the foot of the slope, preparing to lure Zhang Xiu, who was at the front of Fei's hidden army, to fight to the death. According to Cao Xiu's assumption, Zhang Xiu must have wanted to fight, otherwise he would not have led the troops in a surprise attack before.
Cao's army advanced to the camp. So Cao Xiu hoped to lure Fei Qian out of Linfen by luring Zhang Xiu to fight down the slope, consuming some of the hussars and horses.
As spring leaves in a hurry and summer arrives belatedly, it seems that the vegetation in this land is somewhat confused.
Fifteen miles down the slope from the Emei Mountain pass, the scene has completely changed from before.
This became the camp for Liu Zhu's hostages.
Two deep trenches were dug outside the camp, and sharpened wooden stakes were inserted. The village wall was also thickly covered with soil on the wooden wall, so it would not be easily ignited. It was erected inside the camp.
There is a tall sentry tower, and soldiers are stationed on duty day and night.
There is an open wilderness in the direction of the Emei Mountains from the camp. There is no complicated terrain in the entire area. There are only sparse shrubs and not even a little shelter.
The rest of the land is not flat, but covered with vegetation, mostly ferns.
Although the Emei Mountains are not as towering and steep to the Yuncheng Basin in Hedong as the Taihang Mountains are to Shandong, they are difficult enough for ordinary people to walk. The plants and animals that humans often walk have receded, leaving only
The soft loess turns into a layer of flying sand when blown by the wind. If you don't take the usual route, it's common for your foot to slip halfway up and slip back to where you were, thus wasting all your efforts.
Where it is difficult for infantry to move, it is also difficult for cavalry to pass.
Therefore, the camp of Liu Zhu and the hostages was equivalent to watching the pass here.
Liu Zhuzheng climbed up the sentry tower and looked towards Emei Ridge.
Liu Zhu was from Shandong, so he once thought that coming to Guanzhong was a natural thing.
The Han Dynasty only had one emperor, so naturally he could only have one chancellor. How could the chancellor in Xijing be regarded as such? But after he really followed Cao Cao all the way to Hedong, his desire to regain Guanzhong gradually dimmed for some reason.
Come down.
Maybe it’s not that I “don’t know”, but I just don’t dare to think too much about it.
When he served under Cao Cao in Shandong, Liu Zhu admired Cao Cao quite a lot.
When Cao Cao was young, he was a warrior who wielded a sword to slay dragons.
Let’s not say whether he actually killed many dragons, but at least he was a warrior who dared to hold a knife and roar at the evil dragon.
At that time, there were many so-called celebrities who kept their mouths tightly shut. They were really driven into a hurry and would occasionally come up with one or two innocuous words to criticize.
Later in Suanzao, it was Cao Cao who actually showed his sword to Dong Zhuo, even though he was beaten unconscious. Most of the other Shandong princes and local scholars showed their middle fingers to Dong Zhuo and then went back to drink.
More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Now he is fighting Guanzhong and Xiliang Wufu again, but Liu Zhu feels that there have been many changes. Recalling those things back then, it feels like a dream.
The rumble of horse hooves brought Liu Zhu back from his memories.
A group of cavalry was heading north at the edge of the camp.
The casualties among Cao Jun's scouts were so severe that Liu Zhu didn't have many experienced scouts in his hands. Inexperienced and lone scout teams were easily attacked by the hussars, so now they have become such a large-scale scout team.
The cavalry formation. Strictly speaking, it is not a scout at all, but an early warning team.
Although this camp blocks the largest pass in the Emei Mountains, there are still some small passages that are passable. It is difficult for large groups of people to pass, but small groups of troops can pass. The Hussars scouts passed through those small passages, and Cao Jun could not
He sneaked out of the familiar passage and attacked Cao Jun's scout queue.
In order to ensure that these precious war horses would not be lost again, Cao Jun's scouts no longer tried to detect the north. At least, they did not go together, but only the people secretly hid...
In Shandong, people are cheaper than horses.
If you kill a person, you can pay thousands of dollars and that's it. If you kill a cow or a horse, oh, that's expensive!
This group of cavalry went to pick up the people who were hiding in the past according to the originally planned time.
Some of the war horses were added by Cao Xiu.
To make a horse run, you always need some grass...
Liu Zhu could tell that these war horses originally came from Hedong. They were scattered and not very gregarious. There was still a big gap between them and real war horses. They could only be used by generals.
Suddenly, the cavalry column that had just gone to the north ran back in disorder, with an inexplicable fear, "Here it comes! Here it comes! The hussars are coming!"
The camp suddenly became chaotic, and many soldiers screamed subconsciously.
"Calm down!"
Liu Zhu shouted loudly.
The soldiers gradually calmed down.
"Drumming! Gather the generals! Prepare for battle!"
Liu Zhu came down from the sentry tower and ordered the guards around him, "Report to General Cao in the rear..."
The guard responded in a low voice, and then said: "General Cao...will he come to help?"
Liu Zhu didn't answer and went straight to the Zhongjun tent.
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On the Emei Mountains, Xun Chen and a group of troops were looking down at the "Cao Jun Scouts" who were fleeing in a hurry.
What Xun Chen brought was not his own general's flag, but Zhang Xiu's flag.
Of course, Xun Chen also wore a suit of armor. He took off the Jinxian crown he was used to wearing on weekdays and replaced it with a douchi.
Seeing those "Cao Jun scouts" running so fast, Xun Chen was a little surprised. He turned to the military lord Li Er and asked, "Is this what Cao Jun scouts are like now?"
Li Er had previously brought the private servants of the Hedong gentry and squires to confront Xiahou. After hearing Xun Chen's question, he said: "This does not look like a regular Cao army scout, but more like those Hedong private soldiers."
Disorganized and vulnerable.』
Xun Chen nodded, "As expected."
He originally thought that these Cao soldiers at the bottom of the slope were bait.
What Xun Chen brought was not the main force of the former army at all. He just used Zhang Xiu's flag to sway around.
He will not attack the camp down the slope, but he can take a walk in the wild to scare Cao Jun. It will not only serve as a cover for the army to spread out, but also pose a posture of accepting the battle. Otherwise, if Cao Jun really feels that the attack is hopeless, he will withdraw all the troops.
, then it will be even more difficult to deal with.
The war horse under Xun Chen's crotch seemed a little anxious and restless, shaking its neck frequently, snorting, kicking and kicking, and refusing to stand still.
Li Er took a look, coughed, and hesitated, but finally reached out and grabbed Xun Chen's horse's reins, "Chang Shi, don't pull this too tight..."
Xun Chen's war horse was nervous because Xun Chen was nervous.
When you are nervous, you always subconsciously tighten your grip, and the war horse naturally feels uncomfortable...
If he hadn't been a well-trained war horse for a long time, he wouldn't have lost his temper now.
It's not that Xun Chen can't ride a horse, it's because this time it's different.
Xun Chen had been working in Pingyang before, preferring civilian logistics work. Although he could also ride a horse, it could be said that this was his first time actually leading soldiers and horses into battle. Of course, Xun Chen could also continue to do civilian work in the rear.
Taking the risk to come to the battle, anyway, according to Shandong's custom, the task is given to Li Er. If it is executed well, Xun Chen plans and strategizes properly. If it is done wrong, Li Er fails to execute it...
But Lu Bu's incident had a great impact on the officials under Fei Qian.
Military glory, who doesn’t want military glory?
Of course, in addition to military merit, there are other reasons.
Xun Chen breathed quickly and relaxed his hands and feet.
The war horse felt Xun Chen's change and relaxed, not as anxious as before.
Xun Chen nodded to Li Er, "Thank you for your advice. You are still better at riding."
Li Er smiled and said, "Chang Shimo dislikes my talkativeness."
"Where?" Xun Chen said, "I hope the military lord will remind me more."
Li Er nodded in agreement.
This is not a polite statement.
After all, Xun Chen is the commander of this army. It cannot be said that his horse was frightened and ran out directly. So should Li Er and others follow or not?
Xun Chen also knew that he was in some way, so he turned his horse and walked back, saying to Li Er, "I will bother Marquis Lao Jun next!"
Li Er laughed loudly, "How dare you say anything? This is my own business!"
Compared with Xun Chen who was a little nervous, the other hussars had long been accustomed to it and were skillfully prepared for battle. Most of them looked relaxed. Under Li Er's greeting, they roared through the pass and came from Emei Ridge.
The top of the slope goes down the slope.
In the distance in the wilderness down the slope, two teams of hussars with a total of one hundred riders were galloping back and forth, chasing down the fleeing Cao army scouts.
Li Er sent out scattered scout teams to the farther wings. They ran around in the wilderness, exploring the bushes and the inside of ditches that could not be seen by normal sight.
The rest of the troops lined up horizontally and moved forward slowly.
Therefore, although the number of hussars descending the slopes was not large, they seemed to be all over the mountains and plains.
The weather has been sunny these past few days, and the land is dry. When the cavalry runs a little, yellow dust is flying in the sky, forming a huge formation invisibly, which is so frightening that Cao's soldiers hurriedly retreat into the camp.
Cao's army did not have enough cavalry in the camp down the slope. Even if there was a large group of cavalry, the quality was very poor and they could not compete with the hussars. This caused Cao's army to fall into passivity on the local battlefield.
The cavalry, as the controller of the battlefield in the era of cold weapons, is by no means a lie. Those soldiers of Cao's army who acted as "scouts", after seeing the power of the hussars, did not dare to step forward to detect the true and false of Xun Chen and Li Er.
Even because of the forced order, they stepped forward and swayed for a moment. Before the hussars could step forward, they retreated in panic. As a result, Liu Zhu and the others knew that the hussars were coming, but they didn't know how far they came.
an accurate message.
At this moment, Liu Zhu understood that the cavalry of the Cao army under him were really too weak. Perhaps only the cavalry of the central leading army and the guard army could compete with these hussars, and he could not let the only cavalry of the Cao army
After all the losses, there were still some people left to be responsible for asking for reinforcements or reporting to the rear, so in the end we could only order these Cao cavalry to return to camp.
"They do look like elite hussars." Liu Zhu frowned and pondered, "Are these hussars really here?"
The guard showed despair and muttered in a low voice: "It's over...these trash, trash! It's over. Regardless of whether the hussars fell into the trap or not, I just know that we are going to be trapped here!"
Liu Zhu turned to look at the hostage, "If you can't shut up and control your legs from shaking, then just go back to your own tent!"
Hu's face twitched nervously a few times, "Okay! That makes sense. Anyway, I'm not good at military affairs, so I'll leave everything here to you..."
After saying this, the hostess shook his hands and feet and left the commanding position with both hands and feet.
No one laughs at the hostage, because everyone knows what the next war will ultimately mean...