Chapter 3325 The fish is dead and the net is broken
Chapter 3324 The fish is dead and the net is broken
Yuncheng Basin, areas around Anyi.
Henan Village, also known as Xiaohe Village.
There are many villages here that were originally similar to Henan villages, but now they are destroyed and abandoned. The fields are still there, but no one is working anymore.
Summer is supposed to be a time for crops to grow and usher in the final ripening season of autumn, but now there are only weeds in the fields.
The peasants who had bowed their heads in the fields disappeared, and there were only dilapidated shacks and discarded tools, which seemed to be telling something.
The exposed pillars of the burned-out house were pitch black, pointing slantingly toward the sky, like a huge exclamation point pierced into the ground. There were many traces of looting left around, both by humans and by wild beasts.
In other words, they should all be wild beasts, beasts that can only destroy but don’t know how to build.
During Cao's army's attack some time ago, Cao's army once advanced to the foot of the Emei Mountains, so naturally all the villages along the way were not spared.
Nowadays, when Fei Qian goes south from Emei Mountains, the villages he encounters are basically like this.
This may be a "strong wall and clear field" in a certain sense, so Fei Qian must walk very carefully. Yesterday, the Hussars scout team reported that they had discovered a Cao Jun spy lurking in a ruins, and then sacrificed two or three people.
It was at this price that all those Cao Jun spies were wiped out.
In the war between Guanzhong and Shandong, both sides are constantly growing.
How could the princes of Shandong think of using Tibetan tactics among the ruins?
As Feiqian's army advanced step by step, Cao Jun abandoned some temporary military strongholds and camps, evacuated the surrounding soldiers and civilians, and burned the remaining supplies. Black smoke billowed into the sky.
Fei Qian sat on the horse, took out his telescope, adjusted it, and looked into the distance.
On the outside of the army, Cao Jun's scouts and Hussar scouts were fighting each other.
Under the "cultivation" of the hussar scouts, these Cao Jun scouts have become a bit more barbaric. The current Cao Jun scouts have learned to stare from a distance, then prick up their ears and widen their eyes at the slightest sign of trouble.
He mounted his horse and ran away without giving the hussar scouts a chance to get close for a sneak attack. Even if they had to get closer for reconnaissance, they would shoot arrows at any suspicious targets, including but not limited to grass, shrubs, treetops, etc.
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So it was natural for Fei Qian to see the hussar scouts and Cao Jun scouts going back and forth, chasing each other.
Suddenly, a rather strange sight appeared in the lens of Fei Qian's telescope.
Fei Qian frowned slightly, then motioned to the guards around him, and after running forward for a while, he arrived at the strange scene he had just seen.
Before he even got close, Fei Qian smelled a foul odor.
Fei Qian frowned slightly, then pulled the horse and stopped approaching.
The war horse was obviously feeling a little uncomfortable, snorting and shaking his head to express his dissatisfaction.
This odor is basically caused by sulfides, which is simply corpse odor. Corpse odor is composed of ammonia, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, cadaverine, putrescine, skatole, mercaptans, thioethers, and various amines
The compound odor formed by a mixture of low-grade fatty acids, low-grade ketones, low-grade aldehydes and some heterocyclic organic compounds, smoky substances, etc. can combine with the blood oxygen in the alveoli, and even cause oxidation when the concentration is high.
People develop pulmonary edema, which causes difficulty breathing and paralysis.
But it is obviously more difficult to achieve such a high concentration in open areas.
Fei Qian was far away and could only smell the stench, but there was no direct harm at the moment.
The smell of rotting corpses will erode the surface of the ground for a long time, until it gradually dissipates after half a year or more after it turns into bones.
"Lord, this is a corpse pit." The guard said at the side, "There should have been some kind of cover on it, but it was pulled open by wild beasts..."
It is this uncovered cover, and a large number of flies are breeding, whining and flying up and down, thus forming a strange shape in the telescope.
The guard took a few steps forward, covered his mouth and nose and looked forward, then hurriedly stepped back, gasped a few times, and said bitterly, "Damn it! If you go down here, you won't know where to fall."
How many corpses were buried! Maybe it was originally because of the cold weather, and they were buried to some extent, so they could not rot out... Now when the weather gets hot, the corpse energy expands, and they are pushed out from the soil... These damn thieves
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Fei Qian listened and frowned.
Shandong's depiction of Dong Zhuo's relocation of the capital is always unavoidable, because Dong Zhuo did indeed do such stupid things, so this has always been a stain on the people of Longxi, and some people in Longxi feel that they cannot hold their heads high.
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But now, people in Shandong are clamoring for Dong Zhuo to kill people every day. What next?
What is this scene before my eyes?
Of course, people in Shandong cannot see these scenes.
Since it cannot be seen, to people in Shandong, it is almost equivalent to "non-existence".
"Go and cut down some weeds and branches, pour kerosene on them, and burn them." Fei Qian ordered, "Cover your mouth and nose with a gauze scarf. Don't let the disease attack you."
The guard immediately led the troops and whistled to summon the soldiers to deal with it.
Xun Chen came from the rear formation and was silent when he saw this scene.
This is different from soldiers fighting on the battlefield.
Or to put it simply, people and soldiers are originally two different things.
The professional characteristic of a soldier is to fight with the other party's soldiers, so when you change your profession to become a soldier, you will naturally be mentally prepared, but the people are not. Killing the enemy's people is certainly a practice that has been used since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
It is a tactical method, but it does not mean that this method is glorious.
Especially the civil war.
Fei Qian had been trying to control the intensity of the civil war and was unwilling to invest too much manpower and material resources, so when he saw such a scene, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart.
Xun Chen said from the side: "Most of these are the people of Heluo. The land of Heluo was already in decline, and now after this battle, most of the ten houses are empty."
Fei Qian said: "Cao's army has many soldiers, but their origins are complicated. Looking at this situation, not everyone is willing to die. Therefore, the most important among Cao's soldiers is only the leader and protector of the two armies. The rest of the Shandong soldiers, even if they are
Even though they are elite, their combat power is not as good as the Second Army of Zhongling Zhonghu.』
Xun Chen should be.
Of course there is no doubt about this.
Fei Qian turned his head and looked south, then looked at Gufeng Mountain in the distance, and said to Xun Chen: "The battle site should focus on Anyi. Cao's army must be near Anyi, with the middle leader and the middle guard to compete...
...And this Gufeng Mountain...Do you have any ideas, if you want?"
"There are many ravines on Gufeng Mountain, which is not conducive to fighting and difficult to hold on." Xun Chen obviously already knew the terrain of this area well, "However, there are several springs on Gufeng Mountain, where troops can be hidden...
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Fei Qian nodded. Although Cao Cao has entered the preset fighting position in the Yuncheng Basin, the core strength of Cao's army is still relatively intact, so they must be forced to go to the plains to defeat the main force of Cao's army.
Or call it Cao Cao's core force.
Once Cao Cao lost his core combat strength, mainly the Qingzhou soldiers, he would inevitably have only defensive strength left.
So now, with Cao Cao's ruthlessness, will he just wait to be beaten in Anyi?
"Pass the order," Fei Qian said in a deep voice, "All water sources and all campsites are surrounded by enhanced scout detection and prevention! Order the army doctors to prepare anti-epidemic drugs in case of emergency!"
Xun Chen was stunned for a moment, then turned his gaze to the corpse cave that was being set on fire not far away, "My lord, what you want is... Cao Thief wants to use this method? Want to use poison?! This, this is also
It’s just too... too vicious!』
Fei Qian looked at the newly rising flames not far away, and the thick black smoke was like a demon roaring silently in the flames, "It doesn't make sense."
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As the summer temperature gradually rises, the war seems to be gradually heating up.
Cao's army gathered in Anyi.
In addition to the Zhongling Zhonghu troops directly under Cao Cao, there are also levied troops, conscripted troops, county troops, family private troops, etc. Nowadays, these complex troops are concentrated around Anyi.
After Cao Jun knew that the Hussars were moving south, he abandoned some small strongholds in the north and spread out the battle line with Anyi as the center, like a huge Manzhu Shahua flower. Cao Jun built a trench defense line at the front of Anyi.
, Cao Hong personally led the military academy to guard the front line, and this flower of Manzhushahua seemed to be blooming bigger and bigger, as if it was going to swallow up Feiqian's army in its belly.
The front of Fei Qian's army was like a trident, and the cavalry were the three sharpest blades. Then came the solid infantry and the slow baggage artillery battalion, rolling down.
Today's situation is becoming increasingly confusing.
Fei Qian laid out the overall plan, using the Yuncheng Basin as a network, and successfully forced Cao Cao to have a decisive battle with the Hussars here. After Cao Cao entered the Anyi area, he opened a large network in Anyi mainly against the guests, and it seemed that
Waiting for Feiqian to fall into the trap.
Fei Qian's soldiers and horses advanced one by one along the official road. They were not walking fast, but they were moving steadily.
Cao Jun's scouts are also increasing day by day, and the size of his cavalry is also increasing day by day.
Because I was forced...
If there are not many of them, there is a chance that they will be swallowed up by the hussars and cavalry scouts.
Although the forward cavalry of the hussars have been suppressing Cao Jun's scout cavalry, and Cao Jun's scout cavalry have been avoiding the battle, everyone knows that the final stage of hand-to-hand combat between the two sides is getting closer and closer.
According to the detection situation of the Hussars scouts on the front line, Cao's troops in the direction of Anyi are all in preparation, fortified in layers, built a large number of sentry towers and military forts, and built an extremely large and complex barracks system.
, which naturally put an end to the hope of some Hussars Military Academy generals to launch a cavalry surprise attack.
Cao Cao himself set up a banner for the commander of the three armies southwest of Anyi, which seemed to indicate that he was ready to fight Fei Qian here to the death.
As the temperature further rises, the water level of the Sushui River around Anyi is also gradually declining.
The grass on King Yu's tomb shriveled and turned yellow under the scorching sun.
It seems that everything has withered under the evil force of war.
Anyi is surrounded by a wilderness and a loess plateau terrain.
This piece of land inherited from ancient times has also witnessed the growth and development of the ancestors of the Chinese nation, Huangdi, Yandi, Chiyou, as well as Yao, Shun, and Yu. Yao first had his capital in Puban, and later moved to Pingyang, Shun's capital in Puban, and Yu's capital
Anyi. China's first slavery dynasty, Bactria was also born here.
Mainly because there is a salt pond here. This kind of natural and convenient area where safe salt can be obtained is a treasure place in ancient times when production technology was insufficient.
But now this area, which was originally suitable for people to live, has completely changed.
Two deep trenches were dug out on the outside, and some wooden stakes and spikes were inserted into the two deep trenches. There were reed mats on both sides of the trench for reinforcement. It is not known that these reed mats were brought by Cao Jun from Shandong.
, or was "conscripted" in the land east of Hedong...
The official road has naturally been cut off by deep trenches.
As far as the eye can see, there are not many people, only some sparse shrubs, woods and the outline of dilapidated villages standing abruptly.
The area occupied by Cao Jun's camp was very large. Behind the deep trench, a huge structure was built with a width of about twenty-five miles from east to west and at least fifteen miles from north to south. The entire area around Anyi in the Yuncheng Basin, except for the northwest
There are no particularly large mountains outside Gufeng Mountain, but because it is located in the Loess Plateau area, there are many natural ditches, cutting the entire area into a checkerboard shape of different sizes.
On these large and small soil plateaus, Cao Jun used slings and wooden boards to connect each other in many places, so that Cao Jun could move more conveniently on the soil plateau without walking through those curved ditches. Therefore, these soil plateaus
The plateau and the suspension bridge have become barriers one by one.
As the commander of the front line, Xu Chu arrived at the front of Cao's army ahead of Fei Qian.
Looking at the Han army flags flying in the Cao army camp in the distance and the Cao family flags representing the strength of Shandong, Xu Chu couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.
Shandong is also where Xu Chu grew up.
In fact, he and Cao Cao were both from the same place, Qiao County.
Normally speaking, since they are all fellow villagers, then naturally they will have the bonus of the hometown party, and they may become closer to each other.
But now, he was standing here, and Cao Cao was on the opposite side, and the two sides were fighting each other.
After staying in Guanzhong for a long time, Xu Chu naturally gradually accepted some of Fei Qian's ideas. Perhaps it cannot be said to be Fei Qian's personal ideas, but should be said to be those of "Guanzhong" or "Hussar"
of……
In the process of the expansion of Feiqian's power, more and more people have joined in, not to mention people from Guanzhong, Longyoubei and other areas. Naturally, there are also people from Shandong like Xu Chu who have entered Feiqian.
Political leaders, military generals, and Shandong people like Xu Chu now have an important problem that they have to face and solve.
If the Hussar defeated...
No, it should be that after defeating these people from Shandong, what kind of identity and attitude should I have to face the people from Shandong before?
conqueror?
Or a compatriot?
Or...
The rumble of horse hoofs pulled Xu Chu out of his chaotic thoughts.
Under the gully of the plateau, a group of hussars was heading south along the gully.
Cao Jun had withdrawn most of the cavalry scouts from the front, leaving only a few cavalrymen to monitor the movements of the hussars.
So where did these Cao Jun cavalry who retreated from the front go?
Although these cavalry troops who directly belong to Cao Cao's central leading army and central guarding army are not as good at riding as the guys under the hussar cavalry who can even sleep on horseback, their loyalty to Cao Cao is unquestionable. So now
Xu Chu sent more scouts to the two wings, trying to determine the hiding position of Cao's cavalry and the deployment of troops in Cao's camp to provide intelligence support for the next phase of the battle.
The actions of both sides at this stage are similar. Cao Jun also knows that the Hussar cannot rush into it recklessly, but will carefully test and advance, and then wait until the time is right for a large-scale battle.
Faced with the current situation, Xu Chu felt that Cao Cao would use these plateaus for some means. After all, if Cao Jun wanted to pass through these plateaus, he only needed to walk on the suspension bridge above the plateaus, but for the hussars, they could only follow the soil plateaus.
This caused Cao's army to form a siege effect in some areas, as if they were standing on a urn city.
To destroy these suspension bridges is equivalent to attacking these Cao Jun camp. Even though Cao Jun camp is now blocked by the wall, Xu Chu can't see clearly the layout. He also knows that except for the two deep trenches on the surface, Cao Jun must
There are also many additional means hidden. For example, traps, horse pits, or barbed wire...
Anyway, this is not the first time that Shandong and the Hussars have fought against each other. It is not difficult for Cao Jun to copy the methods used by the Hussars before.
At the same time, facing these deep trenches, it is difficult for the hussars to cross, but it is not difficult for Cao Jun's infantry to pass. After all, Cao Jun's camp can always prepare ladders or wooden boards to go to the trenches when necessary.
Once you get on one, you can attack. You cannot ignore this.
Cao Jun's army is hoarded here. The area is huge, more than ten times the size of the camp down the slope. Although it can also be attacked with artillery that is transported up later to break the surface, it is precisely because it breaks a point and the network is
Even if one point of the Cao army's camp structure is broken, other areas can provide support. Therefore, as the general in charge of the Hussars' front army, Xu Chu cannot rush to attack. On the contrary, he must focus on defense first. He not only has to deploy well
The forward cavalry was to test and check the movements of Cao's army, and it was also necessary for Fei Qian's center and rear troops to choose a stable area to ensure the safety of the garrison.
But this area is not easy to choose...
Because of the better land, Cao Jun had already destroyed it first.
Even in a relatively poor area, Xu Chu still needs to arrange soldiers and manpower to conduct inspections and investigations. Otherwise, waiting for a sudden opening of a tunnel in the middle of the night will not only lead to a defeat, but also Xu Chu's first appearance as a frontline commander.
It became a case that was ridiculed by others in the martial arts hall.
Be cautious, be more cautious.
Xu Chu reminded himself secretly, and then turned back to arrange military affairs.
Here in Anyi, the two sides are each other's net and fish, both hunters and prey. The Hussar and Feiqian side have the advantage of mobile troops, but Cao's army formed a camp and has the advantage of the geographical location, so it is the fish that swims that eventually dies.
In the net, or to break this big net and jump over the dragon's gate, after all, it is the ultimate test that both sides have to face.
