Chapter 3353 Comprehensive Considerations
In dynasties where communication is not smooth, in most battles, the head coach and the generals of each branch are often disconnected. In other words, it means that the head coach and the generals of the branch are actually fighting their own battles.
Just like when Fei Qiang Hedong was preparing to attack Cao's army, an "uninvited guest" also came in Tongguan.
Zhang Liao.
Following Zhang Liao, there were also cavalry troops in Longxi.
When Zhu Ling saw Zhang Liao, he felt a little cold.
It’s not that I’m afraid, but that I feel like I’m not qualified…
It turned out that Zhu Ling had also imagined that if he counterattacked Cao's army, would he be the chief general of the army?
As a result, when he met Zhang Liao, he realized that the main general was Zhang Liao.
Of course, Zhu Ling also knew that he could not be compared with Zhang Liao.
Pang Tong, who came with Zhang Liao, glanced at Zhu Ling, but said nothing. Instead, he led everyone to the upper floor of Tongguan, stood on the observation deck of Linzhiyuan, and looked at Cao Jun’s camp in Tongguan from afar.
Just like Zhu Ling's Rockets have a good idea, but there are better ones in front.
What can I do about this?
The fortification defense system of Cao's camps in Tongguan was roughly the same as that in Anyi, and was even stronger than that in Anyi.
From the front military camp in Niutouyuan, it continues to the side of the river.
Village, fences, wooden walls, and whistle towers.
Trap, flip board, ground thorn, horse-resistance.
Zhang Liao looked at it and his brows gradually frowned.
What is even more troublesome than the Hedong land is that the Cao Jun camp in Tongguan is long and narrow, with a very deep depth.
The terrain of Tongguan made it difficult for Cao's army to attack as the attacking party, but at the same time, the Cavalry Army will also encounter terrain restrictions if they want to counterattack.
On the Tongguan Sakura Road, even if the trenches dug by Cao's army, the remaining battle corpses and various scattered siege equipment are not mentioned, they are not like a passage that can gallop smoothly.
At the same time, because the Cao army camp is not connected to the end, if the mutual structure between the Cao army camps cannot be successfully defeated, it will be easily stuck in front of a certain fortification or a camp, resulting in congestion among the troops.
Once the troops are congested, the Cao army can attack from multiple aspects, causing the cavalry to lose blood.
This was slightly reflected in the previous Tongguan counterattack.
Sima Yi invaded Zhongtiao Mountain at that time and raided the floating bridge camp on the riverside of Cao's army. Zhu Ling and others saw an opportunity to take advantage of it, so they led the attack, but they failed to break through Cao's position during the attack, and in the end they had to retract back to the upper city of Tongguan.
Seeing Zhang Liao's expression, Pang Tong was certainly aware of what Zhang Liao was worried about, so he pointed with his hand, "This is a road, but it is not just this road..."
Zhang Liao was stunned and immediately turned his gaze to the river, "Why is Lingjun saying... walk on the waterway?"
Pang Tong laughed, "Water road is also a road!"
Zhu Ling sucked her palms and sighed, "Yes! There are warships and tower ships in Guanzhong! How can these small boats like Cao's army stop this downstream?!"
Zhang Liao nodded, his brows seemed to loosen a little, but he quickly shook his head and said, "If it is mainly waterways, it still... I think it is still a bit inappropriate."
Pang Tong smiled and didn't speak immediately.
"Isn't it right?" Ma Yue didn't understand, staring at the direction of the river, "Did the Cao army also prepare for the navy?"
"The Cao army's naval army is not troublesome..." Zhu Ling seemed to have figured out something, "The trouble is still the terrain..."
"Serious." Pang Tong nodded, "Waring by water is limited to those floating bridges, except for those floating bridges. If you cannot spread your troops in the ferry, then even if there are thousands of warships, they will be limited to the river."
Ma Yue suddenly realized and said oh.
Pang Tong's eyes turned slightly, as if no one was watching, and it seemed that everyone's performance was in his eyes.
Ma Yue is no problem with loyalty, but he lacks ability.
Zhu Ling is like his name, flexible enough, but she still lacks experience in looking at the problem.
Zhang Liao is worthy of being a warrior who has been on the battlefield since Dong Zhuo's time, and is an experienced expert...
Just as everyone said before, if you focus on water attacks, you will encounter some unavoidable troubles and it will be difficult to solve.
If it is like a game, if the ship throws the soldiers, it doesn't matter. The ship is a ship and the soldiers are soldiers. Then you can find a place to throw the soldiers off the ship, and then the ship twists its butt and leaves.
But in fact, the ship only needs to act as a temporary stronghold and a combat fortress. That is to say, if there is no suitable mudflat to land and fight, the ship will not be able to provide sufficient support to the soldiers!
I won’t mention the infiltration of small troops. I have never seen anyone who finds a place to throw soldiers off the ship in a large-scale battle!
If the Cavalry Army boarded the ship to fight, they had to find a suitable landing point. Whether it was Xiaopingjin or Shaanxijin, they were now in the hands of Cao's army, so they would definitely not let the Cavalry Army land so easily.
Therefore, if the navy army is to attack the floating bridge connecting the Zhongtiaoshan and Tongguan of Cao's army and suppress the Tongguan camp, then it is a good choice, but if it is to take this waterway to spread the large army and transport it to the ashore, it will be more difficult.
Regardless of whether Cao's army had any traps built on the floating bridge, even if not, the wreckage of the floating bridge was a barrier to passage. It was a delusion to pass quickly. In addition, the Three Gorges after Shaanxi and Tianjin are also natural warship traps, so if you take the Dahe route, you must put all the soldiers off the ship before Shaanxi and Tianjin...
In addition to soldiers, war horses are also a problem.
Unlike the Jiangdong Navy, the reason why the cavalry is called the cavalry is that it requires war horses, and the space required for war horses is far beyond that of humans. Although some cabins can be transformed into temporary stables in warships, the feeling of fluctuations and shocks on the water will make the cute girls with big eyes anxious, and may even try to break free and escape, causing damage to themselves or others.
After taking a comprehensive view, Zhang Liao said that it is possible to walk on water, but there are some inappropriate things.
Pang Tong smiled, "In fact, there is still another way..."
Pang Tong pointed at his feet.
"ah?"
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At the end of summer in the ninth year of Taixing.
Geng Hai day.
It is suitable for making friends, traveling, cleaning, trading, collecting wealth, praying for blessings, and building foundations.
Avoid marriage, setting up a bed, making a stove, and raising fire.
Clashing with the sheep evil west.
Fei Qian climbed onto the platform.
Since the surrounding terrain is relatively flat, you must stand on a high platform to better observe the opponent's formation and mobilization.
The messenger's team was in the distance and was stopped outside the army.
Knowing the envoy sent by Cao Cao, Fei Qian’s first consideration was not to say what Zhan Shu wrote, but why Cao Cao did this, what was the purpose of doing this, and what he wanted to obtain?
"Book of War?"
Fei Qian was indeed a little surprised.
He had thought about sending Cao Cao a letter of war before, but later he felt that this action was a bit similar to the one that was a slight extravagant, so he just forgot it. But unexpectedly, Cao Cao actually sent an envoy and a letter of war in turn.
"Who is the messenger's name?"
Fei Qian asked.
"The surname is Li and his name is Cheng."
The messenger answered.
Fei Qian frowned and thought for a while, but he couldn't think of which person the so-called "Li Cheng" was, but he still sent an envoy in.
The vanguard battle between the two sides, that is, the pre-fighting of the battlefield, has come to an end. Because of the innate shortcomings of the cavalry, the Cao army has basically given the rest to the Cavalry Army, except for the Anyi Camp and the area behind the Anyi Camp.
From this point of view, Xu Chu generally completed the pre-war mission.
Xu Chu gained the right to dominate the battlefield in the north of Anyi, while Cao's army hurried in the camp and played a "defense counterattack", or "defense instead of attack."
Fei Qian met Li Cheng.
Li Cheng was not good-looking, but his aura was very strong. He said that he was the special envoy of the emperor and the prime minister was in charge of the party. He wanted Fei Qian to greet him according to the etiquette of welcoming the angels, otherwise he would despise the emperor!
this……
Fei Qian smiled slightly, this person was a little interesting.
If Cao Cao was based on the concept of ordinary people, he was so virtuous and had a bad situation, and he was still using such a fancy airs wouldn’t it be annoying or hateful?
But if you think about it, it is Cao Cao's old ability to talk about the book of war.
"Now, 800,000 naval troops are under management..."
It is also a classic among classics.
But many people ignored the background of Cao Cao's writing of the letter of war.
At that time, Cao Cao did not want to fight against Eastern Wu, but it was too easy to get Jingzhou, which led to Cao Cao's personal expansion. When everyone persuaded him, he also rushed south when Jingzhou had not completely recovered and stabilized.
So it is highly likely that Cao Cao had a seal from the emperor when he attacked Jingzhou, which is the so-called "revenge and punishment", but he did not have this "fen" to attack Dongwu, so he could only "knowing to hunt". Moreover, in the word "hunting", you can also get a glimpse of Cao Cao's thoughts at that time. Unfortunately, Cao Cao was too proud, which led to a big fall on the Red Cliff.
So what can Cao Cao be proud of now?
Or...
Fei Qian suddenly understood that Li Cheng was not here to send a letter of war, he came to send a death sentence.
Another "gift"?
"This person is unreasonable and arrogant, despised himself, is disheveled and has incomplete etiquette, is rude first, and speaks badly afterwards! For the sake of the angel, let's spare the death penalty! The person comes, go out with a certain general!"
When Fei Qian saw Li Cheng doing this, he guessed more or less what this guy meant.
Just as Fei Qian had considered sending a letter of war to determine whether Cao Cao was really in the camp, Cao Cao wanted to test whether Fei Qian was present in this way, and on the other hand, he wanted to make Fei Qian go like Yuan Shao and fall into the bad reputation of betraying the Han Dynasty.
After all, many people in Shandong only talk about good or bad, and don’t think about the process...
Human hearts are very complex and simple.
After all, it was a brother-in-law, and perhaps the ideas were almost the same.
It’s just that Fei Qian felt that there was no need to test it, but Cao Cao sent someone to...
So it doesn’t matter whether Zhan Shu is reading it or not, and there is no need to cut it off just because of this guy’s words.
No matter in any era, there are some people who want to become famous and want to be crazy.
Fei Qian did not recognize Li Cheng, nor did he remember that he had such a role among the Three Kingdoms characters. And looking at the posture of this person, it felt like he was coming to die. Killing him would just follow his wishes.
If Fei Qian was angry with him, then he would be chopped off his head, but it is likely that someone would send this guy's head back.
Or maybe cut the person's nose, ears, or something, and put it back.
Then even if this guy didn't die on Fei Qian's side and insisted on returning to Cao's camp and completing his mission, he would yell "Soldiers can be killed but not humiliated", and he could be honored to get a lunch box. His words and deeds may not be remembered by others, but the disobedient and rudeness of the cavalry will be greatly promoted.
So if Fei Qian really meets Li Cheng according to the angel's etiquette, then Fei Qian will be really stupid. Who knows if Li Cheng will come to play with a picture and see?
Therefore, this person is "meritorious". Even if he dies, his wife, father and elder in his hometown in Shandong will probably receive care for a certain period of time.
At the same time, he also wiped a piece of filthy black mud on Fei Qian's body...
So Fei Qian simply stopped reading the book of war, so he had no place to wipe it.
But at the same time, Fei Qian also raised higher vigilance.
Cao Cao was so anxious to make sure he had come in person. When he saw his flag coming, he immediately sent an envoy. What was the purpose of?
You know, Cao Cao is actually very tolerant...
Many people play the Three Kingdoms game and think that among the three families of Cao, Liu and Sun, Cao Cao is relatively easy to get started. There are many soldiers and generals and the territory is good, but not many people will know that in fact, Cao Cao did not have good capital at first in the battle between the snipe and the clam in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
When Lao Cao was in Chenliu, he started his business with the hat of being a ugliness of a castrate and the might of Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao. After he started, it was not smooth sailing. After the battle of Bian River, the entire army was wiped out; he went south to Yangzhou to recruit soldiers, and finally won thousands of people, but almost all ran away halfway. Under Yuan Shao's wings, he swallowed his anger for more than a year, and Puyang was thrown away by Lu Bu.
So in fact, if you carefully examine the entrepreneurial history of Lao Cao, you will find that it is not easy for him. When he started a war with Cao Cao, many people even had a thicker family background than Cao Cao at first, the company was larger in scale. But in the end, they only had those three companies.
In Chen Shou's later evaluation of Cao Cao, eight words were "pretentious and obsessed with the old evil", which was extremely concise.
This "pretentious" has a slightly different meaning from the words in later generations. Punishment means straightening the curved object, and the word "pretentious" means making the subjective emotions in line with reality. Renju means planning.
It seems ordinary, but it is really sad to think about it carefully.
When it comes to others, there are not many people who are talking about things. What's more, when it comes to yourself, it is rare to make subjective emotions conform to reality, rather than being willing to let go of previous prejudices and take action by others.
It is amazing that Cao Cao can control his heart and desires and tolerate all kinds of unbearable things.
In the Battle of Yanzhou, Cao Cao and Lu Bu both suffered from shortage of food, but Cao Cao could not bear it, but Lu Bu could not bear it; in the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao was more than twice as powerful as Cao Cao in terms of military strength and logistics, but Cao Cao could still tolerate it, and could not bear it until the army was almost out of food. He also said to Xu You that military rations could be spent for more than a month, but Yuan Shao couldn't bear it. He asked Guo Tu to let Yuan Shao quit the battle, but Yuan Shao was eager to compete with Cao Cao in the final battle...
Fei Qian thought of these and his eyes were slightly restrained.
So now, who is really "pretentious and unaccountable for the past evil"?
Whether to accept the war book will only have a little impact on Fei Qian's mood and will not have any obvious changes to the current layout.
With the arrival of Fei Qian, the rangers on both sides became increasingly dense. Of course, most of the front areas of the battlefield were still controlled by the scout cavalry, and the rangers of the Cao army would move in areas close to the Cao army camp, with a relatively narrow range. When they saw the Huss cavalry approaching, they would immediately return to the camp and force them with bows and arrows from the camp and throw stones.
The two armies finally set up an array near Anyi City and in the Yuncheng Basin, and amid countless banners and shouts, the midfield curtain of the battle was opened...
(The horse monkey on the tree was about to cut a field manually, but was shot down by an arrow flying from somewhere. Fei Qian hid the bow behind him and smiled.)
As the Feiqin army arrived at the front position, almost all the areas north of Anyi were covered by tricolor flags.
The neat square arrays were ordered to be prohibited by the sound of trumpets and drums. The neat steps made the ground slight vibrations. Under the command of flags, drum beats and copper whistles, each battalion began to enter its respective combat positions.
The structure of the Loess Plateau and the vertical and horizontal characteristics of the ravines in the soil plate make the formation arranged by Fei Qian to be subject to certain restrictions.
Fei Qian's array is divided into two levels. The first line is Xu Chu's front army, which runs from east to west and faces the Cao army camp. The second layer is the line of troops commanded by Fei Qian, which is mixed with infantry and cavalry. There are cavalry arrays on both wings and in the middle. The infantry is before the artillery battalion.
The artillery battalion, which is the key force in the attack, is now divided into two teams, front and back. Each has a military commander. The deployment of one front and one back is 100 steps apart. Fifty steps apart from the left and right of the artillery battalion, there are infantry formation guards.
There is also a baggage battalion of engineering brigades in the middle road responsible for support and support.
The cavalry on the left and right wings mainly suppress the position, control the battlefield, and serve as the task of initial escort and final impact. They can not only compress the Cao army's array, but also use their flexibility and high maneuverability to pass through the gap between the phalanx and carry out rapid attacks and counterattacks on the enemy.
It looks pretty average...
Of course, this is what it looks like, that is, it is for Cao Jun opposite to see.
Because Fei Qian's current troops can be said to be in the initial stage of the fusion and convergence of hot and cold weapons, except Fei Qian, it is highly likely that only Pang Tong cannons cannons and traditional cold weapons cannons, rather than attacking their own...
Even in later generations, it is difficult to achieve the combination of infantry and artillery. This combination is not the so-called "infantry after rushing to the artillery, and artillery after rushing to the infantry". The real combination of infantry and artillery is when the last shell falls, the infantry behind has already rushed to the bombardment line of the shell!
Of course, this combination of infantry and artillery is extremely demanding for infantry and artillery. Even if it is not an elite, it cannot achieve such an effect. Fei Qian did not want to achieve such precise cooperation at the moment, but at least he should not let his soldiers block the artillery line, and then he can provide timely protection when the Cao army attacks, which is almost the same.
Fei Qian's artillery battalion of the central formation arranged infantry guards, and also allocated some of the cavalry to the front army, strengthening the strength of the cavalry, while the other part of the cavalry was placed in a position in a backward position to prevent Cao's army from attacking around the back.
It can be seen that the Feiqian Central Front was mainly built around the artillery camp.
A very traditional formation with a center-based and flexible sides.
This is Fei Qian's response to Cao Cao and Cao's army.
Don’t mention Zhan Shu or something, just put out your bargaining chips... Oh, put out your formation!
Chapter completed!