Chapter 3354 Change of Formation
The Cao army camp was full of chaos, but no one came out!
Cao Hong seemed to have made up his mind to retreat and defend himself, letting Fei Nan twist and twist, but he was not moved.
Are you really not moved?
After the mutual struggle and consumption of the vanguard battle, the Cao army lost most of the control of the battlefield, but still firmly controlled the Anyi camp, and there was also the Zhongtiaoshan camp as the leader in the rear. Fei Qian could not lead the large army around the camp in front to attack the Cao army's rear line.
Seeing that Cao Jun was still moving, and he didn't even have the stance to make a formation at all, Fei Qian couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Is this scared by Xu Chu's previous fight against the two armies?
Fei Qian climbed up to watch the formation today, just to see the formation arrangement of Cao's army, but unexpectedly, Cao's army would not give him a chance.
If you have no formation in a war, it is like being a hooligan, and nothing can be missed in ancient and modern times.
In other words, Cao Jun is playing a hooligan...
Even though Fei Qian's potential army strengthened many communications and methods of distinguishing the level of the queue military academy, in most cases, tactics still have to be achieved by relying on formations. Due to the limitations of communication conditions, even the sound of golden drums is difficult to transmit to the distance, and with smoke and dust, the flags and other things are naturally difficult to identify. The messenger must see if God is rewarding him, otherwise he will be gone halfway through the run.
Therefore, the layout of the military formation is very important.
For ordinary soldiers, just remember who the person next to them is, should they stand on a horizontal line, a diagonal line, or a column, as for attack and direction, they are controlled by the non-commissioned officers in the army. The non-commissioned officers in the army are generally only concerned with the team in front of them, and the entire array must be ordered by the generals.
The further you go, the simpler the command is, and the more you go, the more difficult it becomes.
After the real battle starts, it is not certain whether the coach can control every general.
As for the tactical essence of specific combat, it is actually four words.
Fight less with more.
As for the enemy, the forward, the backbone, the harassment of the two wings, the long-range output, the encirclement, etc., these tactics were actually already in ancient times when the two emperors of Yan and Huang were there. Otherwise, Chi You would not have screamed and refused to accept it, indicating that Yan and Huang were just soft animals and had the kind of challenge to one-on-one...
It seems like a fool can do tactics, but whether it is good to use such tactics depends on the general's control ability and soldiers' quality.
Fei Qian stared at the big crow on the platform of Cao's army camp and pondered.
The Cao army did not come out of the camp to form a formation, which means that there was something that Cao army didn't want Fei Qian to see...
To a simple understanding, the formation formed by the array is to some extent that both sides show off their cards before the battle.
As for whether to use the largest one to blind the dog's eyes or use the smallest one to confuse the enemy, it is not necessarily true. But no matter whether it is ancient or modern, at home or abroad, when the final stage of the battle, the loser will always feel that he is always surrounded, surrounded, and attacked. The result of this is definitely the result of formation confrontation and the pulling of the front line before the final stage.
Setting up a formation is nothing, pulling is the real skill.
As for array diagrams, they are half true and half false.
It is really a formation diagram, formation, etc., which does have a certain effect. For example, it can allow the enemy troops rushing into the array to be scattered at the left and right forks, and then they will naturally be attacked by multiple aspects. After all, people's eyes can only see the movements in front of them, and they cannot observe the surrounding situation 360 degrees. Once they are sneak attacked by the enemy from the side, they will be easily killed.
Just like some of the situation in Cao’s camp that Fei Qian has observed now.
"The Cao army camp really took great pains to resist the cavalry." Fei Qian pointed to the Cao army camp in the distance and said, "The original terrain has almost changed over there..."
Cao's army used the gullies in camps and earthen plateaus, as well as various fortifications manually dug or stacked, to some extent, to form some special terrain.
Fei Qian also remembers the original landform of Anyi, but now, there are many places that are different from their original memories.
『The earth plateau at the entrance of the camp was changed...』 Fei Qian pointed to the direction of Cao Jun's camp and said, "I remember there was a gentle slope before, but now the entire gentle slope has been dug out... I can only walk from both sides... This is easy to be dispersed... and I am sure that Cao Jun has other arrangements in the area at the entrance of the camp...』
Xu Chu also agreed, "The cavalry must slow down when turning, and if they really follow the Cao army's passage, they will definitely suffer."
"So, now Cao's army wants us to go through the camp gate, or tell us not to go through the camp gate?" Fei Qian continued to ask.
"This..." Xu Chu had a headache.
This is not easy to answer.
Fei Qian smiled and did not mean to ask Xu Chu to answer, but Fei Qian needed Xu Chu to think.
Although Cao Jun did not turn over the cards, he showed some corners.
This is the transformation of Cao's army.
Just from a small area like the camp gate, we can see that the Cao army has changed from horizontal defense to vertical depth, which will strengthen the Cao army's ability to defend assault to a certain extent.
Faced with such a change, Fei Qian also needs to make certain adjustments and changes, otherwise he will be consumed in vain by Cao Cao in the array of the camp.
Fei Qian turned his gaze to Cao Jun's village wall.
Logically speaking, the camp at the bottom of the slope was broken, and Cao's army should have known that Fei Qian had artillery here, but it was not so easy to change the formation and respond to it in a change. The formation is closely related to the technological level. People who have never seen artillery cannons will find it difficult to build corresponding strategies to respond to it no matter how they imagine it.
Therefore, the direction of the village wall should be a good breakthrough.
However, Fei Qian suspected that Cao Cao might have made some arrangements near the village wall, because those who surrendered all told the same thing. The guards in the Cao army did not allow ordinary Cao soldiers to approach some areas near the village wall.
This is very doubtful.
Fei Qian must determine the direction of the attack. This is his responsibility, and it is also the reason why he came to the front of the formation today to check the terrain and Cao's army camp with his own eyes.
In most battles, there is no way to let Fei Qian stand on Gaogang like the opening CG of Warcraft, holding an axe in his hand, oh, the sword is OK, and then shout for the tribe, cough, for the cavalry~~
Then the black little brother rushed up and cut the enemy into pieces.
Wake up!
If you see this kind of scene too much, some people will be brainwashed, thinking that all wars should be like this. But in fact, wars are both monotonous and cruel, and there is no feeling at all. The thunder is shaking...
The war is spectacular, most of them think that God is slanted down forty-five degrees, but from the perspective of a real ordinary soldier, it is likely that the rings that cannot be caught in the subway stations in big cities during the morning and evening rush hour, windows that can be reached when making meals in middle school, and highways that cannot be moved during the New Year or long holidays.
people mountain,people sea.
So even if you go to the cafeteria to get food, you need to queue up and pay attention to strategies, let alone ask your younger brother to cut people down?
Both war and battle need to pay attention to the basic law.
If you don’t pay attention to the basic law, you will be just a fool.
Fei Qian picked up the telescope and looked at Cao Ying carefully.
The arrangements in Cao's army camp were well arranged.
It is not crowded, and it is also very regular in staggering.
The flags were staggered, and looking at the banner, Fei Qian could see that Cao's army did not put all the miscellaneous troops in front, but instead used them.
This not only ensures the advantage in numbers, but also ensures the tenacity of the formation...
The infantry tactical level of Cao's army is quite good. After all, the place in Shandong is dominated by infantry.
"Cao army arranged heavy armored infantry on both sides...the flags of bears and cranes...the flags of flying tigers are still in the center...this is the opposite of us..." Fei Qian handed the telescope to Xu Chu, "Zhongkang, look."
The tactics of heavy infantry soldiers are to form dense square formations and use human flesh to form a thick shield wall to resist the impact of the cavalry.
If this were in a relatively narrow area, the cavalry might not be able to defeat these heavy infantrymen.
After all, in the Spring and Autumn Period, these heavy infantrymen from Shandong were resisting war chariots.
The chariot is very powerful, but the chariot is the ultimate weapon of the tall, rich and handsome man. It is considered a big country to have hundreds of cyclings, and the use environment is very limited. The cavalry will be much more flexible, but no matter what, whether it is a chariot or a cavalry, they will suffer a great loss when facing heavy infantry with dense spears. If the Cao army arranges a group of such heavy infantry and infantry in the camp passage, then if you simply want to rely on the cavalry to rush, it would be a delusion.
『Can you use the Five Elements Thunder to advance?』 Xu Chu replied,『But when using thunder, the distance is also close, and you will be damaged in some ways...』
Fei Qian nodded and asked, "That's right. Will Cao's army use crossbows in the past few days?"
Xu Chu thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I used a catapult cart, but I didn't see him using a crossbow."
Fei Qian pointed to the direction of the sentry towers in the camp, "I guess they were all placed there... Look at the sentry towers, from the outside to the inside, like bowls, with a strong crossbow located on it, so that they could shoot around. The Cao army's baggage truck had not been pushed out, right?"
"Car array?" Xu Chu took a breath.
『That's it." Fei Qian smiled, 『This is really a wall of iron... However, no matter how strict Cao Mengde was in defense, he forgot one thing...』
"Ah?" Xu Chu was a little confused.
『I think…』 Fei Qian smiled, 『The formation we originally arranged needs to change…』
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Fei Qian was observing the enemy situation in front of the formation, and Cao Hong in the Cao army camp was also staring at the formation that Fei Qian had set out.
Especially under the battle flag, where Fei Qian is located on the high platform.
Cao Hong swallowed a mouthful of saliva and resisted the temptation.
Although from a distance, you can only see pixel-like figures shaking, pointing fingers, and unable to see the changes in expressions clearly, Cao Hong seemed to be able to see Fei Qian's expression clearly, laughed and shouted loudly, "I know it's not easy to fight now, right?"
Cao Hong's guards also laughed.
As the laughter spread, the Cao army soldiers around him also relaxed a little and began to laugh.
In fact, Cao Hong and these guards were a little nervous, but at the moment, the more nervous they were, the more relaxed they had to act so that other Cao army soldiers would not be worried or afraid.
At a long time, Cao Cao began to consider how to deal with the cavalry of the cavalry. At present, these defense systems and fortifications are the first time to be used on a large scale in actual combat. Cao Hong could not ensure the specific effect.
After all, people live.
Everything will change because of changes in people.
War is no exception.
The Cao army has actually made many great changes, because Fei Qian took the cavalry again and began to develop various tactical methods to restrain cavalry in Shandong. Heavy cavalry is indeed very strong, but it is not completely uncontrollable. Especially after Fei Qian humiliated Xu County, Yuzhou with cavalry once, all the generals and counselors of Cao's army were thinking about how to restrain cavalry. Gradually, an ecological chain of military restraint appeared in Shandong.
At the same time, the evolution of Cao's army also promoted the gradual evolution of the Feiqin cavalry.
Originally, in the Cavalry Army, the cavalry with a long horse lance began to be replaced with spears and war knives, from blindly emphasizing impact to taking into account both impact and mobility. The simple form of the cavalry began to gradually evolve, and evolved towards the ultimate form of ancient cavalry that could eventually become a long-range that could be harassed and pulled, and could be broken through in close combat.
The evolution of the Feiqin cavalry once again suppressed the Cao army and had to follow up again, which made the Cao army begin to study various tactical cooperation, no longer using infantry to conquer the world, but the long-range tactics against Xu Chu can be seen. Infantry began to combine with long-range, and bows were used to maintain range and firepower, and crossbows were used to deal with heavy armor. In addition, crossbows and catapults formed a multi-level and multi-purpose firepower output structure.
Perhaps in a while, both sides will evolve again...
Therefore, whether it is Fei Qian's cavalry army or Cao Cao's central guard army, they all change with the changes in military technology and military equipment, and there is no formation that can break away from the specific tactical formation formed by military technology and military equipment. First there is equipment, then there is technology, then there is tactics, and then there is formation.
Formation has always been an adjunct to tactics, not the other way around.
Before the two sides really start a war, no one knows what the tactical deployment of the other side will be like and how the reserve team will use it. However, excellent generals will decide the tactical strategies they should adopt based on the enemy's combat habits and troop deployment, as well as the reconnaissance of the battlefield before the war, and the situation in the future of the battlefield.
Hussars are strong and elite, but the only problem is that they are expensive and relatively small because they are expensive. Therefore, all the tactics of Fei Qian revolve around this feature. In contrast, Cao's army has many soldiers, and the tactical characteristics of Cao's army are different according to its own conditions.
So what Cao Hong is thinking about now is whether the cavalry will attack the camp?
How do he attack?
Should we use cavalry to attack the surroundings and find a breakthrough?
Or use infantry to advance, just like before attacking the camp at the slope?
Cao Hong has seen artillery in Tongguan.
The cannon is indeed very powerful, but if it is not hit, then nothing is wrong.
If you want to break through the village wall, then go and bomb.
The village wall is gone, there are earth walls, earth walls are gone, and there are earth plates!
Even if so many fortifications are left to the cavalry and artillery to bombard, how long will it be?
Cao Hong stared at Fei Qian in the distance, wanting to know what method Fei Qian should use to attack the camp.
Because Cao Hong did not believe that the formation that Fei Qian was now posing was the offensive tactics that Fei Qian was about to adopt.
This formation similar to the traditional central breakthrough and the coordinated formation of cavalry on both sides seems to be luring Cao's army to attack.
Not only are the artillery camps in the center, but also the flag of Fei Qian.
It's like one, no, two beauties are posing in the middle of the stage...
Come on, come on.
If Cao's army was really excited to fight out, the strong man holding a big stick next to him would jump out with a bang.
Cao Hong is not that stupid.
During combat, if the general wants to quickly make the entire army respond to their intentions, then the content of these specific tactical arrangements is the core of the preset formation. How to make established tactical deployments with the cooperation of their respective units is the essence of the formation. In other words, in addition to the specific military formation layout, the real core part is how to expand the formation, how to dispatch troops, and how to use the advantages of troops and weapons to restrain different opponents.
This is the secret mystery of every outstanding general.
Formation formations, the same is "format", the difference is "type", and the method.
Is Fei Qian a stupid opponent?
Obviously not. So Fei Qian must have some malicious intentions when he puts forward such a somewhat rigid formation. Unless Fei Qian wants to do a pig storm tactic, this simple way of putting infantry in the middle and cavalry on both sides will be placed. Any general with some experience will do this. What else can be praised?
If there is a tactical formation of military formations without the use of scheduling training, it is easy for the opponent to capture the weakness of defense.
Fei Qian almost put his weakness in front of Cao Hong, so Cao Hong was very sure that this weakness was a trap.
The formation reflects the strategic intentions of the main general. In many cases, in order to cover up their tactical intentions, the initial distribution of troops is often regular and balanced, and even has geometric symmetrical significance. Just like the formation that Fei Qian is now on, if the discontinuity of those soil plates is not considered, resulting in a slight deviation in the formation, then Fei Qian's entire formation is symmetrical left and right...
Cao Hong understood that the true meaning of Fei Qian's doing this was to confuse himself and prevent him from guessing the overall tactical intentions of the cavalry based on Fei Qian's deployment, and at the same time, he retained the possibility of adjusting the tactical deployment against Cao's army.
After all, the formations of the two sides are at a certain distance. As long as Cao's army moves, Fei Qian can draw the reserve team according to the development of the battle situation, implement his own tactical intentions, or deflect the proportion of troops in a certain area to achieve certain strategic goals.
As for the correction and adjustment of this formation, the Cavalry Army, which has a relatively large number of elite troops, has a greater advantage.
The formation is not made, but is played in confrontation, and is adjusted and adopted according to the opponent's tactical deployment. What it looks like now doesn't matter, what it looks like after the fight is...
『General! Move! Move!
While Cao Hong was thinking, he suddenly heard a little restless around him, and a guard was pointing his finger at the cavalry formation in front of him and shouting.
Chapter completed!