If the camp of Cao Jun that besieged Anyi City was compared to an egg, then the camp built by Cao Jun near Anyi City was probably an ostrich egg.
The troops led by Fei Qian were like a group of small black insects.
Historically, Liu Bei marched into Yiling, claiming to be a 700-mile joint camp, but in fact there was no 700 li, only about 70 li, and no more than 100 li at most. The battle started in the front of the 100-li joint camp, but the rear had not yet received the troops.
News. At that time, Liu Bei's military strength was only about 30,000 to 50,000. Mr. Luo said it was 750,000, which was just a necessary exaggeration.
Between 30,000 and 50,000 people camped together for 70 miles. In the dense forest and mountainous terrain of Yiling, the terrain is elongated, which is easy to understand.
So now Cao's army has 10,000 main battle troops and 20,000 servants and auxiliary troops. It is useless to plunder and kidnap the civilians. Building a large camp with a radius of more than 20 miles relying on the water source line is an impossible task?
Cao Cao now captured a large number of people east of Heluo River, and naturally it was impossible to keep them in vain. Some were taken to Shandong, and some were sent to Anyi to repair the earth.
Facing such a large camp, what is the best way to attack?
Do you want to spread out all your soldiers and cavalry, like a group of small black insects biting ostrich eggs, one in the east and one in the west?
This aimless attack, wasted in vain, is undoubtedly the most stupid plan.
The best choice is to start with a point.
The tactical formation not only depends on your actual situation, but is also affected by many factors.
Such as the political interests of group alliances.
The Eastern Han Dynasty was a political power established by the gentry manor-landlord economy represented by the large landowner families in Jizhou and Yuzhou. Legally, it inherited the legal system of the Western Han Dynasty formed by the Sichuan-Shu Alliance based on the Guanlong Group and Lao Qin. Therefore,
In fact, the Eastern Han Dynasty had more problems than the Western Han Dynasty.
Liu Xiu couldn't solve the contradiction between these things even if he tried his best. He could only make Luoyang the capital between the east and west to balance and regulate, and look forward to the wisdom of future generations. But obviously,
Descendants of Liu Xiu in the Eastern Han Dynasty would just choose to lie down most of the time.
Therefore, among the interests of Cao Cao's Shandong political group, the most worthless or the lowest consumables are ordinary people and common people.
Fei Qian's current political collective is a new political system that integrates wandering nobles, descendants of poor families, military lords, and barbarian ethnic groups in Diguan, north of Jingxiang, etc. Because it is a new political system, the cake has not yet been cut.
After all, it cannot be said that there are no internal conflicts at all, but they are not as big as those in Shandong.
With the rapid expansion of Feiqin in Guanzhong and Longxi, they opened up trade routes that were originally unrelated to each other, and worked hard to accelerate development, repelling the surrounding Hu regimes and small and medium-sized ethnic forces, and curbing the evolution and degradation of the Western Regions.
It has naturally become the strongest political force in the Han Dynasty.
From this point of view, Fei Qian cannot take Cao Cao's route of fighting for consumption.
What Cao Cao is consuming are ordinary people and civil servants who have no political voice and no political status. If Fei Qian follows Cao Cao's rhythm, what he will consume is his own foundation and future development potential!
Understanding this, you can understand that the war between Cao Cao and Fei Qian in the ninth year of Taixing was not, in a sense, a conflict between Cao Cao and Fei Qian, but between the political groups they represented.
At this point, Fei Qian is much happier than Cao Cao, because Lao Cao not only has to fight against Fei Qian, but also needs to deal with the pig teammates in the rear.
Cao Cao changed into casual clothes, a simple helmet and jersey, just like an ordinary military academy, and did not display any flags. If you don't look carefully, he is two completely different people from the stand-in on the high platform.
He wanted to take another look at Fei Qian before leaving.
What a deep love this is...
Ahem.
In fact, it was Cao Cao who had a knot in his heart.
He couldn't figure it out.
He was ready to leave, but he couldn't rest assured, so he didn't leave.
But I have to leave now. If I don’t leave, I’m afraid I won’t be able to leave soon…
Anyi Daying is said to be a big camp, but in fact it should be called a joint operation.
Although it is not as exaggerated as the Baili Alliance that Liu Daer created in Yiling, it is not too small.
Fei Qian's hussars could only control an area to the north of the camp, but could not control the entire periphery of Cao's camp.
There is a saying in the art of war: surround ten times.
Xu Chu is in the north of Cao Jun's camp. Assuming that Cao Jun does not make any interference and allows the hussar scouts to detect freely, then ask the hussar scouts who set out at nine o'clock in the morning to go around a radius of twenty miles at the speed of eighty miles a day on horseback.
Cao Jun's camp. When he arrived to the south of Cao Jun's camp, he happened to find valuable information, and then immediately returned to his own camp to report the news. How long did it take in total?
Unless these hussar scouts can be like the keyboard warriors on the Internet and do not eat, drink or poop, and the largest weight of their bodies is a mouth, it will be impossible to surround a Cao army camp. The effectiveness of mobility,
There are limits too.
Think about it, in future generations, even if there are communication tools and GPS positioning, going up the mountain to find a missing person will require pulling a net, and sending out hundreds or thousands of people may not be able to find him.
If Fei Qian really had ten times as many troops as Cao Cao, why would he fight?
But not now, what about in the future?
Cao Cao frowned.
future……
However, it may not be a good thing if Fei Qian has ten times the strength.
Just like Cao Cao has many soldiers now, but everyone's heart is also complicated.
Cao Cao scanned the battlefield in the distance and looked at the lines laid out by the hussars.
On the miles-long front, the hussars seemed so calm and unhurried, no matter the drumbeat or the whistle. There was no obvious stagnation or confusion when the formations changed, from columns to horizontal formations, and from horizontal formations to square formations.
The formation seemed to be so neat, as if it was originally a whole.
The cavalry and infantry, whether in square formation or queue, are all in high spirits, arranged in an orderly manner under the flags and golden drums. Full of an indescribable beauty. This feeling is generally like that of later generations at the scene.
Watching the military parade is even more shocking than the military parade. Because no one kills people during the military parade, but now here, there is real blood with real swords and guns.
This neat queue not only delivers strong visual stimulation, but also embodies an irresistible feeling in terms of momentum...
But Cao Cao saw that after Fei Qian ascended the high platform, troops from all parts of the front began to greet Fei Qian. The flags were swaying like waves, and the cold light reflected by the armor and blades was constantly flashing. Even if they stood on the field, they were still
There seemed to be a chilling air coming towards his face, and even Cao Cao, who had experienced many battles, could not help but feel a little frightened.
Cao Cao has been fighting in the north and south for many years. Just by looking at it, he knew that the army brought by Fei Qian was far superior to his own in terms of armament, training, physique, and momentum.
Soldiers. It can be said that even Cao Cao's most core central leadership army, the central guard army, may not be able to compete with these elite troops of Fei Qian.
And Cao Cao also had some difficulty understanding why they were all the same Han people. Even Cao Cao privately borrowed a lot of Feiqian training manuals to train his troops, and the equipment and other equipment were basically the same, but why did they display different momentum?
Is there a clear difference?
Cao Cao suppressed the uneasy feeling in his heart, and the firm will honed by years of fighting once again pressed that little emotion to the ground and beat him violently. He looked up at the shadow on the high platform, and suddenly felt a little ridiculous
.
He was laughing at himself, and he was also laughing at the gentry sons of Shandong.
It can obviously be very powerful, but it is trying its best to hinder the people on its side. Everyone wants to climb up and climb on top of others' heads to dominate others, so once they see someone climbing to the front, the first thing they do is not
I was thinking about keeping up, but I was thinking about how to tear the guy down so that I could climb up.
Of course, Cao Cao did not expect that this tradition of internal fighting between insiders and outsiders would still linger after thousands of years...
He was sure that Qi Qi Fei Qian was here.
Cao Cao once again looked in the direction of Cao Hong, who was commanding on the front line.
Most of the soldiers of the central army, as well as the cavalry troops, were left by Cao Cao in the back row in the middle, led by Cao Hong.
Cao Cao didn't trust anyone except Cao Hong.
Because Cao Hong's son died in the hands of the Hussars, Cao Hong will never make any compromise with the Hussars...
After watching for a while, Cao Cao was about to leave quietly wrapped in his cloak when he suddenly heard the noise from the front line.
Cao Cao stopped and climbed up the guard tower again, staring at the hussars formation in the distance that was beginning to split up, and couldn't help but be stunned.
"What does this guy want to do?"
I only saw that the originally uniform hussars were now split into three parts. Although they were still the center and the left and right, they were not a single infantry returning to infantry, and cavalry returning to cavalry. Instead, they began to form mixed formations.
At the same time, even the artillery battalion in the center seemed to be moving, and some artillery pieces began to be separated, dragged by livestock, towards the two wings!
"Are we going to divide our formations? Attack in three directions?!" Cao Cao sneered at first, but soon his face darkened, "This Fei Ziyuan is so brave!"
At first, Cao Cao sneered because Fei Qian had relatively few soldiers, and with a small number of soldiers, he had to divide his troops, which meant that the strength of each part was scattered. So Cao Cao thought Fei Qian was crazy from the beginning, or
He was stupid, but soon, Cao Cao thought of his own side of the problem...
Fei Qian divided his troops, and the ratio of soldiers to the three groups was basically the same. Although the number of soldiers in each group was not large, with the blessing of artillery, it meant that he had the ability to break through Cao's army's camp in three directions and carry out intrusion breakthroughs!
Cao Cao's camp was large and had many soldiers, but it also had its shortcomings.
Just like a ghost knows which cloud has rain, Cao Cao doesn't know which part will be more likely to rebel. If Fei Qian just used artillery to open a gap in one direction, Cao Hong would be able to deal with it alone, but now...
Cao Cao stared at Fei Qian's formation and murmured, "The front is wide and the depth is shallow... There is more flexibility in turning and fewer soldiers... The two wings are far away from the center... As long as one is broken, the other two will be destroyed."
Chaos! Um... No, no! This is still tempting soldiers!』
Cao Cao frowned and thought for a moment, then called a guard, "Send a message to General Zilian... This new formation of hussars is a strategy to lure troops! The hussars have strong cavalry but weak infantry, and powerful artillery but few in number."
, If you fight in the field, the enemy will be in an advantage, and you should stabilize the front so that you can attack the enemy's disadvantages after tiring him out! Act according to the plan, and don't be greedy for temporary success!"
The guards took the order and left in a hurry.
Although the hussars are said to be widely expanded and divided into three parts, in fact it is naturally difficult for infantry to run this distance, but the distance for galloping horses is not too far, so it is still
It is within the support range of the military formation, and its military line is still divided into two layers. The core part is also protected by heavy armored infantry.
At the same time, there are some scattered cavalry wandering outside the formation. Cao Cao does not think that these rangers will just paddle out from beginning to end. On the contrary, this is the most terrifying unit of the hussars. Because no one knows these scattered cavalry.
When will the cavalry gather into a dense charging cavalry group?
The advantage that Cao's army has is its large number of people and the complete fortifications in the camp. If he can't help but attack because he sees Fei Qian's troops scattered at this time, he may directly fall into Fei Qian's calculation!
Cao Cao believed that artillery was just a decoration, and cavalry was Fei Qian's trump card!
If there is no cavalry, Cao Cao has more than a dozen ways to dismantle those artillery pieces into parts. But with the cavalry on his side, Cao Cao's more than a dozen ways are limited to just staring. He can only eliminate or consume Piao.
Riding cavalry can truly change the balance of the battle.
Cao Cao took another look at certain places in the camp.
Within the camp, there were some people and some things that made Cao Cao very dissatisfied.
Among Cao Cao's troops there were loyal people like Cao Hong, and there were also those who had ulterior motives and thought that Cao Cao was unaware of anything and knew nothing. Thinking of these guys made Cao Cao feel angry.
And it’s not just in the camp, but also in Heluo, Yanzhou, Jizhou, and even Yuzhou!
These people knew that General Fei Qian of the Hussars was a formidable enemy, and they also knew that once the new Tianzheng of the Hussars was implemented in the Han Dynasty, they would suffer great losses, but they still did it for the little immediate benefit, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
The delay, the delay, and the disobedience of Cao Cao's orders!
If Cao Cao was half defeated in this war, then the other half was at the hands of these people!
Therefore, if these people all died, Cao Cao would have no sympathy at all.
Cao Cao snorted coldly, turned around, and just as he got off the sentry tower, he heard waves of cheers like "Ten Thousand Victories" coming from the hussar formation, like a tsunami.
"What's wrong?" Cao Cao frowned.
Just after we came down, something happened...
The guard quickly climbed up in a few steps, and then came down quickly. He whispered: "The hussars are patrolling the military parade..."
Cao Cao took a breath, then turned to look at the high platform.
The voice of the brocade-robed man on the high platform was still quiet, but the soldiers near the high platform, even in neat formation, were silent...
Cao Cao's head started to hurt again. He pulled the guard beside him and gave two instructions, and then the guard ran towards the high platform.
The cheers from the opposite side were still surging like a tsunami, but Cao Cao could only lower his head, put up his cloak, and pretended not to hear anything. His eyes were extremely complicated.
He cannot show up.
After all, there is still a "him" on the high platform.
But now, he should leave. The battle is about to begin, but Cao Cao escapes with his tail between his legs, oh, his cloak between his legs...
After confirming Fei Qian's arrival, he used the huge camp as cover, and also took advantage of the opportunity when Fei Qian attracted the attention of other ordinary soldiers in Cao's camp, and quietly "turned in".
The party with a small number is showing off its power, while the party with a large number is fleeing in panic.
Although this is not Cao Cao's first "transfer", when Cao Cao faced the Xiliang cavalry in history, he was a little more hasty and a little less pretentious...
Amid waves of cheers, Fei Qian galloped along the front line.
Since the sixth year of Zhongping, Fei Qian has come step by step from an unknown person, overcoming obstacles bit by bit, and now he has become everything in front of him. Behind this army, there is also a strong people's livelihood support system and reserve army, and gradually
The strong commercial and trade system, industrial scientific research institutions, government supervision departments, etc., although I dare not say that they have surpassed the entire era, they are at least ahead of the present.
The victory of this war also means that Fei Qian and the political group under Fei Qian will enter a new era and lead the Han Dynasty in a new direction.
But it's still not easy.
It is easy to change one thing, but it is difficult to change people's hearts.
After cruising around for a while, Fei Qian returned to the center formation.
It seems that in order to compete with Fei Qian, huge cheers and cheers also sounded in the Cao army camp at this time, but the momentum did not seem to be as powerful as the hussars...
Fei Qian raised his telescope and took a look. "Cao Cao" on the high platform was waving around.
"Um……"
Fei Qian pinched the beard on his chin.
He felt that Cao Jun's reaction seemed to be half a beat too late.
Of course, this is within the acceptable range. After all, Cao Jun's camp is very large, so it is normal for the reaction to be slow.
Cao Cao had many soldiers.
The more people there are, the more things will happen.
Among Cao's troops, even a single piece of armor is inconsistent.
When the officers have excellent armor, the soldiers are almost naked.
Once the classes are divided, distribution cannot be fair.
Just like Swiss rolls and instant noodles, they are fundamentally different levels of food.
Is it unfair? It is indeed unfair, but what happens next?
There is no then.
For some reason, Fei Qian suddenly remembered some of the things Zhang Xiu had reported before, about the people from Hedong and the people from Heluo...
Fei Qian frowned slightly, thought for a while, and called Xu Chu in front of him.
Under the gloomy sky, the two armies facing each other seemed to quiet down at this moment.
The only sounds on the battlefield were the neighing of horses and the fluttering of flags in the wind.
"There are three directions, one of which is more disadvantageous for us..." Fei Qian smiled and said to Xu Chu, "Zhongkang, which one do you think it is?"
