From the time I arrived at the front line, I was actually still in a daze.
He didn't expect that even if he deliberately concealed his identity, he would be recognized by General Fei Qian so quickly!
Even though I had always been prepared for my identity to be exposed eventually, it was indeed too fast.
Is it because there are people around Qiusi who know him?
Or because...
I never could help but sigh.
He gave up his original surname just because his original surname had fallen into the dust. Even if he kept his original surname, it would not necessarily bring any benefits. On the contrary, it would increase many disadvantages. It would be better to remain anonymous.
This kind of behavior is very common among Han people. It is also very common. Therefore, "You can't change your name if you work or sit still, but you can't change your surname" and so on. It was only after the household registration was strengthened that it was highly publicized among the "heroes" and "Ranger". As for the
Why did you wait until that time to say this? Most people don't dare to ask, even if they think of it, they don't dare to say it.
After arriving at the front line, it was of great help to Xu Chu and others. After all, Xu Chu and others were not familiar with the terrain here, and they were also unfamiliar with Heluo, Hedong. However, he had traveled all the way from Heluo to Hedong, not only in the Anyi camp.
He also spent some time in the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp, so after arriving at the scene, he proposed a new plan.
At that time, Qin Shihuang built a Chi Road to connect the north, which is the main thoroughfare of Zhongtiao Mountain today. This Chi Road is very wide, strong, and easier to walk. It can run horse-drawn carriages in parallel and carry heavy objects. It is the main channel connecting Heluo and Hedong.
The main road in the ground. Therefore, the main defense system of Cao Jun is built on this channel. There are heavy troops stationed on this channel, and there are also all kinds of equipment and traps. It is difficult to succeed in forcibly attacking this channel, and once the hussars
If the soldiers expend too much strength in storming the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, they will inevitably lose the follow-up march to Shandong.
Moreover, last time the land of jujube was eaten up by the coalition forces, not even half of it was left. If the Hussars wanted to cross Heluo and then enter Shandong, the supply line was the next serious issue that had to be considered. Once the supply line was destroyed, even the Hussars
If we attack Shandong, we will inevitably face failure.
He always came up with a strategy that neither Xu Chu nor Sima Yi had thought of.
Yu Ban Road!
Perhaps this road is not as famous as Taihang Baxing, but it was a very important road in the Spring and Autumn Period and earlier in ancient times.
Because there are salt ponds formed by ancient geological movements here in Yuncheng, in the early days when Chinese tribes thrived, the original natural formation and convenient collective fishing mode were adapted to the low productivity at that time. Salt is certainly important, but
It couldn't be used as food, so people here began to form business contacts and began to leave the mountains.
It is said that the source of the conflict between Yanhuang and Chiyou was because of salt.
Chiyou occupied the salt pond, and then increased the price without increasing the quantity, which gradually aroused the resentment of the surrounding tribes. The Huangdi tribe from the Weihe Plain expanded eastward along the Yellow River and occupied the Luohe Plain. After establishing their capital in Xinzheng, they joined forces with the Yandi tribe to cross the Yellow River.
Crossing the ancient road, we fought the first recorded battle in Chinese history, the "Battle of Zhuolu", where we defeated the Chiyou tribe and occupied the Salt Pond in the east of the river.
From this perspective, are Yanhuang the "invaders" or the "resisters"?
Later, there were some myths and legends, saying that Yan and Huang killed Chi You, and then Chi You's blood flowed into the salt pond, "the blood entered the pond to become brine."
So the marinade should actually be called "Chiyou blood sauce"?
In the Zhongtiao Mountain in the southeast of the Yuncheng Basin, there is a low place with a thin mountain called "Boshan". The height difference between the mountain pass and the top of the mountain is also relatively low. Since ancient times, a line has been formed from Yanchi to Dahe Ferry, and then to Luohe River.
The natural trail on the plains. After continuous excavation and construction during the Tang Dynasty and Yao's time, it eventually became a major commercial road, and Anyi also became the imperial capital of Yao, Shun, and Yu.
It is also the birthplace of Xia and Shang.
During the reign of Wu Ding, Fu Yue, the first sage in China, invented the block-building technique when he was building the Yuban Ancient Road in Yuyan, and it was reused by the King of Shang, which led to the historical "Wuding Zhongxing". Later, due to the large amount of salt transported from Hedong to the south, passing through "
"Yu State", so the ancients called the section from the north entrance of Zhongtiao Mountain to the Yellow River ferry the Yuban Salt Road.
Among the Yuban Road, the most important one is Suoyang Pass!
Suoyang Pass is the narrowest point of the ancient salt road of Yuban Road. It is an important military pass built on cliffs and deep ravines.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Suoyang Pass was the dividing line between the Yu State and the Jin State. Later, Duke Xian of Jin used the route of Yuban to attack the Guo State and destroyed the Yu State, leaving behind idioms such as "Fake Yu to attack Guo", which has always been suggested today,
That is to raid Suoyang Pass and march to Yusaka Road!
If this strategy is successful, once they break through Suoyang Pass, they can move to Heluo and there is even a chance to directly block Cao Cao on Zhongtiao Mountain!
Even if this strategy fails, it can pull Cao's army back and force him to divide his troops to garrison Suoyang Pass, thereby weakening the strength of Cao's army camp in Zhongtiao Mountain and laying the foundation for Fei Qian's frontal attack on Zhongtiao Mountain camp in the next stage!
This strategy has always been about taking risks and going off the beaten path.
This may be related to the fact that I have always been wandering.
Obviously, the key to this strategy is to occupy Suoyang Pass.
After occupying Suoyang Pass on Yuban Road, even if Heluo is not conquered, he can still return to Hedong to continue fighting with Cao Jun. In this way, the risk will not be very great, it will not cause too much damage, and it will be more
The important thing is to mobilize Cao's army!
Even if they don't take any action after taking the Suoyang Pass, Cao Jun will have to be led by the nose. Not only will there be an extra window to attack Cao Jun, but he may even directly threaten Cao Jun's rear chrysanthemum.
Xu Chu said very directly that this strategy was good, but the risk was too high.
But there is always a reason.
He always said that the purpose of the Hussar general attacking Cao Cao was for Cao Cao? After defeating Cao Cao, what next?
Such a simple question made both Xu Chu and Sima Yi think deeply.
Cao Cao is not the end, and the world may be regarded as a temporary end. If the Hussars want to conquer the world in the end, isn't Heluo, which is located in the world, not important? Occupying the land of Heluo can be regarded as gaining Heluo? Therefore, Cao Jun
Will you give up the land of Heluo easily?
It has always been said categorically, "The Cao thieves must be relocating the people of Heluo now!"
Cao's army will be defeated sooner or later, but the people of Heluo will bear the consequences sooner or later...
Before Dong Zhuo, Heluo was the capital of the world and the most prosperous and prosperous area in the Han Dynasty. But now, after experiencing several catastrophes, it has been reduced to a street stall, where anyone can take advantage of it.
The expedition to Suoyang Pass at Yuban Road can at least give the people of Heluo some hope. If the Hussars take over Heluo in the future, the people of Heluo will more or less inherit this friendship.
Moreover, although Yu Ban Dao is said to be a sideways sword, it is also very powerful. If Yu Ban Dao is really obtained, even if Cao Cao is not besieged, the cavalry can be quickly thrown into the Heluo battlefield through Yu Ban Dao, and they can even fight all the way to Yanzhou and Yuzhou
, just ask people in Shandong if they are afraid?!
At that time, even if Cao Cao is in Zhongtiao Mountain or retreats to the Tongguan camp, he will be like duckweed without roots. No matter how many soldiers he has, how can he defend it?
Sima Yi listened all the time and made some comments before he was halfway through. When he finished speaking, Xu Chu even felt a little moved by what he heard, and then he slowly said: "Captain Cong... so your surname is not Cong, right? He is from Heluo."
?』
Ji Chang was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "To be honest with you three, I am from Heluo. What is my original surname... I don't mind mentioning it."
Sima Yi nodded, "In that case, we might as well attack in three directions."
"Three routes?" Xu Chu asked, "Where did we get so many people?"
Sima Yi smiled and said, "I will return to Puban immediately and lead the original troops to the east route with Hao Bodao. General Xu and Lieutenant Li will remain in the middle route. They only need to divide some troops and horses, and let the captain lead the partial army to Yuban Road."
On the west route, the troops are not in numbers, but in reality. If the illusion can be broken, then the illusion becomes reality! Three days later, the beacon will be the signal, and we will attack together!"
Xu Chu frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's it!"
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Youzhou.
Yanshan battlefield.
Because of Huang Si's on-the-spot escape, the originally planned second line of defense collapsed. Zhang He quickly led his troops to occupy the two counties of Qixi and Guangping, and stopped for a while to make some adjustments and contact Zhao Yun's headquarters.
Of course, if Zhang He desperately pursued and killed him at this time, he could catch up with the fleeing Cao Chun and kill or capture him before entering Yuyang City, which would greatly speed up the progress of the Youzhou battle.
It's a pity that Zhang He didn't have the eyes of God, nor the keyboard and claws of a keyboard warrior, so he chose a safer way to consolidate the route he had obtained and wait for the follow-up.
Zhao Yun led most of the Chinese army through the Gubeikou Mountain Road of Yanshan Mountain, gathered with Zhang He's troops, advanced to the foot of Yuyang City, and launched an attack on Yuyang.
In the entire Youzhou, there were only three key points where Cao's army was stationed, Yuyang, Jixian, and Yijing.
Although Gongsun had been destroyed in the Liaodong area, Cao Jun only sent a few troops to guard and declare sovereignty, and there were not many men.
Yuyang and Jixian can be regarded as the focus of the entire Youzhou, while Yijing is relatively remote. As a support and reserve force, it also shoulders the responsibility of transporting grain and grass from Jizhou to Youzhou and transferring baggage.
After Cao Chun's attempt to march into the desert failed last year, he used the whole winter to strengthen the defenses in Youzhou. Especially in Yuyang, he deployed a lot of heavy-duty defense equipment and accumulated a large amount of food, grass and baggage. This also provided Cao Chun with the opportunity to strengthen his defense in Yuyang.
Yangcheng, create certain favorable conditions.
Zhao Yun launched several tentative attacks, but due to Yuyang's well-prepared defense and the large number of heavy defensive equipment, he lost some men and horses, so he could only temporarily stop the attack and besiege the city to wait for a turn.
Zhao Yun himself led an army of 10,000 to block Yuyang, and sent Zhang He with 5,000 cavalry to move outside Yuyang City.
In this way, Zhao Yun divided the army into two parts. One part went from Yuyang through Qianxi and Guangping to the Gubeikou area to ensure the safety of the army's food routes and back roads; the other part was led by Zhang He
Then, they broke into pieces and formed a team of a hundred cavalry, which appeared day and night in the hills and fields between Yuyang and Jixian. They frequently attacked Cao Jun's grain transport team and the camps set up by Cao Jun, making Cao Jun's soldiers fearful and exhausted.
Morale is becoming increasingly low.
At the same time, the troops near Yuyang were not idle. They were catching the tail of autumn, cutting down trees, building siege equipment, pounding rocks, and making stone bullets.
Cao Chun in Yuyang City also saw Zhao Yun's move to build a catapult.
Someone suggested sending troops to destroy the place where Zhao Yun made catapults and delay the progress of Zhao Yun's siege equipment. Cao Chun was a little tempted at first, but seeing that Zhao Yun's cavalry was always on standby on the battlefield, he finally gave up the idea.
idea.
Organizing a death squad can be done once or twice, but it cannot be done over and over again.
An army without faith cannot even organize a death squad, and can only indulge in pornography in movies and TV shows.
Of course Cao Chun could organize a suicide squad charge and carry kerosene for a suicidal attack, but by destroying Zhao Yun's construction site for manufacturing siege equipment, could he change the entire course of the battle?
Obviously impossible.
In the midst of hesitation and hesitation, Cao Jun watched Zhao Yun set up a catapult position under Yuyang City...
When Zhao Yun's catapults were erected at the foot of Yuyang City, Cao Chuncai suddenly discovered that these catapults seemed to be one size larger?!
There are not many catapults under the city, but they are arranged neatly. Especially compared with the catapults on the top of Yuyang City, they seem to be more "robust"...
Sorry, Cao Chun doesn't understand what diameter is, nor what a sling is, let alone understands the principle of leverage, but just look at this...
Cao Chun looked at the bottom of the city, and then turned to look at the top of the city. He felt like his own little witch had met a big witch!
Far below the city, in addition to some horses, you can also see some cavalry who have temporarily formed a few war horses into carriages and are driving and dragging the baggage carts to transport stone bullets.
The war horses have a bad temper and don't like to do such heavy and hard work, so they have to be coaxed by the cavalry master and give sweet words from time to time. Even so, it is only temporary. The main transportation force is brought by Zhao Yun from northern Xinjiang. Some long-haired horses are working hard, trying not to be sweet and tugging hard.
However, these horses are also responsible for transporting supplies back and forth from outside Gubeikou. The transportation capacity is currently insufficient, so Zhao Yun mobilized some war horses to quickly replenish the transportation capacity and ensure the transportation of stone bullets.
"Where are our stone cannons?" Cao Chun shouted, "Smash them for me!"
The leader in charge of the catapult on the side lowered his head, "General, this... this is too far, it can't be hit..."
"Can't hit it?" Cao Chun was a little dazed, and even gestured, "What do you mean? We are on top of the city, and we can't hit it when we go down..."
The leader looked mournful and pointed at the remains of some stone bullets under the city, "General, look, those are the stone bullets we threw out two days ago... The furthest ones are over there... and there they are..."
"What?" Cao Chun stared wide-eyed, "Why? Could it be that Zhao Zilong attacked just to know our range?! No, no! Since we can't hit these stone cannons, then these stone cannons can't hit them either. We are here! Right?』
The leader was still crying, silent, and didn't answer.
In fact, at the beginning, when he first saw the prototype of Zhao Yun's construction, he knew that the situation was not good. He suggested to Cao Chun to raid Zhao Yun's construction workshop, but unfortunately Cao Chun felt that it was unnecessary. But he couldn't say These stone cannons and catapults of Cao Jun are all inferior goods...
After all, Cao Jun's standardization process could not be achieved in one day. Therefore, during the manufacturing process of Cao Jun's catapult, the parts were slightly different here and that part was slightly different. Naturally, the differences were quite a bit different at the end of the assembly.
Cao Chun was still about to say something, but suddenly he heard the sound of horns and the sound of golden drums outside the city. It was like a violent hurricane passing through Yuyang City, shaking the earth and the earth.
"They're going to throw stones!"
"Get out of the way!"
The warning golden gong seemed to be trembling.
The sound of war drums and horns outside the city became more and more fierce, as if they were about to burst open the Yuyang City Gate.
Yuyang City shuddered in the torrent of sound and groaned in the impact.
The sound of the drums became more intense, like a mountain collapsing and the earth cracking.
With the sound of war drums, stone bullets rose into the air, and the sharp sound of friction against the air sounded like a mockery of Yuyang City.
These stone bullets rushed into the sky, and then slowly rose to the highest level under the eyes of everyone, turning into a small black spot. Then they fell from the sky like thunder and hit Yuyang hard. city!
"boom!"
"Boom! Boom!"
All the meteors crashed into Yuyang City.
The walls of Yuyang City trembled and shook at this moment, like a wounded beast, letting out a shrill howl.
The gate tower at the top of Yuyang City was the first to bear the brunt and suffered a devastating blow.
The stone bullets falling from the sky carried huge kinetic and potential energy, easily penetrated the roof of the city gate tower, and destroyed the beams and columns. Soon the city gate tower was creaking and creaking amid bricks, wood, and gravel flying all over the sky.
Screaming, and finally collapsed.
In Yuyang City, the temporarily installed horse face cannot withstand the attack of stone bullets because of its weak supporting points and insufficient thickness. As long as it is hit by three or two rounds, it will shake and then interact with the next stone bullet.
The bullets fell together under the city.
The tools, items, and shacks stacked on top of the city were all made of wood, so they were basically vulnerable. As long as they were hit by stone bullets, they would basically break apart, fly around, and turn into scattered wood.
The only thing that can hold on is the city wall of Yuyang.
However, even though Cao Chun repaired many of the war-torn outer walls, the structure is no longer complete. Under the bombardment of stone bullets, large chunks of the blue bricks of many outer walls collapsed and fell off, exposing the
The rammed earth layer that has penetrated the inner core is like a gaping wound.
As a position that has been responsible for resisting foreign invasion from the north since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Yuyang's city wall is almost the pinnacle work of this era. The rammed earth is strong and the stones are neat. Even after experiencing wind, frost, rain, snow, and war, this Yuyang's city wall is still the pinnacle of this era.
The city wall is still trying its best to protect all living things within the city wall, just like a mother instinctively protecting her child with her arms, no matter whether the child is well-behaved or naughty, stupid or smart, even if it is scarred and dripping with blood
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"Counterattack!" Cao Chun hid under the battlements of the city wall and grabbed the leader of the catapult. "We are going to fight back! Do you hear me?! You have to fight back no matter what! Otherwise I will chop off your head first!"
The leader said with a sad face, "General! I, I... If you want to change to lighter stone bullets, maybe you can throw them farther..."
"Then go quickly!" Cao Chun shouted.
While the catapults outside the city were loading the second round of stone bombs, the leader scurried away with his head in his arms, rolling and crawling away.
Cao Chun was lying on the edge of the battlement, half of his head exposed, looking at the busy hussars in the distance outside the city, feeling chills in his heart...