Cao Cao met the enemy from the front, and it was naturally Cao Hong who led his soldiers to bypass the attack.
As the most important and most trusted general under Cao Cao, Cao Hong has been known for being fierce, good at fighting, loyal and courageous since he established his position as a general. Therefore, even Cao Hong has some problems of one kind or another, and even Cao Pi is a little greedy for money. Even though I hate him, I still can't deny Cao Hong's contribution to the foundation of the Cao family.
It is not that Cao Hong is not afraid of death, and his military strategies may not surpass other generals at the same time, but as Cao Cao's number one thug, he will still not waver even if he is covered in wounds and killed like a bloody gourd. His loyalty to Cao Cao.
Such a general naturally reassures Cao Cao and convinces other military schools.
After Cao Zhang and Liu Fu were defeated, Cao Hong cooperated with Cao Cao and became the mainstay of Cao's army in resisting the Hussars' attack.
From the first moment he was attacked by the hussars, Cao Hong led his soldiers to fight with Zhu Ling and Ma Yue, and has been resisting until now. When one position was captured by the hussars, he led his soldiers to retreat to the next one. Positional resistance.
Throughout the day, although Zhu Ling and Ma Yue attacked very hard, with Cao Hong's support and even going to the front line to fight in person, Cao's soldiers tried their best to resist at every position.
It is precisely because of Cao Hong's presence that the Hussars' attack momentum, even with Zhu Ling and Ma Yue's repeated forward advances, was still very difficult. Every step forward cost blood.
The fierce battle has reached such an extent that even if Cao Hong is not injured, even if he is not injured, not everyone can withstand such a high-intensity battle. Cao Hong is now killing with swords and armor broken, and his voice has been broken by shouting. Now every time I yell out a military order, I feel like my throat is being cut with a knife.
However, Cao's army had an "advantage", or in other words, a helpless "advantage", that is, Cao's army was tired of men, while the hussars were tired of horses.
Humans are more resistant to fatigue than cows and horses!
This is why ancient feudal dynasties liked to raise more slaves and use less cattle and horses.
Cows and horses are more delicate than humans.
On the battlefield, there is everything.
In addition to corpses, maybe a broken blade can force a war horse to withdraw from the battle sequence, but a person can still fight even if he is cut by a knife.
Cao Hong was also slashed several times, his body was wounded and still oozing with blood, but he still used his last strength to resist the attacks of the hussars again and again.
The endurance of the Hussars' horses is obviously not as good as human endurance. After all, the previous battles of the Hussars' cavalry were famous for their swiftness and bravery, and they were not won by protracted resistance. On the contrary, Cao's soldiers faced the positional battle between the two armies. How to preserve and restore as much as possible in the flesh and blood grinding mill requires more experience than the Hussars.
Whether they are conquering the Western Qiang or attacking the Western Regions, the hussars are as fast as the wind and as fierce as fire, just like the strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves. Very few of them have experienced long battles, and these soldiers led by Cao Cao and Cao Hong were all those who fought during the war. The old soldiers who survived the battle between the two Yuan Dynasties. In so many battles between the princes of the Central Plains, Cao Jun was once at a disadvantage, but he still persisted. The resilience of these elite Cao Jun soldiers has been tempered many times in these battles. Compared with The hussars that fought in the northwest were much stronger in toughness.
Of course, the only core troops of Cao's army are Cao Cao and Cao Hong, together with these veterans.
Veterans will eventually grow old slowly, and it is foreseeable that the combat effectiveness of the two sides will become more and more disparate in the future, but now, Cao Hong has indeed blocked the flank attack of the Hussars. In such a desperate situation, after all, Cao Hong's Qingzhou soldiers
They were the soldiers and horses tempered by the Han Dynasty's current field troops in the Central Plains, and they finally showed their bloody fire. Zhu Lingma Yue fought fiercely for a whole day, but only managed to repel Cao Hong step by step, but could not completely defeat him.
Line after line, they resisted until the end before giving up. Each fortification had to wait until it was captured by the Hussars before they retreated. During the day, they were somewhat afraid of the long-range weapons of the Hussars and did not dare to go beyond the defenses.
The system came to fight. At night, because the long-range shooting efficiency of both sides declined, Cao Jun even sent a small team to sneak attack Ma Yue Zhu Ling's troops in reverse!
The two sides fought in a melee in the night, and the shouts of killing shook the heaven and the earth. It seemed that the stars in the sky were shaken by the sound of fighting.
Cao Cao and other generals and military academies all knew that this battle was an opportunity for the morale of both sides to wax and wane. If they could take advantage of the opportunity to mourn the troops and survive the hussar attack, there would be a glimmer of hope in the future.
If we don't get over it, freedom will collapse and fall.
Similarly, Pang Tong, Zhang Liao, Ma Yue, Zhu Ling and others also knew that Cao's army was in such a state of mourning that it would not be able to sustain it for long. If Cao's army could be defeated this time, then Cao's army would no longer have the ability to fight on a large scale and would march in the future.
In the Central Plains, as soon as Fei Qian arrives with the soldiers from Hedong, it will be like a great river, unstoppable!
Both sides have reasons and persistence to win, so the fight becomes even more brutal.
The smell of blood permeated the entire battlefield, and everything around was enveloped in the deafening sound of golden drums shouting for death.
Another assault by the hussars was repulsed.
Cao Hong's armor was stained with flesh and blood. He ignored the arrows that were still whizzing past him, jumped on a slightly crooked horse and looked around, looking at the battlefield that seemed to have turned into the Asura Hell.
The hussar horses, along the flanks of the plateau, were like a long snake, rolling and stretching their bodies, winding towards Cao Jun, seemingly endless!
Cao Hong took a deep breath, sat down on the horse, threw aside the sword that had cut out large and small gaps in his hand, and said to the guard: "Here comes the sword!"
The guard handed over his sword. Cao Hong shook his hands, wrapped the sword around his hand again, and said: "Now the hussar soldiers see my flag here and know I am here... What do you think they will do next?"
What to do?』
The guard also found a sword from the ground that someone had thrown away. He looked at the gap in the knife under the firelight and saw that it was still usable. "Of course, a large team of people must be sent to rush here!"
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"That's right!" Cao Hong laughed, but he didn't know that it affected the wound there and turned it into a breath, "If they want to kill here, they will definitely ignore it! This is our opportunity!"
Cao Hong jumped down from his horse, raised the sword in his hand, and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Men! The Hussars Brigade is coming! As long as you can survive, every one of you will be rewarded with ten thousand gold!"
A hussar’s head, plus ten thousand gold! I won’t take any of what the lord gave me, I’ll give it all to you! If the reward is not enough, I will make up for it even if I sell my property!”
Cao's soldiers who were guarding along the Juma trench heard this and made some noise to give Cao Hong some face.
Cao Hong was a little embarrassed.
An old soldier from Qingzhou leaned against the trench and said to Cao Hong: "General Cao! If you don't retreat, our brothers will not retreat! Let's wait until we survive to talk about rewards or anything like that! We came from Shandong, and we felt like this all the way.
The beating was a bit cowardly! Today’s killing was a blast!』
Cao Hong was not annoyed when the old soldier contradicted him. Instead, he shook his sword at the old soldier and said, "Good man! Let's compare who can kill more in today's battle!"
These Qingzhou soldiers, perhaps since they left their hometown and followed Cao Cao to fight everywhere, there was only one thing left in their lives, fighting.
There are no generals among the Qingzhou soldiers.
In other words, there are no generals who came from the Qingzhou soldiers themselves.
They have no spokesperson.
Not one!
This was naturally Cao Cao's intention.
What? His surname is Zang? That's Taishan Soldier. Moreover, Zang Ba and others' distrust of Cao Cao is precisely caused by Cao Cao's attitude and management methods towards Qingzhou Soldier.
Cao Cao only needs the Qingzhou soldiers as war machines and tough soldiers on the battlefield, but he does not want the Qingzhou soldiers to have their own ideas. Therefore, no middle-level military academies have been produced among the Qingzhou soldiers. All Qingzhou soldiers are directly led by Cao Cao and those whom Cao Cao trusts the most.
Led by several generals.
Under such circumstances, the military discipline of Qingzhou soldiers will naturally not be good.
Qingzhou soldiers have no tomorrow, they only have today.
Kill alive, lie down dead, it's that simple.
As for the original leaders of the Qingzhou soldiers, they were all captured and killed by Cao Cao.
The use of the word "bird" illustrates Cao Cao's attitude towards the original military academy leader of the Qingzhou soldiers.
In addition, Cao Cao not only controlled the Qingzhou soldiers, but also controlled the families of these Qingzhou soldiers. Most of the Qingzhou soldiers in the villages were family members of the Qingzhou soldiers, so in a sense, these Qingzhou soldiers were equivalent to Cao Cao himself.
Private soldiers.
After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi's ability would be just like that, so the Qingzhou soldiers would definitely not be able to survive. Neither the nobles of Jizhou nor the powerful men of Yuzhou would allow Cao Pi to possess these soldiers like Cao Cao again, so they collapsed in chaos.
It has become inevitable and disappeared under the waves of history.
Now that Cao Cao is still there, the core of the Qingzhou soldiers is still stable. The morale of these Qingzhou veterans who have regarded themselves as dead people will not be very high, but they will not collapse to the point of being beyond control.
Cao Hong knew that the Qingzhou soldiers looked like this, so when he saw that the morale of these soldiers was not much broken, he came down from the trench, sat in the line, and asked the guards to bandage his wounds.
Some soldiers of Cao's army took advantage of the time before the hussars came up to repair the fortifications and defenses. Anyway, they could make up as much as they could.
Cao Hong watched the soldiers busy, and then he felt that every part of his body was in pain. He had no idea how many internal injuries there were on his body. The outer layer of the two layers of armor on his body was already somewhat tattered, and even the inner one was in tatters.
The armor also has some damage.
Cao Hong really wanted to lie down and have a good rest, but now he was almost supporting the flank core of the entire Qingzhou soldiers' front. He could sit down and rest, but he absolutely couldn't lie down, so he could only grab the shoulder of a guard and huff.
Screaming and enduring the pain, he asked the guards to bandage the wound more tightly.
In any case, Cao Jun did a good job in this battle.
Of course, Cao Cao's command was nothing to say. He mobilized his troops layer by layer and resisted step by step, consuming the hussars' offensive. Even under Zhang Liao's attack, he kept the line from collapsing. During the day, he was restricted by the hussars.
The cavalry of the army is fast
Because of their ability to counterattack quickly, they did not dare to use soldiers to intrude. Now at night, they began to send soldiers to throw iron caltrops and tie horse ropes around, so that the hussars could accidentally be attacked, which also relieved some of the pressure on the frontal battlefield.
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Pre-battle planning is a matter that tests the general's skills. Cao Cao is still very strong in this aspect. He not only maintains frontal resistance, but also pays attention to the changes in Cao Hong's place, and sends fresh troops from time to time to supplement Cao Hong's flanks.
This allowed Cao Jun's line to be maintained until now, and Cao Hong had the opportunity to adjust and rest between battles.
Cao Hong looked back at the position of the central army where Cao Cao was, and saw that Cao Cao's banner was still standing quietly in the light of the fire. He felt a little relieved. Cao Hong vaguely guessed that Cao Cao had moved the central army closer to the side of the river in order to
The navy that lured the Hussars to attack him was still unavoidable.
Although the Hussars Navy only has a few flat ships and more than ten fighting ships, it poses a great threat to Cao Cao and others. From Tongguan to Shaanxi, the Hussars Navy can not only destroy their pontoon bridges and cut off the connection between the north and south of the river, but also
At the same time, you can also cross their defense lines on land and transport soldiers directly to their rear, forming a multi-sided encirclement situation!
Therefore, if you want to break the deadlock and regain some initiative on the battlefield, you must first defeat the Hussars' naval forces!
This is similar to Liu Fu's previous plan, except that the trap designed by Liu Fu was not as attractive as Cao Cao, and the soldiers deployed were not sharp enough, and did not cause much damage to the hussars and navy.
, but was defeated by the hussars and navy's indiscriminate firing of artillery, bows and crossbows...
Now that Cao Cao's front has resisted Zhang Liao, and Cao Hong has resisted Zhu Ling and Ma Yue, if the Hussars want to break the deadlock, they will inevitably have to send out naval forces!
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Pang Tong looked at the battlefield in the distance and frowned deeply.
The tenacity shown by Cao Jun at the moment surprised Pang Tong.
This kind of war of attrition is obviously not a war model that Fei Qian is willing to accept, but why is it happening like this now?
Pang Tong vaguely had an answer in his mind...
They hit too fast!
Going fast has its benefits, but now the disadvantages of going fast are being revealed.
Whether it is grenades, rockets, or flamethrowers, they are all consumables.
Consumables mean that once you drink one cup, there may not be another cup.
From Guanzhong to Tongguan, with a transfer order, it will arrive and be shipped on the same day. It will take three days at the latest to reach the forbidden ditch in Tongguan and transport it directly to Tongguan using human power, which means it will take an extra day.
But after leaving Tongguan, the route was stretched...
The replenishment at the rear cannot keep up with the consumption of fierce fighting at the front.
Is this what Cao Cao expected before?
Fighting from day to night, no matter how high the morale of the hussars was, they could not avoid fatigue.
After all, people are not made of iron. Even if they are made of iron, they still need a little oil from time to time, right?
Moreover, this kind of life-and-death fight on the battlefield consumes a person's energy and physical strength almost several times, or even ten times more than during training. Although the hussars are well equipped with dry food, drinking water, and medical treatment, the soldiers who returned are
They can all get relatively basic care and protection, but the energy and physical exertion cannot be recovered by drinking a few drinks of water or eating a piece of cake...
Some of the hussars who retreated sat on the ground, took a few bites of biscuits, drank a little water, and then fell asleep, unable to wake up no matter how they screamed.
Although Pang Tong didn't understand what the aftereffects of adrenaline were, he also knew that the fatigue accumulated by the hussars after repeated battles was gradually showing up.
Starting from the attack on the Tongguan camp, they broke through several layers of defenses of the Tongguan camp in a few days, then broke through Yanxiang, and pursued Cao Zhang and Liu Fu until they ran into Cao Cao's troops. The Hussars had been fighting for a long time.
There is no good adjustment and rest.
This is not good...
Pang Tong also knew this, but before he ran into Cao Cao, everyone felt that they "should" and "could" just kill all the way to the Central Plains!
Pang Tong is not Feiqian.
He was able to control and command these generals not because of the charm of Pang Tong's fat chin, but because Pang Tong was authorized by Fei Qian. These generals actually obeyed the hussar general Fei Qian!
So if Fei Qian’s words and orders are all carried out 100% by these generals regardless of whether they understand or are convinced, then Pang Tong’s instructions on Fei Qian’s behalf will naturally be understood by those who can understand them, but I’m afraid those who can’t understand them will be 100%.
I feel 100% dissatisfied...
Pang Tong originally thought that this fatigue problem would be more obvious after the attack and defense areas in the Heluo area were expanded, and adjustments would be made at that time, as well as the arrangements for these generals, but he did not expect
Here it was detonated by Cao Cao in advance.
The Hussars are good at attacking, but Cao Jun is also good at defending!
As the attacking side, the Hussars do have the advantage of being able to concentrate their forces for assault, but for Cao's army, their defensive capabilities were also tempered in the flesh and blood of the Central Plains!
Especially these Qingzhou veterans!
These Qingzhou soldiers have poor military discipline and their training is worse than that of the Hussars. But there is one thing that is comparable to the Hussars. Even these Qingzhou soldiers are not afraid of death either!
Dare to fight! Dare to die!
Zhang Liao retreated. Even a brave general like Zhang Liao was still breathing heavily. He was devouring the food sent by the guards and said vaguely: "Your Majesty... brothers are tired... it is difficult to break through head-on."
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Pang Tong nodded, then pointed at the position of Cao Cao's army, "The old bandits' array is leaning towards the river... This is a flaw, but... I suspect it is also a trap..."
Zhang Liao looked in the direction of Pang Tong's finger, "The old thieves are cunning... Last time they wanted to sneak attack our navy, but they failed, and now they want to do it again?"
While the two were discussing, suddenly a messenger came in a hurry.