"Although the enemy forces in the Guidi area are a little troublesome, they can't stop us for long."
Looking at the battle ahead that was coming to an end, Sun Jian didn't feel much relaxed on his face.
"But if it is to delay time, it is not bad at this level. At least half a day has passed."
Cao Cao seemed to see what the other party was thinking, but so what, the first battle in the pursuit had such a result. Although it was indeed a tactical victory, strategically... well, if you don't see
Those empty and righteous slogans, the two people who originally wanted to earn political capital through fighting were not too disappointed with this result.
"However, the performance of General Xiahou Yuan of your army is really surprising. His performance last time was not so strong. It seems that General Xiahou has learned a lot during this period, so he has improved his strength.
Let’s make a breakthrough.”
Sun Jian's admiration at this moment was not entirely complimentary, because Xiahou Dun's performance just now was completely worthy of such praise.
In this battle, the enemy originally had a terrain advantage. At the natural valley entrance in the Guodi area, except for some slightly flat terrain at the bottom of the mountain in the middle, the remaining mountains were either inconvenient for movement or not conducive to movement.
The wasteland where the cavalry attacked. Not to mention that there were some bandits ambushed on the rocks and cliffs on both sides.
It can be said that under such special terrain, Dong Zhuo did not deploy any very powerful troops, just some light infantry, archers and bandits, and here
There is no pass that can be relied upon for defense, but it is enough to make it extremely difficult for the troops who want to pass here.
Even Cao Cao and Sun Jian felt that if it wasn't the two of them, but the guys in the coalition who were directing the conversation, maybe it wouldn't be unusual for Dong Zhuo's soldiers here to still be alive and kicking even after ten days and a half.
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Maybe because of the massive experience gained, these soldiers who were originally like abandoned pawns could be trained into powerful elite soldiers.
That is perhaps the biggest joke and tragedy.
Such a situation did not occur at all. Even at this time, Cao and Sun still wanted to thank those guys who were afraid to move forward.
At least now Cao and Sun's armies don't need to face teammates who are like pigs when facing opponents who are like gods.
The offensive and defensive battle went very poorly at the beginning. Sun Jian's army, which was the first to enter the battle, could not inflict enough damage to the enemy on a small attack surface. This allowed the enemy to calmly rotate soldiers. Moreover, because of the enemy's guard general's solid defense, Sun Jian's army was unable to do enough damage to the enemy.
Several provocations by Sun Jianjun were all in vain. It can be said that most of the delayed time was wasted by Sun Jianjun.
The offensive effect on the flanks was not obvious either.
The bandit troops that Dong Zhuo brought were obviously a group of quite annoying guys. Their number may not be large, but their presence completely turned the situation on the flanks towards Dong Zhuo's army.
In response to the opponent's seemingly endless tactics of rolling rocks and falling rocks, plus the archers shooting a few arrows from time to time, Sun Jian's army could not inflict much damage to the enemy on the ridge except for paying a lot of damage and a lot of battle losses.
Battle losses thus change the trend of the battlefield.
Sun Jian had actually expected such a situation. After all, although the new army under his command was already a carefully selected elite, the time to form an army was limited after all. Unlike the previous army that accompanied him all over the country, especially in Jingzhou,
There is still a considerable gap between the number of elite troops entering and leaving the mountains in the south. This is also the fundamental reason for the deadlock between the two sides.
The strength of the opponent's troops is not very strong, so as long as Sun Jian's army as the attacker is properly organized, the battle damage will be at a very slight level, so Sun Jian is happy to waste a little time on training.
The real turning point of the battle occurred after Cao Cao's army entered the battlefield.
Xiahou Dun led the cavalry troops to attack the troops at Taniguchi on the front battlefield, while Xiahou Yuan led the archers to support the rear. These two people, together with the troops led by Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, became the main force on the front battlefield. But at this time they
The main goal is no longer to break through the defenses at Taniguchi, but to contain the troops at Taniguchi so that they cannot assist other places.
At the same time, Cao Ren led Li Dian and led the main force of Cao Cao's army to move from the flank, trying to open a breakthrough from the ridge, and finally achieved a two-sided attack on Taniguchi's troops. In other words, the key to the decisive victory lies in whether a flank breakthrough can be achieved.
"It's a pity that almost all the most elite troops of Sun Jian's army were lost in previous battles. Otherwise, I would like to compare with those people to see who is more powerful, those southerners, or our northern Bingzhou army.
One chip."
Although he is now Cao Cao's most trusted subordinate, Cao Ren is still full of nostalgia for his more than five years in the Bingzhou Army. After all, it was there that he truly transformed from a boy who never grew up into a responsible man.
Although it cannot be compared with the terrain of Jingnan where the mountains are connected to the jungle, and the jungle is surrounded by mountains, Bingzhou is also a mountainous place, whether it is Shangjun, which has been recovered by Lu Zhi, or where Cao Ren once stayed.
Xihe County and Yanmen County both have mountainous and wasteland terrain, so Cao Ren is no stranger to mountain warfare.
No, for Cao Ren, who aspires to become a famous general, what he wants is not just understanding, but mastery.
You must know that there is no shortage of experts in mountain warfare among the Bingzhou Army. Whether it is Cao Ren's old friend Xu Chu, Cao Xing who was born in the mountains, and Gao Shun who came from a military family, they are all experts in mountain warfare, and they will not ask Cao Ren for advice.
How secretive, anyway, Cao Ren can always prepare generous enough gifts that the other party can't refuse (such as fine wine for Cao Xing or military documents for Gao Shun), and the mountainous terrain of Bingzhou can also give Cao Ren enough gifts.
Opportunities for practice.
Now it's time for Cao Ren to show off his skills.
"The former army will follow the plan and act according to the action route I told you. No private changes are allowed, no private attacks are allowed, and the law enforcement team will kill the offenders immediately! The Chinese army follows the front army and is ready to replace the gap in the front army at any time. Concentrate on it.
Force, if the movement is slow, the soldiers at the back will immediately fill in after killing the soldiers in front! The archers at the back will follow the central army. They are not allowed to act without permission without an order to open their bows. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed immediately by the law enforcement team! We
purpose
The first goal is to occupy the ridge and open up a passage for the troops behind. The second mission is to reach the western area of Guodi to complete the encirclement. Apart from this, there are no other combat goals, so don't listen to the instigation of those guys on the mountain.
Just turn a deaf ear to those words. As long as the above two goals are achieved, we will have plenty of time to deal with those idiots after the war. However, if there are still people who disobey military orders, then don't blame the law enforcement team for being ruthless!"
Cao Ren, who had a serious look on his face, continued to spit out harsh military laws. The rapid frequency even gave others a strange illusion. The general was not preparing for the next battle, but thinking about how to deal with his soldiers.
. Just like the kind of demon king who kills people without batting an eyelid, and he will hug each other with freshly baked and warm entrails on the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
Of course, such an idea is indeed an illusion.
Although it sounded very harsh, the soldiers in front of him didn't have any trouble at all.
After getting along for a long time, the soldiers naturally understood that their boss was indeed a very strict general when doing business. Not only did he set very high training standards, but if he could not complete it, he would be subjected to various measures.
The level of punishment is severe. If you violate military orders even slightly during combat, you may be punished with a stick, or you will definitely lose your life.
However, this approach surprisingly did not cause much backlash, and it also kept Cao Ren's prestige high among Cao Cao's troops.
Because, in ordinary days, Cao Ren would be completely different and very caring to his subordinates. He was not completely unkind. As long as things did not involve laws and regulations, he was not difficult to talk to. He even had a considerable sense of humor. Especially.
He is quite generous to his subordinates, whether in terms of merit, life, or even daily training.
It should be said that Cao Ren inherited many of the traditions formed by Li Shushi's Bingzhou Army to some extent, and added his own unique personality, eventually becoming such a unique Cao Zixiao. Coupled with his excellent martial arts, he also has
The title of "Ghost".
Cao Ren's troops attacked the ridge at the limit of the various strategies that the bandits could use, which greatly restricted the role of those bandits. The rest, whether it was rolling stones, rolling wood or attacking with bows and arrows,
The damage that can be caused under the orderly board has been reduced to the minimum.
Faced with this fighting style of not greedy for merit, not advancing rashly, not being distracted, and moving forward step by step, the enemy on the ridge obviously had no good solution. What's more important is that Cao Ren is not fighting alone.
On the road he opened, the coalition soldiers were advancing continuously, and they were even able to divide their forces to deal with the bandits who were ambushing in higher and more dangerous places.
Even though the soldiers of the coalition were not as slippery as the bandits in the mountains and forests, the role of the bandits in this battle was completely eliminated. For those bandits, they had already left the battle early.
If Cao Ren's side only brought glory to Cao Cao and made Sun Jian lament the excellence of Cao's generals, then Xiahou Dun, whose main goal was to contain the enemy on the frontal battlefield, gave both Cao and Sun a big surprise.
"Come on, come on! Who else dares to fight against me, Xia Hou Yuanrang, I haven't even finished my warm-up yet!"
We don’t care what kind of existence Xiahou Dun is in other time and space. At least in this plane, this man is an expert with a force potential of 98. In other words, based on force potential alone, Li Shushi knows no one who can surpass him.
more than one
Among them were Lu Bu, Dian Wei and Zhang Fei, plus the imperial master Wang Yue, whom Li Shushi only learned about later. Xu Chu was on par with them. As for Tong Yuan, who had become a man of old age, or Zilong Jiang, who shot out like a dragon, they were the same.
Just past 90, the other one is still spinning at 96.
It's just like Lu Bu before. If it depends entirely on personal understanding, it won't be a problem, but it will take a long time. Even though Xiahou Dun may be much better than Lu Bu at the starting point, no matter in terms of age or the cruelty of the war he has experienced,
The level is far inferior to that of Lu Bu, so he has potential but cannot fully realize it.
It was not until after the battle with Wang Yue, after that life-and-death experience, that what had been accumulated in the body really began to be absorbed and understood by the body. It even became the most profitable in that battle at that time.
After all, Cheng Pu was limited by his qualifications, while Zhang Fei lacked enough guidance, and many things were still based on wild ideas.
Perhaps limited by the gap in their own levels, the combat effectiveness of the entire unit may not be able to achieve a crushing effect. However, if the battle is switched to using the general's personal force to decapitate enemy commanders, even if it fails, the enemy's force will be seriously reduced.
A model like morale has produced unexpectedly good results.
After all, they were not facing an elite force that had been on the battlefield for a long time. If they had not gained an advantage against Sun Jian's army before, their morale was greatly boosted and they showed super-level strength. Even if they occupied favorable terrain, they would actually be unable to compete with them.
The troops under Cao Sun resisted for such a long time. But Xiahou Dun just
Like a steel needle, it vented the enemy's balloon-like momentum. Without the bonus of morale, the defenders who were even hit by Xiahou Dun's astonishing "celestial being" performance not only suffered a huge loss in performance.
, even Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, who were more experienced in the battlefield, took advantage of the situation and were defeated one after another.
When Cao Ren led his troops to occupy the ridge and was about to start outflanking the defenders' retreat, the Guadi defenders who could no longer hold on finally began to collapse. The first battle that took place in the pursuit of Dong Zhuo was basically the same.
It can be declared over.
Naturally, it was impossible for Cao Sun to stay here to capture prisoners and pursue the remaining soldiers. After all, their main target was Dong Zhuo.
Even if it's a show, it's still a full set.
After passing Mianchi, the next important place is Shaanxian County. It is also a very dangerous place, and even more advantageous than Mianchi is that among the rolling mountains, there is a small but extremely conspicuous
The city occupies the center of the official road. On the other side is the rolling Yellow River. The most famous Maojin Ferry from Hongnong to Hedong is not far northeast of Shaanxian County.
Looking at the banner with the word "Dong" flying on the county seat of Shaanxi County, Cao Cao and Sun Jian looked at each other, knowing that there would be another tough battle soon.
"This...what does this mean...you are trying to tease us, but you still want to laugh at us."
The battle that took place in Shaanxi County was also not very serious, because the troops stationed in the county seat of Shaanxian County did not even have more than a thousand people. In total, they were only about four tuns (about 800 people) of light infantry and two tuns of archers.
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It was Sun Jianjun's troops who performed brilliantly this time.
Although the county seat of Shaanxian County is in a relatively dangerous place, surprisingly the height of the city wall is not very high. Probably because it is in a relatively stable area, there is no need for towering city walls for protection, so the government does not need to
The main funds were invested in the repair and reinforcement of the city wall, which ultimately resulted in the city wall in Shaanxi County being less than two feet high.
It's okay that the city wall is not high, but the wall is also very bumpy, which is very easy to climb. In addition, there are not enough soldiers in the city for defense, so the pressure on Sun Jian's army who is attacking the city is very small.
With just a tentative attack and a formal attack with a slightly stronger attack intensity, the defenders in the city were already unable to withstand it. Although the Xiliang veteran, as the defender of Shaanxi City, wanted to resist for a while longer, he was unable to do so.
insufficient.
Even Cao Cao's troops needed to be dispatched for this battle, let alone the troops "sponsored" by his allies.
In fact, in the eyes of many people, this pursuit of Dong Zhuo has become a bit like an outing in the wild.
Of course, some generals who want to perform well to improve their status in the eyes of their lord have already begun to think about how to attack. After all, it doesn't seem to be very strong and there doesn't seem to be much risk. It's really an excellent choice.
What an opportunity.
Therefore, when the troops left the county town of Shaanxian and aimed directly at Hongnong City west of Zhushui, Cao Cao and Sun Jian were cautious and kept sending scouts to explore the nearby mountains and forests for fear of encountering an ambush.
He began to express his dissatisfaction to the two men and believed that he should speed up and move forward lightly, striving to catch up with Dong Zhuo as soon as possible and achieve success in one fell swoop.
Regarding the actions of these people, both Cao Cao and Sun Jian sneered in their hearts, and even hoped that Dong Zhuojun would jump out and deal with them. However, they were worried about Yuan Shao, the leader and good friend of the alliance, and Yuan Shao, who was also an ally.
The higher-ups were a little too petty to save Yuan Shu's face, so the two of them did not dare to really regard the two troops sent as vanguards to go to the mines and die.
"How does Meng De feel about those guys?"
"Li Shushi once said in the past: 'If you are not afraid of opponents who are like gods, you are afraid of teammates who are like pigs.' Now I feel the pain."
However, the speed of the pursuit force finally accelerated a lot. After all, no trace of the ambush was found after many inspections, which made the two commanders of the pursuit force have some doubts: Did Dong Zhuo really just want to withdraw?
At most, he only left some troops to harass, while he led the large troops to advance at full speed.
This idea is not surprising. After all, before Dong Zhuo left Luoyang, the population and wealth in Luoyang City had been basically transferred to the Sanfu area. The people who followed him when he evacuated Luoyang this time were all his soldiers, unless Dong Zhuo also planned to stop by.
Something was going on along the way, otherwise Dong Zhuo's army would be marching slower than their pursuing force, but it wouldn't be much slower.
The most important thing is, as mentioned before, as long as Dong Zhuo's army crosses Tongguan, it will be difficult for Cao and Sun to cause any greater battle damage to Dong Zhuo's army, even if they have all kinds of abilities, and depending on the time, Dong Zhuo should almost arrive.
place.
It was precisely because of this judgment that the two men finally boldly issued the order for the entire army to march at full speed.
As a result, when they crossed the Zhushui River, they "caught up" with Dong Zhuojun's rear troops.
Suddenly, the morale of the pursuing troops soared, but Cao Cao, Sun Jian and several generals who were good at thinking under them all showed subtle expressions.
Something seems not quite right about the situation. (To be continued...)