24. The general, the handsome to the handsome (middle)
The old general didn't know what was wrong with Sun Ce, and he didn't want to know.
"Ha!" He shouted softly and shook the spear out of Sun Ce's hand. Unfortunately, because the opponent's strength was too great, the old general failed to seize the opportunity to counterattack with this spear. Instead, he had to withdraw it slightly to prevent him from getting angry.
The numb hands regained their breath.
However, the old general only knew one thing. As a life-and-death enemy, he must "take advantage of his illness to kill him." Otherwise, if Sun Ce really solves his problems, the old general does not think that he has the possibility of defeating the opponent.
Yes, even if he has mastered the opponent's martial arts skills, facing the opponent's astonishing strength and dexterity, the experience and skills of the old general cannot take much advantage, and because of his age, his rapidly depleted physical strength is constantly eroding
Touching his body.
Even Tong Yuan, the former "King of Guns", almost exhausted himself and suffered cramps when he opened the gun in the battle against the Xianbei people a few years ago. If the enemy had not lost courage, Old Tong would have died.
The battlefield is over.
However, Sun Ce also felt uncomfortable.
If we exclude the somewhat special and chaotic battle that took place in Yanshi, the opponent at this time is definitely the strongest person he has encountered in less than twenty years. Even if he does not want to admit it in his heart, he is definitely
is more than his father.
The opponent's mastery of guns really won the saying "a stick for a month, a sword for a lifetime". Sun Ce didn't know what kind of person Tong Yuan was, who was called the King of Guns and was once again famous because of Li Shushi and Zhao Yun.
He has great strength, but just looking at the ordinary moves of this old general who doesn't seem to have a great reputation in front of him makes all his methods come to nothing, and you can know that the gap between you and the other party is like a chasm.
gap.
If Sun Ce hadn't taken advantage of his youthful vigor and physical strength, this battle might have ended a dozen rounds ago.
Naturally, Sun Ce will definitely be the man with his head on the ground, the man from the back who made the opponent wise, just like the generals who fought with him before, who may have lived in humiliation, or may have died long ago.
Because each has its own advantages and problems, neither of them can do anything about the other for the time being, and the situation has once again reached a deadlock.
Also reaching a stalemate is the general trend of the entire battlefield.
"Is Cai Yang dead? Humph. Good death!"
When he heard the news from the messenger, Cao Cao curled his lips and paid no more attention.
Well, Cao Cao is actually very happy now. Speaking of which, Cai Yang is also an old ranger well-known in the Central Plains. He is good at using swords. Although he does not call himself the "King of Swords", he is also
It can be regarded as a prestigious existence. Cao Cao, who loves talents, will naturally not miss the opportunity to invite him.
But when they were about to succeed, Yuan Shu's attack made Cao Cao's army, which originally seemed to be prosperous, fleeing, and could only barely hold on to the last base and resist.
At that time, Cao Cao could be said to have no future and no prestige. At most, he only received an evaluation of repeated defeats and repeated defeats. It was also mostly negative. Naturally, he was unfavorable to those who were ready to go out to fight for a wife and son.
Opposition figures are much less attractive.
Those with better moral integrity or those who were not optimistic about Yuan Shujun naturally declined politely and said that they would wait and see before the time came. As for those whose moral integrity fell to the ground or were originally just grassroots, they naturally happily pursued the big cows.
Gu Yuan Shu.
So for guys like this who have no vision for development, death can be regarded as settling a grudge and serving as a warning.
However, that young man who was able to kill Cai Yang, who was famous in the Central Plains... Cao Cao really felt a little jealous.
Well, the situation on the battlefield no longer allows Cao Cao to think about it.
This battle took place in the Sheqiu County area in the southern part of Jibei Kingdom, Yanzhou. The Wenshui River originating from the Yuanshan Mountain in Taishan County flows here and flows westward into Juye Ze. It is also called the huge lake-type wetland of Onezawa because it is not present now.
During the flood season, most parts of the Wenshui River can be swam, and war horses can cross the river without any hindrance.
To the north of the battlefield are some rugged hills. The most famous ones are Da and Xiaolong Mountains in the northeast and Yunmeng Mountain and Zhenxie Mountain, which are slightly shorter than Xiaolong Mountain in the northwest. Among them, Cao Cao's army's Chinese army camp is stationed in
The place at the top of Dalong Mountain. And reflected in the distance is Sun Ce's army located under the low and damaged Sheqiu City. The actual commander is Zhou Yu.
This battle was not a sudden encounter. Although both sides arrived at this area almost immediately, they did not immediately invest their troops in the battle. Instead, they established their positions and went through several tests before they really opened up their posture.
Naturally, this was entirely Zhou Yu's idea, otherwise with Sun Ce's temper, he would never have had the patience to wait for these few days.
The composition of Cao Cao's army is a bit complicated. There are three families in total. In addition to the support troops sent by his ally Yuan Shao, there is also a friendly army from Liu Bei. However, the number is not large, only a few hundred people, but Zhang Fei
The two masters He Yangqun are enough.
Well, Cao Cao and Liu Bei only wanted the experts around Liu Bei to help deal with Sun Ce and the powerful generals around Sun Ce, because aside from Sun Ce's personal influence on the battle situation, Cao Cao didn't think Yuan Shujun was really powerful.
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Even though the main force of Yuan Shu's army is the old team left behind by Sun Jian, the person commanding the army is Zhou Yu, a young and up-and-comer.
This battle can be regarded as a more upright head-on confrontation.
Sun Ce's troops were backed by the city, but it was not very strong and not very large. Behind the city was the Wenshui River, which was not very deep at this time.
Sun Ce's central army has about 2,000 people. They are not veterans left by Sun Jian, but newly recruited troops by Sun Ce. It can be said that they are a new army gathered entirely based on Sun Ce's personal charm. However, the combat effectiveness of this army is
It should not be underestimated, because this army composed of Huaisi and Jingchu Rangers has been quickly tempered into a strong army after this period of fighting in the north and south.
There are about 500 people in this army who follow Sun Ce into the battle, and the rest are entrusted to Zhou Yu by Sun Ce. Firstly, they protect his good friends, and secondly, they allow Zhou Yu to have a better team when needed.
Troops to carry out his orders.
As a barrier in front of the Chinese army, there are 6,000 light infantry led by Sun Ce's uncle Sun Jing and veteran Zhu Zhi. The main role of these people is not to attack, but to try to protect the Chinese army in the rear. Unless there is a major change in the war, this
Zhou Yu will not mobilize his troops easily. Of course, the more likely situation is that this will become the enemy's priority attack direction and cannot be mobilized at all.
The left wing of Sun Ce's army was divided into two parts. The one closest to the central army was 6,000 light infantry led by Huang Gai and Cai Yang. In front of these light infantry, Zhou Yu also deployed 4,000 archers. These archers were mainly
It was to deal with Cao Cao's army, whose cavalry strength was almost the best in the Central Plains after receiving support from Bingzhou. No matter whether Cao Cao's army attacked Sun Ce's left wing or the center, it could deal the greatest blow to the enemy.
Behind the main force on the left wing was also hidden a force led by Chen Lan and Lei Bo, which was mainly composed of thieves. Zhou Yu hoped that they could bypass the battlefield and attack Cao Cao's army from the side or rear, thus playing the most important role in the battle.
However, although Chen Lan and Lei Bo are not good at leading troops, they are definitely not without IQ. 9. Although Zhou Yu talks very nicely, this cannot change the fact that they have deprived the two of them of the Wanwu troops.
The fact that they only gave them three thousand remnants of command power. You must know that even those unruly Shanyue Yi subordinates Zhou Yu were not so cruel. At most, they were just generals who ordered the other party to obey the general. But not
Will plan the ownership of each department.
For a moment, the two men really seemed to have dragged thousands of people to find a hilltop and became the dominant force in the mountain. Or if Yuan Shu's army had not been in great power at this time, the two men would have surrendered directly to Cao Cao. It is not certain.
But even if the situation really evolves to this extent, at least these two people probably can't get it off. After all, since Zhou Yu dares to take action like this, he will definitely not be without follow-up preparations. Maybe he is waiting for the two of them to cause some trouble.
Come on.
The right wing of Sun Ce's army consisted of 6,000 light infantry commanded by Cheng Pu and Han Dang, and more than 2,000 Shanyue Yicon from Yangzhou.
In addition, the only more than 800 cavalry Sun Ce's army had were also arranged on the right wing, hidden behind the light infantry. As for when to enter the battlefield, Zhou Yu gave the right to make a last-minute decision to Cheng Pu and Han Dang.
The cavalry general of Youzhou.
Generally speaking, Zhou Yu's obvious purpose of making such an arrangement is to defend the Chinese army and lure the enemy deeper; the left wing mainly helps the Chinese army to defend while constantly using archers to effectively attack the enemy, which is regarded as a defensive counterattack;
The right wing was a complete offensive side. Zhou Yu arranged all the offensive firepower of Sun Ce's army on the right wing except for Sun Ce's nuclear bomb whose time and location of the explosion could not be determined, and made the right wing a fierce punch.
Of course, these are all preliminary judgments based on the superficial arrangement. In fact, whether it is Huang Gai on the left or Cheng Pu on the right, the light infantry in their hands are all old troops left over from the Sun Jian era, so regardless of the left wing
The troops seem to be mainly focused on defense, but if the battle becomes tense, they can also provide some unexpected contingency measures.
After this calculation, the total strength of Sun Ce's army participating in this battle was about 30,000. Zhou Yu seemed to be calculating something and did not put all the troops he could mobilize into this battle. Perhaps he was worried about the enemy in the north of Xuzhou.
Be a strong enemy.
As for Chen Lan and Lei Bo's troops who were responsible for the detour, hehe, we'd better go back and take a look at the layout of Cao Cao's army.
Although Cao Cao's army has different orders, if you conclude that Cao Cao's army is not strong in combat effectiveness because of this, you would be completely wrong.
Cao Cao deployed the combination of Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong on his left wing. Cao Hong led eight thousand light infantry, all of which were recruited from the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army that ravaged the Central Plains. Although they had undergone rigorous training, they still had some discipline problems.
The problem is, if it is a battle of limited intensity, these soldiers may still be able to maintain considerable combat effectiveness, but if the battle lasts too long or is too intense, even Cao Cao cannot believe how effective these troops can be.
So behind these people is the law enforcement team of 1,500 people led by Yu Jin. Although these Yanzhou natives were recruited when Cao Cao raised troops in Yanzhou, their combat effectiveness may not be as good as those of the remnants of the former Yellow Turban Army, but their only advantage is that
Their families are all in the territory of Cao Cao's army, and their loyalty is very good. Their discipline is also excellent due to years of training.
In front of the light infantry unit commanded by Cao Hong is a skirmisher line composed of nearly 2,000 Taishan strong crossbowmen who are good at using crossbows. This unit does not have a clear commander, and they have a very special role.
Great freedom.
Whether it was Bao Xin who had always supported Cao Cao, or later Yu Jin, or even his former enemy and now ally Zang Ba, Cao Cao could always maintain a relatively good relationship with the powerful and powerful families in Taishan County, so even when Cao Cao was weak, Yuan Shu
When the power was strong, the large and small families in Taishan still supported Cao Cao, and these tough Taishan County Yi Cong were a symbol of this friendship.
The above troops can be considered a good combination for most princes. But they are still just a cover. The one that really plays a decisive role, or that Cao Cao has high hopes for as a trump card, is Xiahou Yuan's cavalry troops.
This army can be said to be Cao Cao's trump card. They were trained by Xia Houyuan who had studied and fought in the northern part of Bingzhou.
Compared with some natural idiots. In addition to his outstanding personal combat effectiveness, the best person was unexpectedly Xiahou Dun, who managed the affairs of the field.
It has been reorganized several times, but with a size of 2,500 people, it still has the ability to influence the situation of the war.
Moreover, this unit inherited the glorious tradition of the Bingzhou Army. It can be used at both distance and distance. From a distance, it can use mounted fire to disrupt the enemy's formation and kill the enemy's effective forces. When it gets close, it can pick up a spear and charge, dealing a devastating blow to the enemy's formation.
Originally, the ace unit of Cao Cao's army was stationed outside Puyang City, similar to the cavalry unit in the Northern Army. However, in order to avenge his humiliation, Cao Cao not only brought this unit out, but also handed it over to Xia Houyuan.
On the flank.
Such a move naturally avoided Zhou Yu's carefully prepared archer phalanx, but he had to encounter Sun Cejun's attacking group. I don't know whether it was luck or misfortune. It depends on the result on the battlefield...
The main force on the right wing of Cao Cao's army was a thousand Guards Cavalry led by Xu Chu's brother Xu Ding.
Without Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Cao Chun, Cao Cao's personal guard commander became Xu Chu's brother and his neighbor Xu Ding, and Cao Cao's personal guard troops were naturally built by Xu Ding.
In terms of personal strength, Xu Ding is not as good as Xu Chu, and in terms of military training ability, Xu Ding cannot be compared with Cao Chun, but he is a very humble person, and at the same time, he is calmer than Xu Chu before. He combines Cao Chun and Xu Chu.
The remaining training party
Fa He summarized his experience, and then obtained some of their military training experience from Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun. He also reorganized the resources at his disposal through various relationships, and then began to form the army.
On the whole, this thousand-man Guards Cavalry inherited the characteristics of the Black Armor Cavalry built by Cao Chun for Xujiabao, but its personnel composition was obviously more complicated than that of Xujiabao - except for Xu Ding.
Zeng brought from Xujiapu
After the private soldiers belonging to Xujiabao and the Jianghu rangers attached to Xujiabao, as well as various experts selected from other grassroots units of Cao Cao's army, and the introduction of Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun, they defected and came from an "innocent" family background.
"The Ranger."
The ingredients are so complex that it is naturally not easy to manage.
It's a pity that Xu Ding doesn't have the talent of his younger brother Xu Chu, nor does he have Cao Chun's outstanding skills and the golden signature of the Cao family, so he has been very tired in the past few years, both physically and mentally. If not
Cao Cao gave him absolute support, and Xu Ding felt that he would either choose to live in seclusion or use three feet of white silk to keep his body intact.
But now, at least it seems that this army still has terrifying power. In several battles with low intensity, it has also shown that it is far stronger than Xujiabao's black armor cavalry. As long as it passes through a high-intensity battle,
The test of war will lead to the final and most fundamental transformation, and by that time, Xu Ding feels that he may have become famous.
Compared to Cao Cao's black armor cavalry, which is a mixture of the Tiger Leopard Cavalry and the Tiger Guard from another dimension, the other ace unit in Cao Cao's hands sounds much more reliable - I don't know.
Was it because Li Shushi personally went to Puyang to stimulate him, or was it because Yuan Shao thought that the battle against Gongsun Zan seemed to have reached its final stage?
Moreover, Gongsun Zan could no longer come up with any tricks, so he could adjust his troops and support his good friends. No matter what the reason was, the support troops sent by Yuan Shao were temporarily replaced by the most elite troops he had.
A unit - the powerful land warriors from Youzhou who returned from the northwest battlefield and then moved across Jizhou and Youzhou, the Euphorbia warriors.
Although because of the existence of the butterfly Li Shushi, without Qu Yi, there would naturally be no Xiandenshi soldiers who were familiar with Qiang fighting and were good at bows and crossbows. Yuan Shaojun was most famous for his Euphorbia soldiers. In the powerful Han Dynasty,
Under the leadership of the old general, they came to support Cao Cao.
Old General Han was naturally one of Cao Cao's trump cards when he asked for support against Sun Ce. Although the Euphorbia was also somewhat beyond Cao Cao's expectations, it did not prevent the black-skinned dwarf from taking the command in his hands unceremoniously.
Yuan Shao probably had given instructions before, but these three thousand Euphorbia soldiers showed no resistance. The handover was very smooth.
As for the remaining 6,000, they are probably Yuan Shao's new recruits and the nearly 1,000-strong cavalry unit that does not seem to be very elite. They are given to Li Dian, Zhu Ling, Shi Huan, and Yan Ming and Lu Kuang of Yuan Shao's army.
Lu Xiang and others took the lead.
Several generals of Yuan Shao's army were cavalry commanders, and they seemed unwilling to let Cao Cao's army get involved in this cavalry unit. Perhaps Yuan Shao had made up his mind to use this war to sharpen his cavalry and the generals who commanded the cavalry.
Coupled with the mixed force of 5,000 light infantry and archers commanded by Xia Houlian and Yang Qun from Liu Beifang, Cao Cao's right wing was stronger than the left wing in terms of the number of soldiers alone, and the 3,000 euphorbia soldiers alone were more powerful than the left wing.
In terms of reputation, it surpasses the coalition forces of Cao and Yuan. In addition, Xu Ding spent all his efforts to build the black armor cavalry. At least in theory, Cao Cao's right wing also has a strong offensive power.
In addition, Cao Cao also left two thousand soldiers as a reserve force in the base camp. The person leading this force was one of the most relied-upon counselors around Cao Cao. The genius who was recommended to Cao Cao by Xun Yu - Xi Chou Xi Zhicai
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Although it is said to be a reserve force, in fact, this force is also reserved by Cao Cao, because the core of this force is not the generals, but the civilian officials in Cao Cao's camp - including the Taoist priests commanded by Xi Chou.
Man Dou Man Boning and Mao Jie Mao Xiaoxian
The Feng Shui warriors he commanded, as well as Cao Cao's younger brother Cao De, who also wore sackcloth and filial piety and wore plain white, and the strategist troop led by Liang Mao, the prefect of Mount Tai. Although these civil servants were not large in number, if they were allowed to exert their power, they would be powerful.
The most difficult group of people.
The total strength of Cao Cao's side is about 33,000, which is slightly more than that of Yuan Shu's army on the opposite side. However, considering the unstable factor of Sun Ce, Cao Cao's side will never dare to be careless. After all, they have suffered too many losses.
too much.
It is also worth mentioning that no matter whether it is Cao Cao's army in Li Shushi's direction or Cao Cao's army in this direction, the names of the former Chenliu prefect Zhang Miao and his subordinates cannot be found in any battle sequence.
There have been rumors that Yuan Shao was very dissatisfied with Zhang Miao for fleeing without a fight, and even wrote to Cao Cao many times asking Cao Cao to kill Zhang Miao to improve the morale of the army.
Although Cao Cao was also very disdainful of Zhang Miao's pustules, considering the relationship between the two people, he seemed to have no intention of taking action, but he also excluded Zhang Miao from the battle order of Cao Cao's army, and even Zhang Miao
Miao's confidant Zhao Chong was also just given an idle position and stayed in Puyang doing nothing.
Even if Zhang Miao felt worried because of this, it wouldn't be an unusual thing.
After the two armies were arrayed, Cao Cao could climb a mountain and have a look, and Zhou Yu could also temporarily climb to the tower of Sheqiu City to look at the enemy formation. Although he could not accurately grasp the enemy's movements, he could basically have an idea of most of the enemy's arrangements.
General grasp.
What I have to say is that Cao Cao and Zhou Yu are somewhat in tune with each other and have similar views on heroes. Although Zhou Yu displayed three armies on the left, center and right, while Cao Cao only displayed two armies on the left and right, in general comparison, both sides have different views.
The right wing is slightly stronger than the left wing, but the only difference is that Cao Cao actually placed his attack direction on the slightly weaker left wing, while Zhou Yu placed his attack completely on the right wing. And this will also determine this.
The battle on the other side will be extremely brutal.
Zhou Yu's move was somewhat helpless, because in such an open terrain, Cao Cao's army, which had better cavalry in terms of quantity and quality, obviously had an advantage, which forced him to adopt a "bet on one side" method of arranging troops.
Set up the formation.
And what about Cao Cao, on the other hand? He could have played a two-wing attack, even if his left wing was slightly weaker, but in such hilly and plain terrain, the infantry and cavalry were almost at odds with each other.
Therefore, the key to this battle is how Cao Cao's army can limit Sun Ce's performance, and how Yuan Shu's army can use Sun Ce more effectively while resisting the surprise attack of Cao Cao's powerful cavalry troops. (To be continued, please search Gone with the Wind.
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