Someone came up, lit a lamp, smoked mosquito coils, and left silently. At this moment, except for the six personal guards on the left and right, there was no one else, but Ye Qing looked at the sand table without saying a word.
The military advisor Guo Jia came back, changed his clothes, took a sip of tea, and came over to take a closer look. The room became quiet for a while, and the only sound of the two people's footsteps could be heard in the side hall.
After a long while, I heard Ye Qing's voice: "Very good... Come here, let's adjust the sand table based on the new information."
"Yes" Then a group of magicians filed in and said in unison: "Greetings to the lord"
"That's all, adjust quickly." Ye Qing waved his hand and said, he took a few steps and looked at the fields in front of the tent in the hazy twilight. The river was gurgling, giving people a mysterious feeling in the night. There was nothing on Ye's face.
With an expression on his face, he stared forward for a while, then looked back and studied the arrangements on the sand table with the military advisor Guo Jia.
Based on the new military information received from various places, from time to time the magician adjusts the distribution of enemy and friendly forces on the sand table to make it clear at a glance.
At first it was 100,000 vs. 30,000. After defeating Xiahou Yuan, he then faced off against Cao Ren. It became a small victory of 100,000 vs. 100,000. Now, the main forces of both sides are facing each other along the Si River and across the river. Their camps are stretched out and each has a core force of 100,000.
Up and down, but there were partial divisions fighting in local areas.
The two core armies are in a state of balance and stalemate, but the strength of the partial divisions is extremely unbalanced.
On the governor's side, there were 240,000 Qingzhou soldiers outside, including Cao Ren's 100,000 partial troops, threatening Ye Qing's retreat, while the remaining 140,000 Qingzhou soldiers spread across counties and counties to loot places, as densely packed as ants.
Ye Qing only sent out 5,000 light cavalry, divided into five groups. The quantity was simply disproportionate, but the quality was different.
These are five thousand red armored cavalry. Just like the thousand who were deployed in northern Jing to suppress Yuan Shu, Ye Qing's avatar had accumulated the capital of six thousand after seven years of fighting. It can be said that at present, the Han Dynasty's northern and southern armies have perished, and Cao's army has returned.
When tiger cavalry and leopard cavalry were not born, no army could be a match for this red-armored cavalry in a one-on-one battle...
With this cavalry, at worst, there would never be another scene where Liu Bei was chased by Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry and fled in embarrassment, abandoning his wife and son.
These five red-armored cavalry did not attack Cao Ren secretly, but only went to kill the Qingzhou soldiers in the scattered areas, thereby integrating the local anti-Cao forces, reducing the Qingzhou soldiers' plundering space, and thus forcing the Qingzhou soldiers to continue to lose blood.
In fact, thanks to the strong folk customs of the Han Dynasty, there were many local people who dared to resist the wolves.
Moreover, Xuzhou belongs to the Central Plains, and there are many forts for local wealthy families. There is only one in dozens of miles. This kind of castle-style defense building is a characteristic of the Han and Wei Dynasties. Each fort is a miniature military, political, and economic independent unit. Although a sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.
, manpower and material resources combined with the solid defense of rammed earth, demolishing the past one by one is simply a huge demolition project...
The most deceptive ones are those who violently resist demolition.
Later, during the Wuhu rebellion in China, every minority foreign ethnic group was afraid of the huge Han population and successively made massacre of the Han people a national policy. None of them killed all the Han people in the north. Their bloodline and cultural traditions could not be cut off. They were as stubborn as weeds and were far from being peaceful in the Southern Jin Dynasty.
A traitor slandered by a corner of the gentry.
It's not that the aliens have good intentions, but that the northern Wubao is full of them. After killing, the exchange ratio becomes too much for the aliens... They can't kill anymore. The more they crazily kill the Han, the faster the aliens weaken. After discovering this cruel law, a few aliens can only
Recruitment of Han people in the north was carried out, but this policy quickly reduced the alien race to the lowest level, and was directly submerged by the Han population base.
It was necessary to wait until the Song Dynasty to conquer the country unjustly, fearing internal resistance, and all the Wubao in the north except the border gates were cleaned up by the imperial court. In conjunction with the enlightenment of literary style, this kind of military, political, and economic independent units became a thing of the past, and the basis for internal rebellion of the Han people was completely destroyed.
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But things went too far, and extreme joy led to sorrow. This also undermined the basis for resisting foreigners. As soon as the foreigners broke through the border, they found that the Central Plains was a vast expanse of land, with no worries in Wubao. Only then did they really face the danger of national subjugation and annihilation.
By the time of the Yuan Dynasty, it could no longer be maintained, resulting in the tragedy of losing the first child.
Ye Qing even thought of a certain dynasty that talked about the so-called attack on clan forces - yes, this can dismantle all grassroots organizations unprecedentedly, even more thoroughly than Wubao, but it means that if the frontal battlefield fails, China will no longer be able to resist.
At present, these fortresses all over the place still insist on demonstrating the strong local rule. They are at the other extreme. They are even in danger of being destroyed. Emperor Guangwu ordered them to destroy them without stopping. Later, the Wuhu had their own clan roots and could not be demolished. Now the Qingzhou soldiers are just a group of soldiers.
The "demolition efficiency" is even worse.
Many Qingzhou soldiers were unfortunate enough to bite hard bones during robberies, and two of their teeth were chipped. They all relied on the military magicians to maintain their advantage. Now there are elite cavalry to attack, rescue, and connect with each other, which has almost triggered a large-scale "anti-Cao movement" -
—Code name given by Ye Qing when he recalled the anti-Japanese movement of a certain famous general in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
In the past three days, reports were spread everywhere that the Qingzhou soldiers were massacred, expelled and even purged, with a loss of fifty to sixty thousand, but most of the dead were not elites. The fifty thousand veterans and sixty thousand selected Qingzhou soldiers in the governor's main camp,
The total number of troops that can be mobilized reaches 300,000.
But no matter what, the loss of 50,000 to 60,000 combat troops is gratifying, and it will be recorded in the name of the corresponding red armored cavalry unit.
Of course, not all of these losses were caused by the red armored cavalry. Most of them were defeated or dispersed. These results were only recorded in the names of generals Huang Zhong, Zhou Ling, and Dian Wei. They were used when rewarding merit, indicating that they had completed their mission.
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The mission was indeed successfully completed, because the local soldiers who actually fled were poisoned by them. The army and the people could not spare them, so they attacked them in groups. The common people picked up hoes and carried poles. Almost none of them survived, and none of them could escape.
Leave Xuzhou.
Among them, the two names of Huang Zhong and Zhou Ling have recorded the most results. This is not only because the generals are good at commanding cavalry, but also because their own strength is beyond ordinary, the weapons they control are relatively restrained against the governor's magicians, and they are better at
By killing small soldiers, the enemy can be quickly dispersed, making daily raids more efficient.
Huang Zhong has accumulated a lot of experience but has a weak skill. The way of archery is different from other martial arts. The range of a treasure bow can even reach thousands of meters. With the speed-increasing arrows, it can even reach two or three kilometers. It is not inferior to the effect of a sniper rifle.
, most magicians don't even have half of this casting distance, and can only avoid defenses - generals like Huang Zhong who specialize in archery are rare on the ground. After the official breakthrough, the unity of heaven and man accurately grasps every situation on the battlefield.
The slightest change, even the speed of the wind, or the vibration of the horse's hooves on the ground can be predicted, and every shot will hit the target. It is a nightmare for the magician, and it also suppresses the defensive shield of the high-level magician.
Zhou Ling is a swordsman with a pure mind. Although she still lacks a suitable sword-controlling technique in her practice, this young swordsman has unlocked the Dao Taoist prohibition here. She can transfer to "Six Yang Diagram" to improve her foundation. Her strength is improving every day.
Transforming rapidly, she has killed hundreds of people with one sword in many battles, and the Qinghong Sword she was equipped with has turned into a bloody vicious weapon. When Ye Qing summoned her, he could only tell her to pay attention to the gradual transformation.
After several adjustments, the military situation on both sides has stabilized.
Guo Jia raised his head from the sand table, but countless streams of information were still spinning regularly in his mind. He couldn't help but pace in the tent and analyze: "Lord, we have caught the Cao thieves off guard, but this splitting of troops to kill is not possible.
Will continue, Qingzhou soldiers from all over the country have shrunk back to Pengcheng, showing that Cao Cao's thieves have changed their strategy and will no longer give the lord every opportunity to defeat him."
"Confrontation between armies?"
Ye Qing pondered, what worried him most was this situation.
The list of petitions for Dong has been issued, and I am in a hurry to go to the Hulao League, and I have no time to spend time with the governor here... But Xuzhou has to save it, otherwise the governor will annex Xuzhou, and the situation in the Central Plains will be very bad, and Yuzhou will be in the first place
Disadvantages.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, another magician entered, and two more small camps of Cao's army were added outside Pengcheng on the sand table. In addition to the ones established before, there were already seven company camps, spanning twenty miles, all in the shape of horns.
Arch around Cao Jun's main camp.
This is normal. In reality, a million troops will never be stationed in a small city. The governor wants to gather 300,000 troops. It is simply impossible to place them in a large camp - they are equivalent to most of the population of Luoyang City.
Is it necessary to establish a city supply system?
Company camps are inevitable, and these seven are not the end. As the military strength continues to shrink, more than a dozen company camps can be accommodated.
"A confrontation between the group armies?" Guo Jia smiled and looked calm: "It's a pity that in this situation, Jia's strategy of dividing the troops and killing them has failed."
"Fengxiao, your plan has achieved the effect of draining the firepower. Cao Cao's plan to support war with war has also failed, right?" Ye Qing complimented casually and looked at the Cao Army company camp outside Pengcheng on the sand table. Intelligence showed that there were regular Cao Army troops in this camp.
Fifty thousand, or even 60,000 selected soldiers from Qingzhou...actually these 60,000 selected soldiers can be considered "soldiers", and together they are a powerful enemy.
"Ha, my lord is right." Guo Jia stroked his palm and waved his sleeves to scatter Cao's camp on the sand table: "An army of 300,000? It has become a joke now. The thieves did not plunder to maintain it. In the blink of an eye, it will be over."
Since it collapsed, the 110,000 direct descendants of Cao's army camp will also be in decline. All we need to do is use a small plan... the collapse of the camp is just around the corner."
"Oh?" Ye Qing blinked.
Guo Jia did not reveal it, but smiled: "I know my lord is anxious to go to Luoyang, but there is no rush for this kind of thing... The sky is sunny and the night is just right, why don't lord and Jia go out for a walk together?"
"You're such a loser... that's fine."
Lifting the tent and going outside, the air after the rain was very fresh.
The night was dark, the starry sky was bright and boundless, and opposite to the stars in the sky were the continuous large camps on the ground.
Dots of bright red lights spread out under the hillocks...and thirty miles away in the distance was another dense light, which shone into an arc of bright red light on the horizon. There was Cao Jun's company camp.
Ye Qing has been thinking about how to defeat Cao as soon as possible and get out of Luo. At this moment, he felt something when he looked at this scene: "Starting from this critical point of the situation, could it be..."
"Hush, my lord, just know the key, don't say it out loud."