The last ray of the setting sun disappeared from the west, leaving only black smoke and a bright red field on the Sishui River. The flags and weapons had not yet been put away, and scorch marks were everywhere. In the remains of the battlefield, there were huge battlefields and a bloody line.
The beads were connected in series, reflecting the bright moonlight of the new life. In Ye Qing's eyes, there was a kind of desolate beauty.
Tao Qian and Tian Kai walked along and saw the bloody battlefield everywhere. They couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that Cao Cao would dare to set up such a large formation. How did Liu Shijun expect it?"
On a large battlefield with a radius of 20 miles, 200,000 troops were deployed to fight against Cao's 300,000 troops. Zang Ba and other Xuzhou generals were hesitant about this.
Tao Qian was trapped in a lonely city and could only rely on people, but Tian Kai who came to help asked - in the cold weapon era, only the most elite troops, the most determined beliefs, and the most solid luck could form such a large-scale showdown and achieve a
The unimaginable pinnacle of war skills, this is a record that can only be recorded between the seven heroes of the pre-Qin Dynasty and the war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu.
No matter what, it shouldn't have happened at this time. Both sides were just newly emerging princes less than ten years ago.
Ye Qing's main force and Tao Tian's coalition forces had no experience in cooperating, and Cao Cao's main force, the Qingzhou soldiers, were even more traitorous troops. Normally, they would build a joint camp to confront each other, maintain a stalemate, use strategies, and wear out one side until one side collapses first, rather than start a war on their own.
However, under the persuasion of top strategists Guo Jia and Xun You, they showed some shocking communication applications. Under Ye Qing's decision, he pushed for the implementation of this great battle. Unsurprisingly, Governor Yan Shenyuan also responded in the same way.
One of them is a reborn person who has participated in larger battlefields, and the other is a veteran governor who holds military and political power in Yingzhou. They both know the cards in their hands.
The spiritual energy of the lower earth gradually flourished, reaching a certain limit in May, and the magician's strength was restored. The changes caused by this have not yet spread widely in the world, but everyone on the earth is aware of the power of Dao's field control, and the communication system must be in this battle.
The transcendence shown in this battle that amazes the world can only be achieved by the experience and courage of people on earth in extraordinary wars.
The historical battlefield, the essence of humane civilization on earth, the most essential experience before promotion to the immortal path, shows its profound and cruel charm time and time again.
But Ye Qing had no way to reveal these, he could only deduce: "I know Cao Cao well."
Tian Kai believed it, Tao Qian was half convinced, but couldn't find any other explanation.
Ye Qing saw this and didn't say much, just as Huang Zhong strode over: "My lord, everyone has finished cooking and is ready."
"Well, I'll be here in a minute." Ye Qing said, glanced at the wounded barracks, and sent a message to Qianqian: "Be careful not to overdraw, and use spiritual stones to restore mana as soon as possible."
Among the continuous white tents, Qianqian stopped the treatment in response, handed over the task to his subordinates, and went back to the tent to take out a piece of blue spiritual stone and absorb it.
"Is Liu Shijun preparing for a night attack?" Tao Qian did not notice any difference in the atmosphere, but he was puzzled: "In today's battle, the number of soldiers has been counted and they have taken turns three times. Cao Jun still has the energy?"
Ye Qing withdrew his gaze and said calmly: "Maybe there is a night attack weapon hidden."
Tao Qian laughed: "How to deduce this?"
"Because I also hid one." Ye Qing narrowed his eyes: "Everyone is tired, aren't we? But we must always have a reserve team."
"I asked Tian Shijun to bluff his flag midway just to deceive Cao Cao... Likewise, the other party must have another one in his hand."
In fact, this is a standard practice in ground wars. The governor has always acted in a lawful manner, so it is natural that this will happen, but it is difficult to go into details.
Tian Kai didn't listen to the inappropriate logic, but he was shocked and suddenly realized: "The envoy really hid an army...According to this, the number is ten thousand. What is the use of these ten thousand troops?"
"It's an army of 10,000 people." Ye Qing corrected him.
Tao Qian frowned and wondered. Although he was too old to go into battle, he had climbed up to the city tower several times to look out. He had witnessed such a huge battlefield today. It was shocking and overturned his lifelong impression of military service. He still has endless aftertaste: "Facing the remaining two
Cao's army numbered 170,000 to 80,000, and there were 15 well-defended battalions. How could these 10,000 troops be effective if they were a fresh force?"
Ye Qing smiled. This ten thousand army was not an ordinary army, but he did not explain it anymore and took the two of them to a secret camp to have a look.
"Elite?" Tian Kai guessed before entering the camp, feeling a little envious. Tao Qian had no expression on his face, thinking that the same was true for the most elite Danyang soldiers in his hands. Only 10,000 were left after the battle, so he used this night attack to attack Cao's army.
Even with the company, there is no chance of victory.
Thinking like this, he looked over and was stunned: "This breath..."
In an instant, Tao Qian almost reappeared as the Northern and Southern Han Army, but when he looked carefully, his eyes dimmed again.
Ye Qing noticed this change. Some things are in the past, so let them pass... Nostalgia and indulgence are just a little bit of sunset, but the sun will still rise tomorrow. In this dark night before dawn, new history must be created by someone.
Tian Kai sighed in admiration, saying that Gongsun Zan's white horse Yi Cong was just like this, which made him envious: "This is amazing, but the main force of Cao's army is very strong and the base camp is stable."
"Who said we are going to attack the main camp?" Ye Qing responded to his temptation and stopped there. He said calmly: "I will let you watch a big show tonight."
With that said, he sent the two governors out with the help of military arrangements.
The confrontation between the two major coalition forces will eventually come to an end, and Ye Qing will never follow the Governor's steps and let him delay it.
The daytime battle was just to consume most of the soldiers' physical strength, especially that of the main force.
In the age of cold weapons, without the age of hot weapons, just aim and pull the trigger, and there would be no army capable of marching hundreds of miles and fighting for days and nights.
When Wu Qi trained the soldiers of Wei, he said, "The soldiers of Wei are taken with due force. They wear armor of three attributes, wield a crossbow of twelve stones, bear fifty arrows, place a gun on it, wear a crown and a sword, win three days of food, and hit the target in one day."
"And march toward a hundred miles" - but it's just extreme training, the general may still be able to fight, but the sergeant has no strength to block with his sword and lets the enemy kill him. This is "rolling up the armor and rushing toward the hundred miles, the general will be defeated"
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I have to say here that you can look up the logistics of armor and weapons in ancient armies, and then look up what weapons a certain dynasty carried when they conquered the world.
A rifle with ten bullets in leggings is ten times lighter than ancient soldiers, and the strength required to pull the trigger is ten times less than swinging a knife to kill. This does not deny its revolutionary nature. This is the materialism of running hundreds of miles.
In terms of military strength, Cao's army had 50,000 regular troops and 60,000 selected Qingzhou soldiers. Ye Qingxue hid 10,000 troops, but the remaining 90,000 elite regular troops did not have much disadvantage in terms of numbers, which was enough for Cao's soldiers to fight for their lives.
superior.
When the generals charged into the formation, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhou Ling, Zhang Fangbiao, and Chen Dao overran Yu Jin, Yue Jin, Cao Ren, and Xia Houhan, but Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Liao were still absent.
In the duel between the magicians, Qianqian, a real person, suppressed the governor magician.
At one time, the governor mobilized 300,000 troops with a force of 190,000. They rushed back and forth all day long, consuming their physical strength and eroding the numerical advantage of Yuan and Cao's coalition forces.
In the chaos of the war, there were always dangers that affected the battle line. It was difficult for both sides to hold back too much. Ye Qing couldn't tell how many reserves Cao Cao had hidden, but Qianqian had the investigative sense of a real person, which was enough to capture many details that were deliberately concealed. She
It was judged that Cao Cao had only fifteen thousand left that he had not mobilized.
Five thousand of them are still not mobilized because they belong to Yuan Jun's own army. They cannot be counted on in real emergencies - such as a night attack.
"Is the Governor on guard?" Ye Qing stared at the Cao Army's headquarters in the distance. He could see that it was heavily guarded. He turned his eyes towards the sub-camps, his eyes flashed, and he observed and evaluated each one.
Qianqian had used up the rare blue spirit stone and came over at this moment: "My husband wants to personally command the army, are you not afraid that the governor will also attack at night?"
Ye Qing breathed out: "A night attack on each other? Are you afraid of attacking my base camp, or attacking Tian Kai's army? Although this person is weak, he is a regular army under his tent. It is not so easy to kill him. It is enough to last until our army returns after victory.
Rescue.”
"It's a pity that the governor is such a traitor. His foundation is really worrying." Ye Qing narrowed his eyes: "If Cao Cao was here, he would dare to wear armor and go into battle to boost the morale of the whole army and fight me. But if it were the governor... I dare to understand
They said they were going to attack at night, but I wanted to see if the Governor dared to save him?"
Guo Jia came over and held out the military order to be signed: "My lord, everything is ready."
"Fengxiao, this is a bold policy..."
Guo Jia chuckled: "With a lord like you, there is a counselor like me."
Ye Qing shook his head and stamped his seal.
Immediately, the commander's flag was waved, and the plan had already been arranged. The leader rode his horse and submitted a second letter of challenge to the main camp of Cao's army. A group of sergeants with loud voices followed and shouted to each Qingzhou branch camp: "In the evening, our army will attack Liu Envoy at night."
Your general will attack at night with your own army..."
"..." Both the enemy and ourselves were stunned when they heard this.
After sneering, but not sure whether it was true or not, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel a little restless. Liu Bei launched a night attack with 700 soldiers and defeated Cheng Yuanzhi's 50,000 army. He also swept away the rogue bandits in Qingyou two states. In seven years, he was invincible, and he could only fight against the princes.
The reputation among the bandits in the North is the same as that of the King of Hell. What a coincidence is that the Qingzhou soldiers are from the Qingzhou bandits.
Some of them had been crushed before and fled to the big trees. However, in today's fierce battle, most of the casualties of Cao's army were Qingzhou soldiers. The battle fatality rate was close to the crisis line. However, it successfully evoked the fearful memories of the rogue bandits. I suddenly realized that this was not a lie, but Liu Bei's true self.
It's about to be crushed again.
Some of Cao Fang's commanders who were deployed in the Qingzhou army thought of this section and suddenly realized: "Go and report to the lord quickly."
In the main tent of Cao's army, the governor heard the news and suddenly opened his eyes: "A plan to tire the army? Go out and have a look."
Everyone went out to check and saw Yu Jin just returning from patrolling the camp: "The soldiers in our camp are at peace, but the morale of the Qingzhou soldiers is a bit unstable."
Suddenly, everyone's heart felt cold, cold sweat broke out, and they couldn't help but look at their lord.
The governor calmed himself down and muttered: "Not only our army is exhausted, but Liu Bei's army is also exhausted. The number of fresh troops that can be drawn must be only a small amount. It is just a gimmick of using the commander in chief to go into battle. He ordered all battalions to be on guard and calm them down."
Just like that, going to the camp to patrol the camp at night without wearing any armor?
Yu Jin and Le Jin looked at each other, opened their mouths, wanted to say something, and then closed their mouths. There was no reason for the ministers to advise their lord to face danger personally, and not to mention the suggestions they made recently, even the words of his clan brother Cao Ren
, the lord didn’t listen much anymore.
A hint of gloom appeared in everyone's mind. After General Jin came out of the tent, he whispered to his guards: "Go to the rear camp and find General Cao Ren."