The Qingzhou Army is stronger than Zhang He's Jizhou Army in terms of its elite personnel and advanced weapons and equipment.
Even the number of troops was much larger than that of Zhang and He. The total strength of both sides was 50,000 and 40,000 respectively.
Therefore, from the perspective of strength, if they meet in the wild and face off head-on, then the winning rate of both sides must be at least 82%.
Jizhou Army 2nd, Qingzhou Army 8th.
So since the winning rate is so high, why did Chen Mu ask Cao Cao to help?
Wouldn't it be better to surround Ganling from the beginning?
Maybe many people have this question and don't understand the meaning of Chen Mu's sexy actions.
However, we need to understand one thing, and that is what the principle of a last-ditch battle is.
The principle is to use the soldiers' will to fight to the death in desperate situations to defeat the enemy and achieve victory.
In the Battle of Jieting, Ma Su chose to camp on a lonely mountain with no escape route, just to take advantage of this mentality.
As an outstanding talent who proposed that attacking the city first and attacking the heart first, Ma Su could be regarded as one of the outstanding psychology instructors during the Three Kingdoms period.
It's a pity that ginger is still spicy.
Zhang He is not stupid, and he cannot give you the opportunity to fight against the odds for no reason.
Therefore, he just besieged but did not attack, cut off the water source, and waited until Ma Di's army encountered a serious water shortage problem, and then took advantage of Ma Di's army to be in great confusion to defeat it in one fell swoop.
And if he attacks from the beginning, since Ma Su is camping on a solitary mountain, he will attack from his back and fight from behind. If he attacks by force, Zhang He will only end up defeated and there is no possibility of victory.
Therefore, for the same reason, if Chen Mu chooses to attack from the beginning, Zhang He is fighting to defend the city, and the lone city is defending and fighting desperately, then even if the number is superior, it will be difficult to break Zhang He. Fighting to the end, the best result
, it’s just a lose-lose situation.
Therefore, Chen Mu must lure Zhang He out of the city. Even after Zhang He leaves the city, he cannot forcefully fight him. He must slowly draw him out and lure him slowly. Wait for Zhang He's army to have less food and grass day by day, then it is time to attack.
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After understanding this truth, Chen Mu's series of actions will naturally be easy to understand.
To put it simply, they were forcing Zhang He to come out of his turtle shell and deliberately let go of the encirclement, making him think there was a chance to break out.
But in fact, it is a trap. Without the protection of the city wall, even if Zhang He wants to fight to the death, the winning rate will be much smaller.
This is the entire tactical process.
Going to the battlefield to fight is not just a gang fight where you gather your friends and go shoulder to shoulder and that's it.
If the enemy is in the city, you have to find a way to get them out, such as encircling the point and calling for reinforcements.
If the enemy has a lot of food, then find a way to cut off their food, such as a surprise attack on the Crow's Nest.
If the enemy has abundant troops, then find ways to disrupt their morale, such as the Battle of Kunyang and the Battle of Feishui.
Everything depends on methods. You can't rely solely on recklessness. You must have a brain and use the best method to defeat the enemy.
In late December, when the sharp north wind was blowing, when dawn had not yet broken and the sky was slightly white, countless soldiers in Han Dynasty uniforms wearing red cotton-padded clothes and small Zhajia were slowly winding along the ancient path of the Yellow River.
Walk in a meandering direction, heading south.
Wuluxu was a small city in the Jin Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period. After thousands of years of development, it had already become a pile of ruins by the Han Dynasty, just like the Congtai of King Wuling of Zhao. Only some ruins were left, and withered grass everywhere was swaying in the wind.
However, although this place has long been ruined, it is a choke point between east, west, north and south. It is located in the northeast of Yuancheng, just on the east bank of Dahe Gudu, and is the only way for Zhang He's army to go south into Yuancheng.
After Taishi Ci arrived at Wulu, he immediately began to build a camp. Considering that Zhang He still had two days' journey to enter Yuancheng, he still had one day's journey to reach Wulu.
This meant that Taishi Ci had to build some fortifications within one day to block Zhang He's army's only way south.
"Build earth to build a wall and create a fortress!"
Taishi Ci gave an order, and all the auxiliary soldiers and craftsmen in the army began to take action.
All the soldiers started working in an orderly manner. Rows of tents were quickly erected, and rows of earth walls rose from the ground. A large number of earth walls were built relying on some of the remaining walls of the Wulu ruins.
Earthen walls and wooden fences are very important in military structures. Cao Cao's expedition to the west was overdue and he built an ice city overnight. In fact, he used sand and water to pour water and froze a large number of walls overnight.
However, Cao Cao was located near the Loess Plateau, where the land structure was relatively soft and had a lot of sand. Jizhou, on the other hand, was in the hinterland of the Central Plains and had a lot of clay, so there was no need for such trouble.
From sunrise in the morning to the end of dusk in the evening, after a busy day, dozens of low-walled earthen villages of different sizes were erected densely on the east bank of Gudu River.
The structure houses three camps.
This was constructed by Tai Shici based on the camp layout map drawn by Chen Mu. There were more than ten small camps dotted inside the camp, with a total of about 12,000 troops, headed by various school lieutenants and military commanders, dispersed among them.
Although it is very complicated and can easily lead to command confusion, if it is in the hands of a general with outstanding command ability and good at defense, such as Cao Ren in his later years, such a camp with ten or twenty thousand people can play a great role, and it can easily
It can withstand the impact of tens of thousands of troops.
The only problem is that Taishi Ci does not have such command ability yet. After all, Taishi Ci has been miserable these years. He has been running errands for Chen Mu as a postman. He has only been on the battlefield a handful of times and has not accumulated much battlefield experience.
However, Chen Mu certainly couldn't let Tai Shici take charge of his role now. He asked Zhang Liao to go to Shating to stop the incoming troops from Yuancheng, and it was just for Zhang Liao to practice his skills.
In fact, including the later Five Sons of Good Generals, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Taishi Ci, Zhao Yundian, Wei Huangzhong and other top generals, their current commanding abilities are very low, they have too little experience in leading troops, and they need some time to grow.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Currently, in the entire Qingzhou Group, only Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Chen Mu have experience in leading large-scale legion-level troops.
Moreover, Liu Bei is still a second-hand swordsman. He is only suitable for commanding small-scale battles of less than 10,000 or 20,000 people. It is difficult for him to command a legion-level battle of more than tens of thousands of people. The commander's ability in the attribute version is too low.
The Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Yiling in history are examples. He basically never won a battle involving more than 10,000 or 20,000 people.
As for being able to win now, such as the crusade against Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju, and Dong Zhuo, both of which involved more than 100,000-level legion battles, it was because these battles were not the result of his command.
In the battle of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion, Ju Shuo was the rear coordinator and Xun You was the frontline commander. In the early stage of the battle against Dong Zhuo, it was planned by a group of advisers headed by Chen Mu. In the later stage, once Chen Mu left, Liu Bei's weakness of being emotional was exposed.
He gave up the attack on Chang'an in order to divert the people.
Therefore, Liu Bei is actually not suitable to be a commander. He is too emotional, too emotional and not rational. In small-scale battles, he can rely on many years of war experience to win, but in large-scale legion battles, the result can only be a mess.
The growth potential of Guan Yu's commanding ability is still quite high, so since the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, Chen Mu has been deliberately cultivating it, and now it can only be regarded as barely enough to reach the point of guarding Luoyang.
Therefore, Taishi Ci is now just an executor of orders, arriving on the battlefield as a front-line army and setting up fortifications on the only way Zhang and He must pass.
To truly command the battle, Chen Mu still had to be present in person.
At dusk, Chen Mu, who had made all arrangements in the pottery hall, finally arrived at Wuluxu.
What comes into view is a barren hill, with large and small earthen bags integrated into the walls of the village. The snow has been removed, and the crisscrossing earthen walls are intertwined with the white snow on the plain in the distance, revealing a hint of desolation.
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It is of course not easy to build so many standard fortifications in one day, so Taishi Ci used some of the ruins of the original Wulu City to transform it.
To the west of Wuluxu is the Ancient Yellow River Road, with a large area of rugged river channel still remaining. To the east is a patch of undulating hills. The only road that can allow the army to walk is the northern official road along the east side of the Ancient Yellow River Road.
Here, you will definitely pass by Wuluxu.
Seeing this terrain, Chen Mu was very satisfied and said to Taishi Ci: "Yes, the only drawback is that there are no towers and watchtowers built, so there are less archers at high places to suppress them. If there are towers, Zhang He
Death is certain."
Taishi Ci said helplessly: "You can't blame me, given the conditions. Being able to build so many earthen walls in one day is already pretty good. If you want to complete the military facilities, it will take at least several days."
"hehe."
Chen Mu smiled and patted his shoulder: "I don't blame you, I'm just sighing. But this time Zhang He is still peeling off. Cheer up and have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow will be a fierce battle.
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"clear."
Taishi Ci nodded.
Chen Mu led Taishi Ciguan Cheng Wang Dan Li Bo and other generals to the main tent of the camp, and arranged the sentry duties tonight. Then he asked Ada, Aer, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and other attendants to rest while he stayed in the tent.
Read a book.
Until late at night, the fierce north wind howled, maybe it was the cold wind blowing from Siberia in the north. During the night, there was hail, rain and snow, which made the tent bang.
Bad weather like this was obviously extremely difficult for marching. Zhang He had to camp in the wild and wait for the weather to stop before continuing the march.
But Zhang He didn't know that all his actions had been clearly seen by the scouts sent by Chen Mu.
The movements of the 30,000-strong army cannot be concealed. Although Zhang He also has scouts who are constantly patrolling around, Chen Mu's scouts only need to put on cotton-padded clothes and a white cloak on the outer door, lie down in the snow, and Zhang He
The scouts can't be seen even if they pass by.
The march was almost at a standstill due to the heavy wind and snow. After two days, the wind and snow stopped, so that Zhang He could continue to move forward arduously towards Yuancheng.
In fact, it was not that Zhang He had not considered changing his route and heading towards Weicheng.
But it's too difficult.
You must know that ancient times were not the modern era where highways were everywhere and transportation was developed.
Even Jizhou in the Great Plains is covered with weeds, potholed land and hills and trees are everywhere. People can walk through it, but it is almost impossible for carriages carrying weapons and equipment to walk in the wilderness.
Therefore, Zhang He could only take the official road, which was also very difficult to walk. The road was also bumpy and covered with snow. The daily marching speed was extremely slow, covering more than 20 miles a day.
Although it is a little better than when Chen Mu walked ten miles a day in the Qinling Mountains, where it was snowy and steep, and it took him a month to complete the 120-kilometer road, it is not much better.
.Because this means that it will be nearly twice as slow as the original plan. It used to take two days to reach Yuancheng, but now it takes five or six days.
At noon on the fourth day, the army continued to move forward along the official road from Dahegudu to the south to Yuancheng. On the winding official road, many soldiers were covered in blue and blue from the cold and struggled to move forward. Zhang He was wrapped in cotton clothes.
, his face was also purple from the cold, his hands had frostbite, and there was a constant chill in his mouth as he spoke.
"Where is this going?"
he asks.
The scout who led the way replied: "Five miles ahead we will reach the ruins of Wulu City. After Wulu, we will reach Yuancheng."
Yuancheng is only seven or eight miles away from Wulu.
Hearing the news, Zhang He perked up and said to the soldiers around him: "Tell the soldiers that we can reach Yuancheng in seven or eight miles. We can have a good rest tonight, take a hot bath and have a hot meal."
Let the soldiers work harder and continue on their way."
The messengers immediately dispersed to each camp, shouting continuously along the way. Up to now, Zhang He's army had lost more than a hundred people in combat, that is, people who had frozen to death, and many of them were even sick and abandoned.
Therefore, the morale of the soldiers was very low along the way. When they heard the news, everyone was shocked and hurried on, the pace was much faster.
This is the same as looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst.
The army moved forward slowly and continued for about two miles. When Zhang He was at the front of the team, he saw flying snow splashing in the distance and a fast horse galloping towards them.
The official road is muddy and uneven. Although horseshoes are now common, racing like this still hurts the horses. Even if the general scouts go out to investigate, they will only let the horses walk slowly and disperse, and will never run wildly in the snow.
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Zhang He frowned, feeling something was wrong in his heart.
When the scout got closer, his heart suddenly went cold, because there was actually an arrow clearly stuck on the scout's shoulder.
"General!"
The scout turned over and dismounted, endured the severe pain and knelt down on one knee and said: "Wulu Ruins ahead has been occupied, and the enemy's flag is Chen and Taishi!"
"What?"
Zhang He was shocked: "Are you sure it's Chen Yutaishi, not Zhang?"
To be honest, it's not surprising that there are enemies ambushing him in Wuluxu.
Because Zhang Liao was in Guantao.
But the strange thing is that the banner that was raised was not Zhang, but Chen and Taishi, which was the most heartbreaking thing for Zhang He.
In the Qingzhou Army, only those at the general level can display banners.
Chen Mu and Taishi Ci were guarding Guangzong, and the flags had already been known to Zhang He, so he knew exactly who the "Chen" flag and the "Taishi" flag represented.
Zhang Liao's appearance here did not feel scary to Zhang Hehe. What was scary was that Guangzong's guards Chen Mu and Taishi Ci, who were clearly supposed to be behind him, appeared in Wuluxu, 240 miles away. That was an extremely terrifying thing.
Because this means that the deception he arranged has almost no effect. When he set off from Ganling, others set out from Guangzong almost at the same time, arriving before him.
Own.
They were all played with by others and applauded!