Chapter 3474: A difference in sequence
Although Xu Chu pulled Cao's arrangement, it was not as smooth as he imagined when he attacked Zhongtiaoshan Camp.
Cao's army relied on defensive fortifications to resist, but only relied on ordinary swords and guns, and did not destroy the effectiveness of those defensive fortifications much.
Grenades have limited destructive power, and sometimes they are not as useful as battle axes.
The only way is to attack with fire, but Cao's army also brushed mud on the wall of the village, and did not burn for a while.
This is like when nomads attack the Chinese fortress, even if they have too many people, they are powerless.
Xu Chu and his men rushed twice, demolished a piece of village walls outside the Cao army, and killed several waves of Cao army soldiers to counterattack, but they were still blocked by the strong bow and crossbow in the middle circle of Cao army.
Fei Qian led his men forward and found Xu Chu. Xu Chu was fighting a little, shook his helmet, and wanted to send heavy armored infantry forward.
Sima Yi hurriedly stepped forward to stop Xu Chu, pulled Xu Chu to the side first, and calmed down.
Fei Qian narrowed his eyes, ignored Sima Yi and Xu Chu's muttering, but carefully checked the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp in front of him.
It was getting closer. When I looked at Cao Jun’s Zhongtiao Mountain Camp, I felt that it was completely different from looking at it with a telescope in the distance.
Xu Chu was anxious, and he could understand that the defense map of Zhongtiaoshan Camp obtained from Lu Chang was timely. If Cao's army noticed this problem and replaced the layout of Zhongtiaoshan Camp, it might not be the help of the offensive, but the trap of death.
The sun hangs in the air.
Zhongtiao Mountain lies horizontally in front of it.
The Zhongtiao Mountain Camp of Cao's army was built along the mountain. It stretched from east to west for nearly ten miles, and from north to south, it stretched from the bottom of the mountain to the mountains. There were wooden and earth-structured village walls of two or three people, including sentry towers, arrow piles, soldiers and huge crossbows, hidden behind the chest wall, and the iron heads of the crossbow arrows shone with a dazzling cold light in the sun.
There was dust rising from the mountain road in the distance, as if some soldiers were mobilizing.
The military camp was very powerful, but the soldiers in the military camp were a little panicked.
In the camp, some Han military flags, with their heads and faces hanging down, drooping softly.
The Cao army's messenger looked at the Cavalry Army, while busy running around. Sometimes he accidentally stepped on the air and slid down the slope of the mountainside, falling to dust.
Near the gate of the camp, some messy and abandoned weapons and torn arrows were quietly watching both sides with blood corpses, as if waiting for the next new company.
Some swords and guns with no heads and tails also have black colors. Even if the smell of blood is so far away, it seems that it can still linger on the tip of the nose.
Xu Chu walked back, "Lord..."
Fei Qian nodded, "The more anxious you are, the more chaotic you will be... Now that we are here, it is not easy for Cao Jun camp to adjust its defenses..."
This is why Fei Qian still sends troops to attack even if he has some doubts.
Only by attacking and suppressing Cao's army can we force the Cao army to reveal more omissions. Moreover, when the distance is closer, even if the Cao army wants to do, it will bear the pressure of the cavalry. As long as it is seized, it will take a moment to conquer the Zhongtiaoshan camp.
『Lord, we lack siege equipment…』 Sima Yi said, 『Cao army has strong bows and crossbows in the camp, and we are very disadvantaged if we attack…』
When the siege equipment comes up, it will naturally be much easier to fight.
But Fei Qian shook his head and smiled, "Zhongda, don't forget, we have another advantage..."
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Starting from the afternoon of that day, the Cavalry Army changed its tactics.
The original attitude of almost chewing it in one breath, but it was killed with one hammer and it was replaced by a small knife to cut the flesh.
The Cavalry Army launched a series of attacks with various brigades and battalions to launch a small-scale attack on the Zhongtiaoshan Camp.
In order not to let the Cao army control the rhythm of the attack of the cavalry, Fei Qian sent a different number of soldiers each time. Sometimes there were thousands of people at one move, and sometimes there were only dozens of people. Infantry and cavalry mixed together, some carried ordinary rockets and ran away after shooting, while others brought some destructive tools to eradicate the fortifications of the Cao army's peripheral horses...
The large army under the banner, with strong bows and crossbows, posing as a strong attack and breakthrough, waiting for the enemy's horns to rush out to fight, but they were about to get out of the way.
Sometimes three or two teams led hundreds of cavalry to move, and a gust of wind swept over, but they never tangled with the enemy, and only surrounded the camp outside the Cao army's camp.
The time for testing is not regular. Sometimes there is no movement for a long time. Sometimes one group has just walked for a while and another group is coming again. Sometimes even a large number of horses on the front are slowly retreating, and one or two light cavalry on the flanks are trying to break through. When Cao Jun screams and starts to turn the defense line, he immediately turns around.
Cao's army also wanted to make a tactical change against Fei Qian, but it was difficult...
What is difficult is not strategy or command, but execution!
Execution of soldiers.
Although the Husbands had nearly a thousand casualties in the Zhongtiaoshan camp in the early stage, the Husbands were obviously not affected by morale.
It is not that the Hussar soldiers have evolved to the point of not being afraid of life and death, but that Fei has reached the extreme of this era in terms of potential treatment of wounded soldiers and logistics support for treating casualties.
When I went to the battlefield, everyone knew that there was no eyebrow in swords and guns, and everyone knew that life and death were life. However, when I was really injured, I still hope that someone around me would come to treat me and do everything possible to continue my life, rather than throwing it into the garbage dump like a piece of stinky meat...
That's right, the siege equipment of the Cavalry Army has not yet caught up, but the quality, physical fitness, and cooperation, cover and coordination of the entire battlefield far exceed that of the Cao army's soldiers, which makes the Cao army's soldiers more and more difficult in the past two days!
Although the Cavalry Army did not launch a decisive attack on the camp in Zhongtiao Mountain in the past two days, they also roughly arranged the situation of Cao's army in the middle and outer circles of Zhongtiao Mountain.
The arrangement of Cao's army is generally consistent with the defense map presented by Lu Chang.
It has been found that the Cao army soldiers guarding the northern exit of Zhongtiao Mountain were about 4,000, and the two wings were halved. They were arranged along the Zhongtiao Mountain Road, and the logistics camp was also deep in the mountain road.
There are three or four camps along the way, each stationing between 500 and 1,000 troops.
There were two other paths, which were cut off by the soldiers of the Cao army. They could not pass through the mail. They could only rely on the number of flags and tents, and roughly calculated that there were about a thousand enemies who blocked the gaps on these two paths.
Overall, it is about the same size as what Lu Chang said, 10,000 people, but there are some details that cannot be matched...
In the past two days, Xu Chu and Sima Yi cooperated with each other, deployed soldiers and dispatched troops, so busy that they almost didn't even have time to eat and sleep. Fei Qian was also not idle. While he had to deal with various documents delivered from the rear, he also had to formulate an overall offensive plan based on the current situation of the Cao army.
In fact, after these two days of hard work, Fei Qian successfully dragged Cao's army Zhongtiaoshan camp to his own pace.
Following the other party's rhythm, you will definitely be unlucky, so both sides are trying to seize the rhythm as much as possible, but the physical fitness and quality of the Cao army soldiers began to fail to keep up.
Fighting is a very physically consuming thing. After a fierce battle, people will become exhausted and paralyzed. This is a common situation.
However, Hussar soldiers with a strong physical foundation, better living conditions, and stronger training foundation can recover faster than Cao's army!
What did Cao's soldiers eat?
Ordinary soldiers are probably low-level carbohydrates.
Then serve with some pickles.
As for meat, even if it is available, it is still in small form. It is hard to say whether the meat is serious or not.
Even with this kind of food ratio, ordinary soldiers may not be able to eat enough.
The more senior military academy non-commissioned officers eat much better.
The higher-level lieutenant generals are specialized in stoves and specially equipped with cooks. Even the roughest wheat rice is screened and will not mix into sand, gravel or insects.
The Cao army was very strict in hierarchy, and the different treatment of food was conducive to ruling and management, but now it has shown its disadvantages.
For the Cavalry Army, due to the large-scale promotion of cattle and horse breeding, these Cavalry soldiers far exceeded the Cao army's soldiers at least in terms of the probability and number of meat!
Therefore, the physical differences between the two sides have gradually increased as time goes by.
Fei Qian took Huang Xu and a team of guards to the temporary kitchen camp.
The pot and pot of this temporary kitchen have never stopped in the past two days.
Because of the continuous harassment and invasion of the Cao army's tactics, a group of soldiers here rushed to the front line after eating. The next group of soldiers who returned might come to eat and rest. Therefore, there is no concept of two meals and three meals. They always prepare steamed buns and hot soup, so the soldiers can eat some when they sit down.
When Fei Qian came, some soldiers were holding bowls, standing or squatting, and eating. When they saw Fei Qian coming, they couldn't help but stop.
A military academy officer came forward, Fei Qian smiled and called them their big name casually.
"Zhang family boy, don't just laugh, the soup has been sprinkled!"
"Liu Erlang, your robe is torn like this, and your butt and eggs are exposed. Hurry up and go to the back camp to get a new one..."
"Li Zhongye! Have you bought a property for your family this time?"
Fei Qianla is like a family matter, and he can tell as he goes.
The non-commissioned officers who were named by him, either giggled or excited, were poured on their bodies, and some were busy expressing their desire to continue fighting, not defeating Cao's army and not being able to die, etc.
Fei Qian also nodded, walked with a smile, looked at this and asked that.
If it were other troops, Fei Qian might not be familiar with it, but many of these military academies were mobilized from Pingyang and were selected by the army over the years. Fei Qian naturally knew it in general.
Fei Qian was surrounded by crowds, patted the shoulder, and punched the man. Every move showed a sense of sincerity and sincerity from the heart. Even if there were some non-commissioned officers from the military academy, Huang Xu would introduce it next to him. Fei Qian also encouraged him, which immediately made everyone in these military academy look red and very excited.
Fei Qian didn't stay for a long time, so he just wandered around and ordered someone to lead two sheep to come, and the cook Ding slaughtered them, and added a meal to the soldiers and the people coming behind him. He immediately received cheers from the soldiers and military academy...
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Although the moment when Cao's army was blocked in the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, the troops realized that they would eventually retreat and break through, Dong Zhao had never been ordering to retreat.
Due to various concerns, the top Cao army has been avoiding talking about it and does not announce the exact time of retreat, but this does not mean that the military academies and soldiers at the lower level will not make some preparations for retreat in advance.
However, on the surface, this kind of preparation for retreat is still prohibited, and even if it is discovered, it will be punished.
This rigid and incompetent system is like a malicious worker that was arrested last second and posted a big blue notice, indicating that the person who did not obey the curfew management and dared to maliciously make money to buy pancakes was extremely guilty. Then, the next second, it was advocating the public to set up stalls and recover the economy, and everyone went to do cattle, horses, rented out time and sold labor...
Under this contradictory and unclear system, the preset planning of each unit of the Cao army was not unified, which also led to the unstable thoughts of the Cao army soldiers, especially when the Cavalry Army began to have a high-intensity harassment and combat, the problem of the Cao army soldiers was magnified.
Although it means facing life and death, I can never die, and of course I hope I will not die.
At least it's not just a waste of death.
When the harassment tactics of the Cavalry Army were just beginning, the soldiers of the Cao army could still respond with a twelve-point spirit, but as time went by, the soldiers of the Cao army began to get over it...
The soldiers' front is not like in later games, where the mouse can be moved by dragging the mouse, and it can also be used to make dozens of poses for you to choose. In fact, any matter that is not done well may have problems!
If it weren't for the Cao army soldiers in Zhongtiaoshan Camp, they would have been generally quite elite, and they would have collapsed and chaotic long ago.
The morale of the Cao army soldiers was also seeing that it was declining, which gave Dong Zhao a great headache.
The sunset sets again.
As the red sunset half sinks under the horizon, the vast loess in the river east were shrouded in the blood of the sunset. The golden and red clouds in the sky chased the disappearing sunset, just like a dispersed scattered warrior fleeing to the west.
I really hope that the one who escaped was the Cavalry Army, not the Cao Army...
Dong Zhao looked at the sunset and breathed a long sigh, "Send the order, beat the drum and gather the generals!"
Go out to fight back?
Don't even think about it.
Under this kind of morale, if you leave the camp, you may not have disbanded immediately!
He might even go on to join the cavalry and attack the Zhongtiaoshan Camp!
This kind of thing has been repeated several times in history, so Dong Zhao naturally would not do such a move.
Facing the lifeless military academies, he forced a smile and said, "You are brave in combat and outstanding in merit... Now... it's almost time to retreat..."
The Cao Jun Military Academy, which was originally like a dead person, was just a little more breath than a zombie, was silent at first after Dong Zhao finished speaking, and then suddenly came to life, even the luster on his face became a little rosy!
『Retreat! When?!』
"It's time to retreat!"
"Very good!"
『Retreat, retreat quickly!』
The military academies of the Cao army were extremely excited.
『…』 Dong Zhao's face gradually collapsed.
After a while, the military academy realized the problem. After a few coughs, everyone gradually shrank their heads and closed their mouths.
Dong Zhao took a deep breath, and then tried his best to keep his voice stable and not fluctuated by these guys. "But when he retreated, the most casualties were killed or injured! Who would you like to stay and cut off the rear?!"
The military academies immediately shrank their heads even harder, and they wanted to shrink into the cracks underground immediately.
'That's it!' Dong Zhao said in a deep voice, 'If you fight for retreat, no one can escape at that time, and everyone will die here! This is what you hope for?! A bunch of bastards!'
At the end, Dong Zhao couldn't help but curse, and then adjusted his breathing again.
Dong Zhao was not satisfied with the performance of Cao's soldiers over the past two days.
Dong Zhao believed that relying on the camp could support it for at least a period of time. Even if the siege equipment of the Cavalry Army was sharp, it would at least be like the Tongguan Camp, and could retreat step by step and wait for an opportunity to move. However, unexpectedly, after only two or three days, there were some signs of collapse in the Zhongtiaoshan Camp!
So, from this point of view, Dong Zhao is really concerned about whether these military academies can retreat alive and whether they are leaving safely?
A joke, of course it is impossible!
Dong Zhao now says "retreat the army", and his real purpose is not to "retreat the army", just like the officials in Shandong who often say "conscience" may not really have much "conscience".
Dong Zhao's purpose is still to stabilize the morale of the army and give the Cao army soldiers and military academy in the Zhongtiaoshan camp a hope, and then let these Cao army soldiers and military academy continue to work as cows, horses, and fight to death.
"Since you are not willing to assume the responsibility of severing the rear..."
Dong Zhao said slowly, then looked around, and under the expectant gaze of the military academy, he said something that surprised the military academy but seemed to be natural, "Then stay and cut off the rear!"
Dong Zhao's expression did not change much on the surface, but he was sneering in his heart.
No?
Do you all hope that you can withdraw your troops simply and smoothly? You all hope that you can gain the right to life and the hope of survival will be meticulously taken care of by Shandong officials, local tyrants, and the owner of the manor?
No way!
I really think that the land of Shandong is called "parents" and that I really regard the officials as their biological parents. Can I get selfless and unrequited care from the officials?
Looking at the military academy that was looking at each other, Dong Zhao put on a heart-to-heart look and said in the most earnest voice: "Think about it yourself. If you don't stay together, you will repel the pursuers of the Cavalry first. At that time, no one will let anyone else be stepped on each other. You and I will be buried in this mountain at that time!"
"so……"
Dong Zhao looked around, "The Cavalry Army has been harassing our army for several days! As early as tonight, the Cavalry Army will definitely come to attack the camp tomorrow night! This is our best opportunity! As long as we defeat the Cavalry Army's sneak attack, we can withdraw our troops calmly! Then order will retreat, and everyone can survive! If at this moment, greedy for life and death, and everyone cannot go back... Dong said ugly things ahead, don't worry about whether the Cavalry Army comes or not, kill this evil group first!"
Chapter completed!