The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

Chapter 355 Liu Bei withdraws his troops

The junction of Qingxu.

Liu Han secretly came to Zhao Yun with his guards.

"Lord!"

Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were waiting outside the camp.

"It's very cold, let's go in and talk."

"Here."

Everyone followed Liu Han into the Chinese army.

"I also came to Qingzhou secretly this time. I will not interfere with matters on the battlefield. I only have one request: to defeat Liu Bei."

Now, Liu Han does not need to do everything personally. His subordinates have all grown up. The older generation includes Duan Jiong, the middle generation includes Xu Rong and Huang Zhong, the younger generation includes Zhao Yun and Xu Huang, and the younger generation includes Zhang Liao and Zhang He.

For a small-scale war, just leave it to your generals. It would be best for you to just watch from the sidelines and not care about anything.

"As ordered!"

Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei had been confronting Liu Bei for nearly half a month. Liu Bei took good precautions and did not find any opportunities for sneak attacks. Even if there were any, it was obviously Liu Bei's plan and they would not fall for it.

War, the battle for land, killing people to fill the fields; fighting for the city, killing people to fill the city, mainly tells about one word, "power". The momentum that comes is irresistible, and the momentum that goes away cannot be left behind.

Since the Warring States Period, there has been no "confrontation" in the decisive battles between the two armies of China. They have been all offensive and defensive battles. Except for the invasion of ethnic minorities, which have been cavalry encounters, there have been no generals or generals in the decisive battles. Possibility of duel.

In the cold weapon era, the form of war has not changed much. Cavalry is more suitable for field battles, and most wars are offensive battles. Now Zhao Yun belongs to the defender and Liu Bei belongs to the attacker. Logically speaking, Liu Bei should attack and Zhao Yun should defend. However, due to the two sides Due to the gap in cavalry, Zhao Yun became the attacker and Liu Bei belonged to the defender.

War horses, because Liu Han controlled this strategic resource ten years earlier than the princes, it became an important force gap that stuck.

A good horse weighs ten times as much as a man, and the infantry will certainly not be able to withstand the direct impact of the cavalry at close range. And this also brings an advantage that is often overlooked: cavalry can generally wear heavy armor without fear of inconvenience in movement. Infantrymen wear similar heavy armor, but they often cannot walk, or at least they are very slow and cumbersome.

The explosive speed on the battlefield has two meanings: First, the war horse, which is already heavier than a human, coupled with its extremely high speed, has greater potential energy. Even more unstoppable. The second is to give the cavalry the highest tactical mobility.

Compared with the slow-moving infantry phalanx, the cavalry can switch battlefields at will and at high speed, and then attack the weak links of the infantry phalanx from any angle they like: the flanks or even the rear. This also means that cavalry can gain a greater tactical concentration advantage than infantry.

Liu Han combined these two advantages, coupled with pre-war strategic deception, to conduct raids throughout Qingzhou, changing the cavalry's combat style of field combat, and making the princes even more afraid.

For example, when you and Liu Han were in battle, eating hot pot and singing songs, suddenly news came from the rear. Liu Han attacked with cavalry and beat him to pieces. What's the use of an impregnable frontal defense? Isn’t the home gone?

Even if the two armies confront each other, more troops will be deployed to escort the grain and grass. No one can guarantee whether a cavalry force will suddenly appear on the grain road and set fire to the grain without respecting martial ethics.

This caused Liu Bei to be cautious and Zhao Yun could not find any loopholes. During the march, the scout cavalry was twenty miles ahead of the main force, responsible for reconnaissance.

The vanguard is ten miles away from the main force and is responsible for repairing roads and bridges damaged by the enemy so that the main force can move smoothly.

If the scouts give a warning and encounter a small group of enemies, they will quickly move forward to defeat them; if they encounter a large group of enemies, they will form a defensive formation to buy time for the main army behind to form an array.

As for the field battle?

Only if Liu Bei was crazy would he choose to fight Zhao Yun in a confrontation in the wild.

An infantry square of 1 people may have a frontal width of about 2- kilometers.

The frontal width of a ten thousand cavalry assault formation may be only tens of meters or a hundred meters (cavalry generally adopts a pointed formation, and the frontal width gradually expands and has a large depth).

Using a cavalry formation of tens of meters or hundreds of meters wide to attack an infantry formation of 1 people 2-2 kilometers wide is like cutting a big pie with a sharp knife. Moreover, the cavalry often chooses the weakest link in the infantry formation to launch an attack, and often simply goes around to the rear to attack. Being fast means you can do whatever you want.

The cavalry can also choose mounted archery. The high-speed maneuverability of the cavalry can often quickly form a large local strength advantage in the weak corner of the infantry formation, and its bow and arrow shooting density far exceeds that of the infantry.

The tactical advantages of arching horses and arching horses are no joke.

Wherever the cavalry went, there were always a lot of people shot like hedgehogs. This also largely rules out the possibility of infantry using long pole weapons to deal with cavalry: as far away as about fifty steps, the cavalry had already used bows and arrows to kill all the infantry holding spears and long knives. Unless there is special terrain to rely on, it is difficult for infantry to get close to the cavalry...unless the cavalry rushes over by themselves (yes, the scolding is Gongsun Zan).

Zhao Yun had many ways to kill Liu Bei. Liu Bei, who did not have a strong enough cavalry, was not even qualified to fight in the field.

Therefore, Liu Bei could only choose to fight Zhao Yun here, and the two sides brought the war back to fighting for supplies and accumulation!

There's no way, I can't beat him! I can only be a coward, but the army is an eyesore here, like a nail that cannot be pulled out for a while. If I choose to ignore it, there are 30,000 people on the other side. Do you dare to ignore it?

I'm here to disgust you on purpose!

However, as the confrontation lengthened, Liu Bei, as the attacking party, was under pressure from food and grass.

Flaws also appeared.

The county closest to the front line of the Qingxu confrontation is Ju County, but it is still a hundred miles away.

One hundred miles, neither long nor short, but enough for Zhao Yun to take action.

Although Wei Yan and Lu Zhao were sent with 5,000 troops to escort the grain and grass, Xu Chu also had 5,000 troops ready to respond in case of any eventuality.

However, he still underestimated the threat of cavalry, especially heavy cavalry!

This time, the only 2,000 heavy cavalry in Zhao Yun's hands were all taken out by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Guan Yu led 8,000 light cavalry to surround and kill the grain team, while Zhang Fei led 2,000 heavy cavalry to block Xu Chu's reinforcements.

Even if Xu Chu's infantry formed a formation, they were as fragile as a piece of paper in front of Zhang Fei's heavy cavalry.

After two rounds of charges, Xu Chu's infantry phalanx was scattered. Xu Chu, who was surrounded by ten thousand enemies, was unable to support himself under the siege of heavy cavalry. He barely managed to fight his way out and met Zhang Fei.

"That thief, Zhang Fei from Yan is here! Why don't you quickly dismount and surrender?!"

Xu Chu hated Zhang Fei so much that he acted recklessly with the heavy cavalry, "Zhang Yide! If you have the ability, let's fight! Stop using heavy cavalry to bully others!"

"Hahaha! Die!"

"attack!"

Zhang Fei didn't talk to him. Maybe it was because he had been with Liu Han for a long time. Zhang Fei was influenced by his ears and eyes, and he was no longer a reckless man who only knew how to fight in single combat. When the two armies fought, it was a life-and-death battle! When it comes to life and death, how can we fight in a one-on-one fight without respecting martial ethics? You can challenge a group of us alone or a group of us can challenge one of you, it’s your choice!

Xu Chu, times have changed!

Seeing Zhang Fei being so shameless, Xu Chu ran back cursing. If he had heavy cavalry, he would definitely attack Zhang Fei with his face!

"Dunlun your mother!"

"It's his mother's fault!"

Wei Yan and Lu Zhao of the grain transport team were also miserable. Guan Yu didn't give them a chance to fight at close range, so he surrounded them, and then used arrow formations to find a breakthrough, eating them bite by bite. Even if your reinforcements arrive, I won't be afraid. You can't chase them anyway. superior!

Lu Zhao personally led the death squad and wanted to fight with the cavalry, but Guan Yu didn't give him a chance.

In the end, Wei Yan managed to escape by hiding in the woods with his remaining soldiers. Lu Zhao was not so lucky and was captured alive by Guan Yu.

Liu Bei, who was far away in the camp, naturally received the news of the attack on grain and grass. He immediately ordered his troops to fight Zhao Yun, but when he saw that the opponent had 10,000 elite cavalry and 10,000 infantry, he still retreated.

If you can throw away food and grass once, you can throw it away a second time. If Liu Bei doesn't leave now, it won't be up to him whether he leaves or not in a few days.

"Withdraw troops!"

After losing 10,000 people, Liu Bei chose to retreat and abandon Qingzhou.

At this point, Qingzhou belonged to Liu Han.

(End of this chapter)