Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3345 Whose strategy is the strategy among the strategies?

Cao Zhao left the Chinese army tent uneasily. He was not sure whether his words moved Fei Qian or not.

Everything seems to be immersed in endless fog, and the future direction cannot be seen. But when you feel some intention to retreat, you will find that the way back has disappeared.

Cao Zhao was walking on the road when a gust of wind blew. He suddenly felt that his body was cold and he was soaked in cold sweat.

Caused by guilty conscience.

Not everyone has the talent to remain calm even when a mountain collapses in front of them. Most of the time, it’s just a matter of catching a duck.

Last year, Fei Qian rushed to the Western Regions to quell the chaos, which made Cao Cao and the people of Shandong mistakenly think that there was an opportunity to take advantage of.

Unexpectedly, in the battle of the Western Regions, that **** Lu Bu would give in so quickly and give up everything. The chaos in the Western Regions was also interrupted with the collapse of the Shanshan Kingdom, which caused Cao Cao and the people of Shandong to be unable to get off...

What is even more unexpected is that Hedong is so difficult to fight.

The Hussar are not those incompetent old officials of the Han Dynasty, otherwise they would not have such a big foundation. Its huge territory was forged by its iron blood and military exploits. During the Western Expedition, it was natural to overthrow the country with the flip of a palm. Fei Qian formed an aura of supreme prestige.

People who have been following Fei Qian may not think it's a big deal, but when they meet Fei Qian for the first time, they will inevitably be affected by his various achievements, achievements, and related positions. It even reminded Cao Zhao of the hussars back then. Fear in Linxu County.

As Cao Zhao walked, he recalled bit by bit what he said and did with Fei Qian after entering the big tent, but found that he couldn't think of some details clearly. This made him very uneasy, but there was still nothing wrong with him. Other good ideas.

Cao Zhao did want to save his father, but it was not exactly what he and Fei Qian said.

Young people, after all, have some big dreams, and want to be big, hard and long-lasting, but this kind of dream often only truly realizes the beauty of facing the world when they enter their thirties or forties. In the end, I was still powerless.

One wrong step and you die.

This strong sense of excitement made Cao Zhao feel like he was walking on a cliff.

Everything that needs to be done has been done, and the rest...

Perhaps it can only be left to God's will.

Cao Zhao looked up at the sky.

The sky is endless.

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The sky is endless, and the human heart is equally unfathomable.

The word "greed" means that Tao has exhausted its secrets, but many people still turn a blind eye.

"The love may be true, but the request must be false." Xun Chen said calmly, even a little coldly, "The father saves the sons, and the son saves the widowed father." 』

"Hmm..." Fei Qian was stunned.

He didn't expect Xun Chen to explain the problem from this perspective, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.

"When a father saves his son, his affection is true and his intention is sincere. Among all living beings, the love between father and son is like the eternity of heaven and earth, and the everlasting brightness of the sun and moon. When a son is in danger, the father will step forward and do whatever it takes. This is the ultimate love of family and the ultimate nature of humanity. However, when the son saves the father, he has few things to do and deep indulgence. However, his little concern is not as intense as the father's eagerness to save his son. Although Li Gai has filial piety towards his father, he may hesitate or be unable to help in time due to troubles in the world. The son is not ruthless, but the world is complicated and people's hearts are unpredictable. Therefore, the son saving the father is not as good as the father saving the sons. 』

Xun Chen talked eloquently.

"This all depends on worldly affairs. If a son sincerely saves his father, his feelings can move the world and his actions can shake people's hearts. The love between father and son is reflected by heaven and earth, and is revealed by the sun and moon. Regardless of whether they are small or large, they are all true and true. I am just discussing the matter, not judging its good and bad. 』

"Looking at this person now, although he is passionate, his eyes are shining... Therefore, Chen thinks that his words may not be fully believed." ” 』

Fei Qian turned to look at Xun Chen and raised his eyebrows, "Cao Zilie?" 』

Xun Chen nodded and said, "Exactly." 』

Fei Qian didn't believe it.

After all, they are just ordinary generals of the Cao family. Cao Xiu is also an important member of the generals of the Cao family. In history, he is one of the Eight Tigers of the Cao family, or...

etc.

The Eight Tiger Generals were the arrangement given to Cao Cao's generals by later people, right?

Well, Cao Xiu and Cao Zilie...

While Fei Qian was thinking, Xun Chen continued: "This Caozi is willing to surrender, but he is here to assist the Han, not to worship the hussar." I thought that I was retreating in order to advance, and I was planning to pretend to surrender. But if you want to use the trick, it’s all done here... But, well... Cao Cao used this strategy, and it seems that he lost his dexterity and was a little more deliberate..."

"Lost your dexterity? Fei Qian listened and couldn't help but nodded.

The so-called dexterity is actually another way of saying "conspiracy".

Because it is presented openly and openly, there is no need to hide anything, and you are not afraid that the other party will not choose. The more the other party evades, the more losses you will suffer in the future. Just like the laws of the country, conspiracy is always better than conspiracy.

Fei Qian thought about it, and it seemed that from a certain stage, Cao Cao's strategy began to change. It was no longer as upright and overwhelming as before, but rather deviated...

However, Fei Qian didn't think too much about this issue. He was more interested in how to deal with Cao Xiu.

Unlike Xia Houshang, Cao Xiu is well-known among the Cao family, especially among the younger generation. If Cao Xiu can really be surrendered, it will be no less than a major blow to the Cao family's political group, and it will also This caused the nobles in Shandong to doubt the unity within the Cao family, thus affecting the foundation of Cao Cao's rule.

So Fei Qian retreated, and Xun Chen laid out his plans.

"The plan is simple, just let him send letters back and forth..." Xun Chen said with a smile, "If you get his handwriting, you can forge his books... When the fake is fake, the truth is also fake..."

So simple?

Fei Qian pondered for a moment and realized that the answer might really be that simple.

If you tell the truth, it is naturally worthless. If you don't tell the truth, you will be kept in the dark.

Communication between people is a very troublesome thing. The thoughts between each other fall from thoughts to words. With a slight change, the meaning may be completely different. Once the seeds of doubt are planted, it is impossible to remove them. Just two or three simple sentences, or shouting "Believe me" a few times, can solve the problem.

First of all, in the land of Shandong, it is said every day that it wants "unity" and "loyalty", but in fact there are many people who are half-hearted. When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought, a large number of people were swayed. Now that Fei Qian himself is fighting Cao Cao in Hedong, many people in Shandong are also feeling the same.

Judging from the various news that Fei Qian has received in the past few days, there are not a few people who are panicking and have different intentions, so it might as well be fake and make a real show...

Fei Qian nodded and agreed with Xun Chen to try to implement this strategy.

However, Fei Qian considered another question. What is the purpose of Cao Cao's current eagerness for quick success?

Is Mr. Lao Cao really not afraid that he will be devastated if he loses?

Or is there something else that Fei Qian failed to pay attention to, or something that can make the final decision and change the situation of the battle?

This is indeed a problem...

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The thing that changes the situation of the war may be big or small. It may be just a word, or it may be a soldier.

On Wuguan Road, Huang Zhong led his soldiers to attack the stone bridge road in front of Wuguan Pass.

Here is a bottleneck.

After passing here, you can push straight to the broken pass.

The terrain of Stone Bridge Road is dangerous, and the stone slabs are connected on the mountain ridge, just like a stone bridge, hence its name. Of course, Cao Jun soldiers were guarding the stone bridge road.

Huang Zhong listed the formation not far from Shiqiao Road.

Pang Shanmin was behind the formation, looking at Shiqiao Road with some concern. There are no guardrails on this stone bridge-like stone slab. It's okay to walk in the middle. If you fall to either side, although you won't be shattered into a huge abyss, you will at least break your limbs and muscles.

Moreover, there are some terrains in Wuguan Road that are similar to this. Although it is not so steep that one man can defeat ten thousand men, but if there are too many injuries along the way, the combat power will inevitably decrease. If you really want to march into Nanyang and regain Wancheng, you will encounter difficulties.

Wenpin knew that guarding the pass must guard the main road, so he also deployed a lot of soldiers here.

The mountain mist swept in with a roar, curling and beating the flags of both sides.

Huang Zhong looked at Cao Jun opposite, was silent for a moment, and stroked his beard, "I thought that Wen Zhongye would retreat despite the difficulties, but he didn't expect...Today we will capture the stone bridge and gather the troops to pass it!" 』

On the mountain road, both sides have no way to push heavy weapons forward, so there are advantages and disadvantages for the soldiers of both sides. Basically, they have to rely on hand-to-hand combat to determine the ownership of the Stone Bridge Road.

On the stone bridge road of less than a hundred steps, archers from both sides can cover this area, so the first to go out must be the sword and shield players with heavy armor and thick skin.

While the archers began to line up on both sides of the stone bridge and were busy, Huang Zhong's swordsmen were already lined up quietly.

Different from Cao Jun's tactics of using miscellaneous soldiers to consume the opponent's physical strength and equipment, Huang Zhong's current strategy is to use elites to break through this bottleneck. It can be clearly seen that Cao Jun also listed the corresponding formation on the opposite side of the stone bridge, and also set up some horse resistance. There should be some iron caltrops on the ground, but because the rocks on the mountain road are solid, I really want to dig. No trap can be dug. Juma is also a movable type. It is only pressed with sandbags and cannot be nailed into the rocks on the ground.

Although Huang Zhong verbally told Pang Shanmin to relax, in fact Huang Zhong was very cautious when facing combat.

Huang Zhong narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the rejecting horses.

He doesn't have many cavalry, and it's not suitable to charge on horseback on this kind of terrain, so what are these resisting horses doing? There is no horse that can be resisted, but the horse is just placed to protect the infantry?

The swordsmen under Huang Zhong are quite good.

Most of these school swordsmen had been with Huang Zhong when they were in Jingxiang and accepted Huang Zhong's training and teachings. Only when everyone is good at wielding good swordsmanship can they be called "school swordsmen". It is a "teacher of swordsmanship", the kind that can be used as a swordsmanship instructor in the ranks of ordinary soldiers.

Swords and shields do not distinguish between families. The current terrain that requires swords and shields to advance is exactly the time for these school swordsmen to exert their power.

The sword and shield players in Cao Jun's formation on the opposite side are obviously somewhat different from Huang Zhong's school sword players...

"Wen Zhongye..." Huang Zhong snorted, "What do you want to do?" 』

After pondering for a moment, Huang Zhong took a long bow from the guard beside him, then pulled out an arrow and commanded in a deep voice: "Tangbu!" ignition! 』

The guard immediately took a piece of cloth, dipped it in the kerosene jar, wrapped it around the arrowhead, and lit it on fire.

Huang Zhong didn't seem to take aim, he just opened the bow and shot.

Shan Lan, who was playing on the mountain road, was stunned and immediately became furious!

This guy actually looks down on someone?

Shan Lan roared over, pulling and encouraging hard, trying to make Huang Zhong's arrow deviate from its original direction.

But I don't know whether Huang Zhong calculated the wind speed in the first place or Shan Lan's strength was not worth mentioning. The arrow was like a meteor in the air, directly crossing the stone bridge of a hundred steps, and pierced Cao Jun's array with a "pop" sound. Among them, there is a horse that is set up relatively far back.

"Quickly put out the fire!" 』

Cao Jun's soldiers panicked, and immediately someone stepped forward, tore off Huang Zhong's arrows, and extinguished the rockets that had not fully released their burning power.

Huang Zhong squinted his eyes and made a sound.

Pang Shanmin stepped forward and asked, "What did the general see?" 』

Huang Zhong smiled and said, "If what I expected is true, there must be something igniting the fire among those who resisted the horse!" 』

"ah? Pang Shanmin was a little surprised, "Is this... is this a trap?" So is it possible to use rockets to ignite these resisting horses first? 』

Huang Zhong stretched out his hand and let Shan Lan pass through his fingers. He pondered for a moment and shook his head, "It's difficult." 』

Even if Huang Zhong shoots an arrow by himself, he seems to be doing it easily and without any mistakes, but for ordinary archers to achieve his level of strength and accuracy...

The bows and arrows were thrown, because they were wrapped with cloth, so the range was originally reduced. In addition, there was an uncertain mountain wind on the stone bridge. Even if some arrows could be shot over, they might not be able to defeat the few behind. He refused immediately nervously.

As for the horses in front of them, Huang Zhong believed that they were nothing and had no ingredients. Even if they were hit by rockets and burned, they would be of no use.

Due to terrain restrictions, the archers were unable to advance. If they really wanted to destroy this trap and let the archers advance, then the archers congested on the stone bridge would become Cao Jun's best target.

However, after thinking for a moment, Huang Zhong suddenly laughed, "This is interesting... This is like Wen Zhongye!" Send the order and prepare to attack! 』

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On the other side of Shiqiao Road, Wenpin was also nervously staring at the changes in front of the formation.

You cannot defend the gate to death.

Although Wenpin did not have a great reputation, he was actually quite capable. It was just that he had always been around Jingxiang throughout history and had not gone out, so naturally no other generals had made such a big name.

Of course, this choice of Wenpin has advantages and disadvantages.

Just like some people in future generations will choose to go to big cities to contribute their youth and body, and some people will choose to retire in their hometowns and live in peace. They are all right, and there is no distinction between high and low.

As a human being, the most important thing is to understand your position.

One's own, and those of one's opponents.

Wenpin understands his position and is very clear in his heart...

He couldn't fight, but he couldn't just retreat.

Although Wenpin tried his best to keep himself calm and present a confident image, in fact Wenpin couldn't control the corners of his eyes beating from time to time.

That's it, why don't you stop?

Still thinking about attacking?

Is Huang Zhong crazy?

Could it be that he couldn't see the trap here?

Didn't Huang Zhong shoot an arrow before?

Thousands of thoughts flashed through Wenpin's mind, colliding with each other and congested in his chest and abdomen, making him feel extremely aggrieved.

Of course, what made Wenpin even more aggrieved was that Cao Jun in Jingxiang ignored his request for help...

Huang Zhong and his men pressed forward step by step, but he could only resist pointlessly.

Yes, Wenpin also knows that this level of resistance is nothing at all, and simple strategies can easily be seen through. The only hope is that because of the special terrain of Shiqiao, Huang Zhong and others find it a bit tricky, and then they can Put it off for a few more days.

As long as it can be delayed for ten days and a half, not only will the possibility of reinforcements increase a lot, but more importantly, even if I can't hold on and withdraw, I will have an excuse.

These days, it’s hard to have a good time no matter where you work!

There is an unwritten rule among Cao's army, perhaps also a rule among the Three Kingdoms. There is no explicit confirmation, but what most people agree on is that if attacked by the enemy, no reinforcements will be seen for three months, regardless of retreat. Regardless of whether he surrendered or surrendered, he would not be criticized. After all, it could be said that he had tried his best.

If you can last for a year and a half, even if you are captured, you will be respected by the other party and will be recruited and surrendered.

And if you do nothing and just run away when you see the enemy...

Where will Wen's face be placed in Jingxiang in the future?

Wenpin had to fight and resist, but he did not have enough strength, and the soldiers were too exhausted to resist, so Wenpin deliberately laid the trap out in the open.

It is not a horse-rejection that is used to repulse horses.

Anyone with a narrow mind would find something wrong, let alone Huang Zhong?

Wenpin hoped that Huang Zhong would find this problem, and if he couldn't solve it immediately, he could delay it for a few days.

For example, retreat, build or set up a catapult, ballista or something, and then this trap can be broken.

Wenpin can naturally retreat to the next location, and then delay it for a few days...

Until reinforcements arrive, or...

Withdraw troops.

So Wenpin stared at the soldiers on the opposite side and said silently in his heart, "Don't come over!" 』

Unfortunately, it backfired.

The war drums roared across the stone bridge!

Huang Zhong’s school swordsman is on display!

"Crazy!" ” Wenpin’s expression finally changed, “This crazy maniac! It's crazy! Crazy! 』

The guard on the side also asked eagerly, "General, what should I do?" They really came up! what to do? ! 』

Wenpin didn't want to fight, but the opponent was already pressing forward.

"What else can I do?" 』

This is all riding on your face!

Wenpin sighed, and then when he turned around, his face was full of "perseverance"...

He gripped the sword tightly and raised it high, "Send the order, beat the drum!" Prepare to meet the enemy! 』