Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3355 The ups and downs of people’s hearts

If the camp of Cao's army besieging Anyi City is compared to an egg, then the camp built by Cao's army near Anyi City is probably an ostrich egg.

The troops led by Fei Qian were like a group of small black insects.

Historically, Liu Bei marched into Yiling, claiming to be a joint force of 700 miles, but in fact it was not 700 miles, only about 70 miles, and no more than 100 miles at most. In the joint camp of a hundred miles, fighting has begun in the front and the rear has not received news. At that time, Liu Bei's military strength was only about 30,000 to 50,000. Mr. Luo's statement of 750,000 was just a necessary exaggeration.

Thirty to fifty thousand people, jointly operating for seventy miles. The terrain in the dense forest and mountainous area of ​​Yiling is elongated and easy to understand.

So now Cao's army has 10,000 main battle troops and 20,000 servants and auxiliary troops. It is useless to plunder and hold the civilians captive. Building a large camp with a radius of more than 20 miles relying on the water source line is an impossible task?

Cao Cao now captured a large number of people in the east of Heluo River, and naturally it was impossible to keep them in vain. Some were taken to Shandong, and some were sent to Anyi to repair the earth.

Facing such a large camp, what is the best way to attack?

Do you want to spread out all your soldiers and cavalry, like a swarm of little black bugs biting ostrich eggs, one in the east and one in the west?

This aimless attack, wasted in vain, is undoubtedly the most stupid plan.

The best choice is to start with a point.

The tactical formation not only depends on your actual situation, but also will be affected by many factors.

Such as the political interests of group alliances.

The Eastern Han Dynasty was a political power established by the gentry manor-landlord economy represented by the large landowner families in Jizhou and Yuzhou. Legally, it inherited the legal system of the Western Han Dynasty formed by the Sichuan-Shu Alliance based on the Guanlong Group and Lao Qin. Therefore, In fact, the Eastern Han Dynasty had more problems than the Western Han Dynasty.

Liu Xiu couldn't solve the contradiction between these things even after racking his brains. He could only find Luoyang as the capital between the east and west to balance and regulate, and look forward to the wisdom of future generations. But it is obvious that the descendants of Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty would just choose to lie down most of the time.

Therefore, among the interests of Cao Cao's Shandong political group, the most worthless or the lowest consumables are ordinary people and common people.

Fei Qian's current political collective is a new political system that integrates wandering nobles, children of poor families, military lords, and barbarians in the northern Diguan area of ​​​​Jingxiang. Because it is a new political system, the cake has not been cut yet. It cannot be said that there are no internal conflicts at all, but they are not as big as in Shandong.

With the rapid expansion of Feiqin in Guanzhong and Longxi, they opened up trade routes that were originally unrelated to each other, and worked hard to accelerate development, repelling the surrounding Hu regimes and small and medium-sized ethnic forces, and curbing the evolution and degradation of the Western Regions. It has naturally become the strongest political force in the Han Dynasty.

From this point of view, Fei Qian cannot take Cao Cao's route of fighting for consumption.

What Cao Cao is consuming are ordinary people and civil servants who have no political voice and no political status. If Fei Qian follows Cao Cao's rhythm, what he will consume is his own foundation and future development potential!

Understanding this, you can understand that the war between Cao Cao and Fei Qian in the ninth year of Taixing was not, in a sense, a conflict between Cao Cao and Fei Qian, but between the political groups they represented. conflict between. At this point, Fei Qian is much happier than Cao Cao, because Lao Cao not only has to fight against Fei Qian, but also needs to deal with the pig teammates in the rear.

Cao Cao changed into casual clothes, a simple helmet and jersey, just like an ordinary military academy, and did not display any flags. If you don't look carefully, he is two completely different people from the stand-in on the high platform.

He wanted to take another look at Fei Qian before leaving.

What a deep love this is...

Ahem.

In fact, Cao Cao had a knot in his heart.

He couldn't figure it out.

He was ready to leave, but he couldn't rest assured, so he didn't leave.

But I have to leave now. If I don’t leave, I’m afraid I won’t be able to leave soon…

Anyi Camp, said to be a camp, should actually be called a joint venture.

Although it is not as exaggerated as the Baili Alliance that Liu Da'er made in Yiling, it is not too small.

Fei Qian's hussars could only control an area to the north of the camp, but could not control the entire periphery of Cao's camp.

There is a saying in the art of war: surround ten times.

Xu Chu is in the north of Cao Jun's camp. Assuming that Cao Jun does not make any interference and allows the hussar scouts to detect freely, then ask the hussar scouts who set out at nine o'clock in the morning to go around a radius of 20 miles at the speed of a horse traveling eighty miles a day. Cao Jun's camp. When we arrived to the south of Cao Jun's camp, we happened to find valuable information, and then immediately returned to our camp to report the news. How long did it take in total?

Unless these hussar scouts are like the keyboard warriors on the Internet who do not eat, drink or poop, and the largest weight in their body is their mouth, it will be impossible to surround a Cao army camp. The effectiveness of mobility is also limited.

Think about it, in future generations, even if there are communication tools and GPS positioning, going up the mountain to find a missing person will require pulling a net, and sending out hundreds or thousands of people may not be able to find him.

If Fei Qian really had ten times as many troops as Cao Cao, why would he fight?

But not now, what about in the future?

Cao Cao frowned.

future…

However, it may not be a good thing if Fei Qian has ten times the strength.

Just like Cao Cao has many soldiers now, but everyone's heart is also complicated.

Cao Cao scanned the battlefield in the distance, looking at the lines laid out by the hussars.

On the several-mile-long front, the Hussars seemed so calm and unhurried, no matter the sound of drums or brass whistles. There was no obvious stagnation or confusion when the queues were changing. From columns to horizontal formations, and from horizontal formations to square formations, everything seemed so neat, as if they were originally a whole.

The cavalry and infantry, whether in square formation or queue, were all in high spirits and arranged in an orderly manner under the flags and golden drums. Full of an indescribable beauty. This feeling is generally like watching a military parade in person in later generations, and it is even more shocking than the military parade. Because during the military parade, no one kills people, but now here, there is real blood with real swords and guns.

This neat queue not only delivers strong visual stimulation, but also embodies an irresistible feeling in terms of momentum...

But Cao Cao saw that after Fei Qian ascended the high platform, troops from all parts of the front began to greet Fei Qian. The flags were swaying like waves, and the cold light reflected by the armor and blades was constantly flashing. Even if they stood on the field, they were still There seemed to be a chilling air coming towards him, and even Cao Cao, who had been in battle for a long time, couldn't help but feel a little frightened.

Cao Cao has been fighting in the north and south for many years. Just by looking at it, he knew that the army Fei Qian brought was far superior to his own in terms of armament, training, physique, and momentum. Soldiers. It can be said that even the most core Zhongling Army under Cao Cao, the Zhonghu Army, may not be able to compete with these elite troops of Fei Qian.

And Cao Cao also had some difficulty understanding why they were all the same Han people. Even Cao Cao privately borrowed a lot of Feiqian training manuals to train his troops, and the equipment was basically the same, but why did they display different momentum? Is there an obvious difference?

Cao Cao suppressed the uneasy feeling in his heart, and with the firm will honed through years of battles, he once again pinned that small emotion to the ground and beat him violently. He looked up at the shadow on the high platform and suddenly felt a little ridiculous.

He was laughing at himself, and he was also laughing at the gentry children in Shandong.

He can obviously be very powerful, but he is trying his best to hold back the people on his side. Everyone wants to climb up and climb on top of other people's heads to dominate others, so once they see someone climbing to the front, the first thing they think about is not to follow them, but to think about how to pull that guy off. Let yourself climb up.

Of course, Cao Cao did not expect that this tradition of internal fighting between insiders and outsiders would still linger after thousands of years...

He was sure that Qiao Qi Feiqian was here.

Cao Cao looked in the direction of Cao Hong, who was commanding at the front line.

Most of the soldiers leading the army, as well as the cavalry troops, were left by Cao Cao in the back row of the center, led by Cao Hong.

Cao Cao didn't trust anyone except Cao Hong.

Because Cao Hong's son died in the hands of the Hussars, Cao Hong will never make any compromise with the Hussars...

After watching for a while, Cao Cao was about to leave quietly wrapped in his cloak when he suddenly heard the noise from the front line.

Cao Cao stopped and climbed up the guard tower again, staring at the hussars formation that was beginning to split in the distance, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"What does this guy want to do?" 』

I saw that the originally uniform hussars were now split into three parts. Although they were still the center and left, they were not just infantry returning to infantry, and cavalry returning to cavalry, but mixed formations began to form. At the same time, even the artillery battalion in the center seemed to be moving, and began to separate some artillery pieces, dragged by livestock, towards the two wings! "Is this going to separate formations? Attack in three directions? ! ” Cao Cao sneered at first, but soon his face darkened, “This Fei Ziyuan is so brave! 』

At first, Cao Cao sneered because Fei Qian had relatively few soldiers, and with a small number of soldiers, he had to divide his troops, which meant that the strength of each part was scattered. So Cao Cao thought Fei Qian was crazy from the beginning, or He was stupid, but soon, Cao Cao thought of his own side of the problem...

Fei Qian divided his troops, and the ratio of soldiers to the three groups was basically the same. Although the number of soldiers in each group was not large, with the blessing of artillery, it meant that he had the ability to break through Cao Jun's camp in three directions and carry out intrusion breakthroughs!

Cao's camp was large and had many soldiers, but it also had its shortcomings.

Just like a ghost knows which cloud has rain, Cao Cao also doesn't know which part is more likely to rebel. If Fei Qian only used artillery to open a gap in one direction, Cao Hong would be able to deal with it alone, but now...

Cao Cao stared at Fei Qian's formation and murmured, "The front is wide and the depth is shallow... There is more flexibility in turning and fewer soldiers... The two wings are far away from the center... As long as one part is broken, the other two parts will be in chaos!" Um... No, no! This is still a lure! 』

Cao Cao frowned and thought for a moment, then called a guard, "Send a message to General Zilian... This new formation of Hussar is a strategy to lure troops!" The hussars have strong cavalry but weak infantry, and powerful artillery but few numbers. If they fight in the field, the enemy will be in an advantage. They should stabilize their front line to exhaust the enemy before attacking them! Act according to plan and don’t be greedy for temporary success! 』

The guards took the order and left in a hurry.

Although the hussars are said to be widely expanded and divided into three parts, in fact it is naturally difficult for the infantry to run this distance, but the distance for the horses to gallop is not too far, so it is still It is within the range of the support of the military formation, and its military line is still divided into two layers. The core part is also protected by heavy armored infantry.

At the same time, there are some scattered cavalry cruising outside the formation. Cao Cao does not think that these rangers will just paddle out from beginning to end. On the contrary, this is the most terrifying unit of the hussars. Because no one knows when these scattered cavalry will gather into a dense charging cavalry group.

The advantage that Cao's army has is its large number of people and the complete fortifications in the camp. If he can't help but attack because he sees Fei Qian's troops scattered at this time, he may directly fall into Fei Qian's calculation!

Cao Cao believed that artillery was just a decoration, and cavalry was Fei Qian's trump card!

Without the cavalry, Cao Cao had more than a dozen ways to dismantle those artillery pieces into parts. But with the cavalry on his side, Cao Cao's more than a dozen ways were all limited to just staring. Only by eliminating or consuming the hussar cavalry can the balance of the battle truly be changed.

Cao Cao took another look at certain places in the camp.

Within the camp, there were some people and some things that made Cao Cao very dissatisfied.

Among Cao Cao's troops there were loyal people like Cao Hong, and there were also those who had ulterior motives and thought that Cao Cao was unaware of anything and knew nothing. Thinking of these guys made Cao Cao feel angry.

And it’s not just in the camp, but also in Heluo, Yanzhou, Jizhou, and even Yuzhou!

These people knew that General Fei Qian of the Hussars was a formidable enemy, and they also knew that once the new Tianzheng of the Hussars was implemented in the Han Dynasty, they would suffer great losses, but they still did it for the little immediate benefit, whether intentionally or unintentionally. The delay, the delay, and the disobedience of Cao Cao's orders!

If Cao Cao was half defeated in this war, then the other half was at the hands of these people!

Therefore, if these people all died, Cao Cao would not have any sympathy at all.

Cao Cao snorted coldly, turned around, and just as he got off the sentry tower, he heard waves of cheers like "Ten Thousand Victories" coming from the cavalry formation, like a tsunami.

"What happened again?" ”Cao Cao frowned.

Just after we got down, something happened...

The guard quickly climbed up in a few steps, and then came down quickly, whispering: "The hussars are patrolling the military parade..."

Cao Cao took a breath, then turned to look at the high platform.

The voice of the brocade-robed man on the high platform was still quiet, but the soldiers near the high platform, even in neat formation, were silent...

Cao Cao's head started to hurt again. He pulled the guard beside him and gave two instructions, and then the guard ran towards the high platform.

The cheers from the opposite side were still surging like a tsunami, but Cao Cao could only lower his head, put up his cloak, and pretended not to hear anything. His eyes were extremely complicated.

He can't show up.

After all, there is still a "him" on the high platform.

And now, he should go. The war was about to begin, but Cao Cao escaped with his tail between his legs, oh, his cloak between his legs...

After confirming Fei Qian's arrival, he used the huge camp as a cover, and also took advantage of the opportunity when Fei Qian attracted the attention of other ordinary soldiers in Cao's camp, and quietly "turned in".

The party with a small number is showing off its power, while the party with a large number is fleeing in panic.

Although this is not Cao Cao's first "transfer", when Cao Cao faced the Xiliang cavalry in history, he was a little more hasty and a little less pretentious...

Amid waves of cheers, Fei Qian galloped along the battle line.

Since the sixth year of Zhongping, Fei Qian has come step by step from an unknown person, overcoming obstacles bit by bit, and now he has become everything in front of him. Behind this army, there is also a strong people's livelihood support system and reserve forces, a gradually growing business and trade system, industrial scientific research institutions, government supervision departments, etc. Although I cannot say that it has surpassed the entire era, it is at least ahead of the present. of.

The victory of this war also means that Fei Qian and the political group under Fei Qian will enter a new era, and will also lead the Han Dynasty in a new direction.

But it's still not easy.

It is easy to change one thing, but it is difficult to change people's hearts.

After cruising around for a while, Fei Qian returned to the center formation.

As if to compete with Fei Qian, huge cheers and applause also sounded in the Cao army camp at this time, but the momentum did not seem to be as powerful as that of the Hussars...

Fei Qian raised his telescope and took a look. "Cao Cao" on the high platform was waving around.

"Um…"

Fei Qian pinched the beard on his chin.

He felt that Cao Jun's reaction seemed to be half a beat too slow.

Of course, this is within the acceptable range. After all, Cao Jun's camp is very large, so it is normal for the reaction to be slow.

Cao Cao had many soldiers.

When there are many people, there are many things to do.

Among Cao's troops, just one piece of armor is inconsistent.

When the officers have excellent armor, the soldiers are almost naked.

If there are different classes, the distribution will certainly not be fair.

Just like Swiss rolls and instant noodles, they are completely different levels of food.

Is it unfair? It's indeed unfair, but then what?

No then.

For some reason, Fei Qian suddenly remembered some of the things Zhang Xiu had reported before, about the people from Hedong and the people from Heluo...

Fei Qian frowned slightly, thought for a while, and called Xu Chu in front of him.

Under the gloomy sky, the two armies facing each other seemed to quiet down at this moment.

The only sounds on the battlefield were the neighing of horses and the fluttering of flags in the wind.

"There are three directions, one of which is more disadvantageous for us..." Fei Qian smiled and said to Xu Chu, "Zhongkang, which one do you think it is?" 』

(End of chapter)