Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3356 Changes in tactics

Xu Chu glanced at the battlefield and said, "The left wing. 』

"reason? Fei Qian nodded slightly and then asked.

"There is Anyi on the left. Cao Jun could use the cover of Anyi City to mobilize troops and horses to attack, but we were covered by Anyi City and were not easy to see. ” Xu Chu said quickly, “And as long as Cao Jun makes some preparations for an attack in the middle, our formation will be contained... And in Anyi City... the morale of the defenders has collapsed. If our army moves but fails to rescue them, The crowd...can't say it, but it only causes agitation..."

Fei Qian nodded.

Anyi City is obviously the landmine left by Mr. Cao to Fei Qian.

If Fei Qian doesn't come, then Mr. Cao will demolish Anyi and pack it up to go home. He will also spread the word that Fei Qian will not save him until death, and that the Hedong gentry will be miserable. Then he will let a few guys come on stage to perform. Not only can he It made Cao Jun's behavior more righteous and gave him some bargaining chips for subsequent exchanges.

But when Fei Qian came, Cao Jun stopped attacking Anyi.

It's not that Cao's army can't separate its men, nor that Anyi's defenders can get many BUFFs and be resurrected with full health after the Hussars arrive, but it leaves Fei Qian with a problem.

Fei Qian squinted and looked in the direction of Anyi.

The sooner this problem is solved, the better, but the solution cannot follow Cao Jun's plan.

No matter what, if the people in Anyi City hold on until now, they should be saved first.

But it’s not possible, and it’s impossible to save them all.

Firstly, it was to show his attitude, and secondly, it was to disrupt Cao Jun's arrangement.

Tactical changes must not follow the enemy's rhythm.

Cao Jun set up such a large camp, and it was almost written on his face that he would come and beat me in the future.

Especially the high platform in the central camp of Cao Jun's camp, it simply showed that he was afraid that Fei Qian and others could not see it...

Although it was said that such a large camp needed a high platform to issue orders in order to direct the movement of soldiers and horses in the camp, Fei Qian felt that something was wrong.

This "something is wrong" is just a feeling, and to prove this feeling, the only way to test it is to attack.

But if the whole army goes up to attack Allin, is that still called a fart test?

Therefore, it became inevitable for Cao's army to attack Anyi in a partial camp.

This partial camp of Cao's army is obviously a "trap" left by Cao's army.

Not dug on the surface, but dug tactically.

If you want to attack this partial camp of Cao's army, what should you use to attack it?

If it were an ordinary person, they would habitually use their familiar methods and mature experience to solve new problems, to open up the "thunder" laid by Cao Cao, and then most likely with a bang...

The entire Cao Jun camp, including this side camp, is full of various BUFFs against cavalry. If Fei Qian still followed the pattern of the camp down the **** and directly used the cavalry to rush into the camp after making a hole, wouldn't it make Cao Jun laugh? Losing big teeth?

So the person Fei Qian called was Xu Chu.

What Xu Chu was good at was infantry.

This is a subtle change in Fi's potential tactics...

Xu Chu obviously also understood Fei Qian's intention. He knew that Fei Qian wanted him to bring the infantry into the camp. Otherwise, he would not have called him. Instead, he should have called Li Li, or called both of them together. Just come.

Previously, Xu Chu, as the vanguard, had insufficient troops. Even if he wanted to rescue Anyi, he was powerless.

Now that Fei Qian is here, the first thing to do is to dismantle this "thunder"!

Cao Jun wants to plant a "thunder" for Fei Qian, so on the other hand, can Fei Qian use this "thunder" to give Cao Jun some color?

Fei's cavalry lurking on the outside was obviously to guard against a sneak attack by Cao's army.

Moreover, Fei Qian also had a hidden card. If Cao Jun felt that Fei Qian's army was weak and wanted to take advantage, then Fei Qian would tell them that when Fei Qian raised his army in the early years, he only used infantry!

It's just that over the years, the hussars have come and gone, and it seems that only the cavalry are left...

Fei Qian turned around, smiled at Xu Chu and said, "That's true." Now that he knows the danger here, is Zhong Kang willing to lead the infantry to break out of the camp? 』

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, then he snapped his hands, cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "I wish to go!" Please give the order, my lord! 』

Fei Qian nodded, "Good!" However, Zhongkang led his army into the camp of Cao Jun in Anyi. You might as well pay more attention to the ordinary civilians in the camp... Remember, the battle is quick and you can't enter the city! 』

"A civilian husband?" Xu Chu could understand the two points of a quick victory and not entering the city, but what happened to this common man?

Although he was a little confused, it was obviously not the time to ask in detail now, so Xu Chu accepted the order happily, "I obey the order!" 』

Seeing Xu Chu heading to the left wing to prepare for battle, Fei Qian felt a little more worried.

Anyi City, to save or not to save, to manage or not to care?

If you save someone, you may not be grateful; if you don't save someone, you may feel resentful.

If you don't care about it, it will be a burden, but if you don't care about it, you will lose morality.

And the longer this problem is delayed, the greater the "thunder" will be.

Because of the heavy casualties in Anyi City, and the hot weather these days, it is inevitable that there will be epidemics in the city. If it is delayed to the end, the deaths of innocent people in the city may not be blamed on Cao Cao, but some people will definitely say that it is. Feiqian's rescue was ineffective!

"Since the hussars can come, why not come earlier!" ? 』

"Now that you're here, why don't you come and save me quickly?" ! 』

"Don't you think about the common people in the world?" 』

"Am I no longer a common people or a common people? 』

In Anyi City, such people must be indispensable.

It's like Kong Yiji spent a few big coins, and he must have asked the store owner to sift a bowl of wine first and give it to him.

The debts owed before were the debts owed before, and now the payment is in cash...

When the store owner mentioned the debt, Kong Yiji said plausibly, "Your wine is watered down!"

Others ridiculed you for drinking even though it was mixed with water, and you didn't pay for the wine you owed before.

Kong Yiji was furious, I didn’t care before, but now I paid for this bowl!

As for the debt...

Can the things done by scholars be considered stealing?

The atmosphere inside and outside the store was suddenly filled with joy.

Therefore, people's hearts have always been like this.

And Fei Qian is also worried that if...

Is it not just the people in the city of Anyi?

Among the ordinary people and civilians from Shandong, Heluo, and Hedong who were captured by Cao's army, which ones stayed, which ones were sent away, and which ones simply died. Could it be that they were randomly selected?

Fei Qian didn't dare to think about it anymore, because he always felt a little shuddering if he thought about it too much.

Turning around, he looked at Xu Chu again.

Xu Chu accepted Fei Qian's order.

Although he was a general in the former army, he was temporarily demoted after the defeat of the war. However, he is still at the level of a general, and his merits and demerits will not be calculated until the final battle is over, so Xu Chu is naturally eager to get more Opportunities to gain more meritorious deeds, even in the face of more dangers.

The camp of Cao Jun that besieged Anyi and the main camp of Cao Jun were, in a sense, integrated, but there was some distance between them.

This method, which seems to be a link but is not a complete link, is also a joint venture method.

At the same time, the structure between the Anyi camp and Cao Jun's joint camp actually shows a corner of the structure of Cao Jun's entire camp.

There are large camps within small camps, and between the large and small camps, there are passages, traps, and the civilians who built the camps with their own hands, but are not even qualified to live there...

Just like a vegetable farmer cannot afford to eat vegetables, a silkworm girl cannot afford to wear silk.

The civilian men who built Cao Jun's camp also couldn't afford to live in the camp.

However, Xu Chu didn't think much about it now. He just thought about how to break through the camp on the flanks of Cao Jun's camp and besieging Anyi City, and how to get in touch with the people in Anyi City and rescue some people. . Yes, only part of it.

A quick victory, without entering the city, determines the pattern of the entire battle.

Xu Chu looked at the assigned artillery brigade.

After Fei Qian divided his troops into three parts, each part could obtain four towed artillery pieces.

Now the movement speed of the artillery has been strengthened to a certain extent.

Since they no longer have to give birth to children, the tall mules and horses naturally have no family worries. They are happy to drag the artillery with improved axles on the hard yellow soil as long as there are stutters.

The left wing soldiers currently under Xu Chu's command include the 2,000 infantry he originally commanded, plus the 1,000 cavalry and four artillery pieces from the artillery battalion newly assigned to him by Fei Qian.

The infantry and cavalry are both in regular configuration, there is nothing to say.

The four artillery can probably be regarded as a large group, divided into two small groups, with a total of two hundred people.

Although the artillery battalion was under the command of Xu Chu, the officers in it were from the Huang family. They were transferred from craftsmen to officers, so to some extent, they were relatively independent military positions.

As Xu Chu moved to the flank, Cao Jun obviously saw that there was some restlessness in the camp. The soldiers of Cao's army on the wall were running up and down, swinging back and forth, but no one dared to go out to fight in the field to intercept Xu Chu or Fei Qian's tactical arrangements.

An hour later, Xu Chu led the team to the fighting position.

Xu Chu looked at the Cao Jun camp besieging Anyi and the somewhat panicked Cao Jun soldiers on the wall, and couldn't help but sneer.

Xu Chu felt that Cao Cao, or in other words, Cao Jun, was still unwilling to give up.

Judging from the formation of Cao Cao's army, Cao Cao's most direct lineage, the Central Leading Army and the Central Guard Army, are still deployed in the center, while flanking areas like Anyi are dominated by ordinary county Cao Army soldiers.

The scattered nests of civilians may serve as buffer zones.

But is this layout really effective?

The Lord ordered us to pay attention to the civilians who are in the camp as a "buffer zone". What does it mean?

Because of the arrival of the Hussars, Anyi became a secondary target. Many Cao soldiers no longer paid special attention to the movements in Anyi city. They just surrounded Anyi with ditches, horseback, antlers and sidecars.

Xu Chu squinted at Cao Jun's camp and also looked at Anyi City in the distance.

Anyi City is in a very dilapidated state.

He needs to first defeat Cao Jun's camp, then open up a passage that is enough for the people in Anyi City to escape, and then sustain enough time to take out some of the people amid the risk of Cao Jun chasing, encircling and outflanking...

This mission is not without danger.

There are at least two uncertainties. One is not sure whether Cao Jun's camp will take the opportunity to make a sneak attack, and the other is not sure whether the people in Anyi City will be willing to cooperate.

Of course, anyone with a normal mind knows that Anyi City should cooperate with Fei Qian's actions as much as possible at this moment. After all, Fei Qian's combat power is now the main force, and Anyi cannot provide any necessary auxiliary support, but who can ensure that Are there no idiots in Anyi City?

What if when leaving the city, a guy pops up and stops at the city gate, saying no, no one is allowed to leave, because my dog ​​hasn’t gotten on the bus yet...

But no matter what, action still needs to be carried out.

Xu Chu stared at the terrain in front of him, evolving and building a suitable passage in his mind. Because before, as a general of the former army, he sent scouts to conduct a relatively detailed survey of the front of Cao's camp and the perimeter of Anyi City, which came in handy now.

This may be why Fei Qian left this task to him.

Done well, it will shine.

Not done well…

No one will always have a chance, even if he has been with Fei Qian for many years.

If this battle doesn't go well, then he may only be able to serve as a guard commander forever!

Xu Chu put aside his distracting thoughts and quickly drew a passage to the east of Anyi in his mind.

Cao Jun has been stationed here for a long time, so on the high slopes of the plateau, Xu Chu is not entirely sure what weird things are there, so when opening the rescue channel, he must try not to pass through those of Cao Jun. Scattered among the camps.

There were about two to three thousand people stationed in Cao's army camp around Anyi City, and of course there were some civilians staying behind.

Most of these soldiers of Cao's army were soldiers from counties and counties. They were a little lower than the central guard army, but they were stronger than the remnant army in Anyi.

If the transfer process is delayed, it will obviously be difficult for these Cao Jun soldiers to compete with the elite hussars, but it is not impossible to kill some of the guys who fled Anyi...

"My lord has an order!" 』

Xu Chu said in a deep voice, his eyes sweeping over the several military academies in front of him, "A quick victory!" Don't enter the city! 』

The cavalry commander is an old military commander with rich combat experience, and the infantry will be the main force in this battle. Both the advance and withdrawal will require infantry tests, and will be led by Xu Chu himself, so the key point is the artillery brigade. .

That's right, the cavalry was not suitable for breaking into Cao Jun's camp this time.

One is that there are too many traps and fortifications in the camp, and the other is that they also need to be prepared for sneak attacks from Cao's camp.

"Artillery team!" ”Xu Chu called his name.

"My subordinates are here. ” Huang’s Artillery Corps Military School responded with his hands.

"Don't hold back, blast a road through the Yingzhai wall in the northeast of Anyi City as quickly as possible!" ” Xu Chu issued the order.

"Northeast of the city? That direction is closer to Cao Jun's camp. Huang's military academy frowned slightly, "If Cao's camp attacks, the artillery will not have time to move!" 』

"This is the mission of the old army lord!" ” Xu Chu turned his head and looked at the Cavalry Auxiliary Military Academy.

The Cavalry Commander is older and has gained experience points, but he is stuck in culture and has not been promoted to Cavalry Commander. Li Li, a latecomer, has taken over, and the old army prince is still an old army prince.

Because the innate learning ability of the old army lord is really lacking, and these middle and high-level officers in the Feiqian Army are prepared to replace and supplement local officials in the future, the requirements are very strict, and there is no way to be promoted if the culture is not up to standard.

Although Lao Junhou had defected to Feiqian with Zhang Lie in Hebei Province very early on, after all, Lao Junhou had not read a book when he was a child. Waiting until he became an adult to go to school would get twice the result. Half.

The most critical point is that he has lost the ability to learn by himself.

Dahan's learning materials are scattered, chaotic, with little or even no continuity between them. However, Lao Junhou did not form an effective progressive chain of knowledge when he was young. As a result, no matter how much effort and time he put into learning, the results were poor.

Don't underestimate this "learning knowledge chain", it is the basis of self-study! Just like knowing that one plus one equals two, you can learn that two plus two equals four, and then you can learn that two times two also equals four. If one of the links is broken, learning will be difficult.

Therefore, later generations of Americans will deliberately disrupt this learning chain in primary and secondary school textbooks, making them scattered and incoherent. Of course it is not worth mentioning for those who are talented and intelligent, but it can screen out many children with average talents who are unwilling to work hard and just want to be happy.

Lao Junhou suffered this loss, and he suffered the loss of being mute.

He didn't learn this kind of knowledge progression relationship when he was a child, so for him, almost all knowledge is fragmented, which is difficult to remember and understand. Therefore, even if he has rich combat experience, his accumulated merits are still up to standard. , but there is still no way to be promoted to the rank of Cavalry Captain, so I can only stay in the position of Military Marquis for a long time...

Unless there are particularly significant achievements, it is possible to make special exceptions for promotion.

So this time, Lao Junhou also wanted to take this opportunity. Climbing up to that level may be easy for others, but it is an extremely difficult step for him!

"Don't worry, General!" If the bandit army dares to attack, there will be no return! 』

The old military prince is not afraid of fighting, but he is afraid that his merits are not enough.

"good! ” Xu Chu nodded. Ever since he discovered that Li Li far surpassed himself in cavalry command, he rarely gave instructions to other arms. He only clarified the mission objectives, “After the artillery bombardment, if Cao’s army comes out of the camp, it will be Intercepted and strangled by the cavalry! The cavalry must not attack Cao Jun's camp, and must not scatter to pursue and kill them. The most important thing is to protect the artillery! 』

"In addition, I will leave another five hundred infantry for protection..." Xu Chu looked at the Huang Military Academy, "In this way, the cavalry will be outside and the infantry will be inside. If there is a crisis, I will also come to rescue you!" Cao Jun can't even get close to the artillery! So, feel free to use it, right? ! 』

Huang's military academy quickly answered: "General, your words are serious." Please give the general's orders. 』

"Simple! ” Xu Chu smiled, showing a few big white teeth, “Just take it straight from the center!” 』

Because there were too many traps and fortifications to defend the cavalry in Cao's camp, Xu Chu simply did the opposite. Instead of using cavalry, he used infantry to walk in a straight line, build bridges when encountering ditches, and build ladders when encountering walls. , followed the passage opened by the artillery, and rushed directly to the gate of Anyi City, realizing the tactical requirements of a quick victory required by Fei Qian!