Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3476 Planning Strategies

Although there are more fires on Zhongtiao Mountain, it still cannot stop the darkness from coming.

Fei Qian tried his best to observe the situation of Cao Jun's Zhongtiao Mountain Camp, but the distance was far away and the light was insufficient. Even if Fei Qian had a telescope, it would be difficult to see the specific movements of Cao Jun. He could only see the flickering light of the fire, flickering on and off. .

More than a dozen messengers came and went like a revolving door, reporting military information one after another:

"Report!" New troops appear in the enemy's east camp! About eight hundred! 』

"Report!" The enemy's middle camp dispatched about a thousand soldiers! Head east! 』

"Report!" The enemy general's flag has not moved! 』

"Report!" Capture the head of the enemy's first military academy! 』

"Report..."

A series of military reports gradually pieced together the changes in the entire battle situation in the Zhongtiao Mountain camp in Fei Qian's mind.

Fei Qian closed his eyes and thought.

Fei Qian was a little surprised by the current situation.

The changes in Cao's army in the Zhongtiao Mountain camp seemed to be different from what Fei Qian had expected.

Cao Jun's soldiers did collapse a little, but they didn't collapse too badly.

Fei Qian thinks this phenomenon may be related to the fact that Cao Cao is also trying to reform and change the military system.

Fei Qian believed that those who collapsed were the lower-level soldiers of Cao's army, and the middle-leading army and the middle-protecting army might be relatively better.

Morale is not a fixed value, but a range, or a state.

Just like some people have a higher lower limit, while some people have no lower limit at all...

It just so happens that people who have no lower limits will destroy the lower limits of the entire society and country.

Like a big man.

There are many problems with big men, and many things are caused by guys with no limits...

Fei Qian reformed the military system, and Lao Cao also made some moves.

Lao Cao's Central Leading Army and Central Protecting Army were actually modeled after the military system of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The names may be different, but they are generally the same.

At the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty, the lieutenant was in charge of the Northern Army. The emperor did not directly control the military. By the time of Emperor Wu, the lieutenant was gone and became Zhijinwu. He also set up the middle base, garrison, infantry, Yue cavalry, and long The eight captains are Shui, Hu Qi, Shesheng and Hu Ben. Moreover, these eight captains were separated from Zhi Jinwu's control and directly obeyed the emperor's orders. The Zhong base commander was originally a subordinate of the lieutenant. After the Han Dynasty, the Zhong base command was changed to the Zhong base captain. The Zhong base captain was in charge of matters in the northern military camp and had more power than the other seven captains. However, the seventh captain and the Zhong base captain Lieutenant does not constitute an affiliation.

At this time, the imperial power was greatly strengthened. The strength of the Northern Army in the center and the Forbidden Army could suppress the power of other counties and counties across the country and did not dare to act rashly...

Therefore, in the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, all the local scholars expressed in unison that "militancy" harmed people and the country...

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was old, so he compromised and issued an edict to punish himself.

In the confrontation between imperial power and local powers, local forces are gradually rising. By the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the only subordinate officers in charge of Jinwu were the arsenal order, two hundred cavalry, and five hundred halberds, and the rest were abolished.

Later, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty also wanted to create an eighth captain, and obviously he also wanted to compete with the local government...

The accelerated decline of imperial power in the Eastern Han Dynasty was, to a certain extent, related to the abolition of troops such as light chariots, knights, officials, and ships after Emperor Guangwu came to power.

Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty had a good intention.

Then a group of great scholars in Shandong were also crazily advocating Emperor Guangwu's benevolent government.

Is it benevolent government?

Of course yes.

These troops are actually not professional soldiers, but militiamen.

Light chariots and knights are warriors who drive chariots and ride horses, that is, charioteers and cavalry; cavalry officers are infantry who are good at mountain warfare; and buildings and ships are naval troops. Han men performed military service in accordance with the system. When they entered the army, they were initially called regular soldiers. After serving for one year, they were called guards. After serving for two years, they were subdivided into light vehicles, knights, military officers, building ships and other arms according to their respective specialties.

Therefore, in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, in order to make a living with the people, dismissed the chariots, knights, officials, and ships, and ordered them to return to their civilian status and engage in local agricultural and commercial activities. This behavior, which causes low productivity, is right and correct. The purpose of Emperor Guangwu's policy was naturally based on comprehensive consideration of the social environment at that time, and the subsequent Mingzhang rule also proved that recuperation had a certain effect.

However, being right for a moment does not mean it will always be right!

The lack of military power, or the imbalance in the handling of retired soldiers after disarmament, as well as the subsequent changes in the social environment and the changes in the world situation, the Eastern Han Dynasty emperor's failure to make timely adjustments were the fundamental reasons for the loss of imperial power and the collapse of the Northern Army in the Eastern Han Dynasty until now.

Cao Cao obviously also hopes to reform the military system through unification and distinguish his elite troops from local trash...

Lao Cao’s starting point is obviously good.

But will the powerful local people in Shandong be happy with the "freedom"?

Fei Qian suddenly figured out something.

Some of his recent doubts have been answered.

However, as night falls, Fei Qian must make a decision.

Should we continue to attack all night, or withdraw and rest first.

If we attack overnight, we must send out troops again to put more pressure on Cao Jun, striving to crush Cao Jun tonight or before tomorrow morning and end the battle...

It would be best if everything goes smoothly, but if it doesn't go well and Cao's army cannot be defeated by tomorrow noon or even tomorrow afternoon and the Zhongtiao Mountain camp is captured, then the army must be withdrawn, and within a short period of time, at least until the siege equipment is delivered. Before, it was impossible to organize large-scale attacks.

The reason is very simple, it's like turning the tower up when pushing it down. If you fail to push it down successfully, you can only wait for the CD to cool down before fighting again.

If we choose to take a certain advantage and withdraw now to rest, then we can continue the attack after dawn tomorrow.

However, such a withdrawal may also cause Cao's soldiers to regain a foothold. The camp defenses in the currently destroyed area will be repaired. During the day tomorrow, they will have to fight again, consuming troops and horses again...

Both options have pros and cons.

This is like the changes in the military system in the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. They all seem to make sense and are in response to social changes, but if you don't know how to adapt...

Fei Qian opened his eyes, and then slowly raised his hand.

At this moment, it seemed that the noisy sounds around him disappeared.

Everyone closed their mouths and focused their eyes on Fei Qian, looking at the hand that Fei Qian slowly raised...

Fei Qian opened his palms, felt the wind in the night sky, and then quickly clenched his fists again, "Send the order!" Attack all night! Defeat the Nakajo camp before dawn! 』

All the noise seems to have returned to the world again.

The sound of war drums and horns suddenly sounded, spreading in the night wind!

"The hussars have orders!" 』

"go ahead! Advance according to the troop formation! 』

"Wan Sheng!" Won victory! 』

The sound of horse hooves roared away, and Fei Qian suddenly felt a chill on his forehead, temples, and back.

It must have been because at that moment, weighing the pros and cons and calculating the gains and losses consumed too much mental energy...

Now that the chess has been made, it depends on how Cao Jun in the Zhongtiao Mountain camp responds!

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Dong Zhao had previously planned a rhythmic retreat. On the one hand, he had his soldiers gradually withdraw from the periphery to important mountain roads. On the other hand, he used the retreat of Cao's soldiers to gradually lure the hussars and horses to the trap for an ambush.

This can maximize the effect of the original trap and severely damage the hussar horses.

There are no major omissions in the plan itself.

However, plans never keep up with changes.

Not long after problems appeared on the east side of Daying, new problems appeared on the west side...

The west side was smashed by the hussars, and even the frontline military academy command post of Cao Jun in the west was captured by the hussars!

After all, classmate Sima is familiar with the world...

After Dong Zhao received the news, he hurriedly came to ask the ordering soldiers, "Where is Duan Military Academy?" Where is he? ” Duan Military Academy was on duty in the west and commanded the front line of Cao’s army.

The messenger soldier was in a state of embarrassment, with blood and sweat all over his face, and a look of fear. Because he was running so fast, white smoke was coming out of his body and head, curling up from his messy bun. The flag has disappeared. I don’t know if it was knocked off or for some other reason. Anyway, there is only a bare thin wooden pole hanging crookedly.

The messenger recognized Dong Zhao. When he saw Dong Zhao asking questions, he stood up and saluted, "Report to the military advisor... The two armies were fighting in a melee. When I came, I didn't see Duan Military Academy..."

Dong Zhao frowned and said, "Aren't you sent by Duan Military Academy?" 』

The ordering soldier replied, "No, it's Chang Qu. It was Chang Qu who asked me to report to the Chinese army!" 』

Songs of length and below are not familiar to Dong Zhao.

After all, they are separated by one layer.

People in Shandong are accustomed to wearing condoms, one layer after another...

The contact between each other is all passed through gloves. Although some problems are avoided, it also brings more problems.

Dong Zhao didn't know which Chang Quchang he was talking about and what position he held in the Western Camp. Besides, now was not the time to ask these things, so he immediately asked again without stopping: "Hussars How many horses have come? 』

"At least three thousand!" "The messenger said with certainty, "There can't be five thousand people! 』

As if to strengthen the credibility of what he said, the messenger quickly added, "There are a group of people who came out to report the news... and now I am the only one left..."

Dong Zhao's eyes suddenly condensed.

Is this hussar army going to put its main breakthrough direction to the west?

This is of course understandable. After all, Sima Yi and Hao Zhao broke through from the west last time. They are relatively familiar with the terrain in that area, and it will naturally become a suitable direction for breaking through again.

Dong Zhao doesn't think there is any problem with this, but the question is whether this is the main force of the Hussars?

Dongyingmen is also howling that it is the main force of the Hussars. Which side is the real one?

Lure the hussars into a trap now, or wait for another wave?

In an instant, this series of questions flooded into Dong Zhao's mind, making his head feel hot and swollen even in the cold winter night.

Dong Zhao took a deep breath, tried hard to calm his racing heart, and asked in a calm tone: "Speak clearly!" How many enemy troops are there! Three thousand or five thousand? 』

The messenger hesitated for a moment, but then quickly said: "I don't know, there are at least three thousand!" In all directions, the darkness was filled with hussars! 』

"Did you see the flag of the Hussars?" Dong Zhao asked again.

"Sima!" It's the Sima from last time! ” replied the messenger.

"Sima..."

Dong Zhao thought he understood.

No need to ask any more...

Dong Zhao waved his hand and asked someone to take the messenger down to rest. Then he took a pen and ink and hurriedly wrote a scrawled excerpt of a book and newspaper. He gave it to his bodyguard and asked him to send it to Cao Cao immediately.

The guard beside Dong Zhao whispered: "Military advisor, this hussar army is coming fiercely. Should we retreat to the back of the mountain first... The soldier just now said that the hussar army has many soldiers and horses... If the central circle is lost and the roads are congested, I'm afraid It will be difficult to leave then! 』

Before the guard could finish his words, he was interrupted by Dong Zhao, "No." If we make a move at this moment, other military academies will definitely follow suit, and then the whole battalion will..."

Dong Zhao didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood the meaning.

Although Cao Jun's Zhongtiao Mountain camp is divided into three layers, inside and outside, and there are sentry towers and archery towers between each camp, but whether it is the camp or the sentry tower, people need to be on duty for protection, otherwise it will not be like the mountains and rocks. There is not much difference between dead and moving objects. So even if you can't hold it, you can't mess up the position, disrupt the organization, and interfere with the deployment. When the time comes, the whole army will collapse, which is comparable to the collapse of an idol's house. It doesn't matter who he is or not, let's run together, brother!

The guard grinned, but there were some things he had to say no matter what, "Commander, the outer circle will be lost sooner or later, and the middle circle may not be reliable. Even if the people in the outer circle retreat, they may not still have the energy to fight with the hussars." In battle, if you want to defend, you have to retreat to a higher place... Otherwise, when the time comes, when you really want to retreat, it will be over..."

Dong Zhao also knew that the guards had good intentions. He looked up at the mountains and was silent for a while, but still did not give the order to move the position. It's not that he doesn't want to retreat, nor is he willing to take risks, but he can only be here now!

Dong Zhao's reputation in Shandong was not very good.

This is related to Dong Zhao’s behavior...

To put it simply, it means "the end justifies the means".

The sun had dropped below the horizon.

The last red light disappeared, and the earth fell into darkness.

The firelight made the night seem more lonely and deep.

The day has passed and the night is coming.

It's like the future of Zhongtiao Mountain.

"Go and call Captain Cheng!" 』

Dong Zhao ordered.

Captain Cheng is here.

Lieutenant Cheng was already wounded. One arm was not hung with an armour, but was covered with a bandage, and there were dark blood stains on it. Under the swaying light and fire, some places on the armor and shirt were dark in color, and some were light in color. When you get closer, you can smell the smell of blood.

"No need to be polite. ” Dong Zhao waved his hand so Captain Cheng didn’t have to salute, and then said straight to the point, “How many people do you have under your command?” 』

Captain Cheng was stunned for a moment.

He was in such a miserable condition, why didn't Dong Zhao let him go?

But he had to answer, so he had to say: "There are only more than 500 subordinates left..."

"That's enough!" Dong Zhao said, then took out a map from his pocket, asked the guard to bring the fire closer, pointed to a certain place on the map, and said to Captain Cheng, "Do you know this place?" 』

Cheng Xiaowei used the firelight to identify the map and saw several points marked on the map. His heart jumped, "This... is this a barren mountain valley?" 』

Dong Zhao nodded, "You need to go to the gate of Xiying. If you can find Duan Military Academy, lead the troops back here with him... If you can't find Duan Military Academy, I will authorize you to act for Xiying. Temporarily taking pictures of the soldiers of Xiying is also a retreat." So far... Do you understand? 』

Captain Cheng swallowed his saliva and said, "Military advisor, are you asking me to lure the enemy to a barren mountain?" 』

I don't know why, Cheng Xiaowei was panicking.

In the era of cold weapons, fighting relied on the courage and bravery of soldiers.

Don't talk about **** bravery now. The east and west camps are now in a panic. Even if the soldiers of Cao's army below have not reached the level of frightened birds, they are still exhausted!

Even if you can't withstand the attack of the hussars even if you stay in the camp, you still want to lure the enemy's main force?

How can we fight this battle and attract the enemy?

Afraid that the hussars and horses would not come, I would disperse first.

Dong Zhao ignored Lieutenant Cheng's distressed look and continued: "I will take the people from here to the barren mountain valley, and when the hussars arrive, I will launch an ambush!" Make this place a burial place for enemy generals! 』

Cheng Xiaowei gasped, "Military advisor, even if I lead the troops to lure him, the enemy may not fall into the trap!" Didn’t the enemy just not enter the mountain last time? 』

"At this time and that time, the last time the enemy general came was during the day..." Dong Zhao said, "What's more, this time the enemy army is not an intrusion, but has the potential to break through my camp. As long as you lure the enemy army." Come, the enemy will definitely fall into the trap! 』

Cheng Xiaowei's face was stained with blood and dirt, hiding some of his expression. However, he glared and said after a moment: "The military advisor's plan is naturally very good, but... I am worried that I have very few soldiers at the west camp." It’s chaotic again. Even if I take people down, I’m afraid I won’t be able to withstand it and won’t be able to carry them..."

As for why he couldn't bear it, he didn't say. Cheng Xiaowei knew that Dong Zhao must understand what he was talking about. He hoped that Dong Zhao would at least give him a better solution, or equip him with more soldiers and horses, so that he would have some sense of security.

But Dong Zhao just looked at him coldly and said, "Captain Cheng, are you cowardly?" Or do you want to disobey orders? 』

"How dare you, little one?" ! ” Lieutenant Cheng had no choice but to say what he was thinking, “Why don’t we let the soldiers of the Western Camp lure the hussars into the camp by themselves? How about we go to the barren mountain to ambush them?” 』

"no! ” Dong Zhao rejected Cheng Xiaowei’s suggestion without hesitation, “The soldiers of the Western Camp were beaten once before by an enemy general. They were exhausted physically and mentally. In addition, Duan Junxiao did not know life and death, and it was difficult to control them! Now you can only succeed if you seduce the bandit army! 』

Lieutenant Cheng had no choice but to make one last attempt, "Commander, can we fight later?" The soldiers fought for a long time without any rest..."

Before he finished speaking, Dong Zhao interrupted him coldly: "Is it because the soldiers can't fight, or you don't dare to fight?" ! 』

Dong Zhao stared at Cheng Xiaowei, "What I said is a bit harsh, Cheng Xiaowei, don't mind... But Cheng Xiaowei's family is in Yingchuan, right?" When my lord was conferring honors and titles in Yingchuan, I remember what else Captain Cheng said? Could it be that you said it back then and have forgotten it now? 』

Cheng Xiaowei was so ashamed by Dong Zhao's words that he could only keep silent for a long time. Then he stood upright again, clenched his fist and hit the armor on his chest hard: "Commander, don't worry!" A small... humble person must live up to his master! 』

Dong Zhao nodded, "Okay!" You and I both live up to our lord! 』