Chapter 1269 The oil seller among the generals


    Most people in later generations of China''s understanding of ancient wars are generally inseparable from romance novels such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and then various film and television dramas, including divine dramas.


    However, unfortunately, most of the information is not true and has been artistically reprocessed.


    Most of the history of China was dominated by literati, and since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has appeared on the stage. The literati in the early Han Dynasty, who allowed literature and martial arts, gradually became more academic after the Three Kingdoms exerted their last glory. No literati likes the smell of sweat, dust, and blood anymore. Instead, it is tainted with a lot of powdery smell and sour Confucian smell. Therefore, there are very few specific descriptions of the war process in the remaining texts.


    Most civil servants who have the power to write history do not understand tactics, and due to the popularization of paper and other reasons, the battle reports sent back from the front line basically belong to the battle with someone on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year. In a certain place, how big is our army, how big is the enemy''s army, what is the result of the battle, and whether any important people were killed or captured. The specific use of weapons, military formations, logistics, road conditions, etc. will not be released through public channels. Ordinary civil servants have no way of knowing, and even the emperor may not know it.


    In order to enrich the record content, the civil servants who made history from generation to generation often had to make up their own minds. When they won, it made people feel that their generals were treating the opponent like a pig, and their fighting style was very elegant. When they failed, they felt that their generals were like pigs. You can win personally.


    For example, Wei Qing''s battle record, "In the autumn, Qing returned from the clouds, went to Gaoque in the west, and then to Longxi, captured thousands of prisoners, livestock more than a million, and the white sheep and the king of Loufan" are generally realistic, while Li Guang''s words are a bit figurative, "When Guang is hunting, he sees a stone in the grass. He thinks it is a tiger and shoots it. The stone does not have the arrowhead, so he sees it as a stone. Because he shoots it again, he will never be able to hit the stone again."


    When Fei Qian visited later generations, he always thought that the soldiers of the Han Dynasty should be comparable to those of Rome at the same time. However, he later discovered that the tactics of the Han soldiers of this era were actually more flexible and changeable than those of the Roman Empire. If nothing else, at least it was stronger than the Roman Empire in the use of cavalry.


    Otherwise, the Northern Huns, who were beaten by the Han Dynasty, would not have ridden on the head of Rome and beat Rome all the way. Even two hundred years after the Southern Huns completely became subjects of Wei, the Northern Huns who fled westward The Huns could still defeat the two empires of Rome, the East and the West, and once they came to Rome. If the Archbishop of Rome hadn''t filled up the bewitching skill tree at that time, the city of Rome might have been beaten by the whip of God.


    At the time Fei Qian is now in, the standard combat routine of "one rush, then another decline, and three exhaustions" is already old-fashioned, and even a completely inferior general will not do it like this. After all, after the aristocratic fighting skills of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were ruined by Cao GUI, a general who liked to go to the lower third route, everyone learned wisely.


    The pace of war in the Han Dynasty was not as fast as in later games, and there was no such thing as "the enemy will arrive on the battlefield within five minutes". Generally speaking, even if the two armies unexpectedly encounter each other in the wild, it usually takes at least three or four days to determine the winner. On the first day, each camp will be set up, on the second day, they will go out to test the camp, and on the third day, they will fight...


    ?Of course, if you encounter someone like Sima Yi, even if the two armies are facing each other, they still insist on holding up the no-war card and refuse to fight to the death, even Brother Zhu has no choice but to be dragged down alive.


    Fei Qian originally knew nothing about ancient wars, but after so many battles one after another, he gradually developed some battlefield feelings, like an oil seller, nothing but familiarity.


    Do your best in everything, then even if you fail, you won’t suffer too much loss. After gaining experience, you will naturally be more skillful next time.


    Normally speaking, everyone who can go to college in later generations has good learning ability, but the difference lies in whether they have the heart to study hard. It is like the new generation in later generations who can hold a mobile phone at the age of three or four. Play with pesticides.


    In matters of life and death, if Fei Qian doesn''t use numerology, there will be no numerology. Therefore, although Fei Qian is not a top-notch general who is resourceful and cunning, he is probably above the second-rate and below the first-rate on average. Online, it’s almost the same. After all, Fei Qian has few shortcomings. The cavalry understands it, the infantry understands it, and because they have studied crossbows and other things, the crossbowmen can also make do with it, and they even know more about siege equipment than ordinary generals. How to use it.


    Even if other generals want to learn, they may not have the opportunity.


    On the other hand, Fei Qian''s advantage in focusing on cultivating soldiers is now slowly being reflected.


    The most obvious aspect is the scouting area.


    In addition to specific battlefields, the role of scouts and outposts is extremely important, and sometimes even determines the direction of the entire battle.


    So for such an important opponent''s soldiers, should we focus on preventing and killing them?


    There is nothing wrong with it in theory, but in practice it is not very operable among other princes.


    Except for individual cases where it is necessary to intercept and snipe the opponent''s scouts in a targeted manner, generally speaking, even if the scouts on both sides see each other, unless they happen to bump into each other, they are too far away and the bows and arrows will not be able to reach each other. If you can''t reach them, it''s useless to chase them. Most of them just spit and go back to their homes.


    To be a good scout, the first requirement is not to be very good at fighting, but to know how to ride a horse, be able to count, and have good eyesight, especially night blindness.


    The conditions are not complicated. However, except for Fei Qian''s Bingbei Longyou area, war horses have always been scarce in other areas, not to mention a large number of soldiers who are proficient in riding skills. Therefore, in terms of the first requirement, Fei Qian has Advantages.


    Having a large amount of trade with the Hu people, while gaining profits, they also obtained a large number of livestock. Whether it was improving physical fitness or reducing the night blindness of soldiers, Fei Qian also had advantages.


    And most importantly, the work of popularizing basic knowledge in the military that has been carried out in the early stage has also achieved remarkable results. Not to mention the full-time scouts under Zhengxi, even ordinary soldiers at the level of corps commander can also Perform simple additions and subtractions within twenty, and know a hundred words, but it is not required to be able to write them; and when you reach the level of senior non-commissioned officers and military lords, you must know simple additions and subtractions of three digits, and recognize a thousand words, at least half of which You need to be able to write, probably at the second or third grade level of elementary school in later generations...


    Therefore, in the Fei submarine army, there are a lot of people who can serve as scouts, and even a few temporary captains and team leaders can be gathered up. In this way, in this aspect alone, it is better than It is much stronger than other princes.


    What’s even more unique is that Fei Qian’s scouts even know how to use rudimentary battlefield camouflage!


    Where is the best observation point?


    In what range are scouts most likely to appear?


    Who knows the scouts better than the scouts themselves?


    When Fei Qian got serious, the Zhengxi scouts who were equipped with powerful crossbows and knew how to camouflage caught Yuan Jun''s scouts off guard. And the massive attrition of Yuan Jun''s scouts could be replenished immediately, so the transparency of the entire battlefield was reduced. Begin to lean towards General Fei Qian of Zhengxi.


    ?Especially when Gong Jun, as the scout commander directly under the jurisdiction of Fei Qian, appeared on the battlefield with a group of fierce and cunning scouts, the Yuan Jun scouts under the jurisdiction of Gao Gan had no good fruits to eat.


    ? ? The stronger the scouts are, the more information they can bring back, and Fei Qian’s understanding of the battlefield will be clearer. However, for senior officials, the field of vision is gradually narrowing, and even twenty miles may not be completely guaranteed.


    It is no exaggeration to say that if the stalemate between the two armies lasts longer, Fei Qian would be able to find out what color clothes the high-ranking officer on the opposite side is wearing...


    ?In such a situation, as long as the foreplay is sufficient, is there any room for Gao Gan to perform micro-operations?


    Ambush?


    Does not exist. The suppression of the quantity and quality of the scouts meant that Fei Qian could see every move of the high-ranking cadres, so Fei Qian naturally had the confidence to compete with the high-ranking cadres. After all, there were so many talented people in the Three Kingdoms. If you don’t dare to confront someone like this, how will you live in the future?


    Let’s not talk about Fei Qian’s methodical frontal advance. Let’s just talk about Gao Gan. The best strategy at the moment is to either put up the battle-free card and stick to it, or to form a frontal formation and make a bold move. But the problem is that Gao Gan can neither play the battle-free card. I don''t dare to rush out and act recklessly.


    In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it seems that Yan Liang Wen Chou is more famous than Gao Gan, but in fact Yan Liang Wen Chou is more like Yuan Shao''s left and right vanguard. His bravery is qualified, but his commanding ability is not much better than Gao Gan.


    After the senior cadre lost his vision, he immediately realized that something was wrong. However, this kind of crushing quality of soldiers and equipment happened to be something that the senior cadre could not solve through other means. If his rear was stable and his reserves were sufficient, the senior cadre would also I don''t mind hanging up the no-war card for a few days until General Zhengxi''s energy dissipates.


    ?However, high-ranking cadres are not even qualified to be exempted from war.


    The news of the attack on the back road reached Gao Gan immediately, even faster than Zhengxi General Fei Qian. After all, Gao Gan was closer here, while Zhang Liao still had to take a detour to Zhengxi Fei Qian. , relatively far away.


    ??The camp was heavily guarded and the soldiers were on alert. It didn''t seem to be much different from before, but the senior officials knew clearly that the army was still the same army, but its morale had declined a lot. The small victory before may not be able to offset the worry of being attacked in the back.


    After passing through the short period of excitement when they defeated Zhengxi''s forwards, the Gaogan army also entered the sage time. After all, at the ambush site in front of the camp, it was not only Zhengxi''s cavalry who fell, but also Yuan''s infantry. Death. Those stumps and broken arms, and the wails of the wounded soldiers who were injured in the battle but did not die immediately, were enough for the soldiers under Gao Gan to gradually realize that the soldiers in front of them were better than their previous opponent Heishan. Thieves are even more difficult to deal with, not even much worse than Baima Yicong!


    ?Especially when General Zhengxi’s scouts completely crushed his own soldiers, as a result, out of ten soldiers, often only two or three came back. Once the number of attacks increased, even high-ranking officials who wanted to block the news were unable to do so.


    Gongsun Zan’s White Horse Yi Cong was indeed defeated, but General Ju Yi almost paid the price of annihilation. Besides, how can the elite strong crossbowmen under General Ju Yi be compared to the ordinary Jizhou soldiers currently serving high-ranking officials?


    Some soldiers in the camp were already muttering, and the morale of the army was wavering. After all, the situation was right in front of them. The way back was cut off, and there was not much food and grass in stock. How long could this last?


    For these, the senior officials did not order suppression and refutation of the rumors, because he knew that the more suppression, the harder it would be to suppress such a thing, and the more suspicion would arise. On the contrary, he was generous and generous, opening up the escape route again, and the soldiers'' morale would be better. It will gradually settle down.


    But **** it, General Fei Qian of Zhengxi arrived at this point!


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    Defend, cannot defend, because although troops have been sent to the back road to connect with the small force that drove the westward expedition, it is still unknown how much it will take to reopen the back road and then transfer food and grass over again.


    War, not war, the surrounding fields are dark. I just know that General Zhengxi led his troops south. There are many people, at least three or four thousand, but the specific distribution, types of troops, any special key points, etc. are not very clear. How can we fight with peace of mind?


    At this moment, Gao Gan really regretted it.


    ??Had I known that the governor of Bingzhou was so troublesome, I might as well have stayed in Yecheng and continued to be Yuan Shao''s Sima to feel more comfortable...


    ?What else can you do? Let’s take a chance. When the quality of soldiers is not as good as others, they can only rely on experience to make up for it. After all, General Fei Qian of Zhengxi is young. Maybe he can seize this and have some opportunities.


    ??So when General Fei Qian of Zhengxi arrived, Gao Gan relied on the camp in the middle of the mountain to set up an array, an unconventional array...


    Fei Qian also squinted his eyes and stared at the array of senior officials in front of him.


    Speaking of the formation of high-ranking officials, that is:


    A long snake formation with a long rainbow piercing the sun; two dragons coming out of the water formation, captured with both claws.


    ?Three Cai Taiyi Formation, three pillars standing; Four Elephant Luohe Formation, four directions mixed.


    The Five Tigers and Herds of Sheep Formation all come together at every point; the Six Yuansian Square Formation forms a square circle.


    Seven-star Beidou formation, the lower realm of Taiyi; Eight-door golden lock formation, the Eight Immortals come to the world.


    The nine-bend formation of the Yellow River, where flying sand eats up lives; the formation of ambush from ten sides, where the souls of heroes die.


    ?Hmm, none of the above...


    These so-called grand formations are all made up by people after the Han Dynasty. They are absolutely invisible in real battles, at least now.


    In fact, the Han Dynasty was not completely without formations, but it was definitely not as exciting as what later novelists described.


    ?According to Fei Qian''s understanding, formations are actually divided into three categories, one is used to focus on offense, the other is used to focus on defense, and the third is both offensive and defensive, corresponding to triangle, circle and square. As for flying geese, crane wings, chariots and so on, there was no such explanation in the Han Dynasty. There were only specific applications of some basic formations.


    For example, the formation currently arranged by senior officials has nothing to do with any so-called grand formation. The front is slightly set back. The main soldiers are naturally sword and shield players and spearmen. The rectangular ones with a slight curvature are listed after the horse resistance. The array, halfway down the slope, occupies a tight spot at the foot of the mountain.


    Left wing, no.


    ?Because the left wing is the mountain stronghold, there should be some archers hiding among the high-ranking officials in the mountain stronghold, but not many can be seen for the time being.


    The right wing farther away is a mixed force of cavalry and infantry, with the infantry behind and the cavalry in front.


    The entire array, for Fei Qian''s side, the nearest one is the camp on the mountain, and the farthest distance is Gao Gan''s right wing.


    ?So if the high-ranking cadres put up such a formation with mixed terrain and camps, what formation should be called to be more majestic and loud?


    ?The more majestic and loud the opponent is, and then your own side defeats it with a bang, can you get more happiness and satisfaction?


    ? Okay, let’s put aside the obsession with the name of the formation. As a new generation of oil sellers, which point should Fei Qian choose as his attack point?


    (End of this chapter)