Chapter 3482 Repeating the same trick again
Cao Cao met the enemy from the front, and it was naturally Cao Hong who led his soldiers to bypass the enemy.
As the most important and most trusted general under Cao Cao, Cao Hong has been known for being tough, good at fighting, loyal and courageous since he established his status as a general. Therefore, even Cao Hong has some problems of one kind or another, and even Cao Pi is a little greedy for money. Even though he was disgusted, Cao Hong''s contribution to the Cao family''s foundation could not be denied.
It is not that Cao Hong is not afraid of death, and his military strategies may not surpass other generals at the same time, but as Cao Cao''s number one thug, he will still not waver even if he is covered in wounds and killed like a **** gourd. His loyalty to Cao Cao.
Such a general would naturally reassure Cao Cao and convince other military academies.
After Cao Zhang and Liu Fu were defeated, Cao Hong cooperated with Cao Cao and became the mainstay of Cao''s army in resisting the Hussars'' attack.
From the first moment he was attacked by the Hussars, Cao Hong and his soldiers have been fighting Zhu Ling and Ma Yue, and they have resisted step by step until now. When a position was captured by the hussars, he led his soldiers to retreat to the next position to resist.
Throughout the day, although Zhu Ling and Ma Yue attacked very hard, with the support of Cao Hong, who even went to the front line to fight in person, Cao''s soldiers tried their best to resist at every position.
It is precisely because of Cao Hong''s presence that the Hussars'' attack momentum, even with Zhu Ling and Ma Yue''s repeated advances, was still very difficult. Every step forward cost blood.
The fierce battle had reached such an extent that even if Cao Hong was not injured, not everyone could withstand such a high-intensity battle, let alone Cao Hong. Cao Hong was now killed with swords and armor broken, and his throat was broken by shouting. Now every time he shouted a military order, he felt as if the inside of his throat was cut with a knife.
However, Cao''s army has an "advantage", or in other words, a helpless "advantage", that is, Cao''s army is tired of people, while the hussars are tired of horses.
People are more resistant to fatigue than cattle and horses!
This is why ancient feudal dynasties liked to raise more slaves and use less cattle and horses.
Cows and horses are more delicate than humans.
On the battlefield, there is everything.
In addition to corpses, maybe a broken blade can force a war horse to withdraw from the battle sequence, but a person can still fight even if he is cut by a knife.
Cao Hong was also slashed several times, his body was wounded and still oozing blood, but he still used his last strength to resist the hussars'' attacks again and again.
The endurance of the hussars'' war horses is obviously not as good as that of humans. After all, the previous battles between the Hussars and Cavalry were famous for their swiftness and bravery, and they were not won by protracted resistance. On the contrary, how the soldiers of Cao''s army managed to preserve and recover as much as possible in the millstone of flesh and blood in the positional battle between the two armies, compared with The Hussars were more experienced.
Whether they are conquering the Western Qiang or attacking the Western Regions, the Hussars are as fast as the wind and as fierce as fire, just like the strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves. Very few of them have experienced long battles. However, these soldiers led by Cao Cao and Cao Hong were all those who fought during the war. The old **** who survived the battle between the two Yuans. In so many battles between the Central Plains princes, Cao Jun was once at a disadvantage, but he still persisted. The resilience of these elite Cao Jun soldiers has been tempered many times in these battles. Compared with the hussars and cavalry units fighting in the northwest, , much stronger in terms of toughness.
Of course, the only core troops of Cao''s army are Cao Cao and Cao Hong with these veterans.
Veterans will eventually grow old slowly, and it is foreseeable that the combat effectiveness of the two sides will become increasingly disparate in the future, but now, Cao Hong has indeed blocked the Hussars'' flank attack. In such a desperate situation, Cao Jun''s Qingzhou soldiers were, after all, the soldiers and horses tempered by the Han Dynasty''s current Central Plains field troops, and they finally showed their **** anger. Zhu Lingma Yue fought fiercely for a whole day, only to repel Cao Hong step by step, but could not completely defeat him.
One by one, the fronts resisted until the end before giving up. Each fortification had to wait until it was captured by the Hussars before retreating. During the day, they were somewhat afraid of the long-range weapons of the Hussars and did not dare to go beyond the defenses. The system came to fight. At night, because the long-range shooting efficiency of both sides declined, Cao Jun even sent a small team to sneak attack Ma Yue Zhu Ling''s troops in reverse!
The two sides fought in a melee in the night, and the shouts of killing shook the heaven and the earth. It seemed that the stars in the sky were shaken by the sound of fighting.
Cao Cao and other generals knew that this battle was an opportunity for the morale of both sides to wax and wane. If they could use the opportunity of mourning soldiers to survive this hussar attack, then there would still be a glimmer of hope in the future. If we don’t pass, freedom will collapse and be destroyed.
Similarly, Pang Tong, Zhang Liao, Ma Yue, Zhu Ling and others also knew that Cao''s army could not sustain this state of mourning for long. If Cao''s army could be defeated this time, then Cao''s army would no longer have the ability to fight on a large scale and would march in the future. In the Central Plains, as soon as Fei Qian arrives with the soldiers from Hedong, it will be like a great river, unstoppable!
Both sides have reasons and persistence to win, so the fight becomes even more brutal.
The smell of blood permeated the entire battlefield, and everything around was enveloped in the deafening sound of golden drums shouting for death.
Another charge of the hussars was repulsed.
Cao Hong''s armor was stained with flesh and blood. He ignored the arrows that were still whizzing past him, jumped on a slightly crooked horse and looked around, looking at the battlefield that seemed to have turned into Shura Hell.
The hussars and horses, along the flanks of the plateau, were like a long snake, rolling and stretching their bodies, winding towards Cao Jun, seemingly endless!
Cao Hong took a deep breath, sat down on the horse, threw aside the sword that had cut out large and small gaps in his hand, and said to the guard: "Here comes the sword!" 』
The guard handed over his sword. Cao Hong shook his hands, wrapped the sword around his hand again, and said: "Now the hussar soldiers see my flag here and know I am here... What do you think they will do next?" ? 』
The guard also found a sword from the ground that someone had thrown away. He looked at the gap in the knife under the firelight and saw that it was still usable. "Of course, a large group of people must be sent to rush here!" 』
"That''s right!" ” Cao Hong laughed, but he didn’t know that it affected the wound there and turned into a breath, “If they want to kill here, they will definitely ignore that place! This is where our chance comes! 』
Cao Hong jumped down from his horse, raised the sword in his hand, and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Men!" The Hussars are coming! As long as you can survive, every one of you will be rewarded with thousands of gold! The head of a hussar soldier, plus ten thousand gold! I won’t take any of what the lord gave me, I’ll give it all to you! If the reward is not enough, I will make up for it even if I sell my belongings! 』
Cao''s soldiers who were stationed along the Juma trench heard this and made some noise to give Cao Hong some face.
Cao Hong was a little embarrassed.
An old Qingzhou soldier leaned against the trench and said to Cao Hong, "General Cao!" If you don’t retreat, brothers won’t retreat! Let’s talk about rewards after we survive! We came from Shandong and felt that we were a bit useless all the way! Just kill me today! 』
Cao Hong was not annoyed when the old soldier contradicted him. Instead, he shook his sword at the old soldier and said, "What a man!" Then let’s compare who can kill more in today’s battle! 』
These Qingzhou soldiers, perhaps since they left their hometown and followed Cao Cao to fight everywhere, there was only one thing left in their lives, fighting.
There are no generals among the Qingzhou soldiers.
In other words, there are no generals from the Qingzhou soldiers themselves.
They have no spokesperson.
Not one!
This was naturally Cao Cao''s intention.
What? The surname is Zang? That''s the Taishan soldier. Moreover, Zang Ba and others'' distrust of Cao Cao was caused by Cao Cao''s attitude and management methods towards the Qingzhou soldiers.
Cao Cao only needs the Qingzhou soldiers as war machines and powerful soldiers on the battlefield, but he does not want the Qingzhou soldiers to have their own ideas, so no middle-level military academies have been produced among the Qingzhou soldiers. All Qingzhou soldiers are directly led by Cao Cao and those whom Cao Cao trusts the most. It was led by several generals.
Under such circumstances, the military discipline of Qingzhou soldiers will naturally not be good.
Qingzhou soldiers have no tomorrow, they only have today.
Kill alive, lie down dead, it''s that simple.
As for the original leaders of the Qingzhou soldiers, they were all captured and killed by Cao Cao. The use of the word "bird" illustrates Cao Cao''s attitude towards the original military academy leader of the Qingzhou soldiers.
In addition, Cao Cao not only controlled the Qingzhou soldiers, but also controlled the families of these Qingzhou soldiers. Most of the Qingzhou soldiers in the villages were family members of the Qingzhou soldiers, so in a sense, these Qingzhou soldiers were equivalent to Cao Cao himself. Private soldiers.
After Cao Cao''s death, Cao Pi''s ability would be just like that, so the Qingzhou soldiers would definitely not survive. Neither the nobles of Jizhou nor the powerful men of Yuzhou would allow Cao Pi to possess these soldiers like Cao Cao again, so they collapsed in chaos. It has become inevitable and disappeared under the waves of history.
Now that Cao Cao is still there, the core of the Qingzhou soldiers is still stable. The morale of these Qingzhou veterans who already regard themselves as dead people will not be very high, but they will not collapse to the point of being beyond control.
Cao Hong knew that the Qingzhou soldiers looked like this, so when he saw that the morale of these soldiers was not much broken, he came down from the trench, sat in the line, and asked the guards to bandage his wounds.
Some soldiers of Cao''s army took advantage of the time before the hussars came up to repair the fortifications and defenses. Anyway, they could make up as much as they could.
Cao Hong watched the soldiers busy and felt pain everywhere in his body. There were obvious and internal injuries on his body, no one knew how many. The outer layer of the two layers of armor on his body was already somewhat tattered, and even the inner layer of armor was also damaged.
Cao Hong really wanted to lie down and have a good rest, but now he was almost supporting the flank core of the entire Qingzhou soldiers'' front. He could sit down and rest, but he absolutely couldn''t lie down, so he could only grab the shoulder of a guard and huff. Screaming and enduring the pain, he asked the guards to bandage the wound more tightly.
In any case, Cao Jun did a good job in this battle.
Of course, Cao Cao''s command is nothing to say. He mobilized his soldiers layer by layer and resisted step by step, consuming the hussar offensive. Even under Zhang Liao''s attack, he kept the line from collapsing. During the day, he was restricted by the hussars. The cavalry of the army is fast Because of their ability to counterattack quickly, they did not dare to use soldiers to intersperse and intrude. Now at night, they began to send soldiers to throw iron caltrops and tie horse ropes around, so that the hussars could accidentally be attacked, and it also relieved some of the pressure on the frontal battlefield.
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Pre-battle planning is always a test of a general''s skills. Cao Cao is still very strong in this aspect. He not only maintains frontal resistance, but also pays attention to the changes in Cao Hong''s place, and sends fresh troops from time to time to supplement Cao Hong''s flanks.
This allowed Cao Jun''s line to be maintained until now, and Cao Hong had the opportunity to adjust and rest between battles.
Cao Hong looked back at the position of the central army where Cao Cao was, and felt a little relieved when he saw Cao Cao''s banner still standing quietly in the light of the fire. Cao Hong vaguely guessed that Cao Cao moved the central army closer to the river in order to lure the Hussars'' navy to attack him, but he was still unavoidable to worry.
Although the Hussars Navy only has a few flat ships and more than ten fighting ships, it poses a great threat to Cao Cao and others. From Tongguan to Shaanxi, the Hussars Navy can not only destroy their pontoon bridges and cut off the connection between the north and south of the river, but also At the same time, you can also cross their defense lines on land and transport soldiers directly to their rear, forming a multi-sided encirclement situation!
Therefore, if you want to break the deadlock and regain some initiative on the battlefield, you must first defeat the Hussars'' naval forces!
This is similar to Liu Fu''s previous plan, except that the trap designed by Liu Fu was not as attractive as Cao Cao, and the soldiers deployed were not sharp enough, and could not cause much damage to the hussars and navy. , but was defeated by the hussars and naval forces with random firing of artillery, bows and crossbows...
Now that Cao Cao''s front has resisted Zhang Liao, and Cao Hong has resisted Zhu Ling and Ma Yue, if the Hussars want to break the deadlock, they will inevitably have to send out naval forces!
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Pang Tong looked at the battlefield in the distance and frowned deeply.
The tenacity shown by Cao Jun at the moment surprised Pang Tong.
This kind of war of attrition is obviously not a war model that Fei Qian is willing to accept, but why is it happening like this now?
Pang Tong vaguely had an answer in his mind...
They were playing too fast!
Going fast has its benefits, but now the disadvantages of going fast are being revealed.
Whether it is grenades, rockets, or flamethrowers, they are all consumables.
Consumables mean that once you drink one cup, there may not be another cup.
From Guanzhong to Tongguan, with a transfer order, it will arrive and be shipped on the same day. It will take three days at the latest to reach the forbidden ditch in Tongguan and transport it directly to Tongguan using human power, which means it will take an extra day.
But after leaving Tongguan, the route was stretched...
The replenishment at the rear cannot keep up with the consumption of fierce fighting at the front.
Is this what Cao Cao expected before?
Fighting from day to night, no matter how high the morale of the Hussars soldiers was, they could not avoid fatigue.
After all, people are not made of iron. Even if they are made of iron, they still need a little oil from time to time, right?
Moreover, this kind of life-and-death fight on the battlefield consumes a person''s energy and physical strength almost several times, or even ten times more than during training. Although the Hussars are well equipped with dry food, water, and medical treatment, and the returning soldiers can receive relatively basic care and protection, the energy and physical exertion cannot be recovered by drinking a few sips of water or eating a piece of cake...
Some of the hussars who retreated sat on the ground, took a few bites of cake, drank a little water, and then fell asleep, unable to wake up no matter how hard they screamed.
Although Pang Tong didn''t understand what the aftereffects of adrenaline were, he also knew that the fatigue accumulated by the hussars after repeated battles was gradually showing up.
Starting from the attack on the Tongguan camp, they broke through several layers of defenses of the Tongguan camp in a few days, then broke through Yanxiang, and pursued Cao Zhang and Liu Fu until they ran into Cao Cao''s troops. The Hussars had been fighting for a long time. There is no good adjustment and rest.
This is not good...
Pang Tong also knew this, but before running into Cao Cao, everyone felt that they "should" and "could" just kill all the way to the Central Plains!
Pang Tong is not Feiqian.
He was able to control and command these generals not because of the charm of Pang Tong''s fat chin, but because Pang Tong was authorized by Fei Qian. What these generals obey is actually Fei Qian, the hussar general!
So if Fei Qian’s words and orders are all carried out 100% by these generals regardless of whether they understand them or not, then Pang Tong’s instructions on Fei Qian’s behalf will naturally be understood by those who can understand them, but I’m afraid those who can’t understand them will be fine. I feel 100% dissatisfied...
Pang Tong originally thought that this fatigue problem would be more obvious after the attack and defense areas in the Heluo area were expanded, and adjustments would be made at that time, as well as the arrangements for these generals, but he did not expect Here, Cao Cao detonated it in advance.
The Hussars are good at attacking, but Cao Jun is also good at defending!
As the attacking side, the Hussars do have the advantage of being able to concentrate their forces for assault, but for Cao Jun''s side, their defensive capabilities were also trained in the flesh and blood grinding mill of the Central Plains!
Especially these Qingzhou veterans!
These Qingzhou soldiers have poor military discipline and worse training than the Hussars. But there is one thing that is comparable to the Hussars. Even these Qingzhou soldiers are not afraid of death!
Dare to fight! Dare to die!
Zhang Liao retreated. Even a brave general like Zhang Liao is still breathing heavily, taking the food sent by the guards, wolfing it down, and saying vaguely: "Your Majesty... brothers are tired... it is difficult to break through head on..."
Pang Tong nodded, then pointed at the position of Cao Cao''s army, "The old bandits'' array is leaning towards the river... This is a flaw, but... I suspect it is also a trap..."
Zhang Liao looked in the direction of Pang Tong''s finger, "The old thieves are cunning... Last time they wanted to sneak attack our navy, but they failed, and now they want to do it again?" 』
While the two were discussing, suddenly a messenger came in a hurry.