Sima Yi narrowed his eyes and looked at the clouds in the sky.
It should be around Shenshi, but it is still cold around.
The smoke that people breathe condenses into frost on the veins.
Fighting in this kind of weather will consume several times the physical strength of normal days. For most soldiers, physical strength will not be like unlimited resources, which can be consumed and replenished at any time.
Especially those wounded soldiers, if they cannot be effectively treated in this weather, bleeding will soon lead to the internal organs losing temperature, exhaustion, and then they will die. At the same time, if they only focus on stopping bleeding without disinfection, then bacteria and fungi will attach to the wound, destroying the rotten body, causing them to die within the next three to five days.
Sima Yi understood Cao Hong's purpose.
When fighting for consumption, of course, the one with a large number and relatively poor combat power will have the advantage.
But the problem is that if Cao's army wants to consume, they must use more lives to fill it, and people are not machines after all...
Well, even machines have times of rebellion.
"Prepare to throw a grenade."
Sima Yi looked at the situation in front of the formation and calmly gave the order.
In rainy and snowy days, moisture prevention is indeed a big problem, but as long as it is a problem, some solutions will definitely be found.
Oil paper and wax seals were the first technologies used to prevent moisture from gunpowder.
Although the effect of the grenade is still not as good as when the weather is dry, it can also provide a certain amount of firepower support. When you see the correct direction of the heater and take steps, it will be difficult for the God of War to stop exploring forward.
The deafening explosion of gunpowder rang in front of the formation.
Snowflakes and blood flowers splatter at the same time.
The thick smoke rose.
Cao Jun suddenly fell.
A small part of them were killed and injured by the explosion, while most of them were weak when they heard the sound.
The fragments produced by the explosion do not have much penetration power, but they also have a great ability to destroy the body. Even if you touch a piece of iron, huge wounds will form, and they are torn-shaped wounds, and they cannot stop bleeding by ordinary means.
In addition to the direct injuries caused by the explosion, some people will be injured by shock, and such people are even more painful than those who are directly injured.
Sima Yi saw an elite Cao army in heavy armor. After a grenade exploded, although there was no injury on the surface, he stumbled like he had lost his balance. His eyes were full of confusion, and then he fell to the ground and was dragged back by other Cao army soldiers.
Although Sima Yi does not have much gunpowder to use and does not achieve good killing effects every time, it has a considerable effect on stagnating and delaying Cao Hong's military attack. When the Cao army's attack reaches a certain level, the grenade will give Cao army a little "shock".
Cao Hong shouted angrily, trying to boost the morale of the Cao army soldiers and inspire the bloody courage of the Cao army soldiers.
However, in the face of this new weapon, using the old way to yell, indicating that it is useless to increase the bounty.
Fear is an emotion necessary for human evolution.
Without awe, human beings will have no moral bottom line and will not have a cooperative foundation for social division of labor.
In front of the firearm, Cao Jun was frightened.
Why can it be used under the wind and snow?
The soldiers of Cao's army could not tell whether Sima Yi succeeded every time during the use of grenades, or how many squibs accounted for. They just heard deafening sounds, saw snow and limbs flying, and the pungent smell...
The Cao army soldiers and the others became suspicious and shaken because of their fear.
This kind of doubt and wavering can only be relieved after being defeated or grasped by the object of fear.
But the question is, how to solve it?
Cao Hong had no clue.
On the other hand, although Sima Yi's side was also injured and consumed, the morale of the people was relatively stable.
"It's really amazing to join the army, and the corpses of Cao's army were everywhere."
The guards around Sima Yi are in the mood to flatter.
Sima Yi laughed, "It's the lord who is amazing..."
"Yes, yes, joining the army is right..."
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...
The battle in Hedong was not just in Zhangyangchi.
Compared to Cao Hong's powerlessness, Cao Xiu's advancement seemed to be "good". Not only did he seize the Zhuguan Road, but he also followed the previous route of Xiahou Yuan's advance and rushed to Dongyuan.
On the one hand, Cao Hong faced the key defense area of ​​the Cavalry Army, and Cao Xiu was located in the area that was basically empty at the beginning. On the other hand, because Cao Xiu abandoned a large amount of baggage, Cao's soldiers were also forced to the dead end. If they wanted to survive, they had to fight to the death.
Dongyuan County once again faces attack from Cao's army.
The sparse archers on the city were unable to cause much harm to the Cao army soldiers, but instead allowed Cao Xiu to find out the reality of Dongyuan City.
Dongyuan County was captured by Xiahou Yuan once before. After Xiahou Yuan died, the place was naturally recovered, but the city was recovered and it could not automatically recover blood like in the game. The broken fortifications and damaged consumption could not be replenished immediately.
After all, Feiqian's main defense centers are Pingyang and Anyi, Dahe and Tongguan, rather than Dongyuan County, which is remote, alone and lacks mutual protection.
Under the instinct of self-survival in life, Cao's soldiers attacked Dongyuan County like locusts.
They quickly collapsed the outer periphery of Dongyuan County, and the wooden fortifications that had just been built, and howled and climbed up the lower Dongyuan City Wall.
Because the walls of Dongyuan County were just basic adobe and blue bricks, and were built in the early Han Dynasty, and the lowest place was even a height of two or three people, some of the Cao army did not even use cloud ladders, but directly built human ladders to climb up.
The originally weak surrendered factions in Dongyuan were basically cleaned up during the recovery process. Therefore, the defenders in Dongyuan still had no intention of surrendering even in such an unfavorable situation. Instead, they were resisting with all their might. Even if they did not have the right defense of large military equipment, only swords, guns, shields, they were still standing with Cao's soldiers with swords, guns and guns.
Compared to Sima Yi's side, there are gunpowder support and embellishments, the battles here in Dongyuan are basically hand-to-hand combat.
In hand-to-hand combat, what is competed is the basic qualities and combat skills of the human body itself.
As the war progressed, Cao Xiu felt more and more uneasy.
He raised all his elite troops and came, abandoning his baggage, and for the sake of joining Cao Cao this morning, but after he entered the Hedong territory, he suddenly felt that this place was very different from that in Shandong. I won’t talk about the death battle on the mountain road, even such a small county town, with neither high nor solid walls, was actually fighting desperately, without the temptation of cowardly surrendering.
The villages on the way were not known whether they were looted by Xiahou Yuan before or later, but now they were empty, and there was no room for some basic supplies.
This made Cao Xiu very angry and uneasy.
Such a county town is not even worth Cao Xiu's extra look in the past. It is small, remote, poor, and has no oil or water at all.
Judging from the situation of the battle, Cao Xiu was basically clear about the defensive forces in Dongyuan City. In such a remote county town, only two miles away, the soldiers defending in the middle were at most two or three hundred, and most of them were not elite combat soldiers. Perhaps there were not even many people in Dongyuan City. Even with the civilians in Dongyuan City, the combat power could not be increased much.
Although Cao Xiu himself was not in charge of many troops, he could definitely conquer this county by sending hundreds of Cao troops to take turns to fight. Even if these tenacious defenders did not die, they would be massacred at that time to alleviate the tense nerves of Cao's soldiers...
But, why?
Why do they resist so stubbornly?
Why not surrender?
Why?
Isn't it good to survive?
...
...
The wind and snow are sad.
"Zi Lian hasn't captured Zhang Yangchi yet?"
Cao Cao asked in a deep voice.
Cao Cao carried a helmet carved with beast patterns, and his ear protection was like the wings produced by beasts, which were exquisite and powerful. He wore a fur-like armor, which took into account both defense and warmth. The thick cloak could cover the wind and snow.
Guo Jia was on the side, shook his head slowly, "Report to the lord, it's not conquered for the time being."
"Didn't say anything?" Cao Cao asked.
Guo Jia responded, "It is said that Sima used the Five Elements Thunder..."
"Five Elements Thunder?" Cao Cao looked up at the sky.
Guo Jia was silent on the side.
Cao Cao was also silent for a moment, and then he heard a sound, "Where is the place where Wen Lie?"
『Just just conquered Dongyuan…』 Guo Jia replied, 『But the soldiers were so tired that they were unable to continue…』
"Dongyuan also used firearms?" Cao Cao asked again.
Guo Jia shook his head, "That's not, it's just that our army is really tired from traveling a long distance..."
If he failed to capture Dongyuan, the Cao army soldiers could still grit their teeth and thrust them. However, after attacking Dongyuan, Cao Xiu was fine, but the ordinary Cao army soldiers under Cao Xiu did not have any steel-like willpower and screamed to fix them.
Faced with such a situation, Cao Xiu couldn't suppress it at all.
On the one hand, Cao Xiu had promised to repair the county town in order to cheer up, and on the other hand, the road of the jail was dug up in a mess, and the baggage truck had to be transported by manpower for a while, so Cao Xiu was indeed short of supplies and the soldiers were exhausted.
This made even if Cao Xiu had this intention, his soldiers did not have the energy.
And the key is that humans are just like this. It is really useful to have such a breath. It is not so easy to raise it again after relaxing. Cao Xiu took a break in Dongyuan City and wanted to move forward. Even if he forced himself to march, he would no longer have the previous aura...
On the one hand, Cao Hong was incompetent and furious when facing Sima Yi, while on the other hand, Cao Xiu was incompetent in facing the physiological limits and was unable to continue.
Cao Cao said, "So, we can't even open our hands when we entered Hedong?"
Cao Cao wandered around twice, "There is no movement in Pingyang Anyi yet?"
Guo Jia shook his head silently, and he was helpless.
He is indeed a strategist, but he cannot kill the enemy on behalf of the generals, nor can he transform countless soldiers into succession.
Waving the fan is a skill that can replenish blood for frontline soldiers, and can only appear in the game.
Cao Cao frowned.
It's a key decision point again.
Before crossing the river, when Cao Cao attacked Tongguan, he knew that the Cavalry had some methods to prevent moisture from gunpowder, but he also understood that it was not so easy to prevent moisture from gunpowder. At least the subsequent suppression of artillery in Tongguan dropped a lot due to the wind and snow.
However, Cao Cao did not expect that he could still use firearms during the field battle between the Cavalry Army in Zhangyangchi.
Cao Cao was very uneasy, as if he felt that he was standing on the edge of a cliff.
But Cao Cao is still a gambler after all, so he failed to do the most painful things, but it should be the most reasonable measure.
Just like a person with red eyes gambling, he will not leave the gambling table easily.
So what is the gambler Cao Cao good at?
Win in chaos.
So Cao Cao hopes that the situation will be even more chaotic...
The most core reason why Cao Cao was able to stand out in the ten-year Kanto melee between the anti-Dong War and the Guandu War, stood firm in the territory of the three prefectures of Yan, Yu and Si, and digested Xuzhou and annexed the Qing, Ji and You, the four prefectures of Yuan Shao and Ji, was actually that Cao Cao knew strategically how to survive in the slit, how to accurately walk on the tightrope, and then gain the greatest benefits.
From a certain perspective, Lao Cao and Liu Bei appreciate each other, saying that there are only two heroes in the world. Some of the reasons are that Cao Cao and Liu Bei both depended on others at the beginning and then relied on others to survive...
When Chen Liu, who had just become rich, was "spent family wealth and joining the righteous army", it was essentially just a former official who had just resigned from the court controlled by Dong Zhuo, and might even be wanted. After all, Cao Cao was far less famous than Yuan Shao at that time. At that time, Cao Cao relied on Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu.
Is it the result of relying on Zhang Miao in the end that Cao Cao finally killed Zhang Miao...
During Cao Cao's growth, Lao Cao relied on Yuan Shao and made the name of General Fenwu from Yuan Da, which represented that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had established a certain degree of subordinate relationship, at least wandering between Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu County, and Yuan Shao, the magistrate of Bohai County.
Later, Cao Cao was not satisfied with becoming Yuan Shao's agent in Yanzhou, so he later killed Yuan Shao...
So when Lao Cao looked at Lao Liu who liked to study, he felt like he saw himself.
If Cao Cao could look at Liu Bei and look at imitators and test with ridiculous words, then when Cao Cao was facing Fei Qian below, the things that Cao Cao was originally good at suddenly became useless.
Cao Cao was carrying his hands behind his back in the big tent and turned around.
Like a trapped beast.
Before, whether it was facing Dong Zhuo, Er Yuan, or when Cao Cao was most embarrassed and his hometown was almost raided, Cao Cao was in a clear mind because he could know what the other party was thinking and what he was going to do, and how he should deal with it, even when Cao Cao's hometown was almost raided.
But now, Lao Cao is a little confused about what Fei Qian is thinking, what he wants to do, and how he should deal with it...
At that time, Cao Cao's Yanzhou Governor was originally from the support of the local tyrants in Yanzhou, his friends Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao. Cao Cao's actions of slaughtering Xuzhou allowed the Yanzhou gentry to find an extremely legitimate catharsis outlet for Cao Cao to refuse to share the cake. In order to block this increasingly large gap, Cao Cao killed Bian Rang, and originally wanted to shock and delay, but he did not expect that it would promote the alliance between Zhang Miao and Lu Bu.
Cao Cao quickly adjusted his attitude, wagging his tail at Yuan Shao on the one hand, and immediately hooked up with the people of Yuzhou, immediately pacified Yanzhou, and then formulated a political pattern that determined Cao Cao's basic territory.
That is, "holding the emperor."
This is the strategic basic structure, army, territory, and talents that Cao Cao finally won in the Central Plains of Han Dynasty. The continuous expansion of the emperor's righteousness under the responsibilities of the emperor has enabled Cao Cao to have the establishment of the imperial system, and also brought the greatest talent benefits to Cao Cao. Only Cao Cao can award legal titles, official ranks and salaries. Working for Cao Cao is the court's official, and working for heroes is likely to be just a subordinate of the general's office or a county chief.
Charm can indeed attract the support of some people, but the establishment and treatment are obviously more attractive to Shandong people.
Military is an extension of politics.
Politics is always the biggest strategy.
What Cao Cao wanted was chaos, and the more calm Fei Qian's side was, the more defensive he was, the more passive Cao Cao was and the more difficult he was.
In history, before the Battle of Red Cliff, Liu Bei once wanted to escape to Lingnan, and Liu Zhang had sent an envoy to express his intention to surrender. Zhang Zhao, who was under the tent of Sun Quan in Jiangdong, also secretly sent a secret message to Cao Cao, resulting in chaos in the northwest, and Ma Teng had long expressed his willingness to become a vassal of Cao Cao. The situation in the Han Dynasty was very good. At that time, almost everyone in the world believed that Cao Cao was about to quell the chaotic times...
The result made Cao Cao wrongly judge the situation.
This time, Cao Cao also made a mistake in the judgment of Fei Qian.
He applied his experience to Fei Qian.
Any emerging military group that offends local forces will face great shocks. Without "localization", the forces will not be able to last for a long time.
Lao Cao had been stabbed by people from Yanzhou before, so Cao Cao felt that Fei Qian would also be at risk of being stabbed by people from Guanzhong or Hedong.
Cao Cao did not believe that all the gentry in Hedong, Guanzhong were so obedient and obedient to Fei Qian and were willing to become Fei Qian's shape. Therefore, after Cao Cao confirmed that Fei Qian had left Guanzhong, he launched a fierce attack...
Just like in history, Cao Cao also led his troops south.
To a certain extent, Cao Cao's judgment is correct.
There are indeed many gentry in Hedong, Guanzhong. As of now, there are still many people who are still dissatisfied with Fei Qian. But the problem is that those guys who jump the most happily have been cheated by Fei Qian...
Cao Cao thought that his killing of Bianjie led to the people of Yanzhou on his vest, so Fei's killing of famous scholars in Hedong, Guanzhong would inevitably lead to the people of Hedong in Hedong, Guanzhong and Fei's secret destiny. However, Cao Cao ignored one thing, which was that he was the reason for killing Bianjie himself, which was just "ridiculation", and Fei Qian never killed someone just because someone "ridiculated".
Fei Qian is at most fined.
Fei Qian's real reason for killing people must be unshakable, such as rebellion, corruption, and abuse of power... There must be conclusive and indecisive evidence. This has largely led to the inability of the gentry in Hedong, Guanzhong, and Hedong, to speak unfairly for the "border arbitrage" like the gentry in Yanzhou, and even rebel in groups.
"Come! Let's tell you that Yang Dezu is here!"
Chapter completed!