Chapter 3268 Small Gift
While Yan Rou was chasing and capturing Xiahou Dun, Sima Yi also encountered his opponent.
Sima Yi mobilized some of Pubanjin's troops and divided the troops into Hao Zhao to attack Zhongtiao Mountain. In fact, he was still staring at the food and supplies of Cao's army's transit camp.
For this battle, Sima Yi invited craftsmen in the army to design a hollow crossbow with tinder oil on the basis of the big yellow crossbow, which can break and splash out the internal tinder oil while shooting objects. He planned to use this new type of crossbow arrow to ignite the food and grass of Cao's army in the transit camp and severely damage Cao Cao's supply and food supply route.
That's right, Sima Yi doesn't want to attack the transfer camp, he just wants to find an opportunity...
Cum!
After all, Cao Cao came from Tongguan and built hard camps all the way, which was as solid as a rock. Not only did he dig deep trenches, but he also laid a large number of horse-resistance. If he had to attack the camp, there would definitely be a large loss of people.
Even if you can enter the camp, there are also crisscrossing internal traps. These traps are hidden under tents and curtains. Even if you catch the living mouths in Cao Jun’s camp, you may not be able to describe all the arrangements, so it is very unprofitable to attack the camp in front.
Due to the limitation of the troops in his hands, Sima Yi only had the power of one blow, so he was like an assassin hidden in the shadow. Once he showed his figure, he would lose the bonus of the backstab.
Compared with Cao Cao's forward camp, this kind of transit camp has relatively weaker troops, which is mainly defensive force with the central guards plus a large number of civilians and supplies. There are also some weapons for making weapons and supplements for related military armor.
Sima Yi knew that Cao Cao was at the end of his strength...
And now Sima Yi wants to even tear Cao Cao's last crossbow!
Only in this way can the profit be maximized.
Judging from the entire battle situation, there are now wars in Hedong, but the attack in Tongguan is obviously more fierce.
Cao Cao arranged about 30,000 soldiers in front of Tongguan to attack day and night.
There was Ma Yan and Zhu Ling guarding the Tongguan, and various weapons prepared in advance, but they still under great pressure in the face of Cao's desperate attack.
Especially in the Cao army, there were craftsmen who learned in the war and grew up in the war. They transformed some Cao army's siege equipment, and even launched one or two surprise attacks trying to cross Niutouyuan, which made Ma Yan and Zhu Ling increasingly stressed. For a month of fierce fighting, more than 3,000 casualties, including more than 1,000 elite soldiers, and the battle situation also entered the most tragic stage.
The situation in Wuguan is relatively better. The soldiers in Jingzhou are not strong in fighting spirit, but there are quite a few people. Wuguan is relatively in exchange for deep depth for enemy casualties. Cao's army left a large number of corpses every step forward, and casualties continued to increase. After a month or two of fierce battles, the desire of the Jingzhou subdued soldiers in Cao's army to fight has reached a freezing point. Sometimes, Liao Hua and Huang Zhong don't even need to make a real attack. Just shout, and they turn around and run away like frightened birds. It can be said that Cao's army in Wuguan is just gritting their teeth and holding on, and they may collapse at any time.
So when Sima Yi, who obtained this information, understood that time and everything was the key to time.
Since the attack on Guanzhong, Cao Cao has entered a state of war for more than half a year.
In the era of cold weapons, it was not easy to engage in a full-scale war. But even Cao Cao summoned enough personnel and received some supplements. He ignored the losses everywhere and still failed to determine the outcome of the battle.
This made Cao Cao very embarrassed.
The longer the time delays, the more unfavorable it will be to Cao's army.
To defeat Fei Qian, you need more investment, more soldiers, and more time.
This is true whether it is in Wuguan, Tongguan, or Hedong.
Therefore, Sima Yi only needs to avoid the core main force of the Cao army, then sneak attacks, destroy the Cao army's food and grass, and cut off the Cao army's food route, so as to delay the Cao army's pace, and the Cao army will inevitably go to defeat.
Sima Yi sent Hao Zhao to attack Zhongtiaoshan Camp in an attempt to disrupt Cao's army's suspicion and further complicate the situation in Hedong.
Once the Cao army thought that the Zhongtiaoshan camp would be attacked, the momentum of Cao's advance would stop. By the time the Cao army really sent troops to encircle Hao Zhao, they had already completed their mission and evacuated the battlefield.
After Sima Yi's detection, Cao's army did not have cavalry in this area. According to the confession of the arrested survivors, Cao Cao did not have many cavalrymen, and they were concentrated in Cao Cao's headquarters in the front, while there were basically no established cavalry troops in the rear.
Therefore, no matter from which perspective, this is an excellent opportunity.
Although Hao Zhao felt that the risk was very high, he agreed with this.
What Sima Yi did not expect was that Cao Cao actually divided a cavalry, and this cavalry was always hidden, waiting for Sima Yi to appear...
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While waiting, the striking trick is not as calm as it seems on the surface.
But Qian Zhao knew that as the main general, he had to have his own opinions. If the main general was hesitant and changed his orders every day, then there was no need to think about the good outcome of the entire battle.
It is undoubtedly a common strategy to keep calm and wait for the rabbit, but the first thing to be sure is that there must be a "rabbit".
Qian Zhao thought a lot, and he also thought about what if Sima Yi did not appear but actually attacked Zhongtiaoshan?
However, Qian Zhao never received any news of the attack on the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, but Cao's army kept reporting that a cavalry and horse were appearing near Zhongtiao Mountain.
His subordinate Cao Ping sent someone to report the order to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was silent without any reply.
This also made Qian Zhao understand that Cao Cao was not entirely on his side.
Agree, sometimes not agree.
If he succeeds, then Cao Cao silently supports him. If he fails, then the original reported matters will become evidence of his domineering and arrogant behavior.
Soon, Qianzhao got the latest news, and the cavalryman disappeared again...
These days, Qianzhao has become accustomed to the cavalry and horses. When he heard the news, he asked, "Are you approaching Zhongtiao Mountain Camp again?"
The scout shook his head, "No, the cavalry and horses did not approach Zhongtiaoshan camp."
The scout of Cao's army was very sure, because after Hao Zhao and others appeared, Cao's army urgently deployed layers of defense around the Zhongtiaoshan Camp, adding more traps and horse resistance, but they did not wait for Hao Zhao's attack. They were also surprised by this, but they could not leave the defense system of Zhongtiaoshan Camp to chase Hao Zhao, so they found a trick.
He closed his eyes and thought about it in his mind.
He suddenly thought of a sentence Cao Cao and him said when discussing how to deal with Sima Yi, "Sima's little thief is more cautious and suspicious"...
Suddenly, I felt like something suddenly became clear, and I thought of a problem!
『General Cao!』
Qian greeted and shouted.
Cao Ping was stunned, but soon stepped forward and bowed, "Hold the general."
Although Cao Ping looked down on Qianzhao, the appointment of Qianzhao was made by Cao Cao, and the sword was also given by Cao Cao. So no matter how unhappy he felt, Cao Ping would still be blameless in terms of etiquette.
As long as you pull the trick, you can win.
After all, to a certain extent, this is not to give face, but to maintain Cao Cao's authority.
"I want you to take thirty cavalry immediately, each of them holds the team to recognize the flag and go towards Zhongtiao Mountain. Be sure to strengthen your momentum and pretend to be reinforcements!" Qian Zhao said in a deep voice, "Are you clear?"
Cao Ping was stunned and then looked around, "General Qiang, do you mean there are enemy scouts around?" They are here every day to watch out for the surroundings. If the other scouts really touched the surroundings without knowing it, it would be like being randomly patted on the face.
"This is an order!" Qian Zhao said in a deep voice, "It's not an explanation! Are you willing to obey the order?"
Cao Ping lowered his head, "I obey the order!"
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The guess of the siege is correct.
Sima Yi did send scouts and stared at the transfer camp from afar.
The reason why Cao's scout failed to discover it was because Sima Yi's scout was equipped with a telescope.
It’s just that because the number of telescopes is rare, it is impossible for all scouts to have one...
When Cao Ping and his men evacuated the transfer camp with great fanfare toward Zhongtiao Mountain, Sima Yi received a reward from the scout.
『Sure enough!』
Sima Yi laughed and immediately ordered preparations for war.
Compared with Cao's army, everyone had their own thoughts and the generals suspected that Sima Yi's orders here were naturally extremely strong. With Sima Yi's order, the entire army gathered.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi, like Zhuge Liang, seemed to belong to the civil servant series, but in fact it was really different. Not to mention that Zhuge Liang also held military power in the later period of history, just say that when Sima Yi was under Cao Cao, during the conquest of Zhang Lu, Sima Yi had already fought with the army and led the army. When he was in full confrontation with Zhuge Liang, he once ruled most of the troops of the Cao Wei group, and was deeply afraid, so he had an empty city plan...
Now Sima Yi has been in the Northern Region Protectorate for quite some time. Although he is not very good at using guns and sticks, he is really underestimating him if he is just a civil servant and cannot be in the battle formation. In addition, Sima Yi has also achieved considerable results before, so no cavalry soldier will doubt that there will be any problem with his decision. They will only be full of confidence and execute his orders without fail.
It's just one thing that Sima Yi was a little negligent.
Hate value.
War is not a stand-alone game, and his opponent is not the Hu people who lack effective inheritance and information transmission in the desert. After he defeated the Cao family and the Xiahou family in succession, especially after Xiahou Yuan failed in Hedong, Sima Yi's hatred value was already extremely high, perhaps second only to the General Fei Qian of the Cavalry.
When an assassin has a very high hatred value and others pay great attention to it, it is naturally difficult for the assassin's stealth skills to be used smoothly.
Since it is an assassin, it is impossible to have an overly large body.
Sima Yi didn't have many soldiers and horses on hand, and he would kill with one blow. No matter how effective he was, he would have to escape thousands of miles away. Therefore, he was equipped with a horse to give full play to the maximum speed advantage of the cavalry.
Five hundred cavalrymen stepped on their war horses and followed the direction of the valley, and rushed out like flowing water, and rushed straight to Cao's transit camp.
It happened that there was a team of grain transport queues in the transit camp preparing to leave...
The ordinary Cao army soldiers and civilians in the Cao army's transfer camp did not expect Sima Yi to suddenly appear here. They always thought they were safe.
They felt that they were in the inner core area of ​​Cao's army, so how could there be any danger?
So when these ordinary soldiers and civilians of Cao army saw Sima Yi rushing out from the horizon, they were not mentally prepared and suddenly became panicked.
This is the disadvantage of the lack of information flow between the superiors and subordinates of the Cao army. The strict hierarchy system makes there no explanation or explanation between the superiors and subordinates except orders. Anyway, there are levels to suppress them, so why are you doing that?
Sima Yi chose the opportunity to send the grain transport convoy to the north, which was extremely exquisite. When the cavalry and horses came roaring, although the military academy, which was responsible for transporting food and grass, shouted loudly, hoping that some of the soldiers could resist the cavalry and horses a little, so that he could get a short adjustment time to send the food and grass back to the transfer camp. However, Cao's army, who was frightened by Sima Yi and others, did not care about him, and they all ran directly to the transfer camp not far away. The coolie men also threw down the food and grass and fled everywhere.
The cavalry and horses rushed into the convoy, as if they were in a no-man state, and they were free and free-spirited, ruthlessly chopping and ruthlessly slashing the sporadic soldiers who resisted Cao's army.
The sound of horse hooves rolled like thunder, shocking.
The Hussars waved their swords on the horse's back excitedly, bringing up a bunch of blood.
The Cao army soldiers who were escorting military rations were in a panic and just wanted to escape into the transfer camp. But how could the transfer camp allow these running Cao army and civilians to break the camp gate? It was a sharp warning, and then there was an arrow and a slash.
The ordinary Cao army soldiers and civilians who instinctively thought that they would get shelter from entering the transit camp were wailing, killing and injured everywhere.
They fled from the convoy and avoided the Hussar cavalry's swords, but were shot in front of a safe area that was just one step away.
The Cao army soldiers who were escorting food and grass almost had time to resist and were defeated by Sima Yi's troops.
The Cao army soldiers in the transit camp just closed the camp gate tightly and didn't even have the courage to come out to fight.
Everything seems perfect.
The cavalry and cavalry galloped on their horses, and the smoke and dust raised were like a roaring yellow dragon, swallowing the few Cao soldiers left by the convoy.
『Go and see if there is really food and grass in the car!』
Sima Yi ordered that he still remained vigilant.
Sima Yi's guard stepped forward and stabbed the felt cloth covered by the baggage truck with one knife, and pierced the food bag inside.
Crazy.
The grains on the grain truck flow down the broken mouth.
"It's food!" The guard shouted excitedly.
Sima Yi then felt relieved, "Take it away if you can, but burn it if you can't! It's burned!"
Sima Yi stopped the horse and laughed, "Assemble the yellow crossbow! Let's give them a little gift!"
He is greedy.
He not only had to burn the food team, but also the camp!
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When Sima Yi rushed out, the trap hidden in the woods was noticed.
After all, the smoke and dust raised is the most direct guide in this era.
『General!』 The soldiers of Cao's army screamed, 『The cavalry is attacking our food team!』
Qian Zhao snorted, then turned to see that some soldiers had already started to pick up weapons and were about to fight out, so he stood up, "What are you going to do?"
『General?』The soldiers of Cao's army were puzzled, 『This... isn't this the Cavalry Army already here?"
Qian Zhao shouted: "Dropping off the horse! On standby! Without my general orders, no one shall act without action! Those who violate the orders shall be killed!"
『But General! That is...that is our military ration!" The soldiers of Cao's army shouted, 『Are we just watching here?"
Qianzhao pulled out the sword that Cao Cao gave him, and the sharp blade shone with a cold light. "Prime Minister Ling is a thief Sima! He is not here to protect food and grass! The responsibility of food and grass is the one who transports food and grass will be borne by him! If anyone dares to resist the order, he will reveal his traces... He will be killed without mercy!"
The Cao army soldiers swallowed and silently put down the swords and guns in their hands.
Although Qianzhao's actions are suspected of not saving others, it is not wrong to say strictly.
The reason why he came here was because he wanted to capture Sima Yi in one fell swoop. Cao's army's transfer camp had its own guards. Now the cavalry and horses were still running, and their speed had not yet dropped. Now that he rushed out, it was easy to form a chase battle. The Cao army cavalry, who were not very familiar with the terrain, would either be thrown away during the pursuit, or would be taken to a disadvantageous place by Sima Yi to suffer a great loss.
Therefore, only after Sima Yi's speed drops can he attack.
Even if the grain transport team is completely wiped out, the food and grass will be destroyed.
Cao's army's grain transport team was defeated, driven away, killed, and untouched.
The fleeing Cao's soldiers and laborers were shot and killed before the transfer camp, and the siege did not move.
When Sima Yi asked someone to check the grain transport team's food and grass, the trap still did not move.
When Sima Yi stopped the horse and started to let someone carry the food and grass, and burned the food that he could not take away, Qianzhao let out a long breath, then waved his arms, "Everyone is there, ready to fight!"
The soldiers of Cao's army began to line up.
The burned food and grass came out of rolling black smoke, covering the sky and the sun.
"There is only one target!" He raised his spear and "captured Sima! Everyone! Those who did not advance in front of the army, the rear army would kill him! If the rear army did not advance, the generals would kill him! If the generals would not advance, the generals would kill him! If the generals would not advance, the other would kill him! If the other would not advance!"
Qianzhao gave the sword given to Cao Cao to the guards on the side, "Those who hold this sword will be killed!"
The soldiers of Cao's army agreed.
"Abandon the bow and arrow and dry food! Cover the horse's clothes! Hold the sword and gun!" He shouted, "Set up the horse! Kill the enemy with someone!"
Everything that has nothing to do with the battle is thrown away.
Even long-range weapons such as bows and arrows are included.
Qianzhao was born in Youbei. At that time, under Yuan Shao, he was commanding the Wuhuan Tuqi.
And his opponent at that time was Bai Ma Yicong.
Although Bai Ma Yicong was eventually lost to Ju Yi, the experience of competing with Bai Ma Yicong back then is still something you can use to learn from now on...
Sima Yi, to some extent, was also a archer.
The battle between Qian Zhao and Sima Yi was the beginning.
Chapter completed!