Chapter 3363 Strange changes, inexplicable courage
Fei Qian's formation is traditionally composed of three parts: left, center and right.
The left wing went up, and the right wing now went up, and the middle array did not move, making the overall array like a crab, waving the two left and right big pliers, trying to tear off some food fragments from the big meat pie in Cao Junying.
The army was dispatched within the Cao army camp, and smoke and dust covered the sky and the sun.
Things like smoke and dust are absolutely unavoidable on the Loess Plateau in clear weather.
So together with smoke and dust, everyone will focus their attention.
However, some smoke and dust are intended to confuse the public...
The left and right wings have been expanded.
Xu Chu on the left wing attacked the Cao army camp in danger of Anyi, while Li Li on the right wing was also leading his troops to pull the Cao army soldiers in the Cao army camp. Only Fei Qian's middle and rear formations where he was located did not move. As the soldiers inside the Cao army camp rushed out, the battle situation on both wings could not end in a short period of time, so naturally it was impossible to provide much support to Fei Qian's middle formation. From this perspective, Fei Qian's middle and rear formations were indeed weak.
As a general, of course I hope that the more soldiers you have, the better. But in fact, in most cases, in wars, if you want to achieve the preset battle goals, it is not about the number of soldiers, but about the use of these troops.
Now the battle situation has just begun to evolve, and the formation is very different from before.
In this difference, the command ability of a general is truly tested and the ability to control the entire battle situation can be reflected.
Fei Qian pointed to Anyi City and said: "On Yi City can be regarded as a shelter left by Cao's army... Cao's army would definitely not want to abandon this shelter like this... Otherwise, it would be equivalent to losing the shelter from the flanks..."
With Anyi City, Cao's army can use it to pull Fei Qian and add burden to Fei Qian. On the other hand, Cao's army can also use the cover of Anyi City to secretly transfer some soldiers to the flanks and then launch a sudden attack.
This is a very simple but very effective tactic.
The tactics are not very mysterious.
segmentation.
Pull.
outflank.
Encirclement.
The sect will never be separated from the changes, just like Fei Qian’s current tactics, it also deliberately reveals the weakness of the middle formation.
But the tactics can also be very wonderful, especially when you see your opponent running along the path you have arranged...
Fei Qian's troops seem a bit weak, and of course Cao's army can see it, it depends on whether he is determined to change from pretending to be a full-scale counterattack to a real full-scale attack.
"The cannons broke through the Cao army camp under the city of Anyi, but they would give Cao army some confidence..." Fei Qian sorted out the armor on his body, "sooner or later they would find that there were not many people who died directly from artillery bombardment... Therefore, the more we used artillery vehicles, the more Cao army became accustomed to it. In the end, they would inevitably rush forward with the cannons."
Cao's army attacked with artillery?
Xun Chen didn't understand it very much at first, but he figured it out after a moment.
Most of human fears come from the unknown.
Extreme unknown will bring extreme fear. Once you become aware of it and understand it, no matter how terrifying the things, humans can always find some ways to use and deal with them.
So the terrifying system is really scary...
So now artillery is such an item that makes Cao army "fear".
But the power of the smoothbore cannon is limited.
Even in later years of heat weapons, if armor-piercing bullets were used to attack infantry, it would still be of little use.
Now Fei Qian's artillery can only be used with solid bullets, which is probably similar to armor-piercing bullets. It has strong destructive power for hard targets, but it has average lethality for soft targets. Even if a blood line is shot out with one shot, the flesh and blood are flying everywhere, the frequency of firing cannons cannot keep up, and it is still difficult to have a relatively strong ability to stop large-scale soft targets.
But the howitzer that exploded and blossomed is different...
Cao Hong was already used to artillery, and he was not as scared as before. Because at Tongguan, he personally saw artillery shells passing by and took away his guards. So for him, artillery is no longer unknown. Although it is powerful, it is not much different from crossbows, catapults, etc. As long as it is not directly hit, there will be no big problems.
If it is hit directly...
There is no big difference.
Therefore, Cao Hong ordered his Cao army soldiers to attack, confusing Fei Qian's sight, disrupting the entire situation, and trying to catch fish in the troubled waters.
This is also the traditional drama of the old Cao family.
Cao Yidao used it well, Cao Yidao was just like that, and when Cao Yidao was three and four generations, he became...
Most of the Cao army soldiers in the camp below the slope saw the power of artillery for the first time. After all, they were not the same group as the Cao army soldiers on the front line of Tongguan. However, as the Cao army's troops transferred and invested in Hedong, some Cao army soldiers who had experienced the baptism of artillery under Tongguan would gather together to teach each other the experience of hiding from death.
In addition, the Cao army soldiers who were defeated in the camp at the slope were defeated. When the Cao army soldiers who were defeated because the walls of the camp collapsed, they would also have a certain warning to other Cao army soldiers when they were punished.
So Fei Qian saw that when Xu Chu used artillery to bombard the Cao army camp under the city of Anyi, those Cao soldiers who should be worse than the Cao army camp under the slope did not appear in the uncontrollable collapse scene similar to the camp under the slope.
This is a signal.
Most people may ignore this signal.
Cao's army's adaptability to artillery is increasing, while Feiqian's artillery deterrence is declining.
But Fei Qian captured it, and Fei Qian also felt that if Cao Cao was here, Cao Cao could also capture such a signal. Cao Cao might even consciously lure it, making Fei Qian still think that artillery is omnipotent...
Then Fei Qian could turn around and show that he thought that artillery was "omnipotent", which made Cao army think that Fei Qian had mistakenly pressed all his chips on the artillery!
You think I think what I think you think.
"Cao Hong and Cao Zilian's banner moved!" Xun Chen suddenly said, "He is heading towards this direction!"
Fei Qian looked and saw a flag representing Cao Hong moving towards Xu Chu. On the edge of Cao Hong's flag, there was a flag representing the Central Leadership, a flying tiger flag with wings and teeth dancing claws on his back.
Fei Qian immediately raised the telescope.
Smoke and dust permeate.
The flag is looming.
However, Fei Qian did see Cao Hong's general flag and the flying tiger flag representing the leading cavalry in Cao's army, and was slowly moving forward.
Fei Qian's heart moved.
"How about the left wing?"
Fei Qian asked.
"Report to the cavalry! General Xu is evacuating Cao's army's Anyi camp! There is nothing unusual!"
"Right wing situation!"
Fei Qian asked again.
"Report to the cavalry! The right-wing Li Duwei is fighting against the enemy! Everything is normal!"
There is nothing unusual, everything is normal.
Classmate Cao is so well-behaved today?
This is impossible!
Just as Fei Qian was thinking, someone suddenly reported: "Report to the cavalry! The flag of the general of the Cao army shifted to the right wing and headed toward Li Duwei!"
"Is this the double-team of Li Duwei?" Xun Chen said in surprise, "Is it the Cao army trying to consume our cavalry?"
On the right wing is Li Li, who is in charge of the commander, with cavalry as the main force, assisting a small number of artillery and infantry.
Is Cao Jun planning to destroy Fei Qian's leg first?
Or is it part of Cao's plan?
...
...
Unlike Xu Chu's direction, Li Li's troops, who were on the right wing of the cavalry, did not push the artillery to a position closer to the front line. Instead, under the protection of infantry, they were relatively backwards, and arranged in front of them were cavalry units.
Of course, this is related to Li Li not being familiar with the combat ability of the artillery. On the other hand, at the beginning, Li Li received Fei Qian's instructions, and his journey was generally a feint attack...
Since it is a feint attack, it is naturally more suitable to arrange cavalry with faster speeds than artillery units and more flexible ones.
Who would have thought that Li Li's feint attack here led to a large number of Cao's troops!
It was like poking a hornet's nest with a stick, and a large group suddenly buzzed out!
The transformation and evolution on the battlefield are sometimes really puzzled, just like the Cao army's retreat within the camp before, but in fact they were all deceiving Fei Qian. When Fei Qian's troops were dispersed, they immediately launched a large attack!
If an ordinary general may encounter such a situation, he will inevitably feel a little suspicious in his heart. Once this suspicion shakes his original determination, it will turn into a disaster. If he dares to advance or retreat, the soldiers and generals will usher in overall failure in the face of being at a loss.
It seems that I didn’t play much, so why did I lose?
This may be the most confusing thing about the third-rate generals who followed the enemy's rhythm without realizing it.
Although Li Li was a little surprised by the current situation and his ability to adapt to first-class or second-rate generals, the better thing about him than those third-rate generals was that he was not flexible enough. Even if Cao's army was dispatched on a large scale, when Li Li looked back at the position of the central army in Fei Qian and there were no new instructions or signals, he would still implement it according to the original plan!
And this is exactly what Fei Qian wants...
If Li Li changed his position without authorization or followed the change rhythm of Cao's army, it would lead to changes in Fei Qian's original overall layout, which would be detrimental to Fei Qian's strategic needs.
Li Li's relatively "dull" response in this regard not only conforms to Fei Qian's strategy, but also happened to give Cao Jun more "confidence".
In the end, the change in the battle between Feicao suddenly accelerated, just like a stone falling from the top of a mountain, he encountered a small wooden stake and rolled in a new direction...
Amid the sound of war drums, under the guidance of the Xiongju Banner of the Central Guard, nearly 5,000 Cao troops rushed out of the camp under the leadership of the Central Guard. The Cao army's attack on Li Li's flank officially launched. In front of the Central Guard infantry, there were people hiding inside, followed by people on the side and behind.
Long tower shields were hung on both sides of the baggage truck.
On both sides of the rear of the shield car are infantry commanders of the miscellaneous generals such as Bao Zhong.
Cao Sheng's recognition of the flag was a little further back. Although he was surrounded by strong soldiers, it did not completely relieve him.
A little further back, there is Cao Hong's flag...
Yes, there are only flags, no one.
His surname is Cao, but his blood relationship with Cao Cao, Cao Hong and others was almost so distant that there was only one surname left!
Therefore, the other Cao Xiahou family can become an officer and a general after graduating from college. Even if he reads many scriptures and military books, he can only be a guard.
Cao Hong's escort.
If Cao Hong's guards hadn't died too much this time, it wouldn't have been his turn to stand up.
But the problem is that not all opportunities to stand out are good opportunities.
He knew that this time, in addition to him, there was another Cao family, who was also Cao Hong's guard, and he also got a chance...
An opportunity to fight for your life.
If you can fight, you can improve one level, can you not fight...
Then there is no need to worry anymore.
In comparison, he is still "easy" here!
It was said to be "easy", but he didn't need to rush up and fight directly, but the opponent he faced was not only powerful archers, but also the support of artillery!
Even these baggage trucks can't withstand the bombardment of artillery...
But in such a war, he had only passively accepted fate and no right to be picky.
The accuracy of the artillery is not high, so it is difficult to say that it has a better hit rate for these moving targets. However, in order to avoid a chain reaction in case of being hit, Cao's army still slightly dispersed the array, with a bit of a scattered line to deal with long-range attacks of the cavalry's artillery.
So here in Cao Sheng, the baggage truck is the core component of offense and defense.
This is Cao Sheng’s “innovative” idea, an absolutely “exquisite” tactic…
Once the Hussar cavalry approaches, the infantry will immediately huddle under the escort of the baggage cart, use thick tower shields to resist the arrows of the archers, and use the long spears to mount them to restrain the charge and impact of the lancers. Then the crossbowmen archers on the baggage cart will provide a certain long-range shooting and killing power.
It looks beautiful, and it feels great to think about it, but it is really implemented...
Who knows?
Anyway, Cao Hong thinks it is reliable, so everyone says it is reliable.
However, the troops on the right wing of the cavalry on the opposite side did not seem to retreat because the Cao army launched a large number of baggage trucks, nor did they push the cannons to the forefront. This should be a good thing for Cao Sheng.
After all, the roars coming from time to time in Anyi are really trembling.
Cao Sheng looked around and saw the strong soldiers around him, as well as the soldiers and horses on both sides, especially Bao Zhong's flag, climbing up the earth slope, preparing to seize a commanding height...
It’s still General Bao Zhong’s experienced master!
Cao Sheng looked up at the opposite cavalry unit again, and suddenly found that there was some movement in the Husband infantry array in the distance, as if giving up a passage...
Cao Sheng suddenly felt shocked!
『Car ahead! Turn around quickly!』
Cao Sheng shouted loudly.
Cao Sheng wanted to make the array of baggage trucks in the front line to enter the gullies of the earthen plateau as soon as possible, but it was too late.
Two roars sounded one by one, and two blue and white smoke emerged from the array of cavalry infantry. The black iron bombs crashed into the Cao army's crowd at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye, like an iron plow breaking through the yellow land, leaving a red and defective wound.
"ha!"
Missed!
Sure enough, I didn't hit it!
『Ahhh! Hahahaha!』
Sure enough, it works!
Cao Sheng was overjoyed!
The artillery only hit Cao's army's ranks, but did not hit the core baggage truck!
This tactic is indeed effective!
Cao Sheng became excited.
Yes, the display does seem to have some effect...
"With the baggage truck as the core, advance! Promote!"
Cao Sheng shouted heart-wrenchingly.
Standing still means being beaten passively, but as long as you get mixed with the opponent's soldiers, the opponent's artillery will lose its effectiveness. With the protection of the baggage chariot, the infantry can also have some strength to compete with the opponent's cavalry.
If the cavalry of the Cavalry Army is not consumed, it will be difficult for the infantry of the Cao army to escape!
As soon as Cao Sheng thought of being chased by the Hussars and cavalrymen all over the mountains during the retreat, he would be chilling.
Thinking of this, Cao Sheng had some inexplicable hatred in the depths of his heart for some reason. But even Cao Sheng himself couldn't say who this hatred was because of what it was.
Cao's army continued to advance in the artillery fire of the Cavalry Army.
It was basically the same as Fei Qian expected. After experiencing the initial fear, Cao Jun had a certain understanding of artillery, especially after joining the group, he had more inexplicable courage, just like those people gathering to cause trouble. Once there were too many people, he felt that he could do anything.
The key is that Cao Hong not only promised Cao Sheng's promotion, but also gave generous rewards to ordinary Cao's soldiers. He also listed in detail and told the entire army that in addition to its bright military achievements and future, there were also golden money, land, and slaves...
Oh, the great man should be called a tenant farmer, and later generations called a helper.
As a helper, you may have the right to choose a boss, but you do not have the freedom to choose to change your class status.
But if Cao Hong's promises can be fulfilled, there is really a possibility of leaping into the class!
Under the powerful material stimulation, some people will always be fascinated by money and go crazy.
The cannons were still roaring, taking away some lives, or just some mud and dust.
Several supplies were also hit by artillery shells or crossed the edges, like a can of coke that was smashed, splashing with various reddish-brown liquids, splitting into the air!
However, because hitting moving targets from a long distance is indeed a relatively big test for the current smoothbore cannon. In addition, the density of the cannons is insufficient, resulting in the losses of these Cao army's baggage trucks.
This gave Cao Jun a wrong understanding that their chariot array could really fight against artillery!
Getting rid of it, or temporarily gaining hope to fight against the artillery of the Cavalry Army, naturally boosted the morale of some Cao's soldiers!
Chapter completed!