Chapter 3433: The inside and outside of the expectation
『Woooooooooooooo...』
『Beep,beep!』
With the sound of the horns and copper whistles, the cavalry and horses began to move.
Is there a process?
Of course it's good, but it doesn't mean that the process can represent everything and control everything.
Everything needs to be based on reality, and it is inevitable that you can fall into the category of dogmatism.
And what is very interesting is that most people in Shandong know that the so-called process is actually used to block their own people.
Once you meet an outsider, all so-called processes will automatically fail.
Although ordinary people in Shandong are controlled by the rules and procedures, once they encounter people outside who do not abide by the rules and procedures, they have no way to deal with them. They even block their own family members who abide by the rules and procedures to humbly let outsiders who do not abide by the rules and procedures...
The reason is a country of etiquette and a country of humility.
In fact, if you can't control those who do not abide by the rules and procedures, can't you just keep following the rules?
Follow the process, there is no time to eat.
Therefore, these Cao army soldiers had to work hard with empty stomachs.
But under the urging of the officers, they took action and pointed the swords and guns in their hands at the cavalry and horses, preparing to fight.
Cao Hong's original wound was somewhat recovered, but this battle caused the wound to burst again, and blood flowed down his legs and feet.
The guard could only put herbs on Cao Hong again and then tightly tied it with a strap.
『Xu Chu and Xu Zhongkang!』
Cao Hong popped up a few words from his teeth.
Although Cao Hong hated Xu Chu very much, and when he saw his enemy right in front of him, he also had an expectation of revenge, but when he saw the chaos of his own soldiers on the front, his heart continued to sink. The soldiers he brought were already very good, and they belonged to the elite ranks of Cao's army. At least when facing the Hussars, he did not think about turning in immediately, but when comparing with each other, there was still a big gap.
This is a problem in Shandong as a whole, and it is not something Cao Hong can change it alone.
Yes, every Shandong person says this, so since Liu Xiu built his capital in Shandong, the Han Dynasty has not changed much, but has gone back to the old path.
Regardless of whether Xinmang was a time traveler or not, during the Xinmang period, some perhaps impetuous and inappropriate reforms were made based on the ills of some social and nationalities at that time. From this point of view, Wang Mang was indeed too impatient. If his methods were gentler or slower, the results might be different.
However, the big man did not have any if.
Just like Cao Hong at the moment, there is no if.
He ventured into the battle with unhealed pain, not for the purpose of if, but for the final victory.
For the victory that Cao Hong hoped for!
From a certain perspective, this is Cao Hong's psychological cost. He paid too much for the success of Cao's family, so he did not allow it and was unwilling to accept Cao's family's failure. Even if Cao Cao told him that this failure was not a big deal, Cao Hong still felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Therefore, when Suoyang Pass failed to recover Zhang Tiansheng, Cao Hong and Cao Cao suggested that a wave of "siege and attack aid"...
It’s good to be able to succeed naturally, but it’s not a big problem if you fail.
However, Cao Hong still believes that he can succeed!
In the face of failure, the pain in the heart far exceeds the pain in the body!
The more Cao Hong thought about it, the more angry he became. He suddenly threw the cap in his hand on the ground and shouted loudly: "A real man! If you die, die! How can you beg for a meal? I'm so convenient for this today! Fight with you all! Let these Guanzhong thieves know that my great man has my heroic warrior and heroic spirit!"
How can a real man be sober about a meal?
In addition to meals, there must be poetry and distant places!
Isn't it?
The surrounding Cao soldiers looked at each other, so they could only follow Cao Hong with weapons.
The Cao Hong guard bent down on the ground and picked up the trousers, wiped the dust randomly, then accelerated his pace and took a few steps to follow Cao Hong.
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Cavalry against infantry array.
It's not an easy thing to do before there are thermal weapons.
The cavalry has an advantage over the upper infantry, but it may not have an overwhelming advantage over the upper infantry array, especially after the Cao army made corresponding fortifications arranged.
Life and death are undoubtedly the most powerful driving force for the evolution of war.
The losses Cao's army suffered quickly improved its corresponding defense.
The speed of this change is far beyond the process timeliness of general affairs in Shandong.
At first, the Cao army thought that the Hussar cavalry were similar to the early Hu people's lancers. At most, they were hand-to-hand combat lances with reinforced armor. As long as they were not destroyed, they could fight in real confrontation. After all, when the Han Dynasty first fought against the Huns, did they fight along the way?
However, when Fei Qian first arrived in Xu County, Cao Jun discovered that it was wrong to simply use the "enhanced version of Hussar Cavalry" to describe the Hussar Cavalry. The defensive method of locking the fortress, tightly pulling the suspension bridge, and curling up the city dissipated with the smoke of gunpowder.
So Cao's army quickly developed a method to use mud and sand stones to block the city gate. The main purpose was to strengthen the defense of the turtle shell. However, Shandong discovered that the Cavalry Army had evolved again, and there were lethal weapons such as catapults, oil bombs, etc. The simple turtle shell could not resist the double damage of physics and magic...
All these.
Every time Guanzhong makes progress, Shandong must keep up, whether it is actively trying to improve or passively responding, otherwise it will be beaten up badly.
The archer tactics displayed last time also caused Cao's army to suffer a great loss. So, before Cao's position, even in the time when the light was not very good at dawn, Xu Chu could see some large and small black dots on the ground, like pockmarks.
That's a trap.
Specializes in the horse's legs.
Don’t archers need to shoot fast at close range, and now all the "close range" have been dug into such a trap.
It’s not impossible for Xu Chu to really make people rush up, but he definitely can’t run like he did before.
Once the cavalry cannot run at a speed, the damage will definitely be even greater.
This is obviously not what Xu Chu wants, but if we use the old traditional cavalry tactics...
Turning forward, flanking feint attacks, pulling arrays, scattering enemy troops, etc. These are common methods for cavalry to deal with infantry arrays with spears, scattered trenches and strong shields.
However, Xu Chu was also unwilling to use these tactical methods because the speed would be slower.
Slow means giving the opponent more preparation and reaction time, which also means a decrease in the survival chance of other Hussar soldiers in the Suoyang Pass.
The slowness before the war is because we need to prepare, adjust the formation, and restore and reserve physical strength and horsepower. However, once the battle begins, we cannot be slow. We must be like thunder, quickly and effectively defeat the enemy formation. Only in this way can the power of the cavalry army be displayed to the greatest extent and make the Cao army lose the confidence and courage to resist.
Xu Chu recruited Li Li, "How to defeat Cao's army's infantry formation?"
"The previous method was obviously not easy to use, and I was thinking about how to fight..." Li Li squinted and looked, "What does the general mean?"
Xu Chu nodded and looked at the Cao army array in the distance. "The Cao army defended here to lure you and me to attack the formation."
Li Li turned around and looked at the direction of Zhongtiaoshan camp, "Haha, that's interesting. We used Suoyang Pass to catch Cao's army, and Cao's army also used this idea to catch us! It's really...haha!"
Xu Chu also smiled, then pointed at Cao's infantry array with his fingers, "Try it first. Although it seems that the array is strict now, we still have to try it out!"
Li Li asked: "Or use a bow or arrow?"
"No." Xu Chu waved his hand and pointed to some of the Hu cavalry among the troops, "Let them use a spurt."
"Take a rope?" Li Li thought for a moment, then understood, "Take a grenade with the rope?"
Xu Chu nodded, "If the formation is in chaos, it will break into the ground. However, you still need to be careful. Since there are traps in front of the formation, most of them are also in the formation."
Li Li bowed his order and then went down to prepare.
The horn and copper whistle were blown again, and this time it seemed more rapid and powerful, as if it was indicating something...
...
There is no obvious boundary between offense and defense.
Cao Hong attacked Suoyang Pass, but in a blink of an eye it turned into a guard.
As soon as the battle started, Cao's army discovered that some new changes had occurred in the Hussar Cavalry.
Although Cao Hong did not completely take down Suoyang Pass at this moment, he was always suppressed in the Xiaoshi Fort. The narrow doorway staircase at the entrance of the stone fort meant that it was difficult for Cao's army to attack, and it was also difficult for him to rush out after waiting for him, so it was probably equivalent to no worries.
But even if Cao's army focused all their attention on facing the Hussar Cavalry, it would be difficult to resist the flexible and changeable tactical system of the Hussar Cavalry, and they were even a little tired of dealing with it!
With a hint of dawn light rising from the horizon, Li Li rushed to the front of Cao's position with eight hundred cavalry.
『Stay! Stay!"
The military academy in the Cao army line shouted.
The Cao army archers had to wait for the opponent to enter within fifty steps before they had greater direct killing ability. Although ordinary shots could reach one hundred steps away, for cavalry covered with armor and wearing horse clothes, the lethality was actually very average.
Conversely, the same is true for cavalry. The sprint looks handsome, but it also doesn't have much lethality to the unit with armor.
More importantly, neither side is relying on the base camp to fight, and the number of arrows carried is limited.
The Cao army had more, while the Cavalry Army had only two bags of arrows and sixty pieces.
If you shoot at once, even if your hand speed is slow, you can shoot more than a dozen arrows in one minute, and then you can shoot all the arrows you carry in a few minutes.
Then it was like Zhang Tiansheng...
Therefore, at the beginning of both sides, sporadic arrows are not to kill each other, but to confirm the distance.
Li Li led the cavalry and led the way.
He and his cavalrymen leaned forward slightly, lowered their waists, and sat on the horse's back with their waist and legs.
Some are similar to standing horse stance.
It is not a static horse stance, but a dynamic horse stance that rises and falls with war horses.
This can maintain a relatively stable upper body on the horse's back, which is conducive to the control of the weapon.
Every time Cao Hong saw such a cavalry, he felt ache.
Because there were such troops in the Cao family, and the number was not large. In the Battle of Hedong, such troops consumed some left and damaged a little right. Now, those who can ride on horses and run but cannot fall off can already act as cavalry.
If Cao's army could get more war horses...
Before Cao Hong could finish his recollection, the cavalry and horses had already launched an attack.
What went beyond Cao Hong's surprise was that this time the cavalry did not try to approach the infantry battle formation within twenty steps!
And it started to disperse and turn around in just about fifty steps!
this……
How about Fei Si?!
The last time the Cao army infantry formation was directly destroyed by the Hussar cavalry in one round, because the Hussar cavalry showed the power of armor-breaking heavy arrows at very close distances. At about ten steps, infantry, whether it was a spear or a halberd, could not damage the Hussar soldiers. The Cao army archers in the back part of the infantry line were blocked by their own soldiers, and the shooting angle was equivalent to being unable to counterattack in the long-range and short range, and could only be beaten passively!
After learning from the pain, Cao Hong and others developed how to counter the tactics of the Hussar Cavalry.
The best way is of course the Lancer.
Unfortunately, Cao's army has nowhere to come.
So we can only study how to use infantry to restrain the cavalry's cavalry tactics, so the Battle of Suoyang Pass was launched.
In combat deployment, Cao's army found a slightly sloped mound, which allowed the archers in the rear to obtain a certain height difference and could have some shooting angles.
Of course, the best way is to line up at the intersection, while the archers can freely and safely pour out long-range firepower on the high ground on both sides. However, this kind of terrain is generally hard to come by, so it is good to find a place with height difference most of the time.
In addition, there is another condition, that the Hussar cavalry must take the initiative to attack!
This is even harder than finding a suitable terrain.
But at the foot of the Suoyang Pass, it seems that such conditions can be achieved barely...
Cao's reaction was not slow either. Seeing that the Hussar Cavalry did not seem to have the intention to continue moving forward, although he was not clear about why the Hussar Cavalry did this, he instinctively understood that he could not let the Hussar Cavalry complete various tactical changes so calmly. So Cao's military academy shouted loudly: "Archesters! Everyone has it! Strong wind! Strong wind!"
With a command, Cao's archers became busy.
"aim!"
"There are all, ten rapid shots!"
『Wind! Strong wind!』
As the bowstrings sounded, arrows and crossbows roared out, crossing over the heads of the front row of large shields and spears, and rushed towards the Hussars and cavalry.
Cao's archers used short bows.
To a certain extent, it can be roughly regarded as an entertainment bow and arrow in later generations.
The biggest advantage of this short bow is that it is cheap.
But the result is the reduction of shooting distance and power.
The short bow is comparable to a pistol bullet within fifty steps. The closer the distance, the greater the power. However, once it exceeds fifty steps, the kinetic energy will decay very strongly, so there is a saying that cannot penetrate Lu Bai.
Even the damage caused by shooting is that the arrows with short bows weigh less themselves, so the lethality formed is also not comparable to the long bows with extended arrows and aggravated arrows.
The Hussar Cavalry was really stuck at the edge of the maximum lethality of the Cao army's archers' short bow.
The reason why the cavalry can get so accurate is that the Hussars are basically good at playing bows and arrows, so they naturally have very clear control of the distance between bows and arrows. However, the Hussars also did not expect that Cao's army not only brought ordinary marching short-step bows, but also longbows, but also strong crossbows!
Longbows not only take a long time to make, but also cost more.
The time for making a longbow often takes more than one year, and fish, bakery, wood and other things also require relatively high quality.
The cost of making a longbow can often make three short bows, or even a little inferior, make four or five short bows.
Short bows will also reduce the need for arrow quality.
This kind of short bow, or relatively poor military weapons, is in the mainstream position in Shandong. The reason is that there are many people in Shandong...
As for strong crossbows, they require more high-quality materials, special craftsmanship, assembly technology, etc., so Cao Jun has always had short bows and fewer long bows, not to mention equipped with large-scale strong crossbows.
But this time, there were many longbowmen and powerful crossbowmen in the bow and archery unit led by Cao Hong.
In Shandong and during the Central Plains War, these things were not very useful, so naturally there was no demand before. However, the Han Dynasty originally had strong crossbows and developed well in the early days.
I searched through the boxes and cabinets, but there was still some in stock.
In fact, the tactics Cao Hong used at the moment cannot be considered the first of Cao Hong and others. As early as the early Han Dynasty, Li Ling, who was finally defeated, used this tactic to restrain the Hu cavalry at that time. If the bow and arrow were not exhausted in the end, Li Ling would have probably taken most of his troops back to the Han area. At that time, Li Ling sighed, "It is enough to get dozens of arrows."
Of course, this is not Li Ling's "dozens of arrows" alone, but the ammunition base of the entire army. In other words, under Li Ling's tactics at that time, if there were still two bases, namely fifty or sixty arrows, it would be enough to break out.
Unlike the movies and TV series that are later in life, where the butt is lying backward on the ground and shooting, the real battlefield is on both sides of the array, closer to the front, and is shooting stably in a half-kneeling position.
Facing a short bow, it is a safer distance of about fifty steps, but you have to face a long bow and a strong crossbow, and at least about a hundred steps are necessary to be considered relatively safe. Therefore, Cao's short bows are basically tickling the Hussar cavalry, but the long bows and strong crossbows mixed in it have really caused casualties to the Hussar cavalry!
The Cao army had not used it before, but now it suddenly took it out, which naturally caused the Hussars to suffer a loss. With the Cao army's long-range firepower pouring out, some of the Hussars and Cavalry were shot and then knocked to the ground!
"Okay!" Cao Hong was so happy when he saw this, he was very happy. "Good shot! Good! Did you see it?! The cavalry army was not attacked by iron! If you shoot, you will die!"
The soldiers of Cao's army were also excited.
Chapter completed!