Chapter 555 The Battle of Yiling (77)
Ma Su also considered Lu Xun's adoption of fire attack, but it seemed that it was not a feasible strategy!
Even if one or even several camps can be burned, because there are almost streams separated from each camp, and it is rainy in summer, the spread of the fire will be difficult to affect other camps.
Liu Bei's three-three system defense method was very thoughtful, and Ma Su admired him very much.
But this is not the entire mystery of Liu Bei's deployment of troops. Using the maneuver of cavalry to attack the invading enemy is Liu Bei's killer weapon to use troops, which is a crushing force in strength.
"In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies are all over the cloud!"
Ma Su looked carefully for a long time and could not see the flaws in Liu Bei's arrangement.
Of course, Ma Su didn't believe in evil, because he already knew that Liu Bei was obviously burned to the camp, so why could he not see any flaws?
He didn't believe that he was not as good as Lu Xun, so he changed his perspective and regarded himself as Lu Xun, and began to make a plan to break Liu Bei's joint defense strategy.
Because Sun Quan's army did not have strong cavalry, the maneuverability on land was too poor and could not resist Liu Bei's cavalry at all.
Ma Su also considered using ambush to destroy Liu Bei's cavalry, but the cavalry came and went like the wind, and only by ambushing in a steep land could it be effective.
But in such a dangerous place, the road is rugged and difficult to move. As long as Liu Bei's generals who were commanding the cavalry would not lead the cavalry through difficulties and step into the ambush circle.
Before Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu, Ma Su was not in a hurry to go back, so he simply lived in Luocheng and waited for Zhuge Liang. He took out the picture book sent by Ma Liang every day and studied it carefully, looking for solutions.
Ma Su didn't think he was inferior to Lu Xun. He became stubborn and studied the pictures every day and night, trying to find a solution.
But no matter how Ma Su designed it, it could not avoid the problem of Liu Bei's cavalry raid. Under the current conditions, this is an unsolvable problem.
Ma Su knew that in order to solve this problem, he had to change the known conditions.
Ma Liang's picture book is very detailed, and even the cavalry and horse camp is clearly clear.
The location of Liu Bei's camp is almost the center of all camps, and the terrain here is very good.
Especially nearby is a large narrow basin surrounded by three mountains, with a radius of nearly thirty miles.
This basin was originally the Kuai family's industry and has always been under the name of Kuai Qi.
Kuai Qi and his family moved to the north, which was originally reserved for his brother-in-law Zhuge Jun.
But when he left Shangyong, he was accidentally killed by Meng Da. Without having time to go through the procedures, these fields became a homeless land.
Because Kuai Qi was Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law, when Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou, Ma Liang was in charge of the government, and did not move the land, so he planned to let Zhuge Liang handle it himself.
But Zhuge Liang had not had time to deal with it, and this place was occupied by Sun Quan again.
When Lu Xun was in charge of Yidu, he knew that the basin was Kuai Qi's property and did not move. He also made a plan and wanted to sell Zhuge Jin a favor.
Therefore, the entire basin has been abandoned for many years and has turned into a green grassland, with a small river flowing through it, which is a natural place for captive horses.
After Liu Bei discovered this place, he was very happy and placed nearly 20,000 war horses in this basin to keep them in captivity.
The cavalry battalion led by Zhang Bao, Guan Xing and Chen Dao set up camps on the edge of the mountain, and were divided into three independent camps according to the different types of horses.
The grassland where horses are stocked is also divided into three stockings of about the same size.
刘备的骑兵马匹主要是三个品种:
The first breed is Zhang Fei's heavy armored cavalry and the remaining Liangzhou cavalry. There are only more than 2,000 Liangzhou horses, and they are Liu Bei's most powerful cavalry. They are usually used as sharp knives and placed in the lowest terrain and the most abundant water plants.
The second breed is the common northern war horse, with about 6,000 horses. It is the backbone of Liu Bei's cavalry and a powerful weapon to chase and kill the defeated soldiers. It is stocked in the middle of the basin.
The last breed is more than 10,000 local Xichuan horses. Although they are small in size and not fast, their pace is light and flexible, and they walk on mountain roads like flat ground. They are very suitable for fighting in hilly areas. They have great deterrence to the Jiangdong Army and are stocked at the highest point of the basin.
This basin is actually composed of three cavalry camps connected together, and there are exactly three camps here. This is the only camp where Liu Bei's three-three attacks together.
On the hillside at the edge of the basin, there are many tents, which store flammable items such as forage and soybeans.
Liu Bei's more than 40 camps were stationed in three units, but the only three cavalry camps were actually serialized together.
When Ma Su saw these three camps, the word "burning camps" flashed through his mind and suddenly realized.
It turned out that Lu Xun's fire camp was not the military camp, but the horse camp!
Just think about it! Liu Bei's three-three system defense strategy is very clever. It is very difficult for Lu Xun to burn the military camp. It is impossible to burn more than 40 camps scattered in the branch!
Lu Xun was actually not afraid of Liu Bei's army, but was afraid of Liu Bei's cavalry.
Once Liu Bei's cavalry loses their horses, it is equivalent to a poisonous snake that removes its teeth, which is not a problem.
Ma Su saw that Shamoke, who was stationed in the fourth camp, was a defensive unit with Fu Tong and Zhao Rong. From the map, it looked like a seven-inch part of a snake.
If Lu Xun burned the horse camp and started counterattacking, Shamoke was about to rush and would definitely be attacked fiercely. It seems that Shamoke is very dangerous.
Ma Su couldn't guess what method Lu Xun used to burn Liu Bei's Ma camp for the time being, and he didn't need to guess.
Because he knew that only by burning the horse camp could Lu Xun win the war.
Ma Su found the winning and losing point of this war and was very excited!
But he was also very worried because now he was far away from the battlefield in Jingzhou, so he was afraid that time would not be able to catch up and he would not have time to crack Lu Xun's plan.
The outcome of this war is very important. It not only affects the future of the entire Liu Bei group, but also the safety of Ma Su's fourth brother Ma Liang and his brother-in-law Shamoke. He cannot ignore it.
What Ma Su is worried about now is that Lu Xun had burned Liu Bei's Ma camp before he rushed back to the front line.
Without the mobile support of the cavalry, Lu Xun used various strategies to defeat them, which became very easy.
It is not the most terrifying thing to defeat each of them. Liu Bei can also order the army to retreat separately.
What I fear most was that Lu Xun first made a beheading operation, first concentrated his superior forces to siege Liu Bei's camp, and then carried out a siege to attack and aid.
As a result, dozens of military camps under Liu Bei had to form small groups to fight each other and come to support Liu Bei, entering Lu Xun's ambush circle like a moth to the flames.
Chapter completed!