Chapter 272, the masterpiece of Cao Cao's military thought
"What Duke Ju said makes sense. This man is a giant in Cao Cao's army. Why bother to fight?"
Beside Yuan Shao, Guo Tu also supported his old rival's opinion.
Ben Chu's thoughts were the same as the two of them. He nodded quickly and ordered the golden armored guards behind him to call back Wen Chou. Then he pulled out his long sword. More than 100,000 elite soldiers behind him shouted in unison and rushed towards Cao Cao's army.
.It is clear that he is bullying the weak by relying on the strong and will kill Meng De in one battle.
"At first, you were bullying my young soldiers!"
"Array up, Qingzhou soldiers and horses, Taishan tribe, Yuan Rang headquarters, form up together, let Benchu see what the meaning of "steady as a mountain" in Sun Wu's art of war is!"
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly, and behind him Dian Wei swung the drumstick himself and beat the cowhide war drum heavily.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's army was elite and the most powerful in the world. He enforced orders and prohibited them. He used sharp soldiers with spears, shields and shields as walls, and elite cavalry of tigers and leopards as spears. This was the foundation of Cao Cao's foundation.
With the thundering war drums, the soldiers of Cao's army shouted almost at the same time. Countless square formations, circular formations, and even prismatic infantry arrays concealed cavalry attack channels among each other. Under the cover of the sky full of bows and arrows, they blocked the way.
In front of Yuan Jun's formation like a tsunami.
Next to Cao Cao, Fang Guang, who was used to seeing fighting in the late Han Dynasty, couldn't help but look sideways when he saw the ultimate evolutionary form in front of him, a complex military formation that represented the culmination of Cao Mengde's military thoughts.
In Fang Guang's view, the military formation here already represented the top level of the late Han Dynasty.
Compared with Yan Liang's powerful and monotonous phalanx, Cao Cao's military formation paid more attention to the common advancement and retreat of all armies, and the coordination of bows, arrows, swords, guns and cavalry.
Yuan Jun's armor was thick, and it hit the square formation in the front row. The circular formations on both sides of Cao Jun's army began to rotate, and countless arrows, including conical armor-piercing arrows, wantonly harvested the lives of Yuan Jun's infantry.
"Enter!"
When Yuan Shao saw this scene, his voice was low and he spoke slowly. On both sides of the Hebei soldiers and horses, Youzhou cavalry, mixed with many light cavalry wearing cloth scarves and without armor, rushed straight towards the two wings of Cao Jun, trying to kill these annoying archers.
Expelled from the battlefield.
After Yuan Shao's army and cavalry, Jizhou crossbowmen, under the leadership of the Northern Army captain, fired down layers of arrows. In the suppressed Cao Army's circular formation, all the archers hid under the large shields, and the flank firepower was instantly weakened a lot.
In front of Cao Jun's formation, Cao Cao saw this scene, his eyes narrowed, his hand stroked his beard, and his face gradually became solemn.
"I heard that the Black Mountain bandits have been harassing Jizhou and causing great trouble to Yuan Shao."
"Now it seems that Gongsun Zan was defeated. Zhang Yan may have lost his temper and used thieves' cavalry to merge with Hebei's armored horses to strengthen his army!"
"The best of the Hebei army are the crossbowmen. If there is such a conflict, I am afraid that Yu Jin can still withstand it, and the whole army will be a little inferior. After a while, our right army will be defeated!"
It turns out that Cao Cao's army consisted of Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren's troops as the central army, Yu Jin Taishan's troops as the left wing, and Li Dian as the right wing.
The weaker one among the three armies was Li Dian, the infantry composed mainly of Li family soldiers and Qingzhou soldiers.
At a glance, Yu Jin was able to fight equally well with the Hebei cavalry and crossbowmen, but half of Li Dian's formation, Yuan Xing, had already collapsed.
If there is no more support, Cao Jun's right wing will collapse within half an hour.
The worry in Duke Ming's heart is exactly where General Cao Ying's achievements lie.
After listening to Cao Cao's words, the two generals behind Sikong looked at each other and stood up almost at the same time.
"My lord, although there are many soldiers in Hebei, there is nothing to worry about. As long as five hundred tigers are strong, we can defeat the enemy!"
"That's it, my lord, I see that the general under Yuan Shao's command has a cowardly look on his face. How can he be the one who can lead the army? Wait until I tear him apart to help my lord!"
"Okay! His ambition is commendable!" Xu Chu and Dian Wei said at the same time, and Cao Cao suddenly looked happy.
Just as he was about to instruct Xu Chu and Dian Wei to assist Li Dian, Fang Guang's clear voice came from beside him.
"My lord, I see the flag of Yuan's army. The one who leads the army on the left wing is Chunyu Qiongye!"
"Although this man was the former Xiyuan captain, he is actually the most useless. Today, he defeated the enemy right here!"
"It's just that Dian Wei and Xu Chu are attacking. I'm afraid they can only retreat the enemy, but the infantry will not be able to kill them all!"
"I heard that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry under my lord is one of the best in the world. I am not very talented. I would like to cooperate with the Tiger and Leopard Colonel to overtake from the outermost pocket on the right side. First defeat the thieves and horses, and then destroy the crossbow army!"
If it were an ordinary person, if Dian Wei and Xu Chu were less efficient in killing enemies, the two of them would have stopped getting angry long ago. Fang Guang spoke with both sides of the door, and only one word of submission in his heart!
Captain Huben even felt a strong sense of surprise in his heart. After several months, today, he was finally able to fight the enemy side by side with Datong again.
Cao Cao frowned slightly, but in an instant he understood that Fang Guang's words were a good strategy for defeating the enemy.
He turned around, looked at the two generals Fang Guang behind him who were full of excitement, and spoke in a deep voice.
"Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and you two are the young phoenixes of our clan. Do you dare to rush into battle with Da Sima today?"
"Lord, why don't you dare? We have been waiting for half a year today. I hope Sima will be the one to take the lead and defeat the enemy here!"
"Brother Datong, I heard Brother Xia Houen say that Brother Datong is unstoppable in front of the battle. Brother, if you have any skills today, you must teach them to Cao Xiu. In the future, you will have great achievements in front of Brother Xia Houen!"
Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry, led by Xia Houen, are plating gold in Dongjun.
Beside Cao Cao, the two people temporarily leading the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are Cao Chun and Cao Xiu.
Among them, Cao Chun is younger than Cao Xiu, speaks immaturely, and has a sunny look on his face that only Fang Guang has.
Fang Guang naturally knew that this little guy was the mainstay general of the Cao Wei Cao lineage in later generations, leading the Huaiyang troops to suppress Sun Quan!
If it weren't for Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu's disagreement and the two men joining forces, how could Sima Yi have gained military power?
Cao Xiu defeated Zhang Fei's number one Wu Lan in Guanzhong, defeated Sun Quan, and became the Great Sima. He was a promising child of the Cao family.
Fang Guang intends to make friends with the Qiao County family, and now he is looking at the little guy. Naturally, he looks at him as he likes.
"Zi He, Wen Lie, right? I heard Miaocai and Yuan Rang talking about you two!"
"Fang Guang is really a hero. Okay, you two will follow me to defeat the enemy. Guan Hai, look at the two major generals. I won't follow you even if they are short of hair!"
Cao Chun and Cao Xiu didn't expect that Fang Guang also knew their names. Seeing the middle-aged yellow scarf uncle get the order, the two Fang Guang were proud and a little shy. They didn't dare to argue against Fang Guang and looked very nervous.
It's cute.
"Chun Yu Qiong is incompetent. As long as this person retreats first, Yuan Shao's left-wing offensive will naturally dissipate!"
"There is a key point here. The two major generals must restrain their troops. Don't kill this person. Just repel him. If Chun Yuqiong is defeated, he can directly attack the Chinese army Yuan Shao!"
"This, Brother Datong, why is this?"
"Silly boy, how can we easily encounter such an incompetent general? Let's kill him and replace Yuan Shao with a powerful commander. It won't be self-defeating!"
Fang Guang showed his attitude as a gentleman, while Cao Chun and Cao Xiu looked enlightened and nodded in agreement.
Cao Cao looked on amusedly. In the blink of an eye, Dian Wei and Xu Chu had already dismounted, each with three pieces of armor, and five hundred tigers behind them, wearing armor and ready for use.