Lei Gong and others had already regarded Cao Zhi as a heavenly general. Hearing this, they flattered Cao Zhi and said, "It is also said in the Military Book that 'the brave soldiers and horses will show me that I am weak, and the orderly formation will show that I will not fight.' This view of my lord is very clear."
See."
"Oh! Lei Gong, have you also read the book of war?" Cao Zhi asked doubtfully.
Old Lei Gong blushed, and said shamelessly in a broken voice: "They know me in those bad books, but I don't know them. I learned all about the art of war from the book master who told me about it since I was a kid. I can still remember some of the jokes now. Isn't that awesome?
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"Ha ha......"
Amidst the laughter and curses, Wang Ping, Du Damu, Li Hei, and Lei Gong all asked for orders to go to battle.
Cao Zhi agreed, but was afraid that they would make a mistake, so he ordered Wang Ping and Lei Gong to lead the main force, with Li Hei and Du Damu as auxiliary forces, to attack their camp before Wu Jing.
Half an hour later, Wang Ping and Lei Gong each led a mixed infantry and cavalry force of 5,000 people, galloped down Cuiluo Mountain, and with the cooperation of catapults, attacked the enemy's formation.
Cao Zhi and Lu Su led the troops to defend the formation, which was better than covering their retreat when necessary. With the sound of war drums, another round of defensive battles began. But now they were all gone, and the Yuan army who originally rushed up the mountain became the defender.
Cao Jun, who originally defended Cuiluo Mountain, launched an offensive battle. The two sides fought until dusk. Cao Jun destroyed several enemy camps and made enough gains before withdrawing his troops and returning to the city.
The next day it was Yuan's army's turn to send people to challenge the enemy, but Cao's army could not hold out and only responded with arrows. Yuan's army had no choice but to retreat.
After a day of tug-of-war with casualties, by the early morning of the next day, Yuan Jun finally lost his patience, or it should be said that Wu Jing lost his patience. Wu Jing became so angry that he no longer listened to the advice of Zhou Yu and Qiao Rui, and announced that the army would attack today.
: Implement the continuous sitting method. If the sergeants flee, kill the generals, and if the generals flee, kill the general. And use the newly built arrow-blocking vehicles and guard assault vehicles to launch a comprehensive mountain attack.
Cao's army still stood firm, and when the enemy was exhausted and retreated, they rushed out in full force and formed a pre-arranged formation on the mountainside.
Although Yuan Jun was unwilling to fight at this time, because he did not want to miss the opportunity for a battle and was even more afraid of being attacked by Cao Jun, he mobilized in full force and set up battle formations on the other side of the plain area at the foot of the mountain.
Cao Zhi and Lu Su climbed onto a hillock of the Chinese army to observe the enemy's arrangement.
At this time, the morning sun rises from Shushan. Under the sunshine, the weapons and armors of both the enemy and ours are shining brightly, with dots of light all over Cuiluo Mountain. There is an atmosphere of imminent war.
The strength of Yuan's army is obviously smaller than that of Cao's army at this time. In the past few days, soldiers have escaped every day, and some have been captured and dealt with under military law, but they still cannot withstand the fear of death. Yuan's army now only has about 10,000 soldiers, divided into
Two large square formations.
The troops were mainly concentrated in the center, mainly infantry, with chariots in the front, and infantry in the rear, forming two formations in the front, middle and back. On the left and right sides were fast cavalry.
The infantry in the center is divided into nine small formations according to the types of arms. The first three formations are shield soldiers and light infantry. The other six formations are heavy-armed infantry attacking the main force. Each formation has a thousand people, holding crossbows, guns, swords, and shields.
, reject horses, spears, halberds and other long-range defense or attack weapons. The size of each team's area and the distance between them all comply with the laws of a certain battle formation, and they are by no means comparable to a mob.
Lu Su looked at it carefully for a while and sighed: "Wu Jing's formation is indeed clever. The square formation in the middle of the enemy's army in front of him looks like the main force, with some cavalry placed on the wings. But as long as he attacks later, he will
By changing the formation, the main force can be dispersed to the two wings, not to mention the number of their cavalry is deliberately hidden, so our infantry close to the two wings may suffer heavy losses later."
Cao Zhi listened to Lu Su's instructions and nodded slightly. In front of this Confucian general who was familiar with military books and formations, he did not dare to show off his half-knowledge of ancient formations. Cao Zhi did not see it as clearly as Lu Su.
He only knows one thing about the secrets of Wu Jing's battle formation. He has advanced weapons. No matter what formation you have, he will make you roar when the time comes.
Looking at the ships on the river that were ready to respond to Wu Jing's retreat and the chariots of Yuan's army in the front line, Cao Zhi asked Cao Xiu to give an order: "Burn the stones for the catapults, and send more troops to Li Hei and Du Damu!"
The burning stone is not an invention, it is just a stone coated with petroleum, but it should be very effective for smashing and burning wooden objects.
While they were talking, the enemy's war drums suddenly rose into the sky. Nearly three hundred chariots gathered in the front line, followed closely by the infantry, shouted and began to advance.
The war horses beside Cao Zhi were also affected by the atmosphere of fierce battle and danger, and they beat their hooves and roared lowly.
Cao Zhi ordered to hold on, the drums sounded, and the messenger soldiers used flags to notify Wang Ping and Lei Gong down the slope.
Three hundred chariots came forward in six rows. In addition to the pushers, each chariot was also accompanied by a group of infantry, each with its own duties, following behind.
The infantry behind the chariot are equipped with weapons such as bows, crossbows, spears, and halberds. When they are far away from the enemy, they use crossbows. In close combat, they use spears and halberds. The cavalry follows closely behind the chariot and slowly advances. It is more than ten feet away.
Later, just as they were about to enter the range of Cao Zhi's catapult, Yuan Jun's cavalry following the rear formation suddenly separated from the two wings. As Lu Su said, the number of cavalry was more than double the original number.
It turned out that Wu Jing still had such a follow-up move. Now that the war had begun, Cao Zhi was not prepared to be merciful. When the opponent was completely within shooting range, Cao Zhi immediately ordered the trebuchet hidden in the mountain to start.
Before Yuan Jun reached the halfway point of Cuiluo Mountain, huge boulders in the sky were attacked by dazzling fireballs. "Boom, boom, boom!" The burning boulders smashed into Yuan Jun's camps, causing chaos, screams, and fires. People looked up.
The chariot overturned, but there were still nearly a hundred chariots rushing towards the formation.
Wang Ping gave an order, and the tide of Cao's army on the front retreated, revealing numerous deep pits where horses were trapped in the rear. The enemy's vehicles, hoping to catch Cao's army, immediately overturned their vehicles and people fell into the trap, allowing Cao's army to take advantage of the opportunity to kill them.
Arrows rained down from behind the formation, and the foot soldiers who lost the cover of their chariots fell to the ground one after another. Lu Su on the hillock couldn't bear to see the tragic situation, but he had no choice but to do anything.
On the battlefield, if you die or I die, how can there be any place for a woman with a kind heart?
At this time, the enemy's cavalry on both wings arrived. Lu Su waved his flag again, and Cao's cavalry came out from behind. Everyone was holding a long-handled sword, and they were wielding knives, swords, halberds, and forks.
Unbearable.
Cao's cavalry has always been better than Yuan's soldiers in terms of equipment. Under Cao Zhi's deliberate management, although war horses are hard to find, the limited cavalry of Cao's army are all the same as those of Xiliang's cavalry. The knights are not only fully armed with metal armor, but also have "face curtains"
""Chest Curtain"" is also fully armed and very powerful. Now coupled with the numerical advantage of the total force, it is even more unstoppable.
After crushing the enemy's first force, Cao's army began to advance, advancing hundreds of steps toward the enemy's second group of chariots and infantry, then formed a formation, and used trebuchets and arrows to attack the enemy from a distance.
At this time, Cao Xiu rode to the hill where Cao Zhi and Lu Su were. Before he got off his horse, he pointed to the river outside Niuzhu and shouted excitedly: "Coming, coming!"
Cao Zhi and others didn't understand what Cao Xiu was talking about for a moment, so they turned around and scanned the river where there were many warships. Behind the center of the river where the shipbuildings were moored, they saw hundreds of small warships with the small red flag of Cao Cao coming across the river.
, in an instant, they turned out of the bend of the Yangtze River and caught the eyes of Cao Zhi and Lu Su. At this time, a small number of Jiang Qin's naval forces had arrived at the south bank. Taking advantage of the fact that the Yuan Army garrison stationed on the south bank was only paying attention to the battle on the north bank, Jiang Qin's navy had already
He quietly logged into the camp set up by Wu Jing on the other side of Niuzhu and attacked Yuan Jun who was staying on the shore.
When Cao Zhi saw Jiang Qin arriving, he laughed loudly and said: "Okay, it's just the right time. I sounded the horn to let Jiang Qin control the river channel and cut off Yuan's army's retreat. He ordered the catapults to move forward and start shooting at the enemy ships in the river."
"Yes!" Cao Xiu and Lu Su responded at the same time. Cao Xiu turned around and left. Lu Su didn't know where the energy came from. He shouted in joy and jumped towards the attacking troops at Qiuxia, completely forgetting about the wound on his butt.
.He was still shouting all the way: "Coming, coming, our navy is coming, Wu Jing, you are finished, you are finished, hahaha..."
Lu Su's shout could only be heard by a limited number of soldiers in the rear, but it was undoubtedly a forceful shot. It quickly spread among the soldiers, and more people raised their heads and looked at the river outside Niuzhu.
"Yes, yes, that is our navy..."
When many generals of Cao's army saw it, soldiers of Yuan's army also saw it. Many people stopped fighting on their own initiative, and miraculously Cao's army also stopped. As soon as the noise of the attack stopped, the trumpet sound on the river became clearer.
.After a while, the screams of fighting on the other side became even louder.
"Our camp, our camp on the other side was occupied by Cao's army, we are finished..."
I don’t know who shouted among Yuan Jun. This sound was like an explosion among Yuan Jun’s soldiers. Under Wu Jing’s military order, Yuan Jun had already become distraught. Now that his only retreat has been cut off, he is still willing to fight.
The ghosts cried one after another, abandoned their weapons, turned around and ran away.
At this moment, "Woooo~~~" groups of fireballs flew over the heads of the soldiers of both armies and headed straight for the battleships in the center of the river.
With the sound of "Bang, bang!", more than fifty catapults took advantage of Cao's army's advance and moved forward to the mountainside. After arranging the angle, they lit the rocks coated with oil and shot out with a "whoosh" sound.
Not every piece of the burning flying rocks could hit Yuan Jun's shipbuilding, but the scene was so shocking that it aggravated Yuan Jun's soldiers' abandonment of the war, and even more people fled.
The Yuan Army warships that were hit caught fire one after another because they were made of wood. A large number of Yuan Army soldiers on board died in the river. Under the attack of Cao Jun's navy, the camps on the other side were also set on fire, and the fire spread quickly.
Just when both sides were calm and in different moods, Lei Gong suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs: "Kill!". This thunderous roar resounded throughout Cuiluo Mountain.
The officers and soldiers of Cao's army all reacted, and their morale suddenly rose to the extreme. They raised their weapons and attacked Yuan's army first. When Yuan's army saw Cao's navy coming from across the river again, their morale suddenly dropped to the bottom, and they fled in all directions without wanting to fight.
This further exacerbated the defeat of Yuan's army.