In the second month of the second year of Chuping.
The war clouds that have been hanging over the land of Hebei since spring have finally reached the moment of full-scale eruption. Surrounding Leping on the north bank of the Yellow River and the center of the war in Liaocheng, countless soldiers and horses are either approaching each other, waiting for the opportunity, or fighting fiercely with each other, threatening the entire Hebei.
The whole earth was involved in the war.
The beacon smoke covers the sky and the sun!
In just a hundred miles around Liaocheng, more than 100,000 troops have gathered! Among them, 30,000 Cao Cao's troops commanded by Cao Cao, 5,000 Qingzhou Jifeng Battalion led by Wang Yu, and hundreds of troops are facing each other twenty miles east of Leping City.
Qingqi; the main force of 15,000 Youzhou infantry led by Tian Kai.
To the south, there were 30,000 Yanzhou troops led by Liu Dai garrisoned at Chiping City on the south bank of the river.
To the west, there are 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Gao Lan in Guantao City;
To the north, there are eight thousand infantry led by Liu Bei;
Farther away, there are 5,000 remnants of Zhangzha's troops in E County, and 4,000 Qingzhou troops under the command of Yu Jin in Licheng.
These soldiers and horses can join the Leping battlefield within three to five days.
Farther away, Yuan Shao Zhengtong led three coalition forces with nearly 50,000 troops to fight fiercely with Zhang Yan's 100,000 Black Mountain bandits;
Farther away in Youzhou, the smoke rising from Xuwu Mountain has been going on for nearly a month!
Although Hebei is a large country, there is no place that has not been affected by the war.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The flags are waving, the wind is whimpering; the trumpet is blasting, and the mournful sound is desolate.
On a sunny and refreshing day after the rain, the flames of war were ignited again.
"This annoying rain has finally stopped. It has been delayed for several days and my body is almost rusty."
Taishi Ci complained and waved his arms, then took a deep breath and felt the cool breath of late autumn, and then smiled and said: "The autumn air is crisp and the sun is shining brightly, which is a good weather for fighting. Gongming, take a look.
, when I capture that big black guy, you can lead your army to kill him, and we will definitely win."
Xu Huang shook his head sternly: "It's hard to say."
Tai Shici didn't like hearing this, so he asked with a straight face, "Why is it so hard to say it?"
"Don't forget what my lord said. Cao's army is not unprepared. Even if our army doesn't move, they are likely to launch a full-scale offensive today. The situation is quite serious. I don't know how long this battle will last. Ziyi, you should save some strength.
It’s good.”
The result of the duel will not have a decisive impact on the war. What determines the direction of the war is the planning of both sides. Wang Yu and Jia Xu are full of confidence in the strategy they discussed, but Xu Huang has cautious reservations. The strategy is too
It's complicated. If I insist on saying so, it's almost a strategy that adapts to circumstances.
The more complex the strategy, the more difficult it is to execute and the more likely it is that surprises will occur.
Xu Huang didn't mean to raise objections, but this war was related to the survival of Qingzhou. There was no way he could be as calm and calm as Wang Yu, nor could he deal with it as calmly as Jia Xu, let alone as Taishi Ci.
I don't think about anything anymore.
"Don't worry, don't worry, let alone a battle, even if it lasts for three days and three nights, I won't frown." Taishi Ci patted his colleague on the shoulder and said with a grin: "Gongming, this is Cao Cao.
Liu Dai is a treacherous man, so he has to drink the foot-washing water of the lord and the military advisor, so don’t think too much about it and just watch how I win the battle, haha."
Taishi Ci's choice of words was so weird that Xu Huang couldn't laugh or cry. He shook his head and walked away. Since Yu Jin was not around, the responsibility of setting up the marching formation fell on him, and he had no time to chat with Taishi Ci here.
"Wen He, do you think Cao Cao fell into the trap? If so, which trick was used?" At the Central Military Department, several carriages were put together to form a high platform with a height of half a person. Quan served as the command platform. Wang Yu and
Jia Xu is also having a very strange conversation.
"It looks like we are going to fight, really fight." From the moment the two armies approached each other, Jia Xu had been squinting his eyes to observe the enemy's formation, and now he had come to a conclusion.
"Cao Cao deployed a yoke formation, which could fight enemies coming from the front, left, and right at the same time. His idea was to defend first and then attack. He placed Lu Kuang's brother's Jizhou Army on the right front wing, obviously for the purpose of
For security reasons, even if our army has surprise troops, it is impossible for them to appear from that direction."
Jia Xu pointed at the enemy formation and explained: "The general who commands the left rear wing, which is the direction most vulnerable to surprise attacks, is Le Jin. His military style is similar to that of Wen Ze. The formation is very tight. With him, even if
If we are attacked, we will surely be able to resist tenaciously and give the Chinese army time to react."
The yoke is the crossbar in front of the vehicle and is in the shape of an X. The X formation is a formation that Wang Yu is very familiar with because later generations of special forces often use this formation for small team operations.
The advantages of this formation can be seen from its shape. Enemies attacking from any direction will face attacks from two flanks at the same time. It is the most effective defensive counterattack formation.
The disadvantage is that the formation is more complicated, the command is more difficult, and the training level of the soldiers and the commanding ability of the commander are very high.
This formation can also be changed, and there are many ways to change it. The biggest mystery lies in the cooperation between the flanks and the center army, which can be achieved through rotation and retraction.
Cao Cao stayed in Leping for more than half a month, practicing formations all the time, obviously preparing for this.
He placed the Jizhou Army, which was not very well-coordinated, in the front army. It seemed that he wanted to use them as cannon fodder, but in fact he was protecting them. The battlefield was on the north bank of Luoshui. No matter where Wang Yu's surprise troops appeared from, they would attack them.
It did not reach Cao Jun's right front wing.
In this battle, Cao Cao can indeed use the Jizhou Army as cannon fodder, but that will create a weakness. As long as Wang Yu focuses on attacking the joint between the two armies, he can achieve quite good results. If the surprise army exists, the most violent force will appear.
A single blow to the Jizhou army will hopefully defeat the Jizhou army in one fell swoop, and then drive the troops into battle.
Therefore, Cao Cao placed his friendly forces in this seemingly dangerous place, and placed his direct descendant Le Jin, who was best at defense, in the most dangerous position. If Wang Yu had any surprise troops, he would use them as a line of defense. If not, he would use them as a reserve team.
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On the other side of the rear wing, the general is Cao Ren. This person is not well-known yet, but he will be famous in later generations. He is the number one among the Eight Tiger Riders of Cao Wei. After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao led the main force back to Xuchang
, when Sun and Liu joined forces to counterattack, they fought with Zhou Yu in a very lively manner. Although Jiangling was lost in the end, they defended Northern Jingzhou including Xiangyang.
The other wing of the front army is led by Xia Houyuan. For Wang Yu, he is also a familiar name. Xia Houyuan's military exploits were mainly achieved during the Pingma Chao Time in Xiliang. This man is good at long-distance raids and should be good at using cavalry.
general.
However, what Wang Yu remembers most is not Xia Houyuan's life, but his destiny. It's a pity... Huang Zhong is not here, otherwise it would be interesting.
"Is that Plan C?" Wang Yu nodded, shook his head, and sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity."
Wang Yu's plan was similar to what Cheng Yu guessed, but it was much more complicated than he guessed. It should be regarded as a continuation of the psychological warfare against Zhang Jia.
Basically: advance troops, see how the enemy responds, and adopt corresponding restraint measures based on the enemy's reaction.
Among the two enemies, Cao Cao was a powerful man, but Liu Dai was a mediocre person.
Employers are even less reliable than Yuan Shao, so most of his staff and generals are the kind of celebrities whose names are too real and can only talk eloquently. Let them talk about the world and give advice on the country, which is the best of two people. Let them plan strategies.
He was blinded.
Therefore, Wang Yu must first contain Cao Cao so that he cannot move freely before he can launch subsequent plans.
Based on Cao Cao's response, Jia Xu prepared corresponding countermeasures, arranged according to A, B, C and D.
What Wang Yu most expected to be able to apply was, of course, the plan A, which was the most beneficial plan for the battle. But the problem was that Cao Cao seemed to have no intention of cooperating. He might not even be able to use plan B, so he could only settle for the next best thing.
Already.
Jia Xu thought this was a good idea, and said with a smile: "That's good. Giving up what is easy and choosing what is difficult is not the right way to fight." After thinking about it, he added with a worried look: "I'm just afraid. He saw through the plan, but
If you pretend not to know and hold our troops back even though you suffer heavy losses, you will be in trouble."
Cao Cao is not Zhang Zha, and his intelligence is not as closed as Zhang Zha. Therefore, it is definitely not possible to deal with him as Zhang Zha. In fact, although Wang Yu is very confident, Jia Xu has always been a little uneasy.
The basis for the plan to be realized is based on a premise.
This premise certainly makes sense, but it is difficult to say how far Cao Cao will take the overall situation into consideration. No matter how well Jia Xu can understand people's hearts, he cannot confirm this 100%.
"Don't worry, don't worry." Wang Yu waved his hand carelessly. Jia Xu didn't know the extent to which Cao Cao took the overall situation into consideration, but he knew very well that the premise of the plan would not be wrong.
Xu Huang made a gesture to indicate that he was ready. Wang Yu nodded. When he looked up, he saw a neat array on the opposite side with clear flags. Only a few places were still being fine-tuned, so he was obviously ready.
Considering that the formation of the yoke formation itself is relatively complicated, Cao Cao's commanding ability should be higher than Xu Huang's.
"It's almost time to start..." In the strong wind, Wang Yu slowly raised his hand. All the generals held their breaths, but Tai Shici looked excited.
At this moment, the flag gate of the enemy camp suddenly opened wide, and a group of knights came out of the formation surrounded by a red-robed general. Not far away, another horse came speeding up. When the general entered the shooting range, he put his hands on the horse.
Open up and control the horse purely with your legs, shouting while galloping sideways.
"It's the messenger!" Xu Huang prompted, opening his hands to show that he had no weapons. Obviously the other party had something to say.
"Listen to what he said?" Wang Yu was a little curious.
"If you want to fight, just fight. Why talk so much?" Tai Shici was very impatient.
Xu Huang automatically filtered Taishi Ci's complaints, and in front of the command line, people stepped forward to answer questions. Both parties were very efficient, and the information was quickly fed back.
"Cao Cao would like to invite the Lord to meet in front of the formation!" (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)