"What is Cao Cao planning to do?" Wang Yu pinched his eyebrows, looked around, and asked his staff.
The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy means you can fight a hundred battles without danger. The importance of intelligence cannot be overstated. You must know that even if you know in advance that there is a small stream or a low ridge on the battlefield that can be crossed in a single jump, it will be very important in the battle.
It is likely to lead to huge changes. As the saying goes, the one who calculates more will win more. If you can make the enemy calculate nothing, then it will naturally be easier for you to win.
Generally speaking, outpost battles will not be so fierce. Both sides are reconnaissance, there is no need to fight to the death, and the equipment they carry is mainly light. But Cao Jun’s rangers are not only equipped with a large number of crossbows, but also prepared
If you don't have a shield, it's not for reconnaissance, it's just for fighting!
Wang Yu didn't know how carefully Cao Cao had thought about it, but to be honest, Cao Ying's move was really beyond his expectation.
Military strategists throughout the ages have paid attention to strategy. The reason why they put strategy first is because strategies are used more frequently and more commonly. In small-scale battles, personal bravery and resourcefulness can be fully utilized.
However, when the scale of the war rises to more than ten thousand people, the usefulness of tactics is very low. It is impossible to hide the whereabouts of tens of thousands of people, and there is no terrain for tens of thousands of people to ambush. One side ambush tens of thousands in the mountains.
People and enemies walk in without any notice. This is a plot that can only appear in novels and TV series.
After the scale of the war reaches a certain level, in addition to the overall strength, the two sides compete mainly based on the overall strategy, which is the so-called "power".
With proper strategic deployment, even if you suffer a loss on a local battlefield, there is still hope of recovering and turning defeat into victory. On the other hand, even if you win hundreds of battles on a local battlefield, you will not be able to reverse the trend and can only end in despair. The overall battle situation between Chu and Han that year,
This is a good example.
Competing strategy is actually the so-called conspiracy, and many things are on the surface. Just like Wang Yu made the deployment of dividing his troops into four groups in front of the allied forces and launched the Central Plains strategy.
The mobilization of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses cannot be hidden from anyone at all, and there is nothing to hide. His strategic intention is very clear. How to deal with it ultimately depends on how the other party understands it.
It is not difficult to determine where the main force of Cao's army is.
Cao Cao also put on a decisive battle posture, with a large force of one hundred thousand people, they were cautious all the way and were on guard at every step. Not only raising food, but also raising horse grass and firewood were all very difficult.
Wu, of course he can't move fast, and naturally there is no way to talk about any targeted concealment or suspicion tactics.
Everyone in the world knows that the main force of Cao's army was divided into three groups. One group was gathered near Hulao Pass in Xingyang, the other group was in the area of Ruying and Chenliu, and the third group moved to Shanyang to reinforce Guo Gong.
Because of this, it is strange that Cao Cao spread his troops so far and had such a firm attitude.
The Gale Cavalry has such a great reputation and their record is there. Even though there were many new recruits at the beginning of the contact and their attitude was a bit lax, Cao Jun's Rangers still didn't take advantage. It's strange that Cao Cao didn't have any plan behind this move.
The reasons behind this may not seem very important, and there is no need to discuss them seriously, but the enemy's true strategic intentions are often hidden in these details. If you don't understand them clearly, it will really make you feel uneasy.
What Wang Yu wants to find out most now is whether Cao Cao also wants to fight quickly and order Chen Liu and Luoyang's two armies to go north and east respectively, gather in one place, and then start a decisive battle.
If so, that would be great.
The four major battlefields are too far apart. With the exception of the two places in the Central Plains, it would be difficult to provide timely support if an accident occurs in other battlefields. Wang Yu's heart is still concerned, he still wants to be simple and come directly to the main battle.
But since Cao Cao has so many helpers, the chance of him resisting naked first is very low.
There may be a conspiracy here!
The simplest scheme is that Cao Cao openly built a plank road and secretly attacked Chencang. He wanted to rely on the cover of the rangers to make Qingzhou misjudge his strategic intentions. He changed his all-out attack to cautious testing and took the opportunity to divide his troops and advance eastward to strengthen Xia Houyuan and Lu Qian's partial divisions.
Strength, defeat Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong first.
But again, in a war of this scale, this kind of strategy is of little use. Unless Wang Yu is also an armchair scholar like Zhao Kuo, it is impossible to change the overall strategy just because of such a trivial matter.
Not to mention that Zhao Yun, the vanguard, immediately stepped up his reconnaissance efforts after the first day of outpost battle without any delay at all. If Cao Cao really divided his troops, he might not wait for the good news to come back from the battlefield on the east road.
The main army had been completely defeated.
After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't come up with a clue. Wang Yu simply summoned everyone to brainstorm ideas.
"Cao Jun's previous deployment should be for a full-scale war in the autumn and winter of next year. It will indeed take about a year to completely digest the results of Guanzhong and Jingzhou. It is too early for him to start a war now.
, I wonder if he is bluffing and wants to delay time?"
Jia Xu opened his mouth and threw out an immature idea, and everyone then expressed their opinions.
Except for Zhao Yun, who was the forward, all the generals were in the central army, plus the two great counselors Jia Xu and Zhuge Liang, and the recorder Lu Xun, this military meeting was quite large-scale.
"Delaying time? Well, it makes sense. In fact, our army is not fully prepared. The food reserves and troop deployment are not optimal. If Cao Cao really gathers two groups of troops to launch a fierce attack, it is impossible to say that our army will also be slightly reduced.
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"But no matter how much he delays, he can't delay it for a whole year. In my opinion, Cao Mengde is very scheming. He may be planning some conspiracy, such as attracting our army's attention to Chenliu and dividing the troops in Luoyang.
Crossing the river, first wipe out Zhang Yang in Hanoi?"
"What's the use of attacking Zhang Yang now? Zhang Yang only needs to hold out for two or three days, and our army will be at Hulao Pass. Will the troops heading to Hanoi have time to rescue him? Aren't you afraid that we can set up a encirclement for him to help him?"
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"In my opinion, it's still too early to say this now. How about waiting for the exact information from Zilong to come back before making a decision?"
"Then it's too late. In such a war, as long as you are one step behind, you will fall behind step by step, and in the end you will have to be led by others. If Liu Jingsheng hadn't been trying to survive, he wouldn't have started a fight now.
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"Although our army's light cavalry is strong, there is no need to consume it in such a piecemeal manner, right? If the damage is too great, wouldn't the threat be greatly reduced? Maybe Cao Cao deliberately competes with us for consumption. Anyway, most of his light cavalry are picked up for nothing.
Yes, I don’t feel bad if I lose it.”
There are different opinions, each with its own reasons, and for a while, there is no consensus.
Wang Yu listened attentively for a moment, and he had a general idea in his mind. He raised his hand and pressed it down. Everyone immediately stopped talking seriously and looked over.
Wang Yu said in a deep voice: "For the time being, we still act according to the original plan. Send an order to Zilong, and use the gale cavalry to overwhelm the opponent's reconnaissance cavalry as soon as possible to ascertain the strength of Cao's army. The army is divided into two groups. Wen Ze leads the army to garrison Suanzao first and build a defense line on the spot.
, shield the flanks of the main force. The main force will be led by this general personally, cross the river at Kuangcheng, capture Fengqiu and Junyi, advance to Chenliu City, and force Cao Cao to fight decisively! The generals should quickly reorganize their troops and set off immediately."
"General, take your orders!" All the generals responded in unison.
There are too many possibilities, and it is difficult to make an accurate conclusion. Wang Yu might as well let go of your thoughts for the time being. No matter what your plans are, I will just kill them all the way and force you to respond.
As for whether the advance of the army would be too hasty, leaving holes and being flanked by two groups of Cao's troops at Qijiao, or whether the light cavalry would take the rear route, Wang Yu didn't care much. Anyway, he arranged Lu Bu's Puyang army behind.
If Cao Cao dares to use light cavalry to outflank him, he will be flanked by Bingzhou wolf cavalry and Zhen camp.
Of course, for now, the most important thing is that the gale force cavalry completely overwhelmed Cao Jun's light cavalry to find out the reality.
Wang Yu and Zhao Yun made the same decision. The next day, the Gale Cavalry also sent a whole team of cavalry. This was no longer about snooping for information, but a small group of cavalry robbing and killing each other.
Within a few days, the cavalry sent by both sides gradually transformed from a small group into a large group. With the arrival of subsequent large groups, it gradually evolved into a cavalry battle of about a thousand people, and the tactics became more diverse.
On the afternoon of five days later, the largest ambush since the beginning of the war broke out on the east bank of Pu River in Kuangting between Kuangcheng and Pucheng. It was Cao's army who launched the ambush, with nearly 800 riders, and those he ambushed were
It was a galloping cavalry force of almost five hundred men.
The Qingzhou Army was led by Lieutenant General Qin Feng, while Cao's Army was led by Lieutenant General Li Tong of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
Qin Feng is an old member of Baima Yicong. He is only in his thirties, but he has been fighting for twenty years. It is said that he has rich military experience and should not fall into this kind of strategy. But he has a crazy personality.
, after seeing Wang Yu's instruction to "be stronger when encountering a strong force", he became even more uncontrollable and full of energy. As long as he saw the enemy cavalry, he would fight to the death.
Under his leadership, in the recent cavalry robberies, the Gale Cavalry exerted an extremely fierce momentum. With less than 500 casualties on their own side, they obtained a total of 900 heads, which may not even be mentioned.
It's overwhelming, but the advantage is already obvious.
I originally wanted to go all out and beat Cao Jun completely, but I never thought that if I was not careful, I would be plotted by the enemy.
This time, he originally set up a bait, attracting a group of about 200 enemy cavalry, and prepared to annihilate the opponent. However, the opponent turned around and ran away, regardless of the lack of horsepower, and crossed the Pu River from the shoal.
No more escaping.
The enemy stopped escaping, and Qin Feng couldn't be happy, because more than 500 cavalrymen came out from the opposite side. Looking at the opponent's prepared attitude, judging from his many years of experience, maybe those 200 people were also bait, and he was also fighting.
The goose failed and was pecked instead.
"This is hopeless."
He came in pursuit, and the consumption of horsepower was far greater than the opponent's waiting for work. If he turned around and left, he would be selling his back to the opponent, and I'm afraid the casualties would be even greater.
Qin Feng spat bitterly and shouted loudly: "Brothers, prepare to fight, kill all these turtles, and let them fully understand who is stronger!" (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, novel updates Good to update faster!)