Chapter 243: The Last Struggle
Attacking tough battles has been very unfriendly to the attacker since ancient times, no matter how elite and majestic your soldiers and horses are, regardless of what kind of rabble the defender is, aside from off-the-field factors, on the battlefield of attacking, it is often the defender who occupies an absolute geographical advantage, and therefore, throughout the ages, the attack will be used only when it is forced to do so.
Whether it is Chao Ge or Zhang He's camp, such a fortification has even suffered a lot of losses in the camp, such a fortification, Chen Mo actually doesn't want to fight, if he is given enough time, he can completely cut off the enemy army step by step, forcing them to go out of the city, but all this takes time, and Chen Mo is lacking exactly time.
He wanted to take Yecheng before Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shang, snatch back the opportunity that Cao Cao had taken away, and even strike later, therefore, in the face of the defense of Chaoge and Zhang He's army, Chen Mo can be said to have exhausted his means, sparing no expense, and rarely launched a frontal war, Han Qiong has been defeated, and now Zhang He is left, in order to avoid the other party from escaping back to Yecheng, causing greater trouble to his attack on Yecheng.
Even if it costs something, you have to do it quickly, and you can't delay too much time here.
The Guanzhong Army's fearless and fierce combat style, Zhang He really realized that although there had been a fight before, it was just a small-scale war, Han Qiong's defeat to Wuyi was also caused by Han Qiong's carelessness of the enemy, and the combat ability of the Guanzhong Army was not reflected, but this time, when the Guanzhong Army began to attack head-on, Zhang He finally realized the bravery of the Guanzhong Army.
If you talk about one-on-one combat power, no matter how strong it is, it is still flesh and blood, not much stronger, although Chen Mo has made some progress with the help of Ma Jun over the years, but it can't be crushed, unless Chen Mo's three armies are trapped in the camp with such equipment, but that is impossible.
What is really strong is the fighting spirit of the other party, one by one they are not afraid of death, even if they die, they have to take one down, the officers and soldiers of Guanzhong who went to the battlefield are like a group of crazy people, except for the sound of the army's horn, the death of the robe can not bring them fear at all.
Zhang Hedu felt that it was a little difficult to defend the camp, so he had to give up part of the camp and let the troops be more concentrated to fight against this group of brave men in Guanzhong.
Even so, it was only a one-day attack, and there were gaps in many places in the strong camp that Zhang He had painstakingly built, and even several times, the soldiers of Guanzhong had already been killed, and they were driven out again by Zhang He's heavy troops.
On the battlefield, the art of war and strategy are indeed important, but when the real war starts, it is often the morale of the two sides that determines the victory or defeat, and whichever side has more morale will have the advantage.
And now, the feeling that the Guanzhong Army gave the Jizhou Army was that it was invincible, and even gave birth to the fear of not daring to be an enemy.
Bell bell bell ~
With the sound of gold in the rear of Guanzhong, the Guanzhong army retreated like a tide, quickly and without the slightest intention of war, even in the withdrawal of the army, it also maintained a certain formation, and there was not much chaos, many surviving Jizhou soldiers suddenly sat on the ground at the moment when the Guanzhong army withdrew, and today's day of fighting was like a nightmare for them, and the pressure brought to them by the Guanzhong army was too great.
Don't talk about ordinary soldiers, even Zhang He also has a sense of the rest of his life after the catastrophe in his heart at this moment, he somewhat understands why the veteran Han Qiong was defeated so quickly, the elite and brave of the Guanzhong army, he just held it for one day and then felt that he couldn't support it, Han Qiong was guarded for three days before the city was broken on the fourth day.
Han Qiong's subordinates are all veterans of the battlefield who have fought against the Hu people for a long time in the north and have experienced a hundred battles, which can be said to be the most elite soldiers and horses in Jizhou.
Under the sunset, looking at the Guanzhong army receding like a tide, Zhang He's face was complicated, and in the face of such a team, Zhang He felt an indescribable sense of powerlessness in his heart for the first time.
Help?
Now there are simply no reinforcements.
Zhang He was on the gate, stayed until night, and after making sure that Chen Mo had no intention of continuing to attack, he arranged for the soldiers to change their defenses, and then went back to the tent to rest, not only the soldiers were under great pressure today, as the main general, Zhang He had to take care of the overall situation, and every place had to be arranged in place, once there was a mistake or the enemy army came in, Zhang He had to make a response as soon as possible, and the soldiers were fighting to consume physical strength, Zhang He not only had to shoot at any time, but also had to control the overall situation, but he consumed mental energy.
On the other side, in Chen Mo's camp, at this moment, all the generals were gathered in Chen Mo's tent.
"The soldiers under Zhang He's command are not as elite as the Chaoge defenders, and the lord is quite wise to choose to break the Chaoge first, if Han Qiong recovers his morale, our army will be able to break the city, and I am afraid it will cost a lot of money." Xun You looked at the booklet that recorded the exploits and the fallen soldiers, and sighed.
He did not come to the battle in person, but he can make a comparison from the data, Chen Mo's casualties in attacking Chaoge are a lot more than now, they are all commanded by Chen Mo, and the solidity of Zhang He's camp is not necessarily lower than that of Chaoge, although there are other factors on the battlefield, it can't explain everything with these two data, but it can also explain some problems.
"The heart of the Jizhou army has been dispersed, and it is rare for Zhang He to be able to defend it until now." Chen Mo looked at the map and agreed with Xun You's words, but that's all, the battle has been fought so far, and the morale of his side is at its peak, but the Jizhou army is demoralized because of successive blows, and the strength is not equal, Zhang He now wants to turn the tables, unless he can beat Chen Mo for a while, otherwise the defeat is decided, but if he wants to win Chen Mo, it is not easy.
Now Chen Mo is already thinking about how to break through Yecheng, this battle is Chen Mo's key battle, he has been planning for a long time, and in Chen Mo's heart, the opponent has never been the Jizhou army, but the Cao army, he wants to take advantage of this battle to completely break the three-legged pattern of the Central Plains since the Jian'an period, for this battle, from Luoyang to Chang'an, officials at all levels, including Chen Mo, have tightened their belts to live in recent years, and all the money in the treasury is used to buy food from the people, during this period, As a result, more than 300 officials were killed.
But all this, as long as Jizhou can be taken, it is worth it.
"The Montenegrin army can be dispatched." After looking at the map for a long time, Chen Mo raised his head and looked at everyone: "I have raised the Black Mountain Army for nearly ten years, and it is time to use the Black Mountain Army at this moment, Dezu." ”
"In!" Yang Xiu hurriedly got up and bowed.
"You're in charge." Chen Mo handed a seal letter to Yang Xiu, and said in a deep voice: "Within three days, I will break Zhang He, and when my army arrives in Yecheng, I hope to be able to see Zhang Yan and his Black Mountain army!" ”
"Whoa!" Yang Xiu stood up and saluted solemnly.
After Yang Xiu left, Chen Mo suddenly looked up at Xun Yu and said, "Gongda, then Liu He hasn't replied yet?" ”
According to Jia Xu's plan at the beginning, Chen Mo has secretly ordered someone to contact Liu He, and he also has detailed work in Jizhou, and these things are handed over to Xun You to do.
"No, these days, the direction of Yecheng has been closed, and it is difficult for our army to get in touch with the detailed work in Yecheng." Xun You shook his head, this matter, if Liu He can agree to join forces with Chen Mo, the inside and the outside should be combined, and if the operation is done properly, it will be easier to break Ye City, but unfortunately, now that there is no response, Xun You doesn't know what Liu He's attitude is.
"It doesn't matter." Chen Mo nodded, so far, no matter whether Liu He can cooperate with him or not, he will break through this Yecheng, and now he looked at everyone: "Generals, go and rest, tomorrow we will break through Zhang He's camp." ”
"The last general commands!" All the generals responded in unison and bowed to leave.
Call~
Chen Mo asked people to put away the map and breathed a sigh of relief, this battle has just begun, and there will be a lot of tough battles in the future.
Under the same night sky, Zhang He forced himself to sleep, but two hours later, he woke up by himself, and the pressure brought to him by Chen Mo was too great, making it difficult for him to sleep.
Under the chaos in his heart, he walked out of the tent and went straight to the top of the gate, under the night, it was difficult to see clearly beyond the gate, and his eyes looked deeply at the faint lights in the distance, which was the camp of the Guanzhong Army, thinking about the current situation in his mind.
Han Qiong's two defeats completely broke the morale of the Jizhou army, if you want to reverse the current situation, the best way is to be able to defeat Chen Mo once in the process of hard encounter, but now it is difficult to defend the camp, let alone face it head-on.
But if he doesn't do anything, how long this big camp can be held, Zhang He doesn't know, and he can't even guarantee whether he can hold it tomorrow.
Something had to be done!
Zhang He looked at the big camp in the distance, took a deep breath, and a crazy thought flashed in his heart, the Guanzhong army has won a big victory, although the morale is high, but it will also have the heart of arrogance, if he leads his troops to raid his camp at this moment......
Although I feel that with the quality of the Guanzhong Army, the probability of success in stealing the camp is very low, but what if?
Once this crazy thought grows, it will be difficult to contain, Zhang He pondered for a while, and then beckoned to the soldiers who were dozing next to him: "Go and invite the generals of each battalion to come!" ”
"Whoa!" The soldier came to his senses, hurriedly answered, and hurried away.
Soon, the generals of the battalions of the three armies gathered over, Zhang He looked at the generals and said: "Now the thieves are huge, if the battalion holds, our army may not be able to stop the thieves, I intend to gather the elite of the army tonight, and attack the camp at night, what do you think?" ”
When the generals heard this, no one answered, but they were silent, how could they rob? Who's going to rob it? With the courage of the Guanzhong army, it can be said that going to rob the camp can be said to be nine deaths, and at this time of the battle, many people have already given birth to the idea of surrendering after breaking the camp, at this time, who wants to rob the camp?
"Don't worry, I should go there in person to rob the camp tonight!" Looking at the generals, Zhang He suppressed the anger rising in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "You only need to gather the most elite soldiers in your hands and hand them over to the generals to lead!" ”
The generals breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, agreed one after another, and quickly brought out the good troops under their command and handed them over to Zhang He.
Zhang He didn't say anything more, and prepared to rob the camp......