Chapter 760: Luring the Enemy Deeper
Cao Liang transferred the three most elite cavalry battalions to Wanzi City on the Eastern Front, which is quite a bit of a horse race, and uses the strongest strength of the Bingzhou Army to deal with the weakest force of the Sima Army, obviously the battle of Wanzi City is the most suspenseful one.
For the remaining two roads, Du Wei's shooting battalion went to stop the main force of Sima's army, Yanghu's infantry battalion needed to be dragged to Hu Zun's Western Route Army, and Wang Jun's Changshui battalion was left as a mobile reserve corps.
Of course, there is no need for Cao Liang to worry about this road to the east, if the three cavalry battalions can't deal with a mere 20,000 people, then Cao Liang will simply surrender as soon as possible.
The Yanghu side of the West Road is not a big problem, and the task given by Cao Liang is to drag Hu Zun's subordinates, and it is best to lure the enemy deep and introduce Hu Zun into the hinterland of the Shangdang, so that Cao Liang can more easily turn back and deal with Hu Zun's people after annihilating the enemy on the East Road.
The reason why Cao Liang concentrated all the three cavalry battalions on the eastern route was the main consideration was the mobility of the team, the cavalry battalion was fast, the combat effectiveness was strong, and the battlefield could be transferred as much as he wanted, and he could reach any place he wanted to go in the shortest possible time.
In dealing with such a three-way siege of the enemy, maintaining a quick battle and a high degree of mobility is the first element, otherwise once it falls into a bitter battle, it is very likely to fall into the enemy's heavy encirclement, and only in a rapid and mobile operation can the enemy's living forces be annihilated and each one is an effective means to break the enemy's encirclement and suppression.
Therefore, Cao Liang gathered the most elite cavalry units together and attacked with heavy punches, so as to ensure that the enemy was annihilated as quickly as possible and the next battlefield could be reached as quickly as possible.
Obviously, Cao Liang's exact attack order is the East Road-West Road-South Road, first fighting the weakest enemy, then the weakest enemy, and finally facing the strongest enemy.
Cao Liang doesn't need to worry about this aspect of Yanghu, his task is to lure the enemy deep and introduce Hu Zun's team into the hinterland of Shangdang, no matter where it leads, it doesn't matter where it leads, anyway, the closer to the eastern front, the more convenient it is for Cao Liang to transfer the battlefield, that is to say, the closer Hu Zun's army is to the hinterland of Shangdang, the faster they will die.
Although Cao Liang believed in Du Pre's ability and held on to Shimen Pass for three days, there was no big problem, but he was not afraid of 10,000, he was afraid of just in case, if Shimen Pass was lost before Cao Liang defeated the Sima Army on the east and west, and was killed by Sima Yi's army into the hinterland of Shangdang, then the war situation would become extremely grim.
So Cao Liang can't put all his hopes on Du Pre, in case Du Pre doesn't hold on, the consequences will be unimaginable, after all, Du Pre's opponent is Sima Yi, who is scheming and scheming, and it will not be surprising what kind of situation occurs.
And Wang Jun's existence is to prevent this from happening, although Cao Liang arranged Wang Jun's Changshui camp in the middle position, which can basically take care of the three roads, but Cao Liang's real intention is to strengthen the defense of the south road, and when Du Wei can't stand it, Wang Jun can act as the second echelon and continue to block Sima Yi's attack.
This arrangement can basically be foolproof, and the special geographical location of the party determines that Sima Yi wants to march from Shimen Pass, so he must take this road, and there is no second way to choose.
Even if Sima Yi is a demon and can beat Du Yu, he may not be able to beat Wang Jun, even if he is really lucky enough to break through two levels in a row, but I'm afraid it will only be three days later.
And three days is enough for Cao Liang to fight two ambush battles neatly, and completely annihilate the east and west armies of Sima Jun, I don't know what Sima Yi will feel after he joins the party?
However, Cao Liang dug a deep pit for himself, and in three days, he fought two fierce battles in a row, and there was still one day in the middle to transfer the battlefield, and the time requirements were also very harsh.
The first battle has successfully completed the task, and the next second battle will be a test for Yanghu.
Yanghu understood Cao Liang's strategic arrangement very thoroughly, and his task was not to block Sima Jun like Du Pre, but to try his best to lure the enemy deep and lead Sima Jun into the ambush circle designed by the Bingzhou military first.
However, Sima Jun's performance made Yanghu find that this Hu Zun was a little unreasonable, this guy seemed to be a little too cautious, slow to move, step by step, as soon as he encountered any wind and grass, he was like a turtle with a shrunken head, shrinking there and not moving.
Yanghu was a little speechless, this Hu Zun, too careful, Sima Jun's Western Route Army, there are 30,000 horses, so many people and horses, Hu Zun is so cautious, according to this way, even if there is another three days, it may not be possible for Hu Zun to go to Cao Liang's scheduled ambush location.
Cavalry combat, the most ideal location is naturally the plain area, Shangdang is surrounded by mountains, the basin is also mostly hills, it is not easy to find two plains that are conducive to cavalry operations, when the eastern front fights Bowl City, it is Cao Liang personally surveyed the terrain, and finally set the ambush location in Bowl City, although the geographical location of Bowl City is not all good, but from the surrounding situation, it is estimated that it is also the only choice.
Facts have proved that Wanzicheng is still a little worse as an ambush location, otherwise, Chen Tai and Hu Fen are difficult to fly, and it is precisely because Wanzicheng is too close to Yangjiban that Chen Tai and Hu Fen have a chance to escape.
The most ideal ambush location for dealing with Sima Xi's army should be the Pingchuan area deep into the hinterland of Shangdang, and if Hu Zun's army marched to Yang'a and did not move, then it would be quite difficult for the Bingzhou army to encircle and annihilate this army.
Cao Liang fought two battles in three days, which was originally an extreme battle, and if Hu Zun's army was not in place, it would be really difficult to complete the task on time.
Therefore, the burden of luring the enemy into the depths fell on Yanghu's shoulders, and he deliberately showed weakness to the enemy, and sent an uneven team to meet Sima's army.
Hu Zun's performance is as always, no matter whether the opponent is strong or weak, he still looks calm.
Fortunately, Hu Zun's deputy general Wang Jing is a person who is eager for quick success, he saw that the Bingzhou army was such an unbearable team, he immediately moved his mind, and pursued all the way, wanting to completely eliminate the Bingzhou army in front of him, in Wang Jing's opinion, how could the meat sent to his mouth let it fly?
Impossible!