Chapter 303: Expedition



Zhao Yi's eyes rolled a few times, and finally a smile appeared on his face: "Father, don't worry, I already have an idea about this matter." Now the situation in the imperial court is quite complicated, and the battle between He Jin and Zhang Rang is becoming more and more obvious. Zhao Yi was jealous of He Jin and Zhang Rang because his official position was promoted too quickly. If Zhao Yi shows weakness from now on, and then finds a way to intensify the contradiction between He Jin and Zhang Rang, the battle between the two sides will become increasingly fierce, and Zhao Yi and they will not be able to take care of it.

Because of Zhao Yi, there is now a lot less fighting between the two camps in the court, Zhao Yi knows that these two people are thinking of a way to deal with themselves, but the two sides are only temporarily peaceful, if they touch each other's fundamental interests, they will still fight restlessly. And what Zhao Yi has to do is to provoke a fight between the two camps at the right time.

Zhao Yungang wanted to ask Zhao Yi what he could do, but at this time, someone came in and said that Huangmen Zuofeng invited Zhao Yi into the palace with a holy decree. Zhao Yi's eyes rolled a few times, if he didn't guess wrong, the emperor asked him to enter the palace today to discuss matters, it should be for the matter of the Western Expedition.

Zuo Feng and Zhao Yi have not dealt with each other once or twice, they are very familiar with each other, after seeing Zuo Feng, Zhao Yi politely said a few words, and then asked Zuo Feng: "My lord, have the two generals Sun Jian and Cao Cao led their troops to Luoyang?"

Zuo Feng praised: "Lord Zhao is really smart, the two generals just arrived in Luoyang today, and now they have arrived at the palace, and they are discussing the matter of Beigong Boyu with Your Majesty."

Zhao Yi nodded and followed Zuo Feng to the palace, since Cao Cao and Sun Jian had already come here with their soldiers and horses, it meant that Zhao Yi was going to go to Beigong Boyu in the short term.

Although Zhao Yiyi Cao Cao and Sun Jian rarely meet, but they often have correspondence with each other, and they are relatively familiar people, the last time Cao Cao and Sun Jian followed Zhu Yi to conquer Beigong Boyu, although it was in vain, but the people in the court have also seen the ability of these two people, since the last time they came back from the western expedition, Cao Cao and Sun Jian have been valued by the county guards to which they belong, and they are often appointed to important positions.

Although the two didn't say anything on the surface, they were still very grateful to Zhao Yi in their hearts, and when they met in the court this time, the three of them were quite familiar.

Emperor Han Ling saw the harmonious appearance of the three people, his heart was very satisfied, and handed over the matter of the Western Expedition to the hands of Zhao Yi and others, now the soldiers and horses of Sanzhou have arrived in Luoyang, the situation at the border is tense, Emperor Han Ling did not give Zhao Yi a few people too much time to recuperate, but ordered a few people to hurry down to reorganize the army, and lead the troops to the battle early tomorrow morning.

Zhu Yi, Huangfu Song and other famous generals failed to conquer Beigong Boyu five times, and the ministers of the court put all their hopes on Zhao Yi, because Zhao Yi is the god of war of the Han Dynasty, and has gone through many battles, but has not tasted defeat. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty just wanted to take advantage of Zhao Yi's unparalleled momentum to break through Beigong Boyu in one fell swoop and stabilize his country.

In the early morning of the next day, Emperor Ling of Han personally came to the West Gate to practice for Zhao Yi and others, and the words he said were the same as the words that inspired Zhu Yi and others before, which was nothing more than the hope that all the generals and soldiers would fight bravely to kill the enemy, and he was waiting for the good news of your victory in Luoyang.

After some cumbersome etiquette, with Zhao Yi's order, the army slowly walked westward.

On the way, Zhao Yi asked Cao Cao and Sun Jian: "The two generals have entered Xiliang with Lord Zhu Yi last time, what do you think of the situation in Xiliang?" ”

Cao Cao and Sun Jian did not shirk and expressed their opinions, and the conversation between the generals was likely to affect the lives of thousands of soldiers, so Cao Cao and Sun Jian were not nervous and cautious.

Cao Cao stroked his long beard and smiled bitterly: "Lord Zhao has a close relationship with Lord Zhu Yi, what happened to the last general and others in Xiliang, the adult must have learned from Lord Zhu's mouth, and the last general will not explain much." Saying that, Cao Cao's face was straight, "We have been in Xiliang for more than a month, and we have fought nearly five battles with the Qiang soldiers, although it is said that we have recovered several county seats, but the soldiers of the department have also suffered heavy casualties. ”

There are two reasons for this situation, one is because the Qiang soldiers have strong fortifications such as city walls, and some cities have been connected into pieces, if they use soldiers and horses to attack one place, the rest of the cities will attack the officials and troops from behind, resulting in the failure of the officials and soldiers, and Zhu Yi's previous defeats are mostly because of this reason.

The second reason is even simpler, that is, because the combat power of the officers and soldiers is not as good as that of the Qiang soldiers, which is the fundamental and important reason.

The Qiang soldiers are good at using fast horses and spears, Zhu Yi soldiers and one of them contacted, and the immediate impact of the formation was completely chaotic, the previous attack on the Qiang soldiers, Cao Cao encountered this situation, if it was not for Sun Jian's timely rescue, then Cao Cao was very likely to have been cut off by the Xiliang rebels.

"I heard about the battle of Guangning County in the past, Lord Zhao used a spear to deal with the cavalry of the Qiang Qu Division, and killed the soldiers of the Qiang Canal Department to lose their armor and flee in embarrassment, I don't know if Lord Zhao has a way to deal with the Qiang soldiers?" Cao Cao bowed down and asked.

After listening to Cao Cao's analysis, Zhao Yi smiled slightly: "The fast horse spear of the Qiang soldiers is indeed difficult to break, but this general can give it a try." "Isn't it just good at using spears, if your own soldiers' spears are longer than theirs, won't their spears be useless?

This idea just flashed in Zhao Yi's mind, because this strategy is not easy to implement, if the weapon used by the soldier is too long, then it will definitely affect the flexibility of the soldier, and the slightest negligence between the battlefields will lead to different heads, how can the opponent give you time to change angles.

This kind of spear team is not suitable for battlefield killing, only suitable for formation defense, if you want to defeat Beigong Boyu, I am afraid that Zhao Yi will need to find another way.

"I heard that Lord Zhao returned to Youzhou to quell the rebellion last time, and a fire outside the city of Zhuojun caused the two allied forces of Qiu Liju and Goguryeo, and more than half of the soldiers were lost." Sun Jian said excitedly, "If Lord Zhao can come up with such a clever plan this time, then victory is just around the corner." ”

Hearing the words of Cao Cao and Sun Jian, the corners of Zhao Yi's mouth were full of wry smiles, in addition to his own wit, there was also some luck in destroying the two coalition forces of Qiu Liju and Goguryeo. If you use the same method to deal with Beigong Boyu, I'm afraid it won't be so easy, because the bow and crossbow spirit rider who used as bait is still in Youzhou. There are 140,000 soldiers and horses in Sanzhou, and the soldiers are much higher than the Qiang soldiers, but if they are killed on the battlefield, it is not yet known whether these hundreds of thousands of soldiers are the opponents of the Qiang soldiers.

Soldiers lie in the essence rather than in the many, Zhao Yi and the three of them are all battlefield generals, so they naturally understand this truth. And after Zhao Yi's analysis, there was one omission of the reasons summarized by Cao Cao before, and it was the most important one.

"General Cao, do you know why our officers and troops are often defeated?" Zhao Yi glanced at Cao Cao with a smile, and without waiting for Cao Cao to answer, he said the answer, "Our biggest drawback is that we are ordered to conquer Beigong Boyu." ”

Hearing Zhao Yi's words, Cao Cao and Sun Jian showed puzzled expressions on their faces, and Cao Cao looked at Zhao Yi with a strange face: "Did Bolai say something wrong?" This is our greatest advantage, because we can get help from all over the country by being ordered to recruit traitors, but the Qiang soldiers do not have this advantage. ”

Sun Jian had the same point of view as Cao Cao, and nodded in agreement.

Zhao Yi looked at Cao Cao and Sun Jian with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "The two generals are right, this is indeed the biggest advantage of our army, but the two generals don't know, this is also the biggest drawback of our side." Because the emperor's order is in the body, we must fight a decisive battle with the Qiang soldiers, we must take the initiative to attack the Qiang soldiers, otherwise not only will we not be able to fulfill the emperor's order, but we will also be framed by the officials of the DPRK and China. ”

Listening to Zhao Yi's words, Cao Cao and Sun Jian showed a look of sudden realization on their faces, but what Zhao Yi said was the biggest drawback, the important thing in the battle between the two armies is to strike first and control the enemy, but the person who makes the first move must have the certainty of victory, if he is invincible with the enemy, but is entangled by the enemy, then it will be dangerous.

However, because the imperial court officials and soldiers have the emperor's order, it is already destined that the officials and troops must attack first, and the Qiang soldiers who are quietly watching the changes only need to observe the flaws in the official army's formation when the officials and troops attack, and then send superior forces to attack the weaknesses of the officials and troops, and the officers and troops will not be defeated.

Cao Cao looked up at Zhao Yi with shock, and said that Zhao Yi deserved to be known as the most talented talent after Emperor Guangwu, Zhao Yi's vision alone was enough to make Cao Cao and Sun Jian admire, the court had sent a five-way army to attack Youzhou, but no one pointed out the shortcomings of the court officers and soldiers, Zhao Yi had not yet started with the Qiang soldiers, and he had already seen this drawback, which made Cao Cao and Sun Jian's hanging hearts a lot more stable, and Zhao Yi had a much greater chance of winning in his own attack on Beigong Boyu.

Along the way, Cao Cao and Sun Jian were both studying how to deal with Beigong Boyu, but on the contrary, Zhao Yi was very loose, because Zhao Yi knew that the news of his expedition must have reached the hands of Beigong Boyu, and Beigong Boyu must have been prepared, and his troops and horses would also be mobilized.

And the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, how can it be guessed by everyone, so the most important thing in the battlefield battle is the ability to adapt to changes.

After the army walked for a day, Cao Cao came over with a map: "General, there seems to be something wrong with the route of our march, if we pass through Hedong County, our soldiers will travel more than ten miles." ”

Cao Cao is also a person with a lively mind, Zhao Yi is a general of the expedition to the west, this march route must be very clear, since he is willing to seek the near and far, he must have his intentions, thinking of this, Cao Cao asked Zhao Yi: "Does the general have anything important to go to Hedong County?" ”

There are no selfish affairs in the army, especially a general like Zhao Yi who controls the life and death of soldiers, Cao Cao and Sun Jian must always understand Zhao Yi's thoughts, so that they can better cooperate with Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi secretly said that dealing with smart people is also a bad thing, but since Cao Cao has already asked, Zhao Yi did not hide it, and only said: "The general is right, but there is something to do when I go to Hedong County, because I have already found a forward general for our army." ”

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