Chapter 851: Defending and Attacking
Looking at the Cao soldiers in front of the village, although there were corpses all over the place, but they were still moving forward bravely, Zhang Xiu's face was dark, Xiahou Xuan's guess was not wrong, while causing huge casualties to the enemy, the arrows and flying stones and other military resources in the village were also in the high-speed consumption, even if Zhang Xiu wanted to try his best to control this speed, but the uninterrupted strong attack of the Cao army obviously did not give him a chance to do so, the enemy army was worthy of the name of the elite, even under the huge power of the Mofang crossbow, it could not make its confidence and fighting spirit have been reduced too much, And as the offensive continues, after adapting to the defensive strength of the Yan army, it has become extremely difficult to bring a lot of damage to the other side!
The so-called everything has advantages and disadvantages, the essence of the Yan army's equipment has brought them strong combat power at both offensive and defensive ends, and at the same time, it has also put forward higher requirements for its logistics, especially the dependence of the equipment battalion on materials, if there is no sufficient military resources as a guarantee, the power of this technical arm will be greatly limited! In response to this problem, the Yan Army's newly reorganized Eight Infantry Army will have a large number of people to cooperate with during the war, Tian Yu will try his best to meet the huge demand for materials of the army, but Yongliang is the Yan Army's new start, and the degree of completeness done here is not the same as that of Youzhou Jizhou and other places, plus Zhang Xiu is here and a light army is advancing, even if it has taken a lot of effort to prepare here in the past few days, it is also insufficient, once it is difficult to suppress the offensive of the Cao army, The casualties of the Yan army will increase rapidly!
As soon as Xun Yu proposed the method of attacking, Cao Cao immediately carried out his efforts, and the master and slave both had accurate judgments on the situation, and Xiahou and Cao Hong were also firm in the actual implementation, and the huge casualties were not reduced by half a point, and their determination to take Chang'an Yingdazhai was not reduced. The lord has only been taking this village for two days, and even if he does not sleep, the second general will take the village within this time limit! After all, this is not a Xiongcheng like Xiangyang and Chengdu, as long as you go all out to maintain the offensive, you will have a lot to do.
The fierce battle is still going on, and after another hour, the sky has gradually darkened, and the arrows shot from the Chang'an camp village have been gradually replaced by bamboo arrows, compared to the natural power of the wolf's tooth arrows, Cao soldiers also rushed to the front of the village several times to destroy the wall, although the Chang'an battalion soldiers fought back the camp with all their might, it was inevitable that several gaps were opened. And after the Yan army's arrows gradually lost their power, the Cao army archers who had been suppressed for a long time also showed their accuracy, and the Chang'an battalion soldiers also began to have a lot of casualties, fortunately, the darkness of the sky at this time made the power of the Cao army's arrows also limited, otherwise I am afraid that the front-line camp will be more dangerous, once the short-range combat is also gone.
When the sun completely sets in the west and the moon rises, the positions of the two armies are still brightly lit, and the Cao army has no intention of stopping the offensive because of the sky, in the eyes of Xiahoudun and Cao Hong, the night battle is advantageous for them at this time, if they are facing a male city, they will never make such a decision, climbing the city at night is an extremely dangerous move, and the difficulty of the enemy's defense will be far below the attacker. But at this time, they are facing a walled city, and the dark night can greatly limit the benefits of the Yan army's equipment while weakening the strength of the Cao army's attack.
At this time, in the camp of the Chang'an camp, the Mofang crossbow and most of the bombardment cannons of the equipment battalion have been withdrawn to the rear army, in addition to the archers who insist on their positions, Zhang Xiu is in front of a team of about 500 black-clothed soldiers, the armor has been taken off by them, all of them look extremely strong, the big knife in their hands is shining, in the face of the enemy will take the night offensive, Zhang Xiu's response is to attack against attack, in the Yan army drill outline Yan Wang is called a short assault!
In the anti-encirclement and suppression of that year, the Red Army commanded by Li De used this tactic to fight with the superior enemy army, and finally suffered heavy losses resulting in the failure of the defense and had to be transferred to the Long March. However, this was all limited by the special conditions at that time, and it was not surprising that the opponent was inferior in terms of strength, vitality, and drills, and it was not surprising that it had fought hard with the morale of surpassing the enemy's army! However, this does not explain the failure of the short assault method.
The outline of the Yan army's drill is a collection of the wisdom of Liu Yi and the generals and military advisors, and this short assault method was first proposed by Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, and was only called a counterattack at that time, and this name was later summarized by Liu Yi according to the characteristics of this tactic. The short assault is aimed at the walled city defense battle, seize the opportunity to surprise the enemy's attacking forces, and cause huge casualties to the opponent under its surprise, so that you can improve your morale while hitting the opponent to achieve the purpose of defending the walled city.
Generally speaking, the strength of the attacking side will be in an advantage, and the defender's counterattack must not be too much in love, otherwise it will fall into the entanglement and lose its own meaning, as for the "sudden" is easier to understand, the side that is weak in the force will launch a counterattack to surprise the enemy, and suddenly launch a powerful offensive, not waiting for the enemy to react to withdraw in time, so that it is difficult to exert force, The darkness of the night is the perfect time for this tactic!
The way of Chinese soldiers has a long history, at the end of the Han Dynasty, Sun Tzu's Art of War has been handed down for many years, and Cao Cao was the first military strategist to preface it in another time and space, and in this world, Liu Yi has mixed it with what he has seen in later generations and the experience of the generals as a teaching material for the Youzhou Martial Academy! Improving the military literacy of the military academy under his command is something that Liu Yi attaches great importance to, and it is also an important foundation for army construction, as early as before the reorganization of the army in the two-year strategy, the Yan army has almost eliminated illiteracy above the level of military Sima, and through this army reorganization, the military theoretical knowledge of these intermediate and senior military academies has also been greatly improved, and then it will be expanded to a lower level.
With the emergence of the sand table, on which the successful examples of ancient and modern enemies and the analysis of the gains and losses are of great benefit to the generals to improve their ability to lead the army or to be familiar with a new method of warfare, and the counterattack method proposed by Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, the most classic example is the bloody battle of Lianshan in the Battle of Jizhou, and the battle of Sizhou Chinese far away raid on the Han and Zhang coalition forces, the former is a typical short assault, And the latter is to develop and utilize it.
Zhang Xiu still deeply remembered that about a year and a half ago, he participated in the training of senior generals of the Youzhou Martial Arts Academy as the deputy commander of Yan Operation, and the eight armies of the Yan Army had their own heavy responsibilities except for the Tiger Guard Army Gongwei Jinggi, so at that time, only Tai Shici, the commander of the Liaodong Army, Gao Shun, the commander of the Beiping Army, Yan Gang, the commander of the White Horse Battalion, and Ju Yi, the commander of the Agni Army, were the only ones at the deputy commander level, and now it seems that Liu Yi's arrangement must have deep meaning!
The essence of the Yan army is famous in the world, these generals are also worthy of the name, almost in all military subjects, Zhang He, the commander of the Tiger Guard, can be in the top two, showing that in addition to the extremely strong strength, Jun Yi's intuition on the judgment of the battlefield situation is even more accurate and terrifying, often after he speaks for a moment Zhang Xiu can understand the deep meaning, if he fights with him in actual combat, he will lose the opportunity, and in the actual combat exercises, the pragmatic skills of these generals are extremely skilled, and even have become their own instinct, This made Zhang Xiu even more excited.
It is in one of the offensive and defensive drills, the commander of the Beiping Army, Gao Shun, can be said to be majestic, but no one can hold the camp in his hands with two to one troops, although there is a difference between the drill and the actual battle, but it can also be seen that Gao Jingfang can attack the fortification, after Zhang He and others are not satisfied with the offensive and defensive reversal, at this time there is a mutual victory, after all, the attacking side is in the initiative, but Gao Shun has repeatedly used short assault tactics to give the attacker a heavy blow in the insistence has also been unanimously recognized by the generals, including the king of Yan, After everyone's brainstorming, there are tactics in the drill outline, and now in this Hanzhong place, Zhang Xiu is going to use the elite of Cao Jun to practice his own experience!