Night combat has always been a taboo in the use of troops, especially for new recruits, because night combat is most likely to cause the command of troops to get out of control and fall into a state of disorderly chaos. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since ancient times, there have indeed been night battles, but by no means as many as in the romance, such a large scale, because it is difficult to see at night, even if you gather torches, you can't see too far, especially large-scale night battles, the probability of your own people hurting each other in the melee is not lower than that of the enemy, plus factors such as trampling on each other, the battle loss ratio is not cost-effective.

The essence of night warfare lies in assembling a small number of elite troops, and under the guarantee of effective command and strict military discipline, they carry out night harassment and surprise attacks, causing great confusion to the enemy, and taking advantage in the melee.

Zhang Liao seized this point, because the Kwantung princes had only been raising troops for more than half a month, and most of the soldiers and horses were recruits, and they were busy recruiting troops and marching, so they didn't have much training at all, let alone fighting at night, he had long pondered that as long as he trained his recruits to have superb night fighting ability, he would have a great advantage in the face of the Kwantung princes, and he was enough to crush the princes with this.

With their own strengths, break the enemy's shortcomings.

And this sortie is his test of his own tactics, and he chooses the middle of the month, the sky is clear, the bright moon is in the sky, the visibility is slightly better, and it is also conducive to night battles.

The night of the first lunar month was very cold, and the breeze blowing in front of them was also biting cold, and along the way, Zhang Liao's 1,500 soldiers under the leadership of Zhang Jian, Zhao Wu and Yang Han and other seven army leaders, marched like the wind and in an orderly manner, which made Gao Shun and Fan Chou secretly frightened.

Do they know that the 1,500 men under Zhang Liao were a group of recruits more than three months ago, but now they seem to be more capable than these veterans.

Of course, what they didn't know was that Zhang Liao dared to raid Hanoi, not because he said to Dong Zhuo that there were three winners, it was just talking about sycophants and expressing attitude.

He really relied on three points, the first point was that he was familiar with the terrain of Hanoi, and he was more like fighting at home than Wang Kuang and Yuan Shao from outside.

The second point is the night fight, and the third point is the little black dog in his arms.

Zuo Ci can detect all movements within two or three miles, this unique detection ability is like opening a small map on the battlefield, you can take the lead everywhere, and you can also avoid traps, this is also Zuo Ci's only ability and role, you can't let him Zhang Liao be laughed at as a funny dog Sima in vain.

With these three points of confidence, even if the war was ahead, Zhang Liao was not flustered at all, but was chatting with Zuo Ci.

"Dog boy, in fact, Dong Zhuo will have to fight this battle sooner or later, but after three or four months, Dong Zhuo repelled Bai Bo and transferred the elite to fight, and now because of you, it will be carried out in advance, the first month is cold, and it is a new recruit, this battle is not easy to fight."

"It is precisely because the New Year battle is not easy to fight that the surprise attack can be taken by surprise."

"Dong Lao'er made a big show in Mengjin and Pingyin, although he separated Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang and weakened their strength, but didn't he startle the snake? You're afraid that you're going to be beaten by meat buns. ”

"So tonight is going to be a surprise attack, a blitzkrieg, Wang Kuang's reinforcement just arrived at the Qingfengling ferry today, it is when the people's hearts are undecided, and there is no preparation for drills and cooperation, just to fight a night battle. What's more, people's hearts are easy to preconceive, the Kwantung princes are powerful, Dong Zhuo is only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Luoyang, and the strong are against the weak, and Zheng Tai and others should dissuade Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, they are afraid that they will not expect us to dare to take the initiative to start a war so quickly. ”

"That's just as well."

"Yuan Fang, do you think I'm cold-blooded? It was surprising to be so calm before the war. Zhang Liao swept the bright moon in the night sky, and asked thoughtfully: "Attacking Wang Kuang for Dong Zhuo, is it considered to be abetting?" ”

"Cold-blooded? Hehe, if you kid can say this, it means that there is still salvation, to be honest, your kid is a natural general, as for helping to abuse ......" Zuo Ci smiled and said, "How many good guys do you have when you are a prince of Kwantung?" What bullshit king? What bullshit? One by one, they have selfish desires, greedy for military power, and are ambitious, and it is their raising of troops that makes the Han court completely lose its prestige! ”

Zuo Ci snorted: "What does the imperial court do? It is to deter the world and maintain rules and order, but now there is no deterrent, everyone is in chaos, everyone is in danger, bandits are everywhere, bandits are rampant, Dong Zhuo is certainly not guilty, but the world is even worse in the hands of these people! This is a bunch of moths that should be dealt with severely! There is no justice in this war, only interests! As long as you see through this, there will be no knots in your heart. ”

Zuo Ci paused, and said: "Don't say anything else, let's just say that this Wang Kuang, a hypocrite, used to be light on money and easy to give, but now he is in power, in order to loot military funds, hypocrisy immediately turned into a dog's face, tortured the officials and the people, amassed money, and a group of soldiers secretly raped and plundered, making Hanoi a miasma, what is the difference between Dong Zhuo's behavior in Luoyang?" Maybe Dong Zhuo still learned from him. ”

After listening to what Zuo Ci said, Zhang Liao's eyes gradually sharpened, and he suddenly said: "Wang Kuang and I were sent out by the general to recruit troops, and I heard that he recruited five hundred elite archers from his hometown Taishan County. ”

Zuo Ci was stunned for a moment, and suddenly reacted: "Okay, you dog boy, I said how can you fight so actively, and you are eyeing Wang Kuang's five hundred archers!" That's what you're really aiming for. This is also the most difficult to train archers, without two or three years can not form accurate combat effectiveness, both time-consuming and arrow-consuming, if you can get Wang Kuang's five hundred archers, it is a big gain, better than capturing three thousand soldiers. ”

Zhang Liao smiled but did not answer.

The terrain of Hanoi County was flat, and the march was extremely fast, and under the faint moonlight, they did not raise torches, and the three thousand men were like a giant beast in the darkness devouring westward, and in the dull and rapid march, the aura of slaughter was gradually condensed and burst out.

If anyone saw it, they would be shocked and tremble, but there was no one along the way. On the one hand, due to the night ban, there are few pedestrians at night, and on the other hand, due to the recent chaos in Hanoi, coupled with the cold weather, ordinary people dare not come out during the day, let alone at night, which provides extremely convenient conditions for Zhang Liao to sneak.

When approaching the time of the child, the bright moon traveled to Zhongtian, and the three thousand soldiers and horses were less than three miles away from the Qingfengling ferry, where the road happened to be lined with a wide field, and the dark green winter wheat in the field could be seen under the moonlight.

In the dark night, Zuo Ci, who had gone to inquire about the news, rushed back and described to Zhang Liao the distribution of Wang Kuang's army at the Qingfengling Ferry.

When Zhang Liao heard this, he immediately sent an order to let the troops rest down for a while and make final adjustments, and at the same time, he summoned the generals above the military marquis to deploy the surprise attack plan.

Military Sima Gao Shun and Zhang Jian, Zhao Wu and other seven military marquis quickly came over, only Fan Chou and Wang Fang fell last, Zhang Liao glanced at the two, frowned, did not say anything, but told the generals about the distribution of troops and the situation of the camp of Wang Kuang's army at the Qingfengling Ferry.

The Wang Kuang garrison at the Qingfengling Ferry had a total of 3,000 people, and it was divided into three points and deployed in a zigzag shape. The crossing was the front corner, and there were houses on each side of the wide beach, where 800 soldiers were stationed, and more than 50 soldiers were still patrolling at this time.

The other two points were on the high ground behind the ferry, about a mile away from the ferry, and these two points were obviously stationed with 2,000 soldiers and horses who had just arrived from Heyang City during the day, because they didn't even have a camp, but were stationed in the two Li Fangs opposite each other, and the hundreds of people in the two Li Fang should have been driven away, and the courtyard walls of the houses in the Li Fang were torn down and connected together.

The east side of the fang is fine, but there are many people's corpses outside the west of the fang, which have frozen, according to Zuo Ci, there are still many women who died tragically in the fang.

Unlike the ferry, the 2,000 soldiers stationed in the two lifang were all asleep, obviously just arrived from Heyang City today, quite tired, and not vigilant enough.

In addition, there is a sheltered place in the southeast corner, where there is also a small area of houses, according to Zuo Ci's inquiry, there are more than 300 people there, equipped with bows and arrows, which should be part of the target coveted by Zhang Liao, and the other 200 archers are likely to be in Heyang City.

In addition to the matter of the archers, Zhang Liao gave the generals a general overview of the situation, and was about to arrange a surprise attack plan, when suddenly a voice came: "The governor of Pontus Zhang Sima has not sent troops to investigate, how can he know the enemy's situation?" Could it be a fantasy? ”

Zhang Liao didn't need to look up to know that it was Wang Fang who refuted him.