Chapter 431: North Becomes South
Zhang Xiang's real purpose was shifted from Cao Cao to the soldiers, and often the strongest place in a branch was his weakest place, and the strongest place in the two wing formations was its center. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But the easiest place to ignore is also the central area, Cao Cao created the Xiao camp in order to use himself as bait to lure himself into the bait, so Cao Cao weakened some of the strength of the middle lane.
But I didn't expect that the cheapest would be obtained by Zhang Xiang, once the middle lane was cut off, Cao Jun would be divided into two halves, Cao Cao of course would not sit idly by and watch this happen, defeat Cao Cao is acceptable.
A person is never a winning general, there will always be a day of failure, but failure and complete failure are different, failure has a chance to make a comeback, if it fails completely, then there is no chance.
Once Cao's army was divided into two halves, it would be a complete defeat for Cao Cao, and with the number of cavalry under Zhang Xiang, it would be difficult for Cao Cao to gather the defeated soldiers, so Cao Cao could only order to take care of each other.
The two flanks look at each other, usually used to encircle the enemy, but this time they look at each other, but in reverse, in order to increase the depth of the middle road, so that the middle army has a way to retreat.
By the way, he can also gather strength, and Zhang Xiang can't stop the two wings from turning, after all, all the people in his hands are now foot soldiers, and it is not so easy for foot soldiers to chase foot soldiers, after all, there are still Cao Jun's cavalry on both wings.
If you rush to pursue, you may be at risk of losing your troops, Zhang Xiang knew that the two wings of Cao's army were gathering to the rear of the middle road, so Zhang Xiang also sent out the foot soldiers, which could be regarded as eating a trench and growing wise.
This time, Zhang Xiang left a lot of soldiers and horses in the camp, he was afraid that he would make the same mistakes, if the grain and grass were burned by Cao Cao, Zhang Xiang would not be able to supply them in a short time, which was not a joke.
Although last year was a bumper year, it could not withstand the consumption in the army, and the hundreds of thousands of troops under Zhang Xiang were like having never eaten, and one could eat more than the other.
Zhang Xiang no longer had the ability to raise the third grain and grass, Zhang Xiang personally led the infantry to press, as for whether his cavalry could penetrate the middle of the Cao army, Zhang Xiang had no hope.
Cao Cao had already reacted, even if Zhang Xiang personally led the troops, it might not have any effect, and there was even a risk of being bitten by Cao Cao, so Zhang Xiang ordered the cavalry to focus on entanglement.
did not let them continue to go deeper, Cao Cao is a master of the art of war, and he is familiar with the use of military formations, Zhang Xiang has seen it during the period of discussing Dong, so Zhang Xiang does not want his subordinates to touch this mold.
Once Cao Cao carried out a counter-encirclement when he changed the formation and severely damaged Zhang Xiang's cavalry corps, it would be very happy and sad, and Cao Cao's army formed a circular formation, with a hollow middle.
No matter how deep you go from that direction, you may be surrounded, in fact, it is an extension of the circle formation, and it is easy to put it up, but the difficulty during the period is very great, and it requires the elite of the soldiers and the vision of the generals.
That is, insight, once Cao Cao commanded improperly, this formation was considered a failure, Zhang Xiang came to the battlefield in person, and naturally he couldn't see the suspicion during the period, and only thought it was a simple round formation.
The circle formation is the simplest and most effective formation for defense, and the circle formation is generally broken with points, but this time Zhang Xiang is a multi-point attack, after all, Zhang Xiang has a lot of cavalry.
Naturally, it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of the cavalry, Zhang Xiang focuses on killing the enemy, of course, the more people he kills, and the flexibility of the cavalry is not something that these foot soldiers who form a circle can fight against.
As for Zhang Xiang's foot soldiers, they formed a phalanx, facing each other face to face, and the side of the circle formation was not as big as the side of the phalanx, so in terms of arrow rain, Zhang Xiang's foot soldiers still had an advantage.
Zhang Xiang's mistake really contained Cao Cao's Zhongyuan Array, so Cao Cao could only order a slow retreat, in fact, there was no difference between the Zhongyuan Formation and the Circle Formation outside.
So the defense is the same, as long as the advance and retreat are well-founded, there will be no problem, but the phalanx is a little worse in the flexibility of advance and retreat, after all, only the soldiers in the front row can attack.
It was not until dark that Zhang Xiang collected his troops, and when he returned to the camp, Long Xing came to report that not long after Zhang Xiang left, there was indeed a Cao army cavalry to sneak attack, and finally was blocked by Long Xing with his troops.
Fortunately, Zhang Xiang left Long Xing in the camp, otherwise the grain and grass would not be guaranteed, in fact, leaving Long Xing in the camp is overkill, after all, Long Xing is handsome, and it is okay to defend one side.
What's more, it is the camp of three acres of land, and it is most appropriate for him to command the foot soldiers, if Zhang Xiang did not have no available camp generals, he would not let Long Xing stay in the camp.
Now it seems that this decision is still correct, Cao Jun's cavalry always appears when he should not appear, and he must be on guard at all times, and he must be able to prevent thieves for a thousand days.
Once you relax, Cao Jun's cavalry will bite you hard, worthy of Cao Cao's most elite cavalry, tiger and leopard cavalry, it is really a group of cattle, with a bloody mouth open at any time.
Zhang Xiang: "Are there any casualties in the camp?" "The power of the tiger and leopard ride is no worse than Long Ben's wolf tooth ride, it is strange if there is no damage, even if it is guarded by the handsome talent of Long Xing.
Long Xing: "The loss of grain and grass is not big, but the loss of soldiers is very large, the melee ability of this group of cavalry is very powerful, even more powerful than the wolf's tooth cavalry, the lord has to guard against it!" ”
Long Xing is also seeking truth from facts, he understands Long Ben's wolf tooth ride, so he will naturally make some comparisons, the wolf tooth rider's melee strength is not weak, but it pays more attention to long-range attacks, it can be said that every wolf tooth rider is a pawn.
First of all, they are all archers, and they dare not say that they are all shots and hits, but they definitely can't mop, but Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry is different, paying more attention to close combat, and the weapons in their hands are generally heavy weapons.
In fact, the two cavalry are the elite cavalry of the world, because of the different emphases, they cannot be compared with each other at all, so no one can say which is higher or lower, and there is a loss of grain and grass elite, which Zhang Xiang did not expect.
Long Xing's men had a lot of soldiers, and they still let the cavalry rush in, "How did the cavalry of the Cao army rush in." ”
Long Xing: "Although our marching speed is not fast, but the battle happened too suddenly, the construction of the camp was very hasty, and it was easily bumped in by the cavalry of the Cao army, so the grain and grass will be lost, fortunately it is during the day, if it is at night, the consequences may be more troublesome." ”
Zhang Xiang cut down the generals of the auxiliary soldiers on the same day, and the construction of the camp was a matter for the auxiliary soldiers, whether it was hasty or not, the sudden occurrence of the war was not an excuse, and the war lasted for a long time.
The auxiliaries had enough time to solve the problem of the camp, and since the main general did not pay attention to it, there was no need to live, and the camp was the last line of defense of the army on the plains.
Zhang Xiang will never tolerate it, and it can be regarded as an example of killing chickens and monkeys! In fact, it is also a disguised venting of anger, and in today's battle with Cao Cao, he only took a little advantage at the beginning.
But then Zhang Xiang didn't take advantage of it at all, obviously Cao Jun was retreating, this should have been a good opportunity, but Cao Cao dug up the lake next to him at this time, and the amount of water in the lake was not large.
It can only wet the land along the way, and it does not affect the movement of the army, but the impact on the cavalry is still great, although Zhang Xiang's cavalry is nailed with horseshoes, but such a ground does not dare to speed up.
The circle formation can also support each other, but the phalanx can't, one will affect the people behind, although the battle lasted until the night, but most of the time one side was in a hurry and one side was chasing.
So many soldiers became disgraced when they came back, Cao Cao not only has big money but also small means, for big money, Zhang Xiang is not resistant to big money at all, is this interesting?
But small means are really a headache! However, the food in the army that night was good, Cao Jun dug up the lake, and the fish and shrimp in the lake also rushed out, which was cheap Zhang Xiang's army.
It's just that Zhang Xiang doesn't have any appetite, and the soldiers are eating very well, which is heartless! But this kind of life is also very good, at least not as tired as Zhang Xiang.
After a night, the muddy ground was much better, although it was still a little troublesome, but it was much better than yesterday, and it was at this time that Cao's cavalry attacked.
Cao Jun's cavalry was obviously faster than Zhang Xiang's cavalry in terms of speed, and it did create a little chaos for Zhang Xiang's army, but it was just a little, of course, only Zhang Xiang thought so.
Cao Cao was always paying attention to Zhang Xiang's situation, and after fighting for so long, he naturally discovered the role of the stirrup, but this time Cao Cao made a little improvement to the stirrup, from a horseshoe to a horse nail.
If it is an ordinary ground, of course, it will not work, but it is very effective for slippery ground, speed is the most important thing for cavalry, and if you lose speed, the strength of the cavalry will gradually weaken.
It is not an empty word for people to borrow horsepower, especially when the cavalry of the Cao army came from all sides, seeing this situation, Zhang Xiang only gave an order to cut off the horse's legs, and the cavalry of the Cao army were good at close combat.
Therefore, it is very close to the foot soldiers, Zhang Xiang can only use this method to confront Cao Jun, although this will cause great damage to the foot soldiers, but there is no other way, use some convenient strong attacks.
is still a strong attack, a strong attack is to let people see the movement in their eyes, an open and honest attack, Zhang Xiang will not be afraid of such an attack, and Cao Cao has no intention of breaking the net.
Otherwise, it was not only the cavalry that came, there should also be foot soldiers, the more the battle was like this, the more dignified Zhang Xiang became, whether it was a temporary victory or a temporary defeat, it was already harmless.
Now the rhythm has become a protracted war, once the war lasts, there are a lot of things to pay, and all the resources under Zhang Xiang must serve this war.
But fortunately, Zhang Xiang is attacking the north and south roads at the same time, and the north road is not good, so you can only look at Feng Ao, it can be said that the current Feng Ao can be compared with all the generals under Zhang Xiang, because the value has become equal. (To be continued.) )