Chapter 273: Sand Table Deduction, Crushing Strength (4)
"Order one, the cavalry abandoned their horses, assisted the three thousand timber-cutting soldiers, arranged the perimeter of the city, and filled the ditches dug with a man-high stake every three steps, and wedged the stakes within fifteen paces of the gentle slope on the outer side, and sharpened the surface of the stakes. The Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info excavated the Hutuo River with all their might, and completed the arrangement of the wooden pile array within five days, and diverted the river water to fill it.
Order 2: Attack 10,000 cavalry, make a detour along the banks of the Hutuo River, find troops that can cross the river, and attack them in the middle of the road, so that the place cannot easily cross the river.
Order 3, cut off the sawdust and branches, carefully take them all back to Dingzhou City, and keep them for later use.
Order the cavalry that completed the task in four or five days to attack along the banks of the Hutuo River, join the other 10,000 cavalry, and if there is an enemy who breaks through and blocks the crossing of the river, they will rush up and leave no room for survival! ”
Hiss, when Zilong's order was issued, the generals couldn't help but gasp, they originally thought that Zilong would be the same as before this time, arranging the policy of killing less and taking more prisoners, but they didn't expect Zilong to change his previous habits, this time he actually tried to kill and leave no back.
What's more, many details have been overlooked by the generals.
"That's right, there is a large pine forest on the right side of the Left Man City!"
"Is it that 10,000 cavalry are hidden, just to wait for the arrangement of the stake array? What a waste, right? ”
"No, you didn't pay attention to the small order adjustments, General Zilong, they were in charge of collecting pine resin, pine branches and wood chips from the beginning, but everyone didn't care."
"Yes, the cavalry that went out to walk through the forest turned out to be a one-color archer, no wonder it felt a little strange!"
"Not only that, haven't you noticed? Walking in the direction of Lingqiu County, coupled with the cover of the pine forest, just avoided the field of vision of the Han Lou spies, and they seemed to have collected all the pine resin by the way. ”
"Well, in this case, the arrow can be temporarily transformed into a rocket, Han Lou crosses the river by boat, I'm afraid I'm going to have a little chibi once, miserable!"
"However, after all, the Hutuo River is not spanning enough, so the damage caused must not be too big, right?"
"That's why there are 10,000 hidden cavalry to help, but I don't know how long they can hinder Han Lou from crossing the river?"
"Well, this method treats the symptoms but not the root cause, even if there are no boats, the effect will not be too good, after all, the range of the bow and arrow is only that little, and then launch an attack at that time, Han Lou can cross the river with a fierce charge."
"It's up to Zilong to arrange it!"
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Wei Jing's expression was also a little surprised, but looking at Wei Kegu's somewhat surprised expression, there was not much worry, Wei Jing felt that Zilong's arrangement must not be simple, but he didn't expect it yet.
At that time, it was impossible to have a large-scale water war without large ships, and of course, the main reason for this was that the water depth of the Hutuo River was not enough and the span was too small.
If the Hutuo River is another Yangtze River, then the battle on the water will definitely be more intense, but I don't know if Zilong can do it when Zhuge Kongming was in Chibi.
It's difficult, even if the conditions are met, the gap in strength is still too great, and Zilong has done so much useless work, which is even more wasteful of time and energy.
If you dig a good horse pit, if you dig it according to the convention, now outside Dingzhou City, there can be three defense lines of horse traps, but a dig is fifty steps wide, this project is too big.
The most important thing is that this temporary ditch dug out is only three feet deep, three feet, even if the first batch of war horses fall inside, they can't be pierced by the stakes, and the second batch arrives at the top, isn't it the same as stepping on the corpses of the comrades in front of them and passing over on the ground?
Zilong really made a mistake, and now, even Gao Aocao's old comrades-in-arms who trust Zilong so much are a little worried that Zilong is horse has stumbled, so he can't help frowning, not saying a word, praying that Zilong can turn the tide.
However, the war continued to be anxious, and Han Lou's spy work was going very smoothly, and when the first batch of Zilong's cavalry had not yet arrived at the place where Han Lou's army was scheduled to cross the river, they lurked tens of thousands of troops very chickenly.
Zilong's cavalry turned around in vain, in vain, the second group of cavalry is still on the road, and basically all of them are sword and lance cavalry, no long-range combat ability, even if they find the enemy force crossing the river, it will not have the effect of blocking halfway.
Zilong is dangerous, if Han Lou launches a river crossing operation at this time, it is likely to succeed with one blow, and Zilong's second cavalry team will be swallowed up by Han Lou in an instant.
However, Han Lou hesitated, what was he waiting for, this was something that Zilong might not have thought of, Han Lou played the tricks that Zilong had played, so that the large army was all hidden in the pine forest on the bank of the river, hiding and hiding.
What exactly is he observing?
No one knows, but Zilong's order was issued in a very rhythmic manner, and after the digging men opened up the water of the Hutuo River, they all withdrew into Dingzhou City, and actually started carpentry, what kind of strategy is this?
So a ridiculous battle, in the ignorant eyes of everyone, began a long-term confrontation tug-of-war, you hid, I appeared, you appeared, I hid.
Everyone wants to be able to come here by surprise, but everyone is in the other party's various hidden methods, slowly losing the direction of how to continue next.
In the end, Han Lou couldn't help it, and the condition for forcibly crossing the river was either that a large army would cross the river by horse, but the selected section of the river must not be too deep, and no one wanted to order tens of thousands of troops to drown themselves.
So, Han Lou thought of erecting a temporary river crossing road, surrounded by dense forests, and the river section is not too deep, if it goes well, the erection of the bridge may be very simple, no matter how bad it is, you can even rely on driftwood to grab the beach and land first.
As if out of tacit understanding, or perhaps out of coincidence, Zilong's order was also issued at the same time, and the carpenter's work was over, and all flammable materials such as pine resin and sawdust pine branches were tied to the finished wood and placed on the edge of the ditch for later use.
At this time, the generals were puzzled again, what kind of routine is this? The stake array is covered with a stake array, the outside is a flammable fire attack, and the inside is filled with water, who would be so stupid as to be ready to rush over like this and enter the trap of the enemy army?
But all doubts are meaningless, after Zilong's order is given, on the outside of the ditch, a whole circle, almost every other moment, there will be a push of firewood, very conspicuous, no unexpected preparation has been made.
After observing for a while, Han Lou also discovered the movement pattern of the enemy cavalry, and chose to cross the river forcibly in the early morning of the next day, but he still had a trace of doubt in his heart.
That's the second cavalry that hasn't been seen in a long time, and they're hiding? What exactly are you going to do? (To be continued.) )