Chapter 34: Red Cliff (5), Battle
Lu, in ancient wars, was used as... An extremely important factor exists, and the binding of hunger refers to the "representation of the situation."
"Exploiting the situation" is a term often used on the lips of strategists in ancient times, which roughly means to improve one's own "military strength" to make the enemy fearful, so as to achieve the goal of victory.
Generally speaking, military strength refers to the momentum of an army, and the strength of its momentum directly restricts the final victory or defeat.
Speaking of which. Momentum is just an ethereal term, or some people believe that it is the key to the victory or defeat of the war. It's an exaggeration, but it's not.
potential, which can also be understood as pressure!
As the saying goes, an army that can withstand pressure can achieve the final victory"...
As we all know, when people are under pressure, they almost always get tired several times, which affects the situation of battle..."
He can't see or touch it, but it does exist, and the "Eight Gates Trapping Army Formation" that Jiang Zhe laid out here is, in the final analysis, a formation that takes advantage of the situation to integrate the momentum of the 400,000 Cao army into one place, so as to put pressure on the enemy army."
As Zhou Yu said, when Jiang Zhe's "Jiangdong soldiers were in the battle of the Eight Gate Trapping Army, the pressure he felt was not just the Cao army in front of him, but the gathering of 400,000 Cao troops"
Under such tremendous pressure, the physical strength of the Jiangdong soldiers was naturally inevitable, and it was far from reaching their due level, which was the true face of Jiang Zhe's Bamen Trapping Army.
Different from Zhuge Liang's Four Elephant Array, different from Lu Xun's Nine Palace Array, and different from Guo Jia's Soldier Array, Jiang Zhe's Eight Gate Formation is between the Soldier Array and the Phantom Array, and most of them are formations for the purpose of killing the enemy. It is also known as the "Killing Array,!"
Since it is a killing array, there is naturally a murderous aura, and if the murderous aura of the 400,000 Cao army is integrated, what kind of scene will it be?
For a while, it may be a little incredible, but the Cao army in the formation almost really and comprehensively overwhelmed the Jiangdong soldiers, which is incredible. Cao Jun is brave. Crowning the world and not inferior to Qin Shi, this matter is indeed true, but the current Cao Jun is just a seriously ill Cao Jun who does not know tomorrow, how much combat power can he have?
The Western Expeditionary Army, which is the headquarters of Jiang Zhe's soldiers and horses, followed Jiang Zhe's southern expedition to the north for several years before it was cast into this army, although the number is only 20,000 or 30,000, but it is not comparable to ordinary armies, but at present, this so-called elite of the Cao army can only be used as consumption"
It is very sad that these elite Cao soldiers, after suffering the pain of fatigue, are just a heart that dares to die with the enemy, but in the final analysis, they are just weak soldiers who can fight with knives and guns......
The Jiangdong soldiers are not a rabble, whether it is the soldiers under Sun Ce's account or the soldiers under Zhou Yu's account, they often fought against Yuan Shu and Liu Biao earlier, and most of them are also elites, to defeat these 100,000 Jiangdong soldiers, relying only on the final result of the 400,000 "weak soldiers", I am afraid it will not satisfy Zhuo Cao and Jiang Zhe and others."
Soldiers are more expensive, not more!
A day ago, when they learned that Cao Jun was infected with the plague, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu celebrated each other, and they almost decided that Cao Jun had been defeated!
In Zhou Yu's heart, the biggest enemy at the moment is no longer Cao Cao, but Liu Bei, or Zhuge Liang, as the governor of Eastern Wu. He didn't want to, he didn't want to. called this "strong enemy, to help his master Liu Bei succeed, he is already planning how to quietly get rid of Liu Bei's troops and horses after the war; At the same time, Zhuge Liang is also like this, he is also thinking about how to use Cao's army to attack the forces of Eastern Wu, so that it will not be able to advance westward and Jingzhou. The land of the four wars, that is the piece of land that Zhuge Liang wants to get the most"
However, just when Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang thought that this battle was worry-free and calculated with each other, the battle situation was completely unexpected by the two, especially Zhou Yu...
"That's where Cao Jun's eyes are" stood at the bow of the ship. Squinting his eyes and staring at the distance for a long time, Zhou Yu turned around and asked Lu Xundao, "Bo Yan, according to your opinion, I ordered the troops to march, what are the odds of victory?" ”
"Hey!" Lu Xun pursed his lips when he heard this, shrugged his shoulders, and said a little cynically, "Dare to ask the Grand Governor, in addition to that." Is there another way for the Metropolitan Governor? ”
"Ah" Lu Xun said with a look of ridicule on his face, Zhou Yu sighed, and said helplessly, "Indeed, at the moment, our army has no other way, I don't want him Jiang Zhe to understand such a demon formation...... If it weren't for this array, although Cao Cao had 400,000 people, I would also make him hate the Yangtze River! Damn it! The last sentence was faintly filled with a hint of anger and hatred, obviously, Zhou Yu deeply hated Jiang Zhe who had laid down such a demon array.
The demon array is indeed a demon array!
Can you imagine, as Zhou Yu's account, the elite of Soochow. The casualty rate of those "weak soldiers" on the other side reached 1 to 2, in other words. is a Jiangdong soldier, only two Cao soldiers can be replaced, or even less!
You know, those are infected with the plague, and they can't even lift their guns, weak soldiers, ah, this is still the case now, if Cao Jun has not been infected with plague, then wouldn't the Jiangdong soldiers under his command only have the share of being slaughtered? How can we talk about attacking the Central Plains and forging ahead into the world?
As Zhou Yu's flag ship got closer and closer to Cao Jun's array, Zhou Yu could already faintly see the "river, word flag" fluttering in the wind.
The flag that is the same as Cao Cao, with white characters on a black background and gold borders, is particularly dazzling in Zhou Yu's eyes.
"Jiang Zhe..."
Muttered. Zhou Yu was in a trance, and in a trance, he recalled that after helping his brother-in-law Sun Ce capture Yan Baihu, Xu Shao promulgated the so-called "List of Advisers"..."
The ancients. But all talented people, most of them are arrogant, after all, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts, Zhou Yu at that time did not attach great importance to Jiang Zhe, who was in the first place.
To be honest, Zhou Yu's understanding of Jiang Zhe comes from Chen Deng and Zhuge Liang, and in the end, this is the first time Zhou Yu has confronted Jiang Zhe. A real head-to-head
"Gongjin" said to Zhou Yunnunu, Lu Su looked into the distance and said, "It seems that the lord has already calculated that I will return with the whole army..."
"Ahh Nodding, he looked at the Cao Jun and his warships in the distance arranged in a tight and orderly manner. There was a murderous atmosphere, Zhou Yu smiled faintly, and echoed, "This person knows the soldiers, but he is really a strong enemy" As he spoke, he turned to Lu Meng behind him and said, "Ziming, send orders to the generals, prepare to rush into battle... Other than that. General order to the whole army, after the victory. Reward for three days. Exempt the whole army from paying taxes for half a year"
Only "Yes! Lu Meng was obviously a little confused, but Lu Su, who was beside Zhou Yu, secretly shook his head and sighed.
Since Zhou Yu took charge of the army, it was the first time that before the war, he used rewards to boost the morale of the generals in the army, what does this mean? It represents today's battle, and it will be a bloody battle."
The battle horns of the two armies sounded one after another, which was a signal for the start of war, although the two armies had not exchanged troops in tacit understanding at the moment. However, there was still a sense of slaughter above the river.
"Governor" Zhou Yu's personal guard Xu Sheng stepped forward, clasped his fists and whispered, "The Cao army from the east, south, and southeast has surrounded you."
"Gather the formation?" Lu Su frowned, turned his head to Zhou Yu and said, "Gongjin, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid it will only be for our army."
How to break "quick break"? Zhou Yu smiled bitterly in his heart, he Jiang Zhe was clearly lining up the formation and waiting for work, how easy was it to defeat such a dense fleet of Cao Jun's fleet?
However, Zhou Yu also understands that, as Lu Su said, if he continues to stalemate like this, it will only become more and more unfavorable to his soldiers and horses"...
"Goo" secretly swallowed his saliva. Ding Feng showed a somewhat strange look on his face, turned around and glanced at Xu Sheng beside him, and said in a low voice, "Wen Xiang, do you feel it" However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Sheng in a low voice, "Before the big war, don't talk nonsense to disturb the hearts of our army, if the governor blames it, I can't help you."
☆ Hearing this, he smiled, glanced at Zhou Yu, who was standing with his back to him, with some fear, and bowed his head and said nothing.
However, all this fell in Lu Su's eyes, and he sighed secretly in his heart, took a step forward, and said in a low voice, "Be cautious, when you decide, you will decide." Otherwise, "as smart as Zhou Yu, he naturally understood what Lu Su meant, and looked back at the Dongwu soldiers on the ship behind him, his eyes were a little inexplicable, and he looked at the Cao army warship not far away, Zhou Yu slowly raised his hand, but it was delayed.
Let's go!
"Command the whole army" to kill! Zhou Yu's right hand fell heavily.
As Ding Feng and Xu Sheng beside him passed the general Zhou Yu with the command flag, more than 200 Dongwu ships raised a killing cry for a while!
Zhou Yu, no! Soochow still chose to attack after all!
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"Huh?" As the commander of the naval army supervising the battle, Cai Mao noticed Jiang Dongbing's abnormal movements for a while, turned to Jiang Zhe and sneered and said, "Uncle, that Zhou Yu can't sit still..."
As soon as the words fell, a chuckle came from behind him.
"How can he sit still?"
Cai Mao turned her head to look and saw that it was Jia Xu, so she hurriedly hugged her fists and saluted.
Arching his hand and returning Cai Mao's salute, Jia Xu walked to Jiang Zhe's side and said softly, "Situ's formation is really unprecedented
"Heh" Jiang Zhetao smiled lightly and frowned slightly. "It's just a little better for our army, Dewa." Be cautious and don't underestimate that week! ”
"Nephew understands!" Putting away the sneer on his face, Cai Mao immediately gave the order and changed the formation.
Gazing intently at Jiang Dongbing, who was getting closer and closer, Jiang Zhe asked softly, "Wenhe, where is Meng De?" ”
"Cao Gong?" Jia Xu was stunned, immediately understood, and said respectfully, "Cao Gong is still drinking and having fun with the sacrificial wine in the cabin, and the door is going to invite Cao Gong to come here...
"Haha. No need! As soon as Jia Xu's words fell, Cao Cao's hearty laughter came from behind, Jiang Zhe, Jia Xu, and Cai Mao turned around, and saw Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Xun You, Sima Yi, and Mi Heng and others coming forward.
As soon as Cao Cao, Guo Jia, and Xun You surrendered their hands, Jia Xu smiled and said, "Cao Gong came by chance
"Hah!" Stroking the thin beard on his chin, Cao Cao Lang said with a smile, "This shouting and killing sound is so close, will it be unclear?" As he walked, he walked to Jiang Zhe's side and asked in a condensed voice against the railing, "Shouyi, how is the battle situation?" ”
"Five-five!" Jiang Zhe sighed slightly and said, making Cao Cao's brows frown slightly, seeing this, Cai Mao hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Gong Cao, what my uncle said, is too humble, according to the last general, the current situation is favorable to our army."
"Ha" waved his hand casually, Cao Cao looked at Cai Maolang and said with a smile, "I have known Shouyi for many years, how can I not know?" He has always said that he has not yet won and defeated first. Cao Cao's eyes tightened, and he said intently, "It seems that Jiangdong is going to fight to the death!" With that, he glanced at Cai Mao.
Cai Mao understood, nodded, and raised his hand. "Drum cheers!" ”
"Knock knock!"
With the sound of drums from the Cao army's flag ships, nearly a thousand Cao army warships sounded drums one after another, resounding throughout the sky.
"Kill!" With a burst of shouts, as Zhou Yu's right-hand man, Ling Cao and Jiang Qin each led a fleet, like two sharp blades, slamming into Cao Jun's formation.
Jumping onto a Cao army warship, Ling Caodang was besieged by countless Cao troops, only to see that his marksmanship was sharp, and he was able to withstand countless Cao troops here, and after him, many Jiangdong soldiers also rushed to board the warship. "The enemy will not be rampant! Look at the guns! With a roar of rage, a spear went straight for Ling Cao's door.
"Boom!"
With both hands swinging the guns of the attackers, Ling Cao swept the surrounding Cao soldiers with his eyes, and shouted, "This general will not kill the nameless, come and report the name!" ”
"Li Bei, the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army!" Although Cao Jiang shouted, the spear pointed at Ling Cao, and looked back at Cao Bing behind him and shouted. "Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Disembark the enemy! ”
On the ship, Cao Bing took a bow and fired a burst of fire, only to see a series of screams sounding from the bow of the ship, and dozens of Jiangdong soldiers fell into the water when they boarded.
Worst!
As early as Li Bei's order, Ling Cao secretly said in his heart that something was wrong, and hurriedly drove the spear to shoot the arrows at him, and shouted angrily at Li Bei, "That Cao general, if you want to be strong with a bow and crossbow, can you dare to fight with me?" ”
Facing Ling Cao's fierce general, Li Bei sneered and shouted, "Fighting on the battlefield, isn't it child's play?" Give me arrows! ”
With Li Bei's order, the arrows on the ship were like rain, and many Jiangdong soldiers who rushed to board the ship were shot and killed, and even Ling Cao was forced to the bow of the ship.
Tut!
Ling Cao snorted secretly, and shouted while blocking the arrows, "It's another gutless bandit of the Western Expeditionary Army!" ”
Immediately, Li Bei's eyebrows were raised, there was a faint anger in his eyes, and he took a step forward, but as if he remembered something, he shook the spear in his hand, frowned and pointed at Ling Cao and shouted, "Shoot this person first!" ”
Tut!
The excitement failed, Ling Cao cursed secretly, seeing that many Cao Jun not far in front of him raised their bows, and was about to temporarily jump off the boat to avoid retreating, when he suddenly heard a loud shout behind him, and then a general jumped on the boat.
"Ling Jiangbei. I'm here to help you! ”
With this person on board. A rain of arrows was immediately shot on the Dongwu warship, and for a while, Cao Jun on board screamed.
Ling Cao fixed his eyes and saw that it was Wang Chen, the general under his command, and exclaimed with joy, "Wang Chen." Hold the bow of the ship! ”
"The last will be ordered!" Wang Chen shouted, and at the same time, Ling Cao ignored the arrows and stones coming and going, stepped forward in a few steps, and killed the Cao army alone, ignoring the hundreds of Cao soldiers on the ship.
"Damn it!" Li Bei scolded secretly, commanded the order, looked at Ling Cao who came from the killing, weighed the gains and losses, frowned and whispered.
"Situ, the last general has disobeyed the order!"
After that, Li Bei stepped forward in a few steps, and a spear went straight to Ling Cao, facing the general of Dongwu. He was not afraid at all.
"Good time!" Ling Cao sneered, he had already seen that this Cao General was the main general of this ship, but it was difficult to see him hiding among the many Cao soldiers, and now he was happy to see him rushing forward.
However, as soon as the fight fell, Ling Cao's heart sank.
That Li Bei's marksmanship is extremely simple, and it can even be said that there is no order, just a few moves such as stabbing, sweeping, and splitting, but Ling Cao, who is fighting against him, can obviously feel that the person in front of him is probably experienced
"Tide!" With a loud roar, Li Bei slammed it.
"Boom!" Ling Cao suddenly felt a huge force in his hand, frowned in his heart, and secretly looked at the Cao General in front of him.
This kind of martial arts is just a long song?
"Distracted on the battlefield, look for death!" As if he saw Ling Cao's flaws, Li Bei shouted, swept away with a shot, and shouted, "Give me death!" ”
Perverse! I saw Ling Cao snort lightly. With a wave of the spear, he swung the tip of the spear attacked by Li Bei, and said with a sneer in his mouth, "Your martial arts are indeed good, but" for General Ben, it is still not enough to see! With that, Ling Cao's whole body momentum suddenly dispersed. took a few steps forward and rushed to attack, forcing Li Bei to retreat again and again.
"Damn it!" Li Bei, who was in a weak position, frowned, resisting Ling Cao's attack to the death, and suddenly, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, and he actually stretched out his hand and grabbed Ling Cao's spear.
But hearing a muffled sound, Li Bei's left hand was suddenly drenched in blood, and the flesh and blood were blurred, but after paying such a price, he really grabbed the spear in Ling Cao's hand.
Unexpectedly...... Rotten!
Looking at the cold light in front of him getting closer and closer, Ling Cao drew his spear fiercely, as for abandoning the gun as a general, how could he discard the blade with him?
"General be careful!" With a loud shout, a war knife next to him came horizontally, and a knife slashed at Li Bei's left arm, only to hear Li Bei's muffled sound, Ling Cao was finally able to withdraw the spear to protect himself
"Wang Dang" Ling Cao frowned and glanced at Wang Dang, who was sneaking in, and wanted to say something, but shook his head, and after all, he didn't say anything, so he turned to look at the Cao general.
I saw that Li Beiwang didn't look at the broken arm that fell at his feet, he really looked at Ling Cao with pity, and said mockingly, "Let you escape with your life!" ”
The old face turned red, and Ling Cao didn't explain. He hesitated and looked at Li Bei, and suddenly the gun was in front of him, and Zhengse said, "I am Ling Cao, the general of Eastern Wu!" ”
Li Bei's eyes were a little surprised, and he seemed to understand Ling Cao's thoughts, smiled indifferently, held a gun in one hand, and shouted sharply, "All the soldiers listen to the order." Swear not to give up! ”
"What a boldness!" Ling Cao praised from the bottom of his heart, and suddenly shouted, "Then General Cao, I'm on!" ”
"Oh!"
After a stick of incense, the Jiangdong soldiers finally captured a Cao army warship, no, it was a leaky warship that was about to sink"...
Under the hard work of Ling Cao and Wang Chen, the Cao soldiers on the ship could not resist and died one after another, however, before that, one or two Cao soldiers took the opportunity to come to the cabin and scuttle the bottom of the ship."
"It's just the periphery of the serial boat, it's just a mere sailing" Shaking his head, Ling Cao looked at the corpses of many Jiangdong soldiers on the ship, and sighed in his heart, suddenly, he saw a corpse in the direction of the side of the ship, looking at its clothing, it seemed to be a general of the Cao army.
"Cao soldiers are like this, I am afraid it will not be easy to win this battle... Western Expeditionary Army"
"General" Xiao General Wang Chen stepped forward, clenched his fists and said, "This ship is about to sink, the general should change ships quickly..."
"Hmm!" Ling Cao nodded, glanced at Wang Chen with a complicated expression, and walked towards him.
Indeed, as Ling Cao said, this battle is not easy!
"Cao Gong, uncle" turned his head to look at Cao Cao and Jiang Zhe, Cai Mao clenched his fists and said in a condensed voice, "The Jiangdong soldiers have broken through the outer guard of our army and are approaching our army's chain ships
"Hmm" Cao Cao squinted his eyes and looked at the current situation, and suddenly patted the railing of the boat and said with a smile, "That Zhou Yu is not simple, keep righteousness, just as the so-called come and not be rude, we can't sit back and watch Xiao Jiangdong be so arrogant!" ”
"What Meng De said is" Jiang Zhe nodded, and suddenly turned to Guo Jia and said, "Fengxiao, now, it's up to you!" ”
"Hey!" Playing with the rope knots on the wine reed, Guo Jia laughed, measured the distance, and suddenly smiled, "Shouyi, then you have to take care of it!" As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Cai Mao.
Cai Mao suddenly understood, waved his hand and shouted at the herald beside him, "Send the order down, use the thunderbolt car, and smash it hard for me!" ”
"Yes, General!" The Cao soldier clenched his fists and ran to the back of the boat, holding the command flag in his hand.
Suddenly, Cao Bing on this flag ship got the order, walked to the ship, looked up at the five behemoths, stretched out his hand to open the five huge curtains covering it, and saw that under the curtains, there were five thunderbolts neatly lined up.
"Interesting!" Cao Cao stepped forward with great interest, looked at the five thunderbolts, and said to the nearby Cao soldiers, "Reload!" ”
"No!" Hearing only a shout, several Cao soldiers picked up the boulder on the side, put it on the mouth, and then said to Cao Cao, "Please give the order!" ”
In the smiling eyes of Jiang Zhe, Guo Jia, Xun You and others, Cao Cao measured the distance, stroked his thin beard, and shouted loudly, "Release!" ”
"Bang!"
But hearing a muffled sound, Jiang Zhe suddenly felt that the hull of the boat was a little shaky, and he hurriedly subconsciously grabbed the railing next to him, causing Guo Jia to laugh, and said, "Shouyi, don't underestimate Jia's hard work in the past two months" The words did not fall. Suddenly, there was a roar in the distance, and a column of water rose into the sky, take a closer look. A Jiangdong warship was shattered by this stone bullet.
"Spectacular!" Cao Cao stroked his palms and laughed.
Seeing this, Cai Mao waved her hand and shouted, "Keep putting!" ”
"No!"
Ron laughed. Cao Cao walked back to the bow of the ship and held the railing with both hands. Leaning out of the body, looking at the fleet on the river, he suddenly stretched out his hands and said freely, "With such a sharp weapon and such a brave army, how can the world be uneven?" ”
A cadre of civil officials beside him praised him one after another. During this period, Cai Mao glanced at Jiang Zhe, but after all, he didn't say that kind of praise.
Looking into the distance, looking at the sky-rushing firelight and the arrows covering the sky, and feeling the thick smell of blood, Jiang Zhechang sighed slightly.
Indeed, there is no doubt that the brave army is the army."
Only, alas!
Even if......
Even if the 400,000 soldiers here are lost here one after another, it can't be called Jiangdong and Liu Bei
"Dehang, send an order to Zilong, and tell him to come forward on the ship. To curb the Jiangdong offensive, as soon as the formation is closed, the eight guards will have the coefficients together
"Nephew understands!" Cai Mao hugged her fists, but she was a little disappreciative in her heart.
He, Zhou Yu, can really break through the outer guards and smash this place?
Feel the hull of the ship swaying unnaturally from time to time. Cai Mao glanced back at the thunderbolt on the boat, and then looked into the distance, looking at the water column that rose from time to time, and sneered in her heart.
As soon as the serial ship is closed, the Jiangdong fleet will be like a stranded ship, whether it is Sun Ce or Zhou Yu, there is only one dead end!
It seems that everything is evolving according to the interests of Cao Cao and others."
The team took two days off and went to Ningbo to sweep the grave of my unfortunate brother, and by the way, I went to his house... It feels like life is really fragile. wW