Chapter 618: Hammer Blast
In November of the ninth year of the Chu calendar, Chu Wei fought a decisive battle north of the Yellow River and in the area of Liyang.
The total number of mobilized troops on both sides reached one million, of which seventy percent belonged to the Wei State, and the battle line stretched for hundreds of miles.
Cao Cao originally used the "advantage" brought by this winter as the last chance to turn defeat into victory, how did he expect it...... The advantage doesn't exist!
Not only blast the hammer, but also ...... Hammered!
The famous ministers and famous generals of the Wei State also had countless tricks during the period, and they were endless, and they attacked the grain road by surprise, and they broke the enemy by skillful formations...... Not too much.
However, in terms of firepower, Chu not only has true qi crossbows that Wei does not have, but also the total caliber of artillery is more than ten times that of Wei......
Even if the Wei State was assault and developed and manufactured a lot of artillery, how could it compare to the thick foundation of the Chu State?
Not to mention that under the same caliber, the power of the Wei artillery was completely behind that of the Chu artillery.
In terms of logistics, the state of Chu even paved the simple railway all the way to Guandu, and the granary of the whole country was almost connected with the front line......
Wei's strategy was really successful, while the generals and commanders of Chu only needed to do one thing - generally not collapse.
Even what Bai Tu could imagine, the only possibility that the Chu State would lose was to "bomb the camp for no reason", that is, a collective psychological breakdown.
Sometimes the bombing of the camp is caused by the collapse of the battlefield, and sometimes it ...... There is no reason for this, it is that the whole army is too nervous, and a few people cause the collapse of the collapse.
There have even been cases in history where the battle was won, only to bomb the camp and lead to a rout.
However, the Chu army actually has a natural advantage in this regard, since the Jiangdong period, Bai Tu has strongly advocated breaking the concept of "ancient army", from the army's ideology, it has changed to a modern army, always emphasizing "why to fight", and the training method is also very different from the ancient army.
Second, the Chu army is not only equipped with a medical team, but also includes mental medical equipment......
After ensuring that they would not lose "for no reason", the hard power of the Chu army was enough to ensure that the balance of victory and defeat tipped to their side.
On several major battlefields on the long front, the generals of the Chu army often feel that they have won inexplicably - they are obviously just ensuring that they are not defeated, but while they are fighting, the opposite side will either collapse or flee!
The reason is very simple, in the confrontation all the time, the hard power of the Chu army ensures that most of the time, it is made in blood......
If this is a game of dice, Wei Guo takes the dice of "1-6", and Chu Guo takes the dice of "5-30", and the cost is still several times that of the other party, and the rule is that you are not allowed to leave the table until you lose everything.
Therefore, Chu State does not need to be clever in gambling, as long as he learns to never stud, he can guarantee that he must be a winner!
Zhuge Liang, as a guest staff officer, also followed Bai Tu's side, sharing the information of the general headquarters, at the beginning, Zhuge Liang was still worthy of his "guest", and he was indeed doing a job of checking and filling in the gaps, lest the gutter of the Chu State capsize and plunge the world into war - the Han family is impossible to revive the situation, Zhuge Liang still hopes to end it as soon as possible.
However, Zhuge Liang's several immature suggestions were not adopted, and it was indeed not a big deal, so Zhuge Liang did not insist.
And as time went by, Zhuge Liang also understood why his advice was not adopted - the state of Chu was more stable than himself, and he was really unwilling to take any risks!
The strategy he came up with was still a bit risky, even if the benefits were extremely high, Chu Jun didn't choose it......
Two months later, when the time came to the tenth year of the Chu calendar, Zhuge Liang had often fallen into hard thinking and meditation - idle is idle, Zhuge Liang began to think about how to break the situation for Wei State.
You must know that Zhuge Liang still has no advantage in Wei, he is in the general headquarters of Chu State, and he is very clear about the scheduling, logistics and other situations of the Chu army.
However, it is precisely because of this that Zhuge Liang did not see any chance of victory!
In Zhuge Liang's view, even if Wei unexpectedly defeated the main force of the Chu army, with strong logistics and supplies, the Chu army would be able to fight and replenish at the same time without stopping the battle on the front line......
Especially in the middle of winter, when the moon is in the middle of winter, does Wei still want to gain an advantage?
Even the Wei army, which was the source of northerners, had its combat effectiveness reduced by more than fifty percent, and logistics transportation and marching became a big problem.
However, even in the coldest days of the lunar month, the state of Chu maintained seventy percent of its combat strength, but it was only delayed by the snow!
Before entering Layue, Wei had many small battlefields on the front line, which were defeated everywhere......
None of them were defeated by mistakes, they were all crushed by absolute strength - after all, the side that fought every day and suffered too many casualties would naturally be defeated sooner or later.
This battle is destined to be the pinnacle of the tactical application of cold weapons......
First, there are many good generals in the Wei State, and now they are on the verge of destroying the country, so naturally they have all tapped their potential, and secondly, they are ...... Chu Guo really didn't blush and didn't beat his heart to accept it, so naturally there was no one before;
Third, after this war, cold weapon warfare should disappear forever in the mainstream of large-scale battles, even if in the next ten years or decades, the Chu State will conquer the east and west, and the natives of all sides will not have the strength of the "big war", so naturally for the "cold weapon warfare", there will be no one to come......
In November of the ninth year of the Chu calendar, the main force of the Chu army gradually crossed the Yellow River, and there was no truce in the middle of winter...... There is no year for the New Year's Day party at all!
In March of the tenth year, the weather finally warmed up in Cao Cao's hope, but the defeat of the Wei army could no longer be contained.
And there is no chance to clean up the remnants of the army to fight back - the entire front, almost all the battlefields, were eaten raw by the Chu State in one bite, there was no trick, and naturally there was no way to clean up the remnants......
In April, Cao Cao's army defeated Yecheng, suffered a head wind, and fell on the inner wall, which had already been demolished.
On the same day, Xun Yu surrendered on his behalf, and the Chu army entered Yecheng.
In May, Bai Tu settled in Yecheng and ordered Beidi and Youzhou to surrender with the Wei State......