Bowang is a place name, not the name of a hillside.

But this place of Bowang is indeed a dangerous terrain, and it is the only way to Xinye, and most importantly, this place is indeed densely forested, even if it is an official road that can be marched, it is submerged in the mountains and forests.

There are mountains and forests on the left and right sides of the official road, the road that can march in the middle is narrow, it can only accommodate five horsemen in parallel, once the Cao army enters Bowang, it is indeed easy to form a long snake formation, once it is truncated, then the end can not take care of each other, it is easy to mess up the formation.

And doing so can allow Liu Beijun to avoid a head-to-head confrontation with the main force of the 20,000 Cao Army to the greatest extent.

After all, Bowang is a narrow place, as long as Cao's army enters Bowang, it is bound to form a long march, and once attacked, it is easy to be divided and cut off, only some of the soldiers can face Liu Bei's main force, and the other part is uncommanded, and the soldiers are at a loss for advancing and retreating.

In this way, the strength advantage of Cao's army can be weakened to the greatest extent.

In addition, it is autumn now, and the mountains and forests are dry, if this is to set fire and attack with fire, there will be either mountains or forests on both sides, and Cao Jun will not even have a place to escape.

Escape to the mountains?!

Don't be funny, the mountains are full of Liu Beijun, not to mention condescendingly, few people can survive when a rain of arrows comes.

Escape into the forest?!

This is okay, but the mountains and forests of this year are not sparse like a few logs in later generations, the woods are very dense, and the field of vision is not more than ten meters when you enter, and there are many beasts in the forest.

And once he escapes into the forest, not to mention whether he can get out of the mountain, at least he will not be able to return to the Cao army's camp for a short time, which is equivalent to weakening the Cao army's combat power.

Therefore, as long as Xiahoudun is not stupid, he will definitely drive the soldiers to turn around and open up the road when he came, meet his remaining soldiers, and unify the command, so that there is hope for a turnaround.

After all, Liu Bei has few soldiers, and it is impossible to block all Bowang, and retreating is the wisest choice.

It's just that this time, Zhuge Liang didn't plan to let Xiahoudun go so easily.

"Three generals, you lead a thousand soldiers and horses in your headquarters, first ambush in Anlin, just wait for the fire to start, then kill the back road of the Cao army, and be sure to cut off the connection between Xiahou and the back road of the Cao army. This matter is very important, and the three generals need to pay more attention. ”

Zhuge Liang solemnly issued the military order, and Zhang Fei thought for a while, then stepped forward and reluctantly took the military order.

As for Zhang Xi. His eyes widened, and he looked at Zhuge Liang incredulously.

What about "Zhuge is only cautious in his life"? !

This isn't right, I'm afraid this Zhuge Liang is not fake, right?!

If you follow the romance, Zhang Xi will definitely not be as suspicious as Zhang Fei Guan Yu when he knows the result, and if he goes back and persuades Zhang Fei or something, he can help you round the field.

But Zhuge Liang's current military order is completely different from the romance.

In the romance, Zhuge Liang just asked Zhang Fei to intercept and kill Xiahoudun, and did not mean to ask Zhang Fei to cut off Xiahoudun's retreat. These are two concepts.

At least in Zhang Xi's opinion, this military order is very unreasonable.

Let Zhang Fei lead his headquarters soldiers and horses, at the risk of being flanked by Cao's army, to defend the back road of Xiahoudun, so as to facilitate the encirclement and suppression of Xiahoudun by Guan Yu's army in front.

If this is done well, maybe you can really capture this Cao Jun general in one fell swoop.

But if the operation is not good, it will cost Zhang Fei's entire army, and even Zhang Fei's own life.

It's also too risky.

No matter in romance or history, and no matter who commanded the battle of Bowangpo, although Xiahoudun was defeated, it was a rout, not a siege and suppression, why is Zhuge Liang's heart so big now, thinking about being captured alive? !

And what is the purpose of doing this?! What benefits can Liu Bei get!?

Could it be that it was to completely anger Cao Cao and let him ignore Wuhuan and lead his troops south in advance?!

Let's not say that this is not good for Liu Bei, let's talk about Boss Cao, how do you think Boss Cao is not such a willful person. So what's the point of catching a Xiahoudun?!

Zhuge Liang's plan obviously has some kind of tricks, but what is it, Zhang Xi can't figure it out.

Hawkers, Zhang Xi doesn't know these high-level decision-making matters for the time being, what he wants to think about now is how to help Zhang Fei complete this task.

It is not easy to enter the back road of the Cao army and cut off the connection between the back road of the Cao army and Xiahoudun.

If it is the same as Romance, Xiahoudun took Li Dian and Yu Ban to act with the former army, then it would not be difficult.

A group of Cao troops without a command are a rabble, as long as they pay attention to intercepting the fleeing army commanded by Xiahoudun.

But if it is like the historical line, Li Dian is not in the front army, but in the rear army. It's a big problem.

Xiahoudun is not a great general, but Li Dian is a real general.

This man is delicate and commands the army well, which is not comparable to a reckless Xiahoudun.

Another one, 1,000 people inserted into the back road of the army of more than 10,000 people, even if Zhang Fei's soldiers practiced the Mandarin Duck Formation, Zhang Xi didn't know the bottom of his heart, if he didn't stop it, that Zhuge would use the topic to play, and things would be in trouble.

Fortunately, he pulled his own commander, if he went up to set up a military order, it wasn't for nothing that Zhuge Liang didn't say anything, but he owed someone a favor? !

Zhang Fei didn't think as far as Zhang Xi thought, but he also felt a little headache about relying on his headquarters to intercept more than 10,000 Cao troops.

But that's a military discussion, and the military order has already been received, so there's no room for bargaining.

After returning to his camp, Zhang Fei pulled Zhang Xi and the two discussed.

Zhang Xi didn't hide it, and told Zhang Fei about his concerns and thoughts.

After Zhang Fei listened, he was silent for a long time before he raised his head and said, "The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to think about it." Chief, since we have received the military order, we should work together to defeat the enemy. After the enemy is defeated, I will discuss an explanation with that guy. ”

Zhang Xi also nodded, but he was still embarrassed, and said, "It's just that with our troops, I'm afraid of interception."

Zhang Fei understood what Zhang Xi meant.

Relying on his 1,000 men and horses to intercept it, even if he intercepted Xiahoudun in a desperate battle, after a desperate battle, I am afraid that he would suffer heavy losses.

They are all soldiers who have been trained by themselves, and they have been together day and night for more than a year.

But Zhang Fei understands the truth that Ci is not in charge of the army, although he is not reluctant, but a military order is a military order, and bargaining is not allowed.

Zhang Fei is not a warlord, he always feels sorry for his own people and forces, he is Liu Bei's brother-in-law, and he is a person who follows Liu Bei for the common ideal, and he will not care about what losses he suffers.

Now the most important thing is how to get the job done.

Zhang Fei means to fight to the death, even if he fights all the thousands of people he brings, he has to buy time for the second brother.

But Zhang Xi couldn't bear it, but time was limited, God knew when Xiahoudun would set off, but he didn't even come up with a way to do it.

Zhang Xi thought desperately, thinking about the examples of winning more with less in this era.

The Battle of Red Cliffs?!

This is caused by various factors, and the main force is the water army, which has no reference significance.

Battle of Tongguan?!

Where can I find such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack pass, and it has to be so cold in the winter that I built a wall on ice overnight?!

Smuggling Yin Ping forget it, don't talk nonsense, that is, Deng Ai's opponent is Liu Chan, even if it is replaced by Liu Zhang, Deng Ai can only be sent to death.

The battle of Chencang seems to be a bit okay with this.

Although the battle of Chencang was only a skirmish launched by Zhuge Liang in response to the Eastern Wu's attack on Xiangyang, Hao Zhao, the defender of Chencang, relied on less than 1,000 troops to defend Chencang in the face of more than 10,000 Ji Han troops.

Yes, rockets.

It was not without rockets, but it was not used as a standing weapon, but as a special weapon.

The normal use of rockets at this time is to ignite.

For example, the grain and grass are mixed with sulfur and other fire-igniting things to attract the enemy to rob, and at this time, the defenders scatter in a hurry, and then launch rockets to ignite the sulfur on the grain and grass. Otherwise, everyone ran away, how did this fire get started?!

The idea of treating rockets as conventional weapons was not available at this time, and it was not until the Battle of Chencang that Hao Zhao was the one who used rockets on a large scale for the first time.

Zhang Xi feels that this idea can be used for reference.

And making rockets is difficult to say, and easy to say.

It is not required to tie a sulphur pack to the shaft of the arrow, as is the case with special rockets, and then ignite it and shoot it out. Not to mention that the cost is too high, the range is also short, and the strapping of something on the shaft of the arrow will seriously affect the accuracy.

Zhang Xi's method is to stick a small piece of linen cloth on the shaft of an ordinary arrow, then soak it in an oil drum for three days, and then light it by hand before launching.

I only want it to burn, not how long it will burn.

As for oil, there is no gasoline in these years, tung oil is more in the south, and Jingzhou is not easy to find, but Zhangxi has soybean oil.

The unlucky oil mill has made a lot of money, but the problem of oil output has not been solved, but it has been trying for a long time to accumulate a lot of soybean oil.

Zhang Xi has been rubbing a little bit on weekdays, although he has not been in a wok, but cooking rice with some oil and without oil feels really different.

Now, all the oil in the soybean oil mill has been requisitioned by Zhang Xi.

It took three days to leach out the first batch of 3,000 arrows, and I tried the results, but found that it was not satisfactory.

Although the range does not have much effect, because it is fired after ignition, the psychological quality of the archers is not up to par, and the accuracy is basically not guaranteed.

Again, although the arrows shot can continue to burn, they will not be powerful after the shaft is burned. That is, it looks quite bluffing, and there is almost no great effect on killing and injuring the enemy.

Zhang Xi and Zhang Fei were a little disappointed, but there was really no other way, and it was too late in time.

After making a detailed report, Cao's army was ready to set off, and at this time, Zhang Fei should also follow the military order and lead the troops to set off.

(End of chapter)