Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3345: Whose Strategy is the Strategy among Strategies?

Cao Zhao left the central military tent anxiously. He was not sure whether Fei Qian had been moved by his words.

Everything seems to be immersed in an endless fog, and the direction of the future cannot be seen. But when the thought of retreat arises in your heart, you will find that the retreat has disappeared.

Cao Zhao was walking on the road when a gust of wind blew and he suddenly felt cold all over and was soaked in cold sweat.

Due to guilty conscience.

Not everyone has the talent to remain calm when faced with a catastrophe, and most of the time they are forced to do something.

Last year, Fei Qian rushed to the Western Regions to quell the rebellion, causing Cao Cao and the people of Shandong to mistakenly believe that there was an opportunity to take advantage of.

I didn't expect that in this battle in the Western Regions, that bastard Lu Bu would surrender so quickly and give up everything. The chaos in the Western Regions also ended with the collapse of Shanshan State, which put Cao Cao and the people of Shandong in a difficult position...

What is even more unexpected is that Hedong is so difficult to conquer.

The Cavalry were not those incompetent old officials of the Han Dynasty, otherwise they would not have such a great foundation. Their vast territory was built by their iron blood and military exploits. During the Western Expedition, they overthrew the country in the blink of an eye. This naturally formed the supreme aura of prestige on Fei Qian.

People who have always been with Fei Qian may not think there is anything wrong, but those who meet Fei Qian for the first time will inevitably be influenced by his various achievements and merits, as well as his related positions. It even reminds Cao Zhao of the fear he felt when the Hussars arrived in Xu County.

As Cao Zhao walked, he recalled bit by bit what he and Fei Qian had said and done after he entered the big tent, but he found that he could not figure out some of the details. This made him very nervous, but there was still no other good solution.

Cao Zhao really wanted to save his father, but not exactly as he and Fei Qian said.

Young people, after all, have some big dreams, wanting to make their penis big, hard and long-lasting, but this kind of dream is often not realized until they enter their thirties or forties, and they are still powerless to realize the wonders of the world.

One wrong step and you’ll die.

This strong sense of stimulation made Cao Zhao feel like he was walking on a cliff.

I have done what I should do, and the rest...

Maybe we can only leave it to fate.

Cao Zhao looked up at the sky.

The sky is endless.

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The sky is endless, and so are human hearts.

The word "greed" explains the mystery completely, but many people still turn a blind eye to it.

"Whether the situation is true or not, the request must be false." Xun Chen said calmly, even a little coldly, "A father saves many sons, while a son saves a father who is few."

"Hmm..." Fei Qian was stunned.

He didn't expect Xun Chen to explain the problem from this angle, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.

"When a father saves his son, his love is genuine and his intention is sincere. Among all living things, the love between father and son is as eternal as the heaven and earth, and as bright as the sun and the moon. When the son is in danger, the father will stand up and come forward regardless of everything. This is the ultimate love of family and the ultimate nature of humanity. However, when a son saves his father, the matter is rare and the love is deep, but the concern is not as sincere as the father saving his son. Although the father is filial, he may hesitate or be troubled by worldly affairs and often fails to help in time. It is not that the son is heartless, but the world is complicated and human hearts are unpredictable. Therefore, the son saving his father is not as common as the father saving his son."

Xun Chen talked freely.

"This is all determined by worldly affairs. If a son truly wants to save his father, his feelings can move heaven and earth, and his actions can shake people's hearts. The love between father and son is witnessed by heaven and earth, and is shown by the sun and the moon. Regardless of the number of people, it is all true love. I am just commenting on the facts, not judging whether they are good or bad."

"Looking at this man now, although he is excited, his eyes are flickering... So Chen thinks that his words may not be completely trustworthy." Xun Chen smiled and said, "However, Chen congratulates the lord, maybe we can take this opportunity to get a great general of Cao's army!"

Fei Qian turned his head to look at Xun Chen and raised his eyebrows, "Cao Zilie?"

Xun Chen nodded and said, "That's right."

Fei Qian was a little unconvinced.

After all, ordinary Cao generals are fine, but Cao Xiu is also an important member of the Cao generals. In history, he is one of the Eight Tiger Generals of the Cao family, or...

and many more.

The Eight Tiger Generals were an arrangement given to the generals under Cao Cao by later generations, right?

Well, Cao Xiu and Cao Zilie...

While Fei Qian was thinking, Xun Chen continued: "Who said that Cao Zi was willing to surrender? However, every word he said was to assist the Han Dynasty, not to be appointed as a cavalry officer. I think he was retreating to advance, pretending to surrender. However, if he was to use the enemy's trick against him, it would be all here... It's just that, um... it seems that Cao Zi used this strategy, which was a little less clever and more deliberate..."

"Lost your dexterity?" Fei Qian nodded involuntarily.

The so-called cleverness is actually another way of saying "open conspiracy".

Because it is openly presented, there is no need to hide anything, and there is no need to worry about the other party not choosing it. The more the other party evades, the greater the loss in the future. Just like the laws of a country, open plots are more useful than secret plots.

Fei Qian pondered and realized that it seemed that Cao Cao's strategy had indeed changed since a certain stage. It was no longer as straightforward as before, but rather a bit unconventional...

However, Fei Qian did not think too much about this issue. He was more interested in how to deal with Cao Xiu.

Unlike Xiahou Shang, Cao Xiu is a well-known figure in the Cao family, especially among the younger generation. If Cao Xiu can be subdued, it will be a major blow to the Cao family political group. It will also make the children of the gentry in Shandong doubt the unity within the Cao family, and thus affect the foundation of Cao Cao's rule.

So Fei Qian dismissed his attendants, and Xun Chen revealed his plan in its entirety.

"This plan is simple, just let them exchange letters..." Xun Chen said with a smile, "If we get their handwriting, we can forge their letters... When the fake is made to be real, the real will also be fake..."

  So simple?

Fei Qian pondered for a moment and realized that the answer might really be that simple.

If it is revealed, it is naturally worthless. If it is not revealed, we will be kept in the dark.

Communication between people is a very troublesome thing. When each other's ideas are put into words, a slight change may result in a completely different meaning. Once the seeds of doubt are planted, it is not so simple to eradicate them with just two or three words or by shouting "You must believe me".

First of all, Shandong people always say they want "unity" and "loyalty", but in fact, many people are indecisive. When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were fighting, a large number of people were wavering. Now that Fei Qian is fighting Cao Cao in Hedong, many Shandong people are also wavering.

Judging from the various messages Fei Qian has received in the past few days, it seems that there are many people who are panicking and have changed their minds, so why not make a real show and really create a drama...

Fei Qian nodded and agreed to let Xun Chen try to implement this strategy.

  However, Fei Qian also considered another question: why is Cao Cao now so eager for quick success?

Isn't Mr. Cao really afraid of being devastated if he loses?

Or is there something else that Fei Qian has not noticed, or something that can make the final decision and change the situation of the battle?

This is indeed a question...

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What changes the situation of a battle can be big or small, perhaps just a sentence or a soldier.

On the Wuguan Road, Huang Zhong led his soldiers to attack the stone bridge road in front of Wuguan.

There is a bottleneck here.

After passing this place, you can push straight to the ruined pass.

The Shiqiao Road is located in a strategic location, with stone slabs connected on the mountain ridge, like a stone bridge, hence the name. Of course, Cao's soldiers were guarding the Shiqiao Road.

Huang Zhong arranged his troops in formation not far from the stone bridge road.

Pang Shanmin was behind the formation, looking at the stone bridge with some worry. There were no guardrails on the stone slabs that looked like a stone bridge. It was okay to walk in the middle, but if you fell to the sides, you wouldn't fall into the abyss and be shattered, but at least you would break your hands and feet.

Moreover, there are some similar terrains in the Wuguan Road. Although they are not extremely steep and cannot be defeated by one man against ten thousand, if there are many casualties along the way, the combat effectiveness will inevitably drop sharply, and it will be difficult to march into Nanyang and recapture Wancheng.

Wen Pin knew that to guard the pass, he must guard the important roads, so he also dispatched a lot of soldiers here.

The mountain mist swept in with a roar, making the flags of both sides flutter.

Huang Zhong looked at the Cao army opposite him, was silent for a moment, and stroked his beard, "I thought that Wen Zhongye would retreat when faced with difficulties, but I didn't expect that... Today we will capture the stone bridge and gather troops at the pass!"

On the mountain road, neither side had any way to push heavy weapons to the front, so for the soldiers on both sides, there were both advantages and disadvantages. Basically, they had to rely on hand-to-hand combat to determine the ownership of the stone bridge road.

On the stone bridge road that is less than a hundred steps long, archers from both sides can cover this area, so the first ones to be dispatched must be the swordsmen with heavy armor and thick skin.

When the archers began to line up on both sides of the stone bridge, Huang Zhong's swordsmen had already lined up quietly.

Unlike Cao Jun's tactics of using miscellaneous soldiers to consume the opponent's physical strength and equipment, Huang Zhong currently adopted the strategy of using elites to break through this bottleneck. It can be seen clearly that Cao Jun also arranged the corresponding formation on the opposite side of the stone bridge, and also set up some chevaux de frise. There should be some caltrops on the ground, but because the rocks on the mountain road are solid, no trap can be dug. Chevaux de frise is also a movable type, which is only pressed by sandbags and cannot be nailed into the rocks on the ground.

Although Huang Zhong verbally told Pang Shanmin to relax, he was actually very cautious when facing the battle.

Huang Zhong narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the barricades.

He didn't have many cavalrymen, and it was not suitable to charge on horseback in this kind of terrain, so what were these chevaux de frise for? Were they just decorations to protect the infantrymen?

The swordsmen under Huang Zhong are quite skilled.

Most of these sword-training soldiers had already been following Huang Zhong when they were in Jingxiang, and had received Huang Zhong's training and instruction. Only when everyone was good at sword-training could they be called "sword-training soldiers", which means "sword-teaching soldiers". They could serve as sword-training instructors among ordinary soldiers.

The sword and shield are inseparable. The current terrain that requires the use of swords and shields for advancement is just the time for these swordsmen to exert their power.

The sword and shield soldiers in the opposing Cao army's formation were obviously inferior to Huang Zhong's sword soldiers...

"Wen Zhongye..." Huang Zhong snorted, "What do you want to do?"

After a moment's hesitation, Huang Zhong took a longbow from the guard beside him, then pulled out an arrow and said in a deep voice: "Wrap the cloth! Light it up!"

The guard immediately took a piece of cloth, dipped it in the kerosene can, wrapped it around the tip of the arrow, and lit it on fire.

Huang Zhong didn't seem to even aim, he just drew his bow and shot.

  Shan Lan, who was playing on the mountain path, was stunned for a moment, and then became furious!

This guy actually looks down on someone?

The mountain mist came whistling, pulling and blowing hard, trying to divert Huang Zhong's arrow from its original direction.

However, it was not known whether Huang Zhong had already calculated the wind speed or Shan Lan's strength was insignificant, but the arrow flew in the air like a meteor, directly crossing the stone bridge of a hundred steps, and with a "puff" sound, it pierced the barricades set up relatively far back in the Cao army's formation.

"Put out the fire!"

The Cao army soldiers became panicked, and soon someone rushed forward, pulled out Huang Zhong's arrow, and extinguished the rocket that had not yet fully released its burning power.

Huang Zhong narrowed his eyes and uttered a sound.

Pang Shanmin stepped forward and asked, "General, have you figured out anything?"

Huang Zhong laughed and said, "If my guess is correct, there must be something that can start a fire among those chevaux de frise!"

"Ah?" Pang Shanmin was a little surprised. "This is... this is a trap? Then can we use rockets to set these barricades on fire first?"

Huang Zhong stretched out his hand and let the mist pass through his fingers. He hesitated for a moment and shook his head. "It's difficult."

Huang Zhong seems to shoot arrows easily and accurately, but it takes ordinary archers to achieve his strength and accuracy...

The range of the arrows was reduced because they were wrapped with cloth strips. In addition, there was a howling mountain wind on the stone bridge. Even if some of the rockets could be shot over, they might not hit the few barricades at the back that made Cao's soldiers nervous.

As for the barricades in front, Huang Zhong believed that they were empty and had no additives. Even if they were hit by rockets and burned, they would be useless.

Restricted by the terrain, the archers could not advance. If they really wanted to destroy the trap and let the archers move forward, the archers crowded on the stone bridge would become the best targets for Cao's army.

However, after thinking for a moment, Huang Zhong suddenly laughed, "This is interesting... This is more like Wen Zhongye! Pass the order down, prepare to attack!"

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On the other side of the stone bridge, Wen Pin was also nervously watching the changes in front of the formation.

You can't defend the pass in a rigid manner.

Although Wen Pin was not very famous, he was actually quite capable. It was just that in history he had always been stuck around Jingxiang and had never gotten out of there, so naturally he did not become as famous as other generals.

Wen Pin's choice certainly has its pros and cons.

Just like in the future some people will choose to go to big cities to contribute their youth and bodies, while others will choose to retire and live out their days in their hometowns. Both are right and there is no distinction between high and low.

The most important thing in life is to understand your position.

One's own, and those of one's opponents.

Wen Pin understood his position, and was very clear in his heart...

He couldn't fight back, but he couldn't just retreat.

Although Wen Pin tried his best to remain calm and appear confident, he actually couldn't control the twitching of his eyes.

That's it, why don't you stop?

  Still thinking about attacking?

Is Huang Zhong crazy?

Could it be that he couldn't see the trap here?

Didn’t Huang Zhong shoot an arrow before?

Thousands of thoughts flashed through Wen Pin's mind, colliding with each other and crowding in his chest and abdomen, making him feel extremely suffocated.

Of course, what made Wen Pin even more frustrated was that the Cao army in Jingxiang simply ignored his request for help...

Huang Zhong and his men pressed forward step by step, but he could only put up a futile resistance.

That's right, Wen Pin also knew that this level of resistance was nothing at all, and simple strategies could be easily discovered. The only hope was that because of the special terrain of the stone bridge, Huang Zhong and others would find it a little tricky, and then they could delay for a few more days.

As long as they could delay for ten days or half a month, not only would the possibility of reinforcements increase a lot, but more importantly, even if they couldn't hold on and had to retreat, they would have an excuse.

These days, it’s hard to work anywhere!

There is an unwritten rule among Cao's army, or perhaps it is also a rule among the Three Kingdoms. It has not been explicitly confirmed, but most people agree that if one is attacked by the enemy and does not see reinforcements for three months, one will not be blamed for retreating or surrendering. After all, it can be said that one has tried one's best.

If you can hold out for a year or two, even if you are captured, you will be respected by the other side and will be persuaded to surrender.

And if you do nothing and just run away when you see the enemy...

  Where will the Wen family's reputation be in Jingxiang in the future?

Wen Pin had to fight and resist, but he did not have enough strength, and the soldiers were too tired to resist, so Wen Pin deliberately set the trap in the open.

It is not a chevaux de frise used to block horses.

  Anyone with a little common sense would think there was something wrong, let alone Huang Zhong?

Wen Pin hopes that Huang Zhong will discover this problem, and if it cannot be solved immediately, then it can be delayed for a few days.

For example, retreat, build or set up a catapult, crossbow or something like that, and then you can break the trap.

Wen Pin could then naturally retreat to the next location, and then delay for a few more days...

Until reinforcements arrive, or...

Withdraw.

So Wen Pin stared at the soldier opposite him, silently saying in his heart, "Don't come over here!"

Unfortunately, it backfired.

War drums roared across the stone bridge!

Huang Zhong's swordmen marched forward in formation!

"Crazy!" Wen Pin's face finally changed, "This crazy Huang! He's really crazy! Crazy!"

The guard at the side also asked anxiously, "General, what should we do? They really come up! What should we do? !"

Wen Pin didn't want to fight, but the opponent was already approaching.

"What else can I do?"

  This is being ridden on the face!

Wen Ping sighed, and when he turned around, his face was full of determination...

He gripped his sword tightly and raised it high, "Send the order, beat the drum! Prepare to meet the enemy!"