Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3356: Changes in Tactics

Xu Chu took a look at the battlefield and said, "Left wing."

"Why?" Fei Qian nodded slightly and asked.

"There is Anyi on the left wing. Cao's army can use Anyi's city as a cover to mobilize troops to attack, but we are blocked by Anyi and cannot be seen easily." Xu Chu said quickly, "And as long as Cao's army makes some moves to prepare for an attack in the middle, our center will be pinned down... and the morale of the defenders in Anyi has collapsed. If our army moves but fails to rescue them... it may even cause unrest..."

Fei Qian nodded.

Anyi City is obviously the minefield left by Lao Cao for Fei Qian.

If Fei Qian doesn't come, then Cao will demolish Anyi, pack up and go home, and spread the word that Fei Qian did not help and the Hedong gentry were miserable. Then he will let a few guys come on stage to perform a few things. This will not only make the behavior of Cao's army more righteous, but also give them some bargaining chips for subsequent exchanges.

But when Fei Qian arrived, Cao's army stopped attacking Anyi.

It's not that Cao's army can't spare manpower, nor that the Anyi defenders will be able to get a lot of buffs and be revived to full health after the arrival of the Cavalry Army, but it leaves Fei Qian with a difficult problem.

Fei Qian narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of Anyi.

The sooner this problem is solved, the better, but the solution cannot follow Cao Jun’s plan.

No matter what, the people in Anyi City who have held on until now should be rescued first.

But no, it is impossible to save everyone.

Firstly, it was to make the attitude clear, and secondly, it was to disrupt Cao's army's deployment.

Tactical changes must not follow the enemy's rhythm.

The Cao army set up such a large camp, as if it had something written on their faces saying, "Come and fight me!"

Especially the high platform in the central camp of Cao's army camp, it seemed as if they were afraid that Fei Qian and others would not see them...

Although such a large camp does require such a high platform to issue orders in order to command the movement of soldiers and horses within the camp, Fei Qian felt that something was wrong.

This "something wrong" is just a feeling, and the only way to prove this feeling is to attack and test it.

  And if the entire army goes All-in, that's not even a test?

Therefore, it became inevitable to attack Cao Jun's branch camp in Anyi.

This side camp of Cao's army was obviously a "trap" left by Cao's army.

It's not dug on the surface, but dug tactically.

  If we want to attack this remote camp of Cao's army, what should we use?

If it were an ordinary person, they would habitually use their familiar methods and mature experience to solve new problems and dismantle the "mines" buried by Cao Cao, and then most of the time they would just bang...

  The entire Cao army camp, including this side camp, is stacked with various BUFFs to counter cavalry. If Fei Qian still follows the pattern of the camp at the bottom of the slope, making a hole and directly using cavalry to charge the camp, wouldn't that make the Cao army laugh out loud?

So the person Fei Qian called was Xu Chu.

Xu Chu is good at infantry.

This is a subtle change in Fei's tactics...

Xu Chu obviously understood Fei Qian's intention and knew that Fei Qian wanted him to bring the infantry into the camp. Otherwise, he would not have called him here, but should have called Li Li here, or called both of them together.

Previously, Xu Chu was the vanguard and had insufficient troops. Even if he wanted to rescue Anyi, he was powerless.

  Now that Fei Qian is here, the first thing he does is to remove this mine!

Cao's army wants to lay a mine for Fei Qian, so in turn, can Fei Qian use this mine to teach Cao's army a lesson?

The cavalry that Fei kept on the outer line were obviously to guard against a sneak attack by Cao's army.

  Moreover, Fei Qian has a hidden trump card. If Cao's army really thinks that Fei Qian's central army is weak and wants to take advantage of it, then Fei Qian will tell them that when Fei Qian started the army in the early years, he only used infantry!

It's just that in recent years, with the coming and going of the cavalry, it seems that only the cavalry is left...

Fei Qian turned around and smiled at Xu Chu, "That's true. Since you know how dangerous this place is, would Zhong Kang be willing to lead the infantry to attack the camp?"

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, then he clasped his hands together, cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "I am willing to go! Please give the order, my lord!"

Fei Qian nodded, "Good! However, since Zhong Kang led his troops to break into Cao's camp in Anyi, you might as well pay more attention to the ordinary civilians in the camp... Remember, a quick battle and a quick decision, do not enter the city!"

  "Civilian laborer?" Xu Chu understood the two points of fighting quickly and decisively and not entering the city, but what happened to this civilian laborer?

Although he was somewhat puzzled, now was obviously not the time to ask in detail, so Xu Chu readily accepted the order, "I obey your order!"

Watching Xu Chu heading to the left wing to prepare for battle, Fei Qian felt more worried.

  Anyi City, should we save it or not, should we care about it or not?

If you save someone, they may not be grateful, but if you don’t save them, they will definitely feel resentful.

If you care, you will be a burden; if you don't care, you will lose your moral integrity.

And the longer this issue is delayed, the bigger the thunder will be.

Because of the heavy casualties in Anyi City, and the hot weather these days, it is inevitable that an epidemic has broken out in the city. If it is delayed to the end, the deaths of innocent people in the city may not be blamed on Cao Cao, but someone will definitely say that Fei Qian's rescue was ineffective!

"Since the cavalry can come, why didn't they come earlier! ?"

"Since you are here, why don't you come and rescue me quickly? !"

"Don't the cavalrymen care about the people of the world?"

"Am I not one of the people? Am I not one of the common people?"

There must be a lot of such people in Anyi City.

This is just like Kong Yiji paid out a few large coins and asked the store owner to pour him a bowl of wine first.

The previous debts were the previous debts, and what I’m paying now is cash…

As soon as the shopkeeper mentioned the debt, Kong Yiji started to argue, "You diluted the wine with water!"

Others ridiculed you, saying that you drank it even though it was diluted with water, and you haven't paid for the wine you owed me before.

Kong Yiji was furious and said, I didn’t care before, but now I have paid for this bowl!

As for the debts...

  Can what scholars do be considered stealing?

The store inside and outside was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.

So, human hearts have always been like this.

And Fei Qian was also worried that if...

  Is it not just the people in Anyi who are like this?

Among those ordinary people and civilians from Shandong, Heluo and Hedong who were captured by Cao's army, which ones stayed, which ones were sent away, and which ones simply died? Was it a random selection?

Fei Qian didn't dare to think about it any further, because if he thought too much, he would always feel a little creepy.

Turning back, look at Xu Chu again.

Xu Chu accepted Fei Qian's order.

Although he was a general of the front army before, he was temporarily demoted to a lower rank after the defeat. However, he was still a general, and his merits and demerits would not be calculated until the end of the final battle. Therefore, Xu Chu naturally longed to get more opportunities and gain more merits, even in the face of more dangers.

In a sense, the Cao army camp that besieged Anyi and the main camp of Cao army were integrated, but there was some distance between them.

This is a way of seeming to be linked but not completely linked, and it is also a way of joint venture.

At the same time, the structure between the Anyi camp and the Cao army’s joint camp actually shows a corner of the entire Cao army camp structure.

There were small camps within the big camps, and between the big and small camps were scattered passages, traps, and civilians who had built the camps with their own hands but were not even qualified to live there...

It's like vegetable farmers can't afford to eat vegetables and silkworm girls can't afford to wear silk.

The civilians who built Cao's army camp also could not afford to live in the barracks.

However, Xu Chu didn't think so much now. He was just thinking about how to break through the camp on the flank of Cao's army camp, besieging Anyi City, and how to get in touch with the people in Anyi City to rescue some of them. That's right, only some of them.

A quick victory and no entry into the city determined the entire battle pattern.

Xu Chu looked at the artillery battalion that was assigned to him.

After Fei Qian divided the troops into three parts, each part could obtain four towed artillery pieces.

Now the moving speed of artillery has been enhanced to a certain extent.

The tall mules and horses no longer had to bear children, so they naturally had no family worries. As long as they had food to eat, they would happily drag the artillery with improved axles across the hardened yellow soil.

The left-wing soldiers now under Xu Chu's command included the two thousand infantrymen he originally commanded, plus the one thousand cavalrymen newly assigned to him by Fei Qian and four cannons from the artillery battalion.

Infantry and cavalry are both regular configurations, nothing much to say.

The four artillery pieces could roughly be considered a battalion, divided into two squads, totaling two hundred people.

Although the artillery battalion was under the command of Xu Chu, its officers were from the Huang family. They were craftsmen who were transferred to become officers, so to some extent, it was a relatively independent military position.

As Xu Chu moved to the flank, Cao Jun also saw it, and there was some agitation in the camp. Soldiers on the wall of the camp ran up and down, swaying back and forth, but no one dared to go out of the camp to fight in the field, to intercept Xu Chu or Fei Qian's tactical arrangements.

An hour later, Xu Chu led the team to the battle position.

Xu Chu looked at the Cao army camp that was besieging Anyi, and at the Cao army soldiers who seemed somewhat panicked on the wall, and could not help but sneer.

Xu Chu felt that Cao Cao, or rather, Cao's army, was still unwilling to give up.

Judging from the deployment of Cao's army, Cao Cao's most loyal troops, the Central Commander and the Central Guard, were still deployed in the central position, while flank areas like Anyi were mainly composed of ordinary county and prefecture Cao's soldiers.

The scattered dugouts of the civilians may have served as buffer zones.

But does such a layout really work?

  The lord instructed us to pay attention to the civilians who serve as a "buffer zone" in the camp. What does this mean?

Because of the arrival of the Cavalry Army, Anyi became a secondary target. Many Cao soldiers were no longer particularly concerned about the movements in Anyi City. They simply surrounded Anyi with trenches, chevaux de frise, deer horns and chariots.

Xu Chu squinted his eyes and looked at the Cao army camp, and also looked at Anyi City in the distance.

The city of Anyi was in a state of great decay.

He needed to first defeat Cao's camp, then open up a passage long enough for the people in Anyi City to escape, and then hold out for enough time to rescue some people while facing the risk of Cao's pursuit, encirclement and encirclement...

This mission is extremely dangerous.

There are at least two uncertainties. One is whether Cao Jun’s camp will take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, and the other is whether the people in Anyi City will be willing to cooperate.

  Of course, any normal person with a brain knows that Anyi City should cooperate with Fei Qian's actions as much as possible at this moment. After all, Fei Qian's combat power is the main force now, and Anyi cannot provide any necessary auxiliary support. But who can guarantee that there are no idiots in Anyi City?

What if when I was leaving the city, a guy popped up at the gate and stopped me, saying no, no one is allowed to leave because my dog ​​hasn’t gotten on the bus yet…

But no matter what, the action still needs to be taken.

Xu Chu stared at the topography in front of him, evolving and building a suitable passage in his mind. Because as a general of the front army, he had sent scouts to conduct a detailed survey of the front of Cao's camp and the surrounding area of ​​Anyi City, and now it came in handy.

This may be the reason why Fei Qian specially left this task to him.

If you do it well, you will stand out.

Not doing well…

No one has opportunities all the time, even though he has been with Fei Qian for many years.

If he fails to win this battle, he may only be able to serve as a guard commander forever!

Xu Chu put aside all distracting thoughts and quickly outlined a passage on the east side of Anyi in his mind.

Cao's army had been stationed here for quite some time, so Xu Chu was not entirely sure what strange things were on the high slopes of the plateau. Therefore, when opening the rescue channel, he tried his best not to pass through the scattered camps of Cao's army.

There were about two to three thousand people stationed in the Cao army camp around Anyi City, and of course there were also some civilian laborers left behind.

Most of these Cao army soldiers were from counties and prefectures. Their rank was slightly lower than that of the Zhonglingjun and Zhonghujun, but stronger than the remaining troops in Anyi.

If the transfer process is delayed, then these Cao army county soldiers will obviously be unable to compete with the elite cavalry, but it is not impossible to kill some of the guys who escaped from Anyi...

"The lord has given orders!"

Xu Chu said in a deep voice, his eyes swept over the several military students in front of him, "Quick battle and quick decision! Do not enter the city!"

The cavalry commander is an old military officer with rich combat experience, and the infantry will be the main force in this battle. Both the advance and the withdrawal will depend on the infantry, who will be led by Xu Chu himself, so the key point lies in the artillery battalion.

That’s right, this time the cavalry is not suitable to break into Cao’s camp.

One is that there are too many traps in the camp, and the other is that we also need to guard against sneak attacks from Cao’s main camp.

"Artillery team!" Xu Chu called out the names.

"I'm here." The military officer of Huang's artillery team bowed and replied.

"Don't hold back, blast a path through the wall of the camp northeast of Anyi City as quickly as possible!" Xu Chu gave the order.

"Northeast of the city? That direction is closer to Cao's main camp." Huang's military school frowned slightly, "If Cao's main camp attacks, the artillery will not be able to move in time!"

"This is the mission of the old military marquis!" Xu Chu turned his head and looked at the Cavalry Auxiliary Military School.

The cavalry marquis was older and had enough experience, but he was stuck in culture and could not be promoted to cavalry captain. Even Li Li, a latecomer, took over, and the old marquis was still the old marquis.

Because the old military marquis really lacks the innate learning ability, and these middle and senior officers in Fei Qian’s army are prepared to replace and supplement local officials in the future, the requirements are very strict, and there is no way to be promoted if the cultural standards are not met.

Although the old military marquis had followed Zhang Lie to join Fei Qian in Hedongbei very early, he had never been to school when he was young. It would be a waste of time and effort to wait until he became an adult to go to school.

The most crucial point is that he has lost the ability to learn on his own.

The learning materials of the Han Dynasty were scattered and chaotic, with little or no continuity. The old military marquis did not form an effective progressive chain of knowledge when he was young, which led to poor results in learning no matter how much effort and time he put in.

Don't underestimate this "learning knowledge chain", it is the foundation of self-study! Just like knowing that one plus one equals two, you can learn that two plus two equals four, and then you can learn that two times two also equals four. If one of the links is broken, then learning will be difficult.

Therefore, the United States will deliberately disrupt this learning chain in the textbooks of primary and secondary schools, making it scattered and incoherent. Of course, it is not worth mentioning for the talented, but it can screen out many children with average talents who are unwilling to work hard and just want to be happy.

The old military marquis suffered this loss, and he suffered it in silence.

He had never learned this kind of progressive relationship of knowledge when he was young, so for him, almost all the knowledge was scattered, difficult to remember and difficult to understand. Therefore, even though he had rich combat experience and accumulated merits, he still could not be promoted to the rank of Cavalry Captain, and could only stay at the position of Military Marquis for a long time...

Unless one has made particularly significant contributions, promotion may be granted as an exception.

  So this time, the old military marquis also wanted to take this opportunity. Climbing up that level might be easy for others, but it was an extremely difficult step for him!

"General, rest assured! If the enemy army dares to attack, we will make sure they never return!"

The old military marquis is not afraid of fighting, but he is afraid that his achievements are not enough.

"Good!" Xu Chu nodded. Ever since he found that Li Li was far superior to him in commanding the cavalry, he rarely gave instructions to other soldiers. He just made clear the mission objectives. "After the artillery bombardment, if any Cao army leaves the camp, the cavalry will intercept and strangle them! The cavalry must not attack the Cao army camp, and must not scatter and chase them. The priority should be to protect the artillery!"

"In addition, I will leave 500 infantrymen to provide protection..." Xu Chu looked at the Huang family military school, "In this way, the cavalry will be outside and the infantry will be inside. If there is a crisis, I will also turn around to rescue! Cao's army will not be able to get close to the artillery! In this way, you can use it without worry, right? !"

Huang's military school hurriedly bowed and replied: "General, your words are honorable. Please give your orders."

"Easy!" Xu Chu smiled, revealing a few white teeth, "Just hit it straight and take it!"

Because there were so many traps and fortifications to defend against cavalry in Cao's camp, Xu Chu simply did the opposite. Instead of using cavalry, he used infantry to march in a straight line, build bridges over ditches, and put up ladders across walls. They followed the passages opened by artillery and attacked directly to the city of Anyi, thus achieving Fei Qian's tactical requirement of a quick battle and quick decision!