Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3361: Big Pot with Small Chips

Game between two armies.

Cao’s army camp was very large, like a big pot.

A lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources have been invested in the early stages to build such a huge structure.

However, once the chips are pushed into the pot, they cannot be taken back at will.

unless……

Finally it was determined who won and who lost.

But for Fei Qian and Cao Hong, the chips in their hands are not too many.

If you want to win a big pot with a small stack, you need certain skills.

It is easy to understand that Fei Qian has few soldiers, but the same is true for Cao Hong. The soldiers he can use are not as many as they seem!

  Cao Hong can ensure that there will be no problem, except for the Zhongling Army and Zhonghu Army. Among the Zhongling Army and Zhonghu Army, there is no qualified general who can resist Fei Qian or Xu Chu!

What if we send someone else?

Isn't that delivering food to the Cavalry and Xu Chu?

  Cao Hong understood that his soldiers were actually inferior to Fei Qian in all aspects, but being inferior did not mean they would definitely lose!

When Yuan Shao was powerful, was Cao Cao's army stronger than Yuan Shao's?

But in the end, it was Yuan Shao who lost!

As a core figure in Cao's army, Cao Hong certainly knew some of the "secrets" of the past.

At that time, Yuan Shao's army was infected with plague, but the plague was not entirely caused by the soldiers' unfamiliarity with the local climate and water.

After all, Jizhou was under Yanzhou and Yuzhou back then, which was far from as big a north-south distance as from Youzhou to Jiangnan.

In modern medicine, acclimatization symptoms are more reflected in the body's inability to adapt to changes in the microbial environment. No special medication is required, only controlling the electrolyte balance, and the body will slowly adapt and recover.

Ancient Chinese medicine practitioners didn’t know what bacterial microorganisms were, nor did they know what electrolyte disorders were. But strangely, the medicine used by ancient Chinese medicine practitioners to prevent acclimatization could be a handful of soil from the person’s hometown…

The main symptoms of acclimatization are vomiting and diarrhea, which are not much different from the plague. So in the early stage, if you think it is just "acclimatization", then...

Therefore, Yuan Shao was extremely depressed at that time. He could not advance, but he was unwilling to retreat. As a result, after the burning of Wuchao, he was completely finished.

  Therefore, one of Cao Hong’s purposes here is to delay Fei Qian’s army until they are unable to adapt to the local climate and water!

This is almost like getting the biggest pot with the smallest chips!

So whether it was Cao Cao or Cao Hong, they were willing to see Fei Qian fight little by little, slowly nibble away, and even try to use cavalry to surround Cao's camp...

You know, Cao Cao is the most tolerant person.

Therefore, to a certain extent, Cao Hong should avoid direct combat with Fei Qian, but should rely more on the camp for defense and delay.

After all, these ordinary soldiers under Cao Hong had no problem shooting and shouting at a distance, but once they entered into a hand-to-hand fight, there would be many disadvantages that were hard to describe. Cao Hong did not have much hope for these ordinary Cao army soldiers. After all, if these Cao army soldiers were all smart and capable, they would not have ended up in such a frustrating situation today.

Therefore, Cao Hong had no real intention of launching a full-scale counterattack, but instead planned to "openly repair the plank roads and secretly cross Chencang", oh, "attack openly and intercept secretly".

After all, as the art of war says, you cannot defend a city in vain.

As the defenders, they need to attack from time to time, whether it is to raid the enemy's center or burn the enemy's siege equipment, all in order to disrupt the enemy's rhythm.

Therefore, Cao Hong's attack this time was also the same, just to disrupt Fei Qian's rhythm.

Of course, it would be even better if we could gain something along the way...

However, Cao Hong felt that he had done his best to respond and make arrangements, but for some reason, he still had some concerns in his heart. It was as if there was some ferocious beast lurking in a place that he could not see or feel, staring at him.

What exactly is the problem?

Or was there something he hadn't considered carefully?

Cao Hong held the sword tightly.

But the rhythm on the battlefield can never be paused at any time just because someone's thoughts are unclear, giving them enough time to adjust tactics and attack rhythm...

The invisible countdown progress bar kept flashing, and finally entered the red area. Cao Hong finally gritted his teeth, like a gambler, and said, "Let's go!"

Perhaps it is because in the early days of human beings, in ancient primitive society, they needed to take risks to obtain resources, to obtain proteins and fats that are generally difficult to obtain from plants, which forced humans to engage in high-risk hunting. Ultimately, part of the high-risk behavior derived from this hunting turned into a tendency to gamble.

In extremely uncertain situations, complex and changeable emotions such as fear, tension, expectation, disappointment, surprise, etc., which alternate with each other, will cause the naive instinctive control area of ​​the human brain to think that it is encountering the same danger as in ancient times, so it releases dopamine, which speeds up the blood flow and heartbeat, and provides more oxygen and energy to the whole body to help humans defeat enemies and avoid risks.

Then the naive person will naturally be taken advantage of.

This large and concentrated release of dopamine is addictive, which means that like gamblers, alcoholics, and other addictive behaviors, it is very difficult to control and eliminate.

Just like masturbation, it’s always the last time…

Cao Cao had a gambling nature, and so did Cao Hong.

On the battlefield, the most important thing is to "take a gamble"...

Maybe you can win the bet this time, but it does not mean that this tactic or strategy is correct, but it is very likely that it is an accidental success. And this accidental success may make the next bet lose even more miserably.

Cao Hong had made a bet before, and had both wins and losses, but overall, the pleasure of winning far outweighed his frustration of losing. Because in the last battle, the winners were the Central Commander and the Central Guard, and the losers were just ordinary Cao troops and county soldiers, so Cao Hong certainly couldn't feel the pain of losing, and he still had a desire to win in his heart.

If you have a small hand, but you are reluctant to fold when you should, and you hold a small stack but always want a big pot, then there is only one natural result...

……

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On the battlefield, there are many times when correct orders lead to terrible consequences.

The complexity and unpredictability of war often exceed human imagination.

An expected small-scale encounter may turn into a full-scale battle due to the arrival of enemy reinforcements, rendering the original battle plan ineffective and thus evolving into an uncontrollable collapse.

On the battlefield, the transmission of information is crucial, and any minor errors may be magnified during the transmission process, ultimately causing the commander's intentions to be misinterpreted or improperly executed. Even an order that seems to be correct in every way may lead to disastrous consequences due to errors or misunderstandings during the transmission process.

The Cavalry Army was divided into three parts. Cao Hong responded by attacking from all sides, which was actually a good method. However, Cao Hong forgot one thing: no matter how good the response decision was, it still needed people to do it and execute it!

Cao's army suddenly rioted, the four gates were wide open, and soldiers and horses rushed out immediately, which naturally attracted the attention of Fei Qian and Xun Chen.

  Seeing this, Fei Qian couldn't help but get a little nervous.

After all, even if one had already regarded these Cao army soldiers as cockroaches in one's heart, the sudden emergence of such a large group of them... oh, four large groups, was bound to make one's hair stand on end.

  Is Cao Jun going All In?

For Fei Qian, Cao's full-scale attack was actually a rather troublesome matter.

As mentioned before, Fei Qian’s chips are slightly insufficient.

Although the cards are big, the chips are not many.

So even if Fei Qian followed Allin, he could only win the portion of his chips, and the rest would most likely be lost as he watched Allin escape...

In the days without machine guns, it took a lot of effort to destroy the enemy's soldiers on a large scale, or to suppress their attacks. Once the enemy was all over the mountains and plains, you could only rely on attacking some to deter others, and it was rare to crush and defeat the enemy in one go. Especially for a force like Fei Qian, whose forces were much smaller than Cao's, it was even more impossible to solve the problem by head-on confrontation.

However, Fei Qian soon discovered something unusual.

After all, Fei Qian was also a veteran of the battlefield. After a little observation, he found that these Cao troops shouted loudly, but their actions were not resolute and decisive. They were just shouting and cheering at the edge of the camp, but few troops advanced forward...

"Somewhat interesting..."

After looking for a while, Fei Qian suddenly laughed.

Obviously, the soldiers sent by Cao Jun did not have enough courage. So these soldiers all chose the same strategy, relying on the defense power of the camp to give themselves courage.

Everyone hoped that others were fools and rushed forward with a simple mind, but in the end they found that everyone was standing still or even retreating. "Haha... these soldiers..."

Fei Qian laughed twice, then paused for a moment because he thought of a new question.

Since the Cao army sent out ordinary Cao army soldiers, then where did those central commanders and central guards go?

Left wing?

Right wing?

Center?

Or is it to break out?

  Or are all the above answers wrong, and it's just a deliberate attempt to consume soldiers and horses?

Fei Qian raised the telescope.

Left wing.

Xu Chu had already broken into the Cao army camp under the city of Anyi.

The cavalry on the periphery are on guard.

The artillery team is being cleaned and adjusted.

The direction of Cao's camp was blocked by Anyi City...

front.

Cao's soldiers were timid in their formation, retreating three steps for every one step they took, and they had no cavalry.

Moreover, even if Cao's army really rushed here, they would have to bear the risk of being trapped on the left and right wings. Therefore, unless Cao Hong was ready to go all out, he would not choose this method.

Right wing…

After thinking for a moment, Fei Qian gave the order again.

"Send a message to the right wing, take the initiative to attack!"

The messenger immediately passed the order.

Flags are flying.

The horn sounded low.

"My lord, are you going to test Cao's army?"

Xun Chen asked from the side.

Fei Qian nodded.

When the enemy's specific intentions are unclear, throwing out some chips to test the opponent's reaction is the most common tactic at the poker table.

Fei Qian was unwilling to attack Cao's main camp, so he could only try his best to lure Cao's army to attack.

There are too many defensive works in Cao's camp. If we really fight close to Cao's camp, we will definitely suffer a loss. So if we can lure Cao's army out to fight, it will obviously be more suitable. This is Fei Qian's most basic bottom line of the game.

As long as the morale of Cao's army is reduced to a certain level, the scene in the camp at the foot of the slope is likely to be repeated.

Now Cao's soldiers are pouring out in large numbers. No matter what Cao's goal is, let's take a bite of the meat first!

If these ordinary Cao army soldiers are not hurt, the elite soldiers of the Cao army will probably not move easily.

Xun Chen was still somewhat worried, "My lord, if Cao's army mobilizes all its forces and attacks this place directly..."

This is indeed a problem.

But, it's a pity...

"Although Cao's army is numerous, they are not united. This is an opportunity we can take advantage of." Fei Qian said in a deep voice, "Even if Cao's army really comes, we have ways to deal with it here."

If Cao's army really worked together, the current situation would definitely be different. At least it would not be like now, where they can only rely on the Central Commander and Central Guard to support the army. Once the Central Commander and Central Guard also have problems, the final defeat of Cao's army is inevitable.

Moreover, even if Cao's army really attacked Fei Qian's center formation, Fei Qian still had ways to deal with it.

"My lord, you mean..." Xun Chen turned his head to look, "Are those vehicles?"

Fei Qian smiled and turned to look.

On both wings of the high platform in Feiqian’s central formation, there were some strange-shaped vehicles.

These are new weapons, the "Fire Thunder".

The name seems to be a bit loud, but actually it is not a very rare item. It is just simple gunpowder and arrows, or the primary state of a rocket.

This crude rocket appeared during the Tang and Song dynasties.

The first clear record was during the Northern Song Dynasty.

The earliest rockets were made of paper. Craftsmen in the Northern Song Dynasty rolled cardboard into paper tubes, loaded them with gunpowder, and tied them to arrow shafts. They led out the fuse from a small hole on the side of the gunpowder tube, ignited it, and then fired it with a crossbow. When the gunpowder tube was ignited, the ejected gunpowder gas pushed the arrow forward.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was widely used in the military. There appeared multiple rocket nests that could launch concentrated fire. The one that launched 20 arrows at a time was called "Fire Dragon Arrow", the one that launched 32 arrows at a time was called "One Swarm of Bees", and the most powerful one was the "Hundred Tigers Running Arrow" that launched 100 arrows at a time. When the Ming army used these rockets to attack the enemy, it would produce a very terrifying effect. The history books described it as "When the whole line was ignited, thousands of arrows were fired at the same time. The force was like a thunderbolt, and no one dared to face it."

But then...

As for weapons and equipment, they are still used by people. These awesome weapons of the Ming Dynasty could not save the Ming Dynasty from destruction when internal strife and party struggles had reached their extreme.

Fei Qian looked at these "Fire Thunders" and felt a little emotional.

In fact, the development of gunpowder in China has never been bad. It's just that during the period of the big braid, it did not receive sufficient attention and development. Instead, after it spread to foreign countries, it in turn overturned the big braid to the ground and ravaged it.

That's right, one thing that the Taipi Dynasty has always refused to admit is that it concealed and covered up some details of the battle at Baliqiao. Because at Baliqiao, the cavalry was not completely defeated by foreign guns and cannons, and the British rockets also contributed to it. What's even funnier is that the British rocket technology was passed down from the Ming Dynasty!

The rocket technology of the Ming Dynasty was later spread to South Asia. At that time, the Indian princely army produced multi-tube cluster rockets based on this technology. They changed the shell to metal and installed a six-meter-long balance guide rod to stabilize the flight direction. They beat the British colonial army. When the British colonial army fought with the Mysore princely state, they were fiercely shot by the enemy's cluster rockets and suffered heavy casualties. Therefore, the British army was deeply impressed by this weapon with long range and fierce power. Later, they seized some rockets and sent them back to their hometown for research...

In fact, before the British colonial army pinned down the King of Pigtails and pulled down his pants, during the Opium War, the British colonial army's Queen steamship and three sampans attacked the Humen Fort with this kind of rocket, igniting a fire. In order to threaten the King of Pigtails, the British also sent two rockets to the Imperial Commissioner Qishan.

Dabianzi was also very anxious at that time, and he quickly ordered the production of similar rockets to fight against the British. This hastily produced rocket was called "Flying Fire Copper Spear", which also had a balance guide rod, similar to the British rocket. And this rocket was made according to the Ming Dynasty firearms classic "Fire Dragon Sutra". "Fire Dragon Sutra" was written in the early fifteenth century, four hundred years ago...

Using technology from 400 years ago to fight against the British army at that time, what was the result...

As early as when Zuo Zongtang was suppressing the rebellion in Xinjiang, he also dug out more than a hundred "flowering bullets" from the Ming Dynasty artillery fort. He sighed: "This thing existed three hundred years ago, but it has been lost until now, and has been bullied by the powers."

These "flying fire bronze spears" and "flowering bullets" show that the firearms technology in the Ming Dynasty was indeed ahead of the world in some aspects. If it had not stagnated, it would have probably developed a unique Chinese hot weapon system, and eventually formed a different hot weapon confrontation pattern between the East and the West...

It is a pity that the people of the Long Braid Dynasty only cared about how to dress up, put on makeup and comb their braids. They persisted in doing this for three hundred years and were too busy to develop any technology tree. As a result, later generations can only sigh and regret whenever they think about this.

Now, Fei Qian brought this rocket to the battlefield.

  If artillery is good at penetrating armor against sturdy heavy armored units and is used to destroy city walls, camps, city gates and other combat ranges, then these "Fire Thunders" are good at dealing with lightly or medium-armored flesh and blood units, whether they are cavalry or infantry!

Coupled with Fei Qian's original physical damage crossbowmen, it is almost equipped with a comprehensive damage system from magic to physical...

  Now we are not afraid of Cao’s army coming, but we are worried that Cao’s army is unwilling to come in large numbers!

After all, the "Fire Thunder" thing is good in every way, except for one shortcoming...

Well, yes, it costs money.

If you only bring a few small things, it won’t even be enough to pay for the gunpowder!

Fei Qian was waiting eagerly on the platform.

Come on, I'm here, let the storm come even harder!