Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3365: Distortion and Deformation, the Power of Straw

During the artillery firing, the tactics of the baggage vehicles were actually to compete with the artillery for the hit rate.

Although the accuracy of smoothbore artillery is better than that of catapults, it is still relatively limited.

So when it comes to the hit rate, everyone rolls the dice equally, and the results are pretty good.

After all, it's just rolling dice. Some people will roll twenty points, while others will only roll one point. Except for those institutions that violate physics and make Newton unable to help but open the coffin lid, most of the time when rolling the dice, it will appear fair.

  That organization can not only get rid of all the traditional laws of physics on Earth, but its ordinary employees can also have super strong predictive abilities. Compared with that organization, the Nine-headed Bird Avengers is simply weak, right?

When it comes to fairness, Cao's soldiers have nothing to say, and those who are hit by artillery fire will not complain.

But when the Hussars arrived, things immediately changed.

Who is outside blocking the swords and guns, and who is laughing inside the shield?

When the shells came, everyone would die together anyway. The situation inside and outside the car was almost the same. In front of the artillery, it was like having an extra layer of paper. And it might be even more miserable inside the car, so naturally no one scrambled for it.

  But now the cavalry is coming!

"Concentrate! Gather together! Quick, quick, quick!"

Cao Sheng shouted loudly and issued orders.

This instruction is certainly correct.

The scattered chariot formations were designed to prevent several chariots from being destroyed by one artillery shot, while the interconnected chariot formations were used to deal with cavalry.

In Cao Sheng's mind, it was naturally perfect. The chariot formation could be dispersed at one moment, then gathered at another, forming a long snake formation at one moment, and even forming a two dragons emerging from the water formation at another moment...

But what is the actual situation...

It was a mess.

"Those pushing the carts, come out! I'm an archer!"

"What's so great about archers?! Get lost!"

"Swordsmen, get out! Stand outside as required!"

"Your mother decides the rules! Are you trying to force me to death?"

"Get out, lancer! What are you doing in the car with a fork in your hand?"

"I'm stuck!"

"Ahhh!" 』

"Don't pull me!"

"Don't block me!"

The original plan included chariot formations that were ready for battle, orderly and bloody fighting, swords and spears wielding both inside and outside the chariot formation, and bows and crossbows whizzing back and forth. But none of that existed. There was only chaotic insults and fighting, with everyone sticking their butts out trying to get a good, safe position. The result, of course, was that no one had a good position, and all the Cao army soldiers were in danger.

  To put it another way, do these Cao army soldiers have a desire for victory and a need to survive?

Apparently there is.

As the leaders of these Cao army soldiers, whether they are military academies or generals, shouldn’t they start from the actual situation of these Cao army soldiers and truly solve the problem instead of coming up with a tactic that looks good but is actually very shitty?

What's more, now at the critical moment of the battle between Guanzhong and Shandong, shouldn't we cause less trouble if possible and contribute more if possible?

pity……

When Li Li led the cavalry out, he was still a little worried. After all, Cao's army had created a chariot formation, which was rumored to be a good way to deal with cavalry. When the Han army fought against the Xiongnu, they used chariot formations and powerful crossbows. So Li Li initially ordered the cavalry to disperse to avoid arrows and crossbows that might appear in the chariot formation.

Especially the crossbow.

Because of the protection of the tower shield, in theory, the crossbowmen inside the baggage cart can mount their crossbows and shoot more safely.

However, the cavalry are large in size, so it is not easy for them to dodge crossbow arrows at close range.

But Li Li never expected that the chariot formation set up by Cao's army was just an empty shell!

  A convoy of vehicles that fails to connect and form a well-connected array is just garbage!

"Free attack!" Li Li immediately changed his original plan and issued a new order, "Break the car formation! Destroy these cars!"

Li Li led 300 cavalrymen as a wave formation and launched an attack on Cao's chariot formation one by one. Amid the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, the yellow dust was flying all over the sky, with such a magnificent momentum that it seemed as if even a solid wall could be shaken.

But Cao's chariot formation was not even a wall of earth or wood.

  The baggage carts themselves were not flexible enough, and under the dice of the artillery, there were gaps of varying sizes, which were not coherent. The most critical problem was that the chariot formation tactics of Cao's soldiers were formed from top-down orders, which did not conform to the actual situation at all!

Some baggage carts were so heavy with weight that they could not move and even their axles broke, completely losing their ability to move.

Some baggage carts were still able to move, but their center of gravity was too high and too shaky. As a result, they became unbalanced in a small pothole, and before the cavalry could attack them, they would flip over on their backs...

  Two or three vehicles barely put together could not form an effective defense system. After being circled twice by the Hussars, they were so disoriented that they didn't know which direction their swords, guns, and arrows should be pointed. Some were stabbed in the anus, some were pulled down by a lasso, and some had a grenade thrown directly into the vehicle!

If Cao Sheng's chariot formation tactics could still barely hold up under the attack of artillery fire, after all, although the artillery was powerful, the attack frequency was not high, then under the high-intensity cutting, charging, striking and destruction of the cavalry led by Li Li, Cao Sheng's chariot formation quickly collapsed and melted like a snowman encountering a sunny day!

Some of Cao's soldiers who reacted a little faster simply abandoned their chariots and fled!

While the Hussars are still staring at the car, just run away!

As he ran, he shouted, "Don't worry about that broken car! Just throw it away! Run!"

Cao Sheng was furious. He drew his sword, rushed forward a few steps, and hacked a deserter to death with one blow. He shouted, "Anyone who disrupts the army will be killed without mercy!"

Seeing Cao Sheng do this, the other Cao soldiers of the Central Guard also rushed forward, hacking and killing the fleeing ordinary Cao soldiers, forcing them to turn back to fight the Hussars.

  Most of the ordinary Cao army soldiers had not yet been pounced on by the cavalry, so they saw others running away, so they naturally followed suit. Unexpectedly, they ran into the supervision team led by Cao Sheng and others, and were immediately hacked and stabbed by Cao Sheng and his team. Blood splattered everywhere, and the sounds of crying and howling suddenly increased to a higher level!

Some of the cunning ones even rolled and crawled to run towards the slope, while those honest boys were forced to turn back and fight against the Hussars under the drive of the supervision team...

  Cao Sheng would never allow the chariot formation to be defeated so easily!

This was not because Cao Sheng had a strong determination to win, nor was it because he had a strong belief in himself. It was simply because he was the one who proposed the idea, plan, rules and regulations for the chariot formation!

  Therefore, Cao Sheng would never allow this "temporary", "experimental", and "temporary" chariot formation to collapse so quickly!

Even Cao Sheng himself knew that the collapse of the chariot array was certain and unavoidable, but Cao Sheng still hoped to hold on long enough to prove that his "temporary", "experimental", and "temporary" chariot array method was "effective to a certain extent" and "solved certain problems", and was not pure garbage.

  If you admit that the suggestions, ideas, strategies, methods, etc. that you put forward are rubbish, doesn't that mean that you are rubbish?

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

As for the reality, or who is bearing the pain and suffering...

  Is this question important? Anyway, as long as it is not Cao Sheng himself, it will be fine!

Cao Sheng forced all the ordinary Cao army soldiers to move forward, and also forced Bao Zhong and others to move forward. His previous friendly appearance was just an act. In Cao Sheng's heart, he was a serious person, a legitimate descendant of the Cao family who came from the city of Qiao County!

  Bao Zhong and others should offer their loyalty, even their lives!

Sacrificing for the Cao family is the honor of Bao Zhong and others!

But for Bao Zhong, Cao Sheng's order was really shitty.

Bao Zhong was so furious that even his eyes looked fierce when he looked at the messenger sent by Cao Sheng.

Don't push it too far!

Strangely enough, when Bao Zhong realized that he had another choice, he began to weigh the various requests from Cao and others. Good, bad, neither good nor bad, or utterly rubbish, Bao Zhong had to execute them no matter what they were, but now he seemed to have one more choice.

Everyone has a choice...

Either in the present or in the future. To perish in silence or to explode in silence is not black and white, you can only choose one, but they exist at the same time. Just like Cao Sheng is exploding now, and Bao Zhong is going to perish, and what about the next moment?

Bao Zhong's hand holding the sword was pulled back by someone.

Bao Zhong turned his head and took a look.

Always signal with your eyes.

Bao Zhong took a deep breath and said to Cao's messenger: "I understand! I will definitely follow your orders and attack!"

Seeing that Bao Zhong obeyed the order, the messenger softened his tone, said something strange, and left immediately.

"What are you trying to do?" Bao Zhong asked, angrily, "You, the adopted son of a maid, are actually trying to show off in front of me!"

He whispered, "It's okay... just be patient for a while... let's go over there!"

Isn't it just turning to attack, or turning in for short? Who doesn't know how to do it?

As soon as Bao Zhong saw the direction of the finger, he immediately understood and laughed, "Okay! Let's spare this maid's adopted son this time! Come on, pass the word, we go that way!"

The Bao family's battle flag waved, and it seemed that they were heading towards Li Li's cavalry. But in fact, if you look down from the air, you will find that Bao Zhong's direction is slightly different from that of the cavalry...

  Of course, from Cao Sheng's perspective, after all, he and Bao Zhong were on the same plane, so he could not notice that Bao Zhong's direction was shifted. He just saw that Bao Zhong indeed obeyed his orders and started to move forward. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that the old general Bao Zhong was indeed a good general!

But when Bao Zhong moved outward like this, it was equivalent to exposing Cao Sheng's flank!

  Infantry formation, what is the most important thing?

The formation is complete!

Infantry can only fight against cavalry when they form a battle formation!

  This is the experience summed up by the Han Dynasty, and even the Former Qin Dynasty, in hundreds of years of cold weapon battles, experience gained through blood!

Once the formation of the infantry is scattered, it means one thing...

Li Li quickly discovered the weakness in Cao's army, exposed on Cao Sheng's flank, because Li Li recognized the flag of the "Bao family".

Before Li Li was promoted, as Xu Chu's subordinate, he had fought against Cao's army. At that time, some soldiers discovered the signal of communication from Bao's flag. Later, during the battle, he deliberately observed and held back a little...

  Now the benefit of holding back was revealed, as Bao gave up Cao Sheng's flank!

At first, Li Li was a little worried, wondering if it was a trap set by Bao on purpose, and then he and Cao Sheng would attack from both sides. But after waiting for a while, he found that Bao would not look back and was determined to seize the high ground and defend it. So he understood what Bao meant, laughed, and immediately sent out his troops to launch a surprise attack on Cao Sheng's flank!

  The Hussars gathered together and formed two assault arrays in the blink of an eye. Then, more than a thousand armored cavalry, like surging waves, stirred up the yellow dust and flying sand in the sky, made a slight half circle, and pounced towards Cao Sheng's weak flank!

These more than a thousand armored cavalrymen, with their shining swords and spears and the red tassels on their helmets, looked like dancing bright red flowers or spreading fires on the desolate yellow earth of Hedong in autumn!

Even though Fei Qian now has artillery, a long-range and sharp thermal weapon, under his command, in the hearts of these cavalrymen, they are still the strongest force in this land!

The cavalry came and went like the wind, like the wind and thunder!

Throughout the ages, as long as cavalry is an important part of the army, active attack has always been advocated. It is definitely not like in some legendary drama, standing still and then spinning in place in the crowd with a group of infantry!

  It has always been difficult to limit cavalry to a fixed battle line, a certain formation, or a certain tactic!

There is only one strategy for cavalry to fight: advance, advance, and advance again!

If you stop, there will be only two results: either you defeat the enemy or you die in battle!

When Cao's army came in large numbers with great momentum before, none of these cavalrymen were afraid of fighting. Now that Cao's army is showing signs of defeat, no one will hesitate at all!

What's more, the Han Dynasty's General of Cavalry is right behind us!

In the entire Han Dynasty, in the entire world, only the Cavalry, and forever only the Cavalry, can gain their wholehearted support, respect and love!

While all the Shandong people were vying for positions in the Han court and fighting each other over trivial matters, only the Cavalry led them north to fight against the Xianbei and recapture Yinshan. Only Fei Qian led them on an expedition to the Western Regions and planted the Han army flag on the horizon!

  On this vast land of Hedong, thousands of cavalrymen galloped, leaving behind dust billowing like yellow dragons. No matter how powerful or huge the enemy was, no matter whether the enemy was a cat or a dog, they just followed the three-color battle flag and galloped forward!

This is the real Han cavalry!

Yulin elite cavalry!

When the Hussars attacked, Cao Sheng was still shouting: "Come on, come on!"

You will never gain loyalty by relying solely on government decrees.

When the sweet taste on the lips of the cattle and horses finally disappears and is replaced by the salty smell of sweat and blood, as long as the external pressure reaches a certain level and exceeds the limit that these cattle and horses can bear, then collapse becomes inevitable.

In the end, you can put all the blame on the straw...

Anyway, no matter whether it is cattle, horses or straw, they have no say.

Cao Sheng's battle team was unable to stop the increasing number of defeated soldiers.

In the end, even Cao Sheng and his men began to shake and collapsed.

  Amid the roar of the cavalry's hooves, the chaos caused by Cao Sheng's attacking troops even began to spread to the middle units of Cao's army!

The hopeless stupidity, coupled with the incomprehensible "temporary" tactics, caused Cao's army to not only waste a large amount of manpower, material resources and financial resources, but also lose many baggage carts, and also lose the little fighting spirit and morale that was left...

"This is not my fault!" Cao Sheng's eyes widened and he shouted, "It's all because those guys didn't follow the rules! They didn't follow my way! It's all... ah ah ah..."

  An unknown blade flew from somewhere and cut into Cao Sheng's hand that was wielding the sword. Fingers were immediately severed and blood splattered!

"Ahhh!" 』

Cao Sheng's face was distorted with pain as his fingers were connected to his heart.

"Hurry up and save the captain!"

Upon seeing this, the soldiers of the Central Guard Army immediately surrounded Cao Sheng and retreated towards Cao's camp.

There are catapults in Cao's camp, so I guess these cavalrymen wouldn't dare to get too close!

……

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Just as Cao Sheng's chariot formation plan collapsed, new problems arose on the left wing of Cao's army...

The left wing of the Cavalry Army divided the battlefield under the city of Anyi.

The old general under Xu Chu felt that he was not old.

Looking at the smoke-filled and raging flames in the Cao army camp in Anyi not far away, the old military marquis's chest seemed to be burning, anxious and hot.

Overall, Xu Chu's surprise attack was a great success.

Xu Chu used artillery to open a passage directly on the Cao army camp under Anyi City, and then avoided most of the Cao army's pre-set fortifications and traps. In addition, Pei Ji came out of the city, so Xu Chu's army did not stay in the Cao army camp for too long, thus reducing a lot of risks overall.

However, as Cao Hong began to deploy troops in the Cao army's main camp, the atmosphere at the old military officer who was in charge of interception and guard duty outside the Cao army camp in Anyi gradually became tense.

"Old General! It looks like the Cao army general is about to charge out!"

The soldiers and old military commander on the side said.

  The billowing smoke and dust looked like a wild beast tumbling in the ground, ready to pounce at any time!

The old military marquis took a breath.

There are enemy cavalry here!

  Although he couldn't see it clearly, but from the smoke and the noise, the old military officer, who had been through many battles, naturally understood what it meant!

Although the old general was looking forward to military merit, he was still a little nervous when facing the murderous intent of Cao's army. But things had come to this point and there was no point in thinking too much. The only thing he could do was to fight!