Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3477: Battle Mars
As Fei Qian issued the general order to attack, the sounds of war drums, horns, and horse hooves mixed together, rolling across the yellow earth like thunder. The cavalry on both wings spread out to the left and right, and the heavy armored infantry in black helmets and armor in the middle square slowly pressed forward like a dark cloud under the guidance of the battle flag.

The outer defense circle of Cao's camp became increasingly turbulent, but the flags on the inner circle of the mountain did not change, as if they had no reaction to the pressure of the cavalry. The flags representing the generals of the central army remained unchanged, only the fast and slow drum beats were still warning the soldiers of Cao's army to stick to their posts and not to panic, as if they were responding to something, waiting for something.

Although Fei Qian's eyes were fixed on the mountain, he was also paying attention to the offensive situation in other areas, especially the number of wounded soldiers retreating from the front line. Fei Qian calculated that the number of wounded soldiers was not large, and it was obvious that his own soldiers had the upper hand, so he felt a little relieved.

After a while, Fei Qian suddenly heard the shouting and clamoring of soldiers on the right wing. He turned his head and looked, and saw three or four hundred Cao army soldiers dragging flags and weapons from behind a mountain, rushing out as if their butts were on fire. But for some reason, the leading Cao army officer seemed a little panicked and embarrassed, and he rushed headlong into the Hussars as if in a panic. As a result, he was shot by a rain of arrows from the Hussars, and the Cao army behind him immediately turned around and fled in panic.

What is this for?
Fei Qian was a little confused.

Were these guys caught in the act of being killed?
This group of enemies was probably scared by the previous attack, or they were confused by the pressure of the Hussars. A large group of people seemed to be wandering around in the camp without any purpose, but they neither fled nor went forward to fight. They were stunned for a long time until they found that the Hussars were coming. Then they shouted together, rushed to the ravine, and fled into the mountains...

The heavy armored battalion, which had been gathering strength in the rear, had now formed a battle formation. More than a thousand soldiers, densely packed in layers of exquisite iron armor, stood with arms' length apart from each other and six feet apart in front and behind, forming three rectangular arrays and advancing towards the Zhongtiao Mountain camp.

A route had been cleared in front of the heavy infantry line, and cavalry were roaring back and forth on the flanks.

Amid the sound of war drums, the heavily armored phalanx began to move forward slowly and steadily.

For a moment, it seemed that the earth was shaking with the footsteps of these heavily armored infantrymen.

The orderly and steady advance of the heavy-armored infantry also made the inner layer of Cao's army on the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp uneasy and agitated. Messengers could be seen running back and forth with torches and flags on their backs. Some Cao's military academies were gesticulating and seemed to be shouting and yelling, trying desperately to restrain their soldiers.

Fei Qian turned to Huang Xu and asked, "How are the two wings progressing?"

Huang Xu replied: "Sima's side has broken through the outer perimeter... General Xu's side is blocked by the fire and is turning to find a breakthrough..."

Fei Qian nodded, thought for a while and then said: "Cao's army should use traps now... Pass the order, be careful of Cao's ambush! Pass the order! All units should be cautious and careful, and do not recklessly pursue! "

Outflanking, ambushing, and surprise attack are all common tactics used on the battlefield to create chaos and then cooperate with each other to achieve the effect of defeating the enemy in one fell swoop. These tactics can be regarded as Cheng Yaojin's three axes, and everyone knows them, but it is not so easy to use them well, or to avoid them.

Fei Qian's ridicule of Cao's army's lack of strategies did not mean that he would underestimate the enemy; on the contrary, he not only took it seriously, but also spent a lot of time studying the tactical characteristics that Cao Cao usually adopted, and repeatedly thought about how to seize the initiative on the battlefield.

At the same time, Fei Qian's thinking is not limited to tactics itself, but also includes the strategic layout, tactical structure, arms composition, troop status, weapons and equipment, training level, logistics support and other aspects of both sides, and involves the traditional customs and thinking patterns of Guanzhong and Shandong, as well as the love-hate relationship between them over the years, people's livelihood and government affairs, and the subsequent political forms, organizational systems, resource conditions, and economic capabilities derived from them...

Because these are no longer just simple military issues, but have become a huge and complex system engineering project, so after Fei Qian discussed with Pang Tong, he felt that it was obviously impossible for one or two people, or a few people, to grasp all the details.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Fei Qian and Pang Tong decided to set up such branch topic research in Qinglong Temple after the war, splitting the large project into smaller projects, and then allowing those who have outstanding insights in this process to directly participate in the process of integrating and changing Shandong. In this way, they can get better benefits in many aspects, and will also increase and deepen Fei Qian's transformation of the Shandong area.

For example, if someone can show that he can handle a certain problem well and stand out among the doubts and deductions of the crowd, then this person will be appointed as the official to handle this problem...

As for the effectiveness, we will verify it according to the standards promised before taking office.

Fei Qian even felt that this model was somewhat similar to the "democratic" elections of later generations.

Of course, the specific effect still requires further practice.

However, this is also a way to arrange and select a large number of civil and military officials after the war.

For most soldiers and generals, the rewards for their meritorious service will tend to be material, and there will be no shortage of honorary titles, but the rewards that can be used to directly assume a certain position of power will be relatively small. Then, some meritorious officials will be selected from the army to participate in the discussion and practice of one or several branches.

Of course, the Cao army soldiers in Zhongtiao Mountain had no way of knowing that the Guanzhong political group led by Fei Qian was studying them carefully with an unprecedented rigorous attitude.

The nobles and powerful families in Shandong and the Central Plains could not possibly know that some of the research results were being applied in Guanzhong. At the same time, the soldiers and generals under the command of the Cavalry would also adjust their ideas and methods in battle based on these results.

Cao's army, including those in Shandong, still thought that they were facing the same old cavalry, the same troops, tactics, and methods...

Therefore, when facing the pressure from the Hussars, the first thing Cao's army thought of was still the method they were used to.

While Fei Qian was mobilizing his troops, Cao's army also began to move.

Hundreds of Cao's troops began to appear in the mountain roads and mountains. In the blink of an eye, they appeared in front of the Hussars, waving flags, shouting, drawing their bows and arrows. However, as soon as the Hussars moved, these Cao's troops quickly retreated.

The crossbows and catapults deployed in the middle circle also began to whistle and shoot at the Hussars. However, due to the poor lighting, the hit rate was not high. There was a certain killing effect, but it was not obvious. In addition, whether it was a crossbow or a catapult, it took a certain amount of time to reload. By the time the reload was completed, the Hussar soldiers who were originally aimed at might disappear in the shadows again...

The Hussar cavalry did not directly attack the heavily defended areas in the middle and inner circles, but began to turn when they were about one or two hundred steps away to avoid the dense arrows and long-range firepower of Cao's army in the middle circle.

The Cao army soldiers had to shoot, after all, no one knew whether the Hussars would take advantage of some gap to rush up the slope, then jump into the camps in the middle circle and kill them.

Then you can see the Hussar cavalry roaring and passing by, and following behind them is a crackling rain of arrows from Cao's long-range arrows!
After making a circle, the Hussars retreated to the periphery or to the open space on the periphery, then reorganized themselves, turned around and charged back. When there was a gap, they rushed in, and when there was no gap, they attacked from the center circle with arrows.

Some Hussar cavalry accidentally rushed into the range of Cao's catapult crossbows in the center circle. After suffering losses, they made signs. The Hussar cavalry coming behind saw the guiding signs from afar and started to turn early, carefully refusing to step into the range of the crossbows again.

Under such harassment, the long-range firepower of Cao's army's camp in the central circle was useless, whether to shoot or not.

For more than an hour, the cavalry kept suppressing and eroding Cao's territory. The left and right wings took turns to send out, sometimes hundreds of people, sometimes nearly a thousand people, rushing forward and shooting arrows, rushing back and shooting arrows again, or separating one or two groups of heavy armored infantry from the central army, cooperating with the cavalry, slowly pressing forward, destroying the fortifications in Cao's camp, and hurting each other with rockets. After Cao's crossbows and catapults turned around, they retreated out of their range.

Cao's army became increasingly restless, and the Cao army troops that tried to lure Sima Yi also encountered problems...

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When a structure, an organization, or a country begins to collapse, the people at the top are not the ones who bear the greatest pressure. Even in the process of corruption and decay, even if those at the top feel some shaking, they may not necessarily become nervous. They may even feel that shaking is good so that they can sleep better.

The same was true of Cao's army's Zhongtiao Mountain camp.

When the order of Cao's army began to collapse, even if the upper echelons noticed it, they didn't pay much attention to it. They didn't even take any measures to deal with the shaking...

At the bottom of the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, there are not only ordinary soldiers, but also a large number of laborers and craftsmen.

In Shandong, there has always been a serious chain of contempt for those laborers and craftsmen who earn their living by working hard. The upper class people wear long gowns, sit in the official residence, and hold pens and ink. They are considered to have the upper class jobs and are respected and envied by everyone. Those who need to work hard under the scorching sun and sweat to death are despised by everyone.

In Shandong, most people hope to study, read scriptures, and mingle with those who wear long gowns, becoming one of them. They will also teach their children this way, "If you don't study hard, you will be like these mud-legged people in the future!"

Little did they know that in the feudal dynasty, under the class system, no matter how much you read, you are not as important as a stupid son of the ruling class. Even if you upgrade from a mud-legged peasant to a lackey, you may not be able to build your own doghouse. After all, more than a decade or even hundreds of years ago, someone had already marked out the dog's territory, spread dog urine on it, and prevented foreign dogs from entering.

Those near the water will make their nests on the embankment, those in the money field will make their nests in the money warehouse, and so on. Then the puppies they give birth to can be a big step ahead of those from outside, after all, they are close to the water...

So for craftsmen and civilians like Chai Yu, whether the rice is good or not, whether it is rotten or not, is no longer a problem. As long as there is something to eat, they can survive. Perhaps for Chai Yu and others, they can mix tears and bitterness with the rotten and spoiled food and swallow it together. After all, for the rulers of the feudal dynasty, it is the greatest grace to be able to give the lower class a bite of food. The lower class people should feel fortunate and happy that they can still eat rotten rice instead of chewing tree bark and swallowing soil. But now, there is nothing to eat!

"What time is it now? You're still thinking about eating!" Cao Jun's military school officer shouted with a cold look on his face, even moving the handle of his sword a little closer to him, as if he was going to draw it out the next moment, "Accept the order, now we must unite as one and face the enemy together! You all must immediately go to the desolate valley, set up the firing line, give the order, and ignite together!"

"Everyone! Move!"

"Anyone who disobeys my order will be killed without mercy!"

"Hurry up! Hurry up! I'm talking to you! Move!"

Amid the shouts, Cao's soldiers rushed forward, pushing, kicking and shoving Chai Yu and the others.

Chai Yu felt that something was wrong.

He knew clearly what was happening over there in the desolate valley.

In the hollow of the barren mountain, gunpowder was buried on the stone walls on both sides...

Logically speaking, even if they were to ask the craftsmen to ignite the gunpowder, there wouldn't be a need for so many people to go together.

After all, it's just lighting a fire.

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But now it seems as if they are all going to be driven into a desolate valley in the mountains!
Chai Yu couldn't help but take a few steps forward and asked, "It's just to light a fire, why do we need so many people? Just a few people...even to light a fire, what's the difficulty? Just a flint will do, you can also..."

Before Chai Yu finished speaking, the military school officer slapped him in the face, "Who are you? Who are you? How dare you be rude to me?!"

It was not known whether it was because the military school officer’s hand was too strong or because Chai Yu’s nose was too fragile, but the slap made Chai Yu stagger and fall, dizzy, and bleeding from his nose.

"You are all a bunch of bastards! Come on! Take them away!" Cao Jun's military school ignored Chai Yu who was beaten to the ground and shouted, "Hurry up! If you delay the order, you and I will both lose our heads!"

Upon hearing this, the Cao army soldiers waved their scabbards and gun handles, and started to beat and drive Chai Yu and other craftsmen and laborers to a desolate valley in the mountains.

In fact, as Chai Yu said, the location for igniting the gunpowder ambush does not necessarily require a craftsman to light it.

As for gunpowder, all you have to do is light it. Any fire lit by someone is still fire, right?
So actually, when Dong Zhao issued the order, he did not ask the craftsmen to light the fire, but in the process of conveying and executing the order, it became Chai Yu and others who were asked to light the fire...

This is a very normal phenomenon in Shandong.

Any middle and lower-level officials who are in charge of the affairs are unwilling to take any responsibility!

Although lighting a fire is a simple thing, it also means taking on a certain amount of responsibility!
What if it doesn’t light up?
What if something goes wrong?

What's more, Cao's army was not very familiar with gunpowder, and they were more or less afraid of unfamiliar things. What if they were killed by explosion or burnt when igniting the fire? So these people simply pushed the responsibility layer by layer, and when they got to the bottom, they could only blame Chai Yu and others, right?

The people in Cao’s military academy don’t care whether things can be done well or how the war situation changes. They just care about not letting their superiors put the blame on them!

So things like ignition are left to the craftsmen!
And in order to ensure that there would be no problems when igniting the fire, all the craftsmen were brought up!

Anyway, as long as there is a problem, it is the craftsman's problem and has nothing to do with them!

As for whether this process is reasonable or in line with the general public's perception, it has nothing to do with them. They just need to do things that are in line with the "process"!

Otherwise, no matter how reasonable and effective it is, if it does not conform to the "process", they will be the ones who suffer! So as long as you are not unlucky, it doesn't matter who suffers!

Chai Yu stumbled along the way, dripping with blood. He couldn't understand why such a simple matter, such a problem, couldn't be solved or dealt with?

Is it difficult to light a fire?
Apparently this is not a difficult task.

But in Caojun Military Academy, it is as difficult as heaven. In order to avoid responsibility, Caojun Military Academy can pretend to be ruthless beforehand, pretend to be stupid during the process, and pretend to be pitiful when things can't be resolved, saying that they have no choice and they are the ones who will suffer if they don't follow the procedures. But what is the reality? They are just worried that the superiors will cause trouble for them, and the nobles will cause trouble for them. As for other things...

What does it have to do with them whether the craftsmen eat well, can survive, or work hard? Even though Cao Jun’s military academy is ostensibly the person in charge of the craftsmen’s camp, in fact, he only needs to be responsible to his superiors, not to his subordinates.

Huangshanao was not too far from the craftsmen’s camp. Chai Yu and others arrived there after staggering for a while.

Cao's military school asked Chai Yu and others to go to the ambush site to wait for orders, and then they stood far away...

Chai Yu felt his head was still buzzing and his nosebleed still couldn't be stopped. He tried to cover it with sand, but it didn't work. Blood dripped down and fell on the ground, leaving spots of varying sizes. The noisy waves around him also made Chai Yu's body sway.

No one cared whether he was okay or not, and no one asked him what was wrong.

In the dizzy state, a voice came from far away and near.

"The Hussars are coming! They are coming!"

"Everyone! Quick, get ready, get ready to light the fire!"

Chai Yu subconsciously touched the flint.

"Quick! Now! Light the fire! Light the fire!"

Amid the chaotic shouting, Chai Yu numbly struck a few times, and as the flint and steel collided, some sparks flew out, just igniting the tinder, and then blood dripped from Chai Yu's nose, and with a puff, the flame was put out...

Chai Yu was stunned for a moment, then he started laughing. He laughed so hard that his whole body trembled and blood flowed into his mouth.

He threw the flint aside and collapsed beside the gunpowder.

Ah, what a beautiful night...

The stars are twinkling and the galaxy is bright.

How long has it been since he looked up at the night sky?

It turns out that only by turning your face over and raising your head can you see the sky!

How can we see such a beautiful scenery without quarreling?