Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 239 The Soldier Without Fighting

The battle lasted less than half an hour, and Han Xi's army was dispersed by two thousand Huangmen soldiers.

Then the five thousand Jiangxia navy brought by Shen Chen assisted, and the Huangmen soldiers fought a tough battle. The Jiangxia navy used bows, crossbows, side raids, and loud noises to repel Sun Yijun on Han Xi's right wing.

Once Han Xi and Sun Yi were defeated, Zhou Bo on the left wing was naturally unable to support himself. Almost without anyone attacking, he broke up and fled on his own.

When Han Xi's army fled in all directions in the wilderness and could no longer fight again, Zhoutai and others on the hill far away had opened their mouths and stared blankly at all this.

That's it, win?
"Shen Jun defeated Cai Taiwei's army"

Zhou Tai and the others were stunned.

They all thought that this battle must be very exciting, and that Shen Chen would definitely command the battle in various ways, and then arrange troops, command the left and right flank armies, and turn defeat into victory.

Because Shen Chen had previously taught them to have a clear mind when fighting, including drawing pictures, making sand tables, etc., teaching students how to view the battlefield from an overall perspective, so as to cultivate excellent tactical talents.

Although he mainly taught the descendants of the second clan of Huang Menting and Deng Shen, he also taught a few such courses to the students of Xinye Academy to broaden their horizons.

So Zhou Tai and the others wanted to fight this battle. Due to the huge difference in the number of the two sides, from the overall perspective, Shen Chen must be at a disadvantage, so clever tactics must be used to win.

Zhou Tai and the others were full of confidence in Shen Chen, thinking that Shen Chen would definitely win, but what method he would use to win this victory became their focus.

And that's where they want to learn.

Originally, he risked his life to stay and watch the battle because he wanted to learn useful knowledge.

But he never expected that Shen Chen had no tactics and just went over in a reckless manner, and then Han Xi was defeated.

Didn't learn anything.

"I remember Shen Jun taught me that Lao Tzu said: "A large square has no corners, a great weapon cannot be completed, a great sound has no sound, and an elephant has no shape."

After being silent for a while, Zhoutai concluded his speech: "Maybe this is what this sentence means. A real war is to defeat the opponent head-on, and there is no need to use those methods."

"Yes."

Another person said: "Perhaps we were wrong at the beginning. We shouldn't be limited by the number of people on both sides. Although Shen Jun has a small number of people, the combat power of the Huangmen soldiers is far from that of Cai Taiwei's soldiers."

"But it's hard to say. Look at Shen Jun's soldiers, all of them are heavily armored. It is estimated that no one in this world has such a luxury as him."

"Where did Shen Jun get so many heavy armors? Back then, Lu Bu had [-] heavy armors trapped in the camp and already ran rampant. With these [-] heavy armored infantry, wouldn't he be invincible?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Heavy armored infantry are weak because they lack flexibility. Without the cooperation of ordinary infantry or cavalry, if they fight head-on, they will easily be exhausted."

"You guys speak the truth, why don't you go up to replace General Han if you're so capable?"

"It's one thing to say and one thing to do. Don't confuse the public."

"What's the fuss about this? Didn't Yuan Shao run rampant in the north relying on heavy armored infantry? But he was defeated with tens of thousands of armors. In the final analysis, it still depends on who is in command."

Zhou Tai finally stopped their quarrel.

It has to be said that as a future senior general of Cao Wei, and also from a low-level civilian background, Zhou Tai is indeed very talented.

Heavy armored infantry had already appeared in the Warring States Period, and the famous Wei Wuzu was one.

"Xunzi Yibing Pian" said: "Wei's military pawns take them according to their speed, wear armor of three types, wield a crossbow of twelve stones, carry fifty negative arrows, put the spear on it, wear a crown and a sword, win three days' food, In the midst of a hundred miles"

But although the Wei State, which had Wei Wuzu, was strong for a while, it finally fell under the Qin State's journey to unify China.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao was the prince with the most armor. According to historical records, Cao Cao started with only twenty or thirty sets of armor for generals and more than ten sets of armor for horses.

And Yuan Shao has more than 1 pairs, and even [-] heavy cavalry, the kind that both men and horses wear heavy armor, which is called armored riding equipment.

The results of it?
Yuan Shao was defeated in the Battle of Guandu.

Therefore, the quality of equipment is very important, and it is indeed good. The key is that good soldiers and equipment need to be commanded by skilled generals.

Although Shen Chen was the enemy who was defeated head-on in this battle, he also did a lot of commanding.

For example, divide the infantry into two rows, take turns to attack and rest, and send Jiangxia's navy as an assistant to raid and harass from the flanks and other tactical arrangements.

Therefore, the quality of soldiers, the quality of equipment, and excellent command are often indispensable.

After Zhou Tai stopped the quarrel among his partners, he kept his eyes on the soldiers of the Huangmen soldiers who were resting in the distance, and the general flag with the word "Shen".

Shen Chen won this battle without any tricks, and it also allowed Zhoutai to see the real environment on the battlefield for the first time.

But he didn't feel fear and fear, but a little excited.

It's that kind of bloody excitement.

Maybe.

I should take advantage of this time to join the army and follow Shen Jun to join Huangmenting's army.

This team will definitely shine in the future.

For a moment, the young Zhoutai had a goal in his heart, and he firmly understood what he was going to do in the future.

And just when Zhou Tai was thinking about joining the army and joining Shen Chen's army, Shen Chen had just removed the heavy armor from his body, sat down on the ground, panting heavily from exhaustion.

Nanyang has no shortage of iron mines or coal mines, and the iron filling method that only appeared in the Tang Dynasty made their annual steel output very large.

But being able to build the Three Thousand Steel Armor is basically the hard work of the past ten years.

If you have watched a foreign reality show "Blade Fighter" in later generations, you will know how much steel is needed to build a desired weapon.

It was already the industrial age with a lot of machines, which greatly reduced the building time and forging process.

In ancient times, it took a lot of materials and time to make a sharp blade. The best swords required extremely skilled craftsmen, and it might even take several years or ten years to make them successfully.

The same goes for armor.

Even complex armor is much more difficult than weapons.

Therefore, [-] sets of armor, the waste of materials and the time required are countless, which is already the limit that can be achieved now.

The 30 sets of battle armor and soldiers alone have almost emptied Huang Menting's old life, almost supporting a county of Xinye with a population of [-] million people, and it is already difficult to make a few more.

And the more heavily armored infantry, the better.

Not only the armor, but the training of the soldiers is also a golden mountain. If it weren't for Shen Chen's strong wine, paper making, and secretly selling iron tools to make a fortune, it would be impossible to support these three thousand soldiers.

At this moment, it was the first time for Huang Menbing to go into battle wearing battle armor. Although the record was good, the disadvantages were also obvious.

After the fight, the soldiers were half-paralyzed from exhaustion, but there were no soldiers who died in the battle. Quite a few were overwhelmed by the armor of more than ten kilograms. In addition to the more than ten minutes of fighting on the battlefield, everyone was exhausted. no.

The Jiangxia sailors behind them drove the carriage over and carried the armor onto the carriage.

Although these armors only weigh more than ten kilograms, they don't seem to be heavy, but it is really tiring to wear and slash weapons.

Since the innovation of iron and steel technology in the Tang Dynasty, heavy armored soldiers have widely dominated various battlefields in ancient my country. Tang Xuanjia Army, Jintie Futu, Song Burenjia, Xixia Iron Kites, and Qing Eight Banners are all powerful heavy armored infantry or heavy cavalry.

Although their armors are different, their playing styles are basically the same. After playing for a few minutes, they will take turns to rest. At the same time, they are accompanied by auxiliary horses, so that they can dismantle their armors at any time.

The main force of Shen Chen's army in this battle was [-] Huangmen soldiers, with every [-] men forming a row and rotating in two shifts.

The Wuqianjiang Xia Navy will provide assistance, raids and cover, and after the battle, they will help the main force to disarm and armor.

Therefore, to a certain extent, this is also a manifestation of Shen Chen's tactical arrangement.

"boom!"

The armor was thrown on the ground, making countless dull and metal collision sounds.

After the order to remove the armor was given, there were two thousand Huangmen soldiers who behaved like Shen Chen, and almost all of them were panting and sweating profusely.

Shen Tao approached, and said to Shen Chen who was resting on the ground: "Xiaoqing, how does this heavy armor taste?"

"It's really uncomfortable."

Shen Chen only felt that his hair was wet, and gasped for breath: "I used to do more weight-bearing training, and the weight-bearing armor training only started after I returned to Huangmen Pavilion in the past two years. It takes a lot of energy to fight in such a full-body armor. "

"However, the results of the battle are also very strong. Except for the casualties of dozens of people in the Jiangxia navy, there was not a single casualty in the Huangmen soldiers."

Shen Tao couldn't help but said: "If there are more armor like this, wouldn't no one be able to be it?"

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Brother Muzi, don't think that this kind of armor is very powerful. It is really useful to fight head-on, but if you find a way to restrain it, it will be easy to crack."

Shen Tao didn't take it seriously and said: "This armor is invulnerable, what else can we do to break it?"

"Hard consumption is the simplest and most effective way."

Shen Chen replied.

"Eh, yes, if Cai Mao sends more people over, maybe we will really be exhausted."

Shen Tao thought about it too, the soldiers exhausted so much physical strength, it would take another quarter of an hour for everyone to collapse on the ground to be slaughtered, so the defense was very strong, but it was really heavy.

"There are also blunt weapons, such as hammers, armor-piercing cones, maces, bone buds, and knocking sticks."

Shen Chen counted with his fingers.

Shen Tao covered her ears and said: "Forget it, forget it, don't talk about it, when you say that, I immediately feel that it is completely useless for us to spend so much money to build so many armors."

"You can't say that. If it is really so easy to crack, why would I spend so much energy and money building so many armors?"

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Our armors are all made of iron,"

"rational."

Shen Tao said: "We defeated Han Xi, shall we go to Xinye now?"

Shen Chen looked into the distance and said softly, "Not going to Xinye."

"Not going to Xinye?"

Shen Tao wondered: "Then where?"

"Go to Shangzi Township!"

Shangzi Township?
Shen Tao was taken aback.

That was Cai Mao's residence.

Cai Mao dispatched about 4 horses in this battle.

Although more than 1 people were defeated in this battle, there are still at least [-] in Shangzi Township.

If Lu Jie from the north came to support them again, and Cai Mao gathered up the remnants of the army, they would have to face nearly [-] troops.

Beating more than 1 people is already very difficult, and everyone is exhausted. If you beat 4 people, isn't that courting death?

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "If I go to Xinye, there are [-] Gan Ning troops in Xinye City, and most of their families are in the city. It will be very inconvenient to retreat. Cai Mao will force you. Only by repelling Cai Mao can we safely send everyone away. Take Huangmenting back."

"But, if we go to Shangzi Township, can we defeat him?"

Shen Tao hesitated.

Shen Chen said with a smile: "There is no need to defeat him, just ask Gan Ning to send an army out of the city, I have already arranged "reinforcements"."

"Reinforcement?"

Shen Tao scratched her head: "Do we have reinforcements?"

"There will be."

Shen Chen looked to the south.

There is a huge gap in troop strength between them and Cai Mao. Now Cai Mao has only sent 5 to [-] troops, but if he really wants to be aggressive and transfers most of the troops from Xiangyang, he can send [-] to [-] troops.

With so many people, Xinye can really besieged. The people in the city are unstable, and their family members are in the city, so they must be transferred.

The most important thing is that although the Nanyang Basin is their base, it is too close to Xiangyang. Jiangxia cannot support it, and Gan Ning has become a lone army. Therefore, it is correct to keep all the forces in one place so as not to be defeated one by one. Way.

But it is impossible for Cai Mao to let them leave, so he has to think of a way to drive Cai Mao back first, so as to prevent Cai Mao from sending people to attack when they evacuate the Xinye Ganning Army and their families, causing the soldiers and their families to disperse and lead to a big defeat.

So at this time, you need to use a certain strategy.

Soon, after about three quarters of an hour, the rested soldiers set off again, heading towards Shangzi Township in the south of Xinye.

Shangzi Township is only more than ten miles away from Xinye, but Huangmen Pavilion is more than 20 miles away from Xinye County. These two places are located in the east and south of Xinye respectively, so Huangmen Pavilion is actually farther away from Shangzi Township.

After Hei Niuyi defeated Han Xi, the defeated soldiers were scattered everywhere in the wilderness. Han Xi gathered the remnants and retreated to the camp, but he dared not defend the camp, but chose to retreat to the north to look for Lu Jie.

Sun Yi and Zhou Bo retreated to Shangzi Township.

It was getting close to dusk, and Cai Mao, who was stationed in Shangzi Township, had already heard the news of Han Xi's defeat.

"what?"

At this moment in Cai Mao's camp, he was shocked and said: "Two thousand heavy armored infantry? Where did Shen Chen get so many armors?"

"You don't even know how humble you are."

Sun Yi and Zhou Bo fell to one knee on the ground with panicked faces.

"Humph!"

Cai Mao said angrily, "Are you trying to deceive me?"

"Never mind."

The two kowtowed again and again, explaining the ins and outs of the matter clearly.

After confirming the authenticity of this matter, Hu Zhengcai said, "Duke Ming, it seems that this matter is not false."

"Shen Chen actually has so many battle armors!"

Cai Mao's face was very ugly and he said: "And it's the best iron armor, I'm afraid we don't have any weapons to break through it."

"Report!"

At this moment, a scout suddenly came in from outside, saying: "The soldiers of the Huangmen rushed to Shangzi Township, and the gate of Xinye City was also opened. Gan Ning led a large number of troops to join Shen Chen, and they were within five miles of us."

"Okay, he still dares to come!"

Cai Mao gritted his teeth and said: "Beat the drums and gather the generals, immediately rectify the soldiers and horses, I will kill these two."

"Duke Ming must not be impulsive."

Hu Zheng hurriedly persuaded him: "Shen Chen is not a reckless person, he has fewer soldiers than we have, and he still dares to attack our camp, I'm afraid there must be some deceit."

"A fraud?"

Cai Mao suddenly woke up.

When he was defeated in Badong, he fell into Zhang Lu's trick to lure the enemy to go deep. Now that he thinks about it, the scars of his memory emerge, which makes people feel lingering fear.

"good."

Hu Zheng said: "Shen Chen is very cunning, and he is attacking at this time, I am afraid he is trying to lure us into battle. There must be reinforcements behind him, we should wait and see first."

"Well"

Cai Mao pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Well, it is very reasonable to obey the rules. I ordered the generals to be careful in each camp, close the gates of the camps, and do not go out to fight the enemy."

"only!"

Soon the order was issued, and all the battalions received the order not to fight, and they all gathered on the wall to wait and see. Countless archers were waiting solemnly, waiting for the enemy to arrive.

The sky is getting darker and darker, almost at the third quarter of the sun, that is, at six o'clock in the afternoon, the sky is already gray, only the sun that has set in the west is still shining, dyeing the western half of the sky. It became a burning cloud.

On the northern horizon, all the soldiers saw dense black dots appearing at the end of the horizon, followed by Tang Township in the southeast, where raging smoke was burning.

Gan Ning and Shen Chen joined together, with a total force of more than [-], they came to line up outside Cai Mao's camp.

Some people came to call for battle, some people cursed Cai Mao, and there were all kinds of noisy voices outside the camp.

After waiting for half an hour, around the beginning of dusk, Cai Hao, who was watching the enemy on the wall of the village, suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes. Report to Cai Mao at the north gate.

"Report!"

The scout knelt down on one knee and said, "The smoke from the Tangxiang direction has been identified. It was the defenders from the Caiyang direction who discovered that a large number of Jiangxia navy troops from Xiangxiang had passed through the Dabie Mountains."

"Hahahahaha."

Cai Hao laughed triumphantly, turned back and said to Hu Zheng: "Sure enough, there is a fraud. This Shen Chen is really as cunning as a fox. He brought 7000 people to rush to help, making us think that he has few troops, but in fact there is a large army behind. He lured us into battle, he has heavily armored infantry, and if he fights in the field with reinforcements, our army may be wiped out if we attack."

Hu Zheng quickly said: "Fortunately, Minggong was not fooled, but I am afraid that our army will have to withdraw. This time Shen Chen went north, I am afraid that he brought a lot of troops, and the Huangmen soldiers are the strongest in the world. We have no way to deal with heavy armored infantry. way, once they cut off our food supply, it will be at stake."

"That's true."

Cai Hao frowned, although he "seeed through" the opponent's plan to lure him to attack, but when the reinforcements came, they would not be afraid to fight you head-on, their food and grass were all placed in Chaoyang County, in case they besieged the camp, they would turn around and attack Chaoyang County, isn't it going to be cold?
The situation of Badong's disastrous defeat is still vivid. Zhang Lu attacked his food and grass before he was forced to withdraw his troops. As a result, he was hunted down and returned to Jingzhou. Now he can't make this mistake again.

At that moment, Cai Mao said in a deep voice: "Decree, burn down the camp at midnight today, and withdraw the troops back to Chaoyang."

If the main force of the Jiangxia navy came to Nanyang, he would have to rearrange his plan. I am afraid that Zhang Yun's troops currently guarding Xiangyang must be transferred to the front line to completely defeat Liu Qi.

Time passed quickly, and when it was dark, seeing that Cai Mao was still unmoved, Shen Chen ordered the withdrawal of troops.

Countless torches and long dragons headed towards Xinye.

At midnight, Shangzi Township to the south of Xinye suddenly caught fire. The flames soared into the sky and could be seen for several miles.

Seeing this scene, Shen Chen in Xinye City breathed a sigh of relief.

The reinforcements from Xiangxiang were actually disguised by him looking for Huang She. Such a simple bluff would probably be spotted by a smart person at a glance.

At that time, they will face the problem that Nanyang and Jiangxia are difficult to balance, and they are likely to be defeated by Xiangyang one by one.

Fortunately, Cai Mao's intelligence is not high, and he withdrew after being slightly frightened.

This is the realm of subjugating soldiers without fighting!

　I was dizzy the first day, and my cough didn't stop. I didn't know what I was writing. I hope it will be better tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)