Chapter 3346 Whose Strategy Is the Strategy Among Strategies?

Chapter 3345 Whose strategy is the strategy among strategies

Cao Zhao left the central army tent uneasily. He didn't know whether his words moved Fei Qian.

Everything seemed to be immersed in endless fog, and the future direction could not be seen. But when some retreat arose in his heart, he would find that the retreat had disappeared.

Cao Zhao was walking on the road, and a gust of wind blew. He suddenly felt cold on his body, and was soaked in cold sweat.

It was caused by guilty conscience.

Not everyone has the talent to remain calm when facing the collapse of Mount Tai. Most of the time, they are forced to do something.

Last year, Fei Qian rushed to the Western Regions to quell the rebellion, which made Cao Cao and the people of Shandong mistakenly think that there was an opportunity to take advantage of.

Unexpectedly, in this battle in the Western Regions, that bastard Lu Bu surrendered so quickly and gave up everything. The chaos in the Western Regions was also interrupted with the collapse of Shanshan State, which made Cao Cao and the people of Shandong unable to get off the tiger...

What is even more unexpected is that Hedong is so difficult to fight.

The Hussars were not those incompetent old officials of the Han Dynasty, otherwise they would not have such a great foundation. Their vast territory was forged by their iron blood and military exploits. When they went west, they overturned the country with a flip of their hands, which naturally formed the supreme prestige aura on Fei Qian.

People who have been following Fei Qian may not think anything, but those who meet Fei Qian for the first time will inevitably be affected by his various achievements and merits, as well as related positions, and even remind Cao Zhao of the fear of the Hussars in Xu County.

As Cao Zhao walked, he recalled his words and deeds with Fei Qian after he entered the big tent, but found that he could not figure out some details, which made him very uneasy, but there was still no other good way.

Cao Zhao did want to save his father, but it was not exactly like what he and Fei Qian said.

Young people, after all, have some broad dreams, wanting to be big, hard and lasting, but this kind of dream often only truly realizes the wonderfulness of facing the world when they enter their thirties or forties, and they are still powerless after all.

One wrong step and you'll die.

This strong sense of excitement made Cao Zhao feel like he was walking on a cliff.

He had done what he should do, and the rest...

maybe he could only leave it to God.

Cao Zhao looked up at the sky.

The sky was endless.

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The sky was endless, and the human heart was equally unfathomable.

The word "greed" explained all the mysteries, but many people still turned a blind eye to it.

"The feelings may be true, but the request must be false." Xun Chen said calmly, even a little coldly, "A father saves his sons, and a son saves his father."

"Hmm..." Fei Qian was stunned.

He didn't expect Xun Chen to explain the problem from this angle, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.

"A father saves his son, his feelings are true, and his intentions are deep. Among all living things, the feelings between father and son are as eternal as the heaven and earth, and as bright as the sun and the moon. When a son is in danger, the father will stand up and do everything he can. This is the ultimate love of family and the ultimate nature of humanity. However, the son saving his father is rare and his feelings are deep, but his worries are not as earnest as the father saving his son. Although the father is filial to his father, he may hesitate or fail to help in time due to the turmoil of worldly affairs. It is not that the son is heartless, but the world is complicated and people's hearts are unpredictable, so the son saving his father is not as good as the father saving his son. 』

Xun Chen talked freely.

『This is all determined by worldly affairs. If a son sincerely saves his father, his feelings can also move heaven and earth, and his actions can also shake people's hearts. The feelings between father and son are all witnessed by heaven and earth, and the sun and moon are shining. No matter how many people there are, they are all true feelings. I am just discussing the matter, not judging whether it is good or bad. '

'Looking at this man now, although he is excited, his eyes flicker... So Chen thinks that his words may not be completely trustworthy. ' Xun Chen smiled and said, 'However, Chen congratulates the lord, maybe he can take this opportunity to get a great general of the Cao army! '

Fei Qian turned his head to look at Xun Chen and raised his eyebrows, 'Cao Zilie? '

Xun Chen nodded and said: 'That's right. '

Fei Qian was a little unconvinced.

After all, ordinary Cao generals are fine, this Cao Xiu is also an important member of the Cao generals. In history, he is one of the Eight Tiger Generals of the Cao family, or...

Wait.

The Eight Tiger Generals are the arrangement of the generals under Cao Cao by later generations, right?

Well, Cao Xiu and Cao Zilie...

While Fei Qian was thinking, Xun Chen continued: 'Who said that this Cao Zi was willing to surrender, but every sentence was to assist the Han Dynasty, not to worship the cavalry. I think it is a retreat to advance, a feigned surrender. However, if we use the opponent's trick against him, it is all here... but, um... it seems that Cao thief's use of this strategy seems to be a little less clever and more deliberate...'

'Lost clever? ' Fei Qian nodded after hearing this.

The so-called cleverness is actually another way of saying "open plot".

Because it is open and aboveboard, there is naturally no need to hide anything, and there is no need to worry about the other party not choosing it. The more the other party evades, the greater the loss in the future. Just like the laws of the country, open plots are always more useful than secret plots.

Fei Qian pondered and it seemed that from a certain stage, Cao Cao's strategy began to deviate again. It was no longer as open and aboveboard as before, but had a taste of taking a different approach...

However, Fei Qian did not think too much about this issue. He was more interested in how to deal with Cao Xiu.

Unlike Xia Houshang, Cao Xiu is well-known among the Cao family, especially among the younger generation. If Cao Xiu can really be surrendered, it will be no less than a major blow to the Cao family's political group, and it will also This caused the nobles in Shandong to doubt the unity within the Cao family, thus affecting the foundation of Cao Cao's rule.

So Fei Qian retreated, and Xun Chen laid out his plans.

"The plan is simple, just let him send letters back and forth..." Xun Chen said with a smile, "If you get his handwriting, you can forge his books... When the fake is fake, the truth is also fake..."

So simple?

Fei Qian pondered for a moment and realized that the answer might really be that simple.

If you tell the truth, it is naturally worthless. If you don't tell the truth, you will be kept in the dark.

Communication between people is a very troublesome thing. The thoughts between each other fall from thoughts to words. With a slight change, the meaning may be completely different. Once the seeds of doubt are planted, it is impossible to remove them. Just two or three simple sentences, or shouting "Believe me" a few times, can solve the problem.

First of all, in the land of Shandong, it is said every day that it wants "unity" and "loyalty", but in fact there are many people who are half-hearted. When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought, a large number of people were swayed. Now that Fei Qian himself is fighting Cao Cao in Hedong, many people in Shandong are also feeling the same.

Judging from the various news that Fei Qian has received in the past few days, there are not a few people who are panicking and have different intentions, so it might as well be fake and make a real show...

Fei Qian nodded and agreed with Xun Chen to try to implement this strategy.

However, Fei Qian considered another question. What is the purpose of Cao Cao's eagerness for quick success and instant gain?

Is Mr. Lao Cao really not afraid that he will be devastated if he loses?

Or is there something else that Fei Qian failed to pay attention to, or something that can make the final decision and change the situation of the battle?

This is indeed a problem...

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The thing that changes the situation of the war may be big or small. It may be just a word, or it may be a soldier.

On Wuguan Road, Huang Zhong led his soldiers to attack the stone bridge road in front of Wuguan Pass.

Here is a bottleneck.

After passing here, you can push straight to the broken pass.

The terrain of Stone Bridge Road is dangerous, and the stone slabs are connected on the mountain ridge, just like a stone bridge, hence its name. Of course, Cao Jun soldiers were guarding the stone bridge road.

Huang Zhong listed the formation not far from Shiqiao Road.

Pang Shanmin was behind the formation, looking at Shiqiao Road with some worry. There are no guardrails on this stone bridge-like stone slab. It's okay to walk in the middle. If you fall to either side, although you won't be shattered into an abyss, you will at least break your limbs and muscles.

Moreover, there are some terrains in the Wuguan Road that are similar to this. Although it is not so steep that one man can defeat ten thousand men, but if there are too many injuries along the way, the combat power will inevitably decrease. If you really want to march into Nanyang and regain Wancheng, you will encounter difficulties.

Wenpin knew that guarding the pass must guard the main road, so he also deployed a lot of soldiers here.

The mountain mist swept in with a roar, curling and beating the flags of both sides.

Huang Zhong looked at Cao Jun opposite, was silent for a moment, and stroked his beard, "I thought that Wen Zhongye would retreat despite the difficulties, but he didn't expect... Today we will capture the stone bridge and gather the troops to pass it!" 』

On the mountain road, both sides have no way to push heavy weapons forward, so there are advantages and disadvantages for the soldiers of both sides. Basically, they have to rely on hand-to-hand combat to determine the ownership of the Stone Bridge Road.

On the stone bridge road of less than a hundred steps, archers from both sides can cover this area, so the first to go out must be the sword and shield players with heavy armor and thick skin.

While the archers began to line up on both sides of the stone bridge and were busy, Huang Zhong's swordsmen were already lined up quietly.

Different from Cao Jun's tactics of using miscellaneous soldiers to consume the opponent's physical strength and equipment, Huang Zhong's current strategy is to use elites to break through this bottleneck.

It can be clearly seen that Cao Jun also listed the corresponding formation on the opposite side of the stone bridge, and also set up some horse resistance. There should be some iron caltrops on the ground, but because the rocks on the mountain road are solid, I really want to dig. No trap can be dug. Juma is also a movable type. It is only pressed with sandbags and cannot be nailed into the rocks on the ground.

Although Huang Zhong verbally told Pang Shanmin to relax, in fact Huang Zhong was very cautious when facing combat.

Huang Zhong narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the rejecting horses.

He doesn't have many cavalry, and it's not suitable to charge on horseback on this kind of terrain, so what are these resisting horses doing? There is no horse that can be resisted, but the horse is just placed to protect the infantry?

The swordsmen under Huang Zhong are quite good.

Most of these school swordsmen had been with Huang Zhong when they were in Jingxiang and accepted Huang Zhong's training and teachings. Only when everyone is good at wielding good swordsmanship can they be called "school swordsmen". It is a "teacher of swordsmanship", the kind that can be used as a swordsmanship instructor in the ranks of ordinary soldiers.

Swords and shields do not distinguish between families. The current terrain that requires swords and shields to advance is exactly the time for these school swordsmen to exert their power.

The sword and shield wielders in Cao Jun's formation on the opposite side are obviously somewhat different from Huang Zhong's school sword wielders...

"Wen Zhongye..." Huang Zhong snorted, "What do you want to do?" 』

After pondering for a moment, Huang Zhong took a long bow from the guard beside him, then pulled out an arrow and commanded in a deep voice: "Tangbu!" ignition! 』

The guard immediately took a piece of cloth, dipped it in the kerosene jar, wrapped it around the arrowhead, and lit it on fire.

Huang Zhong didn't seem to take aim, he just opened the bow and shot.

Shan Lan, who was playing on the mountain road, was stunned and immediately became furious!

This guy actually looks down on someone?

Shan Lan roared over, pulling and encouraging hard, trying to make Huang Zhong's arrow deviate from its original direction.

But I don't know whether Huang Zhong calculated the wind speed in the first place or Shan Lan's strength was not worth mentioning. The arrow was like a meteor in the air, directly crossing the stone bridge of a hundred steps, and pierced Cao Jun's array with a "pop" sound. Among them, there is a horse that is set up relatively far back.

"Quickly put out the fire!" 』

Cao's soldiers panicked, and immediately someone stepped forward, tore off Huang Zhong's arrows, and extinguished the rockets that had not fully released their burning power.

Huang Zhong squinted his eyes and made a sound.

Pang Shanmin stepped forward and asked, "What did the general see?" 』

Huang Zhong smiled and said, "If what I expected is true, there must be something igniting the fire among those who resisted the horse!" 』

"ah? Pang Shanmin was a little surprised, "Is this... is this a trap?" So is it possible to use rockets to ignite these resisting horses first? 』

Huang Zhong stretched out his hand and let Shan Lan pass through his fingers. He pondered for a moment and shook his head, "It's difficult." 』

Even if Huang Zhong shoots an arrow by himself, he seems to be doing it easily and without any mistakes, but for ordinary archers to achieve his level of strength and accuracy...

The bows and arrows were thrown, because they were wrapped with cloth, so the range was originally reduced. In addition, there was an uncertain mountain wind on the stone bridge. Even if some arrows could be shot over, they might not be able to defeat the few behind. He refused immediately nervously.

As for the horses in front of them, Huang Zhong believed that they were nothing and had no ingredients. Even if they were hit by rockets and burned, they would be of no use.

Due to terrain restrictions, the archers were unable to advance. If they really wanted to destroy this trap and let the archers advance, then the archers congested on the stone bridge would become Cao's army's best target.

However, after thinking for a moment, Huang Zhong suddenly laughed, "This is interesting... This is like Wen Zhongye!" Send the order and prepare to attack! 』

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On the other side of Shiqiao Road, Wenpin was also nervously staring at the changes in front of the formation.

You cannot defend the gate to death.

Although Wenpin did not have a great reputation, he was actually quite capable. It was just that he had always been around Jingxiang throughout history and had not gone out, so naturally no other generals had made such a big name.

This choice of Wenpin certainly has advantages and disadvantages.

Just like some people in future generations will choose to go to big cities to contribute their youth and body, and some people will choose to retire in their hometowns and lie down. They are all right. There is no distinction between high and low.

As a human being, the most important thing is to understand your position.

Your own, and your opponent's.

Wenpin understands his position and is very clear in his heart...

He couldn't fight, but he couldn't just retreat.

Although Wenpin tried his best to keep himself calm and present a confident image, in fact Wenpin couldn't control the corners of his eyes twitching from time to time.

That's it, why don't you stop?

Still thinking about attacking?

Is Huang Zhong crazy?

Could it be that he couldn't see the trap here?

Didn't Huang Zhong shoot an arrow before?

Thousands of thoughts flashed through Wenpin's mind, colliding with each other and congested in his chest and abdomen, making him feel extremely suffocated.

Of course, what made Wenpin even more frustrated was that Cao Jun in Jingxiang ignored his request for help...

Huang Zhong and his men pressed forward step by step, but he could only resist pointlessly.

Yes, Wenpin also knows that this level of resistance is nothing at all, and simple strategies can easily be seen through. The only hope is that because of the special terrain of Shiqiao, Huang Zhong and others find it a bit tricky, and then they can Put it off for a few more days.

As long as it can be delayed for ten days and a half, not only will the possibility of reinforcements increase a lot, but more importantly, even if I can't hold on and withdraw, I will have an excuse.

These days, it’s hard to have a good time no matter where you work!

There is an unwritten rule among Cao's army, perhaps also a rule among the Three Kingdoms. There is no explicit confirmation, but what most people agree on is that if attacked by the enemy, no reinforcements will be seen for three months, regardless of retreat. Regardless of whether you surrender or surrender, you will not be criticized. After all, you can say that you have tried your best.

If you can survive for a year and a half, even if you are captured, you will be respected by the other party and will be recruited and surrendered.

And if you do nothing and just run away when you see the enemy...

Where will Wen's face be placed in Jingxiang in the future?

Wenpin had to fight and resist, but he did not have enough strength, and the soldiers were too exhausted to resist, so Wenpin deliberately laid the trap out in the open.

It is not a horse-rejection that is used to repulse horses.

Anyone with a narrow mind would find something wrong, let alone Huang Zhong?

Wenpin hoped that Huang Zhong would find this problem, and if he couldn't solve it immediately, he could delay it for a few days.

For example, retreat, build or set up a catapult, ballista, etc., and then this trap can be broken.

Wen Pin could then naturally retreat to the next location, and then delay for a few more days...

until reinforcements arrived, or...

withdraw.

So Wen Pin stared at the soldiers on the opposite side, silently saying in his heart, "Don't come over!"

Unfortunately, things did not go as he wished.

The war drums on the opposite side of the stone bridge roared!

Huang Zhong's school swordsmen marched forward in a row!

"Crazy!" Wen Pin's face finally changed, "This crazy Huang! Really crazy! Crazy! !"

The guards on the side also asked anxiously, "General, what should we do? They really come up! What should we do? ! !"

Wen Pin didn't want to fight, but the other side had already forced him up.

"What else can we do? !"

This was riding on his face!

Wen Pin sighed, and when he turned around, his face was full of "determination"...

He clenched his sword and raised it high, "Order, beat the drum! Prepare to meet the enemy! !"