Chapter 3366: Distortion and Deformation, the Power of Straw
Chapter 3365 Distortion and deformation, the power of straw
In the artillery shooting phase, the tactics of the baggage carts are actually competing with the artillery for the hit rate.
Although the accuracy of smoothbore artillery is better than that of catapults, it is relatively limited.
So in terms of hit rate, everyone is equal in rolling the dice, and the result is not bad.
After all, it is rolling the dice. Some people will roll out twenty points, and some people will only roll out one point. Except for those organizations that violate physics and make Newton unable to help but open the coffin lid, most of them will appear fair when rolling the dice.
That organization can not only get rid of all the traditional physics theorems on the earth, but ordinary employees can also have super strong predictive and prejudgment abilities. What nine-headed bird avengers are compared with that organization, they are simply weak, right?
In the face of fairness, Cao's soldiers have nothing to say, and those who are hit by artillery fire will not complain.
But when the cavalry came up, it was immediately different.
Who is blocking the swords and guns outside, and who is laughing inside the shield?
When the shells come, everyone will die together anyway. The inside and outside of the car are similar. In front of the artillery, it may be like an extra layer of paper, and it may be even worse inside the car, so naturally no one fights for it.
But now the cavalry is coming!
"Concentrate! Gather quickly! Quick, quick, quick!"
Cao Sheng shouted loudly and issued an order.
This order is naturally correct.
The scattered car formation is to prevent several people from being killed by artillery, and the interconnected car formation is used to deal with cavalry.
In Cao Sheng's mind, it is naturally perfect. The car formation can be dispersed for a while, concentrated for a while, and a long snake formation can be formed for a while, and two dragons can be drawn out of the water formation for a while...
But the actual situation...
It's a mess.
"Come out, cart pushers! I'm an archer!
"What's so great about archers? ! Get out!
"Sword and shield people get out! Stand outside according to the rules!
"Your mother sets the rules! Are you going to force me to death? '
'Spearmen, get out! Hold up a fork and stick it in the car! '
'I'm stuck! '
'Ahhh! '
'Don't pull me! '
'Don't block me! '
In the original plan, there was no chariot formation, orderly and bloody fighting, swords and spears inside and outside the chariot formation, and bows and crossbows whistling back and forth. There was only chaotic insults and scrambles. Everyone was sticking their butts out to get a safe and good position. The result was of course that no one had a good position, and all the Cao army soldiers were in danger.
From another perspective, do these Cao army soldiers have a desire for victory and a need to survive?
Obviously they do.
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 solve the problem in a real way, instead of making a tactic that looks beautiful but is actually very fucked up?
Moreover, at the critical moment of the battle between Guanzhong and Shandong, shouldn't we make less trouble if possible and make more contributions if possible?
Unfortunately...
When Li Li led the cavalry out, he was still a little worried. After all, Cao Jun 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 strong crossbows. So Li Li initially ordered the cavalry to disperse to avoid arrows and crossbows that might appear in the chariot formation.
Especially strong crossbows.
Because of the shield of the tower, in theory, the crossbowmen in the baggage cart can safely mount the crossbow and shoot.
And the cavalry is big, so it is not so easy to avoid the crossbow arrows at close range.
But Li Li never expected that the chariot formation set up by the Cao army was actually an empty shell!
A chariot formation that failed to collude and form an array connected head to tail is garbage!
『Free attack! 'Li Li immediately changed his original plan and issued a new order, 'Break the chariot formation! Destroy these chariots! '
Li Li used 300 cavalrymen as a wave of formations and launched an attack on Cao's chariot formation one by one. Amid the rumbling sound of horse hooves, the yellow dust that was stirred up was flying all over the sky, and it was majestic, as if it could shake even a copper wall and iron wall.
But Cao's chariot formation was not even a wall of earth and 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 continuous. The most critical problem was that the chariot formation tactics of Cao's soldiers were formed from top to bottom, which did not conform to the actual situation at all!
Some baggage carts were too heavy, not only could not move, but even the axles were broken, and they completely lost their ability to move.
Some baggage carts could move, but their center of gravity was too high and too shaky, so they started to lose balance in a pothole, and before the cavalry could attack, they turned upside down...
Two or three carts were barely put together, and they could not form an effective defense system. The cavalry circled around the carts twice, and they were so confused that they didn't know which direction their swords, guns and arrows should be pointed. Then some were stabbed in the ass, some were pulled down by lassos, and some had grenades thrown directly into the carts!
If under the attack of artillery fire, Cao Sheng's car formation tactics can still be considered decent, after all, although the power of artillery is great, the attack frequency is not high, then under the high-intensity cutting and charging of the cavalry led by Li Li, Under the blow and destruction, Cao Sheng's car formation quickly collapsed and melted like a snowman encountering the bright sun!
Some of Cao's soldiers who reacted a little faster simply abandoned their vehicles and fled!
While the hussars are still staring at the car, run away!
As he ran, he said hello, "Don't worry about that broken car!" Throw it away! Run! 』
Cao Sheng was furious, drew his sword, took a few steps forward, and slashed a deserter to death, shouting: "Those who disrupt the army!" Kill without mercy! 』
Seeing Cao Sheng's behavior, other soldiers of the central guard army also moved forward, killing the ordinary soldiers of Cao army who escaped, forcing them to turn back to fight the hussars.
Most of the ordinary soldiers of Cao's army had not been jumped in the face by the hussars, so they more often saw others running away, so they naturally followed them. As a result, they unexpectedly bumped into the supervising team of Cao Sheng and others, and suddenly It was Cao Sheng who led the supervising team to chop and stab him indiscriminately. Blood splattered everywhere, and the sound of crying and howling suddenly reached a higher level!
Some thieves just rolled and crawled up the slope, while those upright boys were driven back by the supervisory team and were forced to turn back to face the hussars...
Cao Sheng will never allow the car formation to be defeated so easily!
This is not because of Cao Sheng's strong determination to win or lose, nor how tenacious he is in his own beliefs, it is just because he came up with Che Zhen's ideas, plans, rules and regulations!
Therefore, Cao Sheng will never allow this "temporary", "experimental" and "temporary" car array method to collapse so quickly!
Even Cao Sheng himself knew that the collapse of the car formation was certain and unavoidable, but Cao Sheng still hoped to persist long enough to prove his "temporary", "experimental", The "temporary" car formation method "has a certain effect" and "solves a certain problem", rather than being pure garbage.
If you admit that the suggestions, ideas, strategies, methods, etc. you put forward are rubbish, doesn't it mean that you are rubbish?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
As for the actual situation, or who bore the pain and suffering...
Is this issue important? Anyway, as long as it’s not Cao Sheng himself!
Cao Sheng forced all ordinary Cao soldiers to move forward, and also forced Bao Zhong and others to move forward. His previous amiable appearance was just a pretense, but in Cao Sheng's heart, he was the real deal. The one who knows is a descendant of the Cao family who came out of Qiao County Shifang with a well-established family!
Bao Zhong and others should devote their loyalty even to their lives!
Sacrifice for the Cao family is an honor for Bao Zhong and others!
But for Bao Zhong, Cao Sheng's order was fucked up.
Bao Zhong was so angry that he even looked at the messenger sent by Cao Sheng with a fierce look.
Don't push people too hard!
It is strange to say that when Bao Zhong realized that he still had a choice, he began to weigh the various requirements for Cao and others. Good, bad, neither good nor bad, or downright rubbish, Bao Zhong had to carry it out no matter what it was, but now he seems to have an extra choice.
In fact, everyone has a choice...
Either in the present or in the future.
Destruction in silence and explosion in silence are not black and white. You can only choose one, but they exist at the same time. It's like it's Cao Sheng who's breaking out now, and Bao Zhong who's going to perish, but what about the next moment?
Bao Zhong's hand holding the sword was held tightly.
Bao Zhong looked back.
He always indicated with his eyes slightly.
Bao Zhong took a breath and said to Cao's messenger: "I know!" Someone will definitely follow the order and attack! 』
Seeing that Bao Zhong had complied with the order, the ordering soldier also softened his tone, said something cool, and left immediately.
"What are you going to do?" Bao Zhong asked about this and said angrily, "This kind of maid's adopted son is actually making love in front of me!" 』
He always whispered, "It doesn't matter... just be patient for now... let's go over there!" 』
Isn't it just turning to attack? It's called turning in for short. Who can't do it?
As soon as Bao Zhong saw the direction of his finger, he immediately understood and laughed, "Okay!" Spare this maid's adopted son for once! Come on, give the order, let's go that way! 』
Bao's war flag was waving, and it seemed that he was heading up to meet Li Li's hussars. However, in fact, if you could look down from the air, you would find that the direction Bao Zhong was actually walking was slightly different from that of the hussars...
Of course, looking at it from Cao Sheng's point of view, after all, he and Bao Zhong are on the same plane, so it is not possible to find that Bao Zhong's direction has shifted. He only sees that Bao Zhong did obey his orders and began to move forward. He couldn't help but feel I took a deep breath and felt that Bao Zhong, the veteran general, was indeed a good general!
But when Bao Zhong moved outward like this, it was equivalent to exposing Cao Sheng's flank!
Infantry array, what is the most important thing?
The formation is complete!
Infantry can only fight against cavalry when they are in 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, bloody experience!
Once the infantry array is scattered, it means one thing...
Li Li quickly discovered the weakness exposed on Cao Sheng's flank in Cao Jun's line. Because Li Li recognized this "Bao Family" flag.
Before Li Li was promoted, as Xu Chu's subordinate, he had fought against Cao Jun. At that time, some soldiers discovered the contact signal from Bao's flag. Later, during the battle, he deliberately paid attention to it, and there was more or less success. Keep some hands open...
Now the advantage of holding on is revealed, Bao "gives up" to Cao Sheng's flank!
At first, Li Li was a little worried, whether it was a trap deliberately set by Bao, and then he and Cao Sheng would attack from both sides. However, after waiting for a while, he found that Bao would not look back after leaving, and he was even trying to seize the high ground. The defensive posture was understood, and with a laugh, he immediately sent out troops to launch a surprise attack on Cao Sheng's flanks!
The hussars roared together, and almost in the blink of an eye, they formed two assault arrays one behind the other. Then more than a thousand armored cavalry were like raging waves, stirring up the yellow dust and flying sand all over the sky. , circled slightly and rushed towards Cao Sheng's weak flank!
These more than a thousand armored cavalry, with their swords and guns shining brightly, and the red tassels on their saddles, on the desolate yellow land east of Hedong in autumn, are like bright red flowers dancing, and like spreading prairie fire!
Even though Fei Qian now has artillery, a long-range and sharp hot weapon, in the hearts of these cavalry, they are still the strongest force in this land!
The cavalry came and went like the wind, like the agitated wind and thunder!
Throughout the ages, as long as the cavalry has been an important part of the army, it has always been advocating to take the initiative to attack. It is definitely not like some magical drama, standing still and then spinning around in the crowd with a group of infantry!
It has never been difficult for the cavalry to use any fixed battle line, limited to a certain formation, or a certain method of warfare!
There is always only one strategy for cavalry, which is to move forward, move forward, and move forward again!
If you stop, there are only two results, either you defeat the enemy or you die in battle!
When Cao Jun's army came together with great momentum, no one among these hussars was timid and afraid of fighting. Now that Cao Jun's army has shown its defeat, no one will hesitate at all!
What's more, there is still the Han's hussar general right behind!
In the entire Han Dynasty, in the entire world, only Qiusi, and only Qiusi forever, can gain their wholehearted support, respect and love!
While all the people from Shandong were vying for positions in the Han Dynasty, and were beating each other until their brains exploded over trivial matters, only the Qingqi led them roaring north to fight against Xianbei and regain the Yinshan Mountains. Only Fei Qian took them on an expedition to the Western Regions and planted the Han army flag on the horizon thousands of miles away!
On this land east of the river, thousands of horses galloped, pulling out smoke and dust like billowing yellow dragons. No matter whether the enemy was strong or huge, 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 Jingqi!
When the hussars came in surprise, Cao Sheng was still shouting: "Get them all, get them all!" 』
Loyalty can never be obtained by relying solely on decrees.
When the sweetness on the lips of those cows and horses finally disappears and is replaced by the smell of sweat and blood, as long as the external pressure reaches a certain level and exceeds the limit that these cows and horses can bear, then collapse will become inevitable.
In the end, you can also put all the blame on the straw...
Anyway, no matter whether it is cattle, horses or straw, they have no say.
Cao Sheng's supervising team could not stop more and more defeated soldiers.
In the end, even Cao Sheng and the others swayed and collapsed.
Amidst the roar of the hooves of the hussars, the chaos in Cao Sheng's troops who attacked Cao Jun even began to spread to the middle troops of Cao Jun!
The hopeless stupidity, coupled with the so-called "temporary" tactics, caused Cao Jun to not only waste a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, lose many baggage vehicles, but also lose what little fighting spirit and morale he had left...
"It's not my fault! ” Cao Sheng’s eyes widened and he shouted loudly, “Those guys didn’t follow the rules! You didn’t do it my way! It’s all... ah ah ah..."
The blade flew from nowhere and cut into Cao Sheng's hand that was wielding the sword. Suddenly, the fingers were severed and blood splattered!
"Ahhh!" 』
With their fingers connected to their hearts, Cao Sheng's face was twisted in pain.
"Save the captain quickly!" 』
When the soldiers of the Central Guard Army saw this, they immediately protected Cao Sheng in groups and retreated towards Cao Jun's camp.
There are also catapults in Cao Jun's camp. I don't think these hussars dare to get too close!
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Just as Cao Sheng's car formation plan collapsed, Cao Jun on the left also encountered new problems...
The left wing of the Hussars was divided into battlefields below Anyi City.
The old military prince under Xu Chu felt that he was not old.
Looking at the scene of smoke and dust filling the Cao Jun camp in Anyi not far away, and the fire rising into the sky, the chest of the old military lord seemed to be burning, anxious and hot.
On the whole, Xu Chu's raid can be said to be a success.
Xu Chu used artillery to open a passage directly to Cao Jun's camp under Anyi City, and then avoided most of Cao Jun's fortifications and traps. In addition, Pei Ji came out of the city, so Xu Chu's army was not within Cao Jun's camp. The delay is too long, so overall the risk is reduced a lot.
However, as Cao Hong began to deploy troops in the Cao army's main camp, the atmosphere at the old military marquis who was responsible for interception and vigilance outside the Cao army camp in Anyi gradually became tense.
"Old military marquis! The general of the Cao army seems to be rushing out!"
The soldiers on the side said to the old military marquis.
The rising smoke and dust were like wild beasts surging in the land, as if they were about to pounce on them at any time!
The old military marquis took a breath.
There are enemy cavalry in here!
Although it is not clear, from the smoke and dust, the movement, the old military marquis has been in the battlefield for a long time, and naturally understands what it means!
Although the old military marquis is looking forward to military merit, he still can't help but feel a little nervous when facing such a surging murderous intent of the Cao army, but things have come to this point, thinking too much is useless, and the only way is to fight!