Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 87 Surprise the snake (second update, please subscribe)
"Sikong, more than 1000 people have gone up the mountain to support Zhang Xiu's flank."

Someone beside Cao Cao said.

"I saw it."

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly, and pointed forward, "Let Shi Huan attack Zhang Xiu's front left."

"only."

Immediately there are messengers to convey orders.

The top generals of Cao Cao's [-] army are mainly Cao Hong, Cao Ren, and Yu Jin.

Then according to their status, they are Le Jin, Han Hao, Shi Huan, Zao Zhi, Li Zheng and others, who belong to the middle and upper ranks.

Then there is the pro-guard army, Dianwei, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and the rest of Cao Ang and Cao Anmin are regarded as followers, without specific job arrangements.

Now Dianwei was killed in Wancheng, Cao Ren was killed in Xinye, Le Jin was killed in Nieyang, Yu Jin led his troops to detour, was repelled by Gan Ning, and was on his way here, while Cao Hong commanded the attack on Zhang Xiu.

As for Cao Chun and Cao Xiu, Cao Chun was actually a civil servant, and his force was not even third-rate. Later, he commanded the tiger and leopard cavalry, and it was tantamount to sending him to death.

But Cao Xiu was too young. According to the bone age measured in Cao Xiu's tomb later, he lived to be 50 years old, so he was born in 178 AD and just turned nineteen this year.

He is currently serving as Cao Cao's personal guard, an ordinary soldier, not even a low-level officer, let alone go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

So at this time, Cao Cao didn't have any good generals around him, so he could only send Han Hao and Shi Huan to attack from the flanks, while the rest Zaoyi, Li Zheng and others led their team.

But even if he didn't have any powerful generals at hand, Cao Cao didn't worry about the enemy being able to defeat his troops.

Fighting is only part of the battle, not all.

Lu Bu is invincible in the world, and he didn't see what could happen.Didn't Liu Bei Guan Zhang, an enemy of ten thousand people, have been defeated repeatedly?

Therefore, Cao Cao cares more about the impromptu performance on the battlefield than the fierce general rushing into the battle.

At this time, he accurately found the weak point of the enemy.

And Shen Chen on the top of the mountain also discovered Cao Cao's plan, but his battlefield experience is still too little, not to mention that he is a guest army, so he has no way to command Zhang Xiu in front of the battle, so he can only see the tricks.

Seeing that Cao Cao ordered Shi Huan to lead the troops again, Shen Chen immediately realized that something was wrong, and said to his father Shen Zhen, "Father, we have to help."

"Let's just say it."

Shen Zhen also rode on horseback, clenched the steel knife in his hand and said, "Being a father is absolutely unambiguous."

Shen Chen reined in his horse and pointed to Zhang Xiu's left front, "We must support that place."

"Okay, let's go!"

Shen Zhen picked up the whistle and began to toot.

The [-] soldiers around immediately approached, well-trained, and under the leadership of Shen Zhen and his son, they went down the mountain to support Zhang Xiu.

In fact, by this time, the arrows they carried were almost used up.

Arrows were originally a very special ordnance. Huang Menting killed Cao Ren in the first battle and used up all his wealth. Later, the arrows he added were obtained from Gan Ning.

Now that they shot randomly, the soldiers had run out of arrows, and at this time they could only choose to fight hand-to-hand.

However, because the distance was too far, when we went down to the battlefield, the situation on the battlefield had already reached a fever pitch.

In the distance, Cao Hong was fighting Zhang Xiu. Later generations ranked the 24 generals of the Three Kingdoms. Cao Hong was not among them, but it did not mean that he was worse than some of them.

There was also a feat of toughening the peak Ma Chao for [-] rounds, and fighting Gan Ning for [-] rounds, but he was defeated and left.

Maybe not as good as Zhang Liao and Zhang Yun, but Fang Dongwu is also a man who can squeeze into the top five.

Therefore, at this moment, Zhang Xiu, who was the hottest among the 24 generals, was fighting fiercely. After dozens of rounds of fighting between the two sides, Zhang Xiu was faintly defeated.

Although Zhang Xiu is on the top of the list, he doesn't actually have any impressive record. He was included in the 24 generals only because he led the army to kill Dianwei Cao Ang. His own military strength is only second-rate, and it is still quite difficult to fight against Cao Hong. .

It's just that Zhang Xiu also knew that now was the critical time of life and death, and he had to use all his skills to bring the situation back, so he also exhausted his breastfeeding strength to fight Cao Hong.

While the two sides were fighting fiercely, the army led by Han Hao had already reached the right flank of the Xiliang Army. At this time, the Xiliang Army had not made any adjustments at all, and hurriedly fought against Han Hao, who was on the Xiji flank, and the formation was in chaos.

"Back back, back up."

"There are about [-] troops to fill up there, the enemy is about to come in."

"Hold on, our reinforcements are coming soon."

Although the Xiliang Army's impromptu reaction and execution ability were a bit slow, the soldiers were extremely brave and bloody.

After all, these people were all fierce soldiers who followed Zhang Ji from the gu pot in Guanzhong. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are veterans of hundreds of battles, and naturally they cannot collapse immediately.

It's just that after all, due to the problem of my own formation, someone found a loophole. After a while of rushing, it was already retreating steadily and was about to collapse.

Fortunately, Deng Zhao came late, and arrived at the moment when the Xiliang army was about to retreat to Zhang Xiu's left rear, and helped them stabilize their position.

"Everyone, don't panic, stabilize first, reinforcements are coming."

Deng Zhao rode on horseback, swung his knife left and right, and cut down a Cao Jun who had his back turned to him. The second knife was blocked by Cao Jun, and another Cao Jun almost stabbed him off the horse.

Cao Jun's soldiers' combat quality and cooperation still surprised him. Fortunately, Huangmenting's soldiers also trained for two or three years, and they cooperated closely. At critical moments, there were clansmen to help block him, which saved him from sacrifice.

After cooperating with more than a dozen relatives around him to kill five Cao Jun and clear the area, Deng Zhao rode on his horse and shouted: "Cao Jun is defeated, Cao Jun is defeated, everyone shout together."

"Cao Jun is defeated, Cao Jun is defeated, Cao Jun is defeated."

First, more than a dozen people around shouted, and then spread out, becoming dozens of people shouting, and finally all the 1000 people in Huangmenting started shouting loudly.

In fact, there are countless chaotic sounds on the battlefield, such as shouting, roaring, screaming, wailing, and various sword collisions, and even the distant river waves and wind can affect people's senses.

So in fact, unless you encounter a loud voice like Zhang Fei, it is very difficult for ordinary generals to raise the morale of their soldiers by shouting.

But if many people shout together, they will gather their voices and disturb the attention of the enemy and our soldiers.

So when the words "Cao Jun is defeated" resounded throughout the battlefield, although it did not disturb Cao Jun's morale, it temporarily stabilized the Xiliang Army, which was on the verge of collapse.

Many Xiliang troops who had been retreating back turned around and continued to fight.

For a while, the position of the Xiliang Army was stabilized.

It's just that Cao Jun was not affected at all. While shouting "Zhang Xiu is defeated", he continued to launch a fierce attack on the Xiliang Army on the flank, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

The reason why both sides have to call each other defeated is mainly from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. This is the best way to improve morale.

Later, in order to prevent this from happening, the so-called master general (dao) appeared.

Once the opponent calls the enemy defeated, the soldiers will instinctively take a look at the big banner. If the big banner is still there, it proves that the main general is still there, and the morale of the army will not be shaken, and they will continue to fight.

But there are also negative teaching materials.

During the battle of Feishui, Fu Jian planned to retreat a little bit, and when the Jin soldiers crossed the river, he took advantage of the situation and attacked halfway.

As a result, Zhu Xu yelled "Qin's army is defeated".

Because Fu Jian's troops were too many and too bloated, a large number of soldiers could not see where the big banner was at all. Before the two sides had fought each other, the Jin soldiers shouted "Qin army is defeated".

So the Qin army in the front thought it was really defeated, and ran back one after another. The Qin army in the back didn't know what was going on, and continued to march forward.

In this way, the front and rear troops collided and squeezed each other, and it immediately turned into a large-scale stampede accident. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered together, which was more lively than a big star concert.

Then Fu Jian lost to the Jin army in such a muddled manner.

Therefore, calling each other defeated in the war between the two sides can be regarded as the traditional art of China's thousands of years of war history.

It's just that Deng Zhao did this to cheer up the morale of the Xiliang Army that was on the verge of collapse, and Han Hao did this to defeat the morale of the Xiliang Army.

The only pity is that Guan Yu is missing in this battle.

Otherwise, Guan Yu rushed in and chopped Han Hao first, and Cao Jun's soldiers would definitely be defeated when the main general fell down.Just like Yan Liang in the Battle of the White Horse, when Yan Liang died, Yuan Jun, who was originally superior in numbers, collapsed instantly.

And just when Han Hao led the troops to attack the left rear formation of the Xiliang Army, and Deng Zhao rushed to the rescue in time to save him, Shi Huan also began to lead the troops to attack Zhang Xiu's left front formation.

In fact, there is no flaw here, but Cao Cao's command in front of the battle is much better than the half-baked Shen Chen. He did this not to break through the Xiliang Army, but to shake the entire formation of the Xiliang Army from the side.

Among the 36 tactics, there is a tactic called "beating the grass to startle the snake", and there is also an idiom in "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness" called throwing stones to ask the way. From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the War of Liberation in my country, such tactics are not uncommon, and there are countless.

Cao Cao asked Han Hao to attack the vulnerable flank of the Xiliang Army. Even if the Xiliang Army barely resisted, it could only be regarded as struggling.Immediately afterwards, he sent Shi Huan to attack Zhang Xiu's other side, which was bound to put great pressure on the side.

As a result, Zhang Xiu was blocked by Cao Hong from the front, and the front left and rear left of the flank were engulfed in flames of war. The entire formation was in serious chaos from the left end. Even Shen Chen was exhausted trying to fight the fire everywhere.

Soon, when Shi Huan was fighting fiercely with the left front wing of the Xiliang Army, the reinforcements led by Shen Zhen and Shen Chen and his son had already arrived at the rear. Shen Chen originally wanted to support Zhang Xiu's front army, but suddenly realized that if he went, then You will fall into a very passive situation.

He was led by the nose by Cao Cao.

So he didn't go to support the former army at all, but joined Deng Zhao and launched a fierce attack in the direction of Han Hao's banner.

In fact, the number of soldiers and horses led by Han Hao is not large. After the Xiliang Army stabilized their position and Deng Zhao's support, their numbers fell into a disadvantage. Inch.

As soon as Shen Chen's father and son arrived, they posed a serious threat to his commander behind him. As a last resort, he could only retreat a little temporarily. Cao Jun in front saw that the general retreated, so he also retreated.

The crisis in the rear was lifted in a short time.

In the distance, Cao Cao was standing on a high slope by the river bank. Seeing this scene from a distance, he sneered and said, "It's a very smart choice, but that's all. Let Zaozhi come over."

The messenger immediately went to Zaoyi.

Zaozhi is located in the front left of Cao Jun and in front of Zhang Xiujun's right.

Called by Cao Cao, he immediately drove his horse to come.

"Sikong."

"Lead your troops and attack Zhang Xiu's right army immediately."

"only."

Zaozhi took the order and left.

Cao Cao scanned the entire battlefield. Now that Zhang Xiujun has been fully mobilized by him, there are flaws everywhere. When Zaoyi started to attack the opponent's right army in the distance, he raised the sword in his hand and shouted: "The whole army strikes!"

"Dong dong dong dong!"

The thunderous sound of war drums sounded, and all Cao's troops began to charge towards Zhang Xiu.

(End of this chapter)