Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 629 Hammer Explosion
In November of the ninth year of Chu Li, Chu and Wei fought decisively in the Liyang area north of the Yellow River.

Both sides mobilized a total of one million troops, [-]% of which belonged to Wei State, and the battle line stretched for hundreds of miles.

Cao Cao originally regarded the "advantage" brought by this winter as his last chance to turn defeat into victory, but unexpectedly... the advantage did not exist!
Not only was the hammer blown, but... was hammered!

Wei's famous ministers and generals also made numerous ingenious plans and ingenious formations during this period. They also made surprise attacks on grain roads and used clever formations to defeat the enemy. As for the long battle front, the encirclement of points for reinforcements and attacks from the east and west... Not too much.

However, in terms of firepower, Chu State not only has Qi missiles and crossbows that Wei State does not have, but the total caliber of artillery is more than ten times that of Wei State...

Even though the Wei State was capable of attacking and developed and manufactured many artillery pieces, how could it compare to the Chu State's solid foundation?
Not to mention that under the same caliber, the power of Wei's artillery is completely behind that of Chu's artillery.

In terms of logistics, the state of Chu even paved the simple railway all the way to Guandu, and the whole country's granary was almost connected with the front line...

Wei's strategy was indeed very successful, but Chu's generals and commanders only needed to do one thing - to avoid collapse.

Even Bai Tu could imagine that the only possibility of Chu's defeat was to "bomb the camp for no reason", which was a collective psychological collapse.

Sometimes the bombing of the camp was caused by a collapse on the battlefield, and sometimes... there was no reason, it was just that the whole army was too nervous and the collapse was caused by a few individuals.

There have even been situations in history where a battle was won, but the camp was blown up, leading to a rout.

However, the Chu army actually has a natural advantage in this regard. Starting from the Jiangdong period, Bai Tu has advocated breaking the concept of "ancient army" and transforming his military ideology into a modern army, emphasizing "why to fight" at all times. , the training methods are also very different from those of ancient armies.

Secondly, the Chu army is not only equipped with a medical team, but also includes psychological medical equipment...

After ensuring that they would not lose "for no reason", the Chu army's hard power was enough to ensure that the balance of victory and defeat tipped in their favor.

On several major battlefields along the long front, the Chu army generals often felt that their victory was inexplicable - they were clearly just ensuring their undefeation, but as they fought, their opponents either collapsed or fled!
The reason is very simple. In the constant confrontation, the Chu army's hard power ensures that most of the time, they are making blood money...

If this is a dice game, the Wei State takes the dice of "1-6", and the State of Chu takes the dice of "5-30". The capital is several times the opponent's, and the rule is that no bets are allowed before losing all. table.

Therefore, the State of Chu does not need to have any great gambling skills. As long as you learn never to gamble, you can guarantee that you will be the winner!

As a guest staff officer, Zhuge Liang also followed Bai Tu and shared information from the general headquarters. At the beginning, Zhuge Liang was worthy of being his "guest" and was indeed checking for gaps to prevent the Chu State from capsizing. The world is once again in the flames of war - the Han Dynasty is unlikely to be revived, Zhuge Liang still hopes to end it as soon as possible.

However, Zhuge Liang's several immature suggestions were not adopted. Indeed, they were not big things, so Zhuge Liang did not persist.

And as time went by, Zhuge Liang also understood why his suggestions were not adopted - Chu State was more stable than himself, and he was really unwilling to take any risks!

The strategy he came up with was still somewhat risky. Even if the benefits were extremely high, the Chu army would not choose it...

Two months later, when the time came to the tenth year of the Chu Dynasty, Zhuge Liang had often fallen into hard thinking - idle time was also idle. Zhuge Liang began to think about how Wei could break the situation.

You know, Zhuge Liang has no advantage over Wei. He is at the general headquarters of Chu, and he knows the Chu army's dispatch, logistics, etc. very well.

However, it is precisely because of this that Zhuge Liang did not see any chance of victory!
In Zhuge Liang's view, even if Wei unexpectedly defeated the main force of the Chu army once, with strong logistical supplies, the Chu army would still be able to fight and replenish troops without stopping fighting on the front line...

Especially in the twelfth lunar month of winter, Wei still wanted to gain an advantage?

Even the Wei army with northern troops had its combat effectiveness reduced by more than [-]%, and logistics, transportation and marching became a constant problem.

However, even in the coldest days of the twelfth lunar month, Chu State maintained [-]% of its combat power, but the march was delayed by the snow!

Before entering the twelfth lunar month, Wei State had many small battlefields on the front, and was defeated everywhere...

No one was defeated by mistakes, they were all crushed by absolute strength - after all, the side that fought every day and suffered too many casualties would naturally be defeated sooner or later.

This battle is destined to be the pinnacle of the application of cold weapon tactics...

Firstly, the Wei State already had a lot of good advisers and generals, and now that it was on the verge of annihilation, all of them had naturally discovered their potential. Secondly... the Chu State really accepted the move without blushing or heartbeat. Naturally, it is unprecedented;

After this third battle, cold weapon warfare should disappear forever from the mainstream of large-scale battles. Even if the Chu State continues to conquer the east and west in the next ten or several decades, the indigenous peoples on all sides will not have a "big war" Naturally, the strength of "cold weapon warfare" is unprecedented...

In November of the ninth year of Chu Li, the main force of the Chu army gradually crossed the Yellow River, and the war did not cease in the twelfth month of winter. The tenth year of Chu Li was also the first time for Bai Tu... There was no New Year's Day meeting at all!
In March of the tenth year, the weather finally turned warm as Cao Cao hoped, but the Wei army's defeat could no longer be contained.

And there was no chance to fight back with the remaining soldiers - the entire front, almost all the battlefields, were eaten alive by the Chu State. There was no trickery, and naturally there was no way to clean up the remaining soldiers...

In April, when Cao Cao was defeated in Yecheng, he suffered a headache and fell against the inner wall - the outer wall had been demolished.

On that day Xun Yu surrendered on his behalf, and the Chu army entered Yecheng.

In May, Bai Tu settled in Yecheng and ordered Beidi and Youzhou to surrender...

(End of this chapter)