The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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Cao Chun replied: "Our troops are all cavalry, and they are always rushing to attack the field, which is not good for offense and defense. Since the open soldiers are well prepared, my troops will not hit a single hit, and they should spread far and wide. For the sake of strict order, the people who died just now were mostly clothed. I think they should be the civilians who accompanied the army. They are expected to be elite. They will definitely hide in the array. With our light armor, the enemy's strong crossbow, even if we win, the loss will be huge, so we should retreat. ."

The officers were indignant, and someone said, "Xun Bo has humiliated the commander! If you don't defeat him, the anger will be hard to dissipate!"

Cao Chun was not affected by this at all, his eyes were bright, and he said, "Don't you hear the art of warfare, 'You will not raise troops out of anger'? If Xun Boping doesn't come out to insult me, maybe I will try to attack him. It must be deceitful for humiliating me." Decisively ordered, "Withdraw the troops!"

Although Cao Chun was young, he was fond of scriptures since he was a child. People who are good at books are always calm, not like a hawk and a dog. The right ear came out, and he didn't get angry at all. He usually leads the army, and he ignores the wealth and pays more attention to the soldiers.

Watching Cao Chun withdraw his troops, Xun Chang was amazed, and Gu said to the left and right: "I thought Cao Zihe was young, but he was so prudent." He pondered for a while, and said, "Although he withdrew his troops, he still ordered his cavalry to attack. Kill, if you can lure him back, you will get all the success in this battle.”

The troops of Xun Chang and Sun Kang were mostly infantry and not many cavalry. Xun Chang sent out the cavalry ahead of time and ordered them to ambush nearby. He was planning to wait for Cao Chun to come to attack the formation, and then transfer them out to attack Cao Chun's flank, thus cooperating with the infantry and winning the battle.

It just didn't occur to me that Cao Chun could be stable at a young age, and this ambush seemed to be useless.

But it doesn't matter, Xun opened his heart and said: "The insulting words to me just now, even if Cao Zihe is not serious, can be stable, I expect that the officials and soldiers under his subordinates are not as difficult as him, it must be mostly contained. Angrily, seeing my minor cavalry chasing after me, maybe I’ll be embarrassed and chasing after me, as long as I can bring them back in the melee, I will be able to win this battle.”

Cao Chun's troops were not far away when they suddenly heard the shouts of slaughter all over the place, and eagerly looking at them, they saw that more than a hundred cavalrymen of the Chang's troops were attacking from the west.

Several officers immediately called for battle: "Xun Boping is deceiving people too much! First, he despised the commander, but it's not enough? Now he dares to attack our department with more than a hundred miscellaneous cavalry! Destroy this rampant thief for the commander!"

But Cao Chun refused, and only told Bu Qu to use a defensive formation to deal with the harassment of the hundreds of open horses approaching, while continuing to retreat slowly.

These more than 100 open cavalry galloped and shot, killing and wounding more than 20 soldiers of the pure army. After all, there were few soldiers. Seeing that Cao Chun was determined to retreat, he did not dare to chase after him, lest he would be far away from the main force, and instead be surrounded and annihilated by Cao Chun's counterattack. Therefore, after chasing for a few miles, Ming Jin returned to the formation.

Xun Chang listened to the report of the cavalry officer who led the team, and he glanced at Cao Chun without realizing it, and said to himself, "Among the three of Ren, Hong, and Chun, Cao Zihe has the weakest reputation. If you know how to advance and retreat, and you will fight against this person in the future, it should not be underestimated." He asked the master clerk to write down the whole process of the battle, especially all Cao Chun's actions, and he was sent to Tan immediately. County.

After fighting with the enemy generals, after each battle, the leader who leads the troops needs to write down the details of the battle, not only his own operations, casualties, seizures, and reviewing the gains and losses of the battle, including the enemy generals' use of troops. The characteristics, equipment and combat effectiveness of the enemy soldiers, etc., also need to be written down, and then passed to the shogunate, which will collect the files uniformly, and forward those who need it to the battalion generals of other ministries. This is Xunzhen to all the schools under the tent. The purpose of the rules set by the captains and captains is self-evident. It is to sum up experience and improve the army's ability to use troops, and at the same time, it is also to enable the army's generals to better understand the capabilities of the enemy's outstanding generals.

Sun Ziyun: Know yourself and know your enemy.

This is a measure taken to know ourselves and others.

After Cao Chun retreated, he did not go back to join forces with Liu Ruo, but maximized the advantages of the cavalry. With the supplies of the soldiers of Shanyang County, the battle turned to the east bank of Sishui between Gaoping and Rencheng, and continued to harass him. Xun Chang and Sun Kang. After arriving, not only the officials and soldiers of Xun Chang's department were very disturbed, but Xun Chang and Sun Kang were also very annoying, and they felt that this Cao Chun was like a fly.

Seeing that on the other side of the river was Rencheng County, but with Xiahou Dun's other troops stationed at the ferry on the other side, and Cao Chun's cavalry beside him and behind him, this Si River could not be crossed.

I heard from the military newspaper that Xiahou Dun had already arrived at Kangfu and sent his troops to Rencheng County, and he was about to launch an attack. Sun Kang was worried about the punishment of "missing the deadline", and suggested that he should force his way out.

Xun Chang was unwilling to take this risk. After careful consideration, the Feishu shogunate told Xun Zhen the facts of the battle and marching situation here, and described the countermeasures he decided to take next, and asked Xun Zhen to allow him two days to come to aid. time.

His method is: turn the army north and attack Nanpingyang, so as to mobilize Cao Chun and other enemy troops. If they also follow north, they will find an opportunity to break it. If they do not follow north, then they will cross from the west of Nanpingyang. Sishui, and then go south along Si, and aid to Rencheng County.

The entire jurisdiction of Shanyang County is like a concave character, the left side is wide and the right side is narrow, Renchengguo is in the concave part, Gaoping and Hulu are in the south of Renchengguo, while Xiaqiu and Nanpingyang are in the concave part. The right position is on the right side of Ren Chengguo, that is, the east. Since the main defense area of ​​Cao's army is the southern part of Renchengguo, Xiahou Dun's other troops, Yuan Yi's army soldiers, Liu Ruo and Cao Chun's troops are mostly in this area, then they will leave this area and simply head north, mobilizing the enemy while maneuvering. , in the movement to destroy the enemy or cross Si West to go.

Xun Zhen soon received this military report from Xun Chang, passed on it to him, agreed with his method, and gave him two days of grace.

"Ming Gong, Boping is blocked on the east bank of Sishui, which is actually a good thing for our army."

Xun Zhen laughed and turned to Xi Zhicai: "Zhi Cai, what is your meaning?"

"Zhong also thinks so."

"The two people's opinions are the same as mine!" Xun Zhen held down the table, stood up from the table, asked the servants to spread out the map on the ground, brought a few handovers over, put them on the edge of the map, and sat down by herself. When I got one, I greeted Xun You and Xi Zhicai to come and sit as well.

Jiaozhu, also known as Hu Zuo, is the later generation's Mazha. It was introduced from the Western Regions to this dynasty. Because of its convenience in sitting and carrying, since modern times, it is similar to Hu bed, Hu cake and the like. , For example, Emperor Ling, who likes to eat Hu cakes and sit on Hu beds, can be said to be popular in the world. Xi Zhicai and Xun You left the table and came to the map and took their seats.

Xun Zhen was too lazy to let the servants go to get the whip, take off the saber, and point the map, first to the location of Jibei, then to the location of Rencheng, then from Rencheng to the south, and then to the location of Shanyang, Said: "The focus of our army's battle this time is in Jibei. Now the situation is clear. It seems that Meng De's focus is on Rencheng. This is indeed a good thing for our army. We will do our best to suppress the Yellow Turbans without worrying about the addition of Cao Jun and Yanzhou soldiers. In this case, in order to make Wen Qian more confident to fight in Jibei, I think that our army might as well expand the scope of operations in the direction of Rencheng, so as to make Cao Jun, The main force of the Yanzhou Army has been lured and restrained in this area. ... Do you think it's okay for the two of you?"

Xi Zhicai and Xun You looked at each other.

Xi Zhicai clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Ming Gong's strategy is also good."

Xun You asked, "I don't know how Duke Ming intends to expand the range of operations in the direction of Rencheng?"

"I want to order Junqing and order him to divide his troops, go northwest through Pei Kingdom, enter the south of Shanyang County, and attack Fangyu and Fangdong."

Fangyu and Fangdong are both on the west bank of Sishui. From then on, the two counties go northwestward, and each is only a hundred miles away from Changyi, the county seat of Shanyang County. Xun Zhen did not intend to capture Changyi, and Xu Xian's troops alone would not be able to conquer Changyi~www.wuxiamtl.com~ But as long as there is a single army entering the boundary of Fangyu and Fangdong, it is conceivable that it must be It will cause Shanyang to shake. First, Yuan Yi's troops from Shanyang County will return to defend, which will be beneficial to the defense of Rencheng County. Second, Cao Cao's reserve parts in Linqiu, Dingtao, and Cheng will certainly be affected by this. In this way, Cao Cao's reserve team, at least most of the reserve team, can be contained in Shanyang County, making it impossible to take into account the direction of Jibei and Dongping.

Xi Zhicai asked, "Which general does Duke Ming want to send into Shanyang to plunder Fang and defend the east?"

Xun Zhen's thoughts were already familiar, and without thinking about it, he replied, "It's good to have good morals."

Zhang Fei's troops were all cavalry, advancing and retreating swiftly.

Xun You smiled and said: "General Cao sent Cao Zihe to disturb my clan father, but it was just to stop me from helping me from the west. The Ming public servant Zhang, Captain Zhang, drove Shanyang, but he attacked his confidant directly. If you are old, how can General Cao compare to Ming Gong? "Xun You's seniority is low. Except for a few of the Xun Zhen in the army, all the same generation as Xun Zhen and Xun Yu, regardless of age, Xun You must call them the father of the clan.

Xun You and Xi Zhicai both had no objection, so Xun Zhen immediately issued an order, ordering the shogunate to write the intention into an oath, and send it to Xu Xian and Zhang Fei immediately. Mobile users, please browse and read for a better reading experience.