NovelsAlex Chapter 413
Chapter 413
Chapter 413
After Cao Cao got the military situation, he immediately ordered to speed up the march and rushed to Hefei as soon as possible.
Although the current situation is unfavorable to Cao Jun, it is not impossible to solve it, and that is to quickly repel Zhang Wu's army outside Hefei City.
As long as Zhang Wu's main force retreats, the Ganning water army on the Huaihe River will not dare to stay for a long time.Because both sides of the Huaihe River are still Cao Cao's territory, the water surface of the Huaihe River is not very wide, with an average width of about 400 meters, and the narrow place is only about 200 meters.When Cao Jun is free, he can directly block the Huaihe waterway.As long as some wooden stakes are placed in the river and connected with iron locks, the Chu army can be trapped on the river.
At the turn of spring and summer in the 17th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao led his army to Hefei and fought Zhang Wu in the battle of Hefei.
Including the defenders in Hefei City, the total strength of Cao's army reached 18, and the main generals were basically there. There were four of the five good generals. Although Zhang He was not there, Li Dian, who was not weaker than Zhang He, was there.
The total strength of the Chu army is 12. The top generals include Zhang Wu, Gan Ning, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun, and the rest of Wei Yan, Ding Feng, Wen Pin, and Jiang Qin are not bad.
The total strength of Cao Jun is large, but there is no navy, and the top generals are weaker, but there are cavalry.Although the Chu army has fewer troops than the Cao army, only [-] cavalry, they are well-equipped, and half of them are professional sailors.
It can be said that the strength of the two sides is basically the same. The 30 troops of the two sides fought in the area from Shouchun to Hefei and then to Chaohu Lake. No one has acted rashly for the time being.
Zhang Wu found out that Cao Cao had left [-] troops in Xuchang, so he guessed that Cao Cao was worried about Hanzhong.Although a strategy to take Hanzhong has been set, the strategy may not be implemented smoothly. The key depends on whether the opponent is willing to follow your script.
If Xu Shu is allowed to start implementing the plan at this time, Xiahou Yuan may not be able to be eliminated quickly. If it takes a while, Xu Du's [-] troops will go to support Hanzhong, and Hanzhong will be difficult to defeat.
In order to attract Cao's army of [-] from Xudu, Zhang Wu on the one hand ordered Gan Ning to use kerosene bombs to launch an attack on Shouchun City, and on the other hand he personally led an army of [-] in formation to invite Cao's army to fight.
Although Cao Cao's troops had an advantage, they also consumed a lot of food and grass every day. The food stored in Shouchun City was not enough at all, and food and grass needed to be transported from Xudu and Runan.Now that the Huaihe waterway is controlled by the Chu army, the transportation of grain and grass can only be detoured, and it will be dragged down after a long time.
Seeing that Zhang Wu took the initiative to fight, Cao Cao of course refused to show weakness. If it was a head-on confrontation, Cao Cao would not be afraid of Zhang Wu, as long as he didn't send anyone to fight Zhang Wu one-on-one.
Cao Cao sent Li Dian to lead 15 soldiers to support Shouchun, and was responsible for the defense of Shouchun. Cao Ren was left to guard Hefei, and led [-] troops to face Zhang Wu.
With Zhang Wu's current prestige and status, of course he wouldn't go out on his own to challenge the opponent's general. On the one hand, his price is a little bit lower, after all, he is already a big prince who occupies half of the world; The whole world knows that Zhang Wu's martial arts is the best in the world, even better than Lu Bu back then, and no one dares to challenge him one-on-one.
Cao Cao was actually a little worried that Zhang Wu would go out to challenge someone regardless of his identity, because none of his generals were Zhang Wu's opponent.If you send people to fight, it won't look good if you are killed or captured, but if you don't dare to fight, it will have an impact on morale.
Fortunately, Zhang Wu did not do that, nor did he send other generals out to fight. Cao Cao knew that Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun beside Zhang Wu were not easy to deal with, and only Xu Chu could match them.
Seeing the generals lined up beside Zhang Wu, Cao Cao was both angry and envious. Why Zhang Wu recruited so many generals.On the Huainan battlefield alone, there are four super-class warriors. The rest Guan Yu, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong and Pang De have not yet come. If they gather together, it will be really difficult to resist.
Cao Cao rode out and shouted to Zhang Wu: "Zhang Wu, you have been greatly favored by the court, and you don't want to serve the court. Instead, you rebel against the court. Aren't you afraid of being punished by the nine clans after the defeat?"
Zhang Wu said with a smile: "Cao Cao, you forced the emperor to become king without authorization. Although you are the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, you are actually a traitor of the Han Dynasty. In the past, Gaozu and all the ministers made an alliance of white horses: the king is not the Liu family, and the world will fight against it. I am correct." According to the high emperor's covenant and the emperor's clothes belt edict to attack you, if you can cut down the king yourself, abandon your armor and surrender, then it depends on your merits in begging for the yellow scarf and defeating Dong Zhuo, and the emperor may spare your life. Otherwise, I will treat you When the army is defeated, it will be the time when your Cao family will be wiped out!"
Cao Cao was furious, and ordered to beat the drums to march. He wanted to defeat Zhang Wu with a superior force. Even if Zhang Wu was invincible in the world, how many people could be killed by one person in an army of tens of thousands?Wasn't Lu Bu World Invincible captured alive by himself?Wasn't Xiang Yu the overlord of Western Chu who was invincible in the world back then forced to commit suicide in Wujiang?
Although Cao Jun has a large number of people, Zhang Wu is not afraid. This kind of super-large-scale head-to-head confrontation does not necessarily mean winning with a large number of people.At that time, the Yellow Turban Army could number hundreds of thousands or even millions, but in head-on confrontations they were often defeated by tens of thousands or even thousands of Han regular troops.
In this battle, Cao Cao personally commanded the battle, and there was a large group of advisers around him. Cao Cao himself was an excellent military strategist, and he had fought for nearly a lifetime, and he was able to command an army of 10,000+ with ease.
The temporary commander-in-chief of the Chu army on the battlefield is Zhuge Liang, the general of the left army division, with Lu Su, Ma Liang, Huang Quan and others cooperating in command.Zhang Wu knew that he was not very proficient in commanding the battlefield, so he left the professional work to professional people and teams.
The two sides beat the drums, and the soldiers raised their weapons and prepared to fight.
The two generals on the two wings of Cao's army were Yu Jin and Xu Huang, each leading [-] soldiers to rush towards the Chu army's position. Cao Cao was still very confident in the combat effectiveness of his infantry, and he also had [-] cavalry in the center.Once there is a flaw in the opponent's formation, these [-] cavalrymen will penetrate directly like a sharp knife.
As long as the cavalry can disrupt the opponent's formation, the battle will be won, and then it is time for the cavalry to harvest.
The main generals on the two wings of the Chu army were Zhang Fei and Wen Pin, each leading [-] soldiers to face Xu Huang and Yu Jin respectively.Zhang Wu sat in the middle army waiting for Zhuge Liang's order, and behind him were [-] soldiers led by Lu Xun on Feishui.
Cao Jun slowly pressed forward, and the two wings fought first. As soon as the two sides fought, Cao Jun received a fierce long-range attack. The large-scale equipment of the Chu Army's Liannu could fire ten crossbow arrows within 1 minute.
The overwhelming arrows shot down a large area of Cao Jun in an instant.
"Stand up shield! Stand up shield!" Cao Jun's generals shouted loudly.
Cao Jun's shield soldiers put up tall and thick shields in front of them, and the infantry behind them also raised their shields to block the arrows that were thrown, and shot arrows back as they pushed forward.
However, Zhuge Liang waved the red flag in the center of the army, and the catapult phalanx displayed behind aimed at the opponent's infantry phalanx and began to throw poisonous smoke bombs.
Zhang Wu also activated the skill "calling the wind and calling the rain" to summon the southwest wind to help in the battle. This skill combined with the poisonous smoke is Zhang Wu's biggest killer.
The soldiers of the Chu army had already put on the prepared wet cloth masks before the battle began. Even if some poisonous smoke drifted into their formation, it would have no effect.
(End of this chapter)