Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3464 Trap

Even if it is a rented house, you clearly know that it is not your own house, but after living there for a long time, you will have some feelings for it. There is a bench in that corner, and the stove over there is not very hot, so everyone will be familiar with it. No matter how bad a rental house is, it can be more or less a quiet place after get off work, where at least you don't have to look at those hypocritical capitalists or the ugly capitalists.

Therefore, people have inertia.

The same is true for the soldiers of Cao's army in Zhongtiao Mountain. When they left the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, they would show timidity and weakness, but now they are not in the wild, but Sima Yi led his men to the Zhongtiao Mountain camp!

After receiving the alarm, Dong Zhao climbed to the observation deck of Zhongtiao Mountain.

The observation deck of Zhongtiao Mountain is very large.

When Dong Zhao came up, he even felt that the place was very empty in a daze.

It was so empty that he felt a little scared, as if he were standing on a high mountain alone without anyone by his side.

The purpose of this lookout is to facilitate commanding operations, so Cao Cao has been up there before, Cao Hong has been up there, and of course Lu Chang has also stood here. Now it's Dong Zhao's turn.

Dong Zhao's heart was in turmoil, but there was no change on his face.

He raised his head and looked to the west.

That was the direction from which Sima Yi rushed in.

Sima Yi's battle flag was within his field of vision, and even his little fingernail was bigger than the battle flag.

"I have never seen this thief before...I heard that this thief was from Wen County before?" Dong Zhao looked at it and suddenly said something that seemed to have nothing to do with the battle situation.

Standing next to Dong Zhao was the more "obedient" military academy.

After one or two rounds of "obedience tests", Dong Zhao quickly selected a group of "obedient" military academies to stay in the camp, and those "thorny" military academies were released to "rescue" Lu Chang. .

Human beings have inherited animal instincts, and starting from the tribal form, there will inevitably be differences in strengths and weaknesses among each other, and differences in affiliation, so the concept of obedience testing naturally arises.

You have to listen to whoever's territory you go to. This is basically the case for the emperor and his courtiers, etc.

Not only in the court, even if it is a low-level actor, there will be old actors who want to test the obedience of the new actors.

For those who cannot pass the obedience test, Dong Zhao and most other rulers will make the same choice. Even if they will not openly suppress them, they will certainly not give them any care. Just like this time, Dong Zhao very "fairly" allowed the obedient military schools to stay, while those who were looking for trouble went out.

"Yes, I have also heard about this..." the military academy on the side responded, "It is said that many people...have gone there in the past two or three years..."

Dong Zhao nodded. "I haven't seen this person yet... What does he look like?" 』

Although it was a bit strange for the military academy to be obsessed with what the opponent looked like in the current situation, he still said obediently: "I haven't heard of this..."

Dong Zhao still looked up, as if he wanted to see clearly what Sima Yi looked like in the distance.

But after a while, Dong Zhao seemed to have lost his concern about what Sima Yi looked like, "This guy, General Lu's request for help letter was probably forged by him...otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence..."

Dong Zhao turned around and walked down, "Send the order!" Let the soldiers in front return quickly! The soldiers of the left camp led the thief to the trap...surrounded him from the front and rear, and killed him! 』

Dong Zhao was full of confidence. He felt that the hussars were just partial troops, and he knew the opponent's intentions. Now he only needed to let the soldiers who had gone forward come back, block the retreat of this army, and then send these hussars back. Once you are lured into the trap, you can successfully surround and kill this hussar army...

Dong Zhao obviously underestimated the hussar soldiers, but Sima Yi on the other side also underestimated the Cao army soldiers.

The morale of Cao Jun's soldiers is indeed low now, and their desire to fight is not very strong. But the problem is that there is still a big difference between fighting in the field and fighting in the camp!

The wilderness can be seen as being outside. In a strange environment, some of Cao Jun's emotions and fluctuations will be amplified. However, in the camp, the things around Cao Jun are familiar to them, and it is more like fighting at their own doorstep.

This kind of BUFF that affected the combat effectiveness of Cao's soldiers was something Sima Yi had not thought of beforehand.

Shandong people's emotional needs for "home" and the houses and land that "home" extends are stronger than those in Guanzhong, especially those in the North.

Even a temporary, dark corner where you can curl up while sleeping is the "home" that many Shandong people hope to have.

For this feeling, Shandong people can give all their savings to the landlords and the ruling class for a lifetime or several lifetimes, just in exchange for a small piece of residence that nominally belongs to them.

And it's just "right to use", not "ownership".

On the contrary, in the Northland and the frontier, this nostalgia for the land and home is not so strong.

It's not that people in the northern frontier don't love home, but that different living habits have arisen due to differences in geography and environment.

The influence of the Hu people on the northern frontier will obviously be much greater than that on Shandong.

The Han people also had to adapt to an environment where they could migrate at any time because of the endless wars on the border. Maybe last year's "home" was occupied by barbarians this year...

Under such circumstances, people in Shandong and Northern China have completely different feelings about "home".

For people from Shandong, there may be a fixed place, and the longer they stay, the more it feels like "home". For people from Northland, a place with their parents, brothers and sisters is the most important place. It's "home", but where exactly it is is not too important.

Although Sima Yi is from Wen County, he is in Yinshan and has stayed in the Northern Territory for a long time. Therefore, his habits are also biased towards the northern frontier. Therefore, it is estimated that Cao Jun's BUFF enhancement in the camp will be relatively small. .

In the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, many Cao Jun soldiers stayed here for a long time. For these Cao Jun soldiers, the camp they built and the tents they were used to living in were more or less their "home". But now this "home" was smashed and destroyed by Sima Yi and his group. Burn...

Therefore, in the early stages of the battle, Cao's soldiers were more resentful than fearful of Sima Yi and others.

Of course, the most critical issue is that Sima Yi has no artillery!

Therefore, it can be said that without the big shock of the little baby, the soldiers of Cao Jun, who had seen the big scene, did not even bother to scream in cooperation...

Due to a strange combination of circumstances, Cao Jun actually fought well at the beginning!

Hao Zhao and Sima Yi wanted to use pure cavalry to make a surprise attack, disrupt Cao Jun's arrangement, and destroy Cao Jun's camp line. However, Cao Jun, after experiencing many shocks in succession, was no longer as afraid of simple cold weapon cavalry tactics as before. There is even some anger from the victims after the show!

I'm so fucking miserable now, why don't you let me go?

Logically speaking, the dissatisfaction and anger of Cao's soldiers should be released and resisted by the rulers and superior leaders and management who imposed it on them. But what is interesting is that in Shandong, this kind of anger is often directed toward The other direction is diverted instead of bouncing directly towards the source of the application.

This situation is unreasonable, but very common.

For example, if someone is criticized for being useless outside, he will beat and scold his relatives and loved ones when he comes home, regardless of gender. If the boss makes things difficult for him in the company, he will turn around and make things difficult for newcomers. After being bullied and insulted by a bad boss, he became so cruel that he couldn't control his anger, and then beat an innocent person who happened to be passing by to death with a stick.

If you can resist the source of violence, no matter whether you succeed or fail, you can be called a warrior and worthy of praise.

After all, this world is inherently unfair, and Dazaixiang's roar was his protest against this cannibalistic system.

It's a pity that most of Cao's soldiers were used to being squeezed and insulted. They didn't dare to resist, and they never thought about resisting. On the contrary, after Sima Yi came, these people transferred their resentment to a certain extent and felt that they were being bullied by the hussar general. It’s okay to beat the little baby, but now this damn thing dares to bully her to the head?

This kind of emotional fluctuation among Cao Jun's soldiers would not last long.

If Sima Yi was stronger and brought more soldiers and horses, then the fluctuations in Cao's soldiers would quickly feel suppressed and turn around and become cowardly.

Now that Sima Yi and Hao Zhao have a small number of soldiers, the transformation of Cao's soldiers will naturally be a little slower.

On the other hand, Sima Yi did not choose to attack at night.

If it comes at night, when Cao Jun does not know how many troops Sima Yi has come, it may bring greater fear to Cao Jun and accelerate this change. However, similarly, if the attack is delayed until night, Sima Yi may also encounter More other changes.

After weighing the pros and cons, Sima Yi decided to launch a surprise attack near dusk.

The main reason is that Sima wanted to seize the opportunity for Cao's army to be mobilized as much as possible. If the attack fails, he can also retreat when night falls...

Sima Yi's plans seem to be very good, but can the development of the battle really evolve completely according to Sima Yi's plan?

"Bang!" 』

With a heavy sound, the horse fell into the ditch. A hussar screamed and tried to get up from the ditch, but his body was pierced by the tip of a spear. Fortunately, the cavalry behind them reined in their horses in time and did not fall in.

The cavalry on the side were using bows and arrows to kill the exposed soldiers of Cao Jun, but the next moment Cao Jun's bows and arrows came back and penetrated the arm of a cavalryman.

"drive! 』

"Go around!" Go around..."

With the sound of shouting, the hussars with superb horse control skills quickly detoured to both sides, crossed the trapping ditch, continued to fire arrows at Cao Jun, and threw torches at Cao Jun's tents and other fortifications.

But they didn't go very far when they encountered the resisting horses pushed out by Cao Jun's soldiers.

Cao Jun's soldiers also roared and waved their spears behind Ju Ma.

"Grenade!" 』

The hussars fired at the Cao soldiers behind the horses while calling for support.

"careful! Get out of the way! 』

When Cao's soldiers saw the hussar soldiers throwing grenades, they immediately took cover.

Another small pass was opened, but at the same time, the ammunition carried by the hussar horses was also constantly being consumed.

This is not a good sign.

"The attack is not smooth!" Hao Zhao found Sima Yi and said, "Cao's army has not collapsed!" There are not many grenades left, if you keep hitting them hard, the damage will begin! 』

Sima Yi expected that there would be many traps for Cao Jun in the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, but he did not expect that there would be so many! And this is only the east side of Zhongtiao Mountain Camp. It’s hard to imagine how many traps there would be if it were in the central location!

But traps, in Sima Yi's view, are still just a side road. The most important thing on the battlefield is combat power and command.

Soon, under his command, the cavalry ignored the Cao army's heavily armored infantry, but outflanked them from both wings, attacked the flanks of the Cao army's infantry with arrows, and then destroyed the facilities in the Cao army camp.

The Cao army's plan to fight with heavy armored soldiers was frustrated, and it seemed that they were ready to give up these defensive fortifications on the outer line and gradually retreat to the inner layer.

The inner and outer layers of the Cao army camp were built according to the mountain terrain. Seeing the actions of the Cao army soldiers, Hao Zhao said again, "The Cao army must have traps. Be careful of their kerosene and slings! '

Sima Yi nodded and said, "I was just about to say this! '

Hao Zhao was stunned.

Since you know there are traps, why continue to rush up?

Sima Yi smiled and said, "It's better for us to find out these traps now than to find them after the cavalry arrives! '

Hao Zhao thought for a moment and nodded, 'Then be more careful! '

Sima Yi agreed, 'Don't gather, disperse! Attack in small teams! '

By dispersing into small teams, even if one team is ambushed, the other teams will not be damaged.

Hao Zhao nodded, whistled, and led his men forward.

Sure enough, Hao Zhao led his men to attack the inner layer, and the Cao army soldiers set fire to cut off the connection between Hao Zhao and Sima Yi, trying to surround and eat Hao Zhao, but the hussars had been mentally prepared in advance and did not panic, but continued to fight forward under the leadership of Hao Zhao.

This made the Cao army unable to cope with it immediately.

Cao's army originally expected that after Hao Zhao and others were cut off, even if they were not panicked, they would definitely turn back to contact Sima Yi. Sima Yi would also try his best to contact Hao Zhao, so Hao Zhao and Sima Yi would be crowded together at the place where the flames were cut off, and this was the time for Cao's army to launch a fierce attack.

But Hao Zhao seemed to have not seen that his rear line was cut off, and continued to rush forward to bite the buttocks of the retreating Cao soldiers, and Sima Yi was not in a hurry to contact Hao Zhao, but bypassed the area burned by the flames and continued to harass and destroy the flanks, as if Hao Zhao and Sima Yi were originally separated and unrelated.

Cao's army suddenly became a little embarrassed, and had to send soldiers to use their forces to oppress Hao Zhao and Sima Yi, trying to complete the original "pit killing plan".

"Hold on! Hold on! "

"Charge! Kill them! "

Both sides shouted, and only now did they really get angry.

Cao's army was defeated at Anyi, and those who escaped were those who abandoned their armor and weapons. Therefore, the heavy armored infantry in the Zhongtiaoshan camp at this time were not the same group of soldiers in Anyi. They were not too many in number, but they were not so timid when facing the cavalry.

The heavy armor gave these Cao's soldiers a false sense of security.

After all, a certain game has declared to future generations that the less you wear, the stronger your defense...

The Cao's heavy armored soldiers were also divided into many small arrays, each array was arranged in two or three rows, and the soldiers in the front row held their spears diagonally and leaned tightly against the big shield, trying to resist the impact of the cavalry. The soldiers in the back set up long halberds, chopped the cavalry from above and cut the horse's legs from below.

The tactics of Cao's heavy armored soldiers can indeed effectively restrain cavalry. In the battles with the two Yuans, especially when dealing with Yuan Shao's cavalry, they also achieved good results, killing Yuan Shao but incorporating the remaining cavalry of Youzhou Gongsun and the Hu cavalry.

But now these heavily armored soldiers of Cao's army are facing the cavalry...

The cavalry is more flexible, braver, and more elite.

Most of the cavalry will bypass these heavily armored infantry, use bows and arrows or crossbows, or even call grenadiers to blow up these heavily armored infantry formations. But some cavalry fell off their horses because their horses were damaged or hit by stray arrows, and had to fight with Cao's soldiers on the ground.

A cavalry named Ada fell off his horse.

He was a Hu people, originally a Southern Xiongnu, and now he became a member of the cavalry.

After he fell off his horse, he threw out the long spear that was broken into two pieces, and then drew out his sword, pounced forward like a tiger, and slashed at the Cao archer who shot and killed his horse on the side.

With the sound of horse hooves, another cavalry rushed into the formation of Cao's archers, causing chaos among Cao's archers.

Ada was overjoyed and shouted: "Kill them!"

The Cao army's archer formation was hit continuously and immediately collapsed and fled.

Ada laughed and was about to find a warhorse to keep up with his comrades, but was entangled by a group of Cao army soldiers who appeared from the corner.

Ada waved his sword and chopped down two Cao army soldiers, but was also buried in the yellow land by the later Cao army squad.

Under the command of Hao Zhao and Sima Yi, the cavalry turned into a squad mode, which was obviously more flexible, but also had the disadvantage of limited combat effectiveness.

On the battlefield, similar fights continued to occur, and soon, the land at the battle site was stained red with blood.

If it were in the game, the two sides would keep fighting like this, constantly consuming, until one side consumed all the soldiers, and the remaining side would naturally win.

However, this situation is obviously impossible in actual combat.

The cavalry is more flexible than the Cao army soldiers, so the cavalry always holds the initiative.

Seeing that Cao's army was strengthening the defense line here, the cavalry immediately turned to the other side, causing Cao's infantry to run around exhausted. After a while, they began to feel tired and lazy. No matter how Cao's military school shouted, they hesitated and stopped moving forward.

The situation of the battle between the two sides changed from this moment on...