Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3203 Transfer

Cao Zhen's caution clearly paid off.

In fact, in most real-life combat cases, the success rate of ambush is not that high.

Cao Zhen knew that he was not familiar with the surrounding terrain, and he felt it in his heart, so after knowing that the scouts were inexplicably damaged, he increased the number of scouts invested...

In history, many generals fell into ambush because they were too careless. They felt that they had a sure chance of victory. As long as A passed, everything would be fine.

For example, Pang Juan was in a hurry to chase Sun Bin. He ran faster than the scouts. If he didn't ambush him, who would?

If Cao Zhen kept his head down and just rushed on to grab time without conducting detection, then Cao Zhen would undoubtedly fall into the trap set by Li Dian.

But Cao Zhen was, after all, one of the more outstanding generals among the second generation of Cao. His vigilance was not bad, and his value showed at this moment.

The specially sent scouts from Cao Jun apparently discovered something in the mountains and forests in the distance...

Cao Zhen couldn't help but feel a jump in his heart, and then he quickly made a decision and gave the order calmly.

"For the men and horses in the front, get out and occupy the two wings!" Check the situation! 』

Cao Zhen remained calm on the surface, without any trace of panic.

This gave his soldiers a good signal, and also eased the tension in the queue to a certain extent.

But in fact, Cao Zhen's worries have not diminished.

In such a narrow mountain road, there are only two choices, one is to advance and the other is to retreat.

Fortunately, most of Cao Zhen's equipment was lightly equipped, and a small amount of baggage was placed on mules and horses. If we really retreated along the same route, it would be slightly easier than carrying vehicles, but it would only be a little better.

If you want to turn around on this narrow mountain road with civilians and vehicles, it will be a disaster.

Just like in the military training of higher education, there are still many people who can't tell the difference between left and right, let alone ordinary civilians in ancient times. Under panic, anything can happen.

Nowadays, most of the people led by Cao Zhen are his own troops and the elite of Cao's army. Under the order, the front part separated and moved forward.

At this moment, Cao Zhen still held on to a glimmer of hope.

What may appear is just a scouting unit of the defenders, not a large group of people.

If this is the case, after the front soldiers are dispatched, the obstacles will be cleared...

Of course, if anything happens...

Then it is possible for this part of the force to...

Cao Zhen stared straight ahead, watching the soldiers rush forward under the leadership of the military academy.

The quality of Cao Jun's elite was not bad. Without Cao Zhen's specific command, these Cao Jun soldiers spontaneously began to divide the work. Some climbed up the cliffs as much as possible to seize the high points and cover the follow-up. Some of the soldiers rushed to the ridge ahead with swords and guns to rescue Cao Jun's scouts who were in trouble.

Seeing the actions of the soldiers at the front of Cao's army, Cao Zhen felt a little comforted.

However, the forest is too big and the distance is far away. When the soldiers are in front of you, they seem to be many. But when they really rush out and disperse into the forest, they appear thin and sparse. Soon they are looming among the swaying woods and shrubs. As if being gradually swallowed up by the mountains and forests...

Cao Zhen felt like something was tugging at his heart.

He looked as hard as he could, trying to distinguish the swaying figures in the distant mountains and forests, and which side had the upper hand.

Because the armor styles and colors of the soldiers and uniforms of Cao Jun are actually similar to those of the Hussars and Horses. After all, they all originally belonged to the Han system. The only obvious difference is the flags of the generals, flags, etc., but there is obviously no flag on the opposite side. Come on, this makes Cao Zhen's judgment more difficult.

"There seems to be a lot of people on the other side..."

Cao Zhen frowned. He saw his men rushing forward, but they did not achieve any good results immediately. They seemed to have encountered some obstacles, and then he saw someone retreating and running towards here crazily.

Cao Zhen had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Could it really be Li Mancheng?" 』

Cao Zhen gritted his teeth, squinted his eyes, and muttered.

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Li Dian frowned a little.

His ambush troops were discovered by Cao Jun.

After all, the mountain soldiers trained by Li Dianxin were still far behind those under Wei Yan.

Excellent equipment does not mean that everything is superior.

The Di people's inherent shortcomings led to some problems during the ambush. Although the Diren mountain soldiers are indeed hard-working, their discipline is still a bit poor...

The traces of food collected by the Di people were discovered by Cao Jun's scouts.

Cao Jun's scouts followed these traces and found some of the Di's ambush points, and a battle immediately broke out...

When ambushing in the mountains, sometimes there is a big gap between imagination and reality.

Of course, Li Dian also wanted to encircle and intercept Cao's army at a suitable location, cut them off, and then eat them one bite at a time.

However, the number of people and the difficulties in the mountains and forests forced Li Dian to face reality.

The ideal ambush would naturally be to lie down on a stone wall on a long and narrow mountain road, standing high above the ground, and then attack with stones and fireballs when the enemy passes by. However, in fact, such an ambush requires the right time, place, and people, and one of the three is missing. No.

Cao Zhen took a detour to attack Mulansai, which determined that Li Dian could choose the ambush location. He could not choose it arbitrarily, but it must be on this road. However, the ideal ambush location on this road was really what Li Dian wanted. Can it be used?

First, there isn’t that much canyon terrain.

There are indeed many steep canyons in the Qinling Mountains, but the problem is that Cao Jun did not go there.

Secondly, Cao Jun will not stay in the canyon area forever, and will definitely speed up the passage as much as possible. Just like when Cao Zhen passed through the canyon area, he was frightened and frightened, and especially strengthened detection and prevention.

The most important thing is to keep up with the time.

Whether it’s climbing canyon cliffs or ridges, or preparing for falling rocks, rolling trees, and grass balls and fire materials, it all takes time.

Li Dian came from Mulansai in a hurry, so he could only choose a more certain location as much as possible instead of the best ambush location...

Most ambush battles in reality are actually conducted at a slight height advantage or even at the same height.

At the same time, to a large extent, ambush warfare cannot easily achieve zero casualties by relying solely on long-range weapons.

People have the instinct to avoid harm. Even in later generations of firearms wars, ambush battles often turned into pursuit battles or even offensive battles.

The first condition for an ambush battle to cause a lot of damage is that the opponent's array collapses and the entire army flees.

And in order to prevent the other party from detecting it as much as possible, the ambush troops are often set up in slightly remote areas.

Generally speaking, it takes a long time for troops in a marching state to convert into a combat formation. In order to save physical strength, soldiers in the marching state are often lightly armed, carrying only small armor and short weapons. Heavy armor, pole weapons, etc. are often loaded on the vehicles and beasts of burden in the team, so even if an ambush army attacks from a distance, troops in a marching state may not be able to adjust in time.

In other words, most ambushes are actually about using combat formations and combat conditions to surprise those who are ambushed in non-combat formations and conditions. When the person being ambushed can see the enemy, the opponent must have already pressed forward in a majestic formation. At this time, the ambushed people were still busy changing their formations, receiving and distributing weapons. Once this situation is formed, it is basically a unilateral massacre of the ambushed people.

So is the army that falls into an ambush really about to be wiped out? Not necessarily. The greatest damage caused by an ambush to the army in the early stage was actually the panic it caused to the soldiers, which caused the army to lose control.

Now it is obvious that Li Dian failed to complete an exquisite ambush, and his soldiers were exposed in advance. As a result, although the front of Cao's army entered the ambush circle, Cao Zhen's main formation was still far away and failed to fall into the pit.

Now there are only two choices before Li Dian, one is to eat the front of Cao's army, the other is to let the front of Cao's army go and try to lure Cao Zhen into the circle...

After thinking for a moment, Li Dian ordered some soldiers to attack, surround and attack the front of Cao's army.

Li Dian did not use all his strength because he wanted Cao Zhen to think that he only had so many soldiers...

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As Li Dian's military strength was revealed, there was a huge uproar at Cao Zhen's main formation.

Although they were more or less aware that an ambush army was blocking them, they were still a little panicked when they actually saw it.

"General!" what to do? 』

The guard asked Cao Zhendao.

Cao Zhen didn't answer for a while. His eyes were on both sides of the fighting soldiers, and he looked around.

The opponent showed not much strength.

For a while, there was a back and forth fight with the front of Cao's army.

The cry of killing echoed in the valley.

During the battle, they were in a disadvantageous position and could not spread out their ranks. Escape not only meant abandoning the front soldiers, but also meant the failure of the detour and sneak attack strategy.

"Explore again!" ” Cao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, “Go around those places of fighting and explore farther away! 』

Cao Zhen asked the scouts who came back to report the news to go forward again to detect.

This time, he trusted his instincts.

Of course, there are hidden factors beyond intuition.

For example, the elite of Cao's army are still only the elite of Cao's army, and the troops directly under Cao Zhen have not yet moved...

Li Dian controlled the number of soldiers, and Cao Zhen did not send more soldiers, so the small troops on both sides fought back and forth.

The Diren mountain soldiers formed a group of three, and according to the training procedures, they specifically selected those Cao soldiers who were relatively alone to fight.

The Diren mountain soldiers have flexible bodies. Whether they are standing on rocks or digging into bushes, they are as if they are in their own courtyard. They are waving their sabers, their steps are suddenly big and small, and they suddenly take a step forward and rush in front of Cao Jun's soldiers. Cao Jun's soldiers Sure enough, they were deceived by the Diren Mountain Soldiers and chopped them down with a single blow. The Diren Mountain Soldiers slowed down half a step, but after waiting for the Cao soldiers to cut them off with their sabers, they suppressed them tightly and let their comrades around them rush forward. kill.

The sudden attack on the flank was equally fierce. Cao Jun's elite armored soldiers had no time to adjust their posture, put away their swords to block and parry, but they were stabbed in the legs, feet, arms and other non-fatal places, and blood suddenly flew out.

The injured Cao Jun soldiers fought alone without the support of other Cao Jun soldiers. They soon fell into a more passive situation. The injured hands and feet became unresponsive, and then their necks were cut quickly and they died violently.

The Di people's mountain soldiers howled, and then openly cut off the heads of the dead Cao Junjia soldiers...

"You bastard!" Li Dian, who was also staring at the battlefield from behind, couldn't help but cursed, "Didn't I emphasize it again and again?" The first level of military merit will be calculated after the war! Now that there are still enemies, let’s get busy cutting off the heads! How are military disciplines and laws recorded? ! 』

The military academy behind Li Dian couldn't help but shrink his head.

The Di people are indeed hard-working, but because of their previous fighting mode, their fighting habits have been formed. If they really want to change it, it will not be possible in a short time. It is like everyone knows that they must go to bed before eleven o'clock at night. It is good for the body, and you should respect the natural laws of nature, but when you pick up your phone, you forget...

The same is true for Di people.

Before they were recruited by Li Dian, they were basically aggressive people from various tribes and villages. They didn't care about life and death fights. They killed people like killing chickens without blinking an eye. However, they also brought They have developed the habits they have developed in the copycat tribe.

For example, after killing the opponent, cut off the opponent's head.

On the one hand, it is to confirm and show off one's own achievements, and on the other hand, it is to intimidate the other party.

Of course, not all of these fighting habits are negative. For example, Di Ren's three-person combat team mode was summed up by Li Dian from the Di Ren's daily battles, and formed a solidified Di Ren mountain fighting mode.

Generally, the most flexible Di Ren is used as a lure. When the opponent's moves become old, the comrades on the flanks will make a surprise attack. They don't want to kill directly, but only want to cause a certain amount of damage, and then they can gradually use it in the subsequent battles. Expand the advantage and eventually kill the opponent. This fighting mode is actually the way Di Ren fights ferocious beasts in the mountains and forests, so when Li Dian used this tactic to train Di Ren, it was almost natural for Di Ren to accept it.

Di people are like a sword. Since you need its sharp edge, of course you have to bear the possibility of accidentally cutting yourself.

The lone Cao Jun soldiers were quickly strangled by the Di Ren squad, but those Di Ren squads who were busy cutting their heads missed the opportunity to continue to expand their results, leaving those Cao Jun soldiers who saw that the situation was not good and began to gather from the scattered state. A chance to breathe and form a team...

In this way, the advantage of the Di Ren team was gradually evened out. After Cao Jun's soldiers formed a formation, they gradually withstood the attacks of the Di Ren mountain soldiers, and the two sides gradually formed a tug of war.

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Just like the turning points of many wars, they are all caused by an inconspicuous thing.

The turning point in the battle between Cao Zhen and Li Dian also happened because of an inconspicuous soldier of Cao's army...

Li Dian's hidden position is quite clever. From Cao Zhen's point of view, nothing can be seen at all, but it does not mean that Li Dian and others are invisible.

A Cao Jun scout sent out by Cao Zhen bypassed the battlefield and climbed diagonally up the side ridge regardless of the loose rocky soil. When he looked around, he discovered Li Dian and others. Large army...

He saw a large number of hussars lined up on the back of the hillside, waiting almost at his feet!

In fact, there is still a valley and a hillside...

However, even though there was still some distance, this discovery scared him so much that he almost fell off the ridge. When he recovered a little, he discovered that if he ran back along the original path, not only would it be slow, but he might also be affected by the chaotic fighting between the two fronts.

But he didn't have any gongs or horns on him that could be used to make warning sounds...

He stood up eagerly and took a few steps back. Out of sight of Li Dian and others, he jumped and waved in the direction of Cao Zhen. However, in the forest, covered by trees and the battlefield ahead was chaotic, He kept shouting, but he couldn't attract Cao Zhen's effective attention at all.

Is it really necessary to take such a risk and run back?

Cao Jun's scout looked around, ran his hands around his body, and found the fire sickle he was carrying.

But although there are some dead leaves and branches around, it has been very humid these two days, and even a fire sickle may not be able to ignite them.

Suddenly, Cao Jun's scout saw the torn military robe on his body...

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A plume of black smoke rose.

It was just a small wisp at first, but after a while it slowly grew bigger...

"General!" look! 』

Cao Zhen's guard noticed something unusual and pointed it out to Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen turned around and saw a black smoke rising from a mountain ridge in the distance. In front of the black smoke, there was a figure jumping and waving his arms, as if to express something...

"It must be an ambush by the bandits!" ” Cao Zhen suddenly realized and gritted his teeth.

At the same time, Li Dian also discovered the anomaly. Knowing that he had been exposed, he ordered his soldiers to attack.

Suddenly, Li Dian's soldiers lurking behind surged forward, roaring towards Cao Jun like a flood rolling from the hillside.

"Li Mancheng..."

If his gaze could burn everything and pierce Li Dian to death, the gaze that Cao Zhen shot out of anger would be enough to transcend space and annihilate his opponent.

It's a pity that no matter how angry and resentful Cao Zhen is towards Li Dian, it is of no use.

Based on the situation at the mountain pass, Cao Zhen quickly judged that even if he entered the battle, he might not be able to defeat Li Dian's ambushed soldiers. He gritted his teeth and shouted in a deep voice to the guard beside him, "Send the order!" Get back on the spot! The queue cannot be messy! Those who rebel against the army will be killed! 』

The issuance of this order means that Cao Zhen abandoned the soldiers at the front.

When the sound of gold ringing in the distance reached the front of Cao's army, the soldiers in front of Cao's army collapsed almost instantly.

Many soldiers of Cao's army immediately abandoned their fighting opponents, turned around and ran away regardless.

The casualties of Cao Jun's soldiers also increased suddenly at this moment!

When the two armies first fought, the casualties on both sides were evenly matched, but at the moment when Cao Jun retreated, the number of Cao Jun casualties increased exponentially...