Chapter 928: Tiger and Par Spirit
Hanzhong, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and the Yan army shot at the same time, Liu Yi put on a posture of a decisive battle, and the most critical of the three is undoubtedly the attack on Yanzhou, not only because this is the base camp that Cao Cao has operated for many years, but also because the advanced siege tactics of the Yan army will be tested here through actual combat. Judging from the effect of the attack on Leping City launched by the Gaoshun Liaodong Army with the cooperation of the Suzaku Battalion, this infantry and artillery coordination or the tactic that can be called the integration of far and near has achieved certain results, and its role is more prominent than that of the attack and defense under the Hanzhong City.
However, in the battle of Yanzhou, Leping was only one of the points, Gao Shun's Liaodong Army was the most capable main force in the Yan army, and with the strong help of the ace strategic force Suzaku Battalion, it was possible to cause the current almost one-sided results. In the Taishi Ci Beiping Army and Gao Lan Swift Wind Army in the two places of Lu Dongping, the progress of the battle situation will be much slower, this is not because the combat power of the two armies is too different from the Liaodong Army, less than the strong blow of the Suzaku Battalion, although the military equipment battalion can also play a certain role, but it is impossible to comprehensively suppress the enemy army at the head of the city, plus Zhao Yun and Guo Jia's strategy is to break the weak enemy first, the solidity of the two places in Dongping Lu is still above Leping, Cao Ren is good at guarding the way of the two, and the current battle situation is also reasonable.
In the face of the enemy's in-depth defense with the fortified city as the point, the best way is to break through one point, and the rest of the place is on standby or contain or attack, which Zhao Yun Guo Jia and Yan Wang's opinions are very consistent, now Gao Shun has achieved a greater advantage under Leping City, which has become the breakthrough of the Yan army, and in the next few days, the Liaodong Army continued to launch a strong offensive against the city with the cooperation of the Suzaku Battalion, although Lejin has made a lot of responses, but the power of the Vermilion Bird Battalion is too great, The tide of war is still inevitably caught in the rhythm of a war of attrition.
And at noon on the second day of the Liaodong Army's attack on Leping, Liu Yi, the king of Yan, gave an order, and more than 100,000 elites of the Iron Cavalry Battalion poured into Yanzhou into several torrents, according to the prior arrangement to avoid the fortified city and seize various strategic points, and cut off the road connection between the strong points of the Cao army. The battle of Qingzhou coincided with the heavy snow falling from the sky, and the mobility and combat power of the cavalry failed to give full play, and now that the earth is rejuvenated, Cao's army is not so lucky.
Fighting against Qingzhou, the Yan Army's Iron Cavalry Battalion was invincible, but in Yanzhou, they had a strong opponent, the Cao Army Tiger and Leopard Cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan Cao Chun! Among the generals of Cao Ying, Xiahou Miaocai is famous for his raids, and Liu Yi, the king of Yan, often uses this person as an incentive to the generals under his command, "Xiahou Yuan, the captain of the palace army, five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days", this sentence is still when this person commanded the infantry army, and it is not an exaggeration to describe him as commanding the cavalry with "rushing like the wind, coming and going like electricity".
Cao Chunzi and, is also a rare good general in the Cao clan, one of the eight **, and for the command of the cavalry is more unique, especially good at training soldiers, the Yan Army Iron Cavalry Battalion is famous in the world, is the Xiliang place is also slightly inferior in cooperation, looking at the world only Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry can really compete with it, the battle of Yanzhou and the previous Jizhou War in the two strong teams have fought many times, it can be said that the two sides are equally divided, and the two sides also know the roots! And this tiger and leopard ride is Cao Chun, Cao Zihe and single-handedly brought out, in addition to being slightly inferior in personal force, his ability to compare with the Yan Army Iron Cavalry Battalion Commander Yan Gang, Hua Xiong, Fan Chou and others is not far behind!
Now the battle situation in Yanzhou and the plan in the two-year strategy have changed, it should be said that this change is still in favor of the Yan army, Cao Cao's raid on Hanzhong certainly caught Liu Yi a little off guard, and the western front took great pressure, but hundreds of thousands of Cao troops pressed in Hanzhong also greatly reduced Yanzhou's defensive strength, so the entire strategy of the Yan army has not changed in any way, and the Tiger Guard Army and the Yellow Shirt Army have become more mobile because of this! Zhao Yun led the three main forces to attack several fortified cities in Yanzhou, which was one of the Yanzhou strategies, and Liu Yi's attack this time was to divide the enemy's army, and another important strategic goal was Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, and he had to try his best to find out and annihilate it.
The number of Cao Jun's elite tiger and leopard cavalry was 60,000 in Tian'er's intelligence half a year ago, and in the case of Yan Di's vigorous blockade of strategic materials, especially war horses, it is extremely rare to be able to form such a large scale of cavalry, of course, when it comes to combat power and peacetime training, tiger and leopard cavalry will not be under the iron cavalry battalion, but there is still a certain gap between it and the Yan army in terms of the quality of war horses. On the premise of fully estimating the opponent's combat strength, Liu Yi knew very well in his heart where his advantages and disadvantages were, fighting in Yanzhou, the biggest impact on the Yan army was the geographical advantage, as for the people and aspects, Cao Cao's ability to mobilize a group of servants could not be compared with Lang Sheng, although it was helpful, it was difficult to play a decisive role.
Before each battle, it is Liu Yi's practice to think of the difficulties to the greatest extent and make various plans for them before the war, and this time the battle is related to the overall situation, he must strive for excellence, in fact, the combination of caution and surprise can also be very good, the key is how to grasp the degree between the two. Gaoshun Liaodong Army Li Tieniu Zhuque Battalion to Leping attack smoothly more than Liu Yi expected, but also made him excited, the bombardment cannon and the infantry army used in the battle array in this life can be said to be his originality, although it has been practiced many times before, but there is still a gap between it and the actual combat, this success has proved that this new tactic has strong vitality, so that Liu Yi can be full of confidence to further improve and innovate the Han military system, military theory and various tactics, He wants to build a well-deserved No. 1 strong army in the world, and the Han army will definitely have more use of force!
If the Battle of Leping gave Liu Yi joy, the counterattack of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun against the Yan Army was undoubtedly the one he did not want to see. At the beginning of the battle of Sili in the face of the Han and Zhang coalition army, Lang Sheng carefully thought about it and used the geographical advantages of Sizhou and the powerful mobility of the Yan army and the Wuhuan Hun cavalry to create a pack of wolf tactics, they tirelessly harassed the enemy's logistics supply line, and missed the blow for thousands of miles, but if they waited for a good opportunity, they would not hesitate to bite into the enemy's main artery!
This tactic was used in the battlefield of Sili and achieved great success, and a large part of the final defeat of the Han and Zhang coalition forces was because they were tired and dragged down by the wolf pack tactics of the Yan army. In Liu Yi's eyes, this is also a good model for promoting the work of army building, and a person's experience may seem thin, but after the brainstorming of everyone's research, he will improve it.
The transmission of information at the end of the Han Dynasty was naturally not as fast and convenient as that of later generations, but a major event as sensational as the Battle of Sili could get the attention of all the princes, and Cao Cao was the most careful among them! Liu Yi will never forget to study this fierce rival in life at any time, and Meng De is not like this, he can tell every wonderful battle since the Yellow Turban of Lang Sheng, and describe the advantages and disadvantages in detail. Instigated the Han and Zhang coalition forces to launch an attack on Si Li to contain Liu Yi's development and consume the manpower and material resources in his territory, it can be said that Cao Cao has achieved this goal, and the momentum also makes him quite proud, after all, Liu Langsheng, who is invincible in a hundred battles, is not easy to calculate!
But the result of this battle is at least not the situation that Cao Cao wants to see, Liu Yi personally led the army to Sili, which has the momentum of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, and also got the help of the Huns Wuhuan and made the battlefield situation of the original imbalance in the ratio of troops improved a lot, and finally under the unity of the Yan army generals and the people, the 300,000 Han and Zhang coalition troops were wiped out, and the two were killed by Liu Yi! In this battle, the exquisite tactics of the Yan army cavalry and the coordination between various departments made Cao Cao feel refreshed. It seems that no matter in any field, the name Liu Langsheng can be associated with innovation, if Meng De has Hua Tuo's magical medical skills, I am afraid that his head will have to be dissected to see what is going on!
Cao Cao didn't know that Liu Yi named this cavalry tactic "Pack of Wolves", but he could see that this tactic had a surprising effect on defending against a strong enemy, especially when he had a favorable position. To succeed in a certain field, one must be good at learning, including learning the strengths of your enemies, and as the two most powerful heroes of the day, and the famous commanders of the army, Cao Cao and Liu Yi both have this trait.
Cao Mengde said: "There is no difference between enemy and enemy tactics, what is yours is mine." "The wolf tactics have been carefully studied by him and his subordinates and cavalry generals Xiahou Yuan Cao Chun and other intensive research and are also used in the daily training of tiger and leopard riding, of course, it also adds a lot of Cao Cao's own and his own understanding and understanding of the talents, the comparison of strength between the two sides determines that once the Yan army attacks Yanzhou, the Cao army will be in the position of the weak, at this time the use of this tactic against Liu Yi can be reaped the effect of "treating his people in the way of others", and learning from the successful experience of Liu Langsheng and Yan Jun can, But it was by no means Cao Cao's style to be rigid, and the pride in his heart would not let him do so.
In just two days, the four battalions of Chongcai, Bingzhou, Xiliang, and Baima were subjected to continuous harassment by Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, and according to the preliminary statistics of the battle reports submitted by each battalion, there were as many as 117 skirmishes between the cavalry of the two sides in 24 hours, and the largest was no more than a few hundred cavalry. This kind of harassment is not a big loss on both sides, but it is very annoying for the Yan army fighting away, people and land are both alive and earth, the Cao army can rely on the terrain and intelligence to appear in the vicinity of the Yan army at any time to attack, and the defense of the iron cavalry battalion is quite passive at this time.
Although the Yan army has an advantage in strength, when you really want to gather forces to give the opponent a heavy blow, the tiger and leopard cavalry can find a strong stronghold nearby as a barrier, even if the iron cavalry battalion is strong, it will never use cavalry for siege. It's not that they don't have that ability, if they let any battalion of soldiers go down from horseback, even if their combat power is not as elite as Long Xiang Huwei, they must definitely be above the average level in the late Han Dynasty, the problem is that Liu Yi will never use cavalry like this, each branch of the army has different roles, and it can only be fully played in the most suitable place.
In this battle of harassment and counter-harassment, both the Iron Cavalry and the Tiger and Par Cavalry have shown a high level of tactical literacy, and their performance in almost every skirmish is enough to be written into the textbook as a model. Relatively speaking, the three battalions of Bingzhou, Xiliang, and Heavy Cavalry are all slightly at a disadvantage, but the White Horse Battalion can be said to be handy under this kind of guerrilla warfare, and the tiger and leopard cavalry do not want to take advantage of Yan Gang, and the wolf pack tactics White Horse Elite can definitely be called an expert.
However, although he suffered a certain loss, but within the acceptable range of Liu Yi, the enemy dared to take the initiative to meet and use the harassment tactics so well that Lang Sheng had a little headache, but on the other hand, he could also rest assured that if the tiger and leopard cavalry really focused on the harassment of the iron cavalry battalion, at most the Yan army would suffer a small loss, this kind of tactical application between the cavalry and the cavalry was by no means its essence, both sides had extremely strong mobility, and the Yan army would be powerless as long as they gathered together. Because they simply did not dare to engage in a decisive battle with the opponent. And in this situation, the main three armies led by Zhao Yun will be even more unscrupulous in attacking Jiancheng!