Chapter 838: Ambush on the outskirts of the county
In the battle of Qingzhou, Ju Yi's fire army did not hesitate to forcibly swim across the vortex river on a snowy winter night in order to arrive in time and occupy Lu County to cut off the return route of the forbidden Qingzhou battalion, and the men and horses of Cao's army retreating to Yanzhou were also rapidly retreating here, and seizing this battleground became the key to this battle! However, the first battle between the two sides did not start in Lu County, on the outskirts of Feixian County, sixty miles to the north, Xu Huang's Long Xiang army had already opened the prelude to the battle of Qingzhou one step ahead, and its opponent was Cao Cao's order to go to meet Yu Wenze's Lejin Yuzhou camp and Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry!
In the battle of the large corps, the coordination and cooperation of the people and horses everywhere is the key point, Cao Cao and Liu Yi will never despise this, the concept of strategic places for both sides is also general, whether it is Lu County or Fei County, the two armies have given great attention, the fire army rushed to Lu County at the same time, the Yan army's ace Long Xiang army under the leadership of Xu Huang is also advancing towards Fei County at a very fast speed, occupying this Yan army can be in a favorable position to block the enemy's reinforcements, and it also has a key auxiliary role in whether it can encircle and annihilate the forbidden Qingzhou battalion, Those who come here are also strong soldiers on both sides.
From Zhang Hu Guo Jia began to analyze that Cao Cao may take the method of attacking Hanzhong to disrupt the previous arrangement of the Yan army, Liu Yi decided to launch the battle of Qingzhou in advance to adapt to the situation, the action of the Yan army can be described as fast, although this battle is not within the time expected by the commanders of the various armies, but they have already completed the training task in advance for this war and are always waiting for it, coupled with strong logistics support capabilities, the Qingzhou campaign launched in advance is still in order!
However, even if the analysis and prediction are more accurate, Liu Yi can also quickly make up his mind to attack, this battle is a point faster than the Cao army on the first opportunity, with the current situation, Yu Wen is closer to Lu County than the fire army, and Lejin's Yuzhou battalion and Cao Jun's elite tiger and leopard cavalry are one step ahead of the Fei County, the general of the unified army, Le Wenqian, Cao Ren Cao Chun and others after discussing with them, they will set up an ambush in the southeast of Fei County, if the Yan army wants to capture the county seat, this is the place that must pass! Here, Cao Jun's generals and ministers also judged and analyzed the situation very accurately.
Xu Huang has always been calm with his troops, and the Yan army also has a unique feature in guarding against enemy ambushes, but the battle in front of him is different from usual, speed is the strategic point pursued by both sides, and taking Feixian County to block enemy reinforcements is an important part of the overall campaign, it is difficult to have the best of both worlds to ensure the speed of the march and to guard against enemy raids from time to time. The start of the battle was quite unfavorable!
Due to the heavy snowfall, the vanguard chosen by Xu Huang was not a cavalry battalion, and it was extremely dangerous for the cavalry to run under such unfavorable weather conditions, and the infantry army was even faster. The vanguard of the assault mission was the first battalion of the Longxiang Army, and the captain was named Wang Erhu, who was Liu Yi's old subordinate in the West Garden. After the reorganization, the Longxiang army has a total of twelve battalions of people, Wang Erhu's first battalion is the most powerful, and the number of veterans is also the largest, which plays a great role when they encounter ambushes.
How to guard against the enemy's ambush during the march, especially in the rapid march, and how to deal with the ambush after the ambush, the drill outline has a detailed description, and all the infantry battalions in the usual drill are to pass this level, and in the exercise, the army commanders will do their best to make it closer to the actual battle! Not only the weekday drills, in the whole army of the Youzhou Martial Arts Academy, the captains and generals at the military Sima level should also receive special theoretical training in this area, it can be said that Liu Yi's Yan army has achieved the ultimate in the four words of preparedness, and these peacetime efforts will definitely show results on the battlefield, as evidenced by the battle of Feixian in the Qingzhou War!
What is the most feared side of an ambush in an ambush battle? After the whole army, all the generals can give an answer, panic! People panic in the heart of an unexpected sudden attack is an inevitable performance, in many ambush battles self-chaos is the biggest reason for the loser, the whole army of the Youzhou Martial Arts Institute and the Yan army on weekdays in the drill is for these natural reactions to make a strengthened training, do not be alarmed, calm response is the best way to deal with the ambush, as long as they are not chaotic, even if they may not be able to change the momentum of victory or defeat, but they can also bring a huge shock to the enemy!
The first round of crossbow arrows hidden in the darkness of the Cao army in the wild rush brought a lot of losses to the Long Xiang army, and hundreds of soldiers fell down with arrows, but before the second round of arrows could be issued, the well-trained soldiers had already reacted extremely quickly. In the combat and training of later generations, lying down and crawling forward are two essential lessons, he can minimize the enemy's strike accuracy, this is the case in the era of hot weapons, and the same is true in the era of cold weapons, when the soldiers who lie down close to the ground, the archer's target is much smaller, especially in such weather conditions!
As a master of the art of war, ambush warfare is a common occurrence in Cao Cao's military career, and has been successful many times, but at this time tonight, the performance of the Yan army after being ambushed is greatly beyond the surprise of Cao Jun, the imaginary situation of the enemy soldiers shouting horses neighing and trampling on each other did not appear, after the first round of attacks, the fallen soldiers of the Long Xiang army were far more than the blows of Cao Jun's arrows, but the vast majority of them were their own actions, and the soldiers were grouped, While lying down, he was also quickly choosing favorable terrain to hide himself, and this unprecedented way of dealing with it made the ambushed Cao army a little sudden for a moment, and the battle situation in front of him was quite unusual.
Yan Jun's calmness and quick response not only reduced the losses caused by their own ambush, but also brought a lot of pressure to Cao Jun psychologically, the whole battle situation did not develop according to their expected situation, the enemy is not chaotic If it is difficult to give the other party a substantial blow if it is not through hand-to-hand combat, and at this time the attack can be imagined that they will encounter fierce resistance, in the face of such an opponent, Cao Ren, who is responsible for leading the ambush battle, has a short period of distraction, and the ambush here is to give the enemy a surprise, At this time, the ambush battle had already begun, and the first round of attacks had an effect, but Yan Jun's performance in turn gave him an unexpected, in the case of a sudden surprise attack, their well-trained training was immediately displayed!
Of course, the ambush in Feixian County, the Cao army also failed to make complete preparations, the reason is that the Long Xiang army came too fast, and the enemy army lying down in front of him was already in action, and the crossbow arrows knocked down the opponent at the same time as revealing the hiding position of their archers, and many soldiers of the Long Xiang army were already taking a squatting posture and fighting back with the crossbow arrows in their hands! Cao Ren's distraction was only for a moment, and he had to respond extremely quickly in this battle situation, since the ambush battle did not have the desired effect, short-handed combat became a very natural choice, and he also had a military advantage!