The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 417 Two Fronts Battle
Since Zhao Yun's debut, except for a brief period of fighting with the cavalry when he was with Gongsun Zan, he has been wandering with Liu Bei all the time. Not to mention the cavalry, he has not led many infantry.

It was not until he joined Zhang Wu's command that Zhao Yun felt the joy of fighting, and Zhang Wu also handed over the only cavalry unit under his command to him to lead, which was exactly what Zhao Yun dreamed of.

And Chen Dao also knew that after going to Hanzhong, there would be more opportunities to fight, so there would be more opportunities to make meritorious deeds.When there are more cavalry under the lord's command, maybe he can lead an army alone.

Generals of this era, no matter how powerful they are, most of them are not afraid of death and going to the battlefield. Whether it is fighting Lu Bu in front of Hulao Pass, or Han and his son sending five kills to Zhao Yun, they dare to fight even if they can't beat them.

Therefore, no matter how the Han fights internally, until now, the military power of the Han has still crushed the surrounding ethnic minorities. At most, the nomads in the north just took the opportunity to plunder, and still dare not invade on a large scale southward.

Yue Fei once said: "Wenchen officials don't love money, military officials don't hesitate to die, and the world is peaceful."

It is a pity that since the Song Dynasty, civil servants have become more and more fond of money, and military generals have become more afraid of death. Although there are many Han people, they have always been bullied by foreigners.Although there were civil strife at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court still maintained hundreds of thousands of troops. However, the generals were greedy for life and fear of death. When they heard that the Houjin army was coming, they dared not fight. They abandoned their soldiers and fled.

Zhang Wu ordered Zhao Yun to use the horses that could go to the battlefield to expand the cavalry, sent the seriously injured horses that could no longer fight to the supply camp to serve as pack horses, and cooked the dead horses to improve the food for the soldiers.

Although this battle exposed another secret weapon, gunpowder, it also achieved great results. Otherwise, Cao Jun would not be able to win this battle. At most, he would be able to draw with Cao Cao relying on the support of the navy.

Gunpowder is not afraid of Cao Cao's imitation. It has been many years since Zhang Wu started to develop it and put it on the battlefield. Zhang Wu, a traveler, still provided the idea.If Cao Cao wanted to imitate gunpowder, it would be impossible to succeed without a few years, and the situation in the world would definitely be different after a few years.

Zhang Wu knew that Cao Cao had also imitated the poisonous smoke bomb, because it didn't have much technical content, and he could configure it by just looking for a few doctors, but Zhang Wu was not afraid that Cao Cao would use the poisonous smoke bomb against him, because he could control the wind direction.The poisonous smoke bomb can only become a big killer if it is equipped with the skill of "calling the wind and calling the rain".

Although kerosene does not need to be developed, and there are large oil fields on Cao Cao's territory, it requires mining and refining technology, and the output is also very low. Zhang Wu is not afraid that Cao Cao will use it against him.

If you don't dare to use your advanced weapons on the battlefield because you are afraid that your advanced weapons will be imitated by the enemy and used against you, then what is the use of wasting so much manpower and material resources inventing these weapons?

After this defeat, Cao Cao did not dare to fight Zhang Wu again, but stuck to Hefei, and at the same time called counselors and generals to discuss countermeasures.

Cao Cao's subordinates were not short of well-informed people, and they quickly guessed that the terrifying weapon Zhang Wu used to deal with his own cavalry should be gunpowder.Because gunpowder was first produced by Taoist priests during alchemy, many literati in this era have studied Taoist culture, and many literati are also Taoist priests.

But the gunpowder recorded in the Taoist classics is definitely not that powerful, and that Zhang Wu must have been improved, and it is not clear how it was improved.

Cao Cao has never been afraid to confront Zhang Wu head-on, because he has powerful cavalry, as long as he is not fighting on the water, he believes that Cao Jun is invincible in the world, but that hateful Zhang Wu just doesn't talk about martial arts, and makes some tricks every time. Something weird and powerful.

Poisonous smoke bombs are actually easy to deal with, as long as it is in an open area, and if you prepare in advance, even a little bit of poisonous smoke will not be able to decide the outcome.Although the kerosene is difficult to extinguish, it can't kill many people, but it is very demoralizing.But Cao Cao can dispatch cavalry to quickly attack the opponent's army formation to cover his infantry's advance.

As long as the two sides engage in hand-to-hand combat, no one is a match for Cao Jun.

But now Zhang Wu defeated his cavalry with gunpowder, without the cover of the cavalry, Cao Cao would not have the confidence to prove his toughness with Zhang Wu.That Zhang Wu is not only invincible in the world, he also has a large group of fierce generals under him, and what is even more damning is that he has so many top strategists under him.

Cao Cao, who has fought all his life, deeply understands that many fierce opponents are not terrible, such as Liu Bei back then, who was still beaten by himself and fled around.It is not scary to have top strategists in the opponent, such as Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu, and Chen Gong and Jia Xu under his command are not bad, but they are still not his opponents.

Opponents have both strong generals and counselors, but if the boss is not wise, it is not scary. For example, Yuan Shao has strong generals like clouds, counselors like rain, and so many troops and food, but he is finally eliminated by himself.

But something like Zhang Wu is scary. His generals and advisers are like cabbage. The boss himself is invincible, and he is also very wise and able to listen to other people's opinions.

Therefore, after removing the advantage of the cavalry, Cao Cao really didn't think he could defeat Zhang Wu by virtue of his strength. Under the strategy of the military divisions, as long as the strength of the two sides is not too disparate, the outcome of the war is not determined by the number of troops.

Before finding a way to deal with gunpowder, Cao Cao didn't plan to take the initiative to fight, because his cavalry dared not use it anymore, but Zhang Wu's navy was still very sharp.

Cao Jun did not fight, and Zhang Wu had no good solution. After all, the opponent had a lot of troops and occupied the city, and there were also many generals and advisers under his command.

Even if the city walls of Hefei were blown up with explosives, the soldiers still had to fight hand-to-hand in the end. Cao Jun's melee combat effectiveness was still very strong, but the explosives could not kill all Cao Jun.

The Huainan battlefield came to an end. On the Hanzhong battlefield on the western front, after a period of testing, the two sides also started a small-scale battle.

Xu Shu knew that Cao Cao was a suspicious person. If he remained silent and did not take some actions, it might be easier to arouse Cao Cao's suspicion.

To convince Cao Cao that the Huainan battlefield is the main attack direction of the Chu army, it is only natural for the Chu army to launch an offensive in Hanzhong to contain Cao's troops.

Although Cao Cao ordered Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong to guard Hanzhong tightly and not to fight lightly, but as a general, who wouldn't want to make more military achievements?Neither Xia Houyuan nor Cao Hong had a good temper, and although Zhang He was more cautious than Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong, in fact, among the three, Zhang He was the one who most wanted to make contributions.

Cao Cao's generals are divided into two categories, one is clan generals, who Cao Cao trusts and uses the most, and generally hold great power or serve as the commander-in-chief of an army.

Then there are the generals with foreign surnames. Generally, they will not become the commanders of an army, but Cao Cao also uses them very highly, such as the Five Sons of Good Generals.

But both are good generals of the five sons, Yu Jin and Le Jin are old men who joined Cao Cao's army and are Cao Cao's confidantes.Although Xu Huang and Zhang Liao were also surrendered generals, they surrendered earlier and were deeply loved by Cao Cao.Only Zhang He was the latest to surrender, and he has not been reused since he surrendered to Cao Cao. Zhang Liao was named a general of the gangsters very early, and Zhang He was a partial general.

Therefore, Zhang He also wanted to improve his position through meritorious service and the status of the generals from the Hebei faction he represented in Cao's camp.

(End of this chapter)