The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 424 Prepare to Launch the Battle of Hanzhong
The change of hands in Shouchun became a turning point in the Huainan battlefield. Cao Jun would have to give up his cavalry advantage and attack the thick-walled and large city of Shouchun, because if he could not recapture Shouchun, he would lose all of Huainan.

When Sun Quan captured Hefei, Jiang Ji planned to exchange Shouchun for Hefei. It was concluded that the Jiangdong army could not defend Shouchun, and he used cavalry to raid Sun Quan's army on the way, and almost killed Sun Quan.

Now Cao Cao and others feel that it is difficult to regain Shouchun with Cao Jun's elite, because the opponent has made too much preparation, and the kerosene bombs and gunpowder packs are simply magic weapons for defending the city!

Kerosene is both flammable and has a high burning temperature. It can easily burn down siege equipment such as rams and ladders. After being poured on a person and ignited, it will quickly burn the person into a ball of black coal.Cao Jun is also a human being, and he is also afraid of this miserable way of death.

Zhang Wu also made a small bomb, putting gunpowder in a small clay pot, with iron sand and small iron nails inside. After the explosion, the fragments of the clay pot flew around, and could easily scratch a large number of people.

In this era, medical skills were not well developed, and there was a shortage of doctors and medicines on the battlefield. It was easy to die after the wound was infected. Many Cao Jun's wounded soldiers never came back after leaving the battlefield.

Cao Jun's attack in Shouchun was very difficult, and the defense in Hefei was also very difficult. Fortunately, [-] reinforcements from Runan came to support.The Chu army did not send troops to violently attack the city. They defended the catapult formation and threw stones, poisonous smoke bombs and kerosene bombs into the city every day.

Zhang Wu's idea is very simple, I'm still fighting with you for consumption. In the past, I compared the consumption of food and grass with you, but now I compare it with the consumption of soldiers.Under the various sharp defensive weapons of the Chu army, the Cao army attacked Shouchun with heavy casualties. Compared with the defending Chu army, the consumption of Cao's soldiers reached one to five. Support from land and water.

The most fearful thing about defending a city is that there will be insufficient food and grass and no reinforcements, because after a long time, the defenders will feel desperate. As long as the food and grass are sufficient and there are reinforcements, it is no problem to defend a big city like Shouchun for two or three years.

What's more, there are Lu Su's good defensive advisers in the city. Zhang Wu is not worried at all that Gan Ning will not be able to defend Shouchun with more than 3 soldiers.

Zhang Wu ordered Lu Xun to lead [-] sailors to cruise in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in two large iron chain boats. Zang Ba's [-] Xuzhou soldiers stayed in Guangling, not daring to cross the river.

Now that Cao Jun's soldiers and horses in Xudu have been mobilized, Xu Shu, who got the news, began to launch the Battle of Hanzhong.

In fact, Hanzhong and Huainan are very important to Cao Cao, which is equivalent to a tower on the two sides.The first tower on the east line is Huainan, the second tower is Yuzhou or Xuzhou, Xuchang is Gaodi Tower, and Jizhou, Cao Cao's old nest, is Crystal.The first tower on the west line is Hanzhong, the second tower is Chang'an, and the highland is also Xuchang.Wancheng on the center line is directly the second tower, but it is also the most difficult to dismantle, because the Nanyang Basin is very suitable for cavalry operations.

From the point of view of distance, in fact, Zhang Wu sent troops from the west to attack Cao Cao is the farthest. After taking Hanzhong, he will also capture Liangzhou. After training the cavalry, he will attack Chang'an. Attack Xudu.After defeating Xudu, they turned north to pass through Yanzhou and attack Jizhou.

But this road is the safest, because there are not so many rivers in the north, but a vast plain, which is the world of cavalry.Since Zhang Wu fought with Cao Cao, he has never fought a head-on battle with Cao Cao on the plain, because he knew he couldn't fight.

If you are eager for success, you will suffer big losses. Just like when Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he began to swell and felt that he was invincible, so he sent troops to conquer Jingzhou despite his lack of a navy.

As a result, Zhang Wu wiped out 10,000+ troops on the Han River twice, which not only seriously injured his vitality, but also gave Zhang Wu a chance to develop.

If Cao Cao had directly taken Hanzhong, with the hundreds of thousands of elite troops at his disposal, even if he divided 20 troops to defend Ma Chao, and 30 troops to attack Hanzhong, it would not be easy to capture Hanzhong.

After Cao Cao conquered Hanzhong, there is a high possibility that Liu Zhang would surrender directly. Even if people like Huang Quan and Zhang Ren were unwilling to surrender, judging from the various conflicts within Yizhou, Zhang Song would still be the leading party, and Cao Cao would eventually take Lower Yizhou is also very possible.

At that time, Zhang Wu had to face the opponent Sun Quan in Jiangdong, so he didn't have the energy and strength to compete with Cao Cao for Yizhou. After Zhang Wu defeated Sun Quan and occupied Jiangdong, Cao Cao should prepare to build ships and train the navy in Yizhou.

At that time, Zhang Wu can only defend desperately, maybe there will be a turning point after Cao Cao's death.

It is estimated that Cao Cao regrets it very much now. It is only because of a mistake that caused the current passive situation. As the saying goes, "haste makes waste", so Zhang Wu has deeply learned Cao Cao's lesson. It is possible that the group will be destroyed.

Fighting for world hegemony is not playing a game. You can neither reload the file nor resurrect it. Like Yuan Shao, if you lose the last key battle, you can never turn around again. In the end, you will be wiped out.

Xu Shu found out that Cao Jun's soldiers and horses in Xuchang had been transferred to the Huainan battlefield, so he knew that the time was ripe, and it was time to launch the Battle of Hanzhong.

Strictly speaking, there are four roads in Hanzhong, which are Longnan Road, Jinniu Road, Micang Road and Hanshui Road from east to west.

Longnan Road wants to conquer Yangping Pass, and then they can go straight to Nanzheng, but not to mention the defenders at Yangping Pass, just the Dangqu Village, Mengtou Village and Dangshi Village built by Zhang Yun on the Guanqian Mountain are not easy to fight.When Cao Cao attacked Yangping Pass, he was severely tortured by Ma Chao. In the end, he used countermeasures to get Ma Chao away, and then lured the enemy troops who closed the pass to come out to win.

The Jinniu Road leads from Jiameng Pass to Dingjun Mountain. As long as you take down Dingjun Mountain, the southern barrier of Hanzhong, you can enter the Hanzhong Plain.This is also the route that Zhang Wu and others really want to advance, because the guard at Dingjun Mountain is none other than the commander-in-chief Cao Cao arranged in Hanzhong, Xia Houyuan, the general who conquered the west.

Although the Micang Road can go directly to Nanzheng, the road to Micang Mountain is difficult, and the plank road has been in disrepair for a long time. I am afraid that the army will die before reaching Nanzheng.

The Hanshui Road is to send troops from Xiangyang, all the way along the Hanshui River to Hanzhong through mountains and ridges.However, the Han River became narrower as it went upstream, and the water volume gradually decreased. Not to mention large warships, even small warships had to be carried in some places.Moreover, most of the way is through the canyon. As long as the enemy forces block them, they may be unable to advance or retreat.

Therefore, Xu Shu's plan was to pretend to attack Yangping Pass, and then send out surprise troops to attack Dingjun Mountain. As long as Xia Houyuan was killed, the gate to Hanzhong would be opened.

With the strength and generals of the Chu army in Yizhou, under the strategy of Xu Shu and Fazheng, the capture of Hanzhong is just around the corner.

(End of this chapter)