The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 478
In the era of cold weapons, it is very common for elite troops to win more with fewer. At that time, Gao Shun, a general under Lv Bu, once trained more than [-] people to fall into the camp. Neither the infantry nor the army led by Liu Guanzhang are opponents in the camp.

Zhang Liao's 80 elite cavalry defeated Sun Quan's [-] army; the [-] Beifu army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty defeated the [-] former Qin army;

Therefore, it is normal for Zhang Wu, the most elite military guard battalion in the world, to defeat more than 2 Cao troops. However, Cao Pi felt that he had lost face. I just came to power and led the troops for the first time to go out in person to suffer such a failure. This will make me think about what to do in the future. mix?
So Cao Pi ordered Xu Chu to withdraw temporarily, and at the same time began to dispatch troops to surround Zhang Wu's 1 horses. No matter how many troops were lost, if he could take the opportunity to kill Zhang Wu, it would be worth it.

After Zhang Wu discovered Cao Jun's intentions, he led his troops to fight and retreat, and returned to the Fieshui camp to join the main force.

Generally speaking, it is very dangerous to camp with your back against the river, because once you are violently attacked or attacked by surprise, there is no way out, and most soldiers will be driven into the water and drown.

Even soldiers can swim, but people have no resistance in the water, and they become the target of the enemy when they are attacked from a long distance, and it is difficult to swim in the water wearing armor, and they usually drown.

But there are also special circumstances. For example, Han Xin fought against the water at the beginning, defeating 1 Zhao troops with more than 20 soldiers, beheading Chen Yu, the commander of the Zhao army, and capturing Zhao Wangxie alive.

After the war, the Han soldiers had a banquet to congratulate each other. They all asked Han Xin: "The general asked us to form a formation with our backs to the water. This is against the law of war. Why can we win?"

Han Xin laughed loudly: "Isn't it all said in the art of war? Put it to death and then live, put it to death and then survive. If I give you a way to survive, will the soldiers fight to the death?"

Only then did the generals understand the secret of winning by arraying against the water, and were greatly impressed by Han Xin.

But how many soldiers are there in the world Han Xin?And Han Xin's victory was also very lucky. At the beginning, Li Zuoche, the counselor of the Zhao army, suggested to the commander-in-chief Chen Yu that he should not fight against the front wall, and use part of his troops to go around the enemy's rear and cut off the Han army's food road, so that Han Xin "can't fight forward, can't retreat,... ...There is nothing to plunder in the wild", and finally attacked back and forth, and captured Han Xin in one battle.

It's a pity that Chen Yu didn't listen to the counselor's advice and insisted on defeating Han Xin from the front.In his opinion, if you use 20 troops to fight against [-] opponents, if you still use some tricks, wouldn't it be shameless?
As a result, Chen Yu not only lost his face in the end, but also lost his life.

The reason why Zhang Wu dared to camp with his back against the Fei River was because he had a navy on the river to support him. The long-range weapons and crossbowmen on the warships could also provide long-range support.

Facts have proved that Zhang Wu's prediction was correct. Although Cao Jun's approaching infantry could hold up their shields to block the arrows from the bow and crossbow, they could not stop the kerosene bombs and poisonous smoke bombs. position, but they could not break through the barrier of the Wuwei Battalion.

With the blessing of Zhang Wu's commanding attribute points, the infantry of the Wuwei Battalion can really stand up to three, and they are also led by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan, and Guan Pingping.

Under the perverted long-range attack of the Chu army, the cavalry of the Cao army did not dare to approach easily. The arrows came overwhelmingly like no money, except for the heavy cavalry with armor on both men and horses and the infantry with large shields. , no one can stand it.

The Chu army is not without damage, no matter how elite the Wuwei battalion is, it is still human, even if it is fully armored, it is not invincible, and the Cao army also has a large number of archers.

But there is no one who is immortal in a war. Zhang Wu fought such a battle, on the one hand, to test Cao Pi's reaction, and on the other hand, he also planned to train troops.Even the most elite military guard battalion will suffer casualties when they go to the battlefield, but they cannot be prevented from going to the battlefield because they are afraid of death, because elite soldiers are made by fighting and honed in life-and-death battles one after another.

If the Wuwei Battalion wants to maintain the title of the best elite infantry in the world, in addition to the existence of Zhang Wu, it also needs to fight non-stop.

The two sides fought fiercely for a day, and the Cao army lost a lot, mainly because the Chu army's bows and crossbows were too sharp, and the Chu army's water army also had small trebuchets on the warships, which fired large cans of kerosene bombs and poisonous smoke bombs.When the battle was fierce, the Chu army also had the Three Kingdoms version of the hand grenade made of gunpowder, which was a sharp weapon against dense enemies.

Cao Pi and his advisers and generals clearly felt the impact of the gap in weapons and equipment on the combat effectiveness of the army. His 10,000+ army did not have an advantage against the [-] Chu army. The two sides fought for two days. Not only did they fail to defeat each other, but I have suffered a heavy loss.

In fact, the two sides fought like this, on the one hand, because Cao Pi and others underestimated the combat power of the Wuwei battalion. Seeing that Zhang Wu had few soldiers, they wanted to use their strength to defeat Zhang Wu or even kill Zhang Wu.On the other hand, Zhang Wu has a favorable terrain that he can rely on. He camped against the Fei River, so that Cao Jun could not surround him on all sides.

If it is changed to other places, even if Zhang Wu is defending according to the mountain, Cao Jun can still use his superiority in strength to surround Zhang Wu.There is no need to waste the lives of soldiers, just dig trenches, arrange defensive facilities, and then use cavalry to block the reinforcements of the Chu army, as long as Zhang Wu is trapped for more than ten days, and when the food brought by Zhang Wujun is exhausted, the attack will be stopped. broken.

No matter how elite the soldiers are, they still have to eat and drink, and no matter how powerful the strategists and generals are, they cannot fight against the opponent's army by themselves.Ma Su lost the Jieting because he didn't settle this account. He thought that he could block Zhang Yun's troops by camping on the mountain, occupying the terrain and not lacking in food, but he didn't expect the problem of insufficient water.

Zhang Xi is a famous general who has fought all his life. He has much more battlefield experience than Ma Su. Originally, he had already lost his chance when he rushed to Jieting behind the Shu army. Even if you risk your life to attack, you may not be able to rush through.

At that time, although Zhang He was in a hurry to rescue Qi Shan, he would not have dared to go if he did not defeat Ma Di first to ensure the safety of the road, so he did not dare to detour.As long as Ma Di can firmly nail Zhang He to Jieting, and after Zhuge Liang solves Qishan's Cao army's occupation of Tianshui, Nan'an and Anding counties, then Liangzhou will belong to Shu Han.

It's a pity that although Ma Di was familiar with military books, he had no experience in leading troops. The first time he led an army alone, he met Zhang Yun, the number one general in the late Cao Wei period.

However, under the training of Zhang Wu, the current Ma Di is no longer the Ma Di in history. Not only did he follow He Qi to conquer Shanyue, but now he is also training under Gan Ning.

Seeing that he could not attack for a long time, Cheng Yu suggested that Cao Pi postpone the attack, and then continue to confront Zhang Wu while sending troops to attack Fancheng and Xinye.

At this time, Zhang Wu led his army outside, Xiangyang and Fancheng must be empty of troops, and after capturing Xinye, Zhang Wu's navy's retreat would be cut off. With no retreat, Zhang Wu would dare to be so arrogant.

(End of this chapter)