Chapter 519 Li Yuanzhi vs Xiahou Yuan
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Xiahou Yuan, who was eagerly anticipated by Cao Cao, was now trapped in a confused battle. Xiahou Yuan was originally lurking in the back direction of Fang Zhiwen's origin. However, when Fang Zhiwen's troops passed away from afar, Xiahou Yuan was about to follow him, but suddenly he was attacked by a team of archers of unknown origin.
The number of archers that this group of annoying groups may be between 3,000 and 9,000. Because it was night, it was difficult for Xiahou Yuan to judge whether the opponent had used rotational battle methods, so he could only roughly estimate the number of enemy troops.
These enemy troops are very cunning and constantly attacking their troops from the side and backward. However, when their troops are ready to pursue, those guys quietly flee. If Xiahou Yuan divides his troops to chase them, they will be counter-ambustered by the other party, and they will suffer a lot of losses. If Xiahou Yuan’s entire army pursues them, what should Fang Zhiwen’s troops be?
Xiahou Yuan was confused. It was obvious that this group of cavalry who could not understand their identities must be Fang Zhiwen's rear army. The purpose was to stick to himself and entangle him, and prevent him from blocking Fang Zhiwen's rear route.
Even if Xiahou Yuan understands this problem now, it is very difficult to get rid of the entanglement of these archers. The enemy commander is as cunning as an old fox. Not only will he not be fooled easily, but he also frequently let Xiahou Yuan fall into a preset trap. If he accidentally crashes into a preset trap, he is then hit by a dense rain of arrows. When Xiahou Yuan finally got rid of the trap and wanted to continue chasing, another group of enemy troops attacked his troops from Xiahou Yuan's side.
Entangled with such a slippery and extremely sticky army, Xiahou Yuan felt like he wanted to hit a tree. This was so depressing.
The troops that targeted Xiahou Yuan were Li Yuanzhi's troops. Li Yuanzhi's ghost troops were wandering near Fang Zhiwen's main force, and this time they were even given the responsibility to protect the lord's retreat. Li Yuanzhi naturally took the order happily. When he discovered the lurking Xiahou Yuan's troops, he originally wanted to annihilate Xiahou Yuan's troops in one go, but then he discovered that although the opponent was a light cavalry that was restrained by himself in terms of attributes, the enemy's generals were very strong, and it was difficult for his own troops to cause decent killing to the enemy.
So the quick battle turned into a tangled battle. Fortunately, Li Yuanzhi's speed was slightly faster, and his tactics were even more bizarre and varied, which made Xiahou Yuan feel depressed that he could not catch his opponent. At the same time, Li Yuanzhi was also using tactics such as luring the enemy into division of troops, setting up ambushing, and two-way raids to eliminate Xiahou Yuan's troops bit by bit, waiting patiently to accumulate small victories into big victories.
When Xiahou Yuan received Cao Cao's inquiry letter, Cao Cao also received a war report from Xiahou Yuan. It turned out that Xiahou Yuan was entangled by Fang Zhiwen's rear army. Since Fang Zhiwen was prepared for this, what about on another battlefield?
Cao Cao suddenly became a little worried. Although the victory or defeat on another battlefield had nothing to do with Cao Cao, this joint operation was led by Cao Cao. If this joint operation caused too much loss to the Yi Ren in the counties, it would definitely be damaged to Cao Cao's reputation among Yi Ren, and it would be difficult to form large-scale and trustworthy cooperation with Yi Ren in the future.
However, Cao Cao was only worried about how the situation there developed. Cao Cao was no longer able to control it. The only thing he could do was to accurately inform the alien forces there to accurately tell the number of troops Fang Zhiwen invested here and what they could do. He could only rely on their own abilities.
As for Xiahou Yuan, now that he was entangled by the enemy, he missed the best opportunity. Fang Zhiwen's troops had seized the key points of Cao Cao's retreat and fought with Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Yuan on the periphery had become a useless chess. Even if Xiahou Yuan could reach the battlefield, Fang Zhiwen's rear army would arrive with him, which would not help the power balance on the battlefield. Instead, it might make Fang Zhiwen decide to jump out of the periphery. This is the situation that Cao Cao would most reluctant to see. Now he would rather fight directly with Fang Zhiwen than to spy on the side.
Therefore, the order received by Xiahou Yuan was to try every means to annihilate the opponent's rear team. If this goal was achieved, then Xiahou Yuan's troops would become the ones who decide the outcome and would be resurrected on the battlefield and become an effective pawn.
The orders received by Li Yuanzhi were somewhat similar, but they did not require Li Yuanzhi to take down Xiahou Yuan. Just entangle him. On the other battlefield, Fang Zhiwen would jump out of the periphery according to the opportunity. Now the initiative is in Fang Zhiwen's hands, while Cao Cao is relatively passive.
Fang Zhiwen and Tian Feng both understood that Cao Cao's current thoughts were nothing more than entanglement with Fang Zhiwen, hoping that Xiahou Yuan could defeat Li Yuanzhi and then devote himself to the battlefield as a force to decide the outcome. However, this kind of thing depends on Xiahou Yuan's ability, and on the other hand, whether Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun could stick to Fang Zhiwen. Therefore, Tian Feng was not optimistic about this slightly passive tactical plan. This plan with high gambling nature was not in line with Tian Feng's character.
Is Cao Cao's ability only? Will such a tactic with loopholes everywhere be Cao Cao's design?
Fang Zhiwen didn't think so. Although Fang Zhiwen repeatedly understood Cao Cao's ambush during the battle, and forced Cao Cao's tactical arrangement to follow Fang Zhiwen's pace, it seemed quite passive. However, Cao Cao used Fang Zhiwen's character at the critical moment, and bet that Fang Zhiwen would not let go easily and deliberately pushed the players' troops to block the gap to show that the enemy was weak.
From this perspective, it cannot be said that Cao Cao's plan was leaking everywhere, but that Cao Cao's opponent was too strong, so the plan frequently changed. Cao Cao finally accurately bet on Fang Zhiwen's personality. It can be said that this response is quite bold and is definitely a clever method that points directly to the hearts of the people.
Therefore, Fang Zhiwen, who had fallen into Cao Cao's calculations, still admired Cao Cao's decision. He dared to take practical actions and force himself to the palace from his own personality, and cleverly transferred the pure wits and strength on the battlefield to the courage and ruthlessness of the main generals of both sides. Now Cao Cao and Fang Zhiwen are clearly showing that the battle is courage and courage. Whoever retreats first is to admit defeat.
It is actually hard to say that this tacit understanding and inspiration between the head coaches of both sides really exists, but Fang Zhiwen can clearly feel Cao Cao's thoughts and will from the changes in the battlefield situation. In such a passive situation, Cao Cao subtly carried out such a clever tactical transformation, taking advantage of Fang Zhiwen's unwillingness to suffer losses, pressing step by step, and finally forcing Fang Zhiwen to not make up his mind to retreat on his own initiative. Cao Cao is really a strong enemy!
"Damn it! A brave bandit!"
Xiahou Yuan knew that they did not go far, but rested their horsepower near him and would appear next to him again at any time. Xiahou Yuan felt extremely frustrated and hated the archers to the core. However, it was precisely this hatred that made Xiahou Yuan decide to change his career and become a archer and cavalry general in the future!
"Renovate on the spot, rest your horsepower, and the scouts radiate to all directions, counting the loss of the troops. The enemy has not yet gone far and will appear at any time. Don't let go!"
"promise!"
Xiahou Yuan knew that his losses were not very big, and he only had one thousand people in full swing. This was the loss caused by this enemy general at the beginning. After the more than one hour of fighting, it seemed that he had only lost two or three hundred people.
Although the enemy has no choice but to deal with him for the time being, Xiahou Yuan has no choice but to deal with the enemy. It is difficult to complete the lord's order! Xiahou Yuan knew that the lord was waiting for his arrival. If he could not annihilate the enemy and rushed to the battlefield where the lord was located as soon as possible, the lord's hard-working battle might have completely failed!
Unfortunately, Xiahou Yuan now doesn’t mean to annihilate the enemy, it’s unlikely that he wants to get rid of the enemy. Taking these enemies to the battlefield preset by the lord may bring disaster to the lord, but what’s the point of continuing to entangle with the enemy here but not being able to eliminate the enemy? To be continued)
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