Chapter 3203 Turn

Cao Zhen was cautious and obviously got the reward.

In fact, in most real battle cases, the success rate of ambush is not that high.

Cao Zhen knew that he was not familiar with the surrounding terrain and felt that he felt that after knowing that the scout had been inexplicably damaged, he increased the amount of scout investment...

Many generals in history actually had the reason for the impoverishment because they were too careless and felt that they were sure to win, and as long as A went over, everything would be fine.

For example, Pang Juan was driving in a hurry to pursue Sun Bin. His formation ran faster than the scouts. Who would have been imprisoned if he didn't imprison?

If Cao Zhen keeps his head shut and keeps on his way to seize time and does not conduct detection, then Cao Zhen will undoubtedly fall into the trap set by Li Dian at the moment.

But Cao Zhen is a relatively outstanding general among the second generation of Cao. His vigilance is not bad, and he also reflects his value at this moment.

The Cao army scout who was specially sent out obviously found something in the distant mountains and forests...

Cao Zhen couldn't help but jumped in his heart, and then quickly made a decision and ordered calmly.

"The front troops, rob them and occupy both wings! Check the situation!"

Cao Zhen was still calm on the surface, without any panic.

This gave his soldiers a good signal and also relieved the originally tense emotions in the queue to a certain extent.

But in fact, Cao Zhen’s worries did not decrease.

In such a narrow mountain road, there are only two choices, one is advance and the other is retreat.

Fortunately, most of Cao Zhen is lightweight, and a small number of baggage is placed on mules and horses. If you really retreat on the same road, it will be a little easier than carrying a vehicle, but it is just a little better.

If you still want to turn around on this narrow mountain road with your husband and vehicles, you will be a disaster.

Just like during the military training of higher education, there are still many people who can't tell the difference, let alone ordinary civilians in ancient times, in panic, anything could happen.

Nowadays, most of the leaders of Cao Zhen are his own troops and the elite Cao army. Under the order, the front part separates and moves forward.

At this moment, Cao Zhen still had a glimmer of hope.

What appeared may be just a scout team of defenders, not a large group of people.

If this is the case, the front soldiers will be opened up after they are dispatched...

Of course, if...

Then this part of the troops is possible...

Cao Zhen stared at the front and watched the soldiers rush forward under the leadership of the military academy.

The quality of the elite Cao army was not bad. Without Cao Zhen's specific command, these Cao army soldiers began to have division of labor spontaneously. Some climbed up as much as possible on the cliff walls to seize the high point and cover the subsequent soldiers. Some ran towards the ridge ahead with swords and guns to rescue the Cao army scouts who were in trouble.

Seeing the soldiers in front of Cao's army doing this, Cao Zhen felt a little comforted.

But the forest is too big and far away. The soldiers in front of me seem to be quite large. When they really rushed out and scattered into the forest, they looked thin and sparse. They soon appeared in the swaying woods and shrubs, as if they were gradually swallowed by the forest...

Cao Zhen felt like something was being pulled in his heart.

He looked at it with all his best, trying to distinguish between the shaking figures in the distant mountains and forests, and which side was the dominant one.

Because the style of armor and color of the soldiers of Cao's army are actually similar to those of the cavalry and horses. After all, they were originally under the Han system. The only obvious difference is the flags, generals, flags, etc., but the opposite side obviously did not place a banner, which added a lot of difficulty to Cao Zhen in his judgment.

"The other party seems to have a lot of people..."

Cao Zhen frowned. He saw his subordinates rushing up, but did not immediately achieve any good results. He seemed to have encountered some obstacles, and then he saw someone retreating and running towards here frantically.

Cao Zhen had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Is it really Li Mancheng?"

Cao Zhen gritted his teeth, squinted his eyes, and muttered.

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Li Dian frowned a little.

His ambushed troops were discovered by Cao's army.

After all, the mountain soldiers trained by Li Dianxin are still much worse than those under Wei Yan.

Excellent equipment does not mean that everything is dominant.

The innate shortcomings of the Di people led to some problems when they were ambushing. Although the Di people's mountain soldiers were indeed hard-working, their discipline was still a little poor...

The traces of the Di people collecting food were discovered by the scouts of Cao's army.

The Cao army scouts found some of the ambushing points of the Di people along these traces, and immediately triggered a battle...

Ambushing in the mountains, sometimes there is a big gap between imagination and reality.

Of course, Li Dian also wanted to encircle Cao's army at a suitable location, cut off and divide it, and then eat it in one bite.

However, the number of people and the difficulties in the mountains and forests forced Li Dian to face reality.

The ideal ambush is naturally to lie on a narrow mountain road, lying on the stone wall, and be on the high ground. When the enemy passes by, they will attack with stones and fireballs. However, in fact, such ambush requires the right time, place, and people, and neither of them is missing.

Cao Zhen took a detour to Mulan Side, which destined that Li Dian could choose from an ambush. It was impossible to choose at will, but it must be on this road. However, the ideal ambush on this road is really something that Li Dian could use if he wanted to use it?

First of all, there are not so many canyon zones.

There are indeed many steep canyons in the Qinling Mountains, but the problem is that Cao's army will not go there.

Secondly, Cao's army will not stay in the canyon forever, and will definitely speed up the passage as quickly as possible. Just like when Cao Zhen passed by the canyon area, he was frightened and anxious, and especially strengthened his detection and defense.

The most important point is that time must be kept up.

Whether it is climbing canyons, cliffs, ridges, or preparing to fall rocks and roll wood, or grass balls and fire materials, it takes time.

Li Dian came from Mulan and arrived in a hurry, so he could only choose a more confident place as much as possible, rather than the best ambush place...

Most ambush battles in reality are actually carried out under a slight height advantage or even the same height.

At the same time, ambush warfare is largely impossible to easily achieve zero casualties by relying solely on long-range weapons.

People have the instinct to avoid damage. Even in later heat weapon wars, ambush wars often become chase wars or even tough battles.

The primary condition for ambushing can cause a lot of damage is that the opponent's array collapses and the entire army flees.

Moreover, in order to prevent the other party from detecting as much as possible, ambushing troops often need to be set up in slightly remote areas.

Generally speaking, it takes a considerable time for troops in marching to convert into combat formations. In order to save physical strength, soldiers in marching are often light-fitted and carry only small armor and short weapons. Heavy armor, long-handled weapons, etc. are often loaded on vehicles and beasts in the team, so even if the ambushing army attacks from a distance, the marching troops may not be able to adjust in time.

In other words, most ambushings are actually to raid the ambushed person in a non-combat formation and state in combat formation. When the ambushed person can see the enemy, the opponent must have been pressed over with a dignified formation. At this time, the ambushed person is still busy changing the formation, collecting and allocating weapons. Once this situation is formed, it will basically be a unilateral massacre of the ambushed person.

So is the army that falls into an ambush really equivalent to being wiped out? In fact, it may not be. The biggest damage to the army in the early stages is actually a panic caused to the soldiers, and the army is out of control.

Now it is obvious that Li Dian failed to complete a exquisite ambush, and his soldiers were exposed in advance, causing Cao Zhen's front to enter the ambush circle, but Cao Zhen's formation was still far away and could not fall into the pit.

Now there are only two choices in front of Li Dian. One is to eat the front of Cao's army, and the other is to let the front of Cao's army go and try to lure Cao Zhen into the circle...

After thinking for a while, Li Dian ordered some soldiers to attack, surround and attack the front of Cao's army.

Li Dian did not do his best, because he wanted Cao Zhen to think that there were only so many soldiers...

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As Li Dian's troops were revealed, there was a huge uproar where Cao Zhen's original formation was located.

Although he had more or less realized that there was a Fujun blocking them, he was still a little panicked when he really saw it.

"What should I do if you are the master?"

The guard asked Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen did not answer for a moment. His eyes were on the figures of the fighting soldiers and looked around.

The opponent did not show much force.

For a moment, he fought back and forth with Cao's front.

The shouts of killing echoed in the valley.

In the battle, they were in a disadvantaged position, and they could not move forward and flee, which not only meant abandoning the front soldiers, but also represented the failure of the strategy of a detour sneak attack.

'Explore again!' Cao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, 'By the battle places and explore further away!'

Cao Zhen asked the scouts who came back to report the news to detect again.

On this time, he believed in his intuition.

Of course, there are some hidden factors besides intuition.

For example, the elite Cao army is still only the elite Cao army, and the troops directly under Cao Zhen have not moved yet...

Li Dian controlled the number of soldiers, and Cao Zhen did not send more soldiers, so the small troops on both sides fought back and forth.

The three Di people and mountain soldiers were in a group. According to the training script, they specially selected those relatively single Cao army soldiers to fight.

The Di people's mountain soldiers were flexible. Whether they were standing on rocks or drilling shrubs, they were waving their swords as if they were in their home yard, and their steps were getting bigger and smaller. They rushed forward to the front of the Cao army soldiers. The Cao army soldiers were indeed deceived by the Di people's mountain soldiers and chopped down with one knife. The Di people's mountain soldiers slowed down half a step. But after the Cao army soldiers cut down the sword, they suppressed them tightly and let their comrades around them suddenly rushed forward.

The sudden killing on the flanks was also fierce. The elite armored soldiers of the Cao army had no time to adjust their posture and put their swords to block the parry. They were stabbed in their legs, feet, arms, etc., which was not fatal. They suddenly burst into blood.
To be continued...