When Chen Xi received the battle report from Kandahar, it was almost the New Year.
"So, is Sikong so brave?" Chen Xi, who was caught working overtime, said helplessly after listening to Fazheng's report, "It's okay to have fast soldiers. At least pay attention to the terrain."
"After all, it was Kong Ming who sent the secret report. It is normal for Cao Sikong to feel a sense of crisis." Guo Jia said with a cheerful expression.
By this time, Jia Xu had already returned to the Ganges River, while Fazheng and Xu Shu stayed behind. On the general side, most of the middle- and upper-class people had returned to the Ganges River before the year before. Even if Guishang had suffered heavy losses before, it would really be difficult to do so at this time. The uncommanded Han army was unable to withstand a sudden wave of force.
"It's not a matter of terrain. After so many years, Cao Mengde's investigation of the terrain over there has been completed long ago. The location is just one aspect. Kong Ming's letter may also have the purpose of letting Cao Mengde understand Aldashir. "Li You closed the official document in his hand, and then looked indifferent.
"Although I have a grudge against Cao Sikong, we can still handle business affairs. There is no need to joke with the lives of soldiers. Cao Sikong somewhat underestimates Ardashir." Zhuge Liang said calmly, with an expression that was almost serious. Although he hopes that Cao Cao will be on the road as soon as possible, he does not want to harm others.
"Yes, Aldashir is really a genius." Lu Meng, who withdrew from Cao Sikong, said with some caution, "The Aldashir that Sikong saw before was actually a man who was manipulated by various Suppress the weakened Ardashir, and the resources provided by Kushan are enough to free Ardashir from some of its constraints."
Cao Cao's vigorous and resolute actions before did not produce any results. After the absence of reinforcements such as Hua Xiong, Wei Yan, Guo Huai, Sun Quan and Lu Meng, Cao Cao reorganized his generals and commanders, and at the same time, in the spirit of an attitude of not using suspects but trusting others, he replaced Kabei. Qi, Kanland, Aisot, Bellona and other backbones of Beigui were promoted to take over the blank defense area left after the reinforcements withdrew.
Again, it is not that there are no people under Lao Cao. In fact, there are many capable people under Lao Cao, not to mention the generals of the Cao family and the Xiahou family. The betrothal gifts paid by the Beigui Original Party alone are already very expensive. It is no joke that two thousand people have become powerful by practicing Qi. These were actually practiced by Bei Gui in the mountainous area, rather than a quick parallel import of the visualization system.
Then there are the attached backbone generals, such as Cabbage and Bellona, young generals with mental images. If these people were under Oswin's command now, if nothing else, they would already be top-notch corps commanders.
This is also the basis for Liu Bei's group to decisively loosen the trap on Cao Cao after the Battle of Baloyaga. There is no need to worry about Cao Cao's lack of generals. As long as Cao Cao can survive the initial period, Cao Cao's strength will only be stronger than Cao Cao's. The Yuan family and the Sun family are even more violent.
Not to mention anything else, Xia Houyuan, Xu Huang, Le Jin, and Li Dian are all real famous players, but their current performances are nothing. To put it bluntly, isn't it because they are not pushed to the limit and have not even fully explored their own potential? ?
Coupled with Beigui's military service system, Cao Cao actually had no shortage of soldiers under his command. From a structural point of view, after the reinforcements left, what Cao Cao lacked was the experience of risking his life with truly ruthless people.
Unfortunately, the opponent of Ardashir is not the trial that Chen Xi left for Cao Cao. Earlier, Chen Xi's idea was to negotiate with Ardashir, and then the Wei family would send Ardashir to Africa and bring Aldashir to Africa. Dahir was used as a sword in the Han Dynasty.
Later, it was discovered that Ardashir was not easy to control, so Chen Xi thought of trapping Ardashir in the Greater Caucasus and finally dragged him to death with the help of a Central Asian family.
It is true that Ardashir's ability and talent have been verified by history, and he is definitely the top one in this era. However, there is a saying that "every time comes, heaven and earth are all the same force, and heroes are not free when they are transported." It is blocked in the Caucasus. Ardashir is actually in that state.
The strength is indeed there, but for the Central Asian family, it is actually just a one-time big deal. As long as they continue to develop and seize the opportunity, it is not impossible to solve it.
Therefore, after testing out Ardashir's words from the Wei family and confirming that the other party did not want to follow the arrangements of the Han Dynasty and go to Africa, Chen Xi, as a sword of the Han Dynasty, took it as a test for the Central Asian family.
Because as long as Aldashir squats there, the Central Asian family will one day take action, not for the reason of "people who are not of my race must have different hearts", but more directly, to kill Aldashir. , the benefits they get are enough for them to change a lot of things.
Therefore, Ardashir, who was trapped in the Caucasus at that time, was just heading towards hell no matter how he developed. However, the changes in the sky gave Ardashir an opportunity, and Ardashir really seized this opportunity.
Entering Beiguishan Mountain, this move seemed to many people to have deliberately severed the friendship with the Han Dynasty, giving the Han Dynasty a real reason to fall out with Ardashir.
In fact, it is not the case. Ardashir is very clear. Talking about friendship and morality between countries is purely stupid. Interest is the key to the unity of both parties.
Just like Aldashir has considered countless times, if the time goes back more than ten years ago, when Anxi hired the Huns to fight, directly joining the Huns would be the best option.
As for the hatred between the Han Dynasty and the Huns, and the hatred between Rome and Parthia, based on reality, they are actually trivial matters. The reason for liquidation is never hatred, but strength.
Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Hui, the young emperors before and after, Emperor Wen, and Emperor Jing didn't hate the Huns. Hatred is useless if they don't have the strength. If you want to liquidate, you have to rely on your fists.
After the merger of Parthia and the Xiongnu, the two sides directly solved all the problems in terms of combat effectiveness. With the hatred between Rome and Parthia, as long as the strength is sufficient, Rome can sit down and talk with Parthia. What is really fatal is the hatred between the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty. But this What's there to be afraid of?
At that time, it will just be another three-party game. Can the Han Dynasty really travel thousands of miles to attack Anxi? And even if they could, could the Kushans really be able to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight? Anyone who knows the situation of the Kushan country would know that they want Han princesses more than they hate the Huns.
Coupled with Vesudeva I's outrageous diplomatic skills, the Han Dynasty may not be able to get a good deal.
To be honest, it seems that Vesudeva I is not doing much right now. That’s just because there are only three countries left in Eurasia that can participate in this level of battle. No matter how strong Vesudeva I’s diplomatic skills are, she basically can’t do it here. reflected in this dilemma.
But if the four countries coexist, then the value of diplomatic games may be more important than military strength.
In fact, if we really want to say it, La Aldashir's entry into the Northern Guishan Mountains is itself a manifestation of Vesudev I's diplomatic ability.
It is a pity that all the chess pieces of sufficient weight in Eurasia have been eaten up, and the remaining ones are not even qualified to be used as chess pieces by Vesutiva I. This is very embarrassing.
Ardashir recognized the importance of strength and decisively took advantage of the chaos caused by the changes in the sky to fight out of the Caucasus.
Although Ardashir did not successfully capture the mountain city of Bactra and Kandahar because the Han Dynasty had too many back-up forces in Beigui, even if they only captured Kabul, considering Ardashir's strength, , is also a qualitative change.
Because this means that Ardashir has gone from being trapped in an isolated city to a new force that can continue to receive support, draw people from Central Asia, and transform.
Of course, if Ardashir really captures the mountain city of Rabaktra and Kandahar, then the biggest enemy of the Han Dynasty in Asia in the future will definitely be Ardashir. Now that they have only captured Kabul, Chen Xi can still accept that Cao Cao will go there. Fighting with Ardassil.
Loosening the reins on Cao Cao was because Chen Xi realized that Ardashir was difficult to deal with and continued to restrain Cao Cao. Cao Cao's power as the fulcrum might be defeated by Ardashir in a certain mistake, and once Cao Cao's power was in Being defeated by Ardashir during the war meant that Ardashir had obtained the basis for occupying Beigui, and the entire Central Asia had to collapse.
After all, Chen Xi is still somewhat aware of the abilities of the founder of Sassanid Persia. Even if the lethargy of Eurasia in the third century was enough to highlight Ardashir, the strongest one among 200 million people competed for it. Even if it is weak, it is a vertical comparison. In terms of horizontal comparison, Ardashir can at least say rubbish to Cao Cao!)
Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun, Lu Meng and others didn't know this, but they had all seen Ardashir in Central Asia. Especially Zhuge Liang and Lu Meng had truly witnessed Ardashir's transformation from unruly and unrestrained to mature and steady, and they knew that Ardashir was What qualifications does Hill have?
Ardashir's poor performance before was not because Ardashir was weak, but because Ardashir was limited by the environment and could only exert such power. Now it is really different.
"I have been guarding Ardashir for a while, but during that time the opponent never reached his limit." Lu Xun also followed up and said, "However, if we really want to say it, Cao Sikong was blocked outside Kabul. I’m not surprised at all.”
"After going through so much, he knows exactly what he wants to do, and he also knows that things like face are not important." Zhuge Liang said slowly, "As long as he stays in Kabul and defends it, he can become stronger day by day. , there is little willingness to take the initiative.”
Cao Cao took the initiative to attack Kabul. It took more than a month, and the casualties were only two to three hundred. The results cannot be said to be zero, but the number of enemies killed was only two to three hundred, because Aldashir did not fight Cao Cao at all, relying on the Imperial Tomb. The bad terrain of the field and Cao Cao tortured each other.
The Miracle Legion, the Praetorian Guards, and the Heart Abyss are all nonsense. Ardashir didn't fight Cao Cao at all. After a month of grinding, Cao Cao's army used more than 70,000 soldiers and horses, and they were eaten by horses. Not much has been gained, and it is expected that under this new combat method, there may not be much gain, so they can only retreat first.
After Cao Cao returned without success, he sent a battle report of the entire battle to Chang'an.
This battle report was received by Fazheng on duty. He attached great importance to this thing because it showed new combat ideas and policies.
"So Cao Sikong, who insisted on defending Kabul and built the fortifications so that he was not well prepared with siege weapons, had no idea what to do, and then used a small detachment to carry out harassment." Chen Xi sighed and said, "Under the suppression of the huge reserve of cloud energy, This tactic is nearly impossible to crack.”
Ardashir did not fight any large-scale battle with Cao Cao, which is not to say that it cannot win. To be precise, even if Ardashir has not reached its limit, it is now strong enough to enter the Martial Temple. If the whole army really needs to attack and fight Cao Cao fights to the death, and there is a high probability that Cao Cao will not win this time.
But this kind of war was not worth it for Aldashir, so he developed a new combat idea based on the complex terrain of the Beigui Mountains. With a team of three or five people, relying on the suppression of huge amounts of clouds, he fought in the mountainous highlands. Hold on to the favorable terrain.
The lack of water on the top of the mountain is indeed fatal for the army, but for a group of three or five people, it is not a problem at all. Even if you can carry a lot by yourself, you can then rely on the Kshatriya warrior army under Sakala. With the talent of divine foot power, he can easily travel to and from the mountains.
Such a small-scale sneak attack is not effective, because the majority of Cao Cao's troops are shield guards, but even the shield guards will inevitably be unable to defend themselves. Relying on the advantages of occupying the high ground in advance and being able to travel back and forth, these small detachments created A record of more than two hundred.
This way of fighting is extremely disgusting, but Cao Cao really has no good solution.
To be honest, this kind of complex mountainous terrain really needs to be replaced by a powerful archer like Yu Mang with a super-wide third-angle observation. Under Aldashir's combat thinking, he might be able to do it in a month. One or two hundred shield guards died.
"You have to be strong to make iron. The defenses in Kabul that Ardashir spent more than a year building will have to be demolished sooner or later." Zhuge Liang said with a calm expression, "No matter how difficult it is, we have to face it. It's impossible. Because you give up when you see that you can’t beat him. If that’s the case, what’s the point of letting Cao Sikong pass?”
Zhuge Liang directly made this matter clear. There is nothing to say. The core of the unsuccessful attack on Kabul this time is not that Aldashir's tactics are surprising. Even if it is the first time for a small force to rely on terrain harassment, it is the first time. This tactic would only make Cao Cao sick twice.
What really made Cao Cao give up were the various fortifications built by Ardashir. Without them, Cao Cao would have rushed in to fight Ardashir. Not to mention whether he could win or not, at least the small army would be disgusting. That's it.
"Didn't Cao Sikong make preparations in this area a year ago?" Chen Xi asked strangely, "Normally, when Aldashir built fortifications, Cao Sikong should also prepare siege equipment. Hill's defense facilities have been built to the outskirts of Kabul, and Cao Sikong didn't notice it, right? Who is he looking down on?"
