The Ouchi guards on the left and right were all confused.
Is this matter as simple as being rejected? Hundreds of thousands of troops attacked east and west with great momentum, consuming a lot of manpower and material resources.
The purpose was not achieved.
This is a big loss.
but.
If the emperor says it is a closed door, then it is a closed door. Moreover, the Han Dynasty had plenty of food, military supplies, and so on.
Lose some, just lose some.
Street pavilion on the city wall.
Han Lin was wearing heavy armor, holding the hilt of the sword at his waist with his left hand, standing proudly, exuding the tyrannical aura of a Liangzhou warrior.
A burst of footsteps came from behind. Han Lin did not look back and asked, "What did Wu Nian say?"
The person who came was the knight who had met Wu Nian. He told Han Lin the whole story of his conversation with Wu Nian.
Han Lin sneered and said: "Wu Nian admitted that he failed to attack the east and west, and he was self-aware. He knew that it was impossible to do, but he still said that whether to retreat or not should be carefully considered. He is also unreasonable."
"It doesn't matter. If he wants to fight, I will fight. Let him attack and crush his teeth."
After finishing speaking, Han Lin turned around and ordered to his left and right: "The Han army will definitely not attack today. But be careful of the Han army's sneak attack at night."
"Tonight we will kill pigs and sheep to reward the soldiers."
"Strengthen the alert. Fight with the Han army tomorrow."
"Yes." The soldier responded loudly and quickly went down to deliver the order.
After Han Lin gave the order, he turned around and looked at the Han army in front, and thought to himself: "If you say that we will fight with the Han army tomorrow, you are looking down on the Han army."
"The cavalry came day and night, and the Han army didn't even have siege equipment. Even if they used ladders, they had to build them."
This time the confrontation. Han Laocheng made preparations in advance at the street pavilion and gained the upper hand.
.......
Han army.
The Han army's three subsequent cavalrymen, Wanhu, arrived one after another. The whole army worked hard together and built a simple camp before dark.
Defense is no problem. Even the soldiers of the Han army were very tired after traveling day and night. Guarding at night was a problem.
Wu Nian carried out strict defense and provided for rotating vigil troops. Before he had time to have dinner, he sent someone to call the general and the accompanying ministers into the big tent.
"Your Majesty, I think we should retreat immediately, lead the infantry, and then attack the street pavilion." Wang Gui clasped his hands and said in a deep voice.
"That's right. We don't have enough food." Feng Chong, who rarely caused trouble, nodded and said.
When they left Hetao, they only brought ten days of food. I will replenish it later on the road, but now I save some food, so it can only last for seven or eight days.
We have to hurry up and go back to Guanzhong.
And their original plan was. Gansu was unprepared, and their heavenly troops arrived at the street pavilion. The guard at the street pavilion was frightened and left the city to surrender.
After they occupied the street pavilion and had food, they led the infantry to capture Gansu.
Now the first step is not successful.
Don’t mention it again.
Neither Zhang Sheng nor Wu Min said anything, which meant they agreed with the suggestion to withdraw.
"We must retreat if we don't have food. But we don't necessarily have to lead the infantry." Wu Nian said with a smile.
"How can we attack a city without infantry? Jieting City is no small matter." Feng Chong's eyes widened with an expression on his face that said, "Your Majesty, are you crazy?"
Wu Nian glared at this guy, and then said with a smile: "Jieting is a strategic location."
"But it is not a pass, and it has no role in blocking our army's path."
"What it does is attack our grain routes."
“But what if we don’t have a food road?”
After Wu Nian said this, he stood up and said: "Our cavalry is very powerful. Especially the internal guards of the widow. They can fight on horseback and attack the city on foot. They can use swords, spears, swords, halberds, bows and crossbows, and have eighteen kinds of martial arts." Good at everything.”
"You can catch tigers when you go up the mountain, and you can catch dragons when you go down the mountain."
"Our cavalry is burning cauldrons and carrying no food. They bypass the street pavilions and directly attack the city on Gansu. They seize the opponent's city and food and use the battle to support the war. What do you think?"
Wu Nian's brows were full of confidence. But Wang Gui, Zhang Sheng, Wu Min, and Feng Chong all frowned deeply.
"Father, this is too dangerous. In the art of war, soldiers and horses move forward before food and grass are used. No one has ever said that an army goes deep alone without food."
Wu Min shook his head, with a look of disapproval.
"Yes. Your Majesty. If we fail to capture the city, won't we starve to death?" Wang Gui frowned deeply and shook his head.
"It is indeed very dangerous, but wealth can be found in danger. You know. There are at least 8,000 cavalry in Jieting City, and there should be no less than 5,000 infantry. The city is strong and tall, well prepared, and the Gansu soldiers are brave and good at fighting. If you want to capture it, This city is extremely difficult.”
"It's better to take risks and go deep alone. Fight to support war. Besides, I have another plan."
Wu Nian looked calm and said with a smile: "This time Han Laocheng was on guard, and he must be very proud now."
"I pretended to retreat and sent people to contact him. Make peace with him, make him King of Xiliang, and give him gold and jewelry."
"It is used to paralyze him and make him relax his vigilance. If he relaxes his vigilance, the city of Gansu will also relax its vigilance."
"At that time, my cavalry will go around Jieting City and fight to support the war. It will achieve miraculous results."
"This." Everyone did not object immediately and fell into deep thought. This plan seems feasible.
The attempts to attack the east and west were unsuccessful.
Show weakness to the enemy and make the enemy relax their vigilance.
The lone army went deep and bypassed the street pavilion.
It's still risky, but seems worth a try.
Seeing that there was no objection, Wu Nian turned to look at the bachelor Chen Ding in the tent and said in a deep voice: "Chen Qing. Tomorrow you take the gold and jewelry and go to Lanzhou."
"Yes." Chen Ding bowed in response.
"Withdraw troops tomorrow and go back to the border between Gansu and Guanzhong to replenish the food supplies." Wu Nian raised his head and said to everyone.
"yes."
Everyone shouted yes.
After everyone left, Wu Nian asked someone to prepare dinner. After eating like a storm, he went to the inner tent to rest.
This day and night sneak attack was unsuccessful, but the man was very tired.
It's just that Wu Nian entered the inner tent, but couldn't fall asleep immediately.
It was cold under the covers, and he missed his feet-washing and bed-warming girl.
Early the next morning.
After the Han army had breakfast, they began to take action. He took down the tent and left, throwing away the wood and everything.
Wu Nian, wearing heavy armor, got on his horse, led four cavalrymen of ten thousand households, and left as they came.
It took a lot of hard work, but it didn’t amount to much. If it were any other army, morale would probably be low. But the morale of the Han army was not affected at all.
Still vigorous and high-spirited.
Wu Nian's envoys brought gold and jewelry and followed dozens of people to the northwest. They were caught by Gansu officials on the road and were half escorted and half escorted to Lanzhou.
