"This plan is not possible!" Zhang Xi made a decisive decision and rejected Pang Tong's death plan, saying, "Mr. Xiaozhi knows this road just from traveling. Liu Xun is the guard of a city and has lived in Shu for a long time. How can he not know the geography of this place? ! There must be an ambush here."
What Zhang Xi said was not unreasonable, but Fazheng still had something to say.
"Yuan Zhang doesn't know something!" Fazheng stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and then said, "This trail is the way for merchants in Chengdu to bypass the checkpoints for smuggling. The government still doesn't know about it. Mr. Liu Xun doesn't usually do it." How would you know that there is such a trail when you leave Chengdu?"
Fa Zheng meant that this road was actually the road used by Chengdu's wealthy families to bypass the tax collection checkpoint set up by Liu Zhang and smuggle goods southward.
Liu Zhang didn't know about smuggling. Liu Xun, a young master, never left Chengdu, so how could he know about it.
Zhang Xi hesitated for a moment, but immediately retorted, "Mr. Xiaozhi, please don't be careless. How would you know that Liu Xun was so capable of defending the city if you hadn't seen it in person? Furthermore, as a general, you don't know the weather, and you don't know the weather." If you understand geography, how can you defend the city?! Even if Liu Xun doesn't know about the three, Zhang Ren is also a famous general in Sichuan, doesn't he even know about it?!"
Having said that, Fa Zheng is a bit vague.
Mainly because Fazheng didn't realize that Liu Xun was actually capable of defending the city.
It doesn't mean that just letting any young master out can defend the city, not to mention that they can still block Liu Bei's army from attacking continuously for a month.
If such a person is placed anywhere, it is not too much to praise him and call him a "famous general in Sichuan".
So the question is, does such a person really not even understand the geography of his defensive area? !
In this time and space, there is no "Zhang Song's picture". Zhang Song has not even seen Liu Bei's face.
After all, Liu Bei was in Jiangxia when Zhang Song went to Jiangling to meet Cao Cao, and when Liu Bei took over the four counties of Jingnan, Zhou Yu was besieging Nanjun. Zhang Song had no chance to hook up with Liu Bei. The two only exchanged a few letters at most. Zhang Song It was not enough to send such an important map to Liu Bei in a letter.
Therefore, Liu Bei is fighting on the road, and he relies entirely on the help of Fazheng, a humanoid map. Can you expect that the general on the other side who is good at defending is less familiar with the local geography than you, the visiting army? !
Not to mention Liu Xun and Zhang Ren helping.
Although Zhang Ren performed really well in the first two battles, as a confidant of Liu Zhang, Zhang Ren has never been on guard duty in these years. Even if his command ability is not good, it does not mean that he does not know that there is this way.
After Zhang Xi asked three times, Fazheng also flinched a little.
Although he is easy to use strange tricks, Fazheng is not a risk-taker. If the risk is too great, he will not stubbornly insist on his own opinion.
But Pang Tong was unwilling to back down.
"Yuan Chang is overly worried!" Pang Tong stood up, shook his head and said, "We are making a sneak attack. If the sneak attack fails, we can retreat and the damage will not be too great. If Liu Xun really knows this way, he must divide his troops to guard at all times. By advancing troops from time to time, we can also contain Liu Xun's troops so that he does not dare to defend the north gate with all his strength. If Liu Xun didn't know this way, wouldn't he be able to succeed in one battle?!"
What Pang Tong meant was to be prepared.
If Liu Xun doesn't know this way, then we will rush over, raid the south gate of Luocheng, and win the battle.
If Liu Xun really knew this road, then he would definitely not leave it empty and would definitely send someone to guard it. This would also achieve the purpose of dividing his troops.
If you have nothing to do, attack this trail, kill Liu Xun's defenders, and force Liu Xun to continue to divide his troops to defend. Then the attack on the north gate will be smoother.
So, regardless of whether Liu Xun knows about this path or not, we must give it a try, maybe we can get something unexpected.
This is true, right. So you have to die? !
"But what if Liu Xun secretly sets up an ambush to ambush us and other passing soldiers?!" Zhang Xi asked Pang Tong again and said.
Pang Tong was so surprised that he laughed.
After he finished laughing, Pang Tong replied, "Captain Yuan, why are you making such unwise remarks?! Since this is a sneak attack, we should act in secret. How will Liu Xun know when we will raise troops and when we will go to the trail? Is it difficult for Liu Xun to do so?" Xunyao sends troops to ambush outside every day?!"
"Yes, we will do it carefully in the army."
Well, forget it, let’s not talk about it.
Now that the two armies are fighting, I dare not say that there must be no Xizuo, but at this time, Xizuo can only mix among the soldiers, knowing some things that the soldiers know, some real secrets, Xizuo is powerless.
To deceive Xizuo, it's actually very simple. You just need to act fast enough and quickly enough, without giving Xizuo time to run back to report the message, nor giving the enemy time to react. That's enough.
There is no radio station in these days, so Xizuo can't just run back. After all, the North Gate is now a war zone, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at it. If Xizuo wants to return to the city, he has to take a detour over the mountains, from Luocheng It takes more time to go back through two doors.
By the time these details reached Liu Xun's ears and Liu Xun reacted, I'm afraid Liu Bei's army was already on the mountain road, ambushing him.
Thinking about it this way, it is really hard for Zhang Xi to imagine how Pang Tong in the novel was shot into a hedgehog. It couldn't be such an important sneak attack mission, so that all the soldiers below knew about it and didn't tell him, and he was still dragging his feet. Advance troops slowly? !
This ability to prevent espionage is a bit too bad.
Zhang Xi was immediately speechless, but the next best thing was to ask Pang Tong not to take risks. Even if he wanted to take risks, he shouldn't go by himself. There were many generals in the army, so why should he lead the troops personally as a counselor.
Then Pang Tong wondered when I said I wanted to go by myself? !
No matter what position he takes or what he does, Pang Tong still doesn't think he has the ability to lead troops independently. Even if Pang Tong thinks he does, Liu Bei won't agree.
Pang Tong had never led an army on his own. Even if a man who was resourceful and resourceful was asked to lead an army, it should be Zhang Xi, a man with literary and military skills and experience in leading troops. Pang Tong would not be sent at all.
So, this matter will ultimately fall on Zhang Xi.
Liu Bei asked Zhang Xi to lead five thousand soldiers to explore the trail. If there was no defense, Zhang Xi would choose the opportunity to pass through the trail and attack the south gate of Luocheng.
But if you are on guard, don't be reluctant to fight, just retreat quickly.
Zhang Xi's claws suddenly became numb. Is this the rhythm that wants me to be shot into a hedgehog? !
But this is a military order. Liu Bei has already given the order. Zhang Xi has no choice and must go.
Even just in case, Liu Bei not only sent the two generals Kou Feng and Zong Yu to Zhang Xi, but he also very considerately lent Zhang Xi his own horse, the BMW that Zhang Xi rode on when he welcomed the bride. .
It is said that this horse has good footwork and can run fast. If he encounters an ambush, Zhang Xi can escape quickly.
But Zhang Xi always felt that the entire buff was already full.
After repeated observations, it was confirmed that the horse had no tear trough and was no different from ordinary military horses. It did not look like a conspicuous target. Zhang Xi felt a little relieved.
Then, he began to deploy his troops and generals.
Five thousand soldiers and horses are not a small number, and it is impossible to mobilize them without attracting the attention of the military commanders. Therefore, Zhang Xi must quickly mobilize the troops and then get on the road quickly, without giving the military commanders time to react.
Fortunately, Liu Bei has solved this problem for Zhang Xi.
Kou Feng now has 5,000 troops in his headquarters, all of which have been transferred to Zhang Xi for use. Zhang Xi does not need to gather troops from everywhere, and the transfer back and forth is noticeable.
As for Zhang Xi, he was not in a hurry to send troops immediately, but made some preparations first.
First, Zhang Xi asked Kou Feng's 5,000 troops to leave the camp three times in a row. The purpose was not to march, but to cut down trees and build siege equipment.
On the one hand, it was to paralyze Liu Xun's work in Liu Bei's army, and on the other hand, it was also to get himself something to save his life.
After that, he asked the old general Huang Zhong to give an order to the army he led, saying to prepare, and a military order would be delivered in ten days, attracting Liu Xun's attention.
Finally, Zhang Xi once again mobilized the Kou Feng troops to leave the camp in the name of logging and building siege equipment. After quickly gathering, he took his own life-saving tools and went straight to the mountain path mentioned by Fa Zheng.
Then... Zhang Xi felt that Pang Tong's idea might be a bit messy.
Zhang Xi did not encounter any ambush on the mountain trail. Instead, he encountered a camp serving as a base for the village, as well as many archery towers erected on the rocky cliffs.
Facts have proved that Liu Xun, as a qualified defender, did know that there was such a way and was indeed prepared.
But it was impossible for Liu Xun to know when Liu Bei's army would discover this path, and it was impossible to arrange ambushes to stay here at all times, so the simplest way was to set up a walled city and defend it according to the road.
But after all, Liu Xun did not have enough troops. According to reports, the camp he set up was only a small camp, with a maximum capacity of 500 people. However, the arrow towers on the surrounding rocks were quite annoying.
These watchtowers are not big, each can accommodate up to five to ten people, but the watchtowers are relatively dense, with one every one or two hundred steps.
These arrow towers are all at high places, and there are no decent passages connecting them at all. They all rely on people to climb up and hold on. If you want to attack these arrow towers, there is no way. Before you get close, people can solve most of the problems with a rain of arrows.
In these archery towers, basically he is the only one who shoots at you, and you don't have to hit him.
And if someone wants to go to the south gate of Luocheng through this path, it is basically the same as the tower defense games of later generations. They have to break through the Arrow Rain Network first.
After all, the mountain road is a trail, and it is impossible for the army to pass through in one fell swoop after setting up their formations like on the plains.
The mountain road is narrow and lined up along the mountain road. Only four or five people can pass through it abreast. Therefore, although there are not many people stationed in this Arrow Rain Net, it is enough in this terrain.
Not to mention, they also set up camp in the middle of the mountain road.
If you want to attack the south gate through the mountain road, you must first break through the rain of arrows, and then break through the camp blocking the road in the middle of the mountain road. Otherwise, you will not be able to pass through at all, and you will have to be passively blocked in the mountain road and receive arrows. Injury to personnel in vain.
This is much more effective than sending someone to ambush.
Generally speaking, when encountering such a situation, Zhang Xi should immediately choose to retreat, but Zhang Xi carefully looked at the width of the mountain road, and then thought about the "life-saving artifact" he brought. Suddenly, he felt that it was not impossible. A battle.
Of course, Zhang Xi didn't want to take the lead in the fight. After all, if his force value was put in the game, it might not even be forty. It would be stupid to rush into the battle.
But didn't he bring five thousand people with him? More importantly, Zhang Xi also had people make many "life-saving artifacts".
So, on one side, Zhang Xi sent people to report to the Liu Bei Group in the rear, explain his current situation, and asked Liu Bei's military camp to make more "life-saving artifacts" and send them over. On the other side, he began to arm the front army with "life-saving artifacts" of five hundred soldiers.
This mountain road is not impossible to pass.
(End of chapter)
