Wei Yan was still a little afraid of Wang Shuang.
Because of the information provided by Zhuge Qian and his own excessive imagination, Wei Yan seriously overestimated Wang Shuang's ability, thinking that he was a calm-minded, ruthless and decisive opponent.
To deal with such an opponent, the offensive methods should not be too crude. If you seize the time to attack the city from the beginning, it will be easy to fall into the opponent's defensive rhythm.
Based on the above considerations, after Wei Yan joined Zhuge Qian, he did not immediately raise his own flag. Instead, he asked Zhuge Qian to continue to lead the army and attack Mei County with 6,000 men in an attempt to confuse Wang Shuang's judgment.
Wang Shuang is also having a headache now. The noble man just left in the morning, and the Shu army will come to the city in the afternoon. Did you discuss it? !
If the Shu army came earlier, Xiahou Mao would not be able to leave. As long as Xiahou Mao stays in Mei County, even if he is a signature mascot, he can gather a lot of people's hearts. But it is such a coincidence that the Shu army came, Xiahou Mao As soon as Mao left, the Shu army arrived.
Wang Shuang is not the kind of general who is good at using tactics. He can't think of a good way to solve the problem of military morale after Xia Houmao left.
And now Wang Shuang doesn't have much energy to think about this problem, because the Shu army has already arrived at the city, and he has to focus on defending the city.
Wang Shuang is not the kind of person who can think in multiple threads. He can only focus on one thing. Xia Houmao's matter is irreversible, so let's think about how to defend Mei County.
When the enemy arrived, Wang Shuang not only sent some scouts to collect intelligence based on his own experience, but he also climbed onto the tower to overlook the Shu army camp.
The Shu Army Camp is less than three miles away from Mei County. This distance is already considered very close.
Obviously, the enemy general was not worried that Wang Shuang could see clearly the reality in the camp while standing on the tower. This was what the bright swords and guns were put on the table for the Mei County defenders to see.
Judging from the size of the camp, there are at least 5,000 enemy troops. Judging from the status of the soldiers walking back and forth in the camp, this is a team that is not too poorly trained and equipped. The armor coverage rate is estimated to be 50%. above.
This is a bit difficult to handle.
Wang Shuang is also a person who fought on the battlefield, and he knows the state of the army's sergeants very well. This comes from many years of experience in the army.
After observing for a while, Wang Shuang could probably estimate that the enemy's combat effectiveness was no worse than his Mei County defenders.
Of course, this is just a first impression, and you won’t know until you try it out.
Look back at the enemy general. Well, this flag looks familiar.
It seems to be the Shu general who led the troops to surround Captain Xiahou the day before yesterday, right? !
After all, this surname is really rare.
If it was this person, Wang Shuang felt that he was capable again.
I really don’t blame Wang Shuang for having this consciousness. In fact, it was the battle the day before yesterday. Wang Shuang took the initiative almost from the beginning to the end. He wanted to beat Zhuge Qian, but he beat him to death. In the end, he succeeded in Zhuge Qian’s containment. Next, Xiahou Mao was taken away.
Wang Shuang felt that if it was this Shu general, he might not be without a chance of fighting.
Yes, the opponent has more people this time, but on the battlefield, it is not about whoever has more troops wins.
Anyway, Wang Shuang felt that if the Shu army only had so many people and the opponent was still General Zhuge, he would have no problem whether he was fighting in the field or defending the city.
Therefore, when Zhuge Qian led 3,000 soldiers to the Mei County city early the next morning to call for battle, Wang Shuang was wondering whether he should lead his troops out of the city and teach this brazen boy a lesson.
Wang Shuang also has Wang Shuang's considerations. Although Wang Shuang is not very smart, Wang Shuang really has his own considerations.
First of all, this Shu general was his own defeated general. Wang Shuang had learned about his military style and the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, so he knew it well.
Secondly, the opponent did not bring many troops to call for battle, only 3,000 men. Although Wang Shuang did not have enough troops to defend the city, it was not impossible to send 1,000 men out of the city to fight.
Finally, the news that Xia Houmao ran away yesterday finally spread among the army.
Although it is said that Xia Houmao is not the defender of Mei County, he actually has no responsibility to stay in Mei County and command everyone's defense, but there are some things that he really can't stand and think about.
In particular, Xia Houmao was defeated from the front line. He was eager to leave without even wanting to stay for one more day. This could not be justified in any case.
Although Wang Shuang also promptly ordered the news to be blocked, but as big as Mei County was, the defenders only had 2,000 people in total. It was not something that Wang Shuang could just say to block the news.
Now the morale in the city has been affected, and if Wang Shuang wants to eliminate the impact of this damage to morale, he can only find a way to repel the Shu army in front of him again.
The siege may not be completely relieved, but the morale of the army must be raised again, so that the soldiers can see that as long as Wang Shuang is here, Mei County cannot be lost.
This is the only way Wang Shuang can think of.
Therefore, Zhuge Qian invited a battle outside the city. Wang Shuang was really tempted and prepared to go out of the city to fight Zhuge Qian.
As for Zhuge Qian, to be honest, Zhuge Qian's invitation to fight this time was just a test.
After all, according to what Wei Yan and Zhuge Qian thought, Wang Shuang was a calm and decisive person.
Wei Yan and Zhuge Qian are now a little unsure about the exact number of Mei County defenders.
According to the intelligence, there are only 2,000 defenders in Mei County, but the problem is that our own intelligence even got the names of the guards wrong. Can other intelligence guarantee that there will be no problems? !
Therefore, when Wei Yan asked Zhuge Qian to invite him to fight, it was just a test.
First, let's test whether there are many defenders in the city.
If there were not many defenders in the city, with the character of Wang Shuang that Wei Yan and Zhuge Qian imagined, they probably would not go into battle.
Secondly, it can also dampen the morale of the Wei army.
The Shu army showed off its power under the city, but the Wei army general could only hold on to the city. No matter how you look at it, it is very damaging to morale.
Therefore, Zhuge Qian really didn't want to fight in a doubles match with Wang, it was just a test and a formality.
But Zhuge Qian didn't expect that Wang Shuang would actually march out of the city with his entire army.
And when you leave the city, you should leave the city. At least some rules should be followed. The generals on both sides should say a few words first and at least give me a chance to persuade me to surrender. Wang Shuang refused.
Wang Shuang finished reorganizing his army in the city. After opening the city gate, he directly used his 500 soldiers as the vanguard to launch a surprise attack on the Shu army.
Zhuge Qian was indeed caught off guard by Wang Shuang.
But fortunately, Zhuge Qian was not incompetent. In addition, Zhuge Qian was still nearly two hundred steps away from the city gate. This distance gave Zhuge Qian time to react.
After all, both sides were infantry. Even if Wang Shuang was caught off guard and launched a charge, he would not be able to rush in front of him immediately. Zhuge Qian quickly made adjustments and asked the front army to fight. He temporarily retreated to the rear army and let the middle army support him.
Zhuge Qian was still very afraid of Wang Shuang's strength, fearing that Wang Shuang would break through his front army and retreat with one blow, directly threatening him.
As for Wang Shuang's sudden attack, not only Zhuge Qian was unable to react, but even Wei Yan was thinking about what Wang Shuang's intention was. !
Is it because there are enough defenders in the city that Wang Shuang has the confidence to go out and fight? !
Or is it that Wang Shuang knew that the defenders were insufficient, so he went out to attack the city to dampen the morale of the Han army so that he could defend the city later? !
Wei Yan felt that there were both possibilities. After all, Wang Shuang was very capable. Maybe he was really sure of defeating Zhuge Qian head-on.
In this case, Wei Yan couldn't sit back and watch Zhuge Qian being defeated by Wang Shuang.
And no matter from which angle you look at it, the enemy general has already left the city to fight, so the first goal now is definitely to keep this general.
Once the enemy general can be captured in a field battle, the subsequent siege battle may not be necessary.
Wei Yan immediately ordered to unfurl his own flag and lead the remaining three thousand soldiers out of the camp. On the one hand, he assisted Zhuge Qian, and on the other hand, he intercepted and killed Wang Shuang, the chief general of Mei County.
Wei Yan's move immediately changed the faces of Wang Shuang and Zhuge Qian, who were already strangled together on the battlefield.
Zhuge Qian breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately ordered his rear army to join the battle. He must require the entire army of 3,000 to entangle Wang Shuang's troops.
But Wang Shuang's expression changed drastically, and he subconsciously thought that he had fallen into a trap.
One theory is that Zhuge Qian was indeed at a disadvantage due to lack of preparation, which led to the front army's military formation not being completely deployed. Coupled with Wang Shuang's sudden attack, the front army was at a disadvantage in the initial battle.
That is to say, Zhuge Qian's response was quite timely, and the Chinese army's support was in place in time, so Wang Shuang could not penetrate his own army.
But in Wang Shuang's view now, all this was Zhuge Qian's treacherous plan.
This guy first led the army to the city to invite a fight. The front army deliberately pretended to be unprepared. The purpose was to lure him into fighting, and then sent people to cut off his way back to the city.
No wonder Zhuge Qian's front army was defeated as soon as they attacked. The co-operation was simply to lure him into spending his money.
Now, the two armies are strangled together. It is not that easy to retreat.
One thousand people versus three thousand people, Wang Shuang is still confident of fighting Zhuge Qian head-on, but one thousand people versus six thousand people. Wang Shuang feels that if he doesn't leave and is surrounded by others, he will really be in trouble. Accounted for.
We must retreat, but the question is: how to retreat? !
Wang Shuang knew without thinking that Zhuge Qian would definitely launch a counterattack to entangle his troops, and the enemy troops in the rear would also outflank him as soon as possible.
Wang Shuang had two options before him. One was to lead his troops to attack Zhuge Qian's troops, block Zhuge Qian's counterattack, and create an opportunity for the whole army to get rid of the entanglement. The other is to kill the intercepting troops in the rear and block the intercepting troops from intercepting them. As long as our troops retreat to the vicinity of the city gate, with the cover of the crossbowmen on the city wall, not only can they retreat safely, but they may also be able to rely on the crossbowmen on the city wall to cause damage to the Shu army.
Wang Shuang hesitated for a moment and chose the second path.
Protect your own retreat first before you have any hope of returning to the city!
Then Wei Yan was surprised to find that Wang Shuang led his troops to attack him.
(End of chapter)
