"The Shuzi is harming the country! The Shuzi is harming the country!!!"
In Wuzhangyuan, in Cao Jun's camp, Guo Huai walked back and forth anxiously, mumbling these words.
Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin, who were sitting nearby, looked embarrassed, but they did not dare to express any opinions at this time.
The news of the fall of Chencangdao had already reached the front line of Wuzhangyuan via Wang Shuang in Mei County.
Guo Huai was dumbfounded after hearing the whole story, and after that, he became what he is now.
Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin both knew who the "Shu Zi" in Guo Huai's mouth was, but they were not qualified to curse the brother-in-law of the Emperor of Wei. After all, the Emperor of Wei was not too big-hearted.
Guo Huai can be scolded because he is old enough and capable enough, but Guan Qiu Jian and Wen Qin cannot.
But... we can't keep scolding like this and have fun, right? !
Even if you scold that person to death, the outcome of the matter cannot be changed!
Seeing that Guo Huai had been scolding him for almost a quarter of an hour, Wen Qin, who was slightly older, finally spoke.
"General, it is useless to complain now. Chencang has been lost and Mei County is in danger. General needs to make a decision early!" Wen Qin persuaded Guo Huai softly.
Hearing this, Guo Huai held it in for a long time, and finally had to sigh heavily.
The entire battle situation in Guanzhong has actually always been in Guo Huai's mind. Of course he knows that once Chencang Road is lost, the most dangerous place will be Mei County. That is where the entire supply of grain, grass and military supplies in the direction of the Weishui River is located.
But how could Chencang Road be lost? !
Guo Huai really couldn't accept this.
The terrain of Chencang Road is difficult, the defense system is quite complete, and there are 5,000 soldiers defending it. How could it be lost? !
Moreover, judging from the battle report, Xiahou Mao did not defend for much time at all. He almost sent out the news of the Shu army's attack on Chencang Road with the front foot, and was broken by the back foot.
What on earth do Governor Xia Houzhen and Cao Zhen think? Why would he let such a loser guard such an important place as Chencang Road? !
Well now, Shu general Wei Yan led his troops to break through Chencang Road and approach Mei County. Mei County only has two thousand defenders. The defender Wang Sheng is also a brave and foolhardy man. How long do you expect him to persist? !
Mei County cannot be lost, Guo Huai must know that, but the problem is that if he wants to break the siege of Mei County, then he has to abandon the Wuzhangyuan defensive position and lead his troops to rescue Mei County now.
Will Liu Bei give himself this opportunity? !
Guo Huai was not sure, and Guo Huai also knew that once he abandoned the defense of Wuzhangyuan, the Shu army would be able to enter the situation in Guanzhong, but it would be completely corrupted.
There was originally hope of fending off the enemy, but now that it is better, it will be very difficult to keep Chang'an.
Guo Huai did not want to give up the Wuzhangyuan defense line just like that. Even if the Wei army only occupied the east side of the Wuzhangyuan defense line in the entire Wuzhangyuan, as long as the Shu army could not defeat this defense line they had set up, they would not dare to leave the Wuzhangyuan easily, otherwise they would be attacked by him at any time. Cutting off food supply channels.
But it was really difficult for Mei County to have to rescue Guo Huai.
At this time, Guanqiu Jian finally thought about it and said, "General, Mei County is of great importance, and Governor Cao of Chang'an will not ignore it. The only thing he is worried about now is that the Shu army is rushing to attack Mei County. But Shu There are no horses in the army, and most of his troops are infantry. Why doesn't the general send his generals and thousands of fine cavalry to rush to Mei County at starry night to await reinforcements from Chang'an, while the governor continues to sit in Wuzhangyuan to stop the Shu thief Liu Bei?!"
Guan Qiujian's suggestion immediately made Guo Huai find a way to solve the current situation.
To put it bluntly, it's all about speed and time. Obviously, the fine cavalry of the Wei army must be much faster than the infantry of the Shu army in terms of speed.
As long as enough cavalry is sent to Mei County to help Mei County defend before the Shu army breaks through, it will not be that easy for the Shu army's infantry to conquer Mei County.
After all, Mei County is the grain garrison area of the Wei River Wei Army. Although this place is only a small county, it still attaches great importance to defense, and the city walls and defense facilities are relatively complete.
Although Wang Sheng lacks strategy, he is not a fool, let alone an idiot like Xia Houmao. After all, he has been in the army for many years and worked his way up from the bottom.
These days, attacking a city is not an easy task. Even if a city guarded by two thousand soldiers is besieged by ten thousand people, it should not be a big problem if it holds out for ten days and a half.
If you add in the thousands of cavalry sent by Guo Huai in advance, even if there are 10,000 more people, you can't easily capture Mei County.
The advantage of cavalry over infantry is too great. As long as they know how to use the advantage of cavalry to hold on, when the reinforcements sent by Governor Cao Zhen of Chang'an arrive in Mei County, the Shu army that breaks into the hinterland of Guanzhong may even be suffocated to death. Guanzhong Plain.
As for Guo Huai, the Wuzhang original defense line is basically composed of infantry. The cavalry is a mobile force. Although it is indispensable, it is not that important anyway. This strategy works!
The strategy is feasible, but the person who implements the strategy cannot be that Wang Sheng.
It’s really not that Guo Huai looks down on Wang Sheng.
Guo Huai also knew a little about Wang Sheng. He was a brave man, but he was not a strategic person.
To defend Meixian with two thousand infantry and at the same time know how to use cavalry in combat, this is a bit beyond Wang Sheng's ability.
Therefore, Guo Huai decided to adopt Guanqiu Jian's strategy and appoint Guan Qiujian as the former governor of Wuzhangyuan, leading three thousand fine cavalry to rescue Mei County.
In order to prevent Wang Sheng from having any objections, Guo Huai also issued a military order to Wang Sheng. Once Guan Qiujian arrived in Mei County, Guan Qiujian would be in charge of the defense of Mei County, and Wang Sheng must fully cooperate.
Guanqiu Jian happily accepted the order. This was an opportunity for him to make contributions.
The rescue of Mei County was an urgent matter, so Guanqiu Jian did not make much preparation. After completing the work at hand, he immediately led three thousand cavalry and set off.
According to the speed of the cavalry, it would take Guanqiu Jian about three to four days to rush to Mei County. No matter what, Wang Sheng should have no problem sticking to this time, right? !
Guan Qiu Jian thought so, but Wang Sheng or Wang Shuang really disappointed Guan Qiu Jian.
When Guanqiu Jian set out, Wei Yan had already led his troops into Mei County.
The biggest reason why Wei Yan was able to lead his troops into Mei County was because Wang Shuang made a wrong judgment.
That day at Mei County City, if Wang Shuang chose to attack Zhuge Qian's troops, cut off the rear personally, and let the soldiers break away from the strangulation contact and retreat into the city, Wei Yan might still be commanding the soldiers to attack the city at Mei County City.
But Wang Shuang chose to intercept the troops led by Wei Yan. This was really like running into the muzzle of a gun.
Wang Shuang only had a thousand men in total, and most of them were strangled together with Zhuge Qian's troops. The troops he could detach to intercept definitely did not exceed 200 men, and Wei Yan brought a full 3,000 men to capture Wang Shuang's rear. road.
These three thousand people are real people, three thousand people without any battle damage.
When Wang Shuang rushed toward Wei Yan, Wei Yan didn't even realize that this was really what he thought a brave and decisive general should do? !
But Wei Yan is Wei Yan after all, and Zhuge Qian is not the one who cares what your plans are. If you dare to rush over and die, I will bury you.
Wei Yan's command and combat ability is much stronger than Zhuge Qian's, and most importantly, Wei Yan is also very confident in his martial arts and is not afraid of Wang Shuang leading the army into battle.
If you have the ability, just kill through my military formation and come one-on-one with me? !
However, it turned out that in the face of Wei Yan's command, Wang Shuang had no chance to penetrate the military formation. In almost half a quarter of an hour, Wang Shuang found that he was surrounded by almost all Shu soldiers, and there was no one of his own.
Obviously, Wei Yan would not give Wang Shuang a chance to charge into the formation. The soldiers he commanded quickly divided Wang Shuang and the two hundred soldiers he brought with him into several pieces, and then surrounded, destroyed or disarmed them.
At this time, no matter how brave Wang Shuang was, there was no room for struggle. A group of Shu soldiers swarmed up and easily tied up Wang Shuang and sent him to Wei Yan.
At this time, Wei Yan was a little suspicious. Had he stayed with Zhang Xi for too long and been infected by that coward? !
As for the guy in front of me, Wu Yong is quite brave. He dares to lead two hundred people to charge at him. He is calm and decisive, but is he ruthless? !
From the time this guy left the city to fight, the only command and decision-making he made was that it was right to rush into the formation without saying hello. His other command methods were a complete mess. Apart from charging into the formation with one move, there was no other method.
The response was not timely, and he did not arrange any backup plan. He was just a foolhardy person.
I really am. Why did I almost let such a reckless man fool me? !
For a moment, Wei Yan really didn't know how to deal with Wang Shuang. In other words, Wei Yan didn't have time to deal with Wang Shuang now.
Now that Wang Shuang has been captured, whether it is the Wei army who is still strangulating Zhuge Qian outside the city, or the Wei army inside the city, the morale of the army must be almost gone at this time. Wei Yan is really short-sighted if he does not attack the city immediately at this time. .
Wei Yan did not even return to camp to let his soldiers move the hooks and ladders used to attack the city. He directly led his troops to approach the city gate, caught Wang Shuang and called the gate directly. Without any accidents, he captured Mei County.
Nonsense, the general has been captured. How can a few military colonels and a thousand soldiers resist to the end? !
Wang Shuang enjoyed a "Xiahoudun-style" treatment, but there was no outstanding person named Han Hao in Mei County!
(End of chapter)
