At the strategic meeting, the four people expressed their opinions and came to a conclusion of three to one. Therefore, the four people reached an agreement to adopt Pang Tong's strategy and submitted it to Liu Bei for the final decision.
Soon, Liu Bei gave his own answer, adopted Pang Tong's strategy, and adjusted his strategic response.
The task given to Zhang Xi was to lead 20,000 troops to seize Wugong County, and at the right time, choose whether to cross the river and attack Chang'an.
Yes, the number of troops Zhang Xi wants to lead has increased, and this is actually the result of Zhuge Liang's instigation.
Zhuge Liang, this dead fish head, seems to have completely subverted his character this time. He strongly supports Pang Tong's adventurous plan, and also helps Pang Tong find loopholes in the river crossing plan - if Zhang Xi's surprise attack on Chang'an is unfavorable, he needs to retreat. Wugong County was occupied by Zhang He again. Zhuge Liang suggested to Zhang Xi that he could march directly to Youfufeng and contact Shangyong's Kou Feng Mengda to send troops to respond.
But instead of retreating, they directly occupied the right Fufeng, which in turn cut off Zhang He's retreat.
After all, in the entire Youfufeng area, Zhang He could not control more than 15,000 troops. Even if Zhang He wanted to lead troops to attack Wugong County, he would have to leave some soldiers to look after the country, and the maximum number of troops he could bring was no more than 15,000. Ten thousand people.
In this case, as long as Zhang Xi leaves 5,000 men to garrison Wugong County, it will be difficult for Zhang He to defeat him. At that time, if Zhang Xi still has 15,000 men, whether it is a sneak attack on Chang'an or a diverted attack on You Fufeng to replace Zhang He Home is a piece of cake.
At that time, it is no longer a question of whether Zhang He should continue to attack Wugong County, but a question of whether Zhang He should return to aid You Fufeng, or even rescue Chang'an.
Based on this, Zhuge Liang supported Pang Tong's plan to cross the river.
As for the direction of Mei County, Zhuge Liang also believed that Wei Yan was more likely to capture Mei County. If Wei Yan had not captured Mei County, then there was no need for Guo Huai to withdraw his troops in such a hurry.
Although Mei County is far away from Chang'an, the infantry march only takes about ten days.
Now, it has been more than 20 days since Wei Yan marched to Chencang Road. Even if Chang'an responded slowly, reinforcements should have been sent by this time. If Mei County had not been lost, Guo Huai would not have had to rush back to the army because Chang'an was coming. The reinforcements are enough to support Mei County.
As long as Chang'an sends 10,000 reinforcements to Mei County, it is almost impossible for Wei Yan's 20,000 people to capture Mei County where 12,000 people are stationed. There is no need for Guo Huai to withdraw from the front line of Wuzhangyuan.
Therefore, after Zhuge Liang's own analysis, he still prefers to support Pang Tong's strategic plan under the situation that Wei Yan has already conquered Mei County, which is a logical thing.
The four people have made a decision, so even if Zhang Xi's strategy is not adopted, he still has to accept it unconditionally.
However, Wen Qin's five thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry were the first problem that needed to be solved before Zhang Xi led his troops to seize Wugong County.
Without breaking through this part of the Wei army that stayed behind, it would be impossible to discuss the subsequent response plan.
As for how to defeat this part of the Wei army, Zhang Xi doesn't need to worry about it.
Now Guo Huai has led the army to retreat. Once the army withdraws, it is very troublesome and unrealistic to come back for rescue.
Therefore, it is basically impossible for the Wei army left behind to receive any reinforcements.
Although this Wei army seems to have 2,000 cavalry at its disposal, it only has 5,000 infantry and only occupies one camp. This is even worse than the historical situation of Ma Di, who guarded the street pavilion with more than 10,000 people. Woolen cloth.
As for the attacking side, although it was not the five or six thousand cavalry when Zhang He attacked Jieting in history, the total number of Han infantry this time was as high as fifty thousand, a military strength ratio of almost ten to one, which was more terrifying than the five or six thousand cavalry.
At this time, the Han army no longer needed any strategies, they could just attack by force.
In addition, the general leading the attack was Zhang Fei. Not only a veteran of hundreds of battles, but also a famous general in the world who even trembled when Zhang He saw him.
Wen Qin is really feeling very uncomfortable now, both physically and mentally.
Physically, facing the siege of more than 20,000 troops commanded by Zhang Fei, Wen Qin only had 5,000 troops stationed. As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, he had to be on the front line to command and boost the morale of the entire army. At the same time, he had to join the battlefield to help defend the troops. Running back and forth several times to rescue people was really tiring.
Psychologically, Wen Qin didn't even want to think about it.
On the one hand, thousands of people are facing the siege of tens of thousands of people. Wanting to stabilize the defense line is a very stressful thing in itself, not to mention that Guo Huai also asked him to hold on for ten days. The bottom line is also to hold on for five days.
On the other hand, this is Wen Qin's own psychological gap.
In the early years, before the "Wei Xi case" broke out, Wen Qin was also praised as a "young general" in Yecheng, and was praised by many people as having the "qualifications of a famous general". But now, the real encounter Only when he became a famous general in the world did Wen Qin realize how big the gap was between himself and a real famous general.
Although he lacked battlefield experience, Wen Qin believed that he was a strategic general, and wasn't Zhang Fei on the other side famous for his bravery? !
As a result, after a day of defense, Wen Qin felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
No matter what kind of response he made, Zhang Fei was able to make adjustments in the shortest time and always pressed himself to attack. Even if Wen Qin used cavalry to support him, he still could not reverse the situation of the battle.
Although this was due to his own lack of troops, the feeling of being completely suppressed gave Wen Qin a very strong sense of frustration in his heart.
It turns out that there is such a big gap between the so-called "young general" himself and the real famous generals in the world? !
He has no power to fight back at all, so he can only be beaten passively! ! !
After a day of defense, Wen Qin was still holding on to his camp, and Zhang Fei had not breached the camp. However, he had suffered casualties of more than 500 soldiers and 200 cavalry in one day of defense. Wen Qin really didn't know how many days he could hold on.
War is not a game. Soldiers will not fight for you to the last man. When the battle damage reaches a certain level, the soldiers will collapse. At that time, no matter how you supervise the battle, the soldiers will still run. If you don't let them run, they will mutiny. Run away, maybe even kill you and run away.
After one day of defense, the total number of casualties was more than 700. After four days, the casualties were close to 40%.
For ordinary soldiers, when the casualty rate approaches 30%, they will be defeated. When the casualty rate reaches 40%, they will be defeated. If they are not defeated by 50%, except for the elites, such as the Forbidden Army, other soldiers will not be able to withstand it.
If calculated according to this ratio, Wen Qin found out very sadly that he might not be able to survive the fifth day.
Wen Qin's soldiers are not elites, they are just ordinary soldiers. If they hold on like this for five days, they will definitely not be able to hold on. They must find a way.
But Wen Qin thought about it all night and couldn't think of any good solution.
After all, the difference in military strength is too big, and this cannot be reversed by any strategy.
Wen Qin could only adopt a more primitive method, taking advantage of the truce between the two armies, seizing the time to repair Jumu Antlers and repair the camp, so as to provide himself with as many defensive facilities as possible.
After a day's offensive and defensive battle, Zhang Fei also gave Wen Qin high praise.
"This person is quite courageous. Several attacks were blocked by this person. If we want to conquer him, it will take some time!"
This is Zhang Fei's evaluation of Wen Qin.
After all, at Zhang Fei's level, being able to give such an evaluation easily is considered very respectable for Wen Qin. But Zhang Fei still didn't feel how long it would take for him to conquer this camp.
For Zhang Fei, the only thing that was more uncomfortable was the opponent's cavalry. However, because the opponent's defender had to take care of both, he could not personally command the cavalry. Therefore, when the cavalry came out of the camp to rescue the siege on the first day, it caused some trouble for Zhang Fei. , but still failed to turn the tide of the war.
Furthermore, Zhang Fei is also an experienced general. Zhang Fei has seen a lot about cavalry. There is no shortage of archers and crossbowmen in today's army. Although it is troublesome to deal with cavalry assaults, it cannot only rely on infantry. The round formation was carried to death.
Of course, the most important thing is that Zhang Fei now has enough troops and he can really afford the losses.
On the first day of the attack, Wen Qin's casualties totaled more than 700, and Zhang Fei actually suffered nearly a thousand casualties. But Wen Qin was distressed and could not afford the loss, but Zhang Fei really didn't take it to heart.
It's not a question of who is cold-blooded or not. What matters these days is kindness and not commanding troops. Wen Qin suffered nearly a thousand casualties. He was not heartbroken because of the death of his soldiers. He was just worried that he would not be able to defend the camp.
If one day the general becomes "sick of gangrene" on behalf of the soldiers, that will be the most critical moment. That means the general needs you to fight hard, and there is a high probability that you will not survive the battle.
Well, that’s too much nonsense.
All in all, Wen Qin was trying his best to maintain the situation, and Zhang Fei was also increasing his offensive. At this time, Guo Huai was ordering the entire army to march quickly to Mei County.
Guo Huai had to speed up his march. On the one hand, he wanted to save his own military rations. On the other hand, he could not give the Shu army a chance to gain a foothold in Mei County.
However, Wuzhangyuan is still quite far away from Mei County. Even if Guo Huai speeds up his march, it will take four or five days to actually reach the foot of Mei County.
At this time, Cao Zhen, who seemed to have had little news, had already led 15,000 Cao Wei's forbidden troops and marched down Linmei County from the east.
This speed is two days earlier than Wei Yan expected.
In other words, if Guanqiu Jian can delay Wu Ban's army for two more days, then even Wei Yan will not dare to go out of the city to meet Wu Ban when Cao Zhen's army is pressing down. Fortunately, God bless the man.
However, even so, the speed of Cao Zhen's arrival was beyond Wei Yan's expectation.
As for the troops brought by Cao Zhen, Wei Yan only took a brief look at it, and suddenly remembered his stillborn Chang'an sneak attack plan. If Wu Ban was not held back by Guan Qiujian, then maybe he could really do it this time. Create extraordinary achievements.
Unfortunately, these can only exist in assumptions, and it is useless to think too much.
Since the enemy army has already reached the city and its strength exceeds 10,000, let's defend the city with peace of mind.
(End of chapter)
