When one's own soldiers lacked combat power and the situation fell into passive defense, the soldiers were organized to carry out a counterattack. This was somewhat contrary to military common sense.
Therefore, when Liu Yin organized a counterattack team of about 500 people to launch a counterattack against the Wei army, Wang Chang really did not expect that the enemy would choose to counterattack under such circumstances.
In Wang Chang's view, it is already very difficult for the enemy to hold the line of defense, and there is no possibility of counterattack.
But Liu Yin did counterattack, and Wang Chang was indeed unprepared for a while. The Chinese army commanded by Wang Chang was caught off guard by the attacking soldiers sent by Liu Yin, and had to temporarily shrink its defense line and switch to defense.
Indeed, Liu Yin's surprise did play a role in interrupting the rhythm and morale of the Wei army's attack.
But Liu Yin didn't get anything good.
After Wang Chang commanded his soldiers to stabilize the front, the attacking troops sent by Liu Yin made no progress. In the end, they had to retreat. Five hundred men were sent out to attack, but only more than three hundred came back.
In less than a quarter of an hour, nearly two hundred people had been killed or wounded in an attack.
This casualty was already considered a very large casualty figure for Liu Yin's army, which only had 3,000 soldiers.
But Liu Yin finally gained this strategic initiative, and at the same time he had enough time to adjust his troop deployment and prepare for the next fierce attack of the Wei army.
Liu Yin knew very well that this time it was just a surprise. Next, with the ability of the Wei army general, he would not give himself such a chance to counterattack again.
The next time is the most uncomfortable time to stick to it.
At this time, Wang Chang felt somewhat ashamed and angry. It was not that he was ashamed and angry at Liu Yin, but that he was a little ashamed and angry at his inability to cope with it.
I was so careless, I didn't expect that the opponent could counterattack. It takes time to switch from an offensive state to a defensive state, and then from a defensive state to an offensive state.
Time is what Wang Chang lacks most now, and what the enemy needs most.
This time is enough for the enemy general to re-adjust the deployment of troops and reset the defense line. If the enemy's counterattack succeeds this time, it will also improve the morale of the enemy. Most of the results of his previous efforts to suppress the enemy's military achievements have been in vain.
It's strange that Wang Chang is not ashamed and angry.
But things are already like this, what else can Wang Chang do? !
After all, he was a man with the potential to be a famous general. Although Wang Chang was ashamed and angry, he did not lose his calm. He arranged for his soldiers to change into offensive formation and continue the attack.
On the other hand, Wang Chang also sent military scouts to contact the soldiers previously sent to both sides, asking them to open a channel to contact General Zhang as soon as possible so that General Zhang could find an opportunity to enter the battlefield.
As long as the old general enters the central battlefield, the combat power of both sides will be almost equal. With the old general's command ability, the probability of everyone breaking through together will increase a lot.
Prior to this, Wang Chang continued to strengthen his offensive, while Liu Yin continued to hold on patiently.
Zhang Xi actually saw Liu Yin's hard fight, but at this time, Zhang Xi couldn't help Liu Yin much.
Instead of dividing his troops to help Liu Yin, Zhang Xi might as well strengthen his frontal attack and strive to defeat the Wei army's front army without an actual commander as soon as possible.
As long as the front army of the Wei army is defeated, Zhang Xi can lead his troops to support Liu Yin, and by that time, the middle army of the Wei army that is attacking Liu Yin will not be able to escape.
Of course, there is another reason why Zhang Xi cannot divide his troops: there are really no troops left to divide.
Zhang Xi originally had 10,000 soldiers on hand to attack 3,000 Wei troops. If he wanted to win in a short time, Zhang Xi had to ensure that he had 6,000 soldiers to attack from the front.
Behind Zhang Xi, Zhang He had already appeared. Zhang Xi assigned 2,000 soldiers to Gao Xiang, and asked Gao Xiang to respond to the 1,000 soldiers behind him who were originally used for early warning. A total of 3,000 people temporarily blocked Zhang He from entering the main battlefield.
Zhang Xi holds the remaining one thousand people in his hand. As the general reserve force, this is a force that cannot be easily used.
With these thousand people, Zhang Xi has to deal with many eventualities.
In case Zhang He broke through Gao Xiang's obstruction and broke into the main battlefield.
What if Liu Yin really couldn't stop the attack of the Wei army's central army, and he couldn't defeat the front army in time.
In the unlikely event that they defeated the front army, the Wei army's middle army chose to turn around and join forces with Zhang He to break out of the encirclement together.
All these eventualities need to be prepared in advance. Zhang Xi must have a trump card in his hand, otherwise he will not be able to achieve full success.
Therefore, although Zhang Xi saw Liu Yin fighting hard, as long as Liu Yin could stabilize his defense, Zhang Xi would not easily intervene in the battle there.
On the contrary, what Zhang Xi is most worried about is whether Gao Xiang can stop Zhang He's advance.
After all, Zhang He's reputation was there. Zhang Xi never believed that Zhang He's reputation was blown out of proportion.
With Gao Xiang's ability, if he had an absolute advantage in strength, he might be able to fight Zhang He. With the same strength, Gao Xiang was really no match for Zhang He.
Therefore, at this time, besides commanding his soldiers to strengthen the attack, Zhang Xi was most concerned about how long Gao Xiang could hold off Zhang He.
As for Gao Xiang, don't mention it. Gao Xiang's interception this time was really not particularly hard.
there are many reasons.
One of the reasons is that Gao Xiang waits for work.
The troops assigned to Gao Xiang by Zhang Xi were those that had not participated in the attack, and their morale and combat effectiveness were maintained at a good level. However, Zhang He led his troops on a rapid march and even had a fight with Feng Xi's troops. Although Feng Xi was defeated However, it is impossible for Zhang He to suffer no battle damage and fatigue.
Another reason is that Gao Xiang still has some strength advantages after all.
Gao Xiang led 2,000 people to Zhang Xi's back, and joined the 1,000 soldiers who were on guard to stop Zhang He. Theoretically, there were 3,000 soldiers.
However, because the previous thousand Han soldiers had suffered some battle losses when they blocked Zhang He's advance, when Gao Xiang arrived with his troops and gathered the troops, the total strength was probably about 2,700.
As for Zhang He, when he left the city from Wugong County, he brought a total of 2,500 people to meet Wang Chang. This was also a theoretical force.
When fighting Feng Xi's army, although Zhang He easily defeated Feng Xi's troops, he also suffered more than 300 casualties. At this time, the number of soldiers Zhang He could command was only a little over 2,000.
If that's the case, Gao Xiang's military advantage is there, but not obvious.
But behind Zhang He, there were more than 300 Han troops following Feng Xi on cranes.
This force always maintains pressure on Zhang He's rear wing. When they were marching on the road, Zhang He could not care less, but now when Zhang He wants to break through the frontal blockade, Zhang He can't help but care about this team of 300 people.
If this army strikes him at a critical moment, although he won't be defeated, it will still be somewhat uncomfortable.
At this time, Zhang He felt very regretful. When he should have been marching on the road, he should have spent more time and directly eliminated this army. At that time, he was focused on rushing and did not think it was a threat, but now, it has really become Threatened.
Zhang He had no choice now. He had to dedicate at least 200 men to contain this army. He had less than 2,000 men left to face Gao Xiang's more than 2,700 men.
Even if the personal combat power of the Wei army is higher than that of the Han army, and even if Zhang He's commanding ability is better than that of Gao Xiang, in such a small-scale local battle of two to three thousand people, the strength gap of nearly a thousand people between the two sides will not be easily smoothed out. .
Zhang He's sudden advance did not go smoothly for a while.
But at this time, Zhang He had to make a sudden advance.
As early as when Zhang He arrived at the edge of the battlefield, Zhang He was working hard to repel Zhang Xi's 1,000 soldiers who were in charge of the warning. On the other side, he also sent out scouts to fully understand the current situation on the battlefield.
Zhang He was very pleased when he learned that Wang Chang was defending on the spot with a circular formation and waiting for his reinforcements.
In this regard, Wang Chang's response can be said to be extremely correct. Zhang He couldn't help but sigh that not all the young people today are the so-called "famous generals".
But the subsequent development of the war made Zhang He really unable to calm down. Wang Chang actually chose to suddenly change his formation after realizing that he had arrived on the battlefield. He wanted to attack with a sharp arrow formation and break out in his direction? !
Zhang He wanted to swallow back the words of praise he just praised. Is that why he couldn't help but praise? !
That's not to say that Wang Chang shouldn't choose to change his formation to break out, but Wang Chang's change of formation was a little too early.
If Zhang He has led his troops to break through the Shu army's obstruction and is about to reach Wang Chang's troops, then Wang Chang can choose to change his formation and break out.
At this time, even if Wang Chang makes a mistake in the formation during the formation change, such as exposing problems with flank defense, Zhang Hejun can still help with defense, and there will be no big problem.
But Wang Chang chose to change his formation so quickly to break through. Once the threat from Shu troops on Wang Chang's flanks worsened, Wang Chang would be in trouble.
This is a problem of not accurately grasping the battlefield situation. In the final analysis, it is also due to lack of battlefield experience.
And the development of things was indeed similar to what Zhang He expected.
As soon as Wang Chang changed his formation, a gap immediately appeared on the flank, and the Shu army seized the opportunity to cut in. Now Wang Chang's troops had been cut into two sections.
Zhang He knew very well what method Zhang He used to defeat Feng Xi. Now that it was Wang Chang's turn to enjoy Feng Xi's treatment, Zhang He could not be anxious.
This is a rhythm that could lead to the collapse of the entire army.
Zhang Xi is not Zhang He.
In order to meet Wang Chang, Zhang He didn't have time to hunt down Feng Xi's troops, but Zhang Xi had the time.
Therefore, Zhang He must break through Gao Xiang's obstruction in the shortest possible time, enter the central battlefield, and meet Wang Chang as soon as possible.
Zhang He could not guarantee how many of the three thousand men in the front army could be taken out, but Zhang He was still confident that he could take over the two thousand men under Wang Chang's command and the one thousand men on the flanks of the battlefield who were trying to help him enter the battlefield.
Of course, the prerequisite is that Zhang He must defeat Gao Xiang within a short period of time.
Therefore, the problem comes back again. The military strength seems to be a bit insufficient.
(End of chapter)
