Liu Yin was waiting for help in Dachangji, but Zhang Xi had already passed Dachangji at this time.
Liu Yin also underestimated Zhang Xi's marching speed.
Knowing that Zhang He might lead his troops to detour from the mountain road and pass through Dachangji to attack Wuzhangyuan, how could Zhang Xi lead his troops and still advance at the normal marching speed.
Zhang Xi didn't know whether Zhang He had passed through Dachangji. Of course, the faster the march along the way, the better.
However, the marching speed of 5,000 men could not compare with the marching speed of Liu Yin and Feng Xi, who each led 500 men. Zhang Xi was indeed some distance behind Liu Yin and others.
But this distance is different from what Liu Yin thought. It does not require half a day of marching. In fact, it is only a marching gap of more than an hour at most.
Therefore, when the fighting started in Dachangji, Zhangxi was actually less than ten miles away from Dachangji.
With this short journey, Zhang Xi did not want to delay too long, so he started to break camp and march at dawn. At the same time, he sent scouts to contact Feng Xi, Liu Yin and others in Dachangji to inquire about the situation ahead.
The scout reported that he did not find General Liu Yin and General Feng Xi because these two were fighting with the Wei army in Dachang. Under such circumstances, the scout could not break into the battlefield in a short time and find Liu Yin. Or Feng Xi’s.
There is a saying that the scouts in the army in this era are basically the ones with the most experience and the strongest combat effectiveness. They have no skills, but they cannot be scouts.
But the problem is that the primary duty of the scouts is to deliver information and military orders, and fighting on the battlefield is not what they should do.
Another reason is that the number of scouts is too small, a group is only about ten people, and an army of tens of thousands of people can only have a dozen groups of scouts at most.
Therefore, when a scout encounters this situation, the first priority is not to rush into the enemy's formation to find the friendly leader, but to come back quickly to report back to the leader and let the leader decide what to do.
Zhang Xi carefully asked the scouts about the current battle situation in Dachangji. After learning that Feng Xi and Liu Yin had a clear division of labor and were still holding on to Dachangji, Zhang Xi also began to think of his own.
When the scouts came back, Feng Xi had not yet launched a surprise attack, and the scouts could not know that Feng Xi's troops had stayed up all night to fight, and their military morale and combat effectiveness were very low. According to the intelligence obtained by Zhang Xi, Feng Xi and Liu Yin still had a total of seven to eight hundred people defending Dachangji. With such a large number of troops, Zhang Xi felt that it was enough.
Zhang Xi is no longer a military novice. Before setting off, he had already asked the village elders about the situation of Dachangji. Gao Xiang had also sent people to investigate before, so Zhang Xi knew that Dachangji was a place outside Wugong County. Just a small market.
This kind of small market will not be too big, and Dachang Market is surrounded by mountains, with only two trails and two mountain roads in and out. It is impossible for large-scale battles to occur in this place. It's just a melee of hundreds of people.
Even if he brings a large army to support Liu Yin now, given the size of Dachangji, his army will probably be blocked outside Dachangji and watch the show, and will not be able to provide effective support to Liu Yin at all.
You can't get in at all.
Once Zhang He really defeated Liu Yin and forced Liu Yin to withdraw from Dachangji, Zhang He could leave hundreds of people to defend Dachangji and block Zhang Xi's army's advance route, while he would lead the remaining 4,000 people directly from Dachangji. Enter the official road from the south side of Dachangji to attack Wuzhangyuan.
At that time, Zhang Xi could either send troops to defeat the Wei army in Dachangji, and then pursue Zhang He's march route.
This is not impossible, but with the size of Dachangji, Zhang Xi cannot invest too many troops at one time. It is not that easy to capture Dachangji, and most importantly, it is time-consuming.
Alternatively, Zhang Xi could ignore the Wei army at Dachang Ji and bypass Dachang Ji on the official road to pursue the main force of Zhang He's army. But if he did this, there would be no need for these hundreds of Wei troops to stick to Dachang Ji. They could completely follow Zhang Xi's army. Behind him, there was constant harassment, slowing down Zhang Xijun's pursuit and buying time for Zhang He to attack Wuzhangyuan.
No matter which choice he makes, Zhang He will be able to open a certain marching distance. Given Zhang He's ability to lead troops, once the marching distance is opened enough, it will not be that easy for Zhang Xi to block Zhang He.
You can't just follow him all the way back to Wuzhangyuan, right? !
Therefore, no matter how he thought about it, Zhang Xi felt that directly supporting Liu Yin like this would not be of much help to the current situation.
Instead of doing this, it is better to trust Liu Yin's defensive ability and let Liu Yin stick to Dachangji for at least one morning to create opportunities for himself.
Therefore, Zhang Xi decided to speed up the march of the entire army, march quickly from the main road, and rush to the south of Dachangji.
A village elder once said that there is a small road to the south of Dachangji, which can directly connect to the official road.
After entering this official road, you can go directly to Wuzhangyuan. According to Zhang Xi's prediction, after Zhang He came out of the mountain road and broke through Dachangji, he would definitely take this trail, then enter the official road, and quickly march into Wuzhangyuan.
What Zhang Xi has to do now is to get ahead of Zhang He, block this passage into Wuzhangyuan, completely destroy Zhang He's strategic intention, and then use this trail to attack Dachangji in the opposite direction.
At that time, Liu Yin was guarding Dachangji, and Zhang Xi led his troops to attack the mountain road on the south side of Dachangji. With the front and back blocked, where could Zhang He go? !
Even if Zhang He could defeat the defenders of Dachangji, he would no longer have a way to sneak attack Wuzhangyuan.
From the mountain road, go back to Wugong County? !
That's okay, Zhang Xi will never stop you, but it will take at least two or three days for you to retreat. At that time, it's hard to say whether Wugong County is still in your hands or not.
If Gao Xiang had captured Wugong County, then Zhang He would have no way out. There was no other option except suffocating Shan Dao Nei to death.
To take a step back, even if Gao Xiang has not captured Wugong County during this period of time and asked Zhang He to withdraw, do you still have a second chance to sneak attack on Wuzhangyuan? !
Even if Zhang Xi does nothing from now on and lets Zhang He leave, by the time Zhang He arrives at Wuzhangyuan, Guo Huai's army will already be gone, right? !
Therefore, in Zhang Xi's opinion, as long as Liu Yin can withstand another hour or two and buy himself time to block Zhang He's advance route from the south, then this time, even if Zhang He does not die, he will have to climb the mountain again and escape back to the right. Go to the wind.
After making the decision, Zhang Xi immediately ordered the army to speed up their march and rush to the south of Dachangji.
At the same time, Zhang Xi once again sent three groups of scouts, totaling thirty people, to form a commando team. They must break into Dachangji, inform Liu Yin of his battle plan, and ask Liu Yin to cooperate.
If Liu Yin did not cooperate and failed to defend Dachangji, giving Zhang He time to react. With Zhang He's military style, he could break through Dachangji and enter the official road before he arrived. Then Zhang Xi wanted to block Zhang He again, but It's more troublesome.
Therefore, Liu Yin had to be notified and asked to hold Zhang He back at all costs.
When Liu Yin saw the meeting sent by Zhang Xi and received Zhang Xi's military order, he also had a headache.
When the scouts found Liu Yin, it had been about half an hour since Zhang Xi had officially set out to march south. Before that, Liu Yin had already repelled two attacks by Zhang He's army.
Liu Yin felt that there was no problem in sticking to this issue. He had been sticking to it. But the problem was that he had to stick to it for at least an hour. Liu Yin was really afraid that he would not be able to hold on.
Now Liu Yin actually has nearly 600 soldiers under his command. At first glance, they seem to have a lot of troops, and they are not without the strength to fight against the enemy. But Liu Yin knows that these are all false.
Among the 600 people, at least 1,780 were soldiers who had just retreated from the front line and went around to rest behind the formation. These soldiers were considered good if they did not affect the morale of the army, but they could not be seen as combat effectiveness at all.
In other words, Liu Yin could actually mobilize only more than 400 combat-effective troops.
Among these four hundred people, there are still 150 people who are in reserve on the outside of Dachangji. There are only 2,780 soldiers who are actually holding on inside Dachangji.
Originally, according to Liu Yin's idea, he kept a reserve force of 150 men. After Zhang Xi led the troops to help, he used these 150 soldiers as arrows to launch a counterattack against Zhang He's army, trying to drag Zhang He's army away. He must stay and cooperate with Zhang Xi's reinforcements to regain full control of Dachangji. But now it seems that the reinforcements he hopes for are unlikely to arrive.
Zhang Xi's battle plan cannot be said to be unreasonable, but it is a bit too difficult for him.
But Zhang Xi is the commander in chief after all. Since he has made tactical arrangements, he has no time to express his opposition. He should just stick to it.
Liu Yin ordered the reserve team of 150 people to quickly invest in the internal defense of Dachangji, leaving no backup plan, just to defend Dachangji.
As for Liu Yin's response, Zhang He heard about it.
Yes, Zhang He heard about it rather than seeing it with his own eyes.
The reason is very simple. Zhang He is still standing at the main entrance outside Dachangji and has not invaded Dachangji with the army at all.
It's not that Zhang He is putting on airs and showing off his general demeanor. It's just that Zhang He can't get in.
There is an arrow stuck in the crook of his knee! ! !
At that time, in order to boost morale, Zhang He, with the support of his personal guards, stood on one leg, pretending to be nonchalant, boosted the morale of the entire army, and commanded the battle. Finally, he defeated the Shu army guards in front, allowing the army to break into the interior of Dachangji. .
But the soldiers rushed in, but how did Zhang He get in? !
Jumping in with one leg? !
That makes sense! ! !
Let’s not talk about whether Zhang He still has the ability to do this after standing on one leg for so long. Let’s just talk about how good-looking is this image of jumping and walking? !
Let someone carry it in? !
I don't know, but I thought Zhang He was seriously injured and could no longer walk.
How demoralizing this is.
Therefore, Zhang He thought about it and decided to stand at the entrance of Dachangji.
The order brought his handsome flag. Surrounded by the personal guards and flag-bearing soldiers, Zhang He stood at the door outside Dachangji, pretending to be in command. On the one hand, he stabilized the morale of the army, and on the other hand, he On the other hand, Zhang He really didn't think that after breaking through the outer perimeter of Dachangji, the Shu army defending inside would still resist.
This principle is actually the same as attacking a city.
When an army breaks through the city wall and opens the city gate, the defenders in the city will usually break up or surrender. There are not many actual examples of street fighting these days.
After all, fighting in these days is all about morale, which can be vigorous, then weaken, and then be exhausted. When Feng Xi was killed in battle and the outer battlefield was occupied by the Wei army, it was impossible for the Shu army inside Dachangji not to be affected, and it was even very likely that it would be affected once and for all. Attack and break.
This was Zhang He's initial judgment about the defenders inside Dachangji.
However, the Wei army attacked twice and was repelled by the defenders of Dachangji. This was a bit beyond Zhang He's expectation.
An attack was repelled, probably because Zhang He was not commanding from the front line, and the soldiers were a little proud and underestimated the enemy, which resulted in an unfavorable attack.
It is really not a simple matter that the second attack was repelled. This shows that at least the Shu army within Dachangji still has the determination and confidence to persevere.
The third attack must not be allowed to be repelled by the Shu army. If the Shu army is repelled again, the morale of the Shu army that was lost due to the previous loss of the outer defense line may rise again with the success of this defense.
Therefore, Zhang He was sincerely thinking about it. Or, if it didn't work out, he would really jump in with one leg? !
Although the posture is a bit ugly and a bit embarrassing, it is better than wasting the opportunity to fight! ! !
(End of chapter)
