Liu Yin had the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse, using half threats and half inducements to encourage more than a hundred defeated troops to join the battlefield. In fact, Liu Yin didn't know what the consequences would be. He could only pray for a miracle now. 's appearance.
Then the miracle really happened.
Less than a stick of incense after Liu Yin let the defeated army join the battlefield, the Wei army's attack actually paused, and it was visible to the naked eye that it was slowly withdrawing from the battlefield.
What's going on? !
The addition of more than a hundred defeated troops scared you out of your wits and chose to withdraw from the battlefield? !
Liu Yin was not a fool. He certainly would not believe that there were such absurd things in the world. Therefore, there must be another reason for the Wei army's retreat.
However, it is difficult to judge whether Liu Yin is really retreating or has another conspiracy.
Soon, Liu Yin discovered that after the Wei troops retreated to the outskirts of Dachangji in an orderly manner, they stopped again and began to fortify themselves on the spot.
What does this mean? !
Are you going to trap the remaining three hundred or so of us in Dachangji? !
Do you have so much time and leisure? !
Or maybe the Wei army wanted to leave a small force behind to trap themselves and others, while the larger force left Dachangji and set off from the southern path to attack Wuzhangyuan? !
Although this possibility is not impossible, the problem is that most of the Wei army is still in the mountain road. Without capturing the entire Dachangji, they can only mobilize and reorganize their troops through the passages outside Dachangji. How can you do that? Much time? !
The Wei army may not know, but Liu Yin knows very well that if the Wei army cannot complete the reorganization this morning and enter the official road from the south side of Dachangji, it is very likely that the five thousand soldiers led by Zhang Xi will be killed. Completely blocked within Dachangji.
But now there are still about two hours before noon.
If Dachangji is completely occupied, it is not too difficult for the Wei army to do these things in such a short period of time. However, if you rely on the deployment of troops from the outer areas of Dachangji, if you can complete the deployment before dark today, it will be a success. I guess you are well organized and well trained.
This is obviously impossible. If the Wei army wants to do this, the one who will benefit in the end will definitely be themselves. After all, General Zhang has already gone around and outflanked him. As long as time is delayed, none of these Wei soldiers will be able to escape. Huh? ! run? !
No, these Wei troops are going to run away! ! !
Liu Yin suddenly understood the purpose of the Wei army's sudden retreat.
Obviously, the Wei army had learned that General Zhang Xi led his troops to outflank the small road south of Dachangji. In order to avoid being blocked in the mountain road and attacked from both sides, they had to retreat.
The purpose of retreating to the outer perimeter of Dachangji was to prevent their side from launching a counterattack and slowing down their retreat. In essence, they just wanted to run.
Liu Yin suddenly became anxious and wanted to launch a counterattack immediately, attacking the Wei army defending on the outer perimeter of Dachangji, trying to hold them back, and cooperate with Zhang Xi to outflank them. Not to mention annihilating the Wei army, they would also be severely damaged.
However, Liu Yin has not completely lost his composure.
Looking at the Wei army on the opposite side, although they have temporarily retreated to defend, their formation is not chaotic, and everyone is in a state of combat readiness.
Looking back, I looked at the state of my subordinates now. Every one of them had survived the disaster and looked very happy!
Because of the retreat of the Wei army, the pressure on our own soldiers dropped sharply, and their morale also dissipated. At this time, if you ask them to take the initiative to attack and fight the Wei army, few of them will be able to demonstrate their combat effectiveness.
Even if they have the intention, they are unable to do so. This is the best portrayal of the current group of soldiers.
Liu Yin had no choice. After all, he only had so many people left, and half of them were defeated troops who joined through coercion and inducement. In the absence of strong foreign enemies, he really couldn't force too much, otherwise The consequences were not what Liu Yin wanted.
For this reason, Liu Yin had no choice but to order the soldiers to rest where they were, to regain their strength as soon as possible, and to replenish their ordnance on the battlefield in an effort to restore their combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
As for the Wei army, Liu Yin was helpless.
At the same time, Zhang He, who was guarded by Wei soldiers, looked pale, holding back a sigh of relief, and ordered the entire army to withdraw.
Zhang He is not feeling well now, both physically and mentally.
The physical trauma was relatively good, it was just an arrow shot in the crook of the right knee. Although it hurt and he could still walk, a general of Zhang He's level really didn't take such a small injury seriously.
The main reason is that the psychological gap is really too big, and Zhang He really can't accept it.
In fact, when Zhang Xi sent out sentries to investigate the direction of Dachangji, Zhang He also sent a lot of reconnaissance scouts to the south side of Dachangji.
Zhang He is also a famous general. He will not care about his head and body when fighting. He cannot only focus on attacking Dachangji but not send out scouts to investigate the southern path.
Zhang He's strategic purpose has always been to sneak attack on Wuzhangyuan, so he is no less concerned about the path south of Dachangji than Zhang Xi is.
But the problem is that Zhang He's army came over the mountains. Even as scouts, they didn't have horses. They could only explore a distance of two or three miles. They couldn't go any farther. They were too far away from the main force and couldn't go in time. Passed the information.
Another consequence of the lack of horses is that even if the Wei army scouts discovered the Han army scouts, they did not dare to rush out and strangle them to prevent the Han army scouts from conducting in-depth investigations. They only dared to retreat secretly and quickly report back to Zhang He.
But, this is enough.
The intelligence of the Shu army appearing on the path south of Dachangji was enough for Zhang He to make a judgment - Zhang Xi had sent troops, or personally led the troops, to block the path south of Dachangji.
Based on Zhang He's understanding of Zhang Xi and Zhang Xi's cautious style of using troops, Zhang He was more willing to believe that Zhang Xi personally led the troops.
In other words, his plan to break through from Dachangji and attack Wuzhangyuan in a detour has completely failed.
Zhang He's eyes darkened at this, and he almost didn't take a breath, so he just held it in.
This blow was really too big for Zhang He.
Originally, in Zhang He's plan, it was impossible for Zhang Xi to arrive so quickly.
Zhang He's original plan was to lead his troops in a detour and sneak attack, but Wang Chang needed to continue to pretend to defend the city in Wugong County and deceive Zhang Xi for at least three days.
Zhang He really had a serious discussion with Wang Chang. After three days, Zhang He thought that he was still confident that he could hide it.
It took Zhang He two days from setting off to crossing the mountain road. At this time in Wugong County, if Wang Chang acted well, then Zhang Xi would only be suspicious at best and should not be able to determine his whereabouts.
Zhang He chose to sneak attack Dachangji in the early morning of the third day in order to make a quick victory. Even if Dachangji promised to send a request for help to the Shu army in Wugong County as soon as it was attacked, it would take at least two days for this return. time.
As long as Zhang He's attack is fast enough, he can capture Dachangji this morning and let all the troops in the mountain road come out to rest in the afternoon. They can set off directly early tomorrow morning to attack Wuzhangyuan.
At this time, Zhang Xi had probably just set out from the camp outside Wugong County to chase and intercept him.
But by that time, it was already too late. There was at least a distance of forty or fifty miles between the two armies.
With one day's march time difference, Zhang He would not give Zhang Xi another chance to bite him.
As for arriving at Wuzhangyuan, Zhang He was confident that he could conquer Wuzhangyuan in one battle. Zhang He really didn't believe how many defenders would be left in Wuzhangyuan at this time.
Once Wuzhangyuan is captured, even if Zhang Xi arrives, even if the Shu army in Mei County returns to support, it won't matter to Zhang He. At that time, the Guohuai Army might have re-conquered Mei County and joined forces with Governor Cao.
As long as the main force of Guo Huai's army is still there, Wei's Guanzhong will be completely saved.
This was Zhang He's entire plan, and Zhang He had great hopes for it. Unfortunately, it is now completely bankrupt.
Zhang He really didn't expect that Zhang Xi would appear south of Dachangji at this time.
If Zhang Xi appears here at this time, it means that Zhang Xi has already led his troops as early as yesterday morning and no later than yesterday afternoon. At that time, Zhang He was still on the mountain road.
In other words, Wang Chang from Wugong County can't even act, and he only managed to hide it from Zhang Xi for at most a day and a half? !
What on earth does Wang Chang, a bastard, do for a living? Can't he even do such a simple bluff? !
Well, Zhang He's idea was somewhat out of embarrassment and he shamelessly passed the blame to Wang Chang.
In fact, Zhang He also knew that the person most responsible for this matter was not Wang Chang, but could Zhang He admit that this was the result of his poor planning and being easily seen through by the enemy? !
And he didn't really want to blame Wang Chang. After all, Zhang He was just thinking about it in his mind. He was basically looking for comfort for himself to make himself feel better.
What to do otherwise? The plan has failed. The sneak attack on Wuzhangyuan is simply impossible, which may lead to the destruction of the main force of the Wei army on the Weishui River. Zhang He cannot bear such a huge psychological pressure.
Only by thinking about it this way, that there is another guy who is also responsible for this matter, can you feel a little better, so that you can temporarily stabilize your mood, and then calmly think about what to do next.
Yes, the matter has come to this, even if Zhang He is really suffocated, he still has to cheer up and think about what to do next.
After all, the safety of his subordinates and nearly five thousand Wei troops needs to be decided by himself.
This is the responsibility of a coach, and Zhang He must shoulder it. This time, no one can help him shoulder it.
Zhang Xi must not be allowed to lead the army to outflank Dachangji from the south.
The Wei army in the mountain road, limited by the size of Dachangji, will definitely not be able to all come out to fight the Shu army in Dachangji. It is impossible to rely on the only 300 men on hand to fight against the Shu army's two-sided attack. Reality.
Of course, Zhang He can also choose to use Dachangji as the battlefield and force the Shu army to fight a battle for Dachangji. But the problem is that doing so will not only waste time and troops, but will not benefit him at all.
Therefore, Zhang He almost immediately considered how to retreat safely.
There are actually two paths before Zhang He.
One is to increase the intensity of the attack, directly break through Dachangji, and then go back from the mountain road on the north side of Dachangji before Zhang Xi leads his troops to Dachangji, and go north back to Wugong County.
But to do so, we must first defeat the Shu army defenders inside Dachangji.
This is not a big problem. Zhang He can also see that the Shu army defenders in Dachang are at the end of their strength. As long as they attack for a quarter of an hour or two, they should be able to take it.
But if you go north from the official road back to Wugong County, you will definitely have to pass through the Shu army camp stationed outside Wugong County. It will not be so easy to break through there.
If they were blocked on the official road for a while and were bitten by Zhang Xi's tail, there would be a danger of the entire army being annihilated.
The other one is how to return to the original route and how to return to Wugong County.
This one is relatively simple. Apart from the need to prevent Zhang Xi from leading his troops into the mountain road, there is basically nothing to pay attention to. It is just that the mountain road is not easy to walk, but at least I have walked it once, so I have some experience.
After weighing the options, Zhang He decided to choose the safer second option and lead his troops back to Wugong County from the mountain road.
But, at this time, Wei Jun's scouts suddenly came to report, saying that Zhang Xi only took a thousand soldiers and marched in the direction of Dachangji. He could reach Dachangji in about a quarter of an hour.
This news immediately made Zhang He excited.
Only a thousand people? !
Think about the quality and combat capabilities of the Shu army until now. How dare you advance with only a thousand men? !
(End of chapter)
