Guan Ping accepted Guan Yu's military order and commanded the army to launch an attack on Deng County.
Guan Ping was in charge of the central army, coordinating and commanding the entire army, adjusting the direction and rhythm of the attack, and overall planning.
Kou Feng still led the Shangyong soldiers to take the lead. With a ladder, he personally braved the rain and launched a charge to kill the enemy first.
Deng Ai was responsible for commanding the armies to advance one by one. While commanding the archers to use arrows to suppress the enemy troops at the top of the city, he also commanded the rams and other siege equipment to approach the gate of Deng County.
Guan Xing led more than 3,000 soldiers to patrol around the battlefield, always on guard against Wei troops rushing out of the city, and to prevent them from rushing out to kill and burn down the siege equipment.
Wang Ji and Shi Bao are organizing the second wave of siege troops at this time. Once the former army Kou Feng and Deng Ai fail to attack the city and have to retreat to rest, they must immediately attack and cause continuous damage to Deng County. Offensive pressure.
Guan Yu watched for a long time and was a little surprised, but also very happy to find that as far as siege was concerned, even if he personally commanded it, it would be nothing more than that. The growth of the young man was far beyond his imagination.
Perhaps, none of them can resist and take on the responsibility of dispatching and commanding all the Jingzhou legions now, but with mutual division of labor and cooperation, they can barely achieve good results.
The only pity is that their opponent is Zhang Liao.
It is true that Zhang Liao is a brave general. His two most famous achievements were both victories with personal bravery - Zhan Killing Tadun and Eight Hundred and One Hundred Thousand.
But Zhang Liao is definitely not a general who only has courage but no command. On the contrary, Zhang Liao's battlefield insight is the best in the world.
In the early years, when Zhang Liao and Xia Houyuan worked together to put down the Changxi Rebellion, they encountered fierce resistance from Changxi. At this time, Chang Xi was wavering in his heart, and there was a possibility of persuading him to surrender.
For this reason, Zhang Liao persuaded Xia Houyuan and personally persuaded Chang Xi to surrender. He also went to Sangong Mountain alone and visited Chang Xi's hometown and family. He deeply trusted Chang Xi and admired him, thus completing the process of persuading Chang Xi to surrender.
Afterwards, even Cao Cao felt that what Zhang Liao did was too risky, but Zhang Liao really did it. This shows how strong Zhang Liao's insight into matters on the battlefield is.
Therefore, although Guan Ping and others made up for the regret of Guan Yu not being able to command personally through their respective division of labor and cooperation, it did make Zhang Liao sigh. There are so many talented people in Shu.
However, Guan Ping's overall planning ability is still very different from Guan Yu's, and his grasp of some battlefield details is still not outstanding enough.
Although the generals also want to cooperate with each other, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and tacit cooperation between them cannot be achieved in a day or two.
This is enough for Zhang Liao.
It is true that Zhang Liao can no longer go into battle to kill the enemy in person, but his eyes are still there, and the adaptability in his mind is still there.
On several occasions, Zhang Liao guessed the focus of Guan Ping's attack in advance and responded in time by mobilizing troops.
And even with Kou Feng's bravery, Shi Bao's cunning, Wang Ji's stability, and Deng Ai's adaptability, these four people could occasionally cause dangerous situations on the city wall. Zhang Liao could also take advantage of the lack of tacit understanding among the generals to mobilize quickly. Troops come to the rescue and turn danger into safety.
As for Guan Xing, just let this guy continue to wander around the battlefield. Anyway, the Deng County garrison under Zhang Liao only has 3,000 people in total, and they have no intention of leaving the city easily.
However, as long as Guan Xing relaxes his vigilance, Zhang Liao will not be polite.
Don't forget, Zhang Liao's best skill in military warfare was breaking out of formations.
As long as there is no assault on the enemy's main line, killing the enemy generals is just a matter of killing the retreating soldiers and burning the siege equipment. It is not difficult for Zhang Liao's group of experienced soldiers.
After three days of fighting, the generals led by Guan Ping always felt as if the initiative to attack was never in their hands. Not only did their attack make little progress, during the intermission period between attacks, they had to be prepared for Zhang Liao's counterattack at any time. What on earth was this? Who is at a disadvantage? !
With the fight like this, let alone the generals being useless, even Xu Shu couldn't stand it anymore.
Xu Shu was determined to take over the command and lead the attack.
But after all, Xu Shu relies on his brain to make a living. He has always been relatively calm and self-aware. If you think about it carefully, in these years, except for leading an army once when he was in charge of the work in Jingnan in Wuling County, he has basically spent the rest of his time as a military advisor. .
In terms of experience in leading troops in combat, Xu Shu felt that he might not be as good as Guan Ping and Wang Ji.
Another one. The nominal head coach of the army, Guan Yu and Guan Erye, refused to let him go.
"Why should the military advisor be so anxious and relax? Just let the juniors handle it."
It was also rare for the second master to have time to chat with Xu Shu.
During this period of time, Guan Yu had been resting in the military tent due to recuperation from his injuries. But after Guan Yu's collapse, Xu Shu had to focus more on military affairs, otherwise it would be impossible to rely on Guan Yu and others. So many military affairs.
These young generals are all capable of leading troops in war, but Xu Shu must take charge of organizing the entire army's expenses and allocating logistics and food supplies.
Therefore, the two have not seen each other for a long time. The last time they met was because Guan Yu insisted on watching the battle and Xu Shu came to persuade him.
Well, that was three days ago.
But now, Guan Yu took the initiative to send people to find Xu Shu, and also advised Xu Shu not to be anxious and leave the siege to these juniors in the army.
Xu Shu was puzzled and asked, "Your Majesty, you are very patient. Don't you know that the Wei thieves have most likely withdrawn to Wancheng now. If we stay here for a long time, until Wancheng is fully defended, we will How can it be broken so easily?!"
Guan Yu just smiled, looked at Xu Shu, and said, "I know this myself. I am just the guard of Deng County. After all, Wen Yuan, even if I personally went out to attack the city, could not break the city in three days. How can the military adviser be so demanding on the juniors?" Woolen cloth?!"
This was true, as Xu Shu had always said. After all, his opponent was Zhang Liao.
But even so.
"We can't just have a stalemate, right?!" Xu Shu sat down helplessly and said to Guan Yu, "Without attacking the city for three days, the Wei thieves can easily withdraw. If there is no progress, we will wait for the Wei thieves to send reinforcements from Luoyang. If it doesn’t work, it may be difficult to capture Wancheng, and this expedition will not be successful."
As soon as the issue of food and grass was mentioned, Guan Yu also frowned and asked, "How many days can the army's food and grass be supplied?!"
Xu Shu immediately replied, "The army has stockpiled grain and grass, and there is no problem in supplying it for half a month. However, it is already winter, and the transportation of grain and grass is quite inconvenient. Xiangyang Horse Season often sends letters, and the next batch of grain and grass may not arrive until the end of the year. If there are any omissions in the middle, , the whole army is in danger of running out of food."
When Guan Yu heard this, he frowned and said, "I would like to ask the military advisor to write a letter to Ji Chang, instructing him to supervise the transportation of grain. He must not slack off, otherwise military law will be engaged."
Xu Shu nodded and said, "As for the letter, I should obey it. Ji Chang has always been prudent and will not cause any trouble. He is just a prince. I am waiting for the troops to be sent out in a hurry. Even if the military rations are delivered to Xiangyang, it will be the beginning of the next spring."
When Guan Yu heard Xu Shu say this, he felt helpless.
This dispatch of troops was too hasty after all.
On Liu Bei's side, relying on the advantages of Yizhou's land of abundance, the army's food and grass preparations were only half a year old, let alone Jingzhou's.
After careful planning, Guan Yu only stocked up on food and grass for about four months in Xiangyang, and had to cooperate with Liu Bei's military operations to attack Nanyang.
Guan Yu sent troops to Nanyang County in October and had been confronting Zhang Liao at the foot of Deng County for more than a month. The first batch of food and grass brought with the army was almost exhausted, and he had to wait until Ma Liang sent the second batch of food and grass.
Even if this second batch of grain and grass is delivered to the army in time, it can only last for another two months. By February next year, if the war in Nanyang cannot be ended, it will affect spring farming and people's livelihood in various places in Jingzhou.
In such a big Jingzhou, if you really want to search for food, it won't be a problem to find food for another half a year. But if you do this, all the people's grain seeds this year and the people's rations before the autumn harvest will be gone.
If you do this, the people of Jingzhou will not be able to survive at all.
If according to the current attack rhythm, Deng County, which is defended by 3,000 people, will take ten days and a half, then how long will it take to attack Wancheng? !
Wancheng itself is a fortified city. In addition, it is the middle of winter. Once it snows heavily, it is really not conducive to using troops. It is inevitable to wait until the snow melts in spring. With such a delay, when can Wancheng be broken? !
Therefore, Xu Shu's worries are justified after all.
At this time, Guan Yu did not dare to continue to be so leisurely.
Originally, Guan Yu's idea was that the talents of all the young generals were not bad, but they lacked some experience and experience. Now was a good opportunity, and there were not many opportunities to compete with top commanders like Zhang Liao.
Anyway, after these three days of attack, the enemy army was limited by the lack of troops, and the casualties caused to the Han soldiers were not large. The biggest losses were only some siege equipment. It was better to let the young generals play freely and accumulate experience.
But now that Xu Shu said this, the very real problem of food and grass was directly in front of us.
Now the army still has about half a month's supply of food and grass, and Xiangyang also has about two months' supply of food. It will certainly not be a problem to capture Deng County, but to capture Wancheng, time is somewhat insufficient.
If you continue to exercise like this, I'm afraid things will really go wrong.
"In this case, there will be a military meeting tomorrow!"
Sure enough, there are some things that still require the veteran himself to take action.
Now is not the time for me, the late hero, to completely retreat behind the scenes! ! !
(End of chapter)
