Wang Chang fell into the trap after all, and it was indeed a trap that was both false and real.
In this wave, Wang Chang is on the second floor, but Zhang Xi is actually on the fifth floor.
The Han army outside Changling City was indeed the main force of the army led by Zhang Xi. The so-called empty camp was just a play for Wang Chang. As soon as Wang Chang led his troops and left Changling, Zhang Xi immediately led his army. Taking advantage of the situation, they captured Changling, which was guarded by only a thousand people.
On the Weicheng side, it was actually Liu Yin with three thousand soldiers. As for the Weicheng guard Hu Zun, he really surrendered.
When Wang Chang led his troops and rushed to Weicheng through the snow, they found that the Chinese flag was hung high on the top of the Weicheng city, and the guard general of Weicheng had been replaced by Shu general Liu Yin.
When Wang Chang saw this scene, he felt a chill in the back of his head, from his spine to his buttocks.
Wang Chang is not that kind of reckless man. With a little thought, he knows that he has fallen into a trap. There is a high probability that Changling, where he was originally stationed, will not be saved. It is even possible that he is not far behind him at this time. , Zhang Xi has led his troops to counterattack, intending to completely trap his three thousand soldiers to death under the walls of Weicheng.
Wang Chang was really angry. This Hu Zun was indeed unreliable.
He wanted to vent his anger by yelling at the top of Weicheng City, but Wang Chang also knew that there was no point in doing such a thing at this time.
It would be better to preserve the effective strength of these three thousand forbidden troops, withdraw them first, and find a way to contact Man Chong in Chang'an, asking him to send someone to help him and others cross the river, and retreat to Chang'an. This is a way out.
Therefore, Wang Chang led the army to retreat without hesitation, temporarily retreated to Yangling, crossed the river from the Wei Bridge on the east side of Yangling, and withdrew to Chang'an.
It can be said that Wang Chang's withdrawal speed was really fast. Even when Zhang Xi led the army, he did not block Wang Chang. And in today's snowy weather, it is not that easy to lead the army to pursue.
Therefore, Zhang Xi did not push too hard, but led the army into Weicheng to join Liu Yin and Hu Zun.
The biggest contributor to this attack on Zuo Fengyi was naturally An Dingren, Hu Zun.
If Hu Zunzhen had not sent his confidants to contact Zhang Xi and said that he would surrender voluntarily, Zhang Xi's subsequent series of false and true suspicion tactics would have been impossible to talk about.
To be honest, Zhang Xi was a little caught off guard by Hu Zun's sudden surrender. He couldn't believe it. How could he surrender? ! .
Zhang Xi vaguely remembers that this Hu Zun seems to be Cao Wei's loyal supporter.
Although it has been so long that he does not remember clearly, Zhang Xi seems to remember that he met this man during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition in history.
Although Hu Zun is considered a supporting actor in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in history, it seems that Hu Zun's family, three generations of his family, are very good.
Well, at least in the game, the five-dimensional value is not bad, and the whole family is considered a relatively useful type among the second-rate generals.
So, Zhang Xi really didn't believe that Hu Zun surrendered to him sincerely. Zhang Xi always wondered whether Wang Chang was using a trick to surrender.
However, Liu Yin urged Zhang Xi. He believed that Hu Zun's surrender was credible.
At least, Hu Zun had enough reasons to choose to surrender to the Han Dynasty.
Again, Hu Zun was born in the Anding Hu family, and the relationship between the Anding Hu family in Guanzhong was complicated, and many of them were related by marriage.
Now that Cao Wei is moving people into Guanzhong on a large scale, there will definitely be people who are unwilling to give up their family properties and move into Guanzhong. However, in today's world, are there any powerful families in Guanzhong who stand up and shout out? These families are not enough The forces rebelled. Faced with the whips and ring-shou swords of the Cao Wei Group, most of the Guanzhong aristocratic families chose to submit.
But even so, some aristocratic families would not blindly put all their hopes on Cao Wei.
Everyone understands that people leave their hometown and become humble. For some aristocratic families, going to the Central Plains is basically starting from scratch. No one knows where the future of the family will be.
Therefore, it is normal for some people to want someone to take the lead and test the big man's reaction.
It's not that the aristocratic families are more willing to accept the fish scale atlas system of the Han Dynasty, the main reason is that everyone's land is in Guanzhong, and if they move to the Central Plains, these lands cannot be taken away with them.
It's better to take the risk and give it a try. Although this may not be the case for the big man in the future, at least he can keep his family business, right?
And An Ding Hu happened to be a very suitable candidate.
First, the Hu family in Anding is also a local power. Their base is in Guanzhong, not in the third auxiliary, but in Anding. Man Chong's cruel tactics will not be able to be used in Anding County for a while.
Second, the scale of the Hu family in Anding has almost reached its limit in Anding. It happens that it is necessary to divide the family to share the survival risks. Hu Zun's lineage is sent to contact the Han Dynasty, and the remaining lineage follows the Wei Dynasty. Guan, no matter who wins in the end, the Hu family will always survive.
Based on his understanding of the aristocratic family, Liu Yin still felt that Hu Zun's request to surrender was credible.
That is to say, Liu Yin was born in a big family in Shu. He was well aware of the virtues and survival methods of today's families. If he put himself in his shoes, he could understand the intention of stabilizing the Hu family.
Otherwise, given Zhang Xi's character, even if he could think of this, he wouldn't dare to believe it easily.
It is one thing to understand the truth, but another thing to believe it.
What's more, Liu Yin volunteered to go out and contact Hu Zun on behalf of Zhang Xi. If there was a problem, it was Liu Yin who was in danger, not Zhang Xi, who was the commander of the first army.
Zhang Xi thought about it for a while and felt that this was not bad. After all, the Hu Zun in his memory did not seem to be the kind of person with an intelligence of over 80. It would be unrealistic to hide this from Liu Yin.
In this way, Liu Yin secretly entered the city, and after having a private conversation with Hu Zun, he confirmed the other party's purpose.
It leaves a way out for the Hu family and some aristocratic families in Guanzhong, so that they will not be forced by Cao Wei to move inland.
Since these people have actual interests and needs, Liu Yin believes that they have no reason to deceive the big man. After all, there is no actual conflict of interest between the big man and them at the moment, and there is no way to commit such a crime.
After leaving the city, Liu Yin stated his opinions in detail to Zhang Xi, believing that these aristocratic families and Hu Zun were trustworthy.
Zhang Xi, I still don’t believe in Hu Zun and these aristocratic families, but Zhang Xi still trusts Liu Yin.
If this is the case, then Zhang Xi also started to use his brain. If you want me to believe in your sincerity in surrender, it is very simple. Write a distress report to Wang Chang in Changling.
Zhang Xi was still worried at first. He had more than 10,000 county soldiers and wanted to march towards Zuo Fengyi and break through the Wei army's defense line. He was only a partial division and lacked troops. This was not easy to do.
In Wugong County, Zhang Xi had fully realized how big the gap was between the combat effectiveness of the county soldiers he led and Cao Wei's imperial army.
If it were a head-to-head battle, Zhang Xi really didn't think that having more troops would be an advantage.
Therefore, facing the Changling-Weicheng defense line established by Wang Chang, Zhang Xi still had to find a way to win.
There is a saying in the art of war. Sun Wu told the world hundreds of years ago how to use troops in the face of such a situation.
We have to find a way to lure the enemy into dividing his troops.
But now, forced by the situation, Wang Chang had to take the initiative to divide his troops and defend. The purpose of the first step has been achieved.
But even so, Zhang Xi was still not sure that he could completely capture Changling, which was guarded by 4,000 people, if he only relied on hard attacks.
Therefore, Zhang Xi thought about it and had to find a way to let Wang Chang divide his troops again.
However, if it was just a conventional trick to lure Wang Chang into splitting up his forces and ambush him halfway, I'm afraid Wang Chang might not really be fooled.
Even if they were fooled, they might not be able to defeat the thousands of Cao Wei imperial troops led by Wang Chang himself, even with the combat effectiveness of the Han army.
Zhang Xi also had an impression of Wang Chang. Using game data to describe it, this person's intelligence was at least over 80, and he was not an unintelligent person.
I have actually dealt with him once in Wugong County. This man is also very good at leading battles. He makes decisions quickly enough and reacts very timely. It will probably be difficult to deceive him using conventional tricks.
Now, with Hu Zun's surrender, he asked Hu Zun to send an untimely letter asking for help, and then he pretended to be a suspicious tactic, making Wang Chang believe that he was using a tactic to attack Changling, but he was actually laying siege to Weicheng. I am more sure that Wang Chang will be fooled.
Of course, out of incomplete trust in Hu Zun, Zhang Xi asked Liu Yin to lead three thousand troops into Weicheng to take over the city defense. At the same time, he did not choose to ambush Wang Chang halfway, for fear that Wang Chang and Hu Zun would have some communication. Give yourself a counter-ambush halfway.
Therefore, Zhang Xi chose a safe approach and used a trick to deceive Wang Chang into leaving the city. After that, he first chose to capture Changling, and then based on the actual situation, he saw whether he would return to attack Wang Chang's soldiers.
In this way, Zhang Xi can avoid having to engage in a field battle with Cao Wei's imperial army in the first place, so that his own losses will not be too great.
On the other hand, even if Hu Zun is still deceitful in the end, or Wang Chang is not fooled at all, the big deal is that Zhang Xi cannot capture Changling, and Weicheng can still be captured.
Zhang Xi thought about it a lot, but when the plan was actually implemented, it went extremely smoothly.
Hu Zun really surrendered, not pretending, and had no strategy. Therefore, Liu Yin took over the defense of Weicheng quite smoothly, and Hu Zun also cooperated very cooperatively in handing over the military power of Weicheng.
At this time in Weicheng, there were not many aristocratic families and people in the city. As long as Hu Zun cooperated in handing over military power, Liu Yin did not even have to worry that Hu Zun would collude with the aristocratic families in the city to rebel again.
As for Wang Chang, after a tentative attack was successful, he didn't think much and took the bait directly. He left Changling with 3,000 soldiers, leaving only 1,000 soldiers to defend. If Zhang Xi had this opportunity again, If you can't grasp it, you don't have to lead troops to fight.
It is a pity that because Zhang Xi was too cautious and because Wang Chang reacted very quickly, he failed to seize the opportunity and cooperated with Liu Yin and Hu Zun to completely surround Wang Chang's troops under Weicheng and gave them to the enemy. Their opportunity to evacuate was thus incomplete.
But even so, once Changling and Weicheng are connected, the entire passage between Zuo Fengyi and Chang'an is completely opened. Zhang Xi can lead troops at any time, whether it is to attack Chang'an or to seize Tongguan, the initiative is already with Zhang Xi in hand.
Now, it was Cao Wei's turn to be anxious.
(End of chapter)
