Guanqiu Jian used the life and death of himself and two thousand cavalry to give Guo Huai and Cao Zhen's army a chance of survival.
But it is still not that easy to convert this opportunity into a real chance of survival.
Today, Guo Huai and Cao Zhen can only be said to have temporarily escaped from the encirclement, but are not completely out of danger.
Apart from anything else, there are still 10,000 siege troops under the city of Huaili, led by Liu Bei himself, but they have not been used.
Today's Huaili City is no longer important to the entire battlefield situation.
Regardless of whether Cao Zhen and Guo Huai can lead the army to break out of the encirclement, the defeat of the Battle of Huaili has been determined. With the three thousand men in Wen Qin's hands, without the troops led by Cao Zhen and Guo Huai, it is impossible to defend Huaili City. of.
Therefore, Liu Bei's team can be said to be the reserve team of the entire battlefield. Whether he besieges Huaili City or not has no practical significance.
Once Liu Bei suddenly joins the encirclement and suppression team with his troops, even if Guo Huai and Cao Zhen can really break out, there may not be a few people left around them.
Without the soldiers to follow, even if the two of them could really run back to Wuguan, they would not be able to complete the subsequent strategic tasks. Even whether Wuguan could be defended was a question.
To be honest, at this time, although the overall battle situation was a little off, it was still within the controllable range of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.
Although Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong did not expect that Cao Zhen and Guo Huai, who were in desperate situations, would explode with such fighting power, nor did they expect that Guanqiu Jian would really dare to use his own life and that of two thousand cavalry to fight for a chance of survival for Cao Zhen, but .As long as Liu Bei leads his troops to intercept Cao Zhen and others, Cao Zhen will not be able to escape.
Faced with such an opportunity, neither Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, nor Liu Bei himself would fail to see it.
Liu Bei immediately mobilized his troops to withdraw from the siege and intercept Cao Zhen.
But at this time, the gate of Huaili City opened, and Wen Qin led the three thousand infantry left behind to fight out of the city.
After all, Wen Qin was also a qualified general, and he saw the situation of the war very clearly.
Even if he continues to lead troops to defend Huaili, it is impossible to leave a way out for Governor Cao Zhen. It is only a matter of time before the city of Huaili is breached.
In this case, what's the point of him sticking to Huaili? !
Now that the situation is critical, Guanqiu Jian can use his own life to fight for a glimmer of life for Governor Cao, so why should he cherish this life? !
Therefore, Wen Qin directly led 3,000 soldiers out of the city, abandoned the defenses of Huaili City, and went straight out of the city to Liu Bei's middle army.
He never thought that this method could be used to complete the beheading operation of the Chinese army. Wen Qin also knew that it was wishful thinking.
Wen Qin's purpose was to use this suicidal attack to delay Liu Bei for a period of time and create time for Governor Cao and General Guo to break out.
Moreover, Wen Qin chose a very good time to leave the city. It happened to be when Liu Bei had finished withdrawing the siege and reorganized his army and was about to set off.
At this time, if Liu Bei doesn't care about Wen Qin, then Wen Qin can definitely follow and chase you. Although he can't defeat the enemy, he will always hang you and disgust you. A bite at the critical moment will make you uncomfortable for a while. To Governor Cao Break out and buy time.
And if Liu Bei divides his troops, you will only have 10,000 men, and I will have 3,000 men, and they are all the imperial army of Wei.
If we divide our troops less, I am really sure that we can devour him in one go. If we divide our troops too much, and you have to rely on thousands of people to surround Governor Cao, it will be strange if you can surround him.
As for Liu Bei standing still and eating his own troops first, that was what Wen Qin wanted to do.
When Wen Qin left the city, he really disgusted Liu Bei to death. He couldn't leave, he couldn't stay, he couldn't divide his troops, and he couldn't divide his troops. In the end, Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to stay and eat the Wei army first and occupy Huaili City. .
Zhuge Liang's plan is actually quite practical.
The ultimate goal of this battle is to defeat the Wei army, occupy Huaili, and open the final passage to Chang'an.
Now that the Wei army has been defeated, the Wei army of more than 20,000 people only broke out with more than 10,000 people. Even if they wanted to withdraw, the direction would not be Chang'an, which is now Chang'an. It would basically be an empty city.
In this case, it is better to accept it as soon as possible and seize Chang'an first.
After all, Chang'an has very important political significance to the Han Dynasty.
As for Wuguan and Tongguan, we can talk about it later, there is no rush.
This was Zhuge Liang's main argument to persuade Liu Bei.
Of course, privately, Zhuge Liang also had his own concerns.
Wen Qin had 3,000 men in his hands, and these 3,000 men were also the elite of Cao Wei's imperial army. Although their strength was small, their combat effectiveness was strong.
Although the 10,000 soldiers in Liu Bei's hands were also elite members of the Northern Army, according to feedback from Wei Yan, Wu Yi and others, they were still not as elite as Cao Wei's imperial army in terms of combat experience.
Zhuge Liang could not take risks and put Liu Bei in danger.
Regardless of whether Liu Bei led his army to intercept Cao Zhen, with such a group of elites behind him, or Liu Bei divided his troops to occupy the enemy, there was a lot of risk involved.
At this time, Liu Bei was no longer the Zuo General. Even if he was driven out of Xuzhou to Jingzhou, no one would care.
The emperor of the Han Dynasty, when he personally went on a military expedition, even if there was a slight mistake, it would be the morale of the army that would be damaged, let alone the unforeseen consequences.
In this case, there is no such thing as too much stability.
At this point, even Pang Tong had no intention of taking risks. When Zhuge Liang asked Liu Bei to stay and eat Wen Qin's troops first, Pang Tong knew what Zhuge Liang was worried about after thinking about it for a moment.
Although doing so would lose the best opportunity to encircle and suppress the Wei army, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty really could not afford to lose anything.
Therefore, when Zhuge Liang suggested it, Pang Tong also followed suit and helped find a reason.
"Cao Zhen, Guo Huai and the rest are nothing more than rotten wood and nothing to worry about. However, there are two such loyal and outstanding people here. Don't you want to take them and use them?!"
Well, Pang Tong is talking about Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin.
Cao Zhen and Guo Huai lead the army, and there is hope that they can break out of the encirclement, but it is basically impossible for these two young generals to break out of such a chaotic army.
As long as these two people don't wipe their necks out of their own imagination, Liu Bei still has the possibility to persuade them to surrender.
Guanqiu Jian aside, at least Liu Bei could directly control Wen Qin's life and death right in front of him.
Pang Tong really liked Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin.
These two people are decisive and dare to take risks. The most important thing is their drive to fight for the overall situation at all costs, which appeals to Pang Tong very much.
As for Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang just smiled and said nothing. In fact, he also admired Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin's loyalty.
As for Liu Bei, Liu Bei was a little moved when Pang Tong said this.
Liu Bei is old, and the Yuancong faction who follow him are also old. There are some things that he must consider ahead.
With the current situation in the world, although the two Northern Expeditions went smoothly, and even the recapture of the Han Dynasty is now in sight, it is estimated that it will be impossible for him to pacify the world and revive the Han Dynasty in a short period of time.
These things must inevitably be left to your sons and younger generations.
After he left, most of the people from the Jingzhou faction were in their prime, and the Yizhou faction had always been unconvinced. If he didn't recruit young people from other places for his own use, how would he be able to control the overall situation when his son succeeded to the throne in the future? !
Even if you trust Fazheng, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others, after all, they can only represent themselves personally, and not everyone in the interest groups behind them is trustworthy.
When he conquered Yongzhou a few years ago, he got a Tianshui Qilin. Liu Bei has always paid great attention to training him. Not only did he often stay by his side to counsel the military aircraft, but during this Northern Expedition, Liu Bei also deliberately left Jiang Wei in Chengdu to assist Liu Chan and asked Jiang Wei to help Liu Chan. Housekeeping, cultivating the relationship between Jiang Wei and the heirs, and also to bring the Yongzhou nobles into contact with the royal family, so that one day in the future, the Yongzhou nobles represented by Jiang Wei can check and balance the nobles in Jingzhou and Yizhou .
Nowadays, two loyal and brave Wei generals, according to rumors, are only around 20 years old. They must be used for their own purposes.
Liu Bei, who wanted to understand this, launched a siege against Wen Qin who took the initiative to attack. On the other hand, he also sent an order to Zhao Yun, asking Zhao Yun to try not to force Guanqiu Jian too hard, just to trap him and not to kill him. .
When he is done with his work, Liu Bei will personally go to persuade Guanqiu Jian to surrender.
As for Cao Zhen and Guo Huai, well, just run away, no big deal.
If you can defeat them once, you can naturally defeat them a second time. Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Bei really doesn't believe that even if he catches these two people, they will choose to surrender.
Cao Zhen was a general of the Wei thief clan, and Guo Huai was a person who was greatly favored by Cao Wei. It would be more difficult to catch them than to let them go.
(End of chapter)
