According to Wang Ping's tactical concept, he imitated the method of attacking Jixian County, selected thousands of people with night vision ability from the Wudang Flying Army, and launched a surprise attack in the early morning before dawn, trying to open the west gate of Wancheng and enter the city. Create confusion.
Then in the chaos, Wang Ping divided his troops into two groups and attacked Sima Yi's mansion all the way. He wanted to capture the thief first and capture the king first. Then he captured or killed Sima Yi, leaving the Wei army without a leader and no one to command.
The other group rushed to the south gate, opened it from the inside, and welcomed the Jingzhou Han army outside the city into the city.
As long as Wang Ping's tactical ideas are implemented, Wancheng will definitely be captured.
In order to ensure the success rate of the first wave of night attacks, Wang Ping decided to personally lead the team to attack the tower and provide unified command.
But, right from the beginning, the siege went very poorly.
In the early morning, it is when people are most sleepy and when they relax their vigilance the most. Generally speaking, attacking a city at this time has completely unexpected effects.
But Wang Ping had just led more than 200 soldiers to climb the city wall with special hooks. Before he could formally deploy his formation to occupy the landing point, he encountered the patrolling sentries of the Wei army.
Wang Ping really couldn't understand why the Wei army would arrange an inspection post at this time. Moreover, this inspection post force was actually a group of five people. They wanted to attack the enemy in the silent night before dawn, even after being discovered by the enemy. It is almost impossible to kill five Wei soldiers in an instant without being discovered.
Therefore, the Wei army patrol post issued a warning and alerted other soldiers guarding the west gate. Wang Ping had no choice but to order the lighting of torches and notify the brothers on standby outside the city to launch a strong attack.
Wang Ping, on the other hand, needs to take more than two hundred soldiers to occupy the landing point on the city wall to buy time for the subsequent unmanned flying troops to climb the city tower.
The Wudang Feijun's combat effectiveness is still very strong. In a one-on-one situation, it can completely suppress the counterattack of the Wei army and county soldiers. But the problem is that the Wei army has too many people.
Just in case, Sima Yi arranged for a thousand soldiers to be on duty at each tower. He did not require them to stay up all night to guard the towers. He only asked that in the event of an emergency, a thousand soldiers would be on guard on the towers. , so as to buy enough time for Sima Yi to mobilize troops to support.
One thousand versus two hundred, the advantage in military strength made up for the gap in personal combat power. The landing circle established by Wang Ping was getting smaller and smaller, and the number of unworthy flying troops who could climb the tower to support him was also getting smaller and smaller. The less.
Wang Ping saw that it was not a problem if this situation continued. As a qualified commander, Wang Ping immediately made a choice.
Wang Ping led fifty Wudang Feijun to stay behind and guard the retreat route. The other soldiers began to retreat along the hook rope and gave up the attack.
When all the Wudang flying troops around him had almost withdrawn, Wang Ping led his troops to fight back the enemies in front of them, seizing the gap when the enemy troops retreated to reorganize their attack, he also climbed over the city wall, and used the hook rope to descend. retreat.
But when Wang Ping slipped out and was only about two feet away from the ground, the rope tied to the hook was cut off by Wei Jun's sword.
The hook claw is not something beyond Wei Jun's understanding. In addition, after fighting each other on the city wall for so long, what method did the Shu thieves use to climb up and what method did they use to retreat? What Wei Jun saw was Clear as day.
Seeing a thousand people besieging more than two hundred people, the other party was able to evacuate more than a hundred people without any danger. If the remaining fifty people were run away again, not to mention Sima Yi, it would be the Wei army guarding the city themselves. Everyone will feel shameless.
Therefore, when the last batch of useless flying troops began to withdraw along the hook rope, the Wei army had already surrounded them. There may not be much that can be done with the iron hook, but the rope tied under the hook can still be cut directly. .
In this way, a hook rope was struck by seven or eight ring-headed knives at almost the same time. No matter how strong the rope was, it could not support it.
Wang Ping was lucky. The rope was cut when he was still about two feet away from the ground. Although it hurt when he fell, it didn't have much impact.
As for the other Wudangfei soldiers who retreated a little slower, some even fell from a height of about five feet. If they fell from this height, they would not die but would be injured.
And the more terrible thing is yet to come. The Wei army on the top of the city actually shot arrows at the bottom of the city without hesitation at this time.
It was not fully dark yet, so it was not clear from far away, but under the city wall and illuminated by the torches at the top of the city, it was still possible to see very clearly.
After the Wei army finished cutting the ropes, they found that some of the Shu thieves could still move, so they immediately mobilized archers to shoot arrows at the bottom of the city tower.
Wang Ping relied on his battlefield intuition, rolled a few times to avoid the arrows, and took seven or eight soldiers who could still move normally to escape in embarrassment under the cover of night. The injured who were lying on the ground unable to move Most of the non-flying troops were unable to dodge the arrows shot directly from the city wall, and they were all killed.
Although the losses in this attack were not great, with less than a hundred casualties, but with the failure of this night attack, it was no longer possible for Wang Ping to use night attacks to open the city gate.
Wang Ping was very upset about this, but Sima Yi on the tower was already breaking out in a cold sweat.
If I hadn't formulated a night patrol system, or if I hadn't patrolled in the early morning today, and after discovering the raid by the Shu thieves, I would have rushed to the West City Gate in time to coordinate the defense against the Shu thieves. I might have opened the West City Gate and entered Wancheng.
Wang Ping didn't understand why Wancheng was so well-defended. Similarly, Sima Yi didn't understand why the Shu thieves were able to climb the six-foot-high Wancheng wall without any siege equipment and only with a hook.
The method cannot be said to be very clever, but Sima Yi knew very well that among the 20,000 soldiers guarding Wancheng, if he could find soldiers who could do this, he would probably not exceed a thousand.
Obviously, the Shu thieves outside the city are most likely the elite troops of the Shu thieves army.
But this elite Shu bandit came from the direction of Wuguan. This really made Sima Yi think too much.
Even now, Sima Yi has begun to doubt whether Wuguan has really been lost.
Although Wuguan is majestic and strong, and the wall is two feet higher than the city wall of Wancheng, the problem is that in the face of a sneak attack by Shu thieves in the early morning, they can climb the city wall without the help of any siege equipment. If Guo Huai and Sima Shi were careless, they would not be able to defend this Wuguan.
Once Wuguan is lost, the Shu thieves in the pass will have a way to attack Wancheng with a large army. How can Wancheng be defended? !
The lives and deaths of Guo Huai and Sima Shi were put aside for the time being. Sima Yi was now directly stationed at the west gate, waiting anxiously for dawn.
He just wants to know how many Shu troops are coming outside the west city gate.
If the Shu army has more than 10,000 troops, then Sima Yi should consider whether to withdraw his troops from Wancheng in advance, return to Kunyang, the main road of Yingchuan County, and join Wang Ling to prevent the Shu bandits from continuing to march towards Luoyang.
Well, it was Kunyang, the place where Liu Xiu, the great mage, who used the great meteorite technique and commanded wind and rain, defeated the main force of Wang Mang's army in one fell swoop.
This was a last resort. After all, if Wuguan was lost and Shu thieves from Guanzhong entered the pass in large numbers, Sima Yi's 20,000 people in Wancheng alone would not be able to withstand the siege of hundreds of thousands of Shu thieves.
Once they are completely surrounded by Shu thieves in Wancheng, it is better to withdraw their troops in advance, preserve their strength, continue to block the enemy along the way, and buy time for the emperor of Luoyang.
Of course, it is not the time to quickly dispatch reinforcements, but the time for the emperor to "move" back to Yecheng from Luoyang.
If hundreds of thousands of Shu thieves really entered Sili, Sili would definitely not be able to be saved. Even because of the bad battle Cao Xiu fought in Runan, the entire Central Plains might fall. The emperor would definitely not be able to stay in Luoyang.
Just when Sima Yi had considered the situation as the entire Central Plains was completely lost, it finally dawned, and Sima Yi could finally breathe a little easier.
Outside the city, there are soldiers and horses of Shu thieves, but they are not many, only about 4,000 people.
Having less than 10,000 troops is always a good thing.
Although Sima Yi still couldn't rule out the possibility that Wuguan had been lost. If Wuguan was there, Sima Yi really couldn't figure out how these four thousand Shu thieves bypassed Wuguan and appeared here.
However, if they only have this few troops, they still cannot pose a substantial threat to Wancheng.
The key to the night attack is suddenness. Once the suddenness is lost, as long as Sima Yi strengthens his defenses, only four thousand Shu thieves will not be able to launch an siege.
Therefore, Sima Yi temporarily left his second son Sima Zhao to take charge of the defense of the West City Gate, while he hurried to the South City Gate to deal with the attack of the Shu bandits in Jingzhou on the new day.
That's where the real trouble lies.
After another day of defending the city, Sima Yi had no time to count the casualties in the army. He immediately rushed to the west gate with his personal guards and asked Sima Zhao about the defense status of the west gate and whether the Shu thieves outside the city had launched an attack. .
Sima Zhao's answer was: Not only did the Shu thieves stand still for a day, they did not even receive any follow-up reinforcements.
This situation shocked Sima Yi again.
Only these four thousand people? !
It was normal for the troops to stand still. For four thousand people to attack the city in the daytime without any siege equipment, it was impossible to even think about it.
But without reinforcements, would Wuguan still be in his hands? !
Otherwise, it would not have lasted more than a day, and there would have been no Shu thieves outside the West City Gate to come to our aid!
But the question is, if Wuguan was not lost, where did these four thousand people come from? !
These are 4,000 Shu thieves and soldiers, not 4,000 birds. They don’t have wings, so they can’t fly over Wuguan Pass! ! !
Sima Yi really couldn't figure out how this army appeared here, but the reality was before his eyes, and Sima Yi had no time to dwell on this problem and sit still for a day. It was obvious that the commander of this army must be here. Planning something.
Considering the combat style of this unit that is good at night attacks, tonight is probably when this unit will actually launch an attack.
For this reason, Sima Yi decided to personally stand guard on the west city tower. He would rather stay up all night tonight to prevent this force from launching another night attack.
Then Sima Yi stayed up all night, and the next day with a pair of panda eyes, he appeared on the tower of the south gate again to direct the defensive battle.
After a hard day of commanding, Sima Yi just wanted to go back to his house and take a rest. After all, he hadn't slept for two days and one night. Sima Yi was already over forty after all, so he couldn't stand it anymore.
But then, Sima Zhao, who was guarding the West City Tower, suddenly sent someone to report that there was something strange in the Shu bandit camp outside the west gate near the evening. A troop of at least a thousand people left the camp, and their whereabouts could not be traced for the time being.
When Sima Yi heard this, he felt a little uneasy. Could it be that the Shu thieves did not attack last night to recharge their batteries and prepare to attack the city tonight? !
The more Sima Yi thought about it, the more he felt that his worries were justified, so with dark circles under his eyes, Sima Yi went to the west gate to guard again.
Then another peaceful night passed.
Another morning, on his way to the South Gate to direct the defensive battle, Sima Yi suddenly came to his senses.
The gang of Shu thieves outside the west city gate are trying to trick the troops into wearing out their troops, right? !
The Shu thieves are really cunning! ! !
(End of chapter)
