Jiang Wei's detour and sneak attack was eventually noticed by Chen Tai in advance.
There is no way, the children of the Yingchuan Chen family are fighting in Yingchuan, and they are still fighting to "defend their hometown". It is too normal to have such an intelligence bonus.
At this time, Jiang Wei had actually led his army to Linying County, which was less than a hundred miles away from Yingyin.
However, Jiang Wei had some differences with Wen Qin on whether to attack Linying County.
Along the way, Jiang Wei started from Kunyang and even defeated the two cities of Wuyang and Lin County without encountering much resistance. The defenders in these two cities never exceeded 500 people... ... Attacking all the way, it's almost a flat push.
Therefore, Jiang Wei believed that Chen Tai had depleted most of the defensive forces in Yingchuan County in order to attack Xiangcheng.
When he arrived at Linying County, Jiang Wei also wanted to repeat his old tricks and capture Linying County.
There are two reasons: one is that the geographical location of Linying County is very important. To the northwest, across the Yingshui River, is Yingyang, to the north less than a hundred miles away is Yingyin, and to the northeast is Yingyin. Xuchang, an important town in Yingchuan.
If such an important transportation area is in your own hands, you will be able to attack with ease no matter which direction you attack in the future.
And another reason is... After a long journey, the Confederate Army's rations are about to be exhausted.
And Soochow suddenly occupied the cities that originally belonged to Cao Wei in Runan County, Chen State, and Qiao County one after another... What did he make the Wei court think? !
Although in the meantime, Jiang Wei once persuaded Wang Ping, we are now taking a detour to attack, and the most important thing is not speed... With the current lack of military rations, the problem should be very small if we can reach Yingyin City.
Duan Zhi was just one step away from having a small army that could block Wen Qin, but on the frontal battlefield... Chen Tai and Duan Zhi actually tried their best.
But no one expected that Wen Qin would receive the news two days earlier than originally expected, and then return to the army slowly. In only eight days, he withdrew from Xiangcheng to Ruyin County, which was much faster than the conventional march. , and lost a day's time.
No one would have thought that Duan Zhi would withdraw as soon as he said so, but he would withdraw so slowly.
It can also be said that Wei Jun was wasting his opportunity, but Wei Jun also thought that the development of the war was so slow.
When formulating the strategy at that time, Wei Jun made a bad agreement with Wang Ping that he would set off for Xiangcheng half a month later than Wang Ping... in order to alert the enemy.
But at a distance of eighty miles, even with a flying army, it would be quite difficult to chase him.
Well, just think about it, these guys who are willing to buy for free will definitely take over those empty cities without any courtesy.
However, Wang Ping asked Duan Zhi a question - Yingyin must not be defended by Duan Zhi's soldiers, what should he do? !
He didn't say anything, Wei Jun really wanted to offend Wang Ping. After all, Wang Ping was the Central Guards Army and controlled the command of the Southern Army... Just by looking at those two positions, he could understand that Wang Ping He is a proper royal person, representing the interests of the emperor.
So...what next? !
Therefore, Wang Ping would rather delay for a while, conquer Linying first, and then retreat north to attack Yingyin before obtaining a certain amount of supplies.
Wei Jun really understood Wang Ping's strategy, but Wang Ping still persisted without any suitable reason.
Eight days ago, before the forces of the eight parties gathered in Yingyin County, they compared the situation they had learned with each other, and they could only lament one thing - is Wen Qin a rabbit, running so slowly? !
For the sake of safety, Wang Ping believed that it was unnecessary to occupy the city of Linying and obtain the food and grass supplies in the city.
At that time, Wang Ping stepped forward again, and I proposed a strategy - Wei Jun and others led troops to besiege Xuchang and contain Wen Qin of Xuchang, while Jiang Wei and I led 7,000 Southern troops each, and divided the troops Two groups entered Yanzhou from the north of Runan and retreated to attack Chen State and Qiaojun.
Wang Ping's reason was so legitimate that Jiang Wei had no room to refute... Then, Duan Zhi spent seven days retreating to attack Linying.
It is enough to besiege Xuchang, but to break through Xuchang and have a small army enter Yanzhou, it is probably too realistic.
After nearly half a month of long-distance attacks, even after two large-scale replenishments in Wuyang County and Lin County, the Southern Army's military rations were slowly bottoming out, and the support was on the rise.
Although Duan Zhi insisted on attacking Linyingqian and then retreated north to attack Yingyin, which delayed a little time, it did take me only seventeen days to detour from Kunyang and reach Yingyin.
As for the scattered soldiers, there is a small chance that they will do something, causing trouble outside the hometown... That is very common among the Wei thieves, but it is definitely the case for Xiao Han, especially Ji Han. Allowed.
When Wei Jun heard this, Wang Ping came up with the bad idea of going deep into the army alone, and he immediately stopped talking.
Even if the main force of Yanzhou County soldiers is indeed besieging Luoyang and Yanzhou's defense is divided, no matter what, he can still be considered as going deep into the enemy's hinterland.
Another thing, if he leads his troops to retreat against Chen Liu and clear Sima Yi's path, what are you talking about... Chen Guo and Qiaojun? ! Those two places have no strategic value worthy of his attack? !
It should be Guan Linying and continue to retreat slowly.
Of course it is possible for a city guarded by four hundred people to defend against the retreat of ten thousand elite soldiers... but it can still be done for a few days.
But the question is...that big guy can learn how to use his troops badly, and must he engage in the kind of surprise strategy where benefits and risks coexist? !
Once the Wei army retreats to Xiangcheng with a small army of 20,000 people, Wen Qin will inevitably choose to march and may stay in Xiangcheng for a long time.
But if we do that, the supply line all the way is too long. Considering whether we have captured Xuchang and occupied Yingchuan County, there is no way to send troops like that.
Although there is no covenant between Wei and Wu, is there no trust between us? !
There is a way. After all, Linying is a medium-sized city, and there are only 400 defenders in the city... The most important thing is that the magistrate of Linying County chose to defend the city, and instead fought with Wuyang County and Like the magistrate of Luxian County, Kaicheng surrendered.
But no matter what, the pursuit and interception were all effective. Wen Qin followed more than 11,000 people back to Xuchang, plus the 4,000 soldiers who stayed in Xuchang, Xuchang still has 27,000 soldiers to guard.
When the Youdang Feijun scouts sent by Wu Yi found out that Wen Qin was arranging the withdrawal, he was determined and complicated and divided the work with Chen Tai. Chen Tai continued to defend Xiangcheng, while Wu Yi immediately followed Youdang. The flying army attacked, trying to catch up with Zhang Yi and slow down Wen Qin's withdrawal.
The so-called elite soldiers of that era had to be dispersed as much as they deserved.
Linying County resisted Wang Ping's small army for seven days, but instead of those seven days, Wen Qin followed the small army of Yingchuan County soldiers and retreated to Xuchang City.
The northern part of Runan, Chen State, and Qiao County where Wang Ping wanted to retreat were all areas where Cao Wei and Soochow did not border.
However, it is probably realistic for the Wei army to defeat Xuchang with only the few troops on hand.
At this time, Duan Zhi and 20,000 Hanzhong County soldiers... were still on their way to Xiangcheng.
Indeed, the most direct way to threaten Sima Yi's path and completely disrupt Yanzhou, Zhang Yi's forward supply base for the siege of Luoyang, is not to retreat to Chenliu County, but then retreat northward along Chenliu County into the eastern part of Henan County, or even directly Retreat to Dongjun or Taishan County in Yanzhou.
That time, that guy came again? !
How come Prime Minister Zhuge's direct disciple followed Pang Shiyuan's military style? !
Once Zhang Yi crossed the Ying River, it was not possible to pursue him again.
Just like that, although Wu Yi tried his best to catch up, in reality, Duan Zhi was not even delayed for half a day.
The total strength of the Southern Army was less than 10,000.
In other words, even if Wang Ping attacks Linying, I can actually stop Wen Qin... At least two people have to fight each other in Yingyin County, as long as Yingyin County is still outside Zhang Yi's control , Wen Qin could retreat freely, but the Southern Army following Wang Ping would face the threat of food shortage.
This is the real retreat with heavy troops.
In terms of time, what Duan Zhi wants to do is not to stir up trouble.
The next time the big man tried to attack in a detour, Wei Jun thought it was not feasible, so he refused... As a result, except for the mobilization of troops and troops, nothing was blocked.
As for the 8,000 soldiers under Guo Huai's command, only half of them were retained by Youdang Feijun, but there was no chance that Guo Huai could be retained... Guo Huai still had no ability to find a big ship and abandon his army.
It all needs to be small. As long as there are less than 8,000 people, can we really conquer it in a short time? !
Don't forget, the Southern Army has been running long distances in separate attacks for half a month. It is not tired yet, and its combat power has dropped slightly. There must be a way to conquer Yingyin in a short time. If it is dragged down, the small army may run out of food. The situation... At this point, let alone our Southern Army, if he didn't ask the Northern Army to come, a mutiny would break out, and then the small army would collapse.
And half a month was the time that Wang Ping expected that he would have to take a detour and copy Duan Zhi's way forward.
But in that battle, Wang Ping was on time.
At the beginning, although Dang Feijun relied on the foot strength he had gained from climbing mountains for many years, he chased Zhang Yi of Yingchuan who was crossing the river at the Yingshui River. However, he was blocked and delayed by Guo Huai's 8,000 soldiers, leaving a small number of Yingchuan troops. Zhang Yi crossed the Ying River safely.
If there is no bad guy, the 10,000 Confederate Army can come back with much less, but it is a bad idea.
As for the Han army, Chen Tai's 7,000 troops, Wu Yi's 10,000 troops, plus the Wei army's 80,000 troops... add up to less than 77,000 troops.
A sudden retreat with heavy troops to attack Chen State and Qiao County? !
Once Wang Ping breaks into those areas, he only takes the treasury, property and food before attacking the city, leaving soldiers to garrison, and then escapes after the attack... What will be Soochow's reaction when he sees a defended city? !
Wuyang County and Lin County are not big counties. There are not many defenders in the city, and there is not much food storage.
As long as Xuchang is captured, the Wei army dares to abandon Xuchang and rush into Chenliu County... The front supply line is blocked.
