To be honest, Guo Huai actually didn't want to play king versus king or general duel with Wei Yan.
Guo Huai's purpose was to leave the city quickly to meet the reinforcements led by Jia Chong. Naturally, the faster the better, and the lower the battle damage, the better. The biggest worry was that he would be entangled by the Shu thieves.
If he fights with Wei Yan on the battlefield, he will be relieved, but it will definitely delay his response to Jia Chong.
This is not in line with Guo Huai's purpose of going out to fight in the city.
Of course, if Guo Huai can be confident enough to kill Wei Yan directly, it is not impossible to choose a decisive battle with the general. But Guo Huai knows that he cannot do this.
Although Guo Huai is very confident in his own strength, and although Wei Yan is now in his fifties and is inevitably old and frail, in fact Guo Huai's age is not much better, and Wei Yan is also known for his bravery. Famous all over the world.
If he really wanted to fight Wei Yan, the final result would be that he would be dragged under the Suanzao City, and Jia Chong could only rely on his own ability to break through.
Judging from the current situation, Jia Chong may be able to stabilize the defense, but it may be difficult to break through the Shu thieves in front of him.
Therefore, Guo Huai decisively avoided a head-on confrontation with Wei Yan and began to lead his soldiers to the edge of the battlefield.
On the one hand, by increasing the distance between Wei Yan and Wei Yan, he could go back to meet Jia Chong in a roundabout way. If something went wrong, he could also retreat from the south gate of Suanzao City in a roundabout way.
On the other hand, do you, Wei Yan, follow? !
If Wei Yan did not follow, Guo Huai would not hesitate and would definitely choose to take a detour to support Jia Chong. After joining the army with Jia Chong, he would take another detour to withdraw the jujube.
And if Wei Yan follows him, the pressure on the frontal battlefield will drop sharply, giving Jia Chong more opportunities to adjust.
As long as Jia Chong is not a fool and sees that he is so roundabout and Wei Yan withdraws from the frontal battlefield, he will definitely learn from himself and march in a roundabout way from the opposite direction, striving to advance from the north gate of Jujube City.
In this case, although he is a little more dangerous, Jia Chong can retreat into the jujube safely.
As for himself, Guo Huai is still confident that he can lead most of his soldiers to safely retreat into the city under Wei Yan's attack.
Guo Huai made up his mind and immediately began to move to the edge of the battlefield, observing Wei Yan's reaction as he moved.
When Wei Yan saw Guo Huai's adjustment to join the army, he was slightly stunned. Wei Yan still hoped to fight Guo Huai.
Guo Huai thought that he did not have the confidence to kill Wei Yan, but Wei Yan felt that it was an acceptable choice to have such a chance of a head-on confrontation and decide the outcome in one battle.
The positions of both sides are different, and their mentality is naturally different.
Guo Huai is the defender. He wants stability. As long as the defense line is stabilized, there is no way Wei Yan can do anything to him.
Wei Yan is the attacker, and Wei Yan's military operation itself is a military adventure. The worst case scenario is that the entire army may be annihilated. It doesn't matter if it takes a little more risk.
Therefore, Wei Yan was deliberately trying to attract Guo Huai out of the city, and then try to see if there was a possibility of killing Guo Huai.
It's a pity that Guo Huai left the city, but this old boy didn't want to fight Wei Yan for this detour. It was indeed a bit beyond Wei Yan's expectations, and Wei Yan was stuck in the decision of "should he follow or not".
This is an inherent thought. Guo Huai's behavior guided Wei Yan to think in this direction. The situation on the battlefield was very tense, and it was difficult for ordinary people to think outside this thinking frame.
But Wei Yanneng was one of the pillars of the Mesozoic generals of the Han Dynasty. If he only had this ability, he would not be able to reach his current position.
After a slight hesitation, Wei Yan made his choice.
Why do you have to choose between following or not? The purpose of Guo Huai's departure from the city must be to receive reinforcements. So no matter what strategy you use, the final implementation point must be on the reinforcements.
In this case, I would have to gather my own troops to attack your reinforcements.
Wei Yan jumped out of the mental trap set by Guo Huai for him and made the decision that worried Guo Huai the most - to lead troops to counterattack Jia Chong's headquarters.
Now Jia Chong is in trouble.
Originally, Jia Chong had a military advantage of nearly two to one, and finally managed to stabilize the front. As Wei Yan led the army to attack, the military strength ratio dropped to one to one.
Not to mention that the individual combat effectiveness of the Han Forbidden Army was stronger than that of the Yanzhou County soldiers led by Jia Chong. Even if the soldiers had the same combat effectiveness, with Jia Chong's military experience, they would still be beaten by hanging when facing Wei Yan.
Jia Chong's battle line, which he had managed to stabilize, was immediately threatened by the first wave of attacks after Wei Yan's arrival.
There are loopholes everywhere on the entire battlefield. No matter how Jia Chong orders adjustments or arranges people to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall, he can only be tired of dealing with it.
At this time, Guo Huai was still on his way back from the edge of the battlefield to help.
Guo Huai also knew the consequences of Wei Yan's attack on Jia Chong, so Guo Huai was already desperately moving closer to Jia Chong. Now Guo Huai only hoped that Jia Chong could hold on for a while until he could lead his troops.
As long as he leads the troops to support him, and personally leads the troops to confront Wei Yan, he can still be sure to bring the main force of these reinforcements back to Suanzao City.
Yes, Guo Huai is sure of this, but the prerequisite is that Jia Chong must hold on before he can lead his troops to respond.
But Jia Chong. Jia Chong did not hold on.
In other words, Jia Chong had no intention of waiting for Guo Huai's arrival.
Jia Chong didn't have no choice but to retreat after Wei Yan completely broke through the defense line. He actually chose to retreat actively when his own defense line could barely maintain it.
Everyone who saw it for Guo Huai was anxious.
Does Jia Chong know the consequences of retreating under such circumstances? !
Moreover, when Jia Chong chose to retreat, he still had at least seven or eight thousand troops. At the same time, Guo Huai had already led his troops to a place five miles away from Jia Chong's flank. He only had to hold on for about two-quarters of an hour. In time, Guo Huai will be able to provide support.
But it was under such circumstances that Jia Chong chose to retreat.
The reason why Jia Chong did this was purely because Jia Chong judged that if he continued to be beaten passively, he would very likely face the end of his entire army being annihilated.
Of course, Jia Chong doesn't care whether his soldiers die or not. The key is that he can't die here.
On the one hand, Jia Chong is only eighteen years old, still young, and has a bright future waiting for him.
On the other hand, Jia Chong didn't think Guo Huai could support him in time. Guo Huai had circled too far. A quarter of an hour ago, he was six miles away from his flank. A quarter of an hour later, he moved to a position five miles away.
He had to wait for Guo Huai to come to rescue him, so he might as well find a way to save himself.
As for the life and death of his soldiers and Guo Huai's stance, Jia Chong considered it, but not much.
Speaking of which, this can be regarded as a failure in Jia Kui's education over the years. Compared with Jia Kui of Gong Zhong Ti, Jia Chong cared more about his own personal interests.
He will also consider national interests, but personal interests always come first.
Therefore, Guo Huai's expectation that he would grit his teeth and maintain the line of defense while waiting for him to respond was completely out of his mind. In such an unfavorable battlefield situation, Jia Chong would definitely give priority to preserving himself.
Therefore, when Guo Huai had already moved to the flank, Jia Chong saw that the situation was not good and directly ordered the entire army to retreat.
In a passive situation, the defense line was abandoned and the entire army retreated. All the Wei troops fell into chaos and fled for their lives.
What's even more terrible is that after Jia Chong issued the order to withdraw, he immediately retreated to the rear under the protection of his personal guards. He had no time to arrange who would withdraw first and who would break the retreat. The retreat directly turned into a rout.
With this withdrawal, Jia Chong not only left his soldiers alone, but also Guo Huai was sold by Jia Chong. Guo Huai had already arrived five miles from Jia Chong's flank.
In other words, Guo Huai has now returned to the center of the battlefield.
Wei Yan did not expect that Jia Chong would choose to retreat under such circumstances. Now Wei Yan had two choices.
One is to ignore Guo Huai and directly pursue the defeated Wei army.
If you do this, you will not only defeat the enemy in one battle, but if you are lucky, it is not impossible to capture Jia Chong alive.
The other was to ignore the defeated army and choose to attack Guo Huai's 5,000 men who had moved to the flank with all their strength.
Well, Wei Yan chose the second option.
After all, he is just a reckless and aggressive young man. Although he has some ability, it is not enough to turn the entire battle situation around.
But Guo Huai is different! ! !
If Guo Huai can be left on the battlefield outside the city, then all strategic situations will be opened up at once.
Wei Yan had no chance before. Guo Huai either didn't fight, or ran to the edge of the battlefield after fighting, fighting in a roundabout way, either advancing or retreating. But now, he was manipulated by Jia Chong and left directly on the flank.
This time, I'm afraid it won't be that easy for you, Guo Huai, to withdraw the jujubes! ! !
(End of chapter)
