"Go out of the city to meet the attack?"
As soon as the words fell, several young handsome men couldn't help but stand up, obviously reluctant.
You know, in order to capture Wenshui, they had to sacrifice tens of thousands of lives before they could capture this fortified city with the cooperation of internal agents.
Now, Commander Qu wants to lead his army out of the city to meet the enemy. What if he fails to steal the chicken but loses the rice and loses the city?
It would be better to stay close to the city. Anyway, the granaries in the city are full of corn, enough to last until the next spring.
"Master, in my humble opinion, in this battle we can strengthen the walls and clear the fields to defeat the enemy."
The speaker wears a yellow scarf on his head, his body is unusually thick and strong, his armor is stretched with muscles, and his two arms are thicker than the waists of others. At this moment, he is saying in a loud voice: "The bandit army is inexhaustible, and there is no gain in the way. Within ten On the day, he fixed his ears without fighting."
It is bitterly cold in Bingzhou, and the ice and snow will not melt until April. In addition, many areas in the north cannot grow food, while all the food-producing areas in the south are occupied.
This means that the Han army cannot fight a protracted war——
If the attack cannot be taken for a long time and there is no food supply, morale will inevitably collapse.
Guo Tai glanced at the armored man and said solemnly: "This method is simply not feasible. Bingzhou is an important border area. The imperial court specially set up a granary in Jinyang. Who knows how much food is left in it?"
"In addition, if the Han army requisitions grain from other states and counties, no matter how much grain we have, we will not be able to hold on for long."
As a general who participated in the first Yellow Turban Uprising, Guo Tai knew more about military affairs, otherwise he would not have been elected as the leader.
In his opinion, if you are completely sealed in the city, you will not be able to obtain effective information and contact the outside world. In addition, without backup, even if there are 300,000 troops, they will still not be able to hold on——
Defense requires the requisition of a large amount of internal materials, such as demolishing some houses in the city to obtain rolling logs, and this is bound to anger some people;
After losing contact with the outside world for a long time, ordinary soldiers are very likely to mutiny under such circumstances;
The defense of the city is too passive. If the enemy attacks with catapults, morale will decline over time.
Therefore, after analyzing the situation for his generals, Guo Tai patted the table, suppressed all noise, and said in a deep voice:
"This battle can only be fought out of the city."
After saying that, he showed a murderous look on his face, raised his hand and struck down: "The situation has been decided, no more talks!"
Seeing the master like this, all the generals in the audience were as silent as a cicada, not daring to have any more objections, and all held their hands together:
"promise!"
At this point, the plan is initially decided.
Guo Tai walked down the steps, looked around, pressed his sword and said: "There are two rebel armies. One is stationed north of Wenshui River and south of Fenshui River. Among them, there are about 30,000 county soldiers and more than 10,000 wolf cavalry. The latter cannot be tolerated. Look down on."
After hearing about the Wolf Cavalry, all the young commanders showed solemn expressions, looked at each other for a while, and then started talking in low voices, but the man in Taoist robes remained calm.
At this time, Guo Tai slowed down his tone and continued to analyze the enemy's situation for his subordinates: "The other one is the northern county soldiers led by the old thief Ding Yuan. They are drawn from Xinxing and Leping counties. Their combat strength is average. Not only that, this army has The main force is infantry, and after a long journey, they will definitely be exhausted, so they will not be able to fight in the short term."
He was right. The troops returning to the south were indeed county soldiers and mainly infantry, but that was before. Now with the war horses compensated by King Xiutu, the situation was instantly reversed.
A young commander asked: "According to the master's wishes, we need to fight quickly and kill one of the thieves' northern and southern armies before they join forces?"
Wenshui City is named after Wenshui. Just cross the big river outside the city and you can fight with one of the main forces of the enemy.
In other words.
The two armies faced each other across the river and could launch a surprise attack at any time.
"good."
"Since we captured Wenshui City, the Wolf Cavalry and the county soldiers stationed on the north bank have been unable to avoid fighting. This shows that the general is afraid of fighting."
Guo Tai stroked his beard and looked quite confident. He felt that although the Wolf Cavalry was strong, its commander was mediocre. He smiled and said: "The day before yesterday, I sent a team of cavalry to stand on the river bank and danced pretending to be women, deliberately humiliating them. I want to see the reality of the other party."
"What do you think the result will be?"
"The enemy general was holding a square-shaped painted halberd. He looked mighty and mighty, but on the inside he was weak. Seeing that we had no intention of crossing the river, he turned around and left without saying anything."
Suddenly, the atmosphere became relaxed.
After crisscrossing several cities, they were destroyed all the way, and now they heard the master say how unbearable the enemy general was, and all the timidity in the hearts of the young commanders suddenly disappeared.
Furthermore, Guo Tai's analysis is correct. Passive defense is not enough, and focusing on offense is the only correct choice.
Three hundred thousand troops.
There are 50,000 old soldiers and 250,000 young soldiers, and more than half of them have seen blood. What can they do even if they are riding wolves?
The ants are eating the elephant to death!
Coupled with the help of the high-level masters of Taiping Dao, this battle has a high chance of winning.
Morale can be used, but arrogant soldiers will be defeated.
Previously, he had a disagreement with his generals, so Guo Taicai said something contemptuous of the enemy. In fact, he had always understood the current situation——
This battle will be won, but it will be a miserable victory.
After thinking about this, Guo Tai stroked his gray beard and looked at the blue-robed Taoist sitting beside him.
"Don't worry, Master. This battle will depend on my Taiping Dao methods."
After finishing speaking, the Taoist looked around at the generals around him and said with a smile: "As the master said, if you are trapped in the city and defend yourself, you will undoubtedly sit back and wait for death. Instead of doing this, it is better to go out of the city and fight."
"My master once said: Heaven is dead, Huang Tian will stand, and the life of the Han Dynasty is over."
Hearing this, several young commanders who had recently joined the Yellow Turban Army were suddenly surprised. They did not expect that this person had a great background and was actually the disciple of the great virtuous master Zhang Jiao. No wonder the master would treat him with great courtesy.
"In this case, we will send brave men out of the city tonight and ambush at several places near Wenshui that are suitable for crossing the river."
"You have ordered all the troops under your command to prepare for war and be ready to go at any time."
Having said this, Guo Tai pulled out the long sword from his waist, turned around and cut off the abyss, and shouted:
"Avenge your humiliation. I, Huang Tian, will fight here!"
The next moment, the shouts were loud.
Outside the county government, they came to defraud the Book of Taiping. No, Du Quan and Zhou Tian, who came to discuss important matters with the Yellow Turban Army, were stunned for a moment, and their expressions were extremely exciting.
at the same time.
Three hundred miles away in Quyang City, the north wind howled, and amid the dull sound of horns, the sound of horse hooves and rolling wheels continued one after another. The surrounding people couldn't help but think of the thunder rolling under the thick dark clouds.
Zhao Yun led thousands of cavalry to borrow the Qiang tribe, Lu Li led 2,000 cavalry to act as vanguard, Song Xian led 4,000 infantry to guard the northern border, and the remaining 13,000 county soldiers were all here.
Under the escort of the guards, Ding Yuan stood at the forefront of the procession. Behind him, the war horses neighed violently and kicked with four hooves.
"Send out sentries! Once you find any suspicious people wandering around, take them all into custody. If they run away on horseback, kill them immediately!"
Along the way, no fewer than fifty spies were captured. Ding Yuan had to ensure that the Yellow Turban thieves did not know the movements of the army before crossing the Fen River and joining the Wolf Cavalry.
