Outside Chang'an City, the Wei army camped.
In the commander's tent, all the generals of Cao's army gathered.
This time it was not called by Guo Jia, but all the generals came at the same time.
There is only one reason.
I can't sit still!
Guo Jia led the cavalry to attack first, and Cao Hong led the army to follow.
Chang'an City has been besieged by the Wei army.
However, since the siege, Guo Jia has not made any moves.
Neither siege the city nor do anything to deal with it.
No matter which general asked for orders to attack Chang'an, he would be sternly rejected.
As of today, it has been exactly one month.
The clan headed by Cao Hong and the generals headed by Liu Xun came to find Guo Jia.
No matter what, there must be a conclusion.
"Military advisor, you are the commander-in-chief of the three armies. Logically speaking, this should not be the case."
"But the army has been here for so long, how can it continue to do nothing?"
Guo Jia put down the scroll and smiled lightly.
"Why are you doing nothing? Isn't Chang'an City besieged by us?"
Cao Hong shook his head.
"Military advisor, can the wall of Chang'an be destroyed by the siege?"
"Of course I can't."
"Then what's the point of surrounding it?"
"In General Cao's opinion, what should we do?"
"Of course it's a siege!"
Cao Hong's voice was loud and impassioned.
In fact, from the day he arrived at Chang'an City, he wanted to attack the city.
What does it mean to capture Chang'an City?
Be famous all over the world and be famous forever!
Even if you just look at it now, the benefits are shocking.
From then on, Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren would give up their thrones as the first generals of the clan.
Cao Hong is the strongest of the Cao family!
"Military advisor, if we had launched an attack on Chang'an City on the first day, I'm afraid the city walls would have been covered with the flags of our Cao army!"
Guo Jia smiled casually and was not dissatisfied with Cao Hong's complaint.
"General Cao, do you know how high the walls of Chang'an City are?"
Cao Hong was stunned for a moment and shook his head.
"have no idea."
"Then do you know how wide the moat outside Chang'an City is?"
"have no idea."
"Then do you know how much it will cost to attack Chang'an City?"
"have no idea."
Cao Hong didn't know what he was asking, which instantly aroused the contempt of everyone around him.
If you don’t know anything, why are you organizing everyone to come to Guo Jia?
Are you looking for a scolding for nothing?
However, Cao Hong was not ashamed, but rather unhappy.
"Military advisor, what's the use of all this? If you hadn't stopped us from attacking the city, wouldn't I have known about it a long time ago?"
"If I hadn't stopped you, half of the army would have been lost!"
Guo Jia glanced at Cao Hong angrily.
There was no way, not even Guo Jia could do anything to Cao Hong.
Even many times we have to negotiate.
"General Cao, don't look at the fact that Chang'an City only has 30,000 defenders, but I can tell you clearly."
"Even if you have an army of 300,000 people, you can't defeat it!"
Cao Hong naturally didn't believe it.
"How can it be!"
"The Art of War says, if you are ten, you will surround it, if you are five, you will attack it, if if you double it, you will fight it!"
"We have five times the number of soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, why can't we attack it?"
Guo Jia was helpless.
"General Cao, is this what Sun Wuzi means?"
"This sentence means field battle, in the field battle! Not siege warfare!"
"I'm not going to attack you. Just the depth of Chang'an City's moat requires at least half of the troops and horses. Adding in the height of the city wall, another half of the troops and horses are needed!"
"Do the math, do you still have the strength to attack the city? Do we still have the conditions to attack five times more?"
At the beginning, Guo Jia also wanted to quickly capture Chang'an with superior force.
Then he frantically urged Cao Hong to lead an army to help.
As a result, after observing the situation in Chang'an City, my heart suddenly went cold!
A hundred thousand people attacking the city would probably only be able to fill up the river and climb the wall, and they would not have the strength to fight hand-to-hand.
Furthermore, Guo Jia was not a lunatic. He did not expect to trade the lives of hundreds of thousands of people for Chang'an.
It's just that Cao Hong didn't understand.
"Commander, what do you think? Just wait? When?"
"Hmph, why don't we wait until Liu Zhang leads his army to withdraw?"
Snapped!
Guo Jia angrily slapped the case several times.
"My military advisor has planned for three years and personally led an army of 200,000 to conquer Guanzhong. How can we return without success?"
The generals quickly offered comfort.
"Commander, calm down!"
Cao Hong trembled slightly and was also startled.
In fact, he didn't want to conflict with Guo Jia, but he really couldn't sit still.
"Military advisor, tell me what you are going to do?"
"The soldiers stay in the camp all day, and their morale is low. We generals don't know anything. Is this ridiculous?"
Guo Jia gasped and sat down angrily.
"You are all generals in the army, can't you use your brains?"
"How is the main city of Hetao treated? Didn't my military advisor just give you a demonstration?"
Everyone suddenly realized.
"Does the military advisor want to besiege but not attack? When Chang'an runs out of food, the only option is to open the city and surrender?"
Guo Jia nodded.
"Yes, after we run out of food, we can only open the city and surrender! Since we can capture Chang'an without spending a single soldier, why do we need to attack by force?"
Cao Hong questioned.
"Strategic Advisor, I admit that your strategy is good, but have you ever thought about a question?"
"How much food is there in Chang'an City, and how long do we need to besiege it? What if Liu Zhang returns to help?"
Just now, Guo Jia asked Cao Hong three questions.
Now, Cao Hong responded to Guo Jia with three questions in a row.
Moreover, every question was asked to the point, causing all the generals to express their approval.
Not only Cao Hong, everyone has such questions.
Guo Jia took a breath and chose to answer one by one.
"I don't know how much food Chang'an City has."
Seeing that Cao Hong was about to speak, Guo Jia quickly raised his hand to interrupt him.
"But my military advisor knows that there won't be too many."
"What's the reason?"
"It's very simple. If there is so much food and grass in Chang'an City that there is no place to store it, how could the food in the three cities of Hetao be so tight?"
"My military advisor suspects that Liu Zhang's campaign against Jingzhou mobilized most of Qin's grain supplies, leaving Guanzhong with no grain available."
Cao Hong nodded slightly, this reason convinced him.
"Military advisor, no more, no less. I'm afraid Chang'an City's food can last at least a month or even several months."
"There is no loss and no problem for us to besiege and not attack, but once the Qin army comes to help, or Liu Zhang comes to help in person, what should we do?"
The generals looked at Guo Jia again. This issue was more important than the previous issue of food and grass.
The Wei army seems to have every advantage, but in fact it also has huge hidden dangers.
Go deep alone!
Hundreds of thousands of people are a lot, but facing the size of the entire Qin State, it's not as good as more.
As long as Liu Zhang can dispatch 100,000 troops to Guanzhong, the Wei army will be in danger!
Guo Jia smiled indifferently.
He had already made arrangements for this!
