The map was spread out, and there was no location for stationing troops on it, but one could clearly see the river to the north, and there was even a Wei River flowing through it about twenty miles away.
Guo Jia pointed to the two main roads east and west of Wancheng and said: "The troops deployed in Wancheng are mainly to guard the main roads. The southwest can be connected to the grain road, and there will be three thousand troops stationed."
"Facing the river to the north, we need to seize the opportunity to attack the city. It will be easier to consider setting up ambushes on both sides of the Wei River. Therefore, there must be a camp here with no less than 3,000 people. The soldiers and horses here can block the intrusion of the army. Of course, they may also be the first to be surrendered. The place of defense was changed, so the time for the incident was agreed to be the shortest, no more than eight hours, and the demobilization or dispersal of the surrendered troops would not exceed three days."
"Therefore, I plan to return in the afternoon, welcome your troops into the city, and set up a banquet to entertain you so that you can talk freely. During this period, I will serve you with flattery, good words, and will not reveal anything strange."
"How can Wenyuan resist!?"
Zhang Liao said naturally: "My lord is so smart, how can he be unprepared..."
"No, no," Xi Zhicai put down his wine glass and said to Zhang Liao with a smile: "My lord is on guard in front of the battle, behind the battle, and in the court, but he really doesn't know how to be on guard between the banquets."
"Why? Because he is a passionate person, and his temperament will naturally become unruly. He has surrendered at that time, and Wancheng's soldiers and horses abandoned their weapons, entertained them with banquets, and coupled with the analysis of the past and the aftermath, he will be satisfied with his ambitions and convinced that No doubt."
In short, it is extremely wild, Zhang Han added in his mind, this is the romantic feeling.
Zhang Han only understood this conclusion after listening to Xi Zhi, and nodded solemnly.
He remembered the battle in which Guo Jia died. He died in the cold at Liucheng. What was the equivalent of that expedition...
It's roughly a romance between men.
Guo Jia made a plan, and Cao Cao obeyed. He appointed Zhang Liao as his general and left in the winter of that year to conquer Liaodong.
Guo Jia, who was sick, still left the army, and eventually became a legend for his "last plan to conquer Liaodong", which laid the foundation for Cao Cao to conquer the north.
Three romantic men embarked on a romantic winter expedition, leaving their lives behind to achieve great success and fame in the world. The generals Cao Cao used were surrendered generals, and the counselors he used were the "abandoned ministers" in Hebei Province.
Calculating it this way, doesn’t this count as the life-and-death friendship in Taoyuan in the book?
At this moment, Zhang Liao couldn't refute. He took a sip of wine and thought carefully, then murmured: "He calculated with his mind but not with his heart. If my lord opened his mind to surrender, would he still be plotted like this?"
"If an ordinary person encounters a hero who is as kind and powerful as my lord, even if he shouldn't be furious, he should follow him wholeheartedly..."
Xi Zhicai and Zhang Han laughed.
"I told you that Jia Xu is ruthless and indifferent."
"The first thing I want to mention is that Jia Xu has no benevolence and righteousness."
The two spoke at the same time, and their words were quite mixed, which posed a difficult problem for Zhang Liao.
In this situation, how to break the situation.
He looked at several military camps on the map. Those close to the Wei River could stop the army, but only 800 soldiers could enter the city.
When hosting a banquet, it is natural that there is a long distance from the war horses, but before that, there will never be too many conditions in order to attract surrender in a grand manner.
Because the lord must conquer Wancheng with heroism before he can conquer Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Liao thought for a long time, gave up the strategy and made peace, and jumped directly to being trapped in Wancheng, how to make a choice to escape.
He thought hard for a long time, pointed to the east gate, and said: "The camp in the north is to intercept, and the camp in the southeast is to guard the food road."
"Before entering the city, on the pretext of checking the grain road, we sent generals Han Hao and Li Dian to carry Zhang embroidered talismans to pass the news and change defenses, blocking this road to send troops and horses."
"Fight out from the east gate, go around to the lower reaches of the Wei River, and then cross the river with troops and horses."
"Okay, the route is not bad, there is only one road, the Weishui River runs from west to east, and you can find a way to the lower reaches, but how can you get out of the city."
"I mobilized my own soldiers and surrounded Wancheng at night. I set myself on fire at the government office and forced them to retreat. I guarded the streets and alleys to block everyone's war horses. It would be impossible to reach them on foot," Guo Jia asked again.
There are not many people in Wancheng, most of them are surrendered people, refugees and slaves. Zhang Xiu will never care about their lives.
Burn the city with fire, guard the main roads from the outside, and attack from both sides after forcing them out. How to protect the master and get out of the city gate is the biggest problem.
"How many soldiers and horses can there be in Wancheng?" Zhang Liao frowned and looked at Zhang Xiu, "No more than one or two thousand people."
"That's good," Guo Jia laughed contentedly, "If you have a plan, you can have your soldiers pretend to be common people and hide their weapons in the house instead of the arsenal, so they can be retrieved at any time. How about that?"
After Zhang Liao heard this, he was sweating profusely. If you say this, it will be difficult to get out of Wancheng.
For a moment, the soldiers watching from the periphery started to make a fuss, which made Zhang Liao look displeased. He finally said: "All my elite soldiers can be equal to ten. We just need to seize the horse to protect the Lord and leave."
"If it succeeds, it will be a defeat." Xi Zhicai sighed and finally made his evaluation.
At this time, Cheng Yu, who was already lying on the desk, had sat up at some point. He had been watching the fire clearly before, twisting his beard and thinking, and now he said: "The key lies in the morale of the soldiers in the city."
Everyone's eyes were also turned to him. Many generals and commanders directly from Zhang Liao cast surprised glances. Mr. Zhongde was about to end!
Cheng Yu tied up the loose hair with a cloth band and put it on the top of his head, revealing his forehead with deepening lines, but his eyes never left the map.
"Before surrender, there must be a battle. This is Zhang Xiu's bargaining chip."
"There are two or three camps in front of the Wei River. There should be more than ten thousand soldiers and horses to build Wengcheng, camps, etc. to support each other and fight the enemy."
Guo Jia nodded, "Not bad."
This is common sense. It can maximize the use of several battalions of troops, while protecting the marching road and allowing food to be transported to the front line.
Cheng Yu smiled and said: "The spring march will be cloudy and rainy. When we arrive at the Wei River, we will first attack the upper reaches of the Wei River with all our strength to occupy the advantageous location. Then we will go to the upper reaches to store water and wait for the rain to spread for many days. If you can detect it, you will retreat to the city. "If you can't detect it, you can feign defeat and retreat during the battle. When your officers and soldiers pursue you, break the embankment and release water to kill them. Then our army can cover them up and come back to defeat them."
"If the Wancheng soldiers retreat into the city and cannot hold out, they should divert the Wei River to flood the city and flood the entire Wancheng army."
Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia fell into silence.
According to this method, it is equivalent to fighting to the death once they reach the Weishui River. There is no talk of surrender. The real victory or defeat lies in the first battle to seize the upstream embankment.
Cheng Yu planned not to give Jia Xu a chance to propose peace talks.
However, this method was so angry that it almost destroyed all the fields and houses in the city, leaving tens of thousands of people homeless.
How cruel.
Several people thought that they should change their roles and let Cheng Yu side with Jia Xu. They felt that they were quite similar.
"This is a situation where we know that Zhang Xiu will fake a surrender, but he may not do this!"
Guo Jia frowned and began to lie, "Just a trick on paper cannot be used as a military strategy. It should be noted that when marching and fighting, the terrain and climate are all changing rapidly."
"Moreover, the plan of digging embankments for irrigation will cost a lot of money and may not be successful. It is also unethical. Even if it succeeds, Wancheng will be reduced to ruins."
"Commander Guo is at his wits' end," someone booed on the spot. Guo Jia glanced at them with a cold snort, and said proudly: "How can you say that there is nothing you can do about strategy?"
"This is a benevolent thing, and we cannot devise such a hesitant strategy! If you want to counterattack, you can also set up an ambush upstream and wait for the Qi army to fight for it. Hit it in the middle, and you can hold the upper stream and severely damage your vanguard troops! "
Cheng Yu laughed loudly, stroked his beard and said: "Then what should I do if I send troops and horses to contain them and only attack all the camps in front of Wancheng?"
"It's irrefutable. We only have a map but no knowledge of the terrain, and we don't know how Zhang Xiu deploys his troops. It's difficult to arrange them!" Guo Jia turned his head and said nothing to Cheng Yu.
"Hahaha," Cheng Yu didn't hold on and laughed loudly, filling the entire hall with a happy atmosphere.
I don't know how long it took, but there were still people who were repeatedly deducing the situation in Wancheng.
But Zhang Han touched his chin and murmured: "Just the map, I do feel like something is missing. Maybe we can make a sand table."
"When I come back from Wancheng, I will make a sand table..."
Hearing this, Guo Jia was very interested and clapped his hands and said: "Okay, since Bo Chang said so, when I come back from Wancheng, I will go to Jinyan to set up a school affairs office! It's time!"
Dian Wei also patted his forehead and said: "When I come back from Wancheng, I must exchange my achievements for money! I am almost broke!"
Dian Wei was really pitiful. He finally saved up money to buy a house, then sold it and made twice as much money. Later, he used the money to buy wine.
As for the wine, they had almost finished it, so the good old Dian Wei.
When Zhang Liao heard so many people talking, he also smiled and agreed: "When I come back from Wancheng, I will buy a good war horse for the soldiers."
Gao Shun, Dong Zhao, Xu Huang, and Cao Ang all echoed the call. They all talked about their hopes of capturing Wancheng after the beginning of spring and had made great achievements. They all had ideas.
Only Zhang Han was looking left and right, and his mind was filled with what they had just said about "coming back from Wancheng". He felt like he was being flagged down by this group of people.
I just said casually, oh, what are you doing...
…
For five consecutive days, after Zhang Han and others argued hard, Cao Cao finally screamed and fell into rage, so he decided to lead his army south, raising 80,000 troops, bringing with him three advisers and six generals.
At the same time, Zhang Han was ordered to serve as the marching commander, transporting military supplies, supervising the marching route of the troops and horses, and at the same time controlling the scout posts, conducting reconnaissance of outposts, and clearing out enemy defenses in the upper and lower reaches of the Wei River.
After things are sorted out, wait until the end of the year to return and start plowing the soil in the spring, so that you can prepare food and grass to march into Wancheng.
Zhang Han tried his best to ask for troops. He thought that 80,000 was not safe. Although it was already 30,000 more than originally planned, it still needed to be increased. The more, the better.
In addition, Zhang Han had plenty of time to go to Cai Yan's mansion to gain knowledge every day after he left office.
So far, Cai Yan has passed on more than a hundred books to his father, teaching Zhang and Han history, etiquette, and even some esoteric military books.
Therefore, by the end of the year, Zhang Han's [Knowledge] had reached [60], and he even unexpectedly gained a new ability - [Forging Iron Technique].
A large amount of basic forging knowledge entered Zhang Han's brain, and he had already mastered a forging technology, although it was just an introduction.
Therefore, from the end of the new year to the beginning of spring, Zhang Han built a blacksmith shop in a side yard on the side of the street with a wide gate to make weapons.
He even spent huge sums of money to buy precious and rare heavy iron, and continued to temper it with folding and forging methods.
"In addition to the bright silver gun, I should make another handy weapon that suits my status. Only in this way can I show my magnanimity."
Zhang Han had a clear ambition in his heart. He wanted a slender straight sword. If he practiced sparring with this weapon, he could gain achievements in sword skills.
Folding and forging is the prototype of hundreds of iron smelting. The knife made by this method is hard, sharp and invincible.
"Although I still don't have the near-immortal wisdom of calculating heaven and earth and knowing the rise and fall, it's good to have a life-saving body."
After all, those damn advisers planted more than twenty flags that night! !
After being angry, Zhang Han worked hard day and night, concentrating on making the weapon for sixteen days, and finally achieved results before the beginning of spring!
…
The earth rejuvenates.
On the left side of the front yard of Qingtinghou Mansion, there is a path leading to another mansion.
Dian Wei took Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and other friends into the alley. It was very narrow at first, but then he could pass people. After walking ten steps, he suddenly became enlightened.
Feeling the heat wave coming, after burning incense, they looked at each other in silence in the spacious yard...
Zhang Han held a thick iron rod that was dark, translucent, and engraved with patterns.
It is shaped like a nine-story pagoda and is about as thick as an upper arm. According to Zhang Han, the pattern on it is called "Landing Pattern", which has the effect of reducing stress and making the whole body stronger.
Several people looked at the result of Zhang Han's hard work for sixteen days and felt like crying.
Guo Jia covered his mouth and said, "Is this the treasure you forged through hard work?"
"This is...a stick?"
He asked tentatively. What he was most afraid of at the moment was that Zhang Han said it was a sword.
Heavy sword.
If they want to maintain their own three views, they will have to argue with Zhang Han all day long.
Dian Wei maintained a skeptical attitude and looked at Zhang Han: "Junhou, you don't insist on saying that he is a magic weapon, do you?"
"This is a magic weapon!" Zhang Han exclaimed: "This is called a mace."
"If you don't want to scream, you can think of it as an iron whip."
Dian Wei leaned back slightly, with a tangled face, and said straightforwardly: "Isn't this just an iron lump? I told you earlier that you don't know how to forge, don't pretend that you can, what else do you do every day... Fold and forge to become fine, practice It’s all in a pile.”
"What a piece of shit!" Zhang Han squeezed the handle of the black iron whip tightly, and the corners of his mouth kept twitching, "This thing weighs eighty kilograms, is made of solid iron, is extremely hard, and is three feet long, so it can be swung vigorously to carry the wind. The power is invincible!"
Xi Zhicai sighed deeply: "Hey, Bo Chang, is it really so difficult to admit that you can't do it?"
This introduction is more like a pile of iron beaten into one, and you gave it edges and corners.
It's okay to have an obelisk in hand.
Zhang Han's face turned red, and he immediately felt his whole face rising, and his tone became a little anxious, "You, wait, this time in Wancheng, this magic weapon will definitely make a name for itself!"
"Okay, let's take office."
Guo Jia bowed his hand and was very perfunctory. They were called here so early in the morning and they were a little tired.
I thought I could see that Zhang Bochang was extremely intelligent and talented, and he was actually so good at forging weapons. Now I saw it and felt comfortable.
Sure enough, talent can be found in all aspects, and I felt balanced in my mind, "This thing is just like your calligraphy."
At the end, Guo Jia also commented.
Zhang Han actually nodded helpfully: "Brother Fengxiao said it is very true. It is the same as my calligraphy. It is not impossible, but it is unprecedented in the world."
Guo Jia: "..."
Xi Zhong: "..."
Dian Wei said expressionlessly: "As long as you are happy."
(End of chapter)
