"Such a formation is unheard of." Chang Sheng frowned in Beiyu's main formation.
"Although the second wall can resist the enemy, it will take a lot more effort to make the soldiers under his command run exhausted and constantly rescue from left and right."
"Little strategist, the Shu people can no longer hold on any longer, so why don't we continue to attack forcefully." A Beiyu general suggested.
Chang Sheng shook his head, "It's not because I can't hold on, but because I want to save energy and show off the illusion. If the army attacks at all costs, it will fall into the plan of the young man from Xishu. Don't forget, the fire is being laid. The oil, when the weather dries, is unlikely to be able to burn, plus other ambushes. If our Beiyu army attacks with all its might, I'm afraid it will suffer heavy losses."
"Instruct the troops on the front line to use a feint attack to drain the Shu people's strength first. After one day, if the weather is still dry, wait for an opportunity to attack!"
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Tread.
Under the night, on the wet mountain road, an old soldier from Xishu took a few breaths, seemed to be extremely tired, and suddenly fell down.
In the past day, their 20,000 to 30,000 troops were running back and forth between the east wall and the west wall to support them. Although they blocked the Beiyu people's attack, they expended almost twice as much energy as before.
"General Han, many soldiers in our army are extremely tired." A general walked up to Gaoyan anxiously.
Puppy Fu was silent for a while and nodded slowly.
He had predicted this when he built the two long walls, but there was no way and the troops were not strong enough. He also needed to ensure that this army would not be attacked from both sides.
"General Han, what are we waiting for now? The Beiyu people's offensive seems to have slowed down a lot. It was probably night and the visibility was not good, so the Beiyu people temporarily retreated."
"That's not the case." Xiaoxiao Fu thought for a while and said, "Maybe someone in the enemy army saw the weakness of the two-wall formation. You also know that in order to support these two lines of defense, our soldiers in Xishu are already exhausted. Unbearable."
After a pause, Puppy Fu's face darkened.
"Give me the order. Each of the armies in the second wall will leave three thousand men to bluff. The rest can rest for the time being and prepare for tomorrow's battle."
"Get the order from General Han!"
After watching General Pi walk away, Little Dog Fu raised his head again and stared at the formation below. The two-wall formation cannot hold them back for long. Given the disparity in strength, it will take at most three or four days before they are completely broken through.
But in fact, the good opportunity he was looking for had already begun to emerge.
…
"Open the city gate, urgent report from the front line——"
At the foot of Dawan Pass, more than a dozen bloody Xishu scouts came back in a hurry and reported the code for tonight again. Behind them, there were hundreds of Beiyu cavalry, chasing them to the city gate.
On the top of the city, a Western Shu captain who was patrolling at night ordered his men to throw arrows from a distance and hastily push back the pursuing Beiyu people.
Of the two hundred scouts who left the city, only a dozen of them came back.
Ignoring summoning the military doctor, the scout commander hurriedly walked up the city wall.
"Greetings, my lord, and my little military advisor! Urgent report from the front, General Han Xing was besieged by the Beiyu people in the mountains near the Sizhou border. At this time, the Beiyu people, under the leadership of Chang Sheng, used an encirclement and annihilation strategy to completely block the enemy. General Han Xing’s way out.”
"I know." Xu Mu looked worried. Of course, with these words, Dongfang Jing in front of him guessed it right from the beginning.
"If I'm not wrong, with my ever-victorious temper, there must be a lot of secret troops left in Lizhou. At this time, they are waiting for me, Xishu, to come out of the city for rescue." Dongfang Jing's expression did not show any trace of emotion. Much panic.
"I have been looking at the maps of Lizhou and Sizhou for the past two days. I originally thought that Gou Fu would not enter the mountain road leading to Sizhou and would choose to go around the mountains. Although there would be an ambush from Beiyu, but No matter what, the chance of survival will be much greater than entering the mountain path."
"But he... chose this way. In other words, Gou Fu used these more than 60,000 Xishu soldiers as a bait and dragged them to the north."
Dongfang raised his head in admiration and looked at Xu Mu seriously.
"Lord, in this situation, I, Dawanguan, will definitely send out the army. According to the idea of always winning, as soon as I send out the army, I will be ambushed by his secret army. But I suggest, lord, that we can do it twice. Go out into the army."
Listening, Xu Mu thought about it and suddenly realized.
"The front army... is similar to the Jia Army that breaks the trap. The function of this army is to draw out the hidden sentries from various places in Beiyu, so that the rear army does not have to worry about ambushes. If you let me tell you, eight thousand people can be sent out to take advantage of this. Go out of the city at night, spread the distance between your troops, and pretend to be reinforcements of 30,000 to 40,000 people.”
"As for the rear army, we can directly send out 70,000 troops to serve as the main offensive force. But I suggest my lord, the rush for reinforcements will most likely not be successful. What my lord has to do is to take advantage of the dog fortune to attract the Beiyu army. Find a way to break into Sizhou. As long as we block the main road between Sizhou and Lizhou and cut off the food route of Changsheng, this army that surrounds and annihilates Gou Fu will be in trouble soon."
After a pause, Dongfang Jing suddenly sighed again.
"The possibility of all this... is that Gou Fu's side can hold on. I can probably guess that with Gou Fu's intelligence, he has used the more than 60,000 people he led as a bait army."
Xu Mu closed his eyes. He understood what Dongfang Jing meant. Going to rescue Gou Fu at this time was nothing more than a meat bun beating a dog. Moreover, the military strength of Western Shu is not as good as that of Beiyu. If we fight here, we will drag the entire Xishu into the abyss.
"If Gou Fu dares to enter the mountain road, he must have a plan to resist the enemy. My lord, when the army is about to go out, why don't you let me, General Chen Zhong, personally lead a group of troops——"
"No, I will lead the army myself." Xu Mu shook his head.
Dongfang Jing was silent for a while. He wanted to persuade but didn't. He couldn't speak for a long time. He knows his lord's temper, but I'm afraid that trying to persuade him will be useless.
"After the lord leaves the city, you need to be careful of King Beiyu. King Beiyu's main army is still measuring the situation. In the meantime, if the lord escapes the ambush of the hidden army, he can attack the city. According to my guess, Lizhou The cities and counties within the territory will not be heavily guarded. This will, on the one hand, distract the troops of the Beiyu people from defending the city, and on the other hand, it will confuse the eyes of Chang Sheng and the King of Beiyu."
"I will definitely remember Bo Lie's words deeply in my heart."
Dongfang Jing was still worried, "In addition, according to the layout of the Beiyu people in recent times, it can almost be concluded that there should be a grain city of the Beiyu people in Lizhou. If it can be captured by surprise, and the city has high walls and thick walls, the lord does not need to attack You can also enter Sizhou, it is just to buy time. My lord, you should know that we still have a third army in Western Shu, and we can cooperate at any time."
"Anzi?"
"Indeed, I have received information that Anzi has begun to move to the north."
Xu Mu exhaled.
The military strength of Western Shu is now roughly divided into three groups. One part is about the more than 60,000 people that Xiaowufu wants to protect the food route, and the second part is about the 70,000 people who are about to follow him out of the city.
The third part is to defend Dingbei Pass and Dawan Pass.
Beiyu's battle momentum, after the fire rope, has been fully launched with the strategy of always winning. Probably, they want to push Xishu back to the southwest corner in one go.
"Send the order! Let the generals prepare for the military meeting!" Xu Mu stood up steadily. Just like him, the King of Shu, he fought his way out of mountains of swords and seas of blood from the very beginning.
Perhaps it means that the battlefield of the Iron Horse is his true destination.
