After Wang Jing set up camp, he did not immediately launch an attack. Instead, he asked his soldiers to continuously dig trenches and build earthen walls to surround the city.
Although Wang Jing wants to win a quick victory, he will not be too impatient. If he is too impatient, his flaws will be exposed.
He was waiting for news from the Northern Route Army led by Fu Youde.
With Fu Youde's ability, it is not difficult to capture Suzhou and isolate the western channel of the Western Chu Army.
When the time comes, Fu Youde will send troops from Suzhou to the east and threaten Lingbi from the west. In this way, the two armies of the Huai Army will be like a pair of big pliers, pinching Lingbi fiercely from left to right.
From ancient times to the present, dealing with pincer offensives has been a huge problem.
In the thousands of years of history of the Origin World, only the Battle of Lucheng when Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan could easily break Sima Yi's pincer offensive, and also collapse the opponent's army. He retreated to the camp and never dared to fight with Shu again. Army vs.…
Fan Zeng is a top strategist, but he is not Xiang Yu after all. Faced with Wang Jing's strategy of attacking from both sides, he can only learn from Xiang Yu's original strategy, go directly out of the city, burn everything, and fight with the Huai army before Fu Youde arrives. The main decisive battle.
but.
Although they are not preparing for a large-scale siege, it is still possible to send some troops to conduct a tentative attack. This tentative attack can also be regarded as a kind of coercion.
On May 2nd, the sky in Lingbi was very beautiful, with white clouds in the sky and occasional strong winds.
On the earth.
The rolling army left the camp and began to approach Lingbi City. The sun gradually dropped. In the army formation, flags and flags were erected, as well as the dragon flag representing King Huai.
Many generals of the Southern Route Army, as well as the three Chen Gong people who came to help, were all in the army formation.
The mighty Huai army soldiers were densely packed in red armor.
As the saying goes, once there are more than 10,000 people, there is no bounds. Even if there are only 10,000 people, it looks like a sea of people. However, the Huai Army sent out a total of 200,000 soldiers and horses, and the military formations were connected to each other.
Every military formation has a general in charge. The general and his soldiers and horses are connected with each other, and the evil spirit is rising into the sky. With the support of the military formation, the power became more and more powerful.
Another 200,000 troops were resting in the camp and preparing to take turns to leave the camp.
Murong Shaozong stood on the command car, holding the command flag in his hand. His eyes swept over the elite soldiers in front. When he saw that each of these soldiers had a strong aura, their eyes were gleaming, and they looked like tigers and wolves.
He couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. As the commander of this army, he felt a different kind of pride when he thought that this huge elite would be under his command.
"With a large army in hand, we can attack cities and plunder lands, defeat powerful enemies, and repay your kindness! Only in this way can we live up to our ambitions as a man!"
Murong Shaozong's eyes shrouded the 200,000-strong army, and he felt that the 200,000-strong elite phalanx was arrayed as expected. Any order he gave, this army could respond quickly.
This way of responding to commands and obeying orders is, in the eyes of most famous generals, a real elite and strong army.
…
On the top of the city, Fan Zeng, wearing a robe with wide sleeves, stood in front of the city gate tower, looking at the Huai army formation ahead with Xiang Zhuang, Long Qie and others.
Although they had long known the fact that the Huai Army had almost no defeats in its southern and northern campaigns.
But what you hear with your ears is not as shocking as seeing it with your own eyes?
"Yafu, the Huai army is besieging the city with a large army. They must be waiting for news from Fu Youde. If we wait until Fu Youde's 200,000-strong army captures Suzhou, then our retreat will be cut off..."
Xiang Zhuang looked at the mighty army in front and said in a deep voice.
When Fan Zeng, Long Qie and others heard this, they couldn't help but turn their heads and look at Xiang Zhuang.
In the Western Chu army, although Xiang Zhuang was nominally in charge,
But with Fan Zeng's prestige and Long Qie's ability, the two of them, both civil and military, had already gained a lot of power over the Western Chu army.
Moreover, Fan Zeng and Long Qie also subconsciously regarded Xiang Zhuang as their junior. After all, Xiang Zhuang's qualifications were too poor. When he first started, Fan Zeng and Long Qie had already been the core figures of the Western Chu Army.
If it were not for the relationship between Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Yu, the Western Chu army would not be dominated by Xiang Zhuang.
"Zhuang'er, what do you want to say?"
Fan Zeng's somewhat white eyebrows trembled slightly as he asked.
Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice: "I want to say that we have no other option now. Yuan Ying has been dragged by Cao Jingzong and cannot go north, and Fu Youde is preparing to attack Suzhou to cut off our retreat!"
"If Suzhou is captured, I believe that both Yafu and General Long Qie understand the consequences! Right now we have only one choice, which is to directly dispatch the army and defeat the main force of the Huai army as Yafu said before!"
Fan Zeng's eyes moved slightly and he said: "What do you mean, instead of entangled with the Huai army and wearing down the opponent's spirit, you want to directly send troops for a decisive battle?"
According to his previous plan.
If the Huai army approaches the city, they will rely on the defense of the city wall to defeat the enemy below the city. After the Huai army's strength is reduced, the Western Chu army will go out of the city for a general attack. This can increase the chance of victory.
"That's right, we can't wait until Fu Youde takes Suzhou before moving. The longer it takes, the more disadvantageous it will be to us!"
"And the morale of our army will also weaken over time..."
"Instead of being slowly worn down by the opponent, it is better to go out of the city and have a showdown!"
Xiang Zhuang said firmly. After seeing the Huai Army's elite army with his own eyes, not only was he not intimidated, but he became a little fierce.
Long Qie on the side suddenly showed a look of joy and admiration, and said with a smile: "Father, I think what the young general said is right! Isn't it just a decisive battle out of the city? The Huai army is powerful, but we are not weak either!"
"With the Overlord's eight thousand iron cavalry in hand, we can directly launch a battle formation, charge straight to the main formation of the Huai Army, and capture and kill Wang Jing!"
"When we were in Julu, we relied on this method to defeat hundreds of thousands of Qin troops and Wang Li with the weak defeating the strong! Now we also have nearly 400,000 troops..."
"With the same strength, are you afraid that you won't be able to defeat the central army of the Huai Army?"
Long Qie's voice was a little hoarse, like a metallic vibrato, rich and loud.
"That's right! The Overlord's tens of thousands of troops defeated the 400,000 Qin army, and the 30,000 cavalry defeated Liu Bang's 560,000 army. Now we have the same strength as Wang Jing, and we still have the Overlord's cavalry in hand. It's better to follow the advice of the Major General and go out directly to kill the king. Jing was caught off guard!"
Zhong Limei also shouted.
Fan Zeng pondered slightly. In fact, what Xiang Zhuang said was quite reasonable.
On the contrary, his strategy of holding on to a strong wall and clearing the country to delay the attack caused the Western Chu army to lose the opportunity.
Of course, you can't blame him.
The Huai army advanced step by step and used upright tactics. Even Zhang Liang could not do anything about it.
He is just slightly conservative.
He suddenly looked towards the Huai army outside the city, and a glimmer of light suddenly appeared in his somewhat cloudy eyes, as if he had penetrated the fog.
"The Huai army outside the city is indeed the same as before, the number is 400,000!"
"The enemy and our forces are not far apart in strength. Zhuang'er's method is indeed feasible!"
Fan Zeng's mind turned.
He looked at everyone and saw that Xiang Zhuang and Long Qie had bright and decisive eyes, waiting for him to make a decision.
Fan Zeng suddenly laughed.
"Sure enough, I'm a little old. It's better for you to be decisive and direct, okay! Just follow Zhuang'er's words and leave a few people to defend the city wall first. The others will follow me to dispatch troops and wait to leave the city early tomorrow morning!"
"decisive battle!"
7017k
