Shu Chen

Chapter 233
In the wild, using steps to resist riding is naturally at a disadvantage.

With their strong mobility, the cavalry controls the absolute initiative on the battlefield, they can come and go freely, and it's up to me to fight or not to fight.

The cavalry of nomadic tribes used wolf hunting tactics to the extreme.

Just like a pack of wolves looking for the easiest prey to catch when driving, they will cleverly use their speed to harass and harass the enemy, gain insight into the weakest link of the infantry and succeed in one blow, and then stage a scene of driving the rout to seal the victory.

The right general Wu Ban defended Ayang City with more than [-] men from his headquarters.

Three months after the anti-Wei army besieged Zheng Pu and Jiang Wei's camp, they planned to lead [-] soldiers to support them.

Even if you can't break through the blockade against Wei Wei and enter the other camp to fight side by side with Zheng and Jiang, as long as the besieged soldiers see their general flags and know that the big man will not treat them as abandoned sons, it will boost their morale.

But he is also battle-tested.

When the leader of the army was less than ten miles out of the city, he saw thousands of cavalry of Liu Bao, the wise king of the Southern Xiongnu blocking the road, and he knew that rushing to help was a delusion.

His force was too small to break this cavalry.

It is also impossible to rely on the chariot formation and fight and advance to the other camp of Zheng and Jiang.

After all, if Liu Bao can't find a flaw in his march, he will definitely rush to the front with the advantage of speed to destroy roads and bridges, etc., and then inform the infantry against Wei Wei to come to ambush and wipe out his entire army in the wilderness.

Therefore, after pondering for a while, he dispatched Zhang Yi's troops to Ayang City.

I want to combine two soldiers to see if there is a chance to break through the blockade of the cavalry.

But after Zhang Ni arrived, he felt that according to Wu Ban's thinking, he would fall into the predicament of being surrounded and rescued.

With the force against Wei, more than [-] people can be left to trap Zheng Pu and Jiang Wei, and then the two of them will also be trapped in the wilderness with the cooperation of infantry and cavalry.Let the rescue become a self-inflicted trap.

Wu Ban had also thought about this kind of consequences.

The reason for insisting is that if Ni Wei divides his troops and traps himself, Zheng and Jiang's other battalion will be able to hold on until the prime minister's main force returns.

However, after hearing Zhang Yi's alternative approach, he no longer insisted on his own opinion.

Zhang Ni had guarded Xiaoguan Road with Zheng Pu before, so he was very familiar with the terrain in this area.

Moreover, the Xuanwu army under his command, whether it was the Liao people originally recruited from Nanzhong Cang County, or the Badi people who were added later, were all good at walking mountain roads.The terrain here with continuous mountains and ravines may seem insurmountable to others, but to the Xuanwu Army, even the frequent snow in winter is not a challenge.

Therefore, he planned to lead the army over the mountains, into the valley of the tributary of Changli River (Hulu River), and into the camp guarded by Zheng Pu and Jiang Wei.

Don't need to worry about carrying burdens such as food and fodder.

He and Wu Ban have a consensus that if they can enter Zheng and Jiang's other camp smoothly, there will be no shortage of food and fodder.

The war lasted for more than three months, and soldiers would inevitably be killed or injured, and the food and fodder stored in the camp would be relatively abundant. This is common sense in the army.

Moreover, Ayang City is about a hundred miles away from the other camp.

Taking into account the factors of the wind and snow and the difficulty of the road, it is only enough for the soldiers to afford food for three days.

You only need to carry your own knives, spears, arrows and crossbows, which is equivalent to going lightly. How difficult is it to march!
Naturally, in order to conceal his whereabouts, the Wu squad still needs to respond.

It was based on the battle between Zheng Pu and Xia Houru outside Yuzhong County in the past, using WISCO vehicles as the base to build a movable camp, and Wu Bandu led [-] soldiers out of the city one day in advance.

For the Xiongnu cavalry, the Han army's tactics of relying on bunkers to form a crossbow formation are unsolvable.

As early as the former Han Dynasty, before Wei Qing and Huo Qubing used cavalry to resist cavalry, the Han army relied on chariot formations to keep the Huns cavalry from taking the lead.

Not even a test is possible.

The riding bows they used were weak and had a short range.

Even if it is a projectile, it needs to be within the range of the crossbow formation.

Therefore, when Liu Bao saw the Han army hiding behind the car camp and advancing slowly, Liu Bao, who could not stop him, hurriedly sent someone to inform Fei Yao and Wei Ping.Let him not send another infantry to fight fiercely with him, so that his cavalry can find a fighting opportunity and wipe out Wu Ban in one fell swoop.

When Fei Yao and Wei Ping got the report, it was time to order a death attack on the other camp.

They naturally did not allow the trapped Han army to learn the news of reinforcements, which greatly boosted their morale.

After some discussion, General Hu Zundu was asked to lead the headquarters with five thousand troops and headed for the Wu squad.

However, he was in vain.

After Wu Banbu left the city, he only marched about [-] miles a day, and returned after only three days out of the city.

It's like giving up rescue.

Both Liu Bao and Hu Zun were puzzled, and they would not besiege Ayang City, so they had no choice but to give up.

Send people back to report to Fei Yao and Wei Ping, and wait for the new general order.

How could they have expected that the Zhang Yi tribe, who was originally far away in Longxi County, had already taken this opportunity to cross the mountains, walk in the snow-covered ravines, and come step by step to the other camp?

Before their messengers arrived at the other camp, Zhang Ni had already led the Xuanwu army to arrive.

The deployment of troops for the siege of the Wei army was thick in the north and thin in the south.

Gein wanted to beware of Prime Minister Zhuge's main force coming from the north.

No one could have imagined that the Han army in Longyou would have mobile troops to kill them; and no one could have imagined that in this kind of weather, the Han army would be able to climb over the mountains, from the frozen branch of the Changli River The river came to kill.

Caught off guard, the Wei army had no time to dispatch troops to stop it.

Just when Fei Yao and Wei Ping learned that the Han army was coming to help, Zhang Ni, who ordered the soldiers not to fight, had already led the army to the front of the chariot formation of the other camp.

Therefore, both Fei Yao and Wei Ping were pale.

Amid the endless cheers of the Han army, all the scouts were cut down with military law.

But no matter how angry you are, you can't solve the problem.

With the tenacity of the Han army, when there is no reinforcements, exhausted supplies and low morale, it still prevents them from breaking through the chariot formation.

Now that reinforcements have arrived and morale has picked up, can they break through in a short time?

Don't think about it for half a month.

They don't know how many soldiers will be killed or injured just by consuming the crossbow arrows brought by the reinforcements.

Things can be done once, never again.

The war has lasted for three months, consuming the lives of countless soldiers, and with great difficulty, the Nishu camp was crumbling and the victory was assured.

Now it's time to start all over again.

Don't say that the soldiers will complain and have no fighting spirit. These generals feel a little disheartened.

Perhaps, for the current plan, it is better to change the storm into a storm, so that the soldiers can rest and be ready at any time to attack the main force of Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Nishu!

That's right, Grand Sima Cao Zhen sent someone to inform him long ago.

Let Fei Yao and Wei Ping face the Han army's other camp, attack it if it can be captured, and trap it if it is difficult to capture it.

Because, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister in the valley of the tributary of Wushui (Qingshui River), has faintly shown signs of returning to help.

Cao Zhen asked them to keep an eye on the military situation in the north.

Even Guo Huai's troops in Pingxiang City were ordered to keep an eye on Ma Dai and Zhao Guang's cavalry at all times.

Therefore, Fei Yao and Wei Ping summoned the generals under their command, worked together, and finally changed to be trapped.

Anyway, even if the Han army's other camp ushered in reinforcements, it still couldn't change the situation of being besieged.As long as Prime Minister Zhuge's return to aid was prevented, the Bieying could not escape the fate of being destroyed under Wei's absolute military superiority in the end.

Wushui tributary valley.

Indeed, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's main force will make moves.

In other words, after Jiang Wei sent Sima Zhuyi, the commander of the Qiang camp, to lead two thousand Qiang riders here, and the prime minister learned of the situation in Xiao Guandao's battle, he began to take action.

At first, Zhu Yi led the cavalry to the outside of Gaoping City to attack the grain road against the Wei Dynasty.

I want to force the two cavalry of Wei State in Longyou, the ranger of Liu Bao of the Huns, and the Qingqi of Yongliang led by Zhang Xiong, to return one.

As long as a cavalry force against Wei can be forced back, Ma Dai and Zhao Guang in Changlishui will find an opportunity to harass the rear of the Wei army on Xiaoguan Road and relieve the pressure on Zheng Pu and Jiang Wei.

But Cao Zhen was well prepared this time.

As if he had expected it long ago, during the time period when the other generals Wei Ping and Guo Huai went to Longyou, he had people bring in enough food and fodder in advance until the next spring and February.

Therefore, he chose to let go of the two thousand Qiang cavalry that he had paid attention to.

Seeing that the plan didn't work, the prime minister led the army out of the valley and marched slowly to Cao Zhen's camp, intending to fight him in the field.

But Cao Zhen ordered the gate of the village to be closed.

All ministries are strictly guarded, and those who dare to go out to fight privately, beheaded!
The times are different, he is not in a hurry to fight the prime minister now.

Instead, he planned to wait for the opportunity and wait for Prime Minister Zhuge to make a choice in the dilemma.

If the prime minister stays here, he is confident that he will hold on to the camp, so that Fei Yao and Wei Ping will have plenty of time to break through Zheng Jiang's camp and occupy Xiaoguan Road.

Thus, regaining Xiaoguan, so that Guanzhong can sweep the entire Longyou at any time from now on.

If the prime minister returns to help, he will lead the army and follow behind.

No matter whether the prime minister went to attack the Guohuai tribe outside Xiangcheng, or rescued Xiao Guandao, he would inevitably fall into the predicament of both front and rear enemies!

In this way, he will do his best in Guanzhong this time, and the emperor Cao Rui will search for materials and troops from Jizhou, Hedong and Hanoi to support his war, and it will usher in a perfect ending-the main force of the Han army will inevitably usher in heavy casualties !
It is even possible that Prime Minister Zhuge was killed in the chaos.

Of course, this possibility is extremely small.

Moreover, if the Han army's [-] troops were to suffer heavy casualties, Wei would have to pay a heavy price.

With the combat power demonstrated by the Han army over the years, a one-to-one battle loss is considered lucky.

More likely, twice as many.

But Cao Zhen felt that either outcome could be readily accepted.

In the land of Bashu, how many troops can be lost in battle?

In several battles in the previous few years, the death of the Han army was no less than [-].

If they can kill the [-] main force supervised by Prime Minister Zhuge, the strength of the entire Bashu will be reduced to six to seven!

At that time, even if the Wei State suffered heavy casualties and could no longer attack Longyou, Bashu would voluntarily give up because they had no troops to defend these places.

The land of Yongliang, where there are many Qiang and Hu, is fertile ground for wild ambitions!
Even with the deterrence of Wei's strong national power, it is impossible to prevent the frequent rebellion of careerists.

Not to mention, after the war, Bashu fell into a devastated state.

Therefore, Cao Zhen was very cautious this time, like a very patient old hunter, waiting for the prime minister to throw himself into the trap.

Moreover, he also dispatched more than ten thousand people from the Xiahou Confucian army in Zuli County to continue to occupy the superiority of troops for the upcoming war.

The Wei army in Zuli County still has more than [-] soldiers after the division of Guohuai.

Originally, Cao Zhen wanted to dispatch [-] people.

Anyway, Xia Houru was no longer attacking the city, so there was no need to stay there doing nothing and wasting food and fodder.

However, he rebelled against Shu Weiyan, but he was unwilling to be lonely.When the besieged Wei army came here after more than ten thousand people, it frequently led the army out of the city to attack or invite battle.

Xia Houru led the army to go, and he fled back to the city; if he didn't send a few troops away, he would take the opportunity to destroy them.

And the frequent success is quite disturbing.

In this regard, Cao Zhen could not dispatch too many soldiers, so as not to be taken advantage of by Wei Yan.

In any case, Ni Shu Wei Yan was good at attacking, and he was also quite famous in Wei State.

But what Cao Zhen didn't expect was that since the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister who rarely led the army to attack the city or field battle, was better at attacking than Wei Yan!

However, after the prime minister led the army out of the valley several times and Wei Guo avoided the war, he began to supervise the whole army back.

Instead, he guarded with Zhuyi's two thousand Qiang cavalry, asked the Jufu Ministry to clear the way for the former army, and supervised the rear of Meng Yan's palace with tiger steps.

Such a large-scale march would inevitably be detected by Wei Guo's scouts.

In particular, the Han army set fire to all the deer villages and camps in the valley that could not be taken away, except for the river valley.

Cao Zhen, who was camped twenty miles away, could clearly see the thick smoke rising into the sky.

Immediately, he did not hesitate.

Or rather, he had been looking forward to this moment.

Immediately let the soldiers who were waiting for the battle go out of the camp one by one, stepping behind the Han army in a strict array.

And keep a distance of more than ten miles at all times.

At this distance, even if the Han army pretended to retreat to lure the enemy, he could still prepare the soldiers for the battle when they suddenly turned around and came.

There will be no worries about being taken advantage of by the enemy due to a disorderly marching array.

The scouts were also scattered within a radius of twenty miles to prevent the Han army from ambush.

However, the possibility of an ambush is unlikely.

During the months-long confrontation, both parties knew each other's soldiers and horses very well.

When the Han army burned the camp and left the valley, every soldier and horse was under the eyes of the Wei army scouts, and there was no possibility of concealment or ambush.

Naturally, it was unavoidable to send people to inform Guo Huai's department, as well as Fei Yao and Wei Ping's department to prepare for a pincer attack.

At that time, the dripping water turned into ice, and the light snow continued.

The road was difficult to travel. On the first day after the prime minister's return, the army only traveled more than [-] miles, and then they went to the camp to rest for the night.

The army of Wei followed closely behind.

And after nightfall, more than a thousand soldiers were sent to act as scouts to monitor the camp of the Han army, so that they could not send other troops to ambush in the dark.

On the second day, the Han army marched for more than [-] li.

The Wei army is still heavily guarded.

On the third day, the two armies remained the same.

On the fourth day, after the court meal, the Han army did not march immediately; instead, it was delayed for about half an hour for some reason before leaving camp.

Cao Zhen was quite puzzled, but still tiptoed behind.

However, this time the Han army only walked ten miles, and the whole army turned to fight back.

At this time, the Wei army happened to arrive at the camp where the Han army fell last night.

It also made Cao Zhen discover that the terrain here is flat and extending in all directions, and it is a battlefield that the Han army had planned for a long time.Because in a short period of time, he couldn't let the army of more than [-] find all the terrain that was conducive to defense.

There is no other choice but to fight to the death.

(End of this chapter)