Shu Chen

Chapter 461
The garrisons outside Gaoping City are distributed in a semi-arc shape, roughly ten miles away from the city.

The purpose of the original establishment was that when Cao Zhen's soldiers invaded Longyou, Gaoping City was used as a back town for hoarding grain, fodder, supplies, etc., so sentry towers were widely set up to guard it.

After the defeat, it was slightly repaired and changed into a siege to open up the eyes of Gaoping City.

As for why it was so close to the city when it was established, it has something to do with the topography.

Gaoping City was built on the west bank of Wushui (Qingshui River) in the remnants of Liupan Mountain. The terrain is very high (over 1500 meters above sea level), roughly on the same level as Longyou, but it is higher than Longdong (Anding County) and Guanzhong. few.This brought about a problem. If the big Han sent troops to attack Gaoping City, the soldiers and horses from the state of Wei who came to rescue would be delayed a lot of time because of climbing slopes and crossing rivers.

And the Han army is especially good at fighting in the mountains.

It just so happens that the area around Gaoping City is high in the south and low in the north. Due to the cutting and impact of the river, it forms a landform with undulating hills, more mountains and less rivers.If the Han army comes to attack the city, it is very easy to find a mountain or a ravine to hide and sneak under the city!

That is to say, these garrisons outside the city are set up very close together, in fact, it is for the convenience of withdrawing into the city.
Now, for Zhao Guang, it is convenient for him to send scouts to monitor Gaoping City day and night.

In the plan to attack Gaoping City this time, Zheng Pu, Liu Yin and others agreed that the message that the attack was successful was to use the name of raising a fire—if Liu Yin and Ju Fu successfully sneaked into the city from the mountains behind them, they would set fire to it. Some military tents or granaries can be seen from a distance, so that Zhao Guangbu can rush to occupy or destroy the pontoon bridge and ferry crossing Wushui in the first time, and block the reinforcements against the Wei Dynasty on the other side.

As for why you choose to hold fire~~
Without him, he sneaked into the prime minister at night to send a message with fire.

And Wei Jun is not blind, sneak attack during the day is equivalent to beheading them.

But Zhao Guang waited very eagerly.

It's been No. 11, and the scouts still haven't seen the fire in Gaoping City as they wished.

After consulting Zheng Pu, both of them concluded that Liu Yin and Ju Fu might have been delayed by other things, such as too much time wasted in crossing the ridge, or they didn't find the opportunity to jump into the city.

Yes, none of them thought that Liu Yin and others could not cross Liupan Mountain.

If things didn't go well, they should have sent people back to report early, so as not to delay the prime minister's alternative plan: Zhao Guang drove his troops north to pursue Hu Zunbu.

Of course, there is another possibility.

Zhao Guang, with a serious face, hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but look sideways at Zheng Pu, who closed his eyes and raised his mind, and asked the hidden danger, "Zijin, why don't I send two thousand riders to go north first? I questioned Liu Xiuran and Ju Xiaoxing, but I was worried that maybe they led the army too deep into Liupan Mountain, and the messengers they sent could not return in time to report. Zijin knew that if he didn't send cavalry northward tomorrow, he might not be able to catch up with Ni Wei Hu complies."

Indeed, this possibility is very large.

And if this is the case, the result of this dispatch of troops will only be the destruction of the Helan Mountain Wei army who is like a chicken rib.

Hearing this, Zheng Pu opened his eyes and moaned, but did not answer immediately.

But there was a little emotion on his face.

He is in a dilemma.

Gein followed Zhao Guang's suggestion, and if Liu Yin and Ju Fu succeeded, it would be difficult for only [-] cavalry to completely block the reinforcements against the Wei Dynasty on the other side of the Wushui.

The Wushui River Valley is too long!

In addition, the river is slow and not wide, and floating bridges can be used as temporary ferry crossings in the upper, middle and lower reaches.

In addition, in order not to scare the snakes and confuse Wei Wei, the soldiers of the Han Longyou did not mobilize.

Now the only ones who can reach Gaoping in time are the cavalry of Zhao Guangbu.

Seeing that Zheng Pu was hesitating, Zhao Guang hurriedly added, "Zijin is worried that if Liu Xiuran and others succeed, and our troops can't stop the anti-Wei cavalry? If so, Zijin can be relieved. We The cavalry of the Ministry dare not claim unparalleled combat power, but they are no less than the iron cavalry of Xiliang! With [-] cavalry, it is not difficult to rebel against the reinforcements of Wei. Moreover, if it is true that our troops cannot contain the reinforcements against Wei, I will The leading cavalry are wandering outside, threatening them not to take the city with all their strength. It only needs to delay the rebellion for two days, and the general of the hussars will definitely have the flag above Xiaoguan!"

Yes, apart from the leaders of the various ministries who are executing this plan, Wei Yan and Wu Ban are also insiders.

It's not because the two of them have deep experience in the army.

But with the strength of Zhao Guang's Ministry, they can only block the reinforcements against Wei Wei on the other side of Wushui for several days. Only Wei Yan, who has the full power to supervise all the ministries in Longyou, has the strength to make Wei Guo dare not send troops to retake Gaoping City!
Let me ask, if Wei Yan's general flag appeared above Xiaoguan, and his troops pointed directly at Chaona County, how dare Sima Yi send troops to retake it at the risk of being cut off from the rear and annihilated by a little carelessness? What about Gaoping City?
In any case, when it comes to the strategic deployment of a frontal battle, there is no one in Wei Guoguan who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Wei Yan.

"Ugh"

Sighing softly, Zheng Pu shook his head, "Although what Yoshihiro said is reasonable, forgive me for not allowing it. Yihong must have forgotten that brother Xiuran and Xiaoxing's tribe traveled all the way up the mountain and across the mountains. "

uh~
Zhao Guang suddenly woke up.

He was just thinking about how to make this plan not fail.

He completely overlooked one point: if he can't completely isolate the reinforcements against the Wei Dynasty on the other side of the Wushui River, even if Liu Yin and Gou Fu capture Gaoping City, they won't be able to hold it!

After all, they came all the way over the mountains and mountains, and the soldiers will inevitably be exhausted, and they will have to go through a lot of hard work to capture the city. How much physical strength will they have to deal with the army against Wei coming to capture the city?

Furthermore, people are not grass and trees.

They came here with a sigh of relief. If they captured the city, they would be accomplished, and their morale would also be weakened.
Not to mention, they were not the original defenders of Gaoping City.

They are not familiar with the location of the ordnance in the city, the layout of the defensive points in the city, and even the vertical and horizontal roads in the city will dazzle them!

Anyway, Gaoping City is a strong city that can accommodate [-] soldiers~~
How could they defend easily in an instant.

As for why Zhao Guang didn't think about this, it's not surprising.

Long before the Great Han Dynasty started the Northern Expedition, he, Zheng Pu and Huo Yi broke the Di Wang Fuzhang on Jinggu Road and captured hundreds of war horses. The prime minister asked Zhao Yun what he could do with his talents.

Zhao Yun, who knows his son better than his father, asserted to him that he "has courage and is familiar with riding and fighting, but he can only be a general and not a commander."

It means that Zhao Guang is not capable enough to coordinate the overall situation.

Now he can be considered to have answered Zhao Yun's assertion.

"Ugh"

When he was young, Zhao Guangcai, who had been thinking a lot, sighed, "I was negligent for a while, and I forgot this point. It's really annoying to wait all the time."

The words stopped abruptly before they finished speaking, and they were still listening attentively.

Because he seemed to have heard the sound of scouts beeping from the direction of Gaoping City.

Zheng Pu also suddenly leaned forward on the horse's back and straightened his body, waiting with his ears raised.

Soon, both of them were ecstatic.

Gein had another sound of blazing that pierced the night sky clearly reaching their ears, and every ten or so breaths, there would be the sound of blazing and sending messages throughout the night sky, from the direction of Gaoping City. Guandaobei and pass to the garrison of Weiyan and Wuban in Hanyang County, Longyou.

"It's done! Hahaha~~~"

Zhao Guang laughed loudly, and slapped Zheng Pu's shoulder with a ecstasy, "Zijin, it's not too late, I'll go to supervise the soldiers! I'll see you in Gaoping City!"

While making a sound eagerly, he turned his horse's head and galloped back to the barracks.

The speed was so fast that after the words were finished, his back disappeared into the night.

Only Liu Zheng Pu covered his shoulders and grinned for a while~~
It hurts.

Under the excitement, Zhao Guang didn't pay attention to control his strength at all, and Zheng Pu couldn't be called majestic, alas.

"Lang Jun, are you okay?"

On the contrary, Qi Yacuo, the subordinate who had been silently guarding behind him, drove his horse up and said a word of concern.

"Well, no problem."

Zheng Pu smiled wryly for a while, but then he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and then said with some loss of interest, "Begging Yacuo, clear the way ahead, I'll go back later."

"promise."

Qi Yacuo responded, drove the horse for a few steps, and immediately turned the horse's head around.

He found that Zheng Pu turned his horse north instead of returning to Longyou.

Involuntarily, he raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked, "Lang Jun, do you want to return to the ancestor Licheng?"

Zheng Pu nodded, his voice full of exhaustion, "Well, let's return to our ancestors for two days, and then I will return to Hexi Wuwei."

He is indeed tired.

Ever since he learned that Zhang Bao was gone in the battle, he watched over the mourning Zhang Yan day and night; after Zhang Yan fell asleep crying and tired, he sat alone and thought about how to persuade the prime minister to allow him to send troops to avenge Zhang Bao .

The strategy of attacking Gaoping City was the result of his hard thinking for nearly two months.

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Finally, after the prime minister allowed him to send troops, he worked hard to manage the battle and closely watched the development of the battle, lest there would be accidents or mistakes in the middle, he never dared to relax for a moment.After all the arrangements were made, Zhao Guang, who was anxious in his heart, pulled him out of the barracks every night, waiting for the news of Liu Yin and Ju Fu's success.

Sleeping and eating are all restless, and it is inevitable that the mind and body will be haggard.

Previously, he was calm in front of Zhao Guang, but as the dispatcher, he had to remain calm and composed to give others confidence.

Now, everything is going well, and the mind that has been suspended suddenly relaxes, and he feels exhaustion pouring into his body like the never-ending tide, making him want to find a safe place to fall asleep; leaving everything behind, Sleep well with him for a few days and nights.

Gein's battle situation has progressed to this point, and he is no longer needed.

Of course!

It is Wei Yan who will take over the power of war scheduling.

How to restrain Ni Wei from driving troops to recapture Gaoping when Liu Yin and Jufu's troops had just occupied the city and their foothold was unstable, and how to keep the results of the battle is a matter for Wei Yan who can dispatch the various ministries in Longyou.

As a matter of fact, when the sound of the sound of the gong of the letter spread all the way to Hanyang County, Wei Yan, who was awakened, began to beat the drums and gather the generals.

And the one who reacted faster than him was Wu Ban who was stationed in Ayang City behind Xiao Guandao.

As he was very old, he would sleep less and wake up easily at night.

Knowing that the guards came to report, Dang even gathered the soldiers of the headquarters and went to Xiaoguan overnight.

(End of this chapter)