Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1406 Battle of Wan City II

When we were on the bridge before, Cao Cao and Mu Jing had agreed to confine the battlefield to Wancheng, so as to minimize the damage caused by the war, but this agreement, whether it was Mu Jing or Cao Cao, was actually not Will take it seriously.

On the battlefield, victory is the only criterion.

King and loser.

Whoever wins is justice.

So when their strategy is finalized, they will do everything in their tactics. As the saying goes, it doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.

Whether the battlefield will be limited to Wancheng, Cao Cao is actually not sure.

However, the Ming army gave up the eastern front at this time, which was indeed beyond Cao Cao's expectations. This made him somewhat puzzled, what kind of medicine was sold in Mujing's gourd.

"Attack the Eastern Front first!"

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, but decided to test the situation of the Ming army's eastern front, at least to confirm something.

"Yes!"

Guo Jia turned around and agreed.

The main force of the Wei army appeared on the eastern front, and within a day, they cleared the positions of more than a hundred miles on the eastern outskirts of Wancheng, forcing the Ming army to retreat back into the city.

This step by step erodes the living space of the Ming army, and the pressure on the Ming army is getting bigger and bigger.

in the city.

Temporary headquarters.

The messengers and scouts who came in and out let the military orders be issued one after another, and the news from the front line was continuously transmitted back.

"The Eastern Front can't be kept!"

Chen Gong's face was a little ugly, gloomy like water, and finally pointed to the east wing of the sand table, a place more than a hundred miles away from the suburbs, and said: "The Wei army shrinks the encirclement, this is an obvious suppression!"

"Using a strong force to suppress, suppress our living space, and also block our flexible combat tactics, let us have no combat power, but we can't use it, we can only passively defend, this is a normal tactical layout!" Zhang Renyou changed his attitude from being passive to being active. Now that he has become a minister of Mujing, he has to use his ability to impress Mujing and the Privy Council, otherwise he will not be able to become a general in the future.

He analyzed with a wry smile: "Wei army's military strength is much stronger than ours. No matter what the combat effectiveness is, first of all, in this respect, it is a suppression. Once suppressed, we have a very strong combat effectiveness, and we can only exert seven or eight points at most. We will Lost!"

"We have to find a way to break the situation!"

As the governor of Nanzhou, Yan Yan has been incorporated into the combat sequence.

Yan Yan is a general on the battlefield.

When he was included in the civil service, it was to reduce the pressure on the military power of Yizhou generals, but in fact, it was a bit wasteful. Yan Yan's military accomplishments must be much stronger in local government affairs.

Facing a big battle at this time, it is also possible for Mu Jing to enlist him in person.

As the chief bookkeeper for joining the army, he is at Mujing's side.

Has the right to make operational suggestions.

"Is there a way to break the situation?" Mu Jing also narrowed his eyes, scanning the faces one by one.

"It's not difficult to break the game!"

Zhang Ren was silent for a while, and said: "The key is to find out Wei Jun's mind, otherwise breaking the game is also entering the game, who knows if this is because you are afraid of setting me up, if our troops suddenly fall into it, it will be very dangerous! "

The strength of the Ming army was not very strong in the first place. If a part of them fell ill, even if they were only trapped, it would pose a great danger to Wancheng's defense.

"How is the situation in the northern battlefield?"

Mu Jing suddenly changed the subject.

"Currently, the third army has suppressed Lu Bu's attack. Lu Bu has been locked by our twelve-strand crossbow. He has no way to display his personal combat power. This is because the combat power of their subordinates has also weakened a lot!"

Zhang Ren reported: "The third army is still stationed in the north bank, and it can't lose the Wanshui front for the time being!"

"In this case, let's play a game in the East!"

Mu Jing made a decision: "The second army must support the third army. The northern battlefield is the main one. The Wanshui front must not be given up. It can be delayed as long as it can, and the Wei army will not be given the opportunity to approach the city. As for the eastern front Let the Violent Bear Second Army and Fourth Army be the main force, and we will compete with them on the Eastern Front!"

The two main forces add up to tens of thousands, which is enough to compete with the enemy on the eastern battlefield.

"Meng Huo, Wenpin!"

"exist!"

"In this battle, you don't have to defend, take the initiative to attack, and you can decide on the specific tactical arrangements yourself, and what Gu wants to achieve is to mess them up!" Mu Jing said in a low voice: "No matter what they have on the Eastern Front Arrangement, you stir it up vigorously, turning them upside down!"

At this time, if someone is too clear, it may not be a good thing. The whole Wancheng is facing the attack of hundreds of thousands of Wei troops. If the Wei army's strategic deployment is not disrupted, Mu Jing always thinks that he will suffer in the end.

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The battlefield is unpredictable, and the attention was still on the Wanshui front. Suddenly, the Wei army, Xia Houdun, Xu Huang, and Yu Jin, the three generals, gathered [-] main forces to wipe out the eastern suburbs of Wancheng, and came to the city from the east of Wancheng.

The reaction of the Ming army was even more intense.

Instead of relying on the city walls to fight, they took the initiative to attack. The Ming army took Jingping Fourth Army and Violent Bear Second Army as the main force, with a force of more than [-] troops, fighting forcibly.

On the eastern outskirts of Wancheng, where the hills and plains stretched nearly a hundred miles apart, the battle began.

On the first day, the two sides handed over their troops shortly.

The Ming army won with an army formation, and the Wei army used their strength as a pressure. The two sides fought for a full four hours, and finally left corpses all over the place, and the two sides retreated slowly.

However, the Wei army camped on a mountain less than twenty miles away from Chenghuan, while the Ming army was stationed in a valley not far from the moat, and the two sides were still at war.

The night was dark, and after the truce, the two sides tacitly cleaned up the battlefield and contained the corpses of both sides.

Similarly, report back the battle situation.

The command post in the city was even more brightly lit. Mu Jing did not personally go up to the city wall to supervise the battle. He handed over the battle on the Eastern Front to Meng Huo and Wen Pin, whom he trusted.

Both Meng Huo and Wenpin were brave and strategic generals. Meng Huo used to be the master of the Hundred Thousand Mountains and the king of the barbarians. Liu Biao's number one favorite general, even if he lost to the fledgling Zhuge Liang, it doesn't mean that he is not capable enough.

Zhuge Liang, in history, he was a military strategist whose wisdom was close to that of a demon. In the era of the end of Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, Mu Jing would not be surprised who lost to him on the battlefield.

Meng Huo has the management of offensive and war, and Wenpin has a calm way. When the two cooperated, Mu Jing was more at ease, and he even sent Yan Yan to be a military adviser.

Yan Yan is good at fighting, but after sitting down in the local government affairs for these years, he has calmed down a lot. He is not only good at fighting, but also good at planning. Being a military adviser is more than enough.

Of course, trust belongs to trust, and there is always worry. On the battlefield, accidents are the norm. If everyone calculates so accurately, then there is no need to fight, and everyone will be the winner after a deduction.

Many factors on the battlefield will lead to the final result of the battle.

As long as the battle report has not been passed.

Mu Jing was still worried.

He was pacing back and forth in the lobby of the headquarters, walking up and down, unable to calm down, but following his own pace, his heart became more and more chaotic, a little uncomfortable.

"My lord, the battle report from the battlefield in the eastern suburbs!"

A messenger rushed in, shouting loudly.

"Present!" Mu Jing's eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly.

This is the battle report written by Yan Yan himself, from the beginning of the battle to the end, and then the battle damage, battle result statistics, everything is available, it is written very carefully, and Mu Jing also read it very carefully.

"It's only the first day, 980 Qierlang lost in battle?"

Mu Jing felt a little distressed.

"The Wei army attacked too fiercely. It was a day-to-day battle at the beginning. This is obviously a little anxious!" Chen Gong was also reading the battle report. He narrowed his eyes and said analytically: "Although our casualties are not small, if we In terms of the number of casualties, Wei Jun and the others are more than double ours, why are they attacking so aggressively?

Life is still very precious, so when fighting on the battlefield, sometimes it is necessary to fight in a relaxed manner. Both sides try to restrain themselves as much as possible, and fight to see who has the upper hand, instead of fighting desperately when they come up, so there are not many lives. spell.

If you don't play the cards according to the routine, then you must have intentions.

"They want a quick battle?" Zhang Ren pondered for a moment, then analyzed: "The Wei army has bet so many troops on the eastern front, they don't want to put the main front on the east!"

"There is only a moat in the east, but there is no Wanshui defense. If you want to lose it, it may be easier to break through the defense line!" A staff officer couldn't help but said.

"Don't jump to conclusions yet!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "Cao Mengde is a person who can't figure it out, and he has countless advisers, how can we guess his thoughts so easily, what we see and what we see are all given to us by them. As for what are they doing? What to think about, what to plan, you have to look carefully!"

"agree!"

Chen Gong nodded: "I also think that the Wei army will not be so easy, and their strategic intentions have been exposed. Whether the eastern front is a test or the main battlefield is still being discussed!"

Zhang Ren pondered for a while, and a lot of thoughts turned in his eyes. After he came back to his senses, he cupped his hands and said, "My lord, since they poured us enchanted soup on the eastern battlefield, we can try it from the northern battlefield!"

"What do you mean?"

"Take the initiative to attack!" Zhang Ren said: "With the combat power of the third army and my second army, as long as the guards are behind us to support us and break through Lv Bu's camp, it is not a problem. As long as they defeat Lv Bu's camp, all their deployments will be successful. Change, because behind Lu Bu, it is Cao Mengde's main business!"

"It's an idea!"

Mu Jing's eyes suddenly brightened.

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The Weiying military camp was also brightly lit at this time, and the light of each brazier illuminated the dark world in all parts of the camp.

The footsteps of the battalion were very orderly.

Around the main tent of the Chinese army, there are even more figures.

in the account.

Cao Cao put his hands behind his back and stared at the sand table in front of him. The sand table is not a very high-tech thing. If the Ming army can use it, the Wei army can naturally copy it.

Sometimes he admires Mujing a lot, and he can always make something that surprises him.

Legend has it that the Ming army also has a military timer and clairvoyance.

That kind of timer can be accurate to every scale, and it is more than a hundred times easier to use than an hourglass. It is the best weapon in the military to control the time, but there is no way to manufacture it.

Although the craftsmen of Wei State had already started imitating it, they still couldn't manufacture it.

And clairvoyance is a kind of super sharp weapon, which can see people clearly from ten miles away. If this kind of sharp weapon can be deployed on Wei Jun, it will undoubtedly be even more powerful for Wei Jun.

It's a pity that this is exclusive to the Ming army. Although Yelou used various methods to steal some, they couldn't copy them. This is a pity.

The Ming army is known as the most powerful army in the world. A large part of it is because of the preparation of the Ming army. Whether it is weapons or other auxiliary equipment, the Ming army is superior to other princes.

Cao Cao was very envious of this, but he had no choice. He also began to pay attention to craftsmen, but craftsmen in Wei State could only imitate, and even imitation was sometimes difficult, and there was no way to achieve the creativity of Ming State.

Soon Cao Cao came back to his senses and focused his attention on the sand table. His eyes were flickering, and his mood was obviously not very good, and he was a little worried.

Therefore, the atmosphere of the generals in the camp was not very good, and they dared not say a word.

"Our military strength is twice that of the Ming army, but the battle damage is also twice that of the Ming army!"

After a while, Cao Cao said that the battle report from the battlefield had been sent back, which made him a little annoyed. Although the fighting power of the Ming army was indeed superior to his own, his troops were twice as strong as theirs, so he could still endure hardships. He couldn't help being angry: "Is the Ming army too strong, or we are too weak!"

"My lord, it may be that this battle was fought too quickly!"

All the generals were trembling and dared not speak.

The recent situation on the battlefield is obviously not very good. It is very easy to be caught and then become Cao Cao's punching bag, which seems a lot more tragic.

In the end, it was Guo Jia who spoke, and he said in a low voice: "The strategy is correct, and the tactics are correct, but we underestimated the determination of the Ming army. They are obviously not defending, but a decisive battle with us on the Eastern Front!"

"Is that because our tactics to force them back on the Eastern Front have failed?" Cao Cao asked.

"Not necessarily!"

The corner of Guo Jia's mouth raised a sneer: "I guess, at this time, the Ming army is also confused about our strategic deployment. Neither they nor we thought that the first day of the battle would be so tragic. , so they will doubt whether we have shifted the direction of attack!"

"Shift the direction of attack?"

Cao Cao's eyes lit up: "Is there hope?"

"No!"

Guo Jia shook his head: "There is hope, but the hope is not great, and this will damage our own morale. This will always be bad for us!"

"I was too impatient!" Cao Cao came to his senses and nodded.

His eyes flickered a little, looked at the battle situation, and asked: "Then now, are we at a stalemate?"

"Ok!"

Guo Jia nodded.

"Fengxian!" Cao Cao looked at Lu Bu: "If you are forced to attack, can you come to the city?"

"Disaster!"

It's not that Lu Bu lacks determination, but that he doesn't have enough confidence. The Ming army is too tenacious.

(End of this chapter)