Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1411 The Battle of Wancheng VII

"Northeast corner, divide the battlefield?" Cao Cao also became a little frightened, his pupils flickered, and he spoke after a while, "Does the Ming army have such courage?"

This is very risky, it is tantamount to dispatching a lone army and placing it in the northeast corner of the army. If the Wei army is ruthless, he will directly use a partial division to attack.

With the strength of the Wei army, as long as the Ming army escaped from Wancheng, not many of them could withstand their attack.

"Your Majesty, is he still underestimating King Ming?" Guo Jia said with a serious face, cupping his hands towards Cao Cao, and said in a low voice, "Although King Ming is young, we must not underestimate his courage and ability to take risks. Otherwise, we will be the ones who suffer!"

"What Feng Xiao said is true!"

Cao Cao was startled, he came to his senses, and quickly said: "I'm still a little careless, Mu Longtu is a lunatic, back then in Luoyang, he dared to light a fire, and he didn't even burn himself. What else is he afraid to do, and when the time comes to really release the sidelines and divide the eastern and northern battlefields, we will inevitably fall into a passive position!"

"So we have to plan ahead!"

Guo Jiadao.

Cao Cao's eyes fell on the sand table, and he pondered for a while: "Northeast corner, this place, if you say it is important or not, it is very important, if you want to connect the two battlefields, we will need to garrison troops. But it doesn’t need too many soldiers and horses to be stationed, it’s a waste of soldiers and horses!”

He raised his head, glanced at the generals under his command, and asked, "Who is willing to lead the army to station?"

"My lord, the final general is willing to go!"

A young general came out and begged for orders.

"Zidan?" Cao Cao's eyes lit up.

Cao Jiaqianliju is Cao Xiu, Cao is really his adopted son, but he is also a hero of the younger generation, and Cao Ang's confidant. He has been following Cao Ang before, and now he has gathered the main force to go south to fight, so he joins the army And go, wait in front of the account.

"it is good!"

Cao Cao nodded. He also prefers to train young generals. He said with a smile: "You are alone, and you will lead three thousand troops. Set up camp and gather together to communicate the connection between the two battlefields!"

Mingyangju, this is a township in the northeast of Wancheng. Geographically speaking, it is the most convenient place for transportation in the northeast corner. It is surrounded by mountain roads on the left and right, and only the official road runs through it. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"promise!"

Cao Zhen surrendered and took the order.

"Feng Xiao, the battlefield in the east, do Xiahou Dun and the others have any news of returning?" Cao Cao looked far away and began to stare at the battlefield in the east.

Originally, their plan was to fight from the east first, but the Ming army provoked the battle in the north. The Ming army's intention was nothing more than to break through the vanguard barracks, and then force him to withdraw from the east.

Although the battle was a bit split now, the Ming army's intentions were not realized, and the Wei army's vanguard barracks still stood not far from the north bank of Wanshui.

That is to say, the Ming army's idea of ​​forcing him to withdraw his troops is no longer possible.

Then the battle in the eastern suburbs of Wancheng became more important. If Xiahou Dun could suppress the entire Ming army on the eastern front, then Cao Cao would dare to launch a general offensive directly.

Winning Wancheng is equivalent to defeating the Ming army. This is not a regional dispute, but a battle of victory and defeat.

"Not yet, but!"

Guo Jia thought for a while and said, "I don't think it's going so well!"

"why?"

"Your Majesty knows the character of General Xiahou. If this battle goes well, I'm afraid there will be a good news and come back. It must have been deadlocked!"

Guo Jia said with a wry smile: "General Xiahou is a strong person. He always reports good news but not bad news. If there is no news, it means that the battlefield is obviously not going well!"

He paused, and said: "But at this moment, the king should be calm and don't be impatient. Don't ask. General Xiahou is too strong. Once the king intervenes, maybe he thinks that the king is dissatisfied with his attack speed and will be eager for quick success. When the time comes, he will give it to Ming." If the army can take advantage of this opportunity, then it’s not very good!”

"Right!"

Cao Cao nodded: "Yuan Rang's character has always been strong, especially on the battlefield, so let him fight on his own. He has two people beside him, Yu Jin and Xu Huang. Even if they can't take Dongjiao smoothly, they can still stabilize the situation! "

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The battle in the northern suburbs of Wancheng had just come to an end, and the night had just passed. On the land in the eastern suburbs, the battle was in full swing at this very moment.

The morning sun is very warm.

Under the shining golden light, the Ming army and the Wei army had already criss-crossed among the plains and hills, and the two sides were fighting fiercely.

"Ming Jun, what a Ming Jun!"

Xiahou Dun didn't charge forward. At this moment, he was on the temporary command post on the hill, overlooking the battlefield, and his whole body was a little angry: "A certain invested twice as many troops, but they still can't hold them down, damn it!"

The situation on the battlefield is obvious. The Ming army has few troops, but it blocks the Wei army. The Wei army is strong, but the encirclement cannot be encircled, and the attack cannot be attacked. Instead, they are stalemate.

Such a situation, of course, made Xiahou Dun unhappy.

"General Xiahou, don't be angry!"

Yu Jin was calm, with a calm expression on his face, and said: "Although the Ming army has the fighting spirit to fight bullfights, the lack of troops is their culprit. This kind of fighting spirit cannot be maintained for a long time. Everyone feels tired. We are going to do it now. It is death dragging them down, dragging them down step by step, and when their fighting will is wiped out, the army formation will definitely not be able to maintain such stability, then it is time for our counterattack!"

The Ming army is known as the strongest army in the world. It is not a name that is blown out casually, but a battle that is fought out one after another. The degree of cooperation is much higher than that of Wei Jun.

It is rumored that the Ming army trains troops every day, so their resilience is beyond the average army.

Even the elite soldiers of the Wei army, the elite of hundreds of battles who fought on the battlefield, could not fight against the elite Ming army on the battlefield in a one-to-one ratio.

But precisely because the Ming army followed the elite line, the path of a professional soldier, the huge match brought about by military training made the strength of the Ming army not obvious among the princes.

Especially now, under the pressure of the Guanzhong and Nanyang battlefields, the strength of the Ming army can penetrate, less than half.

The Wei army has sufficient strength.

After Yu Jin's failure in attacking Wancheng, he no longer wanted to make a quick decision. Now he was all about using his strength to exhaust the Ming army.

Of course, for Xiahou Dun, he was unwilling. He hoped to defeat the Ming army cleanly, so as to show the morale of the Wei army.

He gritted his teeth: "I'm afraid that if this drags on, our army will lose morale first, and if it drags on for too long, Your Majesty will lose confidence in us. We still have to attack. It’s not invincible, you two are in the formation, and I will personally lead the elite to break through their formation, tear their defenses apart, and forcefully enter!”

Yu Jin Xu Huang looked at each other when he heard the words.

Although they don't quite agree with it, they don't oppose it either. Dead consumption is one way, but if it can break through, it's also a way.

Of course, they were not very optimistic about Xiahou Dun's ability to break through directly, even if they held the line, the Ming army would still have generals in command.

According to the information provided by Yelou, whether it is Wenpin of the Violent Bear's Second Army or Meng Huo of Jingping's Fourth Army, they are both among the best generals in the Ming Army.

"You can try it, but don't go deep!" Yu Jin thought for a while, and said to Xiahou Dun: "General Xiahou, although your majesty told us to break through the Eastern Front, victory is victory if we are undefeated. We must first do our best not to fail on the Eastern Front!"

"rest assured!"

Although Xiahoudun is reckless, he is not stupid, otherwise he would not have been on the battlefield for so many years. He said in a deep voice, "We can't break through their peace of mind, and withdraw our troops immediately!"

"it is good!"

After the three discussed it, they immediately started to move.

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The temporary command battalion of the Ming army was only 800 meters away from the battlefield. It was built on a hillside, and the terrain was slightly higher, overlooking the whole field.

"In the current battle situation, our main force is exhausted, and they are also suppressing the main force. The battle situation seems to be a bit of a stalemate. It will be no problem for a day or two. Our army formation is impenetrable. It is not so easy for them to be defeated, but this stalemate Go down, we will suffer!"

Wenpin's face became slightly gloomy.

The Ming army was short of troops, and the enemy army was twice as large as theirs. Even if they were elite enough, it would still be a disadvantage if one faced two. , They have been resisting, and their fighting spirit will be gradually wiped out.

There are limits to a person's fighting spirit, morale, fighting spirit, and these spiritual manifestations. Even if they are strong in training, they will always face the oppression of life and death on the battlefield. Once they collapse, a chain reaction will form and the entire army will be defeated.

"You have to fight back!"

Meng Huo expressed his thoughts in three simple words.

Defense has never been his forte.

He is better at attacking.

"How to fight back?" Yan Yan looked at Meng Huo. He didn't look down on this barbarian king who came out of the [-] mountains. Of course, he didn't think much of it. Those who are not of our race must have a different heart, that is, Mu Jing is willing to trust those generals from other races.

In today's Ming Dynasty, there are actually many foreign generals. Meng Huo, the barbarian king of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, commands the Jingping Fourth Army of the Ming Army, and Min Wu, the leader of the Qiang tribe, commands the Third Zhaoming Army of the Ming Army.

These are the outstanding figures of the Ming country where foreigners took refuge.

There is also General Zhonglang of Jingping's third army, Gao Ding, the leader who once rebelled against the Yi tribe. Although he has defected to the Han people for a long time, he is always from the Yi tribe.

Similarly, the Wuxi Battalion led by Sha Moke, the barbarian king of the Wuxi Man, is also a relatively powerful battle battalion of the Ming army.

These people represent the successful cases of non-Han people taking refuge in the Ming Kingdom. They are also very important in the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention that Yan Yan cannot question it, even the Zhaoming Pavilion, the Political Affairs Hall, and the Privy Council, these big bosses dare not take it lightly. question their loyalty.

After all, this is related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty. If the Shiwan Dashan ran away, Nanzhong would be in turmoil. If the Qiang people rebelled, the Xiliang area in the West Sea would be in chaos.

Today, the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty is the number one among the princes. No one dares to question this point. Sitting in the southwest, holding Jingxiang in hand, and the surrender of various Qiang tribes in the Xihai area, plus Xiliang and Guanzhong , it can even be said that half of the country is already in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

But the more this is the case, the more cautious you are, the internal stability is above everything else.

Therefore, Yan Yan's attitude towards Meng Huo is still correct, he will not be too flattering, nor will he show that kind of disdain, and treat him normally.

And this kind of treatment made Meng Huo more adaptable. He didn't want to become a special existence in the Ming Kingdom. Mu Jing treated him equally, but it still couldn't change his background as a barbarian king. If he wanted to gain a foothold in the Ming Kingdom, if he couldn't integrate into it , then one day sooner or later, the Ming Kingdom will still attack the tribes of Shiwan Dashan, so these years, he has also tried to integrate himself into the Ming Kingdom.

The heart of rebellion is almost gone. It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't muster up the courage. He has watched the development of Ming country step by step until today.

He really didn't have confidence, and he got too many benefits from Mujing.

If in the past, the Bai people provided financial resources to support the barbarians, and the Yi people supported them outside, they still had some confidence, but now, the Bai people’s salt fields have been handed over, and the Yi people have become the most loyal of the Ming Dynasty. It's a dog, even if the barbarians retreated into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, they would have a slight chance of winning in the face of the Zhanhu Camp and the Wuxi Camp.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty has been very good to the barbarians in recent years. Although there are still some disputes during the run-in, most of the barbarians suffer losses. But in general, the barbarians have begun to have their own cities, and the tribesmen can build their own. Houses, arable land, food and clothing, this is the best life I have lived for thousands of years.

So when the Ming army was reorganized, after he and his elder brother Meng You sighed, they finally chose to abandon the South Central Army and the soldiers and horses of the barbarian Erlang, and dispatched General Zhonglang of the Dongzhou Army, which is now General Zhonglang of the Jingping Fourth Army .

His mind was already on making meritorious deeds and increasing the merits of the barbarians, not on resisting the Ming Dynasty.

As the king of the barbarians, Meng Huo was also battle-tested, and he had read a lot of the art of war in Han books over the years. Combined with his experience on the battlefield, he had made great progress.

Since he launched a counterattack, he also had a plan in his heart. When Yan Yan asked, he said straight: "If you want to counterattack, you must first lure the snake out of the hole!"

"Let the snake out of the hole?"

Wenpin flickered his eyes slightly.

In the Jingzhou War, he was defeated by the fledgling Zhuge Liang, and with his first name, he became a stepping stone for Zhuge Liang to become famous all over the world, which is a shame for him.

Over the years, there is no chance of avenging shame. After all, Zhuge Liang is also a general of the Ming army. They have little chance of fighting, but he can still improve his ability. He doesn't want to have a second chance. times of defeat.

As soon as Meng Huo opened his mouth, his thoughts turned: "What does General Meng Zhonglang mean, let them attack?"

"Ok!"

Meng Huo nodded.

"It's not easy!" Yan Yan smiled wryly: "I can see their formation, obviously they want to fight a war of attrition, they have enough soldiers to consume us, we don't have enough soldiers In the face of staggered attacks, once we have no way to rest, they will easily consume most of our stamina, so that we have a better chance of defeating us on the battlefield, so it may not be so easy for them to attack!"

"This is the details of the enemy generals provided by Jing Wusi. There are three generals in the enemy army. One is Xiahou Dun, the second is Yu Jin, the third is Xu Huang, and Yu Jin Xu Huang. They are not easy to deal with, but Xiahou Dun..."

Meng Huo said, "This man may be a bit fierce!"

When he said fierce, he meant reckless, and a reckless man was the easiest to be fooled on the battlefield.

"Using Xiahoudun as a breakthrough point is a good idea, but it's not that easy!" Wen Pin sighed: "I fought against this person on the Wuyin battlefield. Although this person is reckless, he has his own strengths on the battlefield. Mind and sense of touch, unless it makes him feel a sense of urgency, otherwise he will not attack easily!"

(End of this chapter)