Ji Han Grand Commander
Chapter 525: On the verge of breaking out
Chapter 525 519. On the verge of breaking out
Thanks to the Wei army's lack of understanding of the Han army, and the fact that Cao Yan and Man Chong's strategic goal was still to "defeat Feng Xi's Jingzhou army" rather than defend, Man Chong finally agreed to a decisive battle with Feng Xi in the wild.
This kind of decisive battle was undoubtedly exactly what the Wei army wanted, because if the Wei army was allowed to attack the Han army's hedgehog-like camp, the Wei army would also be in trouble. The Wei army had the advantage of cavalry, so they naturally wanted to massacre the Han army on the plain without any cover.
"Commander-in-chief, it would be best if you send someone to conduct reconnaissance in advance to see if the Han army has set a trap or made a plan in advance. If not, it would be best to monitor it to prevent the Han army from secretly making preparations there before the decisive battle."
Cao Yan thought for a moment and reminded Man Chong. What if the Han army had secretly dug those trenches there long ago? Wouldn't it be difficult for him? Moreover, Feng Xi was cunning, and he might order his men to hide during the day and move out at night before the decisive battle to lay out there in advance.
However, Cao Yan was just judging others by his own mean character. In fact, Feng Xi was also eager to have a field battle with the Wei army and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
The Cao Wei cavalry was sharp. If he had shown too much strength before, causing the Wei army to lose the desire to fight, then these Tiger and Leopard Cavalry would be a hidden danger whether they harassed his rear or went to support other places.
Now under the control of Feng Xi, although the Han army is unstoppable, it is not strong enough to make the Wei State lose the courage to fight head-on. The arrival of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will undoubtedly give the Wei army a shot in the arm, and they will have the idea that "The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are here, Wancheng is saved."
Feng Xi now hopes that the Wei army will decide the outcome of the battle in one go and defeat him, because he also has the same idea.
The situation was developing in the direction Feng Xi hoped. Although Man Chong was a little timid, he did not show any amazing strength. For example, the classic gunpowder weapons of the Jingzhou Army did not appear in the battles in the past few days.
What Feng Xi was afraid of was that he would scare Man Chong, and then the Wei army would be broken up into small pieces, and he would be in trouble.
However, if we defeat Wancheng and Wei's support here, causing serious damage to Wei, even if Wei is a big country with a great cause, it is unlikely that it will be able to produce a second wave of army of this size in a short period of time.
Haven’t you seen that in the Battle of Xiangfan in the past, Wei’s 100,000-strong army lost 60% of its troops, causing the entire Wei State to not dare to attack Jingzhou and Yangzhou for five or six years, and could only lick its wounds slowly.
Now, if Man Chong's Nanyang Army and these 30,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were to be wiped out again, the expression of the Wei Emperor who never appeared in the original timeline would surely be very interesting.
As for the idea of digging trenches in advance at the decisive battle site, Feng Xi had no intention of doing so. Not to mention that the Wei army had many cavalrymen now, if the people he sent out were discovered, they would definitely die. Secondly, his current weapons and equipment no longer needed to rely entirely on the so-called fire walls, caltrops and crossbows to deal with the Cao Wei cavalry like a few years ago.
Feng Xi had been keeping silent until now, without being exposed, just to deal with Cao Wei's elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
As for some of the Han army's past achievements, such as capturing Deng County and dealing with Jiangdong, Man Chong did not seem to take them to heart.
But think about it, humans believe that seeing is believing, if they haven't seen it themselves, most people will remain skeptical. Especially the stuff that sounds like a fantasy, such as faking the deaths of dozens of people and blowing up a city gate at random, I guess an old stubborn like Man Chong would not believe it, and just think it was a rumor spread by the soldiers.
"Ma Su, go and count the weapons in my central army. They will be needed in the decisive battle in two days."
Feng Xi assigned the task to the meticulous Ma Su, and Ma Su also knew its importance, so he naturally did not dare to be negligent or lazy.
"Twenty years ago, the late emperor was attacked by Cao Cao and retreated from Xinye all the way to Jiangxia. Cao Cao's starting point was Wancheng and Nanyang County. Now our army is heading north, and the people are welcoming us wholeheartedly, providing us with food and drink. It can be said that we have the best timing. This state of vitality and everything competing to flourish is really exciting."
Feng Xi stood up, as if he realized something.
"No matter what, the force in the battle is 100,000 versus 80,000. The advantage is on my side!" "Great Commander, that's a good idea."
Although everyone in the hall didn't know why Feng Xi was so emotional, they could only follow suit and flatter him.
Two days later, the sky was bright, but the sun had not yet completely risen from the horizon. The whole sky was still gray, and there was even a hint of mist. The wild grass and flowers on the roadside were even covered with dewdrops unique to the early morning, as if the earth had just woken up.
A troop of soldiers had already arrived at the plain in the southwest corner of Wancheng, allowing their clothes to be moistened by the misty air.
Most of the clothes under the armor of this army were apricot-colored, with only a patch of white in the formation.
Just as Feng Xi had done when he led the Eastern Expedition, most of the early veterans of the Jingzhou Army and Feng Xi's Shenwu Camp are still wearing white clothes. Only the new army that came later wore the standard apricot-colored clothes of the Han Army.
In the middle of the formation stood a large flag with a gold-embroidered border and an apricot-colored base, on which was a huge "Han" character engraved in black lines.
"Grand Commander, the Wei army has just set out from Wancheng. It is estimated that they will be here in less than half an hour."
A scout had already informed Feng Xi of the Wei army's movements.
"Who is coming?"
Feng Xi asked this question specifically, and it was easy to imagine that a cautious old man like Man Chong would definitely stay in Wancheng, and it would definitely be other generals who would lead the troops out.
"Grand Commander, the banners are 'Cao', 'Cheng', and 'Hu', but it is unknown who they are."
The scouts shook their heads. Because of the light mist and the fact that some of them came from Luoyang, it was normal for them not to recognize them.
"Cao... probably the one mentioned in the intelligence, Cao Chun's son Cao Yan. Cheng must be the son of old Cheng Yu. Hu... probably Hu Zhi."
Feng Xi didn't know who Hu Zun was, he only knew that Hu Zhi was a general under Man Chong, so he just thought it was Hu Zhi.
And Man Chong was indeed as Feng Xi had guessed. Because he was old and not good at fighting in battle, he stayed in the city obediently.
In this decisive battle, in addition to Cao Yan's 30,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Cheng Wu and Hu Zun also led 30,000 troops, totaling 60,000, to fight a decisive battle with the Han army.
There were still more than 20,000 defenders in Wancheng, who, together with Man Chong, prevented the Han army from making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. The frontal battle could only be handed over to these three young generals.
There is no way. Although Man Chong is considered a veteran of Cao Wei, his tactical style is mainly firm and calm. He is good at defense but not good at offense. Even if he goes to face Feng Xi in person, it is estimated that there will not be much difference between him and these three people.
So Man Chong can only hope that Cao Wei's world-famous elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry can tear through the Han army's defenses and ravage the Han army's infantry... just like usual.
(End of this chapter)
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