Shu Chen

Chapter 457 Dead silence (updated for the fans of Brother Yun)
Deng Ai, who roughly estimated that Hu Zun might drive troops to match the combat time, also rode [-] cavalry at the beginning of July, and slowly approached Laowei County.

"My lords, the governor of Yongliang has already stopped sending General Pingxi to attack the Shu soldiers! We will fight back and forth with General Pingxi bravely, and we will definitely defeat the Shu soldiers. We can honor our wives and children! We can also return to Guanzhong to reunite with our wives and children." !"

In the face of the doubts of the generals and the remonstrances, he went to the battle without giving up. This is how he explained.

But such claims are not convincing to everyone.

Without him, what they were attacking was Naowei County, and the fortress of Shuyin separated the west and east of the river. How could General Hu Zun of Pingxi come to attack the rear of the Shu army?

But Deng Ai kept silent about it.

Claiming that this is a military secret, he must not disclose it.

Let's argue again: "I'm going with the kings. If there is no chance of victory, wouldn't I be in a dead end!"

This time, the generals of the ministries believed it, and soon, they had to believe it.

As soon as Gein's army left the camp, Deng Ai sent his bodyguards to burn down the camp, pontoon bridge and siege!

"Enter to live, walk to die, only fight hard!"

Deng Ainai said so, personally holding the flag and taking the trilogy as the forerunner, vowing not to return to death.

But what he didn't know was that when the pontoon bridge was burned down, a ray of anger flashed in the eyes of all the expropriated Zahu tribe and a thousand Southern Huns rangers.

They are not soldiers who have joined the army of Wei, and they have no obligation to die for Wei!

Among them, the Southern Huns are better off riding, because they can return to Shuofang County from the gap between Mingsha Mountain and Helan Mountain.

But the Zahu tribe couldn't bear it.

Busy attacking the weak and ignorant Liu Bao, his sphere of influence has already spread to Lingwu Valley and Lian County in Helan Mountain!

If they also returned from the gap in Helan Mountain, Liu Bao would definitely use the excuse of trespassing on his tribe's pasture without authorization to extort cattle and sheep from them or send troops to occupy their pasture.

It was nothing more than fulfilling their vassal obligations to wave the flag for Wei Guo, but Deng Ai actually cut off their way back?
It is tolerable, what is unbearable!
Therefore, whether they were marching on the road or setting up camp at night, they who originally belonged to different tribes gradually began to get acquainted and intimate.

In other words, if the Wei army has the upper hand in the fierce battle, they will not make any changes, but what if it is unfavorable?
Ah!
Of course, the practice of breaking the boat and sinking the boat can certainly motivate the soldiers to die.

For example, there are more than a thousand fine cavalry from Guanzhong, and more than [-] infantry who followed Deng Ai from Guanzhong to Helan Mountain to farm fields.

The former is an elite raised by the kindness of the State of Wei, and will not have the heart to fight in front of the battle; while the latter is a soldier who belongs to the "Soldier System" of the State of Wei. courage.

Furthermore, Deng Ai's approach of not rushing forward also fits well with the tactic of waiting for Hu Zun to attack.

Instead, they marched forward slowly in an formation of Wugang carts and luggage carts. Even Ni Shu came to harass them with a team of two or three hundred Xiliang iron cavalry. From this point of view, he should not have taken them Intended to be used as battlefield consumables.

Perhaps, this time we can really defeat the Shu army, and go back to Guanzhong with rewards to reunite with our family!

With such thoughts, the morale of the Wei army was quite high.

"Deng Ai must die!"

And when Jiang Wei learned that Deng Ai had driven out his troops, he laughed heartily and said so.

Afterwards, he gathered all Xiliang iron cavalry, broke their arrows and swore, saying: "Xueqianfan Qu Wushan's shame, reconquer the North General's revenge, this is the present! If you don't punish Deng Ai, you will never give up!"

Nai Liu Lin's five hundred heavy infantry stood firm in the camp.

Don't send more than a hundred riders into the desert, and pretend that a thousand riders are lying on the ground with branches tied to the horse's tail.

Take Qianqi with more than two hundred people as a five-part march to harass Deng Ai along the way.

Such as making a gesture to advance into the formation, throwing bows and arrows to disrupt its formation and intimidate soldiers, attacking overnight scouts at night or making noise to disturb the camp, etc.And before the departure, he gave a detailed warning, claiming that if Deng Ai came out to drive away with Guanzhong Jingqi, he would not be able to engage in battle. The enemy advances and retreats, and the enemy harasses us.

And he himself took two hundred armored cavalry and the rest of Xiliang iron cavalry, and stationed in the camp in the woods on the gentle slope of Quwu Mountain.

Let the camp that was originally a confuse to hear and hear, really have two thousand soldiers.

Such a dispatch is not intended to attack the rear of the Wei army.

Instead, he forced Deng Ai to divide his troops.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a cloud, "Therefore the human body is invisible and I am invisible, so I will specialize and divide the enemy; if I specialize in one, the enemy will be divided into ten, so if ten attack one, then we will be many and the enemy will be few; If we attack the widows, our place will make an appointment with the warriors."

Deng Ai had many troops, but the Han army was few.

If the Han army directly presses into a fierce battle, even if the Han army wins, it will inevitably lose a lot.

Moreover, Zheng Pu discussed with Jiang Wei before leaving, and concluded that Deng Ai's battle this time must come with a desperate effort, and his vigor must be strong!Therefore, in accordance with the art of war of "do not invite the flag of integrity, do not attack the flag of integrity", first seize its energy, and accumulate small victories to achieve great victories.

In fact, Deng Ai is also aware of this.

But when he drove his troops close to the Han army camp in the woods on the gentle slope of Quwu Mountain, he still had to divide his troops.

If no soldiers and horses are left here, he will be caught in the middle of being attacked by the Han army.

It is even more inadvisable to attack the camp here with the whole army.

Because all the soldiers under his command knew that the Scarpu Dazhu and the Han army's food and fodder were all in Yuwei County, and they would also question him for giving up everything, and also faced the danger of being attacked from both front and back.

The two camps of the Han army were already in the shape of horns.

Finally, based on the analysis of the terrain, the camp here is on a gently sloping hillside, and it must be more difficult to attack than the camp at the gap in the mountain in Naowei County.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

The morale boosted by a desperate effort cannot last.

If he is unable to capture the Han camp for a long time here, the morale of the generals will inevitably weaken, and he will not be able to create opportunities for Hu Zunyin to attack the city of Shuyin.

In other words, from the moment he dispatched troops, he had no chance of continuing to fight or test.

Yes, he only had one chance.

Get ready for battle.

Therefore, he left [-] infantry on the gentle slope to restrain the battalion, and with [-] Guanzhong fine cavalry as a supporting force, he continued to lead the army to Naowei County.

In mid-July, to.

Before the camp was set up, the scouts came to report, claiming that there was a looming ambush in the northern desert, and sent the Zahu tribe [-] miles north to be on guard.

After the camp was over, he personally led Guanzhong Jingqi to watch the Han army camp.

Seeing the ups and downs of the granaries, he immediately sighed, "This must be hidden in the yellow sand!"

Without him, these granaries are too close to the outskirts of the camp, and he only needs to let the Southern Huns rangers throw fire arrows to ignite them.

But he still let the Southern Huns do it.

Regardless of whether it is yellow sand or grain and fodder, as long as it is ignited, it can more or less boost the morale of the soldiers.

In fact, it was the same. When the thick smoke billowed in the Han army camp, all the soldiers of Wei State burst into cheers.

Only he was silent.

Because he didn't hear the neighing of the horse.

According to common sense, with such a fire, the war horse would neigh no matter how the cavalry tried to appease it.

(End of this chapter)