Shu Chen

Chapter 514

Chen Cangcheng is really not easy to attack.

Just the city wall, which is about five feet high and thick, is enough to make people daunting.

In addition, there is no shortage of moats, horse faces, archery towers, urns, and inner cities, which also eliminates the possibility of flooding, digging tunnels, and sneak attacks at night to break the city.

It is also very difficult to besieged until the food is exhausted.

Today's Chencang City has no Li Shu, only more than ten thousand soldiers who vowed to defend to the death, with sufficient food, fodder and armaments.

In other words, if you want to break the city, you can only climb up and snatch the city wall with the help of ladders and other equipment, regardless of casualties.

But we can't help but attack.

For today's big Han, only by capturing Chencang and occupying the territory west of Youfufeng Wuzhangyuan-Qishan Mountain can it be regarded as a real foothold in Guanzhong and the dawn of restoring the old capital.

The next day, the prime minister entered the army tent.

Except for Xiang Chong, who was absent from Panxukou to deal with the transshipment of the Long Road, the three generals of the Han Army such as Wei Yan, Zheng Pu, Guan Xing, and Jiang Wei were all present.

The prime minister sitting upright, as Guan Xing said last night, is in good spirits.

It was in the chilly spring season that his complexion was slightly gray and his brows were tired and deep.

After everyone was ready, the prime minister spoke slowly and asked, "You all know about the peace talks between Jiangdong and Ni Wei. I want to attack the fortress after the spring plowing. What do you think?"

After the words fell, everyone's eyes fell on Wei Yan.

Regardless of official position, qualifications or temperament, he is the first speaker who does his part.

"Jiangdong is full of idiots, deficiencies and schemes!"

He didn't mean to shirk, and immediately answered with his hands upright on the seat, "Prime Minister, at this point, our army can only attack by force! In my opinion, it's not as if I supervised the headquarters to cross the water and enter the camp in the east of Chencang City, but against Wei. The Beiyuan garrison came to the rescue; and allowed the Chinese army to attack day and night without distraction, in order to break through the city as soon as possible. And I only need to supervise [-] troops to cross the water, so that the rebellious Wei cannot pass, and the rest of the soldiers can be supervised by Wu Yuanxiong to help The Chinese army broke the city."

At this point, he glanced at Zheng Pu slightly sideways, and then continued, "Prime Minister, Chencang City is strong and strong, and it took a day to break through. Our troops crossed the water and fell into the camp to guard them. We don't need the assistance of Zhao Yihong's cavalry. Go and guard Longdong with Zijin."

"Prime Minister, I would like to discuss with General Wei."

As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Xing immediately expressed his opinion.

And Jiang Wei, who alone led more than ten thousand tiger infantry troops to camp on the south bank of the Weishui River and south of Chencang City, immediately joined hands, "Prime Minister, Wei also agrees with General Wei's proposal. And Wei will move the general's camp ten miles eastward to support General Wei. It can ensure that there are no worries on the south bank, and that Ni Wei will not be allowed to come from the south bank to disturb the Ministry of Anguo's attack."

The two were eager to express their views, not because they were reckless.

But now there is no room for tricks in the confrontation between the Han and Wei dynasties and the forced attack.

What Wei Yan said was the safest and most suitable battle plan.

As for what he claimed, let Zhao Guangbu be reclassified under Zheng Pu's command to help guard Anding County~~
But once the offensive battle started, Anding County became the weakness of the Han army.

Gein is now stationed in the Zheng Pu Department in Qian County, and he also wants to supervise the army to go south to Yumi County, along the Sishui River Valley, to contain Wei Guotun's Sun Li Department in Yong County.

In this way, the defense of Anding County will be weakened.

Only the Xuanwu army of Wang Ping's department and Zhang Ni's department that was beaten and disabled, even if there are Xiliang iron cavalry cruising around on guard, it is still difficult to curb Wei Guo's desire to covet the Jingshui River Valley.

Anyway, Wei Guotun has more than [-] infantry in Qi County, and there are more than [-] Wuhuan Tuqi!

Once Zheng Pu's troops went south and were far away from the Jingshui River Valley, they could rely on their large numbers of troops to send infantry to slowly advance, restraining the Han army's infantry in Longdong, and then let the Wuhuan Tuqi drive in. .They don't need to seize the city or fight fiercely, they only need to destroy the farmland in the counties of Longdong along the way and plunder the cattle and sheep of the attached Han Qiang and Hu tribes, and they can cause great disturbance in the counties and counties!

But let Zhao Guangbu go to guard with Xiliang iron cavalry, with the strength of nearly [-] cavalry, the Wei Guoqi county garrison would not dare to come out to seek death.

As the three of them expressed their opinions one after another, the prime minister's eyes also fell on Zheng Pu.

And it carries an inexplicable meaning.

Because the prime minister was the only one besides Zheng Pu who knew that Li Tangmang was in the abandoned Shangjun, planning to attack the enemy's rear when the Han and Wei battles were in full swing.

Therefore, the Prime Minister was also worried about whether Wei Yan's proposal would ruin Li Tang Mang's plan for this idle move.

After all, if Zhao Guangbu entered Longdong, the big man once again had the strength to attack Zuo Fengyi from the North Luoshui Valley, so how could he not deploy defenses in advance!
"Prime Minister, General Wei."

Zheng Pu, who was attracting everyone's attention, bowed his hands to the prime minister and Wei Yan one by one, and then said, "General Mengwei will take care of you. However, if you want to keep Longdong safe, you only need to divide Qianqi and me from Zhao Yihong's troops." Can."

Thousands of rides are enough?

In the face of the disparity between the enemy and ourselves, it seems a bit exaggerated to only increase a thousand riders, right?

Hearing this, Wei Yan and the others were a little surprised.

The Prime Minister, who knew the reason, couldn't help but feel a little worried, and asked, "Zijin, are there too few thousand riders? If there is chaos in Longdong, our army Gaoping and Xiaoguan will be disturbed, and there is no room for negligence."

The underlying meaning of this remark is that the Prime Minister would rather not leave Tang Mang after he invaded Wei, rather than make the Jingshui River Valley suffer.

Because Li Tangmang's idle move is the icing on the cake.

And Longdong is related to whether the battle can last for a long time!
Which of the two is more important is self-evident.

"Back to the prime minister, Pu dare not ignore the war."

Zheng Pu quickly replied, "Pu only needs a thousand riders to enter Longdong, because he wants the defenders of Gaoping and Xiaoguan to send out thousands of soldiers to enter the Jingshui River Valley and build a siege. With the heart of crime, our army can also have plenty of time to return to defense."

uh~~
It turned out to be the case.

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words.

Indeed, as the battle line is pushed to the east of Longdong, Xiaoguan and Gaoping at the source of Jingshui do not need too many garrisons!

You can also divide your troops to help Zhang Yi and Wang Ping guard the Jingshui River Valley.

"good!"

The prime minister applauded and praised, and also made a decision on the scheduling of the war, "So, let's deploy according to Wen Chang and Zijin's words. However, Zhao Yihong's department is still under the supervision of Wen Chang, and then sent thousands of horses to the south bank of the Weishui River. Be the eyes and ears of the Boyue tribe and Dasan Pass. Boyue, you send a school of soldiers from Suiyang Xiaogu to Jigu. If you go against Wei and send troops from Baoxie Valley to harass Hanzhong, um... If it cannot be stopped, the Baogu plank road will be burned down."

"promise."

Jiang Wei bowed his hands to accept the order, and said in admiration, "The prime minister is thoughtful, and I am not as good as others."

Yes, the prime minister's move was a precautionary measure, blocking Wei Guo's last move to force the Han army to attack.

General Wang Chang of Wei Zhengnan has been stationed in Wancheng, Jingzhou Inspector Hu Zhi has stationed troops in Shangyong and repaired the siege of Xunkou, which means that the three eastern counties can join forces with Wei Guanzhong to march into Hanzhong, forcing the Han army to give up attacking fortifications.

But now the Meng Yan troops guarding Hanzhong County are not many troops, and it is difficult to contain the invasion from the two fronts.

(End of this chapter)