Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1679 Battle of Shangdang Eight

"Ju Yi is really difficult!" There was a wry smile on the corner of Zhang Liao's mouth.

Before, he somewhat underestimated this reckless man, but now he has to admit that this No. [-] general in Hebei is quite capable.

"General, I have a little idea!" Min Wu said suddenly.

"Say!"

Zhang Liao looked at Min Wu with seriousness in his eyes.

He still attaches great importance to Min Wu, especially Min Wu's strategy is among the military divisions of the entire Ming army, not to say that it is extremely powerful, but it is also one of the best.

It's just that Min Wu has always kept a low profile on heated discussions.

His identity determines that he can't be too ostentatious.

But now it is on the battlefield, if Min Wu can have a strategy to minimize the losses in this battle, then he will be a hero.

"In my opinion, since the Yan army has determined that our northern offensive is a bluff, why don't we make it a reality? Although it is difficult to cross the northern line, Zhaoming's third army's mountain and wild capabilities are still good. We can try to cross the eastern mountain road, straight Enter under the North City!"

Min Wu said carefully.

This was a sudden idea when he came back, and now it depends on whether Zhang Liao approves of his idea.

He can keep a low profile.

But for a general, meritorious service is the key. The Ming army judges heroes by military merit. If there is no military industry, it will be difficult for him to even secure his position as a general of the Zhaoming Third Army.

"That's a good idea!"

Zhang Liao listened, a bright light flickered in his eyes.

Min Wu's idea is a kind of rapid response to the battlefield. The battlefield is unpredictable. In many cases, no matter how careful the plan is, problems will eventually arise due to some factors.

Therefore, for the general, the response on the battlefield is very important, and only the general who can respond quickly and react is qualified to become a famous general.

"but!"

Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "It's too late!"

It’s not that he doesn’t want to support Min Wu, but it’s that there’s really no time. It’s hard to do a five-day bottom-up over mountains and ridges, and it will consume a lot of energy. Take a few days’ rest, and within ten days, you want to It is very difficult to launch an attack.

In ten days, there have been too many changes.

If these two were not Shangdang, but Hanoi or Hedong, he would have dared to do this, but this is Shangdang, and Shangdang is the key point of the current frontal battlefield.

He doesn't have ten days to waste.

Min Wu heard the words, hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhang Liao, and asked, "Is there some change in the battle situation that I don't know about?"

Based on his budget, ten days is not bad, and if the eldest son city is destroyed within a month, ten days can afford it.

"Now the entire battlefield has changed!"

Zhang Liao said, "I don't dare divide my troops!"

When Min Wu heard the words, his pupils changed color, Zhang Liao spoke so directly, and he still couldn't feel the danger in it, so his life was in vain.

"Is the situation so dangerous?" Min Wu gritted his teeth.

"Not at all!"

Zhang Liao smiled, enlivened the atmosphere, and said: "For now, the situation is still with us, but I personally feel that this is not the time to divide the troops!"

For some people, intuition on the battlefield is very important, and Zhang Liao also has such an intuition. He can't say a feeling, but it can save lives in many cases.

"The last general knows!" Min Wu took a deep breath, and stopped asking, and the proposal to divide the troops to the north ended here.

"Think about how to break the city!" Zhang Liao said: "Min Wu, it's just in time for you to come back. You and Pang De are leading Lei Hu's formation. I have let Lei Hu personally attack these few days!"

Zhang Liao said: "There is only one goal, and that is to consume their maximum energy with the least casualties!"

He gave the command to Lei Hu, not because he wanted to beat the master to death with both fists, this kind of possibility is rare on the battlefield, people who play chess must always be those who are in the game, and they are more shrewd.

What he wants is to drag the main force of the Yan army to death. Only when they are exhausted can he have the confidence to break through the city.

In fact, Zhang Liao can break through the city now, but he thinks it's not time to use his secret weapon. At this time, he still needs to wait.

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Two days later.

eldest son city.

Above and below the city, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the smell of blood could be felt dozens of miles away.

At this point in the bloody battle, both sides felt a little exhausted.

In particular, the Yan army in the city is inferior to the Ming army in terms of combat effectiveness, toughness, weapon quality, battle formation, and morale.

He was beaten terribly.

Ju Yi went to the battlefield several times in person to restore the situation, but even so, the morale he had built up before was basically exhausted.

The greater the casualties, the lower the morale. On the top of the city, there is already a feeling of panic.

"Is there a truce today?"

Ju Yi looked at the Ming army standing still under the city, and their fists were quietly raised.

He still underestimated the Ming army.

It's not that the Ming army's tactics are superb, but that the Ming army's strength is stronger than he imagined. Such a war is a terrible waste for anyone.

They were defending against the city, and they should have had an advantage, but when they fought, the Ming army still suppressed him, and they had fewer casualties than them, and their momentum was stronger than them.

After two consecutive days of high-intensity war of attrition, Ju Yi couldn't bear it any longer. He even had the idea of ​​retreating, but he didn't expect that the Ming army would stand still on what he thought was the most dangerous day today.

He was a little elusive about the opaque army's thoughts.

"Judgment, what do you think the Ming army is plotting?" Ju Yi asked for help.

"This one……"

The judge smiled wryly, and said: "General, please forgive me for my incompetence. I can't analyze the thoughts of the chief general of the Ming army. To be honest, this move of the Ming army is mainly to deal with us advisers!"

If he was a little unaware at the beginning, then now, he has realized that the change of generals of the Ming army was done by surprise.

He can calculate Zhang Liao's thoughts, but he can calculate the thoughts of a moody person like Lei Hu, and there are not many cases to support it, so it is impossible to start.

What Lei Hu was thinking, he really couldn't figure it out.

"do not care!"

Ju Yi gritted his teeth and said: "Send the order, count the soldiers, bury the pot for cooking, rest today, recharge your energy, the decisive battle is likely to come soon!"

He could feel the calm before the storm.

When this kind of tranquility appears, it means that a storm is coming, and it is really hard to say whether it can withstand it.

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The main camp of the Ming army.

"Several days of fierce fighting have finally exhausted Yan Jun!" Zhang Liao also pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a bit difficult.

This battle was fought one after another, so they fought at a leisurely pace, and there were not many casualties in the end.

If you kill one thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred.

Even if the Ming army was elite, on the battlefield, there was always a price to be paid in order to kill the enemy. There was no easy victory.

"We've exhausted our energy too!"

Pang De smiled bitterly: "It's really hard to say how long we can last if we continue like this!"

"Now is the time to fight!"

Zhang Liao said in a low voice: "There is no such strategy in the battlefield, only desperate, whoever can hold on now will be the winner!"

"General, how do we fight next?"

Lei Hu cupped his hands and asked. "To rest today, I have to give them time to breathe a sigh of relief. Tomorrow, the general will continue to attack!" Zhang Liao thought for a while, looked at Pang De and Min Wu, and finally he ordered Min Wu's general: "Min Wu, you will come to serve tomorrow!" The Commander's Seal!"

"I?"

Min Wu was a little surprised.

"It's you!" Zhang Liao smiled: "When the Yan army adapts to our ferocious attack and suddenly changes their style, they will quickly mess up!"

The continuous offensive style will have an impact on people, and their defense will adapt to this offensive.

Suddenly changing the offensive style will immediately bring great changes to this defense.

This is what Zhang Liao wanted: "I want to see how long Ju Yi can stay calm!"

Under such circumstances, Ju Yi will definitely be in chaos, but Ju Yi is still capable. Whether he can quickly clean up his state and change his defensive style is the key.

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The next day was another cloudless day.

The sun had just risen, and the Ming army lined up again under the eldest son Nancheng.

"Boom boom boom!!!!!!"

The sound of powerful war drums sounded, one after another, burning the blood in the soldiers' bodies, and they looked at the city wall with their eyes.

"Boys, attack the city!"

The Ming army didn't have too many tricks, so they directly attacked the city.

"Archer!"

Min Wu is not only resourceful, but also has a certain amount of experience in command. Although he has not commanded so many troops, he is also the king of Xiqiang after all, so he still has some adaptability.

He is very calm, at the beginning of the attack, first test.

"Shhhhhhh!!!!!!"

After a round of bow and arrow attack, there were some wailing sounds on the city wall, but the Yan army quickly adjusted their formation and dispatched the shield soldiers.

"Go to the crossbow bed!"

"attack!"

The second round of long-distance attack.

"The trebuchet!"

The third round of long-distance attack.

After repeated consumption, Ju Yi had a gloomy face on the top of the city.

"Style changed!"

Ju Yi has a very keen sense that today the attacking style of the Ming army has begun to change.

"It has indeed changed!"

Standing by the side, Shen Pei stared at the dark formation of the Ming army outside the city with deep eyes, and said: "This person should not be Lei Hu, he doesn't have such a calm attacking style!"

"What exactly does Zhang Wenyuan want to play?"

Ju Yi suddenly became a little irritable.

The judge glanced at Ju Yi, and suddenly said: "He wants it, maybe it's your current state, attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top!"

He explained Zhang Liao's plan in one sentence: "He is targeting you, so he didn't personally command. He used different styles of generals, and he used strong pressure to make you confused. If you mess up, we will all mess up!"

"So it is!"

Ju Yi trembled all over, his pupils widened, and a pair of giant eyes like copper bells flickered fiercely: "He is targeting a certain family!"

The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and the anger ignited in my heart.

He gritted his teeth and said, "A certain family is taking the initiative to attack now, let's see how he responds!"

"No!"

The judge stopped him, and he said to Ju Yi: "Your current state seems to be a little different from before. You were able to attack before, but now you attack, I am afraid that you are not attacking, but looking for death!"

For a general, the most important thing is mentality. Although Ju Yi's mentality has not collapsed, it has been messed up. Once it is messed up, many things will be out of control.

In this way, it is possible to be rhythmized by the Ming army. If the rhythm is wrong, with their combat effectiveness and strength, there is only one dead end.

Hearing this, Ju Yi said that although he was still angry in his chest, he had calmed down a bit. It is quite good to have someone like a judge and match by his side.

He thought for a while and said: "Then we can only stand still and let them toss?"

"So far, I have no strategy to break the game!"

The judge smiled wryly: "I miss Tian Feng a little now. If he is here, there is still a chance to break this situation!"

Ju Yi was silent. Although he didn't like Tian Feng's character very much, he recognized Tian Feng's ability very much.

"General, they can change generals, why don't you try it too?" the judge said.

"Why don't I want to!"

Ju Yi shook his head and said: "The Ming army can have a general who is in charge, but under my command, those school lieutenants, who can control the overall situation, it is not so easy to control the army, if you are not careful, the army will be confused!"

It's not that he hasn't thought about this trick, but there must be such a condition.

This also reflects the strength of the Ming army from the side.

The Ming army not only has relatively complete generals at the middle and lower levels, but also has a large number of generals at the upper and middle levels. In comparison, they are far behind.

This also has something to do with the system. The Ming military system was relatively more perfect.

"Hold on first!"

Ju Yi gritted his teeth, his eyes were as red as blood, and stared at the city: "A certain family wants to see, what tricks can they play!"

The war is at a stalemate.

Originally, this is how a war of attrition is fought. The one who can't hold on first will inevitably suffer casualties, and whoever can't hold on first will lose.

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Two more days passed.

Zhang Liao felt that the time was ripe, and Yan Jun was almost exhausted by himself, and his morale was even lower.

Especially in today's battle, where [-] soldiers were beheaded, the Ming army suffered less than [-] casualties.

This is the largest casualty ratio since the outbreak of the Great War.

This also proves that the morale of the Yan army is running out.

The Yan army is different from the Ming army. The officers and men of the Yan army used their positions more and were attracted by their wealth. If they won a battle, they could get better rewards and make meritorious deeds.

However, within the Ming military system, there was an Ideological and Political Department. The existence of this department, simply put, was for the soldiers to establish a correct concept of combat.

Faith matters.

The stronger the belief, the stronger the morale.

The slogan of the Ming army is to fight for the unification of the world, fight for the peace of the world, fight to end the war, and fight for the people to live a better life.

A kind of belief in the tall, after giving enough food and pay, will definitely allow these soldiers to pursue their ideals.

Most of those who can join the army are young and middle-aged, when their blood is boiling, who doesn't want to become that kind of person with noble feelings.

Therefore, the belief of the Ming army is very strong, and the morale will naturally become tough. It may not be invincible, but there is one thing that cannot be defeated.

"From now on, I will take charge of Hufu Shuaiying again. All the soldiers of the army, if they hear the military orders and disrespect them, they will be executed!"

Zhang Liao ordered: "The three armies are ready to fight tonight, and the victory and defeat will be in this battle!"

(End of this chapter)