Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1680 The Battle of Shangdang IX

In a siege battle, the biggest obstacle is the city wall. The city wall was built to stop the attack. With the city wall, no matter how strong the troops are, they will not be able to exert their strength.

During the siege, the attacking force is five times that of the defending force. It is not so easy to attack the city. If it is ten times, it will be regarded as a good chance of winning.

The current strength of the Ming army is about the same as that of the Yan army in the city, at most double. It is very difficult to achieve the effect of besieging the city.

But as far as siege is concerned, it still has the power to fight.

In addition, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army can be regarded as double that of the Yan army. This is the gap in combat effectiveness formed by well-trained, coordinated military formations, superior weapons and equipment, and so on.

However, it is somewhat difficult to forcibly attack this city, and even a heavy price must be paid in the end to do it.

This is also why Zhang Liao did so many things, frequently changed generals, wasted, fought fiercely, and insisted on dragging the main force of the Yan army to exhaustion.

Only then will he have a chance.

And he also has a trump card, which is his greatest reliance, and can break through the city smoothly.

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The night wind was bleak, with a hint of chill.

eldest son city.

The south gate of this city, after the baptism of war, is already full of holes, and some parts of the city wall have collapsed.

This can reflect the fierceness of the Ming army's offensive in the past few days.

Ju Yi was walking on the city wall, looking at the guards at night, he couldn't help but encourage him: "Soldiers, cheer up, as long as we survive these few days, our reinforcements will arrive, and the offensive and defensive positions will immediately change. Now, we can avenge the siege!"

He knew that the morale of the soldiers was already very low, and even he himself had lost confidence. Under such fighting and attrition, he already had a lot of intentions to retreat.

If it wasn't for fighting for breath, he might have already run away.

But now, he couldn't hold on any longer. If the reinforcements from the Yan army hadn't appeared in the past few days, then he might not have the confidence to hold on.

"General!"

At this time, Shen Pei wore a robe, walked up and down from the city, and saluted Ju Yi.

"The night is dark, you don't go to rest, what are you doing here?" Ju Yi looked at the judge, he was very grateful to the judge, and only after the judge was by his side these days did he feel the importance of a military adviser.

If it weren't for Jupiter by his side, he might have been defeated.

"A message has been received!"

The judge said in a low voice.

"what news?"

"It's from the emperor's uncle, take a look!"

Ju Yi took the news cloth over, glanced at it, and his eyes flickered: "This should have been sent several days ago, why did it take so long to arrive?"

"It should have been intercepted, among the several channels of summons, only this one has arrived.

"It's all a bunch of trash!"

Ju Yi snorted coldly.

He took a deep breath, then took the cloth strip and asked the judge, "Do you think the three generals will come?"

"Hard to say!"

The judge said: "If it is the second general, there is no need to doubt it, but the third general has always been rebellious. Would he abandon his battlefield and come to save the general without the emperor's uncle's military order?"

"We are surrendered generals, and the three generals have always looked down on us!" Ju Yi smiled wryly.

Zhang Fei is a bit arrogant. Liu Bei can be courteous to corporals, but he has a lot of opinions on some surrendered generals, and he rarely gives him a good look.

"Why didn't the Second General come back?" Ju Yi asked suddenly.

"I don't know!"

The judge shook his head and said: "The battlefield in Hanoi is more important. Break through Hanoi, go straight to Henan, and suppress the entire front to the south. This is the key to allowing the main force to go south. At this time, it will not be for the Shangdang line. , give up the layout of Hanoi, and..."

There was a twinkle in his eyes: "I always feel that the emperor's layout is more than that. If the Hanoi battlefield is also an introduction, then what the Hanoi battlefield conceals may be the route that the emperor really wants to break through Luo Yang!"

"is it?"

Ju Yi was silent for a while.

He didn't want to be too obsessed with the matter of strategic deployment, and he didn't get to the bottom of it. He is more concerned now, who can expose him to the party's siege.

After several days of hard fighting, he has reached a desperate situation. If he continues to fight, he will be the first to be defeated, and then everything will be meaningless.

"No matter what, the news of reinforcements is finally good news. Judge Shi, please quietly spread this news throughout the army, so that the soldiers can have some confidence!"

Ju Yi sighed: "If the fight continues like this, even if a certain family can survive, the generals may not be able to hold on. Within two days, there will be more than two hundred deserters. Once!"

Deserters appeared because their morale was low and they were frightened. Soldiers are also flesh and blood, and they will be greedy for life and afraid of death. Some soldiers will escape from the barracks.

But this kind of situation is very rare, and if a deserter is caught, it is basically a dead end. Fighting on the battlefield is also dead, and being caught is also dead. It is not as powerful as a dead one.

Unless there is a large-scale collapse of the army's morale, there will be a large-scale desertion. The desertion of the Yan army shows that the morale of the soldiers of the Yan army has dropped to freezing point.

This eldest son city can't last long.

However, Ju Yi did not expect that the decisive battle would start directly in less than an hour...

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outside the city.

The soldiers of the Ming army were hurrying to recharge their batteries, but the generals were discussing the tactical layout and every detail of the battle all night long.

The Central Army Command has a combat strategy first, and then assigns tasks to each army. The military headquarters of each army discusses and distributes tasks to each battalion.

The general system established by the Ming army is to carefully plan the battle and be prepared before the war, so as to better reduce casualties and deal with sudden changes.

But less than half an hour before the decisive battle, Zhang Liao received a message from Jing Wusi.

This news directly broke all Zhang Liao's deployment.

"Zhang Fei's main force is less than eighty miles away from our army?"

Zhang Liao was furious: "What do Jing Wusi's dark sons eat? Such an important matter, why did you report it now, without any signs at all?"

"We are not doing well, please punish the general!"

Luo Yao, the flag envoy of Bingzhou, Jingwu Division, a thin young man, knelt down in front of Zhang Liao, begging for guilt.

"What's the use of pleading guilty now!"

Zhang Liao took a deep breath. Although Jing Wusi was dispatched by the Privy Council, it was a different system from the Privy Council. He also had no right to punish Jing Wusi, and at this time, it was not a matter of pursuing responsibility.

He asked in a low voice: "How much do you know about Zhang Fei's situation?"

The sudden appearance of a force of troops was enough to abort his plan, and it was not a matter of siege or inability to conquer the city, but a position between attack and defense, which might be reversed.

Zhang Fei, together with Ju Yi's main force, is qualified to directly fight the Ming army in the wild.

If Ju Yi relied on the main city and Zhang Fei held them back in the wild, it would be possible to drag their main force to death here. At that time, Zhang Fei would only need to cut off his own food supply, then he would be catching the turtle in the urn.

"We are still inquiring about the specific situation. What we know so far is that their strength will not exceed [-], and their vanguard strength will be at most [-]. They are less than [-] kilometers away from us, and the main force is still nearly [-] miles away!"

Luo Yao handed over his hands and reported: "They deceived us with technical tactics and pretended to attack Henan, but we didn't expect that they would suddenly turn to the north, and they marched very fast. We didn't realize it, and most of the spies were arranged in Henan to supervise them. Their movements allowed them to take advantage of the loopholes and directly approach the eldest son city!"

"It's also fortunate that we have arranged some chess pieces in their army, so that we can get the news at the end and inform you before they come in. Otherwise, it will be a big problem when they directly appear on your rear wing!"

Luo Yao has some situations. Back then, it was just a casual thing in Zhang Fei’s army, and he didn’t really care about it. Fortunately, he did it. Otherwise, this time, Jing Wusi would have completely neglected his duties. responsibility.

"In addition, the Second Sun and Moon Army was also technically deceived by them. They are currently still in Hedong. Even if they react, it will take time to pursue them!"

Luo Yao looked at Zhang Liao cautiously.

Hearing this, Zhang Liao was also a little scared. He paced back and forth, pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth, and glanced at Luo Yao. The news came back, which is already considered good.

In this era of cold weapons, the transmission of news is not so easy.

He thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Luo Zhang Banner, this is the end of the matter, I won't say much about the rest, whether it is dereliction of duty or meritorious service, His Majesty has the final say in the future, now we need to work together, you can help me keep an eye on it." To kill them, I want the most detailed information, troop deployment, marching situation, mental state, weapons and equipment, all must be clear, and fast!"

"Yes!"

Luo Yao nodded and retreated quickly.

The chief generals and generals of the various military departments convened by Zhang Liao had a final military discussion before the battle.

"Now there is an unexpected problem!"

Zhang Liao told the generals very directly: "Zhang Fei's main force abandoned the Hedong battlefield and directly entered Shangdang. Now the vanguard is less than [-] miles away from us. If we march day and night, we may be able to appear behind us tomorrow morning. !"

Marching overnight will consume a lot of physical strength. Under normal circumstances, they would not do this, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will do so for the sake of speed.

In this way, the Ming army only had one night to prepare, otherwise they would be directly exposed to the attack range of Zhang Fei's main force.

In this way, a passive effect will inevitably be formed.

"Then what about our siege battle?"

All the generals were a little taken aback when they heard the words. Such a change in the critical situation is really unexpected.

Do you want to give up the strategic siege?

"General Minwu Zhonglang, what do you think?" Zhang Liao calmed down and was not confused. He looked at the three generals and heard Minwu's thoughts first.

Min Wu thinks a lot, has the talent of a counselor, and also has the courage to be assertive. He is a handsome talent. To a certain extent, he has more potential than Thunder Tiger Pound.

Of course, his status as the king of Xiqiang would limit his future. If he was in the former dynasty, he would not even have a bright future. However, in Daming, with His Majesty Mu Jing's enlightenment, he has a chance to become an important minister of the court in the future.

"Unless we have the confidence to destroy the enemy overnight, retreating is our best choice!" Min Wu thought for a while and said in a low voice.

"Can't retreat!"

The one who was most unwilling was Lei Hu. He paid a heavy price to push the eldest son city to this point. He was absolutely unwilling to withdraw at the door. He cupped his hands and said to Zhang Liao: "General, please fight immediately. Go to war, attack the eldest son at night, regardless of casualties, and don't stop until the city is destroyed!"

At this time, he would rather go all out than take half a step back.

"The general and the last general also think that withdrawing troops at this time is not a good strategy. We have suffered so many casualties, and finally have a chance. Even if it is more dangerous, I think there is still a chance to gamble and capture the eldest son city! "

Pound also stood up and said with cupped hands.

No one is willing to withdraw troops at this time.

Once the troops were withdrawn, the Battle of Shangdang was tantamount to failure. This was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that they had already paid a heavy price in casualties, but they had no results.

Such a result is not something they can afford.

It's like a gambler who has already invested all his capital. At this moment, he is suddenly told to let him go. There is no way to leave the gambling table.

Including Zhang Liao, how could he be willing.

Zhang Liao looked at Min Wu, then at Pang Deleihu.

Under his command, the Sun and Moon First Army, Zhaoming Second Army, Zhaoming Third Army, and the main force of the three armies add up to [-] to [-], and their combat power can be compared to more than [-] Yan Army.

This battle is not without chance.

It's just a bigger risk.

With great risk comes great benefit.

He paced back and forth, meditating for a long time, and the time passed bit by bit, and it was even close to the time they planned to attack at night.

The generals didn't dare to urge them, as they would have to pay a heavy price to make a decision at this time.

"Thunder Tiger, Pound!"

After all, Zhang Liao is not an indecisive person. After every bit of time, he finally made a decision. He looked at Leihu and Pound.

"exist!"

"If there is a chance for you to enter the city, can you solve Ju Yi overnight?" Zhang Liao asked solemnly.

At this time, his trump card will come in handy.

Although the Artillery Army did not come.

But a new weapon has arrived. This is the confidence that Mujing gave him, the trump card that can break open the city gate in an instant.

"Definitely!"

Thunder Tiger Pound cupped his hands and said that they were willing to issue a military order.

"Okay, then let's take a gamble. In this battle, the brave will win when we meet on a narrow road, and we will not retreat!"

Zhang Liao's voice became firm. Now that he has an idea, he doesn't think too much about it. The next thing is how to arrange it.

"Min Wu!"

"The end is here!"

"Your Sun and Moon Third Army is in charge of dismantling the camp immediately, heading southwest, at Antelope Mountain, to intercept Zhang Fei's main force, it must be blocked for more than two days!"

Even if the city is broken, he will need at least two days to clean up the eldest son city.

"The last general should live up to his mission!"

Min Wu bowed his hands and bowed to accept the order, without any shirk, he was already very familiar with the fighting style of the Ming army and could discuss it, but the general had a decision, that is, the military order was like a mountain.

(End of this chapter)