Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1728 Decisive Battle at Shangdang Fifteen
"If we play according to their rhythm, it may not be a good thing for us!" Xi Zhicai pondered for a while before speaking slowly.

Pointing to the lines drawn on the marching map, he said, "Whether it's a breakthrough from the flanks or a frontal breakthrough, we need to cross the line of defense they drew for us!"

"Let's not talk about anything else!"

"The problem of casualties caused by the storm is the biggest problem we face!"

"The defensive advantage in this area is still good!"

"In terms of military strength, they are not only a lot, they are even higher than us. Although many of them are put together, it is precisely this kind of defensive warfare that can play one or two!"

"This is too stressful for us!"

Xi Zhicai sighed: "If we can't break the situation, even if we successfully complete the tactical requirements in this battle, we will at least lose more than [-] elites. them!"

The Ming army was all elite, and there were no young and strong soldiers who were conscripted. All soldiers and horses were trained before joining the army, and they trained every day.

Professional soldiers are not comparable to those young and strong. Each of them is an elite accumulated after the consumption of a lot of resources by the Ming court.

And it won't make up for it in a short time.

So every pawn is very precious.

"I can't afford to lose!"

Zhang Liao said calmly: "So we can't attack by force, we must break the situation. I left the Fifth Army behind, hoping to break through their defensive layout!"

"Break the face with a point?"

Xi Zhicai had an insight into Zhang Liao's thoughts: "Do you think it can be done?"

"Always try!"

Zhang Liao said: "Let Chen Gong continue to advance first, and press the eastern front until they can't breathe. Only in this way can their forces be more dispersed!"

Zhang Liao knew that the eastern front was still very important to the Yan army, because the eastern front was related to the situation of the entire northern retreat.

If he can't defend the retreat route to the north, Liu Bei may not have the decision to fight a decisive battle.

After all, on the battlefield, the outcome is uncertain, and Liu Bei may not be willing to put all his hopes on this war.

"Can Chen Gong continue to advance?"

Xi Zhicai drew a line on the marching map: "With these terrains, even if he advances, it will take more time!"

"No!"

Zhang Liao laughed, and said: "It's hard to say if Chen Gong is alone, but the successful addition of Huang Shao has a different combat power. If they want to push forward forcefully, they still have a way to pull the entire east wing defense line down." crotch!"

Chen Gong is good at planning, and Huang Shao is good at planning. These two people are from old coins, and they plan before moving, but it doesn't mean that they only know how to plan.

Although Chen Gong is only a strategist, but this person's grasp of the battle situation and control of the breakthrough points are among the best talents.

"That's fine, let's give Chen Gong an order first!"

Xi Zhi nodded.

He drafted the military report order, and then asked Zhang Liao to stamp the tiger seal.

Now that Zhang Liao is the commander-in-chief on the battlefield, he has the power to mobilize all troops.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Report to the general, Min Wu is here to take orders!"

"Min Wu, just in time!"

Zhang Liao waved and let Min Wu come over.

Min Wu is the Zhonglang General of Zhaoming's Third Army.

The third army is the elite of Zhaoming's main force, all under his command are warriors from the Xiqiang tribe, that kind of elite battle formation created by young and middle-aged men with super powerful individual combat capabilities.

Of course, there was a little bit of a gap between the battle formations, but the overall combat effectiveness was definitely not inferior to Zhaoming's Second Army.

"General!" Min Wu walked over and saluted slightly.

"Where is the Third Army?"

"The main force has passed through the jungle, but some accidents occurred between the marching map and the real terrain. The originally planned path cannot be followed. We have to take the left-wing official road, and make a second breakthrough from the official road. The elite defensive battalion of the Yan army in the twenty miles has been pulled out!"

"Where is Yan Jun, did the scouts find out clearly?"

"We compared the scouts and Jing Wusi's news, and we can confirm that there are at most eight thousand Yan troops standing in front of us, but they built their camps relatively early, and the camps were built very solidly. With the help of the terrain, A big mountain at the mouth of the bowl is used as a backing, and it has been crucified on the left-wing official road!"

Min Wu said: "Our military department is still thinking of a way to see if we can use the mountain behind them to go down and make a surprise attack, so as to reduce casualties!"

"So you came to the headquarters, what do you want?"

Zhang Liao looked at Min Wu and asked in a deep voice.

He didn't have much defense against Min Wu, because he didn't need it. Although Min Wu was the king of Qiang, it was His Majesty's business to guard against Min Wu, not himself.

What he has to do now is to mobilize Zhaoming's third army. He will absolutely not waste a single bit of troops, open up the way forward, and tear apart the defense line of the Yan army.

"rope!"

Min Wu said in a low voice: "Our military does not have much rope reserves. Although our soldiers are talented in climbing mountains, they lack assistance and cannot make a surprise attack from the high mountain with wings on their backs. Longer and more ropes are needed. Assist!"

"logistics!"

"exist!"

A general came out and bowed his hands in salute.

"How many ropes are there in logistics?" Zhang Liao asked.

"There are probably more than 100 bundles. They are all sent by the Military Industry Department. They are the strongest ropes used for mountain climbing!"

"All for you, is that enough?"

Zhang Liao looked at Min Wu and asked.

"enough!"

"Then when will you be able to push the main force forward twenty miles and directly tear through their first line of defense!" Zhang Liao asked with vivid eyes, looking at Min Wu who was full of fighting spirit.

"Three days!"

Min Wu thought for a while, the lion opened his mouth and said.

"One day!" Zhang Liao also ruthlessly counter-offered.

"One day is too short. It will take time for me to march, break through, clean up the battlefield, rebuild the defense line, and face the enemy's elite!" Min Wu smiled wryly.

"Only one day!"

Zhang Liao said, "I want to get news before sunset tomorrow!"

That counts as a day and a half.

There is only so much time that Zhang Liao can give Min Wu. It's not that he is cruel, but that the situation of the battle is slightly at a disadvantage, so he must break the situation.

"Can!"

Min Wu cupped his hands and said: "So, I will not disappoint the General!"

"very good!"

Zhang Liao smiled and said: "If the third army can directly tear through the first line of defense, I will allow you to rest for a day!"

"Thank you General!"

Min Wu left excitedly.

"At the beginning, we didn't quite agree to take the Qiang tribe under our command. If it weren't for our tribe, our minds would be different, but His Majesty insisted on doing so. We always felt that His Majesty was a bit like a tiger!"

Xi Zhicai squinted his eyes, looked at Min Wu's back, and suddenly felt a little emotional: "But now seeing this King Qiang, seeing his fighting spirit, his fighting spirit, his kind is not embarrassing but united." With the same fighting ideas, I suddenly think that His Majesty is right!"

"Of course His Majesty is right!"

Zhang Liao smiled: "I only understand military affairs, not government affairs, but I can understand your Majesty's layout in Qiangzhou. First of all, our army drove straight in and defeated Jishi Mountain. This has already demonstrated that our Ming army The strength is a threat. Next, we will support Minwu and subdue all the tribes of Xiqiang, but there is also some space left. Minwu can only rely on us to suppress the tribes of Xiqiang. In addition, we will establish the third army of Zhaoming. Regardless of the establishment, treatment, armaments, and food and wages, they are all treated equally. This should have given them a lot of confidence. In addition, there are some practices of the Zhengshitang in Qiangzhou. Your Majesty's game of chess is not easy, I even wonder if there will be a Qiang tribe in a hundred years' time!"

"The Qiang people still exist. After all, they are one race and cannot be erased. However, the tribe is hard to say. They can only be regarded as the people of the Qiang people in the Ming court!"

Xi Zhicai also laughed.

The two didn't think too much about the so-called government affairs, they just chatted briefly, and their eyes were still on the battlefield.

At this time, the battlefield has undergone some changes under the layout of the two, but the next step is to look at the specific progress.

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Two days later.

The Ming army advanced very quickly, much faster than Xi Zhicai and Zhang Liao expected, so even the general headquarters had advanced a full twenty miles.

This time, the commander's camp was built in a bamboo forest. Around the headquarters, the main force lined up, while the scouts from all walks of life scouted the horses, and the messengers all came out, connecting the surrounding Ming army ministries into a staggered line.

"Samoke has crossed the Mingzi River!"

Xi Zhicai received the military order, his eyes were not too happy, but a little cold: "It's just a little behind than expected!"

"There should be a problem crossing the river!"

Zhang Liao guessed.

"In addition, Min Wu advanced very quickly. He took down a part of the Yan army. He fought fiercely for three hours, beheaded three thousand Yan army soldiers, and broke their camp. The enemy general retreated with the remnant soldiers. Today's generation, There are basically no camps for the Ming army!"

Xi Zhicai continued: "The first line of defense has been defeated!"

"It's not that simple!"

Zhang Liao shook his head. He looked at the map of the march, the changed lines, and the marked points of the Ming army's strength, and said, "It should be that they gave up on their own initiative!"

"why?"

Xi Zhicai frowned.

"What are they thinking, I don't know, but based on the current strategy, they gather their direction and use the space to ease our impact!"

Zhang Liao said: "This is a relatively common method. At the beginning of the attack, it must be sharp. Only by avoiding the sharpness can the momentum be broken!"

He gritted his teeth, and said coldly: "Yan Jun is afraid that our spirit will be too strong, so after setting up the defensive line, the outer one is tantamount to giving it to us directly!"

"He is generous!"

Xi Zhicai sneered, thinking of Liu Bei: "Liu Xuande is a bit capable, but on the battlefield, he may not have such thoughts!"

"Among Jing Wusi's reports, I pay more attention to three people!"

Zhang Liao said: "The first is Li Ru, the second is Guan Jing, and the third is Yan Rou!"

"Li Ru, who kept his name incognito, escaped with the golden cicada's fake death, which got him out of the dead end. It's just that this person is good at planning, not necessarily good at planning!"

Xi Zhicai still has some ideas about Li Ru.

"not necessarily!"

Zhang Liao smiled, and said, "Li Ru, this man only shows his viciousness, but his military skills are never bad!"

He squinted, looked at some reports from previous years, and said, "If we underestimate them, we will definitely suffer!"

"It's true that you can't underestimate it, but you don't need to pay too much attention to it!"

Xi Zhicai sneered.

"Where's Guan Jing?" Xi Zhicai didn't delve into this aspect, he pulled it out to the second person.

"he?"

Zhang Liao squinted his eyes: "He is an excellent military advisor. His military layout is no less than that of Chen Gong. I suspect that the layout of the defense line is his handwriting!"

"Is he good here?"

Xi Zhicai narrowed his eyes, but thinking about it, it's not surprising: "To be able to assist Gongsun Zan to sit firmly in Youzhou, and to make Liu Bei like this, one must have some ability!"

Strategists at the level of Chen Gong are rare in the whole world, but they are not the best.

Looking at the world, he is top-notch, he is the one with drama, Guo Jia is one, Zhou Yu of Wu is one, Li Ru, Jia Xu are all...

As for Guan Jing, he may not know how much ability he has, but his reputation still can't support him to become the world's top strategist.

"Yan Rou?"

Zhang Liao's eyes narrowed slightly, he smiled, and said, "This man is too mysterious, even more mysterious than Li Ru, who has been wearing a bamboo hat for many years, and he still hasn't shown up in such a big battle, so I'm a bit wary of him!"

"Precautions are indeed needed!"

Xi Zhicai also nodded: "I have studied some of this person's strategies, and it is a good strategic deployment. Compared with ordinary people, he is more sophisticated and sharper!"

"They are in Youzhou, and Youzhou is facing nomads on the grasslands, and their defense will be much stronger!" Zhang Liao said: "Guan Jing's layout can also be seen!"

"Then shall we open up the second line of defense?" Xi Zhi could give advice, but he could not influence Zhang Liao's thoughts.

On the battlefield, Zhang Liao is the main general.

"Now it should be the main attack of the First Sun and Moon Army!"

"Thunder Tiger?"

Xi Zhicai thought about it, and said, "This Zhanhu is easy to use, but it's not easy to control!"

"Just use it!"

Zhang Liao shrugged and said, "Put him on the battlefield, and I have no intention of controlling him any longer. I have drawn a space for him, and it depends on how he plays himself!"

"where?"

"West Line!"

"You handed over the western front to the First Army!"

"Otherwise you?"

"Thunder Tiger is number one in offense, and also number one in destructive power. This is a double-edged sword!"

"You can use it!"

A sharp light burst out of Zhang Liao's eyes, and he said coldly: "Now we have too little time, and there has been no news from the back, and His Majesty didn't even hand over the words of urging. This is trust and pressure. We can't continue to waste money." Time must be broken as soon as possible!"

"Ok!"

Xi Zhi agrees with this point.

"I have already ordered the first army to attack. Now let's see how powerful Thunder Tiger's destructive power is. If something goes wrong on the east and west fronts, then we will win this battle!"

(End of this chapter)