Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1733 Decisive battle against Shangdang Twenty
"I discussed with Lei Hu and wanted to change the attack route, and redeployed to the Western Front!" Min Wu said hesitantly.

When he came back, he wanted to re-establish a new offensive route based on the original tactics. The current offensive route put too much pressure on their two armies.

So he prepared to take the risk.

"Go to the headquarters camp!"

Zhang Liao glanced at Min Wu, thought for a while, and then said.

They joined hands and entered the command camp. The camp was very large, and the entire combat staff was there. Military orders came in and out, and many generals were still rehearsing the battle around this sand table.

Under Mu Jing's training, the Ming army has a relatively good atmosphere. After the establishment of the general system, they will continue to deduce the battle situation before the battle.

An idea is always one-sided, no matter how shrewd you are, there must be loopholes, but a group of people can add up to a perfect strategic and tactical deployment.

"General Min Wu has returned from the Western Front!"

Xi Zhicai stood up, looked at Zhang Liao, and then at Min Wu behind Zhang Liao.

"See you and participate in politics!"

Min Wu bowed his hands in salute.

"In the barracks, don't be so polite!" Xi Zhicai smiled, took another look at Zhang Liao's stern expression, and said, "You have something to do when you come back, and you're embarrassing our general!"

"He wants to change tactics!"

Zhang Liao said angrily.

"Now?"

Xi Zhicai narrowed his eyes: "Time is running out, a sudden change in tactical deployment will have a big impact!"

"Let's see what he says first!" Zhang Liao said to Min Wu: "If you can convince me and Xi Zhicai, then you can fight as you want!"

Min Wu was not timid either. At this time, he must have a leader to take on the responsibility. He stepped forward and said to the sand table that described the battle on the Western Front in detail: "Before, my battle line was pushed in a straight line. After crossing the Mingzi River , but we feel that the speed of this promotion is too slow, and the enemy's defense is much stronger. This has brought a lot of trouble to the Sun and Moon First Army and our Zhaoming Third Army. Pushing the battle line to Honglangshan, I'm afraid it will be very difficult!"

"So I discussed with Lei Hu all night, and asked the generals of the two armies to make a temporary tactical change!"

Min Wu pointed to the two lines, and said: "Our conclusion is to divide the attack. The first army of the sun and the moon will continue to attack from the front. I made it clear that the third army will bypass the front line. From the flank to the west, detour. For eighty miles, attack quickly from the official road in the west direction, forcefully push the front line under Honglang Mountain, and force the main force of the Yan army to come back to help. Opportunity to trap at least [-] of their troops within our encirclement!"

"In terms of their terrain, although they are easy to defend and difficult to attack, once we appear from the direction of their western rear flank, we can block them inside. Easy to defend and difficult to attack just happens to be the one that traps them to death." The advantage is over, take them down, it's not a big problem!"

"Even if there is no way to cut it off, we can still go straight to the center from the flanks. If the scouts make good inquiries, we can break through Daohonglang Mountain. Specifically, their base camp is not far away. We all know the area and the mountain stream." You can let the scouts go down directly, just find their headquarters!"

"There is hope for the main force of the Chinese army who wants to go straight in alone. Otherwise, the Chinese army will never know where their headquarters is, and you will have no way to attack!"

Min Wu said everything in one breath, out of breath, but he was full of fighting spirit, and he said that he was full of energy, which showed that he was very confident in his tactics.

"Nice idea!"

Xi Zhicai commented.

"It's just that the difficulty has increased too much!" Zhang Liao smiled wryly.

This set of tactics has been proposed from the beginning, but the requirements for the offensive side are too harsh, such as this detour, let's not talk about where to go.

Without the enemy's awareness, if it takes at most half a day, the soldiers will have to march for eighty miles, and they must preserve their attacking strength. This requires too high demands on the marchers.

Once it can't be done, even if the enemy's scouts find their position, and the enemy's army changes, then the soldiers and horses attacking from the flank will be in danger.

The main force of the Ming army, one army of soldiers and horses, has a strength of [-] troops. On the battlefield, it is no problem to double the strength of the previous army, but if there are more, more ants can kill an elephant. Tens of thousands of soldiers If the horse pounces on them at one point, it will undoubtedly lose.

"General, I think it's worth the risk. I have made clear that the soldiers of the Third Army also have absolute confidence in completing this tactical attack!"

Min Wu said confidently.

Zhaoming's third army is all from Xiqiang Erlang from Jishi Mountain. They are tall, strong in stamina, marching speed is among the best in the Ming army system, and their combat effectiveness is also strong.

Although this tactic is more demanding, he is still confident that he can do it.

Zhang Liao glanced at Min Wu and asked, "If Zhang Xiu's main force appears in the west, do you still have confidence?"

"this?"

Min Wu bit his lip and said: "We expected at the beginning that Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses did not come so fast. If they happen to appear on our flank, it can only be regarded as our bad luck. Our third army recognizes it!"

"You are betting your life!"

"On the battlefield, life is used to bet on winning or losing. Zhaoming's third army has a bad background. If we don't make more contributions, we will have no way to gain a foothold!"

Min Wu said in a low voice.

"Don't let Your Majesty hear this!" Xi Zhicai glanced at him, and said: "Your Majesty heard it, so I must reprimand you. The Xiqiang tribe is now the Xiqiang tribe of the Ming court, and it belongs to the Han people of the Ming Dynasty. The treatment is the same, if someone discriminates, it is because of the grievances and grievances accumulated over the years, but the court has always treated everyone equally!"

"I know!"

Min Wu nodded and said: "Min Wu knows the kindness of the imperial court, and every member of our Xiqiang tribe also knows it, but if the Xiqiang tribe and the Han people have disputes, I am a foreign race, and the imperial court is willing to treat them equally, so we too. I have to give the court a sigh of relief, only military merit can stand above the court, this is what His Majesty told me, and I listened!"

Xi Zhicai and Zhang Liao looked at each other, and they could both see Min Wu's firmness, which was a good thing in a sense.

If he disagrees, he doesn't need to do it for this sake. Now he is willing to put all the tribe's most elite combat power on top to contribute to the Ming court, which means he agrees with Daming.

"Since you have made up your mind, then I won't stop you!" Zhang Liao pondered for a while, and said, "I can issue the military order and change the offensive tactics. I can also take the blame for you, but there is one thing, you have to promise me! "

"Please tell the general!"

"Nothing can be violated, retreat immediately!" Zhang Liao said in a low voice: "The war has just begun, and our Ming army cannot lose the combat power of a main force!"

He looked at the sand table and said: "As far as Zhang Xiu is concerned, we can only half-believe. No one can say whether he will surrender or fight us to the end. Only after arriving at the battlefield will there be results, so as long as you meet, you should distance yourself at the first time, and deploy defenses at the second time!"

"Understood!"

Min Wu nodded, and bowed his hands to accept the order: "The final general will never let the general and Xi participate in politics down!"

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noon.

The frontline headquarters of the Ming Army.

Both Xi Zhicai and Zhang Liao were biting a piece of rice cake, and they were deducing the sand table in front of them.

"If it were you, where do you plan to put the headquarters?"

Zhang Liao couldn't understand it.

"I can't figure it out!"

Xi Zhicai had no choice but to smile bitterly: "Our scouts interspersed in and pounced on several places in a row, but we couldn't get out. Now that the battle line is shrinking, the encirclement circle is getting smaller and smaller, but they chose this area at the beginning, they really have some skills , at least there are too many places for them to set up their headquarters here!"

"Do you think it will be in the county?"

Zhang Liao asked suddenly.

"No way!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head and pointed to the topographic map: "In this area, the two counties are either Guyuan or Tongda. Which one do you think it is?"

"I don't think it's possible!"

Zhang Liao also denied his own thoughts: "If it is placed in the city, it is too obvious, it is impossible to hide for so long, and there is a big problem with their two-line command, but if they have a brain, they dare not put the headquarters. In the county town, it must be in this group of mountains!"

"But I can't find it!"

Zhang Liao gritted his teeth, his eyes were a little red: "If this continues, we will be in trouble if we continue to be dragged by him!"

He had already seen the combat effectiveness of the Yan army from the battle between the Sun and Moon Second Army and the elite Yan army from the Shan Jing Department.

Even if their strength is three times that of their own, they can't stop their own attack, and it's no problem to hold back their own.

If this drags on, there are too many variables.

Moreover, Zhang Liao always felt that there must be many problems in the rear. Even if Mu Jing didn't give them any news, he knew that the longer the main force stayed here, the more trouble the Ming army would have.

"If the main force of Chen Gong's east line breaks through the two points of Xianghuan and Nie County, then the headquarters of the Yan Army will definitely not be able to hide, but it will take a few days for them to break through!"

Xi Zhicai thought for a while, pointed to the marching route, and said: "Now that the Second Sun and Moon Army is chasing up, if they can meet Chen Gong on the official road going north, maybe they can open Xianghuan's defense in advance!"

"Can't count on them!"

Zhang Liao shook his head: "We have to figure out a way ourselves!"

"The key is that this old tortoise can hide too well!" Xi Zhicai smiled wryly: "No matter how many times we gave him chances, he could kill him, but he just hid!"

"The more this is the case, the more I think that he has a big plan!"

"Why don't I know!"

"Then we can't wait!"

"But we don't have any troops right now. If we only rely on the main force of the Fifth Sun and Moon Army in our hands, we will have no way to break through their second line of defense, let alone the third line of defense!"

Xi Zhicai sighed: "The person who arranged the battle is a talent, definitely not a single person, or even two or three people combined to form the front deployment, Li Ru, Guan Jing, and Liu Bei in addition!"

"Liu Bei is good at martial arts?" Zhang Liao narrowed his eyes.

"He is Lu Zhi's disciple after all!"

Xi Zhicai said: "Lu Zhi's military talent is highly praised by His Majesty. If it weren't for the fact that the ten permanent servants controlled the government and dragged back, he would have a chance to become a famous general like Huangfusong. As for the loss of reputation!"

"Ok!"

Zhang Liao also agreed with this point. Although he scolded them for not having studied under Lu Zhi's command, he still respected Lu Zhi.

When he fought against the Yellow Turban Army back then, why Lu Zhi was defeated was not because of the insatiable greed of those ten permanent servants. As the saying goes, all famous generals were defeated by their own people.

"No wonder it's so difficult!"

Zhang Liao gritted his teeth: "Hundreds of thousands of Yanjun, he does have the confidence to entangle us to the end, but we don't have time to entangle him!"

The two looked at each other, and both smiled helplessly. The two armies combined, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers intertwined, they were already under a lot of pressure.

At this time, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and they don't have many troops in their hands, which has become their biggest shortcoming.

It can be transferred, but from any position, it will cause a strategic mistake. This kind of mistake may not be important, or it may be fatal.

They dare not take this risk.

In terms of the current situation, their Ming army has an advantage. Although the Yan army is stronger than them, their combat effectiveness has always been inferior to them.

Since the war, although there has been no full-scale confrontation, the two sides have fought more than ten battles. The Ming army has more victories than defeat, and the Yan army has lost most of its defenses.

But at this time, it became the biggest problem for the Ming army.

Zhang Liao didn't dare to bet that there would be changes in the future. He had to defeat the main force of the Yan army as soon as possible. The best way was to bloom in the center.

The strategic deployment has already been determined, and now the problem is how to break through the surrounding defense line.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"The military report from Chen Gongshangshu on the eastern front has joined forces with the Second Sun and Moon Army to gather forces and is attacking Xianghuan. The three military strongholds around Xianghuan have been pulled out, but the main force of the Yan army has retreated to Xianghuan. Huan County, currently our army lacks siege equipment, if we attack by force, it will take time!"

"Order them to abandon Xianghuan, cross the battle line, go straight for twenty miles, and force the Xianghuan defenders to attack!"

"promise!"

The military order was sent back quickly.

"You still want to hold us back!" Xi Zhicai sneered.

"Delaying time is for sure, but..." Zhang Liao's expression was cold, and his deep voice was full of fighting spirit: "They also underestimate us. With the current layout of the battle line, I don't even need to attack the city!"

"Report!"

There was another voice outside the camp.

"Say!"

"General, I found a soldier and horse in the southeast direction. It is our army's battle flag. Stand up, the Sun and Moon Sixth Army, less than ten miles away from our army's camp!"

"Sixth Army of the Sun and Moon?"

"I haven't heard of it!"

"Sun and Moon only have five armies!"

"It's from the southeast, so it's from the eldest son city. It must be one of our own, but where did the Sixth Army of the Sun and Moon come from?"

"I know!" Xi Zhicai jumped up, "It must be Ju Yi's surrender!"

(End of this chapter)