Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1736 Decisive battle against Shangdang 23

"How about our army's battle damage?" The sun was like a rainbow, and the sun was pouring on Zhang Liao's body, making his blood-stained cloak and armor look even more terrifying.

"The Sixth Army of the Sun and Moon suffered relatively heavy losses, more than three thousand men!"

Ju Yi bowed his hands and saluted, and then reported.

"My fifth army lost less than two hundred soldiers!"

This has already made Chen Sheng feel bad.

The Modao Army is an elite unit, and the training requirements are higher than that of ordinary soldiers. In a big downwind battle, so many soldiers were lost, it was his life.

But Zhang Liao could understand.

On this kind of hedging battlefield with a total of 8 to [-] people, no matter how elite soldiers and horses are, they will inevitably suffer shocks and losses.

This is caused by uncontrollable battlefield factors.

It's not that the Fifth Sun and Moon Army is not strong enough.

On the battlefield, what is important is always to cooperate, not to fight alone. This battle also shows that there is no tacit understanding between the Fifth Army of the Sun and the Moon and the Sixth Army.

Otherwise, the entry point of the Fifth Army is so good, the casualties should be reduced by half, but with this cooperation, the Fifth Army still suffered irreversible damage.

"Is the enemy general captured?" Zhang Liao asked again.

"Tian Yu was cut off by an arm, but I let him escape, and I shot an arrow in his back 150 steps away. Although the guards around him snatched him back, but Even if he doesn't die, his vitality will be seriously injured, and it's hard to do anything!"

Ju Yi said in a low voice.

"Tian Yu?"

Zhang Liao narrowed his eyes, and a sneer sneered at the corner of his mouth: "It seems that the generals around Liu Bei have almost been consumed by us!"

There wasn't much to worry him about.

Although Tian Yu is not well-known, in the database of Jing Wusi, he is considered one of the best generals under Liu Bei's command.

Such a go-getter, being consumed by him on the battlefield is definitely an achievement.

"The scouts are back!"

At this time, Xi Zhicaice came immediately, covered in sweat and a little impatient: "It is less than [-] miles to the northwest, which is the last line of defense of the Yan army. The current defense line has more than [-] troops!"

"In addition, I received some news from the eastern and western fronts this morning. The Yan army's western front has been closed, and the eastern front has been withdrawn overnight!"

Hearing this, Zhang Liao shouted, "March map!"

"exist!"

The left and right guards opened the cylinder on their backs, took out a marching map, spread it out on the left and right, and the generals stepped forward to observe it.

Holding a stick, Zhang Liao drew a virtual line on the marching map, and said, "Based on our current situation, the range of activities of the Yan army is less than fifty miles from the southeast to the north, and they are being suppressed too hard by us." , in this limited environment, they are falling into our siege!"

"It's a good thing!"

"Not necessarily!" Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "Give him the determination to put all his eggs in one basket this time!"

He sighed: "Our strategy is to blossom at the center, but I didn't expect that the push was too fast. Instead, they changed their strategic deployment first. They gathered back the troops on the east and west fronts, let go of the two wings, and were not limited. There is only one possibility for our main attack direction!"

"Concentrate the main force and fight the Jedi!"

Xi Zhicai smiled wryly: "Even though I have considered this possibility before, I still feel that Liu Bei doesn't have such decisiveness and courage!"

"It's wrong to underestimate anyone, not to mention that this is a party that even His Majesty thinks is terrible!" Zhang Liao sighed: "We all made the same mistake, always thinking that they would do what we wanted, In fact, they will not necessarily choose the best, but choose the strategic deployment that they think is most suitable for them!"

"What now?"

Xi Zhicai hesitated.

He can get along with ten ways to break the formation, but time is the key. If this continues, it will take several times more time than they expected.

Yan Jun's idea of ​​delaying time has already been achieved.

"No choice!"

Zhang Liao has one more talent than Xi Zhicai, that is decisiveness, so Zhang Liao is the main general, and Xi Zhicai can only be a military adviser.

At this time, Zhang Liao opened his mouth calmly, and said decisively: "This battle is already a decisive battle between us and the Yan army. In terms of morale, one will rise and fall. At this time, if we take a step back, the Yan army will be fiercer. For this sake, even if it's a bloody battle, we can only hold on, we can't think that the decisive battle will increase casualties, and worry too much!"

"But have you ever thought about it, there is bound to be a bloody battle behind us, if we spend too much energy in this stop, we will still lose later!"

Xi Zhicai frowned. They all knew that there was a problem on the southern front and that the Wei army was about to raid them, so they were so anxious to resolve the battle.

But now the battlefield has been delayed.

They were caught in a dilemma.

So he hesitated.

"The following things did not happen, and no one knows what will happen. I will not think that what I expected is love, and I will ignore the present!"

At this time, Zhang Liao showed some decisiveness and ruthlessness of a famous general: "First, win this battle at all costs, and then don't think about the following things. If you think too much, it will affect our decision!"

Xi Zhicai heard the words, thought about it, but did not refute Zhang Liao, no matter what his thoughts were, he could not open his mouth to question Zhang Liao's decision at this time.

As the chief general, there can only be one voice on the battlefield. Even if he has a different idea, at this time, he must hold back.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Immediately send me an order to the Eastern Front, ordering Chen Gong to get in touch with our army within a day, and use our army as the center to attack the main force of the Yan army from the northeast!"

"promise!"

"Order the western front, and order Leihu Minwu. Within a day, I need them to advance more than [-] miles, and we must not give the Yan army any chance to go beyond the encirclement line!"

"promise!"

"Ju Yi, Chen Sheng!"

"Ju Yi, send out a battalion from your department to escort the captives back to the eldest son city, and integrate the rest of the troops, and give you a day's rest at most!"

"Yes!"

"Chen Sheng!"

"exist!"

"I order you to be the main general, and to break out of the camp in an hour. When the sun rises tomorrow morning, the Fifth Sun and Moon Army must break through the third line of defense of the Yan Army at any cost!"

Zhang Liao looked at Chen Sheng, and said deeply: "I know that the soldiers of the Fifth Army must be tired after fighting hard all night, but at this moment, it is time to test you!"

"Yes!"

Chen Sheng took the lead.

........................

Just when the Ming army began to close the encirclement circle, the headquarters of the Yan army, located between the encirclement circles and in the mountain stream, had a cold and silent atmosphere.

"too fast!"

Liu Bei gritted his teeth, and there was a hint of cold anger in his dark eyes.

He spoke too fast.

is the advance speed of the specified army.

It was more than twice as fast as he expected.

This made him a little unexpected.

The collapse of the second line of defense, the serious injury of general Tian Yu, and the loss of more than [-] soldiers and horses made the good situation a little bit unbearable.

Now the distance between the Ming army and their main force is less than fifty miles.

The distance of fifty miles can be reached in one day.

With this distance, the decisive battle is coming as scheduled, and if you want to delay it, you can't delay it.

"Your Majesty, it's my servant's fault. The breach of the second front line is something I didn't expect!" Li Ru stood beside him with a wry smile: "It's because we underestimated the strength of the Ming army!"

He is very good at calculation.

The defense line established by Guan Jing, he added, with the cooperation of the two, they reorganized the strength of the Yan army and created three lines of defense.

They know that they can't stop the main force of the Ming army, but they can delay the time.

But they still underestimated the Ming army.

This time, they did not underestimate the fighting power of the Ming army. They knew that the fighting power of the Ming army was strong.

However, what they underestimated was the strength of the Ming army.

As we all know, the lack of troops in the Ming army has always been a problem because of its elite soldiers.

"It should not be the strength of the Ming army, it may be Ju Yi!"

Guan Jing cupped his hands and said to Liu Bei: "Single Jing went north to join the main force on the eastern front, and part of the Ming army has been drawn away, but they still have such a main force. This is not normal. It can only show that they have increased their troops, but As far as we know, the main force of the Ming army is overwhelmed, so where else can we get more troops!"

"I thought about it, and there is only one possibility, and that is that the Ming army risked using the newly recruited recruit Ju Yi!"

Guan Jing said: "I have already sent people to the third front to inquire about the surrendered soldiers who retreated from the battlefield. They confirmed one thing, that is, many of the attacking soldiers were soldiers from the previous Yan army, so it can only be Ju The captives led by Yi have surrendered, and Tian Yu is seriously injured and unconscious, if he can wake up, he should be able to know more about the battlefield!"

"Ju Yi!"

Liu Bei slammed his fist on the desk hard, and the killing intent that couldn't be hidden in the depths of his eyes was bursting out.

Ju Yi let Zhang Fei die tragically.

Now he is fighting for the Ming army non-stop.

What a good dog.

"My lord, at this moment, we should still calm down. The more this time, the less chaos we can make. The decision to gather forces on the two fronts may be our best decision!"

Guan Jing reported: "Gather our troops and disperse the battlefield. In this way, we can use more troops to fight against the Ming army's few troops, and strengthen our own advantages. On the one hand, we can delay time, and on the other hand, we can counterattack the Ming army!"

They gathered their forces, but in terms of the terrain on the left and right sides, it took time for the Ming army to gather together, and the time difference became the core of their battle.

If before that, they had a chance to defeat the frontal forces of the Ming army, then they still had the possibility of a war.

Even if they don't, they can stall for time.

"Is there any news about Yan Rou?"

"It's already going south!"

"Tell him to hurry up!"

"In addition, they may have been discovered!" Li Ru said.

"What?" Liu Bei stared.

At this time, Liu Bei can no longer manage too many post-war affairs. His last trump card has been mobilized at this time, and it only needs to be delayed for two or three days.

He added an elite cavalry reinforcement.

At that time, even if he can't flip the battlefield, at least he can stand out from the encirclement.

"The cavalry of the Ming army entered Taiyuan, but Zhao Yun blocked it. The two armies fought, which alarmed our cavalry. The cavalry of Xianbei was out of control, intercepted and killed the cavalry of the Ming army!"

Li Ru said: "But I didn't expect Zhao Zilong and Ke Bineng to join forces, and the Ming army leader will fight out the siege!"

"who!"

"Ma Chao!"

Li Rudao: "The cavalrymen under this Liao's command were almost wiped out, but they still managed to get out of the encirclement. Now that they have taken the road south, our cavalry must have been discovered by him!"

"waste!"

Liu Bei was furious.

He finally hid his trump card. You must know how much he paid for Kebi to help him.

But it was still exposed.

The exposed trump card is no longer a trump card, it can only be regarded as increasing combat power, but on such a battlefield, this combat power cannot turn things around.

He sighed helplessly: "Time does not wait for me, I can only hope that Wei Jun can move quickly!"

"Wei Jun has moved!"

Li Ru cupped his hands, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "My lord, the Wei army may be more vicious this time than we imagined. The king of Wei came out in full force. Hundreds of thousands of troops have entered Henan. The main force has entered Hanoi and is heading straight to Shangdang, but it is only a matter of five to ten days!"

"But we may not be able to stop it for five to ten days. It may be possible for four or five days. If it takes ten days, we will definitely lose!" Guan Jing said.

"Why so meager?"

Liu Bei said.

"My lord, it is a fact that our Yan army recruited many young men, and their combat power was insufficient. The Ming army still started the war leisurely, step by step. That is because they hoped to obtain the greatest victory with the least casualties. However, when they ran out of time, the Ming army would No matter the cost, once the Ming army gets serious, we won't be able to stop it at all!"

Guan Jing had the best understanding of the soldiers and horses of the Yan army, and it was precisely because he knew that his combat effectiveness was insufficient that he drained the morale of the Ming army.

But under the three lines of defense, none of them could stop the attack of the Ming army. It can only be said that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is still higher than what I expected.

"Is it really so unbearable?" Liu Bei was unwilling to admit that Yan Jun was so incompetent on the battlefield.

"Your Majesty!"

Li Ru said softly: "Although our army is ready to wait, the population in the northern border is small, so we didn't have many soldiers before. Now, in order to defeat the Ming court, we have recruited more than [-] young and strong men. More than [-] people are not enough, and we are not willing to let the new recruits become a burden, so we mess up the new recruits and veterans. This is a good way to cultivate combat effectiveness, but it is very easy to face the powerful combat effectiveness of the Ming army on the battlefield. Make a mistake, once you make a mistake, it will collapse, the collapse of the entire front!"

Liu Bei was a little helpless when he heard the words, he was the one who gave the order at the beginning, and the recruits and veterans were fused, so that the veterans led the recruits, and the fighting power on the surface was established.

But it has not been tested on the battlefield. Such combat power is obviously imaginary. If it is to suppress the rebellion, it can fight Hebei or even the Central Plains.

But as soon as they went to the battlefield, they fought against the Ming army. The Ming army was famous for its fierceness. Naturally, the fear of the recruits would make the veterans collapse.

"The matter has come to this point, and it cannot be changed. Now that the troops on both fronts have been dispatched back, we have no choice but to put all our eggs in one basket!"

Guan Jing suggested: "At this time, the Ming army must have not yet gathered their main force, so we have the opportunity to gather the main force to catch them off guard. If the king fights in person, it will definitely boost morale and win for our Yan army. Opportunity, as long as the main force of the Ming army is repelled head-on, the morale of the Ming army can be suppressed. As long as the morale of the Ming army is low, it needs to rest. This will allow us to delay more time. If we can persist until Zhao Yun will be able to go south, Maybe there is still a chance to fight back."

(End of this chapter)