Mi Han

Chapter 446 Offensive and defensive Yi Shici does not command soldiers
What Guo Huai didn't know was that when he sent scouts to investigate Ma Chao's movements, Ma Chao also learned the news that he was leading the army from his own scouts.

Unlike Guo Huai, Ma Chao did not summon the generals to discuss the matter.

Well, there are not many generals in an army of less than [-].

Apart from this reason, Ma Chao didn't want to cause the Liangzhou army to panic because of this news.

Although the morale of the Liangzhou army is now high, they are not soldiers brought out by themselves after all, and Ma Chao doesn't know how much pressure they can bear in their hearts.

Ma Chao only called Ma Dai to discuss the matter.

When Ma Dai heard the news, even though he was prepared in his heart, he still felt very troubled by the arrival of tens of thousands of troops led by Guo Huai.

According to the information Mi Yang informed at the beginning, the Caowei West Route Army under the command of Guo Huai should have a strength of around [-].

But from the intelligence that the scouts have returned from the investigation, it can be seen that Guo Huai's army is definitely more than [-].

It is likely to have reached [-], or even more.

The [-] army is ten times larger than the current Liangzhou army.

With such a huge gap in troop strength, anyone who faces the situation will feel very headache.

After carefully examining Ma Chao's expression, Ma Dai made a suggestion:
"General, send someone to General Zuo for help."

Faced with such a huge disparity in troop strength, a normal person's suggestion should be to retreat, but Ma Dai had learned before that that Ma Chao would not be able to retreat at this time.

After ruling out the best option of retreating, the only option is to ask for help.

Faced with Ma Dai's suggestion, Ma Chao nodded in agreement.

He said lightly: "The messenger has been dispatched, and the reinforcements will arrive soon."

Hearing what Ma Chao said, Ma Dai felt a little more at ease.

Maybe now Mi Yang can't mobilize too many troops to help, but it's better to have a thousand reinforcements than nothing.

After learning that the reinforcements were coming, Ma Dai resigned from Ma Chao and continued to supervise the construction of the camp.

After Ma Dai left, Ma Chao frowned slightly when no one was around.

It can be seen from his expression that his heart is not as calm as he looks on the surface.

However, Ma Chao was not only worried about the upcoming attack of tens of thousands of Wei troops, he was even more worried that these tens of thousands of Wei troops would be led by Guo Huai.

Guo Huai's reputation in the Central Plains is not very high, but in Yongliang, there is no general who has not heard of his reputation.

More importantly, Ma Chao once played against Guo Huai on the banks of the Weishui River.

In that battle back then, he was much stronger than Guo Huai, but the result of the battle was not satisfactory.

It was also this battle that made Ma Chao remember Guo Huai who was only Ling Shi.

Now that the situation is changing, it is Guo Huai's turn to attack him with a huge advantage. Under such circumstances, Ma Chao can't help worrying about the coming battle in Japan.

It's good that Ma Chao is proud, but pride is not supercilious. There are so many talents in the world, who dares to say that he can defeat all the talents in the world?

But Ma Chao's insistence on defending Gushan was not impulsive.

On the surface, it is more appropriate for him to lead the remaining Liangzhou army back to Yinping to defend.

But Ma Chao, who has inspected the Yinping city defense, knows that Yinping may not be as dangerous as Gushan in terms of danger alone.

After all, no matter how strong Yinping's city defense is, its foundation is still only a small city. With this foundation, Yinping's city defense will never be called impregnable.

What's more, if Ma Chao gathers the Yinping garrison at present, the strength can reach [-], but just as Zhang Yi worried, part of the [-] garrison will be divided to guard other important routes.

Under the division of troops, the troops that will be used to defend Yinping City in the future will be no more than [-] at most.

That being the case, why not use these [-] troops to defend the more dangerous Gushan?
The pros and cons, Ma Chao has already considered very clearly in his mind.

With Ma Chao's personality, if there is something that must be done, he will definitely do it, no matter how difficult it is.

Now that all his arrangements have been made, the next step is to see how Guo Huai will make moves.

Without making Ma Chao wait too long, a few days later, outside the mountain road on the other side of Gushan, a mighty marching army of tens of thousands appeared.

Guo Huai, who lived in the middle of tens of thousands of troops, looked at Gushan, which seemed so close to him, and not only praised him sincerely in his heart:
This Gushan is really blessed, and it is extremely steep!

Thinking that there is a difficult opponent who is leading the army at this moment, waiting for him in the main road of Gushan, Guo Huai is not without worries.

However, after looking down at the tens of thousands of elite Wei troops surrounding him, and the endless grain transportation team behind the army, Guo Huai's worries disappeared.

When the former army of the army arrived at the foot of Gushan Mountain, Guo Huai immediately ordered the army to set up camp at the foot of Gushan Mountain.

Afterwards, Guo Huai led a troop by himself and went into the main road of Gushan to investigate the situation of the Han army's camp.

The scouts must have been able to investigate the Han army camp, but the scouts could only truthfully report what he saw with his eyes, and he couldn't tell Guo Huai what he couldn't see with his eyes.

Under strict guards, Guo Huai approached the Han army camp step by step.

The main road of Gushan is not long, Guo Huai didn't walk out for a long time, and vaguely saw a big camp standing in the main road in front of him.

Leaving aside the camp gate of the Han army camp, the dense crowd of rejected horses in front of the camp is enough to startle any general beside Guo Huai.

How many trees have to be cut down to arrange so many refusal horses?
In addition to the densely packed refusal horses that first caught his eye, Guo Huai then carefully looked at the Han army camp in his eyes.

The camp gate of the Han army camp was built very wide and very high.

Like a solid city wall.

The height of several feet can ensure that the archers of the Han army can give full play to their condescending advantages.

And enough width can also allow Ma Chao to arrange more archers on the camp wall.

In this way, if one's own army attacks the camp, the archers of the Han army on the camp wall can easily exchange archery in two or even three shifts.

Under this arrangement, coupled with the condescending advantage, the Wei army must suffer a lot of casualties in the future.

Guo Huai couldn't see the defense inside the Han army camp yet.

But it was the external defense facilities that made Guo Huai realize one thing - Ma Chao was not just a general who was good at attacking.

But it's natural to think about it.

Anyone who is good at attacking should not be ignorant of defense, and even have a lot of experience in defense.

Only in this way can they find the weakness of the defender as quickly as possible when they launch an attack.

But this principle is also applicable to the side that is good at defending.

Only when you have a good understanding of the attack, can you see the tricks and dismantle the enemy's attacks time after time.

Both Guo Huai and Ma Chao are well-known in Yongliang, but their combat styles are very different in the eyes of Yongliang people.

Ma Chao is good at fast breaks, disintegrating the enemy in fast breaks again and again.

And Guo Huai is good at defense, looking for the right time in the tight defense, sending troops to defeat the enemy.

Now when Ma Chao, who is good at attacking, meets Guo Huai, who is good at defending, the roles of the two have switched.

The current situation is that Guo Huai is about to become the party that launches a fierce attack.

Thinking of this, Guo Huai felt that things in the world are really strange sometimes.

But this kind of wonder also kept Guo Huai's fighting spirit high.

Back then on the banks of the Weishui River, in order to protect Cao Cao, he personally led the Tiger Guards to block Ma Chao's cavalry.

In that battle, Ma Chao was so imposing and courageous, but under the tight defense line organized by Guo Huai, Ma Chao was still unable to break through the defense line formed by the human wall. In the end, he could only retreat after killing many Wei troops.

Judging from the casualties of both sides in that battle, it was Ma Chao who won that battle.

From the perspective of the goals of both parties, it was Guo Huai who defeated Ma Chao.

Generally speaking, Ma Chao and Guo Huai could be regarded as a tie in that battle.

Now when the situation is reversed, what will be the outcome of the war?
Guo Huai cast his eyes on the high camp wall. On the densely populated camp wall, Guo Huai seemed to see that wolf-like gaze that he hadn't seen for many years.

When Guo Huai was watching Ma Chao, Ma Chao was also standing on the camp wall, watching Guo Huai below.

There was no exchange of names, no exact information, but at this moment, both sides felt that they seemed to be watching each other.

Let the undecided battle back then be decided today.

It's just that today, I am the one with the advantage!
After this idea appeared in his mind, Guo Huai led the surrounding soldiers and retreated slowly towards the rear.

Ma Chao's eyes darkened as he watched Guo Huai gradually move away from his sight.

A dying person naturally wants to make up for all regrets.

After Guo Huai returned to the camp, he summoned General Chang Diao.

Chang Diao was originally a general under Cao Ren's tent. He was captured by Mi Yang after the First World War in Xicheng, and was later returned to Wei Jun by Mi Yang.

Since Chang Diao's surrender was ordered by Cao Ren before his death, Cao Pi did not embarrass Chang Diao after he returned to Wei.

Cao Pi felt that there would be a big battle in Guanzhong in the future, so he reinstated the official Chang Diao and sent Guo Huai's subordinates to serve.

Xia Houshang, Man Chong and others received similar arrangements with Chang Diao, but they were treated better and were sent by Cao Pi to Shouchun to assist Cao Xiu in guarding Huainan.

After Chang Diao arrived, Guo Huai immediately gave him a task.

"You set off today and detour through the mountains, go to the rear of the enemy army and hand over my letter to some Qiang leaders."

After saying this, Guo Huai took out several letters from his bosom.

Seeing these letters, Chang Diao's eyes froze.

He is not a fool, of course he can see Guo Huai's intentions.

Guo Huai wanted to contact the Qiangdi army behind Gushan and let them attack Ma Chao's army from behind.

If this goal is achieved, the defeat of Ma Chao's army is almost predictable.

Before Zhuge Liang fought the astonishing battle of Lucheng, in China's hundreds of years of war history, there has never been any large army that has not collapsed under the pincer attack.

Chang Diao, who realized the importance of this mission, immediately took those letters from Guo Huai respectfully, and then, under Guo Huai's instruction, remembered several locations of this mission.

Not long after, Chang Diao walked out of Guo Huai's tent with the letter.

Looking at Chang Diao's leaving back, Guo Huai's eyes were full of hope.

It is good that the main road of Gushan is occupied by the Han army, but this move of the Han army can only stop the march of the army, and there is no way for the Han army to stop some sporadic activities.

This gave him the opportunity to contact the Qiangdi leaders in Wudu County.

And Guo Huai believed that as long as his letter was sent to the leaders of Qiangdi who had made friends with him, then those leaders of Qiangdi would definitely raise troops to help him!
Perhaps in terms of prestige among Qiangdi alone, he is not as good as Ma Chao.

But what if he added the tens of thousands of troops he brought?

It is clear at a glance who is strong and who is weak, and many people will naturally make choices that are current affairs.

After completing this lore arrangement, Guo Huai immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters concerning the siege of the city tomorrow.

Even if he already had a lore in his hands, he still wanted to lead a large army to attack the Han army's camp, firstly to test the depth of the Han army, and secondly, this could also attract Ma Chao's attention to the front.

Guo Huai, who is good at defense, is also quite good at arranging siege tasks.

Under his arrangement, every general soon got a corresponding task.

As soon as tomorrow arrives, tens of thousands of Wei troops can launch an attack on the Han army camp.

Early tomorrow morning, tens of thousands of troops will gather in the camp under the command of their respective generals and schools to stand by.

When the majestic drums sounded in the camp, a Wei army of thousands of people wearing tattered cloth armor, under the command of a general, marched towards the mountain road.

Along with them, there are hundreds of vehicles.

As the most common siege tool for clearing roadblocks in the world, this time Guo Huai led an expedition and prepared thousands of vehicles in his army.

It's just that the soldiers sent by the Wei army to clean up the Han army's rejection of horses were not their main soldiers.

This can also be seen from the clothes of those soldiers.

This time in the Southern Expedition, Cao Zhen mobilized [-] troops, and these [-] troops are all soldiers who can go directly to the battlefield.

However, according to the logistics standards in the contemporary army, a main soldier usually arranges three to five auxiliary soldiers to be responsible for their basic necessities.

Auxiliary soldiers belong to the logistics soldiers in the army. Generally, they don't need to go to the battlefield, but because they don't need to go to the battlefield, in the eyes of many generals, their value is far less than that of the main soldiers.

Today, the thousands of soldiers Guo Huai sent to push Yunlu to attack the camp of the Han army were all such auxiliary soldiers.

Guo Huai knew that Ma Chao would definitely respond to his side's move to dismantle and reject the horse.

As for the defenders, their initial reaction must have been the most intense.

Guo Huai didn't want Fang Zhengdi to die in vain.

Under this kind of purpose, it is very appropriate to send auxiliary soldiers to take the place of the dead ghost.

Although the auxiliary soldiers may not be able to use 轒辒 proficiently because they have not been trained, but this disadvantage is nothing compared to the lives of their own soldiers, in Guo Huai's view.

In order to prevent the auxiliary soldiers from fleeing in battle, Guo Huai specially arranged a supervising team behind them.

Under the command of the general and school, thousands of auxiliary soldiers of the Wei army quickly pushed and transported hundreds of vehicles and appeared in the sight of the Han army.

After seeing the enemy attacking, many warning bells rang in the camp of the Han army.

The ringing of the bell made Ma Chao, who was eating breakfast, immediately put down the food in his hands and rushed towards the gate of the camp.

　There is another chapter in the morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)