Mi Han

Chapter 488 General, something is wrong

Set up a camp before you can fight, this is the truth that any general in the world knows.

When more than [-] Wei troops surrounded Nanzheng City, Cao Zhen did not give the order to attack immediately.

His act of besieging the city with more than [-] Wei troops just now was more of a means of intimidation. Cao Zhen hoped to disturb and lower the morale of the troops in Nanzheng City.

It's a pity that what Cao Zhen didn't know was that his plan had come to nothing under Mi Yang's ridicule.

Cao Zhen didn't know Mi Yang's response, but this did not affect his next move.

An order to set up camp was quickly sent out from Cao Zhen's Chinese army and spread throughout the three armies.

Under Cao Zhen's order, more than [-] Wei troops set up camp and began to move in an orderly manner.

Siege warfare is generally a protracted war.

And the current Wei army has the capital to take a protracted war.

After giving the order for the entire army to set up camp, Cao Zhen took the lead in summoning some of his confidant generals and began to discuss the next offensive strategy of the Wei army.

Among the generals, Wang Shuang was the first to speak:
"Mi Yang led the army to Nanzheng, not because he wanted to seek his own death, but because he knew that Nanzheng was the foundation of Hanzhong, and he had to come to Nanzheng to stabilize the morale of the army.

At present, our army besieged Mi Yang in Nanzheng, and asked General Hussars to lead the army to isolate the reinforcements from Yizhou. In this way, Mi Yang should not count on the arrival of rescuers.

Next, he must choose to fight to the death.

The city of Nanzheng is strong and thick, and the Han army in the city is all Liangzhou elites. If our army makes a strong attack, there will be a lot of casualties.

Therefore, it is better for our army to adopt a strategy of encircling and not attacking, and let the bandit army be trapped in Nanzheng. When the bandit army's food and grass are exhausted, our army will attack again. In this way, Nanzheng city can be easily taken down. "

Wang Shuang's suggestion quickly aroused the approval of many Wei generals.

After all, Wei Jun's strategy had been going on as Wang Shuang said before.

But Cao Zhen rejected Wang Shuang's proposal.

"Nanzheng fell into the enemy's hands. It didn't happen overnight. Gathering food and perfecting the city's defenses. This is what the bandit army has been doing for the past few years. Although it was a helpless move for Mi Yang to enter Nanzheng, but with his wisdom, he is not a person who will seek his own death.

My guess is that Mi Yang did this because he thought that the food and grass that Nanzheng had hoarded in the past were enough for him to keep Nanzheng for a period of time.

The lack of food in Hanzhong does not mean that Nanzheng is short of food. Besides, if Nanzheng is short of food, how can it be impossible to stick to it for several months!

At present, most of Hanzhong is owned by our army, and Mi Yang will not break out of the siege casually.

Furthermore, I received news a few days ago that Zhuge Kongming had quelled the Nanzhong rebellion. With his talent, if he was given a few months, he could easily gather tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

Although I sent General Hussars to garrison outside Yangping Pass to block the reinforcements from Yizhou, Zhuge Kongming was not a man without military strategy, and with tens of thousands of elite soldiers in hand, it is not yet known who will win and who will lose when the two armies fight.

If Zhuge Kongming defeated General Hussars and led his army to rescue Nanzheng from Yangping Pass, then our army would no longer be able to capture Nanzheng.

Now that Liangzhou's elite are in the same isolated city, God's will may let them perish in the future, but how can the military struggle be completely entrusted to God's will?
Our army should go all out, surround on three sides, attack Nanzheng fiercely, and then send a cavalry army to wander outside Yangping Pass. If the enemy rescues, the cavalry can steal the enemy's food and grass. "

After Cao Zhen expressed his views, many Wei generals turned to support Cao Zhen.

In the current situation, Wei Jun is definitely in the upper hand, but this does not mean that Wei Jun is in a safe situation.

As Cao Zhen said, Zhuge Liang had quelled the Nanzhong rebellion, and the most important thing to do next against the Han court must be to support Liangzhou at all costs.

And with the desperate support of the Nihan court, can Cao Hong guarantee to stop Yizhou's reinforcements?
Just a few days ago, the generals just received the battle report from Jiange-the Han army attacked the camp of the Central Route Army at night, causing heavy losses to the Central Route Army.

If it is said that many Wei generals had confidence in Cao Hong's ability before, then after receiving this news, many people could not help but murmur in their hearts.

One side is Zhuge Liang, who won the great victory in Nanzhong, and the other side is his own hussars general who was defeated by the enemy's young general. Under the influence of his position, many Wei generals felt that Cao Hong might not be Zhuge Liang's opponent.

Not only many Wei generals felt this way, even Cao Zhen was very disappointed with Cao Hong's performance.

If it weren't for the critical time to capture Liangzhou, Cao Zhen would have already taken Cao Hong's military power with a single military order if he was worried that changing the battle would affect the morale of the army.

The disappointment towards Cao Hong from top to bottom led to Cao Zhen's worry just now, which affected many people.

Under this influence and his belief in Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen's views quickly became a formal military order and spread throughout the three armies.

Even if many generals in the current world do not want to carry out a tragic siege battle, if it is time to do this step, many generals will make this decision without hesitation.

After unifying the internal views, Cao Zhen asked the generals to step down and act according to today's plan.

After most of the Wei generals retreated, Cao Zhen discovered that Liu Ye was still in the tent.

No matter how high the status of Liu Ye is, he is currently only a military staff officer of Cao Zhen, and he does not have any military power in his hands.

So it is obvious that Wei generals will be busy in the next period of time, but he will look very relaxed.

But Liu Ye didn't want to make himself useless in such a big battle.

Seeing that Liu Ye seemed to have something to say, Cao Zhen turned around and asked Liu Ye:
"What do you think, you can speak up."

Cao Zhen originally thought that Liu Ye had a different view on the combat strategy he had arranged, but it was obvious that Liu Ye, who had always been good at guessing what he wanted, did not stay for this reason.

"The arrangement of the general is extremely appropriate. As long as there are no accidents, Liangzhou will be owned by our court within half a year."

As soon as Liu Ye opened his mouth, he first affirmed Cao Zhen's arrangement, and then he expressed his opinion:

"Ran Ye thought that apart from encircling Nanzheng, our army needed to capture Seoul as soon as possible.

Seoul controls the Hanshui River and is located between Yangping Pass and Nanzheng. If the enemy comes with reinforcements, they will definitely use Seoul as a springboard.

In other words, if there are reinforcements rushing to Nanzheng from the direction of Yangping Pass, as long as Seoul is in the hands of our army, then our army will still be able to advance and retreat freely without any danger. "

Hearing Liu Ye's suggestion was this, Cao Zhen couldn't help but seem a little hesitant.

He also knows the importance of Seoul, but as the saying goes, he must attack Nanzheng as soon as possible by mobilizing a large number of troops. Under this situation, is it meaningful to divide the troops to capture Seoul?

Of course, what Liu Ye said is also reasonable. Seizing Seoul has a lot of strategic significance, but the strategic significance of seizing Seoul is more reflected in the prevention of reinforcements from Yizhou.

On the one hand, he had already dispatched tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Cao Hong to guard against disasters, so why bother?

Although Cao Zhen didn't have much confidence in Cao Hong, it didn't mean that he would rashly transfer the main force to attack Seoul because of his lack of confidence.

No matter how stupid Cao Hong was, it was not difficult to defend the passage outside Yangping Pass with the help of tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

What's more, the strategic purpose of the Wei army is to capture Nanzheng, not to guard against reinforcements from Yizhou.

Liu Ye saw the hesitation on Cao Zhen's face, so he knew that his suggestion might be adopted, and he planned to work harder.

But just when Liu Ye was about to speak again, Wang Shuang, who had just left outside the tent, suddenly broke into the tent:
"Big, big general, something is wrong!"

Wang Shuang's panic and the content of the report made Cao Zhen suddenly stand up from his seat.

He didn't blame Wang Shuang for being rude, it was all because the reaction in his mind made him too late to care about it:
Could it be that the Han army fought out directly when its own army was not gaining a firm foothold?

　I will work overtime tonight, and I will send you a small chapter.

　　Two chapters tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)