From refugee NPC to mythical general

Chapter 160: Take a Risk, Maybe You Can Win
After Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liao left with their cavalry, the troops in the rear of the Wu Dynasty had been harassed to the point of chaos.

Feng Xi rode his horse to find Xiahou Yuan and shouted angrily, "These beasts!"

Xiahou Yuan was puzzled and asked Feng Xi, "How is it?"

Feng Xi said angrily: "They harassed our army in the rear and killed three to five hundred people. When we passed by, their light cavalry had already fled far away."

"I have already ordered the rear to defend strictly."

This tactic is like a fly biting an egg. It doesn't hurt but it disgusts you. And you can't do anything about it. After all, all the troops must be put into siege, and they cannot concentrate on fighting this light cavalry.

After Zhang Liao and Zhuge Liang's troops entered the city, they climbed up to the top of Chenpi Town's city wall and asked, "What's going on?"

Zhang Liao came to Gongsun Zan and Guan Ping to ask questions.

The city was densely packed with enemy troops, but due to Gongsun Zan's strict defense, no one climbed up to the top of the city wall, and many enemy corpses were piled up below.

Gongsun Zan smiled and said, "They can't come up."

"I am worried that they might change their strategy and pretend to attack Chenpi Town while sending people into our territory from the plains."

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Gao Shun is guarding over there and will inform us of any disturbance."

Gongsun Zan said: "That's no problem. It's almost impossible for them to break through Chenpi Town!"

Gongsun Zan had this confidence not only because Chenpi Town was impregnable under the protection of Jiang Weixi, but also because he had 12,000 elite soldiers and generals under his command.

The enemy only has 30,000 troops, so it is almost impossible for them to attack the city!

"General, we can't attack! If we continue like this, our troops will suffer heavy losses!"

Feng Xi looked at the situation on the battlefield and spoke to Xiahou Yuan.

Before coming, they had imagined that Chenpi Town would be easy to defend but difficult to attack, but they did not expect it to be so difficult. Xiahou Yuan was also shocked by the opponent's main general defending the city.

The commander-in-chief defending the city was very skilled in defense and his tactics were almost impenetrable. Their city gates were as solid as rocks, making it even more difficult to break into the city from the gates.

Just as Feng Xi said, continuing the attack would be futile and would only result in wasted military strength.

Even Xiahou Yuan, a third-rate general and skilled commander, had no way to deal with the enemy's town. He saw that more than 2,000 soldiers of his force had been lost in just half an hour.

Xiahou Yuan felt that he could not continue to be so reckless. Before the best siege plan was agreed upon, the current attack would be ineffective, so Xiahou Yuan ordered a withdrawal.

Watching Xiahou Yuan's army leave, Guan Ping and Gongsun Zan smiled and said, "These guys must have learned their lesson. They probably won't dare to attack Chenpi next time."

Gongsun Zan seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly said to Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liao: "Two generals, Chenpi is now impregnable. They can't attack it, but they may invade from Pingyuan. Do you want to go to Pingyuan to reinforce General Gao?"

Zhang Liao said excitedly: "That's great! Let's go over there now!"

"General Zhuge, hurry up!"

It was obvious that Zhang Liao was not satisfied with the previous war. There was no need for him to put in any effort in defending the city. This time he came out just to launch a sneak attack on Xiahou Yuan's army from behind. There had been no large-scale battle between the two sides.

If the enemy wants to enter the Dameng Dynasty from the plain, the two sides will definitely launch a real cavalry attack within the 300-mile plain of the Dameng Dynasty.

If that's the case, then we'll definitely have a great fight!
Zhang Liao and Zhuge Liang immediately led 5,000 cavalry to charge towards the plain area and arrived at the plain area an hour later.

Gao Shun's trap camp had been patrolling here for a long time. Seeing the cavalry not far away, they were ready for battle and charged towards the enemy.

"What a strong morale!" Both sides viewed the other side's charge in this way, but when they got to the scene, they were both dumbfounded.

One of our own!
No wonder the morale was so strong. Both sides thought they had met an opponent, but they ended up meeting their own people. It was somewhat speechless.

Zhang Liao asked helplessly, "General Gao, why is it you? Where are the enemy troops?"

Gao Shun was also helpless. He had been waiting here for a whole morning but didn't see a single bird.

Zhuge Liang said: "It seems that they will not come today."

"General Gao, take the brothers back to rest first, and leave this to me and General Zhang."

"Go to Chenpi Town to replenish water and food. We are changing shifts these days, and the other party might take the risk of coming in from here."

"Okay!" Gao Shun nodded and left with the Xianzhen Camp.

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Wu Dynasty, border.

Wu Yingxiong, Kuai Yue and other advisers and generals used the border as a temporary command point for the Wu Dynasty's attack on Daming Town.

Seeing Xiahou Yuan coming back so quickly, Wu Yingxiong hurriedly asked, "General Xiahou, how is it?"

Xiahou Yuan said dejectedly: "The defense of Chenpi Town is impregnable. We can't attack it. If we really want to break into this border town, this amount of troops is totally insufficient."

When these words were spoken, everyone in the Wu Dynasty gasped. They had thought that the Dameng Dynasty's defense would be strong, but they didn't expect it to be so strong.

Kuai Yue was silent for a moment, then asked Xiahou Yuan, "General Xiahou, how many troops do you think we need to sacrifice to break this city?"

Xiahou Yuan said: "Twenty thousand, at least twenty thousand soldiers must be sacrificed."

This number has exceeded the limit of the Wu Dynasty. If so many troops have to be sacrificed to capture a city, what will happen next?

This is just the first city on the border of the Dameng Dynasty. There are many more cities behind it. At most, they have only 70,000 troops.

How can 70,000 soldiers attack the main city of the Great Dream Dynasty? If they really want to attack the main city of the Great Dream Dynasty, how many soldiers will they have left?

Zhuge Jin pondered for a while and said, "We can't attack the city, my lord. Our military force is overwhelming for them."

"Why not just push all the troops over there? Seventy thousand troops can just charge over from the plains. If we encounter a city, we can attack it. If we can't defeat it, we can go deep into the city and attack the main city."

Xiahou Yuan shook his head and said, "Sir, you are risking everything. If you bring so many troops with you, what will happen to our rear if something goes wrong? This is a big gamble. War is never a gamble. If you lose, you will have no chips left."

Zhuge Jin said: "But we can't even break through Chenpi Town, how can we go deep into the main city of Dameng Town?"

"The rear is already in chaos. We originally planned to flatten five towns of the Dameng Dynasty within a month, but now we're afraid that even one town will be in trouble. Our economy is not as good as the Dameng Dynasty. They can drag it out, but we don't have the capital to do so!"

"Take risks and you may win. If you retreat, you will die slowly!"

Xiahou Yuan asked, "What if we lose? Have you ever thought about it, sir?"

Zhuge Jin was silent.

(End of this chapter)