The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 965

After a few days, the weather was fine.

Outside the city of Yuzhong, there was indeed a commotion. The camp of the Shu Han army spread endlessly, spreading to a very far place, as if it had merged with the yellow land on the ground.

In the large tent of the Chinese army in this camp area, the generals of the Shu Han army gathered around the table case, looking at the map spread on the table case, discussing military affairs fiercely.

Gai Meng is tall and tall, but his skin is quite fair, so it is difficult for people to associate with his name.

Gai Meng raised his head, frowned, glanced at the handsome Lu Xun, and said in a calm tone: "If we besiege the city, it seems that there is no need to cut off the enemy's food supply, what do you think?"

Before Lu Xun could answer, Xiong Ping said first, "I agree with General Gai. We have captured several scouts from Cao Wei's army, and we know that they are demanding food from Jincheng. This shows that there is indeed a shortage of food in the city. The news we have received is true." Yes. Since there is a shortage of food in the city, we can just besiege the city, so what are we going to do to intercept the enemy's food supply?"

Just finished speaking, Xiong Ping thought for a while, and then continued: "General Lu asked to send a team to Shizishan to cut off the enemy's food road. I don't think it is necessary at all. Since we know that the enemy is short of food, if our army wants to If you want to make a quick battle, you should concentrate your forces and attack the city with all your strength to consume the enemy's strength and morale, so as to wait for the backup to come to encircle and annihilate. At this time, dispersing the troops to cut off the enemy's food road will not only delay time, but also delay the battle. .”

"Taking a step back, even if we don't attack the city and encircle Yuzhong with 4 to 1 horses, and there is a large number of cavalry participating in the battle, can the grain and grass brought by the enemy still break through the encirclement and fly into the city of Yuzhong? General Lu has repeatedly asked to lead [-] troops alone to Shizishan to cut off the enemy's food road, which is too prudent."

Although Lu Xun was a little embarrassed by Xiong Ping's words, he still said calmly: "General Xiong, you have misunderstood what I mean. The Cao Wei army in Yuzhong City is short of food and grass. Judging from the information obtained by our army so far, this is obvious. Things. But the Cao Wei army in Yuzhong City is also large in number, and they can break through at any time, especially when we surround the city in groups and our troops are scattered."

Lu Xun's words were actually very reasonable. Meng Xi, who had been silent all this time, stood aside and nodded subconsciously, as if he agreed with Lu Xun's opinion in his heart.

Lu Xun went on to say: "At this time, if our army has a force that can be stationed in Shizishan, it can cut off the enemy's food road, and also cut off the enemy's escape route. Once Cao Wei's army in the city knows that the grain transportation route has been cut off by us, , it must be a risky breakout to seek the last way of life. At this time, our army can stop them at Shizishan first, delay their escape, and you generals can quickly lead your troops to surround the enemy in Shizishan. You generals should know , it is much easier to wipe out the enemy in a closed terrain than to attack a city."

Wu Yi originally didn't want to express his opinion on this matter, but he always wanted to be a marginal person.After all, he is a self-aware person, and he is not seen by His Majesty now, so one thing more is worse than one thing less, and the most important thing is to be wise and protect yourself.

But at this time, Wu Yi couldn't help but shook his head and said, "General Lu, if we don't attack the city, the enemy will concentrate their main force to break through. They can't continue to hold on without food and grass. Your analysis of this matter is quite correct. But have you ever thought about it? Such an obvious thing, Zhang Ji and Su would not have thought of it? How could he not pay attention to defense in such an important place as Shizishan? You can be sure that they did not ambush troops in Shizishan in advance, waiting Let's throw ourselves into the trap? They retreated thousands of miles without losing their strength, and abandoned the entire Hanyang County, but suddenly guarded in the small city of Yuzhong, but the Yellow River, why? Could it be because they have no food?"

When Wu Yi spoke for the first time, it was a blockbuster, and Gai Meng and Lu Xun fell into deep thought.

At this time, Meng Xi also spoke: "The analysis and arrangements of the generals are actually very reasonable. Zhang Ji and Su Ze are the two pillars of Cao Wei's army in Yongliang, and they will not bring their own troops without any purpose. The troops have retreated thousands of miles. They must continue to use the strategy of luring the enemy to go deep, trying to find opportunities to defeat us on the way of the retreat."

Meng Xi looked at everyone and saw that no one came out to object to his opinion, so he continued: "Then, after clarifying this point, we have to figure out why the enemy army suddenly stopped in Pingxiang City? Under their original strategic guidance, shouldn’t the purpose be very clear? Either wait for our teams to gather together and lure us into Jincheng County to eliminate them together; or directly eliminate us in Yuzhong County. But Among them, the latter possibility is more likely, because Jincheng County is Su Ze's base and the last base, once lost, Yongliang will be finished, so they will not take the risk of setting up an ambush in Jincheng County..."

Lu Xun looked at Meng Xi, who had been in the army with him for two or three years, and felt that his views were indeed insightful.Moreover, this person seems to have been deeply influenced by His Majesty the Emperor, he does things in an orderly manner, always thinks twice before speaking when expressing opinions, and often hits the point.

Lu Xun immediately said: "I generally agree with General Meng's opinion. Now we only speculate that Yuzhong City is short of food and grass, and there is no definite evidence. If we know that Cao Wei's army is short of food and grass, we have to do two things. Divide troops to guard Cao Wei's food road. , or besieged the city to trap Cao Wei’s army to death. No matter whether it is to divide the troops to cut off the enemy’s food road or to besiege the city, it cannot be solved quickly. If we can’t solve it quickly, we will have to wait here for a long time. If we wait for a long time, our food and grass supplies will also appear. Difficult, after all, our food and grass supply lines have become very long, and Yongzhou is still newly captured, and the interior is still very unstable. If the enemy has already left troops elsewhere and wants to take the opportunity to cut off our army's food roads, what should we do? ?Then our army has no choice but to retreat in the end. Our long-distance retreat in the absence of food is an opportunity for Cao Wei’s army to annihilate us.”

It should be said that after Lu Xun said these words, it is easy to think of it as a classic case of Wang Ping under Wei Yan's command being burned by Jiang Wei's food and grass, and as a result he hastily withdrew his troops without even fighting. .

After listening intently to the analysis of Meng Xi and Lu Xun, Gai Meng nodded approvingly, as if there was a possibility of changing his original mind.

Gai Meng immediately asked: "General Wu Ban, what's your opinion?"

Wu Ban bowed his hands to the generals and said: "My personal opinion is to besiege Yuzhong County, but we have to send troops to occupy both ends of the Huangsha Valley to ensure that our army's food roads are unimpeded. In this way, No matter when the follow-up reinforcements arrive, we will have enough food and supplies, and we will have absolutely no problem surrounding Yuzhong City."

"Stop attacking the city?" Meng Xi frowned and asked, "Although defending Huangsha Valley is indeed a very important step, we can also properly concentrate the main force to attack Yuzhong County. In this way, You can also test the enemy situation in the city to see if Zhang Ji and the others will break through? If they refuse to break through, their intentions in this are probably worth pondering."

Xiong Ping suddenly looked at Meng Xi, and teased, "General Meng, you want to attack the city so impatiently, do you want to take the lead in annihilating Zhang Ji's army?"

Of course the generals knew that Meng Xi was not the kind of person who was obsessed with pursuing military exploits.But everyone knew in their hearts that after the debate just now, the atmosphere here was a bit frozen. Xiong Ping wanted to add a little more relaxed atmosphere by teasing Meng Xi, a kind and honest person.

So all the generals laughed.Meng Xi hurriedly explained to everyone that this was not the case.Of course, all the generals deliberately refused to listen to Meng Xi's explanation, which made Meng Xi's face turn red.

(End of this chapter)