The Qin army occupied a total of four counties in Hanoi, but Su Dingfang only had 30,000 troops in his hands, 20,000 of whom were reorganized Liang army prisoners of war, but he faced Wang Mang's 80,000 troops.
There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides. If one side divides its troops to defend it, even if it can be defended in the end, it will definitely lose a lot of troops.
Saving ground and losing people was not what Su Dingfang wanted to see. What he wanted was to achieve the greatest victory with the lowest casualties.
Therefore, Su Dingfang did not completely go on the defensive, but concentrated all the city defense equipment on Chaoge. The other three counties were all strategically abandoned, and concentrated on defending the city of Chaoge to prevent Wang Mang's army from threatening Henan Yin.
After ensuring the stability of Chaoge City, Su Dingfang still did not directly engage in a battle to defend the city. He would not let Wang Mang gain the three counties so easily.
Su Dingfang set up various obstacles to hinder and delay Wang Mang's advance. At the same time, he led the main force out of the city and used mobile warfare to concentrate his forces to attack the enemy's weak points.
Wang Mang's commander attribute is 90 points, and his ability to command troops is not weak. There is no problem in commanding an army of 30,000 to 40,000, but commanding an army of 80,000 is a bit difficult, not to mention that this time he is facing the famous general Su Dingfang.
Wang Mang was originally confident about this battle, but he was completely stunned by Su Dingfang not long after he entered. Su Dingfang's operations seemed familiar to him no matter how he looked at them.
What's going on? Oh, by the way, this isn't the ***'s guerrilla warfare!
When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack;
Su Dingfang is simply a true biography of deep ***.
Wang Mang, as a third-generation red man, of course cannot fail to know this sixteen-character dialect, but knowing it is one thing, and how to decipher it is another!
Wang Mang didn't expect that in the first battle of his second time travel, he would have to face this kind of almost unsolvable tactics. He was still a newbie on the battlefield. Is it necessary to use big tricks as soon as he came?
Wang Mang read a lot of military books before his second time travel, so even though he knew it was difficult to crack, he still wanted to try it, and the result was naturally disastrous.
Su Dingfang came and left quickly, and Wang Mang could not take advantage of his military strength. However, with the same number of troops, his command ability was far inferior to that of Su Dingfang, and he was suppressed by him in several consecutive fierce battles.
After paying a heavy price, Wang Mang finally understood the gap between himself and the famous generals. He secretly made up his mind that after recruiting the famous generals of Commander-in-Chief Gao, he would never lead an army in battle himself again.
It’s really not anyone who can lead troops in a war!
Although Wang Mang was not as good as Su Dingfang in terms of command, he only needed to know how to employ people. Although he had no famous generals under his command, he borrowed a famous general with high command from Chen Qingzhi, who was the founding emperor of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Baxian.
Wang Mang also didn't expect that Chen Baxian would also get up with Chen Qingzhi. Since they were here, of course they had to maximize the role of these two people, so he separated Chen Qingzhi and Chen Baxian. Chen Qingzhi led the army alone, while Chen Baxian followed him.
Just in case.
Wang Mang was extremely grateful for his original decision, otherwise he might not have been able to come to power, so he handed over the temporary command of the army to Chen Baxian and asked him to deal with Su Dingfang.
Chen Baxian lived up to Wang Mang's expectations. In the confrontation with Su Dingfang, Chen Baxian did not fall into a disadvantage, and the casualties of the army stopped.
Wang Mang relied on Chen Ba to make up for his shortcomings in command first, and then he wanted to give full play to his strengths in intelligence and used various methods to force Su Dingfang to fight him in a decisive battle.
There was Fang Xuanling beside Su Dingfang, so how could he easily fall into Wang Mang's scheme?
Wang Mang saw that Su Dingfang not only did not fall into the trap, but could also plot against him. Of course he understood that Su Dingfang had expert guidance around him, so he had no choice but to speed up the march and lead the army to Chaoge City as soon as possible. Su Dingfang would naturally be unable to hide.
Can hide.
With the joint efforts of Su Dingfang and Fang Xuanling, Wang Mang spent more than half a month to occupy the three county towns that Su Dingfang strategically abandoned. When Wang Mang led the army to the foot of Chaoge City, he was shocked to discover that Chaoge's
The defense power far exceeded his imagination.
Is this really Chaoge City?
Not only Wang Mang, but also Chen Baxian couldn't believe that Chao Ge was so strong.
You must know that Chaoge City at this time was not Chaoge during the Yin and Shang Dynasties. After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Zhou Dynasty, Chaoge had completely declined. During the Warring States Period, it even fell into ruins several times, and then underwent several reconstructions. So now
Chaoge is just a small county town.
But such an inconspicuous small county town was actually built into a fortress by Su Dingfang, giving Wang Mang the illusion of being invincible.
"General, this city is not suitable for a forceful attack. Su Lie has deployed a large number of catapults and crossbows on Chaoge City. A forceful attack will definitely cause heavy casualties. I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the prefects at that time." Chen Baxian said with a serious face.
Although Chen Baxian has a domineering name, he is actually a Confucian general. He is extremely smooth in dealing with people and speaks very measuredly, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.
It's a pity that he is a rebel. Wang Mang sighed in his heart.
Wang Mang himself made his fortune by usurping the throne, and facing Chen Baxian, who also made his fortune by usurping the throne, Wang Mang would naturally not have a favorable impression, but now he could take advantage of Chen Baxian's military capabilities.
Of course, Wang Mang knew that he could not attack by force. He sent troops this time to strengthen the confidence of the southern princes. However, if the loss of troops was too serious, even if he won, it would do more harm than good.
"I wonder if Xingguo (Chen Baxian's nickname) has a clever plan to help my general defeat this fortified city?" Wang Mang asked with a smile.
Chen Baxian thought for a while and then said: "The morale of our army is low now. It is difficult to break the city by force. It is better to send generals to challenge and improve the morale first by fighting."
When Wang Mang heard this, he smiled bitterly in his heart. Fighting generals? Do you think I don't want to fight generals? But the key is that Su Dingfang has Wang Zhaoyun in a duel!
Wang Mang had already suffered losses from Zhao Yun in previous battles.
At that time, Zhao Yun led a partial army to sneak attack. Wang Mang was well aware of the power of Zhao Zilong in Changshan, so he sent his generals Wang Xian and Wang Gangchang to join forces to fight. However, who knew that Huang Zhong was also sent by Su Dingfang, and Huang Zhong helped Zhao Yun block Wang Xian.
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Although Wang Gangchang was the sixteenth-ranked general in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was quickly at a disadvantage against Zhao Zilong, the second general of the Three Kingdoms.
Just when Wang Gangchang was about to be defeated, two generals, Wang Lin and Ai Zhang, joined forces to help in the battle, but when they arrived, Wang Gangchang had already been killed by Zhao Yun, and another divine general died in Zhao Yun's hands.
Wang Lin and Ai Zhang, who came to help in the battle, were furious when they saw this and joined forces to fight Zhao Yun. However, they were killed by Zhao Yun one after another, without even a chance to escape.