It was still dark the next day, and Wang Zheng had just gotten up when he heard hurried footsteps outside the tent. Someone was whispering to his guards. Soon after, the guards came in on tiptoe. Seeing that Wang Zheng had woken up, he hurriedly bowed down.
Fushou said: "General, Tao County Lieutenant is waiting outside the tent."
Wang Zheng was startled. He knew that the other party had come to the military camp so early, and he might have something important to report. After hurriedly washing up, he was led into the tent.
Not long after, Tao Ze stepped into the tent. Wang Zheng took a quick look and saw that Tao Ze, who had always been calm, looked panicked, and sweat was dripping from his forehead, as if he was quite anxious.
When he saw Wang Zheng, Tao Ze didn't even have time to salute and shouted urgently: "Wangzhou Mu, there were envoys coming from outside the city two hours ago, but they came from Jiujiang in the north before they entered the city. But there is an urgent report, the county prince
Order me to come and inform the state pastor immediately!"
Wang Zheng's heart skipped a beat, and he calmed himself down. On the surface, he still looked calm and composed as usual. He just said in a deep voice: "Lieutenant Tao County, please sit down first."
He also ordered those around him: "Let Wang Xiong and several captains come to the commander's tent quickly to discuss matters."
"Here!"
After Wang Xiong and others entered the account, Wang Zheng looked sideways at Tao Ze. Tao Ze smiled bitterly and said: "A few days ago, Sun Ce sent his general Cheng Pu to attack Long Shu. He took advantage of a night raid and killed him in formation.
Prefect Liu Xun, Long Shu will be defeated in one battle!"
What?
Hearing this, Wang Zheng was so shaken that he almost jumped up. His expression changed for a moment, and he looked around. In the blink of an eye, he could clearly see the expressions of the generals on both sides, but he saw that the expressions of all the generals in the heavenly army changed.
As his thoughts changed rapidly, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.
Facing the glances of everyone, Wang Zheng slapped the table and handrails, stood up, walked around the tent with his hands behind his back, and said proudly: "Uncle Sun's talisman skills stop here!"
Everyone, including Tao Ze, was stunned. Wang Xiong was the first to say in surprise: "General, now that Liu Xun is dead and Long Shu has descended, I am afraid that Qian County, Liu'an and other places north of the Lujiang River will probably also fall to the enemy."
, Sun Ce has already captured most of the Lujiang River, which can be said to be covering three counties. If several armies and horses join up next, Shu County will be in danger, why did the general say this?"
Wang Zhengrui looked around the crowd and said calmly: "I originally thought that Sun Ce was a hero of the world, but now it seems that he has overestimated this. I would like to ask you, how many troops do you think he brought with him this time?
"
The generals had different opinions. Some guessed 50,000, and some said 100,000. Tao Ze frowned and thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Maybe there is no 100,000, but there is always 50,000!"
Wang Zheng shook his head: "Otherwise, I would have covered three thousand miles of beautiful rivers and mountains in Xuzhou, plus Mount Tai and Beihai. I have tried my best to support an army of only 100,000. Before Sun Ce's rebellion, there were only two places in Wujun and Danyang."
That’s all, it’s a place where everyone is rich. After all, it’s not long since it was newly established, how many people and horses can it raise?”
"Even if he can recruit men and horses, how can he get so much food and grass supplies, soldiers and equipment?"
As he said this, Wang Zheng smiled slightly and said: "So, as I expected, Sun Ce used his troops to redeem himself, and now the total number of troops under his command is at most 50,000."
"A total of 50,000 people does not mean that his available army is also 50,000."
Wang Zhengdao: "How dare he come out in force in the newly-attached land? Wu County is adjacent to our Xuzhou Guangling in the north, and above Danyang there is Mr. Yuan of Jiujiang County eyeing him. Moreover, there are many mountains and rivers running rampant in Jiangdong. How many mountains and rivers are there in the two counties?"
This is a key place, and it is impossible for Sun Ce not to leave heavy troops to garrison it..."
"Calculating it this way," Wang Xiong said, "Sun Ce's troops coming to Koulujiang this time are probably no more than 30,000 troops at most, which is great?"
"That's right." Wang Zheng nodded and said: "With 30,000 people, we want to swallow up the land east of the Yangtze River. It seems that it is not a small number, but now, the Lujiang River reaches Shu County in Jiujiang, and Hefei is still in our hands.
Now he is going deep alone, and he has to defend Xiang'an, which is the gateway to the lake and the river, and he has to kill at least seven or eight thousand people!"
"Hey, if all the more than 20,000 people are used to attack Shu City, they will indeed have the upper hand in terms of the number of troops and horses, and they can even form the power of Mount Tai. However, Sun Bofu divided his troops to attack the north of Lujiang River. Now it seems that he has lost several more cities.
, and even completely removed Liu Xun’s nail, but actually ignored the main direction of attack..."
Wang Zheng looked around the crowd and said categorically: "This is called indiscriminate priority. It only gives us the opportunity to defeat them one by one!"
"That's why I just said that I overestimated Sun Bo Fu's strength!"
Everyone in the tent was dumbfounded to hear Wang Zheng speak so eloquently, with reasonable words and full of the spirit of a generation of overlords. It seemed that in the blink of an eye he had turned an extremely unfavorable situation for his family into a huge upper hand, although some people seemed to be vaguely aware of it.
I felt it was inappropriate, but because of Wang Zhenggao's charm and talent for persuasion, I still mostly believed it.
When Tao Ze heard this, all the worries on his face were wiped away: "What does Wang Zhoumu mean?"
Wang Zhengdao: "If he does not divide his army and takes the north of the Lujiang River, there may be a hard battle in Shu County. If he is greedy and divides his army, then victory is already in sight!"
Wang Xiong asked: "May I ask the general, what is the plan to defeat the enemy?"
Wang Zheng smiled, but did not say anything first. Instead, he slowly sat down again.
He is not trying to show off, but in fact, what he just talked about was just a matter of adapting to the situation and trying to boost the morale of the army first. If he really wants to be serious about it, he needs time to sort out his thoughts.
He ordered his personal guards to bring him tea. Wang Zheng drank it calmly for a while while his thoughts began to swirl in his mind until a plan slowly emerged in his mind. However, it might be a bit crude to adapt to the situation, so Wang Zheng still did not say anything.
, just coughed dryly, looked sideways at Tao Ze, and said with a smile: "Does Colonel Tao have a good plan now?"
Tao Ze is also a veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years. He was naturally upset when he was in a hurry. Now he has regained his composure under the influence of Wang Zheng. He thought for a while and continued following Wang Zheng's analysis: "According to
What Wangzhou Mu said means that Sun Ce's division of troops is to sacrifice the strong points and take advantage of the weak points. If we want to defeat them one by one, we must concentrate on the elites, first the weak and then the strong."
"The enemy troops under Shu City are personally commanded by Sun Ce, and they also have Huang Gai and Han Dang. They have many fierce generals, which is their strongest point. In addition, Xiang'an has a gate that cannot be lost, and I am afraid it is also heavily defended. So...
"
He looked at Wang Zheng and said with some uncertainty: "Cheng Pu was besieging Linhu before, but now he quietly ran away to Longshu. It is likely that he divided his troops again. So the enemy forces in these two places are not large, so it should be
It’s the enemy’s weakness!”
"It's just that our two armies are trapped in Shu City, and self-protection is not enough. How can we get out of the city and defeat the enemy? Even if we know the enemy's weaknesses, it will be difficult to win."
Wang Zheng smiled and said nothing, but Wang Xiong's eyes lit up and he suddenly said: "We can't leave the city. Generals Wu Sheng and Huang Zhong are both wandering troops. General, do you want to send someone to deal with Cheng?"
general?"
Tao Ze said disapprovingly: "Huang Zhong only has two or three thousand men. Besides, Wang Zhoumu didn't ask him to come to rescue Shucheng before. How can we act rashly?"
"Don't move on Wu Sheng's side either."
Wang Zheng also shook his head. His main purpose of going south this time was not just to rescue Yuan Shu, but to take the opportunity to eradicate Sun Ce, the great enemy, and annihilate him in one fell swoop. The current whereabouts of Wu Sheng's tens of thousands of troops are even in the Heavenly Army.
He is the only one who knows that this is the biggest surprise weapon and a trump card. He will never let it appear in front of others unless it is absolutely necessary!
Tao Ze said in astonishment: "Then how to defeat them one by one?"
"The way of using troops is to combine surprise and rightness. In Sun Ce's opinion, this general is now in Shucheng and is the main force. He is the right one. The other troops rushing to reinforce him and the wandering troops outside the city are the strange soldiers. However, rightness can be the right one.
It may be the right thing to do, but we can do the opposite!”
Wang Zheng said clearly: "Both the Wu and Huang armies are in the wild, with no support and heavy responsibilities, so they are upright and cannot be touched lightly. However, the two groups of people in our city have the city to rely on, and they are not the same as him."
Passers-by are different."
"Therefore?"
"Therefore, we want to break the danger of the counties north of the Lujiang River falling..."
Wang Zheng raised his arms and shouted: "No, it should be said that if we want to seize this opportunity of Sun Ce's mistake in dividing his army, we should send our elite troops out of the city today and go back and forth to the Lujiang River. We will first kill Cheng Pu, and then open the passage, and then we will have strong reinforcements from outside.
With the superiority, the three armies will unite and complete their efforts in one battle, destroying Sun Ce's beast!"
Sun Ce's attack on the north of the Lujiang River happened to block the front passage for Wu Sheng's men and horses to come to Shucheng. After Wang Zheng learned the news, he found a way to crack it in the shortest possible time.
This solution may not be guaranteed to be successful, and it takes a lot of risks, but it is the only solution under the current situation.
When Tao Ze rushed back to the county government to inform Zhou Hui of the plan, Wang Zheng ordered Wang Xiong and others to go and notify all the generals above Du Bo to come together to discuss the matter.
...
When Zhou Hui also led a group of civil and military officials to the commander's tent, they all discussed it carefully. But they found another problem that was difficult to solve.
It would be nice if this information could be obtained a little earlier. Even yesterday would be better than today.
After all, Sun Ce's army and horses arrived just yesterday. If he could have known the information about Cheng Pu's surprise attack on Long Shu at that time, it would have been much easier for Wang Zheng to lead a group of cavalry out of the city while his deployment was still undecided and the camp was not yet secure.
Although it was only one night apart, Sun Ce set up camp very quickly, and the camps in the south, east, and west of the city had roughly taken shape.
And most importantly, all his troops have arrived one after another, and their deployment has been basically decided, and a tight encirclement line has been set up outside Shucheng.
But this is just talk. Shucheng's current garrison strength, even with the three thousand troops brought by Wang Zheng, can barely defend itself. If the army is divided and goes back and forth to the north of the Lujiang River, the defense will definitely be more difficult.
No matter it is yesterday or today, the number of troops deployed cannot be too large. After all, Shucheng is the top priority now. If Shucheng falls, it will be connected with Linhu and Xiang'an, and the city will be more completely opened.
If the road to Jiujiang is blocked, the situation will become even worse.
So now the biggest question before everyone comes out:
If a small army were to attack the position where Sun Ce's army of more than 10,000 had been deployed, what method should be used to break through?
Which direction should we choose to break through, and what tactics should we use to break through, so that we can achieve the greatest strategic success at the lowest cost?
Among Sun Ce's troops currently distributed around the city, the north side is naturally the least, because the north side is the widest side of Shucheng's moat, and the most difficult to forcibly cross, so it has become a weak point in Sun Ce's army's encirclement line, but if they leave the city here,
, once Sun Ce discovers it in advance, the result of lowering the suspension bridge will be a double-edged sword.
Similarly, the east and west sides are also surrounded by rivers, and the south side, where it is easiest to cross the river, is also where Sun Ce's main force is stationed.
Wang Xiong thought of an idea: "Why not attack the east and attack the west?"
Everyone looked sideways, and Zhou Hui asked: "Why do you attack the east and attack the west?"
Wang Xiong said: "Let a group of troops go out of the south city first to attract Sun Ce's attention. Then select the troops to go back and forth to the north of Lujiang River, then go through the north city gate and cross the river in ambush. Sun Ce's army is the least outside the north city gate. As long as we gather early
, take the opportunity to lower the drawbridge to catch them unawares, and they will definitely be able to escape from the city."
At this time, Wei Yan on the side sneered and said: "This is just talk on paper!"
"The moat is Shu City's biggest support. I'm afraid Sun Ce has been thinking day and night about how to overcome this difficulty. It seems that the enemy troops are the fewest outside the North City. Who knows if the enemy didn't do this on purpose?"
"Surprise and attack unprepared. Hey, it's easy to say but too difficult to do. If something unexpected happens, the army will be attacked halfway out of the city and be attacked by the enemy! If Wang Xiaowei and Sun Ce don't fall into the trap, they will see through our intention and take advantage of it.
What should we do if we seize the north gate?"
Wang Xiong rolled his eyes strangely when he heard this, and stared at Wei Yan for a long time before he said angrily: "So, what do you think, brother Wei?"
Wei Yan did not answer, but stared at the map with squinted eyes for a while, muttering to himself: "Sound to the east and hit the west...Sound to the east and hit the west..."
After thinking for a moment, he suddenly clapped his hands, and immediately looked at Wang Zheng and Zhou Hui and said: "Young Master, Wang Zhoumu, outside the south city wall, the enemy forces are strong now, and Sun Ce is personally in charge. If we charge hard, it will be difficult. What is the plan now?
, we can only think of some solutions outside the north or east or west walls."
Wang Zheng nodded and asked, "Brother Wei, what good ideas do you have?"
"The suspension bridge should not be opened lightly, lest it give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it. It is midsummer now, and the river is not very fast. How about crossing it at a shallow and narrow ferry?"
After hearing this, everyone looked at Tao Ze. He was the only one present who was originally from Lujiang and later served as an official in the local area. He should be familiar with the mountains and rivers near Shucheng. Naturally, only he could answer this question.
Tao Ze thought for a while and said: "A ferry with a shallow and narrow river? Well, there is definitely not one in the north of the city. However, there are quite a few ferry crossings with a shallow and narrow river in the east and west of the city. It would be possible if the cavalry drove their horses to cross the river.
Maybe, but..."
"Oh?" Wang Zheng was very interested and asked, "How about it?"
Tao Ze coughed dryly and said: "Wei Yan just said that the river water is not urgent now, which is good. However, there is plenty of rain in summer, but the water level is much higher than that in autumn and winter. Even the shallowest crossings are not very shallow."
, the key point is also extremely narrow and difficult to travel through, which requires very high riding skills for the riders. Some generals are naturally proficient in riding skills, but if they are ordinary soldiers..."
"Haha." When Wang Zheng heard this, he looked up to the sky and laughed, waving his hands and saying: "It turns out that this is what Tao County Lieutenant is worried about. There is no need to worry about this. The cavalry in Tianzhu Camp under my command are all the best equestrians in a hundred. It is said that they work together.
Nothing is too much!”
Just kidding, the cavalry he brought this time were at least level two.
Besides, if the riding skills of the second-level soldiers are not up to par, Wang Zheng still has a lot of experience, plus Wei Yan made another contribution when he led the Tianzhu camp yesterday...
At worst, he could just raise all the cavalry under his command to the third level with a stroke of his pen.
As long as it's a problem that the system can solve, it's never a problem.