Cao Wei's former army made a surprise attack by taking the Western Han River, and actually broke through the Han army's Jiange defense line and reached the Han army's hinterland.
However, this Cao army is almost a lone army, mainly because it has no reliable retreat!
At first, everyone could not believe that Cao Jun could float down from the Western Han Dynasty. But after all, water flows downwards, and it is an eternal principle. It is not strange to go down the river, but it is surprising. But if Cao Jun can rely on simple
If the vehicle goes back upstream, it will be a strange force god, which is not understandable by humans at all!
Therefore, most of the Han generals at this time still believed that Cao Jun would attack from the north and attack the third camp in the east!
What General Yan Yu said makes sense, "If an army goes deep alone, the general will definitely find a way out first. This is human nature! Cao Wei's former army only needs to attack the north road and break through the defense line of the East Third Battalion to establish contact with Chen Tai's army.
, to support each other. When retreating, we can retreat to the north of Jiange Pass, and when we advance, we can also take a detour and attack the southern slope of Jiange Pass."
Everyone nodded, and Dong Jue also said: "What General Yan said is absolutely true!"
Only Master Sima remained silent, as he still agreed with Jiang Wei's judgment.
General Zuo Cheqi Zhang Yi said: "I also think that General Yan's words are reasonable. However, since General Jiang has obeyed the imperial edict and conducts general military affairs, it is General Jiang's decision after all!"
Jiang Wei said: "Where the East Third Camp is located, the terrain is complex and narrow, with high mountains and dense forests, and there are fortifications. It is suitable for passive defense and not suitable for the expansion of the army. What's more, the sandy water is in the valley, which is countercurrent to the direction of Cao Jun's march, but affects Cao Jun's march. I
We can wait to determine the direction of Cao's attack." 33
He continued: "The direction of the battlefield at this time can only be chosen by Cao Jun. But where the specific battlefield is, we can still wait for opportunities."
Master Sima said: "If General Jiang's prediction is wrong, Cao's army may not be able to capture the East Third Camp within a day or two. Our reinforcements can start again, take the south slope valley, and go east to reinforce. But on the contrary, our army will
If we first go to the third camp in the East to gather troops, only to find that Cao's army is attacking the south road, and then come back at that time, the army will have no way to retreat!"
Sima Shi's words were undoubtedly quite convincing. The generals immediately relaxed their attitude and no longer objected.
However, Master Sima had no foundation in the Han State and was not a relative of the Han royal family, so his prestige was limited. At this time, Yan Yu still argued forcefully: "If Jiange Pass is lost, the Han State will have no danger to defend, so what retreat is there?
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Jiang Weidao: "Once the more than 40,000 people on the Jiange Pass defense line are surrounded and annihilated, the Han Kingdom will really be over!"
...The Wei army's feint attack along the Beiying ditch lasted for a day and a half, but it was completely ineffective! There was no main reinforcement from the Shu army at all.
There was a light rain this afternoon, but by dusk, it had stopped raining. Qin Liang had not encountered a heavy rain in the past half month in Jiameng County.
In the past two years, the generals stationed in the three counties of Hanzhong concluded that around the summer solstice, there was rarely heavy rain in Yizhou, and it was indeed true. Heavy rains would only occur near the turn of summer and autumn, but Qin Liang could not take care of things for that long now.
Within a few days, the winner will be decided near Jiange Pass!
At this time, Qin Liang had arrived at Nanyinggou. The terrain on Nanyinggou was more spacious and open than that on Beiyinggou; except for a small stream at the bottom of the valley, the slopes of the north mountain of Nanyinggou were wide and gentle, and you could even find large mesas.
, is indeed more suitable for the garrison of large armies.
The northern mountain of Nanyinggou is actually very tall, but it is precisely because of the huge size of the mountain that the slope here is relatively gentle.
Qin Liang had already sent people to summon the generals and prepared to issue military orders. He first came to the Chinese army tent, and when he opened the map, his eyes were immediately attracted to another place, which seemed to have magnetic force.
Jiange! Qin Liang has been thinking about this place for a long time. He has been thinking about it since he was still in Luoyang.
After a while, the generals, subordinate officers, and soldiers entered the tent one after another. After everyone was greeted, Qin Liang invited them to sit on the Hu rope bed. The humidity in this place was high, and the tent was set up directly on the ground. It was not comfortable to sit on the ground. , or the simple-structured rope bed is more practical.
The generals include Deng Ai, Wen Qin, Ma Long, Yang Wei, Xiong Shou, Wang Yu and others. More than 20,000 people from the Luoyang Chinese Army came, as well as Deng Ai's Hanzhong Army, Wen Qin's Liangzhou Army, and Ma Long's Wudu Army. etc., some of the local Chinese and foreign troops. The total number of troops is more than 30,000.
In this attack on Shu, the various Chinese and foreign armies under Qin Liang's command added up to a total of nearly 150,000 troops! Generally speaking, the Wei army did not lack troops, but the front army did; because it lacked rafts and oil ships!
Even if he was carrying more than 30,000 people, he didn't even dare to transport more war horses. Wang Jun had already built hundreds of large rafts; it was really impossible to carry too many more soldiers and horses. The wood that had been cut recently was actually not large enough. It is very suitable for building rafts; because there is no step of drying in the shade, the raft body has too much weight and the carrying capacity is poor, so it can only be used in emergencies.
Fortunately, the total strength of the Shu army at the Jiange defense line is not much larger, so this battle can be fought!
The various departments of the Wei army have recently captured the Shu army's scouts one after another, and have also sent out spies many times to inquire about the military situation. It can be basically estimated that Jiang Wei has about 40,000 men!
Sure enough, it was Jiang Wei who was on horseback leading the army again! This man lost an important and vital position in Hanzhong, and the Shu court actually let him lead the army.
Qin Liang secretly admitted that Jiang Wei was a rare good general, but he did not like to fight with this person. Because Jiang Wei had too many calculations and was very unhappy. Fighting with him would be unspeakably unpleasant!
For example, this feint attack did not have the slightest effect. Fighting against famous generals on the battlefield is often very tiring, because many strategies are useless, and in the end the battle is honestly fought; the prerequisite is that the opponent is willing to fight.
At this time, everyone was almost here. A group of people crowded into the small tent and bowed to Qin Liang together: "I'll pay my respects to the general!"
Qin Liang returned the gift with his hands in hand: "Nice to meet you all."
General Qi, the commander of the cavalry, stood up a map and hurriedly dug two wooden sticks into the ground.
Qin Liang also took a deep breath.
People sometimes have to overcome fear! Especially when you are alone and helpless, you should not be too attached to the temptation of retreat. It is just an illusion! That kind of perceptual and intuitive judgment is sometimes very accurate, and sometimes it is just a self-protection mechanism of human beings. .
Qin Liang picked up a dead branch, pointed to the map in front of him, and said calmly: "Beiying Valley, Nanying Valley, here."
Then he moved the branch a long distance to the left. The rules used by Qin Liang were up north, down south, left west, right east.
He continued: "Huangbai Avenue, the valley on the south slope of Jiange Pass. The main force of our front army will be out tomorrow and march towards this area from the east! If Jiang Wei dares not to fight, our army can occupy the valley on the south slope of Jiange Pass, along the Move to the open area and directly capture Jiange Pass!"
Suddenly several people looked at each other with nervous expressions.