Chapter 301: The Fierce Battle in Wancheng on the Third Front 6
Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei and others gathered together to discuss military affairs.
The scouts just came to report that tens of thousands of Cao's troops suddenly rushed into Liu Biao's camp. At this time, Liu Biao's camp was already in chaos, and he was afraid that his defeat was imminent.
"Military advisor, do you want to send troops for rescue?" Liu Bei was anxious after hearing the news.
Although Liu Bei's army was subordinate to the Jingzhou army and attacked the city together during the day, Liu Bei did not station his troops with the Jingzhou army at night. The military camp of Liu Bei's army and that of Cai Mao's army were almost five miles apart.
It was Zhuge Liang's plan to station Liu Bei's troops in separate camps. In order to get Cai Mao to accept the suggestion of stationing in separate camps, the reason Zhuge Liang used was that both sides could respond to each other in case of an accident. Cai Hao was very disdainful of the words "in case of an accident".
However, Liu Biao's military adviser Kuai Yue agreed with Zhuge Liang's idea, and the separate camps had no impact on Cai Mao, and there was no need to be a villain to object, so they just went as they pleased.
In this attack on Wancheng, the Jingzhou Army dispatched a total of 70,000 troops, of which 20,000 were Liu Bei's troops.
The siege battle that lasted for several days caused Liu Bei to lose some 20,000 men. The number of troops currently under Liu Bei's command is about 15,000.
But just now, Zhuge Liang warned Liu Bei that no matter what happened in Liu Biao's camp tonight, these fifteen thousand people should not move rashly.
Now, seeing Cai Mao's army in crisis, Liu Bei also felt faintly uneasy.
If he didn't lead his army to rescue Cai Mao, wouldn't he be in danger if his whole army was wiped out? After all, if the nest is overturned, how can the eggs be intact?
One can see Zhuge Liang's expression, but he is not anxious at all. It can even be said that he does not seem to care about the success or failure of Cai Mao's side.
To be honest, if his fifteen thousand men were suddenly thrown into the battlefield, it would be very possible to save the war situation. Cai Hao did not expect that Xu Huang would lead an army to attack. Similarly, Xu Huang probably did not expect that an army would suddenly enter the battlefield.
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If he rushes with his troops, he may catch Xu Huang off guard and achieve great results.
But looking at Zhuge Liang's face, you can tell that he has no intention of rescuing Cai Mao at all.
Liu Bei expected that his military advisor must have a plan in mind, but he could not guess what the other party was thinking at all.
"Going to rescue Cai Mao, we can indeed turn defeat into victory...but that is not what I thought." Zhuge Liang faced the night wind, slowly shook his feather fan a few times, and said, "The goal I seek is even greater!"
After saying this, Zhuge Liang stretched out his right hand and pointed the feather fan into the distance hidden in the darkness.
Looking along the direction of the feather fan, Liu Bei was startled, and then suddenly realized something.
"Wancheng!?" Is it possible that what Zhuge Liang is seeking is to conquer Wancheng?
"Yes, it's Wancheng." Zhuge Liang said confidently with a smile on his face, as if Wancheng was already in his pocket.
——————————————————————————————————In the Wancheng Prefecture, Guo Jia sat on the couch and fell asleep at his desk.
Logically speaking, as a military advisor, he should stay in the city until Xu Huang and the others successfully returned from victory, and then hold a grand celebration banquet.
However, although Guo Jia's current physical condition is much better than that of his original self in history, he still has a problem that he is not able to stay up late at night, especially in the second half of the night when he will be drowsy. Guo Jia also wants to wait for the news from outside the city.
He came back, but it was too late now, and he was really tired. He couldn't hold on while waiting, and fell asleep lying on the desk.
When the waiter saw this, he couldn't bear to wake him up, so he took a blanket and covered him to prevent him from catching cold.
As long as Xu Huang's horse succeeds, then after tonight, the siege of Wancheng will no longer exist. Guo Jia believed that there would be no flaws in his strategy and there was nothing to worry about, so he slept
It's very peaceful and you can even hear snoring faintly.
While Guo Jia was sleeping soundly, a soldier suddenly ran in in a panic and shouted: "Military advisor, something is wrong! Something serious is going to happen!"
The soldiers shouted so loudly that Guo Jia was startled and was immediately awakened by the soldiers' shouting.
"What's the big deal?" Seeing the frightened expressions of the soldiers, Guo Jia's heart skipped a beat and he asked hurriedly.
"Yes, there are enemy troops attacking the city!" the soldier shouted.
What? When Guo Jia heard it at first, he looked in disbelief.
Enemy troops siege the city? How could the enemy siege the city? Where did the enemy troops siege the city?
You must know that although your arrangement is not watertight, it is still extremely clever. At least for the counselors in the Jingzhou Army, it is absolutely impossible for them to see through your plan!
It is true that Xu Shu, Chen Gong, and Kuai Yue are resourceful, but they want to see through their own minds, but they still lack the courage to think outside the box and break the rules.
In this case, who could see through his plan in advance, and counterattack heavily, taking advantage of the emptiness of all the soldiers in Wancheng to attack the city at night?
If, as the soldier said, an army was attacking Wancheng, the situation would be really bad.
Xu Huang left the city and took away most of the troops. Now the number of defenders in Wancheng is less than 5,000!
Although he didn't know the size of the army that came to attack the city, Guo Jia guessed that the number would definitely be large. How should we defend this city!?