Chapter 304: The Fierce Battle in Wancheng on the Third Front
"Huh?" A raging fire suddenly broke out in Wancheng, which startled Zhuge Liang, who was commanding the siege.
Haha, Guo Fengxiao really lived up to his reputation as a genius. Under such circumstances, he dared to burn down the city to warn Cao Jun outside the city that something had changed in Wancheng.
However, Zhuge Liang was a little disdainful of Guo Jia's actions. Even if Wancheng was burned to the ground, would Cao's army outside the city be able to come back so smoothly?
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly. Even if Xu Huang and the others learned that the situation in Wancheng was critical, what would they do?
They won't be able to come back in a short time!
After all, Cai Mao had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Even if he stood and was attacked, it would take a long time to kill them all. Even if Liu Biao's army was caught off guard and suddenly attacked, Cao's army would not be able to destroy them in an instant.
Everything was clean. Zhuge Liang estimated that Cai Mao should still have about 20,000 soldiers after the war.
Without such a fire, the fate of Liu Biao's 20,000 troops would have been demoralized and without any fighting spirit, and they would eventually be eaten away step by step by Cao's army. But when Guo Jia set fire to Wancheng, the situation suddenly changed.
Not only Cao Jun could see this fire, but Liu Biao Jun could also see it.
Learning about the incident in Wancheng will inevitably lead to completely opposite changes in the morale of the two armies outside the city. The only consequence is that Cao's army is depressed and Liu Biao's army is invigorated.
Under such circumstances, even if Xu Huang and Gao Shun intend to return to the city to rescue them, how can Cai Mao let them escape easily? If Cao Jun insists on returning to Wancheng, Cai Hao, as long as he is not an idiot, will definitely lead the army in pursuit.
The losses suffered by Cao Cao's army at that time were really hard to estimate easily.
Therefore, in Zhuge Liang's view, Guo Jia's move seemed clever and allowed Cao Jun outside the city to know that Wancheng had undergone a sudden change, but in fact it was a foolish move.
Without this fire, Cao's army outside the city would have been able to annihilate Liu Biao's army sooner or later. However, after seeing the fire in Wancheng, the morale of Cao's army plummeted and the morale of Liu Biao's army soared. Zhuge Liang did not think that Cao's army could defeat Liu Biao's army at all.
Possibly, maybe they will be defeated by Liu Biao's army, or even be defeated.
By then, 30,000 Cao's troops were destroyed, and Wancheng was captured by himself. Cao's army was really completely defeated.
Perhaps Guo Jia really wanted to jump over the wall in a hurry. After all, if Wancheng was captured, even if Cao's army annihilated Liu Biao's army, it would not help in the end. So he wanted to take a gamble and hope for a miracle to happen?
It's a pity that there are not so many miracles in this world.
"Order the whole army to speed up the attack on the city!" Although Zhuge Liang was confident that Cao's army outside the city had no chance of successfully returning reinforcements, it would always be beneficial and harmless to capture Wancheng earlier. As the saying goes, the night is long and the dream is many, if time
If it is delayed for too long, something might happen again. In that case, it would really be self-defeating, and it is definitely not the result Zhuge Liang wants to see.
In addition, although the possibility is not high, if Cai Mao really fails to stop Cao Jun and causes him to fight back to Wancheng, then the matter will be very difficult.
At that time, the one who is in danger of being overturned is Liu Bei's army who is attacking the city.
This kind of thing is not allowed to happen under any circumstances!
Zhuge was cautious throughout his life and tried to do things without any mistakes. This was Zhuge Liang's character.
Zhuge Liang thought for a while, then shook his feather fan gently and showed a bright smile on his face.
Although it's a bit cliche, it's better to set up an ambush. Even if Cao Jun can come back, he must be very anxious. Under the premise that Wancheng will fall without knowing when, even if Cao Jun's generals consider the ambush,
, and it is absolutely impossible to send scouts to investigate in detail and advance carefully.
The number of ambush troops does not need to be large. After all, your primary goal is to capture Wancheng, and you cannot send too many people out. But at this night, if two or three thousand people ambush properly, it is enough to plunge tens of thousands of troops into chaos and instability.
Already.
——————————————————————————————Xu Huang waved his ax back and forth, cutting a bloody path among the rebellious army.
The horse ran to Gao Shun.
"Chang Gong, what is our current plan, how should we fight back to Wancheng?" Xu Huang immediately asked as soon as he saw Gao Shun.
The question now is not to choose whether to fight back to Wancheng. There has been a change in Wancheng, and my army must go back to rescue. The most critical question now is, how to fight back?
Xu Huang was also a rare general. Naturally, he knew that the situation at hand was extremely embarrassing. If he led the army back to support, Cai Mao would lead his troops to pursue him.
In this case, let alone rescuing Wancheng, the 30,000 of them would probably face an irreversible fate.
But if Wancheng is not saved, if Wancheng falls, the consequences will be disastrous.
Xu Huang didn't know what had happened in Wancheng, but one look at the raging fire made it obvious that the situation in Wancheng must have been extremely bad.
Although we don’t know who attacked Wancheng, Wancheng is the barrier to the south of Xuchang. If it falls into the hands of the enemy, the south of Xuchang will be undefendable!
After Gao Shun heard Xu Huang's question, he was also thinking hard. He and Xu Huang had the same worries. In addition, due to the advantage of being a time traveler, he could already guess that the changes in Wancheng were probably related to Zhuge Liang.
If the man behind the Wancheng Incident was really Zhuge Liang, then the situation was really extremely bad. Although Guo Jia was very intelligent, he never considered that there was someone who could rival him in the enemy formation. On the contrary, Zhuge Liang was sure
I have done in-depth research on Guo Jia. As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. If you are unintentional or intentional, you will inevitably fall into passivity.
Although Guo Jia is as resourceful as Zhuge Liang, one is in the light and the other is in the dark. If there is a confrontation, the side who is in the light may not be the opponent. Therefore, he must rescue and rush back to rescue immediately. But if he wants to withdraw his troops, Cai Mao is a
An unmitigated big trouble.
A dilemma, a real dilemma, Gao Shun fell into thought.
"For the current plan, I'm afraid we can only divide the troops into two groups. One person will lead the troops to break up the rear and desperately stop Cai Hao's pursuit. The other person will lead the troops to rescue Wancheng." After stabbing an enemy soldier who tried to attack him with a gun, Gao Gao
Shun told Xu Huang his final thoughts.
In fact, Gao Shun's idea is also full of huge risks. After seeing the soaring fire in Wancheng, the morale of Cao's soldiers has been extremely low, which has also led to a significant reduction in combat effectiveness. At this time, the strategy of dividing the troops will undoubtedly make
The already declining combat effectiveness has weakened again.
The consequences of this will undoubtedly be unpalatable to both sides. The troops behind the break will be devoured by Cai Mao's army, and the troops rushing to rescue are also likely to be killed by unknown enemy troops when they arrive at Wancheng.
defeated.
However, this is the only way Gao Shun can think of at this moment.
In other words, this is the only feasible way at the moment. No matter who it is, even a wise counselor will probably not be able to think of any other way in this situation.
In a desperate situation, you can only give it a try! If you don't succeed, you will succeed!
Regarding Gao Shun's proposal, Xu Huang didn't think about it for too long and nodded in agreement. After all, he couldn't come up with a better plan.
Of Cao's 30,000 troops, there are now about 27,000 left. The two finally discussed and decided that Xu Huang would lead 15,000 men to intercept Liu Biao's army, while Gao Shun would lead the remaining 12,000 men to attack Wancheng.
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