Chapter 693: Han Xin's Clever Plan
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However, if you want to break through a city, it is obvious that it is not enough to rely on strong fighting spirit.
The city wall of Yangping Pass is too narrow, not to mention the high and thick city, there is a slope below, and the Wei army has no way to give full play to the advantage of sending more troops.
After attacking the city for half an hour, the Wei army had nearly seven or eight hundred dead and wounded, and a thick layer of corpses had been stacked under the city wall, but no one could grab the city.
"It seems that this Yangping Pass is really not inferior to the Sword Pavilion, and it is unrealistic to want to attack it by force." Looking at the immovable enemy city, the potter sighed.
Zhang Liang also shook his head and said: "King, we have also tried out the reality of the enemy city, and continuing to attack is nothing more than damaging the lives of the soldiers, so withdraw the troops." ”
"The ovary has a point." The potter nodded, waved his hand, and shouted: "Mingjin, collect the troops!" ”
Bell Bell Bell -
The piercing sound of gold suddenly sounded, spreading throughout the city and beyond, and the soldiers besieging the city could be heard clearly.
The golden sound of the withdrawal of troops sounded, and the soldiers besieging the city breathed a sigh of relief, and Ma Yuan did not dare to disobey the order, and immediately ordered the troops to retreat.
Soon, tens of thousands of soldiers held high the big shields, lined up in formation, and slowly retreated in an orderly manner, without revealing the slightest flaw, and without giving the enemy in the city the slightest chance to take advantage of the situation to counterattack.
In an instant, tens of thousands of male soldiers were completely evacuated, leaving only corpses stacked under the city walls.
On the top of the city, Zhang Ren saw the Wei army withdrawing, and breathed a sigh of relief, according to his character, he wanted to order the whole army to go out on the spot, and take advantage of the defeat of the Wei army to kill.
Zhang Ren quickly saw that although the Wei army retreated, it was still high-spirited, the formation was orderly, and there was no trace of rout, and there was no flaw at all.
In desperation, Zhang Ren had to give up this idea, and immediately sent someone to Nanzheng to report this small victory to Gou Jian, who was recuperating from his injuries.
At the head of the city, the Shu soldiers saw the retreat of the Wei army, and they were all ecstatic, cheering and scolding, showing off their might to the retreating Wei army, and laughing wantonly.
Zhang Ren stood at the head of the city, despised the retreating Wei army, and sneered: "Potter, you have finally tasted defeat, this time, you don't want to play any tricks to smuggle through Yinping, with me Zhang Ren here, even if you put on your wings, you don't want to cross my Yangping Pass!" ”
The excited and proud shouts resounded in the head of Yangping Pass.
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To the south, the potters had led an army of 100,000 and returned to the camp.
In this battle, he has tested the reality of Yangping Pass, although he only lost less than 1,000 soldiers, but the morale of the soldiers has not been hit in the slightest, and it is still very vigorous.
However, how to quickly break through Yangping Pass before Cao Cao's reinforcements entered Sichuan was still a difficult problem in front of the potters.
It's night, the king's tent.
Zhang Liang, Su Qin, Wu Zixu and other wise men all gathered in the king's tent to ponder a strategy for the potters to break through the Yangping Pass.
Su Qin said first: "When the minister first went to Shu State, he had never been to Yangping Pass, but he didn't expect this pass to be so strong, which was really unexpected. ”
"The danger of this Yangping Pass, I'm afraid it's still above the Sword Pavilion Pass, and it's obviously unrealistic to want to attack it, so you can only outwit it." Wu Zixu also said.
Zhang Liang shook his feather fan and sighed: "This Yangping Pass is the throat of Hanzhong, it is so strong, I am afraid it is not so easy to outwit." ”
Several extremely resourceful people have been thinking about it for a long time, but they can't figure out a way to break the barrier for the time being.
While the potter listened to the discussions of the strategists, his thoughts were racing, searching for the memories of history.
He remembered that in history, when Liu Bei and Cao Cao were fighting for Hanzhong, they led the army to attack Yangping Pass, but they were blocked by Xiahou Yuan, but in the end they still broke through Yangping Pass, which shows that this Yangping Pass is not invulnerable, Liu Bei can break it, why can't he.
"Liu Bei, that big-eared thief, how did he capture Yangping Pass......" The potter's fingertips tapped his forehead, lost in thought.
In the king's tent, when there was silence, suddenly Han Xin walked in.
"Han Qing is back, how is it, do you have anything to gain by going out to inspect the terrain?" When the potter saw Han Xin coming back, his eyes lit up, so he asked casually.
Han Xin arched his hand and said confidently: "King, the minister has thought of a plan to break through Yangping Pass. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the big tent was brightened, and they all looked at Han Xin in surprise.
The potter's expression also moved, and excitement burst out in his eagle eyes, and he waved his hand and asked, "What is Han Qing's plan, let's talk about it." ”
Han Xin walked to the large map hanging on the side of the screen, gestured with his hand in the direction of Yangping Pass, and said unhurriedly: "Yangping Pass is extremely dangerous, if Zhang Ren concentrates on guarding the city, even if we have a million heroes, we will not want to break the pass, the only chance is to find a way to lure Zhang Ren's soldiers and horses out of Yangping Pass, annihilate them in the field, and then we can take advantage of the situation to take the city." ”
The potter nodded slightly, as if he had figured out something.
Su Qin frowned and said: "Of course we understand the truth that General Han said, but the Shu army suffered the loss of your smuggling through Yinping last time, how could he still divide his troops out of the customs, your strategy is easy to say, but difficult to do." ”
"Not necessarily." Han Xin's young face raised a confident sneer, "As long as we hit Zhang Ren's weakness, we are not afraid that he will not be rescued." ”
Weakness?
Su Qin was confused, staring at the map, sweeping around Yangping Pass, he really couldn't figure it out, what weakness did Zhang Ren have that he had to save?
The potter's eyes flashed with a gleam, as if he had suddenly thought of something.
"Zhang Ren's weakness is here." With a sneer, Han Xin suddenly pointed his finger in the direction of Yangping Guandong.
Everyone's eyes, followed by Han Xin's gaze, fell on Yangping Kanto, still confused.
Han Xin said slowly: "I have explored the terrain of this Yangping Pass from the small road before, the terrain of this pass is low in the west and high in the east, we attack Yangping Pass from the west, it is an upward attack, which is naturally extremely difficult, but to attack from the east, it has changed from an upward attack to a downward attack, isn't it easier." ”
A hint of surprise flashed in everyone's eyes, as if Han Xin's words were too whimsical.
Wu Zixu questioned: "It is naturally easier to attack Yangping Pass from the east, but it is because we are blocked by Yangping Pass that we cannot enter Hanzhong from the east, so how can we attack Yangping Pass from the east?" Besides, even if there is a trail that can cross the Yangping Pass and reach its east, the trail must be rugged, and the soldiers can only pass lightly, and without heavy weapons, how can they attack the city? ”
Everyone was questioning Han Xin's strategy, but the potter, hearing him say this, the corners of his mouth had already raised a knowing smile, but he had already thought of something.
He didn't break it, and let Han Xin continue.
In the face of everyone's doubts, Han Xin was calm, pointed to the map and said with a smile: "Everyone, please see, in the southeast of Yangping Pass, there is a high mountain on the south bank of the water, called Dingding Mountain, although the location of this mountain is not as dangerous as Yangping Pass, but if you can capture this mountain, you can gain a firm foothold in the east of Yangping, threaten Yangping Pass to the west, and attack Nanzheng to the east. ”
Han Xinyang sprinkled his words, attracting everyone's attention to the unfamiliar name of Dingjun Mountain, Wu Zixu and the others all jumped up and approached the map to take a closer look.
Looking at it, everyone's eyes invariably showed a look of surprise, as if they suddenly realized.
Han Xin continued: "I have peeked at this Dingjun Mountain from the trail before, although there is a stockade at the foot of the mountain, but the defenders are only a few hundred, obviously Zhang Ren did not realize the importance of this Dingjun Mountain, nor did he think that we would attack this mountain, I think, as long as we lead thousands of elite soldiers, light advance and take the trail to bypass Yangping Pass, we will be able to take this mountain in one fell swoop." ”
As soon as the words changed, Han Xin turned to the pottery merchant and arched his hand: "Once the Dingjun Mountain is lost, the Shu army will inevitably be shaken, and Zhang Ren will be eager to lead the army to take it. ”
The potter laughed, laughed, laughed wildly.
Han Xin's strategy was exactly what he said.
Because he has remembered that in the history of that year, after Liu Bei stole Yizhou, he raised the country's troops to the north to compete with Cao Cao for Hanzhong, but Xiahou Yuan blocked Yangping Pass and could not break through, and finally used the method of law correction to surprise attack Dingjun Mountain, luring Xiahou Yuan to attack, so he killed Xiahou Yuan in one fell swoop and captured Yangping Pass.
Han Xin is worthy of being Han Xin, who is familiar with the geography of the mountains and rivers in Shuzhong, and like the Fa Zheng in the history of the year, he came up with this strategy of attacking Dingjun Mountain.
Seeing the potter's laughter like this, Han Xin knew that the potter had read his plan and agreed with his plan.
The rest of Wu Zixu and other ministers nodded their heads, and they were all amazed by Han Xin's clever plan.
Zhang Liang stared at the map for a long time, but said: "General Han's plan is wonderful, and it is enough to induce Zhang Ren to lead the army to rescue, but our army is advancing lightly, and it is bound to be impossible to bring too much grain and grass, if Zhang Ren only forms a confrontation with us, and does not attack, only delay for a few days, our army's food and grass will be exhausted, and it will ...... at that time."
Zhang Liang didn't say any more, but the implication was already clear, that is, it was easy to capture Dingjun Mountain, and how to quickly defeat the enemy who came to save it was the difficulty.
The potter actually had a plan in his mind to quickly destroy the enemy army, but seeing that Han Xin was so confident, he didn't break it and continued to watch Han Xin's performance.
Sure enough, in the face of Zhang Liang's concerns, Han Xin said calmly: "Mr. Zifang doesn't need to worry, the letter has already inspected that the terrain in front of Dingjun Mountain is open, which is the most suitable for using troops, and behind its main peak, there is a large depression, which is enough to garrison more than 10,000 troops. ”
Listening to Han Xin's analysis, Zhang Liang's thoughts were flying, and he was already outlining the terrain of Dingjun Mountain in his mind, he was the same as Han Xin, he was a man of absolute resourcefulness, and his mind only turned slightly, and he saw the geographical advantages of Dingjun Mountain.
After pondering for a while, Zhang Liang also smiled, shook his feather fan, nodded and said: "As General Han said, then this Dingjun Mountain is indeed a place to use troops, then I have nothing to worry about." ”
After that, Zhang Liang looked at the potter and nodded, which clearly meant that he also agreed with Han Xin's plan.
These civil and military generals on the left and right all nodded their heads in appreciation of Han Xin, and even a little ashamed, they all thought that they had been generals for a long time, but they did not have Han Xin, a new star, who was experienced and experienced, and they actually touched the terrain around Yangping Pass so thoroughly.
At the same time, everyone looked at the pottery merchant with a wary gaze, admired his insight and wisdom, and dug out such a genius from the lecture hall, which was really not inferior to Han Xin in history.
"King, General Han's plan is feasible!" Wu Zixu firmly expressed his support.
Su Qin also arched his hand and said: "General Han's plan is very good, this Dingjun Mountain is indeed the lifeblood of Yangping Pass, but in this battle, our army attacked Dingjun Mountain lightly, and it is quite difficult to defeat the enemy troops who came to the rescue, and there should be a big man to take on the role in the future." ”
The potter smiled, looked at Han Xin, and asked proudly: "Han Xin, this plan was offered by you again, do you have the courage to implement this plan?" ”
Han Xin seemed to have waited for the potter's words, and immediately bowed his hand and said proudly: "The letter will live up to the king's trust!" ”
Seeing that Han Xin was so confident, the potter nodded his head to express his satisfaction, and did not hesitate at all, and immediately passed down the royal order, ordering Han Xin to lead 7,000 elite mountain infantry, travel lightly, and bypass Yangping Pass from the Micang Mountain trail south of Yangping Pass to attack Dingjun Mountain.
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