Chapter 192: The Battle of Anfeng (I)
After the Wu army adjusted the deployment, Zhuge Ke quickly waved his army from Lu'an to the north, pointing directly at An Feng.
Zhuge Ke since Danyang Taishou was transferred to Weibei General, has been stationed in the north bank of the Yangtze River in Lujiang County Wankou, where the mountains are dangerous and the road is rugged, it is very suitable for Danyang soldiers' activities, Zhuge Ke light troops broke through, sneak attacked Shu County, captured thousands of people, and the Wei army did not even have time to react.
Zhuge Ke was nominally aimed at Tuntian, Anhuikou, but after he arrived, he never took care of the affairs of Tuntian, but repeatedly sent troops, relying on the flexibility of the Danyang soldiers, constantly harassing the Wei border, plundering the population, and destroying the Tuntian, which made the generals and Taishou on the Wei border quite a headache.
In fact, Zhuge Ke was not satisfied with such a small fight, the process of nuisance was actually a process of temptation, Zhuge Ke continued to send troops, just to find out the deployment of Wei troops in Huainan, he also sent scouts many times, to explore the situation of Shouchun, Hefei, Anfeng, draw a more detailed topographic map, and write to Sun Quan, asking Sun Quan to agree to his plan to attack Shouchun, but because Sun Quan was worried that it was too risky and did not implement it.
This time, the Wu army launched a large-scale northern expedition, and Zhuge Ke was entrusted with an important task by Sun Quan, and commanded all the men and horses alone to attack Lu'an. Zhuge Ke, who was familiar with the geography and military situation of Huainan, was not keen on fighting Lu'an, because Lu'an was a fortress on the Huainan front line of the Wei army, which was well-garrisoned, and it was difficult for the Wu army to succeed if it wanted to take it.
This time, Zhuge Ke commanded an army of 50,000 troops, which was sufficient, but the time was in a hurry, only a dozen days, and the city defense of Lu'an could not be shaken at all, and the reinforcements of Wei had already arrived on the north bank of the Huai River.
If the siege continues, the Wu army will have the possibility of being attacked by the enemy, and the Wu army is currently scattered in Shouchun, Yiyang, and Lu'an, showing a huge character shape, but the three places are separated by hundreds of miles, and it is difficult to take care of each other, and it is easy to be broken by the Wei army.
Therefore, Zhuge Ke suggested that Sun Quan change his strategy and gather the troops scattered in the three places to attack An Feng in the middle of the three places.
Anfeng is also an important town on the Huainan defense line, although the status is not as good as Shouchun Hefei, but it is comparable to Lu'an Yiyang, especially Anfeng City in the north of the Huaihe River ferry Anfengjin, once captured, it is equivalent to tearing a hole in the impregnable Huainan defense line of Wei State, the east can be close to Shouchun, the south can clamp Hefei, the west can go straight to Jingzhou, and the north can march into Runan and threaten the Central Plains.
The main reason is that Anfeng County has a dangerous terrain and rugged roads, and the Wu army, who is good at water warfare, is not proficient in this kind of mountainous land, so the direction of the main attack has been on the Huainan East Road, that is, Hefei, where the water network is dense and the terrain is flat, which is conducive to the action of the Wu army.
However, with Zhuge Ke bringing 40,000 Danyang soldiers to Anhuikou, the Wu army's mountain combat capability has been greatly improved.
According to the report of the scout, Zhuge Ke knew that the defenders of Anfeng City were only about 8,000 people, and it was natural to take such a lonely city to take it.
If the Wu army can successfully conquer Anfeng City, it will inevitably deeply stimulate Sima Yi, and Sima Yi will definitely immediately rush across the Huai River to try to recapture Anfeng.
Of course, even if the Wu army did not conquer An Feng, Sima Yi would definitely double his way to rescue An Feng when he learned that An Feng was in danger.
So whether he can take An Feng or not, for Zhuge Ke, is not too important, his real goal is to stare at Sima Yi's 100,000 army, and the small An Feng City has not yet been put in his eyes.
Zhuge Ke handed over the task of attacking Anfeng to the deputy generals Tang Shi and Liuzan, and asked them to lead 5,000 Danyang soldiers and 5,000 Wu troops to besiege Anfeng City, and he himself led 30,000 troops to camp north of Anfeng, closely watching the direction of Anfengjin, ready to go north at any time, and participate in the ambush of the Wei army in Anfengjin.
Tang Zhi and Liuzan got the order, and immediately led 20,000 Wu troops to attack Anfeng City.
Since the start of the Huainan War, Wang Ji ordered all the troops of Anfeng County to be on high alert, regardless of whether the enemy came to attack or not, the gates of Anfeng City were closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the city without his own order.
Although it is said that the war has not yet burned to Anfeng City, but the news of the battle situation in Shouchun, Yiyang, and Lu'an has been constantly transmitted, watching the fire from the other side, Wang Ji does not dare to take it lightly at any time, maybe the wind direction changes that day, and the Wu army will turn around to attack Anfeng.
Facts have proved that Wang Ji's judgment was correct, and after the Wu army attacking Lu'an was frustrated for more than ten days, he gave up attacking Lu'an again, turned north, and rushed straight to Anfeng.
Tang Shi and Liuzan wanted to lure Wang Ji into battle, and when they led the army to attack Anfeng City, they did not rush to attack, but led three or two thousand people to the city to challenge the battle, and insulted them in every way.
When Wang Ji's generals heard this, they were furious, and only three or two thousand Wu soldiers dared to be so rampant, and there was simply no one in their eyes.
They asked Wang Ji for his life, asking Kaicheng to fight and kill the sharp spirit of the Wu army.
Wang Ji shook his head and said: "I heard that the Wu people are attacking this time, and there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, how can only two or three thousand people come to Anfeng?" There must be deception in this, and we must not act rashly. ”
So Wang Ji ordered the four gates to be closed, not to let anyone out of the city, mobilized all the Wei troops in the city, and threw themselves into the defensive battle of the city wall, all on alert, ready to fight at any time.
The Wu army shouted from early in the morning, but until noon, there was no sign of the Wei army opening the city to fight, it is obvious that this plan to lure the enemy out of the city has failed, and the Wu army refuses to take the bait.
So Tang Shi and Liuzan transferred all the elite soldiers who were ambushed behind them to the city, erected a cloud ladder, and began to storm Anfeng City.
The generals of Anfeng City saw that the Wu army was overwhelming like locusts, so they began to believe Wang Ji's words, the Wu army really set up an ambush outside the city, and once the Wei army left the city, it would inevitably fall into the enemy's trap. They were all in a cold sweat, their heads were about to fall off and they still didn't know it, they all admired Wang Jilai at this time, or Wang Taishou had foresight, so they let them suffer reluctantly.
The generals and colonels of the Wei army who picked up a life were secretly glad that they were naturally working extra hard when defending the city, and they went all out to devote themselves to the battle of defending the city.
But seeing the sound of killing under Anfeng City, the figures of the people, stretching for dozens of miles, like dark clouds, both sides invested heavy troops, you attack and I defend, and launched a bloody and cruel siege battle.