Chapter 745. If you want to fight, dig a pit first
The battle situation has completely pushed back to the situation two months ago, the Wei army and the Shu army are facing off at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, and even the number of men and horses is about the same, although some troops have been annihilated by Wang Hou in the peripheral war recently, but Liu Bei, who has the support of the entire Bashu behind him, is constantly supplemented, and even stronger than when he fought against Xiahou Yuan.
Because the Shu army has added a lot of Wudang flying troops!
There are many ethnic minorities on the edge of Bashu, just like the previous Yelang Kingdom, the descendants of the Baipu people, what race is divided, Wang Hou does not know, because even if he is the later generations of his era, there are too few records of the ethnic groups on the edge of these civilization circles in the south, anyway, there are Nanban in the south of Shu State, Wulingyi in the east, and there are even many Qiang tribes in the territory that have migrated in the past, which can be described as mixed.
Similar to Wang Hou's policy, the Shu army conscripted the backward barbarians in these places, and the captured prisoners were directly distributed to the northern battlefield and formed into a force, which was the light soldiers of the Shu army who were not afraid of death and attacked the Xiahou Yuan camp a few days ago.
This information was still obtained from the mouths of the captives of Zhang Wei's department.
Well, speaking of Zhang Wei, this guy who sacrificed his life for righteousness is now repentant, is Wang Tiangao so easy to offend? If you want to say that the treatment of this goods is not bad, I gave him a felt bag alone, which was made into a cage with wooden sticks, and locked Zhang Wei in like a beast.
The point is that in front of him, more than a dozen Wei soldiers wearing Shu army armor carried the banner of the captain of Binxian County, and an agent from the Military Statistics Survey Bureau pinched out the wig and fake beard according to his face, pasted it on his face, and put makeup in the mirror for a while.
Seeing that "himself" swaggered straight to the Shu army formation at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, his angry teeth were almost crushed, and Zhang Wei beat the wooden cage sadly and scolded bitterly.
"Cattle Wow !!"
On the other end, he looked at "this guy" on the podium and looked like a traitor, under the protection of the shield, shouting at the Dingjun Mountain camp, what King Wei's reward is great, King Wei's chrysanthemums are fragrant, everyone come and join the Wei army! Five insurances, one housing fund, and two days off, and then was shot back by the angry Shu army's Zhuge crossbow arrows, Wang Hou couldn't help but put down the binoculars happily.
However, revenge on Zhang Wei is just a little bad taste of Wang Hou, in this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Wang Hou has never heard of it, it is estimated that it is a small shrimp, and it is strange that it can cause the confusion of the Shu army.
If you want to pacify Hanzhong, Wang Hou has to seal the Micang Mountain path, and use Yangping Pass and Bashan to firmly block Liu Bei in the Sichuan Basin.
Similarly, if you want to get Guanzhong, Liu Bei has to defeat him, right here! Because the Shu army, which has the majority of infantry corps, is not the opponent of the Wei army with superior cavalry strength on the Hanzhong Plain in any case, and the Dingjun Mountain is under the mountain, there is the Dingjun Mountain as a barrier behind it, and the Han River is rushing in front of it, and the narrow terrain makes it difficult for the cavalry to play the strength of outflanking and roundabout.
So the actions of the two armies were unexpectedly consistent, that is, digging a pit!
It was still an unfinished project of Xiahou Yuan, facing the eastern defense line of Dingjun Mountain and the northern defense line protecting the flanks, and the "ghost generals" in Hanzhong were made by Wang Hou to dig trenches in depth like Sun Tzu, and use ring-shaped trenches to resist the attack of the Shu army.
The Shu army is digging trenches on both flanks of the battlefield, the cavalry is fighting head-on, the elite Shu army in formation is really not afraid, but the most terrible thing about the cavalry is the use of mobile flank raids or back attacks, Napoleon the Great's eastward expedition to Russia in the Borodino Campaign, the arrogant French emperor was once shocked by the Cossack cavalry suddenly outflanking the rear wing, and the French army was beaten back in order to reorganize morale and array, and the battle was stopped for more than four hours.
The two wings used broken terrain to block the cavalry from charging and assaulting, and even if he dealt with the ironclad cavalry of the Wei army in the front, Liu Bei was somewhat sure.
It is said that war is the most thrilling but also the most boring game! Both armies arrived at the battlefield, but they didn't put an arrow or cut a knife, they picked up their hoes and dug the pit for eleven days, and no one had the heart to rashly launch a decisive battle before becoming invincible, so except for the border scout troops holding each other's necks and pinching each other, pointing at each other's noses and scolding, there was not much conflict, in this case, both sides also got what they wanted.
In the early morning, the cold air from northern Siberia blew across Dingjun Mountain, shrouding the morning mist on the mountain on the huge battlefield under the mountain.
Early in the morning, the Shu army camp was busy like an ant's nest, jumping burdens, carrying hoes, like old farmers more than like soldiers of Shu people running back and forth, Miao Miao smoke rose in the mist, and it is estimated that they began to prepare for a day's labor.
In fact, Wei Jun is similar here, standing on the mound of the trench like the three circles of the wireless network, Wang Hou can even smell the fragrance of the canned rice and noodles poured into the cauldron behind him, habitually looking around, casually putting down the binoculars, Wang Hou also plans to jump off the trench to eat.
But this time he always felt that something was wrong, and after taking two steps, Wang Hou picked up the telescope hanging on his chest again, and this time, the same shining lens came into his eyes, and he finally knew that something was wrong.
Originally, the military flags of Huang Zhong, Huang Lao Pifu and Fa Zhengfa Daer Wuzai were hung in the Chinese army, but this time, all their military flags were squeezed down, and a big flag with Liu Zi was still inlaid with yellow edges, and it was hung there with great hunting.
And for the first time, the direction of the Shu army is also expected to come out with a telescope!
Liu Bei is here in person!
The dignified second time put down the binoculars, his face became extremely serious, he turned his head suddenly, and directed at his own soldiers, Wang Hou commanded in a hurry.
"Recruit the generals, discuss before the army!"
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His guess was right!
At this head, the civil and military officials in the golden-topped cow tent used by Wang Hou for beeping put down their rice bowls and arrived in a hurry.
In terms of civil officials, Sima Yi of Erwuzai, Lao Yin Bilun Zhi, and Du Ji and several other civilians who came after guarding Guanxi, military generals, Pang De, Xu Yue, Hu Tiehua led by knights, Jiang Xu, staff officer Deng Ai, and Cao San, who is not lazy, has just been separated and gathered together, and before Wang Hou can open his mouth to prepare to arrange the battle situation, outside the door, Zhuge Ying, the pro-army guard, hurriedly wore heavy helmets and armor and entered the tent, respectfully and solemnly clasped his fists and said.
"Lord, Shu thief Liu Bei sent an envoy to pay a visit!"