Chapter 203: Wolf Smoke
Seeing that the time was passing by moment by moment, all the generals couldn't hold their breath, didn't they say that it was good at noon, why was it almost past noon and there was no movement, they were all a little unable to hold back, and wanted to ask Xiahou Xuan, but when they saw Xiahou Xuan's black face, they had to hold back again.
Can Xiahou Xuan not have a black face, the battle plan he worked so hard to come up with was facing the possibility of dying because of the non-cooperation of friendly forces when he was about to fight, how could it not make his heart ache.
What's worse is that Xiahou Xuan only formulated a battle plan, and there was no spare second plan, that is to say, under the loss of Sima Yi's army, what would happen to the lone army that went deep into the southern army, he had not yet thought about it.
The consequences were almost catastrophic, and although the whereabouts of the Southern Army had not yet been discovered by the Wu Army at the moment, as time went by, it was a matter of time before it was exposed, and it was only a matter of time.
After the whereabouts of the southern army are exposed, there is no doubt that they will be encircled and attacked by the Wu army, and Xiahou Xuan is not afraid of fighting, but in the face of several times the enemy army, Xiahou Xuan still has no bottom in his heart after all.
The most important thing is that the Zhengnan Army is now short of food and grass, in order to have a sneak attack effect, the Zhengnan Army is almost lightly armed, abandoning all the baggage vehicles, each soldier is on his body, only with seven days of dry food, that is to say, the Zhengnan Army can support for seven days at most, if it can't get rid of the siege and pursuit of the Wu army after seven days, it will collapse first.
Xiahou Xuan looked at Cao Liang, remembering what Cao Liang said to himself yesterday, he couldn't help but feel a trace of remorse, if he had listened to Cao Liang's advice earlier and prepared with both hands, why would he be so passive now?
Xiahou Xuan was about to talk to Cao Liang, when Ren Lan shouted excitedly: "General Xiahou, wolf smoke...... Wolf smoke! ”
Looking in the direction of Ren Lan's finger, in the northeast sky, a puff of black smoke rose into the sky, as if it was going straight to the sky.
Xiahou Xuan couldn't restrain himself excitedly, the depressed breath in his chest suddenly erupted, he pulled out the saber on his waist, pointed diagonally forward, and shouted loudly: "Pass my order, rush!" ”
The Zhengnan army was already a little impatient waiting for this military order, and now that the military order was given, the Zhengnan army rushed towards the camp of the Wu army like a tiger out of the forest.
When the wolf smoke rose, Sima Yi had already begun to command the army to force the crossing of the Huai River, and the reason for the delay was mainly because there were some small problems when erecting the pontoon bridge, but these small problems were quickly dealt with, and the army began to march to the south bank of the Huai River according to the original plan.
Sima Yi knew about the ambush set up by the Wu army on the south bank of the Huai River, but he had his own plan, so he didn't panic at all, anyway, the plan of the Wu army was to attack halfway, and when the number of Wei troops reaching the south bank did not reach enough, they would not easily attack, which gave the Wei army some convenience to cross the river.
The Wei army erected four pontoon bridges on the Huai River at the same time, and tens of thousands of troops formed a four-way column, which passed through the pontoon bridges in a steady stream and entered the south bank of the Huai River.
After the Wu army withdrew from Shouchun and Yiyang, they rushed to Anfengdu to set up an ambush, and the Quancong department that was withdrawn from the east road was ambushed in the east of Anfengdu, and the Zhuge Jin department that was withdrawn from the west road was ambushed in the west of Anfengdu, and the hundreds of thousands of troops on the east and west roads were eyeing Anfengdu.
According to the plan proposed by Zhuge Ke, the Wu army besieged the city in Anfeng to lure the enemy, and the other two people and horses set up pockets in Anfengdu, waiting for the Wei army to drill.
This plan was approved by Sun Quan, so the Wu army quickly withdrew its troops from Shouchun and Yiyang, and entered the ambush position, waiting for the arrival of the Wei army.
The geographical location of Anfengdu is relatively special, the water flow of Anfengdu is gentle, and the river surface is wide, which is more suitable for crossing the river.
The terrain on the north bank is relatively flat and endless, and the Wu army can clearly see the movement of the Wei army on the high ground on the south bank, which is simply unobstructed.
On the south bank of Anfengdu, the hills are undulating and the vegetation is luxuriant, and those mountains and forests have created extremely hidden conditions for the Wu army to set up ambushes.
In short, the Wu army hid in the mountains and forests on the south bank of the Huai River, and after the Wei army arrived at the front line, it was almost a luxury to want to spy on the situation on the south bank from the north bank, because when you look at the south bank from the north bank, you really can't see anything except a lush greenery.
This is naturally very beneficial to the ambush of the Wu army, Zhuge Ke's choice to set up an ambush in Anfengdu is indeed well thought out, compared with other ferries along the Huai River, I am afraid that only Anfengdu is the most suitable.
That's why Zhuge Ke withdrew all the three armies, attacked Anfeng City as bait all the way, and set up ambushes on the other two roads, preparing to take the Wei army by surprise in the field battle.
In addition, the reason why Zhuge Ke chose the plan of attacking half-crossing is because it can effectively kill and injure the Wei army and give the Wei army a head-on blow, if the Wu army guards across the river, it can certainly block the Wei army north of the Huai River, adding countless difficulties to the Wei army to force the Huai River.
But in this way, the number of Wu troops killing and wounding Wei troops is extremely limited, and if the Wei army feels that An Fengdu cannot be easily crossed, it will definitely give up An Fengdu for the time being, and look for other ferries that can easily cross the river, such as Shouchun and Yiyang, which are currently controlled by the Wei army, if the Wei army crosses the river from there, it will be much easier.
Therefore, the Wu army disguised An Fengdu as undefended as much as possible, at least on the surface, there was no trace of the Wu army, so as to confuse the Wei army, and then when the Wei army was halfway crossed, it killed in one fell swoop and severely damaged the Wei army on the south bank of the Huai River.
Wu people thought they were scheming, but they didn't know that Sima Yi had fought all his life, and this kind of pediatric trick was just what he had left over from the year, so Sima Yi had already expected that Wu people were not good at all, and they would let go of the Huai River, a natural barrier, in vain, so before Sima Yi arrived at Anfengdu, he had already expected the means and tricks that Wu Jun might take.
Attacking halfway is the most secure method among the many art of war formations, and Sima Yi had already expected that the Wu army might set up an ambush in Anfengdu, so Sima Yi also carefully designed a countermeasure plan.
When the Wu people thought they had a plan and wanted to be a praying mantis hidden behind the leaves to attack the Wu army, but he didn't know that he had already been targeted by the yellow finch.
The change of roles is a very natural thing, but in the process of role change, the authorities are ignorant, and only bystanders can see clearly and clearly.