Chapter 577: Patience
At about half past ten in the morning, Su Ze finally arrived at Qipanling, and at this time, the fog in the Bashui basin had already dissipated.
The white-haired Su stood on the ridge with tears in his eyes, looking at the familiar and longing Ba Shui, choked up and couldn't speak for a while.
How many times I have been in my hometown in my dreams, how many times I have been melancholy and regretful, and now I finally see hope, and this old bone can finally be buried in the ancestral grave.
In his sight, the three guards of the Beifu pro-army and the two guards of Yingyang had crossed the river and arrived on the north bank; The Yangwu Erwei in the upper reaches of the eastern line was on standby on the bank of the river, and the left army on the north bank of the upper reaches also advanced in formation, and the cavalry had already taken the lead in passing through the ravine dug by manpower, and was converging with the pro-army Sanwei.
The Wei army camps around the three guards of the pro-army army have all been planted with the Han army battle flags in full swing, and the four or five Wei armies with yellow clothes have changed their banners, holding high the blue and red battle flags to encircle Wang Zhong's camp, trying to solve Wang Zhong.
Except for Zhang Xiong's Changlin Army, which evacuated and maintained the construction system and troops, the rest of the Wei army's Eastern Front Corps rebelled and offset each other.
Counting the Wei Ping headquarters of the defenders of Shimen Pass who defended themselves behind closed doors, at the beginning of today's decisive battle, Wu Zhiyongliang Army had 4,000 defenders of Shimen Pass, 1,000 people in Badi, 4,000 people in Shaodangqiang, 5,000 people in naturalized Qiang, and more than 7,000 people in Baimadi and Wududi, and the 20,000 Wei troops were separated from Wu Zhen's command, and Wang Zhong's 5,000 Hebei soldiers were surrounded.
In other words, before the decisive battle of the main force broke out, Wu Zhen reduced his strength by 27,000 men.
Although there were less than 5,000 real armor soldiers among the 27,000 people, it was enough to hit the morale of the main force of the Wei army.
Downstream at the mouth of the three rivers, the three guards of the Huya Army had already crossed the river from Shihe to the west bank, resting in place, waiting for the next round of offensive orders.
On the east bank of the upper reaches of the Stone River, Huai Yuanshu was assembling a raft made of freshly cut logs five layers thick and pressed with heavy stones.
After the rafts are launched, they will swim downstream, join Bashui from the mouth of the three rivers, and impact northward, breaking the hidden piles arranged by Guo Huai and breaking the blockade of the river.
The blockade of the river is lifted, and it is the moment when the Yangwu Erwei and the heavy infantry of the Left Army in the upper reaches of Bashui set off, and will cooperate with Lu Yi's Huya Sanwei to complete the most deadly strategic encirclement and swallow the main force of Wu's Yongliang Army in one bite!
This tactic is not complicated, and Su Ze has already understood it when he calms down.
The position of the main force of Wei cavalry can also be vaguely seen here...... Wu Zhen's options are already very limited, if he transfers the main force of Wei cavalry to attack Lu Yi, who has returned to Lantian County, then the main force of the Beifu soldiers in the south will launch a fierce attack on Wu Zhen.
In other words, it is impossible for Wu Zhen to divide his troops, and he is killing himself by dividing his troops!
Only by defeating Tian Xin head-on can there be a way to survive; Tian Xin divided his troops to cut off Wu Zhen's retreat, so he naturally had to take the risk, and the corresponding harvest of this risk was to completely annihilate the main force of the Wei army Yongliang, and decide the two states in the first battle, so as not to delay, repeat, and see-saw the war.
Divide the troops and tactics, and never lag behind.
Although the frontal battlefield Beifu currently invests only the three guards of the pro-army and the two guards of Yingyang, except for the five leading troops of the four yuan rate and the Zhao Yong rate who serve as reserves, the rest are all in motion and are all invested in the war.
Like a samurai with open fists and feet, like an eagle with wings spread; And Wu's Wei army is like a coiled snake.
The Guo Huai Western Front Army at the mouth of the Three Rivers is the snake tail, and the snake head is the main force of the Wei cavalry.
The snake body has been coiled up in a circle, so the snake tail Guo Huai only defends but does not attack, and the snake head Wu Zhen only attacks but does not defend.
Su carefully examined the layout of the battle situation, and finally set his eyes on Wang Zhong's troops who were besieged on the eastern front of the Wei army.
If Wang Zhong also defected, or agreed not to fight...... Then Wu Zhen is really a life of nine deaths.
Although Wang Zhong was surrounded on the high ground, he still contained 17,000 Qiang and Di coalition troops of Yi Zhi.
If Wang Zhong also rebelled, there would be 23,000 people in cooperation with Qiang, and they would go north along the foot of Lishan Mountain, which would be enough to make Wu's formation chaotic and the morale of the army corrupted.
There was no need for Su Ze to go to the battlefield, and he was transferred to persuade Wei Ping, the general of Shimen Pass, who had already put Wang Situ under house arrest and gathered the army to carry out the fortification, and there was no need for Su Ze to negotiate.
If there is any movement of the main force of the Wei army, the corresponding color of the banner will be set up according to the prediction, so as to facilitate the change of tactics of the various armies on the front.
At this moment, there was a small tent on the hill north of Qipanling, and the tent door was facing north, and Du Yi stayed alone in the tent to observe the battlefield.
He held in his hand the monoculars that Lu Yi handed over to Qipanling before dawn, such a precious thing, he had to hide and use it for the time being.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, the five pontoon bridges in Bashui were dismantled, and the upstream Yangwu Erwei and the heavy infantry of the left army pushed the rafts and boats into the water and began to make a big detour.
Two Wei cavalry also began to tentatively move forward, one was a naturalized Xiongnu adapted Wujie knight, who was preparing to attack the Qiangdi coalition army, rescue Wang Zhong, or cooperate with Wang Zhong to defeat the rabble of the Qiangdi coalition army.
The other cavalry army was the Wuhuan knights under the command of the auxiliary general, divided into a small formation of more than 100 cavalry, and appeared in Tian Xin's field of vision like a school of fish.
No accident, no matter how flat the deer hill is, under the rain washing, the other party is at a high place, and its back is on the north bank of the water, in a low-lying flat place.
The cavalry hedges, and their own side suffers a congenital loss.
At this time, we have to wait, wait for Lu Yiwei to return to Lantian County, if we persuade the Wei Huya Army in Lantian to change banners...... Then it's time to take the initiative to counterattack.
Either wait, wait for Wu to be impatient, and launch a counteroffensive when he divides his troops to fight in Lantian.
If it rains heavily now and cuts off their supplies and retreats, then there is nothing to wait for, do your best to launch a counteroffensive, first defeat the main force of the Wei army, and then clear the defeated army and deserted army step by step.
Endure not attacking now, just wait for Wu Zhen to reveal the gap, and then kill with one blow, and swallow the biggest result with the smallest battle damage!
Patience!
Tian Xin waited quietly in front of the array, and Meng Duo beside him couldn't hold it back, and he hissed for a long time, as if he was provoking the Wuhuan knight array two miles away.
While waiting, the Xiao cavalry of the vanguard of the left army gradually approached, and Ma Dai stood firm and rode his horse to Tian Xinrong's chariot.
This is a captured ordinary chariot with Tian Xin's green umbrella on it.
In front of the chariot is the red, yellow and green tricolor long banner that is carried by the chariot, and there are all kinds of flags that are swinging horizontally on the left and right, and each heavy flag is erected on the chariot to facilitate movement.
Ma Dai approached Tian Xin's main formation, and saw Yu Shifang wearing a black lacquer Xuanguang armor, with a battle flag with the word Yu on his back, riding a green bird holding a moon lance in front of the formation, and was provoking the Wuhuan knight who had just arrived, and the other party was slowly adjusting the array and did not respond.
Ma Dai dismounted, holding a bloody and wide-eyed rough head in his hand, and strode to Tian Xinrong's car and hugged his fists: "Gong Chen, the cavalry army has entered the head of King Qiangduan!" ”
Tian Xin just glanced at the head of the strong end who was killed, and bowed his head slightly, and a military official stepped forward to pick it up and take it to be cleaned and pickled, and then hung a bamboo slip to write the identity of the head and the person who was killed; When the battle is over, the authenticity of the head will be re-verified.
Ma Dai took the wet cloth towel handed by the Beifu military officials to wipe the blood stains on his hands, turned sideways to the north and looked at the Wujie knights of the Wei army who were moving slowly in the distance and did not attack suddenly: "Gong Chen, the Wuhuan knights intend to contain the elite of the Beifu formation, so that the Wujie knights can attack the Qiangqi formation." ”
Tian Xin turned his head and glanced at the Wujie knights in the north, and he didn't care about the actions of this Wei cavalry with a scale of more than 4,000.
Although the Qiang and Di coalition forces are on the verge of rebellion...... But there has to be some expression, not to let these people shed some blood, these people themselves are not at ease.
Having been neighbors and vassals of the Han Dynasty for 400 years, the Qiang-Di coalition army has a unique and deep understanding of how to be a servant army, and can play its role well.
Anyway, Wang Zhong's department had to be nailed there and couldn't move, otherwise Wu Zhen would be frightened and run away like a rabbit...... The two or thirty thousand Wei cavalry scattered in a hurry, and it was a dream to be caught by the establishment system; The rout of the fleeing army that was cut off from supplies was enough to squander the last bit of popularity in Guanzhong.
Seeing Tian Xin's indifferent reaction, Ma Dai said: "Gong Chen, my brother is afraid that Qiang is unbearable to fight, and wants to lead the army to the nearest place to supervise the battle. ”
After the war, the Qiang-Di coalition army was naturally more influenced by the left army.
At least, the merits established by the Qiang-Di coalition army need to be audited, guaranteed, and declared by Ma Chao, and the relationship is naturally intimate.
This kind of thing...... Does Tian Xin care?
Of course I don't care, now Ma Chao's main formation is also close to the Qiangqi coalition army, so he can transfer to the nearest place and go to supervise the battle.
Anyway, what the main force that broke the Wei cavalry was lacking was the Xiao cavalry army under the command of the Xiao cavalry general Ma Dai.
Ma Dai cautiously waited for Tian Xin's reply, and the middle and senior military officials around Tian Xin did not express their opinions, and after about three breaths, Tian Xin spoke: "Good." ”