In Yuwei County, Zhou Tong has been guarding for more than a month. Winter in the north comes early, so even though it's only November, it's already very cold. Especially at night, the cold wind is biting. However, it turned out to be a good thing for him. Because it was too cold at night, the Liangzhou soldiers and horses outside the city had to stop attacking and retreated back to the camp.

Otherwise, if the summer and autumn seasons change, Zhang Ju's army will attack day and night, and the pressure will be particularly great for this newly restored Yuanwei county.

Thanks to the preparation of enough supplies in the early stage, there is no problem even if it is a long time. Zhou Tong had long known Li Xin's overall plan for this battle, so from the beginning, he never thought that he would immediately fight with the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou.

Since Zhang Ju led the army to the city of Yuanwei, he has not gone out of the city to fight, but has used the county seat to hold on. Every time, he will accept it when he sees it, and even if he knocks the enemy out of the city, he will not be greedy for merit.

In this way, Zhang Ju outside the city was worried. In order to be able to pull out the wedge of Yuanwei County, he tried his best, from the beginning of the whole army's fierce attack, to the later false intention to show weakness, trying to lure Zhou Tong out of the city, without exception, all ended in failure.

If it were any other place, maybe he would have given up a long time ago. But this place in Yuanwei County is too embarrassing, and the geographical location it occupies is really like chicken ribs, of course, it is chicken ribs for him.

If he can't take Yuanwei County, even if he leads a large army to bypass, he will be in danger of being cut off at any time. He is not an army of thousands, but an army of twenty thousand.

If it is a few thousand troops, you can bring some grain and grass in advance, bypass the county seat of Yuanwei first, kill Jincheng County, or cross the Yellow River, and kill to Anding County. If the 20,000 army has no food and grass, it will be defeated directly without fighting at all.

Yuanwei County is like a nail, firmly nailed here, and he can't move at all.

Zhang Ju originally sent 30,000 foot horsemen to the south, among them, Zhang Ju was the person in chief. After passing the Gulang Gorge Pass and arriving at the west of Yuanwei County, he divided 10,000 troops and handed them over to Niu Ba and other commanders, and went west to attack Haokang County. And he himself and some generals led the rest of the army to the east to attack Yuanwei County.

As long as there was a breakthrough in either of these two armies, they would be able to enter the hinterland of Jincheng County. For Liangzhou, the goal of this operation is very large, not only Jincheng County, but also Qinzhou and other places.

And Zhang Qiang's lowest bottom line is to recapture Jincheng County and Xiping County to avenge his previous revenge. But now that the war has been going on for more than a month, the war is still stuck outside Yuanwei County, and there is no progress even on the side of Haokang County, and Zhang Qian is almost unbearable.

"Tell me, what is the way to take down Yuanwei County? Did you hear what the envoy sent yesterday said? We only have three days, and if we don't make any progress, we'll have to see you there! Outside the county, in the Liangzhou soldiers and horses camp, Zhang Ju said to the generals below with a black face.

There was no one down there to speak, because there was no better way. The county seat of Yuanwei is located between two mountains, blocking the road to the east. If it wasn't repaired before, you can go around it directly from the side of the county seat.

However, after the restoration of the Huashan army, the westernmost wall not only became stronger, but also extended to the north and south, directly connected to the mountain walls on both sides. In this way, if you want to pass from here, you must take the county seat of Yuanwei.

There is a road to the west of Yuanwei County, and there is more than one road to the south. But if you want to go south from these roads, you have to go through the Reverse River Valley or Haokang County. Now Haokang County can't take it, and at the end of the backwater valley is Jincheng County, which is also under the control of the Huashan Army.

Therefore, going south from the west of Yuanwei County is a dead end. If Zhang Ju really dared to bring all the 30,000 troops there, Zhou Tong would dare to lead the army out of the city to cut off his back road and block him in the backwater valley.

At that time, their 30,000-strong army will be attacked by the Huashan Army in the north and south, and I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated. This is also the reason why Zhang Ju wants to fight Zhou Tong here, because Yuanwei County is the chess piece that can revitalize the overall situation in the entire chess game.

If this chess piece is not in his own hands, the initiative of the entire chessboard will be firmly in the hands of Huashan Army, and he has no way at all.

"What are you doing in a daze? If they don't speak, can this matter be over? Zhang Sima, you talk about it first! Zhang Ju saw that everyone was dumb, and couldn't help but snort coldly, and then named him.

Zhang Sima's name is Zhang Yao, and he used to quell the rebellion in Jiuquan County, which can be regarded as a great achievement. Therefore, Zhang Ju also wanted to hear his opinion at this time.

"General, our soldiers and horses far exceed the Huashan army in the city, but we have lost a lot of manpower in the past few days to attack the city. Moreover, the weather is getting colder, and I am afraid that it will snow heavily in the near future, and it will be very disadvantageous for us to stay any longer. The subordinates are thinking, then Zhou Tong is probably waiting for us to take the initiative to withdraw if we can't stand it! Zhang Yao was named, there was no way, and after a deep groan, he had to stand up and say.

Hearing his words, the generals present couldn't help but laugh secretly, after all, who doesn't know that what he said is nonsense!

Zhang Ju looked at him coldly and said lightly: "So what? ”

"In the opinion of our subordinates, we have to take a dangerous move!" Hearing this, Zhang Yao knew that he couldn't hide, so he had to grit his teeth secretly and said.

"How do you take risks?"

"Before, we were afraid that Zhou Tong's soldiers and horses would cut off our grain route from behind, so we had to stay here in order to capture Yuanwei County. But now that all methods have been exhausted, the other party is as stable as Mount Tai, and it doesn't make much sense for us to stay any longer! From the perspective of our subordinates, we might as well send a brigade to cross the mountains in the north, and then make a detour to the east of Yuanwei County. In this way, the county will be surrounded, and when the time comes, even if we besiege but not attack, we can make it impossible for them to affect our rear! The general can lead the army westward, first go to meet General Niu, and take Haokang County and other places! I don't know what the general thinks? Zhang Yao said.

Yuanwei County is located between two mountain ranges, and the terrain is relatively flat both in the middle and outside of these two mountain ranges. If it weren't for the fact that there are mountains in the west of the north side of the mountain, in fact, after leaving the Gulang Gorge Pass, you can go directly to the southeast along the north side of the mountain range, all the way to the east of Yuanwei County.

Because of the danger of climbing the mountain, even if I thought about it in the past, I didn't carry it out.

But his method sounds quite reliable, that is, using some soldiers and horses to contain Zhou Tong and them, and then the main force of the army will be combined in one place, and then go to capture other places first.

In fact, this method should have been implemented after it was discovered that it was impossible to capture the county. It's just that Zhang Ju and these generals thought that after a long time, they could capture Yuanwei County, so they didn't think about putting Yuanwei County aside at all.

This is no wonder for them, mainly because the difference in numbers between us and the enemy is too great. After all, anyone who sees that there are 20,000 troops on their side and only 3,000 in the city will think that victory is in their hands, and it is only a matter of time.

In addition, a key point is that since the start of the war, the news exchange between Liangzhou and the Central Plains has been cut off. Therefore, they didn't know the situation on the side of Zhang Ping, Yan Guo and the Xiongnu at all.

If they had known that Zhang Ping was already finished, the Yan army had not made progress, and the Xiongnu side had stopped at Luguan and Xiaoguan, they were afraid that they would have already adopted this method. Who made this era so backward, if there was a phone call, I guess everything would be understood.

Again, you said that it doesn't matter if you can't take it here in Yuanwei County, there is no progress in Haokang County. Although it is said that the siege battle lasted for a month or two, and there were many in history for even longer, Zhang Ju and the others finally began to get anxious at this time.

"Now, there's no better way! Just do as you say! Tonight, Zhang Sima and Wang Sima, the two of you will lead 5,000 soldiers and horses over the mountain for me, and you will be limited to arrive outside the east gate of Yuanwei County within two days. As soon as you are in place, I will also leave 5,000 men and horses on my side, and as for the rest of the army, they will follow me to Haokang County. During this time, all you have to do is to surround the county for me, and not even a bird can be released! Do you understand? Zhang Ju thought about it for a while, but there was no other good plan, and finally ordered.

"Yes, the subordinates will go and gather the troops and horses immediately!" Zhang Yao and Wang Guo hurriedly stood up and responded.

Zhang Ju and they discussed in the tent, and the siege of soldiers and horses outside the city did not ease at all. However, as the sky gradually darkened, the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou slowly retreated to the camp.

Zhou Tong and them at the head of the city have been accustomed to this rhythm these days. At this time, seeing that the enemy army had retreated, he began to arrange for rotation and rest. Although the enemy retreated, Zhou Tong did not dare to relax at all.

"General, the meal has been prepared, should I bring it to you, or will you go down to eat?" Zhou Tong's personal soldier asked at this time.

"Bring it up! I'm eating right here, just staring at each other's movements! Zhou Tong didn't think about it, and said directly.

"Yes!" The soldiers responded and hurriedly retreated.

Since the fight in Yuanwei County, Zhou Tong has spent most of his time on the city tower. At the beginning, due to Zhang Ju's fierce attack, he never went down for several days, but later it was better.