261st Change of battle plan
When Jin Jue heard this, he glanced at Wei Yan and replied, "The strategy you said, this son has not thought about this possibility. However, there are three hidden dangers in this plan.
First, if our army chooses to raid Nanzheng City at night, it must concentrate all its forces.
But in this way, our troops are limited after all, and we can't block the four city gates, and Zhang Lu will definitely be able to escape from the city while the war is raging. This son is not worried about Zhang Lu escaping to other places, but is only worried that if he escapes to Chuyang County, the situation will be greatly unfavorable to us.
You think, after taking Nanzheng County, Zhang Lu's strength will naturally be greatly damaged, but the rebels who escaped from the city will inevitably notify the other four counties, and when the time comes, our army will be busy with subduing Nanzheng City and attacking other counties, and the strength is really a little stretched.
Second, once Zhang Lu fled to Chuyang County, with the backing of the troops in Yangping Pass, he would have enough strength to stalemate with our army in Chuyang County. If the stalemate continues, I'm not afraid, but Fu Gan outside the gate will have a much more difficult life.
Third, in this way, our army wants to take advantage of the situation to divide some passes in Ba County after taking Nanzheng County, so as not to let Liu Zhang's army take the opportunity to block the exit of Micang Road
Therefore, it is necessary to solve these three hidden dangers. It is necessary to do two things while raiding the county seat of Nanzheng County.
The first thing is that there are generals who can block the road to Chuyang County in advance, or capture Zhang Lu alive.
The second thing is that there are generals who can immediately lead their troops to Ba County and hold on to Ba County with Liu Zhang's subordinates.
Especially the second thing, if you are not completely sure, you should not think that you will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to defeat each other. Because, I won't be able to give you too many troops. Therefore, if I act according to the strategy offered by you, I am prepared to let General Cheng take on the heavy task of intercepting Zhang Lu after the raid, and you will take on the heavy task of seizing the Golden Bull Road.
How about it, do you two dare to take on this task? ”
"Why don't you dare, Childe, I'll give you a military order now, I'll ......" When listening to Jin Jue's analysis just now, Wei Yan listened to it like a drunken idiot, and as soon as he finished speaking, Wei Yan replied excitedly.
Wei Yangang wanted to swear an oath, but was rudely interrupted by Jin Jue, and said: "Enough, it's enough for you to have this guts, you must remember my habits in the future, and before the big war, you must not say anything discouraged." ”
"Childe, there is no problem with my subordinates, it's just that why should I intercept Zhang Lu and let this hairy boy seize the Golden Bull Road?" Cheng Lian patted his chest and said.
It's just that Cheng Lian was very unconvinced, Jin Jue actually let Wei Yan, a young man, take on such an important task. He believes that the task of capturing the Golden Bull Road and fighting Liu Zhangjun is more important.
"Humph! Confused, Cheng Lian, seizing the Golden Bull Road is just an option for our army, and if you get it, it will naturally be beneficial for our army to attack the land of Bashu in the future, but if you can't get it in the end, our army can also think of other ways. Can the task of intercepting Zhang Lu be the same? If you solve the task, but let Zhang Lu escape to Chuyang County and hold on, this will be very unfavorable to the situation of our army.
What's more, the more than 10,000 soldiers I released at the beginning, when Wei Yan led the army and you led the army, can the effect after meeting with them be compared? If they see you in person, they will definitely surrender. Hearing this, Jin Jue pointed to Cheng Lian's nose and scolded, explaining.
"Childe, if I lead the army to block the passage to Chuyang County, what do you think?" Fu Tong stood up for the first time and asked for his life loudly.
Although Wei Yan is young, his martial arts are not as experienced as Cheng Lian's, but he is not afraid of Cheng Lian at all, and Fu Tong is the same, his ability is far inferior to the two generals, but in terms of courage and loyalty, he is far superior to the two of them.
Cheng Lian also knew that Jin Jue attached great importance to Fu Tong, so he didn't have the same knowledge as him, so he cheekily bowed his hand to Jin Jue and said, "Son, my subordinates are willing to take this task." ”
"That's good, you remember, the main point of this mission, it doesn't matter whether you can capture Zhang Lu alive, the important thing is that you can completely block the passage east of Nanzheng County in time. If Zhang Lu escapes from your defense area to Chuyang County, don't blame Ben Gongzi for being ruthless in military law! Jin Jue solemnly admonished.
"No!"
In fact, Jin Jue didn't want to take the time-consuming strategy of encircling the point to send reinforcements before, but there was one thing he didn't explain to others.
Zhang Lu's attitude, in the original history, Zhang Lu would rather surrender to Cao Cao than surrender to Liu Bei, not to mention that Jin Jue, who has many Yellow Turban troops under him, is known as the reincarnation of the Heavenly Master, and is naturally hostile to Zhang Lu. If Zhang Lu really had to flee to Chuyang County, he would inevitably Liu Zhang abandon his previous suspicions, and the two armies would work together to resist the attack of Jin Jue's army.
When the time comes, Jin Jue will have to divide his troops to deal with Zhang Lu's remnants in Hanzhong County, and he will also have to divide his troops to deal with Liu Zhang, and he will also have to be careful to guard against those disciples of the Wudoumi Sect in the control area.
On the contrary, if Zhang Lu fled to other places, without the 30,000 people in Yangpingguan behind him to rely on, he would not be afraid at all under the great reduction in strength.
Even if he was lucky enough to escape into Bazhong again and unite with Liu Zhang's army, the two armies finally closed the Jinniu Road and Micang Road, so what? As long as Jin Jue is given two or three years, he is confident that he will replicate Deng Ai's feat back then, and take the dangerous road from Yinping Road to Chengdu.
Jin Jue is facing Liu Zhang, not as fragile as Liu Chan, and will directly choose to surrender, but he is not Liu Bei and Deng Ai, as long as he arrives in the city of Chengdu, he has to find a way to capture the city, maybe at that time, the plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements can be fully used.
Of course, there was another reason why Jin Jue dared to adjust the battle plan before the war, when passing through Anyang County and Chenggu County, he sent scouts to find that the defense in these two counties was very lax, and the soldiers defending the city also looked listless. It's not even as good as the defenders of Xicheng County before.
In this way, in Hanzhong County, the real elite soldiers may be concentrated in Yangping Pass, and even if Nanzheng County has it, Zhang Lu will not use it to defend the city.
As long as he breaks through the city defense, as long as he can capture and control a city gate, Jin Jue will have full confidence to take Nanzheng County.
Therefore, Jin Jue simply made earth-shaking adjustments to the battle plan at Wei Yan's suggestion, and extremely boldly placed the main attack direction outside the east gate of Nanzheng County.
In other words, the army led by Jin Jue had to take a long detour and bypass the east gate of the county seat of Nanzheng County before it could launch an attack.