Chapter 447: First Attack
Indeed, Pang Tong's suggestion is the most sound at this time. Otherwise, once the first action is peeped through by the army of 250,000 mixed with tigers and leopards outside the city, the consequences are unimaginable, Yang Xiu, Zhang Liao and others naturally know that even if their army loses 40,000 or 50,000, it is not a broken bone, but once the defenders under Liu Feng lose more than 20,000, this Wancheng will not be able to hold it.
In the next two days, Yang Xiu didn't take any action, but the scout search range sent gradually increased a lot, these Liu Feng and the others all saw it, but they didn't take any action, they knew that when Yang Xiu cleared all the concerns in his heart, he would take action, and what Liu Feng was waiting for was the time for him to take action.
"According to the report of the elite scouts sent by our army's tiger and leopard cavalry, the cavalry of the defenders could often be seen outside Wancheng in the past few days to detect the situation of our army, but in the past few days, under the large-scale suppression of our tiger and leopard cavalry elite, they no longer dare to explore too close to the place where our army is camped, and consciously go deep into the hole that my tiger and leopard cavalry deliberately left for them to explore, and the plan I have negotiated before can be implemented in another day!"
On this day, Yang Xiu was in the big tent of the Chinese army, looking at the topographic map of Jingzhou in front of him with a cold face, and his mind was thinking about all kinds of pictures of how to capture Wancheng and even how to capture Xiangyang later. Therefore, in the past two days, Yang Xiu has been working hard to prevent the situation in his camp and the rear from being detected by Liu Feng.
Finally, according to Xu Huang's report today, Liu Feng's scouts were finally suppressed by his own tiger and leopard cavalry to a safe range for them, and a trap they had deliberately left for those defender scouts now seemed to be about to play some role.
Under the negotiation between Yang Xiu and Zhang Liao and others, they let the scouts, who were mainly the elite of the tiger and leopard cavalry, gradually expand the scope of exploration aggressively, but in the process of expansion, they deliberately showed that they missed a gap because of their unfamiliarity with the terrain, and the only thing they did was to make the defenders pay attention to this gap.
Finally, Yang Xiu heard the news he wanted to hear from Xu Huang's mouth, he knew how difficult it was to let people like Liu Feng and Zhou Yu be fooled, so he took this step-by-step approach, since the first step was completely within his expectations, then the second step could naturally be started, Yang Xiu was also a person with a clear mind, knowing that if he didn't do his homework, it would be difficult for Liu Feng to finally fall into the trap they set.
"Lord, according to the report of our army scouts, there seems to be something unusual in the Wei military camp, looking at the situation, they seem to want to march!" On the third day when Yang Xiu led the army to arrive outside Wancheng City, Liu Feng finally waited for the news that they had taken action, and Liu Feng did not dare to slack off after hearing this, and immediately summoned everyone to his mansion to discuss.
"Mr. Shiyuan thinks that if Yang Xiu really wants to send troops this time, will he go all out to capture Wancheng?"
Since the strategy of the latter strike is what Pang Tong thinks, then for the movements of Yang Xiu's army in these days, Pang Tong naturally has his own set of theories in his heart, and after everyone arrived, Liu Feng was still the first to look at Pang Tong, wanting to see his thoughts.
"I wonder if the scouts found out about this from the gap that the Wei soldiers deliberately left for our army?" Pang Tong did not directly answer Liu Feng's question, but asked this question first.
"Exactly! That's why I asked Mr. so. ”
"In this way, the lord can rest assured, after Yang Xiu dispatches troops this time, we will be able to know where it is true and where it is false!" When Pang Tongyi heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he replied slowly.
Liu Feng and Zhou Yu thought about it for a while, and then understood the meaning of Pang Tong's words, Liu Feng's face couldn't help but relax a little at this time, looking at Pang Tong's expression, this kind of thing was obviously already in his expectation, and even if this time it was Yang Xiu's full attack, Liu Feng had already made preparations in the city, even if this battle could not defend Wancheng under the onslaught of 250,000 troops, he would kill more than half of his soldiers, and then completely end the 250,000 army outside the city of Xiangyang.
Although in that case, Liu Feng brought almost half of the 100,000 mobile elite soldiers to Jingzhou, but it can smooth out the gap between the strength of the troops and Cao Zhi, but such a result is not what Liu Feng wants to see, without Nanyang, he will lose the springboard to the north, not to mention that under the loss of most of his mobile troops, he and Cao Zhi will definitely carry out a long period of recuperation, so that the cheaper is Zhuge Liang, with Zhuge Liang's resourcefulness, it is not impossible to make something earth-shattering during this time.
Based on these two reasons, Liu Feng was extremely reluctant to fight Yang Xiu in this battle. But having said that, if Pang Tong looks away this time, Yang Xiu is here to fight him, and he can only face the battle head-on, and the defending side is often unable to take the initiative to decide the real direction of the war, what he can do is to see the situation clearly, and then guide.
Thinking of this, Liu Feng took a deep breath at the moment, looked at the people in the room, and then ordered: "From today on, all the soldiers in the city must cheer up, no matter whether Yang Xiu really wants to fight a decisive battle with us this time, or take out a bait to feint, anyone who comes to my Wancheng city will let them die on the land of my Jingzhou!" ”
This short sentence made several generals in the room respond loudly, and Liu Feng conveyed only one thought at this time, that is, even if he caused damage to the sergeants under Yang Xiu, nothing else!
Everything was as found in the same investigation, and the next day, when the sky was not yet bright, the black and oppressive Wei army took advantage of the dense fog to cross the moat of Wancheng and began the first attack on Wancheng after Yang Xiu arrived.
No matter what Yang Xiu's real purpose was this time, he did use the 250,000 troops under his command to put a lot of pressure on the defenders of Wancheng.
Yang Xiu and Zhang Liao watched in the formation, and saw that at the head of Wancheng City, one by one the defenders stood there motionless, and they couldn't help but secretly admire the quality of the sergeants under Liu Feng's command, but they didn't see that the eyebrows of those defenders were also trembling slightly......