Chapter 179: A Strategy for Dividing Troops
On this day, there were scouts who hurriedly reported to Zhang Ren, saying that Liu Bei's army poured out of the nest from Fushui Pass, and marched in the direction of Yuxian County in the form of a long snake, Liu Feng led an army of 10,000 for the front, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, and Zhang Fei followed closely with tens of thousands of foot soldiers, and the end was full of morale.
"So, what should we do?" When Liu Xun heard this, he hurriedly gathered all the generals together and asked.
Deng Xian heard the words at this time and said: "This is close to the Fujiang River, if you lead the troops to dig the embankment, so that the river bursts the embankment, you will definitely drown Liu Bei's many sergeants!" ”
Everyone analyzed it on the map, and Zhang Ren waved his hand again and again: "Liu Bei is very eager to come this time, unless he sends 20,000 horses to dig, he may not be able to do anything, if he sends all the troops to dig the embankment, and he is afraid that the city will be lost, so it is not a good strategy." ”
Everyone discussed for a while, just when there was nothing to be done, Wu Yi suddenly pointed to a high mountain between Naluo County and Fushui Pass and said: "If Liu Bei marches here, there are only two paths, one large and one small, leading to Luo County, according to the people close to Zhang Song, Liu Bei came this time, he has already obtained the topographic map of Zhang Song and Shuzhong, and it is because of this map that Liu Bei dared to come eagerly, so the size of the two paths must be all known, the big road leads to the east gate, the small road leads to the west gate, with Zhuge Liang's wisdom, I am afraid that he will seek a small road, Although Liu Bei has a topographic map, he is not familiar with the landforms, mountains and rivers in Shuzhong, so I might as well wait for ......."
And said that Liu Feng led the army straight to the direction of Luocheng, and within a day, he arrived at the place where he had divided his troops with Zhang Fei before, and then to the front, it was blocked by a high mountain, divided into two roads, Liu Feng saw this, and did not move forward blindly, but according to what Liu Bei said before, he camped at the foot of the mountain, and the soldiers rested, and he personally and Wei Yan led the Feiyu Guard to explore the front, and returned after a few hours.
When Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and others arrived here, Liu Bei gathered the generals to one place, and then compared Zhang Songsuo and the topographic map with the terrain of this place one by one, seeing that it was really the same as the reality, Liu Bei pointed to the path in the map, and asked everyone: "According to what is said in this map, this place is separated from the city by dozens of miles, and you have to bypass this high mountain to arrive, the north of the mountain is a wide and wide road, leading to the east gate of the county, and the south of the mountain is a sheep intestine trail, but it can go directly to the west gate of the county. ”
When everyone heard this, their opinions were different, some said that they should attack it from the main road, and some said that they should go at full speed from the trail, and they were not prepared, after a while, everyone was unable to discuss the result, Liu Bei had no choice but to look at Zhuge Liang and asked: "I don't know what the military advisor has to do?" ”
"According to Liang's opinion, these two paths can enter the army, we have these tens of thousands of elite soldiers, if all from the trail, once the enemy is afraid of not being able to take care of each other, and the road is also afraid of heavy blocking, so Liang thought that at this time the army should be divided into two roads, one way 20,000 people from the trail to go, the rest of the people from the road to march, once one side is intercepted, the other side can still be soldiers under the city, Ruxian is a small city, once the two roads of the army to the city, then the city is hopeful!"
When everyone heard Zhuge Liang's words, they all nodded yes, because Liu Bei's troops were not much less than the defenders in Ruxian County, and the defenders would definitely not be able to come out to intercept Liu Bei, so the division of troops seemed to be riskless, 20,000 people were enough on the road, and the rest of the people were blocked on the road, and if they couldn't do anything, they could retreat.
Liu Bei also showed a burst of joy on his face when he heard this, and then he just looked at Liu Feng and asked: "Ziwei thinks that Zhuge Junshi's plan is feasible, the last time you and Yide broke the garrison camp near this place, and they must be quite familiar with this place." ”
When Liu Feng heard this, only a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and then he said: "The strategy of the military advisor is quite feasible, if you can really reach the outside of Naluo County, under the attack of the east and west, it is only a matter of time before you break the county." ”
Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Feng did not block the plan he proposed, and his face was also stunned, a trace of hesitation flashed in Liu Feng's eyes before, in fact, it did not escape Zhuge Liang's eyes, but after Liu Feng agreed with his plan, Zhuge Liang suddenly realized in his heart, thinking that Liu Feng was hesitating to agree with the plan he proposed, so he didn't think much about it......
Liu Bei saw that Liu Feng and Zhuge Liang both highly respected the division of troops, and even ordered the sergeants to bury the pot and cook on the spot, while the generals further discussed the division of troops.
This division of troops, in fact, is not trivial, regardless of the big road or small road, it is possible to encounter a lot of enemy troops, and Zhuge Liang made a plan when he said in advance, if the two roads of people and horses have arrived, it is a good opportunity to capture the county, otherwise only one way to arrive at the city, this battle will be difficult, so for this person to take the road, who to take the small road, Liu Bei for a while and have no idea. In fact, there are only Liu Feng and Zhang Fei who can really take on great responsibilities in the formation, and the rest of the generals are still assisted, and none of them have the talent to take charge alone.
"Even if there is an enemy army on the road, the enemy can be calmly tolerated, so my father can lead the generals to take the road with Zhuge Junshi, and lead the people of the headquarters to break into the small road with General Yide, I don't know what my father thinks?"
During this discussion, Liu Feng was not silent, and proposed a method first, but when Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang heard this, they both shook their heads frequently.
"In this way, once the road is heavily armed, but we have no generals in the formation, the consequences are unimaginable, that Zhang Ren and his ilk, although the force is not as good as General Ziwei and General Yide, but it is also not to be underestimated! Therefore, it cannot be as General Ziwei said! ”
Before Liu Bei could speak, Zhuge Liang was the first to say, although Liu Bei often fought with people on horses in his early years, but at this time, after all, he was already a little old, not only could not fight with the enemy generals, but needed to be protected by the fierce generals, otherwise once the Shu army found out that Liu Feng and Zhang Fei were not in the array, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were most likely invincible.
"It seems like this, Feng alone can lead 20,000 horses to take the path forward! How about General Yide just go to protect his father and military advisor? After Zhuge Liang retorted, Liu Feng asked for orders to go to the trail alone.
But after Zhuge Liang heard this, his eyes flashed, and he shook his head frequently, but he didn't explain the reason as before.
Liu Feng knew that Zhuge Liang's move was because he handed over 20,000 horses to Liu Feng for nothing and was not at ease, but he was afraid that Liu Feng would secretly make a move that was not conducive to the capture of Yizhou, although Liu Feng led the army alone as the vanguard of the front, the army led by one was not very much, and the two were followed by a large army every time, so Liu Feng had no chance even if he wanted to make any moves, but this time it was different, once Liu Feng led the crowd to turn over and collect Fushui Pass and Jiameng Pass, and then cut off Liu Bei's retreat, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang would most likely be wiped out by the Shu army. This is naturally not something that Zhuge Liang is happy to see.