Chapter 361: A slap in the face of reinforcements
"Yo! You're going to have to fight here. "The fastest," Ge Liang knew that this guy was carried away by utilitarianism, "You told me about it." You brought so many people this time, and in the entire Western Front battlefield, you still led the most people alone. I ask you, what are the results of these days? How come it is that it has only advanced less than a hundred miles so far? β
As soon as he heard that there were no reinforcements, and he would be blamed for the unfavorable march, Wei Yan wanted to jump up again, but it was a pity that it was Da Sima who was standing in front of him, and he was the one who brought him out in the first place, so he had to tilt his head angrily and speak: "This road is Hangu, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It's not easy for me to hit this far these days! If it were someone else, it would definitely not be so good! β
This guy is still praising himself, of course Ge Liang knows that this is already very good, the question is, knowing that it is difficult, why do you still want to die here? With a straight face, he asked again: "Tell me, these people, how many enemy troops have you destroyed?" And how many sergeants were lost? β
To be specific, Wei Yan really couldn't say anything: "Annihilate the enemy, probably, about five thousand." 4,000 people who have suffered self-damage, self-damage, and self-damage. β
"Wow, do the math yourself, what kind of battle are you fighting? As the saying goes, if you kill a thousand, you will lose eight hundred. You've lost more than the average person. You're still boasting about fighting well here? "Ge Liang wants to teach Wei Yan fiercely today, don't be dazzled by the great work.
Wei Yan paused, and then muttered in a low voice: "Isn't this all the same?" β
"What are you muttering?" Ge Liang leaned his head closer and stared at Wei Yan.
Wei Yan felt that he had seized the opportunity, raised his head and said loudly: "Da Sima, you just said that killing five thousand enemies and losing four thousand oneself is not as good as killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred by ordinary people, but I calculated that it is all the same. If you kill 1,000 enemies, you will lose 800 yourself, and if you kill 5,000 enemies, you will lose 4,000 yourself. β
Now it was Ge Liang's turn, but he didn't expect that when he was excited, he actually said the wrong thing, and was caught by Wei Yan, and he couldn't help but feel a sigh in his heart, okay you Wei Yan, the math test score is not bad.
Immediately followed by the lecture: "Wow, I obviously said ordinary people, but I didn't expect you Wei Yan to be willing to fall and want to be with ordinary people, it's really in vain that I have worked hard and brought you for many years." β
When Wei Yan said this, Wei Yan was really embarrassed to stiffen his lips, and hurriedly whispered: "Da Sima, it's not that I didn't bother, but the terrain here is too difficult to attack, and I don't have so many war horses, the army can't keep up, and the enemy is already prepared." β
Ge Liang was about to say: "If you kill 5,000 enemies, you will lose 4,000 yourself." We annihilated more than 100,000 enemies in Guanzhong and Longyou, and according to your calculations, all of our people have already died. β
That's right, in this way, Wei Yan is really losing a lot of money to fight here, and he is even more embarrassed at the moment, so he immediately emphasized again in a low voice: "Da Sima, the terrain here is unfavorable, and besides, don't I hope to hit Luoyang in one breath and let His Majesty the Han Emperor sit in the Central Plains as soon as possible?" β
You're as simple as Zhong Hui! Ge Liang was not in a hurry to break it at the moment, but continued to say: "Cao Wei's total number of soldiers and horses is more than twice as many as ours, according to your calculations, we have no hope of recovering the Central Plains at all." We have annihilated 100,000 enemies in Longyou and Guanzhong, and up to now, I am afraid that the total number of soldiers who have died will add up to more than 10,000, and I still feel sorry for them......"
"I'm wrong, can't I be wrong?" Wei Yan is really about to be said to be faceless, "Da Sima, don't talk about it." I don't want the soldiers to die. β
Ge Liang ignored Wei Yan and continued to remember the dead soldiers with a sad face.
"Da Sima, I said it all, I hope that this time I will take advantage of the situation to hit Luoyang and capture Cao Pi alive, so that everyone will not suffer from the scourge of war again in the future." Wei Yan pleaded again.
Ge Liang remained silent.
"Da Sima, you just said that there are more than 100,000 enemies in Longyou and Guanzhong? So Cao Zhen, are they all dead? Wei Yan simply diverted the topic, he really didn't care about the battle situation behind, anyway, Deng Zhi helped him guard Tongguan, and for Ge Liang's battle, he didn't have to worry about it at all.
"Nope!" Ge Liang immediately raised his head, "Cao Zhen and the others still have nearly 20,000 horses in Chang'an City, and Sima Yi has more than 10,000 soldiers who are guarding Pubanjin." β
"That Da Sima also personally left the army and rushed to Wei Yan, do you want to ask me to return to the army to attack Chang'an?" As soon as he saw that Ge Liang answered, Wei Yan hurriedly continued, afraid that he would break the conversation again.
"It's not." Ge Liang also felt that he had to say it quickly, this was a war, and it was not good to talk nonsense for too long, "I'm here just to bring Deng Zhi's two thousand men and horses back to Tongguan." Oh, of course, I also want to know how you are doing on the front line, why haven't you communicated with me all this time? β
Wei Yan looked embarrassed, in fact, it was not that he didn't want to communicate, but he didn't achieve any results, there was really nothing worth reporting, to be honest, any killing of five thousand enemies was bragged, and many of them were people who were immediately captured by the enemy Hongnong Taishou and were driven to fight.
"I ...... I ......" Wei Yan really couldn't find an excuse.
Ge Liang knew in his heart, and he didn't ask, but said, "Your own five hundred horsemen should still be there, right?" I will also bring back at least half of General Ma Chao's 2,000 cavalry. β
"This ...... This ...... "Wei Yan is not reconciled, in this case, there is no hope of achieving a result, at most he is in a stalemate with the enemy here, and with the increase of enemy reinforcements, he may be beaten back.
Ge Liang confessed again: "Okay, I also know that your attack here is still necessary, only if Cao Pi feels in danger and let him urge Cao Zhen to go back to Luoyang quickly, we don't have to spend troops to attack Chang'an Jiancheng, so you still have to continue to hold on here for a while, just don't force the onslaught!" β
Ahh Wei Yan let out a sigh of relief and relaxed a little, saying this, Da Sima still thought that this attack was necessary, at least, he would not be called stupid.
"However, so many people have been drawn back, and my four thousand men have not come......" He immediately had to move in again.
Ge Liang had already thought about it, and said to Wei Yan: "Of course, I will draw some people back, and I will also bring you reinforcements." β
"Really?" Wei Yan's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly asked, "How many men and horses, how many ordnance?" β
Ge Liang stretched out another palm.
Five again? Five hundred went back just now, and Wei Yan really didn't dare to think: "Is it fifty?" β
Ge Liang pulled his fingers down one by one: "One, two, three, four, five." Five, five, five! β
There were only five of them! Wei Yan can't wait to find someone to replace Ge Liang to be scolded, you might as well not give it.
Ge Liang instructed the sergeant with him: "Give it to him." β
The sergeant unwrapped the baggage, took out five large flags from it, and unfurled them one by one.
Wei Yan saw it clearly, it was clearly the banner of the Han Dynasty Sima, the hussar general, and the generals of Xu Shu, Huang Quan, and Deng Zhi.
"Thisβ?" Wei Yan didn't figure it out.
"How many people do you think I brought with us when we first met?" Ge Liang reminded.
Wei Yan was embarrassed: "I only looked at the long line, but I didn't expect it to be only five hundred." β
"That's it." "It's so narrow and you can't figure out how many people there are, let alone the enemy. I will give you all the five flags now, you can dress up as me today, Ma Chao tomorrow, and Huang Quan the day after tomorrow, and lead people to challenge the enemy with different flags every day. β
"Tearing the tiger's skin as a banner is just to scare people." Of course, Wei Yan understood, but he was very disappointed.
Ge Liang saw that he was still unwilling, so he had to remind again: "Cao Zhen is still in Chang'an now." You don't need to attack every day, it's a little unrealistic to want to hit Luoyang in one go! It's better to take advantage of Cao Zhen to be trapped, and the enemy may want to try to rush into the pass from here to rescue him, and in turn use the terrain to hit them. Really, I have to drill the horns. β
Wei Yan hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, what Da Sima said is." β
It's really right, since there is not much hope of hitting Luoyang quickly, then change the offense to defense, and the location will be of my use.