Chapter 70: Two Ways to Dispatch Troops
Xiahou Yuan also pondered for a while at this time, and at the same time continued to discuss with the generals under him, and finally under Du Xian's suggestion, Xiahou Yuan came up with a strategy that he thought was very good, that is, to send troops in two ways. www.biquge.info Xiahou Yuan also knows that there are now 40,000 soldiers in Pujia Pass, and there are fierce generals in the pass, and there are fierce generals like Ma Chao who have made them suffer, if they send troops to attack Pujia Pass, it is estimated that there is a high probability that they will fail, not to mention the loss of soldiers, if they lose Hanzhong in the end, they will probably be finished, so Xiahou Yuan thought that he must disperse the forces in Pujia Pass, so that he can have a chance.
However, how to disperse the forces in Pujia Pass, Xiahou Yuan didn't think of any good plan for a while, but the hard work paid off, and then Xiahou Yuan finally came up with a plan, that is, to send troops to Brazil. The land of Brazil, how important it is, Xiahou Yuan is naturally very clear, and the scouts learned that there are only 5,000 troops in Brazil County now, and there is no general to guard it, if he sends troops to attack the land of Brazil, then Pujia Pass will inevitably send a part of the troops to assist Pujia Pass, so that it will be easier to send troops to attack Pujia Pass.
In the hall, Xiahou Yuan ordered that General Zhang Jaw led an army of 10,000 soldiers to attack the land of Brazil, Xu Huang led an army of 10,000 as a vanguard force to attack Pujia Pass, Xiahou Yuan and Du Xian led 40,000 troops to follow closely behind, attacking Pujia Pass, and General Guo Huai led the remaining troops to defend Hanzhong.
A day later, Shiyuan in Pujia Pass received news from the scouts, saying that the enemy army had sent troops from Hanzhong, and that General Zhang Jaw led 30,000 soldiers along the Micang Road to Brazil, all the way to Xu Huang led an army of 10,000 as the vanguard, and Xiahou Yuan and Du Xi led an army of 40,000 to follow closely and marched towards Pujia Pass. After Shi Yuan got the news, he was also surprised, he didn't expect the enemy to be so crazy, and almost all the troops in Hanzhong were dispatched, which was a bit unexpected by Shi Yuan, but this is okay, since the enemy has come out, there is a chance to destroy them. However, Shi Yuan had some doubts about the enemy's move of sending 30,000 troops to attack Brazil, because Shi Yuan knew that Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Jaw and others were also famous generals in the world after all, and it was a bit risky to play like this! If the attack is unfavorable, then Hanzhong is not necessarily dangerous, and they cannot fail to think of this. It seems that it is also necessary to find out how many people have attacked the land of Brazil.
After Shi Yuan received this news, he sent someone to inform all the generals in Pujia Pass to discuss specific defense strategies in the council hall. After Shi Yuan told the generals the news he had received, there was silence in the council hall for a while, and after a while, Huang Quan, who had only listened, said:
"Strategist, the soldiers who go to attack the land of Brazil, according to the scouts, there should be no problem, judging the number of soldiers according to the number of flags in the army is a common method now, and the scouts should not be too close to the enemy, otherwise it will be easy to be discovered, in my opinion, the number of enemy troops attacking the land of Brazil should be as the scout said."
"Gong Heng, what you said is only one aspect, Gong Heng has ever thought that now that our army has only 5,000 people in Brazil, is it too much to send 30,000 troops over? Moreover, according to the news of the current scouts, there are only 10,000 soldiers in Hanzhong City at present, so Hanzhong City is in a very dangerous situation, and the enemy should not make such a mistake! ”
"Isn't that what the military advisor thinks about this?"
"As far as I can see, the enemy should not have attacked the land of Brazil in so many numbers. You must know that Pujia Pass is now the greatest threat to Hanzhong, and the enemy should focus on Pujia Pass, and the enemy's move should be to let our army in Pujia Pass disperse a part of its forces to Brazil to solve the crisis in Brazil, so that the defense force in Pujia Pass will be weakened, and it will be much easier for the enemy to attack Pujia Pass again. ”
"Strategist, but this is your conjecture after all. If it is not right, then the land of Brazil will inevitably be conquered, and when the land of Brazil falls into the hands of the enemy, then the enemy army can reach Chengdu directly, so it is very unfavorable to our army! ”
"Gongheng is reasonable, so I have sent some soldiers who are very familiar with the local area to Rice Cangdao, disguised as civilians, and investigated the troops going to Brazil in detail, and it is estimated that they will be back in a few days."
"What should we do these days?" General Zhang Ren asked.
"Zhang Ren and Wei Yan, two generals, you two go to their respective camps, pay attention to strengthening the defense of the camps, and at the same time send scouts to investigate the enemy's marching routes and schedules in detail. General Ma Chao, you and your soldiers have been ready for the past few days, and as soon as there is news, they will immediately set off from Pujia Pass and lead the army to aid Brazil. Gong Heng, you led the soldiers in the pass to prepare thunder stones and rolling wood in the past few days to strengthen the defense of the pass. ”
Two days later, after the soldiers sent by Shi Yuan to investigate the military situation came back and informed Shi Yuan of the news he had received, Shi Yuan was happy, and it was really as he thought. When the corporal Yuan sent someone to inform General Ma Chao, he went to the council hall to discuss the matter. In the conference hall, Shi Yuan and General Ma Chao said:
"Meng Qi, you and General Ma Dai immediately led 10,000 soldiers to Brazil to solve the Brazilian crisis. I've got a bag here that you can open when you're halfway there, and it's full of strategies for destroying the enemy. In addition, when you lead your army out of the pass, you must make it known to everyone, and you must spread more banners to disturb the enemy, and you must find a way to make the enemy aware that your army has 20,000 men. After General Ma Chao received the order, he immediately went to his military camp to prepare.
One night five days later, the cold wind was blowing, on a mountain trail outside Pujia Pass, there were about 5,000 troops marching quietly, the horses' hooves were wrapped in thick cotton cloth, and the horse's big long mouth was also tightly tied with ropes, lest the war horses make a little noise, and the direction in which these people were advancing was the direction of the camp of Wei Yan and Zhang Ren outside Pujia Pass, and this army was the 10,000 forward troops led by Cao Jun Du Xi.
After Xu Huang led the troops to arrive not far from Pujia Pass, he set up camp and did not lead the army to attack rashly. If these two camps cannot be taken, it will inevitably have a great impact on the troops attacking Pujia Pass, so Xu Huang understands that these two camps must be taken first. However, if you take a strong attack, it is not enough to rely on your own 10,000 troops, and then Xu Huang thought of a sneak attack, so Xu Huang divided the 10,000 troops into two, each with 5,000 people, and the two troops set off at the same time tonight to attack the two camps outside Pujia Pass, in case the two camps support each other.
Slowly, slowly, a troop arrived outside General Zhang Ren's camp, and after an order from the leader, a force of 5,000 people rushed towards the camp like a tide.