Chapter 1219 Bloody Battle and Cool Thirty-Nine
The battlefield of Jieting, the night on the eve of the Wei army's breakthrough.
City.
Under the dark night, the middle camp of the Wei army, the atmosphere is strict, a large tent located in the military camp, martial law is around, the tent is brightly lit, the atmosphere is unusually depressing, Ma Chao, Sima Yi, frustration, the three main generals will present an iron triangle to sit and stand.
"Sima Yi, are you sure we have to fight like this?"
After half a ring, Ma Chao's tiger eyes suddenly burst out with a cold light, looking at Sima Yi's face, his expression was a little gloomy.
Sima Yi's breakthrough tactics surprised him a little.
even made him feel that Sima Yi was not planning to let him carry the ding, and then run away by himself.
"It has to be like this!"
Sima Yi's face was solemn, and his expression was resolute: "Now the situation is not favorable to us, we can't continue to let the Wu army lead us by the nose to fight, and we must break through the encirclement, but we must turn the passive into the active, otherwise even if we break out, the casualties will be heavy, and we can't even keep the main force, and our time is also very tight, and we can't last half a month!" ”
"But how do you know that the Wu army will let the vanguard army go?" Ma Chao's face was a little hazy.
"Zhuge Liang's strategy is already very clear, he will definitely choose to let go!"
The corners of Sima Yi's mouth raised a sneer: "He is too greedy, he can obviously have the right to encircle and suppress, but he is always concerned about the casualties of his soldiers and horses, so he wants to cut the flesh with a blunt knife, and wants to use the smallest casualties to consume our troops bit by bit, so I expect that they will not stop us from breaking through, at least he will not stop our vanguard!" ”
In the battle of the division the day before yesterday, Sima Yi, who was stopped by Zhuge Liang and lost tens of thousands of troops at once, has now come to his senses.
When Zhuge Liang besieged him, he let go of his main force again and again, but in the end, he consumed his troops one by one, and retreated here from Baitou Mountain, and before he knew it, he had lost more than half of his soldiers and horses.
If Zhuge Liang's blunt knife continues to be consumed like this, sooner or later all his soldiers and horses will be exhausted, and even if he breaks through and returns to Guanzhong, he will lose the foundation of his foothold.
So this time, he needs to use the tactics of a horse racing to take a risk.
"What do you think?"
Ma Chao pondered for a long time, his eyes narrowed slightly, he looked at Sima Yi, and then looked at Fu Zhu, his heart was a little up and down at this time, and it was difficult to decide.
Before, he would rather drag out the time and answer Sima Yi, that is, with the help of Sima Yi's soldiers and horses, to cover the withdrawal of his main force.
If you turn it around, let Sima Yi use him as a spearhead.
And he lost greatly.
The Northern Wolf Guard is the foundation of his foothold, and if the Northern Wolf Guard loses great vitality, even if he breaks through, he will not be able to gain a foothold in the Great Wei Dynasty.
"General, I think what General Sima said is reasonable!"
Of course, compared with ordinary people, his wisdom is naturally very good, but in the field of military strategy, compared with top strategists like Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, he is a little lacking.
However, his vision is still very unique, at this time he knows very well that only by concentrating can he break out, and he must believe Sima Yi: "General, we all want to break through the main force, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the most elite soldier and horse, so it is just about to be used on the blade!" ”
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the most elite soldier and horse, and it must be used on the most important battlefield, otherwise it will be a waste.
"Good!"
Ma Chao finally made a decision, his eyes were like a tiger, staring at Sima Yi, and said warningly: "Sima Zhongda, General Ben believes you once, if you play with General Ben, General Ben will fight hard, and he will not let you have a good time!" ”
"General, don't worry, we will all be able to break through!"
Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
"What about Lu Bu?"
"He is also not qualified to surrender!" Sima Yi said lightly: "We can only fight to the end, so he won't hold back, if we live, he can live, we can't live, just his little soldiers and horses, sooner or later will be taken!" ”
"Hopefully!"
Ma Chao stood up and shouted: "Zhang Heng Yang Qiu!" ”
"In!"
"You lead the main force and break through with Sima Yi!"
"General, what about you?"
"Me?"
Ma Chao's eyes flashed with a hint of war intent: "After the break!" ”
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Under the same night, the Wu army camp outside the city, the footsteps were loud, and the queues of Wu army soldiers moved back and forth in and out of the camp.
The atmosphere of the Wu army is also tense at this moment, and the various departments are ready, leaping forward, and a big war will start to break out at any time.
At this time, Xu Sheng and Fa Zheng's soldiers and horses had arrived, and the Wu army had already joined all the current main forces of Xiliang, Ju Yi's Central Army, Jiang Qin's Eleventh Army, Xu Sheng's War Elephant Sixteenth Army, and Fa Zheng's Bashu Twelfth Army, with more than 200,000 troops.
But they still didn't dare to take it lightly in this battle.
Ma Chao gathered Sima Yi's main force, and there were at least 100,000 soldiers and horses, so there was no problem in winning the war, but it was a little difficult to encircle and suppress them and annihilate them all.
This is where strategic deployment is important.
"It's been two days, this Ma Chao can really calm down, how many days can he support it?"
The main general, Ju Yi, stood on the highest observation platform in the camp, looking at the beating fire in the city.
It is not impossible to besiege the street pavilion, but the casualties are too heavy.
Therefore, the Wu army can only use the zipper siege when they break through, provided that the Wei army must break through.
"A day or two at most, I guess it's most likely tonight or tomorrow morning!"
Zhuge Liang was dressed in a Confucian robe, his black hair was flying, his eyes were deep, and he confidently concluded: "They can't wait too long, they can't hold on too long, they don't have any reinforcements at all, once the food is cut off, it will be a dead end, and the most important thing is that they also know very well that once we join the state army, there will be no suspense in this battle!" ”
Huang Zhong's army in Bingzhou has already moved south, and it will be possible to arrive in ten days, and there will be no need to fight at that time, and it will be difficult for the Wei army to break through even if it wants to break through.
"Can the Pang Tong army cooperate?"
Ju Yi thought for a moment.
If the soldiers and horses in the north cannot cooperate with the encirclement in the south, the central army will face the counterattack of Ma Chao alone, and it will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
"It should work!"
Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand to brush away the hanging hair, and said with a smile: "My junior brother is still very keen in this regard, I have sent him a letter explaining our strategy, since he has the bottom in his heart, it should be no problem to grasp the fighter!" ”
"For us, it is not very important to win and cool, the most important thing is to cripple them!"
Ju Yi put his hands behind his back, and there was a scorching light in his eyes: "As long as the main forces of Ma Chao and Sima Yi are annihilated here, then it is a foregone conclusion that my Great Wu will dominate the world, this is the last backbone of their Great Wei Dynasty, no matter what, they must not be allowed to escape!" ”
"Don't worry!"
Zhuge Liang nodded, and said confidently: "They can't escape, even if they let them escape, they won't be able to return to Chang'an, hundreds of miles of front, I want to eat away at their soldiers and horses little by little, I don't believe they can hold on!" ”
"What if they don't choose to break through and open up the formation to fight us to the death?" Ju Yi asked suddenly.
"Then we can only pull the main force and fight with them!"
Zhuge Liang said lightly: "Although I pity the casualties, it doesn't mean that I can't afford to fight a tough battle, if I let it go, I will kill it, just to see if they have the determination, no matter what, I will never let them return to Chang'an!" ”
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The Wei army's breakthrough battle began before dawn, at three quarters of the hour, when the Wei army paved the eastern city wall and formed a breach, and the army burst out like a flood.
"Kill it!"
"Rush me!"
"Breakout, breakout!"
"Kill back in Guanzhong!"
The Wei army's entire 30,000 vanguard army, in the dark night, like a beast escaped from the trap and the tiger descended the mountain, with 3,000 cavalry as the vanguard, surging out of the street pavilion town
"The Wei army has broken through!"
As soon as the drum sounded, the northern and southern armies of the Wu army immediately began to move, concentrating to the east, watching the main force of the Wei army break through from a distance, waiting for the order of the main general.
"Report, there are about 30,000 soldiers and horses in the vanguard of the Wei army, and they have already left the city, and they are currently heading towards the southeast!"
"Number!"
"At present, it can only be determined that the vanguard 3,000 are cavalry, and the others are all foot soldiers, and the banner is unknown!"
"Probe!"
"Yes!"
In the southern city, the main force of the Wu army lined up on the plain, looking down on the east, and was ready to wait.
When Zhuge Liang heard the scout's report, he squinted his eyes slightly, and said, "The Wei army has changed formation!" ”
"Change formation?"
The generals rode their horses behind Zhuge Liang, and their expressions were slightly cold.
"Before, we predicted that they were the Xiliang Iron Cavalry as the vanguard, opening the way to break through, but now they are just foot soldiers, have they seen through our plan?" Ju Yi's face was solemn.
"If we can't figure out where Ma Chao's main force is, we can only attack in an all-out way, and exchange casualties for their total destruction!"
Xu Shu said categorically.
"Sima Yi is still very shrewd!"
Zhuge Liang thought about it, but he understood Sima Yi's calculation in his heart, and a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth: "He calculated that a certain family would let go of the vanguard army, so he changed a concept, put the weak first, and stay and fight with us to be the elite!" ”
"So what do we do now, are we going to intercept them?"
"Let them pass!"
Zhuge Liang shook his head: "This is not the most important, besides, whether I can dispatch the Fourth Army, the Twelfth Army, and the Sixteenth Army to set up three blocking attacks is still an unknown number, and now we must concentrate the main force to deal with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and destroy its 30,000 ordinary soldiers, it is better to kill its 10,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, this is the backbone of the Wei army!" ”
Half an hour later, the scout reported again.
"Report!"
"Say!"
"The main force of the Wei army is out of the city, and there are about 50,000 soldiers and horses, forming a sharp front battle formation to follow the vanguard army to break through!"
"Commander Juyi!"
Zhuge Liang raised his head and looked at the pale sky in the east, and a touch of essence crossed his pupils: "It's time to attack, the second and third attack at the same time, and cut them off!" "Their vanguard and the main force must be cut off!"
"Good!"
Ju Yi led the main force to attack, and the soldiers and horses were like a flood, covering them: "Sons, kill!" ”
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The army went straight to the gap between the vanguard and the main force of the Wei army.
"Commander, the Xiliang Iron Rider hasn't shown his face yet!" Xu Shu was a little worried: "They transferred the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to the vanguard army, and we will have to work hard in the future!" ”
"This hard bone is naturally left to the north, and Pang Tong will snipe them!"
Zhuge Liang was confident: "Since they used the elite to stay and break the queen, they will stay forever!" (To be continued.) )