Chapter 54: Three Clever Plans
Wei Changfeng finally got a chance to speak. His hand pointed on the map: "The best policy, let's not take the road led by the bandits, and we won't intercept the Donghu army, let's go directly from the way the Donghu army came, pass through the south ticket, and go straight to Jinzhou!" ”
As soon as this strategy came out, all the generals in the tent were amazed.
Brilliant plan! Why do you have to intercept and kill the Donghu army? After taking Jinzhou, where did they run? Moreover, the recovery of Jinzhou in one fell swoop is equivalent to the recovery of 200 miles of land from Suizhong to Jinzhou in one fell swoop. For a while, everyone's eyes looked at Fang Zhenhai, hoping that General Fang would agree to this plan.
Fang Zhenhai still didn't have a smile on his face, he looked at the map and thought.
"General, the general is good for this!" Ma Yong couldn't help but speak. As he spoke, he glanced at Wei Changfeng.
Wei Changfeng smiled and nodded. Although Ma Yong has always been sarcastic to him, it is a good thing to be able to take the initiative to reconcile, so why bother?
Fang Zhenhai shook his head: "This plan is good, but it's too risky, what if the Donghu army is forced to go straight to Shanhaiguan?" ”
"They can't beat it." Wei Changfeng replied, "The siege equipment they brought with them was abandoned because of the defeat in this battle, and they retreated lightly, not to mention that General Zhu's army was close behind them, and they didn't have time to attack the city calmly." ”
Fang Zhenhai suddenly smiled and looked at Wei Changfeng: "Do you really dare to guarantee that General Zhu can follow them closely and not be defeated by them?" ”
Wei Changfeng stopped talking.
He suddenly realized that he really couldn't guarantee it. With the current strength and situation of the Han army, it stands to reason that even if it is not victorious, it will not be defeated, but there are many things in the world that are not logically said, but there are many things that do not happen according to reason. What's more, looking at General Zhu's management of the army, it is really not very reassuring.
"Even if you lose!" Ma Yong shouted, "If we hold Jinzhou, we will cut off their way back, we can mobilize 180,000 horses from the Central Plains at any time, where can they fight with only those 50,000 people?" If it is a big China, their little people are not enough to occupy one percent! ”
"You're right." Fang Zhenhai replied indifferently, "Even if they capture Shanhaiguan, they can only be trapped in the lonely city, the question is, who bears the responsibility for Hu Qi's entry into the customs?" Will you use the top of the human head or will you use my human head? ”
Ma Yong was stunned for a moment and stopped speaking.
Yes, who can afford this responsibility? No matter what the reason is, as long as an enemy soldier enters Shanhaiguan, a group of guards will definitely lose their heads, and if they can't even lose their heads, someone from the military headquarters will have to lose their heads together, and this problem is not only a military issue, but also a political issue.
Fang Zhenhai seemed to be very sorry that this best strategy could not be used, and said with a light sigh: "Wei Dutong, let's talk about your other two strategies." ”
Wei Changfeng calmed down and continued: "Zhongce, our army is divided into two, one team is still Anyuan Jilu to attack Xingcheng, and the other team is taking the road of Donghu Laishi, still attacking Nanpiao, but not attacking Jinzhou, but feint Jinzhou, and then ......"
"Not bad!" This time, without waiting for Wei Changfeng to finish speaking, Fang Zhenhai had already stroked his palms and praised him, his expression was very excited, "What do you mean, if they return to aid Jinzhou, we will just occupy Xingcheng without blood, if we don't come back to help, we will attack Xingcheng back and forth, and at worst, we can intercept the Donghu army like the original plan!" Isn't that so? ”
Wei Changfeng also secretly admired it in his heart, and nodded: "That's right." ”
Fang Zhenhai nodded and said, "In this way, this strategy is our current original plan: the whole army intercepted?" ”
Wei Changfeng didn't answer, but the expression was very clear: General, you are not wrong. It's just that he can't say this, after all, this plan was put forward by General Fenwei and General Dingyuan after research.
Fang Zhenhai lowered his head and looked at the map for another moment, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were already shining: "Wei Dutong, your strategy is very good. In my opinion, this middle strategy is the best, let's do it according to your middle strategy! ”
Half an hour later, this group of Han troops also set off. The Han army divided its troops into two routes, the main force of the first road, according to the original plan, led by the rockery people through the dense forest, intercepted the Donghu army in front of Xingcheng or simply attacked Xingcheng, and the second road followed the road of the Donghu army through the dense forest, after Xingcheng.
Where is Wei Changfeng going? On the second road. The commander of the second road is Bai Qi, and Wei Changfeng follows Bai Qi to act together.
General Fang naturally had his reasons for deciding like this.
"You have 3,000 men on this road, and I can't reduce the main force too much," General Fang said, "There is no one to guide you along this way, and it all depends on tracking the route of the Donghu army, and you have to go deep behind enemy lines and adapt to changes. ”
Therefore, Bai Qi and Wei Changfeng led three thousand soldiers into the jungle.
When you first enter the woodland, the trees are not very dense, and the woodland can be seen everywhere traces of the Donghu army, the hoof prints of the war horses, the discarded equipment, the flags, some bulky equipment, almost without looking for which direction the Donghu army came from, and many dense woods have been cleaned up, although the trees have not been cut down, but the branches have also been cut a lot, obviously, this is to facilitate the passage of the war horses. Now, these efforts of the Donghu army have greatly facilitated the passage of the Han army.
The soldiers of the Han army walked all the way to the road cleared by the Donghu army, and from time to time they also picked up some things discarded by the Donghu army, some of which were useful, which made the Han soldiers who originally thought that the march would be extremely difficult, some soldiers joked with each other, and even some soldiers were betting on whether they were going fast or General Fang's army was going fast.
Bai Qi was also very happy, he finally persuaded Wei Changfeng that once he received the enemy, Wei Changfeng would command him, and he was willing to be his deputy. After all, in the previous battle, everyone had seen Wei Changfeng's command ability with their own eyes, and since General Bai Shen had no opinion, the generals below certainly had no opinion.
"Wei Dutong," Bai Qi said to Wei Changfeng as he walked, "Shall we send a team of people to the front to explore the road?" ”
Wei Changfeng smiled bitterly: "General Baishen, you haven't received the enemy yet, even if you give the order, the last general will be just a small capital." ”
"Who says there is no engagement?" Bai Qi's hand swept around, "These trees and vines are our great enemies, even more terrible than the Donghu people, not to mention," he looked at Wei Changfeng and accentuated his tone, "You are just a small capital now, but in the future, you will definitely be famous all over the world!" ”
Wei Changfeng stepped on a piece of moss and almost slipped down, he sighed and said softly: "General Bai Shen, Wei has indeed had a dream of being majestic and making a mountain, but, do you know how serious the consequences will be if I really become such a famous general?" ”
For the first time, Bai Qi couldn't understand Wei Changfeng's words. What do you mean by "how serious will the consequences be"? What are the serious consequences of becoming a celebrity? His heart suddenly froze, could it be that Wei Changfeng really wanted to revive the Western Han Dynasty because his ancestor was Wei Qing?