Chapter 04: Hesitation

"You...... Let's talk about it! Zhao Zi'an's voice was actually full of nervousness.

Wei Changfeng slowly said his plan.

This strategy is very simple, but it is also very practical, and it is simple that any high-ranking general can do it, and it is so practical that it can be seen clearly at a glance.

His strategy is: take it one step at a time.

The gallop of the cavalry needs space. Every time the Han army attacked, Donghu used the mobility of the cavalry to mobilize cavalry from other six villages to quickly come to help, plus the attacked Dazhai and Qizhai cavalry, repeatedly assaulted the Han army from seven directions, the Han army could not take care of the second road, and the second road could not take care of the third road, due to the inferiority of the infantry in speed, the Han army finally failed every attack. However, if it is not to directly attack Donghu's Dazhai, but to move forward step by step after sending troops, and face Donghu Dazhai to camp?

The cavalry is conducive to attacking, but defending the camp is its shortcoming, if the Han army defends closely, it just forces the camp step by step to the Donghu army camp, what is the result? Either Donghu had to attack the well-guarded camp with cavalry, or he had to engage the Han army with infantry. Attacking the camp with cavalry, instead of conducting field battles, can be said to turn the strengths of the cavalry into weaknesses, and engage the Han army with infantry, hehe, that is what the Han army has always hoped for!

Zhao Zi'an listened to Wei Changfeng's plan with some excitement, and then he was silent.

This is not to say that he thinks the strategy is bad, but that it is still risky.

Donghu's seven villages, although after the previous loss of attacking Xingcheng, but each village still has a thousand people, a total of about 7,000 people, now, the Han army in his hands is 6,000 people, to defeat Donghu in this way, the number of troops dispatched is too small to achieve the effect, at least, it is difficult to hold the camp, if the troops can not hold the camp, this method is ineffective. But if there are too many troops, what will happen to Xingcheng City? In case Donghu took the opportunity to attack the city, what would he use to defend it? What's more, now the Donghu army is not attacking with the whole army, their army is still behind, once the battlefield of the third team of the Han army has been defeated is cleaned up, the whole army will approach Xingcheng, and it will take time to take time to make a plan for the battalion step by step!

Wei Changfeng looked at Zhao Zi'an on the side, seeing that Zhao Zi'an was silent, he already knew in his heart what Zhao Zi'an was worried about, and he said: "General, you are worried about the lack of troops, right?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Zi'an nodded, unconsciously, he seemed to have forgotten Wei Changfeng's identity as the commander of the army, and discussed with Wei Changfeng as if discussing the enemy situation with senior staff, "What if Donghu directly attacks the city?" ”

Wei Changfeng secretly let out a sigh in his heart.

What to do? If every battle has to be perfect, then do we still need to fight? Your odds of victory are already 100%, could it be that the enemy's generals will be idiots to fight you again at such a time? What's more, where can we find such operational conditions with a 100 percent chance of victory in actual combat?

But he couldn't educate Zhao Zi'an directly like this, so he could only ask rhetorically: "General, why did Donghu's siege of the city fail before?" ”

Zhao Zi'an thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I understand." What you mean is that Donghu is good for field battles, but not for siege, so it will be defeated before. Now we are outside the city, as long as a small number of troops defend, it is enough to defend against these Donghu who will not attack the city. ”

Wei Changfeng nodded and added, "That's right. Moreover, Donghu lacked siege tools, their army was originally used for surprise attacks, and they didn't even bring heavier weapons, where are the siege tools? I think we only need to keep 2,000 men to keep them at bay. ”

Zhao Zi'an said "um", but he still didn't have a happy look, and continued to think.

"If they attack the city," Wei Changfeng continued, "for a while, the city cannot be attacked, and our main force will copy their rear road from outside the city, and they will be attacked from inside and outside." What's more, even if they can capture the city, they must have used the main force to attack, their camp must be empty, and we can also attack their camp. How did they come to defend the city? We have taken up seven of their villages, and in turn we can besiege them! ”

Zhao Zi'an still just nodded.

It was this latter thing that he feared in his heart.

Tactically speaking, Donghu captured Xingcheng, and he captured Donghu's Qizhai, in fact, he had the advantage. Because the people of Xingcheng will not help Donghu, and Donghu will not defend the city, not to mention that now this Donghu army is a lone army, once it is surrounded by the Han army in Xingcheng, the Donghu army will not attack the city, let alone defend the city, and the Han army is familiar with the attack and defense of the city, so the Donghu army will be defeated.

But the question is, if this really happens, can he recapture Xingcheng before the main force of Donghu arrives? If he can't recapture Xingcheng before the main force of Donghu arrives, his only choice can only be to retreat, behind him is Suizhong, and behind Suizhong is Shanhaiguan. Suizhong City is a small soldier is weak, but it is a post station connecting Shanhaiguan and Xingcheng, which is used to provide support, and there is no possibility of defending it at all, so to speak, Xingcheng is the only barrier outside Shanhaiguan, and Xingcheng is lost, but how to explain to General Zhu? And how to report to the Ministry of War? General Zhu's order is to defend Xingcheng to the death, if he loses Xingcheng, even if he besieges Donghu, he is still guilty and useless, this is a headless thing! Was it really necessary for him to take such a risk?

"General!" Wei Changfeng shouted again.

"You go back first, let me think about it." Zhao Zi'an waved his hand to Wei Changfeng.

Wei Changfeng had no choice but to stand up, and was about to salute and retire, when a huge commotion suddenly sounded in the distance! The door was pushed open suddenly, and the tooth general Sun Li broke straight in, ignoring even the most basic etiquette, and shouted at Zhao Zi'an: "General Zhao, go to the city to see!" ”