Sengoku 10, June.

Chen Cangcheng.

After the Wei army broke through, most of the soldiers and horses basically gathered in Chencang City, and the main force of the Wu army also gathered one by one, and the soldiers came to Chencang City.

The towering Chencang City seemed to be like a barrier, blocking the way for the Eastern Wu army to enter Guanzhong.

However, under the confrontation between the two armies of Wu and Wei, a bloody offensive and defensive battle did not break out.

Above and below the city, hundreds of thousands of troops, holding a distance of less than ten miles, the Wu army has surrounded Chencang from the northwest and two directions, and the Wei army has also built a strong defense, which cannot be fought, but the atmosphere is very tense.

Because none of them knew if a big war would break out in the next moment.

Outside the city, the Wu army camp.

Zhuge Liang was wearing armor and wearing a command sword, his temperament changed greatly, and his elegant temperament had a trace of fierce momentum, sitting at the top of the command platform.

The left and right columns are Ju Yi, commander of the Central Army, Xu Shu, acting chief of staff, Lu Xun, deputy general of staff, Xu Sheng, commander of the War Elephant Legion, Huang Gai, chief of staff, Fa Zheng, chief of staff of the Bashu Army, Kebineng, chief of staff of the Xianbei Army, Pang Tong, chief of staff of the Blood Wolf Legion, and the commanders of each army sitting majestically.

Their expressions were a little gloomy.

This battle was fought to this point, and under the bloody battle, the results should have been reaped, but it was the beginning, and for all of them, the result was not very satisfactory.

"Let's talk about the battle damage ratio of the Street Pavilion Battle first!"

Zhuge Liang's eyes swept over and he spoke.

"No!"

Lu Xun, who was responsible for recording the battle losses and results, stood up, spread out a record file, and said: "The first battle of Jieting, which lasted for three days and eight hours, the Wei army, together with the soldiers and horses received by Pang De and Zhang Lu on the periphery, has nearly 150,000, and our army has gathered the Central Army, the War Elephant Legion, the Bashu Legion, and the Xianbei Army, with more than 300,000 troops, and opened the battlefield on three sides in the northeast and south, sniping at the vanguard of the Wei army, the main force and the broken soldiers and horses, according to preliminary calculations, the casualties of the Wei army are nearly 40,000 soldiers, and the battle losses of our soldiers are 11,000!" ”

The strategy of this battle was actually very successful, and the Wu army used a tug-of-war harassment attack, let go of the vanguard, and constantly attacked the main force in a small area, greatly reducing its own casualties.

If it weren't for the two forces of Pang De and Zhang Lu on the periphery of the Wei army, their casualties would have been greater, and the casualties of the Wu army would have been much less.

At least Zhuge Liang's purpose has been achieved.

However, the battlefield information was ever-changing, because of the strength of Pang De and Zhang Lu, which led to the failure of this battle, but still allowed the main force of the Wei army to be preserved.

"That is, after they converged Pang Dezhang Lu's soldiers and horses, there are at least 100,000 Wei troops in the city now?"

The generals' hearts sank, and their faces became solemn.

This Wei army can still be a great threat to their main force, if they can contact Chang'an at this time, let Chang'an send reinforcements, it is estimated that there is no problem at all if they want to hold Chencang.

"What's going on in Chencang City now?" Zhuge Liang asked in a deep voice.

"Report to Commander Zhuge that the city is very quiet!"

Liao Hao, the commander of the Jinyi Guard's secret guard and the chief intelligence general of the Xiliang War, stood up and said: "At present, their soldiers and horses are resting, and Sima Yi, Zhang Luma, and several soldiers and horses of Pang De are doing fusion training!" ”

"Fusion training?"

When Pang Tong heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl slightly, and his smile turned cold: "It seems that they want to twist these scattered soldiers and horses into a ball, and then fight us to the end?" ”

"This is normal, if their forces can't help but twist together, how can they fight with our army!"

Zhuge Liang was not surprised, his eyes crossed a glint of essence, and he said in a deep voice: "They are now preparing for war, that is, it has already shown their determination, they are planning to fight our main force head-to-head and have a decisive battle!" ”

There is no way to avoid it, there is only a war.

"A decisive battle?"

When the generals heard this, their expressions became refreshed.

"Let's fight!"

"Fighting against three times the number of soldiers and horses, if we can't win, then we will really have no shame to face Your Majesty!"

"If it's hard, it's hard, we can afford to fight this battle!"

The generals glanced at each other, and your words, my words, brought the atmosphere of war spirit to the peak.

"Xu Shu, Fa Zheng, I asked you to contact Bashu, is there any contact, can the logistics be guaranteed?"

Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand, suppressed everyone's voices, looked at Xu Shu and Fa Zheng, and asked.

This is the first problem that Zhuge Liang has to face before the decisive battle.

It was not only the Wei army that faced a food shortage, but also the Wu army.

The food and drink of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Wu army, and now the battle line is getting longer and longer, is a big problem for logistics, even if the country fully supports it, it is a trouble to ensure the logistics of the army.

"Commander Zhuge , Zhuge Jin has already figured out a way?"

Xu Shu said in a deep voice: "Our supplies are there, the logistics department has been transported to Bashu, but it takes time to come up from Bashu, Zhuge Jin has mobilized a lot of young and strong people to transport grain to the north, and Hanzhong County Shouxue Zhou has transported a batch of grain and grass from Xiegu Road, which is enough for us to support for a few days!" ”

"Deng Zhi!" Zhuge Liang thought about it, and his eyes fell on the chief of staff of the Ninth Army.

"In!"

"The Ninth Army experienced the bloody battle of Jieting before and after this battle, the offensive and defensive battle of Chencang, the strength of the three divisions, repeated losses, although the vitality is still there, but the casualties are too heavy, withdraw from this battle, immediately pull out the camp, rush to the rear, responsible for logistics and transportation, must ensure logistics support!"

Zhuge Liang said categorically.

"No!"

Deng Zhi took a deep breath and took the order.

"Pang Tong, where are the soldiers and horses led by Huang Zhong?" Zhuge Liang thought of another group of reinforcements.

"Report to Commander Zhuge that after Commander Huang Zhong led his troops and horses into the north, he suddenly turned his troops to the east, and he had already entered Hedong, and he had no intention of going south!"

"Hedong? It's also a good thing that he entered Hedong! ”

Zhuge Liang nodded: "Reinforcements to the south are just icing on the cake, entering Hedong has forced the Wei Dynasty to become nervous, as far as I know, the Wei army in Hedong is the Yellow Turban Army of the year, and the main will be Zhang Baicai, suppressing his soldiers and horses, that is to say, Sima Yi They will no longer have any reinforcements!" ”

"If there are no reinforcements, and there is no escape, then they will probably have to fight hard!"

The hearts of the generals sank, they are all the people who lead the troops, if the environment is changed, they are surrounded, and they happen to have heavy troops in their hands, and there is no way forward, they will fight desperately, bloody to the end.

"This battle has reached this point, everyone has to fight hard!"

Zhuge Liang stood up, his eyes became extremely sharp: "We also have to fight, annihilating them is equivalent to breaking the backbone of the Wei Dynasty, they have no choice, but we also have no choice, this battle must be won!" ”

"Must win!"

The generals' expressions became more and more determined and confident.

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Chencang City.

A makeshift barracks was erected.

In a tent, Sima Yi, Ma Chao, Pang De, Fu Zhu, Zhang Lu, and the five main generals sat in columns, at this moment they did not have the slightest joy of escaping from the street pavilion, their expressions were gloomy and cold, and there was obviously a trace of struggle in the silence.

Under the convergence of the four Wei soldiers, although they suffered a lot of casualties in the breakthrough battle of Jieting, but now the Wei army is more prosperous than when they were in Jieting.

But their situation is even more precarious now.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although we escaped from the street pavilion, we have suffered tens of thousands of casualties in this battle!"

Sima Yi's eyes swept over, and he sighed: "We can't be beaten down by the nose of Wu Jun like this anymore, if we continue like this, there will be a hundred miles of battle along the way, even if we let us escape all the way back to Guanzhong, how many soldiers and horses will we have left in the end?" ”

"The truth is understood, but Sima Yi, now the soldiers and horses of the Wu army have surpassed us several times, the momentum is surging, and the morale is like a rainbow, and the soldiers and soldiers fled all the way back, the soldiers and horses suffered heavy casualties, and they have already lost their morale in battle, how can they win?"

Ma Chao's face was stiff, his fists were clenched, and his breath was cold.

It's not that he doesn't want to fight, it's that he can't fight now, the casualties of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry almost hurt the vitality of the Northern Wolf Guard, and if he continues to fight, the Northern Wolf Guard will be exhausted.

"General Ma, if we don't fight, can we escape?"

Sima Yi: "Under the siege of the army, we can only break the cauldron and sink the boat, face the bloody battle, and there is still a trace of vitality, if we continue to break through the siege and resist at the same time, I am afraid that our soldiers and horses will be wiped out by their blunt knives one by one!" ”

"Your Majesty should already know the situation in Chen Cang at this moment, maybe Chang'an has reinforcements to support!" Zhang Lu said in a low voice.

He didn't know why the situation in the Wei Dynasty had suddenly become like this.

But it is obvious that they have now reached a desperate situation, and they can't escape, since Hanzhong surrendered to the Wei Dynasty, he has no way to retreat, only to fight to the death.

"No reinforcements!"

Sima Yi smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is weak, the loss of the west is already a bad news for the imperial court, he doesn't dare to move the troops in the east, and now the imperial court can't draw troops and horses!" ”

When everyone heard this, their faces changed dramatically.

Although they all knew this fact in their hearts, but now that Sima Yi said it nakedly, it was a little uncomfortable after all.

Whether they want to believe it or not, in fact, there is no hope for the Great Wei Dynasty.

"Hit!"

Pound's eyes became cold, and he slapped the case: "Surrender to the battle, or fight to the end, I choose to fight to the end, whether you fight or not, I will fight to the end!" ”

Cao Cao will not live up to him, he will never fail to live up to Great Wei, even if this battle is a dead end, he will fight it.

"Wugong County has fallen into the hands of the Wei army, we want to get through Wugong, it will take at least three days, but between three days, it is enough for the Wu army to annihilate us from the back of the abdomen in one go!"

Sima Yi continued to analyze the current situation: "There is no way forward, there are chasing soldiers behind, we stick to Chencang, we can only hold on for half a month at most, and we will definitely be defeated!" ”

"In that case, fight!" Ma Chao took a deep breath and strengthened his fighting spirit.

Sima Yi reminded him of one thing, even if they led the main force to flee back to Chang'an, would it be useful?

Can Guanzhong alone stop Soochow?

Now that the situation has reached this point, they have a second way, they can only put it to death and survive, if they win, maybe they still have a way to live, defeat the Wu army, fight back, recapture Liangzhou Wudu, and go south to Bashu.

"Hit!" Zhang Lu smiled bitterly, frowned, and said not far behind.

"Good!"

Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief, if they don't work together, there is no need to fight this battle, just surrender, they work together, there is still a chance in this battle: "All the generals are united, this battle will be won!" ”

"What about the battlefield?"

Frustrated eyes narrowed slightly: "Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, Chen Cang can't use it here at all, even if we fight for a year and a half, we can't tell the winner or loser, we don't have so much time at all!" ”

"A certain family has chosen a favorable battlefield!"

Sima Yi stood up and pointed to a set of marching maps hanging on the screen behind him, his eyes were full of light and bright: "Within three days, the army quickly moved south, crossed the Yellow River, and entered Wuzhang Plain!" (To be continued.) )