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Chapter 35 Mistakes

To crusade against Han Sui, Guo Jia sent an army of 50,000, more than twice as many as Han Sui's soldiers and horses, he could send 100,000, 150,000, but out of consideration of the consumption of grain and grass, only 50,000 were sent to the expedition, if 50,000 soldiers and horses could not completely exterminate Han Sui, then even if Guo Jia had a million divisions, I am afraid he would not have the confidence to conquer the world. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info+d Quick Collection "Please See"

Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao, Wu Yi, and Meng Dawu led the army into the territory of Han Sui in the northwest, and did not encounter any resistance along the way, and even when the troops were approaching Zhiyang, the officials and people in the city directly opened the city and surrendered, and this was only the first day of their march.

The soldiers and horses in Zhiyang rested overnight, and at the same time, the five generals also began to plan their strategic deployment in detail.

The Taiping army had a military rule, but those who went out to enter the enemy's city, from the civil and military generals to the ordinary soldiers, were not allowed to disturb the people, and were not allowed to forcibly occupy people's houses.

Wu Yi and Meng Da's soldiers and horses were stationed outside the city, and after arranging measures for his subordinates to patrol the night to guard against the enemy, the two rode to the military camp in the city, and Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, and Ma Chao had been waiting for a long time.

Although it was said that five people went out at the same time, each leading 10,000 soldiers and horses, the commander of this expedition was Gan Ning.

The five generals wearing armor sat in the camp tent, Gan Ning sat on the main seat, and Zhang Liao, Wu Yi, and Ma Chao Mengda were on the left and right.

Putting out the map of the northwest, Gan Ning didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the point.

"We are waiting to lead an army of 50,000, Han Sui should have received news in Wuwei at this moment, this expedition to the northwest, our army's strength advantage is obvious, so I intend to step by step for the battalion, tomorrow divide the troops into two roads, Zidu, your infantry are all sword and shield soldiers, facing the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is a short attack on the long, so, tomorrow you will lead the army to the northeast Zu Li, I and your colleagues will lead the army to Wuwei City, and when you pacify the southeast of Wuwei County, we will meet in Wuwei City."

According to the map of Liangzhou, a more vivid metaphor is a rectangle, from Jincheng to sweep Wuwei as long as a straight line sweeps over, but because this rectangle is 45 degrees inclined, so the only vacancy and omission point is the southeast of Wuwei County.

Ma Chao led the Yinling Flying Cavalry, Gan Ning led the archers, Zhang Liao led the crossbowmen, and Wu Yi commanded all pikemen, these four arms faced the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the pikemen and archers had the power to fight back, and the crossbowmen and the Yinling Flying Cavalry were to restrain the enemy, but the 10,000 foot soldiers of the new army led by Meng Dasuo were all sword and shield soldiers, and there was not much advantage in the face of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Meng Da clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, the governor will ensure that the task is completed." ”

Gan Ning nodded and asked everyone to go down to rest, recuperate and recharge their strength, and the army will start tomorrow.

In fact, now everyone thinks that Han Sui hastily withdrew his troops and fled back to Wuwei, and in the face of Guo Jia's army, he must be the main defender, no matter how bad it is, it is not a problem to use the openness of the wilderness to break into pieces and deal with Guo Jia's soldiers and horses for a few months.

In the early morning of the next day, the whole army marched out, and the county town that had already surrendered was left under the control of a thousand troops.

The northwest is desolate, and occasionally there is no grass in the loess land, Meng Da as the commander rode on the horse a little easier, and the 10,000 foot soldiers behind him marched on two legs, which was naturally harder.

There are no pleasant views, only unbearable hardships under the scorching sun.

Guo Ye, who commanded two hundred people, had a calm face in the large army, and the two tun chiefs who managed 100 people behind him were one young man and the other was Gan Gui.

The bored Gan Gui came to Guo Ye's side and said in a low voice, "Hey, what am I talking about?" Our troops can't go to the battlefield, my father led the troops to Wuwei to fight Han Sui, but we went to Zu Li in the opposite direction, Zhiyang surrendered without any resistance, and I think Zu Li is no exception. ”

In this regard, Guo Ye's expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "How can you take it for granted when you march to fight?" If the southeast of Wuwei County is not pacified, it will always be a hidden danger, since someone must come to collect this southeast, then who to send is not the same? It's just that our unit is not the enemy of cavalry, so we have received a seemingly inconsequential errand. But let me tell you, in the southeast of Wuwei County, if it is successfully pacified, it will naturally be a good thing, but if there is a bad pool, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Gan Gui looked surprised, pondered for a while, and then asked in a low voice, "What does Ye Gongzi mean by this?" ”

Guo Ye turned his head and glanced at Gan Zhuo, and asked rhetorically: "If our army doesn't come and Zu Li has Han Sui's heavy troops, your father leads the army to fight Wuwei City in front, and Zu Li sends troops to besiege Jincheng in the back, what do you think the situation will develop?" ”

Gan Gui was shocked in her heart, nodded thoughtfully, and said happily: "As Ye Gongzi said, then let's fight Zu Li, it seems inconspicuous, but it is actually a lot of credit?" ”

Guo Ye smiled lightly and said: "Don't think about merit, fighting a war is to all departments work together, and everyone does their own thing, which is the greatest credit for victory." ”

"Yo, Ye Gongzi is talking more and more like an envoy now, if there is a father, there must be a son, but I don't understand, the envoy likes to strategize, why does Ye Gongzi want to charge into battle?"

Faced with Gan Gui's question, Guo Ye was silent for a moment and then said softly: "Father said that no matter what is right or what people are, if you don't understand it and haven't experienced it, you don't have the right to speak. Unlike my father, I felt like I had to feel it on the battlefield. ”

The biggest difference between Guo Ye and Guo Jia is his background, he has been clothed and fed since he was a child, he was carefree when he was sensible, and fighting a war for him was limited to the theoretical knowledge of the book of war, and he really experienced, witnessed, and experienced it on the battlefield, maybe he will have a deeper understanding of everything hidden behind the war, and for himself, this is also a process of quenching into steel.

The scorching sun is in the sky, Zuli County is close at hand, Meng Da led the army to order the whole army to stop, looking at it from afar, Zuli City Gate is closed, but there are no defenders in the city, if it is resistance, what is the use of only closing the city gate? What is the difference between covering your ears and stealing the bell? But if it is resistance, is there an enemy army in ambush at the head of the city?

The key point is how many soldiers and horses there are in this city, Meng Da doesn't know, it is unwise to attack the city easily.

"General, why don't I go and shout for the people in the city to surrender?"

Dianman ran to Meng Da's side, with an excited face, in his opinion, it is best to resist, so that there will be a battle, if the city is really surrendered, it will not be interesting at all.

Meng Da agreed to the request of the pawn, no matter what, let's see the effect first.

The tall and tall man ran to the front of the formation excitedly, about three hundred steps away from Zu Li City, and just raised his breath and wanted to shout, but he opened his mouth wide but was stunned.

What should he shout?

After racking his brains and thinking about it, Dian Man's eyes rolled and shouted loudly: "Listen, people in the city, hurry out of the city and surrender, otherwise you will bear the consequences!" ”

……

In Zuli City, the county yali has already exploded.

It's not ordinary county officials who are making noise, but five of Han Sui's eight generals!

Cheng Yi, Ma Play, Yang Qiu, Candidate, and Li Kan surrounded Cheng Gongying and made a noise.

"Look, look, Guo Jia's army is coming!"

"Brother Cheng, your plan has been seen through by Guo Jia!"

"How do we decide now? Whether it's a decisive battle out of the city or a dead defense, no matter how you look at it, it's a dead end. ”

……

Cheng Gongying was also a little panicked.

There are 20,000 soldiers and horses in this Zuli city, which is the main force of Han Sui, and after besieging Jincheng after Guo Jia led the army, Cheng Gongying retreated decisively, and when he returned to Wuwei, he bluntly met Han Sui, in a word.

Guo Jia will definitely annex the northwest directly!

Whatever his reasoning for making this judgment, at least it confirms his suspicions for now.

And Han Sui's soldiers and horses will definitely not be able to defeat Guo Jia, and the frontal battlefield will definitely be defeated, so he can only surprise his troops and use strange schemes.

Cheng Gongying suggested that Han Sui should be stationed in Zuli before Guo Jia sent troops, and he expected that Guo Jia would lead the army from Jincheng to attack Wuwei City, as long as Han Sui could hold it for ten days, then Zu Li's soldiers and horses would make a final fight to Jincheng, and after quickly breaking through the empty Jincheng, they only needed to do one thing to make Guo Jia's soldiers and horses self-defeating.

Burn grain!

As long as Guo Jia's grain and grass in Jincheng are burned, not to mention the army, even the common people are afraid that they will starve to death.

It's just that Cheng Gongying didn't expect Guo Jia's soldiers and horses to fight Wuwei, but now they are coming to Zuli City.

"Let's go and find out how many soldiers and horses there are outside the city, don't panic, you don't even know how many enemy troops are coming, what are you afraid of?"

Cheng Gongying, who had calmed down, thought calmly, and could only take K ">K" > one step at a time.

If there is really a large army outside the city, then his plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle has become a cocoon for himself.

The man who went to inquire about the news soon returned, and according to him, there were about 10,000 enemy troops in the field west of the city, and there were no enemies outside the other city gates.

"Could there be fraud? Is it tempting me to go out of the city to fight? ”

Yang Qiu said in disbelief.

According to Guo Jia's strength today, why do you have to bring 180,000 when you go out to fight.

Cheng Gongying closed his eyes and pondered for a while, there were only two possibilities for the current situation.

Either it is to lure the enemy, after Zu Li's soldiers and horses leave the city, the enemy's follow-up troops will enter the battlefield.

Either Guo Jia didn't expect Zuli to have heavy troops at all, and these 10,000 soldiers and horses were just Guo Jia's cautious use of troops to level the northwest to capture Zuli City.

If it is the former, and the enemy army has backup, then the soldiers and horses in Zuli City must go out of the city to fight no matter what, because the other party will attack the city on a large scale if they fail to lure the enemy.

If it was the latter, Zu Li's soldiers and horses would decisively go out of the city to fight, but they would have a chance of a big victory by surprise.

How to choose between the two, Cheng Gongying can only make the decision to open the city gate and fight a decisive battle.

"What kind of soldiers are outside the city?"

"It's all sword and shield soldiers."

"Good! Open the city gate, Xiliang Tieqi rushed out in one go! ”

Cheng Gongying decisively gave an order, this time, he was the commander appointed by Han Sui, and the other five generals had to listen to his command at this moment, regardless of whether their words and tone respected him or not.

Outside the city, his voice was hoarse, and Dianman didn't call to open the city gate, but ran back to Meng Da, and Dianman said with some anger: "General, why don't you attack the city?" ”

Meng Da turned around and saw that if his army really wanted to attack the city, he would first set up camp and go down to the village, and then build some ladders and hit wood overnight.

The west gate of Zuli City was opened from the inside.

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