The situation in Guanlong has taken a sharp turn for the worse, not long ago Chen Jun was still alone, but in the blink of an eye, the entire Guanlong beacon fire was everywhere, and countless cities had been planted with black flying eagle battle flags, all of which belonged to Chen Jun. ,!

Taking advantage of the new victory, Chen Jun began to take the initiative to assemble in the area of the shallow water plain.

On March 20, Chen Kedi, the deputy commander of the Chen army's expedition to the west, took the initiative to go out of Xiaoguan, led the Chen army to ride 5,000 light cavalry, Longxi Zong Luo Hu, Hao Ying and other troops 15,000 cavalry, the original Liu Wuzhou old department Yuan Junzhang, Jin Ke, Yang Funian, Huang Ziying, Wang Xingben, Lu Chongmao led 20,000 cavalry, a total of 15,000 light cavalry, 25,000 infantry, a total of 40,000 horses to advance to the east, and finally with the 10,000 light cavalry of Chen Jie's department in Zhizhi City, and converged with 5,000 infantry troops of Chen Shuda's department in Anding City, gathered 55,000 men and horses, and formed a northwest battalion.

On the same day, Chen Shuming, the marching marshal of the Western Army, also led 15,000 men and horses from his headquarters to leave Ding'an City east of Changwu, and joined up with 30,000 soldiers and horses of Chang Zhongxing, Ma Ning, Ma Wanbao, and Huang De'an, and advanced all the way to the north bank of Jingshui in the north of Changwu City, forming the Northeast Battalion.

Chen's two-way army approached Changwu, with a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses.

Changwu is in a hurry, Changwu is in a hurry!

The news was quickly reported back to Changwu and sent back to Chang'an.

Marshal Yu Wencheng, who had just survived the epidemic, had a black face, and they had missed the great plan to attack Chen's army before, but it was obvious that Chen's army would not accept this.

Just after sweeping Longshang, Chen Jun took the initiative to kill Xu Jun as soon as possible.

Regarding the situation of Chen Jun's attack on both sides, Yuwen Chengdu also arranged troops for the first time and prepared to meet the enemy.

A big war is on the verge of breaking out.

Xu Jun 120,000, Chen Jun 100,000. This battle, which should have started a long time ago, dragged on for four months. For Yuwen Chengdu. After Xu Jun's previous experience of the epidemic, morale has fallen much lower. In addition, Chen Jun is now powerful. In one fell swoop, Longshang and Longyou were annexed, and the tax profits were more sharp.

dragged on for four months, and the last bit of Xu Jun's sharpness was about to be dragged out. If you don't start fighting, Yu Wenhua and you won't be able to hold on.

Originally, in the protracted war, the Xu army had the advantage of fighting locally, and was the least afraid of the confrontation between the Chen army, which was far away from the Central Plains. But now, Chen Jun took the entire Longshang Longyou in his hands at once, and the news that the spies kept sending back has made it clear that Chen Kefu not only took the land of the twenty counties of Longshang Longyou, but even arranged for the people of each county to start resuming production. The seeds of this spring have been planted.

Although affected by the war. The number of acres of recultivated fields is not as good as in previous years, but no matter how it is not compared with previous years, Chen Jun has also successfully resumed production in Guanlong. As long as it is a few months later, when the summer grain is harvested, Chen Jun will be able to get a steady stream of supplies. Supplies from Kanto are no longer even needed at all.

On the other hand, the Xu army gathered 120,000 troops in Changwu at once, and so many young and strong people gathered here completely missed the sowing this spring. As a result, Guanzhong will inevitably reduce production a lot this year, and the imperial court will have to constantly supply the consumption of 120,000 troops.

If we add last year's Battle of Xiaoguan, Xu Jun has already fought in the northwest for half a year. After half a year of fighting, people are going crazy.

Now that Chen Jun has taken the initiative to fight, this should be the most urgent need of Yuwen Chengdu. However, Yuwen Chengdu, who had not recovered much from his illness at the beginning of Daqian's illness, personally went out of the city to reconnoiter as soon as Chen Jun arrived.

But he immediately issued an order to the whole army that many people could not believe, and ordered the entire army of Xu Jun, who had just left the city, to withdraw to Changwu City.

Yuwen Chengdu not only issued an order to withdraw to Changwu City again, but also issued another military order at the same time. The whole army dug a ditch outside the city of Changwu. Bury the feet of deer, set up pits, add tripping horses, and strengthen the city walls.

The deep ditch is fortified, and it cannot be held.

After hearing this order, many generals of the Xu army couldn't help but wonder if Yuwen Chengdu burned out his brain during the previous epidemic. Yuwen Chengdu's tactics have always been positive, often attacking instead of defending, and now he has actually engaged in turtle tactics and shrinking defense.

Although many generals of the Xu Army had doubts, they did not say anything clearly. However, as the commander of the 10,000 cavalry of the allied army, the bearded Turkic Teller Shasawa was not satisfied, "The Chen army only has 100,000, but we have 120,000, and we have the advantage in numbers." Moreover, these Chen armies are still divided into two armies without knowing whether they are alive or dead, and we just happen to break them individually. You actually ordered the turtle to retreat into the city, what is the matter? Yuwen Chengdu, did you burn out your brain from the previous epidemic? If you're afraid to fight, let Bentler lead our brave steppe warriors in the lead. ”

Yu Wenhua was not angered by Sand Thorn's rudeness, he said calmly: "This commander knows that the generals have doubts about this commander's arrangement, so I will explain it carefully now." ”

"As we all know, Chen's army is well-equipped and has advanced weapons. However, the Chen army of the two battalions of the east and west that we are facing in front of us is not exactly the Chen army, which includes both the surrender of Western Qin and the surrender of Hou Zhou. Chen Jun is among them, accounting for only half. But even if we only account for half, we can engage Chen Jun head-on with Chen Jun's sophisticated equipment and sharp firearms, and our chances of victory are not high. At present, we have been facing off against Chen Jun for half a year, and every day of confrontation, we have to consume a lot of grain and grass. Similarly, for each day of confrontation, Chen Jun also had to consume a lot of grain and grass. ”

"Does Your Highness want to play a war of attrition with Chen Jun? But now Chen Jun has the right place of Longshang, not to mention the land of Kanto. It is this Longshang and Longyou that Chen Jun has twenty counties. And now we only have three counties, how to fight against Chen Jun? Some generals were worried.

"No, no, no." Yuwen Chengdu shook his head: "Don't be fooled by these superficial questions, what time is it?" March is the time of the green and yellow. Although Chen Kefu has newly acquired twenty counties, it was originally the territory of Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou, and in the past few years, everyone has been fighting back and forth, and they are actually far worse than us. Longshang Longyou has no food at all, and Chen Kefu's situation will not be better than ours. He can't compare to us. ”

The generals were a little incredulous, Chen Kefu was now a person who occupied most of the world, how could he not be able to consume Xu Guo, who was only a small land?

"Chen Jun 100,000? Among them, 30,000 cavalry. But have you noticed the difference between Chen's infantry and the infantry of other families? ”

Wei Wensheng's expression moved, "The Chen army has Liaodong Mobei, and there have always been plenty of war horses. One of the characteristics of Chen's infantry is that they are all equipped with war horses, and they are infantry on horseback. Marching on horseback, dismounting in wartime. ”

"That's right. Chen Kefu is rich! Yuwen Chengdu said with a look of envy: "This situation can be said to be unique, but although the infantry on horseback marches quickly, the combat effectiveness has increased. But there is also a drawback, the supply is multiplied. Moreover, Chen's cavalry was also more extravagant, and most of them were equipped with two horses. Ladies and gentlemen, 30,000 cavalry is 60,000 war horses, plus the cavalry infantry of the Chen army, and the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Chen army at the moment have nearly 100,000 war horses. ”

The generals shouted softly in unison, although Xu Guo was in the northwest, close to the Hetao Plug, there was no shortage of war horse channels. But Xu Jun absolutely can't have the luxury of doing the method of burning money for one cavalry and two horses, and infantry with horses.

"Don't forget, it's March, and it's not going to be good right now. There was not even grass, and Chen Jun had so many horses that he had to rely on the rear to transport forage. People eat horses, you say this has to be a big number. We are confronted by Chen Jun, who do you say has consumed whom? Yuwen Chengdu's words carried a hint of sigh. The Xu army had 120,000 horses, except for the 10,000 cavalry of the Turks, the cavalry of the Xu army was only 30,000, which could not be compared with the Chen army at all.

Consumption, consumption.

Since the confrontation has been going on for half a year, Yuwen Chengdu doesn't care about spending another few months. It hasn't been long since the seeds were sown, and it will take several months for Chen Jun to harvest the grain in Longshang on the spot. And for such a long time, Yuwen Chengdu is sure that Chen Jun will not be able to consume it first.

Without food and grass, no matter how strong the army is, it will not be able to fight, and it is at that time that Yuwen Chengdu is waiting for.

If Chen's army attacked and had 120,000 horses to defend the city, he would be even less worried. In offensive and defensive battles, the defending side always has a natural advantage.

Yuwen Chengdu's turtle defense tactics were very ruthless, and Chen Shuming, as the marshal of the Western Expedition, was suddenly worried.

The cavalry consumes the most food and grass, and the cavalry is also the most afraid that the enemy will not come out of the city.

The cavalry is powerful in maneuvering, in charge. But if you want the cavalry to attack the city, it is inferior to even the most ordinary light infantry.

Chen Shuming, Chen Shuda, Chen Jie, and Chen Kedi, the four main and deputy generals of the Western Expeditionary Army, were all a little worried for a while.

Attacking, but in the face of the ditches that have been dug everywhere, there are sharp piles everywhere, deer antlers planted everywhere, pitted dug everywhere, and countless tripwires and four-corner nails, just to hit the city walls, I don't know how much time I have to spend cleaning up. What's more, there are still 120,000 troops in the city, which is completely a meat grinder.

But if Changwu is not taken, then Changchen's army will also be blocked on the shallow water plain, and he will not be able to go south to Guanzhong at all.

The four of them couldn't think about it for a long time, but it turned out that Xue Ju's military advisor Hao Ying proposed a plan.

His plan was to draw up three plans, first, arrange the suspicious soldiers, and then retreat safely, and wait until the autumn after the harvest of horse fat. second, leaving a small part of the troops, bluffing, and the main army directly attacked Chang'an; Third, bluff to attack Chang'an, lead the army out of the city, and then find an opportunity for a decisive battle.

The generals discussed for a long time, and they all felt that the first one was the safest and could preserve their strength to the greatest extent, but at the same time, it also deviated from the original strategic purpose. Attacking Guanzhong is not just the emperor's intention. More importantly, attacking Guanzhong is also an alliance plan to destroy the Xu State and disintegrate the Turks. If you keep Guanzhong and don't fight, then in the confrontation between the Chen army and the Turks, the rear will always be not safe enough. Only by capturing Guanzhong can the northwest flank of Chen's army be safe.

The second option is the most risky, and it is a risky move. Now that the army of Xu Jun has entered Changwu City, the area around Chang'an must be empty; If you take this opportunity to attack Chang'an, you may be able to receive unexpected results. It's just that the risk of doing so is a bit big, and the probability of success is relatively low, leaving 120,000 troops behind, it is possible to be surrounded in the pass, and this should be a good policy.

The third one is the most suitable, and this can be regarded as a strategy to "lure the snake out of the hole".

As the saying goes, you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, although Yuwen Chengdu has a ruthless plan to fight for consumption, Chen Jun also has a trick to break the ......)

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