Hua An was about to leave the camp and go to the market to patrol with a few personal soldiers, when a small colonel hurried over.

"General, there is news from the direction of Chengdu, the deployment of the Shu army has been figured out by our army scouts, this is the deployment map of the Shu army, please take a look." Xiao Xiao said, bowed down and handed the map in his hand to Hua An.

Hua'an hurriedly took the map and opened it to watch, only to see that Chengdu's city defense layout, troop allocation, city defense equipment, reserve troops, etc., were all marked on the map, which can be described as extremely detailed.

With this Chengdu defense map, it is extremely advantageous for Hua'an's siege army, and Hua'an can make reasonable adjustments to the siege plan according to the city defense layout of the Shu army.

"Great, with this picture, our army will be able to attack the city without worry." Hua An said happily, and walked towards the Chinese army's tent with the map, and the matter of patrolling the streets was instantly forgotten.

After returning to the Chinese army's big tent, Hua'an unfolded the Chengdu city defense map on the case in front of the throne and carefully studied it.

Judging from the situation marked on the map, the deployment of the Shu army is heavy in the north and light in the south, followed by the east and west, which is basically consistent with Hua'an's previous analysis.

But for the details of the city defense of the Shu army, Hua'an estimated that it is very insufficient, from the annotation of the map, the deployment of the Shu army in the city is extremely tight, and there is no shortage of all kinds of large-scale city defense equipment, especially near the city gate tower of each gate, there are heavy wolf tooth beats and even a large number of thunderbolts to defend the city.

With the help of the height of the city walls, the range of these siege thunderbolts will exceed that of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which is a great threat to the Northern Expeditionary Army in Hua'an.

A complete moat system. The tall and straight urn city, the one-foot-thick lifting gate, these advanced defense equipment, will greatly offset the Jin army's military advantage, besides, there are a large number of people in the city, these people can be mobilized at any time, which is even more unfavorable for the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Looking at the well-deployed Chengdu city defense map, Huaan fell into anxiety for a while, and worked hard to think about how to solve it.

"Big brother. Eldest brother. Wang San's voice appeared outside the big tent.

"What's wrong. What's the matter? Seeing Wang San striding into the tent, Hua An asked.

Wang San pointed to the topographic map of Shuzhong hanging in the big tent, and said loudly: "Big brother, the forward five thousand cavalry of the Southern Coalition Army. has arrived at the foot of Wuyang City. and cut off the connection between Wuyang and Chengdu. ”

"Oh. Is Huan Wen and Deng Yue's speed quite fast? Where is their main force, and how far is it from Wuyang City. Hua An hurriedly asked.

"Big brother, the main force of the coalition army has just left Nan'an City. It is estimated that more than 100 miles have been walked at this time, and in two or three days at most, the main force of the coalition army will arrive in Wuyang City! ”

Hua An nodded and said, "They're fast enough!" Five thousand forwards have arrived in Wuyang City, and they have also cut off the connection between Wuyang and Chengdu, who is the Shu army defender of Wuyang City, and how many troops are there? ”

Wang San replied: "Big brother, the defender of Wuyang City is Li Shi's henchman Zan Jian, with a total of 10,000 troops, plus the original men and horses of Wuyang City, the total strength is estimated to be 15,000. ”

"Oh, fifteen thousand men, that's three times the strength of the Allied forward cavalry! With so many troops, the coalition cavalry actually blocked the passage to Chengdu, this Zan Jian is really a waste! Hua An opened his mouth and sighed.

"Yes! Big brother, this Zan Jian has 10,000 elite men and horses in Chengdu in his hands, if he goes all out, the coalition cavalry may not be able to win! Wang San echoed.

Hua An nodded slightly, and analyzed: "Zan Jian, in my opinion, this Zan Jian doesn't want to fight at all, he is so cowardly, it seems that he has plans to surrender!" ”

"Big brother, if Zan Jian leads all the soldiers of Wuyang City to surrender, then the coalition forces can take Wuyang City without much effort, and then they can go straight to Chengdu and compete with our army!" Wang San said softly.

Hua An shook his head and said: "What kind of attack, they are all the generals of the Great Jin, it is different who breaks through Chengdu, if the coalition army can arrive in Chengdu as soon as possible and besiege the Shu army with our army, isn't it more certain to attack the city?" ”

"Big brother, with the 7,000 Shu army in Chengdu, plus Li Guang and Li Fu's heart-attacking strategy, it is easy to break through Chengdu, and you still need to grasp it?" Wang San felt that he didn't have to wait for the southern coalition army, and only with the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army, he could break through Chengdu.

Hua An pointed to the Chengdu defense map on the case, and said softly: "Come and see, Chengdu's defense is extremely tight, if the attack plan is ineffective, our army will attack Chengdu, and the losses must be very high!" ”

When Wang San heard this, he stepped forward, looked at the topographic map of Chengdu's city defense on the case, and said softly for a long time: "Big brother, the Shu army is so tightly deployed, it seems that this Chengdu is really not easy to fight!" ”

Hua An nodded and said, "This Feng Fu is a talent!" In just a few days, Chengdu was arranged like an iron bucket, so that our army had no space to drill! ”

"Big brother, what should I do then, do we still have to stop and wait for the Southern Coalition Army?" Wang San asked softly.

Hua'an shook his head and said: "This is not necessary, our army can march to Chengdu first, attack the city and attack the heart at the same time, if the Shu army is collapsed by our army's attack on the heart, then our army can attack the city with all its might, but if the Shu army resists resolutely, our army does not have to attack, it is a big deal to wait for the southern coalition army to deal with the Shu army together." ”

"Big brother's clever plan, such a two-handed plan, our army should be invincible." Wang San opened his mouth and praised it.

Hua An smiled and said, "Wang San, immediately let the generals above the head of the whole army come to the big tent, and the eldest brother will inform the generals of the deployment of the Shu army, and discuss the plan to attack Chengdu." ”

"Yes, big brother, I'll go and inform the generals." Wang San said, turned around and walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army.

Soon, the generals above the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Shuzhong Army all entered the Chinese army tent in Hua'an.

Hua'an had already hung the Chengdu city defense layout map on the case in the center of the big tent, so that the generals in the tent could have a better view.

The generals who entered the tent invariably looked at the map in the center of the big tent, and the generals of the Shu army saw at a glance that this was the deployment map of Chengdu, and the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army also guessed in their hearts that it was the deployment map of Chengdu.

"General, the Shu army is so tightly arranged, if our army forcibly attacks the city, I am afraid that the losses will be great!" A general of the Northern Expeditionary Army saw at a glance the strength of the Shu army's defensive arrangement.

"General, the defense of the Shu army is more important in the north than in the south, in order to reduce losses, our army should bypass the north gate where the enemy is most heavily defended, and instead attack the south gate of Chengdu, so that the losses may be much smaller." Another general of the Northern Expeditionary Army saw that the defense of the south gate was weaker than that of the north gate.

"Yes, attacking the South Gate, the loss of attacking the South Gate will be smaller." Most of the generals in the tent felt that they should bypass the north gate and attack the south gate of Chengdu.

Hua An pondered for a while, looked at the generals in the tent, and said softly: "Generals, although the Shu army's city defense arrangement is tight, but our army's siege strength is not weak, just now, many generals feel that our army should bypass the direction of the north gate, which is the most heavily defended by the Shu army, and instead attack the south gate where the Shu army's defense is relatively weak. ”

"Big brother, the south gate is easy to fight, what's wrong!" Thunderstorm hurriedly asked.

Hua An smiled, pointed to the Chengdu defense map in the middle of the big tent, and said softly: "Generals, you see, the reason why the south gate of Chengdu is the weakest defense is because the terrain in the direction of the south gate is cramped, the army can not be deployed, and all kinds of large-scale siege equipment can not play a role, if our army wants to attack the south gate, it can arrange up to 5,000 soldiers and horses, and it will not be able to accommodate more, and the Shu army with a strict defense, only 1,000 defenders can block the 5,000 men and horses of our army, so our army will break through Chengdu from the direction of the south gate, It's not easy at all! ”

"General, the terrain of the east and west gates is slightly wider, and our army can attack from the east and west gates at the same time, which can also distract the attention of the Shu army." A general, built yì attacked from the east and west gates at the same time.

"Big brother, it's better to follow what I said before, 7,000 men and horses in Shuzhong will attack the west gate, and our 7,000 men and horses will attack the east gate, see who will break through Chengdu first, how about it?" Iron Bull built yì in a rough voice.

Hua An hesitated for a moment and said: "The defense of the Shu army is much tighter than previously imagined, our army is divided into troops to attack from the east and west, and the forces are scattered, I am afraid that we will not be able to attack both places, and it will only increase casualties." ”

"Big brother, then you mean that the whole army is concentrated in one place and attacks from the north gate?" Wang San asked curiously.

Hua An nodded slightly, and said: "Generals, at present, the defense of the Shu army is very tight, and it is not feasible for our army to divide troops to attack, and it will only make all the city defense arrangements of the Shu army play a role. ”

"The direction of the north gate is the most heavily defended direction of the Shu army, is it really feasible for our army to attack the north gate?" Regarding Hua'an's decision-making, the generals in the account were a little puzzled.

After all, looking at the dense large-scale city defense equipment marked on the city wall of the north gate of Chengdu, the scalp of the generals in the tent is a little numb, and what makes the generals most afraid is the thirty thunderbolt cars on the city wall of the north gate of Chengdu, and fifty giant crossbows, these two weapons are extremely powerful and will greatly threaten the safety of the siege army.

Hua'an was also worried about this, but after thinking about it for a long time, Hua'an decided to let the baggage battalion build a giant thickened shield to resist the attacks of the thunderbolts and giant crossbows of the Shu army defending the city.

This kind of shield is more than one zhang long, one zhang and five feet high, three inches thick, and has three wooden sticks on the ground at the top, which requires ten soldiers to work together to move, four of them holding the bottom of the shield in front and six soldiers in the back, holding three arm-thick sticks, so that they can move slowly. (To be continued......)