Yao Xiang looked at the generals beside him, and said: "Generals, the first round of the enemy's attack has been repelled by our army, but Wang Wu will not be willing to fail, he will definitely attack our Nanguan City again, so we must not take it lightly." ”

"What the general said is that this is only the first round of the enemy's attack, and the enemy will continue to attack next, and our army should be vigilant." One of the generals said loudly.

Yao Xiang nodded and said, "Pass the order, let the soldiers step up their preparations for battle, and prepare to resist the next round of attacks by the enemy." ”

"Yes, General." The subordinate general received the order loudly and immediately conveyed the order.

Yao Chang looked at Yao Xiang and said: "Fifth brother, the first round of attack of the enemy army lost at least a thousand men and horses, while our army lost less than 100 soldiers and horses. ”

Yao Xiang smiled and said: "That's natural, our army has the city wall of Nanguan City as a backing, which can naturally offset the disadvantage of insufficient troops, besides, Jinzhou City sent 10,000 troops to reinforce our army, so that our army will definitely be able to hold Nanguan City, making it difficult for Wang Wu's soldiers and horses to enter the hinterland of Liaodong." ”

Subsequently, Yao Xiang personally commanded the soldiers on the city wall, and asked these soldiers to step up the deployment of defensive facilities to meet the next round of attacks by Wang Wu's army.

Just when Yao Xiang's army stepped up the deployment of defensive facilities, Wang Wu also discussed the next offensive plan with his subordinates.

Wang Wu looked at his subordinate generals, and said: "Generals, the Yao Xiang army relies on the city wall of Nanguan City to defend, which adds a lot of trouble to our army's attack, only in the first round of attack, our army has lost thousands of men and horses, if we continue to attack in this state." The losses of our army must be very huge, and we may not be able to break through Nanguan City! ”

"General, this is all due to the lack of siege equipment in our army, our army can prepare more heavy siege equipment, as long as there are enough heavy siege equipment. You will definitely be able to easily break through the walls of Nanguan Castle. One of the generals said loudly.

When Wang Wu heard this, Zhengse said: "This problem has been thought about a long time ago, but it takes a lot of time to prepare a large number of siege equipment, and this general is worried that if our army has just prepared enough siege equipment, and the enemy's main force has arrived, then a large number of siege equipment prepared by our army will not all fall into the hands of the enemy, and our army will also be driven into the sea by the army of Yan." ”

"The general's meaning. It is our army that must be fought quickly, and there must not be too much delay, but if our army wants to prepare enough heavy siege equipment, it will take a long time, and this is really a dilemma! A general said helplessly.

Wang Wu frowned, looked at the generals beside him, and said, "Could it be that there are only three places leading to the hinterland of Liaodong, Nanguan City, Qipanguan and Bihaiguan?" There is no path to escape these three places. What about directly arriving in the hinterland of Liaodong? ”

"General, the scouts have been scouting for a long time. There are indeed only three roads leading to the hinterland of Liaodong: Nanguancheng, Qipanguan and Bihaiguan, and before that, there are no other roads at all. One of the generals said truthfully.

Wang Wu frowned, and said helplessly: "If there is a small road, you can directly bypass Nanguan City and reach the back of Nanguan City." Our army is attacked from both sides, and we will definitely be able to capture Nanguan City, but it's a pity that such a road doesn't exist at all! What a pity! After speaking, his eyes were full of helplessness.

Obviously, at this time, if it is the soldiers and horses under the command of Wang Wu. You can go around the back of Nanguan City through the guò path, and you will definitely be able to make the Yao Xiang army defending Nanguan City unprepared, and it will be easy to take Nanguan City when the time comes, however, such a road obviously does not exist, and the Yao Xiang army also knows this, so they have no scruples to mobilize all the soldiers and horses in the direction of the South Gate, so that the defense in the direction of the South Gate becomes extremely solid.

"General, Nanguan City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, extremely difficult to break, and the chessboard pass and Bihaiguan on both sides must also be difficult to break, I don't know what happened to General Wei and General Le." A general said anxiously.

Wang Wu looked at the general, and said, "Don't worry!" General Wei and General Le are not reckless people, if they can't attack, they will definitely not come hard. ”

"Report, general, General Wei led a large army to attack Qipan Pass, but the enemy army was very well guarded, General Wei could not attack, lost more than 100 soldiers and horses, and now has retreated two miles to rest, I have come to ask the general, whether the attack can be suspended." A junior colonel ran to Wang Wu's side and reported loudly.

"Report, General, Bihai Customs is easy to defend and difficult to attack, our army has suffered a lot of losses, but it is impossible to break through the pass, General Le has led the army to retreat for several miles." Soon, another colonel rushed over and reported loudly.

When Wang Wu and his subordinate generals heard this, they did not show a very surprised expression, after all, these were already expected, and in the absence of sufficient siege equipment, it was indeed difficult to capture the well-defended cities and passes.

"General, the king once said that the purpose of letting our army go to Liaodong is to harass and contain the enemy army, if the shape is unfavorable, our army can choose to withdraw from Liaodong at any time, with the current situation, if our army is unable to break through the first line of defense deployed by the enemy army in Liaodong, it is better to withdraw to Qingzhou." One of the generals retreated.

When Wang Wu heard this, he frowned, and said angrily: "Our army has just arrived in Liaodong, and it has not yet made meritorious contributions, how can it just return to Qingzhou in such a gloomy manner, in this way, where is the face of our army, no, no, absolutely not, at least, our army cannot choose to withdraw to Qingzhou until it is absolutely necessary." ”

Obviously, Wang Wu was very reluctant to return to Qingzhou, after all, he went to Liaodong with the mood of making meritorious contributions, and if he withdrew to Qingzhou without any achievements, he would be looked down upon by others.

Most of the generals under Wang Wu were also reluctant to choose to withdraw to Qingzhou without achieving any results, but at the moment when the reinforcements of the Yan State would arrive in Liaodong, they could not predict it at all, but it took too much time to prepare a large number of siege equipment, as long as the Yan State sent reinforcements to Liaodong, it would definitely arrive before these siege equipment were made and attack them, so that the siege equipment they spent a lot of time and energy to assemble was completely reduced to decoration, after all, If the main cavalry of the Yan State launched an attack, these siege equipment would be completely ineffective.

"General, we still have 10,000 water troops, why don't we let them play a role?" Li Ben looked at Wang Wu and said.

When Wang Wu heard this, he said softly: "The navy is good at fighting on the water, even if we let 10,000 sailors reinforce our army, we can't break through Nanguan City in a short time!" ”

Obviously, Wang Wu was unwilling to send this 10,000 naval army to participate in the land battle, after all, these 10,000 troops and horses were transferred from the direction of Luoyang City by Hua'an, not Wang Wu's own soldiers and horses, and if these naval forces had relatively large casualties, a large number of ships anchored at the Mayoujin ferry would be unmanned, so that the 70,000 troops of Wang Wu's army would most likely not be able to leave Liaodong in an emergency, and thus be annihilated by the whole army.

When Li Ben heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "General, the last general is not to let the officers and soldiers of the navy participate in the battle of attacking Nanguan City, but to let them drive the warship to transport some of our soldiers and horses to the back of the enemy, so that they can attack from behind the enemy unknowingly, so that the enemy's first line of defense can be easily broken by our army." ”

Wang Wu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said loudly: "Yes! Although there is no road on land to detour behind enemy lines, the sea route can lead directly behind enemy lines, which is good, what a wonderful idea! Hahaha! After saying that, he laughed happily.

"General, the last general is willing to lead his troops and horses to detour behind enemy lines, and ask the general to complete it." Li Ben clenched his fists and asked.

"General, the last general is also willing to lead the troops behind enemy lines." Li Long clenched his fists and asked.

When Wang Wu heard this, he nodded, and said: "Okay, now that the main force of the enemy army is in front, Jinzhou City must be empty, two generals, you each command 5,000 men and horses, take a warship, secretly go behind the enemy, and launch a fierce attack on Jinzhou City behind the enemy together, I will lead the main army to storm Nanguan City, and respond to you." ”

"General, if you act at this time, you will definitely attract the attention of the enemy, and the last general will take action after dark, so that it will be easier to hide from the enemy." Li Ben hugged his fist and said.

Wang Wu nodded and said, "Okay, then start the action after dark, I believe that the two generals will definitely complete the task well." After speaking, he patted the two of them on the shoulder.

"Yes, General, the last general will definitely complete the task and break through Jinzhou City in one fell swoop." Li Ben said confidently.

"General, where should our army attack after breaking through Jinzhou City?" Li Long directly asked about the next direction of attack.

Wang Wu smiled, and said: "You only need to capture Jinzhou City, when the time comes, the enemy troops of Nanguan City, Qipan Pass, and Bihaiguan will be frightened, so that the enemy troops in these places will abandon the city and passes, and flee to the hinterland of Liaodong, the general and the main army, can calmly occupy Nanguan City and the passes on the left and right sides, so that we have a place to stand in Liaodong, from now on, even if the main army of Yan Kingdom kills, our army can also hold on to the danger." ”

"Yes, General, we remember." Li Ben and Li Long replied loudly.

Subsequently, the two generals Li Ben and Li Long, as well as their soldiers and horses, immediately began to rest, preparing to retreat to the Mayoujin ferry after nightfall, and take a warship deep behind the enemy to launch a surprise attack on Jinzhou City behind the enemy's defense line, and capture Jinzhou City in one fell swoop.

After dark, under the personal send-off of Wang Wu, Li Ben and Li Long led the army under their command and immediately retreated in the direction of the Mayoujin Ferry. (To be continued......)