Chapter 779: Xu Rong's Concept of the Overall Situation
Not long after Ma Chao and Tian Yu sent Guan Yu the latest battle plan. Xu Rong and Yan Liang, who led 20,000 horses alone, also sent the latest instructions for the battle.
Although the news of the victory of the Nameless Valley is still in a state of strict lockdown, especially in the territory of Yanqi Kingdom, no one knows about it at all, but this does not prevent the important generals distributed in the various garrison areas from learning about this important military situation at the first time.
The victory of the Nameless Valley is a part of the entire battle against Wusun, although the location of the occurrence seems to be quite far away from the other troops, but it is a major event that affects the whole body. When Xu Rong, who was located in the westernmost part of the entire war zone, received the news, it was only three days after the victory in the Nameless Valley, and at this time, the two brothers Ma Dai and Ma Chao were organizing the captured Wusun soldiers to clean up the heavily silted passage in the valley.
Xu Rong was naturally very happy after seeing the good news, this was an important battle to win, but he was more concerned about the follow-up battle process. Guan Yu gave him the task of going out to the area from Shule to Shache, containing the Wusun people from the westernmost part of the Tianshan Mountains, and at the same time suppressing the two small countries that had always maintained close relations with the Wusun Kingdom.
Xu Rong, as the chief general of the Kunlun Army, originally had 30,000 infantry under his command, and at that time Guan Yu asked him to leave 10,000 people to guard the Yanqi country, focusing on protecting the safety of the old nest Yuanqucheng, Xu Rong did not say a word at the time, and even left the first and third divisions of the Kunlun Army with a total of 10,000 people. These two divisions are the elite of the heavy and light divisions in the Kunlun Army, and Xu Rong is equivalent to weakening his own strength by doing so, which is obviously not conducive to accumulating combat exploits on the front line in the future.
What's even more unexpected is that Xu Rong also took the initiative to suggest to Guan Yu that the military advisor of the Kunlun Army be transferred to the 20,000 Pingxi Army led by Yan Liang alone to ensure that Yan Liang's army does not have any problems. Xu Rong did this, not only showing his support for Yan Liang, but also showing Guan Yu his ability and determination.
Among the many troops under Zhao Xing, there are many examples where only the army commander is the sole leader, such as Xu Shu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and other famous generals. Although Xu Rong made his debut late among the generals of Zhao Xing's family, he wanted to prove that he also had this ability in this way. Xu Rong thinks that his strength is inferior to Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but in Zhao Xing's army, force is not the most critical factor, what really makes Zhao Xing admire and appreciate is the comprehensive quality and overall concept of the generals, as well as the issue of loyalty.
Xu Rong has proven his loyalty and overall concept through the Gaonu War and his efforts in the past few years, and now he needs to lead an army alone to prove his comprehensive quality. At this moment, the news of the great victory of the Nameless Valley came, and he immediately saw the opportunity.
Long before the victory of the Nameless Valley, Xu Rong had his own judgments and ideas about the entire war on the Western Front, and when the Wusun people who confronted him across the mountain withdrew and replaced them with 20,000 Kangju soldiers, Xu Rong had a plan to eat the other party in one bite. However, because the entire Western Front was aimed at containing the enemy at that time, he consciously obeyed the overall situation of the battlefield and did not put forward his suggestion that he would surprise his troops to kill the 20,000 Kangju people on the opposite side.
After the news of the victory in the Nameless Valley came, Xu Rong immediately drafted an analysis report on the entire battlefield situation and attached his own views on the next move, including a proposal to let himself lead 20,000 Montenegrin troops over the Tianshan Mountains to fight a decisive battle with the Kangju soldiers.
After receiving the secret letter from Xu Rong, he carefully read and thought about Xu Rong's suggestion, and compared Xu Rong's idea with Ma Chao's idea, and found that the generals of the Western Front and the Eastern Front now have the idea and determination to launch a large-scale battle on more than two battlefields at the same time, and they have also carried out careful analysis and deduction for this, which can be described as fully prepared and difficult to refuse.
Xu Rong's proposal to solve the war in the Western Regions as a package emphasized the need to exert force on the eastern and western fronts at the same time, attracting all the main forces of the Wusun people and reinforcements to the two fronts, which would inevitably cause the defense of Chigu City to be empty, and then send a force to cross the nameless valley, surprise attack Chigu City, and defeat Wusun in a battle.
Xu Rong also particularly emphasized that the war on the eastern and western fronts must control the rhythm and not fall into a decisive battle with the Wusun people at the beginning, but mainly to attract firepower. When the news of the successful sneak attack on Akatani Castle came out, it was time to launch a deadly attack on the enemy in front, and at that time it was a time when the Wusun people and reinforcements were demoralized and panicked, and the Pingxi army could easily break the enemy army and greatly reduce their own casualties and losses.
Guan Yu attached great importance to Xu Rong's suggestion, because Xu Rong's suggestion was basically consistent with the battle plan that he and Lu Xun had adjusted. What made Guan Yu feel even more amazing was that Xu Rong even pointed out the unruly and unruly nature of the Wusun people, who were not like Yanqi, Cheshi and other people who were honest and obedient, and suggested adopting the strategy of using a big stick and a candy in one hand, first to beat the Wusun people into fear, and then to discuss Huairou's means to buy people's hearts.
Guan Yu now felt that with Xu Rong's overall view, it was only a matter of time before Zhao Xing was appointed as the leader of a certain legion in the future. As long as Xu Rong can get a good result in the operation of attacking Kangju's reinforcements this time, Zhao Xing is afraid that Xu Rong will be assigned more important positions in the future.
The opportunity on the battlefield is fleeting, since a new plan has been made, Guan Yu did not delay, and immediately ordered someone to send the adjusted comprehensive battle plan of the headquarters to all armies, preparing to take advantage of the arrival of the hottest summer to completely end the war in Wusun, which is half a year ahead of the original plan.
Guan Yu ordered that the 20,000 infantry of Yan Liangsuo's division stationed in the Qiuzi area move closer to the Chinese army, and when the two armies were combined, he would personally command this force to immediately launch an attack on the 60,000 Kangju and Dawan people in the Tianshan Mountains, the purpose was to entangle them, and when Ma Chao succeeded, these Kangju and Karasuma people would be blocked in the Tianshan Mountains by Ma Chao who came from behind.
After receiving the latest battle plan from the headquarters, Xu Rong found that the contents of it were more than sixty percent consistent with his own suggestions, and he was naturally very satisfied, so he immediately did his best, brought the necessary materials needed, and marched to the remaining veins of the Tianshan Mountains without hesitation.
After Ma Chao received the latest order from the command, he was also very excited. This time, Guan Yu not only agreed to his plan, but also instructed him to kill the 60,000 main forces of the Wusun people in the shortest possible time, and then quickly enter the territory of Wusun, completely cut off the road for Kangju and Dawan to withdraw to their country, and then come to catch turtles in an urn. As for the specific actions of the East Route Army, it is up to him to decide, and Guan Yu will only look at the results at that time, regardless of the process.