The first to set up a camp before you can fight, this is a truth that any general in the world knows.

When more than 100,000 Wei troops surrounded Nanzheng City, Cao Zhen did not give the order to attack at the first time.

The move he had just besieged more than 100,000 Wei troops was more of a means of intimidation, and Cao Zhen hoped to use this to disturb and lower the morale of the troops in Nanzheng City.

It's a pity that what Cao Zhen didn't know was that his plan had failed under Mi Yang's ridicule.

Cao Zhen didn't know Mi Yang's response, but it didn't affect his next move.

An order to camp was soon issued from Cao Zhen's Chinese army and spread throughout the three armies.

Under Cao Zhen's orders, more than 100,000 Wei troops began to move in an orderly manner.

Siege warfare, in general, is a protracted war.

And the current Wei army has the capital to take a protracted war.

After giving the order to complete the encampment, Cao Zhen took the lead in summoning some of his henchmen and generals to discuss the next offensive strategy of the Wei army.

Among the generals, Wang Shuang was the first to speak:

Mi Yang led the army into Nanzheng, not because he wanted to kill himself, but because he knew that Nanzheng was the foundation of Hanzhong, and he had to go to Nanzheng to stabilize the army's heart.

At the moment, our army besieged Mi Yang in Nanzheng, and let the hussar general lead the army to isolate the reinforcements from Yizhou, so that Mi Yang would not expect the arrival of the rescue.

Next, he must choose to fight to the death.

The city of Nanzheng is strong and thick, and the Han army in the city is all elite in Liangzhou, so if our army attacks strongly, there will be many casualties.

Therefore, it is better for our army to adopt the strategy of encircling but not attacking at the moment, so that the thief army can trap itself in Nanzheng, and when the thief army runs out of food and grass, our army will attack again, so that Nanzheng City can be easily taken. ”

Wang Shuang's words quickly aroused the approval of many Wei generals.

After all, the strategy of the Wei army before was as Wang Shuang said.

But Cao Zhen vetoed Wang Shuang's proposal.

"Nanzheng fell into the hands of the enemy, not overnight, gather food, improve the city guards, this is what the thief army has been doing in the past few years, although Mi Yang into Nanzheng is a helpless move, but with his wisdom, he is not a person who will kill himself.

I expected Mi Yang's move because he thought that the grain and grass that Nanzheng had hoarded in the past was enough for him to hold Nanzheng for a while.

The lack of food in Hanzhong does not mean that Nanzheng is short of food, and if Nanzheng is short of food, how can it not be able to hold on for several months!

At present, eight or nine out of ten Hanzhong are owned by our army, and Mi Yang will not break through and run away casually.

In addition, I received news a few days ago that Zhuge Kongming had put down the rebellion in Nanzhong, and with his talent, if he was given a few months, he could easily gather tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

Although I sent a hussar general to garrison outside Yangping Pass to block the reinforcements from Yizhou, Zhuge Kongming was not a person who did not know how to use military strategy, and with tens of thousands of elite soldiers in hand, the two armies were fighting, and it was not yet known who would win and who would lose.

If Zhuge Kongming defeated the hussar general and led his army to aid Nanzheng from Yangping Pass, then our army would no longer be able to capture Nanzheng.

Now that the elites of Liangzhou are in a lonely city, the will of heaven may make them perish in the future, but how can the matter of war be completely entrusted to the will of heaven?

Our army should be vigorous, surrounded on three sides, storm Nanzheng, and then send a cavalry army to wander outside Yangping Pass, if the enemy rescues the troops, the cavalry can steal the enemy's grain and grass, so that the internal attack and external defense, is a foolproof plan. ”

When Cao Zhen expressed his opinion, many Wei generals turned to support Cao Zhen.

In the current situation, the Wei army is definitely in the upper hand, but this does not mean that the Wei army is in a foolproof situation.

As Cao Zhen said, Zhuge Liang has put down the rebellion in Nanzhong, and the first major thing to do in the next anti-Han court must be to rush to the aid of Liangzhou regardless of all forces.

And under the reckless assistance of the anti-Han court, can Cao Hong guarantee to block the reinforcements of Yizhou?

Just a few days ago, the generals had just received a battle report from the Sword Pavilion - the Han army attacked the camp of the Middle Route Army at night, resulting in heavy losses for the Middle Route Army.

If many Wei generals were still confident in Cao Hong's ability before, then after receiving this news, many people couldn't help but muttered in their hearts.

On the one hand, Zhuge Liang, who won a great victory in Nanzhong, and on the other hand, he was the hussar general of his own side who was taken advantage of by the enemy's junior generals.

Not only did many Wei Jiang feel so, but even Cao Zhen was very disappointed with Cao Hong's performance.

If it weren't for the fact that it was a critical time to seize Liangzhou, and he was worried that the change of generals would affect the morale of the army, Cao Zhen would have taken away Cao Hong's military power with a military order.

And the disappointment of Cao Hong from top to bottom led to Cao Zhen's worries, which affected many people.

Under this influence and convincing Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen's opinion soon became a formal military order that spread throughout the three armies.

Even if many generals in the world did not want to engage in a tragic siege war, if the time came to do so, many generals would not hesitate to make this decision.

After unifying the internal views, Cao Zhen asked the generals to step back and act according to the plan for today.

After most of the Wei generals had retreated, Cao Zhen found that Liu Ye was still in the tent.

No matter how high Liu Ye's status is, he is only a military staff officer of Cao Zhen at present, and he does not have any military power in his hands.

So it is obvious that all Wei generals will be busy in the next period of time, but he will be very relaxed.

But Liu Ye didn't want to let himself be unsuccessful in such a big battle.

Cao Zhen saw that Liu Ye seemed to have something to say, so he retreated left and right, and then asked Liu Ye:

"What do you think, you can say it bluntly."

Cao Zhen originally thought that Liu Ye had a different view of the combat strategy he arranged, but it was obvious that Liu Ye, who had always been good at speculating on his intentions, did not stay for this.

"The arrangement of the general can be described as extremely appropriate, as long as there is no accident, Liangzhou will be owned by our country within half a year."

As soon as Liu Ye opened his mouth, he first affirmed Cao Zhen's arrangement, and then he expressed his opinion:

"Ran Ye thought that in addition to besieging Nanzheng, our army also needed to take Seoul as soon as possible.

Seoul controls the Han River, and lives between Yangping Pass and Nanzheng, if the enemy army has reinforcements, it will inevitably use Seoul as a springboard.

In other words, if there are really reinforcements rushing to Nanzheng from the direction of Yangping Pass, as long as Seoul is in the hands of our army, then our army will still advance and retreat freely and will not be in trouble. ”

Hearing Liu Ye's suggestion was this, Cao Zhen couldn't help but look a little hesitant.

He also knows the importance of Seoul, but as the so-called snake fights seven inches, he is bound to take Nanzheng as soon as possible when he mobilizes heavy troops.

Of course, what Liu Ye said is also reasonable, the capture of Seoul has a lot of strategic significance, but the strategic significance of capturing Seoul is more reflected in the prevention of reinforcements from Yizhou.

And on the one hand, he has already dispatched tens of thousands of Cao Hong's elite soldiers to prevent trouble, so why bother to do it again?

Although Cao Zhen did not have much confidence in Cao Hong, this did not mean that he should rashly transfer the main force to attack Seoul because of this lack of confidence.

No matter how stupid Cao Hong is, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers in charge, it is not difficult to hold the passage outside Yangping Pass.

Moreover, the strategic purpose of the Wei army was to seize Nanzheng, not to prevent reinforcements from Yizhou, so how could it be put before the horse.

Liu Ye saw Cao Zhen's hesitant face, and he knew that his suggestion might be adopted, and he planned to work harder.

But just when Liu Ye was about to speak again, Wang Shuang, who had just left outside the tent, suddenly broke into the tent:

"Big, general, it's a big deal!"

Wang Shuang's panic and the content of the report made Cao Zhenteng stand up directly from his seat.

He didn't blame Wang Shuang's faux pas, all because the reaction that came to his mind made him too late to care about this:

Could it be that the Han army took advantage of the unstable foothold of its own army and directly fought out?

Overtime tonight, Xiao Zhang will serve.

Two chapters of tomorrow.

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