Liu Bei's three generals, Zhang Xi, Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao, finally completed the convergence under the mountain road on the west side of Wuzhang Plain, and prepared to attack the camp at the mountain road entrance together.

Zhang Xi and the other three are not Xue Ze, these three people are all generals, and they know that in this case, they must not still be able to fight separately for the three routes, and they must select a temporary commander to lead the army of nearly 30,000, so as to form a joint force.

This is actually not difficult, the three of them are old acquaintances, and there is no need to be modest and polite to each other.

After a little discussion, Zhang Xi and Chen Zhi jointly promoted Zhang Fei as the commander and commanded the operation.

Whether in terms of official position, military experience, or prestige in the army, Zhang Fei is the most suitable candidate.

And Zhang Fei did not mean to be arbitrary, and he also listened carefully to Zhang Xi and Chen Zhi's opinions on how to attack.

In other words, the most important thing is Zhang Xi's opinion.

Whether it is Zhang Fei or Chen Dao, they all recognize Zhang Xi's strategy, and they know that this kid has a lot of ideas, so it's right to ask this kid's opinion more.

As for Zhang Xi, he also began to seriously examine the current situation.

This Northern Expedition, since the dispatch of troops, has been very smooth, even so smooth that it is beyond Zhang Xi's imagination.

The first line of defense set up by the Cao army under the Wuzhang Plain, the Xiying defense line has been overcome, and only the three camps at the mountain pass on the west side of the Wuzhang Plain, as well as a Cao army camp in the center of the mountain road, have not been breached.

Until now, the Cao army has been defeated in successive battles, and the morale of the army has been very low.

But the crux of the problem is not the remaining three camps of Cao Ying in the western district, but how to quickly seize the mountain road and attack Wuzhang Plain.

If the Wuzhangyuan Heights can be occupied, then in the next battle, the Han will occupy the strategic initiative, and the situation can be said to be very advantageous to the Han.

In order to occupy the Wuzhangyuan Heights, the first thing to solve is the Cao army camp in the middle of the mountain road.

Originally, it was actually not difficult to fight, after all, now the morale of the Cao army is low, and the army has no fighting spirit. But the flag of the original guard of Wuzhang appeared in the central camp of the mountain road, which is a bit variable.

The main general will fight on the front line, which will more or less boost the morale of the army, and as long as the main general's brain is not really in the water, then he should know what he has to do now.

Zhang Xi pondered for a long time, and compared back and forth on the map for a long time before finally speaking.

"Three generals, General Chen, our army is victorious, and it is not difficult to take the camp under the mountain of Cao Jun, but this mountain road camp is probably a bit troublesome!"

As soon as Zhang Xi said this, Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi also nodded slightly.

Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi can also see this strategic situation, and the real key point is not here at all.

Zhang Xi also knew this, so he continued, "Since Your Majesty led the troops out of the Zhuan Slope, the army has been stationed for ten days, and we have been attacking the western camp of the thief army for ten days and twenty days, and Chang'an will have to deal with it. Cao Zhen is not a weak handsome, Guo Huai, Zhang He are all wise and brave generals, 20 days, enough for three people to respond, want to come to Cao Jun reinforcements, now it is not far from Wuzhang Yuan. ”

Zhang Fei thought for a moment and looked at Chen Dao.

And Chen Zhi also thought about it slightly, nodded, and said, "In my opinion, it will be three days for the fast, and five days for the slow, and the reinforcements of the Cao army will arrive." ”

When Zhang Fei heard this point in time, he also nodded slightly. It was about the same time as Cao Jun came to help, which he had calculated in his heart.

Combined with what Zhang Xi said before, Zhang Fei was not stupid, and immediately understood Zhang Xi's intentions.

It is not a problem to defeat the western camp, the problem is how to break through the central camp of the mountain road within three or five days, and at the same time have to kill Wuzhangyuan and seize control of Wuzhangyuan.

In terms of time, there is not enough.

Therefore, Zhang Fei had to look at Zhang Xi and asked, "Does Yuan Chang have a good way to break the enemy?!" ”

Zhang Xi frowned slightly, and said, "There is a strategy to break through the mountain road camp, but if it can't be decided in one battle, it will be difficult for us to attack Wuzhang Plain within three or five days." ”

Chen Zhi didn't quite understand and asked, "What does Yuan Chang mean by this?!" ”

Then Zhang Xi began to explain.

What about the current situation, it is no longer a problem to break through the Xiying defense line of the Cao army, and even how to break through and occupy the mountain road on the west side of Wuzhangyuan, Zhang Xi also has a way.

But the problem is that if they can't kill Wuzhangyuan as soon as possible while breaking through the mountain road camp, or if the Cao army on Wuzhangyuan continues to defend to the death, Zhang Xi and others have to find a way to break through the camp on Wuzhangyuan Mountain. Three or five days is simply not enough.

Therefore, what Zhang Xi wanted was to be able to break through the mountain road camp at the same time, see if he could capture or kill Xue Ze, the main general of Wuzhang Yuan stationed here, and then drive troops to cover and kill, so that he could be sure to capture Wuzhang Yuan in a battle.

There is a risk in this, in case Xue Ze escapes back to Dazhai on Wuzhangyuan Mountain to continue to hold on, then Zhang Xi and the others actually have not much to gain except for obtaining a passage up the mountain on the west side of Wuzhangyuan.

But there is a very big luck factor in this kind of thing, not to mention that the local master is still holding on to the camp and really wants to run, it is difficult for you to stop it.

Zhang Xi thought about it, but he couldn't think of a good way, and he discussed it with Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi for a while, and they didn't have a better idea.

In the end, it was Zhang Fei who made a decision.

"Now the war should not be delayed, we should make a decision at the right time!" Zhang Fei said to Zhang Xi, "Of course, it would be better if we could capture and kill Xue, but if the heavens don't help, we don't need to force it, we need to take down the mountain road camp first!" ”

Zhang Xi thought about it, and the last thing that could not be dragged out now was the side of the big man.

Therefore, Zhang Xi hurriedly said, "In this case, tomorrow we will immediately capture the three villages of Xiying, and after breaking the village, let the Cao army scatter and flee, and we will only do the state of looting the grain and grass property of Xiying." ”

When Chen Zhi heard this, he was a little puzzled and asked. "What does the chief mean?! The enemy army is scattered, why do we want to loot the enemy's food, grass and property if we don't take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill?! ”

Zhang Xi smiled slightly, and for a while he really found a feeling of "strategizing", and said, "Cao's military law is strict, although the other army is defeated, it does not dare to escape, and it will inevitably flee to the mountain road camp." If we take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, the enemy defenders will not dare to take in these defeated troops, and the defeated army will be crowded on the mountain road, and we will not wait for the slaughter, and it will be useless to attack. If you don't postpone the pursuit and make a state of collecting money, the enemy defenders will see that there is no one to chase after them, and they will inevitably open the village to take in the defeated soldiers. At the same time, he also asked General Shuzhi to send more than 100 elite Bai Yu soldiers, dressed as Cao Jun, and blended into the defeated army."

There is no need to say much about the rest of the words, they are all people who are older than the military formation, and they all know what to do next.

The inside should be combined with the outside.

Indeed, according to Cao Jun's military discipline, if a soldier flees or surrenders, the soldier's family must rematch someone else as his wife, and until the moment of life and death, Cao Jun will not easily choose to flee or surrender, so the defeated soldier will definitely run to the mountain road camp and defect to the mountain road general.

If the pursuit is too much, the mountain road master will really have no choice if he is a ruthless lord and does not accept the defeated troops into the village in order to keep the mountain road.

On the contrary, if you don't pursue, the mountain road master will have enough reasons to take in these defeated soldiers. After all, the person who is now at a disadvantage in Wuzhangyuan's forces is on the side of the Cao army, and it is always a good thing to retain a little more combat power.

At that time, Chen Zhi sent more than 100 Bai Yu soldiers to mix in, open the gate of the village during the melee, and cooperate with the attacking army to cooperate with the outside and the outside, and this mountain road camp was also breached.

There's just a problem here.

"What if Na Xue is cautious and screens the defeated soldiers in detail, or orders the defeated soldiers not to stay in the camp and drive them to the rear to rest?!" Chen Zhi asked a little uneasily.

For this, Zhang Xi still just smiled.

"Judging from the stream, Xue Ze is definitely not a resourceful general, otherwise, how can I break through the Xiying defense line in less than ten days?!" Zhang Xi smiled and asked Chen Dao.

Chen thought about it too.

As far as the response methods that Xue Ze has shown in the past few days are really not like what a general with strategic planning can do, this person is most likely not a person with a strategy.

People who have no plans will most likely not be cautious about doing things, so Chen Zhi also judged that this Xue Ze should not be able to come up with the idea of carefully screening the defeated soldiers.

Besides, Xue Ze is not a person with a strategy, but Zhang Xi is really cautious in the use of troops, Zhang Xi is a person who is not even as good as Zhuge Liang.

"If you want to prevent Xue, you will screen the defeated soldiers, and there is no way!" Zhang Xi continued to smile and said, "We only need to grasp the momentum of the siege, break through the three camps of the Western Defense Line before nightfall, and drive the defeated soldiers on the mountain After nightfall, Xue Ze needs to wait until dawn even if he wants to screen the defeated soldiers. ”

It's okay now, Zhang Xi has even plugged the last loophole. Chen Zhi and Zhang Fei didn't have any opinions.

Once the plan is formulated, the rest is to be executed the next day.

In order to ensure that he could make up time, Zhang Fei officially sent troops in the afternoon of the next day to besiege the last three camps of the Wuzhangyuan Western District Defense Line.

Originally, Zhang Fei and others thought that it was almost appropriate to send troops at this time, after all, the Cao army still had three camps, even if the morale was low, but it could always hold on for half a day.

But what Zhang Fei didn't expect was that he only commanded his soldiers to storm the camps at the mountain pass twice, and the defenders in these camps chose to abandon the camp and flee.

This time, Zhang Xi was a little caught off guard, and you couldn't help but fight.

It's not dark yet, it's even the end of the day, and it's at least two hours before the sun goes down.

Now the Cao army is retreating, and it is three camps retreating together, if you don't chase and kill, it's not like a word.

When Zhang Fei saw this situation, he subconsciously looked at Zhang Xi, and Zhang Xi's mind turned quickly, and then immediately made a decision.

Let Chen Zhi lead a thousand Bai Yu soldiers to pursue, but don't chase too closely, chase back at the foot of the mountain.

If it is convenient, he took advantage of this pursuit to mix more than 100 white soldiers who had changed into Cao Jun's clothes into the defeated army of Cao Jun.

The rest of the soldiers began to make a posture of looting the grain and grass of the three camps. It's a big deal, let's search a little slower and delay the time.

As for whether Xue Ze will take advantage of this time to take in the defeated soldiers and screen the defeated soldiers at the same time, this is really not something that Zhang Xi can control.

Sometimes this is the case, no matter how well the strategy is designed, it depends on the effect after the actual implementation, such as this time, Zhang Xi didn't expect that Cao Jun would be so unresistant.

(End of chapter)