Chapter 542: Wudang Fei Army vs. Cao Wei's Forbidden Army
Wang Ping sent people to Chencang Dao, on the one hand, to confirm his judgment, and on the other hand, he also hoped that the guards in the direction of Chencang Dao could provide him with some military assistance. If you really can't send troops, you can send some food, grass and ordnance supplies.
After all, there are only four days of food left on his body, in case of an accident, or when attacking the camp, the defenders are ruthless and directly burn down the granary, then Wang Pingke really has no place to cry.
As for the Wei army camp behind Sanguan, this Wang Ping is really not in a hurry.
The main purpose of the establishment of the Sanguan is to guard against the enemy army in Longyou and protect the pass.
Therefore, when it was built, the side facing the right side of Long was the front of the pass, and the side facing the middle of the pass was the back of the pass.
The front of the pass is naturally an open field, and in the area of ten miles ahead, not even half a tree can be seen.
But on the back side of the pass, a small town is responsible for providing supplies for the pass, and on the periphery of the town, there will be some walled cities and barracks responsible for defense.
Generally speaking, the main defense point of Sanguan is in front of Sanguan, not behind Sanguan.
Now Zhao Yun led the army to tackle the key problems before the pass, and most of the attention of the Wei army was in front of the pass, and the defense behind the pass was not very sufficient for a while, and there were only more than 100 guards in a camp at most.
Wang Ping led more than 2,000 people, even if it was divided into two routes, it was not a big problem to conquer one or two camps.
As long as these two camps were conquered, Wang Ping would have a passage to the town, and if it went well, it would not be a troublesome thing to plunder the supplies inside the town for his own use.
According to his own ideas, Wang Ping divided half of his troops to his lieutenant and asked him to attack one camp, while Wang Ping personally led the troops to attack another camp.
There are indeed only more than 100 soldiers in the camp, and it is definitely impossible to be Wang Ping's opponent, and it only takes less than an hour to attack these camps.
But Wang Ping unexpectedly found that Wei Jun's reaction seemed to be a little different from what he thought.
According to Wang Ping's expectations, the Wei army in the camp should be both surprised and panicked in the face of the sudden appearance of a thousand enemy troops.
In fact, the Wei army in the camp at the beginning was indeed panicked for a while because of the sudden appearance of Wang Ping's army.
Wang Ping did take advantage of this time to launch an attack and try to conquer the camp. But soon Wang Ping realized that something was wrong.
The soldiers in the camp, after a moment of panic, began to set fire to their camp as if they had suddenly received valid orders. What does that mean?! Aren't you going to ask for these camps?!
The next actions of the Wei army also proved this point. After the Wei army in the camp set fire to the camp, they had no intention of fighting with Wang Pingjun at all, and quickly evacuated the camp.
Yes, evacuation, not rout, this is an organized retreat.
Wang Ping felt very strange, but Wang Ping didn't have the heart to send someone to pursue it now, once he pursued, it was hard to say whether it was a trap, and the set fire camp really couldn't be saved.
Wang Ping also counted on relying on these camps to obtain some food, grass and ordnance supplies, as well as to block the reinforcements sent by Sanguan.
In the end, Wang Ping still decided to suspend the march of troops, put out fires with the whole army, and rescue the grain and grass that might be hoarded in the camp.
At this time, Zhu Zan, who led 5,000 Cao Wei forbidden troops and was ready to support Meixian, had also led his troops to the periphery of the town.
It was only a day-and-a-half-day march from Sanguan to this town.
Juzan led the army yesterday morning and marched here for a day and a half, preparing to enter the town to rest and get supplies. As a result, a fire broke out in the defensive camp to the east of the town.
Although Zhu Zan does not have the same strategy and vision as Sun Li, Zhu Zan knows the military order of Sanguan very well during this time, after all, he is one of the generals guarding Sanguan.
After Sun Li learned through the scouts that there was a change in Chencang Road, just in case, he once issued a military order - if there was a large-scale attack by enemy soldiers behind the pass, the defenders of the camp should not fight, and immediately burned the camp and retreated into the pass.
Therefore, as soon as Zhu Zan saw that the two camps on the east side of the town were on fire at the same time, he immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, quickly enter the town, and prepare for defensive operations.
If it was just a fire in one camp, it was also possible that the fire was caused by the negligence of the garrison soldiers, and the two camps caught fire at the same time.
After all, there are changes in Chen Cangdao, although I don't know if Chen Cangdao has been broken, but at this time, it is not impossible for the Shu army to attack the town behind Sanguan.
It's just that Zhu Zan can't be sure now, whether this is a large-scale attack on Sanguan after the Shu army has broken through Chencang Road, or whether the scouts of the Shu army are creating chaos.
Therefore, while Zhu Zan ordered to enter the town to defend it, he immediately sent scouts in the army to investigate the situation.
It only took less than a quarter of an hour for Zhu Zan to get the information he wanted.
It is indeed the Shu army attacking the camp, but the number is not much, only more than 2,000 people, and at this time, the camp in the east of the town was only lost, and the remaining four camps are still in their own hands.
When Zhu Zan heard this, he was immediately much more relieved.
On the one hand, Zhu Zan was also glad that he had come in time enough, and the attack of the Shu army had not yet been fully launched.
On the other hand, there are more than 2,000 Shu troops, if they don't come, maybe this town may not be able to be saved, but since they came, it is the bad luck of the generals of the Shu army on the other side.
I came with a full 5,000 Great Wei Central Forbidden Army.
The Central Forbidden Army of the Great Wei Dynasty, but the Qingzhou soldiers and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were expanded, although they were not as strong as the previous combat effectiveness, but as a rare elite soldier in the world, it was no problem to fight two against ordinary soldiers.
And now, the Shu soldiers on the opposite side are only 2,000 people. With such a big advantage, if you don't beat him, you will be sorry for the name of the Great Wei Forbidden Army.
Zhu Zan is full of confidence, and the central forbidden army of Great Wei is also full of confidence. And Wang Ping is also full of confidence.
At this time, Wang Ping also learned the news of the Wei army's coming to help through the scouts.
Wang Ping was indeed surprised by the speed of the Wei army's reinforcements, as soon as his side extinguished the fire in the camp and grabbed some food supplies, the enemy's reinforcements had already arrived in front of him.
This speed of reinforcement is indeed very unexpected, could it be the Wei army town guard, is he a capable person?!
But soon, Wang Ping learned through the information reported by the scouts that the Wei army had come to help, with a total of 5,000 men. This is not the Wei army that came specifically to rescue the town, a small town will definitely not be able to accommodate an army of five thousand people.
This should be the Wei army sent out by Sanguan to support Meixian.
Wang Ping was suddenly extremely glad that he was too coincidental and allowed himself to be blocked like this.
After all, the purpose of Wang Ping's trip was not to block this support army and prevent them from supporting Meixian.
It's really God's blessing, Wang Ping didn't dare to think that if he arrived behind Sanguan a little late, would he just let go of this support army. Then I'm running for nothing.
As for the disadvantage of troops, Wang Ping was not very worried.
What's so great about the Wei army, after the Northern Expedition in the past few years, the Wei army is nothing more than that, and the army of the Han Dynasty is no worse than the Wei army.
What's more, Wang Ping himself is also very confident in the Wudang Feijun that he has trained single-handedly.
On the flat ground, the combat power of the Wudang Fei Army is second only to the Bai Yu soldiers, and the combat effectiveness of the ordinary Dahan soldiers is a notch stronger.
In the mountains, even if it is a white soldier, it is not an opponent of the Wudang Flying Army.
Now he has 2,500 Wudang Flying Army, and the opponent is just the Wei Army of 5,000 guards.
In this way, the main generals of both sides were extremely confident and led the troops to fight.
Wang Ping could only occupy two camps for a time, and a small half of these two camps were burned down, and the defense was insufficient, so Wang Ping chose to fight with the enemy in the field.
On Zhu Zan's side, he was full of confidence in the forbidden army he led, plus there were four camps and an entire town as his backyard, so Zhu Zan also chose to fight with Wang Ping.
And then bar. As soon as the two armies fought, the commanders of both sides were taken aback.
The soldier on the opposite side. Isn't the combat power a bit violated?!
In Wang Ping's opinion, the armor coverage rate of the Wei soldiers on the opposite side is too high, almost every soldier has leather armor, and it is not the kind of leather armor that only protects the vital parts, but the kind of half-body leather armor that protects the entire upper body, and even the hat has such an armor coverage rate, Wang Ping has only seen it on the white soldiers.
In Zhu Zan's opinion, although the equipment of the Shu soldiers on the opposite side looked tattered and unregulated, the vital parts that should be protected were also protected, and the most important thing was that the opponent's attack rhythm was very fast, and the soldiers were extremely brave.
The first collision of the two elite troops directly created a lose-lose situation.
On the Wei army's side, the armor coverage rate is extremely high, and the training of non-commissioned officers is also quite in place, the combat effectiveness is quite strong, and the number of people is still superior.
On the Han army's side, the armor coverage rate is a little worse, but the combat style of the soldiers is brave, especially the team's coordination ability is obviously better than the Wei army, and they are better at fighting in a small area The most important thing is that in terms of the durability and sharpness of the ordnance, the Han army is a cut above the Wei army.
The two sides fought for a quarter of an hour, and Wang Ping and Zhu Zan's brows never lowered.
In this short period of an hour, there were more than 100 casualties on each side, and it would be of no benefit to anyone to continue to fight like this.
Zhu Zan's side can bear it a little, after all, there are many others, and he can bear more than 100 casualties.
But Zhu Zan's main task is not to fight with a group of Shu troops who came out of nowhere, his task is to reinforce Meixian, if there are too many casualties here, even if he goes to Meixian, it is just to send people war exploits.
Wang Ping's side is already distressed.
In a quarter of an hour, more than 100 casualties. As soon as the Flying Army came, there had never been such serious casualties.
Last time in Jieting, more than 10,000 people from the 3,000 Wudang Fei Army attacked Zhang He, and they fought for more than two hours, but they only suffered more than 500 casualties.
No, we must not continue to fight so hard.
Wang Ping is an excellent general after all, and in terms of command and response, he is much stronger than Zhu Zan on the other side.
After a little thought, Wang Ping ordered the whole army to retreat while fighting, and lead the enemy into the mountains and forests.
As for Zhu Zan, watching the Wei army slowly occupy the battlefield advantage, began to suppress the Shu army, and forced the Shu army to retreat, Zhu Zan did not have too many doubts.
First of all, in Zhu Zan's eyes, this is in line with the normal situation.
After all, he led the Great Wei Forbidden Army, and his combat effectiveness was the highest in the Great Wei Army.
Although the enemy army fought back and forth with the forbidden army for a while with the courage of blood and blood, it could not last long after all.
Secondly, in Zhu Zan's view, he is the superior party in terms of strength, and if he continues to consume it like this, the main general of the Shu army will not be able to hold on sooner or later, and it is only a matter of time before he retreats so slowly.
Therefore, Zhu Zan did not doubt it at all, and immediately ordered the whole army to follow, suppress the Shu army, and pursue the Shu army.
In this way, Wang Ping fought and retreated all the way, and Zhu Zan chased all the way. Gradually, the Wei army was led into the mountain road and woodland by the Shu army.
Seeing that part of the vanguard of the Wei army had already pursued into the mountains and forests, Zhu Zan finally reacted a little at this time.
This is the basic battlefield creed!
Although Zhu Zan was not a famous general, he was also a qualified general, and at this time he finally remembered this basic principle of the battlefield, and quickly ordered the whole army to suspend the pursuit.
And at this time, Wang Ping could only sigh. Enemy generals, isn't he an idiot after all!!
Take it when you see it, you can eat as much as you want, no matter how greedy you are, I'm afraid you won't have anything left.
Wang Ping immediately ordered the whole army to take the squad as a unit, take advantage of the terrain of the mountain road, and counterattack on the whole line!
It's hard to say that the Wei army that didn't enter the mountains and forests, but the ones who did did the mountains and forests. Then don't think about going out!!
(End of chapter)