Dealing with friendly forces, as long as it's close enough, it's not a hassle.

In fact, Wu Ban's headquarters is only fifty miles away from Meixian, and this distance, that is, the march process of about a day, is theoretically not very difficult to meet such an army.

The reason for the trouble now lies in the 3,000 cavalry of the Wei army.

What Wang Ping could think of, Wei Yan could also think of, and even Wei Yan had no doubt at all that the Wei army would take advantage of the speed advantage of the cavalry to sneak attack the receiving troops he sent.

But Wei Yan is not without a way to avoid this situation.

There is a saying that the distance of fifty miles is destined for the cavalry to have only one chance to sneak attack, once the opportunity to sneak attack is missed and lingers, then the remaining 3,000 central forbidden troops of the Wei army are likely to be surrounded and attacked by Wu Ban and others.

For Wei Yan, as long as he deceived a sneak attack by this cavalry unit, then the rest of the things would be much easier.

The key is how to deceive this cavalry unit.

Based on Wei Yan's understanding of Wu Ban, although he is not a general who is good at change, he is also a veteran general on the battlefield, and there are some things that Wu Ban will do without Wei Yan specifically explaining.

So what Wei Yan has to do is probably to use some small tricks to make the cavalry commander of the Wei army unable to judge when he will send troops to rescue, and that's it.

Therefore, Wei Yan is waiting, waiting for a suitable time.

And what about Biqiu Jian. Indeed, Biqiu Jian was really thinking about whether he was looking for an opportunity to sneak attack a receiving force from Meixian County.

This is not some kind of trick, it belongs to the battlefield situation that everyone can think of, that is, Zhu Zan, who has made this suggestion to Biqiu Jian.

Zhu Zan believes that he can lead more than 3,000 central forbidden troops to resist the attack of more than 10,000 Shu troops on the opposite side, and insist on two or three hours, as long as during this time, Biqiu Jian can make a detour to break through the receiving troops from Meixian County, and then reflexively kill back, and if he attacks this Shu army in front and back, there is still a chance to break the enemy.

Even if the operation is good, maybe even Meixian can be lost and recovered.

Although Biqiu Jian was not as beautiful as Zhu Zan thought, he also felt that it was not a bad choice for him to lead the cavalry to intercept the receiving troops in Meixian.

But in the same way, Biqiu Jian can also realize that he has only one chance to intercept the receiving troops in Meixian County. Therefore, in the direction of Meixian County, Biqiu Jian sent more than 100 cavalry to act as scouts, and rode back and forth to search for information, and it was necessary to determine the specific time when the defenders of Meixian County went out of the city to respond.

But so be it. That Meixian guard is not an ordinary reckless man!

Under Wei Yan's arrangement, every two hours, Meixian County will send a small army, the number of people is about 1,000 people, if you want to say that they are here to respond, although it is not impossible, but it is somewhat child's play.

Not to mention, this army will immediately retreat to Meixian County after ten miles away from the city, and it has no intention of continuing to advance at all.

This made Biqiu Jian firmly believe that this army was just a bait used to lure his cavalry team to set off, once he really left Zhu Zan's department to sneak attack this so-called receiving force, he would not say anything, and the Shu army directly opposite would definitely seize every opportunity to attack Zhu Zan's department.

Once that time comes, Biqiu Jian must consider whether to hurry back to help Zhu Zan.

If you go back to help, the Shu army can take advantage of the opportunity to send a response force, a distance of fifty miles, if the Shu generals on both sides cooperate well, they can catch up in half a day, and then withdraw to Meixian together, then it will be difficult for Biqiu Jian to have the opportunity to lead the cavalry to assault.

And if he doesn't come back to help, even if Zhu Zan leads the Central Forbidden Army, he can't support the siege of such a large Shu army with poor strength, once there is no Zhu Zan's more than 3,000 foot soldiers to contain it, it is difficult to drag the Shu army back to Meixian with only 3,000 cavalry from Biqiu Jian.

Therefore, Biqiu Jian must carefully judge the timing of his attack. This time it was obviously a trick to lure the enemy by the Meixian guards, and Biqiu Jian was not moved at all, and continued to stalemate with Wu Ban and other troops.

And the next day, Wei Yan sent a force of 2,000 men.

Although the number of this army is still a little small, it is enough to meet the Shu army, and Biqiu Jian is really hesitant at this time.

Do you want to attack?!

Fifty miles of road, a round trip is a hundred miles, even if it is a halfway volley, it will take at least half a day, this is still the speed of cavalry.

You really only get one chance.

Biqiu Jian calmly analyzed for a while, and felt that this time the Meixian guards should still be a trick to lure the enemy, and he needed to calm down.

Sure enough, this 2,000-strong foot soldier was only ten miles away from the city, and immediately withdrew to Meixian.

This made Biqiu Jian breathe a sigh of relief slightly.

But. In the afternoon, Meixian sent a force of three thousand men.

Biqiu Jian suddenly felt that the pressure was a little too great.

How many defenders there are in Meixian County, Biqiu Jian is somewhat predictable, and there are no more than 6,000 people at most.

Three thousand men were sent at once. It's really the scale it should be.

If this army no longer withdraws ten miles from the city, but comes to meet the Shu army in one go, it is really possible to directly take away more than 10,000 soldiers.

As long as more than 10,000 soldiers retreat to Meixian safely, then even if Guo Tingshi leads the troops back to help, this Meixian County will not be so easy to fight.

As for when Guo Tingshi will be able to lead the troops back to help, this Biqiu Jian is not sure.

Five days ago, Biqiu Jian sent a fast horse and sent his battle report and suggestions, even if Guo Tingshi immediately adopted it, now it is only just to complete the preparations for the withdrawal of the army.

More than 40,000 troops, to return to Meixian from Wuzhangyuan, without anyone to pursue, it will take about four or five days. But this time cannot be used as a reference at all, and in the process of Guo Tingshi's withdrawal, he will definitely be pursued by the Shu army.

Even if Guo Jianshi divides his troops to block it, it will take at least five or six days to get to the city of Meixian.

Therefore, in Biqiu Jian's concept, it is necessary to delay the main force of the Shu army for at least five or six days before the task can be completed.

Originally, this hope was very slim, after all, Biqiu Jian only had 3,000 cavalry, and even if he gave full play to the speed advantage of the cavalry, it was just a guerrilla method to try his best to slow down the march of the Shu army.

But now, because Sun Li of Sanguan unexpectedly sent reinforcements, so that the number of soldiers that Biqiu Jian can command now has increased to more than 6,000 people, although the strength is still at a disadvantage, but after all, it forced this Shu army to suspend the pace of advancing into Meixian.

Six thousand against one thousand, it is not impossible to break the enemy head-on, but it is necessary to mobilize the enemy's actions to make the enemy show his flaws Now it seems that the enemy's commander is not an idiot, he chose to stick to the spot and wait for the friendly army to respond, Biqiu Jian did not have a very good way to break the enemy army head-on.

In this case, it became the key to intercept the receiving troops sent by Meixian, keep this Shu army in place, and prevent them from merging with the Shu army in Meixian. It is necessary to judge the exact time of attack.

But. The chief general of the defenders in Meixian County is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

First sent 1,000 people to tempt, then increased to 2,000, and now 3,000 people, this is increasing the pressure on Biqiu Jian's heart step by step, and then affecting Biqiu Jian's judgment.

This shows that the guard of Meixian County is not an unwise person. If you extrapolate backwards from this direction, then this time the 3,000 people went out of the city, and it still didn't necessarily mean that they really had to go out of the city to rescue.

Biqiu Jian hesitated again and again, and finally chose to stay put. And the final result also made Biqiu Jian breathe a sigh of relief.

The 3,000 soldiers sent by Wei Yan to the city chose to retreat to Meixian after still going out of the city for ten miles.

Sure enough, this is still not a real receiving force.

And with Wei Yan's 3,000 receiving troops retreating into the city, the day's time was over.

Early in the morning of the third day, Meixian again sent 2,000 soldiers out of the city. After receiving the information, Biqiu Jian started the game with Wei Yan again.

The 3,000 men yesterday should have been the most likely soldiers and horses to go out of the city to meet them, but they went back halfway.

Today's team of 2,000 people, did the enemy commander feel that he had let his guard down, so he really sent it out to respond?!

It's not impossible, but. What if the other party is still deliberately playing tricks?!

Still unsure, he ordered the rangers to keep an eye on the outgoing troops, and as soon as they marched more than twenty miles, the cavalry would set off at once.

Once you march more than twenty miles, you will only be thirty miles away from the Shu army in front of you, and if you speed up the march, you will definitely be able to arrive within two hours.

However, the troops from Meixian County who went out of the city, after fifteen miles out of the city, once again chose to retreat into the city.

This made Biqiu Jian's tense heart let go again. Sure enough, it was still a false trick, trying to trick himself into attacking the air.

Can this time. The enemy marched five miles more before retreating.

This shows that the enemy's commander-in-chief should also be in a hurry, thinking about testing where his bottom line is.

Biqiu Jian felt that if the enemy army wanted to send a receiving force, it should be in the next two days, and it would be impossible to continue the unrestricted temptation of the real and the false.

For this reason, Biqiu Jian increased his vigilance and ordered all the rangers to gather and concentrate on monitoring the troops leaving the city at the west gate of Meixian County.

At the end of the afternoon, Meixian again sent a force from the city, with only a thousand people, to march in the direction where Biqiu Jian and the others were.

Only a thousand?!

Biqiu Jian was also a little confused. Isn't this number of people a little careless if they come to pick it up?!

However, if you think about it the other way around, the enemy army will be playing a trick in the past few days, perhaps. The most unlikely team to receive is the team that is most likely to actually respond?!

Thinking of this, Biqiu Jian suddenly did not dare to be careless, let all the ranger troops gather, and closely monitor the Shu army troops coming out of the west gate of Meixian County along the way, or limited to twenty miles, as long as the Shu army broke through this boundary, he would immediately lead the cavalry to set off to intercept.

But when this thousand-person team walked fifteen miles away from Meixian, it chose to retreat to Meixian again.

This operation, Biqiu Jian always feels that it seems to be quite normal, but there seems to be something wrong. Why is it still a false move?!

Indeed, it seems a bit of child's play that Meixian only sent a thousand people to meet his friendly army, but the Meixian guard is not like a scheming person, he can't not know that if he keeps delaying and not receiving friendly troops, it is actually the most beneficial for himself.

If it drags on like this, once Guo Tingshi leads the army back to Meixian, the Shu army outside the city will become a completely lonely army, and there will be no way to survive at all.

If you want to answer, it must be today, not more than tomorrow at the latest.

What the hell is the Meixian guard thinking?!

And less than half an hour later, Biqiu Jian knew what the Meixian guard was thinking.

Zhu Zan suddenly sent someone to report that it was ten miles east of the confrontation between the two armies, and a Shu army of more than 4,000 people suddenly appeared, and the leading generals had the word "Wei" written on their banners.

Biqiu Jian understood now, he still let the Meixian guard play a trick!!

(End of chapter)