Zhang Xi was a little anxious.

It stands to reason that now Feng Xi is desperately dragging Zhang He, and he has already led the army to block the marching route of Zhang He's rear army, and Liu Yin on the flanks threatens the Wei army at all times, so he only needs to attack with all his strength and strive to defeat this Wei army.

But. Zhang Xi always felt uneasy.

On the one hand, Zhang He's rear army, under the command of the general named Wang Chang, put up a circular formation defense, and the organization and combat power of the soldiers were not weak, and they really couldn't break through the defense line organized by this person for a while.

On the other hand, Zhang Xi always felt that he seemed to have made the wrong decision.

Thinking about it carefully, now that Zhang He has occupied Wugong County, then Zhang Xi's task of seizing Wugong County and choosing the opportunity to send troops to attack Chang'an has failed from the beginning.

What Zhang Xi had to do next was actually to stop Zhang He's army, prevent the Wei army from threatening the flank of Wuzhangyuan, and relieve the siege of Guo Huai's army.

Therefore, for Zhang Xi, in fact, there is no need for him to intercept Zhang He's rear army, even if he allows Zhang He's rear army to enter Wugong County, it is not impossible.

Even if Zhang He has this support army, if he wants to attack Wuzhangyuan, he must first break the 20,000 army he brought, if he can't do it, even if Zhang He goes to Wuzhangyuan, he is just taking care of his head, and the back road and grain and grass will be cut off at any time, and he is just looking for death.

In this case, Zhang Xi doesn't need to take the initiative at all, as long as he has a hard-fought battle with Zhang He in Wugong County. Even if Zhang Xi is shameless and learns from a certain surname Sima, he can't defend it, and Zhang He has no way at all.

Anyway, with Zhang He's personality and age, there is a high probability that he will not be able to do anything to give women's clothes to people. It's really sent, Zhang Xi doesn't have a coping strategy, just continue to learn the surname Sima.

The initiative is completely in Zhang Xi's hands.

But now, Zhang Xi has made the decision to lead troops to intercept Zhang He's rear army.

Indeed, once this decision is completed, not only can the threat of Wuzhangyuan be cut off, but Zhang He can even be forced back to the right to support the wind, and if there is still strength left, Zhang Xi can still sneak attack Chang'an.

But. If it doesn't succeed, Gojohara will also encounter danger.

Why did you make such an imprudent decision, this is not in line with your consistent character?!

The development of today's war situation has clearly verified this point.

Yes, the rear army led by Wang Chang has been led by Zhang Xi with 10,000 troops, blocked in the east of Wugong County, and his flank is also threatened by Liu Yin's 3,000 soldiers at all times, from a conventional point of view, as long as Feng Xi can hold back Zhang He's receiving troops, and Zhang Xi works hard to attack, then these rear troops led by Wang Chang, even if they are not completely annihilated, will suffer heavy casualties.

But in reality, this is not the case.

From Zhang Xi's point of view, it was he and Liu Yin who surrounded the 7,000 Wei army led by Wang Chang, but from Wang Chang's point of view, it can actually be seen that Wang Chang led 7,000 soldiers to drag Zhang Xi and Liu Yin's 13,000 people, just waiting for Zhang He to come out of Wugong County, attack back and forth, and break the enemy in one fell swoop.

Once Zhang Xi can't block Zhang He and Wang Chang's front and back attacks, resulting in the rout of his own troops, then it is really unknown whether he can still stop Zhang He from raiding Wuzhangyuan next.

In other words, Zhang Xi obviously had a chance to hold Zhang He back, but now he chose a battle plan with great results and no small risks.

The two troops are in a state of nesting dolls attacking each other, and if one does not deal with it well, the consequences can be very serious.

If you don't win, you will lose, and there is basically no intermediate state.

It would be understandable if Wei Yan, the old horseman, made such a decision, his combat style was originally like this.

But Zhang Xi. Zhang Xi himself wondered why he made such a decision.

Zhang Xi always felt that he seemed to have been affected by some kind of influence, maybe it was from Liu Bei, maybe it was from Pang Tong, or maybe it was from Zhuge Liang?!

This Northern Expedition was originally a relatively hasty Northern Expedition, and the army's grain and grass reserves were only prepared for half a year, and now Fa Zheng and Liu Ba, who are now sitting in Hanzhong, have the most troublesome thing now, that is, to transfer grain from each other, in case of an unfavorable supply of grain and grass after more than half a year of the army's conquest.

But this Northern Expedition, but carried out unusually smooth, from mid-September Liu Bei sent troops, until now it is only two months, has surrounded the main force of the Wei army along the Weishui River, as long as you wait for a while, when the main force of the Wei army collapses, you can drive the troops straight into Guanzhong, attack Chang'an.

Such an ill-prepared campaign, yet such smooth progress. Not only Liu Bei, the monarch, but even Pang Tong, Huang Quan, and even Zhuge Liang and others have an urgency to lock in the victory as soon as possible.

Otherwise, with Zhuge Liang's character, can he approve of Pang Tong's plan to attack Chang'an? !

Everyone's mentality has become more or less impatient, and Zhang Xi was unconsciously influenced by these people to make such a decision.

But anyway, the strategy has been made, and it is not a failed strategy, although there are risks, but the benefits after success are also expectedZhang Xi can no longer suddenly modify the strategy at this time.

It's just that the strategy is a bit risky, and it's not that there's something wrong with the strategy. Just be careful.

After thinking about it, Zhang Xi came to the front line in person, found Gao Xiang, and took over the command of the front army at the same time.

It's not that he is dissatisfied with Gao Xiang's command, it's just that the distance of twenty miles is twenty miles, and even if Feng Xi tries his best, it is impossible to keep delaying Zhang He's march.

Zhang He will arrive sooner or later, the difference is only whether he will arrive two hours later or three hours later.

Therefore, Zhang Xi did not have much time to grind with Wang Chang, and since he decided to fight, he must defeat the rear army led by Wang Chang as soon as possible.

Gao Xiang's command is not wrong, in the face of the circular defense, it is necessary to put pressure on the enemy in all directions, so that the enemy troops cannot connect with each other under pressure, so that it is possible to break into the enemy formation and divide and encircle the enemy army. Breaking the circle formation, basically does this.

But, the problem now is that Zhang Xi doesn't have that much time and doesn't have that much army. I had to take a risk.

After taking over the command, Zhang Xi ordered the whole army to temporarily retreat and recuperate, and at the same time sent an envoy to contact Liu Yin's department.

In the face of the defense of the circle formation, in addition to the more conventional method of breaking the formation adopted by Gao Xiang, there is actually a way to crack it. It's just that this cracking method not only requires the quality of one's own soldiers to be extremely high, but also requires the other party's soldiers to be not organized enough.

That is, after concentrating a little attack and attracting the key defense of the enemy's non-commissioned officers in the circle, choose to break through with the sharp knives of other divisions in other areas where the defense is weak, and divide the circle.

In doing so, not only does it require the attack of one's own soldiers to put unstoppable pressure on the enemy, so that the enemy soldiers can concentrate on defense, but also hope that the enemy's organization is not enough, the deployment of troops is not smooth, and the coordination with each other is not coordinated, so as to expose gaps and flaws in other positions.

This method is actually not suitable for the current battlefield.

Today's Han and Wei armies, with insufficient combat power and insufficient organization, have always been the Han army, not the Wei army. The gold content of the Great Wei Forbidden Army, at this time, is still relatively sufficient, whether it is personal quality or organization, it is not comparable to the Han army composed of ordinary county soldiers.

But Zhang Xi still chose this method of warfare, first let the soldiers retreat and recuperate, reorganize the offensive front formation, and then send someone to inform Liu Yin, so that he could choose the time to cut into the enemy formation independently.

It's really not that Zhang Xi has no choice but to gamble, but Zhang Xi has calculated correctly, and there is a moment when even the highly organized Great Wei Forbidden Army will involuntarily reveal its flaws.

That's when it's time to break through with a pinch.

Zhang Xi didn't believe it, when Zhang He appeared behind him, Wang Chang could resist the temptation to break through and continue to set up a circle in place to defend it.

If this is the case, Zhang Xi really dares to turn around and fight Zhang He first, after all, Zhang He can only send 2,000 people to respond if he dies.

As long as Wang Chang has the heart to break through, then he must cooperate with Zhang He to carry out front and back attacks, and at that time, Wang Chang will definitely not be able to continue to maintain the round formation, and he will definitely show flaws.

And what Zhang Xi has to do now is to put as much pressure on Wang Chang as possible, so that Wang Chang can easily complete the formation conversion and lead the troops to break through.

Therefore, reorganizing the offensive and focusing on putting pressure on Wang Chang is Zhang Xi's first choice now.

After the readjustment, Zhang Xi commanded the Han army to continue the offensive, and this time chose the way to focus on breakthroughs.

At this time, Wang Chang obviously didn't realize what Zhang Xi was planning to do, but he just felt that this attack of the Shu army was not as good as before.

Wang Chang dared to put down a circular formation to defend, on the one hand, because he believed in the organization and combat effectiveness of the forbidden army, and on the other hand, he had no choice. If you don't set up a round formation, if you attack the Shu army, it's one thing to be able to win, even if you can win, it's another thing how many fighters you can have left in your rear army.

In a war, there are no immortals, what Wang Chang can do is to reduce his own casualty rate as much as possible.

Therefore, Wang Chang chose to put down a round formation.

The advantage of the round formation is that the soldiers of various units can echo each other, cooperate with each other, and try to create a situation of more against less locally, so that the defense will be much easier and the casualty rate will be much lower.

If the Shu army continues to surround itself with troops and attack from all sides, as before, then it will be distracted to command and ensure that no one breaks through everywhere, and there will be too many places that need to be coordinated and commanded.

Now it can continue to hold on, but if the Shu army has another 10,000 people, then it will be difficult to say.

But now, the Shu army suddenly retreated, reorganized the offensive formation, and no longer chose the strategy of all-out attack, but adopted the strategy of key breakthroughs. Can this thing really work?!

Anyway, Wang Chang felt that it was really not as effective as the attack at the beginning.

After all, now Wang Chang only needs to focus on defense in one direction and deploy troops, unlike before, he needs to look at the overall situation to deal with it, and the pressure on his heart is much smaller.

The rumored famous general of the Shu army, Zhang Xi. That's it?!

(End of chapter)