Chapter 585: Risky Scheme

Zhang He's strategy, in fact, to put it bluntly, is really a bit worthless.

Leaving Wang Chang and about a thousand people to hold on to Wugong County, he detoured from other mountain roads, bypassed the scout reconnaissance range of the Shu army, and then raided Wuzhangyuan. It's a little whimsical.

Is Zhang Xi really a fool?!

A county town, more than 6,000 people are guarded, and more than 1,000 people are guarded, can the situation be the same?!

Besides, as far as Zhang Xi's cautious temperament is so cautious that even Zhuge Liang is ashamed of himself, how many roads from Wugong County can lead to Wuzhang Plain, can he still give you a clear investigation? !

Make a detour?!

Which way do you want to go around it?!

Don't look back and let Zhang Xi discover your march route and ambush you in advance. That's a lot of fun.

This is why Wang Chang euphemistically expressed his opposition to this strategy, and there are too many uncertain factors.

As for leaving Wang Chang to garrison Wugong County and bluffing, Wang Chang didn't care at all.

If Zhang He let Wang Chang lead his troops to attack Wuzhangyuan, and he stayed behind to guard Wugong County, then he would be pitting Wang Chang.

Letting Wang Chang stay in Wugong County, to a certain extent, is a kind of protection for Wang Chang by Zhang He. Wugong County has a way out, and if it doesn't work, you can retreat to the right to support the wind.

But on the premise of not solving the Zhang Xi Army, if you make a detour to attack Wuzhangyuan, it is basically a matter of nine deaths.

It's really nine deaths, especially in Zhang He's plan.

According to the original plan, Zhang He led his troops to quickly occupy Wugong County, starting from Wugong County, attacking Wuzhangyuan from the flank, cutting off the Han army's grain and grass as much as possible, forcing the Han army to return to the division, and responding to Guo Huai's army counterattack Meixian or break through.

In this plan, Zhang He attacked all the way to the past, and there was enough back road and logistics support.

But the current battle situation is completely different, Zhang Xi has led the army to block Zhang He's way, and Zhang He has no ability to repel Zhang Xi's army head-on, and wants to bypass Zhang Xi to sneak attack Wuzhangyuan, which is tantamount to directly giving up his own back road and taking the initiative to drill into the enemy's belly.

If you don't have the ability of Sun Monkey, this thing is basically going to die.

Once Zhang He led his troops to set off, he had to march at the risk of having no food and grass supplies, and would be found by Zhang Xi to set up an ambush at any time, and the speed of the march must be fast, and if it was a day late, the risk would be greater.

Even if Zhang He was extremely lucky, the food and grass supplies he carried were enough for him to fight in Wuzhangyuan, and at the same time, Zhang Xi did not find any signs of Zhang He's departure and continued to be kept in the dark. When you arrive in Wuzhangyuan, Zhang He has to attack, right?!

After Guo Huai led the army to retreat, Wuzhang Yuan had already been occupied by the Han army, and now it has become an important passage for the Han army's grain and grass supply.

Once Zhang He's attack is unfavorable, there is no way to advance and no way to retreat, and it is almost impossible for Zhang He to have a second result except for dying in battle under the Wuzhang Plain.

And further assuming, even if Zhang He really occupied Wuzhang Yuan very smoothly and attracted the Han army to return to the army to rescue Guo Huai, he could take the opportunity to escape, but Zhang He fell directly into the siege.

Not only the main force of the Han army returning from Meixian to Wuzhangyuan, but also the troops led by Zhang Xi, and even the Baochuan crossing and the direction of Hanzhong, it is possible to send troops to this sneak attack force led by Zhang He, I am afraid that it will be completely surrounded by troops twenty times their size.

In this case, unless Guo Huai really succeeded in counterattacking Meixian and got enough food and grass supplies, and then reflexively killed back to Wuzhang to meet Zhang He, Zhang He would also be a dead end.

In other words, Zhang He's plan is risky and difficult everywhere, even if the time, place and people cooperate, Zhang He may not survive.

Zhang He was gambling with his life, using his own life and the lives of 5,000 Wei soldiers to fight for a little vitality for the situation of Great Wei in Guanzhong.

Wang Chang admired the old general's courage of sacrificing his life for the country, but Wang Chang really couldn't support Zhang He's plan.

After all, this plan is shallow, and you may not even be able to pass the first level.

The one on the other side is also a famous general in the world, and he is known for his cautious use of soldiers, such a shallow plan full of loopholes, can he really be hidden?!

Although Zhang He only asked to hide it from him for three days, Wang Chang felt that it was a miracle to survive the second day.

But Zhang He also has his own opinions on this.

First of all, Zhang He didn't have a choice.

The military order is like a mountain, and Cao Zhen's military order to Zhang He is to march into Wuzhangyuan at all costs, attract the Shu army to come back, and create enough conditions for Guo Huai to counterattack Meixian.

Attention, at all costs!!

There is no room for bargaining in the military order, Cao Zhen will not care about what difficulties you Zhang He encountered, as long as you do not reach Wuzhangyuan to attack, then you Zhang He's problem.

This is the helplessness of the official.

Helplessness in private. Zhang He didn't want his own fame to be completely buried in this martial arts county and in Zhang Xi's hands.

Led 10,000 troops from the right Fufeng to march into Wugong County, and fought well at the beginning, repelling the siege of Wugong County by the Shu army, killing and wounding more than 1,000 enemy troops. But after that, Zhang He's battle did not go well.

First, the rear army was surrounded, and he was forced to relieve the siege, but the siege was not completely successful, and only brought out more than 3,000 people and 10,000 people to set off, and now only about 6,000 people are left to defend Wugong County.

If he was completely blocked by Zhang Xi and couldn't advance an inch in Wugong County, then he would really lose too ugly.

In the street pavilion before, Zhang He had already lost once inexplicably, and this time he would lose again. That Zhang He really became a stepping stone for Zhang Xi to become famous.

Therefore, regardless of public or private, Zhang He must march to Wuzhangyuan.

Another one, Zhang He feels that although it is a little difficult, his plan is not so superficial and negligent, and it is still a bit feasible.

Zhang He believes that Zhang Xi's losses should not be small under the previous series of battles.

Earlier, Zhang Xi brought 20,000 people over, but because of the mistake of the pioneer Feng Xi, he lost more than 1,000 soldiers.

After that, Zhang Xi led his troops to encircle and suppress the rear army led by Wang Chang, although he encircled and annihilated more than 3,000 Wei troops, but it was impossible for him to lose nothing.

Judging from the combat effectiveness displayed by the Shu soldiers, Zhang He predicted that if Zhang Xi wanted to completely encircle and annihilate the 3,000 Wei troops in the encirclement, he would have to have at least about 2,000 or 3,000 casualties.

In addition, Zhang He defeated the pursuing troops led by Feng Xi again, although he didn't have time to cover up the killing, but the organization of the soldiers at the beginning of this year is like that, and the number of Shu soldiers who can return to the big army camp will not be too many.

Therefore, Zhang He judged that Zhang Xi's current strength should be between 12,000 and 15,000 people.

Combined with the current situation and the comparison of the combat capabilities of the soldiers on both sides, Zhang He judged that Zhang Xi would not easily launch an attack on Wugong County.

After all, Zhang Xi only needs to delay for another seven or eight days, and Guo Huai will definitely not be able to hold out for that long.

The personal combat ability of the Han army is not as good as the Wei army brought by Zhang He, and it is not so easy to attack the city, so as long as Zhang Xi is not confused, it is impossible for Zhang Xi to take the initiative to attack Wugong County.

This gave Wang Chang the possibility of bluffing and hiding from Zhang Xi.

If you don't attack the city, judge the situation of the defenders only from their appearance. Not to mention Zhang He, even Wang Chang has many ways to make the enemy misestimate the number of defenders.

As for Zhang Xi's discovery, Zhang He felt that Zhang Xi still wouldn't choose to attack the city.

After all, Zhang Xi's main purpose was to hold Zhang He back, and once Zhang Xi found out that Zhang He was attacking Wuzhangyuan from other mountain roads, then his correct response should be to lead the army to intercept Zhang He.

If the delay is not long, Zhang Xi may bite Zhang Hejun, and even dare to return to Wuzhangyuan before Zhang He to block Zhang He.

And Zhang He has 5,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and according to the estimation of the combat effectiveness of both sides, Zhang Xi must have at least 7,000 or even 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, so he can be sure that he will be sure to completely block Zhang He, but once Zhang Xi has transferred so many soldiers and horses to leave Wugong County, it will be even more impossible to attack Wugong County, which is defended by more than 1,000 people, with only three or four thousand people.

As long as Wugong County is still there, Zhang He will not be completely cut off from the back road, and he will not fall into the situation of being attacked from all sides as Wang Chang thinks.

Of course, if Zhang Xi was really hidden, Zhang He marched all the way to the vicinity of Wuzhangyuan without being noticed, then the rest of the things, Zhang He felt that it would not be difficult.

Zhang He was confident in himself, when he had 5,000 soldiers on hand, the original defenders of Wuzhang would have to seize the territory to defend unless they were also famous generals and had soldiers of the same strength or more. Otherwise, you won't be able to stop your own attack at all.

However, Wuzhangyuan has become the rear in the eyes of the Han army, and there are also Zhang Xi Gong guards on the flanks, so even if it is used as a key passage for grain and grass, it is unlikely that too many soldiers will be guarded here. After all, the Shu army did not have that many troops at all.

Therefore, according to Zhang He's estimate, Wuzhang should have only one or two thousand people to defend.

With this bit of troops, Zhang He was a surprise sneak attack, even if Zhang Fei's guy was guarding Wuzhangyuan, it was not difficult for Zhang He to break him.

As for sticking to it after the break, this is not in Zhang He's consideration.

Big husband, if you die, you will die, why think about it?!

Originally, if Zhang He hadn't been determined to die, he wouldn't have even put it forward.

To sum up, Zhang He feels that his plan is not without feasibility.

As long as you can survive the first few days, hide from Zhang Xi, or break the interception force sent by Zhang Xi, everything will go smoothly after that.

Well, there must be risks, and Zhang He also knows that the risks are high.

But for the sake of Great Wei, in order to repay the kindness of Emperor Taizuwu, and for the inheritance and glory of his family, Zhang He felt that all this was worth it.

Anyway, the old man is in his fifties this year, and in this era, he is already considered to be a long life.

Spell out a handful of old bones, report to Da Wei Guoen, and show the family inheritance. Why not?!

(End of chapter)