Chapter 624: Breaking Out in Case of Indecision
Guo Huai felt like he was going crazy!!
His own strategy lasted less than a morning, and he was seen through by the Shu army on the opposite side, and in such a short period of time, the other party directly attacked his vital point and launched a full-scale attack.
An all-out attack of more than 30,000 people, what do you rely on to resist it?!
If the Shu army on the opposite side is still the more than 10,000 soldiers led by Zhang Fei, then Guo Huai doesn't have to worry so much now.
Even after screening, there are nearly 20,000 soldiers who can actually control the battleable soldiers, and even if Zhang Fei's more than 10,000 soldiers even if they counterattack in an all-round way, then Guo Huai can also fight and retreat, continue to implement the small army rotation battle tactics, and finally leave three or four thousand people to block Zhang Fei's counterattack, and the rest of the soldiers can also withdraw to the ship safely.
But now, Guo Huai is facing an attack by an army of 30,000 led by Liu Bei, which is not of an order of magnitude.
Guo Huai sent 10,000 soldiers to attack, and there was only 10,000 soldiers left in the reserve, after adjustment, according to the withdrawal strategy, the 10,000 men who attacked first should have to retreat back to the ship. But now, where does Guo Huai dare to let these 10,000 people leave? !
If these 10,000 people are withdrawn to the ship, how can they stop Liu Beijun's all-out counterattack by relying on the 10,000 people in their hands?!
Well, even if you can rely on the defensive measures of the camp to hold on, you can temporarily block Liu Beijun's attack. But it always takes time to retreat, and if 10,000 soldiers want to withdraw, it is not a matter of a quarter of an hour or a quarter of an hour, at least an hour.
A group of people are desperately holding on to the camp, but the people behind them are desperately boarding the boat and fleeing for their lives, what do you make these soldiers who are holding on to think?!
Why did those people just symbolically attack the Shu army camp and slip away, but we people have to fight to the death here to resist the Shu army's attack for more than an hour?!
Therefore, when the Shu army launched a full-scale attack, Guo Huai really didn't dare to let these 10,000 soldiers who had just finished the battle retreat.
But if you don't let these people leave, there's a problem.
Okay, the first to attack is to retreat, and the second to attack is to retreat, why have we already fought a battle according to the withdrawal strategy, and your commander still has a temporary change of hexagram and does not let us retreat?!
Now Guo Huai is really a little afraid of wolves and tigers, and he feels like he is shooting himself in the foot.
This situation is bound to be impossible to last, Guo Huai knows very well, therefore, he must make changes and responses, otherwise after a long time, his army will have to mutiny.
After thinking about it, Guo Huai finally decided to continue to arrange the retreat of the soldiers in turn according to the withdrawal strategy he had formulated before.
Of course, it is impossible to withdraw all 10,000 people at once, so that there is not even a reserve in hand, and it is impossible to block the full-scale counterattack of the Shu army.
But every once in a while, the withdrawal of a small army of 3,000 people will not have much impact on the battlefield, and at the same time, the retreat of a small army of 3,000 people will not take much time.
This can not only ensure the immediate combat power to a certain extent, but also improve the speed and efficiency of the withdrawal of troops. It is unknown whether Guo Huai can guarantee the integrity of the defense line when the troops are withdrawn to a bottom line.
But now Guo Huai has no choice, he really has no choice, he must give hope to the soldiers under his command, so that they will not mutiny directly in despair, and will have the courage to stay and stop the Shu army.
This is equivalent to drinking water to quench his thirst, this Guo Huai also knows, but now he has to do it.
Even for the final consequence, Guo Huai thought that it was really not possible, that is, he gambled, leaving the last batch of reserves and never sending them to the battlefield, and when the last line of defense was really unable to hold, he led his troops to break through.
If you don't want to fight your old bones, you have to block the attack of the Shu army for a while, and create an opportunity for the rest of the soldiers to retreat and get on the ship.
This is Guo Huai's realization. At this time, it's no longer about how to fight the three-auxiliary defensive battle in the future, and if you don't work hard at this time, there will be no three-auxiliary defense battle.
Therefore, Guo Huai did not plan to leave a way back for himself, while calmly commanding the soldiers to stabilize the defensive line, and retreat after fighting, shrinking into the camp to continue the defense, while gradually arranging the first batch of soldiers to retreat with a number of three or five thousand people at a time.
When Guo Huai withdrew two groups of soldiers, a total of more than 6,000 people, the Wei army's defense line was already a bit shaky.
This made Guo Huai a little unexpected.
In the end, Guo Huai overestimated his own military spirit and morale, and also underestimated the combat power of the Han army.
In today's situation, seeing that his colleagues are withdrawing one by one, he has to fight the front line. Everyone will have their own thoughts.
It's too desperate at this time, and I accidentally lost my life, so I'm still retreating. Everything comes first, and there will always be a moment when it will be your turn to retreat.
How much combat power do you expect from a person who fights with such an idea to exert himself?!
On the Han army's side, the northern and southern armies are indeed mostly new recruits on the battlefield, with insufficient combat experience and very jerky cooperation. However, these two armies, in terms of the quality of their soldiers and the degree of training, were no worse than Cao Wei's forbidden army, and their armaments and ordnance were even much stronger than Cao Wei's forbidden army, which was defeated one after another.
In addition, one side is pursuing the victory, the other side is losing and retreating one after another, and the morale and desire to fight are not at the same level, and the Wei army is unable to hold the defensive line, which is simply too normal.
Things have come to such a point that Guo Huai can't help it.
He can't wait until the defense line has completely collapsed to respond, so that whatever he does will not help. can only take advantage of the fact that the soldiers have not completely collapsed now, and make the last big gamble.
He carefully observed the location of Liu Bei's Son of Heaven, calmly planned the route of the charge, and predicted the possible reaction of the enemy army. Then Guo Huai turned over his horse, carried a spear, and led 5,000 soldiers of the forbidden army who had never been in battle, and launched a charge.
This is the only chance to save the current situation, and Guo Huai is really open.
Guo Huai's rush to the formation went straight to where Liu Bei's home formation was, and naturally, the soldiers of the Han army also had corresponding changes.
Liu Bei is not Sun 100,000, how can his Chinese army be defenseless.
Again, even if Liu Bei really didn't expect Guo Huai to rush into battle at this time, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong under his command, could it be that they were eating dry rice? !
Especially Zhuge Liang, whether in terms of romance or history, dared to go to Zhuge Liang's four-wheeled vehicle, basically no good end.
Can Zhuge Liang not be wary of the Chinese army's charge, he has long been guarding against this hand.
Therefore, when Guo Huai had just launched a charge, Huang Quan, who had been staying by Liu Bei's side and had not moved, immediately led 5,000 soldiers to intercept Guo Huai, and at the same time, Zhuge Liang also ordered Zhang Nan and Yan Zhi, who were around Liu Bei's main formation, to gather the formation, be prepared, and defend Liu Bei's Chinese army at any time.
The rest of the generals Zhang Fei, Wei Yan, Wu Yi and other generals continued to launch attacks on the Wei army's defense line, striving to quickly break through the Wei army and cut off these Wei army's retreat lines.
Guo Huai led the troops to rush into the formation, broke into the Shu army formation, fought left and right, desperately looking for gaps in the battlefield, and tried as close as possible to Liu Bei's main formation, but no matter how he rushed back and forth, Guo Huai was always two hundred steps away from Liu Bei, and he couldn't get close at all.
At this distance, even if Guo Huai wanted to sneak attack with a bow and arrow, his arm strength would not be able to shoot such a far bow.
Guo Huai is anxious, so he can only keep wandering around, while getting rid of Huang Quan's obstruction and entanglement, while looking for opportunities. Even Guo Huai was considering whether to take advantage of the fact that the defense line had not completely collapsed now, and organize another charge after temporarily retreating.
After all, if he continued to wander like this, he himself was in danger of being completely surrounded by the Shu army.
And just when Guo Huai was also hesitating, in the southeast direction of the battlefield, an army that no one expected suddenly appeared, and suddenly broke into the battlefield from the rear of the Han army.
What's even worse is that this army, not only under the banner of the Wei army, but even has more than 1,000 cavalry under its command, is now also with a clear goal, approaching Liu Bei's own formation.
At this critical moment, the breakout force led by Biqiu Jian and Wen Qin suddenly appeared on the battlefield somehow.
As soon as Guo Huai saw the appearance of his friendly army, he was overjoyed, and immediately turned around and engaged Huang Quan in an all-round way, striving to hold Huang Quan and create an opportunity for this Wei army to directly attack Liu Bei's own formation.
And seeing this unexpected Wei army breaking in, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's faces were quite solemn.
This Wei army that suddenly appeared was indeed not expected by the two of them, and the two of them did not know what the combat strength of this Wei army was, although the other party looked at the number of people, only a few thousand people, but the enemy army had cavalry.
The role of cavalry, both of them are very clear, if these more than 1,000 cavalry are used well, it is not without a chance to win by surprise.
Now that Zhang Nan and Yan Zhi have shrunk their formations, Liu Bei's Chinese army is not without sergeants, and the protection of the Chinese army is also in place, it stands to reason that Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are not without means to deal with it.
But. Liu Bei was too important after all, so important that neither of them wanted to take any risks in this regard.
Even Pang Tong had already begun to organize his armor and prepare to do a division of labor with Zhuge Liang - Zhuge Liang and Yan Zhi continued to lead the troops to guard Liu Bei's side, while he, Pang Tong, took Zhang Nan to intercept this Wei army.
It is imperative not to let this Wei army get close to Liu Bei's home formation.
But Pang Tong hadn't taken action yet, but Liu Bei spoke first.
"Don't worry. I expect this junior to be able to endure me?! ”
Liu Bei spoke first, and stopped Pang Tong who was about to fight in person with a smile.
Then, with a slight sneer, he looked at the flank battlefield behind him.
It seems that he is really old, not only the enemy army, but even his own military division has forgotten, and he is also a horse general who has been fighting for forty years.
Liu Bei's face was solemn, and he waved the command flag in his hand. The two armies of Zhang Nan and Yan Zhi immediately showed a tendency to encircle the left and right, and attacked Biqiu Jian and Wen Qin.
Junior, here, then don't think about leaving!!
(End of chapter)