In Wang Lang's impression, Zhang Xi is indeed a general of Shu thieves, but Wang Lang still subconsciously classifies Zhang Xi as a military general like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

In this era, the difference between civil servants and military generals is really not too big, civil officials are never powerless wastes, and military generals are not reckless men who only know how to fight. However, there is still some difference between a general who was born as a civilian official and a general who was born as a military general.

A general who was born as a civilian official is not necessarily unskilled in martial arts, but he must be biased towards commanding battles and winning with strategy, such as Zhou Yu, a famous general in the world, who was born in a family and has outstanding strategies.

And generals who are military generals don't necessarily know how to command, but they are still more or less famous for their martial arts, such as beheading Yan Liang, Guan Yu, who is forbidden to behold, and the most famous is still the super martial arts.

Unfortunately, in Wang Lang's heart, Zhang Xi is the kind of general who belongs to the military general.

It's a matter of stereotypes.

Wang Lang is a scholar today, and most of his life is spent studying the classics, and he has been in the center of the imperial court all the year round, so he has not had much contact with practice.

Zhang Xi's reputation, Wang Lang has heard of it, and he also knows that this person is very good at fighting with soldiers, and he is one of the best generals among the Shu thieves.

But for Zhang Xi, Wang Lang is full of stereotypes and prejudices.

Zhou Yu was recognized by Wang Lang as a military general with a civilian background for two reasons.

One, Zhou Yu is from the Lujiang Zhou family, and the Lujiang Zhou family is the top family in Huainan, even if it is the lord of Yuan Shu, who is extremely important to the family concept, he is polite to the Lujiang Zhou family.

Zhou Yu is the son of a family, and Wang Lang has a natural sense of identity with him.

Another. In the early years, when Zhou Yu helped Sun Ce fight Jiangdong, Wang Lang had contact with Zhou Yu.

At that time, the person who led the troops to fight and charged into battle was Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu was basically only responsible for making plans, even if he led the troops into battle, he rarely charged.

Therefore, in Wang Lang's view, Zhou Yu belongs to the kind of typical military general with a civilian background.

As for Zhang Xi, Wang Lang's understanding of Zhang Xi comes entirely from hearsay.

Although Zhang Xi is from Yingchuan, he is from a poor family in Yingchuan, and even in Wang Lang's concept, before he heard about Zhang Xi, he didn't know that there was a Zhang family in Yingchuan.

Wang Lang didn't believe how much knowledge and how much art of war could a child from such a poor family have.

Secondly, Zhang Xi has always been used by Liu Bei as a pioneer general.

Pioneer general, in Wang Lang's cognition, must be to break the enemy in a battle and win, this is not a brave general.

You can't say that Wang Lang's perception is wrong, most of the vanguard generals are indeed brave generals. It's just that Zhang Xi is a little weird.

Third, Zhang Xi's combat style, Wang Lang has also heard of it, is cautious in the use of troops, and there are many changes.

Cautious in the use of soldiers, not exclusive to civilian generals, many brave generals are also more cautious, such as Li Dian and Zhang He in the Cao Wei camp, are representatives of this kind of generals, and Zhao Yun on the side of the Shu thief, Jiang Qin and other generals on the side of the Eastern Wu are all in this style.

And there are a lot of changes, in Wang Lang's view, that is, the reaction is faster, the ghost idea, and the more careful thinking, which is completely different from the real strategy.

On the whole, Zhang Xi is just a brave, cautious, and a little clever martial arts general in Wang Lang's heart.

Such a person has such a great reputation in the northwest, probably because there is no one in the northwest, and he will become famous in vain, and once he meets a masterpiece from the Central Plains, he will definitely not be an opponent.

And the evidence is not without evidence.

This time, the Great Wei West expedition into Guanzhong, the strategy was the handiwork of the Central Plains Jiesima Zhongda, and that Zhang Xi, who was not aware of it at all, directly entered Zuo Fengyi with two-thirds of the elite of Guanzhong, and confronted Cao Zhendudu's soldiers and horses, completely unaware that this was a plan formulated by Sima Yi to attack the west.

So, Wang Lang really doesn't understand, that Zhang Xi has already been fooled, why Wang Chang and Cao Zhen are still dignified, thinking that this person will have other tricks to deal with the current situation?!

Therefore, Wang Lang asked puzzledly, "Is Wen Shu too worried?!" The old man has also heard of the use of soldiers in that Zhang Xi, but he is cautious and cautious. Now that Zhongda's plan is to contain it, can An Neng do anything more? ! ”

In Wang Lang's opinion, Zhang Xi's prudence has been completely calculated by Sima Yi.

Just because Zhang Xi was cautious in using troops, in the face of Cao Zhen's 50,000 troops out of Zuo Feng Yi, he would inevitably lead the Yongzhou army to confront him, and because Zhang Xi was cautious, in the face of the sudden cessation of the Wei army's march, he would inevitably be suspicious, so he strengthened his vigilance and did not dare to take the initiative to attack.

As long as it is delayed for a certain period of time, Guo Huai will launch a full-scale attack in the right Fufeng area, then when the news reaches Zhang Xi's side, he will probably be too late to return to the division to help the right wind.

What we have to do now is just to find a way to delay the Yongzhou soldiers led by Zhang Xi, and the longer the better.

Theoretically speaking, what Wang Lang said made sense, as long as Zhang Xi led the troops to Zuo Fengyi, Sima Yi's plan would be half successful.

But Cao Zhen and Wang Chang are still not at ease.

Wang Lang's identity and status are there, he said that Wang Chang is too worried, and Wang Chang is not easy to refute. But Cao Zhen can explain.

"Situ Gong doesn't know!" Cao Zhen explained to Wang Lang, "Zhang Yuanchang used troops, but the one who worries is not cautious, but the person who is the best at changing the situation is the best at finding a way to break the situation, in the past, he fought with Guo Boji in Ji County, and Cao Ren and Cao Hong's uncle fought in Longshan, all of which were trying to survive in chaos." Although it is now in the middle of the plan, it is difficult to guarantee that there is no other way to deal with it, and it should not be taken lightly. ”

On the one hand, Cao Zhen explained to Wang Lang the difficulties of Zhang Xi, and on the other hand. Who let Wang Lang have nothing to do with mentioning Sima Yi.

Since the last court meeting, Cao Zhen's sense of Sima Yi is not very good, although this time he is still willing to counterattack according to the original plan, but that is also because Cao Zhen approved this plan, which does not mean that Cao Zhen approved Sima Yi.

Even, after dealing with Zhang Xi a lot, Cao Zhen also doubted how long Sima Yi's strategy could hide from Zhang Xi.

In this, in addition to Cao Zhen's overestimation of Zhang Xi, it has something to do with Cao Zhen's disdain for Sima Yi, although the old boy has a good strategy, but he can't hide it from Zhang Xi, it's not easy to say.

Cao Zhen said so, although Wang Lang felt that Cao Zhen overestimated Zhang Xi a little, but it was not easy to say anything.

"In that case, why don't the governors march into the army and take the initiative to attack ?!!" Wang Lang asked again.

Assuming that Zhang Xi really saw some flaws and found that Cao Zhen's side was just a feint, then at this time, Cao Zhen should take the initiative to attack and use the advantage of troops to drag Zhang Xi's subordinates and prevent him from having a chance to adjust.

The best way is to take the initiative and capture Chongquan County.

After all, Cao really has a military advantage.

The Wei army had 50,000 people, while the Shu thieves killed 30,000.

The Wei army's grain and grass supply line was shorter and easy to obtain supplies, while the Shu thief's grain and grass supply line was longer than that of the Wei army, which was not conducive to long-term holding.

If Cao Allah launches an attack on the Shu thieves and drags down the possible force adjustment of the Shu thieves, it is not better to contain the Shu thieves, and when Guo Huai breaks through the right support wind, the Shu thieves will inevitably choose to withdraw their troops, and when the time comes, they will definitely be able to break the Shu army.

It's not like now, one is in Linjin, the other is in Chongquan, with an interval of seventy or eighty miles, the Shu army really wants to mobilize its forces or simply retreat directly, and when the Wei army receives information, it can't catch up.

Regarding this, Cao Zhen actually thinks about it.

But.

"It's not that the governor is unwilling, it's true" Cao Zhen pointed to the north side of Guanzhong with a helpless face, and said, "According to the detailed report, the elite northern army of Shu thieves has left Qinzhou and has the potential to enter Guanzhong." If our army suddenly attacks, the Shu thieves choose to retreat, lengthen our army's supply line, shorten their own supply line, and then attack our army's flank with elites. I am afraid that the enemy will take advantage of it. ”

How did Cao Cao win Guandu back then?!

One of the most important measures was to take the initiative to retreat, shorten the supply line, and lengthen the supply line of Yuan Shaojun's army, causing Yuan Shao to have to choose Wuchao to store grain, and then was betrayed by Xu You, a traitor, exposing the location of the grain, so that Cao Cao could burn Wuchao and lay the victory in one fell swoop.

Now Cao Zhen was in a hurry to send troops, and the logistics supply was not perfect, and he was already affected by the untimely supply of grain and grass.

If you rashly march in and lengthen the supply line, then the logistical pressure will only get bigger and bigger, and at that time, the side that cannot hold out for a long time will become the Wei army.

If the Shu thieves let the northern army detour to the left Feng Yi's flank, or even go around behind the army, and cut off the grain and grass supply line, then these 50,000 troops are in danger of being divided and surrounded.

This is also the reason why Cao Zhen has been staying in Linjin, unwilling to continue to advance and attack Chongquan.

Cao Zhen is waiting, waiting for Guo Huai's side to make progress first, and then threaten Chang'an after capturing the right Fufeng.

At that time, whether it was the northern army of the Shu thieves, or the Yongzhou county soldiers who were in Zuo Feng Yi, they would inevitably choose to return to the army to defend Chang'an, and at that time, Cao Zhen led the troops to break through, occupy the area on the east side of Zuo Feng Yi, and converge with Guo Huai to attack left and right, and besiege Chang'an.

And once the Shu thieves are forced to retreat to Chang'an, a large number of occupied areas between Zuo Fengyi and Right Fufeng can be connected, even if the battle line is extended, there is no need to worry that there is no place to store grain, and the two supply lines that originally belonged to Wuguan Dao and Tongguan can be merged into one.

After ensuring the safety of the grain and grass supply line, it is completely possible to fight a war of attrition with the Shu thieves around Chang'an.

Once the war of attrition started, Cao Zhen believed that the Shu thieves would never be able to consume Great Wei.

This is the strategic arrangement made by Cao Zhen for Zuo Fengyi's military horse according to the current actual situation.

(End of chapter)