Wei Yan led 10,000 troops, and after a day of preparation, he immediately set off and went straight to Dali County.

And the ensuing development was somewhat unexpected by Zhang Xi - Cao Zhen left 5,000 people to garrison Linjin County, and he personally led an army of 35,000 to leave Linjin County, and the whole army arrived in Dali County, making a posture of a decisive battle.

Zhang Xi, who was sitting in Chongquan County, was suddenly shocked, and immediately called the remaining four generals to make war arrangements.

"Visiting the Malay newspaper, Cao Zhenqin led the main force of more than 30,000 people to support Dali County, Wei Lao. The old general was afraid that he was in danger, so I personally led the army and horses to meet him. Zhang Xi said.

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yi asked strangely, "Why didn't the assassin Shi order General Wei to return to the army to hold on, and why did he go to answer in person?!" ”

Zhang Xi shook his head and said, "One, General Wei may not retreat, and two. Cao Zhen's march this time may not be without conspiracy, no one answers, and I am afraid that General Wei may not be able to come back. ”

Xiang Pet immediately stood up and said, "In this way, there is no need to assassinate Shi to answer in person, a certain person is willing to lead three thousand troops and horses to meet General Wei." ”

Zhang Xi still shook his head and said, "For an army of more than 40,000, 3,000 people is really not a concern. The plan to add fuel is also taboo for soldiers. Moreover, I personally led the army to respond, or I could deter Cao Zhenyi and two, and I have made up my mind on this matter. ”

After speaking, Zhang Xi no longer listened to the advice of his subordinates, and directly made military arrangements.

Leave 5,000 people to Hao Zhao, appoint Hao Zhao as the general of Chongquan, and let him guard the city.

Unless Zhang Xi or Wei Yan personally led the troops back, anyone who wanted to lead the troops into Chongquan County, whether it was a person from Chang'an or a self-proclaimed defeated army returning from the front, was not allowed to enter the city.

In this matter, Zhang Xi believed in Hao Zhao, and he could only leave Hao Zhao behind, after all, he was a defensive fierce man who relied on thousands of people to block the attack of tens of thousands of people at the head of Zhuge Fish.

is much more worthy of the name than the so-called famous general Cao Ren who was boasted of in later generations.

Cao Ren is indeed a famous general, but he is good at guarding, it is really not Cao Ren's combat style Hao Zhaocai.

The remaining two, Zhang Xi personally took it, and at the same time took all the remaining 15,000 men and horses, and did his best to go outside Dali County to support Wei Yan, who was there.

Zhang Xi was really a little worried about Wei Yan.

One thing to say, Zhang Xi still recognizes Wei Yan's ability, with the same strength, or even twice the strength, Cao Zhen may not be able to do anything to Wei Yan. But this time the difference in strength was nearly five times.

Even if Zhang Xi recognized Wei Yan's ability, but with such a big difference in strength, it was basically impossible for Wei Yan to win, it was nothing more than being able to hold on for a few days, and whether he could hold on until he led his troops to catch up.

His own troops are insufficient, and if Wei Yan's losses are too large, it will also have a considerable impact on the follow-up defensive strategy.

Again, in this defensive battle in Guanzhong, the original intention of Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang was to fight as an outpost battle of the Northern Expedition, if the loss was too large, or it would directly damage Wei Yan. This was a very big blow to the Northern Expedition itself.

Therefore, Wei Yan must not lose.

Zhang Xi was really in a hurry to lead the troops to support Wei Yan, which originally took about five days to march, but Zhang Xi grabbed a day.

But when Zhang Xi led the troops to the outside of Dali City, he did not find any of the defeated soldiers led by Wei Yan, Wei Yan's camp, which was still standing well outside Dali City, and it seemed that there was no trace of siege.

What's even more outrageous is that when Zhang Xi led the troops to join forces with Wei Yan, the first thing Wei Yan said when he saw Zhang Xi was - "There must be a deception here!! ”

Listen to it, even Wei Yan said so, which shows how weird things are.

Zhang Xi hurriedly asked what Wei Yan had experienced in the past few days.

When Wei Yan talked about these things, his tone was full of incomprehension and jealousy.

When Wei Yan led the troops to Dali County, everything was still normal.

Dai Ling, the defender of Dali County, saw Wei Yan leading his troops to attack, and personally led 5,000 troops out of the city at the first time, trying to take advantage of the opportunity of Wei Yan just coming and gaining a stable foothold, and fought a field battle with Wei Yan.

After losing more than 1,000 people, Dai Ling realized that he might not be able to consume Wei Yan's offensive forces in the field battle, so he immediately and decisively withdrew into the city, relying on the advantage of city defense to defend the city.

These operations, which are considered routine operations, are not suspicious.

But what happened next completely made Wei Yan begin to doubt his life.

It was nothing for Dai Ling to lead the army to retreat into the city to defend, and Wei Yan was not in a hurry to attack the city, while camping outside the city and building siege equipment, he continued to send people to challenge Dai Ling. If you don't want to fight siege warfare, it's better not to fight as much as possible.

Again, Wei Yan's main purpose was to test the reaction of the Wei army, and he was not in a hurry to attack the city, so he just took this opportunity to delay a little time and wait for Cao Zhen's reaction in Linjin County.

Then Cao Zhen's reaction startled Wei Yan.

He only led 10,000 soldiers to attack a Dali County more than 80 miles west of Linjin County, and he didn't attack any strategic points. Cao Zhen came to find himself with 35,000 people in person, and he came desperately?!

This Cao Zhen, his brain is broken, right?!

10,000 against a total of 45,000 Wei troops, even if Wei Yan was bigger, he didn't feel that he could have much chance of winning.

If it was that Xiahou Nan who led the army, then Wei Yan couldn't say that he still wanted to fight. Cao Zhen is not that kind of waste.

Therefore, Wei Yan was actually thinking about when and how to withdraw his troops at that time, to avoid the interception of the Wei army as much as possible, and to retreat to Chongquan County.

However, Wei Yan is Wei Yan after all, even if he has been with Zhang Xi for a long time over the years and has been infected by Zhang Xi with a little "cautious" factor, he will definitely not be the same as Zhang Xi, who will be cautious when he encounters a little trouble.

Wei Yan always remembered his mission, which was to test the reaction of the Wei army.

Now that the Wei army is only marching from Linjin County to Dali County, this reaction is not enough to judge what the real purpose of the Wei army is, and the geographical location of Dali County is not enough to make the Wei army so aggressive. Before figuring this out, Wei Yan continued to camp outside Dali County, without any idea of retreating.

Wei Yan originally thought that he would be ready at any time, as long as Cao Zhen led the troops to Dali County and was ready to attack him, at that time, it was a little risky for him to retreat and take risks, and there was a risk of being surrounded by the enemy, but Wei Yan had confidence in himself, he believed that just relying on Cao Zhen's few shots, this little bit of poor strength, although Wei Yan could not win, he would not be surrounded by Cao Zhen.

Again, if you can hang Cao Zhen's pursuit troops and retreat all the way to Chongquan County Wei Yan believes, as far as Zhang Xi's little fox ability, if Cao Zhen really dares to chase after him, then at least half of the people don't want to go back.

But Wei Yan waited and waited, and waited until the Wei army led by Cao Zhen arrived in Dali County, but he did not wait for Cao Zhen to try to go out of the city to launch an attack on his camp.

Not to mention attacking, Cao Zhen didn't even set up a camp outside the city to confront Wei Yan's camp, and cooperated with the defenders in the city to launch a two-sided attack on Wei Yan.

Cao Zhen directly led the troops into the city, and not a single camp outside the city was set up, completely putting on a passive posture of being beaten, as if he was waiting for him Wei Yan to lead the troops to attack the city.

With such an abnormal behavior, Wei Yan was almost confused by Cao Zhen.

It's a lot of pressure!!

During the day, it is necessary to be on guard against the possible sudden attack of the Wei army out of the city, and at night it is necessary to guard against the possible attack of the Wei army. In the past few days, not only Wei Yan, but also 10,000 Han soldiers have not been able to sleep well.

But Cao Zhen, he actually didn't do anything!!!

Brainstorming, really, Wei Yan never understood, what did Cao Zhen want to do?!

The only possibility that comes to mind is that Cao Zhen is deliberately waiting for Wei Yan's reinforcements to arrive, intending to fight a decisive battle to decide where Zuo Fengyi belongs.

But the question is, where did he Cao Zhen get this self-confidence?!

Wei Yan had about 10,000 soldiers in his hands, and if Zhang Xi led the army to help, there would probably be a force ranging from 20,000 to 30,000, and in Dali County, there were only about 45,000 Wei troops.

If he Cao really wants to have this self-confidence, he would have led his troops out of Linjin County and attacked Chongquan County, why did he stop for ten days in Linjin County and remain motionless?!

Afraid of the superiority of the city's defense, don't want to fight siege warfare?!

This may be a reason, but the problem is, you are completely sure of the field?!

Wei Yan thought it was ridiculous. Is this your Cao Zhen floating, or is he Wei Yan unable to hold the knife, or is Zhang Yuanchang's little fox unable to pit anyone?!

Even if you don't use a strategy, just in terms of command ability, Zhang Xi and Wei Yan will not be able to please Guo Huai, let alone you, Cao Zhen, the general of the Cao Wei clan.

Therefore, the more Wei Yan thought about it, the more he didn't understand, and he didn't think that Cao Zhen was a general who didn't know the height of the sky, and Wei Yan thought that Cao Zhen must have some conspiracy, but he didn't understand it thoroughly.

By this time, Wei Yan was already a little worried and wanted to retreat, but Zhang Xi actually led the reinforcements to arrive.

Okay, now there is no need to withdraw from the army, let's sum it up, what is this Cao Zhen doing.

Now, Wei Yan didn't doubt it at all, Wei Jun must be engaged in some conspiracy, all this is too abnormal.

The point is, what kind of conspiracy is Wei Jun playing?!

This time, Wei Yan didn't contradict Zhang Xi, and the two thought about it together but still couldn't think of it.

Just when Zhang Xi felt conservative, he returned to Chongquan first, and Wei Yan no longer objected, Cao Zhen sent someone to send a war letter.

About Zhang Xi tomorrow, the battlefield will be seen.

It sounds good to meet people, but in fact, it's about making an appointment.

Now, you can't go back.

(End of chapter)