A battle of appointment, which lasted for half a day, ended with the Wei army shrinking its forces and retreating back to Dali County.

There were injuries on both sides, but they were not large, and it was estimated that there were about 1,000 casualties.

That's weird.

After fighting for a long time, there were about 1,000 casualties, and the intensity of this battle was really not very big.

But considering that Cao Wei had a full 45,000 men and had an advantage in troops, it was still clear who was pretending to be this result.

Both sides put on an offensive frontal formation, which seemed to be fighting for their lives, but when the fight really started, both sides invariably adopted the strategy of closing the formation and defending the center with the attack, so the place where the confrontation was more intense was the arrow part of the front army of both sides.

Those who can become the arrows of an army are naturally elite, and it is indeed difficult for such an elite collision to cause a large number of casualties in a short period of time.

As for the battle between the two flanks, although there were some casualties, the intensity of the battle between them was not great, and the casualties were not large.

This is also an important reason why there were only more than 1,000 casualties after fighting for half a day.

After the two sides restrained each other for half a day, Cao Wei's army, which had a numerical advantage, did not invest more troops to strengthen the attack, but on the contrary, after closing the formation, chose to retreat slowly.

This strange choice of battle situation, even if he was as brave as Wei Yan, he did not dare to choose to follow and pursue in this situation, plus Zhang Xi also ordered to close the formation and stand by on the spot, so that the Wei army was able to slowly disengage and return to the main formation.

After that, it was quite unexpected, and the Wei army chose Mingjin to withdraw its troops and retreat to Dali County to rest.

Although Zhang Xi was confused when he saw this, he still ordered the troops to be collected and returned to the camp, and then called Wei Yan, Zhang Yi, Xiang Pet, and Hu Fensi to discuss the next movement together.

This battle ended with Cao Wei taking the initiative to withdraw his troops, so it can naturally be seen that the Han army won the victory in the battle, but this victory made everyone very uneasy.

The Wei army did not have a clear defeat, and even said that before the Wei army retreated, the defender out of disadvantage was actually the Han army. Why did you win in a daze?!

And this win is really a bit difficult to withdraw.

If you are attacking a city from outside, and if you can't win the entire campaign, you can win a morale boost, and then choose to retreat.

But now Zhang Xi and the others are fighting at home, and they are driving out the invading enemy army and retreating after winning a game, which is too demoralizing.

Again, the reason for the strange actions of Cao Zhen's army has never been understood, and even if they retreat, it is just a repetition of the current situation and a confrontation in another place.

This is still a problem.

So, it's a matter of brainstorming.

"There is a certain feeling that Cao Zhenxiao seems to be attracting our army to stay here!" Wei Yan was the first to speak.

When Wei Yan was no longer obsessed with breaking the enemy in front of him, his battlefield intuition finally came in handy.

But here's the thing

"This matter is obvious, otherwise how could the Wei thief be defeated so easily today!" Zhang Xi shook his head slightly and said, "I need to know, why Cao Zhen acted like this?!" ”

When Wei Yan heard this, he raised his head slightly, glared at Zhang Xi, and expressed his dissatisfaction and said that my old Wei can't be a man, and you Zhang Yuanchang can't hear anything when he speaks.

But this kung fu, Wei Yan was not in the mood to quarrel with Zhang Xi, so he lowered his head and tried to think.

Xiang Pet thought for a while and said, "Aren't you waiting for reinforcements?!" ”

No one mentioned whether it was possible for Cao Zhen to divide his troops to sneak attack other places, or the possibility of arranging troops to flank and attack. Nowadays, there are scouts of the two armies everywhere in the area of 100 miles from Linjin to Chongquan, and it is impossible to carry out a large-scale troop transfer without the scouts of the two armies.

But the reinforcements mentioned to Xiang Pet came from Guannei, which was indeed a place that could not be detected by the Han scouts.

Zhang Xi thought about it seriously, shook his head slightly, and said, "Although it is possible, but. How many reinforcements can the Wei thieves bring in?! ”

Reinforcements must be on a certain scale in order to have a fatal impact on the situation on the front-line battlefield.

Now the comparison of the military strength of the two sides in the surrounding area is almost five to three, and if Cao Wei wants to completely suppress Zuo Fengyi's Han army in terms of attack, then at least three to fifty thousand reinforcements must be available.

But in today's Central Plains, can so many soldiers still be transferred?!

"According to intelligence, there are 150,000 permanent soldiers and horses in the Cao Wei Sili area. Wancheng resident 30,000, Xuchang resident 20,000, Luoyang and Hedong resident 30,000, this time to invade Guanzhong, Cao Zhen led 50,000 troops, Guo Huai led 20,000 troops. There are no soldiers. Zhang Xi muttered to himself.

After calculating the soldiers and horses in the Sili area, I really can't think of where Cao Zhen will gather another 30,000 reinforcements.

At this time, Wei Yan suddenly raised his head and said, "If Luoyang's soldiers come to help, isn't it just 30,000?!" ”

When he said this, Zhang Xi looked at Wei Yan angrily.

Anyway, he is also a general in the army, how can he say such a thing that has no common sense.

Yes, there are 30,000 permanent troops near Luoyang, and these 30,000 soldiers are indeed not like Wancheng and Xuchang, which are not lightly guarded in strategic places, but the problem is that these 30,000 soldiers must also be scattered throughout Hedong and Luoyang.

Do you know how big the area of Hedong and Luoyang is combined?!

It's about the size of the current Sanfu area.

In such a large place, 30,000 troops are stationed, which can already be said to be overstretched, and they are sent as reinforcements. To put it mildly, it is a slightly larger bandit force, which is enough to directly send troops to attack Luoyang.

Don't forget, Cao Ei is still staying in Luoyang.

30,000 people defend the Son of Heaven, which is already a very humble treatment.

Wei Yan also knew that it was a mistake for him to say such things, but the problem was that as soon as he saw Zhang Xi's eyes, his heart suddenly became angry, and he had to talk to Zhang Xi.

"Not all generals are like assassins!!" Wei Yan first sarcastically said to Zhang Xi, and then said, "If a certain army is used, 30,000 troops cannot be fully adjusted, but it is not impossible to transfer 20,000 soldiers to Tongguan to support Cao Zhen." ”

Zhang Xi, who heard this, wanted to laugh, and asked rhetorically, "The dignified Emperor of Wei, there are only 10,000 soldiers Gong Wei Si Li. General Wei's soldiers, did he really care about the safety of the Son of Heaven?! ”

"What's at stake?!" Wei Yan also retorted, "Luoyang is located in the center of Sili, and the north side is the Hedong region, where are there many families, if you want to attack Luoyang, you need to break Hedong first, how can the Hedong family give up?!" There is Tongguan on the west side, the danger of Hangu Pass, and Cao Zhen's tens of thousands of troops are outside, even if we want to bypass Cao Zhen's army and take Luoyang directly, we may not be able to pass Hangu Pass and Tongguan. There is Wancheng on the south side, Xuchang Gongwei, the two places are not broken, Luoyang is worry-free. Mobilize Luoyang's troops to the west to aid Cao Zhen, why not?! ”

Zhang Xi was still laughing at Wei Yan, but as he spoke, Zhang Xi suddenly realized that it seemed that Wei Yan was right.

Indeed, if Cao Ei really had enough courage, he could really squeeze it out, and transfer 20,000 troops to Cao Zhen's command.

And whether Cao Ei has the courage Zhang Xi thinks that Cao Ei's courage may still be above his father Cao Pi.

As for the defense of the Sili region. On the one hand, as Wei Yan said, there is actually no need to worry too much, on the other hand, of course, 10,000 troops cannot cover the entire Sili region, but if it is only used to guard Luoyang City and protect Cao Ei's safety, it is still enough.

Just like Wei Yan said, Luoyang is surrounded by Wei troops, as long as external forces cannot break through the Wei army in these places, then Luoyang is as stable as Mount Tai even if it is not guarded.

Taking a step back, even if Luoyang is really attacked, it only needs to be 10,000 soldiers, relying on the city defense of Luoyang Jiancheng, and holding on for ten days, then the Wei army of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and even Jizhou and Bingzhou can rush to Luoyang within ten days.

Even, as long as Cao Ei is willing to exchange, the private soldiers of the family in the Guangsili area are enough for Cao Ei to temporarily pull up a garrison of 20,000 or 30,000 people.

Therefore, it is really possible for Cao Ei to send 20,000 more soldiers into Guanzhong to fight than Zhang Xi expected.

And thinking about it along this line of thought, Zhang Xi was suddenly shocked.

"It's not good, the right wind !!"

Those 20,000 soldiers could not have come to Zuo Fengyi as reinforcements to support Cao Zhen, after all, the advantage in strength was not large, as long as they waited for another ten days, the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty should enter Chang'an, and it would be useless to come another 20,000 Wei troops.

But if these 20,000 soldiers enter the right side of the wind, they will be able to break the deadlock at once.

The strength of the right Fufeng was insufficient, only 15,000 people, and the combat power was not strong, so it was all up to the fortress fortifications to block Guo Huai's attack. Once the strength of the army over there is doubled, Liu Yin really may not be able to stop it.

As soon as Zhang Xi mentioned the place of Right Fufeng, coupled with Wei Yan's remarks before, everyone realized what Zhang Xi was talking about.

Only in this way can we explain why Zuo Fengyi's Cao Zhenjun acted so strangely, obviously with the advantage of troops and early raids, but it was so slimy and sloppy.

Cao Zhen simply wanted to use this method to attract Zhang Xi's main force of Yongzhou County soldiers to Zuo Feng Yi, so that Zhang Xi could not rush to support when Youfufeng encountered an attack by superior forces.

There is even a terrible reality.

"You can see how many cavalry there are in Cao Zhen's army?!" Zhang Xi hurriedly asked Wei Yan and the others.

Wei Yan stood up and said, "If the guards in Linjin are all cavalry, then there are about more than 10,000 cavalry, if not. In Cao Zhen's battalion, there were only about 5,000 cavalry. ”

Of course, it can't be the cavalry who stayed in Linjin, who would leave the infantry without it and leave the cavalry to defend the city.

That means that among the 50,000 soldiers and horses that Cao Zhen marched into Guanzhong this time, there were only 5,000 cavalry?!

That's too little!!

The Guanzhong Plain, with its flat terrain, is suitable for cavalry operations, and Cao Wei has always been the most lacking in cavalry.

Although most of the cavalry was concentrated in the northern border area to defend against foreigners, there was certainly no shortage of cavalry in the Central Plains and among the soldiers who withdrew from Yongliang.

But Cao Zhen actually only brought 5,000 cavalry to attack Guanzhong. Does that make sense?!

It's definitely not reasonable.

Now Zhang Xi's face turned pale, and even Wei Yan's face was not good-looking.

Once the Wei army really relied on the 20,000 cavalry hidden to raid the right Fufeng, then Liu Yin would definitely not be able to stop it.

And once the right Fufeng is lost, the Wei army can take advantage of the speed advantage of the cavalry, bypass Chang'an City, and attack Zhang Xi's department of Feng Yi on the left from the flank.

What's even worse is that Zhang Xi is now attracted by Cao Zhen, and has left the city, choosing to camp in the wild and attack Dali County

The fate of encountering the cavalry impact in the field, Zhang Xi and Wei Yan couldn't be clearer.

To withdraw from the army, it is necessary to withdraw the army as soon as possible!!

(End of chapter)