Zhang Xi's proposal cannot be said to be unreasonable.

Crossing the river through a warship pontoon bridge in the direction of Ha Duong County and wreaking havoc in Hanoi County could indeed force the Wei army to abandon the siege of Mengjindu and return to the army to rescue.

It's just that, in this way, Mengjindu's Huangquan naval army must retreat, without the naval army to contain, the Wei army will have no scruples, seventy or eighty thousand Wei troops will cross the river together to break through Mengjindu, and if they come in the direction of Luoyang, it will also be a very troublesome thing.

Seventy or eighty thousand Wei soldiers are at the north gate of Luoyang, even if Zhuge Liang now has 20,000 more southern troops in his hands, and Zhuge even has crossbows to defend the city, he still can't take it lightly.

And once Sima Yi, who was in Gong County, learned the news of Meng Jindu's breakthrough, he would inevitably press the whole army and strive to break the Northern Han Army led by Wei Yan, and also come to besiege Luoyang.

At that time, around Luoyang, there will be more than 100,000 Wei troops.

It is true that there are still many uncertain factors in this, such as the capture of a large number of cities in Hedong County after Zhang Xi crossed the river, the instability of the rear of the Wei army, forcing the Wei army to return to help, or Wei Yan was able to block Sima Yi's attack and prevent Sima Yi from joining forces with the Wei army of Meng Jindu, etc.

It is true that it is impossible to deduce the victory or defeat of the Luoyang Guard Battle based on these unknown circumstances, but. If Sima Yi really ruthlessly chose not to return to Hedong, and desperately tried to defeat the Hedong region and capture Luoyang, Luoyang would also be very dangerous.

Moreover, once Luoyang is in danger and falls into the siege of the enemy, not to mention the question of whether it can be defended, it is said that the various strategies of the next Northern Expedition will not be able to be implemented smoothly because of the instability of Luoyang. This is what Zhuge Liang is most worried about.

The Northern Expedition is always the first priority, so if Luoyang can not fall into danger, it is better not to fall into danger.

Zhang Xi actually knew that his plan was a bit too cost-effective, it was not a good idea, but it was better than passively fighting in Mengjindu.

Now the problem of Meng Jindu is actually a problem of insufficient troops, as long as we think of a way, whether we can make up for the gap in this troop force, and the transfer of the navy is actually not a very important matter.

For this reason, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi discussed for a long time, and finally Zhuge Liang thought of a compromise solution.

Zhang Xi's troops were going to go to Hedong, but they didn't arrive in the first place.

Zhang Xi brought 50,000 soldiers to support Luoyang, of which only 30,000 Shangyong soldiers were under the command of Zhang Xi in the strategic plan, and the remaining 20,000 southern troops were to stay in Luoyang as a reserve.

Zhang Xi should have had 20,000 rangers as his own troops, but now this ranger has just walked to the right side of the wind, and has not yet passed the martial pass.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang's suggestion was to let Zhang Xi lead 30,000 Shangyong soldiers to support Mengjindu and block this wave of Wei army's attack, and Wang Chang's 20,000 Hongnong soldiers did not need to return to Luoyang, and obeyed Zhang Xi's command first.

The purpose is to create a stalemate between the forces of the two sides in the direction of Mengjindu, so that Sima Shi, Xiahouba and others on the Hedong side will decide that the Han will fight a stalemate in Mengjindu.

Then, after the 20,000 Qianghu rangers led by Ma Dai arrived in Luoyang, they immediately assembled in the direction of Heyang County, and at that time, Huang Quan's naval army was dispatched to build a pontoon bridge.

In this way, in the direction of Mengjindu, Zhang Xi led more than 50,000 soldiers to block the Wei army of more than 70,000 people, pinning down the main force of the Wei army, and in the direction of Heyang, after 20,000 rangers crossed the river, they quickly plundered Hedong with the speed advantage of cavalry, forcing the Wei army to retreat from Mengjindu.

It is such a compromise method, and this method is actually not without shortcomings.

One of the most obvious drawbacks is that although the Rangers are very destructive, they are not able to attack cities, and at most they can only raid places, but they cannot really effectively threaten many large counties in Ha Dong County and Hanoi County. If Sima Yi or Sima Shi could really withstand the pressure and not return to help, it would be of little significance for the cavalry to cross the river.

But. At present, this method is already a method that can be taken into account as much as possible, and things on the battlefield cannot be perfect.

The safety of Luoyang is more important than the attack on Hedong County.

Although Zhuge Liang's method is not perfect, it is at least safer than Zhang Xi's method. That's all there is to it.

After discussing with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xi rested in Luoyang City for three days, and on the fourth day, he led his troops to Mengjindu, north of Luoyang, to support Zhang Yi, Wang Chang and others who were still holding on to Mengjindu.

Zhuge Liang continued to sit in Luoyang, guarding against Sima Yi of Gongxian County, while waiting for the Qianghu rangers led by Ma Dai to arrive and arrange for them to carry out the next march route.

Zhang Xi marched all the way, and in less than three days, he arrived at the front line of Mengjindu.

After all, it is about to approach the battlefield, and although it is in a hurry to rescue, the combat preparations that should be made must be done, and there can be no mistakes.

After successfully arriving at the front line of Mengjindu and meeting with Wang Chang, Zhang Xi knew what the real battle situation of Mengjindu was now.

Zhang Yi is still holding on to Mengjindu, but to tell the truth, Mengjindu Zhang Yi has lost three-quarters of it, and there is only a corner in the south left, and Zhang Yi is still fighting hard.

As for Wang Chang, after the leader arrived here, he tried to persuade Zhang Yi to withdraw directly from Mengjindu and set up another defensive line on the periphery to defend, but Zhang Yi did not agree.

And Zhang Yi's reason for opposing it is also very simple - he has few soldiers.

Once they give up holding on to Mengjindu and let the enemy army out to fight, then it is equivalent to more than 20,000 Han troops having to face the attack of 70,000 or 80,000 Wei troops, and from the perspective of troop superiority, there is no chance of winning in this way.

It's better to continue to block the south gate of Mengjindu, and fight all the way, maybe you can hold on a little longer.

Wang Chang also had to admit that Zhang Yi's approach had a certain amount of truth, but since then, Zhang Yi had to face the siege of the Wei army with seven or eight times his own strength, and the 20,000 Hongnong soldiers brought by Wang Chang could not help at all except to help Zhang Yi consolidate the defense line of the two wings.

But Wang Chang still has nothing to say, because it was he Zhang Yi himself who gambled on Meng Jindu in person. People are using their own lives to gain time, not using other people's lives as cannon fodder, what can you say to Wang Chang? !

Fortunately, Zhang Yi's persistence, it was not without any gain, and he finally survived until Zhang Xi led the troops to arrive.

And Zhang Xi led the troops to the vicinity of Mengjindu, and after learning the specific situation from Wang Chang, he immediately began to think about how to trap the Wei army in Mengjindu.

If you want to trick people, you must first be surprised. In this way, the Wei army could not be allowed to realize that he had led troops to help.

For this reason, Zhang Xi did not hesitate to toss again, and the leading army retreated thirty miles, leaving only Wang Chang's troops to defend on the periphery of Mengjindu.

Secondly, Zhang Xi ordered Zhang Yi to give up holding on to the south gate of Mengjindu, retreat to join Wang Chang's army, and release the Wei army.

In the end, Zhang Xi will let Wang Chang be defeated and retreat in his direction, and when the Wei army catches up, Zhang Xi will use the Zhuge crossbow milled from Zhuge Liang to teach Sima Shi and Xiahou Ba how to behave.

The trick is not new, but this kind of routine, I don't know how many generals have suffered, and sometimes on the battlefield, the simpler the strategy, the easier it is to succeed.

Without him, the situation is compelling.

The enemy army is defeated and retreated, can you chase it?!

Don't chase?!

The waste of fighters gave the enemy a chance to regroup and collect the defeated troops.

Pursue. The possibility of an ambush is not small.

It's a question of either/or.

And what a good coach has to do is to try to induce the enemy commander to mistakenly think that his judgment is correct, so as to increase the probability of him being selected.

Of course, if it doesn't work, it's not like this on the battlefield, it's just an adjective, and no one can really do it.

Anyway, the trick is such a trick, whether you can be fooled or not depends on whether Wang Chang's performance is true or not, and whether Sima Shi will be fooled.

And at this time Sima Shi. To be honest, he's hesitant right now.

Seeing it, it seems that he can really capture Meng Jindu.

After capturing Mengjindu and gaining a breakthrough, he could lead an army of 80,000 to attack Luoyang with Xiahouba. But the problem is that doing so seems to go against my father's strategic plan.

At the beginning, my father once sent a military order, strictly emphasizing that the attack on Mengjindu was just a feint, the purpose was to attract Shu thieves to Mengjindu and create an opportunity for my father to attack Luoyang. Therefore, to fight Mengjindu, it is necessary to control it to a degree.

It is necessary to create pressure on Mengjindu, but at the same time, it is not possible to really completely capture Mengjindu.

Otherwise, with less than 4,000 soldiers and horses led by the Shu thief general named Zhang Yi, he still wants to guard the south gate of Mengjindu?!

Yes, Zhang Yi's ability to guard the south gate until now is completely the result of Sima Shi's release of water.

However, in this battle, Sima Shi gradually felt a little wrong when it came to this part.

Sima Shi actually knew about Wang Chang leading his troops to help, after all, Wang Chang had been here for a long time, and although Sima Shi's troops were blocked by Zhang Yi, he could still send some reconnaissance scouts.

It stands to reason that Wang Changdu has been transferred over for almost half a month, and his father should have already had results on the Luoyang side, if he wins and the sneak attack on Luoyang is successful, the Shu thieves in front of him should have withdrawn a long time ago.

But if you lose, what should you do?!

(End of chapter)