"General, it has been detected that the Jieting Shu army is divided into five routes, and the troops are stationed for defense."

Ma Tan's movements could not be concealed from the scouts of the Wei army, and soon the movements of the Jieting Shu army were sent to Zhang He's table.

In fact, Zhang He's defeat in this battle is inexplicable, and Zhang He has also felt very aggrieved until now.

The 50,000 Wei army was attacked by the Shu army at night while marching, and thousands of soldiers and horses were lost in one battle, which can be described as a shame.

Therefore, after Zhang He reassembled his troops and horses, he camped twenty miles away from the street pavilion and sent scouts to inquire about the specific situation of the street pavilion.

"Do you want to find out who the number of troops and generals of the Shu army are?" Zhang He looked at the scout's report and asked with a frown.

"General Yu, judging by the smoke and military flags, the number of Shu troops should not exceed 10,000. Its commander is named Ma Yan, who is the descendant of Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu State. ”

"Ma Yan? But the younger brother of Ma Liang, the head of the Five Constants of the Ma family? Zhang He frowned slightly, and asked after a long time.

"Yes." The adjutant nodded.

"I didn't expect that Jingnan Ma has produced so many talents." Zhang He shook his head lightly and couldn't help sighing.

"Since the Zhuge villager sent him to guard the street pavilion, it is estimated that he has been prepared for a long time, and this battle is not easy to fight."

"Not necessarily." The adjutant general scratched his head and looked at the specific information given by the scout and said.

"Judging from the intelligence, this horse is just a façade. He led more than 10,000 troops, if he defended the street pavilion city, it is estimated that we will lose a lot if we want to gnaw it down. ”

"But now they are guarding the street pavilion city of only two thousand, and only the Shu general Wang Ping is guarding the city. And the rest of the tribes all went up to the mountains to set up camp, and each of them was less than 2,000. ”

"The forces are so scattered and it is extremely difficult to echo each other, this is a war feat from heaven to the general."

"Heh, I'm afraid it's not a war feat." Zhang He sneered, looking at the map with gloomy eyes.

They are all veterans for many years, and they don't need their subordinates to remind him that he can see the problems of the Shu army. There is no water source on the four mountains, as long as the water source is cut off on all sides, it will not be long before the Shu army will be in chaos.

At that time, it will be easy to send troops to cover the past, and it will be easy to defeat them.

But Zhang He saw a deeper problem, that is, the Shu army was too scattered. If the Wei army wants to achieve defeat, it must divide its troops and encircle it, and then wait for the Shu army to break up on its own.

If he fights one by one, it is estimated that he will have to fight for a month, and don't save Longxi when he brings it, pack up and go back to Chang'an to receive the punishment.

And how long will it take to wait for the Shu army to collapse itself? Is there any reserve of water in the Shu army camp? If so, how long will the Wei army have to surround it and wait until the Shu army runs out of water?

This is all because the information can't tell Zhang He at all now, and Zhang He has to judge it himself.

And with the situation that the Wei army burst out as soon as it approached the Shu army that night, Ma Jian was either prepared or brainless.

Considering Ma Yan's identity, Zhang He estimated that the latter was unlikely.

"I'm sure that Ma Jian has already made enough preparations, just waiting for us to send troops to encircle." Zhang He drew on the map, and his face turned pale.

Under his marking, the Wei army will also divide its troops into five places and set up five military camps to surround the Shu army.

In this way, the Wei army, which seemed to have plenty of soldiers and horses, seemed to be very small.

And if they fail to take the Jieting before the Shu army annexes the entire Longxi, as soon as the Shu army reinforcements arrive, the 40,000 Wei troops who cannot gather in a short time will face annihilation!

"Ma Yan, this is pulling us to a gamble, the last game where he already knows the winner or loser!" Zhang He saw all these calculations clearly, and secretly took a breath of cold air.

In his opinion, this is a must-lose game, after all, he has no hole cards and he doesn't know how many hole cards there are on the opposite side.

Looking at Zhang He's arrangement, the deputy generals were silent, and they were all secretly frightened.

"General, we must not fall into the treacherous tricks of the Shu army, otherwise not only Longxi will not be able to save it, but even the tens of thousands of generals and soldiers in Guanzhong will be in danger!" One lieutenant gave his hand, and the rest of the lieutenants also nodded.

"Naturally, it can't be like this, otherwise it will be the way of Ma Yan, and you can only follow his rhythm." Zhang He shook his head, but he drew a line on the map, and this line passed directly through the street pavilion.

"Ma Tan did calculate well, but the soldiers and horses he left in the street pavilion were too few and too scattered. Wang Ping's 2,000 soldiers and horses alone could not stop the siege of our army. ”

"So just ignore the Shu army stationed in the surrounding mountains, and directly gather the main force to knock down the street pavilion. After that, 15,000 soldiers and horses were left to guard the street pavilion and prevent the Shu army from joining forces, and I personally led 30,000 elite soldiers to continue to save Long. ”

"At that time, you only need to send troops everywhere to prevent the Shu army from joining forces to block the grain road."

Zhang He's plan made several lieutenants look at each other and didn't speak for a while.

"I know what you think, it's a taboo for soldiers, but we don't have any other choice." Zhang He shook his head and could only smile bitterly.

"We are at a disadvantage, and now we have no choice but to do so. It can only be said that he is glad that Ma Tan chose to divide his troops, causing the Shu army to disperse and threaten the grain route. ”

"If he sticks to the street pavilion, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to gamble."

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A few days later, the Wei army finally made a comeback in anticipation of Ma Tan, and quickly surrounded Jieting City. However, the Wei army did not cut off the Shu army's water source, but divided its troops to guard all the mountain roads leading to the Jieting, and then began to build siege equipment.

"Zhang He, is this trying to knock one by one and break the Shu army?" Ma Tan couldn't understand Zhang He's approach, but he didn't delay him to pat his thigh with remorse.

", I knew that I was going to Shoujie Pavilion City, and I could be comfortable in the city for two days before I died."

"General, should we go to the aid of General Wang Ping?" A guard cautiously stepped forward and asked.

"I must go to the rescue, it is not the style of our Han army to move like a mountain when the friendly army is in difficulty." Ma Tan said.

"Gather troops and horses to go down the mountain with me to support, and we must not let Wang Ping have an accident!"

"Yui!" The attendant immediately turned around to give orders, but was stopped by Ma Tan.

"Wait, by the way, everyone has to follow me! No more than my !! ”

"Uh...... Only! ”

The 2,000 Shu army soon assembled, and under the leadership of Ma Tan, they charged towards the Wei army from top to bottom.

But soon Ma Jian finally understood why he was able to be suffocated to death by Zhang He on the mountain in history.

The mountain of Jieting is very steep, and the only places where soldiers and horses can go down the mountain are those mountain roads. The Wei army only needs to set up a strong crossbow in a good formation, and the Shu army can't rush down at all.

Ma Tan led the troops to rush the Wei army's military formation several times, but it was useless at all. And Ma Tan himself was extremely "lucky", not a single arrow hit him, and in the end he could only return to the mountain with a disgraced face.

The Shu army on all sides failed to rush into battle, and Zhang He was relieved to launch an offensive against the street pavilion.

Tens of thousands of Wei troops launched an all-out offensive against Jieting.