Chapter 53: Hold on and Wait for Help
"Gushan Town can garrison at most one division, and if you add horses, it can't fit so many people. Xun Yue expressed helplessness.
The width of the front of the town is only about one kilometer, and the protruding part of the mountain is less than 200 meters, if you squeeze a little to stuff 10,000 people, there is no room for too many horses, and the livestock of the original inhabitants are kept in captivity outside the town.
"The 12th Division has more than 10,000 horses, so I can only build a large camp outside the town. Knowing the answer, Fuji Yan was still a little disappointed.
"Later, I will send my subordinates to help you build a 20,000-strong barracks first, and then another 30,000-strong barracks when they come tomorrow. Our 60,000 men are here to join forces, and when the remaining troops of the 14th Army Corps arrive, we will join forces with the defenders in Shuanglong City to break the encirclement of Cao's army. Seeing that Teng Yan was so easy to speak, Xun Yue offered to help.
After the discussion was settled, Teng Yan led his troops to build a military camp in the east of Gushan Town, and Xun Yue also sent 5,000 people to help. Before 12 o'clock in the evening, a military camp of 20,000 people was set up, and the local army of Pingzhong County, which had been on the road for two days, was finally able to sleep well.
On the same night, under the cover of the naval forces of Shanyuan Prefecture and Hexi Prefecture, Luo Kui led the 18th Army Corps to land in Qi State and rushed to Lanqiling overnight. The 31st-35th Divisions of the Fourth Army Corps also crossed the Xijiang River and marched towards the Xijiang Water Village.
On the third day of the war, Fuji Yan had just woken up when his guards hurried into the camp.
"My lord, General Xun has an urgent military situation, please come to the town to discuss. ”
"What's the matter? There's an emergency military situation early in the morning?" Fuji Yan immediately got up from the bed.
"It is said that there is an abnormal movement of Cao Jun on the side of Shuanglong City. ”
As soon as he heard that it was an enemy situation, Teng Yan didn't bother to wash, and after putting on his armor, he rushed to Gushan Town with his personal guards.
"General Teng, the situation has changed, I will make a long story short, the battalion of the Cao army suddenly sent a division of cavalry to drive away our scouts, we could not enter the range of twenty kilometers from them, it seems that we are going to use troops in our direction. Xun Yue said with a serious face.
"The Cao army outside the west gate is less than thirty kilometers away from us, and the reinforcements of the four divisions camped last night are about eighty kilometers away from us, and they will arrive at noon at the earliest. Cao's infantry can reach Gushan Town in two hours at most, and if Cao's army has more troops than us, then we will have to wait for reinforcements. Fuji Yan had vaguely guessed the situation in his heart.
"With 10,000 men to drive away our scouts, the Cao army is probably at least twice as many troops as ours this time. Their scouts have fought your outposts, and should be aware of your presence, so they won't send less than four divisions against us.
Commander Cao Jun should have discovered our arrival and knew that it would pose a great threat to them, so he would first defeat our reinforcements and then try to storm Shuanglong City. If Shuanglong City cannot be taken in the short term, Cao Guo will withdraw its troops, and if it drags on, Cao's military advantage will be gone.
After fighting with our country for so many years, the commander of the Cao Army should be very clear about the rescue time of our ** team, but he does not know that the 1st and 2nd Central Army Corps have entered the war zone, and he does not know that there are still four divisions behind us.
General Teng, if we can inflict heavy damage on the Cao army that came this time, the situation of the entire Shuanglong City area will be changed because of us, and we can make great achievements in this battle without going abroad. "Xun Yue wants to make great contributions, he must pull Fuji Yan, and his strength alone is still a little insufficient.
Hearing the word "great merit", Teng Yan's eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly: "General Xun, if you have any way to say, if Teng can cooperate, he will fully cooperate." ”
Teng Yan reacted like this, Xun Yue was very happy, pointed to the map on the wall and said: "Hu Qin, the commander of the 14th Army Corps, will be able to arrive here tonight with the main force of the 135th and 136th Divisions, and I have been in contact with him.
The 138th, 139th, and 140th divisions will also be able to rush to the outskirts of Shuanglong City at dawn tomorrow at the latest.
Counting the men and horses of our Second Army Corps, we will be able to gather 110,000 troops by then.
In three days, I estimate that Cao Guo can transport a maximum of 200,000 troops, and our joint 13-16th Division can inflict heavy damage on Cao Jun in Gushan Town, and the strength of Cao Jun will be evenly matched.
We can break through the Cao army camp outside the West Gate in one fell swoop, and build a military camp under Shuanglong City, so that the Cao army can't advance or retreat, and I won't be surnamed Xun if I don't bite a piece of Cao Guo's meat when the time comes.
The key to this battle is the barracks you built last night.
This time, the Cao army will not attack the castle of the backing town first, but will attack your military camp first.
As long as we work together until noon, and wait for the 13th and 16th divisions to arrive and cut off the road for Cao's army to retreat to Shuanglong City, I am eighty percent sure that Cao's army will be defeated. ”
As long as the Cao army occupies this military camp, even if it does not take the backer town, as long as 10,000 people are sent to garrison the military camp, they can monitor the Shaodian army in the town. Cao's army would not let the Shaodian army of the two divisions go alone and continue to march westward.
Fuji Yan smashed his fist into his palm: "Okay, just do it! No problem, my 12th Division will definitely be able to hold out until noon." ”
"But we can't just stick to it. Xun Yue is confident.
"Will the plan be released?" Fuji Yan humbly asked.
"We have a total of 6,000 cavalry, you can lead one cavalry and two horses, cruising outside without banners, and pinning down the cavalry of Cao's army.
There were originally 500 castle guards in the town, and they were familiar with the nearby terrain, so they could bring more flags and gongs and drums up the mountain, pretending to be suspicious soldiers in the mountains and forests, and trying to delay the time of Cao's strong attack.
The main direction of attack of the enemy must be the barracks, and I only need 2,000 archers and 3,000 infantry to hold the town. Xun Yue is full of confidence.
"I'll send a thousand archers and a thousand infantry to help hold the barracks, and with your two thousand archers and five thousand infantry, a total of nine thousand, it shouldn't be a problem to hold on for three or four hours. Xun Yue finally said the point.
Xun Yue predicted that Cao's army would send at least 40,000 people to attack Gushan Town, and most of the main force would be used to attack the military camp, rather than gnawing the hard bone of Gushan Town first. Then the nine thousand people who remained in the barracks would be under great pressure and could be attacked by more than four times the number of troops.
Fuji Yan is not a stupid person, he has enough military common sense, and he will not just be blinded by merit, 9,000 people guarding a military camp will not be a problem for half a day.
There are many books in the Pingzhong County Knight Guild that record various battle examples, and he likes to read them since he was a child, and he doesn't dare to say that he is proficient, at least he is familiar with military books.
"General Xun's plan is very thoughtful, and when the reinforcements arrive, I can lead the cavalry to entangle the Cao army, so that it cannot quickly leave the battlefield, and it will definitely be able to catch them off guard. "Teng Yan's descendant troops are cavalry, and he doesn't feel distressed when the other troops fight out.
When the cavalry of Cao Guo was driving away the scouts of Shaodian Kingdom, the troops of five divisions were ready to go in the Ximen camp, and after cleaning up Shaodian Guo's eyeline, this grain grabbing force that planned to sweep Qingshui County began to set off.
Fang Ba actually guessed that Shaodian's reinforcements might be stationed in Gushan Town, so the leading general of Cao's army drove directly to Gushan Town with his troops.
Five kilometers away from Gushan Town, the forward of the Cao army was attacked by several thousand cavalry, slowing down the pace of advance, and when the Cao army gathered 10,000 cavalry, the sneak cavalry troops ran away from the distance. Then Cao's ** team simply marched forward in a group, concentrating their forces to crush the backer.
It was already past nine o'clock when the Cao army arrived at Gushan Town, and they found that the two Shaodian State reinforcements were here, in addition to the castle of Gushan Town full of defenders, there was also an extra military camp next to it.
The generals who led the army did not hesitate, and immediately ordered an attack on the town and the military camp, as Xun Yue expected, the Cao army focused on attacking the military camp east of the town.
Cao was rich in archers, so the proportion of archers in the army was relatively high, and this time 20,000 archers were dispatched to the town. Fifteen thousand archers were transferred to the front of the Shaodian ** battalion, and only five thousand archers were responsible for suppressing the castle walls.
Dou An nervously followed behind the squad leader, holding the iron rod on his chest tightly with both hands, sweat had already flowed down the iron rod to the ground, and like the people beside him, they were all holding their breath and waiting for the squadron leader's order.
His squadron was in the trench, waiting for Cao Jun to pass through the trench, and then stepped forward to deliver a fatal blow.
The front of the barracks of the 12th Division was about 500 meters wide, and a trench two meters deep and ten meters wide was dug more than 20 meters in front of the barracks wall, which was horizontally in front of the barracks in an arc.
On both sides of the barracks gate there is an arrow tower about 20 meters high, and on the left and right sides there is a camp wall protruding 5 meters, like a widened city wall, more than 30 meters long, and it is full of archers.
Under the camp wall, there are four winding tunnels leading to the trench, through which the troops in the barracks can enter the trench to intercept the enemy who tries to cross the trench and attack the barracks.
Dou An originally belonged to the infantry of the 5th Squadron of the 7th Brigade of the 12th Division, and now all the infantry of the division are organized together, and the task is to defend the barracks.
He watched the rain of arrows flying overhead, listened to the neat footsteps of the enemy, and his heart followed the beating of the enemy's drums, and he wanted to spread his legs and run into the barracks.
But Dou An knows very well that only by fighting bravely can he survive, and if he runs back, he will definitely be cut off by the military judge.
The best way for Cao's army to cross the trench was to fill in the way with earth, but the troops who poured the mud would be exposed to the eyes of the enemy archers, so they had to erect a shield wall opposite the trench to ensure the safety of the landfilled troops.
"Here, everyone prepare!"
Dou An heard the squadron leader shouting and looked up blankly.
They were all standing close to one side of the barracks, and a group of Cao Army infantry in black armor and holding black long cards appeared on the top of the trench on the other side.
This group of Cao army infantry did not stop, and jumped directly into the trench.
"these Cao ghosts!" the squadron leader roared with all his might, brandishing his mace and smashing it towards the black shield in front of him.
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