Chapter 457 Divine soldiers descend from the sky and the two armies encircle
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
Chapter 457 Divine soldiers descend from the sky and the two armies encircle
It is true that Wei Yan has an arrogant personality, but it has to be said that he has the capital to be arrogant.
While he was talking bold words, Wei Yan did not forget the most basic quality of a general - widespread scouting.
Many of the several military orders he had just issued involved sending out elite scouts from the army.
The word "scout" does not sound like the commander of the village. Those who have a high military position like "quchang", but anyone who is in the army knows that the position of scouts is not high, but they are not the most elite group of people in the army.
The most rigorous training, the most prestigious, and the best treatment. The series of the most rigorous training made the scouts the prototype of later generations of special forces.
After all, what scouts often do is to go deep into the enemy's territory to inquire about the enemy's situation. They often do not have many comrades to protect them. Once they leave the camp, they are the only ones who can be trusted to pick them up.
And most importantly, the loyalty of the scouts must be guaranteed.
Because once the scouts turn around, what they report must be the most urgent military information, and that military information can be sent directly to the ears of the general without any review.
In that case, if the loyalty of the scouts cannot be guaranteed, then the general will most likely make a fatal decision based on wrong information.
When Wei Yan first followed Liu Bei in Jingzhou, his first military post was that of scout.
As an experienced veteran who has climbed from scout to Ruming status step by step, Wei Yancuo naturally knows the importance of scouts.
The scouts in his army are all his confidants.
The scouts carefully trained by Wei Yan did not disappoint Wei Yan.
In the third month, more than ten of the dozens of scouts sent by Wei Yan returned.
As for the remaining scouts who had yet to return, Wei Yan knew they would never come back.
The well-trained scouts not only returned quickly, but also brought Wei Yan a lot of requested information.
In addition to the movements of Cao Zhen's army, there are also the movements of Fei Yao's army.
Liu Ye had previously proposed to Cao Zhen a plan to turn against foreigners. Cao Zhen thought this plan was very clever and quickly adopted it.
According to Liu Ye's plan, Cao Zhen successively commanded the Wei army to divide his troops to attack various cities in Hanzhong in the following months.
There is a large county in Hanzhong, and there are more than a dozen counties, large and small. Among those dozen counties, some have good city defenses and can withstand the fierce attack of the Wei army in a short period of time.
Many county towns are small towns to begin with, and most of the people guarding them are not county soldiers. How could they withstand the fierce attack of the elite field troops of the Wei army?
In just half a month, many county towns in Hanzhong County fell into the hands of the Wei army.
After realizing that, Wei Yan listened to the names of those counties, and the entire map of Hanzhong County appeared in his mind unconsciously.
The overall defense line in Hanzhong was designed by Zhuge Liang and Fazheng, but the specific operator was not Wei Yan.
As for Wei Yan, could he understand the Hanzhong defense line better than Mi Yang?
A series of county names appeared in Wei Yan's mind, and then seemed to turn into clear threads. The map of Hanzhong that kept appearing in Wei Yan's mind kept wandering around.
After the deduction, Wei Yan felt more confident.
It is true that the Wei army's offensive was very fierce and they successively attacked many counties in Hanzhong to the east. However, the counties that would be attacked by the Wei army in such a short period of time did not deny Mi Yang's previous defense.
In other words, the loss of those cities will not make it difficult for Wei Yan's army to move forward.
Even though the Wei army's front had already touched the Han River.
But Wei Yan's original plan was not to march from the Han River.
Just after the rainy season, when the water level of the Han River is rising sharply, it would be dangerous and slow to swim against the current.
Mi Yang's order to Wei Yan is to provide immediate assistance!
After thinking about the movements of Cao Zhen's army, Wei Yan then thought about the movements of Fei Yao's army.
Just some time ago, Fei Yao finally led his army out of the entrance of the Xiegu.
In the first month after Fei Yao's army walked out of Xiegukou, he successfully received an order from Cao Zhen - to divide his troops and attack the Han and Le cities to completely cut off the connection between Nanzheng and Yangping Pass.
Fei Yao knew that the slow pace of his march had already aroused Cao Zhen's displeasure.
Therefore, after receiving the military order, he acted extremely arrogantly.
He himself led an army of 10,000 to storm Seoul, and then dispatched his lieutenants to lead an army of 10,000 to storm Lecheng.
Due to the importance of the Han and Le cities in Buluo, the defenses and garrison of those two cities were not comparable to those of the counties that were attacked to the east by the Wei army.
After many months of fierce attacks in the east, the cities of Han and Le were still firmly in the hands of the Liangzhou Army.
This is the best news for Wei Yan.
After learning the specific movements of Cao Zhen and Fei Yao's army, Wei Yan did not hesitate.
In the month after receiving the information, he led 5,000 Liangzhou troops from Xicheng and marched westward.
Wei Yan knew that the news of his army's movement could not be hidden from Wei Jun's scouts, so he did not want to hide it at all at first.
Not only did he not intend to hide it, Wei Yan took the initiative to send people around to spread the news - on the orders of Liangzhou Mu, he led troops to aid Nanzheng!
After doing that, Wei Yan ordered the five thousand Liangzhou troops not to carry any other baggage that would affect the army's marching speed, except for necessary weapons and dry food.
Facing Wei Yan's order, the five thousand Liangzhou army did not hesitate at all.
Soon in that month, the five thousand lightly-armed Liangzhou Army was to the east of Wei Yan's leadership and quickly marched towards Nanzheng City.
Wei Yan knew that after he released the news, Cao Zhen outside Xingshi City would be the first to get the news within a few months at most.
Therefore, he must lead a large army and fight against every second during those months.
Just hope that in those few months, the closer he gets to Nanzheng City, the more successful his plan will be.
Xicheng, Yang County, Jiuting, Wei Yan, who knew the geography of Hanzhong well, could hardly have planned a route for his army to reach Nanzheng as quickly as possible.
With Wei Yan's excellent planning and the Liangzhou Army's high-intensity rush march to the east, within a few months, Wei Yan's army had crossed Jiuting and arrived outside Chenggu County.
Chenggu County is less than a hundred miles away from Nanzheng County.
For such a short distance, an ordinary army would only need to walk for three days at most, but what if it could march at the speed that Wei Yan had shown before?
When Wei Yan led his troops to the outside of Dagu County, Cao Zhen had just received the military information from Wei Yan about sending troops.
In the second month when Cao Zhen had not yet made a decision, because Wei Yan's army was now outside Chenggu County, the Wei army's scouts quickly reported the news to Cao Zhen.
In just two months, Cao Zhen heard about Wei Yan's name from his scouts one after another.
That frightened Cao Zhen.
Aren't you surprised?
He only received news last month that Wei Yan's army set out from Xicheng.
On the bright moon, he received news that Wei Yan's army was not far from Nanzheng City.
Receiving those two messages in such a short period of time made Cao Zhen think that Wei Yan's army was really coming from the sky.
Even Cao Zhen knew that the reason why Wei Yan was able to do that was because he created a time difference in which information was delayed.
But even knowing that, Cao Zhen couldn't help but feel that Wei Yan's army took it seriously.
If you want to successfully hit that time difference, the requirements of the generals and soldiers are very high.
Cao Zhen couldn't help but think of Xia Houyuan, the general who conquered the west and was famous for his rapid marches in the east.
No matter what period of time, a general who can lead his soldiers on a rapid march must not be a good person.
In fact, at the beginning of the Southern Campaign, Cao Zhen spent a lot of manpower and material resources to investigate the generals in the east of Mi Yang.
According to the information Cao Zhen had received before, Wei Yan was not a great person.
Even though he had been the governor of Hanzhong before, without a glorious record, his reputation was not as great as that of Ding Feng, the captain of the school.
Cao Zhen knew about the posthumous title, and Wei Yan's talents should not be underestimated.
After realizing that, Cao Zhen began to actively deploy everything.
It is true that the marching speed of Wei Yan's army was beyond Cao Zhen's expectation, but it was not enough to make Cao Zhen panic.
No matter how quickly they arrived at Dugu, Wei Yan's army would only be five thousand.
And after months of high-intensity marches to the east, it is expected that the combat effectiveness of Wei Yan's army must have seriously declined.
On the other hand, looking at our own side, in terms of military strength and morale, Wei Yan's army is there, so there is nothing for Cao Zhen to panic about.
Cao Zhen felt that Wei Yancai should be panicking.
Because there is a tactic in the world called encirclement and reinforcements.
Cao Zhen is not a superstitious person in intelligence, but from the summary and analysis of the intelligence he has received so far, Cao Zhen believes that Wei Yan will come to rescue Nanzheng City.
If not, Mi Yang's lair must be rescued. Why is Wei Yan so desperate?
Now Fei Yao's lieutenant general is leading the army to attack Lecheng. Lecheng is located between Nanzheng and Chenggu. It is another fortification in Hanzhong besides Xingshi.
Once Lecheng is attacked to the east by the Wei army, Nanzheng will lose all relief from the east.
Therefore, if Wei Yan wants to rescue Nanzheng, then Wei Yan of the Wei army in Lecheng will definitely not ignore it.
Cao Zhen immediately issued two military orders.
The first military order: Fei Yao's deputy general Han De was ordered to stop attacking Lecheng and quickly lead his troops towards Chenggu County.
The second military order: Order General Wang Shuang to lead five thousand troops from Xingshi City all the way to the east and around to the back of Chenggu County to cut off the retreat of Wei Yan's army.
Cao Zhen's first military order ensured that Wei Yan would focus most of his attention on the Wei army that was marching towards him.
As long as Wei Yan's attention is attracted by that Wei army, then the Wei army that will circle behind Wei Yan's army soon will become a weapon to defeat Wei Yan's army.
Cao Zhen felt that his arrangement was absolutely watertight.
Shortly after the two military orders were issued, the two Wei armies followed Cao Zhen's instructions and began to outflank Wei Yan's army outside Chenggu County.
Cao Zhen has been sending scouts to pay attention to the movements of the two Wei armies. Similarly, he has also been paying attention to the movements of Wei Yan's army.
According to reports from scouts, after Wei Yan led his army to Chenggu County, he made no new moves, as if he was recruiting troops for battle.
After getting that information, Cao Zhen became more convinced that Wei Yan's purpose was to rescue Nanzheng.
He kept issuing military orders, causing the two Wei armies to quickly miss the Wei Yan army and form an encirclement.
If he could defeat Eastern Wei Yan's 5,000-strong army in one battle, then Mi Yang would definitely suffer heavy losses.
As Cao Zhen pressed east, the two Wei armies gradually crossed Wei Yan and formed an encirclement.
Fifteen thousand is wrong for five thousand, which is a huge advantage.
That's not what Cao Zhen had in mind.
His thoughts must not be wrong. Even if Mi Yang comes to arrange it, he cannot arrange it better than Cao Zhen.
But the most fundamental basis for Cao Zhen's encirclement to take effect is whether Wei Yan really wants to rescue Nanzheng.
But Wei Yan doesn’t agree!
Since Wei Yan's purpose was not to rescue Nanzheng at all, he did not focus on the approaching Korean and German troops ahead.
Since there was no negligence, the scouts sent by Wei Yan could easily detect the information that two Wei armies were encircling him.
After getting the military information, Wei Yan not only was not worried at all, but also laughed.
He was afraid that Wei Jun would not move!
Wei Yan deliberately released the news that he asked for rescue from Nanzheng. Is this because he knew that no matter how fast he marched, the Wei army outside Lecheng would not be a hurdle for him to reach the port.
Without diverting the 10,000 Wei troops outside Lecheng away, his army would not be able to continue to Yangping Pass.
The simplest way to achieve that goal is to use your own army as a bait and become a target that the Wei army cannot attack.
Concerning whether this goal could be achieved, Wei Yan not only released false news with great fanfare, but also specially spent some time outside Chenggu County to repair it.
Judging from the information received so far, there is no red fee for what Wei Yan did.
What Wei Yan didn't expect from Bu Nao was that Cao Zhen valued him so much that he sent all the Wei troops in Lecheng to surround and suppress him.
It's normal for Bu Nao to think about it. If he doesn't concentrate on destroying his army first, the Wei army in Lecheng will easily fall into a situation where he is attacked from both sides.
Now that the goal has been achieved, Wei Yan will no longer hesitate.
During that time, Wei Yan repaired and rehabilitated his soldiers, and on the other hand, he demolished many houses outside Chenggu County and stored raw materials for making pontoon bridges.
Why did Wei Yanhui plan to station his army outside Chenggu County?
Is it because Chenggu County and Lecheng are both on the north bank of the Han River?
And Wei Yan, who was familiar with the geography of Hanzhong, knew that due to the topography of the Han River outside Chenggu County, it was not possible to build a pontoon bridge to cross the Han River even in the east just after the rainy season.
Before the two Wei armies formed a complete encirclement, Wei Yan commanded five thousand Liangzhou troops to build many pontoon bridges on the north bank of the Han River outside Chenggu County.
After the pontoon bridge was set up, Wei Yan did not hesitate at all. He led five thousand Liangzhou troops to quickly cross the pontoon bridge and reach the south bank of the Han River.
After arriving at the south bank of the Han River, Wei Yan ordered the entire army to march eastward towards Yangping Pass.
The news that Wei Yan's army had crossed the south bank was known to Wei General Han De in the second month.
When he learned the news, Han De was completely confused.
Since Lecheng is located on the north bank of the Han River, the Han and German armies will of course march towards Chenggu along the north bank of the Han River.
But this precisely resulted in the Han and German armies being unable to set up defenses on the spot to stop Wei Yan's army.
Han De was not an uneducated person, and at that moment he knew that Wei Yan did not want to prepare his troops for battle from the beginning.
Does he want to prepare his troops for an attack?
Perhaps Han De could signal the army to change direction and pursue Wei Yan's army along the north bank of the Han River, but what's the use?
Not to mention that Wei Yan's marching speed was extremely fast, and not to mention whether Han De had the ability to lead his troops so that his army could catch up with Wei Yan's army at the speed.
If we want to successfully stop Wei Yan's army, we must let our army successfully cross the Han River and reach the south bank. Otherwise, what will happen if we are separated by the mighty Han River and pursue it at Houyuanji?
Could it be that when Han De led his army to set off from Le County, did he think about fighting Wei Yan's army in the field? Where would he bring his ships?
If there is no boat, a pontoon must be built.
But if there are no provisions, the pontoon bridge for Wan Dajun to spend time will not be able to be built in a short time!
By the time the pontoon bridge was built, Wei Yan's army had long since disappeared.
Moreover, even if there are no various factors, if he leads the army to pursue Wei Yan, what will happen to Lecheng?
Wei Yan's troops rushed into chaos, causing Han De's head to hurt.
After Cao Zhen knew the news, he would probably be very angry and heartbroken.
Chapter 2 yesterday.
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