77. Chapter 77 The right choice

Author: Magic Prince

Chapter 77 The right choice

Originally, everything was carried out according to the plan. After enough soldiers climbed up from the rock wall, they could try to capture the city gate. In this way, Sun Jian would be able to avoid losing a lot of people. If he directly attacked this city,

As for Tianshui City, I really don't know how many people will be lost and how long it will take to attack.

It is a pity that the news finally leaked out before the attack was launched. It may also be because the patrol team in Tianshui City was killed and the defending soldiers did not see them for a long time, so they became suspicious and reported the situation to

He found the guard in Tianshui City, so the guard sent out troops to investigate what was going on. The result was that he didn't know what was going on. Only when he took a look did he find that the enemy had climbed up from this inconspicuous corner, and the number of people

Come quite a lot.

The soldiers guarding the city immediately swarmed towards this side. Sun Jian only sent a few dozen people at this time. Even though there were many elite troops among them, when facing an enemy that was far more numerous than him, he still couldn't.

The only option is to find a way to retreat backwards.

Those monkey-like macaque troops can't care so much at this time. Their first priority is to save their own lives, so if they escape faster than anyone else, it is a normal thing.

, they used their strong skills and small stature to become an advantage when retreating.

The soldiers who came up behind rushed to the front, and the macaque army took the opportunity to retreat back, and then they quickly fell down the rock wall. The soldiers at the back were not so lucky, and they were quickly captured by the city.

The defenders came and surrounded them. Some people surrendered immediately, while others died heroically.

From then on, Sun Jian's plan to steal the city was discovered by the defenders. When the news reached his ears, he immediately felt quite depressed, but he didn't say much. After all, this kind of chicken stealing

It is certainly gratifying to succeed in tactics, but it does not seem to be a big deal if it fails. In this case, we can only continue to think of ways to strengthen the attack on the front.

But in fact, there are many places around Tianshui City that are built along the mountains. As long as you are willing to search, it is still possible to find other places with defensive holes, so Sun Jian ordered the Macaque Army to continue to search for such places, and to

Even if there is no way to find a location that can directly allow a large number of soldiers to enter, at least these macaque troops can use their own extraordinary abilities to go to the city to explore some information about the defenders.

Among them are the deployment of the garrison's troops, and the distribution and arrangement of some more important strategic materials. This military information is very valuable. Of course, the Macaque Army is good at rock climbing. As for whether it is also so good at spying on military intelligence, that is

It’s hard to say.

Starting from the next day, Sun Jian dispersed his forces and did not completely concentrate on one place to launch an attack on Tianshui City. Instead, he launched a siege from several aspects at the same time. However, the geographical environment of Tianshui City was really difficult.

It is too conducive to defense. No matter how Sun Jian attacks, as long as the defending side does not take the initiative to fight, then Sun Jian's army's offensive efficiency will be very low.

Because the terrain in many places is too narrow, even if Sun Jian's army invades, there is no way to expand. However, the defending army can take advantage of the good defensive terrain to wait for work. The attacking side will always be the side with greater casualties. In fact, Sun Jian's army

The army does not have much advantage in terms of strength, so an attack that relies entirely on numbers is undoubtedly a hopeless method.

In fact, if you want to capture Tianshui City, the best way is to cut off water and food first, and then prepare for a long-term siege. With the arrival of severe winter, the living conditions in the city will become worse and worse, but this

This method is obviously not advisable for Sun Jian who is eager to capture Tianshui City. He does not have the patience to besiege Tianshui City here for such a long time.

If it is really difficult to capture Tianshui City for a long time, Sun Jian has also considered another strategy, which is to leave some troops to station around Tianshui City and blockade Tianshui City as much as possible. However, because the number of troops left is limited, I am afraid it will be very difficult.

It was difficult to completely blockade Tianshui City, so he took most of the remaining troops down the Wei River and headed directly for Ji County.

In fact, if he makes this choice, it will be a good strategy, because even if he does not attack Ji County, according to Han Sui's strategic deployment, the troops accumulated in Ji County will go to support Tianshui City.

The initiative was in the hands of Han Sui's army, but if Sun Jian could directly launch an attack on Ji County, then the initiative of the attack would be in Sun Jian's hands.

Although it seems that the same troops are going to fight in the end, it is still very important whether they have the initiative to attack. This will greatly affect the morale of the soldiers and even the process of the entire war.

At this time, Xiang Yu had already led his army south towards Xi County, another place where Han Sui had deployed troops. Xiang Yu actually knew that Han Sui had deployed many troops here and in the surrounding mountains, but he also wanted to fight for it.

An offensive initiative is to launch an attack suddenly when the enemy does not expect it, trying to firmly control the strategic rhythm from the beginning. If successful, the opponent will need to respond to your attack.

The party that takes the initiative to attack will always seize some opportunities. Sometimes these opportunities may seem to have little impact, but sometimes when these opportunities come together, or at a specific time, it may be possible.

It brings a completely different situation.

Xiang Yu dared to challenge the Xiliang cavalry who were good at mountain warfare head-on because he believed that he could seize some key opportunities and let the balance of victory fall to his side.

In the end, Sun Jian made a relatively correct choice. After the Macaque Army reported to him the defense situation of Tianshui City, he realized that the defenders in the city had made adequate defensive arrangements, and he did not have an obvious advantage in terms of military strength.

How could he easily capture this city? So Sun Jian decisively began to divide and deploy his troops.

When deploying his troops, he tried his best to show that he was not trying to divide his troops, but was just trying to besiege the city for a long-term siege plan. So when there were not many troops left, he dispersed them into more parts.

Most of the military flags, military flags, and drums have remained, and many of the troops still look like one large piece, but many of them are dummies and horses made in various ways in order to confuse the enemy.

Then he quietly left Tianshui City with most of the other troops, and then came to the Wei River. Sun Jian ordered the shipbuilding on the spot and prepared to go directly up the Wei River. However, the water flow in this section of the Wei River was a bit turbulent, which was not suitable for the ship he built.

The ship and the people who sailed it presented great challenges.
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