It is true that Cao Cao is not as ambitious as Ma Chao, but his suspicious character is even more suspicious than Ma Chao's. After Zhang Liao's testing, he discovered that Lan Tian was more sinister than Jia Xu.
Seeing Zhang Liao pretending to be calm, Lan Tian smiled slightly and said: "This is not trivial. General Zhang need not be afraid. We may not alienate Cao Cao."
"Sir, you are a great talent, I admire you Zhang Liao. Since we are not interested in what you said, let's take our leave and come back tomorrow to ask for advice, please." After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he reined in his horse and turned around.
Guan Yu and others also bowed and returned. Zhang Fei asked Lantian while walking on horseback: "Ziyu, the divorce plan just now was good. Do we really want to send people to spread rumors? Cao Cao is naturally suspicious and will hold back, just in time to delay us until we capture Fancheng."
Lan Tian smiled slightly: "Why do we need to spread rumors ourselves? Didn't those soldiers behind Zhang Liao's formation just have mouths?"
"Ziyu, you are so... such a good plan..." Zhang Fei was stunned. He wanted to praise him for being so sinister, but that was indeed not a good word.
Taking into account the convenient supply line, Guan Yu detoured to Deng County according to Lan Tian's suggestion, took a defensive position against the reinforcements in the north, and adopted psychological warfare against Fancheng in the south. By intercepting and killing messengers, blocking news, and repelling the attack, fear spread in Fancheng.
, which is of great benefit to the final destruction of the city.
If the generals had followed their original plan of crossing the Han River from the north of Xiangyang to surround Fan City, reinforcements from the north would continue to move southward. Even if the Jingzhou soldiers could not win quickly, they would not be able to capture the city, because Cao Ren had experience in defending Fan City many times and believed that he could hold on to the city.
Waiting for help will lead to victory.
Lantian did the opposite and attacked Deng County first to leave enough strategic depth so that the supply line would not be too long. In this way, he could attack, defend, advance or retreat. The defenders of Fancheng learned from Lu Chang's mistakes. At this time, the natural man
People are in danger.
Although Guan Yu promised to fight again tomorrow, Zhang Liao still cautiously chose to retreat five li to camp. At night, he divided into six teams of men inside and outside the camp to patrol and guard throughout the night.
War is all about intrigue. Zhang Liao didn't believe in any promises. He settled down and got dressed and went to bed. His mind was full of the scenes in front of the battle during the day. No matter how powerful Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were, it was all about their individual abilities, but the bravery of a few people could not change the war.
The ending, because Lu Bu is the best example.
The scene finally settled on Lan Tian. His understatement put heavy pressure on Zhang Liao. He was always worried whether this matter would be spread to Cao Cao, and would he need to explain everything?
Another self in his heart, like Mrs. Xianglin, proved her innocence. Zhang Liao's head was buzzing all night, and he did not fall asleep lightly until dawn.
At two o'clock in the morning, Zhang Liao suddenly sat up. He opened the tent door and saw that it was already slightly light.
Based on Zhang Liao's understanding of Gao Shun, he knew that the opponent liked to attack after dawn. The reason was that the yang energy in the morning was good for the eyes and ears, and the soldiers could perform better in combat after absorbing it.
Thinking of this, Zhang Liao frowned and decisively asked the guards to wake up the soldiers in each battalion, and immediately buried the pots to make rice and prepare for the battle.
As soon as the order was given, the camp instantly became excited. Zhang Liao looked at the eastern sky, wondering whether Gao Shun's habit had changed.
At the intersection of Mao and Chen, the soldiers of each battalion were resting after breakfast. Suddenly, scouts from outside the camp rushed towards them, shouting in a panic: "The enemy is attacking, the enemy is attacking, Guan Yu is coming to kill."
Zhang Liao got on his horse and held a sword in his hand, shouting: "Send orders to all battalions to assemble quickly. Guan Yu will be defeated today."
After a while, the two armies lined up, drums and horns sounded, and tens of thousands of people began to clash on the broad plain.
Originally, the weaker side would invite fighting generals to the front, but now Zhang Liao would not dare to touch Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's tiger beard, so he had to bite the bullet and test the strength of the Jingzhou soldiers.
Although the strength of the Northern Army is temporarily inferior to that of the Southern Army, due to the geographical advantage and the larger number of cavalry, even if a disadvantage arises in the war, Zhang Liao can still retreat calmly without turning into a landslide-like defeat.
Guan Yu's side was mainly composed of infantry. Although they had a numerical advantage, they did not have enough cavalry to intersperse and detour, so they could only send out the vanguard of the front army, and the formations on the left and right wings were offset. Zhang Liao and Guan Yu also took charge of the rear center army.
Respond with the same formation of infantry and cavalry.
The horses neighed and the soldiers shouted, as if they were about to overthrow the sky.
At the beginning of the battle, Zhang Liao noticed Guan Yu's vanguard of the front army, those armors shining in the rising sun. He saw the trapped camp again, but the number was more than ten times greater than before.
Gao Boping, who raised this army for you? To equip 10,000 people with such sophisticated armor, the cost should not be more expensive than 50,000 people?
As soon as the two armies fought, the "iron torrent" led by Gao Shun showed Zhang Liao what military power is.
After a while, the Chinese army's cavalry scouts continued to report on the battle situation on the front line. Zhang Liao's front army could not stop the trapped army at all, and was retreating steadily. If it was not adjusted in time, the existing formation would be scattered and overthrown.
turn.
Looking at this battle from the air, the two sides looked like two lines colliding together at first. As time went by, the center of Guan Yu's side began to slowly bulge to the north, while the center of Zhang Liao's side became concave to the north.
If Gao Shun's trapped army can break through the obstacle, it can completely cut off Zhang Liao's left and right wings, and then they can directly face Zhang Liao's central army in the rear.
Zhang Liao has been observing secretly. The tens of thousands of people among them are beyond his expectation. Even the tiger and leopard cavalry built with a lot of money cannot be placed on the frontal battlefield as the main force, but Gao Shun's trapped army can do this. If Liu Bei had more
Who else in the world can stop such an army?
"Get out of here!" Zhang Liao shouted, whipping up his whip.
Zhang Liao ordered each battalion to break away from the battle immediately and maintain their formation to fight and move north. This was a tentative confrontation and he had no intention of fighting Guan Yu to the death.
After the battle just now, he not only discovered the strengths of Guan Yu's army, but also saw the opponent's weakness, that is, it was impossible to conduct large-scale mobile operations with infantry as the main force, especially Gao Shun's heavy armored infantry.
As long as he has enough troops, uses cavalry to break up the opponent's formation, and finally cuts off the battlefield for a small-scale encirclement, Zhang Liao is confident that he can defeat Guan Yu after Cao Cao's main force arrives.
Zhang Liao commanded the entire army to retreat, while Guan Yu took advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy and pursue him. Finally, he crushed Cao Jun's camp and stopped the pursuit.
After the Northern Army withdrew twenty miles to the north, Zhang Liao ordered his men to count the number of men in each battalion. It was found that more than 2,000 men had been lost in this test. If the battle continued like this, the price paid could be imagined.
During the withdrawal, there was no time to transport the baggage, and the camp and the camp were damaged by Guan Yu's troops, so Zhang Liao had no choice but to retreat all the way to Chaoyang County.
Defeating Zhang Liao was not the goal. Before Guan Yu had time to hold a celebration banquet, the scouts who went to the north to investigate reported that Cao Cao's main force had arrived in Rang County.
After hearing this, Guan Yu frowned and asked Lan Tian solemnly: "Ziyu, Rang County is less than two hundred miles away from Deng County, and we can arrive there in about three or four days. If your oppressive tactics don't work, wouldn't our preparations be in vain?
So long? Why not take advantage of Zhang Liao's retreat to the north, and attack Fan City with all our strength? Maybe we can still break the city."
"Don't worry, Yun Chang. It takes time for emotions to brew. Since time is tight now, I can only add more pressure. In addition, Cao Cao's army has arrived in a hurry and lacks combat strength. We have nothing to worry about. I will have a clever plan to make Cao Cao retreat by then."
Lan Tian looked at Gao Shun and smiled mysteriously.
Chapter completed!