"Based on the current situation, when can we break the city?"
Guan Ji found a good position to watch the rumble of stones falling on Cao Thief's city wall.
There was a kind of enchanting beauty on his extremely handsome face.
"Back to the general, the stone cannon assembled in one day is not too big. If you want to break the city, you will probably have to wait two or three days."
Wenshi replied quickly.
The engineering battalion is probably the army with the highest average academic level and the most professionalism in the world.
Military merit is currently the best way for a man to cross social classes.
In Nanxiang Academy, only the students with the best talents are eligible to join the military.
The best one is to serve as a staff officer next to Commander Feng Shan, and the second best one is to serve as a technical soldier in the engineering battalion.
In addition to having a certain foundation in mathematics, the drivers who command and operate the rock-trebuchets must also be very familiar with the various units and numerical standards promoted by Nanxiang.
Because riprap trucks have different specifications, each specification has different components, and different components have different standards.
Compared with other colleagues who only know what they are doing but don't know why, the soldiers of the engineering battalion who protect the Qiang Xiaowei Mansion represent professionalism.
Because it is professional, it is powerful.
"Two to three days? That's too fast. I'll give you five days. You want to break the city wall on the fifth day. Can you do it?"
Guan Ji looked at the city wall over there and asked.
"General, two days is the best..." Wenshi subconsciously took over and suddenly felt something was wrong, "Ah? General, you mean, five days?"
Guan Ji nodded, "Yes, it's five days."
"This, after five days, the general...well, I can only try it. The engineering battalion has never tested in this area..."
Wenshi's mind couldn't turn around at once and he stuttered.
In all the tests in the engineering camp, the only ones that were faster, stronger, and more brutal were the ones.
Breaking down all the city walls that stand in front of them is their slogan.
They even applied to transport a batch of cement from Nanxiang to simulate the hardness of the walls of a big city like Chang'an in order to get better data.
No one ever thought that any coach would ask them to break the city slower.
"If the city is destroyed too quickly, the Cao thieves in Linjing will not have time to react. If they give up rescue and concentrate their forces on Linjing, then we will not be able to defeat them individually."
Guan Ji's eyes showed a smile that seemed both proud and mocking:
"Since the Northern Expedition, Junhou has become famous in Guanzhong in the past two years. When the Cao thieves heard that Junhou led the army out of the pass, they would definitely take precautions. As long as Junhou does not show up, they will not dare to fully reinforce this side."
"As long as we are not in a hurry to break Wushi City, Cao Cao will always focus on the king. This is our best opportunity."
Wushi City is not the focus, the focus is Jingyang City downstream of Wushi City, which is the last gateway to stability.
How to open the stable door without the Cao thief reacting is the most important thing.
"General, the elite troops led by the king are good at rushing into attacks, and all the Han thieves know it. Now the general leads the army out of Xiaoguan, and will reach Wushi City in two days."
"If Cao Cao and his thieves decide that the soldiers led by the general are the elite of Xiaowei Mansion, what should they do?"
Accompanying Guan Ji to inspect the enemy city were Zhang Ni, Jufu and other military generals. When he heard what Guan Ji said, Zhang Ni couldn't help but feel worried.
Guan Ji smiled slightly and said, "General Zhang, just for his title as a prince, he is worth tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the land of Guanliang. Do you believe it or not?"
It makes sense for Mrs. Guan Sanniang to boast about her Alang like this.
During the Liangzhou Rebellion, the army of the Later Han Dynasty in Longyou was almost completely wiped out. Only Fu Xie defended Jicheng with a small number of troops.
Later, when the rebels besieged the city, there were thousands of Huns cavalry among the rebels. They all kowtowed outside the city, begging him not to resist and to be willing to escort him back to his hometown. His prestige was so great.
Now that Longyou is under the rule of the Han Dynasty, there will naturally be no more rebellions by the Hu people.
But if one day Alang is not in Longyou, someone will govern the country indiscriminately, causing the Hu people to rebel.
Guan Ji believed that even if Alang rode alone to the rebel camp, the Hu people would respectfully escort him back.
To put it bluntly, even if Alang was in Fu Xie's predicament, the treatment he received from the Hu people might not be much worse.
Of course, with his temperament, Alang would not directly agree to the request of the Huns. He would first stabilize the rebels, and then use clever words and tricks to instigate Hu Qi.
After all, the clever words make Feng Langjun...
Well, this idea is so rude.
In addition to being respected by the Hu people, Alang has repeatedly defeated the Cao thieves over the years and has made great military achievements. In addition, with the reputation of "Xiao Wenhe", who dares to despise the Cao thieves?
Anyway, as long as Alang plays the banner, he will be worth so many elite soldiers, that's for sure.
Not only Guan Ji felt so about this, but even Zhang Yi said without hesitation: "The general will naturally believe it."
There are many people who don't believe it, but in the end the facts will always teach them how to be human beings, including being ghosts, of course.
"So General Zhang thinks that if the Cao thieves decide that we are the main force and fully reinforce Wushi City or Jingyang City, how will they react when they find that the army led by the monarch appears in the north?"
"I was cheated!" Zhang Ni blurted out.
"Yes, no matter who it is, they will think that they have been deceived."
Guan Ji nodded, "They will only think that the monarch will lead a large army to attack the helpless Yuezhi City, and then attack Linjing, preparing to cut off their retreat."
Zhang Ni could completely imagine that in this situation, Cao's thieves would only withdraw from Jingyang as quickly as possible and return to defend Linjing.
This is equivalent to giving up stability.
Unless they dared to take the army led by the monarch seriously, and believed that the monarch could not defeat Linjing, they were determined to fight with the suspected soldiers to the end in order to keep the stable gate.
In this regard, Xia Houmao, Pang Hui, Zhang He, uncles and nephews of the Zhang family and others expressed that they had something to say.
After figuring this out, Zhang Ni, Jufu and others were all suddenly enlightened, and said with admiration on their faces: "Good advice, General."
Guan Ji shook her head: "This was proposed by the Lord on your own initiative, using your body as bait, it is not my plan."
Jufu said quickly: "The courage of the king is indeed extraordinary."
This flattery is a bit rough.
After all, he led the fine cavalry of the captain's mansion, and a large number of Hu Qiyi joined the army, totaling more than 10,000 cavalry to serve as bait.
If the fish that bites the hook is not big enough, it may be directly killed by the bait.
This kind of bravery in baiting is indeed uncommon.
There seems to be nothing wrong with saying it is extraordinary...
Although Guan Ji intended to slow down the attack on the city, the defenders of Wuzhi City still felt that the Shu captives were in a hurry to attack the city.
When his letters for help arrived in Linjing and Yuezhi City on the same day, Xiahou Ba slapped the case angrily:
"The guard of Yuezhi City should be beheaded! Feng Yong has not yet shown up, and he dared to claim that he is an elite Shu captive. He is lying about the military situation, and he should be punished for his crime!"
While he was getting angry, a message suddenly came from outside:
"General, the scout found traces of Thief Feng!"
"What?!" When Xiahou Ba heard this, he immediately threw away his anger, "Where is Thief Feng now?"
"As the general expected, Thief Feng took a long detour and came from the north."
"Have you found out clearly? It is undoubtedly Thief Feng?"
Xiahou Ba has been living like a year these past few days, and he was afraid of missing Thief Feng's whereabouts. Now that he suddenly got the news, he couldn't believe it.
"General, the commander-in-chief of the Shu captives is undoubtedly Feng Thief! Many Hu people in the north also saw Feng Thief's army. The total number of men and horses is at least tens of thousands."
"That's right!" Xiahou Ba smacked his palm, "I know Feng Thief will definitely want Yuezhi City in the end!"
The Shu troops in Wushi City pretended to be powerful, but they were actually trying to divert the army from Linjing City and create an opportunity for Feng Thieves.
After receiving the exact information about Thief Feng, Xiahou Ba finally calmed down.
A person's name, a tree's shadow.
For those veterans on the battlefield, Thief Feng may not be too scary.
But for Xiahou Ba, he had fought under the command of Cao Zhen in the past and did not have much experience in leading an army independently.
It felt like Feng Wenhe, who was hiding in the dark, was like a poisonous snake, so vicious that he couldn't help but feel nervous.
Now that this venomous snake is exposed to the sun, for Xiahou Ba, it is equivalent to losing most of its deterrent power.
"Someone, please pass this news to Governor Hu and ask him to bring his people to Yuezhi City as soon as possible."
Xiahou Ba stared at the map and gritted his teeth and said, "I want to see what other tricks you, a little Wenhe, can come up with!"
Anyone can say harsh words, but you still have to be careful about what you should be careful about.
Xiahou Ba was naturally prepared for what he expected.
In addition to continuing to build Yuezhi City, he also specially asked his sergeants to kill many straw men.
After learning that Feng Yong was leading the army, he ordered these straw men to be placed in a hiding place at the top of the city, with their armor and other clothes faintly exposed, giving the impression that there were many defenders and a tight defense.
When more and more Cao Wei scouts appeared around the army, Feng Yong knew that his position had been exposed.
So he relaxed his speed and led the army in a hurry, arriving at Yuezhi City and setting up camp thirty miles away.
"Brother, it seems that Thief Cao is well prepared!"
Zhao Guang followed Feng Yong to Yuezhi City to observe. Looking at the layout of the city, he couldn't help but said in surprise:
"This Xiahou Ba is indeed a good general as my brother said."
"It's true that a good general is good, but the preparation is not necessarily so."
Feng Yong held up a telescope worth half a million yuan and carefully scanned the city. He couldn't help laughing, and then handed the telescope to Zhao Guang, "See for yourself."
Zhao Guang took it and held it up to look at, "Hey, there is something strange at the top of this city."
"In the past, when Cao Pi was conquering Wu, Wu general Xu Sheng used wood as a trunk and covered it with reeds to build a fake city with fake buildings that stretched for hundreds of miles. He also built a large floating boat on the river."
"Cao Pi looked at the river and thought that the Wu people were strong, so he was timid and did not dare to cross the river. This Xiahou Ba followed the Wu people's old plan. If it had been anyone else, he would have been frightened by him.
"But I don't know that I have a plug-in in my hand. How can this trick deceive me?"
Feng Junhou pointed at Yuezhi City and laughed.
"Brother, what is a plug-in?"
"The telescope is just a plug-in."
Zhao Guang was eager to try, "Brother, how about we change our plan and attack the city directly?"
"So what if we capture Yuezhi City? There is an army of Cao thieves stationed in Linjing. They should have come this way by now. Should we defend or retreat by then?"
Feng Yong glared at Zhao Guang and reprimanded, "Being greedy for small gains and losing the overall situation is not the way to be a general."
Zhao Guang smiled awkwardly: "Brother taught me a lesson."
Then he looked at Yuezhi City and asked, "Brother, what should we do now?"
"Since Xiahou Ba wants to use suspicious soldiers to hold us back and wait for the arrival of the Linjing army, then we will comply with his wishes."
A sly smile appeared on Feng Yong's face, "He knows how to use suspicion tactics, and we can also learn from him."
Zhao Guang didn't quite understand: "Brother, we already have an advantage over Cao Cao, why should we do this?"
"Since Thief Cao can make these preparations in advance, it means that they have expected us to come."
"Then why don't we comply with their wishes and let them see what they want to see? Strengthen their confidence."
At present, it seems that everything in Wei State is following its own script, so it will be much easier to handle.
Feng Yong said with a relaxed expression, "In this way, Sanniang will be more confident."
In fact, the military strength of the Qiang Protector's Office is roughly the same as that of Anding County.
But without foreign aid, it is not difficult at all to capture Anding County with the troops on hand.
The difficult part is the Chang'an Wei army behind Anding County.
As long as Cao Zhen's IQ is above the human average, then he will definitely keep an army in Chang'an as a reserve force.
How to kill the Wei army in Anding before the Wei army in Chang'an could react, capture Anding County, and threaten Chang'an.
Forcing Wei Jun's Chang'an reserve force to go north to defend himself from going south, and unable to reinforce Cao Zhen in the south, this was Feng Yong's final goal.
If this goal cannot be achieved, then it is also acceptable to take a step back, break through the gate of stability, and go south to confront the Wei army in Linjing.
In short, the most basic requirement this time is to mobilize part of the Wei army in Guanzhong so that Cao Zhen cannot attack Hanzhong with all his strength.
Whether we can capture Anding County depends on the situation.
As for how Cao Zhen and Zhuge Lao Yao fight in the south, that is their business.
"In the next two days tomorrow, as long as the Linjing Cao thieves really come to rescue us, then we can be 70% sure of achieving our goal by sending troops this time. The rest depends on how much luck God is willing to give us."
Feng Yongyong didn't know how lucky God had given him, but Xiahou Ba felt that his luck was good.
He climbed to the highest point of the city tower and looked far into the distance, looking at the densely packed camps of Shu captives, which were so numerous that it was frightening.
After a rough estimate, the opponent actually had at least 30,000 people.
Xiahou Ba couldn't help but rejoice in his heart: Fortunately, he had reached this level, otherwise his stability would be in danger!
Hu Zun from Linjing also breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news from Feng Yong: Feng Thief, it's in vain that you dare to call yourself Xiao Wenhe, you have finally been fooled by us!
Thinking of the Shu captives on the other side of Wushi City, they seemed to have a large number of troops. Facing Wushi City with only a few soldiers, they only dared to throw rocks with catapults and never arranged for soldiers to attack the city.
It seemed like he was just deliberately trying to make a big noise.
At that moment, he immediately sent an urgent message to Wushi City and Linjing, informing them of the whereabouts of the main force of Feng Thief, and at the same time asked the Jingyang City garrison general to lead the army to Wushi City.
If you look for opportunities, you can defeat the partial troops of the Shu captives and gain military exploits.
After arranging all this, Hu Zun led the Wei army, the main force of stability in Linjing City, and hurried to Yuezhi City.