[Fifteen days later, Ji County City (Tianshui County Government Office) will be in urgent need of grain and grass, and you will have to reduce the rations of the soldiers.]
[The soldiers are dissatisfied and complaining. You, prestige ~ 1, current prestige 20, will make the order smooth. 】
[Twenty days later, Zhang He urged the Wei army to attack the city for the tenth time. You used the ultimate spiritual stimulation method of "painting cakes to satisfy hunger and looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst" to the tens of thousands of soldiers under your command who had lost their fighting spirit, and told them, "In less than ten days, Prime Minister Zhuge will be ready."
They will come with a large army and fragrant white steamed buns to reinforce them.' When the soldiers heard this, their morale was instantly boosted, and they mustered up their courage to repel the Wei army and defend the city of Ji County watertight.]
[A month later, the food in the city ran out, reinforcements did not come, the army was demoralized, and the county town of Hebei was destroyed - you were captured. 】
【At the same time, you were surrendered by Zhang He.】
[You, hesitate for a moment, are about to agree to surrender, keep your useful life, and wait for the opportunity to pretend to surrender and escape, and return to the Shu Han... Wei general Dai Ling shouted "Traitor, give back my second brother's life", and raised his sword.
, I will kill you on the spot.]
【Ding, this simulation is over.】
[In the current Sims life, you have realized the ultimate essence of "I deceive others, and they deceive me in return", and obtain the second-level attribute of "Infrastructure Maniac" (the full level is tenth level), which can activate ten thousand soldiers.
, built an earthen city three feet high and five miles in diameter in three days.]
[You, in this sim, have successfully understood the essence of the second-level commander of "not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of strange teammates" (the full level is level 10). 】
[Your force is +1, and the current force value is 27 - among all the civil servants in Shu Han, your force value is the highest.]
[Your intelligence is +1, your current intelligence is 66, among all the generals in Shu Han, your intelligence ranks third...]
Ma Di suddenly opened his eyes, and without thinking about the purpose of the "second-level infrastructure madman", he strode out of the handsome tent and said in a deep voice:
"The whole army listened to the order, immediately tied the cattle and sheep, hung them on drums, and retreated to Shanggui City overnight!"
"In addition, Wang Ping and Gao Xiang are ordered to retreat to Hanzhong immediately."
After giving these instructions, Ma Su wiped the sweat from his forehead and took a long breath. Feeling that this move was still not reliable, he unfolded the map of Longxi and looked at it carefully.
After Zhuge Liang's army retreated, the street pavilion had lost its strategic significance. Similarly, due to the lack of troops, there was not much food and grass left, and Longxi could not be defended.
As for Tianshui County Government and Hebei County...
It's cool when you go there.
Ma Su quickly shifted his gaze to the location of Shanggui City in Tianshui County, and his thoughts quickly diverged.
Shanggui City is located at the west exit of the Chencang Weishui Channel. You can attack Longxi if you enter, and you can go south back to Hanzhong when you retreat. You can also go east along the Chencang Weishui Channel to attack Chencang City.
Of course, Chencang City at this time must be guarded by elite soldiers.
Because Cao Zhen was on Chencang Road, he pretended to attack Hanzhong.
Although Chencang is not big, the city is high and the pond is deep, so its strategic position is extremely important.
Therefore, it is impossible for Cao Zhen not to deploy elite troops in Chencang City.
The reason for deploying elite troops instead of heavy troops is because Chencang City is small and can only garrison a few thousand troops at most.
However, although Chencang was guarded by elite soldiers, the Wei army never expected that soldiers and horses would descend from the sky and raid the city.
Coincidentally, the Shu army had a sharp weapon at this time, which could easily deceive the defenders and capture Chencang City.
But what to do after taking it?
We can definitely defend it, but what if there is no food in Chencang City?
By then, it would be impossible for the Shu army, which was located in the heart of Wei State, to retreat to Hanzhong.
Only if Cao Zhen's troops and horses can be blocked in Chencang Road and annihilated can they gain any chance of survival.
Do you want to give it a try?
Ma Su was very moved.
Although in Wei Jun's eyes, his head was almost engraved with three bright characters "Jianjianliu", but who said that Jianjianliu couldn't carry out sneak attacks?
You know, once the sneak attack is successful, the door to the Northern Expedition can be opened at once.
The situation suddenly became clearer.
Most importantly, sneak attacks make people twice as happy.
Sneak attacks are fun for a while, and sneak attacks are always fun.
At this specific time, Chencang City just met Ma Su's need to demonstrate military technology.
Because he is not a person who keeps being beaten without fighting back, it is really impossible for him to retreat to Hanzhong in despair!
However, attacking Chencang is easy to say, but requires careful planning in practice.
Not only was it necessary to divide the troops to guard Shanggui City and temporarily conceal the movement of the army, but it was also necessary to select the soldiers with fast feet in the army and rush to the gate of Chencang City in the shortest possible time.
Surprise him, take advantage of him, and kill him with one blow.
Without these three points, Chencang will definitely not be able to win.
In the original time and space, during Zhuge Liang's second Northern Expedition, he led an army of 150,000 to attack Chencang. However, Hao Zhao led more than 1,000 people and blocked the city for more than 20 days, unable to advance, and was eventually forced to withdraw.
At that time, the paper strength comparison between the two sides was that one side was led by Zhuge Liang, who was good at using troops, and the other side was led by the unknown Hao Zhao; one side had a main force of 150,000 Shu troops, and the other side had only more than a thousand Wei soldiers.
Even with such a disparity in strength, Zhuge Liang still failed to shake Chencang City.
This shows how difficult it is to attack Chencang.
This is not because the Shu army is incompetent, nor is it that Zhuge Liang is incompetent, nor is it that the Wei soldiers are too good at fighting.
But Chencangcheng is too hard for normal people to chew.
Although Chencang is small, it is a fortified city and a strategically important place where Longxi, Guanzhong, Hanzhong and even Shuzhong meet. The terrain is extremely dangerous and it is a veritable military fortress.
Chencang City is built on a flat highland at the exit of Chencang Road. It is surrounded by steep cliffs on the west and southeast sides, and the city defense is strong.
If the enemy comes to attack, they can only attack from the gentle slope to the north of Chencang. However, the slope to the north is very narrow and cannot accommodate many troops. No matter how superior the attacking force is, it will not be able to use it.
More than 40 years ago, the Xiliang warlord kingdom held Han Sui hostage and rebelled. He led his army to attack Chencang for more than 80 days but failed to capture the city.
You know, the bravery of the Xiliang Army is famous all over the world. Even the Xiliang Army couldn't attack the city in more than 80 days. How could the Shu Han army of 150,000 defeat it quickly?
Therefore, Chencang City can only be attacked by sneak attack, not openly.
Even Han Xin, the Soldier Immortal, praised this wise idea.
Ma Su was deeply influenced by the thoughts of later generations and had completely different military concepts from people of this era.
Zhuge Liang's several Northern Expeditions were all with the main strategic goals of seizing cities, land, and people, and the secondary goals of annihilating the enemy.
But Ma Su is just the opposite.
When he unites the army in war, his primary goal is always to annihilate the enemy's effective forces.
As long as we can achieve this goal, wouldn't it be possible to have everything from territory to population?!!
Having made up his mind, Ma Su slowly sat back on the couch and waited for the three generals to arrive.
Soon, Huang Xi, Li Sheng, and Zhang Xiu opened the curtain and came in, bowing their hands in salute.
"Huang Xi, I ordered you to command five thousand troops and guard Shanggui City for a month. Can you do it?"
One sentence shocked three people.
In the military tent, the atmosphere instantly became solemn.
A single man commanded 5,000 soldiers to defend Shanggui City against 70,000 to 80,000 Wei troops... It was a narrow escape.
"General..."
Huang Xi panicked for a moment and said with great horror: "General, if you want to kill the general, please just say so. The general should be killed at the first sign of his neck. There is no need to say anything else. Why should you pretend to be someone else's hand?"
"General, please think again and take back your order!"
"It is really difficult for a general to take on such an important responsibility!"
"Huang Xi!" Ma Su stood up and stared, not knowing what to say.
He could only point to his nose, look around the three of them, and said angrily:
"You have been with me for more than a month. In your opinion, am I the kind of person who makes a living by betraying his subordinates?"
You are... The three of them looked at each other and thought the same thing in their hearts, but they said in unison:
"The general is righteous, upright, loves his soldiers like a son, is wise and mighty..."
"It's passed, it's been passed," Ma Su waved his hands with satisfaction: "I'm not as good as you said."
I guess you still have some self-awareness, huh... The three of them cursed secretly, and suddenly heard Ma Di say again.
"Keep praising, don't stop, I can still withstand it..."
The three of them rolled their eyes and were speechless.
After this small episode, the tense atmosphere in the tent eased.
Ma Su said seriously: "I want to personally lead five thousand people to attack Chang'an... One of the three generals needs to guard Shanggui City..."
Attack Chang'an? Are you crazy?
If he wasn't crazy, he would have faced hundreds of thousands of Wei troops... a real death without a life.
The faces of the three people changed wildly.
Before Ma Su could finish his sentence, Huang Xi hurriedly raised his hand to interrupt him.
"General, there is no need to think about it. I am willing to take on the important task of guarding Shanggui City!"
