After the generals of the Liang Army learned that the combined front line had arrived at Bailuyuan, they immediately held a military meeting in Changle Palace to discuss how to respond to the enemy.
Wang Shu, the chief historian under Niu Fu, said: "Although we have occupied most of Xijing, Weiyang Palace has not yet been captured. The emperor is not yet in his hands. Should we shrink our troops in the city first and rely on Chang'an's huge defenses to resist the powerful enemy?
Do you want to make plans after welcoming the emperor back?"
These words were immediately denied by Jianwei General Xu Rong, who said: "Now that the overall situation is uncertain, the ministers in the palace will definitely resist to the death. If you want to attack Weiyang Palace, not only will it not be easy to succeed, but even if you succeed, the emperor and the ministers will not
We must obey. If we cause trouble, it will be detrimental to the morale of the army. It is better to leave more than a thousand soldiers, seal the palace gates, go out of the city and fight with the troops, and the victory or defeat will be decided later."
When Niu Fu heard this, he still preferred the opinions of his staff: "That's not right. We clearly have the high wall of Xijing now. Why should we give up the geographical advantage to fight the enemy? Isn't it just exploiting our shortcomings and avoiding our strengths?"
Li Jue thought clearly: "We still have 50,000 knights in the army, which is suitable for galloping outside the city. If we stick to the city, it will be a waste of our martial arts. What's more, we have previously attacked the city and built a large mountain of earth, and it was difficult to do so for a while.
If you knock it down, there is no such thing as a high wall or a huge defense."
Hu Jing, Guo Si's chief historian, disagreed: "At that time, we could brave the rain of arrows to excavate the mountain, but it only took two days. It is easier to demolish the building than to demolish the building. At most, it takes one day, how can we still not demolish it? I
The army has been fighting for a month and is already exhausted. Now that we have a high wall to use, why should we join forces with the merged army?"
Then Zhang Ji frowned and looked around at everyone, and said loudly: "Our army is at its peak, with strong soldiers and horses. Even if we throw a horsewhip at it, we can cut off the flow of the Wei River. Moreover, since we joined the army in Longshang, we have been fighting for more than ten years.
There is never an invincible enemy. Chen Tingjian’s eyebrows still have scars from our bows and arrows! Why are there still people who are timid?"
After everyone expressed their opinions, they all turned to Jia Xu. Over the past month, Jia Xu had established a very high prestige among the Liang army, even if this prestige was something he did not want.
Jia Xu looked at the map, twirling his beard and thinking deeply. He analyzed everyone's words in his mind: Wang Shu's words must have been a sign from Niu Fu. They have been facing the enemy all year round. Although they have not failed, they have not achieved much results. In his heart,
There is still a bit of timidity and cannot be taken seriously. What Xu Rong said makes sense. There is still Weiyang Palace in the city that has not been captured. If we stick to the city, there are still some variables. Guo Si's men were first frustrated by the Jingshui River.
Later, when he attacked the city, he suffered a lot of damage and wanted to cultivate himself, which is human nature. Li Jue was frivolous and bellicose, but Zhang Ji was always prudent, and his opinions can be used as a reference. Generally speaking, he also tended to go out to fight in the city. But that cannot be said. Now the Liang army does not have a real leader. It still depends on the morale of the army. So Jia Xu simply came up with the idea to have all the officers above the commander gather together. Those who agreed to go out to fight out of the city stood on the left, and those who did not agreed.
Standing on the right side. For a while, most people stood on the left side. Jia Xu smiled at the generals and said: "People want to fight, so they can fight!" The generals had no objection.
It was Jia Xu who finally agreed on the battle formation. He analyzed: "It is said that the combined army came out empty nest. Although the number of soldiers was said to be 300,000, I have seen the number of households in the combined state. Even if they came out empty nest, it would not be more than 100,000."
With 70,000 people, even if they can recruit some Huns and Xianbei, they will travel thousands of miles this time, and they will definitely not recruit more than 30,000 people, and there will be many new soldiers among them. In terms of military strength, we have the advantage, and in terms of the quality of the soldiers, I am the one who has the advantage.
and other advantages.”
"Today, the scouts came to report that the troops had not yet arrived. They occupied Bailuyuan Tongrenyuan and were in a commanding position. It would not be advantageous for us to attack first, but their morale was not harmonious. We could have occupied Longshouyuan first and sent one step along Longji.
Take the initiative to join forces with them. As long as the front line of the merging army has retreated and the rear line is ineffective, we can easily defeat them in the mountains and rivers along the south of the Wei River and the north of Lishan Mountain.
If we join the army and do not retreat, we will sit in Longshou Plain and hide our long-term troops deep in Shaoling Plain. Wait for them to take the initiative to attack, and when their energy is exhausted, we will use surprise troops to defeat their new soldiers. Once the new soldiers retreat, the enemy army will be defeated.
Naturally, they will be defeated. Gentlemen, as long as this battle is won, not only is the emperor in hand? We can still take advantage of the victory to recover the two states! Gentlemen, encourage us!"
After speaking, he made an agreement with the generals that the entire army, except for the sergeants who were monitoring the Weiyang Palace, would be lined up along the Jianshui River and divided into three columns from west to east. The easternmost column was Zhang Ji's tribe, followed by Xu Rong's tribe, Li Jue's tribe, and the westernmost column.
The troops were Guo Si, Jia Xu, Niu Fu, and Wang Fang as reserve troops. That night, all armies rested in the city early and walked out of Chang'an one after another at Mao time the next day from each city gate.
Four or five miles, the front line is nearly thirty miles long.
While the two armies were leaving the city, Chen Chong was also seizing the time to urge the armies to enter Bailuyuan. Now those who have arrived include Zhang Fei, Wei Gu, Tian Yu, Yang Hui, Taishi Ci, Xu Huang, Liu Bei, and Linghuyuan.
, there are about 80,000 people from Gaozhun tribe, and behind them there are 40,000 people from Liu Deran tribe, Gu Yi tribe, Qin Yilu tribe, Zhang Yang tribe, Xianbei and Xiongnu Yi Cong who have not yet arrived.
They learned that the Liang people had rushed out of the city for a decisive battle. Many generals were very frightened. Linghu Yuan sent people to ask Chen Chong and Liu Bei: "Now that the army has not assembled, especially the Xianbei elite has not arrived, should we retreat first?"
, wait until the entire army is assembled, and then fight the Liang army for a decisive battle."
Liu Bei directly scolded the envoy: "Now that half of the army has arrived, how can there be any reason to retreat before fighting? It only ruins the morale of the army and makes the ambition of a dog weak! Go back and tell him, don't be afraid. If you win this battle, I will personally fight for him."
Please reward Jing Zhaoyin!" The envoy did not dare to say anything. When he was about to go back, Chen Chong stopped the envoy and whispered to him: "Tell Captain Dingxiang that it's not that you don't want to retreat, but that there is really no way to retreat.
The army's rear roads are all narrow and it is difficult to convey information. Once we retreat, the rear army will mistakenly think that it is defeated, and we will think that we are asking for death." The envoy looked solemn, bowed and saluted, and hurried back.
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Turning their heads, Chen Chong and Liu Bei stood on the Tongren Plain and looked westward. Under the Tongren Plain, there was Bailu Plain first, then Fengqi Plain, then Honggu Plain, and finally Longshou Plain. The five major plains were from east to west.
It spreads all the way to the foot of Chang'an City. There are not many tall trees here, but mostly shrubs and grass. However, Hongguyuan and Longshouyuan have been submerged in the sky.
Gradually, they saw faint figures appearing, as if a layer of black mist had been covered by a gust of gray wind. People slowly stepped onto Shaolingyuan, and the grass on the plains gradually turned yellow, making them look like they had come from the autumn soil.
The locust plague that emerged in the middle of the earth gradually submerged the earth.
This scene was really horrifying, but Chen Chong looked uncomfortable. He discussed with Liu Bei for a moment and asked the nearest Zhang Fei's troops to go down to Bailuyuan first, and let the troops behind him to station between Tongrenyuan and Bailuyuan one after another.
The final confrontation between Zhang Ji's and Zhang Fei's tribes took place between Bailuyuan and Shaolingyuan. Zhang Ji saw that on the high mountain behind Zhang Fei, there were people's flags like a forest. The most eye-catching thing was two four-character flags with a white background. Although they were too far apart, the handwriting was a little bit
It was blurry, but he could also guess the handwriting on the flag. He had seen it too many times at the foot of Lishi City. This made him laugh a little, and said to Hu Che'er beside him: "If you want them to collapse before fighting, you still want to
It’s too good.”
So Zhang Ji's troops stopped for a while, and then slowly led the army back. Zhang Fei wanted to step forward to challenge and insult him first, but unexpectedly the opponent retreated so quickly, and the formation was so well-organized that there was no chance of following him into the formation. This made the war he had accumulated in his heart
For a moment, he had nowhere to vent his anger, so he could only ride forward and yell: "Zhang Yide from Yan is here, Liang Gou, it's my husband who has come forward to fight me to the death!" Zhang Jibu turned a deaf ear and continued to ride his horse back.
The Liang army came unexpectedly and retreated even more abruptly, leaving everyone completely confused as to why. However, between the coming and retreating, a cavalry army of 5,000 people hid in the extreme south of Fengqiyuan, and the whole team hurriedly
And no one found anything unusual.
That night, all the combined troops finally crossed Hongmen and arrived at Tongren Plain. The soldiers rested for a while on the plain, and the generals and officers gathered together to hold an emergency military meeting. Liu Bei first said: "The enemy troops are arrayed at Longshou Plain.
, obviously unwilling to face a strong attack. Although we are now in a favorable location and should be facing off against the enemy, our army has poured in and consumed a lot of money. It cannot last long, and the emperor in the city does not know how long it can last. Due to the situation,
Logically, we should all give up the geographical advantage and attack by force as soon as possible."
Xun You also participated in the military discussion this time. He asked directly: "It is natural to attack, but how to attack and where to attack are the top priorities."
Chen Chong nodded and said his plan: "Although the Liang army is huge and its soldiers are brave and good at fighting, no one in the world can match it. If Dong Zhuo was still alive, I wouldn't dare to say victory. But now that Dong Zhuo is dead, I have an opportunity."
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When Xun You heard this, he was so happy that he blurted out: "There are generals in the army, but there are many generals without a leader!"
"Exactly" Chen Chong pointed to the west and said in a deep voice: "The Liang army has been able to fight to this day, which can be said to be united, but after all, people have interests in mind, and there is no coach to coordinate and command. With all the advantages, they may be able to unite.
Cooperate, but if one of them is destroyed first, the rest will be frightened and in chaos, and they will be unable to control it. Our current plan is to destroy one of them first and kill their heart before we can defeat their army!" p>
These words convinced the generals and they all had no objections, so Chen Chong made the arrangements:
The whole army is divided into two parts: the left and right. The left is led by Liu Bei, and has four subordinates: Tian Yu, Taishi Ci, Wei Gu, and Yang Hui. It is also assisted by Xianbei Xiongnu knights, about 50,000 people, responsible for breaking through the left wing of the Liang army.
Southern section of Longshouyuan.
The right wing is personally commanded by Chen Chong, with four tribes under his command: Linghu Yuan, Xu Huang, Gao Zhun, and Qin Yilu. There are also a large number of newly recruited civilian soldiers, about 50,000 people. They are responsible for the war on the right wing, but mainly defend, and are based in Bailuyuan.
, respond to and block Liang Jun’s oblique attack.
The remaining army was led by Zhang Fei, with Zhang Yang, Liu Deran, and Gu Yi under his command. There were about 20,000 people who stayed behind on the right flank. They were actually serving as a reserve army. Chen Chong did not give specific tasks, but instead followed them.
Agree on the waiting place on the battlefield, hoping to put them into the battle at the right time as a surprise soldier to change the situation.
The plan was decided, and after everyone repeated their missions, the military meeting ended. Until they returned to their respective camps, many officers were still speechless. Tonight's plan had made them realize that this time
The battle is not just a babble in a dream, but it is indeed imminent and about to break out.