The Han army led by Gai Yan successfully broke through Dong Xian's army's encirclement, entered Lanling City, and met up with Ben Xiu's army in the city.
It's just that it's easy to get in but hard to get out. The main reason why Dong Xian didn't fight the Han army was that Dong Xian's army's defense was centered on Lanling City. Various defense systems and facilities were built around the city, facing Lanling.
Gai Yan led the Han army to attack from the outside in, and the defense system they had built before was completely ineffective. This was of course very disadvantageous for Dong Xianjun.
To avoid its edge, first let Gai Yan's army enter the city, and then close the door and beat the dogs. In this way, the previous defense system and facilities can be effective again, and together with that, Gai Yan's army can also be trapped in Lanling City. What's the point?
Why not?
After the Han army led by Gai Yan entered Lanling City, they understood the situation inside the city. Ben Xiu had more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, but the food and grass in the city had been almost exhausted, and they could still hold on for a few months at most.
The terrible thing is that the Han army did not carry much food and grass.
It is difficult enough for Lanling City to sustain the 30,000 people like Ben Xiu. Now add the 70,000 Han troops, how can it be enough?
After understanding the situation in the city, Gai Yan immediately realized that he could not stay in Lanling City for a long time and had to abandon the city as soon as possible and break out.
The 70,000 Han troops led by Gai Yan, plus the more than 30,000 surrendered troops led by Ben Xiu, formed a combined army of 100,000 soldiers and horses. Under the unified command of Gai Yan, they launched a breakout campaign against Dong Xian's army outside the city.
This time, Dong Xianjun did not deliberately avoid the battle, but used all his strength to attack the Han army who came out of the city head-on.
It has to be said that Dong Xian's defense facilities outside Lanling City are too complete, including earthen forts, earthen walls, horse barriers, and traps. With so many defense facilities, coupled with the 200,000-strong Dong Xian army and the Han army,
It's really impossible to break out from here.
Regarding Dong Xianjun's Iron Barrel Formation, Gai Yan led his troops and launched continuous charges. As a result, he charged once and was repulsed once. After a day of fierce fighting, not only failed to tear apart Dong Xianjun's defense line, but he suffered heavy casualties.
When it got dark, Gai Yan had no choice but to order the withdrawal of his troops and retreated to Lanling City.
The next day, Gai Yan once again organized the Han army to break out. The result was the same as the first day. The Han army launched fierce attacks many times, but they were repelled one by one by Dong Xianjun. Although Dong Xianjun's casualties were not small, the Han army failed in the end.
Break through Dong Xianjun's iron barrel formation.
After two consecutive days of fierce fighting with no results, Gai Yan took a breath and realized that the war was not going well. His side was now trapped in Lanling City by Dong Xian and was in danger of being annihilated.
That night, Gai Yan sent four generals, each leading an elite cavalry, from four directions: southeast, northwest, and to break through the encirclement at night.
Dong Xian's army was also well prepared. Three of the Han cavalry were surrounded and annihilated by Dong Xian's army. Only one Han cavalry luckily broke out and then went straight to Chu County to ask for help from Pang Meng's army stationed in Chu County.
Pang Meng led his troops to station in Chu County, and he was also paying attention to the war in Lanling.
After learning that Gai Yan and his troops easily tore through Dong Xian's army's defense line and successfully entered Lanling City, Pang Meng realized that something was wrong. It was obvious that Dong Xian had deliberately let Gai Yan into the city.
Sure enough, when the cavalry that broke out came to Chu County, ran to Pang Meng's army camp, reported the battle situation to him, and asked him to send troops for reinforcements, Pang Meng slapped his thigh, really worried about what happened, Dong Xian was indeed the old man.
Being defeated, the city was deliberately blocked and Yan entered.
He looked at the general who reported the news and said with a gloomy face: "I have repeatedly warned Gai Yan to follow His Majesty's edict, but he didn't listen, and you and the others didn't listen. What now?"
The general lowered his head with a blushing face and said nothing. Pang Meng snorted coldly and said: "Your Majesty is a great talent, how can your strategy be wrong? You have insisted on going your own way. It's too late to regret it now!"
The general looked ugly and said urgently: "General Pang, it is useless to talk about this now. General Pang, our soldiers are trapped in Lanling and are in danger. General Pang, please send troops to rescue them quickly!"
Send troops to rescue? Pang Meng almost laughed angrily. He only had 30,000 troops under his command, and only 30,000 troops went to rescue. Isn't that a meat bun beating a dog, and there will be no return? He spread his hands and said: "You are now
You thought of me and wanted me to send troops to rescue you. What have you done? Now you want to drag me into the water and think I am a fool?" Pang Meng became angrier as he spoke. He waved his sleeves and said: "This mess is caused by Gai Yan.
Let him clean up whatever he caused it by himself!"
When the general heard this, he looked angry and said loudly: "General Pang, now is not the time to lose your temper. That... that is the life of one hundred thousand brothers!"
Pang Meng stared at the general with red eyes and said slowly: "If I don't go, it will be the life of 100,000 brothers. If I go, it will be the life of 130,000 brothers!"
"General Pang, you...how can you ignore death and not save him?"
"It's Gai Yan who wants to die, what does it have to do with me?!" Pang Meng was so angry that he slapped the table and shouted angrily: "I didn't remind you at the beginning, you all regard my words as farts and treat them as His Majesty's.
The edict is nonsense. Now that you are trapped in Lanling, you accuse me of something wrong. Do you really think that I, Pang Meng, are weak and easy to bully?"
The general was so angry that he was trembling all over. He was silent for a moment, knelt down on the ground with a bang, kowtowed forward, and said in a trembling voice: "General Pang, one hundred thousand brothers, their lives are hanging by a thread, please General Pang, please save our brothers!"
Looking at the general who surrendered and knelt on the ground, Pang Meng's expression finally softened. After a moment of silence, he said, "Get up and speak!"
"General Pang!"
"I only have 30,000 brothers under my command. Asking me to take 30,000 brothers to Lanling for rescue is tantamount to throwing an egg at a rock and seeking death. I will never send out this soldier under any circumstances. Now the great Sima is leading his troops.
The area around Chenliu is resting, you can go to Chenliu and ask Da Sima for help!"
When the general heard this, his face turned pale and he said in a trembling voice: "It's impossible to ask Chen Liu for help!"
After a pause, he added: "What's more, your Majesty has ordered General Chen Jun to be the governor of Taishan and send troops to attack Taishan. Most of the soldiers and horses under Da Sima have been sent to Chen Jun!" Where are the extra troops?
Reinforce Lanling?
Pang Meng laughed out loud, raised his eyebrows, and said: "So you also know that His Majesty sent Governor Chen Jun and Chen to attack Taishan! Have you ever thought about why Your Majesty gave us a plan to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao? At the same time,
And why did you send Taishou Chen to attack Taishan? You are worried that Zhang Bu will send troops to reinforce when we attack Tan County. Could it be that your Majesty would not have thought of it? Your Majesty sent Taishou Chen to attack Taishan. The purpose is to contain Zhang Bu so that Zhang Bu will not have time to divide his troops for reinforcements.
Dong Xian."
Liu Xiuchu's strategy is not an isolated strategy, but a chain of links.
The purpose of sending Chen Jun to attack Taishan County, which belonged to Zhang Bu's forces, was obviously to contain Zhang Bu's troops and create convenient conditions for Gai Yan's strategy of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao.
Now, the general also figured out Liu Xiu's strategy, but it was too late and meaningless to talk about it now. His eyes turned red, and he choked and said: "General Pang, send troops to rescue the trapped brothers!"
Pang Meng waved his hand and said decisively: "I absolutely will not send troops to rescue Lanling. I still say what I said, if you want reinforcements, if you want reinforcements, go to Chenliu and ask Da Sima!"
"General Pang..." The general could no longer control his emotions and burst into tears.
Pang Meng was so upset by his crying that he slammed the table and said loudly: "How can a dignified man of seven feet be crying and moaning? Come here, drag him out!"
Following his order, a guard strode in from outside the camp, picked up the general, and dragged him out.
"General Pang, save Lan Ling, General Pang, you can't ignore death, General Pang..." The sound of crying gradually disappeared outside the camp. Pang Meng breathed a sigh of relief, rolled his eyes, and made a puff.
He laughed again and murmured in a low voice: "You are seeking your own death, who is to blame?"
The person he was mocking was Gai Yan. Sometimes, he really didn't know what Gai Yan was thinking. His Majesty clearly gave him a good idea and pointed out the feasibility of the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, but he just refused to listen. He felt that
The risk is too great. If you insist on doing things according to your own ideas, what will be the result? The 70,000 troops and the 30,000 surrendered troops were trapped in Lanling. Fortunately, I left in time. Otherwise, the 30,000 brothers under my command would have been trapped in Lanling.
They all have to suffer disaster along with him.
It's hard to persuade a damn ghost with good words! For a person like Gai Yan to end up like this, it was entirely his own fault and deserved it. Instead of worrying about Gai Yan's safety, Pang Meng kept gloating in his heart.
Gaiyan's tribe was trapped in Lanling, and Pang Meng's tribe was in Chu County, very close to Lanling, but they stood still and refused to rescue. This made Sun Meng, the prefect of Chu County, very angry. (The ancients seemed to like to use the word "meng" very much.
Make a name.)
Since Pang Meng's army was stationed near the county town, Sun Meng sent officials from the county government to the camp to ask Pang Meng why he had been reluctant to send troops to rescue Lanling.
The official sent by Sun Meng was County Governor Shi Lixiang. He was a well-known cruel official in Chu County, a selfless and selfless person who would obey the law. He came to the Han army camp and successfully met Pang Meng.
Pang Meng was very polite to the county officials and personally went out of the Chinese military tent to bring Li Xiang in.
After sitting down, Pang Meng said happily: "Originally, I planned to go to the county government in the past few days, but unexpectedly, Li Changshi came first."
Li Xiang looked at Pang Meng in confusion and asked, "Why did General Pang go to the county government?"
Pang Meng said: "Now our army has very little food and grass left. I hope the county government can provide some assistance."
Li Xiang said with understanding, "These are all trivial matters!"
Pang Meng raised his head and smiled, waved his hands and said: "In Li Changshi's eyes, this is a trivial matter, but to Yu Meng, it is a matter of life and death."
Li Xiangzhengse said: "I can report the matter to Grand Administrator Sun on behalf of General Pang."
Pang Meng's eyes lit up, she cupped her hands and said, "That's great! It's much better for Li Changshi to speak up about this matter than for me to take the initiative to ask for it!"
Li Xiang changed the topic and said: "I can go to Prefect Sun for food on behalf of General Pang. However, the battle in Lanling is critical now. General Gai and one hundred thousand soldiers are trapped in Lanling. Should General Pang also send troops to rescue as soon as possible?"
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Hearing Li Xiang mention this matter, Pang Meng's face immediately darkened. He said: "Dong Xian has 200,000 soldiers and horses under his command. We only have 30,000 soldiers and horses. We use 30,000 to attack 200,000."
, aren’t you seeking your own death and striking an egg with an egg?”
Li Xiang frowned and said, "Even if he can't fight the enemy, General Pang can't sit idly by and ignore it! General Pang led his troops to Lanling. Even if he doesn't fight, he can still contain the enemy and stay trapped in the city.
It will be advantageous for our army!"
Pang Meng shrugged and said slowly: "Doing something you know you can't do is the courage of an ordinary man! I won't let the 30,000 brothers under my command die in vain. I think General Gai will think of a countermeasure in the battle of Lanling!
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After hearing what Pang Meng said, Li Xiang was furious. Looking at his calm and nonchalant look, Li Xiang was even more furious.
He slammed the table hard, glared at Pang Chong, and said: "General Pang is so greedy for life and afraid of death, how can he look like a famous general of my generation?"
