The Wei Yan tribe, which had been dormant for nearly three months after the troops were in camp, moved quickly and violently.
The whole army prepared food at the third watch and set off at the fourth watch. It was not yet noon when they arrived in front of the camp on the Houru River in Linxia.
And he behaves arrogantly and domineeringly!
He actually rested and ate on the spot a mile away from the Wei army camp!
There was no fear that the Wei army would take the opportunity to rush out of the camp and make a surprise attack, crushing their army with lightning speed, and then a battle would be decided.
In fact, Xia Houru actually had this thought.
Having spent half his life in the military, he is not stupid about catching opportunities.
But after struggling in my heart for a long time, I finally gave up on this idea.
He was worried that Wei Yan had done this deliberately to induce him to abandon the interests of the camp and go to war.
In other words, when his previous worries turned out to be true, he felt a little more melancholy and a little less determined and courageous.
Behind him was the Fortress of Guanyin, which was the starting point for the Wei State to seize the strategic advantage. Once Wei Yan's troops broke through, it would trigger a reversal of the overall situation. Such an important relationship made him not want to take risks and dare not make a desperate move.
Moreover, even if he has a camp to rely on, he has no advantage.
The soldiers under his supervision were all soldiers from Youbian and other states.
They had gone thousands of miles away to conquer, and they were already more than a year old from Sangzi, so their fighting spirit and morale had already waned a lot.
On the other hand, the troops of Shu are in full swing!
Before Wei Yan's troops arrived, Xia Houru was reported by the scouts and saw a thick smoke rising into the sky from a distance.
Yes, when Wei Yan marched, he ordered the camp to be burned down.
Just like Xiang Ji's burning cauldron and boat sinking during the Battle of Julu in the past.
Failure to win means the entire army will be annihilated.
Xia Houru didn't know why Wei Yan was so decisive.
But he knew that in the offensive and defensive battle that was about to take place, the Shu soldiers who had no way out would inevitably die.
What made him even more irritated was that Fei Yao's troops could no longer carry out the flanking formation for him.
It was not that Fei Yao escaped from the battlefield.
But those who arrived at the riverside earlier than Wei Yan's tribe were the two thousand Qiang cavalry from Jiang Wei's tribe in Nishu!
Although the cavalry could not attack the fortress, Jiang Wei's troops, who had rebelled against Shu, came to join forces with Wei Yan, but they could not determine the outcome of the war.
But it will make the morale of Wei soldiers even more depressed.
Without him, he deliberately rushed to the front of the battle to show his face. His intention was to make the Wei soldiers feel that the Guo Huai tribe in Yuwei County could not return reinforcements and that they were fighting alone.
In desperation, Xia Houru had no choice but to ask Fei Yao to go out and entangle Jiang Wei's troops, so that the cavalry messenger could break through the Shu army's blockade and rush to Yuwei for help.
As for how long it will take for the Guo Huai tribe to return reinforcements?
Xia Houru felt that excluding the time it took for the messenger to arrive, it would take three or four days at the earliest to return.
Even longer!
The Jiang Wei tribe from Nishu had all come to Wanyin. How could Bi Scarpu and Ma Dai not respond and delay the return of Guo Huai tribe?
And it’s easy to do.
As long as the leader of the army hangs behind the Wei army, the Guo and Huai tribes will not dare to march in a hurry, causing the formation to be uneven and the Shu soldiers to take the opportunity to raid.
The most likely possibility is that Guo Huai himself supervised the troops and the baggage and food supplies slowly behind him, and used the Wuhuan Cavalry or the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to protect him along the road, and sent thousands of elites to rush back for rescue in advance - in order to ensure that the soldiers still had something to offer after arriving.
The combat power will be lost during the march along the way for three or four days.
And can the camp here survive three or four days under Wei Yan's strong attack?
Xia Houru has no answer.
He has already ordered that the soldiers from the military camp on the other side be transferred as well.
He also asked Hu Zun to monitor the movements of the Shu army in the Fortress of Manyin City at all times, and be sure to curb their intention to attack Wei Yan after seeing Wei Yan's attack.
However, he did not mobilize the soldiers guarding the south side of Hanping River.
This is also his biggest worry.
If Zhao Guang went against Shu and stationed in Zuli County, Wang Ping and the Jufu tribe would also move in time and follow the Zuli River northward into Hanpingchuan. They would be surrounded by enemies in front and behind, fearing that the soldiers under his command would be unstable and their fighting spirit would be unstable.
It’s melting!
well.
That's all, there's no point in thinking too much.
Just do your best and obey the destiny.
Xia Houru, who had gone through many ups and downs in his official career, had long ceased to care about life and death, honor and disgrace. He looked at the Shu soldiers who were preparing to attack, slowly pulled out his sword and stabbed it into the sky, and swore loudly, "The enemy
Come, I will fight with you! If the camp is destroyed, I will die with you all! All officers and men, fight to the death!"
The commander's decisive words naturally agitated the soldiers, and the camp suddenly erupted into death-defying cries.
"war!"
"Fight! Fight!"
The passionate sounds of the Wei army's deadly battle stirred up countless ripples in the river flowing north, and spread as far as the Han army's formation.
Wei Yan, who was standing under the flag, tilted his head slightly and raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
Immediately, he sneered, "A group of dying people are so noisy!"
You can't call him arrogant either.
Since the Han soldiers came out of Longyou, he has personally supervised the battles and has never suffered a defeat.
No matter it is a fortified attack or a field battle, no matter whether there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves.
In particular, the person supervising the formation on the opposite side was Xia Houru, who had been defeated by Zheng Pu outside Yuzhong County, Jincheng County with inferior troops.
He is just a high-ranking person who relies on his friendship with Wei Cao Cao from Qiao Peixiang, so what general strategy can he use?
So what if there is a camp to rely on?
So what if we have more troops?
Wei Yan felt that if he wanted to defeat it, it would be easy.
Furthermore, the prime minister mobilized nearly 100,000 troops. He sent troops to Longyou, Hanzhong and Hexi to give him the opportunity to win. How could he not think carefully and send out troops without a sure-fire strategy?
How can we disappoint public expectations and miss the country's merits!
"Blow the drum!"
Wei Yan, who had despised the Wei army in his heart for a long time, silently looked around at the soldiers who had formed their formation and were ready to attack for a long time before Wei Yan turned his head and ordered, "Use the battle!"
"Boom!"
"Boom! Boom!"
In an instant, the thunderous sound of war drums resounded from the Han army's formation throughout the world, competing with the sound of the Wei soldiers shouting for fierce battle.
Different from previous wars, the soldiers of the Han army who filed out one after another did not sing high-spiritedly or shout "Conquer the Central Plains" with enthusiasm, but were very silent and expressionless.
They walked forward step by step following Dub's little whistle. It seemed that in their eyes, facing death in close combat was as common as drinking water and eating every day.
In other words, after being personally supervised by Wei Yan to practice martial arts for nearly three months, they were no longer just soldiers who fought with blood and courage.
The elites of ancient times were fearless, without joy or sorrow, had no other thoughts when facing battle, and regarded life and death as if they were nothing.
Xia Houru, who was surrounded by personal guards on the low wall of the Wei army camp, saw the Han army approaching step by step. For some reason, these words suddenly flashed in his mind; he also suddenly felt that the sound of his own side's shouts of fierce battle filled his ears.
Very noisy.
call.
He quietly exhaled a breath.
Xia Houru shook his head slightly and put away the distracting thoughts in his mind.
In any case, except for the two thousand soldiers guarding Hanpingchuan, the Wei army's strength was almost twice that of the enemy. If he commanded it properly, he might not be able to hold on until Guo Huai's troops returned.
right!
He didn't know that Liao Hua, Yan Yu and Liu Lin joined forces with 5,000 troops to join the Wei Yan tribe.
Moreover, the number of soldiers Wei Yan attracted this time was only ten thousand.
