Straight man of steel

Chapter 403 From offense to defense
"Ex-General, what should we do next?"

Both Su Jian and Zhang Cigong came here with the intention of becoming a Marquis in World War I, but they ended up with such an oolong, and they are more impatient now.

"General Ranger, what do you think we should do now?"

Wei Qing immediately threw the question to Zhang Yuan. As the planner of the plan, Zhang Yuan is more qualified to talk about this topic than anyone else.

"There is no other way, Gongsun He and Gongsun Ao led the infantry and the slave army to build fortifications here.

Mount all the three-bow crossbows you brought. The Xiongnu Great Chanyu may arrive soon, and King Hunxie and King Xiutu may also provide support.

The former general took Yan Yi, Wang Qing, and Su Jian Zhang Cigong directly to Gaowang City. On the way, he met General Li Guang and asked them to take the army to Gaoque.

Only the former general can now let Li Guang listen to the general's order.

The Aries King is most likely in Gaowang City. Gaowang City has been eroded by wind and sand for nearly a hundred years, and the city walls have long been useless. Cavalry is more useful than infantry in the desert.

But after the former general directly wiped out the Aries King tribe, he returned to Gaoque to join our army.

The head of Manchester City must be won!
Otherwise we are too passive. "

"Then why don't you just take the first Manchester City now, and then resist the attack of the Huns in the first Manchester City?"

Zhang Yuan didn't even need to look back to know which fool asked this question.

Gongsun Ao still doesn't understand what kind of war game everyone is playing.

This guy is also lucky, otherwise he would not be able to make meritorious deeds and become a marquis after fighting [-] battles.

There are more than ten people in the army tent, Zhang Yuan looks down on this brave and foolish man the most.

Ever since, Zhang Yuan directly ignored the sand sculpture problem.

"Former general, your soldiers are very fast, maybe you have to lead your troops to set off now."

Wei Qing also ignored Gongsun Ao, so he was stupid enough to ask.

"I will lead the cavalry to Gaowang City, where the army is under the command of the Ranger General.

General Gongsun He is the second deputy. "

"The last will obey!"

Gongsun Ao was dissatisfied with Zhang Yuan's failure to explain to him, and jumped out when Wei Qing left.

"General Ranger, do you still have a problem with me?"

Zhang Yuan glanced at him with raised eyebrows, then nodded.

"You're right, I have a problem with you!"

"This is the army. General Ranger brings personal grievances into the army. How should you lead the army?"

"I said it was because of personal grievances? What I have a problem with is your ability. If I am handsome, you will be a vanguard at most.

Although there are many incompetent generals in the Han Dynasty, it is really rare to be so incompetent as you! "

Gongsun Ao has always been unhappy with Zhang Yuan ever since he had a bad relationship with Zhang Yuan in Chang'an City.

Because of Zhang Yuan, Wei Qing became more and more unfamiliar with Gongsun Ao.

Because of Zhang Yuan, his Gongsun Ao was repeatedly punished.

Now that he was being humiliated in front of so many people, Gongsun Ao's temper exploded, but now Zhang Yuan was the person appointed by Wei Qing to be in charge of them.

This made Gongsun Ao hold back.

Conflict with superiors is not a big problem in Chang'an City, it is called political disagreement.

In the army, Zhang Yuan can directly punish Gongsun Ao for his crimes.

The key point is that Gongsun Heming, who also stayed in Gaoque, is apparently on Zhang Yuan's side.

"The last general just wants to ask, why not send troops directly to Manchester City?"

This Gongsun Ao is also persistent.

Zhang Yuan grinned, got up and walked to the edge of the map.

Pointing to Manchester City, he said to Gongsun Ao.

"Today I'll give you a lesson, a three-year-old child knows the truth, and you're still asking.

You see, when we lead troops into the city of Touman, will the military officials of the Huns attack us? "

"They will certainly suffer great losses if they attack us."

"You know that too? Then where will they go if they don't attack us?"

"We will retreat!"

Gongsun Ao was so sure that Zhang Yuan doubted his life.

"Brother Gongsun He, can you send this idiot back to Chang'an City?"

Gongsun He shook his head awkwardly.

"Forgive me General Ranger, he just can't turn corners sometimes."

Gongsun Ao is stupid, but he understands when others scold him.

"You two humiliated me so much. Do you have any other opinions? I, Gongsun Ao, have also read the Art of War.

There is a strong city in front of us that can't be taken down, do we still have to attack hard? "

"Don't say that you have read The Art of War. You will mislead others and make them think that the Art of War written by the ancients has no effect at all.

You don't even think about it yourself, the purpose of the Xiongnu Da Shanyu's military officials going south is to support King Loufan and King Aries.

It’s not here to fight you. If you go to Manchester City, Gao Que’s defense will be weakened. The Xiongnu Grand Chanyu must lead the Xiongnu cavalry to attack Gao Que. Once the Gao Que passage is opened, what do you care Manchester City?

We won the first Manchester City in the future based on the fact that there are no Huns in Henan and Hetao.

Then the front line can be moved forward without having to fight at the door of the house, so that the people on the frontier will not be allowed to live in the flames of war. "

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, not only Gongsun Ao was stunned, but Gongsun He was also stunned, and Zhang Yuan himself was also stunned.

Zhang Yuan had been worrying about how to convince Wei Qing and Liu Che to build a city on the grassland, but the reason just came out of his mouth naturally.

Gongsun Ao was in a daze probably because he realized that he was stupid.

Gongsun He was stunned because he heard Zhang Yuan's theory that the battle line moved forward.

The three of them were trying to figure out what it meant, and they didn't slow down until there was a loud roar outside.

The roar indicated that Wei Qing had already left.

Gongsun He and Gongsun Ao also went out of the military tent, and hurried to build fortifications according to Zhang Yuan's instructions.

The Xiongnu are all cavalry, and the Han army only needs to get more thorns and bury them on the flat ground north of Gaoque.

Of course, it is easy to solve this trap by burning it with fire, but it also takes a lot of time.

Fortunately, Zhang Yuan is the one who wants to delay time, while the Huns are the one who lacks time.

It is still uncertain whether the military minister of the Xiongnu Da Shanyu will appear. If he does not appear, then everyone will be happy.

As the second-highest Han Chinese who had taken refuge in the Huns, Chu Da also went south with the military officials of the Huns.

But he felt very relaxed in his heart. He knew Zhang Yuan's plan and followed the plan at this time.King Aries and King Loufan were on their way back to Chang'an City.

It seemed to Chu Da that the trip of the Xiongnu Grand Chanyu was sure to fail.

But when the Huns arrived at Touman City, Chu Da felt that something was wrong. There was no one here at all.

Shouldn't Zhang Yuan's plan be settled in Manchester City?

Chu Da's feeling was wrong, but the Xiongnu Da Shanyu's military officials felt right.

All this means that the Han army has not taken down Loufan King and Aries King.

The procrastination of the military officials of the Huns was intentional. They gave the Han army half a month to clean up King Loufan and King Aries. If they were taken away by the Han army, it would prove that the Han army was very strong.

Military ministers can avoid war without losing their reputation.

But if King Lou Fan and King Aries are still there, then the strength of the Han army that was conscripted this time will not be very strong.

The Xiongnu Great Dan Yu Junchen could just choose a suitable time to appear and rescue the poor King Loufan and Aries as well as the Junchen's own people.

No matter what actions the kings make, they have their own calculations.

Touman City is very close to Gaoque, and the Huns' army has slowed down, but they still arrived at Gaoque within half a day.

The tents of the Han army were set up on both sides of Gaoque.

The side facing the north is no longer inhabited.

The reason why Zhang Yuan didn't dismantle all the tents was because he thought the tent was a good shelter.

"Yu Dan, it seems that the main force of the Han army is here."

Because the tents have not been dismantled, it looks like there are 30 to [-] troops stationed here from a distance.

At this time, Gao Que had exactly 16 people, including the regular army, the slave army and the minfu.

The number is actually about the same as the Xiongnu Da Shanyu military officials thought, but the combat effectiveness is much worse because the regular army only has [-].

Without a favorable location, Zhang Yuan had no way to win in front of 20 Hun cavalry.

Fortunately, the terrain of Gaoque is suitable for infantry combat, not suitable for cavalry to charge.

With 16 people, the cavalry charge could not penetrate.

So when the Xiongnu chief Yu Shan saw it, his military officials stopped and talked to his prince Yu Dan.

There was a man standing behind the two of them, looking at others with dark eyes all the time.

This person is Zuo Guli King Yi Zhixie, he couldn't see him chatting with military officials alone.

They are all competitors in the position of Da Shanyu, and the person Yi Zhixie hates the most must be Yu Dan.

"Father, please give me [-] cavalry, and I will definitely kill all the Han troops in front of me."

Yu Dan seemed to have said the same thing more than once.

But military ministers like to hear this kind of talk.

"Don't worry. We will stay here overnight and send people to cross Yinshan Mountain overnight to see the situation of the Han army on that side."

"Let the matter of Da Shanyu be handed over to the younger brother."

Yi Zhi leaned forward and said.

The military officials recognized Yi Zhixie's ability, and immediately agreed to give Yi Zhixie this task.

On the side of the Yin Mountain, Zhang Yuan and the others also knew that the Xiongnu Da Shanyu's military officials had arrived with 20 cavalry.

But seeing the Huns' army starting to set up tents, I felt a little bit guilty.

The Huns would not want to spend so long with the Han army.

"Call Gongsun He and Gongsun Ao to my big tent to discuss matters."

Zhang Yuan ordered his own soldiers to call Gongsun He and Gongsun Ao over.

In fact, the two had been waiting for Zhang Yuan's call, so they rushed over quickly.

"The two generals also saw that the Xiongnu Great Chanyu's military officials had indeed arrived opposite us.

But we don't know when they will attack, so I plan to let General Gongsun He watch the night, and General Gongsun Ao will watch the day with me.

What do the two generals think? "

Zhang Yuan seemed to be asking two people, but he was actually asking Gongsun He's opinion.

"Everything is under the orders of the Ranger General.

I will definitely set up secret sentries to prevent the Huns from successfully attacking us at night. "

This time Gongsun Ao was very conscious and did not speak.

"Okay, I believe in the two generals, we only need to defend until the former general returns, and then we can fight back!"

(End of this chapter)