The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 365 Lure the enemy to go deep
Wei Yan was careless this time. He thought that Zhou Yu's army was too weak to withstand his attack, so he retreated all the way to the north. How did he know that he had advanced a hundred miles and came to the city of Guangling County before he realized something was wrong.

Chen Deng led [-] elite troops all the way back into Guangling County, and the gates were closed; Cheng Pu led [-] elite troops all the way to the east, occupying Gaoyou in the east; In the south, Dongyang County was occupied, and Wei Yan's [-] troops were all surrounded in the middle!

The ancients said that there are three times to encircle, when the force is three times that of the enemy, the encirclement strategy can be adopted to encircle and wipe out the enemy army in the middle; but the current situation is clearly that Wei Yan has an army of [-], Zhou Yu has an army of [-], and Zhou Yu has an army of [-]. It is only half of Wei Yan, but he dares to surround Wei Yan in the middle, which is definitely a rare tactic throughout the ages.

However, by the time Wei Yan realized it, it was already too late.

Zhou Yu's four-way deployment was fully in place, and Wei Yan's army was caught in the middle. No matter which direction Wei Yan attacked, in a short period of time, he could never break through the city defenses of one county and three counties, not to mention the four cities forming a circle, echoing each other two by two. No matter which one Wei Yan fights, the nearest city will immediately rush to help.

Wei Yan was finally scared, and he couldn't help but not be afraid. It's winter now. Although Guangling is located in the south of Huaihe River, the climate is not too cold, but in the wilderness, there is no grass growing.

If Wei Yan's army wants food and grass, they can only seize the city, and then replenish it on the spot. It is almost impossible to rely on Wu County on the south bank of the Yangtze River to replenish food and grass. Now the back road has been cut off by Huang Gai, and the food and grass cannot pass Come on, the food for the [-] army now only lasts for six or seven days. Once the food and grass are cut off and the morale of the army is slackened, the [-] army will be destroyed by itself!

"General Wei Yan, what are you thinking?"

Guan Ping on the side asked in a deep voice.

Wei Yan said slowly: "Tanzhi, we are in trouble, big trouble..."

Guan Ping was taken aback, and said in a daze, "General Wei, now that we have won several battles, we have penetrated into the hinterland of Guangling County, where is the trouble?"

Wei Yan smiled bitterly and said: "Frankly, didn't you find out? Now Chen Deng is in Guangling County; Cheng Pu is in the east, Zhou Yu is in the west, and Huang Gai's detours have cut off our connection with the Yangtze River Ferry. Now we are alone Ah, the food and grass cannot be delivered, and within ten days, our army will run out of ammunition and food, and when the time comes, the army's morale will be in turmoil, and without Zhou Yu's action, we ourselves will collapse!"

After all, Guan Ping was young, he didn't have Wei Yan's sophisticated calculations, he only knew how to pursue the victory, and it was not until Wei Yan sent a message that he realized that the army was in a predicament now!

"General Wei, then, what should we do?"

Guan Ping said anxiously: "How about we attack Guangling by force, the city of Guangling County is not considered tall, if we besiege with an army of [-], we will definitely be able to take Guangling City!"

Wei Yan shook his head and said shyly: "If Chen Deng was only defending Guangling City with [-] troops, I would naturally be sure to take it down within ten days, but now around Guangling City, there are many people gathered around Guangling City." Ten thousand troops, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, and Huang Gai are all veterans on the battlefield. If we attack by force, they will take the opportunity to raid the back of our army. If we stand still, they will stick to the key points and let us be trapped in place. , starved to death, this Zhou Yu is too vicious!"

"Then, what should I do? Back to the Yangtze River Ferry?"

Guan Ping said in a deep voice: "Anyway, Uncle gave us an order to attack Guangling County and attract Zhou Yu's troops. Now that Zhou Yu has arrived, we have successfully completed Uncle's deployment. It is the best policy to retreat to the North Bank Ferry!"

"Want to go back?"

Wei Yan smiled wryly and said, "Easier said than done? We still have Huang Gai's elite forces behind us. It is not so easy to break through Huang Gai's blockade. Now we have entered a dead end, not to mention that the Lord wants us to give Xuzhou's main force to us." Attracting them, I didn't expect that Zhou Yu didn't fall for the trick, and only brought thousands of troops to trap us..."

Guan Ping fell silent completely. He was only in his twenties. Although he was brave and good at fighting, he was still too young and inexperienced. Facing such a predicament, he could only be helpless.

Wei Yan took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Withdraw the troops, order the three armies to turn around, and prepare to attack Dongyang County where Huang Gai is located, take Dongyang County, and replenish food and grass on the spot. We only need to occupy one county seat and get money and food supplies. , Zhou Yu is definitely not our opponent! And if we win Dongyang County, then we will get through the connection with the Yangtze River Ferry, and we can advance and retreat freely!"

Wei Yan gave an order, and the [-] troops turned around and rushed towards Dongyang County, and then launched a fierce attack on Huang Gai.

Teams of Jiangdong soldiers rushed to the top of the city continuously, and began to climb towards the top of the city with the help of siege ladders, preparing to take the top of the city.

Under the leadership of Huang Gai, the three thousand elites continued to counterattack, and clusters of arrows rained down from the top of the city, preventing the Jiangdong soldiers from approaching. Even so, they still could not completely stop the Jiangdong soldiers in Under the city, there are still people who are afraid to come up the siege ladder!

"Go! Rolling logs, rolling stones!"

Huang Gai shouted sharply, his eyes fixed on Wei Yan and Guan Ping in the distance, these two people are the most dangerous, ordinary Jiangdong soldiers, even if they charge forward, they will be surrounded and killed by themselves on the top of the city, but If Wei Yan or Guan Ping led the army to rush up, it would not be so easy to drive them down. Fortunately, it is only the first day, and there are enough equipment to defend the city. Dare to take risks and attack the city easily.

Rolling logs and stones were thrown down along the top of the city, smashing down the Jiangdong soldiers who climbed up. In just half a day, before dusk, the North City of Dongyang County was already piled up with corpses. Not only the corpses of Jiangdong soldiers, but also the corpses of Xuzhou soldiers, the battle was extremely tragic.

Immediately afterwards, on the second and third days, Wei Yan and Guan Ping led the army to attack in turn. The tragic offensive and defensive battle of the city caused a sharp decline in the strength of both sides. Even so, the two sides were still fighting hard!

Twenty thousand troops besieged a small county town, and there were veteran generals like Wei Yan in charge. Even though Huang Gai was known as the Jiangdong Tiger General, it was extremely hard to support this time. Fortunately, with the small walls of the county town and three thousand elites, he was able to It was still barely able to hold on. Although Dongyang County was in turmoil, it was not defeated.

At the same time as the battle in Guangling County, Liu Bei led [-] elite troops and finally sent troops. The army pointed directly at the east of Huainan County!

(End of this chapter)