Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 423 The first step is to fake surrender

The three armies went ahead without using food and grass.

The launch of a war and the transportation of military logistics materials are naturally also a very critical factor. Therefore, since ancient times, wars have basically only been carried along the avenues suitable for the advancement of vehicles and horses. This is also a normal military road.

In war, it is rarely a way of going over mountains and mountains, unless it is a surprise attack by a simple soldier or a surprise attack by a surprise soldier. In this way, the soldiers are allowed to carry about ten days of dry food with them, and they completely give up the logistical support for raids and sneak attacks. How is the road.

But such a war is also very risky. Once a surprise attack or sneak attack fails and the soldiers have eaten their dry food, they will have to fight hungry. In the end, your army may collapse without the enemy taking action.

So now that Cao Jun wants to attack Nanyang, he can only pass through the Xianghan pass on the side of Bowangpo to smoothly transport logistics grain and grass materials, so as to ensure that the soldiers fighting in front can get the rear grain and grass supplies at any time.

Therefore, the Xianghan Pass in Bowang Slope has become the only way to attack Nanyang, and can also be regarded as a gateway into Nanyang County.

However, the environment on the Bowang Slope side also resulted in the existence of many dangerous terrains formed by rolling hills on the Xianghan Pass, which could allow the defenders occupying Bowang Slope to use the terrain to block the Xianghan Pass.

That is to say, whoever occupies Bowangpo will be able to take advantage of the geographical advantage and block the north-south roads. Therefore, Bowangpo has the military significance that must be contested by military strategists.

Now the Xiongba battalion commanded by Pang Yan is chasing Zhang Xiu's army all the way forward, occupying at least three-quarters of Bowangpo's area, and sent troops to many dangerous places on both sides of the controlled Bowangpo Xianghan pass garrison.

However, Zhang Xiu's army finally controlled the last quarter of the Xianghan pass in the northern section of Bowangpo, which was considered to have reduced the difficulty of attacking Bowangpo for the Cao army under Xia Houyuan's command.

However, if Xia Houyuan wanted to pass through the Xianghan Pass of Bowangpo and enter the Bungu Plain where Wancheng is located, he still needed bloody battles with the Xiongba camp commanded by Pang Yan in Bowangpo to completely get through the Xianghan pass. Han narrow road.

In this way, if there is Zhang Xiu's army who is familiar with the terrain of Bowang Slope as a guide, it may be possible to provide Cao Jun under Xia Houyuan with some marching trails in Bowang Slope to help Cao Jun attack Bowang Slope.

Although there is only one Xianghan narrow road opened up in this Bowang slope, it can allow the logistics supplies of the army to pass smoothly.

However, if someone who is familiar with Bowang Slope's terrain guides him, Xia Houyuan can naturally send a small force to go around the dangerous terrain where the soldiers of the Xiongba Battalion are stationed from some trails, so as to help Xia Houyuan's frontal attacking army take these dangerous places with the least cost. .

Such a step-by-step capture of the Xianghan pass will eventually allow the [-] Cao soldiers commanded by Xia Houyuan to completely break through Bowangpo.

Therefore, although Zhang Xiu lost Wancheng, he still has great use value for Cao Jun's attack on Nanyang. As long as he can surrender Cao Jun with the remaining main force, and can unite with Cao Jun to attack Wancheng again, Xia Houyuan will still be very happy Accept Zhang Xiu.

Of course, this was the bait that Jia Xu used to let Zhang Xiu pretend to surrender to Cao's army to gain trust, and it was also the root cause of Zhang Xiu's plan to lure the enemy by pretending to lead the way.

However, now Jia Xu's strategy has only reached the point of false surrender. Zhu Wei is not sure whether Zhang Xiu can deceive Xia Houyuan's trust by false surrender, and whether he can hide it from the eyes of Cheng Yu, who was sent by Cao Cao in Xia Houyuan's army.

Anyway, now Zhu Wei can see through the game map of the Three Kingdoms that after Zhang Xiu's army met Cao Jun, the vanguard sent by Xia Houyuan, Che Zhou did not doubt Zhang Xiu, and sent people to lead Zhang Xiu to the rear to find Xia Houyuan smoothly. where the main force is.

Of course, Zhang Xiu also handed over the section of the Bowangpo Xianghan pass area he controlled to the vanguard troops of the Cao army commanded by Che Zhou.

This is also a gift from Zhang Xiu to surrender.

In this way, under the guidance of the people sent by Che Zhou, Zhang Xiu led his troops to leave the Bowangpo area completely, and finally joined the main force of Cao's army commanded by Xia Houyuan in a village three miles north of Bowangpo.

Of course, Zhang Xiu's army still set up its own camp next to the camp of Cao's army commanded by Xia Houyuan, which does not mean that the armies of the two sides merged together.

In this way, even if Zhang Xiu was willing, Xia Houyuan would not dare to agree.

So after Zhang Xiu arrived with his troops, Xia Houyuan just invited Zhang Xiu to speak in the Cao army camp. What happened after entering Xiahouyuan's military tent is unknown.

In fact, even if Zhu Wei could see it, he couldn't hear what they were saying.

So now Zhu Wei can only wait quietly for the development of the situation, to see if everything can be done according to Jia Xu's plan, and Xia Houyuan can believe in Zhang Xiu's false surrender.

Of course, this time, Jia Xu's strategy did not happen all at once. Even if Zhang Xiu successfully feigned surrender and gained Xia Houyuan's trust, it was impossible to lure Xiahouyuan's Cao Jun into Bowang Slope immediately.

According to Jia Xu's calculation, this strategy still requires Zhu Wei's Pang Yanxiongba camp and Xiahouyuan's Cao Jun to confront Bowangpo for a period of time before they can find an opportunity to complete the next step of the strategy.

So Zhu Wei is not in a hurry now, as long as Zhang Xiu is safe in Xiahouyuan's army now.

Soon, Zhu Wei discovered that Zhang Xiu came out of Xiahouyuan's military tent safely through the game map of the Three Kingdoms. It seemed that the two parties had reached an agreement, and Zhang Xiu's false surrender seemed to have succeeded.

So Zhu Wei told Jia Xu that Zhang Xiu had met Xia Houyuan and returned to his own camp from Cao's camp. Jia Xu squinted her eyes slightly and nodded noncommittally.

In fact, based on Jia Xu's understanding of Zhang Xiu, he believes that Zhang Xiu should still be able to complete the first step of the task of feigning surrender.

As for the later stage of luring the enemy, at the beginning, I am afraid that Zhu Wei will need to sacrifice some troops to lure Xia Houyuan to trust Zhang Xiu step by step, so that he can lure Cao Jun under Xia Houyuan's command into Bowang Slope at the critical moment. Trap to death.

Of course, now that Zhang Xiu had successfully surrendered, Zhu Wei began to make arrangements for Jia Xu's next step, and immediately ordered Pang Yan on Bowangpo's side to make corresponding military preparations.

Zhu Wei had already given instructions on these matters before sending Yi Ji to Xiong Yan's camp, so now Yi Ji can completely follow the plan and help Pang Yan make adaptable actions.

In fact, there is no need for Pang Yan's Xiongba battalion to do more now, only Pang Yan needs to follow the normal military strategy, and Yiji just reminds him at critical times.

In this way, Pang Yan on the side of Bowangpo also sent troops to try to launch several small-scale attacks on the Xianghan pass area controlled by Cao Jun.

This is also a test of Cao Jun's combat effectiveness...

(End of this chapter)