Chapter 199: Perfect Battle Plan
The reason why Xiahou Xuan chose to march at night was to improve concealment, after arriving in Huainan, the meticulous work of the Wu army was everywhere, even if Xiahou Xuan deliberately sent a special combat team to clear these Wu army scouts, but it was inevitable that the hundred secrets would be negligent, and Xiahou Xuan could not guarantee that there would be no fish that would slip through the net.
So for the sake of insurance, Xiahou Xuan still chose to march at night, anyway, the road from Yiyang to Anfengdu is not too far, only a hundred or ten miles, the Wei army rushed all the way, and it should not be difficult to reach the periphery of Anfengdu at dawn.
The biggest advantage of marching at night is the concealment, which can completely approach An Fengdu unconsciously and kill the Wu army by surprise.
Xiahou Xuan strictly ordered all the men and horses not to raise fires, not to disturb the people, not to make loud noises, even the bells under the horses' necks were taken off, and no sound was allowed, and the whole army remained silent, marched at full speed, and did not delay halfway.
It can be seen that although Xiahou Xuan has never fought, he is no less rigorous than a battle-hardened veteran, and the team is neatly queued, although it is a night march, and there are even no lights, but it can still be done in an orderly and orderly manner.
The whole team could hear no other noise except for a few rustling footsteps and a few rattling low hooves.
When the sky was twilight, the Wei army had rushed to the place where it was only more than ten miles away from An Fengdu, which was called Changfeng Forest, although the terrain was not too high, but the terrain was undulating and varied, and there were trees everywhere to cover each other, which was a suitable hidden place.
Xiahou Xuan was overjoyed when he saw this, the terrain here is very suitable for the hiding of the army, his 30,000 troops are hiding here, it is difficult for the outside world to find out, it is simply made in heaven.
Previously, Xiahou Xuan was also worried about whether the terrain near An Fengdu was an unobstructed plain area, if it was a plain that was not covered and blocked, then it would be particularly embarrassing, the original plan was a surprise attack, but when he arrived at the ground, he found that the opponent's army was just laid out in front of him, with an unobstructed view.
When he arrived at Changfeng Forest, Xiahou Xuan found that his worries were unnecessary, the forests here were luxuriant, the hills were undulating, not to mention hiding 30,000 soldiers and horses, even if it was more than enough to hide 100,000 people.
Xiahou Xuan ordered all battalions and units to immediately disperse and hide, rest on the spot, and travel for a long time, all the soldiers were tired and tired, and they were anxious to rest.
There are still more than three hours before the general attack time agreed with Sima Yi, and the southern army of Zhengnan seized the time to rest, and the time was quite abundant. Xiahou Xuan strictly ordered all departments not to light fires or raise cooks, and each person could only eat a little dry food, completely hiding his whereabouts from Wu Jun.
This place is already very close to An Fengdu, Xiahou Xuan continuously sent multiple scouts to inquire about the situation of the Wu army, and soon got a reward, and the southern army was less than five miles away from the nearest Wu army camp.
Xiahou Xuan secretly said that it was a fluke, if he hadn't just arrived in Changfeng Forest and saw that the terrain was suitable to lurk, the Wei army was likely to collide with the Wu army at the first end, and at that time, it would not be a sneak attack, but an encounter battle.
According to the scout's report, the Wu army camped for several miles, all camped in the hidden places of the mountains and forests, it is obvious that the purpose of the Wu army was to ambush the Wei army in Anfengdu, the scout did not dare to enter lightly, but roughly counted the camp tent of the Wu army, as for how many Wu troops were hidden in the camp tent, it is really unknown.
Xiahou Xuan didn't care, it didn't make much sense to explore the number of Wu troops now, the key was to grasp the information that Wu troops were camped here, which was enough.
The most important thing now is to do a good job of hiding your own army, the two sides are so close that the Wei army is completely ambushed under the nose of the Wu army, if it is exposed, it will lose the effect of the surprise attack.
Fortunately, now Wu Jun's attention is all on An Fengdu, presumably at this moment Sima Yi has led the army to the north bank of An Fengdu, and is ready to cross the river, Wu Jun wants to attack half-crossing, naturally have to closely watch the movements of the Wei army on the other side of the river, as for the Wei army that sneaked in quietly, they really didn't notice it at all.
Surprise and unpreparedness for attacking it is a prerequisite for a sneak attack, but fortunately everything is going very smoothly now, Xiahou Xuan is full of ambition and confidence, and took advantage of the time when the officers and men of the whole army were resting, and gathered the commanders of each battalion to arrange a plan of action.
Naturally, there was no Chinese army tent, and Xiahou Xuan ordered the whole army not to build tents or fences for the sake of the whole army, and all 30,000 troops entered the mountains and forests to hide.
In this combat meeting, Xiahou Xuan and the generals all sat on the ground, spread out the map on a large bluestone, and everyone surrounded the map, and Xiahou Xuan began to deploy the attack plan.
On behalf of the Xiao cavalry battalion to participate in the meeting was Wen Qin, and the other battalions also had lieutenant generals or lieutenants to participate, but the entire battle plan Xiahou Xuan had already been formulated, and there was no need to discuss it with the generals, he pointed to the map to distribute troops, where a certain battalion attacked, where a certain battalion responded, where a certain battalion volleyed, the layout was in an orderly manner, and the generals only needed to act according to the order.
Xiahou Xuan has been planning this action plan for the past two days, and he has repeatedly considered all the details, during which he also referred to the opinions of Ren Lan and Cao Liang and other staff, but the big idea was taken by Xiahou Xuan himself.
For this detailed battle plan, Xiahou Xuan himself is quite satisfied, in his opinion, there is no more perfect plan than this plan, if the Wei army can faithfully implement his plan, the certainty of victory is at least ninety percent.
The generals are also quite impressed by Xiahou Xuan's plan, the person who can make the plan so thorough and meticulous must be a person who has a careful plan, and what they need to do to fight with such a master general is really worry-free, as long as they charge into battle and fight the enemy, they don't need to think about anything else.
The generals obeyed Xiahou Xuan's command, all of them were submissive, and they gave up their orders, without half a point of resistance.
Because Xiahou Xuan's plan is indeed too perfect, even if he is a veteran who has been fighting for many years, he feels impeccable.
However, Cao Liang, who was sitting at the back, was a little disappreciative in his heart, although he also admitted that Xiahou Xuan's battle plan was quite perfect, all the details were arranged in an orderly manner, and there were no flaws.
But on the battlefield, can this perfect battle plan really be implemented?