Now the Wei army still has more than 10,000 stone points of grain and grass left, and these grains and grasses, in the case of saving and frugality, are only enough for the Wei army to eat for four or five days.

The Wei army was scattered in Longshan, four hundred miles, and it would take time to assemble, and then retreat to Linjing, which would take exactly five days.

In other words, if Cao Zhen gives the order to retreat now, the grain and grass in the army will be just enough to retreat to Linjing.

Although there was no grain in Linjing, it was fine, so when Xiahou Rong left, he ordered the county order to raise grain and grass from the nearby cities, and when the army retreated to Linjing, the grain and grass in the surrounding cities also arrived.

If it is really not enough, just continue to fight the landlord, anyway, retreat to Linjing, and the soldiers and horses will not starve to death.

But once they retreat and abandon Longshan, then the Han army can drive straight into the Guanzhong Plain, and there is no more precipitous place to defend in Guanzhong.

Although Huating and Meixian have not been lost, Longshan has been broken, and Huating and Meixian have also lost their role.

It's like a city, there are four gates in the south, south, west, and northwest, and now when you attack the city, you only need to break through one gate to get the city, and the other three gates are useless to send more soldiers and horses.

In this way, the Han army can threaten Chang'an at any time, and even Chang'an may be lost.

But if the troops are not withdrawn, the grain and grass will be exhausted after five days, and what awaits the Wei army is a dead end.

For a while, Cao Zhen was in a dilemma, and he didn't know what to do.

"You can't retreat!" Suddenly, Cao Zhen slapped on the table and shouted: "Your Majesty is in Chang'an, and I have decided to live and die with Chang'an, if I retire, how can I be worthy of Your Majesty's trust?" A hundred years later, what face do I have to go to Emperor Wu and Emperor Wen under the Nine Springs? ”

The trick is difficult: "But our army is running out of food and grass, if we don't retreat, there is only a dead end, and I hope that the general will focus on the overall situation." ”

Cao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Now our army still has five days of food and grass, if we can defeat the Shu army within five days, we will have no worries!" ”

If you can defeat the Han army, you can get the grain and grass of the Han army, and naturally you don't have to worry about the grain and grass.

Zhao Zhao sighed and said: "The Han army has another 20,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 90,000 troops, if you want to defeat the Han army, how easy is it." ”

"Now there is only a broken cauldron and a battle against the water!" Cao Zhen got up, tore off the map hanging in the hall, spread the map on the ground, looked at the map and said: "I originally had a plan, it was used to deal with the Shu army, but now is not the time to use it, and now that our army has fallen into death, I can only use this strategy to put it to death and be born!" ”

Shi Bao hurriedly asked, "What is the general's plan?" ”

Cao Zhen looked at the map and said: "Originally, I thought that it was now the middle of July, and the Han army came from afar.

After a month, the weather was so hot that the Han army could not gain anything, and they would lose their spirit, and then attack it with fire. But I don't want Liu Chan to send Ma Chao to cut off our army's food supply. ”

Everyone listened to Cao Zhen's plan and nodded one after another.

Now the weather is hot, the Han army is stationed in the mountains, mostly wooden camps, coupled with the great drought in the north, the climate is dry, and the mountains and forests are full of dead wood and dry grass, which is very easy to catch fire.

And now it is blowing the southeast wind, and the wind direction is blowing from the southeast to the northwest, which means that if the Wei army sets fire, the fire will spread to the Han army camp with the help of the southeast wind.

If Liu Chan hadn't sent Ma Chao to destroy the grain, after a month, the Han army would not have achieved the slightest success, and the time would have reached the hottest time of the year, the morale of the Han army would definitely be greatly damaged, and the defense would have been lax.

At that time, the probability of success is very high when using the fire attack strategy.

But this is what Cao Zhen envisioned, and it is not applicable to today's situation.

Because the stalemate between the two sides is not long, although the Han army has broken the buds, it has also taken the first line of defense of the Wei army, and the morale is victorious, and the guard is tight, and the Wei army cannot succeed at all.

He asked: "But now that our army has only five days, and the Han army is currently heavily defended, how can the general use the fire attack strategy?" ”

Cao Zhen squinted his eyes and said: "Ma Chao burned our grain and grass twice, he will definitely not continue to stay in Anding, but will go to join Liu Chan, and with the speed of his cavalry, it will arrive in two or three days." ”

"Not bad!" Puller nodded.

Cao Zhen continued: "After Ma Chao meets Liu Chan, Liu Chan will know the news that our army's food and grass will run out. At this time, our army withdrew. ”

Shi Bao was puzzled: "Retreat? ”

Cao Zhen nodded and said: "Yes, withdraw from the camp and close the city, our army is divided into two routes, all the way with great fanfare, pretending to retreat to Linjing to attract the attention of the Shu army." The other group of soldiers and horses retreated to hide in the dense mountain forest.

Our army can be in the camp, more arrangements for fire, the Shu army knows that our army is out of food, and the camp is obtained, will be relaxed, and then our army will be killed from the mountains and forests, take the opportunity to set fire, wait for the fire together, retreat to Linjing soldiers and horses quickly return to attack the Shu army, so that the Shu army will be defeated! ”

After listening to Cao Zhen's plan, he slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, the general's clever plan!" However, this plan takes time to prepare, for example, rockets need to be made in large quantities, and there is also a need to hide something that ignites fire in the camp. ”

Cao Zhen said: "You can use three days to arrange this matter, and after three days, Ma Chao will definitely be able to join Liu Chan, and our army can also retreat, so Liu Chan will not be suspicious."

Leading, you have led the army for decades, and you are experienced, so you are responsible for preparing the fire in the camp. ”

"No!" Take the lead and give your hand.

It takes skill to prepare something to start a fire in a camp. If dry firewood is piled up everywhere in the camp, the Han army will definitely be able to think that the Wei army has a conspiracy, so these things need to be hidden and arranged without leaving traces, which looks natural and will not make the Han army suspicious.

In this matter, only experienced soldiers can be competent.

Cao Zhen ordered again: "Shi Bao, you are responsible for leading the troops to make rockets!" ”

Shi Bao gave his hand to receive the order: "No! ”

Cao Zhen said again: "Ben and Chen Tai are responsible for going to various mountains and forests to find places to hide soldiers. Xiahou Rong, when the time comes, you will lead 15,000 soldiers and horses with great fanfare and pretend to retreat. But when he saw the fire, he returned to attack Longshan! ”

"No!"

Cao Zhen took a deep breath and said to the generals: "Ladies and gentlemen, our army only has five days of food and grass, and now using this plan is a move to put it to death and live later.

Therefore, we can only succeed, not fail, and if we fail, we will die without a place to be buried. In this battle, I hope you will cheer up and not slack off. ”

The generals shouted in unison: "Break the cauldron and sink the boat, fight against the water!" ”

"Good!" Seeing that the morale of the generals was high, Cao Zhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Time waits for no one, I'll act quickly." ”