Chapter 7024: Retreat to the South Bank
Gongsun Chan was not surprised that he was so single with Ji Ling that he would admit defeat and run back to Mengjindu, even if Ji Ling lacked experience and ability, and lost last night's cavalry battle, but Ji Ling was still a general in the end, if he refused to admit defeat and continued to entangle, resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of defenders in Mengjindu, it would be an unforgivable mistake!
Gongsun Chan immediately pressed the border with a large army, and directly set up a camp not far from the camp on the north bank, and planned to attack after a little repair, to be honest, even if the camp of Meng Jindu has been intensified construction and reinforcement, there is no way to compare with the city wall, and it can always be captured with some effort, unless Ji Ling has a large number of reinforcements coming, and Gongsun Chan can be forced back from the side or front.
Hearing that the Mengjindu battle began, many players hurried over, but the ferry port of Mengjindu has been closed, so there can only be other ferries to divert, or simply make a post wagon to Wen County, and then go south from Wen County.
It's just that in this way, the prestige of Ji Ling, who ordered the blockade of Mengjindu, plummeted in the minds of players, so most of the players who came to join in the fun went to Gongsun Zhan's camp to receive the task, which made Gongsun Chan very happy, and was preparing to attack the camp, so many long-range strike troops were just there, wouldn't this be sleepy and touching the pillow!
And Ji Ling regretted it again, underestimating the power of the alien, and once again made him suffer enough, this series of failures finally made Ji Ling start to re-examine himself, it seems that he still has too many shortcomings, and every fault may become a fatal loophole in the war.
After resting for the night, the next day, Ji Ling directly lined up and set up a large formation in front of the camp, this strategy can't be said to be bad. Because the fortification of the camp is limited, the effect of holding on to it will definitely not be too good. It is better to use the battle formation to lure the opponent to attack, in order to achieve the purpose of consuming the opponent, if Gongsun Chan is willing to use cavalry to charge the formation, it would be better, just let Gongsun Chan see how the infantry formation breaks the cavalry!
It's a pity, how could an old fox like Gongsun Chan be so simple, if before yesterday, in the face of Ji Ling, who took the initiative to fight, Gongsun Chan would still scratch his head a little, although it is not impossible to break the infantry formation. But Gongsun Chan didn't want his loss to be too great. It just so happened that the Inhumans who arrived one after another yesterday afternoon took over a large number of long-range strike missions, and now Ji Ling stupidly discharged the battle formation, just in time to deliver food to the long-range strike force!
"The infantry pushed forward a hundred paces1
"The cavalry formations on both flanks remained motionless1
"The long-range strike force advanced two hundred steps. Prepare for Attack 1
"Bang bang! ~”
The first strike was actually the long-range strike force in the camp. Although Ji Ling has almost no experience, he is not a fool, and he saw that the enemy army had reached the strike range of long-range troops. Immediately order the attack of ranged troops!
However, Ji Ling didn't find that the advancing infantry were all sword and shield soldiers, and there were no other troops, but the crossbowmen stood behind and saw the rubble flying in the sky. The sword and shield soldiers immediately formed a shield array defense, and at the same time. The crossbowmen behind suddenly changed formation, turning into a sparse vertical array, and in the gap they let out, one after another stone throwers were advancing rapidly!
This change of formation is really just right, as if it has been practiced countless times, the trebuchet quickly passes through the crossbow array, and quickly unfolds behind the shield array, and the shield array is sandwiched between the trebuchets, which is to use the shield array to protect the operating soldiers of the trebuchet when they are hit.
"Team A volley! Put 1
"Team B shoots a volley! Put 1
"Reload! Reload 1
"Enemy attack! Pay attention to defense 1
Gongsun Zhan's troops were like a machine, and they methodically launched a blow to Ji Ling's camp and troops.
Ji Ling saw that the situation was not good, and immediately issued an order for the whole army to retreat, but under the blow of Gongsun Zhan's large number of trebuchets, not only the long-range troops in the camp were covered and attacked, but the infantry outside the camp was also hit hard, and within a quarter of an hour of the battle, Ji Ling shrank back, and lost almost 3,000 people, fortunately, he withdrew quickly, otherwise the losses would be even heavier.
Ji Ling really couldn't understand why Gongsun Chan would have so many trebuchets, this was obviously not in line with prior intelligence, and it was not even in line with reality, if Gongsun Chan had brought so many trebuchets, his troops would not have such a fast movement speed!
Soon after, the adjutant got news from various ways of doing things, confirming that a large number of Inhumans had joined Gongsun Zhan's camp and provided Gongsun Chan with a large number of long-range strike capabilities, which was the truth of the matter, and when Ji Ling learned that most of these Inhumans had joined Gongsun Chan in anger because he did not open the Mengjin Ferry, he couldn't help but sigh in the sky...... Last night, Yuan Shu didn't sleep well all night, the cause of the incident was because he had a whim, and wanted to take Xuchang down when Yu Shi passed through Xuchang by the way, you know, Xuchang is like a rope around his neck, Yuan Shu has always wanted to get rid of it and then fast, but he has never been able to free up his hand, and now it is not easy to have a chance, Yuan Shu will naturally not let it go, and he is also proud of this, feeling that his head is good.
However, after the matter developed to the current situation, Yuan Shu finally knew that his head was not only not easy to use, but also very difficult to use, a good thing, and now it has become a mess, seeing that Huainan is not guaranteed, Xuchang can't take it, Gongsun Zhan has attacked Mengjin here, even Ji Ling has lost again and again, Zhang Miao and Liu Dai are also ready to move, Zhang Yang and Dong Zhuo must not only watch the excitement, but also the straw shoe seller in the south.
As soon as he thought of this, Yuan Shu had a splitting headache, and as a result, he didn't sleep well all night, making his somewhat thin face even more sunken and haggard recently. The concubines around him were also cautious, for fear of causing Yuan Shu's unhappiness and causing death.
"Lord...... You are finally here1 Yuan Shu is like a child who has been wronged and meets his parents, at this time, Yuan Shu found that having subordinates is also a happy thing.
"How's it going, is there any news?"
Yuan Shu asked a little eagerly, early in the morning, the faces of these officials looked listless, compared to last night, they didn't sleep well, plus the bad news they got in the morning, everyone's mood couldn't get better.
"Lord, we have the latest news, Zhang Miao's troops have moved, and Wancheng Liu Bei is also gathering troops."
"This is a bunch of thieves who don't die.1 Yuan Shu was so angry that he trembled, this is a robbery while the fire is burning, a naked robbery while the fire is burning!
Yang Hong sighed, stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord Gong is angry!" It's useless to get angry now, so let's think about how to solve the problem at hand1
A nameless fire sprung up in Yuan Shu's heart, and he glanced around the faces of all his subordinates, Yuan Shu always felt that everyone seemed to be blaming themselves, blaming themselves for being wrong again and again, knowing that the good situation was now a mess!
Yuan Shu, who was furious, looked at Yang Hong, but saw that Yang Hong was looking at him with cold eyes, Yuan Shu's mind was a little clearer, yes, no matter what, now we must stabilize the situation first, otherwise everything is over!
"Guangqi, what do you say now?" Yuan Shu tried his best to suppress the anger and uneasiness in his heart, and asked in a calm voice as much as possible, but the hoarseness and trembling in his voice could not be completely concealed.
Yang Hong took a step forward and faced this Yuan Shu head-on, this is the right play, and it is the formal and final opinion of the subordinates.
"The subordinates think that the current situation seems to be dangerous everywhere, but in fact the root cause is one, even if our army is insufficient and the territory is too wide, it will cause the current situation, therefore, the subordinates think that Huainan should be abandoned, the Huainan defenders should be transferred to the north, and all efforts should be made to eat Xuchang, stabilize Yingchuan, and General Zhu Jun will be connected together, and then try to counterattack Qiaojun or Chenliu. As for the north, it is enough to defend it strictly, although our army is not enterprising enough in Sili, but it is more than enough to defend it. Meng Jindu can go out on the north shore to ease the relationship with Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan originally did not have the strength to continue to go south, Zhang Yang is still too busy to take care of himself, how can he talk about going south, Dong Zhuo is notorious, how can he come east, Liu Bei and I are facing a similar situation, can't he take it as a warning? As for Zhang Miao and his ilk, with General Zhang Xun in Zhongmu, he will not dare to move! In turn, after Huainan's burden was thrown to Cao Cao, it would cause Liu Dai, Zhang Miao, and Cao Cao to covet Chen, Liang, and Peiguo, and we could discuss with Cao Cao to attack Cao Cao, and then Qiaojun and Huainan would be in my hands.1
Yang Hong talked eloquently, Yuan Shu's eyes became brighter and brighter when he listened, and even other civil and military generals nodded frequently, Yang Hong's strategic concept is undoubtedly very realistic, his vision and analysis are also convincing, and its measures seem to be effective in stabilizing the current situation, as for the future counterattack on Qianjun and Huainan, no one can say for sure, but if Sili, Yingchuan, and Runan are properly governed, this possibility is not impossible.
"Oh? In this way, the loss of Huainan is not necessarily a bad thing? Yuan Shu was still making excuses for himself from the bottom of his heart.
Yang Hong smiled and said: "It can also be said that the loss of Huainan is equivalent to the fact that we have made a choice, the temporary contraction is to concentrate our strength more, just like clenching your fists to hit the opponent more effectively, what do you think?" ”
"Reasonable, very reasonable, the loss of Huainan in exchange for our initiative, as well as better development prospects, it seems that there is providence between this gain and loss! Ha ha...... Lord, then...... I think Guangqi's suggestion is very good, just follow Guangqi's plan, do you have any other opinions...... On June 21, the second year of Guangxi, three days after the Battle of Mengjin began, Ji Ling's troops crossed south at night, and then a fire burned down the camp on the north bank, so that Gongsun Chan could only sigh at the fire first, and then sigh at the surging water of the Yellow River, q! ~!