One thousand three hundred eighty-three chapters on paper against Jiang Liu
Winter is gone and spring is coming, and it is January of the twelfth year of Guangxi.
Liu Biao was forced by Liu Yan and had to come out of Nanzheng. If possible, Liu Biao would of course not want to come. However, Yan Yan and Zhang Ren brought the army to Nanzheng. Liu Biao either closed the door and fought with them, or should he be obediently rolling out with his tail between his legs. Can Liu Biao choose?
Liu Biao regrets it! If I had known that Liu Yan was so unkind, I would not ask him for help. Now I am just attracting the wolf into the house!
Accompanied by Zhang Ren or escort, Liu Biao led Yang Ren and others slowly and led a 100,000 troops to Nanxiangcheng, which was about 100 miles away from Shiquan. Nanxiangcheng was not big, and then more than 100,000 troops came, and immediately filled the small mountain city.
Liu Biao was not in a hurry to attack. As long as he defended Nanxiang, Zhang Liang would not be able to go deep into Hanzhong.
So Liu Biao first built a large military camp outside the small Nanxiang city, stationed the troops of more than 100,000 first, and then built supporting storage and logistics facilities. Finally, he simply placed the military camp beside the city wall directly into the city, using the exterior wall of the military camp as the exterior wall for the expansion of the city, and doubled the area of Nanxiang, which was almost as large as a second-level town.
Zhang Ren did not object to Liu Biao's behavior, he just watched coldly. Of course, Liu Biao's approach cannot be said to have done something wrong. From a strategic perspective, establishing a stronghold in Nanxiang and guarding the eastward passage can indeed block threats from Shiquan, and the facts also prove that Liu Biao's approach is correct.
When the Yellow Turban Army saw Liu Biao guarding Nanxiang, he looked like a turtle shrouded. He was not in a hurry to attack, but did the same thing as Liu Biao in Shiquan and built a city!
This is strange. The location of Shiquan is very awkward. It is Xicheng to the east, Nanxiang to the west, and mountains on both sides of the north and south. You said that Liu Biao built a city in Nanxiang, which means to leave a door to thank guests. There is a rich Hanzhong Plain behind him. There are mountains in front, behind, and on the left and right of Zhangliang. You are spending time with Liu Biao here, aren't you looking for death?
But Zhang Liang was looking for death! Perhaps Zhang Liang's wisdom was just like this, otherwise he would not have been driven around and fled from Runan to Hanzhong!
Zhang Liang's approach made Zhang Ren feel that Zhang Liang was just like this, and he couldn't help but think of underestimating the enemy. Zhang Ren thought that he really didn't need to take the initiative to attack Zhang Liang. When Zhang Liang was hungry, he would naturally come to attack Nanxiang. By then, Nanxiang had been built by Liu Biao to a high wall and thick building, which would definitely make Zhang Liang bleed. The only thing that made Zhang Ren worried was how to get rid of Liu Biao. This was a secret task that Zhang Ren was responsible for.
Liu Biao seemed to have guessed something, so he would never be alone with Zhang Ren, and there were a large number of entourages when he went in and out. He was very careful, but Zhang Ren was difficult to get started.
Liu Biao was also very proud of Zhang Liang's actions, thinking that his strategic plan had achieved success. Liu Biao's plan was just one, waiting for work with ease!
As the defensive party, Liu Biao put his position right, and it was someone else who wanted to steal his own things, not the other way around. Therefore, attack is an inevitable choice for the opponent, and in war, the loss of the defensive party is always small. Therefore, based on his years of experience in studying military tactics, Liu Biao chose a defensive battle, and a fortress defense battle.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Liang was so stupid that he didn't attack first, and gave him time to slowly build a solid fortress. After a while, when Nanxiangcheng is built, such a steep terrain, even if Zhang Liang has wings, he will never cross Nanxiang!
Is Zhang Liang really so stupid? Even if Zhang Liang is really stupid, is there no smart people around him? Zhang Mancheng, Zhao Hong, and Liao Hua are not fools, let alone Jiang Yong, who claims to be his first-class smart plan!
"General, I'm afraid Liu Biao is still complacent at this time! He must have thought that we had spent time finding and widening a path from the mountain, appearing behind him in the cold and cold ice!"
"Haha... these are all military advisors' tricks! Building a city in Shiquan can become a fortress that will block Liu Bei in the future, and secondly, it can block the escape route of more than 100,000 soldiers in Nanxiangcheng. We cut off their logistics channels behind us. These more than 100,000 soldiers will be defeated in no time without fighting!"
Jiang Yong smiled proudly. Liu Biao and others were just nerds who talked about war. They might be good at playing politics. When talking about war, it was not ordinary. At least, the Yellow Turban Army spent time expanding the road in the mountains and transported troops to the back of Liu Biao's butt. Liu Biao did not send scouts to the mountains.
Jiang Yong carefully moved the road northward a lot, and walked around a big circle before coming to this place called Tiger Cleaver. This is a bend with a nearly ninety-degree angle. There are cliffs on both sides of the road. The width of the stone walls on both sides is less than thirty meters, and the stone walls are more than ten meters tall.
Jiang Yong took advantage of the cold weather now, using earth, stone, wood and water to build high barriers between the mountain walls overnight, and then sealed the sides of the valley to form a fortress, digging and widening the road leading to the stone walls on both sides. Heavy crossbows and catapults were also arranged at the top of the stone walls, and a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack was made.
10% of this fortress, the road from Nanxiang to Nanzheng was completely cut off. Unless Liu Biao could capture this fortress, he would have to cross mountains and ridges. When it comes to mountain warfare, the Yellow Turban Army was not afraid of anyone. This was trained by the Youzhou Army, especially Zhang Mancheng, Liao Hua and others were all experts in mountain warfare, so they would not be afraid of these Yizhou soldiers and Hanzhong soldiers who had not fought many battles.
Therefore, if this fortress is 10% gone, Liu Biao will basically be defeated. You must know that the troops around Liu Biao are the main force in Hanzhong. Once these troops are destroyed, Hanzhong will only have 30,000 infantrymen left in Yan Yan's hands. Hanzhong is simply within reach.
"General, don't be busy with happiness. Our army has no more food and grass. I think it's better to send someone to ask for food and grass from Liu Bei!"
Zhang Liang was stunned, and Liao Hua also looked curious: "Military advisor, will Liu Bei still give us food and grass now? We have caused him to lose the entire Sili!"
"Haha, gains and losses, gains and losses, gains and losses, losing Sili may not be a bad thing. Maybe he is still secretly grateful to the second general now, and if he wants Yizhou, he has to continue to support us!"
Zhang Liang felt that his thinking could not keep up. Is it a good thing for Liu Bei to lose Sili? Liu Bei wanted Yizhou, but didn’t Yizhou agree that it was himself?
"Wait, what the military advisor means is that Liu Bei also wants to plot against Yizhou?"
"Of course, if the second general was Liu Bei, wouldn't he see the beauty of Yizhou?"
"But, but I didn't it agree... Didn't the military advisor say that we wanted to guide Yizhou? Why did we bring Liu Bei to Yizhou again?"
"If we don't need to lead him, won't he come back by himself? Yizhou is so big, from Yunnan to Yunnan to the south, from Wudu to the north, from Yinping to Wenshan to the west, it's very big! Isn't it a joke for us to occupy the entire Yizhou? So it's the most realistic way to divide Yizhou."
Zhang Liang frowned and thought for a while, nodded in agreement with Jiang Yong's statement. With the million people in his hands now, there would be fewer people who can make Hanzhong well. If he could take down Wudu and Yinping, his population would be insufficient, let alone the big counties in the south. Moreover, it is undoubtedly correct to find another enemy for Liu Yan to the south.
"I understand, but will Liu Bei think so?"
"Do you know if you want to try it or not? We have no losses anyway. Otherwise, by hunting and digging grass roots, how long can we last? If Hanzhong cannot take it down in time, we will go hungry."
"Yes, I'll just take someone to Jingzhou!"
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It was a day later that Liu Biao learned that his retreat had been blocked. Zhang Liang had already built the fortress in the tiger-cut tail and was very tall and strong. Liu Biao informed Zhang Ren, and Zhang Ren was also shocked. Only then did he realize that he had really underestimated Zhang Liang. Unexpectedly, Zhang Liang had actually deceived the world and used this fatal move behind his back.
Liu Biao and Zhang Renyi discussed that the only way now is to attack the tiger tail clip fortress. It is obviously unrealistic to attack Shiquan. The Yellow Turban Army built a city in Shiquan, probably to guard against this move. As for crossing mountains and ridges, this is not bad on weekdays, but now it is winter. There is not much food found on the mountain and the mountain road is difficult to walk. More than 100,000 people crossing mountains and ridges. That is really harder than climbing the sky. It is better to attack the tiger tail clip!
The two led a large army and rushed to the tiger's tail. When they arrived here, they saw that the terrain was really deadly! It was located at the corner, and there was a sharp bend in the middle of the narrow fortress. The commanding heights on both sides of the fortress were covered with catapult positions. The attack surface left for Liu Biao was very narrow. It was definitely a dangerous task to attack the bottom of the fortress through this narrow road. Seeing this situation, Liu Biao and Zhang Ren's soldiers couldn't help but feel a little weak. This is not called attack. Is this a death-sending place?
"attack!"
Liu Biao gritted his teeth and spitted out a word. Yang Ren smiled bitterly. There was nothing he could do. He knew that if he didn't attack, he would still fail after he was out of ammunition and food. It would be better to try now if he had the strength to capture this strong fortress.
Liu Biao's first day of attack was defeated, leaving a large number of corpses on the narrow mountain road. Apart from that, Liu Biao got nothing. This kind of Jedi was too difficult to attack. Zhang Ren, who was familiar with Yizhou, knew that when fighting in Yizhou, the terrain relationship was too important. He didn't expect that he was an old Yizhou, but he was beaten by his opponent to grab the terrain. It was embarrassing to say it out!
Seeing that it was getting dark, Liu Biao had to retreat a few miles and found a slightly open place to camp. He was preparing to attack again the next day. Zhang Ren was foolish and tied the camp behind Liu Biao. This decision saved Zhang Ren's life that night!
The terrain here is narrow, and Jiang Yong could easily figure out where Liu Biao's army would choose to camp. So that night, Jiang Yong issued a mission, called a large number of players to attack the sentry on the commanding heights of Liu Biao, and then threw down countless oil tanks with a catapult. Jiang Yong used another wind skill. In this valley terrain, the fire suddenly became out of control.
The Yellow Turban Army, who had been prepared, took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill him. Liu Biao was defeated. When Zhang Ren saw Liu Biao's defeated army rushing over, he didn't care about resisting. He quickly took his troops down the camp and turned around and ran towards Nanxiang. (To be continued, please search Piao Tianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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