On July 21, Liu Yan's 20,000-strong army arrived belatedly. Liu Xin stood on the mountainside and looked into the distance. He saw that the opponent's army had already begun to set up camp. They brought about 400 carts of food. With ordinary vehicles like Yizhou, 400

The cart can only carry 10,000 shi of food at most, which means that the other party's food is only enough for ten days.

Considering that it will take at least 7 days for the opponent to return to Guanghan County, without the food support of Anhan County, the opponent must capture him within three days?

Seeing this, Liu Xin had an idea in mind. He asked Zhao Yun to lead his own cavalry to break through the enemy's blockade, go find Huang Zhong and Huang Quan, and tell them to convey his instructions. The others used various iron nails brought by the caravan.

Make roadblocks on the way up the mountain and prepare to defend with all your strength.

Then on the next day, Liu Xin saw Huang Zhong's army arriving, and Zhao Yun led the cavalry among them. The opponent sent ten thousand people to attack Huang Zhong. As a result, the two armies fought and Huang Zhong led the army to kill the opponent. He kept retreating, leaving two opponents.

Seeing this, Wan Dajun could only surround Huang Zhong's army with two wings. Huang Zhong saw this and retracted his defenses to fight against the opponent's flank. Zhao Yun led the cavalry to roam around.

Liu Xin stood on the mountainside and looked down the mountain, watching as his 6,000 elite troops fought against the opponent under five times the enemy's attack. Every time Huang Zhong led the army, he caused a large number of casualties to the opponent, and Liu Xin

Xin's two elite battalions were also damaged.

Everyone watched as Huang Zhong led the enemy away from their camp, which was the enemy's food and grassland. There were only 3,000 defensive soldiers inside. As long as the opponent dared to leave more than 2 miles away, Liu Xin could lead his troops to quickly break through his camp.

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However, the opponent's general was not stupid. When he saw that Huang Zhong was too far away, he ordered all the soldiers to retreat and no longer entangled with Huang Zhong.

The two sides entered the confrontation stage, and Huang Zhong would not be stupid enough to attack the other side's camp. It would be too difficult. He camped not far from the other side and slowly established a defensive position. When the enemy saw this, they sent five thousand troops.

Harassment.

As a result, Huang Zhong was not afraid and would fight as soon as he came. When the other party saw the arrival of 5,000 people, Huang Zhong was unwilling to leave, so he had to send out all his troops. Huang Zhong retreated slowly when he saw this.

The result is like this. I will come when you return to the camp. If you attack with the whole army, I will not fight you. Although they only have six thousand, they are not weaker than the opponent. General Liu Yan will have a headache when he sees this. He has thirty thousand

With such a large army, it was not easy to fight for just one time. As a result, by the afternoon they were exhausted from the hard work. When they saw Huang Zhong's army setting up a camp 300 steps away from them, the other side stopped sending troops.

On the second day, Liu Yan's army felt a little uncomfortable. They saw that Huang Zhong's camp had been established in just one night. The camp wall was more than five feet high and there were various roadblocks outside the camp. If they wanted to break through this

I'm afraid it won't be easy to set up the camp.

Considering the strength of the opponent and the shooting of the archers after taking advantage of the ground, they gave up the idea of ​​breaking into the opponent's camp.

But without breaking through the enemy's camp, how could they attack the target on the hill with peace of mind, and how many people would be left to defend against possible surprise attacks? This put General Liu Yan in a dilemma.

"How can these Shu County soldiers be so elite? Yesterday our army lost four thousand in battle. Now we have only one man left. It is impossible to fight with the opponent. Attacking the enemy's camp may cause even greater damage. Do you have any good strategies to deal with the enemy?

?" Liu Fan, as the eldest son of Liu Yan, is the commander-in-chief of this army. The people who came with him this time were all the [Dongzhou Shi] generals whom Liu Yan valued.

"My eldest son, although Liu Xin is strong, he is not invincible.

The advantage of our army lies in its large number of soldiers. We do not have to defeat the opponent. Even if our army fights to the death with the enemy and wins in the end, the losses will inevitably be heavy. When the time comes, the lord will also blame the young master.

Why don't we just put all our targets on that caravan? The other party can't be more difficult to deal with than these six thousand elites." Wu Ban, as the important general leading the army this time, replied.

"How is this possible? If we attack the enemy's caravan, the enemy's 6,000 elites will definitely raid our rear camp for food and grass. Our army will be defeated if there is no food and grass." The general on the side said dissatisfied.

Everyone looked at Wu Ban, knowing that he must have something to say after leading the army for many years. Wu Ban looked at Liu Fan and smiled slightly, as if he was waiting for the other party to beg him.

"General Wu has a strategy to attack the enemy, please ask me for advice!" Of course Liu Fan would give Wu Ban face. He had to win over Wu Ban before he could inherit everything from Liu Yan.

"Just prevent the enemy from attacking our camp!" Wu Ban said deliberately.

"This is easier said than done, unless we can capture the other side's camp and drive away Huang Zhong and Huang Quan. Huang Quan betrayed the lord, and he is a first-class military general. Then Huang Zhong is no weaker than Huang Quan. How can our army drive away the other side?"

Dong Fu, who was on the expedition this time as a counselor, said that Dong Fu had followed Liu Yan from Chang'an to the present, and he was Liu Yan's most important confidant.

"What's so difficult about this? All we need to do is dig more trenches outside our camp, place sharp weapons at the bottom, and pile dry firewood between each trench. If the other party sends a small number of soldiers to come, our bows and arrows will meet them, and they will be able to defeat the enemy.

, if the other side sends out all its troops, we will light all the firewood and burn the other side to the ground." Wu Ban said.

"Then if the opponent uses rockets to attack our firewood, won't all the hard work be in vain?" A counselor couldn't help but ask.

"Our army can dig ditches for more than 200 steps outward, arrange firewood only within fifty steps, and build channels only for our soldiers to pass through. In this way, we only need a thousand men to trap the enemy's 6,000 elite troops.

If the opponent dares to take a hundred steps into my gully formation, and our army turns around to attack and traps the opponent in the gully formation, then they will be unable to fly!" Wu Ban said confidently.

The others all nodded when they heard this, so there would be no loopholes. As long as they break through the enemy's defense on the mountain and capture the enemy's food and Zhen family members, even if their mission is completed, they will definitely be attacked by Liu Yan when they return to Mianzhu Pass.

reward.

No one noticed Gan Ning in the distance. He was sitting at the back of all the generals, but he did not agree with this method. Even if he could delay the opponent from attacking his camp, if he attacked the enemy's caravan on the mountain, the six thousand people would react.

What if we come over to attack them? Will it be the same meaningless battle as yesterday? If we don't deal with these 6,000 people, there is basically no hope of victory.

In the following days, Huang Zhong defended his own camp at the base. Liu Xin gave him the advice to just hold off. Zhao Yun could go to the foot of the mountain to get food every day. Even if they ran out of food, they would not be afraid. The other party only had ten days of food.

It's gone.

When he saw that the enemy actually sent troops to cut down trees in the nearby woods and dig trenches outside the camp, Huang Zhong was a little confused. Was he going to defend with all his strength to preserve his strength like himself? On the first day of the battle, he died forty-one.
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