Chapter 17: The decisive battle begins

At the General Wuguan Mansion, Chang Yuchun, Ma Chao and Gao Siji gathered together to discuss.

Ma Chao: "General, we have taken the Wu Pass, what should we do next?"

Chang Yuchun said: "Although Wuguan has been captured, we only have 10,000 people. Although the food supply of the Han army was cut off, the Han army has some hundreds of thousands of troops, and there are many horses in the army. It can support it for a few days by eating horses. I believe that it won't take long for Chang'an to know that Wuguan is lost and will definitely send troops. However, there is no need to worry for the time being. It will take three days for Wuguan to go to Chang'an. When Chang'an troops are at the city, it will take ten days at the earliest. Within ten days, all we face will be from Fan Yi's troops."

Ma Chao and Gao Siji nodded and said, "Please give orders to the general."

Chang Yuchun: "Gao Siji, go and count the materials in the city. After all, we have some tough battles to fight next. We have to count how many things we have in our opponents. Ma Chao, go and collect some of the rolling woods and huge rocks needed to defend the city."

"Here!"

Xixian County Yamen

Deng Sheng had already learned that Chang Yuchun and others had taken the Wu Pass, and was overjoyed.

"Ji, Chang Yuchun and others have taken down Wuguan and blocked the hub from Guanzhong to Nanyang. The Han army is about to lose food. What do you think?" Deng Sheng said with a smile, holding the battle report sent by Chang Yuchun.

"King, Chang Yuchun's troops were captured by Wuguan two days ago. Even if Chang Yuchun blocked the news tightly, according to my estimate, Fan Yi would know the news of Wuguan's losses at most two days, and the Han army's food and grass are expected to support it for three days. Even if the horses are killed as military rations, it would only last ten days. In other words, as long as Chang Yuchun's troops can support it for ten days, the 200,000 Han troops of Fan Yi's troops will collapse." Su Hong analyzed the current situation.

"The troops and horses of Chang Yuchun's troops are the most elite Yulin Army in my Deng Kingdom. In addition, Wuguan is steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Unless Fan Yi's 200,000 troops attack day and night, it is not a problem to hold on to ten days. At present, the most important thing for our army is to hold down more troops from the Han army as much as possible, so that Fan Yi cannot draw too many troops to counterattack Wuguan." Yao Guangxiao echoed.

Deng Sheng nodded, as long as he dragged the main force of the Han army as much as possible, Wuguan would be more steadily, and said, "Yue Fei, in your opinion, if our entire army attacks, how many Han army can be delayed? So how can we act?" Regarding how to attack, Deng Sheng directly asked Yue Fei, General Huang Biao, to be honest as a mascot. As for whether Huang Biao would be angry, Deng Sheng could not control so much.

Yue Fei studied it carefully and said, "When you come back to the king, I think our army can face the Han army head-on. If the Han army goes to counterattack Wuguan too many times, our army can attack directly. If there are not many soldiers and horses, they will not move. The remaining soldiers are divided into three thousand people, circling around the Han army and harassing the Han army. In this way, our army can delay at least 100,000 to 150,000 Han army, and the cruising troops can also use the terrain to attack the Han army's troops supporting Wuguan, and delay the time they arrive at Wuguan as much as possible."

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up. The main force confronted the enemy's main force, fought if they had the opportunity, and remained unmoved if they didn't have the opportunity. If Fan Yi divided too many troops, then his camp would be in danger. If there were not many, Wuguan would be able to hold on for a lot of time.

Deng Sheng immediately ordered that all the troops be handed over to Yue Fei's command.

After Yue Fei took over the command, he personally led the main force to seize Xixian County. Wang Yanzhang, Zhang Fei and Yang Yanzhao each led 3,000 troops to cruise outside and attack the Han army, but he could not contact the Han army head-on.

Han Army Camp

"What? Wuguan is lost? What's going on?" When Fan Yi heard the news of Wuguan's loss, he was shocked. Wuguan was the backbone of his army's logistics support. Now he was captured by the Deng army. This was like a bolt from the blue.

"The food and grass have not arrived for a long time, and I have become uneasy, so I sent a large number of scouts to Wuguan, but were hunted by the Deng army. This news was also rewarded by the scouts under the help of Deng army's siege and killing." Chen Lin's face looked ugly. You must know that he had always been responsible for the information of the Han army, and now Deng army has captured Wuguan under his nose. It has to be said that he will bear most of the responsibility this time.

"Now it is not to hold anyone accountable, but to come up with a solution. Now that our army has less than three days of food reserve, if we are not careful, it will be annihilated." Wuguan is so important. It is not only the food route of the Han army, but also the only channel connecting Nanyang to Guanzhong. If Wuguan loses, it means that his 200,000 troops have become lonely. In addition, there is insufficient food and grass, and he may fall into crisis at any time.

Chen Lin said: "General, the only way to take back Wuguan and open up the food channels today is to get the news in Xi County. The Deng army in Xi County must have received the news long ago and is ready to attack our army at any time, so we can only divide the troops. Our army still has three days of food and grass, and if we kill horses and eat, we can still last ten days. As long as our army can regain Wuguan within ten days and send the military rations to Xi County, the crisis will be resolved." Chen Lin also found it incredible after knowing that Wuguan was lost. Under the deterrence of his 200,000 troops, the Deng army actually dared to divide the troops to attack Wuguan. It was really bold, but Deng's army bet right.

Fan Yi nodded and immediately issued an order, but when he was about to divide the troops, he found that the main force of the Deng army had actually left Xi County and stationed under the city. It was obvious that he would attack his own camp at any time. In order to defend the camp and reduce damage, Fan Yi could only lead a hundred thousand troops to counterattack Wuguan. Just as the Han army was divided, the few soldiers led by Yang Yanzhao, Wang Yanzhang and Zhang Fei also set off slightly and headed to the periphery of Wuguan to harass the Han army.

Zhou Qi led an army of 100,000 to travel west and received sneak attacks from Deng's army frequently. The Deng's army was like a fly, but it just sneaked into sneak attacks in secret and did not fight with him. In order to rush forward, it did not make any defense, resulting in a lot of losses. In order to reduce losses, Zhou Qi had to slow down the speed of the march. It had been two days since he arrived at Wuguan.

After Zhou Qi arrived at Wu Pass, he did not take any rest, but instead fought against time to attack directly. He knew that now he could only regain Wu Pass at all costs, otherwise none of the 200,000 Han troops would be able to return to Chang'an.

But Chang Yuchun and others had already made preparations, so how could they be successful by the Han army?

Zhou Qi's army attacked fiercely for a day, but it was still unable to take down Wu Pass, but there was not much time left for the Han army, so Zhou Qi had to choose to divide the army into three parts and take turns to attack day and night.

Zhou Qi led the army without regard to injury and attacked fiercely for three days day and night, but he still failed to shake Wu Pass, and his 100,000 army also lost 30,000.
Chapter completed!