Black clouds are pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it, and the light of armor opens towards the golden scales of the sun.
The hundred thousand troops are approaching from the end of the horizon. Although they are not moving too fast, the powerful force sweeping the world is really likely to completely destroy the small city of Changshu in front of them. Especially when the sound of the drums and trumpets in the army roared, it was like a storm rolling, the waves were rolling, and it was earth-shattering.
When all the officers and men under his command were convinced that they could easily break through the city and annihilate the Song army in one fell swoop, while they continued to move forward with great momentum, Pang Wanchun, who was at the center of the army, frowned deeply and his face was solemn. Obviously, he was not satisfied with the current situation, especially when he saw the defenders in the city starting to arrange defenses in an orderly manner from a distance, the anger in his eyes was even more difficult to hide.
"Fang Shifo mistook me, otherwise we might be greeted by a Song army that has not recovered its strength after a hard battle. Now if we try to break the city, we will have to pay double the price!" After making a judgment in his heart, Pang Wanchun's hand holding the reins became tighter and tighter, and the veins on the back of his hands burst out with murderous intent.
It turned out that, relying on the cooperation and tacit understanding with Zhu Meng, Pang Wanchun had already decided to consume the Shandong Army's forces in front of Changshu City, then take advantage of the situation to send heavy troops to trap the enemy here, and finally devour this elite Song Army in one go. Complete plan. At least in his opinion, as long as he uses his troops in this way, no matter how brave and good the Shandong Army is, he will be able to achieve this strategic goal at the minimum cost.
In order to better implement this strategy, he even asked Fang Shifo to lead his elite troops to garrison near Changshu early in the morning, so that he could drag the Shandong Army into the quagmire of a war of attrition faster.
But after all calculations, Pang Wanchun never thought that the problem would actually lie with Fang Shifo, a famous general of the Wu army who was as famous as himself. In order to avenge Danyang City that day, he brazenly destroyed his previous arrangement and went to Sanyuan Ridge to set up an ambush after learning the Song army's march route and time from Zhu Meng.
When Pang Wanchun learned about his risky behavior, he was really furious. Because in his opinion, this approach is far easier to be defeated by the enemy than his own strategy of using Changshu City as bait, and even if he succeeds in the ambush at Sanyuanling, the damage to the Shandong Army will be far less than It will be more convenient to catch them all in one place after introducing them into Changshu.
But Fang Shifo had already led his army away, and he was also Fang La's clan brother and a famous general in the Wu army who was second only to him. This made Pang Wanchun hold his nose and admit the matter in the end, and even quickly ordered Let Changshu send another group of troops to respond in order to annihilate as many of the main forces of the Shandong Army as possible.
But the result of the battle at Sanyuanling was far beyond his expectation. Not only did Fang Shifo fail to avenge his humiliation and defeat the Shandong Army, he actually defeated them and even himself was seriously injured and dying. He still relied on some His subordinates fought tooth and nail to save him and were able to escape with their lives. At the same time, Pang Wanchun's move to dispatch the Changshu garrison to take care of him also turned out to be a big failure. Not only did he send thousands of heads to the Shandong Army in vain, but he also allowed the city of Changshu, which could have been held for a period of time, to be completely destroyed overnight. into the hands of the enemy.
When the news of this series of failures came back to Suzhou, Pang Wanchun was so angry that he could not speak for a long time, and at the same time he became increasingly uneasy. Not only was he worried that this would greatly affect the morale of the entire army, but he was also worried that the Shandong Army would see some clues from it, thus turning his painstaking surprise attack plan into a joke, and making the enemy that could have been easily defeated become a joke. Changshu urban change
It becomes a protracted offensive and defensive battle!
Precisely because he was worried about long nights and dreams, and fear that the longer the time dragged on, the easier it would be for the enemy to see flaws, so Pang Wanchun quickly gathered all available troops and horses near Suzhou on the day he received the relevant news, and pounced on Changshu with overwhelming force.
And the current facts clearly proved that his worst fears had come true! The Song army who only guarded the city looked prepared. It was obvious that they had been prepared to face the enemy's attack in the past few days. Even after looking from a distance, Pang Wanchun was surprised to find that the Changshu city wall was much higher than before!
After taking a deep breath, Pang Wanchun completely suppressed the anger in his heart. As a famous general in the army who has been fighting for many years, he knows that as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he must maintain absolute calm after the war begins, and must not let uneasiness, anger and other negative emotions affect every subsequent arrangement and order.
After a while, he said to the messenger in front of him: "Order the three armies to move forward steadily. What we have to do today is to approach Changshu City and put enough pressure on them first, and wait until our army is completely stable here." Stay in position and attack the city again..."
Just as he slowly spoke out his overall plan, a rush of horns suddenly sounded in front of him. Immediately, a team of thousands of people emerged from the vanguard and headed toward Changshu at an extremely fast speed. Rush toward the city!
Pang Wanchun, who saw this scene from a distance, was stunned at first, and then became furious: "Who allowed them to go out without permission without my military order?" Fang Shifo just went out indiscriminately against his order. After all, His identity is there. But now, even the soldiers and horses under his command suddenly rushed out on their own initiative. This made Pang Wanchun feel murderous. He wished he could kill a few of his subordinates who disobeyed orders and strictly enforced military discipline.
But soon, someone reported the relevant situation: "Pang Shuai, a small group of cavalry from the Song Army suddenly came out of the city to provoke, and killed dozens of my forward scouts. General Liao then led three thousand elite forwards to attack and kill the enemy!"
"Humph..." Pang Wanchun snorted coldly from his nose, but his expression did not improve at all. At the same time, he reined in his horse and ran forward at full speed. He wanted to see what the Song Army cavalry coming out of the city could do. How many people are capable of actually daring to take the initiative to provoke when one hundred thousand troops of their own are pressing down on the situation.
After running forward for more than ten miles, he finally stopped on a high slope and took a look at the situation of the two sides fighting in front. Needless to say, the 3,000 elite forwards on his side continued to outflank and move forward. What frightened him was the terrifying combat effectiveness of the cavalry team on the opposite side, which numbered no more than 300.
The opponent obviously knew that its advantage was mobility, so it did not stupidly rush over directly and confront an enemy ten times more powerful. Instead, it cut and dispersed the enemy's offensive by constantly interspersing and running. And relying on the speed of their horses, this cavalry team actually found openings to escape from the three-sided siege tactics of their own army several times.
This made the soldiers of the forward army even more angry and unwilling. They continued to lengthen the encirclement line and tried to encircle it from all sides, vowing to completely trap the enemy army in their own encirclement. From the current point of view, although the Song Army rushed left and right, it still maintained a certain degree of flexibility and maneuverability. However, it is obvious that under the pressure of the vanguard army and the deliberate outflanking, they have gradually moved away from Changshu City.
, Dayou was completely trapped to death among the endless army for a period of time.
"Huh... Although Liao Guang was a little impatient, he finally had some brains to seize their weaknesses and flaws to encircle and suppress them. Although it took a lot of effort, he was able to completely defeat this Song Army cavalry who dared to go out of the city to provoke. The ground is annihilated." Pang Wanchun, who had a panoramic view of everything from a high position, finally looked a little better. Although surrounding and killing 300 enemy troops with a crowd of 3,000 people was a bit of a show of humiliation, and victory was not possible with force, but on the battlefield, the only thing he wanted was Victory, everything else is minutiae.
At the same time, Pang Wanchun also set his sights on Changshu City ten miles ahead, and murmured softly: "Sun Tu, what choice will you make in this battle situation? Even the cavalry in your Song Army are extremely valuable elites. You can't Will you watch them all annihilated? But as long as you dare to send troops out of the city, you will play into my hands!"
Although they were more than ten miles apart, Sun Tu at the top of Changshu City looked straight into the distance as if he was connected with Pang Wanchun. However, there was no worry or uneasiness on his face, and he just stared forward thoughtfully. The cavalry team, which was being heavily besieged by thousands of Wu troops, seemed to be waiting for something.
However, some of the subordinates around him were already a little panicked at this time. Lu Dawusong and other impatient ones couldn't help but ask for help: "Qian Ju, why don't we lead our troops out of the city to support them and help them return to the city, otherwise..."
What was received in return was Sun Tu's calm smile: "Don't worry, it won't be too late for you to send troops when the time is right. Our elite cavalry in Qingzhou will not be swallowed up so easily!"
As soon as he finished speaking, as if to confirm his statement, the cavalry team, which seemed to be completely trapped in a small battlefield by the enemy forces that were surrounding them from all sides, suddenly drew a beautiful arc, and once again started from The enemy's defenses tore open gaps in the weak points and advanced toward the west.
Seeing the cooked duck suddenly fluttering its wings, Liao Guang was furious. As the vanguard of the army, he naturally hopes to achieve success as soon as possible. This cavalry, which only has a few hundred people but dares to challenge him head-on, is his target. How can he let them slip through his fingers like this
At that moment, he gave the order again, detached two groups of troops from his side, turned around from the side, intercepted the Song Army cavalry who wanted to escape from the west, and vowed to keep them all here.
When he saw this change made by Wu Jun's forward, Sun Tu's eyes flashed brightly: "It's done!"
At the same time, Pang Wanchun, who was at a high place outside the city, his face darkened, and he hurriedly turned around and ordered: "Order the two battalions of Hong Zhou in front to quickly dispatch troops, cover them from both wings, and cooperate with the forward troops to defeat the enemy, quickly!"
The commander's order immediately shocked the soldiers and several subordinates who were following him. Originally, the forward army with more than 3,000 people to surround and kill the opponent's hundreds of cavalry was already overqualified, but now it actually had to deploy two battalions. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are outflanking and attacking. Isn't this too cautious
But the ordering soldier did not dare to neglect, and quickly waved the flag in his hand. Following several loud bugles, an order that many people found incredible was conveyed, and the two battalions of troops in front also began to move slowly. .
At the top of the city, Sun Tu also saw this movement of enemy troops and couldn't help but smile again: "Oh? It seems that the rebel leader is also a smart man and has already seen the problem. However, it was a little late for him to make this arrangement. , and I’m afraid you will backfire!”