Chapter 2057 The golden cicada escapes
However, Jiang Wei's insistence was limited. The Wei army had more and more people crossing the river. In terms of military strength, it had begun to exceed the number of Shu army. After all the Right Guards came, the Wei army had already begun to dispatch the Tunqi Camp across the river.
Although the Tunqi Camp crosses the river faster than the Right Guard Camp, after all, with so many heavy equipment and war horses, the overall weight of the Tunqi Camp is several times that of the Right Guard Camp. With the current transportation capacity of the Wei Navy, it will indeed take some time to transport the Tunqi Camp across the river smoothly.
However, once the Tunqi Camp starts to cross the river, it means that the Wei army's crossing operation has reached its end. The Shu army no longer has any strength to stop the Wei army. The remaining time is just unnecessary consumption.
When Jiang Wei saw this, his face became increasingly colder. If the Wei army was just infantry crossing the river, with the combat effectiveness of the Shu army, at least it could tie the Wei army. However, once the Tunqi Battalion crossed the river, it would form a crushing force on the battlefield. Because Jiang Wei had indeed experienced the power of the heavy cavalry. No matter how tenacious the combat effectiveness of the Shu army was, he still had no chance of winning head-on with the Tunqi Battalion.
So at this time, Jiang Wei had already developed a desire to retreat. He had already given Bu Xie a day. If Bu Xie still could not remove the people and food in Jiangling City within this day, then Jiang Wei had nothing to say.
Jiang Wei has done his best to help the Wu army. If they really can't help the mud, Jiang Wei will be helpless. After all, Jiang Wei has to be responsible for these tens of thousands of Shu soldiers, and it is impossible for them to be buried in the bank of the Public Security River.
Just as dusk fell, Bu Ji rode a fast horse and rushed back, reporting to Jiang Wei about the withdrawal of Jiang Ling. Bu Xie asked Jiang Wei to withdraw his troops immediately and go to Xiling to meet him.
Jiang Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was the best result he could get. If Bu Xie had not arrived, Jiang Wei would really have no way to deal with Zhu Qiao. It seems that Bu Xie was still good at dealing with Zhu Qiao.
Of course, this is related to the status of the Bu Xie. The Bu Xie was appointed as the governor of Xiling and took down Zhu Qiao, which was also considered a superior system. Jiang Ling's army was relatively easy to accept, and he easily turned against the Bu Xie.
If Jiang Wei took action like the Bu Xie, I was afraid that Zhu Qiao would fight to the death. At the same time, Jiangling's army would support Zhu Qiao unconditionally. The Wu and Shu armies went to war in full swing. Even if Jiang Wei was lucky enough to win, it would be a mess. In the end, he would probably not be able to get any benefits. Instead, the Wei army who crossed the river and rushed to the river were cheaper.
It is best to leave the Wu people's internal affairs to the Wu people themselves. It is not convenient for Jiang Wei to intervene. This time Bu Xie handled it more appropriately, and it also solved the things that Jiang Wei was most worried about.
However, when it comes to evacuation, Jiang Wei was not in a hurry, but ordered the Shu army to retreat slightly, camp Anzhai less than two miles behind the positions where the two sides fought, and at the same time digging deep trenches and making plans to stick to them.
Because it was getting late, after the Shu army retreated, the Wei army did not pursue it, but instead shrank its troops and dug trenches to prepare for the Shu army's sneak attack at night.
In the end, Jiang Wei left only a few hundred cavalrymen, letting them flaunt flags and shout on the positions, and lit countless bonfires in the camp, creating the illusion of being overcrowded.
Ning Sui was a little puzzled. The Shu army was about to retreat. Why did he spend so much effort to camp Anzhai to build trenches? Wouldn't it be useless to do it? Moreover, such a tent is built here and there is no chance to take it back. Wouldn't it be a waste of money for the Wei army?
Jiang Wei smiled slightly and said, "This is a golden plan to escape from the shell. If we retreat at this time, the Wei army would definitely raise troops to chase. Although the Wei cavalry did not all cross the river, the thousands of people who had already crossed the river were enough to pursue it. Therefore, someone set up a camp here and pretended to be persistent. The Wei army was worried that there would be ambush, so they dared not attack in the middle of the night. By dawn, our army had already gone far away, and the Wei people would not be able to chase it."
Ning Sui and the generals suddenly realized and praised the general's brilliant plan.
Jiang Wei deliberately left hundreds of cavalrymen just to prevent the Wei army from coming to spy in the middle of the night. Jiang Wei also specially ordered them to leave here quickly before the fifth day. By then, the Wei army found that the Shu soldiers were going to the camp, and it would be too late.
After everything was arranged, Jiang Wei ordered the Shu army to leave the camp quietly and rush to Xiling overnight.
Perhaps no one on the Wei army would have thought that the Shu army would suddenly evacuate. In the past two days, the Shu army's blocking battle has been very tenacious. Although the Wei army has the help of the navy's catapult, the entire landing operation is difficult to describe in the word "smooth". The Wei army's advance can only be done step by step, and even at night, it is necessary to shrink its troops and build a defense line to prevent the Shu army's attack at night.
So even Shi Bao did not expect that the Shu army would use the strategy of escape from the shell. After nightfall, the Shu army contracted its positions and set up camps. Shi Bao also ordered the Wei army to retreat, guard against the enemy, and continued to maintain the night ferry. Taking advantage of the temporary calm on the battlefield, more people from the garrison camp crossed the river. After dawn, the Wei army could launch a comprehensive general attack.
After all, looking from the Wei army camp, the Shu army's camp was brightly lit, and there were endless Shu soldiers coming and going. The entire Shu army camp was strict and orderly. Shi Bao was worried that the Shu army would be ambushed and prepared at night, so he did not launch an attack, and both sides were at peace.
But Shi Bao didn't know that most of the Shu army in the camp had left quietly with Jiang Wei. The Shu army that was patrolling in the camp were just some suspicious soldiers left by Jiang Wei. However, deep trenches were dug outside the Shu army camp, and behind the trenches were also many Shu soldiers patrolling each other. Even if the Wei army sent a scout, it would be difficult for them to break through this blockade line, so naturally there was no way to know the real situation of the Shu army camp.
It was not until dawn that the scouts sent out for reconnaissance heard the sound of horse hooves from the Shu camp. They were very curious and quickly approached the Shu army's camp, wanting to see what was going on.
At this time, the Wei army's scouts found that there was no Shu army sentry behind the trench. They carefully passed through the trench and entered the Shu army camp. Only then did they find that the Shu army camp was already empty, and they were hit by the Shu army's plan to escape.
Chapter completed!