I didn't expect this to be just the beginning. Everywhere Liu Yan's troops went, the defenders basically surrendered directly, and the large army passed smoothly, and the momentum was like a bamboo along the way, and the momentum was going up step by step. At this time, Pang Tong stood up and spoke: "Your Royal Highness Princess, we are now in a foreign land, we must be vigilant and raise our spirits.

Liu Yan nodded, at this moment, the large army had arrived at a small city forty miles away from Jiangzhou. And Jiangzhou will be the first obstacle since they entered Sichuan. Jiangzhou defender is Zhang Ren, a famous general in Shu, originally only he and his deputy general defended the city, but because Liu Yan advanced too fast, scared through the burden of Liu Zhang and the ministers in Shuzhong, Liu Zhang sent the veteran Ling Bao and Deng Xian to help, and laid 20,000 elite soldiers in Jiangzhou, relying on the complex terrain of Jiangzhou, wanting to drag and defeat the Jingzhou army. Zhang Ren even clamored to let Liu Yan go back where she came from, and said that no matter how many people she brought, with him Zhang Ren here, she would discipline them all to stay in Jiangzhou.

Zhang Ren's self-confidence is reasonable, he is a native of Shuzhong, and a veteran, and no one knows more about the terrain and terrain of Jiangzhou than him. Where to set up an ambush, where to lure the enemy deeper, where to evacuate safely, were all in his mind.

Of course, he didn't know that Liu Yan had the map given by Zhang Song in her hand, although it was not as detailed as Zhang Ren's understanding, but she still knew the basic geographical situation of several big roads and small roads.

Therefore, before attacking Jiangzhou, Liu Yan, Pang Tong, and Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Le Jin and others, who arrived and set up camp first, gathered together for the first pre-war meeting of the whole people since entering Sichuan.

Pang Tong is a military advisor, sitting in the first place, Liu Yan is sitting on his right side, and the military generals are standing neatly on both sides. Pang Tong first gave up his hand to Liu Yan. Then there was a routine to leave her aside.

"Jiangzhou is ahead, and after Jiangzhou, we can outflank Chengdu in two ways. According to the report from the spies, Liu Zhang placed 20,000 troops in front, and in addition to Zhang Ren, Liu Zhang also placed two generals, Ling Bao and Deng Xian. Our first tough battle is here. Pang Tong said.

Liu Yan didn't speak on the side, and watched coldly. When the generals below heard the military advisor say that there was a tough battle, they all immediately became overjoyed and rubbed their hands. Seeing this, Pang Tong smiled rarely: "Since ancient times, there has been a fixed pattern for attacking the city, which is nothing more than besiegement, strong attack, luring the enemy out of the city, and so on. All of these can be used. Now it's up to us to see who has the better patience, the more confidence, and the harder fists. ”

"Do you still need to discuss this issue? You all know that the old man and Mr. Zhang, a famous doctor in Jingzhou, are neighbors of each other, so now, the old man specializes in treating all kinds of dissatisfaction!" Huang Zhong said half-jokingly.

"Hahaha! Old General Huang is really old and strong! What a dictator who governs all kinds of disobedience!" Wei Yan is Huang Zhong's old subordinate, and he has always begged for a living under Huang Zhong's aura. He respected Huang Zhong very much, and when he heard the old man's domineering words, he immediately laughed and agreed.

Of course, the other generals did not dare to underestimate Huang Zhong's strength, and each nodded in praise. Huang Zhong saw that his colleagues should be with him, and he immediately became proud, and immediately took the initiative to ask for an order: "Military advisor, Her Royal Highness the Princess, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and go to Zhang Ren's catties!"

"The old general is my Jingzhou Zhengliang-like existence, like this kind of trivial matter, the old general He Lao will do it, and the last general is willing to go!" Kou Feng has not played since he entered Sichuan, and he has not played until now, and finally encountered an opportunity, how can he miss it? At the moment, after a small compliment on Huang Zhong, he began to fight for merit.

Seeing this, Huang Zhong scolded with a smile: "A little conscienceless, the old man has taught you everything, is it in exchange for today, you came to rob the old man's work?" Kou Feng smiled: "If there is something to do, the disciple will obey him!" Kou Feng knew that Huang Zhong was not really angry, so he boldly said.

The old and the young compete for merit off the field, and the others can only watch. For the rest of you, Zhang Fei has been silent for a long time and will not compete with Huang Zhong. The remaining ones, Le Jin is a general, and he never thought of competing with Huang Zhong, the first general of the town army in Jingzhou, and the remaining few are Huang Zhong's juniors, and they will not speak at this time.

No one else spoke, Huang Zhong felt that in the first round of this first battle, he should have won the first prize. Unexpectedly, Pang Tong said: "Who said that I would fight Jiangzhou step by step? Who said that I would send people to fight for battle? The old general should be restless, this time, we will not fight a traditional siege war with them. Listen to me slowly. ”

Huang Zhong's face suddenly turned red, and he obediently retreated to his position, saying that the military advisor or something, he was really cunning, and he unknowingly gave him a free hot guest, which mobilized the spirit of everyone in the venue, but he didn't get any benefits. This matter is really on Pang Tong, if it is someone else, the old man may be angry in his heart. It is precisely because everyone knows that Pang Tong is not very good at speaking, so even if he is used by him and buried by him, Huang Zhong is not angry, and he is cheeky to stand in his position and wait for Pang Tong's next step.

"Jiangzhou City is right in front of us, when we hit it, it's all there, and it won't run away with long legs. At this time, the guards at the head of the city are also the most imposing, and we will not be able to take advantage of the battle at this time. It's better to find another way, find some other way, and let its gates open for us!"

"If the military advisor has a clever plan, don't let us talk about it, and we will have a bottom in our hearts. Liu Yan spoke at this time. The voice is soft and soft, which makes people feel comfortable listening to it. In fact, she is spitting out Pang Tong in her heart, you know where your weaknesses are, you should avoid them, you can't talk and talk so much, and you don't know if you are not careful and offend others. I have already offended Old Man Huang just now, the old man will not bother with you, you don't make a long story short, tell your intentions. It's still selling guanzi there. I really don't know how to play up my strengths and avoid my weaknesses!

No way, as your boss, at this time I can only pretend to be a curious baby and help you fill this loophole. Liu Yan secretly shook her head in her heart, Pang Tong is good at everything, but he is not good at words, and he doesn't know how to avoid it. Just like him, he still wants to live in Jiangdong, and it's really hard for him.

As soon as Liu Yan spoke, there was a sudden silence below. They all looked at Pang Tong. Pang Tong's breath was suffocated, until he talked too much, and immediately coughed lightly: "That's the case, the terrain around Jiangzhou City is complicated, there are many forks, and some places are densely forested with ravines and ravines, and it is very easy to ambush people. Therefore, I ordered us to disperse our troops and clear the hidden stakes around here first.

In this way, there are two advantages, we have mastered the terrain and landforms, even if we encounter an ambush in the future, we can calmly deal with it, but kill it. The second is to dissipate the momentum of the city guards and make them wait for a few days to avoid the flood hitting the levee and touching their path. ”

"Well, that's a good idea, they thought we would attack the city as soon as we came up, so we were fully prepared, but we just stopped here and didn't move, and first figured out the terrain within a radius of forty miles, so as to prepare for the complete elimination of the enemy forces in the city in the future, if we really encountered an ambush, it would be another kind of luck. Liu Yan nodded in praise. The generals below also nodded when they heard this.

Naturally, this search task will not be done by generals like Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Le Jin. So, Deng Ai was pushed out. He and Ma Jian led a thousand soldiers under him, plus the spies battalion under Cen Qi. Work began on clearing the barricades.

This job requires a cool head, a delicate mind, plus keen insight and strong adaptability. The combination of Deng Ai and Ma Jian is undoubtedly the best choice. At this point, several generals understood in their hearts, and after doing it for a long time, it turned out that the military advisor also had careful thoughts, and this was to give his closed disciples a chance to perform meritorious service!

However, everyone has a very good impression of Deng Ai, and they also know the importance of the military advisor doing this. No one will think that Pang Tong is deliberately helping Deng Ai to take the position.

In fact, what Pang Tong said today was said to Liu Yan not long ago. In addition, there is another person in the field today, which is Lejin. Liu Yan felt that the temperament of a general he showed in the process of conquering Yizhou was only available to generals like Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei was inferior to him in the overall situation. Therefore, Pang Tong discussed with her the strategy of dividing the troops after taking Jiangzhou, and she pushed Le Jin out without hesitation, saying that this person was worthy of a great responsibility! Therefore, they had a small meeting, and Le Jin was also listening to it, so naturally he would not have interjected just now.

Saying that, Deng Ai stepped forward and took the arrow, and Xiong walked out of the hall with a high spirit. The rest of the people turned their attention to Pang Tong again, and Pang Tong said at this time that in order to show sincerity, we still have to give the enemy some signals to advance. Therefore, it was necessary to pull out the camp, and at that moment he gave the order, with five miles as a unit, to slowly advance forward, slowly accumulate morale, and make a posture that was preparing for a thunderous blow.

Not only that, Pang Tong also ordered all the generals to put on their brightest armor and lead the team forward slowly. How to swagger and how to walk on this march, how to pull the wind, for fear that the other party will not know that the Jingzhou army is coming. The team of Hu Man, the pioneer who walked in the forefront, each issued a small gong, and it was not lively to beat it.

In Jiangzhou City, Zhang Ren heard about this situation, and his face turned purple with anger. The bold Jingzhou soldiers dared to be so arrogant, they really thought that there was no one in Shu, they could be rampant and domineering, how could this really be reasonable! I think it was because the front was too smooth, they thought that they could go all the way so smoothly, they didn't know that Jiangzhou would become their hell! If they dared to come, he would dare to destroy them! )