Hanyang City.

This is a castle located between Yiju and Qianwei.

The main force of the Dongzhou Army led by Zhang Ren was stationed here, and he commanded two soldiers and horses, all the way into Yizhou County, all the way to the direction of Qiqi County and Lan.

He Zhang Ren personally sat in Hanyang.

He was waiting for the latest news from the command before he could determine how the next battle should be fought.

"General Zhonglang, the news has just come back that the first battalion was ambushed by the river and retreated for thirty miles!"

"Thirty miles?"

When Zhang Ren heard this, his eyes flashed with a cold glint: "It won't be those Yizhou county soldiers who can let my first battalion retreat for thirty miles, right, it's a barbarian army?" ”

"Yes!"

Yang Huai nodded and said: "It is still Meng Jie, the younger brother of the barbarian king Meng Shu, who personally led the troops, five thousand elite rattan armor soldiers, and the first battalion killed was damaged by more than two-tenths, and he was forced to retreat thirty miles to avoid the edge!" ”

"The barbarian army's vine armor soldiers are really difficult to deal with!"

Zhang Renchang sighed.

"Now the first battalion is currently stationed on Lingsu Mountain, waiting for our reinforcements, they were defeated in a battle, lack of food and medicine, it is difficult to support, we must send reinforcements!" Yang Huai said.

"The main force can't move!"

Zhang Ren shook his head: "At present, the command has not given the order of whether the county will attack Qiqi or attack Yizhou first, we can only wait for news at this time, so we can't mobilize the main force, but we can transfer the logistics battalion and my personal guard battalion, the logistics battalion transports strategic materials, and the personal guard battalion does not have many soldiers and horses, but they are all elite, and they can resist for a while!" ”

"No!"

"What about the east?"

"The third battalion has approached Qiqi, but Lancheng has been heavily suppressed, and they have just entered Qiqi, they feel that they are not adapted, and more than 20 soldiers in the battalion have fallen ill, and the military doctor judges that the miasma poison that they still want is still helpless, so they can only suspend and recuperate!"

"Miasma?"

Zhang Ren clenched his fists and said, "We have to face the biggest problem!" ”

"What now?"

"The lord has established a medical department in Jiangzhou, and he has the intention of preparing for this battle, report the situation, and let the lord decide!" Zhang Ren said in a deep voice: "I believe he will have a way!" ”

It is not only a trust in him, but also a test, although Zhang Ren is forced to surrender under pressure, but people are not convinced, now it depends on how much ability Mu Jing has, no one will surrender to a person who has no ability.

"Good!"

Yang Huai nodded.

"We can't wait!" Zhang Ren stood up, thought for a while, and said: "The Southern Expedition Campaign is a protracted war, we need to conquer the four counties of Nanzhong step by step, and unify them under our command, which not only requires war, but also needs logistics support. ”

"No!"

Yang Huai responded.

……………………………………………………

Qianwei Jiangyang, the headquarters of the Southern Expedition.

Mu Jing lingered around this huge sand table back and forth, the thoughts in his mind were very clear, although he was not very familiar with history, but he had also heard the battle of Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, for the southern expedition, the most important thing was not to be desperate, but to need means.

"Since you can't lure them out, let's fight them first!"

Mu Jing said in a deep voice.

"Fighting?"

Xi Zhicai squinted slightly, and said: "Entering the Qiqi is very dangerous to us, you should have heard of this place, there are many miasma and poisonous forests, fighting here, lacking geographical advantages, but they will win more with less!" ”

He paused, and then added: "Don't look at Zhu Bao's soldiers and horses, but if they are not a little sure, it is impossible for them to directly oppose us, he must have a certain amount of chips in his hand, and it is likely that a big net has been arranged in Helan City, waiting for us to get in!" ”

"I agree with what Xi Sima said!"

Chen Gong arched his hand and said: "Lord, it is not rational to take the initiative to attack Yiqi, in fact, we can put a soldier and horse, suppress the road in and out of Qiqi, prevent them, and attack Yizhou with all our might, as long as Yizhou is defeated, I don't believe that Zhu Bao still dares us to be the enemy!" ”

"Too many variables!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "The goal of this battle is to make steady progress, to put it mildly, I don't mind spending two years on this battle, my goal is not to win, but to win completely, so we have to eat one bite at a time, the foundation can be stable, and there can be no variables!" ”

"I agree with what the lord said!"

Huang Zhong said: "What the Qiqi rely on is nothing more than their special terrain, as long as we overcome the terrain environment, it is easy to deal with them, and now we are not without a mountain battalion, the soldiers and horses of the War Tiger Battalion and Wuxi Man can be mobilized, and the Qiqi will definitely not be able to stop us!" ”

"Then what if Meng Huo and Yonghong attack us instead when we attack Qiqi?"

Xi Zhicai asked.

"I can't ask for it!" Mu Jing sneered: "What I hope most is that they dare to come out, as long as they dare to come out, I dare to have a bloody battle with them!" ”

Their biggest reliance is that the herdsmen are not familiar with the terrain here.

If they dare to go out of the Yizhou army and start a war with Yongchang County, then Mu Jing will happily provoke it, even if there is only one soldier and horse left in his hand to press here, he will dare to fight with those people.

Everyone glanced at each other, but they thought that what Mu Jing said was reasonable, and Xi Zhicai was also a little shaken.

"That's right!"

Xi Zhicai nodded and said: "Maybe I'm too cautious and overestimate these barbarians, they are indeed mountain tigers in Yizhou County and Yongchang County, but after leaving this mountain, they are just a tiger with no teeth, and it is still very simple to hunt them!" ”

"Attack the Monkey first!"

Mu Jing opened his mouth and said: "I order, Huang Zhong is the main general, the Battle Tiger Battalion, the Wuxi Barbarian Army, and the Dongzhou Army must listen to his orders!" ”

It was not for nothing that he hit Qiqi County first.

One of the more important reasons is that Qiqi County is close to Jiaozhou, and it is also the road for Yizhou to open the sea, if Yizhou wants to develop in the navy, it is impossible to rely only on the Yangtze River waterway, even if Jingping is given another ten years, it will not be able to win the Jiangdong Navy.

The elite who can only be trained in the sea, Mu Jing will dare to compete with the Jiangdong Navy in the future.

The current Jiangdong is different from the Jiangdong in history, the current Jiangdong, there is a fierce tiger in the town, the Jiangdong tiger Sun Jian, not Sun Ce, nor Sun Quan, his prestige can instantly impress the hearts of the entire Jiangdong people.

Essay Tao Wuluo, whether it is Sun Ce or Sun Quan, is not as good as Sun Jian, Sun Ce is more than brave, but not as stable as Sun Jian, and Sun Quan, more than feminine, but in the pioneering subsidy.

Their brothers are incompatible, that's because one mountain doesn't hide two tigers, but if there is a fierce tiger in this mountain, it's another matter, the current Jiangdong, in Mu Jing's heart, is definitely the enemy of the future.

The most critical thing is the Jiangdong Naval Army, Kejiangdong, which must fight the Naval Army.

Therefore, in order to take precautions, Mu Jing must take the opening of the sea in the southwest and establish a powerful naval division across the four fields on the sea, so that he can compete with Jiangdong in the south in the future.

"The last general commands!"

Huang Zhong bowed to the leader's order.

"Hansheng, we don't have much time, so be quick, understand!" Mu Jing instructed.

"No!"

"The lord just sent a report from the Dongzhou Army!"

"Bring it in!"

"No!"

Mu Jing opened this copy of the report that Zhang Ren personally sealed the paint, looked at it, did not wrinkle slightly, and only after half a ring, did he say: "It seems that the situation of Qi Qi is a little more complicated than we imagined!" ”

"Miasma?"

"There are already soldiers poisoned!"

All the generals in the headquarters looked at it, and their hearts suddenly became heavy.

"Where's the head of the medical department?" Mu Jing asked.

This time, he Zhang Ning stayed in Jiangzhou, and now Zhang Ning is no longer the Zhang Ning of the past, he is the second lady of the Minghou Mansion, and he can't act as casually as before, too many eyes are staring at her, how can he do whatever he wants.

A housewife should have the dignified and virtuous lady of a housewife, even if it is just pretending, it must be seen by people, which has a great impact on the reputation of the Minghou Mansion.

But when it came to going south, Mu Jing was most worried about the miasma and poisonous gases and snakes, insects, rats and ants, so there must be a medical Taoist everyone in charge, even if the military doctor Luo was a little worse, so he asked Zhang Zhongjing, the head of the medical department, to go south in person.

Zhang Zhongjing is very happy, he has traveled all over the world over the years, and he is particularly interested in some snakes, insects, rats and ants in the southwest, and he thinks that the most unknown medicinal materials in the world are the two places in the northeast and southwest.

So on the trip to the southwest, he came without hesitation, and he also brought most of the strength of the medical department.

"Lord, are you looking for me?"

When Zhang Zhongjing heard the message, he quickly came in, some of the medicine residue in his hand had not been cleaned yet, and a pungent smell made everyone in the hall feel very excited.

Mu Jing smiled, what he wanted was this kind of talent who could be crazy for the medical Tao, he smiled and said: "When we attacked Qiqi, there were some small troubles, and there were a lot of miasma poisons lingering in the place, making it difficult for us to move forward, so I hope that the medical department can give a solution!" ”

"Hum?"

Zhang Zhongjing's eyes were burning and bright: "I went to it five years ago, and I was very interested in this place, there are several places in it, there are some rare herbs in the whole world, I will take a trip myself!" ”

"Walk in person?" Mu Jing shook his head: "No, it's too dangerous, Mr. Zhongjing, you can't take the risk yourself!" ”

"Lord, I once suffered from those miasma, these unique breaths are of great help to my typhoid research, even if the lord does not ask for it, I will personally take a trip to the Lord!"

Zhang Zhongjing arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "Please also ask the lord to do it!" ”

"Alright then!"

Mu Jing let out a low shout: "Hansheng! ”

"In!"

"Mr. Zhongjing is my very important talent, and he is also a doctor who is respected by the whole world, a person who can overcome the problem of life and death, more important than your life and mine, this time he should not have taken risks, but the situation is urgent, I can only let him go in person, but you have to assure me, no matter what the circumstances, you must ensure the safety of Mr. Zhongjing, if something goes wrong with him, I will settle accounts with you!"

Mu Jing instructed.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will protect Mr. Zhongjing!" Huang Zhong nodded.

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Half a month later.

Mt. Gun.

And Lancheng.

Zhu Bao sat on a high seat, disheveled, holding a wine cup, and a group of singers and dancers danced in the hall.

"Taishou-sama!"

A panicked figure rushed in.

"What's the matter?"

Zhu Bao looked at the visitor dissatisfiedly and said gloomily.

As the Emperor of the Soil, he is here and kills with a word, and no one dares to disobey his orders.

"Lord Taishou, something is wrong, our spies found that there are people passing through the miasma ancient forest on the galloping road leading to Qianwei Qi!"

The middle-aged man knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Our three hundred soldiers guarding outside the ancient forest have been shot to the ground!" ”

He is the master of the Taishou Mansion, and he is also Zhu Bao's brother, and he is one of Zhu Bao's think tanks, named Zhu Kan.

"What?"

Zhu Bao jumped up suddenly: "How is this possible?" ”

The reason why he is not afraid of the southern expedition of the herdsmen is because there is a natural danger in the Qiqi, and there are not many galloping roads to enter the Qiqi, and there is only one galloping road from Qianwei to enter, which must pass through the miasma ancient forest, and the miasma ancient forest has been infested with miasma for many years, unless there is a special wind direction, it can be passed, as long as someone is sent to guard the entrance and pinch this throat artery, the enemy has millions of soldiers, and it is not enough to be afraid.

But he didn't expect that someone would pass through the miasma ancient forest so soon.

"Have you found out where the enemy is?"

"It's definitely past Pingyi City!"

Zhu Kan said.

"Give me an order, beat the drums and gather the generals, and order all the city gates, starting today, close the city gates, and do not enter or leave!" Zhu Bao pushed a beautiful girl beside him, and the breath of the whole person became violent: "All the young people in the city have gathered, no one can shirk it, otherwise there will be no mercy!" ”

He will hold on to the city of Ran.

"Yes!"

"Send another messenger to Yizhou County to ask for help, and tell them that if they don't save them when they see death, then I will raise the Qiqi army to surrender!" Zhu Bao is violent, but he is not stupid, he knows very well that he can't stop the herdsman.

How powerful the people of the Central Plains are, their soldiers and horses, the siege is just an overnight, if there is no reinforcement from Yizhou County, they will definitely be defeated.

So he could only force Yizhou County to come to reinforcements.

"Yes!"

Zhu Kan nodded.

…………………………

And Lan City, and even the entire Qi County, moved quickly.

"Lord Taishou has an order, to recruit young and strong guards and Lan, and you can't shirk it!"

The notice was pasted out, and the county soldiers personally came to the door to carry the young men away.

"My lord, raise your noble hand, you took our man away, and our family will starve to death!"

"The man has to defend the city, it's useless for anyone to say!"

"My lord, our child is only eleven years old, how can we fight, it's better to be old!"

"It's hard for you to walk two steps as an old guy, Lord Taishou said, anyone over ten years old is considered a man, let alone eleven years old, even if you are ten years old, you must go to defend the city!"

“……”

The population of Qiqi is not large, and the population of Lancheng is even smaller, at this time, there are not many men combined, and the elite have already been recruited to serve as county soldiers, and the rest are crooked melons and cracked dates.

But Zhu Bao will never miss any opportunity to enhance his strength.

In just two days, he recruited 5,000 young men.

Although most of these people are eleven or twelve-year-old teenagers, they also have a certain prestige, and the people here are fierce, even eleven or twelve-year-old people, and they also have a strong individual force, plus his current soldiers and horses, the army under his command has reached 15,000 people.

Almost all of the young and strong people of the entire Qiqi have been looted under his banner and fought for him, as the county town of Qiqi, and the place of Lancheng is also impenetrable.

At this time, the vanguard of the herdsmen had already entered the bank of the river less than fifty miles away from Jilan.

The big war is on the verge of breaking out!