Fancheng is still some distance from Xiangyang City, and it can be used as a rear grain and grass transfer, but if you want to be used as the headquarters of the army, it is a little far, and the military order is troublesome and delays the battle situation.

Deng County is suitable for far and near.

It is not far from Xiangyang, nor is it very close, there is enough battlefield space, and military orders can be passed on quickly.

The herdsman army took Deng County as the command center, extended to the periphery, and formed a semi-arc camp against Xiangyang City in front, and the huge camp was connected by one camp after another.

The main force of Jingping's First Army entered Deng County after it was broken through.

The First Army was in the north, and the Violent Bear Army was in the south.

The Hanshui River Road in the middle is naturally the battlefield of Jingping's Second Army.

The three roads marched together, and the vanguard had entered the outskirts of Xiangyang City fifty miles.

The army did not move, and the scouts fought first.

Scouts are the eyes and ears of the two armies, and only by knowing oneself and knowing each other can they survive a hundred battles, so before the war starts, the scouts on both sides have already begun to fight, between the mountains and fields, on the paths, and among the rivers and reeds......

The blood began to spread, and a radius of hundreds of miles from Xiangyang was enveloped in a terrifying atmosphere.

Townspeople on the outskirts of Xiangyang have fled.

Dozens of miles are uninhabited, and only a battlefield remains.

Deng County, northern suburbs, Xishan.

This is the highest mountain in Deng County, and it is now the headquarters of the herding army.

The pastoral army has always been camped in the city, this is the rule, the rules set by Mu Jing himself, unless it is necessary, the army will not be allowed to enter the city to spare his life, the rules are set up to standardize the soldiers, and they cannot be changed at will, so even in Jingzhou is the same.

The mountain is not big and not dangerous, but the terrain on the mountain is flat, and there is a mountain spring, and the water source is sufficient, which is very suitable for camping.

The soldiers of the herdsman army built a camp on the mountain in a few days, the camp battle flag hunting, and the four corners set up a viewing platform, and vaguely could overlook the battlefield movement within a radius of dozens of miles.

"Yiling moved?"

After Mu Jing dealt with some of the recitals from Hanzhong, he began to care about the movement of the battlefield, and personally inspected the map and began to inspect the current layout, but Jing Wuji suddenly sent a recital.

This is news from Yiling.

"Lord, can the Yizhou army break the tomb?" Huang Zhong also read the book, and was a little worried in his heart: "If they fail to attack, it will affect our morale, and it will inevitably lead to a big increase in Jingzhou's morale!" ”

He was afraid that the south would not be able to hold on, and the battlefield in the north of the south county would be affected.

"Whether it can or not, it's still unknown!"

Mu Jing gently flipped through the notebook, and after half a sound, he said: "But Zhang Ren is not a reckless person, he didn't wait for Liu Yan to arrive, he hurriedly started the war, he must have a certain amount of self-confidence and a plot that we don't know!" ”

"What scheme?"

Huang Zhong frowned.

Mu Jing spread out the map of Jingzhou on the desk, pointed to the waterway of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, looked at the surrounding terrain, pondered for a while, and said: "The news that the Yizhou army attacked Yiling must be an unwise move, but if it is to cover their strategic intentions, it is a battle that can be seen!" ”

"The question is, what is the goal of the Yizhou Army?"

Huang Zhong asked.

"It should be Yatei!"

At this time, a scribe outside the camp opened the curtain and walked in, and before he could salute, he interjected according to Huang Zhong's question.

After finishing speaking, he saluted: "Beiwutang General Chen Gong, meet the lord!" ”

"The public platform is coming!"

Mu Jing raised his head and looked at the scribe, a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

Chen Gong, Chen Gongtai.

When he was in Zhongmu, he assisted Cao Cao to escape from Guanzhong, and then had a moral disagreement with Cao Cao, and was finally captured by Mu Jing, who was locked up for a long time and never made him surrender.

But then things changed.

He could have run, but he followed the herdsmen south.

After going south, he didn't have any intention of going out, so Mu Jing went with him, after all, the twisted melon was not sweet.

Later, Hu Zhao seemed to have taken a fancy to him.

Recruit him to do things around him, and he should come down.

But it's not brilliant at all.

It seems that there is no such person in Minghou Mansion at all, and even Mu Jing has more or less forgotten the existence of this strategist who has left a name in history.

But gold always shines.

I don't know what made Chen Gong suddenly change his mentality, he began to explode his talent, with his ability, he is not lost to any strategist, whether it is knowledge or wisdom, he is the top.

Last year, he began to exert his strength, from the little scribe beside Hu Zhao, step by step, and unconsciously, he was actually promoted to become a general of Beiwutang, there was no Mu Jing's promotion of him, it was all the affirmation of Xi Zhicai and Hu Zhao's ability to him.

The position of general is actually new.

Specially established for Beiwutang, under the head of Beiwutang, there are several generals, Xi Zhicai is the director of Beiwutang, and Huang Zhong, Huang Shao and others are just generals of Beiwutang.

Every general needs to have a military strategy.

"It turned out to be General Chen!"

Huang Zhong's eyes lit up slightly when he looked at Chen Gong: "Before, the lord said that there would be a military advisor coming, and I was still depressed about who could plan the battle situation in the entire Jingzhou!" ”

He and Chen Gong are no strangers.

Last year, he was originally in Hanzhong, in Beiwutang, how many people in Beiwutang, who has how much ability, he knows very well in his heart.

Can make the Judge Advocate General's Department look good.

He also benefited from Chen Gong's assistance, if it weren't for Chen Gong's advice for him, even if he had a deterrent power, it would be a difficult thing to infiltrate the influence of the Judge Advocate General's Department into every army.

But in just over a year, the name of the Judge Advocate General's Department has been heard like thunder in the army.

There is a credit to Chen Gong in this.

"General Huang!"

Chen Gong bowed for the second time.

"Gongtai, you just said that the Yizhou Army was going to attack Yiting?"

Mu Jing's attention returned to the intention of the Yizhou Army, and asked in a voice.

"My lord, looking at the mobilization of the main force of Yizhou, they attack Yiling like this, it is nothing more than two possibilities, either they fight desperately and take Yiling at any cost, or they have other plans!"

Chen Gong said to the map on Mu Jing's desk: "I don't think the Yizhou generals will not see the casualties of the attack on Yiling, and they will not want to exchange the casualties for Yiling, so I think they must have other plans!" ”

"What's the picture?"

"Whether it's Yishan in the north or Yidao in the south, it's not enough to trap Yiling!"

"It's only Yatei!"

"This is the rear of Yiling, once this place is breached, Yiling will fall into a situation of fighting alone, which is equivalent to being besieged!"

"So I think that the goal of the Yizhou Army should be to sneak attack Yiting!"

Chen Gong finished his analysis in one breath.

"Makes sense!"

The corners of Mu Jing's mouth raised a slightly interesting arc, and he said softly: "If they can succeed in a sneak attack and take the Yaoting, it will be a good thing for us, and it is best to attract some of the main forces of Jingzhou to the south!" ”

"I don't think it's that simple!"

Chen Gong shook his head.

"You don't like them!"

"Definitely!" Chen Gong said: "I am very optimistic about Zhang Ren, Zhang Ren is definitely the first general in Yizhou, on military strategy, on bravery, are not above the generals of my pastoral army, if he is plotting against the pavilion, it is possible!" ”

"And what do you mean?"

"They just underestimated the Jingzhou Army, and they forgot one thing!" Chen Gong said: "This is Jingzhou, if it is a discussion of the terrain, none of us can compare to the people of Jingzhou, the importance of Yiting to Yiling, I don't believe that the generals of Jingzhou can't see it, and, where is behind the Yiting, it is Maicheng, this is a matter of depth, they think it would be good to take the Yiting, but they don't know that once the Yiting is attacked, Maicheng and Yiling will exert force at the same time, how should they deal with the Yizhou army in the depths of this part of them? ”

"As soon as Gongtai said this, I was worried about the Yizhou Army!"

Mu Jing hurriedly looked at the map, after the pavilion, it happened to be the wheat city, this wheat city is naturally the wheat city that Guan Gong defeated in history, but now for the war between Jingzhou and Yizhou, this location is hidden and has a miraculous effect.

"It's useless for the lord to worry!"

Chen Gong said with a smile: "This battle has to be left to them to fight by themselves, we fight ours, Xiangyang is the main battlefield, we are not worried about them, it is better to worry, Liu Biao can afford to lose Yiling, he can't afford to lose Xiangyang, his main force will be in Xiangyang City!" ”

"That's natural!"

Ranch head.

He was worried about the Yizhou army, not worried about their casualties, the more casualties, the better, which could weaken the main force of Yizhou, what he was worried about was that his strategic intentions had not yet broken out, and Yizhou had dropped the chain instead.

However, it is better to let this matter erupt between them, and the pastoral army still focuses on the battlefield in Xiangyang.

In this battle, the pastoral army was the main force.