In a hidden mountain stream.

"Now that the barbarian army has taken the two cities of Shuangbai and Evil Dragon, and some of the main forces have been presented in front of our eyes, how long will it take for us to attack?"

Chen Sheng was a little anxious.

These days, waiting and waiting, the consumption of grain and grass is huge, and he naturally can't sit still.

"Wait!"

Xi Zhicai was steady, he said calmly: "If the barbarian army does not move, we will not move, we must know where the main force of the barbarian army is, and it is when we move!" ”

"Report to Sima, at present, the barbarian army has besieged General Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses in Chaiyu County!"

At this time, Captain Asuka quickly came to report.

"Moved?"

Xi Zhicai's eyes lit up: "It seems that Meng Shu is also anxious enough, I can't wait!" ”

He asked, "Has the siege begun now?" ”

"Not really!"

The captain of the Flying Bird Battalion replied: "But the Flying Bird Scouts have found that they have blocked the entire road in the southeast and northwest of Chaiyu County, in this state, even if they don't do it, in less than a month, General Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses will be defeated because of the lack of food and grass, and they don't need to fight at all!" ”

"General Hansheng is not a man who sits idly by!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head.

"So I guess they are waiting for General Huang Zhong to break through, to wait for work, and force General Huang Zhong to take the initiative to enter their cage!"

"That's not that simple!"

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Huang Hansheng looks brave and reckless, but in fact, he is a very cautious and careful person, he will not choose to break through easily, unless it reaches a point of necessity, he will be hard!" ”

He thought for a while and asked: "What I'm most worried about now is the situation in the city of Chaiyu County, I'm afraid that under the external troubles, the internal troubles will not be solved, which will inevitably cause the internal troubles and external troubles to take care of one or the other!" ”

"The situation in the city, for the time being, is not very clear, we don't dare to expose our whereabouts easily, so we don't dare to rely too closely, the barbarian army is good at jungle warfare, their scouts, the strength is above us, and now the army has surrounded Chai Yu, even if our scouts can break through, they may not be able to kill and report the news!"

The Flying Bird Battalion is good at scouting, and is also familiar with jungle warfare, Leng Bud is a rising star of Xichuan generals, familiar with the art of war, extraordinary martial arts, and quite capable of training, but if you want the scouts of the barbarian army, relatively speaking, more elite, they can use various means in the jungle to find out the news and get out of the place, just like the ability to hunt.

"Then don't force it!"

Xi Zhicai thought for a while and said: "I still believe in General Han Sheng, the first general of my pastoral army, I am not too lazy to be famous, in a short period of time, I believe that even if General Han Sheng can't gain an advantage, he will not fall into a disadvantage!" ”

"The key is the strength of this barbarian army, it feels like something is wrong!" Leng Bao said: "It is already a terrible thing for Meng Shu to recruit so many barbarian warriors to participate in the war in a short period of time, but the scouts found that the strength of the barbarian army is slightly hidden, but it is impossible to find out where the strength is hidden!" ”

"And the hidden forces?"

Xi Zhicai's eyes flashed with a cold glow.

"Not sure, but it's possible!" Leng Bud walked up, pointed to the marching map, and said: "Look, we Flying Bird Scout, in this direction, in this direction, in these two directions, we have found that the barbarian army is stationed, they are shaking the main force of the barbarian army, and the strength is not strong, but with the terrain, it can block the herdsmen from breaking through!" ”

Finally, he pointed to Chai Yu City, to the east, the road located in the southeast direction of Chai Mountain, and said, "Only around here, the Flying Bird Scouts have not found any soldiers and horses camped, which is a very unreasonable thing!" ”

"That's why you guessed that the barbarian army had reserved troops, in order to dig a pit for General Huang Zhong, and then bury all of General Huang Zhong's troops in one fell swoop!"

Xi Zhicai said speculatively.

"That's the idea!" Leng Bao nodded: "Since ancient times, most of the siege battles have been places where one is missing from all sides, and one is missing, which seems to be a mouth of escape, and more of a road to death, but our scouts have investigated three times, and even almost alarmed the barbarian army, but in the end they still found nothing, and they did not find any soldiers and horses camping!" ”

"Keep exploring!"

"No!" Leng Bud nodded.

"Master Xi, do we need to send troops to reinforce General Huang Zhong?" Pang Xi was a little worried: "General Huang Zhong was originally fighting with the soldiers of Yizhou County, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he was surrounded by the barbarian army, and under the heavy setback, he may not be able to break through smoothly!" ”

"No!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head: "At this time, reinforcing General Hansheng is not the best choice for us, and I don't believe that Huang Hansheng is so easy to deal with, even if he lost his troops before, it is not easy to take him down!" ”

The corners of Xi Zhicai's mouth raised a slight indifferent smile: "Compared to Meng Shu, Huang Zhong is in the light, he is in the dark, relative to us, we are in the dark, Meng Shu is in the light, in this case, why bother to pierce the window paper, he beats him, I beat mine, it depends on who wins first!" ”

Attacking it unprepared and taking it by surprise is the only way to win.

In this battle, if Xi Zhicai wants to defeat the barbarian army, he must let him command the main force of the three battalions and reach a state of surprise and unpreparedness.

"Pang Xi!"

"In!"

"Cavalry first!" Xi Zhicai spread out a brand new battle map, he used his pen, began to circle a road on the battle map, and said: "I now order the black armored cavalry battalion, the soldiers are divided into ten roads, three days later, start to attack, at present, the bird battalion has been investigated, just these few places, the most likely is the barbarian army's grain and grass reserve transit place, once you get close, attack immediately, you can burn the grain and grass is the best, you can't burn it, but also get the movement out, five thousand cavalry, the soldiers are divided into ten roads, the momentum is huge, you can form a momentum of 50,000, to ensure that the enemy believes, Our cavalry is a lot and strong! ”

"No!"

Pang Xi picked up the march map marked by the local battle, bowed his hand, and then led the troops away.

He was in charge of the black-armored cavalry battalion, which was the strongest among the independent battalions, and in this era, the cavalry was always the first, especially on the plains, with 5,000 cavalry and 50,000 soldiers.

"Cold bud!"

"In!"

"The Flying Bird Battalion assisted, covered the cavalry's movements, and before attacking, the news that the cavalry would never be allowed to enter Yongchang reached the ears of the barbarians, and they could not be guarded!"

"No!" Leng Bud Commanded,

"Then my lord, where is my Modao Battalion?"

"The Modao Battalion is the main force in this battle!" Xi Zhicai looked into the distance, there was a burning look in his eyes, and said: "Whether we can win in the chaos depends on whether the Modao Battalion can exert the combat power of the Modao." ”

The Modao Battalion, when it was eight hundred soldiers, exerted its strength, but Mu Jing had seen such a record in Li Tang's history, Modao became a forest, and the world was invincible.

The Mo knife of the Mo Dao Battalion is a unique weapon on the battlefield, and once the Mo Dao is established like a knife forest, the power it exerts is by no means so simple.

"The last general will never live up to the expectations of the drama!"

When Chen Sheng heard this, his blood immediately boiled.

…………………………………………………………………………

In the golden autumn of October, although Dianchi Lake has a saying that the four seasons are like a year, there is more or less a little autumn intention in the formation.

Mu Jingdu put on a robe more than usual.

He was sitting in the temporarily established Nanzhong Governor's Mansion, dealing with some official documents, would he ask: "Zhuge , has there been news from the front line recently?" ”

How is the front line, although there is news back, Mu Jing is not very relieved, but he does not insist on going to the battlefield in person.

As a lord, when to take risks and when not to take risks, he can still grasp it clearly in his heart, this battle is important and important, but it is not important to say that it is not important, and there is nothing wrong with it.

In the end, this is just a battle against the barbarians, and the worst outcome for the barbarians is to flee into the mountains, and the worst outcome for the herdsmen is to abandon Yongchang.

So Mu Jing is not very worried.

Of course, not worrying does not mean not caring, he has also been paying attention to the outcome of this battle, a good result, which means that the pastoral army can suppress the barbarians for a few years, so as to keep the order on the right track.

If the result is bad, in the next few years, Yongchang will inevitably not be quiet, and even the four counties in Nanzhong will be shrouded in the tug-of-war between the herdsmen and the barbarians.

"Nope!"

Zhuge Xuan shook his head: "A few days ago, Sima sent back a secret letter, but General Huang Hansheng has not heard from him for several days!" ”

"This can only show that the front line is not very smooth!"

Mu Jing sighed: "This barbarian army is not easy to fight, the loach of the slippery hand!" ”

Saying that they are loaches with slippery hands is not wronged against them, because they are in Yongchang, and they advance and retreat in moderation, and the worst result is at most to give up some things in the city, take the clansmen, and return to the tribe.

It may not be a problem for the herdsmen to defeat them, but in the terrain of Yongchang, it is very difficult to trap them and capture them alive.

"You send someone to urge you!" Mu Jing pinched the bridge of his nose: "If the front line can't be stabilized, I'm a little worried after all, although now we are basically going south to the four counties of Nanzhong, a Yongchang is dispensable, but after all, it is incomplete, the return of the land, every inch of land must be fought for, Yongchang, must be taken!" ”

"Okay, I'm going to ask General Zhang Huozhonglang to ask him to shoot the scouts of the Divine Guard Army to inquire, and be sure to report all the situations on the battlefield accurately!"

Zhuge Xuan bowed and turned to leave.

"Lord!"

Not long after, Liu Jin, the master of the Ming Hou Mansion and the head of the South Study, walked in.

Liu Jin took dozens of officials from the south study to the south, in order to better govern the order of the four counties in the south, after all, the order of the four counties in the south is equivalent to the stability of the south of Yizhou.

The task of the army has been completed for more than half of the time, and the rest is the matter of the south study, if the north martial arts is defeated, the south study cannot be cured, and the south study is useless.

Therefore, after Liu Jin went south, he couldn't sleep for a moment, and wholeheartedly established the order of the four counties in Nanzhong.

"No need to salute!" Mu Jing waved his hand and asked, "Is it the position of the Taishou of the Qi Dynasty, has there been a result?" ”

"Hmm!"

Liu Jin nodded.

"Who!"

"Zhang Yi!" Liu Jin said.

"Zhang Yi?" Mu Jing's eyes lit up slightly: "Is that the Zhang descendant who was less than thirty years old and used to be the Taishou of Yizhou?" ”

Yizhou County Taishou, before this, was actually not Yonghong.

Yonghong is just Yongchang Taishou, but later Liu Yan entered Yizhou, Yizhou changed the sky, the southern part of Yizhou because of the deviation from the center of Yizhou, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and there is the Nanban Rebellion, which is even more turbulent.

The former Yizhou Taishou was a descendant of Zhang, and Zhang was a close confidant of the former Yizhou Thorn Shi Yijian, who was less than 30 years old, and had become the Taishou of Yizhou County, supervising Yizhou County.

Yonghong and Meng Yu formed an alliance, and their strength rose sharply, coupled with the alternation of power in Yizhou, Liu Yan was in power, and Zhang Yi lost his backer, so he directly drove Zhang Yi out of his position and blocked Yizhou Taishou himself.

But even so, he still didn't dare to kill Zhang Yi, who was a well-known person in Yizhou and even in Nanzhong.

Over the years, Zhang Yi has always been at home.

"Is he willing to go out?" Mu Jing asked.

"I went to his courtyard myself and talked to him in detail!" Liu Jin said: "In the past, he was idle, one was because he was unwilling to be involved with the barbarians, he thought that this would damage his reputation, and second, he was not used to Yonghong, and was unwilling to be appointed under Yonghong, and at the same time Liu Yan killed Yin Jian, who was his benefactor, recommended him to be a leader, and he was very important to her, and he was unwilling!" ”

"But now, whether it is Yonghong or Liu Yan, it has passed, he is in the prime of life, and he has a talent, and he doesn't want to be so nameless and have a dull life!"

"So he's willing to go on a career path!"

Liu Jin's voice changed: "But he wants the lord to personally invite him to go on a career!" ”

"So proud?" Mu Jing was not surprised, but just smiled and asked, "Does he think he has the ability to ask a certain relative to invite him?" ”

"He was fifteen years old, he was a fish belly chief, and he entered the assassination history for the job, and concurrently served as the account of Sima, less than twenty-three years old, was appointed by Yin Jian as the Taishou of Yizhou, governed a county in Yizhou, and vigorously developed cultivated land, balanced the relationship between the Han people and various tribes, and rectified the rule of officials, quite capable!"

Liu Jin said: "Now he is only in his early thirties, and he has done a lot, I think he deserves to be invited by the lord himself!" ”

"Good!"

Mu Jing thought for a while and said: "Since he is so capable, I naturally won't let him down, but I have to dry him, you pass on a word out, just say that he is too arrogant, I am very angry, I would rather be a layman, than invite him out of the mountain, you have to say this vaguely, I will see if he can sit still, he has the ability, but I have to see if he can have enough patience!" ”

"Yes!"

Liu Jin nodded.

"How is this person in the fifth Yue?" Mu Jing asked.

"For now, it's okay!"

Liu Jin said: "The lord used him to buy horse bones, it is still a good choice, in terms of administrative choices, or balancing all aspects of the relationship, he has done a good job, but he is a little timid, many things are hesitant, looking ahead!" ”

"This is also a normal thing!"

Mu Jing was not surprised: "He raised the fifth family, and the whole clan surrendered, which is already the most courageous step, and now as long as it is right, it is a credit, so there is no need to be too risky to do things!" ”

"I'm not saying that he did it wrong, I just think that he is too scruples about gains and losses, it should be a lot of ambition, if this kind of person can survive, he has a foundation, and he will rise step by step in the future, and he may not be able to achieve another South Study Master!"

"Then you think too highly of him!" Mu Jing shook his head: "The civil affairs under the command of the Marquis of Ming Mansion in the South Study, every word and deed are related to the lives of hundreds of people in Yizhou today, but not everyone is qualified to sit in this position, he is far behind!" ”

"That's why I said, his boil!" Liu Jin's eyesight is poisonous enough: "People like him are too cautious, then he has to boil, boil me, boil Hu Changshi, and even boil the lord to death, so that he can have a chance to ascend to the throne!" ”

"When you say that, it reminds me of someone!"

Mu Jing smiled.

The mound tiger in history is not Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Rui, who survived to death, so that one side can dominate and change the dynasty.

It is a bit too much not to compare the fifth Yue with the mound tiger.