"Say it as a child!"

Li Mu nodded, looked at Ma Yan and said.

"If you can capture the three cities of Pheasant County, Xi'e and Bowang, there will be no danger outside Wancheng! Duyang City is close to these three cities, if the grain and grass are hoarded here, it can ensure the smooth flow of our army's grain road! ”

"Luyang City is far away from these three cities, if the troops are stationed in Luyang City, and the Cao army bypasses Luyang City to cut off our army's grain route, then the army that attacks Wancheng will collapse without a fight!"

"Moreover, if our army can concentrate on Duyang City, even if it can't capture Wancheng, it can recover other counties south of Wancheng!"

Ma Tan gave a salute to Li Mu, confident and confident.

"De'ang said the reason for the garrison of Luyang City!"

Li Mu nodded, and then muttered.

"The north side of Luyang City is guarded at the southern foot of Huoyang Mountain, and the south side is guarded north of the water pool, which is really a fortified city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack!"

"As long as the lord sends a general to garrison troops in Luyang City, the Cao army will definitely not be able to break through in a hurry, and the Cao army will not dare to detour to Luyang and cut off our army's food route!"

"Take a step back, even if our army can't capture Wancheng, as long as Luyang City is in hand, our army's retreat back to the north can be guaranteed!"

Li Hui had already thought about it in his heart, and then said loudly.

Li Mu nodded, and saw Ma Yan's disapproval on his face, and then looked at Li Hui!

"If the army is based on the usual plan, the Cao army will inevitably break through Luyang City first, and then block the southern foot of Huoyang Mountain, trapping our army to death on the front line of blocking Yang!"

Li Hui understood, and then muttered: "At that time, how will the army deal with itself?" ”

"The Art of War: Death and Resurrection!"

Ma Jian waved his hand, and said with a confident smile: "At that time, the officers and men of our army will have the same hatred for the enemy, and they will definitely be able to use one as ten, and it will be easy to break the Cao army!" This is similar to the last battle of the Marquis of Huaiyin! ”

Li Mu thought in his heart: Ma Jian is quick to think, although he is proficient in the art of war, he can't apply it to the time! He is a good adviser, but not a good executor! What Ma Tan lacks is field experience!

"In this southern expedition, our army came with the momentum of thunder, and the morale of the army is like a rainbow and the power of swallowing mountains and rivers! At this time, our army should protect its retreat and break Wancheng in one go! ”

"My Anneng soldiers are in danger, causing the army to lose their morale and chaos without a fight! As far as Yi De'ang said, he sent Ling Ze and Ling Ming to lead 3,000 Suzaku cavalry and 3,000 infantry of the Frontless Army to guard Luyang City! ”

Li Mu looked at Ma Tan and said in a solemn voice.

"We will obey the orders of the lord!"

Li Hui replied with a look of indignation, and Ma Jian was slightly unconvinced.

At the time of the day, Luo Xian, Pang De, and Zhao Feng came to Luyang City with 3,000 Vermilion Bird cavalry and 3,000 infantry of the Frontless Army.

At the same time, Li Hui rushed to Blocking Yang City!

Li Mu asked Luo Xian privately whether he should guard Luyang City or block Yang City. After thinking about it for a while, Luo Xian said that Li Mu should be stationed in Luyang City!

At the end of the day, Li Mu, together with Zhao Feng and Ma Yan, personally commanded 10,000 dragon cavalry and 7,000 infantry of the Frontless Army, sent troops from Luyang City to attack Pheasant County and Xi'e!

At the same time as Li Mu sent out his troops, Li Hui and Fu Yan led 7,000 Vermilion Bird to ride west into Bowang City!

……

However, he said that when Li Mushuai of the Left Route Army came out of the 6th Hun Pass and went south to Huoyang Mountain. Xu Huang of the Middle Route Army led the Flying Leopard Legion, after crossing Funiu Mountain, along Junshui, all the way to attack the two cities of Xixian and Liguo.

At the same time, Huang Zhong and Pang Tong of the Right Route Army led their troops out of Wuguan and divided their troops to capture Danshui, Nanxiang, Wudang, Shunyang, and Yuxian.

In fact, the three-way soldiers and horses can capture these places without bloodshed, firstly, the surprise of the southern expeditionary army; The second is that the soldiers stationed in these cities are all county soldiers!

On the fourth day of June in 19o, Wancheng was too guarded!

"Lord!"

Jia Xu walked quickly to the Taishou Mansion, and saw Zhang Xiuzheng playing with his concubine, so he hurriedly said: "It's not good, Li Mu has led his troops south!" ”

"Wenhe!"

At first hearing this military situation, Zhang Xiu was shocked, pushed away the concubine in his arms, and asked with a pale face: "Where is the enemy army now?" ”

"Don't worry, lord! The enemy army has not yet reached Wancheng. ”

Jia Xu hurriedly gave a salute and said with a calm expression: "Li Mu divided his troops into three routes to the south, and has now captured Luyang, Lixian, Yexian, Duyang, Xixian, Liguo, Danshui, Nanxiang, Wudang, Shunyang, and Yuxian. ”

"What kind of god is the enemy?"

Zhang Xiu froze in place, stunned for a few breaths, and then sighed.

"Lord!"

Jia Xu still said with a calm expression: "According to the report from our army scouts, Li Mu is on his way to Pheasant County and Xi'e; Li Mu's lieutenant general is leading his troops to attack Bowang; The remaining two enemy armies, one is heading to attack Yin County, and the other is heading to capture Champion City! ”

"There must be a countermeasure in Wen He's chest!"

Zhang Xiu's heart was frightened and he said anxiously: "Hurry up, please Wen He, hurry up......

"Although the enemy army is powerful and our army has only more than 20,000 fighting forces, as long as we concentrate our forces, we can occupy superior forces!"

"For today's plan, the lord can personally lead the army to break Li Mu's deputy general first, break Li Mu's arm, and then retreat to Wancheng, and wait for help!"

Jia Xu already had a plan in his chest, and immediately spoke.

"If it is according to what Wenhe said, the city will be handed over?"

Zhang Xiu thought about it for a while and hesitated.

"If you divide your troops to garrison the city, you may be able to break the city by the enemy overnight! Right now, I can only give up the city and defend Wancheng! ”

Jia Xu said without the slightest hesitation.

"Ben will ask Liu Biao for help several times, but Liu Biao's old thieves are all concerned about him, and they are unwilling to send troops to help? Now, the envoy sent to Xu County has not said a word......"

Zhang Xiu said with a hateful and solemn expression: "How long can Wancheng keep it?" As...... Shall I defect to Cao Yanzhou now? ”

In fact, Li Mu wanted to conquer Nanyang County in the south, and Zhang Xiu knew about it as early as five or six days ago. Zhang Xiu knew that he was not Li Mu's opponent, so he sent messengers to ask for help from Liu Biao and Cao Cao.

"The lord is wrong with this!"

"If you can't defend Wancheng, at that time, it's not too late to take refuge in Cao Yanzhou! Cao Yanzhou saw that our army fled first without a fight, and he would definitely not pay attention to the lord! In the future, it will be difficult for the lord to gain a foothold in Cao Ying! ”

"Liu Biao is greedy for life and afraid of death, even if he knows the truth of 'cold lips and teeth', he doesn't dare to offend Li Mu easily!

Cao Yanzhou has the posture of a hero, and he will definitely not watch the fire from the other side and watch from the wall! As expected, within two days, Cao's reinforcements would come. ”

Jia Xu sighed in his heart, and then said with a solemn look of relief.

"Don't hesitate, lord!"

Seeing that Zhang Xiu was still hesitant, Jia Xu immediately gave a salute and said earnestly: "I respectfully ask the lord to send troops immediately and go to Bowang City to break the enemy!" Lord! Late will change! ”

"Could this be...... Li Mu's tricks? ”

Zhang Xiu was still hesitant, in fact, Zhang Xiu was afraid of Li Mu from the bottom of her heart.

"As long as the lord arrives at Bowang City before the enemy army, and then sets up an ambush according to the danger, he will be able to defeat the enemy army!"

Jia Xu gave another salute and said earnestly: "How can Xu deceive the lord? ”

Zhang Xiu saw Jia Xu like this, so he had to lead his troops to Bowang!

(End of chapter)