Wen Ping nodded with a wry smile and said, "Yuan Yao has not only sent troops, but also sent a partial division to capture Huarong City, and at present, the flank of my Jiangling City has been threatened. Fortunately, Yuan Yao was worried that our army might go down the river to take Xiakou and Wulin to cut off his back road, so Yuan Yao did not send troops along the Huarong line, otherwise Yuan Yao's army would have been able to attack my Jiangling City at this time! At this time, Yuan Yao's division had retreated to Huarong Dao, and Yuan Yao led the main army to the city of Gong'an, and General Wang Wei was currently defending the city! ”

The Huarong area is the east gate of Jiangling City, although Yuan Yao did not send troops from here, but this does not mean that the Huarong line is not important, on the contrary, this place is a strategic place, Yuan Yao's army controls Huarong Road, and it can raid Jiangling City at any time, and in the future, the Jiangling defenders will have to open half their eyes even if they sleep!

When Pang Ji heard Wen Ping's words, he was immediately shocked, "What! Huarong City has been lost? Zhang Hu is really damned! Where is he now? ”

Wen Ping also knew why Pang Ji reacted so much, and said: "Zhang Hu died in Huarong and didn't escape!" ”

"Humph! What a bargain for him! Pang Ji snorted coldly and said, "Huarong's front line is very important, I don't know what the general is going to do?" ”

Wen Ping already had some ideas at this time, and said: "The public security city is the important land of my Jingzhou, General Wang Wei has been operating here for two years, and has built the public security city into a military fortress, General Wang is my Jingzhou general, he has always been cautious and good at defense, although Yuan Yao's army is elite, but it is impossible to capture the public security city garrisoned by General Wang with 20,000 elite soldiers in a short period of time, so the public security city is temporarily worry-free!" ”

"On the contrary, Huarong is a matter of the overall situation, if Yuan Yao's army controls Huarong Dao, even if our army wants to rush to the aid of Gong'an City, it needs to leave a large number of soldiers and horses to prevent Yuan Yao's army from raiding Jiangling City, Yuan Yao's division will be like a fish in my throat to Jiangling City, if I don't pull it out, my Jiangling City will never be peaceful!"

"I plan to personally lead an army of 30,000 to attack Yuan Yao's division, if I can defeat Yuan Yao's division, I can recapture Huarong Dao and cut off the retreat of Yuan Yao's army, so as to force Yuan Yao's army to retreat; Even if I can't defeat Yuan Yao's division, I can reorganize the defense of Huarong City, and leave a group of elite troops here to monitor the enemy army in Huarong Dao. ”

"In this way, you can ensure both, I wonder what Mr. thinks?"

Although Pang Ji is now a civilian, he is also an old minister when Liu Biao fought the world, and Pang Ji is also proficient in military strategy.

Pang Ji thought for a moment, and also thought that Wen Ping's move was the most suitable choice, and said: "The general's words are the view of the old city, Jiangling City is also an important place in Jingzhou, and it is more than enough to have more than 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in it, even if Yuan Yao's army attacks, I can keep the city from losing!" You can personally lead 30,000 troops to the Huarong area, and the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses will enter the city garrison, so you will be tired of the general, I hope the general will succeed in a battle, and play my Jingzhou military might! ”

"In this way, Gangneung City will be handed over to Mr. Yu, and in two hours, I will lead the army to set off!"

"Take care!"

"Take care!"

After Wen Ping returned to the camp outside the city, he ordered more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to put away the camp outside the city and enter the garrison inside the city to obey the commander of Pang Ji, and he personally led 30,000 troops to Huarong County with ten days of grain and grass baggage!

At this time, Ling Tong had already destroyed the city defense of Huarong County, and with the help of Huarong County's materials, his Huarong Dao camp was built into a fortress, and the path on the mountain next to it had also been blocked by the three hundred soldiers sent by Ling Tong, and the Huarong Dao area had been completely controlled by Ling Tong.

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After Yue Fei led the soldiers and horses of his headquarters and Wei Yan's troops and horses stationed in Baling, Yue Fei ordered Wei Yan to leave 3,000 soldiers and horses to garrison the city, and the two of them combined their soldiers and horses together, and the two soldiers and horses totaled 37,000 troops and went straight to Changsha County.

Linxiang City is the seat of Changsha County, at this time most of the Jingzhou army gathered in Changsha County was stationed outside Linxiang City, where there were 30,000 elites of Liu Pan's department, 10,000 Wuling County soldiers led by Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan, 10,000 Lingling County soldiers led by Lingling Taishou Liu Du, and 5,000 Changsha County soldiers led by Han Xuan, a total of 55,000 soldiers and horses.

As for the remaining 5,000 soldiers of Changsha County and the 10,000 soldiers of Guiyang County, these 15,000 soldiers and horses were stationed elsewhere.

From Baling City to Linxiang City, Yue Fei's troops and horses had to cross two more obstacles, that is, Baqiu City, the forward position of the confrontation between the Jingzhou Army and Baling City, and North Menluo County of Linxiang City.

Baqiu City is a local checkpoint in Changsha, and this place was handed over to the Changsha County Soldiers to garrison, but Baqiu City was small and could not garrison too many soldiers and horses, so only the 5,000 county soldiers led by Yang Ling, the captain of the Changsha Military Academy, were stationed in Baqiu City.

Luoxian is not only the second line of defense of the Jingzhou army, but also the north gate of Linxiang City, if this place is lost, Linxiang City will no longer be in danger to defend, Yuan Yao can face the Jingzhou army stationed in Linxiang at any time.

Although Liu Pan's idea was to cede Baqiu City and Luoxian to Yuan Yao's army, and use this to lengthen the supply line of Yuan Yao's troops and horses, let himself occupy the strategic initiative, and then find an opportunity to defeat Yuan Yao's army, Liu Pan did not want to give up these two important places to Yuan Yao's army so easily.

In addition to stationing 5,000 soldiers and horses in Baqiu City, Liu Pan also left heavy troops in Luo County, and it was the 10,000 county soldiers led by Chen Ying, the captain of Guiyang, who were stationed here!

Guiyang County, like Changsha County, was also Yuzhang County under Yuan Yao's rule to the west.

Guiyang Taishou Zhao Fan was worried that Yuan Yao would send troops from Yuzhang County to raid Guiyang County, so he ordered the captain Chen Ying to lead 10,000 county soldiers to Linxiang City to support, and he mobilized all the county soldiers and township warriors from the rest of the counties to form an army with a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Liu Pan, as the son of Liu Biao, the commander of the army, still has to sit in Linxiang City to complete all the military strategies, so it is naturally impossible to go to Luoxian County; Baqiu City is already garrisoned by Changsha county soldiers, and the grain and grass of the Linxiang army still need Han Xuan to guarantee, Liu Pan naturally can't send all the Changsha county soldiers to the front to die; The leaders of the rest of the counties are all county guards and are not easy to bully, so the county soldiers of Guiyang County are raised by a school captain, which is the easiest target to bully.

Liu Pan gave an order, and Chen Ying could only obediently accept the order and lead the 10,000 Guiyang soldiers under his command to enter Luo County, but Chen Ying and the Guiyang soldiers came complaining, and the combat effectiveness they could send out can be imagined.