"What the Governor said is very true." Huang Gai nodded.

"Humph!"

Zhou Yu's face changed suddenly: "No matter how strong the combat power is, now that he is besieged by me, can he still fly away?" Ordered Dong Xi and He Qi to lead a thousand troops each, go to the outside of Xiangyang City, and set up ambushes. If Liu Biao dared to send troops to help, he would wave his flag and shout and beat the drums of war. Planting my battle flag all over the battlefield, Liu Biao will not dare to enter lightly when he sees it. ”

"Order Song Qian and Chen Wu to mobilize all the crossbowmen and occupy all the heights, arrow towers, and walled walls in the camp. If Gongsun Chan rushes out, he will be ambushed immediately. ”

"The rest of the generals, each leading their headquarters, will fight with Gongsun Zhan, and they must defeat him within two hours."

"Yes..." Except for Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, all the other generals went to the battle.

The fighting is getting more and more intense.

Zhou Yu kept staring at Gongsun Zhan's direction, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became.

More than 10,000 white horse righteous followers, in such an unfavorable situation, still fought to the death. Repeatedly to break out of the encirclement. If he hadn't deployed troops in time to fill the loopholes, I am afraid that he would have fallen short.

"It's a pity that I don't have such cavalry in Jiangdong, otherwise Yangzhou and Jingzhou would have all belonged to us a long time ago." Zhou Yu said.

..........

This battle has been fought for a long time.

At first, Zhou Yu did have the upper hand and suppressed Gongsun Zhan's cavalry.

However, after a long time, the white horse cavalry broke out of the encirclement and spread all over the camp. Zhou Yu could no longer form an encirclement of Gongsun Zhan. It can only be transferred to engage troops normally.

And this is exactly what Gongsun Chan wants.

"Dudu, Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses went to the rear camp, and there are fewer soldiers in the back camp, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to arrive. The last general asked for orders to go and garrison. Cheng Pudao.

Zhou Yu clenched his fists: "Gongsun Chan has been ambushed by me, if he can't be annihilated, won't he be smiling and generous?" General Cheng Pu led his troops and horses to the rear camp and beat Gongsun Zan back. ”

"No."

Cheng Pu took the only cavalry in the army, about two thousand, to the rear camp to intercept.

Gongsun Zhan rushed to the rear camp and engaged Cheng Pu.

In just a quarter of an hour, Cheng Pu was defeated and retreated.

Gongsun Chan continued to rush to the rear camp, and when he saw that there was a large amount of baggage in the rear camp, he ordered the sergeant to set fire to it. He led more than a thousand cavalry, blocking the front, buying time for the army entering the rear camp.

"Gongsun Chan is burning our grain and grass, Metropolitan Governor..." Huang Gai shouted urgently.

"Quick, go to the rescue."

Zhou Yu was also panicked.

Sun Jian is not as good as Xu Ding, and there is not much grain and grass. These grains and grasses have been raised for a long time to obtain. Once burned by Gongsun Zhan, what will he do in the future?

Compared with grain and grass, it is no longer important whether Gongsun Chan can be destroyed or not.

He asked Huang Gai to mobilize all the troops of the left and right battalions, go to the rear to fight the fire, and by the way, repel Gongsun Zhan.

Huang Gai rushed to the back camp.

Tens of thousands of troops blocked Gongsun Zhan.

One side is fighting fires, and the other side is fighting.

Gongsun Zhan took few troops to the rear camp, and was repelled by Huang Gai.

"Brothers, go out with me..." Seeing that the enemies were all in the rear camp, Gongsun Chan led his troops to rush to the front camp. This time he didn't encounter much resistance and broke out of the camp without incident.

Song Qian and Chen Wu, who were ambushed everywhere, had rushed to rescue the fire.

None of the remaining soldiers were enough to reach the White Horse Rebellion.

Gongsun Chan left the camp and went straight to Xiangyang.

On the way, he met Dong Xi and He Qi, with a mere 2,000 infantry troops, so he set up a suspicious formation to block tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops. Gongsun Zhan rushed over angrily and captured Dong Xi and He Qisheng.

The 2,000 Jiangdong troops were also killed.

"General Gongsun, are you alright?" Kuai Yue and Kuai Yue ran out of the city.

"I'm fine."

After entering the city, Gongsun Chan said: "Zhou Yu really had an ambush, and as soon as I entered the enemy camp, I was attacked by a group. ”

"Ahh The two were shocked.

Kuai Yue asked: "I don't know the white horse's righteousness, what about the casualties?" ”

Gongsun Zhan sneered: "Don't worry, my white horse is the best at field battles and raids, Zhou Yu wants to trap me, how is it possible." Although our department has suffered casualties in this battle, I dare to guarantee that Zhou Yu's casualties are more than twice as many as mine! ”

"That's fine..."

"Although the general is under siege, he can still inflict heavy losses on the enemy, and he is truly invincible." Kuai Yue Road.

"Ugh...." Gongsun Chan sighed: "Originally, I could have eliminated Zhou Yu without spending many soldiers and horses. However, there was an ambush in his body, and he really couldn't fight for a long time, although he suffered heavy damage to the enemy, but my department also suffered casualties. Thinking of my white horse righteousness, how can I ever be hurt like this, this is all my fault. ”

Kuai Yue said: "Why should the general sigh? Now the 30,000 Jingzhou troops in Xiangyang City have been under the command of General Wenpin, Cai Mao and other generals, and Liu Biaojiaxiao, which are under my control. The General can rest for a while. Let General Wenpin defend the city, it will be safe. As long as you hold on to the victory in the battle of Guanzhong, the general will still have great merit. ”

Is this a big achievement?

Gongsun Chan is not uncommon.

Although he was defeated for a while, he also figured out Zhou Yujun's combat effectiveness, which was really not good. In particular, the field ability is extremely good. If it is on the plain and sets up a formation, Gongsun Chan is confident that it will be annihilated.

However, Kuai Yue is also right, Bai Ma Yi has just experienced failure and cannot move lightly.

Gongsun Zan said: "The matter of defending the city will be handed over to you, wait for my army to recuperate for a few days, and then fight with Zhou Yu." I'm not going to fall for him again this time. ”

"Uh... Be. ”

Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang had the heart to persuade each other, but they also knew that Gongsun Chan was stubborn. No matter how much they persuade, it will not be useful. However, from today's battle, they can see that the combat effectiveness of the White Horse Yicong is indeed extraordinary. If they had sent 20,000 troops to help Gongsun Zan before, maybe Zhou Yu would have been destroyed.

The next time they fight, they will arrange backup in advance and give Zhou Yu a fatal blow.

..............

The battle of Jingzhou was in full swing, and Guanzhong was not peaceful.

As Guo Jia expected, Liu Bei really led the army to Luoyang.

However, when he traveled to Xiaopingjin, he received the news of the fall of Luoyang and hesitated.

Liu Bei was accompanied by Zhuge Liang, and a large number of generals of the Black Mountain Army and the White Polish Army.

In the account.

Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang: "Now that Cao Cao is trapped in Guanzhong, in the face of more than 100,000 Xu troops, am I going to save him?" Or do you want to turn your troops north and take Jizhou directly? ”

Seeing Liu Bei's hesitation, Zhuge Liang arched his hand and said, "Lord, you must go to the rescue." Because once Cao Cao perishes, we will also be weak. With the Taihang Mountains alone, it is difficult to reach the army of Xu Ding. Moreover, Cao Cao was in trouble, and the lord personally led the army to rescue, which will make him grateful. He promised to attack and merge with the state one day, and Cao Cao would attack him, thinking that he would be a backup. No matter from a close look or a long distance, the lord should quickly enter the customs and help Cao Cao. Even if you send him some food, you can keep him fighting. ”

"Okay."

Liu Bei trusted Zhuge Liang very much, and asked him for advice on all matters in the army. And where Zhuge Liang said, Liu Bei did everything.

Soon after discussing with Zhuge Liang.

Liu Bei ordered the whole army to march south.

Conquer Xiaopingjin first, and then rendezvous with Cao Cao.

During this period, Liu Bei was intercepted by Min Rou and Jia Xu. Min Rou's subordinates are all the old departments of the Guiyi Army, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong. Jia Xu even has firearms, which are completely unstoppable.

Liu Bei joined forces with Cao Cao to defend a mountain range.

More than 100,000 troops retreated into the mountains to defend them.

"Thank you Xuande for coming to help." Cao Cao was grateful.

"Xuande, please take a seat."

Cao Cao pulled Liu Bei to sit down and arched his hand: "If it weren't for Xuande's rescue, my life would have been suspended." ”

Liu Bei's face was very ugly, and he forcibly squeezed out a smile: "Meng De doesn't have to be polite, we have already said that we will join forces to deal with Xu Ding." How can I break my word? ”

In fact, Liu Bei already regretted coming to Guanzhong.

Fighting with Min Rou and Jia Xu, losing 20,000 to 30,000 troops, if these troops were pulled to Jizhou, they might have already captured Jizhou. died here in vain, only in exchange for a good word from Cao Cao.

Cao Cao said: "Xuande is a righteous gentleman, not to Sun Jian and Zhou Yu, it was they who took the initiative to contact me and asked me to send troops to fight the thief, but I went to Jingzhou and attacked Liu Biao, which is really hateful." ”

"Does Meng De have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" Liu Bei asked.

Cao Cao's adviser Xu Yu came out of the ranks: "Uncle Huang is a little restless, since the prime minister dares to send troops to attack Xu Ding, he has a strategy to break the enemy." Some time ago, we had a fire in Luoyang, causing 60,000 casualties to Xu Ding. ”

"You know, you use a lot of oil?"

"Yes."

Xu You snorted: "We have a lot of fire oil, as long as we can use it, Xu will definitely fail!" In addition, in terms of cavalry, there are 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry under the command of the prime minister, all of whom are brave warriors, and they are not weaker than Min Rou's Guiyi army. ”

Liu Bei said: "But you still lost Luoyang, didn't you?" ”

"This..." Xu You was blocked back by Liu Bei's words.

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Xuande is right. Xu Ding knew that I had oil, so he chose to attack on a rainy night, but our army was negligent in taking precautions, so we lost Luoyang. But he can only use such a small trick once, and when it is not raining, he is no match for me. To tell you the truth, in this mountain range, I have tens of thousands of catties of fire oil, which can make Xu Ding's army be burned to ashes. ”

"So much!"

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang couldn't help but be surprised.

Maybe Cao Cao is exaggerating, but listening to Cao Cao's tone, the fire oil hidden in the mountains should not be less than 10,000 catties. That's a lot of money.

Liu Bei is sitting on the merger of states, and it is only a few thousand catties, and it is still distributed in various counties and counties, which is difficult to concentrate.

"Okay..."

Zhuge Liang, who had not spoken, got up and said: "From now on, we will only attack and not defend, and wait in ambush." and chose to fight in the mountains and forests to see if Xu Ding dared to come. ”

"Who is this?"

Cao Cao didn't know Zhuge Liang.

Liu Bei introduced: "This is my military advisor, Zhuge Kongming." ”

"Oh? It turned out to be Mr. Kong Ming. Cao Cao was taken aback. He had heard Xun Yu say that there are two great talents in the world, known as the Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix Chicks, and one can settle the world. Zhuge Liang is from Wolongong, Nanyang, and is one of the Wolong Phoenix chicks.

"Today, with Mr. Kong Ming, our army will win!" Cao Cao said.

"Just now Mr. Kong Ming said that our army only attacks but does not defend, why is it?" Xu Yu asked.

Zhuge Liang replied: "The prime minister has a lot of oil, are you still afraid that the enemy army will attack the mountain?" If the enemy dares to enter, they will extinguish it with fire, and not only will a large number of troops remain, but the defense will be tighter. We concentrate the main force and look for Xu Ding's weak points, which will not be difficult to destroy. ”

A map hangs in the distance.

Zhuge Liang walked over and took a look, and drew a fan on the map: "In the southeast of Luoyang, there is a mountain range, which is directly connected to the Tiger Prison Pass. This is a heaven-sent and dangerous place. You can send troops to defend it. To the north of Hangu Pass, a hundred miles away from here, there is a valley, called Boyang, which can be carried to meet our army. In this way, our army was divided into three and guarded the southeast of Luoyang. The scope of Xu Dingjun's activities was greatly restricted. ”

"When the time is ripe, choose a critical place, trap Xu Ding, attack it with fire oil, and win."

Zhuge Liang briefly said a strategy.

Cao Cao nodded and said, "That's good, it's just..." ”

"What concerns does the Prime Minister have?"

"Xu Dingjun's combat effectiveness is extremely strong, we are together, it is still difficult to win, if we are separated, we are afraid of being broken by each other, this section has to be guarded against." Cao Cao said.

"Hehe..." Zhuge Liang smiled without saying a word and returned to his seat.

"Why did Kong Ming laugh?"

"I'm laughing... The prime minister has been frightened by Xu Ding, and he doesn't even dare to divide the troops? If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Kong Mingshi wouldn't have believed it. Zhuge Liang was still laughing.

"Kong Ming." Liu Bei was afraid that Zhuge Liang would anger Cao Cao and affect the overall situation, so he stopped him.

Cao Cao's face was indeed a little ugly.

But he recovered in an instant and said with a smile: "Mr. is quick to talk, and he is very right." So this time it's all up to Xuande. There are still more than 40,000 left in our department, all of which are stationed here, please send two troops to the mountains southeast of Boyang and Luoyang, I don't know what your intentions are? ”

"We were originally here to help, and Meng De still wants to give way to be cannon fodder?" Liu Bei was really angry.

"Please agree to the prime minister." Zhuge Liang said suddenly.

"Kong Ming, you..." Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise. I really don't understand why I want to compromise with Cao Cao and send troops to a dangerous place. What if you are ambushed?

"Please allow your lordship." Zhuge Liang glanced at Liu Bei continuously.

Although Liu Bei was puzzled, he still nodded and agreed: "Okay." Meng De, I allocated 60,000 people to the southeast of Boyang and Luoyang, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were also stationed here. ”

"Thank you."

As if he had found a treasure, Cao Cao got up and shook it again and again.

The meeting dispersed.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang returned to their tents.

Liu Bei was puzzled: "Kong Ming, why did you suggest that I send troops to the southeast of Boyang and Luoyang, in case I was attacked by Xu Ding, wouldn't there be losses?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, the troops we sent out will not attack." ”

"How can you be sure, sir?"

"Because the troops we sent out were all secret, and Xu Ding would not necessarily know about it. Even if you know, the mountains are steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is easy to use fire oil. How dare Xu Ding take the risk? Besides, the lord and Cao Cao are not there, so what is the point of Xu Ding sending heavy troops to fight? I suspect that after being discovered by Xu Ding, he will send at most one cavalry to contain him. Then we will gather heavy troops and come to attack our main camp. So the place of the decisive battle, still here. Zhuge Liang said.

Things are back to square one.

Since sending troops out will not help the war situation, why send them out?

Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang again: "What is the benefit of doing this?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled back and said: "Of course there are benefits, the tens of thousands of troops going to the southeast of Luoyang can contain the enemy army in the Tiger Pass, so that Xu Ding does not dare to transfer Zhao Yun." The tens of thousands of troops going to Boyang can contain Huang Zhong. At the same time, in order to prevent these 60,000 people from attacking Xu Ding's rear, he can also contain some of his cavalry. In this way, with 60,000 men, we can contain more than 100,000 enemy troops. ”