In fact, whether it is Pang De or Li Hui, who of the two is not clear, it can be said that since his lord let the two of them come to Nanyang and garrison Wancheng and Suixian, it can be said that his Liangzhou army has never moved in Nanyang. So since you have been quiet in Nanyang for so long, is it time to let yourself go out for activities?

He Cao Mengde was able to take the Yanzhou army to attack Liu Bei's Xinye, and finally made a detour from Fancheng and went south to Xiangyang, Nanjun. So why can't you attack the territory of his Yanzhou army, it can be said that he is more familiar with it for a while, but in fact he is a little unfamiliar with Li Tong, the defender of Nanyang of the Yanzhou army.

Li Tong, the word Wenda, Jiangxia Pingchun people. It can be said that he is definitely one of the generals with foreign surnames under Cao Cao's Yanzhou military account, and he is deeply trusted by Cao Cao. Indeed, if it wasn't for Cao Cao's trust, then he could let his people garrison Nanyang and govern several county seats. If you want to say that no one in the world knows how complicated the situation in Nanyang is, there must be a big war, so it can be said that he Li Tong Li Wenda, the pressure on his shoulders is indeed not small-

And this is not just a matter of trust, but also a matter of real ability, after all, Nanyang is a place for a three-way game, and it is such a military town that Ma Chaoliangzhou Army, Cao Cao's Yanzhou Army and Liu Beijun all want to capture. Even if Zhuge Liang is left with the first line of Fancheng in the end, it is such a big place. But have you seen that he has quit Nanyang?

No, this is definitely not to say that Liu Bei put pressure on him, saying that he must defend Fancheng or something. It's not that Zhuge Liang wants to defend the city because Liu Bei trusts him. It is the importance of Nanyang, which is extremely important to any of the three parties. Whether it is the Liangzhou Army, the Yanzhou Army, or Liu Beijun, this is the case.

Previously, Cao Cao led his troops to directly attack Xinye and started the battle in Nanyang. This is that he has no choice, he must go south to take Nanjun. Capture Xiangyang and occupy Jiangling. If he didn't have a great opportunity, he wouldn't have moved lightly. As a result, I suffered a loss at first. In the end, you even have to take a detour.

Yes, the detour to Fancheng at the beginning did not mean that he was afraid of Zhuge Liang, just to save time and enter Nanjun as soon as possible. But there is nothing wrong with that. That is Cao Cao. It can be said that Zhuge Liang is really jealous, this is not wrong at all-

From Nanyang to Nanjun, and then to Wuling today, Cao Cao discovered two great talents, and they were both Liu Bei's subordinates. The second is naturally Huo Jun and Huo Zhongmiao, and the first one is, of course, Zhuge Zhuge Kongming. In contrast, don't look at Huo Jun's strength, and it can be regarded as making Cao Cao anxious. However, he is still the most jealous of Zhuge Liang.

After all, what kind of person Cao Cao is, he values a really powerful strategist more. Huo Jun has good skills, but he is just a general. Yes, it's just a general, but Zhuge Liang is the top strategist in the world, and the gap is big. If Huo Jun can top 10,000 people, then Zhuge Liang can at least top 100,000 people, this is Cao Cao's opinion. So he is naturally jealous of Zhuge Liang, in his opinion, if this person does not play a role for himself, he must be removed as soon as possible, or it will be a trouble.

On the second day, Pang De left Li Hui to garrison Wancheng, while he led 20,000 troops and went directly to Jianyang.

The distance between Yuxian County and the importance is not as good as Wancheng, so Li Hui was temporarily left in Wancheng by Pang De. Of course, he didn't think that the Yanzhou army could still attack Yuxian at this time.

At this time, there was Li Tong personally stationed in Jianyang, and to be honest, he was afraid that Pang De would attack. As a result, after letting Lu Jian take away 10,000 horses on his side, Pang De arrived in a few days. Of course, with the speed of the Liangzhou army's exploration of horses, it is indeed reasonable. And Pound's approach, he is not incomprehensible.

After all, he has been stationed in Nanyang, so it can be said that for so long, he has not given the Liangzhou Army and Liu Beijun any opportunity to take advantage of. This can't be said to be how you are doing, the main thing is that you are cautious, so ......

It must also be admitted that Pound and they are cautious enough. At least if it were a careless person who underestimated the enemy and didn't take his own side seriously, a person who was greedy for merit, then he would have brought troops to Thorn Yang a long time ago, wouldn't he?

So Pang De and Li Hui were not impulsive, and they really had to let Li Tonggao look at them. How to say, the so-called "small unbearable will be chaotic and big", if you can't bear this little thing, then really, don't think about dealing with yourself. He was not afraid of his Liangzhou army, and if he ran into a bad general, then he would definitely win, didn't say -

Seeing Pang De and the Liangzhou army camping outside the city, Li Tong said to the deputy general next to him, "Since Ma Mengqi can let Pang Lingming and his people garrison Wancheng and Yuxian, then it will not be easy for him to be with him." ”

Indeed, although there is relatively little information about Pang De on his side, Ma Chao can let his people be stationed in Nanyang, and his skills must be not bad. After all, Ma Chao is also famous for knowing people. All the people he values are basically talents, I didn't say it.

It can be said that since the day Pang De and Li Hui arrived in Nanyang, Li Tong has never underestimated the two of them. It can be said that he has long regarded Pang De and Li Hui as his fierce rivals and lifelong enemies. Don't look at the fact that there has been no confrontation, but this is not important. At least Li Tong knew very well in his heart that as long as the time was ripe, the two armies would have to meet each other sooner or later.

Needless to say. Although both sides have arranged men and horses to be stationed in the cities of all sides, they are actually making calculations. It can be said that both sides are tacitly acknowledged, and they are all each other.

When the adjutant general heard this, he nodded straightly, he really, more than once heard his general say so. And he also knows what he means to his general, which is nothing more than reminding himself. Don't be careless. It's just that he didn't say it explicitly, but told him from the side. However, the adjutant general is really serious about this. At least he didn't think that Pang De had no ability, after all, if he didn't have the ability, Ma Mengqi could let this person come to Nanyang? Is this possible?

Moreover, the defenders of the city are not alone. And his own general. It's also to defend the city at the head of the city, so of course I won't be careless. is such a powerful character as his own general, he doesn't dare to underestimate Pound, let alone himself as a nobody.

I heard the adjutant general say at this time: "The general's words are very true, and the last general agrees!" ”

Li Tong smiled and didn't say anything more, anyway, his goal was achieved, so it was enough. We must not underestimate our own enemies. Then the enemy army will not necessarily take advantage of anything.

Again, the key thing is. And I'm in the city, so there shouldn't be any big problems.

Li Tong really didn't think that Pang De would be able to take advantage of anything, even if the combat power of the Liangzhou Army was indeed strong, he also admitted that it was true. But he Pang De Pang Lingming did not have many people, only 20,000 Liangzhou troops. And his own men and horses can't be said to be less, 5,000 Yanzhou soldiers, so 20,000 against 5,000, the siege of the Liangzhou army, it is really not necessarily going to take advantage of anything.

Pang De naturally knew about the defense of Thorn Yang, eight thousand Yanzhou soldiers, and Li Tong was personally stationed, so he didn't expect to break Thorn Yang in a few days. But for him, he is not afraid of wasting time, what he has is that as long as he can take down Thorn Yang, even if he consumes the grain and grass of the Yanzhou army, he has to do this.

For him, it is to take the Thorn Sun, then he will not come in vain, the rest is secondary, only to capture the Thorn Sun, that is the most important thing-

After resting for a day, the Liangzhou army began to prepare for an attack, of course, this was a tentative attack for the first time.

The main general of the Liangzhou army here will naturally not be Pang De, but his deputy general, named Liang Kuan. Although Liang Kuanqi is not a talented general, he also feels that he is not a rice bucket. And he is also loyal to the Liangzhou Army, so he is deeply respected by Pang De.

As the commander of the army, Pound will certainly not lead the troops to attack the city, so there is a deputy general to do this.

And obviously, Liang Kuan was very happy when he knew that he was going to lead his troops to attack Thornyang. After all, although he had always followed his generals before, he had never had the opportunity to lead troops to fight. But now that he has finally survived, isn't this his own general also becoming the commander of the army, and he has also become a general who leads the troops to attack the city.

I know that my lord is the most important, and every time he leads a large army, the general who attacks the city must be Ma Dai Ma Bozhan. And he can also be the main general who leads the troops to attack the city, although he is not his own lord who personally leads the troops, but this is enough to blow with people-

This is the truest thought in Liang Kuan's heart, you really can't let him think about it, what kind of generosity to death, and to attack the city without fear of death.

When Liang and Liangzhou's soldiers were ready to attack Jianyang, Li Tong and them at the head of the city were also ready to fight.

To say that Li Tong is of course under pressure on the Liangzhou army to attack, it is impossible to do without this matter. However, when he thought about Pound, there were only 20,000 people, so he was not so worried, at least he let go of it. Worry is definitely worrying, but it's true, not that you're worried about it or anything.

After all, everyone is already in the city, and the so-called "soldiers are coming." What else can be done? His own Yanzhou army is also a strong army in the world, can it be said that he is still afraid that his Liangzhou army will not succeed? They came to attack the city. Are they not dominant, can they be afraid of them?

In his opinion, as long as he tries his best to defend the city, then the Liangzhou army led by Pang De may not be able to bargain for anything-

But for Pang De, he obviously didn't want to let Liang Kuan lead his troops to attack the city so simply, how boring it was. Why do you have to say a few words yourself, and you can only strike at Li Tong and the Yanzhou army.

This is definitely not a matter of words, but a real use of words to demoralize the enemy. If it really works. Then it may be of great use, especially for your own side. Even if it's useless, it's just a delay for a while. Of course, there is the worst result, that is, "stealing chickens does not make rice". You want to hit people. But you have to know. People think the same way, and they still want to hit you, so this ......

Before Liang Band troops attacked the city, Pang De first led his horse to the city of Jianyang and came to see Li Tong.

This is the first time Pound has met Li Tong, and of course it is also the first time Li Tong has met Pound. But the two have really been friends for a long time, and this is not wrong at all-

When he arrived at the city, Pound took the war horse. Then he bowed his hand to one of the generals at the head of the city and said, "Your Excellency is General Li Tong and Li Wenda?" ”

Li Tong at the head of the city laughed when he heard this. "Hahaha! It's Li, and the city is General Pang De Pang Lingming, right? ”

"Yes, it's me! General Li, you and I are familiar strangers in the world, right? ”

When Li Tong heard Pang De's words, he was slightly stunned, but he reacted before he got on, and said in his heart, isn't that what happened. It's said that they are familiar, both of them know each other, and their own information is each other's, and the distance is not far, not two days away, isn't it.

But it is strange, as for being strange, of course, it means that the two have never met before, and they have never seen each other, so they can naturally be said to be strange.

"Hahaha! Yes, General Ling Ming's words are good, you and I should be 'familiar strangers'! Hahaha! ”――

Li Tong felt that Pound's analogy was indeed very appropriate. "Familiar strangers", himself and Pound, can really be said to be, at least at this time, he is really, he can't find a more suitable one than this.

I heard Pound say again, "I want to be the most familiar person with General Li, not a stranger!" ”

When Li Tong heard this, he laughed secretly in his heart, and then said: "Then please General Ling Ming to join our army, my lord will be a heavy general, and he will be a general, no problem!" ”

Pang De laughed when he heard this, "If General Li says so, then please also ask General Li to join our army, and my lord will treat the general more favorably, and it is not a problem to reward the official!" ”

After speaking, the two looked at each other and laughed.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahahaha!" ――

At this time, Li Tong continued: "General Ling Ming, what I said is serious, as long as the general defects to our army, then my lord will definitely not be stingy, and he wants an official position and a status!" ”

Pang De snorted coldly, and then said not to be left behind: "The general defects to our army, then the reward will definitely not be less, and he will definitely be much stronger than you in the Yanzhou army!" ”

Pang De said in his heart at this time, who doesn't know, the world belongs to my Liangzhou Army, that is enough money and food, do you need to be rewarded so much. And your Yanzhou army is not as good as our army in this. Of course, Cao Mengde is "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes", so in terms of sealing officials and marquises, it is indeed not comparable to his own side. After all, your Yanzhou army is controlling the emperor, and this is your advantage.

Of course, neither of them will be tempted by these, and both of them also know that neither of them will be tempted by the conditions they have offered. But even so, there is a reason why the two of them still want to say this and do this, of course, they want to hit each other, that's all-

However, the final result is also obvious, neither of them has achieved their goals, so both of them are ready to stop at this time. After all, it's a futile thing, and who can do it.

At this time, Pound said, "Since General Li has brushed off the good intentions of his subordinates, then he will not say much about his subordinates, and I hope that the general will do it himself, and he will do it himself!" ”

Li Tong sneered, and then said, "But I don't dare to bother the general, but the general doesn't appreciate the kindness of the general, so let's stop this matter!" (To be continued......)