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Zhang Jun said: "What do you mean by this? ”

"The Lord's ······" Chen Zhen said quietly: "The Han army in the city of Caohan must be just the Han who belong to the Huns, they are neither unbearable to fight, nor will they fight to the death, and they are even less prepared, so they can't eat the elite of our conquest army." The main force of Qinzhou should have been attracted to the front of Jincheng by the feint attack of the Jinxing County Government. So the worst case scenario for this expedition is to withdraw the troops. ”

Zhang Jun nodded, his heart was slightly wider, and he asked: "In your opinion, our first battle is so easy, should we immediately take advantage of the victory and go straight to Caohan City?" After a pause, Zhang Jun whispered: "It's not a secret, the largest battle I have ever commanded was in this land of Longxi, when I was only a building master, and there were only a few hundred people under my command. ”

Chen Zhen was silent for a moment, he knew that at this time, he must not let the Metropolitan Governor lose confidence in himself, so he said: "For the handsome, the imperial general can also." Since we follow the Grand Governor, we are to carry out your orders to the end. The Lord is not ambitious, you just need to do what you think is right. Regardless of success or failure, the last general is willing to follow you to the death. ”

Zhang Jun hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "The governor of Pontus is just a little flustered, the expedition is to win the battle, what is the use of you to die, it is best for the enemy to die cleanly." ”

When Chen Zhen heard this, he also smiled and said: "Don't worry, the Metropolitan Governor, this battle plan has been deduced many times by the Guards Planning Department of the Army, although it is not foolproof, but the possibility of losing the battle is not great." ”

Zhang Jun nodded, not speaking.

After Chen Zhen left, Zhang Jun pondered for half the night, he thought about it, the Xiongnu and Han countries were arrogant, and they never put Liangzhou in their eyes. They may not have really expected that the Liang army would immediately launch a strong attack with the most elite troops as soon as they arrived in Jincheng, and they should still implement the established battle plan and swallow the entire land west of Taoshui with a blitzkrieg, otherwise it would be troublesome to spend here.

Early the next morning, Zhang Jun ordered the whole army to march to the foot of the city.

The army marched unhindered, and the strongholds of the Dock Fort along the way either fled when they heard the wind or ate pot pulp to meet the king's division. A day later, the conquest army marched to the city of Caohan, which was only a few miles away. The right battalion of the Longxiang army returned to the horse, and thousands of reinforcements from the Han army went to build a fence outside the city of Caohan, and there was a tendency to defend it to the death.

Zhang Jun immediately ordered the whole army to rest on the spot, and looked back at the generals and said: "In this case, we will set up a field battle early tomorrow morning and break the Han army!" ”

He was sure that the garrisons in Caohan City were not elites, so there was nothing to take care of, as long as the main force of Qinzhou reacted quickly, the conquest army would be regarded as Longxi completely gaining a firm foothold.

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That night, the city of Lintao on the north bank of Taoshui was still singing and dancing, and Liu Dongliang, the supervisor appointed by Liu Yao of the Xiongnu Han State, was enjoying the song and dance with great interest. He was originally a eunuch beside the Queen of the Han Dynasty, but because of his amazing sycophant kung fu, he was favored by Liu Yao, so he was sent to Qinzhou to inspect the military situation.

Last year, Qinzhou assassinated Shi Hu Yanwei to attack Jincheng, but also lost a large number of people, which made the government and the opposition quite disappointed. A month ago, I heard that Liangzhou was not very peaceful, so Liu Yao asked this person around him to inspect the two counties of Qinzhou.

According to the intelligence, three or five thousand Liang troops have already left Jincheng, and the target is directly aimed at Longxi County. Liu Dongliang spared his life very much, how could he run to the front line to supervise the battle? So he made an excuse and stayed in Lintao in the water. To the west of Lintao is the Didao of Yifu Guan, and to the south is Taoshui, which is a city with strong defense, and he is more at ease here.

More than a dozen courtesans twisted their waists in the middle, and Liu Dongliang admired them with squints. The glamorous concubine next to him gently opened a grape with a jade hand and sent it to his mouth, Liu Dongliang opened his mouth and gently bit it together with the concubine's fingers. Concubine Ji gently swung her powder fist and slapped him on the shoulder, and said coquettishly: "It's not honest to make you eat grapes!" ”

Liu Dongliang took the concubine in his arms and let out a lewd laugh of "hey, hey, hey".

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a middle-aged man wearing a hat walked in in a hurry, without greeting him, which made Liu Dongliang frown.

The middle-aged scribe walked straight up to him and said in a deep voice: "Envoy, my subordinates just got the news that the Liang army has pulled out 12 of my dock forts in a row, and the soldiers are coming to the city of Caohan. ”

"What? What twelve dock forts? Liu Dongliang obviously didn't even know the geography of Qinzhou, and after hearing this, he looked confused, and sat up straight, "Where is the city of Caohan?" ”

The scribe said: "West of Taoshui, on the bank of the great river." ”

When Liu Dongliang heard this, he sat back again, and said disapprerovitically: "My Tao is very close, so far away, and it is still separated by water, why be afraid?" ”

The scribe said: "I'm afraid that the Liang army will seize the city of Caohan, and then go down the Taoshui, and you can reach Lintao in less than two days by following the water." ”

"What!" Liu Dongliang was anxious: "Isn't that envoy in danger?" ”

The scribe said: "Li Laza, the commander of Longxi County, has sent reinforcements to gallop to reinforce Caohan. It may be fine for a while. ”

Liu Dongliang stood up: "When is the reinforcement?" ”

"It's been a few days."

Liu Dongliang was even more anxious and said: "Go and ask Cao Wenzhu to open the city gate, let's leave overnight!" ”

The scribe stopped and said: "Envoy, you are the supervisor of His Majesty the Emperor's own order, if you stay in Lintao and do not advance, you will already be out of compliance. ”

Liu Dongliang glared at the beads of his eyes and said: "What does it have to do with me whether he can win or not, I see that he is a straw bag, so I must go back to the court as soon as possible to explain to the emperor!" ”

The scribe grabbed his sleeve and persuaded: "Envoy, now there is only a trace of the enemy, and the situation is still unclear. Besides, my Great Hun soldiers are strong and strong, and I will not be defeated by the Liangren. Why are you in a hurry, it's never too late to wait. ”

The concubine on the side heard them talking, and hurriedly grabbed Liu Dongliang's robe, not daring to let go. The singers and dancers also stopped, and they gathered around in a panic, and said in a gossipy: "Envoy, are we going to hurry tonight?" ”

Liu Dongliang was furious: "It's Lao Tzu who wants to hurry······ Hold me to something, will you ride a horse? How do you go fast with you? ”

The concubine immediately cried, and the actors cried together. Liu Dongliang was also upset, he didn't catch anything on his westward trip this time, and he lost so many lovely little girls. But life matters, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood.

The scribe also planned to persuade him again, he felt that his lord was too timid, and this Liangjun didn't even have a shadow, so he ran away like this, wouldn't he be laughed at by the world?

Before he could open his mouth, Liu Dongliang said: "You just stay here to supervise the army for me, if there is anything, you can report to me quickly!" ”

The scribe was directly stunned, he was not afraid, but felt that his opportunity had come, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, and said happily: "Since the lord has a life, he should serve himself." ”

That night, Liu Dongliang ignored the dissuasion of the Lintao generals and officials, insisted on asking them to send troops to escort them, and fled overnight. Cao Wenzhu, the general stationed in Lintao, hurriedly asked him: "If you want to go, can you send troops to reinforce and respond?" ”

Liu Dongliang said: "You ask me, who do I ask?" ”

Cao Wenzhu said: "I am afraid that the news of the Liang army's attack on Caohan is still unknown, and it is not clear which one is the main force of the enemy army at present. So that Jun Ke made a statement to the assassin and dispatched troops and horses for emergency. ”

Liu Dongliang didn't care about this, he didn't want to stay here for a moment, and said angrily: "I don't know!" ”

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West of the city of Caohan, the camp of the Liang army. The sun had already set, and the lights of the fire were connected to each other, and the stars were all over the place.

The fading light did not tranquillize the camp, and the wilderness was filled with noise by the passing of soldiers and galloping horses. The big war is about to begin, and this is the first battle after the conquest army is formed, and it is of great significance, so everyone is in an inexplicable excitement.

Wang Meng and Zhou Tong were practicing riding and archery outside the big tent. I saw the two of them riding horses and rushing past a pair of targets, drawing their bows and shooting arrows at a rapid pace. "Smack!" Right in the bull's-eye.

Hu Shuo, who was in charge of the guard, squatted on the horse, and the special slap knife specially made for him was inserted on the ground beside him, only to see that he suddenly looked at him angrily, and raised a long-length slap knife and waved it.

Zhang Jun in the big tent looked at the scene outside for a while, then buried his head and stroked his fingers on the map, thoughtfully.

He didn't unarmour that night, he didn't sleep well, and he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, not because he was wearing armor. Zhang Jun was a little nervous in his heart, and he had thought about everything, but only God knows what was going on in the real fight, after all, this was the first time he commanded more than 10,000 people in a big battle. Everything was well planned before the war, but when it was time to get serious, it was inevitable that we would look ahead and fear failure.

The temperature difference between day and night in Longxi is very large, and the next day the sky is just bright, and the guards bring water to Zhang Jun to wash his face, which is cold and biting.

The guards reported that Han Hu, the left battalion of the Hujie Army, had begun to deploy troops in the front. Zhang Jun pretended to be calm, first put his face in cold water and held his breath for a long time, and then wiped his face. Then he went out of the tent, rubbed his teeth with green salt, and brushed his teeth with the forked branches. Seeing that he was not in a hurry, the generals also settled down, and the frizzy atmosphere was gone.

Zhang Jun ignored the generals, but took Chen Zhen and a group of personal soldiers to climb the west side of the hill. At this time, the place that I was optimistic about after setting up camp yesterday has a relatively wide line of sight, and I can overlook the entire battlefield, which is very convenient.

When everyone stood on the hillside and looked down, they saw that the people and horses were dense, and the flags were like clouds. The Han army had already set up a formation outside the land of five arrows, and the banner was blown by the north wind, and it was impossible to see whose flag it was.

Chen Zhen pointed to the distance and said: "Governor, the Han army is really unbearable, you see that they are leaning on the left flank of the city wall, the formation is chaotic, presumably they are the guards who were originally stationed here." ”

Zhang Jun looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, he saw that the left flank of the Han army was not very neat.

At this time, the sun rises on the distant horizon, and the light gradually dispels the mist that shrouds the plains

The shouts and noises of the generals at the foot of the hill, and the uproar was reorganizing the formation. The Liang army set up a very novel battle formation, with the Crane Army in front and the Hujie Army behind, and the left and right battalions of the Longxiang Army on both sides. It looks a bit like a phalanx, but in fact there is no name to define yet.

Zhang Jun waited for a while, the mist was almost blown away by the wind, and he saw a faint crowd of people surrounding a general on the city tower; I couldn't see clearly, but Zhang Jun had an intuition, and the man was also standing on a high place to observe the battle formation.

The two looked at each other from a distance, and neither could see who clearly.

Zhang Jun suddenly remembered the situation of the military generals in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and he just wanted to send someone to test it to see which soldiers and horses of the Han army the banner was. Then he said to the soldiers behind him: "Go and call Wang Meng to come." ”

After a while, Wang Meng rode his horse from the gap in the middle of the army formation and returned to the bottom of the hillside. Zhang Jun said loudly: "You take a few people over to provoke the other general, if the Han army should not fight, see the banner clearly, and come back to report." ”

Wang Meng clenched his fists and said, "Get the order!" ”

If it is said that who is the most outstanding in the conquest army, it is naturally Wang Meng. One of his halberds danced and could not be splashed by water, and it was extremely lethal. Zhang Jun asked him to go out to call for battle, and he was very relieved.

At this time, more than a dozen generals of the three armies of Longxiang, Hujie, and Konghe gathered at the bottom of the hillside one after another, waiting for Zhang Jun to say a few words before the battle to boost morale. But Zhang Jun didn't say anything to boost morale, only said: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while." When the armies heard the continuous beating of the drums, they prepared to fight; The drums beat urgently, and the Crane Army first covered the enemy with bows and crossbows, and then the Hujie Army and the Longxiang Army attacked together. For other military orders, I sent soldiers to carry orders with order flags. ”

The generals answered. Zhang Jun waved his hand: "Let's disperse······ Hu Shuo stayed. ”

Then Zhang Jun pointed to the position in front of him and said: "The Han army column on the right flank with its back to the city is relatively chaotic, and it must not be an elite. You take the right battalion of the Hujie army to the right flank for deployment. As soon as he heard the trumpet, he took the lead and hit the right flank in an attempt to break the formation. ”

Hu Shuo raised the slap knife and hugged his fists and said: "Order!" ”

At this moment, Wang Meng led several horsemen carrying the banner out of the battle and ran out of 200 steps. The Han army released arrows sporadically in the front, and Wang Meng and others restrained the war horses. After a while, I heard him shout: "The Huns Hulu do not sympathize with the people of Qinzhou, and we will follow the order of the Mujun of Daliang Prefecture to recover this state." If you put down your weapons and join the service, you will also be a 'Chinese' child; I am Wang Meng under Zhang Jun, the striker of the Eastern Army of Daliangping. Whoever is ahead, report your name! ”

There was a commotion on the Han army's side, as if they were scolding. There is no Mandarin these days, so the accents vary greatly from place to place, and to be honest, it is estimated that both sides do not understand what they scold each other.

After a while, sure enough, a Han army general rushed out of the battle with two horses. The man drank violently, and Zhang Jun vaguely heard some words, but he couldn't hear the whole sentence clearly. Among them, the words "Qinzhou Thorn Shi Hu Yanyu" have probably been heard.

Then I saw Wang Meng stretch out his finger and scold the military general opposite, and both sides greeted their immediate family members, scolded and hurried, and then each raised their weapons to hedge. The war horse fought back and forth for two rounds, and he couldn't see how he fought, so he saw the Han army general pat his horse and run back, always expecting to be defeated by Wang Meng.

Wang Meng hung the halberd on the victory hook, took the bow and released the arrow, and shot it out, and the Han general fell off his horse in response, rolled on the ground a few times, and then remained motionless.

Suddenly there was a shout in the army, Wang Meng shot people off his horse, and he didn't dare to stop, so he turned around and left.

Seeing that the opportunity could not be missed, Zhang Jun immediately shouted: "Beat the drum!" Enter! ”

At the foot of the hillside, a row of soldiers threw off their arms and beat the big drum desperately, and the rumbling drum spread far away with the wind, stirring on the land of Longxi. The Crane Army was the first to move, and they advanced towards the enemy with astonishingly neat steps, and the Hujie Army behind them also took neat steps. There was a surge in the army, and the conscriptive army was like a black wave.

Hu Shuo's department on the right wing had received Zhang Jun's orders in advance, so he went the fastest, and the flanks became the most forward.

On the plains, drums beat loudly, and people were noisy. There were not many cavalry troops on the Han side, and the Huns did not trust the subordinate army formed by the Han Er. Both sides are dominated by foot soldiers, slowly approaching like waves. Zhang Jun on the hillside widened his eyes and held his breath as he watched the upcoming head-on collision.