"How's the casualty?" Zu Lang and Zhou Taibu retreated to Jianyang and used the walkie-talkie to report their safety to Chen Tao, who was also slightly relieved, and asked about their situation at the same time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Three thousand soldiers were killed in battle, and there is no way to explain when I go back now." Zu Lang replied depressedly.

"This is a normal battle loss, and the military court should still be able to account for it. It's just that it may have a certain impact on your career, and you should be mentally prepared for this. Chen Tao thought about it and reminded kindly.

"We have also taken this into consideration, and the plan for today is to fight for Wanxian County as soon as possible, not to make the merit off, but to make up for some mistakes!" Zu Lang replied with a wry smile.

"On the Wanxian side, our scouts have already reconnoitred a little, the other party has completely returned to the defense, and fifty artillery pieces have been assumed to be on the head of the city, and it is not easy to knock Wanxian down.

For the sake of today's plan, why don't you first knock down all the counties around Wanxian County, cut off its reinforcements, and then make plans? Chen Tao was quick to give his opinion.

"Good!" Zu Lang nodded, obviously this was the most appropriate way to deal with it at this stage.

In the next two days, the two armies directly defeated the four counties of Nieyang, Anzhong, Liguo and Xi'e, and the Xiahou brothers did not have a large number of garrisons here, so the two divisions easily defeated them.

Now Wanxian has completely become an isolated city, even if there are powerful artillery and tens of thousands of soldiers, there is no need to worry. If they dare to come out and fight, as long as there is no artillery cooperation, then there is no need to be afraid!

The only thing to worry about is the reinforcements sent by the Han Empire. According to the news from the front-line spies, a force of 20,000 people has begun to set out from Hanzhong and kill them.

However, there is also good news, that is, Sun Jian has begun to fight with the Jiangling naval army, striving to cross the river. The general in charge of commanding the army was Sun Jian's eldest son, Sun Ce, and he didn't know where Sun Jian got a large amount of fierce fire oil, so he actually extracted a mixture of oil (diesel, kerosene, gasoline and mixture) and threw it directly into the battlefield, achieving a lot of results.

At present, the Jiangling naval army is also a passive defense, mainly attacking and destroying Sun Jian's warships crossing the river. It's a pity that he lacks sufficient combat power, and it is only a matter of time before Sun Jian crosses the river. When the time comes, with Sun Jian's troops in the south, the pressure here in Nanyang will be reduced a lot. On the other hand, in fact, at this stage, they attacked Nanyang County, didn't they create an opportunity for Sun Jian?

In fact, at this stage, it is difficult for Chen Tao and the others to be sure whether the 10,000 soldiers from Hanzhong came to support Nanyang County or went south to support Jiangling County. Compared with the 30,000 troops stationed, there are four generals Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Li Dian and Fang Yue to guard it, which is much safer than Jiangling.

It's just that those guys who are far away in Chang'an don't know that Chen Tao's department, together with the Zulang department and Zhou Tai's department, has blocked the entire area around Wan County. So that there is no way to transport materials, the consumption of 30,000 people is a lot, even if Xiahoudun has the ability to reach the sky, can he still carry out a counterattack without supplies?

I can't say that the troops originally sent to rescue Jiangling finally had to come to support Wanxian. It's just that before that, Wanxian was still not in the hands of the Han Empire, but it was not known yet!

"Brother, why don't we kill them directly! It is really unwise to sit in this lonely city of Wanxian County! "In Wan County, Xiahou Yuan is also persuading Xiahou Yuan to give up Wan County, and now Wan County is isolated and helpless, and it is not beneficial to stay.

"What's the hurry? The enemy army obviously does not dare to fight with us, so they plan to use the siege strategy to weaken us! As a brother, I'll wait for them to occupy all the surrounding counties, and see if they will leave soldiers to guard these places!

If it is a town guard, then the soldiers will inevitably be more dispersed, and when the time comes, they will gather a little and break through each other, so why worry about the enemy army not being destroyed? No matter how bad it is, we have to leave, can they really stop us? Xiahoudun was not in a hurry.

Nanyang County is a big city, in the past, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty rose up, relying on the rear itself is Nanyang County. Although it is not the national capital, it is no less prosperous than the country, and it can reach Hangu Pass and Luoyang across the Qinling Mountains behind it, although it is the place of the four wars, it is also the throat of the place, and it is one of the main barriers of Jingzhou.

Because of this, the granary here is also much larger than in other places, and in recent years, in order to stabilize the price of grain, the government has been able to buy a lot of grain, which is enough for 30,000 troops for several months, and other materials are also very sufficient. Unless the other party directly surrounds Wanxian for a year and a half, there is really no way to help them.

On the contrary, there has really been a year and a half, and the reinforcements have already arrived one after another, and when the time comes, they should join forces inside and outside, unless the other party sends additional troops to besiege them one after another, otherwise they will be looking for death!

"General!" At this time, a dark shadow fell back and greeted Xiahoudun. Xiahou Yuan was originally startled by the appearance of this black shadow, but looking at his next move, he breathed a sigh of relief and let go of the hand that was pressing the knife around his waist.

"How's the investigation going?" Xiahoudun knew who he was, and immediately asked.

It turned out that after the Han Empire learned that there was a special operations unit under the command of the Huaxia Republic, although it did not know what kind of unit it was, it also felt that although this unit specialized in the tactics of indiscriminate operations, it had to be said that it was indeed very efficient.

And because the tactics of this unit were very similar to those of the Assassins, and because Momen Juzi was in the country, Wang Yue also trained a similar army. Even if it looks like a god, it also has a lot of characteristics of special forces.

This unit is called 'Assassin', which means that it is a bayonet hidden in the shadows. Under Xiahoudun's command, there were fifty members of the Assassin's command.

"The enemy army did not place soldiers in each county, but it was divided into three units and stationed in the three counties of Jianyang, Nieyang and Xi'e, forming a triangular encirclement. Among them, there are 5,000 soldiers in Xi'e County, and 3,000 enemy troops are stationed in Jianyang and Nieyang! The man in black replied truthfully.

It is indeed a bit overkill to use the secret assassin as a spy, but the three main generals have special personnel around them to prevent assassination of the generals. So there were a few times when they tried to start, but in the end they all failed.

It is true that the assassination is trained according to the model of the special combat team, but in the end, it lacks systematic training and perfect theoretical knowledge, and it is not easy to find out the reality of the enemy army without being discovered by the enemy army.

That is, Chen Tao and their command did not have the help of special operations troops, otherwise it is a matter of whether they can get close to them.

"Mobilize your troops and prepare for battle! At the same time, the co-cong army was notified to launch a surprise attack directly against its rear from the mountainous area in the northwest of Xi'e County! "Xiahoudun is not surprised by this result, of course the enemy will not rashly divide his troops when he comes with a light army, but there is a part that is actually guarding Xi'e County, but it is a rare opportunity, so naturally it cannot be missed.

Chen Tao and the others were afraid that they would not have thought that Xiahoudun still had a co-subordinate army unit, and he had not been put into the battlefield!

The Xiecong Army is a unit formed by mountain people who have been incorporated one after another, and they have excellent mountain warfare and peaceful warfare capabilities, but they lack advanced tactical and strategic thinking, and many times they are like fighting in groups and rushing up from all directions.

In the end, the training time was too short, and Xiahoudun also hoped that they could become a wonder soldier, so he did not take them with him, but let them hide in the mountains in the northwest of Xi'e County, which was only less than twenty miles away from Xi'e County.

His plan was to use the main force to attract the attention of the enemy, and then surprise the enemy's rear with surprise troops, as long as all the opponent's baggage was burned, then even if there was no way to directly defeat Xi'e County, it would be able to cause important losses to the opponent. If you are lucky, then it should not be a problem to eat Chen Taobu directly.

Not to mention, the assassin will hide in the army and take the opportunity to assassinate Chen Tao, as long as he is killed in the midst of ten thousand troops, and cooperates with the large army to cover up the past, in the absence of a main general, it will be difficult for the enemy army not to collapse!

"Whoa!" Xiahou Yuan is not stupid, just listening to the side a little, he can roughly guess his brother's thoughts. So there was no nonsense, and it was quickly arranged.

At the same time, Chen Tao's headquarters also came to him with another black shadow.

This is a soldier of the real special operations force, and the existence of the assassination has not been able to escape the eyes and ears of the Huaxia Republic, and the existence of assassination members under the command of Xiahoudun has naturally been discovered. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of Chen Tao, Zu Lang and Zhou Tai, Li Yu quickly sent Yang Lang and his five hundred special operations troops over.

"It has been ascertained that the enemy army has already mobilized troops, and judging by their movements, they should come directly to attack Western Hubei. In addition, in the mountainous areas on the outskirts of Western Hubei Province, we also found about 20,000 traces of enemy troops. At first, we thought it was the Qinling Mountain People, but then we realized that it should be the enemy's surprise soldiers!

Now that force is also on the move, and it seems that there will be movement in the near future. In line with the current situation in Wanxian County, I am afraid that the other party intends to cooperate with each other and carry out a flanking attack on Xi'e. It can be inferred from Xiahoudun's personality that he should use the Wanxian soldiers as bait to attract our attention, and then cooperate with that strange army to attack us from the rear.

It is a pity that the troops of Wanxian County do have good combat effectiveness, which should not be underestimated. This is the real Yang Scheme, even if we know that there will be a strange soldier attacking from the rear, we must find a way to deal with the main force of Wanxian County with all our might! Yang Lang pulled off the mask and slowly told the detected situation.

"It's just that they don't know you exist, which gives us a chance to operate! General Guan will come back from Yingchuan tomorrow, and he doesn't know who will be in the middle of whom! Chen Tao smiled and said.

It turned out that in these two days, Guan Yu quickly captured Xiangcheng and Yangzhai, leaving only Guan Ping's troops to continue to attack the remaining county seats, and the 8,000 people in the headquarters had already killed Nanyang County. If you don't think about taking a break, you can arrive at noon tomorrow, and even if you have a break, you will arrive by the afternoon.

In other words, they just need to hold out until tomorrow afternoon, and the big picture will be decided! (To be continued.) )