Jingzhou, Xinye City.

Outside the city, the barracks of the 8th Division of the Flying Tiger Army.

Lu Bu, the commander of the Flying Tiger Army, stood tall and burly in the center of the camp, his tiger eyes shining with the light of hunting, and he looked at the sand table of the terrain of Nanyang County in front of him.

After half a ring, a decision was made: Nanyang belongs to Jingzhou after all, but now is not the time to get it back.

"General, I just got the news that Zhang Xiu's five thousand soldiers and horses have crossed the thorny water, and Zhang Xiu's brother who led the troops, Zhang Ling, who is more brave and known as the king of small guns, is now approaching Xinye!" Shi Tao said in a low voice.

"What about the rest?"

"They have no intention of reinforcing the west for the time being, but they have some moves in Wuyin, and they are approaching Fuyang, it should be estimated that you will have the prestige of going north, and they dare not divide their troops!" Shi Tao said: "But they are not very willing, so they want to test you!" ”

"In this case, I will give him a chance, Shi Tao, pass on my military order, the fifth division stationed in Fuyang City will withdraw from the territory of Thorn Water and go south to Wuling within three days!"

After half a sound, Lu Bu said in a deep voice, his voice word by word, very firm.

"General, if the Fifth Division goes south, then there will only be one division of my Eighth Division left in the entire northern border of Jingzhou, in case Zhang Xiu of Wancheng increases his troops to the south, Xinye City will be in danger, and the last general will oppose it!"

Before Shi Tao could answer, Xinye's guard Fan Dao couldn't help but object, and his attitude was a little excited.

To use the strength of a division to fight against Zhang Xiu is to seek death.

"General Fan!" Shi Tao looked at Lu Bu's expression with a little coldness, and immediately took a step forward and drank in a low voice.

Fan Dao trembled, and quickly came back to his senses, standing in front of him was Lu Bu, the world's number one general, and he was obviously a little over. hurriedly apologized: "General, I'm sorry, the last general was in a hurry and offended!" ”

When Lu Bu heard this, his expression softened, and then he said lightly: "General Fan." I can understand your mood, but your state of mind still has experience, and now that you are a defender, you can't even hold this breath, I should worry about Xinye's problem! ”

"General, I'm sorry!"

Fan Dao was suddenly a little ashamed, and hurriedly bowed and admitted his mistake: "The last general will definitely review and try to do the best, but the last general still doesn't understand it in his heart." At this time, we did not send troops to Nanyang to drag Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses, but withdrew our troops to the south. ”

"I'm here, what are you afraid of!"

Lu Bu has a fearless spirit in the world, as if he is standing here alone, he is already comparable to thousands of troops: "If he Zhang Xiu comes, I should leave him personally!" ”

"The last general is not afraid of death, but Xinye can't be lost!" Fan Dao said in a deep voice: "This is the gateway to Xiangyang. The strength of a division can't stop Zhang Xiu! ”

"Xinye can't lose it. And I just want to see if Zhang Xiu, the king of spears in the north, has the courage to send troops south? ”

Lu Bu put his hands behind his back, a playful smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Now that the western expedition is imminent, all our troops are preparing for the western expedition, and we have no troops to go north. In this case, there is no difference between one division and two divisions, I just want to sing an empty city plan! ”

In December last year, the Flying Tigers had a plan, but it was mixed up because of the battle to go north to Xudu, this time. He's going to make it up.

So he personally went north, but he sent troops south.

His goal is Peicheng, which is the Peicheng guarded by Zhang Fei.

As for Nanyang, he is not afraid of Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu's sharpness has been lost, I am afraid that he has no courage to go south, it is already the limit to hit Xinye, and it is a big deal to give up Xinye, even if he dares to continue to go south, as long as he is here, Jingzhou can be stabilized.

"General, what if he lifts heavy troops and goes south?" When Fan Dao heard this, his heart trembled slightly.

"Then we'll give up Shinno!"

Lu Bu's eyes burst with a hint of war, and he said categorically: "Then transfer troops to the north and take Nanyang directly!" ”

Now the soldiers and horses of the Flying Tiger Army are gathered in Wuling and the Yangtze River waterway, and he doesn't want to destroy the plan of the Western Expedition, he just wants to gamble, and he wants to stabilize the entire Nanyang army with the strength of one person.

This is the only way.

Of course, he also has to be prepared for the second hand, if Zhang Xiu dares to go south, he will give up the original plan to go south, transfer troops to the north at all costs, and take Nanyang first.

"Shi Tao, I'm looking at Zhang Xiu here, with me here, Zhang Xiu is a little jealous, you immediately go south to assist Tai Shici!" Lu Budao: "Tell them to fight quickly, don't procrastinate!" ”

"No!" Shi Tao nodded.

"Also, you pass on a sentence to a certain family, telling Lu Meng and Tai Shici that a certain family has taken such a big risk and attacked the west, if they can't take Peicheng, a certain family will personally punish them!"

Lu Bu said coldly.

"Yes!"

Shi Tao's face was heavy, in this environment, how much risk Lu Bu took when mobilizing the strength of five divisions, he knew very well, so this battle could only be won, not defeated.

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Hanzhong, Shangyong City.

The confrontation between the two armies inside and outside the city has been stalemate for five whole days, and during these five days, the fierce Wu army has not made any action to attack the city.

The camp outside the city, on the top of the gate, a battle flag with the words 'Entering the Sichuan Vanguard Army' fluttering in the wind, the camp of tens of thousands of soldiers occupies the entire eastern suburbs of the Great Plains, one by one the camp tents are neatly arranged, and the sharp wooden stakes exude a fierce atmosphere.

In the camp, the soldiers were doing their daily drills, and the sound of the high-pitched drills was deafening, resounding between the heavens and the earth, and it could be heard very clearly in the city.

"General Cao, what does this Zhao Yun mean?"

Yang Bai, the general under Zhang Lu, was dressed in military uniform, standing at the head of the city, holding the hilt of the sword at his waist, and looking at the Wu army camp outside the city.

If Zhao Yun attacked, he would be down-to-earth, but now in this strange situation, he was a little frightened.

"This Zhao Zilong's mind is difficult for a certain family to grasp!" Cao Ren sighed, he didn't know much about this Great Wu Dynasty hussar general, and he couldn't figure out the situation outside the city.

However, with the strength in the city, he was not worried, he smiled at Yang Bai and comforted: "General Yang, although Zhao Yun is strong, he only has about forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses under his command, and we have twenty-three thousand soldiers and horses in the city. I don't believe he'll be able to do it in a short period of time! ”

Hanzhong surrendered to the Wei Dynasty, and he immediately joined forces with Yang Bai, and the troops gathered more than 20,000 troops. He was confident.

"Hopefully!"

Yang Bai was not as relieved as Cao Ren, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it, so he had to ask: "General Cao, I want to ask, when will the reinforcements of the Wei army arrive?" ”

"It's coming!"

Cao Ren thought for a while and said, "At most, the vanguard soldiers and horses can arrive in Xicheng, and then Zhang He will personally lead the troops to reinforce Shangyong City!" ”

Xicheng County is behind Shangyong. It's a mediocre supply line.

"That's good!"

Yang Bai nodded, now that Zhang Lu has taken refuge in the Wei Dynasty, he can't say how to treat him, although he is Zhang Lu's favorite general, but he also has some uncertain future, and he can only rely on the Wei army.

……

In the camp of the Chinese army outside the city.

Zhao Yun sat in the center and played chess with a small staff officer who was full of interest, and this small staff officer was the personal staff officer assigned to Zhao Yun by the Staff Division. It is the top student of Jinling Lecture Martial Arts Hall, the young Ling Tong.

And at this moment. Outside the camp tent, the four division commanders of the Irikawa Pioneer Army were all standing, waiting a little impatiently, their eyes staring at the inside of the camp.

"Commander He, what do you mean by talking about generals?" The commander of the Second Southern Division gritted his teeth, looked at the commander of the Third Southern Division beside him and asked.

"How do I know?"

The commander of the 3rd Southern Division shook his head: "I have also asked for battle twice." But the hussar general just won't allow it! ”

"It's been five days!"

The commander of the second division of the Mad Lion Army sighed: "We are surging in momentum, but we have not sent a single sword, if we continue like this, our morale will be insufficient!" ”

"Since the hussar general is forbidden to war, there must be his reasons. Let's wait! ”

The commander of the Eighth Flame Division was more experienced and said in a deep voice.

Inside the camp tent, the little staff officer Ling Tong could not sit still like Zhao Yun, his eyes looked outside the camp gate, then looked at Zhao Yun, and reminded: "General, a few division commanders outside are still waiting!" ”

"Let them wait!"

Zhao Yun's eyes were still on the chessboard, he thought about it, and placed a sunspot: "We will play next period, it's your time!" ”

"General, they're all here to ask for war!" Ling Tong absentmindedly put down a white letter, and then asked a little tentatively, "Shouldn't you meet them?" ”

"You've lost!" When Zhao Yun heard this, he groaned for a while, his eyes moved, he said a word, and then said very directly.

Ling Tongyi saw that Bai Zi on the chessboard really lost, he suddenly smiled a little bitterly, this General Zhao was really focused on the chessboard, he had to remind: "General, now is not a good time to play chess, they are still waiting for you to issue a combat mission!" ”

"Ling Tong, you are a little far away from you!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yun raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him: "Although you Lao Tzu said that he broke an arm and his martial arts are not enough, his heart is calmer than anyone else, and you seem to be a little restless!" ”

"General, the kid is young, so naturally he can't compare to his father!"

When Ling Tong heard this, he hurriedly said.

His father Ling Cao is a well-known one-armed general in the army, so he is naturally not comparable.

"Huh!"

Zhao Yun stood up and said lightly: "I'll teach you a lesson today, if you lead the troops alone in the future, remember one thing, on the battlefield, no matter what the situation, you must do one word in your heart, steady, because it's useless to be anxious!" ”

"But our delay in fighting has not helped the momentum of the enemy army in the city?" Ling Tong said: "And Your Majesty is still waiting for our battle report!" ”

"Your Majesty is a person who knows soldiers, he will never overstep the command, he doesn't care how we fight, all he wants is victory, as for the enemies in the city, let them be proud for a few days!"

Zhao Yun shrugged his shoulders and didn't care, he sat in his position, held the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said lightly: "You go and tell the people outside the camp that it's not the time to start a war, let them train the soldiers and horses well, and be sure to practice tacit understanding!" ”

These four divisions are patchwork vanguard troops, and he is not worried about combat effectiveness, what he is worried about is the coordination between each other.

"No!"

Ling Tong had no choice but to take the order to go out.

After he walked out, he happened to see that several generals outside the camp were waiting anxiously, and smiled slightly bitterly: "Several division commanders, the general said, now is not the time to start the war, let a few people patiently practice the soldiers and horses, and cooperate tacitly!" (To be continued......)