What is embarrassing, now Zhao Feng has completely realized it. Looking at Zhang Fei's expectant expression, Zhao Feng was about to report the battle situation to him, Pang Tong had already taken a deep breath and took the initiative to step forward and said: "Three generals, all blame the commander for not planning well, so that the success will fail." ”

"What's going on?" Zhang Fei was a little puzzled when he heard this, Pang Tong sighed, and told the story of the battle, Zhang Fei's face became more and more grim when he heard it, and finally patted his thigh and said: "Zhao boy, you are so confused." Wasn't that how you designed Cao Ying back then, and now you are also in this kind of strategy. After speaking, he shook his head again and again and sighed.

"Three generals, this is all the fault, this plan is my decision, it has nothing to do with General Zhao, I will see the lord in person to ask for guilt." Pang Tong was a little ashamed and embarrassed. Zhao Feng didn't want him to bear the blame alone, so he also said: "I am the main general, and the blame lies with me, and I also ask the third general to report the fate of the lord." ”

Zhang Fei looked at the two people in front of him, and then sighed and said: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, why do you have to blame yourself?" Besides, the Jiangdong Army also suffered thousands of casualties, and everyone can be regarded as a draw, but it cannot be regarded as a defeat, so what is there to excuse for guilt? It's okay, it's okay! Seeing that there was something quite wrong between the two, Zhang Fei also diverted the topic and said: "You just said that it was the cavalry who robbed the camp?" ”

"Exactly, we also captured dozens of cavalry and about 200 war horses." Pang Tong knew that Zhang Fei didn't want to embarrass them, so he was grateful and no longer entangled in the topic of guilt. Zhang Fei heard what they said, and his brows furrowed: "When Sun Quan occupied Jiangdong, there were only two or three thousand cavalry under his command, how could there be so many cavalry?" ”

"Old General Huang is torturing the captured cavalry, and I will find out soon!" Pang Tong said, and Zhang Fei nodded. Zhao Feng looked at the three people in the tent, and after a little hesitation, he said: "Three generals, Shi Yuan, we really underestimate Sun Quan a little!" ”

Zhang Fei and Pang Tong nodded silently when they heard this, in fact, it was not only them who underestimated Sun Quan this time, but even Liu Bei's group in Shouchun, who thought that after Sun Quan reoccupied Jiangdong, his strength was not good, and the army could break the enemy in one fell swoop everywhere. I didn't want Zhang Fei to fall for the plot first, and then the strategy that he thought he was sure of was also broken, which made Zhao Feng have to face the enemy in front of him again.

"The only plan for today is to report to the lord who is in Shouchun first. After all, the Jiangdong Army has so many cavalry, but we are all infantry, and it is inevitable that we will suffer. Pang Tong said. Although the words were a bit tactful, Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei both understood that they were going to ask for help from the base camp.

"By the way, Shiyuan, Xingba led the army to attack Jiaozhou, why is there no news so far?" Zhao Feng suddenly remembered another question and hurriedly asked. Gan Ning took the waterway, and he could reach Jiaozhou in ten months at most, so it stands to reason that there should have been news a long time ago.

"Jiaozhou is full of miasma, and it is necessary to wait for winter before the army can enter Jiaozhou. General Gan and I agreed to break Yulin and Jiaozhi first, then go down to Gao Liang and Guanzhu, and finally join forces with Cangwu Taishou Huo Zhongmiao to go to the South China Sea, but I don't know if Huo Zhongmiao can hold out until the arrival of General Gan's army. If Cangwu has been lost, then it can only march from Guiyang or Wuling to Jiaozhou. Pang Tong was a little uncertain.

"The canopy is mountainous, the city is steep, General Huo is good at guarding the city, and he should be safe. Sun Quan's army in Jiangdong, Jiaozhou only has a maximum of 20,000 or 30,000 horses, and it is impossible to break Cangwu. "Zhao Feng is still very confident in Huo Jun's ability to defend the city, he gave him five thousand elite soldiers at the beginning, if he can't hold Cangwu like this, then he won't be confused.

"That's good, general, at the moment, Wu County is difficult to capture in a hurry, although Sun Yi of Xindu County has fewer troops, but he has cavalry under his command, which is also difficult to break. In my opinion, I still ask the lord to send cavalry here, and we will attack Xindu, Poyang and other places first; At the same time, General Ji Ling, who was in Guiyang, was ordered to send troops to Luling, and join forces with us to meet again, so that one could guard and attack the South China Sea with General Gan, and the other could isolate Wu County. When the time comes, see how Sun Zhongmou can ascend to heaven when he sits in the lonely city! In the end, Pang Tong said viciously. Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng nodded silently, this battle has been fought so far, and it is indeed a little embarrassing. At that moment, Zhao Feng wrote a note, detailed the detailed military situation to Liu Bei, and ordered the whole army to retreat for thirty miles.

"The third brother was poisoned by arrows, Bo Tao retreated for thirty miles, and he was defeated in a melee at night?" Liu Bei looked at the military report that had just been delivered in his hand, and his tone was full of surprise. Not to mention him, even Lu Su and the others were unbelievable. I remember how Zhao Feng used his troops to capture Jiangdong back then, skillfully crossed the Yangtze River, calculated Danyang, and fought the god of blood Tingling, except for Zhou Yu, almost solved Jiangdong by dividing five by two. Now it is just that Sun Quan, whose strength has been greatly reduced, has suffered consecutive defeats, which makes everyone unbelievable.

"One general is incompetent, killing the three armies. Lord, this must be caused by Zhao Botao's incompetence, please punish him for his crimes, and thank the three armies! A member of Liu Bei's staff stepped forward and admonished. He is none other than Wang Cang and Wang Zhongxuan, who have nothing to write articles and can't get along with Zhao Feng. This old man is very famous in Jingxiang, and Liu Bei can't take care of him, so he has to recruit him as a staff member of his Taiwei Mansion and let him come to Shouchun to serve, so as not to disturb the public and public when he has nothing to do in Jingzhou. Now that he has the opportunity to fall into the well for Zhao Feng, how can Wang Cang be polite?

"Zijing, what do you think?" Liu Bei did not answer Wang Zhongxuan's provocation directly, but asked Lu Su, this kind of thing still has to ask Lu Su.

"Lord, if it is really as General Zhao said, there are a lot of cavalry under Sun Quan's command, then things are a little strange. The only way to do this is to transfer cavalry to help in the battle, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with Sun Quan by relying on the infantry! Lu Su thought for a while and said. Liu Bei nodded in agreement, the cavalry is a strong man in the era of cold weapons, and Liu Bei naturally knows this truth. "At present, there is no war in Jingzhou, Qingzhou and Yuzhou, so Zilong will lead 10,000 Jingzhou cavalry and 20,000 infantry to the south to help Botao." Liu Bei thought for a while. Since the truce between Cao and Liu, Liu Bei did not dare to relax his vigilance, and Wei Yan guarded Qingzhou, Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou, and Zhang Liao guarded Yuzhou, ready to deal with Cao Ying's sudden attack at any time. Zhao Yun was in Jingzhou for a while, busy helping Guan Yu train the 20,000 cavalry in Jingzhou, and now that this matter has come to an end, he can free up his hands to help the Jiangdong war situation. What's more, the climate of Jiangnan and Qingzhou is very different, if you transfer Baima Yi from Qingzhou to Jiangnan, it will be troublesome, and second, it is likely to cause the attrition of the horses' non-combat surnames.

"Lord, you can also order Ji Ling to send his troops out of Guiyang and cross the Ganshui to attack Luling. It is reported that Luling was garrisoned by Sun Kuang's army, and the defenders were no more than 10,000. General Ji was originally the Taishou of Luling, and it was not a problem to recover Luling. Lu Su admonished again.

"That's right, Bo Tao also mentioned it in the letter." Liu Bei nodded. To say that Ji Ling has been really depressed recently, he went to Shangyong to help deal with Zhang Lu, but as a result, he just left on the front foot, and his own territory on the back foot was copied by Pan Zhang, and now he can't go back to Luling, so he replaced Zhao Feng in Jingnan to train the new army he just recruited this year, how can he be depressed. At that moment, Liu Bei issued two orders in succession, asking Ji Ling and Zhao Yun to lead the army to action respectively.

"Zilong, Zhao boy, Jiangdong will leave it to you." At the gate of the Xuzhou military camp outside Wujun City, Zhang Fei poked his head out of the carriage and "taught" Zhao Feng and Zhao Yun, as well as Pang Tong and others who came to see him off. Zhao Feng and the others naturally nodded again and again, and the third master reluctantly returned to the car and slowly rushed back to Shouchun. There is no way, the front-line medicinal materials are scarce, and Zhang Fei has not yet cleared the remaining poison, but he can only ride a car and cannot ride a horse.

"With Zilong coming, I don't have to worry about it!" Now that Zhang Fei is gone, among the generals, Zhao Feng, the left general, has the highest rank, and all affairs should naturally be managed by him.

"Bo Tao, I heard that Sun Quan actually has cavalry?" As soon as Zhao Yun sat down, he hurriedly asked the question he was most concerned about. As the first cavalry in Liu Bei's army, Zhao Yun's understanding of horses is also rare in the world, and he couldn't imagine that Sun Quan got war horses from there to form cavalry after thinking for a long time.

"Exactly, the former old general Huang tortured those cavalrymen, and finally figured out what was going on." Zhao Feng said with a smile, and then Huang Zhong told everyone what happened. According to the captured cavalry, these horses were brought from the mountains of Jiaozhou and the bordering Yunnan after Sun Quan arrived in Jiaozhou. These horses are small, not to mention compared with Xiliang and Youzhou or Bingzhou horses, even compared with Shandong horses, the sprint ability and strength are obviously worse, and there are no talents under Sun Quan who can train cavalry, so this cavalry is definitely far inferior in combat effectiveness compared with the Fengyun cavalry or Baima Yicong trained by Zhao Yun. Rao is like this, in the battle the day before yesterday, these cavalry also made Zhao Feng, who only had infantry, suffer enough.

"Can Jiaozhou still produce horses?" Zhao Yun was a little incredulous. Zhao Feng looked at Zhao Yun who was shocked in front of him, but he was calculating in his heart. After hearing what those captives said, he understood that these horses should be the Guangxi dwarf horses and Yunnan Yunnan horses that later generations said. These horses are not very good at sprinting, and they are also small, so they are not very suitable for cavalry. However, these horses have good stamina, good loads and can walk mountain roads, so they are generally used for transportation. On the famous Ancient Tea Horse Road, most of those caravans used these Yunnan horses. At present, the horses in Liu Bei's army are still relatively nervous, and after defeating Sun Quan, getting more of these horses from Jiaozhou can also ease the needs of the army a little.

Historically, both the Yunnan horse and the Guangxi pony were officially accepted by the mainstream group during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, although there were records before, but few people paid attention to them. Unexpectedly, Sun Quan's fuss allowed the world to see this species more than 100 years in advance.

"Zilong has arrived, and General Ji Ling is also attacking Luling, so we will take Xindu and Poyang first, and divide Sun Quan from the encirclement. The new capital guard is Sun Yi, this person's surname is strong, let's start with him. After Zhao Feng briefly arranged the task, he ordered the army to start attacking Xindu County. He didn't worry about whether Sun Yi would not be able to defend himself, with his understanding of Sun Yi, this person was definitely the kind of person who was easily provoked. What's more, when he met someone like Zhao Feng, who was good at psychological offensive, it was difficult for Sun Yi not to be provoked.

(To be continued)