A military Yuan Jun scout scolded and walked the reeds, they had been on the road for a day, they were exhausted at the moment, and they wanted to take a good rest, but Zhang Xun still refused to let them go, they had to rush here to investigate, and they must go to the depths of the reeds to check carefully. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is difficult to walk in the reeds, not to mention the deep and shallow feet, and the leaves of the reeds are also easy to cut the exposed skin, which is painful and itchy. It was nearly summer, and the reeds were so hot and humid that the air seemed to be able to pinch out a handful of water.

"Head, look." One of the soldiers walking in front suddenly stopped, pointed to the distance and shouted in a low voice: "Boat! ”

Wu Chang followed his finger and looked forward, only to see something like an eaves, he didn't realize it for a moment, how could there be a house in the water? Just as he was rubbing his eyes, the reeds suddenly shook violently, and Wu Chang looked at the sound, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and hissed: "There is an ambush, withdraw!" Remove! ”

The five soldiers who echoed in front and back hurriedly retreated, the one behind turned around and ran, and the one in front drew their weapons and began to attack the enemy who had already revealed their figures.

Ten sailor soldiers surrounded him from all directions, smiling and fiddling with the ring knife in his hand, looking at these five Yuan soldiers, like wolves looking at the little white rabbit that was surrounded.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Chang immediately took out the willow whistle in his arms and blew it vigorously.

The shrill alarm whistle sounded immediately.

When the sailors saw this, they were furious, and they pounced together, they were recuperate, physically strong, outnumbered, and accustomed to fighting in this terrain, and soon cut down the five tired Yuan army scouts to the ground. However, the alarm had already alerted the other Yuan army scouts nearby, and the originally quiet reeds immediately became commotion, and the battle was like wildfire, quickly igniting everywhere.

Gan Ning stood up from the boat moored in deep water, his face ugly. The whistle showed that he had been exposed, and all battle plans had come to naught.

Zhang Fei's face also became very bad. But he didn't speak, just was silent.

Yan Pu walked to the window and looked at the reeds with clairvoyance, and after a while. He walked back and drank quietly. Seeing him so calm, Gan Ning and Zhang Fei had a glimmer of hope, sat down left and right, and looked at him expectantly.

"Zijia, do we still have a chance?"

"Yes, but the chances are definitely not that great." Yan Pu replied, "Zhang Xun is very calm. Be careful. ”

"yes, he's so timid." Gan Ning slapped his thigh and said with frustration.

"What other opportunities we have, they have already been discovered." Zhang Fei's brows tightened, "Since he is so careful, maybe he will notify Sun Jian to answer the ......" Zhang Fei suddenly paused, and his eyes lit up: "Let's attack Sun Jian?" ”

Gan Ning listened to it and became excited. As long as Sun Jian left Linxiang City. With Zhang Fei's 5,000 iron cavalry and his 3,000 sailors, they were sure enough to defeat Sun Jian, and might even take Linxiang City. That's a great achievement.

Yan Pu looked at the two who were inexplicably excited, and said lightly: "Hit more with less, and the general never uses it until the last resort." ”

This sentence was like a basin of cold water, pouring it from head to toe, extinguishing all the excitement of Zhang Fei and Gan Ning at once. Zhang Fei was a little annoyed: "What is more to fight less, I am the general's personal guard, not to say that one is a hundred, and one is not too much, let alone a little." Is there a problem with one against five? In this way, my strength is also stronger than Sun, and it is not difficult to eat him. ”

"It's really not a difficult thing, but Sun Jian's 10,000 soldiers died in battle, and Yuan Shu can recruit another 10,000 soldiers at any time. After training for half a year to a year, you can put into battle, and if the general's personal guards lose more than half, the governor, we can't explain to the general. Yan Pu patiently persuaded: "Moreover, leaving Sun Jian in Changsha and attracting Yuan Shu to help was originally the general's plan to besiege the city and send reinforcements. In the decisive battle in Changsha, we can get food nearby, all kinds of resources are very convenient, now that the main force of Yuan Shu has not arrived, you beat Sun Jian to death first, how can the general's plan be implemented? Governor, why don't you wait, after the general captured Xiling, he cut off Sun Jian's retreat, and the army surrounded him, hitting the eggs with stones, wouldn't the loss be smaller? ”

Zhang Fei shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything more. Gan Ning muttered: "Then we won't be able to share any oil and water." ”

Yan Pu shook his head: "Those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements. If the two of you cause too much damage for the sake of your own meritorious service, I am afraid that the general will be very disappointed. ”

As soon as this sentence was said, neither Zhang Fei nor Gan Ning spoke. They can't afford this responsibility, they all know that Liu Xiu hates the kind of hard fight that doesn't care about the casualties of the soldiers, as Yan Pu said, this kind of hard battle is not that it can't be fought, but it just depends on whether it's worth it and whether it's necessary.

"So what do you say?" Zhang Fei said sullenly.

"I suggest that it be implemented as originally planned, attack halfway, and cut Zhang Xunbu in two sections." Yan Pu said in a tone as relaxed as possible: "However, Zhang Du should no longer attack the men and horses who have crossed the river, but directly attack the baggage camp they left behind. ”

"Baggage battalion?" Zhang Fei asked suspiciously: "Just grab some grain and grass?" ”

"And that's not all." Yan Pu explained: "One of them is to rob the baggage camp, let go of most of Zhang Xun's men, force them to return to Linxiang, and increase the consumption rate of Sun Jian's grain. Maximizing benefits at the lowest cost is the second one. Nearly 20,000 people were trapped in Linxiang, and it was not easy for Yuan Shu to give up. The longer he hesitated, the more likely it was that the general would cut off his back route, and entanglement Yuan Shu would be greater than the merit of defeating Sun Jian, which was the third. ”

Zhang Fei and Gan Ning exchanged a look and smiled in unison.

Zhang Xun received a report from the scout, saying that the warship of the Yizhou Navy Division had been found in the Miluo Yuanzhong, and he was more careful. He decided to hold on to the camp and never try to cross the river easily until he was received by Sun Jian. After Sun Jian received Zhang Xun's notice, he immediately personally led people to answer it, but he made a modification to Zhang Xun's simple response plan, asking Zhang Xun to move fifty miles east to the upper reaches of the Miluo River, where not only the river channel is narrower and shallower, but also close to the hilly area, which is more conducive to infantry combat than to cavalry.

Although Sun Jian didn't know that Zhang Fei had rushed to Changsha with Liu Xiu's most elite cavalry, he felt that Liu Xiu started from the north, and cavalry had always been his strong point.

Yuan Shu's biggest weakness lies in the cavalry, the number of war horses is too small, Sun Jian led 10,000 soldiers, and the cavalry under his command is only 200, if he encounters a large-scale cavalry raid, he will fall into an extremely passive situation. Letting Zhang Xun go up fifty miles along the upper reaches of the Miluo River, although it wasted two or three days, could avoid possible cavalry, and the containment of the sailors was also very obvious. Gan Ning wanted to go up fifty miles from the abyss, and he couldn't hide his whereabouts, so he could only come hard.

In this way, they avoided the possibility of being attacked by a sneak attack, as long as they did not make a big mistake, they would not lose too much, and they could effectively contain Ganning's sailors with the advantage of troops.

Zhang Xun agreed very much with Sun Jian's tactic, he waited in place for a day, and after seeing Sun Jian's figure, the whole army marched eastward to the place where Sun Jian had chosen to cross the river in advance.

received the news that Sun Jian came to help, but Zhang Xun did not cross the river, but went east, and Gan Ning was so angry that he couldn't speak. However, Yan Pu seemed to have been prepared, and he immediately adjusted the plan, letting Zhang Fei lead the cavalry to break away from the sailor division and stand by on the north bank of the Miluo River, with Gan Ning leading the sailor to follow. The water in the upper reaches is shallow, and the building ships with deep draft cannot go, so they can only use small and medium-sized warships. Moreover, Sun Jian is on the south bank, Zhang Xun is on the north bank, and he has long known about Gan Ning's existence, so it makes no sense for Gan Ning to hide his whereabouts, so he simply waved his battle flag and went to make trouble openly.

When he heard the word troublemaker, Gan Ning almost cried angrily. I've worked so hard to get there just to make trouble?

"Yes, it's troublemaking." Yan Pu said with a smile: "Sun Jian and Zhang Xun each have 10,000 people, you have nothing to do in the water, no matter how many of them are, they can't do anything about you, but if you go ashore, any one of them can defeat you, so you must not go ashore, just stay in the Miluo River, stay on the boat." ”

"And what if he goes all the way east, to the mountains?"

"Impossible." Yan Pu shook his head and said, "They carry a lot of supplies, there are many vehicles, and they have entered the mountains and have difficulty moving. He paused, and then said, "If they do want to go into the mountains, then you can't go ashore, so let them go." ”

Gan Ning was speechless.

Yan Pu waited for a moment, and when Gan Ning had to accept his plan, he continued: "The Sailor has too few troops to fight with Sun Jian and Zhang Xun as the main force, and Gan Du's task is to attract their attention and reassure them. It was only when they were relieved and relaxed that Zhang Du had a chance. The two are cooperative, one bright and one dark, no matter who has made meritorious service, it is worth it, is it difficult for you to kill yourself to be considered meritorious? If you don't kill someone, you can make meritorious contributions, this is the most clever tactic. ”

Gan Ning sneered disdainfully, Zhang Fei reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and half-jokingly comforted: "Xingba, I think the Zi family is right, since we are cooperating, no matter who makes meritorious service, you can rest assured, when I report my merits in front of the general, I will definitely not forget you." ”

"And I'm not unusual." Gan Ning snapped his fingers: "Lao Tzu just hasn't killed anyone for a long time, and his hands are itchy." ”

Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and blurted out: "No wonder the general said that you Gan Xingba is a murderer, and when the Central Plains is over, he will definitely drive you to open up the territory and let you kill happily." ”

"Does the general really say that?" Gan Ning was not angry but happy, and laughed: "The parents of those who gave birth to me, the generals who know me." He patted his chest and said happily: "Just for this sentence, I will give you this opportunity to kill." ”

Zhang Fei was speechless, turned his head, and pretended that I didn't know this person.