Zhuge Liang took the initiative to ask for battle, which was quite novel in Pang Shanmin's opinion.\\

Jingxiang is full of talents, if it were not for a full-scale war with the Central Plains, Pang Shanmin originally thought that it would be enough to transfer all the troops and horses to meet Xu Huang, the fifth son of Cao Ying, for a while, and it would not be difficult for Jingxiang to seize Wancheng for Jingxiang's current huge army.

It's just that Zhuge Liang told Pang Shanmin that once Jing Xiang uses troops, he must be ready for a full-scale war with Cao Cao, Cao Cao will not let Jing Xiang attack the city again and again, and the battle of Wancheng is expensive and fast, if this battle is handed over to others, Zhuge Liang can not rest assured.

Once Wancheng is captured, the northwest land under the rule of Pang Shanmin can be connected with Jingxiang, and if the army is raised again, Luoyang and other places, Cao Cao will have millions of soldiers and horses, and it will be difficult to prevent such a narrow front.

When the people of Pang Shan heard Zhuge Liang's words, they thought so, and simply handed over the letter of the military talisman to Kong Ming, wanting Kong Ming to make full decisions on the matter of raising troops.

As for himself, he had to dispatch all kinds of military supplies in Jingxiang, as well as think of a way to balance the family once and for all.

Cao Cao's correspondence with Guo Jia sank into the sea again, and there have been many changes in Jingxiang's military horses recently, Cao Cao also realized that the previous calculations were all in vain, and it seems that Pang Shanmin has made up his mind to fight with the Central Plains in advance.

Now Cao Cao has no regrets about the previous letter to Pang Shanmin, if he had known that Pang Shanmin wanted to "protect Jiangdong", why did he take the initiative to provoke and lure Pang Shanmin to carve up Jiangdong with him?

Fortunately, the battle in Lujiang made Cao Cao feel a little at ease.

Zhang Liao led the army and horses, for more than ten days, even broke through the pass, and the troops have reached the city of Lujiang. Outside the city, the Jiangdong army and horses exchanged troops several times, each with victory or defeat, Cheng Yu, led a large army in the forbidden place, and the soldiers arrived in Hefei, in addition to taking over the garrison of Zhang Liao's army and horses, he also sent more than 10,000 military horses. Aid to Lujiang.

In Cao Cao's view, the progress of the war was no different from what he had expected. Once the Lujiang River was occupied, Cao Cao planned to burn the riverside water village, so that the Jiangdong naval army had to land and fight. It is difficult to give full play to its advantages in water warfare.

Defend the Lujiang River steadily, you can free up your hands and concentrate on dealing with the aggressive Jingxiang offensive.

Under the city of Lujiang, Zhang Liao looked at the towering city wall and sighed.

The heart of the northeast expedition of the river is not dead, for more than ten years, the city wall of the Lujiang River has been heightened year by year, and now the Lujiang River is a male city, the grain and grass in the city are abundant, enough to deal with the 100,000 army to attack the city for several months.

And that Zhou Tai. Jiang Qin and the others, who are also brave warriors, Zhang Liao fought several times, and Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were not afraid at all. fought several times in front of the city with the two, and each other won and lost.

If you want to go down the Lujiang River quickly, it is difficult to attack, and the only way to outwit is to outwit.

A few days ago, Zhang Liao was also defeated in front of the city, wanting to lure the snake out of the hole, and intercepted halfway. But that Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and the two, only chased a few miles, then returned to the city, broken Zhang Liao's plan to lure the enemy, now Zhang Liao is mostly the iron cavalry of the state, if it is a battle in the plain, Zhang Liao is not afraid of Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin's Lujiang army, but this siege battle, is no matter how powerful the cavalry, it is difficult to use.

Zhang Liao also knew that if he was at a loss like this, when the Jiangdong army crossed the river, Lujiang would be even more difficult to handle, so he repaired the book and went to Hefei to ask Cheng Yu for advice on how to break the city, Cheng Yu got Zhang Liao's letter, and thought about it for days but had no good plan, and ordered the fast horse to ask for help from Yecheng, leaving 5,000 troops and horses to defend the city, and together with Yu Ban, he went to Lujiang to aid Zhang Liao.

Outside the city of Lujiang, 50,000 Cao troops were mighty, besieging the big city of Lujiang, while the Jiangdong generals in the city guarded the city and even avoided confrontation with the Cao army.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai both knew that if they fought to the death with the Cao army, it would be difficult to win a big victory by relying only on tens of thousands of troops and horses in Lujiang, but once they were defeated by the Cao army and lost the city, they would become sinners in Jiangdong.

Instead of fighting to the death with Zhang Liao, Yu Ban and others, it is better to strictly guard the city and wait for reinforcements.

Seeing the battle in Lujiang, he fell into anxiety, Zhang Liao was more anxious, although he was not afraid of Zhou Yu's army, Zhang Liao did not want to fight with him senselessly, this time he only came to seize the Lujiang River, and the prime minister was unwilling to start a full-scale war with Jiangdong, thinking of this, Zhang Liao simply stayed in the ban, Cheng Yu besieged the city, personally raised the army and horses, and went straight to the Lujiang ferry.

Above the city, Zhou Tai watched Cao Ying's formation move with a gloomy face, and the iron cavalry was exhausted.

The movement of the iron cavalry in Bingzhou is undoubtedly to run to the Lujiang Water Village, the water village is not as good as the city, only relying on the wooden fence and arrow tower, it is difficult to stop Zhang Liao's offensive, thinking of this, Zhou Tai said to Lu Dai on his side: "Dinggong, this Zhang Wenyuan wants to seize the water village, only relying on the defenders in the village, it is difficult to stop the iron cavalry!" ”

Seeing Zhou Tai's anxious expression, Lu Dai sighed lightly and said: "Although the situation of the water village is critical, the general cannot be rescued, that is, there is no water village, and the army of the governor can also find a shoal to dock, and the order we get from the general is just to defend the city, as long as the Lujiang River is not lost, as soon as the army of the governor arrives, the Cao army can quickly retreat!" ”

Seeing that Zhou Tai wanted to say more, Lu Dai hurriedly said: "That Zhang Wenyuan went to Shuizhai here to lure the general out of the city, otherwise how could he let me wait to see his whereabouts?" This is Cao Jun's strategy, and the general must not act rashly! ”

"It's too late to inform the defenders of Shuizhai......" Jiang Qin couldn't help but sigh when he heard Lu Dai's words: "If Shuizhai is burned, it will take a lot of effort to rebuild." ”

Jiang Qin said that, Lu Dai knew that the second general was temporarily persuaded by him, and said with a sigh of relief: "If the army of the capital governor crosses the river, how can these 50,000 Cao troops be spared?" The two Jiangdong are a little restless, but in just a few days, they can take revenge! ”

When the two generals heard this, they no longer mentioned the rescue of the water village, and together with Lu Dai, they left the city, but when they landed in the city in the afternoon, the two generals saw Zhang Liao's army and horses returning, and there was a huge open space under the city, and more than 100 Jiangdong soldiers were captured by him, all kneeling on the ground, Zhang Liao rode his horse in front of the city, and pointed the long knife in his hand to the city Zhou Taidao: "Zhou Youping, can you dare to go out of the city and fight with Zhang again?" If you can defeat me, Zhang will spare the lives of these soldiers! ”

Zhou Tai saw the soldiers in the city, the wailing continued, his heart was furious, and he shouted to Zhang Liao: "Zhang Liao, you can't occupy my Lujiang, you will only be angry with ordinary soldiers?" ”

Zhang Liao's face did not change when he heard this, the fast horse galloped past in front of the wounded soldiers, the knife fell in his hand, and the head rolled off the horse in a moment, Zhang Liao sneered, and said to Zhou Tai: "The lives of more than 100 soldiers are in the hands of Zhang, if you want to save them, you will go out of the city to fight!" ”

When Zhou Tai heard this, he wanted to go down to the city with a long knife, but Lu Dai hurriedly stopped Zhou Tai and said to Zhou Tai: "General, don't be provoked by Zhang Liao!" ”

"It's not that Zhou hasn't fought with him, but Gongyi can sweep the battle for Zhou, I'm afraid he won't succeed?" After Zhou Tai said that, Jiang Qin nodded and said to Lu Dai: "If you don't save the lives of the soldiers, the soldiers will be cold, and the two of us will go to fight with one of them, with two enemies and one enemy, there will be victory and no defeat!" ”

"Do you know that there is no Cao Ying's detailed work?" Lu Dai said, Zhou Tai grinned and sneered: "First rescue into the city, if you have a strange face, you will be killed!" ”

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