Thinking of spring all day long and not seeing spring, mango shoes step through the clouds of the ridge, return to smile and smell the plum blossoms, spring has been very much in the branches.

The cold wind is steep, the ground is withered, the ice and snow melt, but the heaven and the earth are still warm and cold, just after the New Year's Day, the four county magistrates began to send a steady stream of grain and grass to Longxian, and the garrisons of the four counties began to assemble in Longxian under the leadership of all levels, and a big war about the belonging of Xichuan was ready to start.

Time flies like a white horse, and in a blink of an eye, it is the middle of March, due to the need to welcome garrisons from all over the country, the military camp of the state army outside Longxian County has been expanded several times more than for the cantonment of the army of the four counties.

On this day, Lu Bu stood outside the gate with his hands, and behind him stood the generals of the various ministers of the Bingzhou Army, no less than dozens of people at a glance, the military generals were headed by Gao Shun, and the ministers were headed by Jia Xu, standing on the left and right sides of Lu Bu.

Jia Xu looked at the military horses that were approaching not far away, and said to Lu Bu next to him: "It seems that General Wenyuan has arrived!" ”

There are 60,000 cavalry in the Bingzhou army, 20,000 in the hands of Zhang Liao, another 20,000 in the hands of Lu Bu, and the remaining 20,000 in the hands of Huang Zhong, divided into the Bingzhou wolf cavalry and the Xiliang iron cavalry, and the Bingzhou wolf cavalry is led by Lu Bu and Zhang Liao 20,000, and the Xiliang iron cavalry is stationed in Jincheng and is led by Huang Zhong, the Taishou of Jincheng.

After a while, Zhang Liao drove the army outside the gate, turned over and dismounted: "Zhang Liao greets the lord!" ”

Lu Bu said: "Nothing happened on the road, right? ”

Zhang Liao grinned: "If you want to say that there is a situation, it is that a few mountain bandits were cleared later!" ”

Lu Bu nodded: "Let's go camp first, and then go to the big tent in half an hour!" ”

"No!"

Zhang Liao made a loud promise, and then made a big move, leading the army and horses of his headquarters into the Bingzhou camp.

Not long after Zhang Liao entered the camp, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Huang Zhong also gradually came into view, and he saw that the first person was eight feet tall. White horse and golden sword, red robe and silver helmet, gray hair, although more than half a hundred years old, he is still in good spirits, with a bow and arrows, it is Huang Zhong, the first general under Lu Bu's account.

Huang Zhong hadn't approached yet. I heard his hearty laughter wafting in: "Haha, lord, I really want to annoy me!" When Lu Bu had not yet attacked Hanzhong, Huang Zhong had been serving in Longxian County, most of the time Gao Shun trained soldiers and horses together, and after capturing Hanzhong, Gan Ning wanted to garrison Baishui Pass, so Lu Bu transferred Huang Zhong to Jincheng as a guard. Speaking of which, this was the first time he had left Lu Bu for such a long time.

Lu Bu smiled and replied, "The general has a pleasant life in Jincheng?" ”

Huang Zhong walked up to Lu Bu on a horse, stroked his gray beard, and said loudly: "Happy, how unpleasant, Li Wei is taking care of all government affairs!" ”

Lu Bu said: "That's good, you go to camp first, and then enter the tent after half an hour!" ”

Huang Zhong hurriedly surrendered his hand. Xuan even led 30,000 Xiliang troops into the Bingzhou camp

After Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong took their seats, Lu Bu first glanced at everyone present. Then went straight to the point: "I don't need to say much about the purpose of gathering everyone here today, I just want to ask you, who wants to be the pioneer of Shu?" ”

As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, Pan Feng got up and patted his chest and said, "Lord Qi, the last general is willing to be the vanguard!" ”

Pan Feng and Zhang He are newly entered. They need a record to gain the recognition of the veterans, which is also the consistent style of the Bingzhou Army, when Gan Ning was a newcomer, he served as the pioneer officer of Zhengyin on the first expedition, so Pan Feng shook his spirit. Striding out of the array, he also wanted to try what this pioneer was like.

Pan Feng's speed was quite fast, so that before everyone could react, he was already kneeling on one knee in the center of the big tent, although they were very reluctant, but who told others to move faster than you, and everyone prayed that Lu Bu would not agree.

"Lord Qi, the last general is willing to serve as the deputy general vanguard officer!"

Generally, the two armies fought against each other, and they were divided into the positions of the main and deputy vanguards, and the Zhengyin vanguard was taken away by Pan Feng, Zhang He no longer hesitated at the moment, and hurriedly got up and knelt in the center of the big tent with Pan Feng, waiting for Lu Bu's decision.

Lu Bu looked at the two people under the tent, his index finger kept tapping on the table, if it was in the past, he might have agreed to the two of them as the main and deputy vanguards, but now the battle of Xichuan is related to their future life and death, and it is not allowed to be careless, but he is embarrassed to refuse, after all, it can't discourage the enthusiasm of others, right?

Jia Xu saw Lu Bu's embarrassment, he wrapped the big fur on his body, and smiled at Pan Feng: "General Pan Feng's courage is commendable, but Gao Peinai, the general of Shuzhong, is the general of Shuzhong, and the generals under his account are all good, it is better to let General Gao Shun serve as the vanguard of Zhengyin, how about the two of them jointly serve as deputy vanguards, marching and fighting is not child's play, not to mention that this battle is related to our life and death, so it should not be underestimated!" ”

Zhang He asked for the position of deputy vanguard, and said that he had no opinion at the moment, Pan Feng pursed his lips and said extremely reluctantly: "Okay, since the military advisers have said so, the last general can only obey his fate, but even if he is the deputy vanguard, the last general can also win the first credit!" ”

Jia Xu said: "In this case, then General Gao Shun will hang the post of the vanguard of Zhengyin, followed by the two generals Pan Feng and Zhang He, leading 10,000 troops, you can start the army, there must be no mistake!" ”

Gao Shun took a few steps out of the array, stepped forward to take the seal ribbon handed over by Jia Xu, and said to Lu Bu and Jia Xu: "The last general will definitely live up to his mission!" ”

Lu Bu nodded, and ordered again: "Where are Jiang Xu and Zhang Xiu?" ”

"The end will be here!" , Jiang Xu and Zhang Xiu stepped out of the queue at the same time and waited for their orders.

"Ling Jiang Xu led the Tiger and Leopard Battalion, Zhang Xiu led the trapping camp, the two departments have a total of 21,000 people, and you can send troops to Yinping, as for what to do, I don't need to say more, Jiangyou and Sword Pavilion, you choose by yourself!" Lu Bu quickly ordered.

"The last general commands!" Zhang Xiu and Jiang Xuqi agreed.

"Good!" Lu Bu suddenly got up, waved his big sword and said: "This battle is our battle of life and death, only victory, not defeat, the army will start tomorrow, each general and each battalion are ready, there must be no mistakes!" ”

"No!" All the generals responded in unison, and Yuguan walked out of the big tent.

On the second day, with the melodious horn sounding, the 100,000 troops stationed outside Longxian County were drawn one after another, in order to deter the Shu army, Lu Bu almost poured out, leaving only Zhang Jifan Chou to guard Longxian, anyway, there is Ma Teng in the east to guard, Li Ru in the north line, and the Qiang people and Song Xian and Wei Xu in the west are suppressed, Longxian is enough to be as stable as Mount Tai, plus Cheng Yu is frustrated in Longxian, there should be no big problems.

And it is only a few hundred miles from Longxian to Huzhong, as long as there is a wind and grass, you can immediately return to the division to rescue, but Longxian must be the root of Lu Bu, and Lu Bu does not dare to hold it up, so Xu Rongtun is also left in Xixian County in case of accidents.

Nearly 100,000 horses and horses marched through the upper valley, and along the way, they requisitioned some people as baggage soldiers, erected more flags in the army, lengthened the marching distance between the soldiers, tied branches behind the carriages, and tried to create the illusion of dust covering the sun, claiming to be 200,000 along the way, and went straight to the middle of the army at the fastest marching speed.

The army was divided into two parts in the area of Tielong Mountain, one was led by Jiang Xu and Zhang Xiu more than 20,000 people and horses to smuggle across the Yinping Trail, and the other was led by Lu Bu himself, along the Qishan Road to kill and run, when the distance was less than 50 miles, Gao Shun immediately led 10,000 horses, with Pan Feng and Zhang He to break away from the army, and went straight to the middle of the army, Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong's headquarters of 40,000 soldiers and horses for the second team, Lu Bu ordered the army of 30,000 to be behind, ready to meet the enemy. (To be continued.) )