Chapter 169: Battle Dangyang
Dangyang County, Jingzhou Military Camp.
"What? Lu Meng went north? "Young Master Zhuge who was sitting cross-legged in the seat of the main general was overjoyed to hear that Lu Meng did not defend Jiangling, but led the army to meet him head-on." Ge Laozi, Lu Meng, this guy is a man, I like it! Young Master Zhuge smiled obscenely.
"Childe! LΓΌ Meng shrank the main force of the Wu army to the front line of Jiangling public security, strengthened the defense of the rear, and at the same time there were more than 50,000 Wu troops in the north, which was equal to our strength, what should we do? Liao Hua asked.
Liao Hua was originally stationed south of Fancheng and north of Jiangling with Ma Liang, and when the Wu army attacked Jiangling, he was transferred north by Young Master Zhuge to enrich the defense line of Fancheng. This time, the Jingzhou army went south, and Liaohua's troops were the vanguard, and they really responded to the sentence of later generations, "There is no general in Shu, Liao Hua, is the vanguard". However, this is actually a misunderstanding of Liao Hua in later generations, thinking that Liao Hua, who was born in the Yellow Turban Army, does not have much ability, in fact, a careful study of historical materials such as "Three Kingdoms" will find that Liao Hua is still a rare general, so our young master Zhuge will appoint him to be his own pioneer.
Young Master Zhuge took the flying pigeon from Xiaobai's hand and glanced at it, and said with a smile: "The soldiers are coming to block the water and cover the earth, what should I do?" Then he lit the book on the candlestick on the table, and it quickly turned to ashes.
Guan Ping, who was on the side, heard this, and said: "Siyuan, from my understanding of the Wu army, LΓΌ Meng's army is inferior to our army in terms of combat effectiveness in land warfare, Wu soldiers are mostly southerners, long in water warfare, shorter than land warfare, this time LΓΌ Meng Shezhou landing, and our Jingzhou army to compete, this is self-inflicted, in my opinion, if our army in Dangyang and Wu army fighting, at least eighty percent of the chance of victory." β
When Young Master Zhuge heard this, his eyebrows furrowed, his little eyes rolled, and he didn't know what bad idea Lu Dao had, so he smiled slightly and asked, "Is there any movement in the Cao army in the Wancheng area?" β
"Back to Childe's words!" Xiaobai handed over his hand and reported: "According to the report of Wancheng's internal line, Cao's army has suffered heavy losses since the Battle of Xiangfan, and Cao Cao has ordered the remnants of Cao's army to defend Wancheng and not move without permission. At present, the main force of Cao's army is still in the Guanzhong area, confronting our defenders in Guanzhong, and it is temporarily impossible to draw troops to advance eastward. The Zhang Liao Department of Hefei, which was closest to Wancheng, was also on the defensive due to the threat of the Wu army, and was unable to support Wancheng in a short time. As for Xu Du, since Cao Cao's westward expedition, Xu Du's remaining soldiers and horses are really left with Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry, and the tiger and leopard cavalry has amazing combat power, but the strength is limited, and it is impossible to go south for the safety of Xu Du. Therefore, Director Chen analyzed and believed that it was impossible for Cao Jun to transfer troops to the south in the short term, please rest assured! β
After hearing this, Young Master Zhuge nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Chen Zhen is a talent, I didn't misunderstand him!" After all these years of experience, I have become more and more sophisticated! β
When Xiaobai heard this, he hurriedly echoed: "Childe said yes, Director Chen is indeed a good hand in intelligence!" β
Young Master Zhuge nodded, looked at Zhou Cang again and asked, "There is nothing wrong with Fancheng's defense, right?" β
Zhou Cang nodded and said, "Don't worry, Childe!" On the front line of Xiangfan, we left 10,000 soldiers and horses, plus the local county soldiers, the total strength is also more than 30,000, and the defense is not a problem. β
After hearing this, Young Master Zhuge nodded and said, "That's good!" My biggest concern is that something goes wrong in the rear! As long as there is no accident in Fancheng, we can let it go in the south! β
Young Master Zhuge stood up, walked to the door of the big tent, lifted the curtain, it was a sunny day outside, "Brother Ping, where is Lu Meng's army?" β
"Lu Meng's march is very fast, and now it is only a hundred miles away from us!" Guan Ping replied.
When Young Master Zhuge heard this, his tightly locked eyebrows loosened, and he concluded with a smile: "That is to say, the main force of the Wu army has broken away from the Nanjun realm?" β
Guan Ping nodded, "Yes!" They had already left South County yesterday afternoon. β
When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "That's good!" Then he strode back to sit down, sat down, and said, "Liao Hua and Zhou Cang obey orders!" β
"The last general!" Liao Hua and Zhou Cang attended, bowed, and bowed.
"Come forward!" Young Master Zhuge beckoned.
The second general got up when he heard the words and stepped forward. Nearby, Young Master Zhuge handed over the two bags from his sleeves to Liao Hua and Zhou Cang respectively, and whispered: "Tonight, you will each lead your headquarters of 5,000 soldiers and horses to the south, I will equip all your soldiers with horses, and the march should be hidden. β
"The last general obeys!" The two took the bag and took the order.
"Xiaobai!" Young Master Zhuge then nodded.
"The subordinates are here!" Xiaobai stepped forward and bowed down, arching his hand.
Young Master Zhuge took out another letter from his sleeve and handed it to Xiao Bai, saying, "You take this letter to Lingling, Hao Pu needs you!" β
"The subordinates are gone, who will protect the son?" Xiaobai asked with some doubts.
Before Young Master Zhuge could speak, Guan Ping said with a smile: "You kid don't worry, with me, no one will hurt him!" β
When Xiaobai heard this, he looked at Young Master Zhuge again, Young Master Zhuge smiled and nodded, Xiaobai was relieved and took his orders.
The generals dispersed, Young Master Zhuge turned around, and said to Guan Ping with a smile: "Brother Ping, Lu Meng will be handed over to you!" β
Guan Ping smiled slightly and said, "Just look at it!" β
The speed of the Wu army's march was very fast, who said that the Wu people could only drive ships? Our Governor Lu Dadu's horse is riding well. Three days after the Wu army left Jiangling, the army encountered the Jingzhou army, which had been waiting here for many days, in the north of Dangyang County.
The officers and soldiers of the Jingzhou army, who had eaten for many days, were radiant and high-spirited, unlike the Jiangling army in history, when the Jingzhou army's family fell into the hands of the Wu army, there was no threat from their families, and these Jingzhou soldiers were very red eyes for the Wu army, the former ally of the Wu army, and now the enemy. You want to! Originally, everyone said that it was good to fight Cao together. The result? Lao Tzu was born and died on the front line and Cao Jun worked hard, and you copied my nest in the rear, this kind of immoral behavior is intolerable to all people with lofty ideals throughout the ages.
"Hit the bitch!" When Young Master Zhuge gave an agitatory speech to the whole army before he set out on the expedition, and after lashing out at the shameful behavior of the Wu army, he asked us what to do with the simple Jingzhou soldiers, our loveliest person replied so plainly.
So, inspired by the slogan of "Beat Him on the Day of the Dog", the Jingzhou Army, under the leadership of Young Master Zhuge and General Guan Ping, walked out of the gate with high morale and went to the front line of resistance against Wu.
At this time, the Wu army had already set up a position, waiting for the arrival of the Jingzhou army.
Under the banner of Wu Junshuai, Lu Meng's dark face could not see a trace of a smile, stretched out his hand to cover the dazzling sunlight, looked at the Jingzhou army that was marching towards the battlefield with neat steps, frowned into the word "Sichuan", stretched out his finger and pointed to the delicate young general who was walking in front of the team on horseback, and asked Lu Xun beside him: "The doll riding a white horse is Zhuge Zhan?" β
Lu Xun sat up straight on the horse, looking far away, because the distance was too far, he couldn't see clearly, but looking at the handsome flag behind him and the guard beside him, he shouldn't be wrong, so he replied: "It seems to be!" β
When Lu Meng heard this, he looked at it carefully for a while, touched his bearded chin with his hand, and said suspiciously: "Zhuge Zhan, why is this name so familiar?" Where does it seem to have been heard? β
Lu Xun smiled and said, "What? The Governor forgot? When Cao's army went south, Liu Bei's military advisor Zhuge Liang was ordered to come to Chaisang for help, and the five or six-year-old boy he brought with him! β
"Huh? It turned out to be him? Lu Meng was reminded by Lu Xun before he remembered, nodded and said: "Back then, I often heard Zhou Dudu mention that Mr. Wolong had an amazing little son, and he didn't think it was right back then, but now it seems that it is indeed unusual!" β
When Lu Xun heard this, he also nodded and said, "Not bad!" This kid wiped out Cao's army of 50,000 or 60,000 in Fancheng, I originally thought it was just a trick! Now that I see that the Jingzhou army is neat, the morale is high, and the formation is successful, I know that I have underestimated others! β
When Lu Meng heard this, he subconsciously looked into the woods on the right and asked in a low voice, "Ding Feng's cavalry is in place, right?" β
Lu Xun nodded and replied in a low voice, "Don't worry!" It's already in place! β
Lu Meng took a deep breath and said: "Then I can rest assured, if we are in the middle of the battle with the Jingzhou army, Ding Feng's cavalry suddenly kills out of the forest and attacks the Jingzhou army, and it will definitely win!" β
Lu Xun smiled slightly, with a lewd expression.
Jingzhou army entered with neat steps, the layout of the Jingzhou army was carefully arranged by Young Master Zhuge on the left and right sides, the middle is the soldiers, the infantry spears, long knives, short knives, bows and crossbows, cooperate with each other, according to the layout of the Zhuge phalanx, the rear is the stone artillery battalion, that is, the improved version of the return artillery, but this return cannon is much smaller than the siege of the return artillery, so that it is carried, the front is the light cavalry battalion of the young master Zhuge , and it is also a pro-soldier camp, which is after the young master Zhuge became the main general, Composed of 3,000 warriors who can ride and shoot well from the army, the official name is "Xiao Cavalry Battalion", and the leader of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is Zhao Tong, the son of Zhao Yun, the former leader of the action group of the Fuxing Society. This product was originally the first batch of veterans of the Fuxing Society, but after a long-term investigation, Young Master Zhuge found that this product was not the material for spies at all, so he was angry and kicked this guy out of the Fuxing Society Action Team, which is now the secret guard, and was reappointed as the leader of the logistics team of the Fuxing Society. However, in view of the fact that this guy's martial arts are good and he is the second generation of officials, in order to maintain the friendly relationship between his son Zhao Yun, the first thing that Young Master Zhuge did after forming the Xiaocai Battalion was to transfer this product from the Fuxing Society and serve as the captain of the newly established Xiaocai Battalion. This product is like a fish in water now, after all, it is after the gate, in Zhao Tong's own words, how happy is the real knife and real gun?
After setting it up, Young Master Zhuge suddenly shivered and smelled the smell of danger. Looking around, a leafy grove came into view, "There is a murderous aura!" β