After Guan Ping left with 30,000 soldiers and horses, Young Master Zhuge ordered the whole army to assemble, go to Yiling in the upper reaches of Jiangling, cross the Yangtze River, and go straight to Wuling.

Wuling is located in the south bank of Yiling, west of Changsha, is among the four counties, the northernmost county, the later Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring" happened in this area, is one of the ancient cultural cities in China. At this time, Sun Jiao's main force was all in Lingling, so there were not many Wu troops stationed in Wuling, but two or three thousand people, attacking the city in ancient times, ten were encircled, and five were attacked, and Young Master Zhuge had an army of 30,000 at this time, and there was no problem in encircling and conquering Wuling, but Young Master Zhuge did not do that, because that siege would not only cause great casualties, but the most important thing was that it would clean up the snake. So, at sunset on this day, more than a dozen people came to the city of Wuling City, they were all dressed as Wu Jun, their clothes and armor were torn, their faces were gray, and the war horses under their crotches were also scarred, and they seemed to have gone through an extremely tragic battle before this.

"Who are you?" Captain Wu, who was defending the city at the head of the city, shouted.

The people under the city looked up, looked at the city, the blood stains on their faces were faintly visible, and replied loudly: "Brother, we are the subordinates of General Gan Ning, the Jingzhou army of more than 50,000 people is very anxious to besiege Jiangling, and the Governor of Lü Meng and General Gan Ning sent us to General Sun Jiao for help. ”

When the captain of the city heard this, he was shocked and said, "What? Has Jiangbei been defeated? How come even Gangneung is surrounded! ”

"Yes! Defeated! We broke out of Jiangling, and now there are Jingzhou's troops everywhere outside Jiangling City, overwhelming! The man under the city spoke rapidly, and the fear and uneasiness in his heart could be felt in his tone, "I beg you to open the door quickly!" We've been on the horse for two days and two nights! ”

The captain at the head of the city, hearing this, nodded, waved his hand, and signaled the soldiers guarding the city gate under the city to open the city gate, the drawbridge slowly fell, the city gate slowly opened, and the guard at the city gate was only a team of more than a dozen Wu soldiers, led by the captain who answered the city just now, and the captain walked out with a smile on his face to greet the friendly brothers who came from afar. But......

Seeing the city gate open, the "Wu Army" outside the city gate was excited, the first person had a dark face, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, due to nervousness, his body unconsciously tensed straight, and his eyes looked at the Wu Army who was getting closer and closer, twenty steps, fifteen steps, ten steps, "Wow", Wu Jun outside the city instantly pulled out the long knife hanging on his waist, "Kill!" The soldiers slashed left and right on the horse, a charge, and went straight to the city gate, where did the Wu army out of the city think that there would be such a change, and before he could react, he was cut down by the "Wu army" outside the city, and the captain of the Wu military fell in a pool of blood, struggling, and muttered in his mouth: "Why do you want to do this?" But soon, the earth-shattering shouts outside the city answered him, it was tens of thousands of soldiers wearing Jingzhou army uniforms, they were overwhelmingly rushing towards the city gate that had been occupied, at that moment, the captain finally fell, no breath, but his eyes were still open, and the last thing he said was, damn, I was in the middle of the plan!

An hour later, Wuling City fell silent! The city was littered with mutilated limbs and broken arms, and the corpses of the Wu army were scattered on the walls and streets, and none of them surrendered. At this time, the dark-faced man who had just deceived the city gate was walking expressionlessly on the bloodstained streets of Wuling, the blade in his hand was not dry, his name was Ma Zhong, a native of Langzhong County, Brazil, was one of the many Yizhou officers sent to Jingzhou after Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, and its purpose was actually very simple, to mix wheat with rice to weaken Guan Yu's influence on Jingzhou, it can be seen that Liu Bei's wariness of Guan Yu has actually been around for a long time, and he has been a monarch who has made a difference in history, and his reason often overcomes his emotions. After Young Master Zhuge was promoted to the chief general of Jingzhou, in view of the lack of senior generals in the Jingzhou Army, a number of young generals were successively promoted from the army, Ma Zhong is one of them, he is now the captain of the guerrilla battalion of Young Master Zhuge , this operation is the first action after he was promoted, and it is particularly important for him.

At this time, he was leading his subordinates to retrieve whether there was still a Wu army that had slipped through the net, this batch of Wu troops was too stubborn, and they would fight to the death as soon as they survived, and many soldiers had already died because of this, Ma Zhong was unwilling to let this situation happen again.

At this time, there was a chaotic sound of horses' hooves from far and near, Ma Zhong turned around and looked, but it was Young Master Zhuge , and Ma Zhong's face showed a rare smile.

Young Master Zhuge strangled the war horse in Ma Zhong's sign, turned over and dismounted, stepped forward, patted Ma Zhong's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Dexin, well done!" "DXN is Ma Zhong's cousin.

When Ma Zhong heard this, he bowed his knees and apologized: "General, I didn't expect this Wu army to be so tenacious, and many brothers have lost their lives because of this, this is the fault of the last general, please punish the general!" ”

When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he stepped forward to help Ma Zhong up, and said, "If you want to say something wrong, it's also my fault, it's my fault that I underestimated the enemy!" I thought that the city garrisoned by thousands of people must be defeated in a battle, but I didn't expect this Wu army to be so strong, and there are no vain soldiers under the fame, Sun Jiao's army is known as 'elite' in Jiangdong, not Lang has a false name! It seems that this southern expedition to Jingnan is another hard battle! ”

Ma Zhong got up, nodded, and didn't say anything more.

Young Master Zhuge took his subordinates to inspect the entire Wuling City, the soldiers who entered the city were urgently cleaning the battlefield, the counselor Ma Liang was on the list to appease the people, and Ma Tong led his subordinates to improve the city defense, capture the spies, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner.

In the evening, Young Master Zhuge left 1,000 men to defend Wuling City, and he continued to lead the army south to the next target, Changsha.

Although there were more than 2,000 defenders stationed in Changsha, Changsha was one of the most important strongholds for the former Chu State to resist the eastward advance of the Qin State, and it was one of the more difficult cities to conquer.

"Childe, there are more than 2,000 defenders in Changsha, all of whom are descendants of Sun Jiao, veterans of a hundred battles, and good combat effectiveness, this army stationed in Changsha was originally the deployment of Lord Lu Su, after Lord Lu Su died of illness, Sun Quan assigned his deployment to Sun Jiao, and it is an army with more combat effectiveness under Sun Jiao!" Thirty miles outside Changsha City, in the Jingzhou Army barracks, after Heizi returned from Changsha, he reported to Young Master Zhuge .

When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he nodded, and said with a smile: "It seems that we have to work hard this time!" ”

"What does Childe mean?"

"Let's do this......" Kuroko came over with his ear, Young Master Zhuge explained, and Kuroko nodded with a smile.

In the middle of the night, a long "fire dragon" suddenly appeared outside the city of Changsha, the defenders of Changsha City suddenly panicked, the fire dragon got closer and closer, by the fire of the city, the defenders on the city finally saw clearly, there were more than 1,000 soldiers and horses under the city, all the Wu army costumes, and shouted loudly: "Which part are you?" ”

The army under the city was the leader, and replied in a loud voice: "We are under the command of the Governor of Lü Meng, the deployment of General Gan Ning, and I heard that Liu Bei's army was going out of Sichuan to recapture the four counties of Jingnan, and we were ordered to come to support. ”

When the guards at the head of the city heard this, they were innumerable, and said in their hearts, I have been stationed here for so many days, and I have not heard of Liu Bei's army leaving Sichuan? Then he said loudly: "You said that you are a subordinate of General Gan Ning, what proof do you have?" ”

The general of the city took out a letter from his bosom, raised it, and said, "I have the order of the Governor of Lümeng!" If you don't believe it, you put down the hanging basket, and I will put the order in the hanging basket, and you can take it and look at it! ”

The guard thought for a while, nodded, and ordered his subordinates to put down the hanging basket, and the generals under the city ordered to put it in the hanging basket, and the hanging basket was slowly lifted up, and after a while, the guard at the head of the city said loudly: "It turned out to be his own people!" I'll open the door for you! ”

When the generals under the city heard this, the corners of their mouths rose, and a trace of cunning looked appeared in their eyes, which flashed.