Chapter 436: Two Tigers

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When Zhang Liao and Zang Ba broke through Cheng Pu, the main generals of the Dragon Wolf Fire Raiding Army, Le Jin, Li Dian, and Gao Lan had also arrived at the Bashui West Wharf, eighty miles east of Xiling. More than 10,000 dragon wolf fire raiders must disembark here and land here, and then march west along the zigzag valley. If all goes well, you can reach Xiling City in two days at most and launch an attack.

After getting off the boat, Le Jin summoned Li Dian and Gao Ran and said, "Sun Wei is not a puppet, and he will not be left alone. If what I expected was correct, Sun Wei would send surprise soldiers to ambush them according to the danger, and at the same time retreat south by boat. Therefore, we must fight for time, and the sooner we arrive in Xiling, the sooner we can block Sun Yi's escape to the south. ”

Li Dian pondered for a while, nodded slowly, and Gao Ran even claimed yes.

With the support of the deputy generals, Le Jin was relieved, and immediately put out the plan in his heart: "I want to lead three hundred servants, dragon wolf horsemen and barbarian battalions to bring enough rations for three days, and advance first." Yuan Bo then led the cavalry to follow up, and Man Cheng guarded the grain and grass of the ship, and when Wenyuan supervised the grain arrived, he would replace it and go west to rendezvous. ”

Li Dian and Gao Lan looked at each other, Le Jin was acting as a pioneer officer. It stands to reason that this role should be played by Gao Ran, but in fact, Gao Ran really can't afford it.

First of all, the vanguard of this assault must be elite, and the elite of the dragon and wolf fire plundering army is one thousand dragon and wolf horsemen, three hundred generals and eight hundred barbarian battalions. These three armies, needless to say, the last two, all obeyed Lejin's orders. And as the elite of the elite. A thousand dragons and wolves rode fiercely, Li Dian couldn't command it, Gao Ran, he didn't dare to give it to him to command, otherwise it would be too much of a rebellion.

The most elite and fastest marching cavalry and mountain warriors, only Le Jin can command it, who will be the vanguard if he is not the vanguard?

Le Jin patted the second general on the shoulder: "Okay, that's it." I shouldn't have been on the board for a long time, so let me be a pioneer this time. ”

Anyone knows that this pioneer is not a good man. Especially the Land Pioneers. Not only should we open a road in the mountains and build a bridge in the water to open a passage for the follow-up army, but also we may be ambushed by the enemy at any time. Lejin took the initiative to take on the heavy responsibility, which is the example of the commander of the first army.

Lejin must set such an example, in terms of background, he is not as good as Gao Guan. It's not as good as Li Dian. Like him, he was born in the market, and the only one who can use him in the world is Cao Cao, and he dares to let him be alone. There is only the main stallion horse. In terms of knowledge, he is a market ranger, how can he compare with a wealthy family like Li Dian? However, in terms of position, he beat Li Dian again, and he has always been his top boss...... Le Jin knew that Li Dian was not convinced by him. All he can do is to be in command and take practical actions. Prove yourself.

Lejin personality is decisive, once decided, vigorous and resolute, never drag mud and water. It only took half an hour from issuing the command, to preparing the armament, feeding the horses, and assembling the army. Look at the sun, just after noon, Le Jin gave an order: "Let's go." ”

More than 2,000 men and horses immediately rolled westward, and soon disappeared between the mountains.

Gao Ran stood on the hill, looking at the disappearing figure of this army of soldiers and horses, and said without worry: "The mountains and rivers in Jingbei are treacherous, and the water is vertical and horizontal, and it is the easiest to set up ambushes. Sun Wei only needs a light army to hold on to dangerous points, and he can stop ten times the enemy. Zhennan is going here, and the road ahead is difficult. ”

Li Dian smiled faintly: "General Le is the best at attacking fortifications, if Sun Wei dares to set up an ambush, he can let the enemy army see the means of the dragon wolf to be the first to ascend." ”

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Although there are only 80 miles of road, it is all sparsely populated winding mountain roads, and there are continuous mountains on both sides, and you have to wade to the river for 5 miles and 10 miles, which is really an excellent ambush place, which makes people more and more frightened the more you go.

Lejin took the Rulou people and Sanhan people in the barbarian camp as the lead, opened the way in front, and led the army. Although the mountains and rivers in Liaodong are different from those in Jingbei, these highland warriors are still on the ground and competent. Their most important task is not only to open a way for the whole army, but also to detect whether there is an ambush ahead in order to give early warning. With and without warning, when faced with a surprise attack, the result is completely different.

Such a cautious march would hardly be fast even with cavalry and light soldiers. Three days later, the army finally came to a place called Shigouzi by the locals, from here, the terrain is relatively open, lifting water and rushing, surrounded by mountains on all sides, this is also the reason why Xiling City is built here - near the water, surrounded by mountains, the terrain is wide, this is the necessary condition for building the city. As a last resort, no one would choose to build a city in the mountains.

Just as the soldiers of the leading barbarian battalion were elated and rushed out of the valley in one go, they were stunned by the situation in front of them.

On the other side of the river, several miles of company camps, there are many tooth flags, fierce fighting, and dense patrols -- it was actually a large army blocking the way, and the big slogans on the gate were written "Cao" and "Liu" respectively.

Le Jin, who received the news, was surprised, galloped out of the valley, and when he saw the battalion layout of the army opposite, he said in a very positive tone: "It is Cao Mengde's army, and the other one, most of which is Liu Xuande's soldiers and horses." ”

Cao Cao? Liu Bei? When did this pair of brothers and sisters come here to be roadblockers? If it was really these two people, with their military qualities, how could they let go of the opportunity to ambush in a dangerous road, and instead set up camp and fight in a dignified manner? With Lejin's understanding of these two, they are not such people.

Could it be that the two armies have just arrived and have not had time to set up an ambush, or is it ...... Guessed wrong? In fact, Le Jin really guessed correctly, these two roadblocks are Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

After the combined forces of Sun Cao and Liu captured Shaxian half a month ago and destroyed Huang Zu, Sun Quan began a new round of migration. However, this time it was slightly different from the past, Sun Quan divided the migrants in two, and he led a group of people to Shaxian as a base camp. The family members and relatives of the generals moved north to Anlu, and if necessary, entered the southern county and took refuge in Liu Biao.

Sun Quan knew that Sha Xian would be his last place of migration, and there was no way to retreat from it, and his family and clansmen should not be in this dangerous place together.

Sun Quan's migratory army, with non-combatants accounting for the vast majority, had to have an army to cover the rear. Who will be sent? When Yuzhang migrated, it was Cheng Pu who blocked it in Chaisang, but now Cheng Pu has another counterattack plan, and it has been reported for approval.

At this time, the Jiangdong Army was receiving Shaxian and re-arming at Xiakou, and the troops were not abundant. And to cover Sun Quan's rendezvous with the army, there must be no less than 10,000 people, where can the Jiangdong Army draw 10,000 people at this time? Zhou Yu was in a dilemma, but at this time, Cao Cao and Liu Bei volunteered, expressing their willingness to cross north, intercept the dragon and wolf army, cover the capture of the south, and give the dragon and wolf army a head-on attack.

Zhou Yu had already had this intention, but it was inconvenient to speak, and he was overjoyed to see the two of them so upright. A bite promised that the supply of armor, weapons, food and grass, and ships would be given priority.

The reason why Cao and Liu volunteered was not only out of their own considerations, but also out of the needs of the alliance.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei's armies were still successful in land warfare, but they were obviously weak in water warfare. Therefore, in the Xiakou defensive battle, it is difficult for them to help, at most they can only deploy Sha Xian. This kind of stepped passive defense, in Cao Cao's view, is the next policy. Cao Cao has never been a man who is tied to death, he must take the initiative, and the Xiling defensive counterattack is a great opportunity.

This time to destroy Huang Zu, the Jiangdong army made great contributions, and the Cao and Liu families together were not as strong as the Sun family, and there was a hidden tendency to hold the bull's ear. If Cao Liu doesn't have any more results, the three alliances may become a relationship between the boss and the two younger brothers in the future.

Face is given by others, status is earned by yourself, and if you want to make a strong voice in the alliance, you have to fight for yourself. So, Cao Cao and Liu Bei came.

In fact, Cao Liu's soldiers and horses arrived in Xiling as early as five days ago. What is the use of covering after breaking, if it comes too late? On the fifth day, if you set up camp and send out surprise troops to set up an ambush, it will be completely too late.

When he first set up camp, Han Hao offered a plan to ambush with surprise soldiers. Similarly, Sun Gan over there also suggested to the lord that he should use the dangerous road to strike hard at the attacking enemy. However, after careful consideration, Cao Cao and Liu Bei both vetoed it unanimously - without him, they really suffered too many big losses from horses, and they were really afraid.

Calculated carefully, since the beginning of the Xingping period, Cao Cao and Ma Han have never been able to ambush successfully. Cheng Yu had carefully planned a series of ambushes, and even Cao Cao praised the clever plan when he learned about it afterwards. But it was such a clever plan, not only did he fail to calculate the success, but he also lost the loss of the counterattack, and also provided a general talent. Until not long ago, he was chased and killed by Ma Han in Daze for several days, and it was useless to hide, and he was almost barbecued in the end...... Han Hao had never suffered this hardship, otherwise he would not have dared to come up with such an idea.

Not to mention Liu Bei's side, Guan Yu played an ambush and almost died, the three brothers were almost separated by heaven and earth, and now they still have palpitations when they think about it.

Why are ambushes repeatedly discovered? No effect?

Cao Cao and Liu Bei have both analyzed, and there are roughly two views: one is that Ma Han has divine sense, this guy can even make a thousand steps of divine shooting, and it is really not strange to have divine sense; The second is that the Hu people in Liaodong are very numerous, and they believe in gods and witches, and they often ask gods and witches to divinate good fortune and evil when they raise troops to fight. It is said that these gods and witches have a lot of magic, and in the dragon and wolf army, it is very likely that there is this witch.

Anyway, no matter what the situation is, Cao Liu's big loss has eaten enough, and the two of them don't have enough troops at hand, so they can't afford to gamble. Well, don't take risks, let's put up a position and fight it out.

Le Jin didn't know that he was actually blessed by the lord, and he escaped without danger. And then, it's time to gnaw hard bones and see the real chapter. (To be continued......)