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Nanyang County, twenty miles outside the south gate of Wancheng, Jingzhou military camp.

In the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, the seat was full at the moment, gathering all the Jingzhou generals above the Zhonglang general who attacked Nanyang County this time.

On the upper echelon of the big tent, Huang Zugao, the chief general of the three armies, is in the position of commander, and the two sides of the stairs are: military division Pang Tong, deputy marshal Zhang Yun, Han Dang and Tai Shici, vanguard generals Wen Ping, Liu Pan, deputy general Wei Yan, Xu Shu who joined the army, Liu Ba, the chief general of the army, Han Song, Pan Zhang and Xu Sheng, and more than 30 generals such as Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Feng Xi, Huo Jun and Li Yan.

As of this moment, it has been ten days since the Jingzhou army raided Nanyang County.

Seven days ago, the Jingzhou army captured more than ten cities in one go, and the soldiers came to Wancheng, so they besieged Wancheng on three sides and immediately launched an attack.

Five days ago, the army had successively captured more than 30 counties under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County, and sent soldiers, horses, and officials to take over the counties, as if they intended to occupy them for a long time, rather than plundering the treasury money and grain and then leaving.

However, today, another five days have passed, and the Jingzhou army has been attacking the city day and night, but it still stays in the south of Wancheng and cannot advance an inch.

As the sun set, a full ten days passed, and Wancheng had been besieged for seven days, but it was blocked by the defenders of Wancheng, and it was never able to step through the hurdle of Wancheng, and it was impossible to wave the army north to advance the division.

Not only that, the situation of the Jingzhou army's siege of Wancheng was completely different from the previous siege of Deng County. The battle of Deng County was a surprise attack by the Jingzhou army, which attacked the east gate in one fell swoop, and then conquered the city with lightning speed, so that the five thousand defenders of Deng County were wiped out under the forbidden tent, and the generals Tie Yu, Huan Yi and more than ten generals died on the battlefield. In the end, only Yu Ban survived and fled back to Wancheng alone. However, this time he attacked Wancheng. The good fortune of the Jingzhou army seems to have run out. At first glance, he hit a hard nail, and the pioneer general Wen Ping led more than 40,000 cavalry under his tent to fight an encounter with Nanyang guard general Bocai.

Then. The Wenpin army went down to four cities in two days, rushed for more than 200 miles, and all the way was like a bamboo, and went straight to Wancheng. The whole army thought that Bo would shrink his troops, and he did not dare to lead his troops out of the city to meet the battle, and even Xu Shu, who joined the army, did not think that the Wancheng defenders would dare to face the battle head-on. However, the reality was very different from what they expected, and when they arrived at Xiping Pass, which was thirty miles away from the south gate of Wancheng, a group of men and horses suddenly came out from both sides of the col. It was the 40,000 armed guard battalion infantry led by Bocai.

It was a battle, and the two armies met in a narrow way, and the Wenpin army almost didn't have time to react before they started a fight with the Wuwei battalion under Bocai's account. Although the Wuwei battalion was an infantry army, there was a cavalry of more than 20,000 people under Wen Ping's account, but the mountain pass was narrow, and the cavalry could not charge at all; In addition, Bocai had already prepared and set up an ambush in advance. So at the beginning of the battle, the Wenpin army lost thousands of soldiers, and then Bocai only caught the Wenpin army by surprise with only 40,000 infantry under his account. After paying more than 10,000 casualties, Wen Ping was forced to retreat with his army.

In that encounter, Wen Ping lost more than 20,000 cavalry, plus more than 4,000 cavalry lost in the previous attack on Deng County, and more than half of the 50,000 casualties of the 50,000 vanguard front army. To ruin the previous achievements is equivalent to a horse stumbling and abandoning the previous achievements.

Later in the Battle of Xiping'ao. Bocai did not lead the army in pursuit, but accepted it when he saw it. Quickly collect troops and withdraw to Wancheng. When Pang Tong and Huang Zu led the Chinese army to join forces with the former army of Wenpin, and then approached the south gate of Wancheng. However, he saw that outside the city gate on all sides, a hundred steps away from the city gate, eight pillboxes were built by the moat, echoing the defenders at the head of the city, and being within the range of the archers at the head of the city, which was equivalent to building an "outer city" dedicated to defense outside the city.

It was precisely because of the appearance of these eight pillboxes that the acropolis gate completely broke the dream of the Jingzhou army to attack Nanyang County in one go, so that they hit hard nails head-on, and rushed and beat for seven consecutive days, but they couldn't step through the moat and couldn't get close to the city wall at all. If you can't even take down the bunkers that arch the acropolis gates, how can you talk about attacking the city?

Therefore, strictly speaking, during the siege of the Jingzhou army for seven consecutive days and seven nights, it has actually been attacking the pillboxes outside the city, and has always been blocked from being 500 steps away from the city gate, and it is impossible to approach the city gate at all, let alone launch an effective attack on the defenders on the city head. Although the Jingzhou army was unwilling to admit its defeat, it turned out that in the past seven days, apart from the huge casualties of more than 30,000 people, they have made no achievements at all, and have made no progress.

When night fell again, it was the tenth day of the attack on Nanyang County. Half an hour ago, news came from the scouts that Li Li, the emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty sitting in Luoyang, sent 100,000 troops to reinforce Bocai, and he would arrive in Wancheng in a few days. The most important thing is that the 100,000 reinforcements are all Xiliang iron cavalry, and the speed of the attack is extremely fast, it is said that it can run for 300 miles in one day, and it only takes two days and three nights to rush from Luoyang to Wancheng.

Wancheng has been unable to attack for a long time, and now it has to face 100,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, but after this news was leaked, the whole army was panicked, and even many generals were retreating, as if their spirit had been lost, and they were cowardly before fighting.

The situation was urgent and severe, and Huang Zu, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, immediately summoned the generals of all battalions to come to the commander's tent to discuss the matter, pool their wisdom and efforts, and discuss countermeasures together.

After the generals sat down one after another, Huang Zu did not greet him excessively, and said in a few words the purpose of convening the generals to discuss the matter, and then ordered the scout captain to inform the generals of the enemy situation.

The scout lieutenant did not dare to hesitate, first confirmed that the rumors that had been rumored in the army were not false, and then reported the specific number of reinforcements from the Western Jin Dynasty. Immediately afterwards, I saw him report respectfully: "The Western Jin Dynasty army that came to reinforce Wancheng this time is called 100,000 iron cavalry, but in fact it is far more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. The generals should have heard of the staffing of the soldiers and horses of the various battalions of the Xiliang Army, and the establishment of the Xiliang Army is different from that of our Southern Han Army. Most of the men and horses in each battalion of our army are 20,000 or 30,000, and even 10,000 or 5,000 men and horses are also called a battalion of men and horses, but the first battalion of the Xiliang Army has at least 33,000 men and horses, and some of the main battalions have as many as 50,000 people.

Correspondingly, all battalions of our army are led by captains, and the generals of the army are at least two to three battalions of men; The main generals and deputy generals of each battalion in the Xiliang Army are all famous generals or fierce generals of Megatron, and each main battalion has a main general and two deputy generals, and each commands 10,000 soldiers and horses, and each has ten thousand commanders, that is, captains.

In addition, the battalions of the Xiliang Army are not a single cavalry or infantry army, and there are many special types of troops, such as 2,000 or 3,000 heavy armored cavalry, 5,000 crossbow cavalry and 2,000 scouts in the cavalry battalion, and the generals who command these troops are generally Zhonglang generals or partial generals. Therefore, the soldiers and horses of each battalion under the command of Emperor Li Li of the Jin Dynasty can fight alone, and the combat power is good, each soldier and horse is a battle-hardened division, and its generals are also long-established battlefield generals or famous generals of the Western Jin Dynasty??????"

Seeing that the generals under the tent had different expressions after listening to the scout captain's explanation, Pang Tong, the military advisor who was sitting at the head of the right side, suddenly interrupted him: "The generals here already know about these trivial military information, so you don't need to say more. The war is urgent, so let's not talk about it, and report the enemy situation directly. Although his tone was calm, it was not difficult to hear that Pang Tong was very dissatisfied with this scout captain.

Because this person's words all reveal the fear and cowardice of the Xiliang Army, there is also a bit of yearning, and the tendency is too obvious, and it is quite suspicious of eating inside and out. If he is allowed to continue, it will be equivalent to a lobbyist sent by the Western Jin Dynasty, which will not only be of no benefit to the current war, but will make the generals in the tent more and more timid and demoralized. So Pang Tong had to interrupt him, remind him to pay attention to his identity and position, ask what to say, and not to bewitch the army.

When the scout lieutenant heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty, and simply asked Master Pang Tong to have a large number of people, who did not have the same knowledge as him, and waved his hand to signal him to continue to report the military situation.

After being beaten by Pang Tong for a while, the scout lieutenant no longer dared to show off his eloquence, and said concisely and brightly: "The Western Jin Dynasty army that rushed to Wancheng this time has a total of 120,000 troops, namely: 50,000 wolf cavalry led by Fenwei general Lu Bu, Zhang Fei's Suzaku Battalion and Ma Chao's Longxiang Battalion. The commander of this army is Zhuge Liang, the general of the Western Jin Dynasty, the commander of the army is Sima Yi of Hanoi, and the chief of the army is Yang Fu, the superintendent of the Suzaku Battalion. In addition, Zhuge Liang was accompanied by two rising stars and a prestigious general, who were: Sun Li, Hao Zhao, and Guan Yu. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, then remembered something, and hurriedly added: "According to the sentry cavalry report, Zhuge Liang has led the army to set off two days ago, and he will arrive in Wancheng at noon tomorrow at the latest. After saying that, he immediately stepped aside and said no more.

As the scout lieutenant was silent, the tent was silent and unusually silent, so that the scout lieutenant stood at the door of the tent and was ready to withdraw from the tent at any time, but at this moment he clearly heard the heavy and rapid breathing of the commanders on both sides.

Lu Bu, who is brave in the world, came, Ma Chao, the general of Shenweitian, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu in the Tiger Prison Sanying also came, and they also came with Zhuge Liang, the "Wolong" who had become famous seven years ago, and Sima Yi, who is still unknown. 120,000 battles, all the fierce generals on the battlefield, plus a self-comparing Mr. Wolong and Le Yi, this is definitely a super luxurious and even extravagant strong lineup.

These well-known names struck like a hammer on the hearts of the generals in the tent, knocking their heads buzzing, and their minds fluctuated violently like stormy waves, and their imaginations were full of fear.

At this moment, the faces of the more than 30 commanders in the tent were different, and their expressions were in a trance. But seeing that Pang Tong, who has always been calm and calm, has a solemn expression, his eyes are deep and dark, and the expression on his face changes again and again, cloudy and uncertain; Liu Biao's son Liu Pan boasted of his bravery, but at this time, his face was gray, his eyes flickered, and he seemed to be unrelieved and frightened; Wei Yan, who thought of himself very high and was almost unseen, had flushed cheeks, breathing heavily and rapidly, looking excited and excited, but his eyes were erratic, showing that he was not only excited at the moment, but also a little fear from the bottom of his heart???????

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