Wang Xu's questioning at this time made Zhuge Liang's face slightly helpless, and he sighed: "The victory in the South China Sea, Pang Tong offered a plan, Zhao Yun, Han Meng, Huang Xu, Xu Sheng, Lu Xun, and Wang Xiong will work together to break the three battalions of the South China Sea of Wu State in less than half a month, capture more than 40,000 elite Wu army elites, including wounded soldiers, capture Lu Meng, the general of Wu Hengye, alive, and let Lu Su and Zhu Huan lead thousands of people to escape, what a good shape!" But because of a few people, he missed the best opportunity. ”

"Could it be that the juniors of Dianman and Zhang Hu made mistakes?" Wang Xu frowned.

"Exactly!" Zhuge Liang nodded, and then said: "According to the battle report, after the victory in the South China Sea, Zhao Yun, Pang Tong, Huang Xu, and Wang Xiong led the Qinglong Legion out of Longchuan and north into Luling County. ”

At the same time, Xu Sheng and Lu Xun led 40,000 Jiaozhou troops, and Han Mengsuo led 20,000 soldiers of the Southern Army to kill Jian'an County. Jian'an Taishou Lu Dai, Hushan Yue Zhonglang will leave praise two, concentrate on their respective parts, a total of 30,000 people to fight, the two sides met in Daiyun Mountain, fought for three days, the victory is inseparable. ”

At this time, after many days of careful observation and thinking, Lu Xun learned that the terrain near Daiyun Mountain was special, and then advised him to take the initiative to withdraw fifty miles, and Xu Sheng listened to his plan. Lü Dai and Liuzan thought that the Chu army was exhausted and took advantage of the situation to attack, but Lu Xun personally broke off, so that the army successfully retreated fifty miles and camped. ”

After that, the army avoided the battle, and stuck to the camp and did not come out, and two days passed. and again retreated thirty miles. One more day. Twenty miles back. Lu Dai and Liuzan thought that our army did not want to fight anymore and wanted to escape and escape, so they could not care about the logistical burden, so they could only attack one after another and bite our army tightly. However, due to the rugged roads and inconvenient transportation of Daiyun Mountain, it itself has been far away from the grain and grass hoarding area in the rear. ”

"And so it goes. It was Lu Boyan's plan, at the time of the initial retreat, Han Meng had already led two thousand elite soldiers to make a detour, because of the small number of people, and with the help of the rugged mountain road cover, at this time had successfully attacked the rear of the grain field, when Lu Dai and Liuzan heard the news, because the distance was too far, the road was rugged, and there was no time to rescue. That's when I knew the plan. ”

After that, Lu Xun led his troops to take turns guarding in front of Wu Guoying. Neither attacking nor retreating, if Wu Guo is out, he will face the enemy head-on, consume his soldiers, and at the same time keep a constant watch to prevent him from escaping. Three days later, the food carried by the battalion in the army of Lü Dai and Liuzan ran out, so they had to desperately break through. ”

Xu Sheng and Lu Xun then led their troops to chase and kill, breaking the Wu army, Xu Sheng beheaded Wu Guomeng's general Liuzan, and Lu Dai led a small number of troops to flee in panic, and the pursuit stopped for several days, and the army chased straight to Nanping County. Nanping is a large county, and the city defense of the county seat is also complete, and Lu Dai has the intention to stop the defeat. It's a pity that its troops suffered heavy casualties, their morale was gone, and they couldn't stop it at all, and they only held on for half a day and were once again attacked by Xu Sheng himself. ”

The army then pursued for another thirty miles, and Xu Shengcai ordered to stop the pursuit, only because the 80,000 elites from Wu County were transferred to rescue the front line, and the front had arrived in Jianping, and the troops were already very tired from the pursuit for many days, so they could only stop and recuperate in order to cope with the next big battle. Unexpectedly, there were two soldiers and horses who did not listen to orders! ”

Wang Xu, who had been listening quietly, trembled in his heart in an instant, although he had never seen it with his own eyes, but Zhuge Liang described it in such detail, he could already fully imagine the situation at that time. He was full of battles, how could he not know what the result would be if he didn't listen to orders at this time, and his face turned blue in an instant.

"Which two soldiers?"

Zhuge Liang looked at him deeply and replied: "One is Dian Man, the son of Dian Wei, and Xu Ba, the second son of Xu Huang. The other is Zhang Liao's eldest son Zhang Hu and Gao Shun's second son Gao Rong. The four of them are outstanding in martial arts, and they are familiar with military books, and they have learned from famous people such as Huangfu Song, but they have also learned real skills, and they have been excellent in Xu Sheng's account in the past two years, so they have all been promoted to lieutenant colonels or other Simas. ”

"Originally, in the Battle of the South China Sea and the Battle of Daiyun Mountain, they all made a lot of achievements, but at this time, because of their earnestness for meritorious service, they were eager to kill Lu Dai, an important minister of Eastern Wu, so they ignored the order and rashly pursued, only Gao Rong was uneasy and hurriedly returned to Xu Sheng."

Xu Sheng was furious when he heard this, and immediately asked Lu Xun to go and chase them back in person, but it was still too late after all, when Lu Xun caught up with Zhang Hu and Gao Rong, the elite reinforcements of Wu State had come in a hurry, Lu Xun led his troops to resist, but was easily defeated by the superior forces led by Ling Tong, who was in full swing, and he had to take Zhang Hu and Gao Rong to withdraw first. Dian Man and Xu Ba were besieged, fighting to the death and unable to escape, and finally retreated to a lonely mountain! ”

Because of the special identity of the two, Xu Sheng did not dare to abandon it, and personally led 30,000 people to the rescue, but he happened to fall into Tai Shici's plan, using Dian Man and Xu Ba as bait to kill Xu Sheng and return defeated. Han Meng led his troops to the rescue, fought desperately to the death to temporarily block the offensive of the Wu army, and finally retreated to Nanping together, and was besieged by the Wu army. ”

"Fortunately, Xu Sheng was shrewd and expected such a result when the army was defeated, so he asked Lu Xun to lead a few guards to escape in advance and rush to Luling County for help! A day later, the Blue Dragon Legion got the news that Pang Tong and Huang Xu could only quickly divide 40,000 troops and rush to the aid of Jian'an. But in this way, the good situation in Luling was also lost, and Zhao Yun and Wang Xiong led the remaining more than 30,000 soldiers of the Qinglong Legion to be trapped in Xinxing, and they could not advance or retreat. ”

"The battle report was sent by Zhao Yun that day, asking for the rescue of the lord, although it took nearly two days on the way!"

As Zhuge Liang finished speaking, the anger on Wang Xu's face was already clearly visible, and he slapped his palm on the table in front of him, so angry that he couldn't speak.

After a long while, he said angrily: "Help? How to save? Xiangyang is far away from Jian'an, and even if you break your leg, it's too late! ”

He really can't help it, he can't fly over!

"Alas!" Zhuge Liang sighed: "Lord, no matter what, you still have to make a decision as much as possible, otherwise even the Blue Dragon Legion will be in danger." ”

"So what do you think should be done?" Wang Xu's head was a little messy, and he could only count on Zhuge Liang.

Before Zhuge Liang came, he was actually prepared, as a person who is used to taking everything under control, he didn't think of a countermeasure, and he wouldn't come to deliver the battle report in person.

"Lord, in Yichen's opinion, Xu Sheng on Jian'an's side can only hope that Pang Tong will adapt and save the defeat. Besides, the shape may not be as bad as expected, with the ability of Xu Sheng and Han Meng, plus the nearly 40,000 soldiers in the city who can fight, it should still be possible to stick to Pang Tong and Huang Xuchi to help. ”

"As for the Qinglong Legion in Luling, we can't help, even if Xiangyang immediately sends troops to rescue, how far can it be detoured from Jiaozhou, and it will be too late when he arrives, so he can only make Zhao Yun insist, whether to defend or retreat, and it is up to him to decide by himself."

Hearing this, Wang Xu was puzzled: "Then what do you mean?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said categorically: "Immediately march into Yuzhang, together with Xu Huang's 60,000 Southern Army currently in Changsha, as well as the 80,000 naval army of Haiyun Army, and attack Jiangdong in an all-round way. Moreover, the lord must personally lead his troops to boost the morale of the whole army, and use the might of the earlier Northern Expedition to strive for the greatest advantage. ”

Wang Xu's face was also cloudy with these words, originally he just wanted to sneak attack Wu State, seize the South China Sea, and then take advantage of the victory to enter the hinterland of Wu State and plunder.

First, in order to completely pacify Jiaozhou, the defense line was moved to the eastern part of the South China Sea, and with the help of its dangerous terrain, Xiongguan was built and garrisoned by the Jiaozhou army, so as to reduce the strength of the troops stationed in Jiaozhou, so that the Qinglong Army could return to Xiangyang and prepare for the pacification of Xiliang.

The second is to take advantage of the victory to break into the empty hinterland of the Wu State, weaken its strength, plunder its treasury resources, and make the Wu State suffer losses.

But who would have thought that the final result would turn to a completely unpredictable direction because of the recklessness of a few young generals.

After carefully thinking about Zhuge Liang's emergency strategy, Wang Xu really couldn't find a better way, and immediately got up suddenly.

"Let's go! Go to the barracks now, I will lead 10,000 cavalry to go first today, and you must come with Dian Wei and Yan Liang as best you can. The distance to Yuzhang is close, the road is smooth, and the logistics problem is not big, but it is still necessary to let Chen Deng and Wen Ping be personally responsible, the sooner the better! ”

Wang Xu didn't expect that he had just returned from the Northern Expedition, but he had to go out again just over a month later, and he was still fighting in Jiangdong, which was really a bit inexplicable.

But reality is reality, and no matter how you don't want to accept it, you still have to deal with it quickly.

He rushed to the barracks, did not do any mobilization, directly ordered, and it only took half a day to prepare 10,000 people.

Even if the Guards Corps stationed outside Xiangyang City does not need to assemble, but if you want to go on the expedition, it will take two or three days to prepare for the expedition, the allocation of pots and pans, and the distribution of camp tent equipment, it is not a simple matter.

Fortunately, he only brought 10,000 people as the front, which was not a lot of people, so it was not particularly slow.

This time, he didn't bring anyone else, and only asked Zhou Zhi and Xiang Tian to go with him.

Zhou Zhi's Vermilion Bird Legion, because it has been led by Zhang Jing for more than two years, is now also led by Zhang Jing and stationed in Nanyang. As for the original position of Zhang Jing's deputy general, it was filled by Ju Yi, so Zhou Zhi is now considered an idle general, and now he is with him for emergency at a critical time.

On September 24, Wang Xu, with the help of a large number of transport ships of the Haiyun Army, quickly crossed the Yangtze River, and then rushed to the front line of Xiapheasant.

Xu Huang and Yan Yan, who had already received the order from the fast horse, had already assembled their troops and waited here for a long time.

The moment Xu Huang saw Wang Xu, he instantly rushed forward and said: "Lord, the last general will be unfilial Xu Ba's greed for merit, resulting in a reversal of the overall situation, and the shape is critical, so I ask the lord to surrender!" ”

"It's not your fault, what's the crime?" Wang Xu had a calm face, and strode towards the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, he and Xu Huang have been familiar for so many years, they are already familiar with each other, and they can be described as intimate with each other, so they speak very directly: "Now think about how to break the enemy, and then talk about it after the war, now only by winning can you save Xu Ba from the crisis, only if you have enough achievements in this battle, he can escape after the war, saying too much is useless, break the enemy first!" (To be continued......)