Chasing from Linhe all the way, Zhuge Ke paid close attention to the traces along the way, and he found that Wei Ba walked very fast, and he didn't even set up camp. There was no sign of a barracket in the camp, and it looked like a large group of people were on the way, rather than a large army in action, and it seemed very light, and there was no steadiness at all as it should be in a marching battle. If Wei Ba was a fledgling nobody, Zhuge Ke might scoff at him, but Wei Ba was already a famous general, so Zhuge Ke would not dare to ignore it.

He knew very well that the advantage of Wei Ba doing this was to save time and reduce the load. In order to be able to march quickly, Wei Ba left all the marching materials under Linhe City, presumably with only the necessary weapons and military rations, and the marching speed could be greatly improved. The reason why the army can only advance thirty or forty miles a day is not because it can only go so far, but because there is not much time for the real advance, and the time spent camping and burying pots to cook is far more than the march.

Wei Ba omitted these things, and the speed of the march could of course be greatly improved. Zhuge Ke wanted to do the same, but he found that he couldn't learn it. Not to mention anything else, it's such weather that you can't stand camping in the wild, and the temperature at night is not low, but if you don't have a tent, you don't know how many mosquitoes you have to feed at night.

Zhuge Ke didn't know how Wei Ba did it, maybe the barbarians under his command were fine, and he himself could do the same? This alone made Zhuge Ke admire Wei Ba a little, at least he couldn't do this.

Although Zhuge Ke also had to march with all his might, he still couldn't catch up with Wei Ba's pace. What worries him even more. He originally thought that Wei Ba would not leave Linhe City too far, and he should be able to catch up in a day. But after chasing for a day, Wei Ba was still ahead, far exceeding his estimate.

The farther away from Linhe, the more variables there are, the greater the danger, and the more beneficial it is for Wei Ba. Through personal experience, Zhuge Ke could clearly feel the difference in physical fitness between him and Wei Ba's subordinates. After a day's rapid march, these soldiers under his command were exhausted, even if they caught up with Wei Ba. Whether or not you can fight is a question.

Facing the mountains that lie between heaven and earth. Zhuge Ke hesitated, his ambition to make a career and his fear of the unknown made him indecisive. He also wished that he could be resourceful and decisive, but when he realized that every decision could be a matter of life and death, he couldn't make a decision on the spot.

Between heaven and earth. In the middle of the mountains. For the first time, Zhuge Ke felt his insignificance.

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Wei Ba fulfilled his promise. Eliminated Dai Liang and had breakfast in Dai Liang's camp. Dai Liang thought that he had the advantage of his strength and showed his double threat. lured Wei Ba to take the bait, but was stabbed by Wei Ba to the heart. The battle ended in an unexpected way. The left and right armies had just surrounded Xiangfu and others in the front camp, and before they had time to launch a zuihou attack, the rear army had just left the camp, and they were about to cut off Wei Ba's personal guard camp, Dai Liang was suddenly killed in battle, and the Chinese army was occupied by Wang Shuang and others, and the outcome was decided.

The shortcomings of Wu's weak control over Jiaozhou were once again exposed. Dai Liang died in battle, and although his men still had seven or eight thousand men, no one was willing to fight again. They don't know who to fight for. The vast majority of these people were from Jiaozhou, either originally subordinates of the Shi family or forcibly recruited natives, and most of them had no affection for Dai Liang and Wu Guo, nor did they have any dependency relationship. They can fight for Dai Liang or for someone else. Now that Dai Liang is dead, they have laid down their weapons with little psychological burden.

Wei Ba showed the banner of a god general, and showed his cooperative relationship with the Shi family, coupled with the identity of Xiahou Xuan, a secret envoy of Wei, as a foil, seven or eight thousand people surrendered willingly. Wei Ba didn't put much effort into it, but it took a lot of time. He was to put out the fires in the camp, clean up the battlefield, bury the dead, treat the wounded, and reorganize nearly 8,000 prisoners, from which more than 1,000 soldiers could be used immediately. In this battle, he lost a lot of manpower. The more than 2,000 advance team led by Xiangfu was besieged by the Wu army, and nearly half of them were killed or wounded, and they had to be replenished in time to ensure combat effectiveness. The rest of the people will be in custody for the time being, and will be dealt with when the fighting is over.

After this battle, Wei Ba once again proved that the god general was invincible, six thousand men defeated ten thousand people, and it was so clean and neat, although it was the first attack, it was enough to make people jaw-dropping. No one dares to doubt the truth of the Divine General. The reputation of the god general also played a great role in Wei Ba's recruitment of captives, although the number of captives was large, there was no commotion, and they quietly accepted their fate. Those who were chosen to join Wei Ba's team immediately did not resist, they calmly accepted their new identity, took up arms, and fought for Wei Ba.

Wei Ba stayed in Dai Liang's camp for two days, reorganizing the ranks, especially carrying out ideological work on Xiangfu's subordinates, on the one hand to pacify them, and on the other hand to give them a strict education. In the midst of the war, they forgot the results of many days of training and almost collapsed, almost disrupting the entire Jihua. Such a lesson is very profound, and Wei Ba does not dare to take it lightly. As the number of large armies grew, the combat effectiveness did not increase proportionately, but decreased. If it is not overcome, Wei Ba's desire to build an elite division will definitely be frustrated. Once he suffered a major setback, the prestige he had worked so hard to build would be ruined.

This is at stake in his fate, and he does not dare to be careless.

Wei Ba waited for Zhuge Ke, but Zhuge Ke did not arrive for a long time, two days have passed, and Zhuge Ke is still fifty miles away. In the past two days, Shi Kuang got the news and rushed from Guangxin to receive the captives and bring them back to Cangwu County for resettlement. Wei Ba threw off his burden and returned to battle. He led a large army to Linhe City and invited Zhuge Ke to fight.

Zhuge Ke was taken aback by the news that Wei Ba was coming, and the news of Dai Liang's entire army was even more shocked, and his self-confidence was severely hit. Dai Liang's 10,000-strong army failed to stop Wei Ba, and he did not dare to be conceited enough to think that 2,000 men were enough to defeat Wei Ba.

Zhuge Ke did not hesitate and immediately retreated, and he ordered to abandon Linhe City and withdraw from Linhe County. Dai Liang's 10,000 reinforcements have been wiped out, and there is no point in staying in Linhe any longer, it will only increase the danger. Zhuge Ke didn't have such courage, so he could only choose to retreat.

In this way, Zhuge Ke, who wanted to make a contribution, was pursued by Wei Ba all the way and withdrew from Linhe City in embarrassment.

When he withdrew from Turtle Mountain and passed by Xie Shu, Zhuge Ke was depressed. He once asked Zhu Ji to lead the cavalry to set off from here, cut off Wei Ba's retreat, and block Wei Ba in Linhe, but Zhu Ji didn't pay attention to him at all, only gave him a businesslike reply, and refused him grandly on the grounds of Lu Xun's order, putting him in danger. Now he didn't even see Wei Ba's face, and before a real battle began, he was forced to withdraw from Linhe. The result was so frustrating, and all of this was caused by Zhu Ji. Because of Zhu Ji's arrogance, he lost the opportunity to kill Wei Ba, surrendered Linhe County, and ended his first combat career in a humiliating way. He didn't know how to face Sun Quan or how to face other generals. He couldn't prove that he was fit for the battlefield and qualified to be a famous general who roamed the battlefield with thousands of troops.

Just when Zhuge Ke was full of frustration and was about to withdraw from Linhe County, he received news from Pan Jun. Pan Jun led an army of 20,000 and the grain that had just been harvested, and was rushing from Linhao, ready to meet Zhuge Ke. Hearing this news, Zhuge Ke was overjoyed, re-energized, and stopped retreating. He relayed the news of the annihilation of Dai Liang's army to Pan Jun and asked Pan Jun to prepare for battle. He took the initiative to ask Ying, and wanted to use his body as bait to lure Wei Ba to Pan Jun's army.

After receiving Zhuge Ke's military report, Pan Jun was taken aback. In just a few days, Wei Ba killed Dai Liang's army of 10,000? Dai Liang died in battle, not only losing 10,000 troops, but also losing control of Jiaozhou. If Linhe cannot be recaptured and re-enter Jiaozhou, Wu will lose Jiaozhou. He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately transmitted the news to Sun Quan, who made a Zuihou decision. The matter was too important for him to assert himself.

Regarding Zhuge Ke's self-righteousness, Pan Jun was a little unimpressed, but he was not as young and vigorous as Zhu Ji, and he did not show his dissatisfaction on his face. He replied to Zhuge Ke, telling him to pay attention to safety and not to underestimate the enemy, so as not to suffer greater losses.

For Pan Jun's support, Zhuge Ke is very satisfied and grateful. He once again wrote a high-spirited challenge letter to Wei Ba.

Receiving Zhuge Ke's challenge, Wei Ba was very surprised. He immediately realized that the situation had changed. Without the arrival of new reinforcements, Zhuge Ke's attitude would not have been able to produce such a major change. Thinking about it, the biggest possibility is that Pan Rui or Lu Xun's army has arrived, and it may even be that both of them have arrived. Wei Ba had a communication with Pan Jun, and knew that although Pan Jun was defeated by his men, it was only because Sun Quan's chaotic fate forced Pan Jun to a desperate situation, which made him take advantage of it, not because Pan Jun was incompetent. If it is a fair match, he may not have enough chances to defeat Pan Jun, not to mention that Pan Jun's strength is far superior to him now.

Wei Ba stopped and retreated to Turtle Mountain. He sent a large number of scouts to inquire about the news and prepare for the war. He knew very well his strength, once he left the mountains too far and entered the plains such as Changsha, Lingling or Guiyang, the combat effectiveness of the barbarians would be greatly reduced. If you are impulsive, you may not only fall into the encirclement of the enemy, but you will not be able to get out. What made him even more nervous was the 1,000 cavalry led by Zhu Ji, entering the open area, even if he encountered a cavalry of 1,000 people, it was enough to make people feel cold.

Unlike the sober and pessimistic Guan Feng and the blindly optimistic barbarians, Wei Ba was very calm in the face of strong enemies. He carefully analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of both the enemy and the enemy, vigilantly watched everything around him, and patiently waited for the opportunity to attack. (To be continued......)