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As the generals argued endlessly, there was a lot of commotion in the big tent, and Huang Zuzhi, who was sitting in the handsome seat, frowned, and was about to stop shouting, but he saw Pang Tong shaking his head lightly, signaling him to be restless. Immediately, Pang Tong walked to the front of the handsome case and whispered to Huang Zu, Huang Zu nodded frequently after hearing this, stroked his beard and smiled silently.

Just when the generals were talking about each other, several generals sitting in front of the handsome tent were sitting upright, looking at their noses and noses, squinting and silent.

But seeing Wen Ping's eyes glancing at the generals who advocated the withdrawal of troops from time to time, his eyes were full of contempt and coldness; Liu Pan closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, as if he turned a blind eye to the controversy around him; Wei Yan squinted at the generals with his head high, and glanced at Pang Tong who was whispering to Huang Zu from time to time, and a trace of realization flashed in his eyes, so he followed Liu Pan's example and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Among the people under the tent, the most relaxed expressions were Xu Shu, who joined the army, Liu Ba, the chief bookkeeper of the army, and Li Yan, who was sitting at the door of the handsome tent. I saw Xu Shu drinking slowly and reasonably, leisurely and happy, with a calm expression; Liu Ba doesn't like to drink, there is a pot of tea on the desk, and at this moment he is just fiddling with the tea art, so he picks up a cup of tea and smells the fragrance of tea, closes his eyes and is intoxicated, and then takes a sip of tea and savors it carefully. Unlike the two of them, Li Yan, who sat at the end of the handsome tent, neither drank alcohol nor tea, but leaned on the pillar at the door and dozed off.

Compared with the enthusiasm of the Jingzhou generals, the Jiangdong generals seemed very quiet, looking around while drinking, as if they were enjoying this lively atmosphere and enjoying themselves.

Obviously, they have long seen that Pang Tong is based on war. From the beginning to the end, there was no intention of retreating. Just now, he deliberately followed Han Song's words and talked about withdrawing troops, which was just sophistry and fraud. The purpose is to make the generals completely break the idea of withdrawing and retreating, and unite as one. Fight against the Western Jin Dynasty.

"Generals are quiet, can you allow Pang to say a few words?" The voice was not high, and the tone was very casual, but the moment Pang Tong spoke, the tent suddenly fell silent, as if the generals had been waiting for him to speak, or to give orders.

Obviously, the more than 30 generals present under the tent are all people who understand, and they clearly know that the nominal commander in the army is Huang Zu. But it was the military advisor Pang Tong who was actually in charge of the army. In addition, Huang Zu has already expressed his position in public just now, and it is undoubtedly a straightforward and unmistakable statement to the generals that the military power has been handed over to Pang Tong, including him, Huang Zu, must obey the dispatch of the military division, and the generals under his command are naturally no exception. In other words, when the army was facing a predicament, Huang Zu and Pang Tong completed the transfer of power, Huang Zu gave up his military power, and the whole army obeyed Pang Tong's orders.

Seeing that there was silence in the tent. Pang Tong nodded lightly, a smile appeared on his face, and said in a calm voice: "At most, in half a day, the army of the Western Jin Dynasty will rush to Wancheng." At that time, the enemy's troops and horses will be twice as large as our Han army, so it is undoubtedly too late to withdraw at this time, and it is absolutely impossible. Since you can't get out of it all. can only face it head-on, so it's better than being pursued and killed by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, right? I wonder if the generals think so? ”

"What the military advisor said is extremely true. The last general seconded. Liu Pan, who had just closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, was the first to echo.

Liu Pan is presemptively beautiful, and Wei Yan is naturally not far behind: "The last general seconded the proposal." I am willing to listen to the dispatch of the military division! ”

"We have no objections, and we are at the disposal of the military advisor!" The generals bowed their hands and responded in unison.

The overall situation has been decided, all the generals have the same opinion, the talk of withdrawing the army has disappeared, and the main battle is unanimous. This is the outcome that Pang Tong wants to see.

When the battle is about to go, it is most taboo for the generals to disagree with each other. If the generals of the army hold their own opinions, they will inevitably lead the morale of the soldiers under their accounts to fluctuate, and they will have no fighting spirit and fighting spirit, so how can they not be defeated? What Pang Tong did was to cut off the idea of the generals to withdraw their troops, so that they could personally feel the grim situation they were currently facing, and work together to unite as one, put them to death and survive, and the mourning soldiers would win. Now, this goal has been achieved, at least the goal has been unified, and the morale of the army has been gathered, which is the basis for defeating the enemy.

"Thanks to the trust of the generals, Pang is grateful, but it is disrespectful." Seeing that the generals were sitting in danger, Pang Tong politely said politely, and said loudly: "As Zhuge Liang led reinforcements to Wancheng, the tide of battle reversed; In the past, it was our army that took the initiative and attacked the city all the way, but from this moment on, we will turn from offensive to defensive, shrink our forces, set up camp, and always guard against the Xiliang army's sneak attack and robbery camp. ”

Speaking of this, Pang Tong smiled slightly and said: "Generals, don't be discouraged, let alone be discouraged, defense does not mean that we have no power to fight back, and let the Xiliang army slaughter you." Since ancient times, there has been an inherent law in warfare, which is to eliminate the advantages of one and the other, and attack strongly and defend weakly. At present, our troops are not strong, and they are far less powerful than the Xiliang army, so we must naturally take a defensive position, and we must not act rashly, so as not to take advantage of the enemy's opportunity. In addition, all the cities captured by our army were abandoned, and all the soldiers and horses scattered were shrunk back, leaving only the three cities leading to Fancheng to ensure the smooth supply of food, grass and baggage for our army. ”

After a pause, Pang Tong clearly saw that the generals showed reluctance, obviously unwilling to give up the city that had already been reached, or that there were still treasures in the city that they had forcibly plundered that had not been transferred, so they were in a dilemma, but they did not dare to oppose it in public. Seeing this, Pang Tong suddenly turned his head to Liu Pan and asked, "Where is the follow-up army now, and when will it be able to join our army?" ”

When Liu Pan heard this, he was not surprised at all, and immediately replied: "At noon, the sentry cavalry came to report that the follow-up army has now arrived in Xinye, and it will be possible to join our army in two days at most." After finishing speaking, Liu Pan looked at the general who was still shouting for the withdrawal of the army just now, with a look of disdain.

At this time, Xu Shu, who had not spoken all this time, was surprised and said, "We also have reinforcements?" The military advisor has been hiding from me so hard! If we had known that there were reinforcements, why should we be afraid? This sentence went to the hearts of the generals, there are reinforcements, why do you need to retreat?

Sure enough, when they heard that reinforcements were coming from the rear, the generals looked excited, their spirits were high, and their spirits were refreshed. Keenly aware of the change in the expressions of the generals, Pang Tong glanced at Xu Shu quite meaningfully, his eyes were very strange, and only the two of them could understand it. Then he smiled incomprehensibly: "It's not that Pang deliberately concealed the generals, but the follow-up army was already among the Northern Expedition troops, but the departure time was a little late, and when I led the army to attack Nanyang County, it was the time when His Majesty mobilized 200,000 troops to come to reinforcements."

All the generals know that in order to prevent our Southern Han and Northern Wei from joining forces, the Western Jin Dynasty has always had heavy troops in the territory of Sili, with a total strength of no less than 300,000. In the face of the heavily defended Si Li, no matter how arrogant my Pang Tong is, he will not dare to attack Nanyang County with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses alone? Therefore, in order to ensure the success of the Northern Expedition, His Majesty successively mobilized 80,000 Jiangdong Army and 250,000 Jingzhou Army to form the Northern Expedition Army. In addition, it will take some time to mobilize more than 300,000 troops to participate in the war, and it will also take time to raise grain and grass, so we will lead more than 100,000 troops first, and the follow-up army will arrive later. ”

After a little explanation, Pang Tong's face changed suddenly, and he said with a solemn expression: "The reinforcements arrived two days later, and during this period, we waited to avoid its edge, stick to the camp, and avoid fighting without fighting. Do you have any objections to this? ”

Liu Ba, the chief bookkeeper of the army, responded: "The military advisor Rong Yu, as far as I know, the military advisor used to have a close personal relationship with Zhuge Liang, and he was a classmate for more than ten years, and he was like a brother. I heard that during the Warring States period, the king of the Jin State was in battle with the Chu army; Keep the promise made that year and retreat before the war, that is, retreat 90 miles first. Now my Southern Han Kingdom is a state of etiquette, never rude to others, this time the military division and the old battlefield encounter, although each is its own master, but can not ignore the old friendship. Therefore??????" Speaking of this, Liu Ba stopped and did not continue.

Pang Tong frowned slightly after hearing this, and after pondering for a moment, he sighed softly: "Perhaps, Pang is three years older than Kong next year, and he remembers his old feelings, so he retreated thirty miles this time to be a fellow disciple." You can order the siege soldiers to withdraw, and the Chinese army camp will move ten miles later, set up camp in Xipingao, and send an envoy to submit the war letter, in addition to stating this matter, the two armies will fight a decisive battle twenty days later! ”

"Ahh The generals under the tent were shocked when they heard this, and they all set their eyes on Pang Tong, a decisive battle between the two armies is inevitable, after all, such a large-scale battle will have to start a frontal decisive battle sooner or later. What really surprised the generals was that Pang Tong wanted the army to retreat thirty miles because of the friendship of the division and the same family, which was too child's play. However, the generals recognized Pang Tong in their hearts, the actual commander of the three armies, because he was a person who valued love and righteousness, and this alone was unanimously recognized by the generals.

Suddenly, dozens of pairs of eyes were staring at Pang Tong, but Pang Tong turned a blind eye, waved his hand and ordered: "Tonight, the Chinese army camp retreats ten miles, and the siege army retreats thirty miles, all the generals go down and prepare." ”

"No!" Seeing Pang Tong's resolute expression, the generals did not dare to say much, so they got up and retreated, and quickly left the tent.

After a while, the tent was quiet again, and there were seven people left in the tent at this time, namely: Huang Zu, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Liu Ba, Wei Yan, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin.

"Thank you to the two brothers for their help, otherwise the younger brother will not be able to sacrifice his ugliness in public when he is in charge of the army." Seeing the generals leaving, Pang Tong bowed to Xu Shu and Liu Ba.

"It's just a gesture, so why say thank you?" Xu and Liu said politely.

Immediately, the seven people sat down under the tent, Pang Tong sat on the upper right, Huang Zu sat opposite, Xu Shu and Liu Ba sat under Pang Tong, and Wei Yansan sat next to Huang Zu in turn. At this time, Pang Tong asked Liu Ba: "Are the Xipingao camps ready?" ”

Liu Ba was not good at words, and responded: "Don't worry, the military advisor is ready, and he can enter the camp tonight." After the army left, the construction here began overnight, and it would not be a problem to hide 5,000 soldiers before dawn tomorrow, and then they would rest during the day and start digging late at night, and the mission would be completed in half a month. ”

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