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Pang Tong happily bowed his head and said, "Okay, so good." This matter is fully entrusted to the first brother, remember not to act hastily, do not reveal your whereabouts. Otherwise, if there is a slight mistake or being discovered by the Xiliang scouts, everything we have done before will be wasted, and we will be in a worrying situation. In fact, he wanted to say "big things are over", but he was worried that Liu Ba was under too much pressure, and it was easy to make mistakes if he was cautious, so he solemnly instructed that the words were more subtle and reserved.

Liu Ba is not a mediocre person, he knows that the mission and responsibility on his shoulders are heavy, and he can't be sloppy at all, so he nodded heavily: "I am determined to live up to the trust of the military advisor, please rest assured!" ”

Pang Tong smiled, then shifted his gaze, and fell on Wei Yan, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and then looked at Xu Shu, and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan Zhi is going to set off tonight, and after that, he will walk day and night, eat and sleep in the open, it is very hard. ”

Xu Shu shook his head lightly when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The Lu of the Eater, the matter of loyalty to the King, how can you talk about hard work?" Self-blame is related, self-responsibility should do their best, do not disgrace the mission, Shiyuan does not have to worry. On the day of the foolish brother's return, you and I will have a good drink. Hehehe! ”

Pang Tong nodded thoughtfully: "In this way, the little brother is here to wait for the good news of the elder brother." On the day of the elder brother's successful return, the younger brother will definitely hold a feast, reward the soldiers, and ask for merit for the elder brother. ”

Xu Shu smiled and said: "How dare you say anything about it?" What's more, if you want to succeed, you still need the help of the three generals, Wenchang, Youping and Gongyi. ”

After hearing Xu Shu's words. Everyone in the tent laughed heartily, and Pang Tong couldn't help but stretch out his hand to point at him. said with a smile: "Brother Yuan's words are really too modest, you must know that being too modest is tantamount to self-deception." It's a deliberate suspicion. Not long ago, the Xiliang warrior Tie Yu killed the four generals of our vanguard army with his own strength, but he was pierced through the heart by Brother Yuan, and then he was killed by Liu Pan, Wen Ping and other four generals. To this day, who in the whole army does not know that you Xu Yuanzhi is both civil and military, and if you enter, you will strategize, and when you go out, you will charge into battle. Besides, others don't know the details of Brother Yuan, but you can't hide it from me. Two years ago, you fought with a sword and traveled in the states of the Central Plains, and you were a famous ranger on the green forest road in Jingzhou, and your martial arts were comparable to that of first-class generals. It is precisely because I know that Brother Yuan is both civil and military, that I will choose you as the main general and lead a lone army to make a detour north??????"

Speaking of this, Pang Tong paused, did not continue, and said earnestly: "This trip is extremely dangerous. It is really a lonely army, and all the way are the city passes under the jurisdiction of the Western Jin Dynasty, and without any support and assistance, it can be described as difficult. Every step is terrifying. Therefore, the elder brother must be more careful, and if he can't do anything, he should withdraw his troops and return immediately. Don't be rash and take risks alone. ”

The smile on Xu Shu's face quickly faded. His expression was extremely solemn, and it was obvious that he was pretending to be relaxed just now. In fact, he knew very well that his trip was dangerous, and that the slightest mistake would wipe out the entire army and cost him his life. It's just that he doesn't want Pang Tong to worry about him, and he can't affect the love and fighting spirit of Wei Yan and the others, so he always smiles and welcomes people, and he doesn't care at all.

Now, since Pang Tong has identified the danger of this operation, Xu Shu no longer needs to disguise, and said in a solemn voice: "As Shi Yuan said, the road to the north this time is very difficult. The first is that you can't reveal your whereabouts, and secondly, you can't engage the Xiliang army until you complete the mission; The last point is also the most difficult, that is, on the way back, you must rush all the way to kill, and only by killing a bloody way can you safely return to the camp. ”

Pang Tong said with deep sympathy: "That's true. It is not easy to go north alone, but it is even more difficult to return to the camp safely. Since the Northern Expedition, we have clearly seen that the Xiliang Army has been fighting all year round, fighting tenaciously and bravely, and its combat effectiveness is far above that of our Jingzhou Army.

In just ten days, our army opened the situation by breaking the city with a surprise attack, and then attacked the city continuously without stopping; So far, our army has lost more than 60,000 men and horses, but the Xiliang army has only more than 30,000 casualties. In such a surprise situation, the casualties of our army were still twice as high as those of the Xiliang army, and if it was a head-to-head confrontation, the heavy casualties would be almost unimaginable. From this, it is not difficult to foresee that Brother Yuan led the army north this time, even if the task is completed, he will encounter the encirclement and interception of the Xiliang army on the way back, and the dangerous journey can be imagined. ”

As he spoke, Pang Tong paused, and sighed softly: "The retreat of the army tonight is to avoid the scouts and eyeliner of the Xiliang army, Brother Yuan Zhi led the army and the army to set off at the same time, leaving the army halfway, and making a detour to the north. This is the only thing Pang can do, and other than that, he really can't help Brother Yuan at all. In all fairness, if it weren't for the urgent need for this batch of war horses and cavalry equipment in our army, I would definitely not let generals such as Brother Yuan and Wen Chang go deep alone and take risks alone! ”

After speaking, his gaze fell on Wei Yan, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and Wei Yan said indifferently: "The military advisor doesn't have to worry. The last general is a military general, and it is a matter of course to charge into battle, even if it is a tiger's den in Longtan, what are we afraid of? Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin changed their complexions when they heard this, their faces showed embarrassment, their eyes flickered, and they wanted to speak several times, but they were inconvenient to speak out because of the identity of the guest army.

Who are Pang Tong and Xu Shu? How can you not see that Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin have concerns, and they want to quit several times, but they are difficult to speak? However, the two of them pretended not to see it, ignored it, and waited for Zhou and Jiang to speak by themselves, and then saw the move, anyway, it was impossible for the Jiangdong generals to stay out of the matter anyway.

On this point, the Jingzhou army has long reached an agreement. From Liu Biao to the leading colonel, they all knew that the Jiangdong Army must be firmly tied to the chariot of the Jingzhou Army no matter what, and both sides will be prosperous and loss, and the Jiangdong Army will not be allowed to stay out of the matter and preserve its strength.

It is based on this purpose that the commander of the Northern Expedition is Huang Zu, but he deliberately gave up the positions of the two deputy commanders to the Jiangdong generals. At the same time, the Jiangdong generals were appointed as lieutenants in both the vanguard and rear armies, and they were taken care of in arranging camps and food and grass supplies, and they were never sent to attack the city since the beginning of the war.

Even so, the Jiangdong Army and the Jingzhou Army are still not of the same mind, and they always regard themselves as guest troops, and they never say a word on the affairs of the commander's account, and they never take the initiative to ask for help in the arrangement of actions. If this kind of situation is seen by people who don't know the inside story, they will definitely think that the Jiangdong soldiers are bystanders, or that they are battlefield observation groups, and the relationship between them and the Jingzhou Army is at best friendly or allied, and it is impossible to think that the Jiangdong Army has long been under the command of Liu Biao, and it is a subordinate relationship with the Jingzhou Army.

Sure enough, seeing that Pang Tong and Xu Shu didn't answer Wei Yan's words at all, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin looked at each other, and reached a consensus with their eyes. Immediately, Zhou Tai tried his best to suppress the feelings, bowed his hand, and said in a calm tone: "The military advisor is good, the last general and Gongyi have not received the military order from the young master, because the two of us cannot go north with the army, and it is really difficult to obey the order. Please also ask the military advisor to be forgiving, don't embarrass the last general. ”

Pang Tong was not surprised at all when he heard this, and said with a calm smile: "General Youping does not need to be formal, you and I are ministers in the same hall, and we are both courtiers of His Majesty, so I must not be polite in the future." In the past few days, Pang has been busy with military affairs, and he has neglected the two generals, and I hope that the two of them will be more considerate of the faux pas. It's really not right to leave a major event behind in this busyness! As he spoke, Pang Tong stood up and bowed, apologizing to Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin.

Seeing this, Zhou Tai hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him, and his figure avoided Pang Tong, at this moment he and Jiang Qin looked a little flustered, and felt faintly uneasy. After all, Pang Tonggui is a military advisor and is in charge of the whole army, how can he apologize to the two of them for no reason, even if he really does something sorry for them, he doesn't need to apologize, at most, he will tell them afterwards that he will be benevolent and righteous. But now it's ?????? It's really the sun hitting the west and coming out, it's a strange thing!

"Don't be like this, how dare the two generals accept the gift of the military advisor. I don't know if the big thing that the military advisor said has something to do with the two of us? Zhou Tai asked in a nervous voice.

Pang Tong nodded with a smile and said, "General Youping is right, and he can guess it." Presumably, the two generals didn't know that half a month ago, His Majesty sent an envoy to Jiangdong, and asked for marriage on behalf of the eldest son, Liu Qi, and married King Wu's aunt Sun Ren (Sun Shangxiang) a year later, and on the day of the wedding, His Majesty would crown the eldest son as the king of Jiangxia County, and Sun would be the princess at that time??????"

"Ahh Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were shocked when they heard this, and immediately looked at each other, and said in unison: "How is it possible for Miss to marry Liu Qi's eldest son?" The reason why the two of them were so surprised was because they had seen Liu Qi in person not long ago. The young man in his twenties has deep sunken eye sockets, two dark circles under his eyes, skinny, and walks lightly. How can such a decrepit person be worthy of Miss Sun Ren, who does not let her eyebrows go?

After being interrupted by Zhou and Jiang for no reason, Pang Tong was not angry, and still smiled and said: "According to the news sent back by the sentry horseman, Wu Guotai (Sun Jian's wife, Sun Shao's grandmother) has agreed to this family affair, and is willing to kiss and marry His Majesty Xià and form a good family." So far, Jiangdong and Jingzhou have truly become a family. Because of this, King Wu will once again send an additional 50,000 troops across the river and give Pang Mou full command until the victory of the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, King Wu has granted Pang full authority to command the army, and since then, the two generals Youping and Gongyi and even all the Jiangdong soldiers who participated in the war will be uniformly dispatched by me, and King Wu will not interfere with any deployment of troops and horses, at least King Wu will not interfere in military affairs before the end of the Northern Expedition. ”

Speaking of this, the smile on Pang Tong's face became brighter and brighter, he looked at Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin with a smile, and asked with a smile: "Do the two generals still have questions?" If you want to say anything, but it doesn't matter, Pang will definitely answer all questions and never let the two generals down. Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin looked gloomy when they heard this, nodded lightly to express their orders, and immediately got up and left the tent dejectedly. After they left, the affairs of the Shuai tent were also over, and the officers and men of the Chinese army had already set out of the village and retreated to Xipingao to set up camp.

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