Zhou Yi hurriedly walked into Lu Xun's big tent, and was about to speak, but when he saw Pan Jun also present, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, his steps froze, he took a step, saluted Pan Jun, and then turned his inquiring eyes to Lu Xun. Lu Xun remained motionless, looking at the map on the case, and his fingers tapped lightly on the location of Luling County and Da Yuling. Zhou Yi glanced at the map, especially saw the location of Lu Xun's finger, and immediately understood what Lu Xun meant, and hurriedly smiled: "Two generals, there is news here." ”

Lu Xun said lightly: "What is Wei Ba busy with?" ”

"He was preparing for war in the city, and it seemed that he was going to defend it in Linga. The city of Linghe was full of people, and there were many barbarians. Although they wore the standard armor of our army, they were not very accustomed to it, and they still did not change their barbarian nature. Zhou Yi smiled, and there was some disdain in his words: "If Wei Ba wants to turn these barbarians into battle-hardened elites, it seems that it will take some time." ”

The corners of Lu Xun's mouth twitched, and he didn't comment, Pan Jun also laughed and praised: "Ziyu's subordinates are very effective." ”

"Thank you, General, for your praise." Zhou Yi said lukewarmly, neither rudely nor enthusiastic. If it weren't for Lu Xun suggesting that he shouldn't hide it from Pan Jun, he really wouldn't have told Pan Jun such a thing.

"In addition to guarding Linhe, did Wei Ba send troops to Jihua in Da Yuling?"

"Yes, but he is still satisfied with Shou, and he has no idea of entering Yuzhang because of this." Zhou Yi paused: "General, do you want to make the bait bigger?" ”

"There's no hurry." Lu Xun waved his hand and signaled Zhou Yi not to be impatient. "Don't show too much in anything, otherwise it is easy to show flaws. Let it be. ”

"Whoa." Zhou Yi responded. put a few pieces of paper in front of Lu Xun, bowed and retreated. Lu Xun picked up the pieces of paper, glanced at them, and handed them to Pan Jun, who did not shirk, took them and looked at them, slowly put them on the case, and muttered for a moment: "It seems that Wei Ba is much smarter than Cao Xiu, and it is really not easy to lure him into taking the bait." ”

"Not bad. This son seems reckless. In fact, it is extremely cautious. Lu Xun took out his finger and pinched his sore eyebrows: "I don't know if Fei Yang is too anxious and shows a flaw." ”

"It's also possible that Fei Yang betrayed us, and we may not know." Pan Jun interjected.

"Yes, it's not easy. It's harder to find the right people. Thus. How difficult it was for Zhuge Liang to let Wei Ba make Chang'an back then. ”

Pan Jun said jokingly: "Maybe it's because of this." Zhou Ziyu just ran into his opponent. ”

"That's fine, the king just wants to use Wei Ba's anvil to polish them."

"That's what I said. I'm worried that we've become Wei Ba's anvil. Pan Jun sighed, "Wei Ba brought so many barbarian generals to Linhe, probably also has the meaning of training with battle. This son has a great mind, and I am afraid that he will bring disaster to the world in the future. ”

"Did your daughter and son-in-law say it, or did you see it with your own eyes?"

"It's all there." Pan Jun smiled: "I have also experienced some of the world, but when I see Wei Ba, a young man, I really feel unfathomable." If nothing else, his mechanical skills seemed to have come out of nowhere, and it was impossible for him to talk about it, and before that, he had not been found to have any interest in this area. was sick for a while, but it was a blessing in disguise, reborn, and a new look, which is really incomprehensible. ”

Lu Xun raised his eyebrows: "There is such a thing?" Cheng Ming, let's listen to it in detail. ”

Pan Jun was stunned, surprised by Lu Xun's concern. However, he still told him what he knew about Wei Ba, after all, Lu Xun was now the main general, and the more he knew about Wei Ba, the more targeted he would be when formulating tactics. Lu Xun doesn't treat him as an outsider, and he can't hide it.

After listening to Pan Jun's words, Lu Xun was distracted for a moment, his eyes flashed, and he moved towards Pan Jun. "Chengming, don't you think this is a little strange? How could a young man who was not outstanding suddenly change after being sick? If he changed his past mistakes and worked hard to learn from now on, it would be understandable, but he actually learned the mechanical art without a teacher, which is ......"

Pan Jun also suddenly felt a little strange, he thought about it, and his face became uneasy: "Bo Yan, do you think this is the will of heaven?" ”

Lu Xun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Providence is unpredictable, I just think it's too incredible." In the dark, maybe the heavens are watching us, who can say for sure. ”

Pan Jun couldn't help but feel a chill, and his scalp tingled. He didn't think too much about it originally, but now that he heard Lu Xun say that it was actually related to the will of heaven, it couldn't help but make people feel uneasy. Thinking of Wei Ba's name as a god general, he was as shrewd as Pan Jun, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"Whether it is the will of heaven or not, we will wait for the king's luck and loyalty to the king, so we will naturally fight with Wei Ba to the end." Lu Xun interrupted Pan Jun's thoughts and patted the map in front of the case: "Chengming, since the strategy of luring the enemy is not effective, we may still have to base ourselves on a strong attack. Defeat Wei Ba head-on......" Although Lu Xun tried his best to make himself appear calm and calm, when he said Wei Ba's name, he couldn't help but pause for a moment, and then continued: "Maybe it is the most effective way to reverse the current unfavorable situation." Therefore, I want to plan it slowly and make careful arrangements in order to solve the problem in a war. ”

"Of course." Pan Jun responded: "But, Bo Yan, if you want to defend as you did back then, I think it will be a little difficult. Since the Battle of Xiangyang, we have been fighting continuously for two years, and we have lost troops one after another. The king is already in a hurry, and I'm afraid he won't let you deal with it calmly. ”

"Wei Ba is also not calm." Lu Xun insisted.

"Yes, Wei Ba may be anxious to support the Guanzhong battlefield and also hope to end the battle as soon as possible. At this point, we are about the same. But you have to know that the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected. Whether it is war or peace, Wei Ba can decide for himself, Zhuge Liang is far away in Guanzhong, and he is afraid that he will not be able to command him. But the king is close to Wuchang, and we can't say how long he can endure. In case ......"

Lu Xun frowned slightly, and after a long time, he sighed silently. He already knew about Wuchang, and he could roughly guess Sun Quan's mood that Pan Jun's reminder was not alarmist, but a real problem.

"Even if the king has a life, it must be determined according to the actual situation, and we are the generals, but we can't just obey the top." Lu Xun Zuihou came to a conclusion. Pan Jun didn't persuade him again, it was not easy for him to talk about this.

After more than ten days of preparation, Lu Xun's soldiers came to the city and officially began the siege of Linhe City. The southwest of Linhe City is a flat land, and Lu Xun's camp is located here. There is a mountain ridge in the northwest direction of Linhe City, which runs northwest and southeast, just around the rear of Lu Xun's camp, although it is not high, the location is very important. On the west side of the mountain is Yuecheng Ridge, and between the two there is a canyon about two miles wide and about 30 miles long, which leads to Guiling.

Wei Ba set up a defensive formation on this mountain ridge, and formed a horn with Linhe City. The formation stretched from the top of the mountain to the valley, blocking the way for the Wu army to enter the mountain range. After careful study, Lu Xun decided to take the position on the mountain ridge first, and only by taking this mountain range first could it be possible to ensure the safety of the rear road of the army. Wei Ba is good at surprise, Lu Xun doesn't want a large army to attack the city, and suddenly a wave of enemies will appear from behind.

There was another important reason that prompted Lu Xun to make this determination: Wei Ba himself was on the mountain. Capture the thief and capture the king first, although Lu Xun doesn't know this famous saying, he knows this truth. If Wei Ba, a god general, can be captured, the other barbarians will be defeated without a fight.

But it is not easy to attack the mountains. The ridge is more than 100 zhang high, the mountain is dangerous, and it stretches for dozens of miles, if you want to completely encircle the mountain range, it is impossible to do it, Lu Xun can only send people to attack the position between the valley first, hoping to break through this position, go deep into the valley, and then cut off the connection between the mountain position and the city. If the positions on the mountains can be turned into helpless lone troops, it will be a heavy blow to the morale of those barbarians.

It's a battle with no tricks, just a step-by-step attack.

Everything was ready, and in the early morning of the rising sun, Lu Xun set up a position. The 20,000-strong army came out of the camp and lined up, facing the south and the north, facing Wei Ba's position in the valley.

The drums of war rumbled and fell back from valley to valley. Five thousand Wu troops formed a phalanx, standing in front of the formation, the armor was bright, the flags were waving, the morale was high, and it made people feel chills at a glance. Behind them, the fifteen-thousand-strong Wu army was lined up in four phalanxes, the middle army was the thickest, about 8,000 men, the left and right sides fell slightly, about 2,000 men each, and the rear formation was slightly thicker, about 3,000 men.

Wei Ba stood on top of the mountain, looked at Lu Xun's Chinese army in the distance, and then looked at the several tall siege vehicles in front of the battle, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly. These siege vehicles were built by him for Lu Xun, and at that time they were to conquer Xiangyang, but he didn't expect Lu Xun to use them against him now.

"Taichu, do you know it, I used this kind of big car at that time to almost conquer Xiangyang."

"Really?" Xiahou Xuan looked at those carts that were five or six feet tall and was secretly surprised. "Then Weishenme retreated without conquering Xiangyang?"

"Lu Xun probably thought that with these siege vehicles, he could take Xiangyang and no longer needed me, so he wanted to hold me hostage. How could I listen to him, and I turned my face, and you know what happened next. ”

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?"

"You can't say that, you have to have a basis." Wei Ba flatly denied it.

Xiahou Xuan pursed his lips, he had heard about the battle, and probably knew what was going on, so he wouldn't believe that Wei Ba only turned his face with Lu Xun because of an accident. However, he didn't poke Wei Ba, and with his extraordinary observation skills, he found that Wei Ba was a little nervous. Not only Wei Ba was a little nervous, but those barbarian generals were also nervous, and in the face of Lu Xun, the most outstanding general of Wu State, they all had a kind of uneasiness emanating from the bottom of their hearts. Unlike ordinary people, Wei Ba is able to face up to this tension and try to overcome it...... (To be continued......)