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"Hehehe!"

Suddenly, a hearty laugh broke the silence of the tent, and woke up the generals who were contemplating from their thoughts, and their minds returned to the deliberations of the tent.

Suddenly, the eyes of more than thirty generals turned to Pang Tong, but they saw Pang Tong laughing calmly and said: "In the past, when Kong Ming and I finished their studies and left the academy, we joked that if we meet on the battlefield in the future, we will be our own masters, and Feng Xiao Wolong will definitely have a showdown. I didn't think about it, after seven years, the words of the year actually became a prophecy, and this time we met on the battlefield. This is a great joy in life, how fortunate Pang is! ”

Sure enough, Pang Tong's words made the generals change their complexion when they heard this, and more than half of the generals had slightly red cheeks, secretly ashamed; The rest of the generals looked surprised, looking at Pang Tong with scrutinizing eyes, as if they wanted to see through his heart, to see if he was smiling, pretending to be calm.

However, they were disappointed, Pang Tong's expression was calm, his smile was natural and sincere, as if he was happy in his heart, not a pretentious gesture and grandstanding. Obviously, Pang Tong is looking forward to the upcoming head-to-head confrontation, looking forward to a battle with his former classmate Zhuge Liang to justify his name.

If he wins in the end, then from now on, when people mention the names of the two of them, they must be phoenix chick in front and Wolong in the back, not the well-known Wolong phoenix chick, which invisibly makes him inferior to Kong Ming. As for the defeat, Pang Tong hadn't thought about it at the moment, because he never thought he was worse than Kong Ming.

Huang Zu, who was in a high position, was infected by Pang Tong's bold words, and at the same time knew the intention of Pang Tong's words, so he immediately stood up. He said loudly: "The military advisor is still not afraid of strong enemies, so what are we afraid of as a commander of the army?" ”

As soon as this remark came out. It resonated with the generals under the tent, and the sluggish and depressing atmosphere in the tent was swept away. All the generals looked excited, and they echoed one after another, and even some of the belligerent generals were gearing up and eager to try, as if they couldn't wait to fight Kong Ming's army to the death.

This change fell in Huang Zu's eyes, but seeing that his face was filled with a smile of relief, there was a bitterness in his heart. Although he knew that Liu Biao's original intention was to let Pang Tong lead the army, he was strongly opposed by Cai Mao, Cai He, Cai Zhong and Zhang Yun and other Cai relatives, and the Kuai brothers stirred up the situation. So under the three-way game dispute, the position of the chief general of the three armies will fall to him Huang Zu, allowing him to pick up the cheap.

Since he is sitting in the position of the chief general, he Huang Zu is the commander who is said to be the best commander, and he will never be willing to be a puppet, after all, he is the first veteran general to follow Liu Biao to pacify Jingzhou, and the veteran general in the army on the battlefield of a hundred battles. It was because he was a little hostile to Pang Tong in his heart, and he deliberately suppressed Pang Tong's prestige for several days, so as to raise his prestige. Establish his lofty status as the chief general of the three armed forces.

However, to Huang Zu's surprise, in the face of his deliberate suppression, Pang Tong did not react and did not fight back. On the contrary, he was obedient and maintained his position as the commander of the three armies everywhere. This made Huang Zu feel a sense of loss when he punched the air, and he was secretly ashamed. I feel too narrow-minded to tolerate others. There is quite an inferiority complex of spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. So Huang Zu quickly changed his mentality and deliberately eased the relationship between himself and Pang Tong. Joined forces to suppress the deputy marshal Zhang Yun, deliberately elevated the status and voice of the Jiangdong generals in the army, and promoted the victory of the Northern Expedition in the early stage, and captured most of Nanyang County in one fell swoop.

Just when Huang Zu was gradually immersed in the supreme authority of the commander of the three armies, the Western Jin Dynasty army that reinforced Wancheng came, and in the face of hundreds of thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry rushing to attack, the whole army was panicked, and the generals of each battalion were at a loss.

At this moment, Huang Zu personally felt the huge gap between himself and Pang Tong. The moment he heard that the Western Jin army was about to arrive in Wancheng, he himself was also panicked and confused, but Pang Tong was not afraid and easily resolved the crisis in front of him. What is a gap, this is a gap.

After truly realizing the huge gap between himself and Pang Tong, Huang Zu was very bitter in his heart, but he clearly knew what he should do next, consciously put himself in the right position, and cooperated with Pang Tong to complete the expected goal of the Northern Expedition. To put it bluntly, from this moment on, Huang Zu volunteered to become a puppet, nominally the commander of the three armies, but in fact he cooperated with Pang Tong to command the army to fight, and he had to obey Pang Tong's dispatch in every action.

From beginning to end, Pang Tong did not compete with him for the power of the coach, but Huang Zu himself realized that his talent was not enough, so he had the consciousness of being willing to be a puppet. No one persecuted him, but he was self-aware, knew what he had to do and what he could do. And this consciousness comes from his loyalty to Liu Biao, his responsibility for the Jingzhou Army, and the overall situation awareness of the battlefield generals to take care of the overall situation.

If you don't fight, you fight. Pang Tong, with his broad mind and extraordinary talent, quietly convinced Huang Zu, so that he took charge of the army naturally. This is a perfect interpretation of wisdom, and it is also a model of a wise man who convinces people with reason and convincing people with virtue.

As soon as he thought of this, Huang Zu immediately made a decision, stood on the upper steps and said loudly: "At present, Wancheng cannot be captured for a long time, and the reinforcements of the Western Jin Dynasty will arrive in a blink of an eye. Those who dare to disobey the order will be punished by military law and severely punished! After finishing speaking, Huang Zu bowed slightly, bowed to Pang Tong under the tent, and then sat down slowly, without further words.

When Pang Tong heard this, he immediately got up and waved his hand to Huang Zu to return the salute, and then stepped out of the ranks, standing in front of the handsome case, and said slowly in the face of the generals: "Our army has attacked Wancheng for seven days in a row, with little success, and is still blocked by the Bocai army on the south bank of the moat, and cannot advance an inch. The reason for this is that we underestimated the defensive strength of the defenders of Wancheng before the war, and they launched an attack without knowing the enemy's situation. ”

While speaking, Pang Tong slowly paced to the center of the tent, but his voice did not stop: "According to the situation of attacking the surrounding cities of Wancheng in the past few days, at noon on the day when our army attacked Deng County, Bo Cai, the defender of Wancheng, had already learned the news, and immediately reduced his forces and transferred most of the soldiers and horses stationed in the 36 counties under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County back to defend Wancheng.

All the generals know that for a long time, in order to prevent our Jingzhou army from going north to capture Nanyang, Emperor Li Li of the Jin Dynasty gathered heavy troops in Nanyang Tun and sent his general Bo Cai to lead 50,000 Wuwei battalion infantry troops to garrison Wancheng, and Nanyang County already had more than 50,000 defenders. In this way, there are 100,000 people in the Western Jin Dynasty army stationed in Nanyang, this time our army went all the way north, annihilated more than 30,000 defenders one after another, and killed more than 10,000 enemy troops in the siege of the city for several days, so there are no less than 50,000 defenders in Wancheng at present. That is to say, when our army approached the city, there were 70,000 defenders gathered in the city, and our army only had 120,000 siege soldiers and horses, so it is not difficult to imagine why our army attacked the city for several days but ended in failure. It is a pity that we did not know this important information in advance, and it was not until yesterday evening that I learned of this important military information after carefully examining the battle reports submitted by the various battalions. ”

Speaking of this, Pang Tong's voice paused, and his face became stern: "Knowing oneself and knowing that the other side can not be defeated in a hundred battles." Attacking a fortified city defended by an army of 70,000 with 120,000 cavalry, the result can be imagined, and it is inevitable that it will not be able to attack for a long time. However, compared with the defenders of Wancheng, our army's northern expedition has been ten days, and the front, middle and rear armies totaled 150,000 troops, losing nearly 5,000 cavalry in the city of Dengxian City, and more than 24,000 cavalry in Xipingao, and losing more than 30,000 soldiers in the siege of the city for seven consecutive days, so that at present, our army has only more than 86,000 people, and the strength is almost the same as that of the Wancheng defenders. Twenty miles away, there are 50,000 troops in Wancheng, and there are 120,000 Xiliang iron horsemen rushing behind Wancheng at this moment, this is the shape we are facing at the moment. All the generals should be able to see that the shape is very unfavorable to us and others, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is in danger! ”

Before Pang Tong's words fell, Han Song, the commander of the rear army, blurted out the words: "Withdraw the army." Once Zhuge Liang led the reinforcements to arrive, then we will have to face 170,000 Western Jin troops, twice as many as me, and most of them are war horses. Since we knew that we were invincible, we simply took advantage of the fact that the Western Jin Dynasty reinforcements had not yet arrived, and it was still too late for us to withdraw immediately; If the reinforcements of the Western Jin Dynasty arrive in Wancheng, even if we want to withdraw at that time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to retreat. Although these words are a little abrupt and quite harsh, and they are angry enough to destroy their own prestige, they are the voices of the generals under their accounts, at least most of the generals have retreated at the moment, but they are embarrassed to say it in public because they take care of their own face.

But Han Song is different. He was not a military general in the first place, and he was only responsible for escorting grain and grass with the army this time, and did not directly participate in the war. Now that life is at stake, the generals are secretive about the withdrawal of the army, but he Han Song does not have so many concerns, after all, people who have read history books understand the truth that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and compared with fleeing for his life, his face is nothing.

As soon as the words of withdrawal came out, it was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, causing all the generals in the tent to have different expressions, their eyes flickering, and they were quite moved. At this moment, Pang Tong showed a smiling smile on his face, and said with a flirtatious expression: "Withdrawing the army is the best policy, and the thirty-six plans are the best plan, and General Han's mention of the withdrawal of the army is also reasonable, and it is not wrong." It's just that the generals have ever thought that even if we wait for the retreat overnight, will the defenders of Wancheng take the opportunity to chase after them? Even if the defenders in the city did not dare to pursue rashly, but the speed of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was far from comparable to our army, and it traveled two hundred miles a day. At that time, how will tens of thousands of people in our military region resist the 120,000 tiger and wolf division, and will they not sit idly by or be captured? ”

When the generals heard this, they immediately discussed: "Huh? Yes, we waited for the Northern Expedition, there was a lot of grain and grass, and most of them were infantry troops, so we couldn't escape the pursuit of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. ”

"That's right! Usually the army marches more than 50 miles a day, and the fastest can only march 100 miles, at best, it is only a half-day trip for Xiliang Tieqi, and it can't run away! ”

"If you can't run, you have to run, can't you stay here and wait for death?"

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