The two sides have been fighting for so long, so they are naturally quite familiar with the situation of each other's generals, although the Changding army has not really had a few major battles with the Shu army, they are all small-scale contact battles, but they have also obtained various information about the Shu army from other anti-Shu armies.

Knowing that it was Ma Zhong and the Sword Army and the Dreadnought Army who were attacking, Chu He's face couldn't help but become a little solemn.

The name Ma Zhong can be regarded as a big name, and there are Ma Zhong generals in Dashu and Wu, who are trustworthy and trustworthy.

Dawu's Ma Zhong Ma is trustworthy, although his strength is not the realm of the seven grades, but he is known as a lucky general, with the help of Mo Qiyun, he once captured and killed Guan Yu's father and son, shot Huang Zhong, and was finally assassinated by Mi and Fu Erjun, and dedicated his head to Liu Bei.

Ma Zhong, who is attacking now, is Ma Zhong, the governor of Dashu, Ma Dexin, the pinnacle of the six grades, praised as a virtuous talent by Liu Bei, and is a feudal official recorded in the official history, with extraordinary ability, and finally worships the general of Shu Han Zhennan. Very remarkable.

Historically, after the Shu army defeated the anti-Shu forces in southern Xinjiang, he served as the governor of the capital of Xu, during the period in Nanzhong, he stabilized the order, dealt with things decisively, and stood side by side with grace, and was deeply loved by the people.

The Southern Barbarian Army had fought many times with the Eastern Route Army led by Ma Zhong, and the Eastern Route Army and the Middle Route Army were stationed outside the Tongtian River, and the situation of Ma Zhong was very clear.

Ma Zhongnai is the peak combat power of the sixth-grade army, a fellow practitioner of civil and military affairs, with a five-grade divine soldier double phoenix piercing cloud spear, wearing a cold iron beast heart armor, and having a battle soul and martial arts, which can increase his own combat power by six times and the combat power of the army he leads. A seven-trick literary heart can be used with one heart and seven uses, and it is considered a last resort.

Ma Zhong's battle soul and martial courage are simply equivalent to the combination of Meng Huo's battle madness and hegemon's martial courage, but the increase is not as good as today's Meng Huo.

And when the army fights, strategy is also extremely important, Zhuge Liang can let Ma Zhong lead the army all the way south, so he knows how much Zhuge Liang trusts Ma Zhong.

Ma Zhong was originally a native of Bashi County, Bazhou, and most of the soldiers and horses under his command were brave and good at fighting.

The name of the Ba people who are good at fighting is by no means under the barbarians in southern Xinjiang, especially good at mountain warfare, often with a knife blade, climbing mountains and mountains, and destroying the enemy army with surprise soldiers, which can be regarded as one of the special armies in the Three Kingdoms period, so it has the name of the sword army.

The dreadnought army is a famous army in Dashu, developed from a part of the white-eared soldiers as the backbone, all of them are wearing armor, and their bodies are tattooed with strong battle runes, brave battle runes, and huge power runes, which is a terrifying rune army.

Although this army is not a martial artist of the whole army, but the combat power is better than the martial arts, it is the most ordinary dreadnought army, all of which have thousands of catties of strength, amazing speed, and are not afraid of pain, and they are one of the top ten strong armies in Shu!

The dreadnought army has the characteristics of upgrading the first-order military product, and even a five-rank strong army, if it is not allowed to withdraw the army, it is often brave to fight without fear of death, and will never stop until the enemy is completely killed.

Under the dreadnought, never leaving prisoners, Meng's Southern Barbarian Army once suffered a big loss under the Dreadnought, 30,000 elite beast cavalry were slaughtered, and they were almost killed by the Dreadnought Army into the camp of the Southern Barbarian Army.

It was the Wooden Elephant who led the Giant Elephant Rider and paid a great price to repel the Dreadnought.

Chu He also couldn't imagine that if the Shu army didn't move, it would be such a thunderous momentum.

This time, there were 50,000 sword troops and 30,000 dreadnoughts, plus more than 200,000 elite troops, and the number of various air cavalry was also quite a lot.

Especially the Dreadnought, with the blessing of Ma Zhong's martial spirit, its combat power has doubled, and it is definitely a terrifying army that can compete with the elite soldiers and horses of the Changding Army.

But it's also a matter of thought.

The Changding army is now completely exposed under the noses of the Shu army.

Knowing that the Changding army has excellent soldiers and horses, it is an army of steel, with more than 100,000 numbers, and the scorpion tail wing tiger air cavalry is unparalleled in the world, since Zhuge Liang wants to send troops from Nanhua Mountain, he will definitely not send fish belly troops to send experience equipment to the Changding army.

Chu He personally introduced the situation of Ma Zhong and the army under his command, and then looked at the generals with solemn eyes: "How do the generals think they should deal with it?"

Jiang Wei now has a faint style of a general, during this period of time in Tongtianhe has seen and heard, coupled with the guidance of Long and Gan Ning, the military level has improved rapidly, and many times, Long and others have to sigh that this son's talent is amazing.

Moreover, Jiang Wei's realm has also improved quite rapidly, but twenty-five or six, it is already the peak realm of the fifth grade, with the help of the Golden Spirit Jiao Divine Soldier Battle Armor, if he is in the army, he is protected by blood and qi, and it is difficult for the seven-rank God of War to kill him.

Jiang Wei looked at the flag representing the Shu army on the sand table with a calm face, his fingers volleyed a little in the air, and Tianzhu Peak and Zhujie Peak fell one after another.

"Since the Shu army can blow up Tianzhu Peak, this Bamboo Peak must be no problem. The last general felt that the Shu army would pass through the Zhujie Peak, and take advantage of the fact that the mountains and rivers were blocked by the Zhujie Peak mountain stones, quickly pass through the dangerous mountain range of Nanhua Mountain, and garrison troops in the Xianren Ridge!"

Jiang Wei's eyes continued to shine with cold light, and he frowned and said: "The terrain of Xianren Ridge is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the Shu army is stationed here, it is equivalent to hanging a steel knife on the head of our army." ”

"Our army must not allow the Shu army to occupy this place, if we want to send troops, if we want to capture the Immortal Ridge, I am afraid that the casualties will be extremely heavy!"

Wu Shizhu also nodded and said: "The Shu army carried a lot of ordnance parts this time, especially the fire dragon cannon, demining vehicles, and stone vehicles, obviously to use the power of ordnance to counter the advantages of our army's steel soldiers." ”

Phoenix Yu's eyes fell on Jiang Wei's collapsed bamboo peak, and after Wu Shizhu finished speaking, he continued: "The Shu army unexpectedly blew down Tianzhu Peak, and the sword army marched rapidly, and our army is afraid that it will be difficult to take the lead in occupying the important place of Xianren Ridge." ”

Of course, the generals of the Changding Army knew that the terrain of Xianren Ridge was dangerous.

The problem was that he had never thought that the Shu army could come from the land of Tianzhu Peak and Zhujie Peak, and of course it was impossible to send a large army to guard this dangerous place.

In other words, even if the Changding army guards the Xianren Ridge, since the Shu army has such means, it will definitely come from other places to avoid the Xianren Ridge, the Nanhua Mountain Range stretches for thousands of miles, and there are not too many dangerous places everywhere!

After many immature generals finished expressing their opinions, Huang Zhong, a veteran general, said in a deep voice: "Our army may not be able to climb the Immortal Ridge first. ”

"Although the speed of the Rank Knife Army is fast, if our army dispatches the Scorpion Tail Wing Tiger Air Cavalry, harasses it all the way, hinders the movement of the Rank Blade Army, and at the same time sends the elite to advance quickly, the two sides are likely to meet under the Immortal Ridge, and whether they can occupy the Immortal Ridge depends on the battle situation of the two sides. ”

Jiang Wei shook his head: "Even if our army climbs the Immortal Ridge, once the Shu army retreats, how should we deal with it? It is difficult for our army to dispatch a large army to open the Immortal Ridge, and if we pursue the past, we will definitely suffer a big loss." ”

"Now that there is no natural danger to help, once the Shu army retreats, it can come from other places, our army is passively defensive, and the strength is not as good as the Shu army, it will only be tired of coping, which is really unwise. ”

The steep terrain of Nanhua Mountain was an obstacle for the Shu army, and it was not the case for the Changding army.

Ordinary soldiers will wear heavy steel armor, march in the mountains, and have to carry military supplies, crossbows and cannons and other war equipment, and their speed will definitely be greatly affected.

If you fight with the Shu army for speed, you may not be able to fight the Shu army that is prepared prematurely.

The veteran of Gong Losing Che has an old and serious personality, and he thinks more conservatively: "My lord, is there a possibility that the Shu army is a feint attack, forcing our army to dispatch the Scorpion Tail Tiger Air Cavalry, and the real target is our army's air cavalry?"

"For the Shu army, the lord's scorpion-tailed tiger air cavalry is definitely the biggest threat, as long as there is air cavalry, it is equivalent to our army can put a combat power comparable to the elite of 100,000 troops on the battlefield at any time, and all the plans of the Shu army are not easy to implement. ”

He paused for a moment and added, "If the last general is the general of the Shu army, he will definitely try his best to destroy the Scorpion Tail Tiger Air Cavalry as soon as possible!"

When the generals heard this, they all nodded secretly, this feasibility is really great.

Chu He nodded: "This move of the Shu army is indeed unexpected by this commander, even if we know that the target of the Shu army is the scorpion-tailed tiger air cavalry, our army has to send the air cavalry to stop them." ”

It is absolutely impossible for Xianrenling to fall into the hands of the Shu army, and if you want to stop the Shu army, you can only dispatch the scorpion-tailed tiger air cavalry.

With a flash of blood in Long Ji's eyes, he saw that the sand table had returned to its original state, and then shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The intention of the Shu army should not be so obvious. ”

"If the Shu army really wants to occupy the Immortal Ridge, it will not carry so many heavy ordnance! And it can send flying cavalry first, hide in the mountains, and after blowing down the Tianzhu Peak, they will quickly fly to the Immortal Ridge, even if our army dispatches the scorpion-tailed tiger air cavalry, it is impossible to prevent them from ascending the Immortal Ridge. ”

Huang Zhong's face changed slightly: "General Long is right! What if the Immortal Ridge is occupied by the Shu army?"

"Our army will definitely capture Xianrenling at all costs, even if there are heavy casualties, but the 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Shu army, plus Ma Zhong, the subordinate governor, will only suffer more losses than my Changding army!"

Wu Shizhu thought for a moment: "Is it possible that Zhuge Liang has harmed the lord many times to no avail, and he has become angry and ashamed, so he will hit my Changding army hard at any cost to save his prestige and morale of the army?"

Huang Zhong shook his head: "Zhuge Liang will never be rash. ”

Chu He's eyes flashed: "According to the meaning of General Long and General Huang, the real plan of the Shu army is to lure the main force of our army out, and all the actions are for another purpose?"

Long He nodded slightly: "The Shu army did not hesitate to slow down and carry many heavy equipment parts across Nanhua Mountain, obviously to fight a protracted battle with us in the land of Immortal Ridge. ”

"Once our army and the 300,000 army are deadlocked, we will definitely need to send a steady stream of troops to the Xianrenling battlefield, and the defense will definitely be empty. ”

Jiang Wei was still a little puzzled: "Even if the main force of our army rushes to Xianren Ridge, how can the Shu army attack the rear of our army." ”

"Besides, even if our army only leaves 10,000 troops to defend the camp, it is not something that ordinary Shu troops can capture, if the situation is not good, the scorpion tail wing tiger air cavalry can also quickly return to help, can the Shu army have a strange soldier to compete with the scorpion tail wing tiger air cavalry?"

Long Ji shook his head: "This is also something that Long doesn't understand, but he has to guard against it." ”

Chu He's face suddenly became serious: "No matter what, we can't watch the Shu army climb the Immortal Ridge." ”

"It's nothing more than soldiers coming to block, and water coming to cover the earth!"

"General Long, General Wu and 30,000 Nanshan guards stay in the camp, keep in touch with the commander at any time, if there is any change, the main thing is to preserve the troops!"

Chu He's gaze turned to Jiang Wei and the others: "General Jiang, you immediately order all the troops and horses, and lead the Panshi Guard and Xuan Tiewei to rush to the Immortal Ridge, General Huang, you lead the vanguard elite of the Qianyuan Guard, you must stop the Shu army before it reaches the Immortal Ridge, and you must not let the Shu army take the lead in ascending the Immortal Ridge." ”

"This commander will personally lead the scorpion tail wing tiger air cavalry and snipe the sword army!"

Although it was the first real battle with the Shu army, Chu He and the others had already felt the power of Zhuge Liang.

The crossing of the 300,000-strong army over Nanhua Mountain not only brought great pressure to the Changding army, but also made it difficult to figure out the true intentions of the other party, so they could only deal with it passively.

You must know that the Changding Army is not a turtle army, among them is Huang Zhong, a general of the Five Tigers with incomparable experience in warfare, and Long Ji, who dominated the world four hundred years ago!

No wonder Zhuge Liang can become the pillar of Shu, it is clear that the strength of Shu is not as good as that of Great Wei, and he can continue to raise troops for the Northern Expedition, which is really an extremely difficult guy to deal with.

The surging and continuous Danan River, which originally followed the river, poured a large amount of river water into the Tongtian River, which is one of the great rivers that the Tongtian River can become comparable to the sea.

At this time, the big river was cut off by the Tianzhu Peak mountain rocks, and the huge amount of river water could not break through the mountains and rocks that were three or four miles thick, and they continued to gather in the valley on the other side, and it had become a large lake with a radius of several miles.

Looking at the flow of the Danan River, it is conceivable that in some time, there will be a super lake with a radius of tens or even hundreds of miles in this mountain range.

Although the Rank Sword Army had quickly moved out in the direction of the Immortal Ridge, and the two thousand soldiers who followed the army were also ready to use the Earth-Shaking Battle to destroy Zhujie Peak, Ma Zhong had stayed on the side of Tianzhu Peak.

"Ma Dujun, do you think the Changding army will gather forces and engage our army at the Immortal Ridge?"

The one who spoke was a middle-aged strategist holding a goose feather fan in his hand, wearing a scribe's robe, and dressed somewhat similar to Zhuge Liang.

In fact, most of the strategists and scholars in Dashu are dressed like this, which shows how deep Zhuge Liang's influence on Dashu is.

Ma Zhongnian is only fifty years old, with a square face and a straight nose, his eyes are as bright as stars, and although his beard is thick, he is unusually neat.

He smiled slightly: "The Changding Army will definitely rush to the Immortal Ridge." ”

"As long as the Changding army arrives at the Immortal Ridge, it will be when our army is launched, and the Immortal Ridge will be the place where the Changding army will bury the bones!"

The strategist frowned slightly: "Even if the Zhujie Peak is blown up and the river water meets the water of the Danan River, it will take some time to collect enough river water and divert it to the Immortal Ridge." ”

"Moreover, the two rivers are heading towards the Immortal Ridge, and they can't flood the Immortal Ridge for a while, and the Changding Army will not stay on the Immortal Ridge all the time. ”

Ma Zhong glanced at the strategist deeply: "Zhuge Wenxiang asked Ben General to do this, naturally he has his reasons! Wenxiang said that Xianrenling is the place where the bones of the Changding army are buried, and the immortal ridge must be the place where the bones of the Changding army are buried!"