Zhao Yun was pleasantly surprised: "The lord's letter? When was it delivered? ”

The guard said with a smile: "This letter was brought with me when my subordinates went out of Moling with the general, and now it is presented to the general." After the guard said this, he took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Zhao Yun with both hands.

Zhao Yun took it a little impatiently, and immediately took it apart, and by the light of the fire, he could vaguely see the words on it.

A few simple words were written on this letterhead: "At a critical time, Lu Xun can take on a big responsibility, and if Zilong is confused, he can discuss with this person." Zhao Yunfei glanced at it, afraid that he couldn't see clearly outside, so he called Lu Xun into his village again, and looked at it again, and then looked the guards up and down, and asked, "You are Lu Xun?" ”

Lu Xun nodded and said, "The subordinate is Lu Xun." ”

Zhao Yun turned his eyes to the letterhead again, it was indeed Zhang Lang's own handwriting, and there was Zhang Lang's unique seal on it, this letter would definitely not be fake. But this Lu Xun in front of him, although he is wearing mighty armor, his face is white, his milk smell has not dried, he has a strong smell of books, and he looks a little weak, obviously he has not been on the battlefield, can he strategize and win thousands of miles away? Zhao Yun's expression was suspicious.

Lu Xun also felt Zhao Yun's distrustful gaze, and he didn't react, just looked at Zhao Yun with a smile.

Zhao Yun remembered that Zhang Lang employs people and is eclectic, and every person who is promoted by exception does have his advantages. Maybe this Lu Xun duel is not as simple as it seems. Zhao Yun thought secretly.

Based on Zhao Yun's trust in Zhang Lang, he no longer looks down on Lu Xun because of the surface. Zhao Yun asked: "Since the lord has already made arrangements for you to assist the general in killing the enemy, then what should you do now?" ”

Lu Xun obviously thought about it carefully and said confidently: "Since it is certain that there are not many people in Shenshan, then the general does not have to care about this road at all. As long as General Pan returns, he can be ordered to lead 3,000 men and horses along the official road, and attack various checkpoints with a tough attitude, so as to attract the attention of Cao's army. Then the general secretly waved the banner of Cao's army, waded across the Shen River, and ambushed on the Xiling Trail. Due to the pressure of General Pan and the psychology of Li Tong seeking stability, it is inevitable to take Ming'a Town as the center and transfer four people back to Ming'a. Therefore, the general can fish in troubled waters, ambush the army from Ningde Town, annihilate the enemy army in one battle, and then change into Cao clothes, swagger to Ming'a, and then suddenly attack the city, burn its auxiliary weight, destroy its equipment, and finally take advantage of the chaos to retreat. ”

Zhao Yun listened to Lu Xun's words, nodded and shook his head from time to time, and his mood was very conflicted.

Although Lu Xun is young, because he wandered around in his early years and was used to seeing eye expressions, he has a lot of experience in figuring out people's minds. He knew Zhao Yunxin's scruples, and continued: "The battle of Xiling is the key to the success or failure of our army, although Ningde only has two thousand men, but as long as one is missed, I am afraid that it will be difficult for things to end well." Of course, from Ningde to Ming'a, there is only Xiling all the way, unless they go around in a big circle, otherwise the time is extremely beneficial to the general. After the victory of our army, several teams of soldiers lurked in the Xiling Trail, as long as they found a fish that slipped through the net, they would not be killed. In this way, the possibility of the matter being revealed is minimized, and at the same time, the transmission of information about the enemy army is prevented, and as long as it can hold out for a day, the general is done. ”

Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief, his face was full of relief, and he said with a smile: "You really think about it, and in this way, the hope of success will greatly increase." It seems that the lord looks at each other wisely, and another pillar of material was born, which is the luck of the lord, the luck of Jiangdong, and the luck of the world. ”

Lu Xun's cheeks were slightly red, and he was a little at a loss for Zhao Yun's praise.

Zhao Yun's face returned to the beginning of the calm and said: "But how can our army be cautious and not be discovered by Cao Jun, this is the biggest problem, I don't know if you have thought about it?" ”

Lu Xun said: "This problem is actually very simple, if it is not spring, the water dries up, especially in the downstream area, the water is slow and shallow, and the general wades through the water in the dark night, there will definitely be no problem." ”

Zhao Yun thought that this method was also feasible, so he elaborated on a few more concerns and discussed them with Lu Xun one by one.

Just when Zhao Yunmi seized Shen County, the northwest front underwent earth-shaking changes.

In November, Zhou Yu, the commander of Jingzhou, took advantage of the indecision of the enemy general Cao Ren and hesitated whether to attack or defend, so he ordered the general Zhou Tai to lead 20,000 troops into Zhaye County and began to storm Wuyang County.

Cao Ren learned that Zhou Yu's army was mainly anti-guest and invaded Yingchuan County, so he couldn't help but be furious, and personally raised 100,000 elite soldiers and then went out of Yingchuan. In late November, the battle was fought at Pingdingshan in the father city. In order to take the initiative in the battle, Zhou Yu divided his troops into three ways at the end of the month, one route was led by Zhou Shan to lead 10,000 people to Jiaxian immediately, trying to attack Yingyang, so that Cao Ren was attacked on both sides, and threatened Xuchang at the same time; On the other hand, Ma Zhong went to Kunyang to assist Zhou Tai in attacking Dingling, completely cutting off the connection between Wuyang County and Xiangcheng, and then opening up the Dongjin Avenue and joining Xu Huang in Runan.

Where is Cao Ren willing to give up, at the beginning of December, he personally waved a large army to kill Luyang, intending to take advantage of Zhou Yu's division of troops to take the main camp of the Jiangdong Army. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu had already prepared, deceived and lured the enemy, counterattacked in Yushui Jedi, ambushed several soldiers, killed Cao Jun's corpses all over the field, blood flowed like a river, and Yushui San said that it was bright red and did not retreat.

Cao Ren was defeated and retreated to Xiangcheng and could not hold out. At the same time, he was afraid that Yingyang was in danger, and began to divide his troops to guard.

Zhou Yu's army besieged Cao Ren in Xiangcheng, the water was impassable, and Yingyang and Dingling were in emergency one after another, Yingchuan was shaken, and Xuchang was in danger.

Zhou Yu opened a gap in Yingchuan, and the situation on the entire front reversed dramatically. First of all, the pressure on Xu Huang in Runan suddenly lightened, and Le Jin did not continue to suppress the heavy troops, but divided his troops to fly to Cao Ren's aid. Secondly, Cao Yingfeng heard that Xuchang was in danger, and saw that Cai Jiu couldn't attack, so he couldn't help but think about retreating.

Zhou Yu did not relented in the slightest because of this, and under Cheng Yu's suggestion, on the one hand, he continued to pressure Xiangcheng, and on the other hand, Jiang Qin poured out of Yuyuan Mountain and forced into Wuguan, intending to open the gate of invasion of Guanzhong while the main force of Cao Ying's army was in Huainan.

Zhou Yu exhausted his elite soldiers in several ways, and for a while, everyone in Chang'an and Xuchang was in danger, and finally said that they were uneasy.

Xun Yu of the main town of Xuchang decisively dispatched tens of thousands of troops from Hebei to reinforce Xiangcheng, which was able to stabilize the Yingchuan situation.

Under such circumstances, Shen County suddenly became subtle overnight.

If Zhao Yun can break through Shen County and destroy its equipment, Cao Ying will inevitably retreat to Yanzhou. If it fails, not to mention the annihilation of the whole army here, the enemy army will inevitably have a large number of soldiers, go straight to Anfengjin, besiege Shouchun, and then threaten Moling.

Just between Zhao Yun's guessing and waiting for the opportunity, the news from Ying made Zhao Yun's heart sink to the bottom: Yingshang County was lost. Yingshang's loss was expected, but An Fengjin did not insist on seven days, and was broken by Cao's army, which was somewhat unexpected. The guard general Ling Ying's surname was Ge Jianlie, he fought to the death and did not surrender, and finally blood splashed on the city wall, and a generation of good generals died on the battlefield like this.

Ling Ying was killed in battle, and his son Ling Tong led his troops to rush left and right in the enemy army, killing countless generals before regaining his father's corpse and quickly retreating to Yangquan. Where would Cao Jun give up, take advantage of the situation and go straight down, intending to swallow Yangquan in one bite and besiege Shouchun. Fortunately, Ling Tong gradually showed the demeanor of a general, woke up from his father's death, organized soldiers to stick to Yangquan, and waited for Huang Xu's reinforcements to come up.

Zhao Yun was anxiously waiting, and Pan Zhang finally took the soldiers to meet Zhao Yun and Yu Zhongshan.

The situation was somewhat unexpected, Cao Jun pursued the Jiangdong Army all the way, if it wasn't for Pan Zhang's cleverness, he hired a local guide with a lot of money, and took the Shenxian Trail, which made it difficult to get rid of Cao Zhang's pursuers.

When Zhao Yun heard Pan Zhang's situation, he couldn't help but be a little shaken, and his judgment of himself and Lu Xun became undecisive. At this time, Lu Xun once again stood up bravely when Zhao Yun was undecided, and decisively supported him and said: "General, the battle situation is changing rapidly, if you don't grasp this slight opportunity, I'm afraid it will become more difficult at that time." ”

Zhao Yun thought heavily and said: "I can't use personal judgment to decide the life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers." ”

Lu Xun said solemnly: "General, when did you become so hesitant?" As the commander of the three armed forces, he is the soul of the army, if you all deny your own judgment, then who dares to be sure of yourself? In the impression of his subordinates, the general has always been a vigorous and resolute person, but where is this self-confidence now? ”

Zhao Yun remembered Zhang Lang's trust, swept away the languid, and said with a full face: "What Bo Yan said is extremely true. ”

Zhao Yun then summoned Pan Zhang and whispered a few words.

That night, Pan Zhang did not take any rest, and began to advance rapidly along the official road of Shen County with 3,000 men and horses.

At the same time, Zhao Yun pulled out the village to the north, abandoned the heavy equipment and auxiliary weight, went into battle lightly, and began to move closer to Shen County along the west bank of Yingshui.

A few days later, the army had secretly reached the lower reaches of Shenshui, and the Shenshan mountain range was already in sight.

Due to the special geographical location of Shenshui County, the terrain of Shenshui is low and shallow, the sediment blocks the estuary, and the side water from the Yingshui branch is difficult to flow to Shenshui, so Shenshui is gradually drying up, and the water depth is only one person high, which is indeed an advantage that can be used for the Jiangdong Army.

Cao Jun's defense of the west bank of Shenshui is not very tight, although there is a school of people, but this obviously does not let Zhao Yun take it to heart.

At night, the Koto army began to float by.

By about daybreak, all the soldiers had waded through the water and began to move upstream.

Occasional enemy scouts were encountered along the way, but they were also cleverly avoided by the scouts.

There are more than 10,000 men and horses, but where the elite troops of the Jiangdong Army are located, every soldier is strict in military discipline, well-trained, and has been on the battlefield for a long time. Under the leadership of Zhao Yun, each performs its own position and operates in an orderly manner, like an inseparable whole, complementing each other.

After carefully sending for a long time, the army led by Zhao Yun finally stepped into the Xiling Trail, and in the process of its march, it not only avoided the enemy patrol sentinels, but also successfully infiltrated, which is a small miracle.

What we are waiting for now is to bury the enemy troops from Ningde, as Lu Xun said.

Pan Zhang led 3,000 soldiers, although it was not blatant, but it was also arrogant, and he followed the official road of Shen County and went straight to the county seat.

At the Takiyama checkpoint forty miles away from Shen County, the invasion of the Jiangdong Army was soon discovered and the battle horn was sounded.

Pan Zhang took advantage of the panic of the enemy army to launch a strong attack one after another, and soon took advantage of the advantage of troops to win the first checkpoint. Then they rushed straight to the second level.

Cao's army was newly defeated, and the defeated soldiers all poured into the second level, but this just gave Pan Zhang a great opportunity. Although Pan Zhang is not a good general of a generation, he has been in the army for many years, and he also has a certain strategic mind, so he made a decisive decision and attacked the second level.

The Cao army's position was not stable, and Pan Zhang's battle could not be described as brave, and he fought in one go, and won three cities in a row. It was only when the fourth level was attacked that it began to show some lack of backwardness and inadequacy.

But Pan Zhang seemed to be determined to take this place, and began to camp ten miles away, preparing to tackle the problem again.

Pan Zhang's fearlessness really made Cao Jun panic for a while, and then several schools of men and horses in several checkpoints quickly dispatched and dispatched more than half of the troops to support, ready to resist this group of enemy troops falling from the sky.

Pan Zhang did not act, and Cao Jun did not dare to attack, and after three days of preparation, he set up simple equipment and began to storm the fourth line of defense.

At this time, the news of the Jiangdong Army's invasion of Shen County had quickly spread to Li Tong's ears. Li Tong saw that the Jiangdong army was coming fiercely, and broke several checkpoints in a row, and he couldn't figure out how many people and horses there were in a short period of time, so for the sake of safety, he did not transfer troops to support Shenxian, but as Lu Xun said, he only transferred the two schools of Shenshan Dazhai to support, and the other troops let them retreat to Ming'a and focus on care, because he knew that the purpose of the Jiangdong army was in Ming'a Town.

Under Pan Zhang's strong attack, Li Tong really fell into Lu Xun's trap, and the people in Ningzhen, Dang, Xianye and other places began to move closer to Ming'a. Especially Ningde Yiyi, after receiving the order, immediately set off, and all the people approached.

Zhao Yun had already laid a net on the Xiling Trail, just waiting for the moment when Cao Jun was caught.

After an ambush for a long time, the scout finally brought good news, and found a Cao army coming quickly not far away.

The target came from the direction of Ningde and went to Ming'a Town.

Zhao Yun waved his fist vigorously and shouted softly: "All the soldiers are in place, and the patrol team will be dispatched immediately to block all the paths, and not a single enemy soldier will be allowed to slip through the net." ”

(To be continued)