Chapter 418: The Vanishing Army
Zhao Gao was like a fish in water in the palace, and gradually formed his own little shili, vaguely replacing the four permanent servants. Today's four permanent servants are not as good as before, although they can still gain Zhang Rang's trust, but unfortunately there is no news of Wei Xian after his disappearance in Yizhou, and the originally reliable four-person alliance has collapsed like this. For Zhao Gao, an outsider, they rejected it from their hearts and did not want to accept Zhao Gao into their small group.
But Zhao Gao was very respectful to the three of them, no matter how the three of them did behind Zhao Gao's back, Zhao Gao never showed any hostility towards the three of them. This made Zhang Rang very satisfied, he didn't want people to think that he was a master who had new people and forgot the old ones. Zhang Rang was more and more satisfied with Zhao Gao, but on the contrary, Zhang Rang's dissatisfaction with the three of them became more and more serious, and he publicly reprimanded the three of them several times, which made the three more and more dissatisfied with Zhao Gao.
The intrigue in the palace is getting more and more serious, but Zhao Gao doesn't care about this, he serves Zhang Rang wholeheartedly every day, and he gets more and more secrets. Zhao Gao's position in the palace is getting higher and higher, and the battle situation outside is developing towards an increasingly unfavorable situation, and the current Pan Bao can be said to be in a hurry, not only because of the number of logistical supplies, but also because of a strange army in the Liu family's army, an army of only 3,000 people, actually defeated his army of 30,000 people in one fell swoop, and disappeared without a trace from under their noses.
It is not easy to hide the traces of a force, especially when the army is heavily blocked, but it is a pity that this is the case, and the army that passes under their noses is like a stone sinking into the sea. No trace of them was found by the scouts. 3,000 people may not be able to decide the winner in a head-to-head duel. But if it's on the strategic layout. Once these 3,000 people appeared where they should never be, it would be devastating to take them.
"Waste, it's all a bunch of waste! The 30,000-strong army was actually defeated by them!" Pan Bao was already furious at the moment, Jingzhou's navy was defeated in the hands of the Yizhou navy, he didn't have any doubts about this, the original Jingzhou navy was not the opponent of the Yizhou navy at all. The defeat of the Jingzhou Navy could only make the route of logistics supply a little longer, and the navy of Yizhou did not dare to go ashore to confront the Praetorian Guards, and did not even dare to approach the shore for a hundred steps.
Zhang Gui, the division commander who was scolded, could only stand up hard. originally thought that the elimination of such an army would be easy to capture, but he did not expect that his subordinates would be easily defeated by the other party, and even when he was defeated, he did not understand how he failed. Zhang Gui was also very aggrieved in his heart, not that he couldn't win, but that this battle was inexplicable, he was still on the march, he didn't expect the other party to kill like this, and several generals led by him directly disrupted their formation, if it weren't for the desperate protection of his subordinates, Zhang Gui at this moment would have become a dead man.
"Great. It's not that the last general didn't do his best, it's just that when the other party killed me, my subordinates didn't make any preparations, so they were killed by the other party. And the last few fierce generals are really unstoppable. Zhang Gui's face was embarrassed, thinking of the enemy general's charge, Zhang Gui still felt a chill on his neck.
Zhang Gui didn't say that it was okay, but it made Pan Bao even more annoyed, 30,000 people against 3,000 people, and the formation of dealing with the fierce generals may not be very familiar to the local garrison, but the Imperial Praetorian Guard has already perfected the use of the fire, not to mention a few, even dozens of fierce generals want to break through the large formation of the Praetorian Guard in less than a stick of incense.
"Waste, you still have the face to say! Someone will drag him down for me and beat me with fifty military sticks!" Pan Bao is now eager to pull out the war knife on his waist and slash Zhang Gui to relieve his anger, and he also said that he didn't know that Jingzhou City had been occupied. If they knew this news, coupled with Zhang Gui's defeat, the army of 3,000 people disappeared under their noses, and it is estimated that Pan Bao would have drawn his sword and cut people by now.
The handsome man was angry. Pan Bao's henchman Wang Ming hurriedly stood up to stop Pan Bao, who was already angry: "Please think twice, Dashuai, now that we are in a rebellious war, it is the time to employ people." General Zhang has been on the battlefield for a long time and fought bravely, he is a member of our army and an important general, and he cannot be defeated. ”
"The marshal is angry, please think twice!" Someone took the lead, and all the generals naturally stood up, as long as the army had nothing to do with Zhang Zizhan, it was not a simple background, and all the generals stood up. Pan Bao naturally didn't want to really fight Zhang Gui, so he took the opportunity to step down. Pan Bao looked at everyone angrily, waved his hand, and the guards who rushed in walked out.
"Marshal, now that the war is urgent, we might as well send people to the rear to urge the grain and grass to be heavy, and ask for more reinforcements at Xiangshang Peak. In addition, the baggage on the Jingzhou side is now getting less and less, and one should be sent to sit in the town. "Wang Ming naturally knows what Pan Bao is going to do, Zhang Gui can't stay in the army anymore, otherwise 30,000 people will be defeated by 3,000 people without a trace of punishment, which is definitely a heavy blow to the army.
Pan Bao nodded to the other side of the ground and said: "Okay, Zhang Gui, you will work hard, go to the palace to explain to Gonggong Zhang in person, and go to Jingzhou City to see what is going on." ”
Zhang Gui responded to the military order in a low voice, and the war was out of his favor, which indicated that he had no chance to make meritorious contributions. Zhang Gui didn't dare to express any objections, Pan Bao glanced at everyone, stared at the map and looked carefully, where would the three thousand people who disappeared go. The Liu Jiajun was defeated with one blow, and leaned towards the Huiji City in the rear without disorder. Now he finally understood what was going on, and mobilized his main forces to find an opportunity for the 3,000 guerrilla army to break through the encirclement.
"Dashuai, these 3,000 people are a lot of strength. If these 3,000 people appear in places we don't expect, what should we do?" Wang Ming pointed to several cities on the map and said to Pan Bao, Pan Bao shook his head, it is absolutely impossible for the other party to appear near those cities.
"Tell me, where might the other party take his troops?" He was clear about the movement of the Praetorian Guards, as well as the few backhands arranged by Zhang Rang. Three thousand troops, not too much, no less, in the words of haode, is likely to be able to disintegrate the troops under his command. But where will they appear?
Liu Fan's generals are all talented people, no one is a simple character, no matter who leads the three thousand people, it is a huge threat to him, and these three thousand people must be dug out as soon as possible and completely annihilated. The generals were also frowning, unable to think about where the other party would go.
"Marshal, can the last general say a word?" Just when everyone was discussing, suddenly a voice came from outside the tent, Pan Bao's brows suddenly wrinkled, the hierarchy in the Praetorian Guard is very strict, without the permission of the superior, no one will dare to say a word during the combat meeting.
"Marshal, quickly send troops to garrison Longshou Pass, otherwise the news of the loss of Longshou Pass will come in less than three days. The voice outside the tent did not stop speaking because he did not get Pan Bao's permission, but spoke out loud his thoughts. The faces of the generals in the tent suddenly changed, and Pan Bao's personal guard general was about to rush out, but Pan Bao waved his hand to stop the general.
"Someone outside will let me in!" Pan Bao heard the shouts outside, looked at the location of Longshou Pass on the map, and suddenly felt shocked, if the army of 3,000 people really went to Longshou Pass, then they would be really dangerous. The guards outside the door led a young general in, and Pan Bao saw that the general's face suddenly changed.
"You said they should go back to Longshou Pass, I need a suitable reason!" Pan Bao said sharply to the young general, if he could not give a satisfactory answer, Pan Bao would not mind treating him as a military lawyer.
The young general was not frightened by Pan Bao, but arched his hand and said to Pan Bao: "Dashuai, there are only two places that can solve the current situation, one is Longshou Pass, and the other is Jingzhou City! Jingzhou City is probably lost now, Longshou Pass is our only weakness at present, Dashuai, once Longshou Pass misses, we will completely fail!" (To be continued.) )