Chapter 224: Pan Bao and Su Qin
The news inadvertently spread throughout the barracks, and although Pan Bao finally suppressed the noise of the soldiers, the panic caused by the movement of the Praetorian Guards was not just the shock of the Praetorian Guards. Even the hundreds of thousands of Jingzhou troops who had been in the rear of the battle were panicked in an instant, and they continued to move, and the east and west gates were handed over to the Jingzhou garrison, and the north and south gates were garrisoned by the Praetorian Guards. Regardless of how the two armies divided their respective defensive areas, one thing was certain, and that was that the blockade of the Four Gates changed completely almost overnight.
The Fifth Praetorian Guard did not seem to have any intention of attacking them, but only stationed in their rear with their men and horses, and then stood still, encamped and confronted them. And Liu Fan's army was also stationed far away, waiting for the opportunity to fight the Praetorian Guard, Pan Bao was worried every day, because he felt the commotion of the soldiers under his command.
"Marshal, think of a way, if it goes on like this, the soldiers are likely to mutiny. "The deputy commander of the Third Praetorian Guard Legion pulled Wang Ming and another legion commander, Xu Zhao, to find Pan Bao, if he continued to think like this, those Praetorian Guards who were very emotionally fluctuating were likely to be the first to collapse.
Pan Bao's face was also very ugly, and he could feel the fluctuations of the Praetorian Guard soldiers. He could understand that his soldier Weishenme would collapse, and the long hours of fighting had kept the nerves of these Praetorian Guard soldiers tight. The fall of Jingzhou City made the nervous emotions of these soldiers unable to find an outlet for release in an instant, and the supplies from Longshou Pass became less and less, so that the soldiers of these Praetorian Guards had less and less materials in their hands.
"The news should have been sent to the palace now, you have to calm the soldiers' emotions in the next few days, and wait for the decision of Gonggong Zhang in the imperial capital." Also getting ready. Be prepared to evacuate at any time. Pan Bao seems to have suddenly aged more than ten years. With a wave of his hand, he let the three of them go down, and the three of them also knew that there was really no way to solve it at this time, and they all lowered their heads, not knowing how to solve it.
"Marshal, how should the Jingzhou Army deal with it?" Wang Ming did not leave with the two, the Jingzhou Army has always been a problem for the Praetorian Guards now, and once these Jingzhou Army riots are likely to cause commotion in the entire Praetorian Guard. Pan Bao's heart was also very helpless about the Jingzhou army, and he was originally just looking for them to do logistical support. What's more critical is to give Qiao Xuan time to sort out the power vacancy in Jingzhou, but he didn't expect that Su Fei and Kuaitong had not yet defected, but Qiao Xuan took the lead in defecting.
"Do you have any good ideas?" Pan Bao waved his subordinates away, leaving only Wang Tong alone, since Wang Ming found himself to discuss the affairs of the Jingzhou Army with himself, then he must have a draft in his heart about dealing with the Jingzhou Army, but how to decide that he still needs to be the commander of the decision, thinking of the Jingzhou Army, Pan Bao's brows furrowed even tighter.
"Marshal, the Jingzhou Army is no longer safe. So my idea is that we have to completely solve the Jingzhou army, once and for all. A hint of resoluteness flashed in Wang Ming's eyes. He must not let the Jingzhou army drag himself down. The Jingzhou Army is now a chemical catalyst for the entire battlefield, capable of triggering a chain reaction on the battlefield.
"No, the Jingzhou army has supported several times, and now the number is no longer below our army, and now the Jingzhou army is stationed, once we attack the Jingzhou army, then the entire conquest army may completely collapse. Once the army is in chaos, they themselves may fall into chaos, which is definitely not what he Pan Leopard wants. The current Praetorian Guards of the two legions are the life-saving capital of his Pan Leopard, and if it is not a last resort, he will never want the two legions to collapse.
"Dashuai, of course we don't have to do it. A gleam flashed in Wang Ming's eyes: "Now the Praetorian Guards are stationed at the east and west gates, and the main force of the rebellion is stationed at the location of the West Gate, and the Fifth Praetorian Guard Regiment is stationed behind our south gate, and it can support the West Gate at any time." Marshal, now that you are still the commander of the coalition forces, we can provoke them to fight with the Liu family army, and it is easy to defeat these Praetorian Guards with the combat power of the Liu family army. ”
Pan Bao was moved by Wang Ming's heart, so that the Liu family army and the Jingzhou army fought inwardly, and the Praetorian Guards could even sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but the Jingzhou army and the Praetorian Guards were not fools, I believe they could also see that this was the Praetorian Guards sowing discord, and how to make the battle between the two is what Pan Bao wants to think about most now.
"Marshal, it's very easy for them to fight each other, we can do this. Wang Ming walked to Pan Bao's side and whispered in Pan Bao's ear, Pan Leopard's face became very powerful, and the whole person's face was seriously distorted, if this method is too desperate, if the Jingzhou army is really mobilized according to his ideas, then the bloody battle between the two will definitely be inevitable. When the time comes, their Praetorian Guards will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and reap the benefits of the fishermen.
There are no fools in this shijie, let alone the kind of fools who have been teased there, and the Jingzhou army is not a group of fools, especially Su Fei, who guards the general, and Taishou Kuaitong, the city lord of Jingzhou City, after the two were transferred out of Jingzhou under the pretext, they knew that Zhang Rang's purpose was not good this time. At present, among the ten great cities in Jingzhou, except for Jingzhou City and Changsha City, the remaining eight cities have not yet expressed their position, because those town guard generals and city lord Taishou have not yet received orders from their real masters.
Su Fei and Kuaitong were already thinking about their future as soon as they left Jingzhou. After Pan Bao began to transfer troops and change guards, they felt uneasy in their hearts, the Jingzhou army was stationed at the east and west gates, and it happened to be stuck in the garrison of the Praetorian Guard, and he knew that this was also a way for Pan Bao to deal with them. The combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou army and the Praetorian Guard are not at the same level at all, that is to say, the other party is likely to be on guard against them, once the northern and southern armies of the Praetorian Guard are separated from each other, not to mention that the number is only half of the Jingzhou army, these Janissaries can still easily defeat these Jingzhou garrisons.
They are smart people, and Liu Fan's subordinates are even more intelligent people, these people are afraid that they will not have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so now there is a person who asks Liu Fan to go to the other party's camp, and let Su Fei and Kuai Tong take their Jingzhou army into Liu Fan's army with a three-inch tongue, and this person is Su Qin, who has the seal of the six countries in the Zongheng family.
It can be said that Liu Fan was a little ecstatic about Su Qin's arrival, and naturally he agreed to Su Qin's conditions, and letting the Jingzhou army surrender is also the ending that Liu Fan wants most at present. Liu Fan himself has always disliked fighting civil wars, if the Jingzhou army can surrender, according to Su Qin's words, it is that the two Praetorian Guard regiments stationed under Jianye City will not be long before they change their banners and join Liu Fan's command.
"Lord, the Jingzhou army will be handed over to me, you can take the army here and wait for the news. Su Qin looked at Liu Fan, who was still standing at the gate of the camp with a worried face, and smiled. Liu Fan can't help but feel a little suspicious now, Su Qin's eloquence is clearly recorded in history, what is the difficulty of such a person to convince a few generals who can be said to be at the end of their rope.
"Ji Zi, I will set up a celebration banquet in the camp and wait for you to return victorious!" Liu Fan patted Su Qin's shoulder with a smile and said with a smile, Su Qin is always a civil official, and he has also added a rare diplomat in the world to Liu Fan. A genius-like diplomat, with Su Qin and Liu Fan, it is equivalent to having several powerful fighting legions for no reason.
"Lord, please rest assured, with only hundreds of thousands of Jingzhou troops, Su Qin will definitely not disappoint the lord. If the lord wants to do it in one step, he can go to General Pan Bao Pan now, or in a few days, there will be two more Praetorian Guard legions under the lord's command. Su Qin smiled, and Liu Fan just smiled and patted Su Qin's shoulder and shook his head.
"It's just that the hard thing is that there is no need to worry, those people will be ours sooner or later. Now you go and see those Jingzhou soldiers to try the bottom of their hearts, no matter when you must put your own life first, I don't want a messenger who dies before he can get out of the army. ”
"Don't worry, the lord will go back when he goes to his humble duties, and then the lord will set up a celebration banquet, with good wine and good food. Su Qin smiled and arched his hand to everyone, and rode a war horse with two retinues towards the camp of the Jingzhou Army (to be continued.) )
PS: Tried hard to write a wonderful chapter, well, failed