Chapter 407: Chen Qingzhi and Zhou Yu
Zhao Gao left, with Liu Fan's infinite expectations for him, how far can this guy go? Will he climb to the pinnacle of power like in history, and then leave a heavy mark in history, and carry it on his back. But Liu Fan knows that no matter how far Zhao Gao Zuihou goes, as long as he Liu Fan needs it, in a word, he Zhao Gao will continue to come back to be his Liu Fan's dog, the most loyal dog, just like history is Qin Shi Huang's dog.
And the general who followed Liu Fan finally let Liu Fan breathe a sigh of relief, with him, the mobilization of the army can be easier, and winning more with less is even more commonplace. Chen Qingzhi, who was dressed in a white robe, sat next to Liu Fan, and was also very embarrassed by the current situation. It's not that he has no way to disperse the Liliang of those Praetorian Guards, nor is there no way to defeat those Praetorian Guards, but because Liu Fan's request to him is too outrageous, let him lead the army to capture Longshou Pass.
"Lord, do you really want me to attack Longshou Pass? Are you sure you didn't choose the wrong person?" In that era when heroes were not needed, he Chen Qingzhi was a big hero, and the famous army general did not work for himself, and thousands of troops avoided white robes. Chen Qingzhi's good tactic is to win more with less, throughout his life, he has almost never fought a war with equal forces, he has always fought more with less, in his opinion Chen Qingzhi, he has a way to defeat these Praetorian Guards, but it is really not what he wants to let him fight this battle.
Liu Fan looked at Chen Qingyi, who was trying his best to show that he would not take on this mission, and smiled in his heart, in addition to Zhou Yu and Chen Qingzhi in this situation, Liu Fan really couldn't think of anyone else who was suitable for this task. Perhaps there is still a lot more to Chinese history, and Xie Jin, for example, is likely to be suitable for this task. But Xie Jin hasn't come out yet. This task belongs to him Chen Qingzhi.
"Are you going?" Liu Fan looked at Chen Qingzhi with a flat face. Chen Qingyi looked at Liu Fan with an embarrassed face. Liu Fan is not afraid that he will not agree, as long as he is still the same Chen Qingzhi as before, he will definitely go. The reason why Chen Qingzhi said this is completely due to his personality, he is a little lazy, and he can't even tell from his appearance that he is a decisive person.
"I'll go, but I'll take my own soldiers with me, and the generals under your command will be at my disposal. Or don't go. Chen Qingzhi smiled at Liu Fan, Liu Fan finally knew what this guy meant by procrastinating here, in a word, he wanted soldiers and people, and he had to be the strongest, Chen Qingyi looked at Liu Fan with a proud face: "Lord, this battle is dangerous, I must take the most elite soldiers and will lose to fight, if the lord can't give me the most elite personnel, I will never agree to this trip." ”
Liu Fan bit and said, "Okay, I agree." Whatever you want, whatever you want. ”
"Good. I need 3,000 elite soldiers and 10 generals!" Chen Qingzhi stretched out ten fingers, Liu Fan's number of elite generals is limited now, Chen Qingzhi stretched out his hand to leave ten people, and the elite troops of 3,000 are even more blood in Liu Fan's heart, now Liu Fan's elite is not much, the elite 3,000 troops have removed a large part of Liu Fan's liliang, and the elite army is already on the way to support Jian'an under the leadership of Su Lie.
Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, Gao Chong, Lu Wenlong, Cao Ning and the Five Tiger Generals were all taken away by Chen Qingzhi except for Guan Yu, who left with a small tune when he left, because he took away three thousand elites. As for the mood of Liu Fan, who was standing at the head of the city to see him off, he didn't need to care. When Chen Qingzhi disappeared from Liu Fan's field of vision with 3,000 troops, Liu Fan also began to take Zuihou's army to support Jianye.
On the other side, Zhou Yu sneaked around, the deeper the troops went, the more Zhou Yu found that the situation around him was wrong, the sneaking of the 20,000 army was not easy to hide the traces, Zhou Yu had tried his best to pick a remote road, but his whereabouts were still exposed. Without the right armor to come and dress up, Zhou Yu could only lead the army to grope and think about a way out.
"Metropolitan Governor, we have entered the realm of Jingzhou, can we really force the Praetorian Guards to retreat here?" Gan Ning looked around vigilantly, it was not an easy task to hide the total of 20,000 troops, thanks to Zhou Yu, if others were afraid that they would really not be able to hide the traces of so many troops.
Zhou Yu pointed to Jingzhou City on the map, and the surrounding area had been completely painted white by Zhou Yu's finger prints, and there were marks made by Zhou Yu everywhere. Zhou Yu glanced around, Jingzhou was also affected by the Great War, and there were no people for thousands of miles. Tomorrow will be in Jingzhou City, Zhou Yu is now sure that Zhang Rang must have a legion at the junction of Jingzhou and Xuzhou, Zhang Rang is just waiting, waiting for the opportunity to release this flood beast.
"Jingzhou City!" Zhou Yu slammed his fist on the position of Jingzhou City, taking Jingzhou City is bound to cause panic among the entire Praetorian Guard, Jingzhou is an important state capital for the food supply of the imperial capital. Jingzhou City is stuck on the main road of grain and grass, as long as Jingzhou City is taken, as long as Zhang Rang does not make any moves, there will be a shortage of food in Dijing within a month, at that time, even if Zhang Rang does not want to retreat, he must retreat, without Jingzhou, almost all the grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River is enough to make Zhang Rang crazy.
The three armies did not move, the grain and grass went first, this is the eternal truth, as long as the location of Jingzhou City here is strangled, the hundreds of thousands of troops left in Yangzhou by him Zhang Rang will become the turtle in the urn. Longshouguan does not need Zhou Yu's worries, there are so many genius strategists and tacticians around Liu Fan, in Zhou Yu's guess, Longshouguan will inevitably return to the hands of Liu Jiajun in less than a month, and that time is when Jingzhou City will really be tested.
"Metropolitan Governor, we have sneaked here day and night, how should we fight this battle? Our troops are limited, and there are no siege equipment, if it takes a long time, the garrisons from other parts of Jingzhou will inevitably rush to support, and then we will probably be surrounded and annihilated by the other side. Hu Hai looked at Zhou Yu and asked with some concern, they brought all the elite officers of the navy, if it was really in the rivers and lakes, they were not worried at all, but on land, their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and it was not easy to capture Jingzhou City.
"Now the garrison of Jingzhou City must be very strict, and it is impossible to rely on this force to defeat Jingzhou City. Zhou Yu looked at Zhou Yu and Hu Haidao with a solemn face: "But we might as well think differently, if I am the guard of Jingzhou City, and I have already taken refuge in Zhang Rang, there are so many meritorious opportunities ahead, how will you feel in the rear?"
"If we swagger and take the army to the city and walk around like this, guess what choice the defenders of Jingzhou City will make?" A subtle smile flashed on Zhou Yu's face, among his jihua, the defenders of Jingzhou City have now become his Zhou Yu's exploits, and now the difference is only time, he Zhou Yu is waiting for a suitable time.
"Tell me to go down, the army will march here tonight, have a good rest, and follow me to the city gate tomorrow to see the defenders of Jingzhou City." Zhou Yu pointed to a small village not far from Jingzhou City and said with a smile, and soon the army hidden in the dark moved again, no one made any noise, everyone wrapped themselves in the dark night, and quickly followed their teammates and marched towards the village.
There was no noise, no screaming, Zhou Yu led the army to quietly occupy the entire village, not even a single sound. It was less than ten miles away from Jingzhou City, and they didn't find that such an elite army had quietly touched their noses. Zhou Yu immediately asked people to block the surrounding groups, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the village, tomorrow was the day when they went to the city to harass the Jingzhou army, Zhou Yu found Gan Ning and Hu Hai.
"Hu Hai, you take people to explore the terrain around, and if you find anything suspicious, report it immediately. Zhou Yu pointed to a small village on the map and said to Gan Ning: "Gan Ning, you are ambushed here with 5,000 people, and an army will definitely arrive here tomorrow, what you want is to fight with these soldiers, remember that this battle is not allowed to be defeated, and then you immediately retreat here with the soldiers." ”
"Remember, you must move quickly, especially Gan Ning, don't be entangled by the enemy!" Zhou Yu said solemnly to the two, the two nodded silently, and went down to count their troops. (To be continued.) )