"Where are the scouts?"

"In!"

"What's up ahead?" On a galloping road, Zhang Liao, who had been marching for three consecutive days, suddenly reined in the reins of his horse and looked up ahead.

There is no road ahead.

The road of this era is very single, Qin unified the world, established the book with the same text, the car with the track, established the world's 36 counties, built the world's gallop road, the Han Dynasty 400 years of rivers and mountains, built a lot of roads, between counties, between counties, basically there are gallop roads.

However, not all states and counties can be accessible, and sometimes a road, walking and walking, comes to an end, and most of this situation is between the current borders of the two counties.

Because the two counties belong to different officials, all the galloping roads are not repaired after half of them are repaired due to regional problems.

Therefore, sometimes it is a hassle to get on the road.

"Report to General Lang, there should be a lion forest ahead!"

The captain of the scout battalion handed over his hand.

"Lion Grove?"

Zhang Liao squinted.

"There is a way!"

The general of the Storm Bear Army, the first captain under Zhou Cang, Captain Pei Yuanshao, is also the temporary commander of the Storm Bear Army this time, he walked up and said to Zhang Liao: "But the mountain road that the gallop road has become is more difficult to walk, you can walk from here, as long as you go over the lion forest, and then cross the Wangshui, it is Bowang City, if we go to the gallop road, at least we have to go around two days and one night!" ”

"Bowang?"

When Zhang Liao heard this, his eyes suddenly burst out with a dazzling light, and he shouted: "March map!" ”

"In!"

The guards on the left and right spread out a marching map about one meter long and fifty miles wide, showing the detailed terrain of the surrounding area.

Zhang Liao stood on horseback, staring at the marching map with his eyes, looking at it for a long, long time, and thinking for a long time along the roads, and suddenly ordered: "Pass my military order, find a place to camp and rest in the lion forest, and after a day's rest, tomorrow at noon, continue to cross the mountains and rivers, and enter Bowang!" ”

"No!"

The generals commanded.

Their march was a little too urgent, and if it was a simple march, it could barely hold on, but there were a lot of large equipment behind them, so the soldiers were also very tired.

Zhang Liao had just given the order, and they quickly found a suitable place to camp, and simply built some fortifications, and even the camp tent was not supported.

As the sun sets, the smoke curls up, and in a short time, it has already begun to darken.

The night was shrouded, and the bonfires were shining brightly, and more than ten temporary watchtowers were erected around this temporary enemy, and a battalion of soldiers and horses was arranged to patrol alternately to ensure safety.

In the temporary barracks, around the bonfire in the center, there were about more than a dozen captains, battalion commanders, battalion generals, and other generals, lingering around Zhang Liao, and they discussed the next marching countermeasures.

"I plan to change the strategic deployment and bypass Bowang!"

Zhang Liao said in a low voice: "Today I will rest all night, and I will continue to march tomorrow at noon, but I will divide my troops into two routes, from the left and right flanks, to attack the West Echeng in the west of Bowang and the Zhixian in the north!" ”

"Lord Zhonglang, the scout has reported that Bowang, who has crossed all the way through Bowang and marched into Wancheng, at this time, shouldn't we defeat this group of soldiers and horses?"

A general of the Violent Bear Army pretended to have the courage to ask Zhang Liao.

"No!"

Zhang Liao said lightly: "It's just a small group of soldiers and horses, at most it's just a vanguard, it's not a problem, it's more a bait to lure me to attack, we can't eat this bait, exposing our main force!" ”

The corners of his mouth also raised a slight sneer: "Maybe we can't eat this bait!" ”

If entering this vanguard army is Gao Dongming's trapping camp, he may not be able to eat it.

Back then, in Bingzhou, everyone said that the Shuofang battalion in Bingzhou was good at defense and iron bucket-like defense, but in fact, it was not the case that the one who could really make the defense to the limit was definitely not himself, but Gao Shun.

"When we enter the battlefield, we must control the rhythm!"

Zhang Liao emphatically said: "In fact, the purpose of the Bingzhou army entering Nanyang is not to fight with us, but to carve up Nanyang, and the purpose of giving up Runan and entering Nanyang is not to compete with them!" ”

Zhang Liao's eyes stared at the flames of the bonfire, and said calmly: "Even I am guessing, there is a certain gap between the main force and the vanguard of the state, even if the pioneer of the state enters Wancheng, it may be that the main force of the state has not yet entered Bowang, at this time, Bowang City may not have any troops at all, and the strength of the state army has been distributed in Xi'e and Zhixian County!" ”

"Why?"

"Lu Bu seems to be the champion of the three armies, but on the battlefield, you can't just see his bravery, you must be careful with his troop deployment, his art of war may not be decided, but he is born with a keen sense of touch, and can arrange the troops in the place where his intuition is most accurate, Xi'e is close to the west, and he can withdraw westward at any time, enter the road from Wuguan to Hanzhong, and Zhixian is in the north, once he crosses this Zhixian, he can return to Yuzhou, these two places are the main force of the Bingzhou army!"

Zhang Liao said: "And we, pull these two cities apart, although the battle line is too long, but as long as the use of troops is accurate, it is equivalent to choking this throat, and the purpose is to give Xi Zhicai enough time to take Wancheng, once Wancheng is in hand, then we don't have to fight hard, we can fight slowly with ease!" ”

He didn't angrily hunt for Lu Bu's decisive battle.

Zhang Liao is a person who focuses on strategic purposes, and never lets private purposes affect the existence of strategic purposes, and when he fights with Lu Bu, he also has some changes, but the more important goal is to take Wancheng.

"With our current soldiers and horses, it may be very difficult to hold off the main force of the state army in the three counties of Xi'e, Bowang, and Zhixian for nearly a hundred miles?"

One of the lieutenants raised doubts.

Their strength is not very strong, a total of five battalions of the main force, dealing with other main forces, even if the enemy doubles the strength of their own, they are still a little confident, but the shadow of the famous tree, Lu Bu is strong, famous in the world, with weak forces against Lu Bu, they are a little worried in their hearts.

"That's why I said, it's more dangerous to use soldiers, not stability, as long as you are the main general, as long as you remember the three principles, we can be invincible!"

Zhang Liao said: "First, based on our own strategic objectives, no matter when, the enemy and us must stabilize the sense of rhythm, second, once the state army is attacked, it is absolutely impossible to fight hard, it is better to take half a step back, not to stalemate one step, third, once we can not stabilize the front, we can properly put it, from this line of defense to the south, more than a hundred miles deep, enough time for us to delay!" ”

To put it bluntly, Zhang Liao's purpose is not to fight hard, and then use all his strength to annihilate the Bingzhou army here, so that even if there is a chance, it will greatly damage the vitality of the main force under his command.

He just wants to hold back Lu Bu's main force, and that's enough.

There is only one method of warfare, entanglement.

The remaining task was handed over to Xi Zhicai, who he believed would definitely be able to complete and take Wancheng before Lu Bu broke through his defenses.

"Yes!"

The generals glanced at each other, and their expressions quickly became firm, they were willing to accept orders and obey, not only because of the tiger talisman in Zhang Liao's hand, but also because of Zhang Liao's reputation in the herdsman's army, which convinced them a little.

"Now go and rest immediately, recuperate, from tomorrow, I'm afraid we won't be able to rest for less than two hours a day, only high-intensity combat can quickly take Nanyang back!"

Zhang Liao's single waterway.

"No!"

The generals were ordered, returned to the camp one by one, and then rested directly with those tired soldiers.

The night was lonely, but Zhang Liao couldn't sleep, even though he felt that the days of marching had brought him pressure, but he held a breath in his heart, which always kept her awake.

"Fengxian, I don't know if your temper has improved a little over the years, if you are not calm enough, you will suffer a loss in this battle!" Zhang Liao said naturally to himself.

………………………………………………………………………………、

The northern suburbs of Wancheng.

After a lot of hard work, they finally saw Wanshui, as long as they crossed Wanshui smoothly, they could enter the city of Wancheng.

"Order, camp, and stand still!"

Gao Shun stopped, and did not have the slightest intention of crossing the river.

"No!"

The generals were instructed to quickly arrange the camp.

Gao Shun summoned the military marquis of the scout tribe and asked, "Is there any movement on the Eastern Front today?" ”

"Nope!"

The marquis shook his head: "We have always put the eastern front, put the scouts at least fifty miles away, nothing was found, if there is a large number of troops approaching, we must be the first to perceive, and our scouts have not disappeared, which means that the scouts have not clashed, it should not have encountered the enemy!" ”

"Inquire carefully!"

Gao Shun said in a deep voice.

"No!"

The marquis took the order and left.

Gao Shun waved his hand and asked the left and right soldiers to leave, and he stood by alone, watching the soldiers in front of him rubbing their fists and cutting down trees to build camps.

Once he wants to gain a foothold in the northern suburbs, he needs a strong camp, this place can be attacked and defended, Wanshui blocks the north bank and the south bank, he can have more initiative, choose to cross the river or not.

"Feng Xian!" Gao Shun sighed bitterly for a moment: "You have to fight with Wen Yuan, how can you beat him!" ”

Zhang Liao is definitely the most literate scholar and the most capable general among them, maybe he is not as good as Lu Bu in martial arts, and he is not as good as himself in military training, but when it comes to comprehensiveness, no one is as good as Zhang Liao.

And Gao Shun himself is a little uncomfortable, and he is desperate on the battlefield with his friends who grew up together since childhood.

What's even more uncomfortable is that he and Lu Bu feel that he and Lu Bu are a little confused about Zhang Wenyuan's thoughts, and deliberately leave the distance between the vanguard and the main force, wanting to lure Zhang Liao into being fooled, the idea is very good, but it may not be useful.

They are familiar with Zhang Liao, but Zhang Liao is also familiar with them.

………………………………………………

Ruo Mo is two days after Gao Shun enters the completion of the process.

Wancheng, southern suburbs.

Xi Zhicai was late, and he personally led thousands of soldiers and horses of the Xiangyang battalion to slowly enter the city of Wancheng.

Now he wants to take Wancheng, just the Zhanhu Battalion and the Wuxi Battalion, and he needs to guard against the Bingzhou Army in the north, and he can't spare too many troops to attack, so he also pulled the Xiangyang Battalion up.

If it weren't for the integration of the Xiangyang camp, he wouldn't have entered the territory of Wancheng until now.

The commander of the Xiangyang battalion is Lei Bo, Lei Bo is a general, he was forced to be helpless, so he led the remnants of Nanyang and surrendered to the pastoral army, and later let him stick to Xinye, Xiangyang County was established, and all the soldiers and horses of Xinye were merged into the Xiangyang battalion.

At that time, the herdsman was all focused on the conquest of Nanzhong, and the troops in his hands could not be freed up, and few of the generals in his hands could be released.

He has always been very peaceful, especially now that Yizhou is becoming more and more stable, he has begun to focus more and more on the herdsman.

If you want to say when he started to reassure Beiwutang and not let the Jingwusi spies stare at it, it should be that after Yuan Shu died in battle, the ancestor was dead, and he was so thin that he would not have any other thoughts.

The current Lei Bo can be regarded as a reassuring use for the Minghou Mansion, which is why Xi Zhicai emphasized that the Xiangyang battalion should be dispatched north to assist.

At the beginning, the Xiangyang battalion only assisted in rectifying the local order, but now the troops are really insufficient, so Xi Zhicai pulled the Xiangyang battalion up, and the combat effectiveness of the Xiangyang battalion, Xi Zhicai is not very trusted, but there are not many troops, more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, the momentum is violent, and it can still deter the defenders in the first and second cities.

"How's it going in the city?"

Under the temporary tent, Xi Zhicai's face was a little tense.

"There is very little news at the moment!"

A general banner of Jingwusi stood in front of Xi Zhicai, and smiled slightly bitterly: "Our Jingwusi is invincible in other places, but in Nanyang, we have suffered losses again and again, the commander suffered a big loss here, Nanyang Town was almost wiped out, and now it has not recovered its vitality, so the control of the city is very weak!" ”

"Isn't there anything useful?"

"At present, all the news that this is the only thing that Jing Wusi can inquire about, and it has been clearly recorded in this notebook!" The general flag of Jingwu Division presents a recital.

Xi Zhicai opened it and looked at it carefully: "The news is still too small, I want a clearer map of the troops!" ”

"We do our best!"

"It's not the best effort, it's the must!"

"Yes!"

Jing Wusi's people took the lead and gave the order.

"Huangfu Seal!"

Xi Zhicai began to think about this Nanyang Taishou: "Cousins, the son of Huangfu Gui, their relationship is close enough, and their ability may not be as good as Huangfu Song, but the children of Huangfu's family should still have some ability, if they have half of Huangfu Gui's ability, it will be even more difficult to deal with, but I don't know, now Huangfu Yin's heart knows what kind of situation he is in!" ”

This is the defender of Wancheng, his fighting spirit, can decide many things.

If he stubbornly defends Wancheng.

This will somewhat hinder the herdsmen, and even make the herdsmen pay a lot of casualties.

If he still has the will to survive and chooses to break through, then it is a good thing for the pastoral army, and he can even let him go, and take Wancheng without blood, the key is Wancheng.