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The road was not very wide, and there were only enough two columns to advance, but the footsteps were very impatient, and it was obvious that the queue was a little chaotic.

"What time is it?"

Wen hired Lerma, his eyes looked into the distance.

"It's just past noon!"

One of the guards took out the hourglass scale, looked at it carefully, and said in a deep voice.

"Order, rest and recuperate!"

Wen Ping looked at the sun that was not very strong, pondered for a while, or let the soldiers rest first, and hurried for a morning, the speed was not very fast, but the physical strength consumed was very large.

With more than 5,000 men, the rapid march was a bit too difficult.

"No!"

A group of lieutenants received the order, and placed their soldiers and horses one after another, let them find a place to rest, speed up eating dry food, replenish their strength, and then close their eyes to recuperate and recuperate.

Wen Ping rode his horse and walked to a position halfway up the mountain, which was the highest position in the vicinity, he stood here, and looked around, the terrain did not surprise him, but it was too barren.

"In this place, why is there not even a shadow of people nearby, there is no small mountain village or small township for hundreds of miles, is there such a barren place in Jingzhou?"

Wen Ping asked in a low voice.

Jingzhou has always had a large population and good terrain, so there are many places to live, and people live in groups, and there are many villages and towns between the two cities.

"General, this place is between Jingzhou City, Huarong Road, and Jingling, because of the lack of water resources, there are no rivers, and the terrain is not good, and the official road is also deviated, so there are not many suitable places to live!"

A general replied.

"Bad water?"

Wen Ping suddenly understood that in the places where people generally live, water resources are scarce, and water resources are inevitably needed to cultivate the world, and places where water resources are scarce are generally barren, and no one wants to come.

"General, the vanguard has taken Jingling!"

A cavalryman, prancing on horseback, gave his hand to report.

"Did it go well?"

Wen asked the clerk.

"It went well!"

"Didn't encounter any resistance?" This made Wen Ping a little surprised, in his opinion, if the pastoral army did not want him to attack Dangyang directly, then he would definitely send troops to cross the river to take Jingling, so that he could defend it! “

"Nope!"

The scout replied.

"Good!"

Wen Ping nodded, signaling that he knew, and then said: "The scouts around you, continue to let them out, I want the clearest topographic map, and the most accurate movements of the enemy's army, the herdsmen are good at using the terrain to surprise attacks, and they must not be given this opportunity." ”

He didn't fight with the shepherds once or twice.

For the pastoral army, he definitely did not dare to underestimate it.

"No!"

The scout took the order and left.

An hour later, the main force led by Wen Ping continued to go north, marching for a day to Jingling County.

Standing firmly in the footsteps of Jingling County, Wen Ping calmed down his mood, after all, in front of the Mu Jun, he was not as calm as others looked at, and he went north for a shame before the snow, not for defeat and defeat.

So in this battle, he must be careful and careful.

Never give the shepherds a chance.

After Wen Ping was stationed in Jingling, he did not immediately send troops to Changbanpo, but first took the scouts and found out the surrounding situation, he was making a decision, and he knew very well that he was not willful now.

Another day passed.

The scouts under Wen Ping's command, constantly attacking, have already turned the direction, towards Changban Slope and Dangyang, and the news has gathered in front of Wen Ping's case one by one.

"The herdsmen have crossed the river?"

Wen Ping was a little surprised.

"Yes!"

A scout stood in front of Wen Ping, bowed his hand, and said: "At present, there are not too many pastoral soldiers crossing the river, it should be only seven or eight thousand troops, and after they crossed the river, they did not establish a defensive line on the east bank, nor did they build fortifications!" ”

"And what are they sitting on?"

"They're resting!"

"Rest, that's normal, the battle of Jingzhou City, the shepherd army was defeated, and there were countless losses, presumably the soldiers under his command, the soldiers who can fight, I'm afraid there are not many left?"

"General, are we going to attack?" A scribe and counselor inquired about the clerk's appointment.

"Test it first, you have to guard against their traps!"

Wen Ping said: "The generals of the pastoral army are all treacherous and multi-staged, we can't help but guard against it, this is a trap for them." ”

Once bitten by a snake for ten years, I was afraid of the well rope.

Wen Ping has suffered losses, so he has become more calm, even if he feels that he can easily break through the defense line of the herdsman's army, he does not dare to rush into the army, after all, Mujing gives him the impression that he is sinister and cunning.

"Is it that when we go north, we have to deal with them like this?"

A Jingzhou army scout said unwillingly.

"Don't be impatient!"

Wen Ping pressed his hand and said: "Now we haven't tested their troops, so it is necessary to be cautious in doing things, but prudence does not mean that we will not fight, we still have to fight, and we must fight fiercely!" ”

In a tentative battle, he fought quickly, first testing the combat effectiveness and strength of the herdsman.

"Who is leading the troops?"

Someone asked.

"Someone is here!" Wen Ping's burly body exuded a rich battle: "I want to see if the bones of the herdsmen are so powerful, this time, I have to eat them in one go!" ”

With Jingling's support, he has no worries about logistics, and this battle can naturally be fought.

…………………………

The herdsman camp is actually less than 120 miles away from Jingling.

The main force of the third battalion of the Violent Bear Army is gearing up.

"They're already stationed in Jingling!" The scout reported the news, Zhou Cang was a little undecided, he looked at Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang's changes in the past two days gave him a great impression, before he always felt that Zhuge Liang was a scholar, but Zhuge Liang, who was in charge of the tiger talisman, had a killing aura that even he could feel, which made him more confident in Zhuge Liang.

"Come in!"

Zhuge Liang didn't care: "Those who go in, they still have to come out, if we don't attack Jingling, can they still defend Jingling, their goal is always to annihilate our main force, so no one will take the gains and losses of one city and one place in their eyes!" ”

"So what do you think they're going to do next?"

"Our scouts and their scouts have already clashed, and the news of the strength of both sides is estimated to be impossible to hide, next, I guess he will attack us tentatively first!"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and said.

"Tentative?"

Zhou Cang squinted.

"The main thing is to see if we have reinforcements and ambushes!" Zhuge Liang smiled lightly.

"Then how to fight this battle?"

Zhou Cang asked.

"Just fight like that!" Zhuge Liang said: "How to fight, how to fight, do not show weakness, do not force the attack, the soldiers will block the water to cover the earth, according to our current strength to deal with them!" ”

"Huh?" Zhou Cang didn't quite understand, his eyes widened, and he looked at Song Shan.

"Wen Ping is very cautious!"

Zhuge Liang said: "Unless he can be sure that we have no reinforcements, otherwise after he occupies Jingling, he will not attack easily, and Jingling is supported, unless all our main forces attack in one breath, otherwise they are already invincible!" ”

Attacking Jingling is simply impossible.

Siege is not the same as fighting on the plains.

In the first battle of Jingzhou City, the herdsmen were defeated, not only the battlefield, but also the logistics, now the entire logistics line has been cut off, even the grain and grass are nervous, and there is no siege equipment, and there is no way to attack the city.

So it is any hope to fight Jingling.

This is also a point that Wen Ping felt, so as soon as he came out of Huarong Dao, he went to seize Jingling City first, so that he could take a first move.

"But occupying Jingling, for Wen Ping, is too different from his strategic deployment, so he definitely can't sit still!" Zhuge Liang carefully analyzed: "Wen Ping is definitely going to attack, the target of his attack is us, the goal is the battlefield, the goal is uncertain, the battlefield cannot be stable, this is our advantage, we can choose the battlefield by ourselves, he wants to kill and annihilate us, we can only follow our path!" ”

"But even if there is an advantageous battlefield, it is still a little difficult to face the 30,000 Jingzhou troops!"

"It is precisely because of the hard work that they have an advantage, they will fight with us on the battlefield, because they see the hope of defeating us, otherwise how can they entangle with us, and it is not better to force us to death step by step!"

The herdsmen were cornered, the supply was cut off in the later period, and the current grain and grass could not be supported for a long time, and it was a question whether they could be killed when they were besieged by the enemy.

If it is the best strategy, it is to trap the remnants of the herdsmen to death in Changbanpo and Dangyang City without spending a single soldier, so that the remnants of the herdsmen can be forced to death.

Unknown, it represents hope.

The future is always uneventful, anything is possible.

A long delay means many hitches.

The Jingzhou army can't guarantee that I don't know when the shepherd army will be able to stand out from this heavy encirclement and regroup under the help of reinforcements, so compared to the Jingzhou army, it will be a bit of a loss.

So as long as there is hope, even if the Jingzhou army pays the price, it will choose to annihilate the herdsmen, and what is eaten is the result, and what is still in the bowl knows if it will run away in the next minute.

"Believe me, the Jingzhou army will give up their biggest advantage to attack, this battle, ambush and sneak attack are not very effective, we must inspire the morale of the army, we must be on the battlefield, upright, win more with less, win this battle!"

Zhuge Liang said in a low voice.

This battle is related to the morale of the whole army in Jingzhou.

There is no room for error.

What kind of sneak attack, what ambush, what kind of strategy, in fact, is not too useful, some are just the bloody struggle on the battlefield, desperate momentum, in order to win this battle.

"Got it!"

Zhou Cang said with a smile: "You can fight how you want!" ”

……………………

In the evening, outside the camp gate.

Stomp, stomp!

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the footsteps sounded neatly on the earth.

"Kill!"

Wen Dai is the eldest son of Wen Ping, young, heroic, skilled in archery and horses, familiar with the art of war, is one of the young talents in Jingzhou, he is the vanguard, led an army of 10,000, and attacked the herdsman's camp.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The morale of the Jingzhou army was very strong.

"Array!"

Zhou Cang had a long knife, let out a long roar, and in front of Yuanmen, he swung his knife and fought.

"Array!"

"Array!"

Three battalions of the Violent Bear Army, listed as three phalanxes.

Boom!!!!

The two armies fought against each other and fought a battle.

Three hours.

When he was a child, Wen Daicai led the Jingzhou army and withdrew from the herdsmen's camp, and the herdsmen did not pursue, but silently cleaned up the battlefield.

…………

The day dawned, and the morning sun was like a rainbow, covering the earth.

Jingling County.

Wen Ping sat on top of the first place, his eyes were like a tiger, and he swept over, cold as ice: "Tell me, what was the result of the battle last night?" ”

"The last will be guilty!"

Wen Dai knelt down.

"Say!"

"Eight hundred sons and daughters in battle!"

"It's only been three hours before and after, and the battle has damaged me for eight hundred years!" Wen Ping shouted angrily: "Wen Dai, you disappointed someone!" ”

"General, this battle is not a crime!"

A captain stood up and arched his hand and said: "The major general has done his best, the combat effectiveness of the pastoral army is indeed as strong as a tiger, although the strength is not as good as ours, but it is very fierce, whether it is the military formation, or the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, it is far beyond us!" ”

Wen Ping took a deep breath and calmed down.

He is no stranger to the combat effectiveness of the pastoral army.

The pastoral army has always been elite, and he will not deny this, and the battle of Xiangyang that year was won by less, and there were not many of them.

"Wen Dai, tell me the truth, there was hope for the battle last night?"

Wen asked the clerk.

10,000 troops can't be broken, then 20,000, although he doesn't have an absolute 30,000 troops in his hands, but 25,000 soldiers and horses, there are still there, of course, the most elite is the 5,000 descendants led by himself, which is from south to north, and then from north to south, has been with him in the battle of a hundred battles.

"Yes!"

Wen Dai said: "Although the pastoral army is strong, but after all, they are too few troops, can not cover everything, last night I almost broke through their front camp, broke into the main camp of the Chinese army, unfortunately, they reacted too quickly, we fell short, can not penetrate and defeat their military formation, as long as they defeat their military formation, we can have a strong force, in the one-sided battlefield to hunt them, the three of them can be a military formation, we can use ten people, I don't believe it, and we can't kill them!" ”

"There's some truth to that!"

Wen Ping was quite relieved, and always felt that his son had not grown up, but now it seems that his son has grown up a little.

"Scout Captain!"

Wen Ping let out a low sigh.

"In!"

A lieutenant stepped forward.

"Are you sure that this is the only part of the soldiers and horses that the herdsmen crossed the river?" If you want to fight, you must be thorough in all aspects, and never give the pastoral army a chance to sneak attack.

"Probably right!" The scout lieutenant said: "The main force of the pastoral army is definitely still in Dangyang and Changbanpo, if the river is crossed on a large scale, it is impossible to hide the traces, this part of the soldiers and horses crossing the river, more to block the east, cover Changbanpo and Dangyang!" ”

"General, the time will not come again, there is no chance to be lost!"

A captain stood up and said loudly: "Last night's battle, looking at the number, this force should be the Herdsman Violent Bear Army, when the Violent Bear Army was surrounded by us, but they escaped, and they also played us around, taking us around in circles, and now we finally met, we must defeat them in a battle, and never give them any chance!" ”

"Storm Bear Army, Zhou Cang!"

Wen Ping is no stranger to this name.

It is rumored that the Violent Bear Army was the main force of the descendants of the former Xiangguo Mushan in the past, and later in the Battle of Guanzhong, the Violent Bear Army was almost wiped out in order to break off the queen and give Mujing a chance to escape.

The current Violent Bear Army is a later reorganized soldier and horse, but it is not something that can be ignored.

Zhou Cang, a general who came out of a bandit den.

Among the pastoral army, it is not very strong, not as good as Huang Zhong of the Nanyang Sword King, not as good as the rising star Zhang Liao, and even the Yellow Turban general Huang Shao, but this person has played him once before, how dare Wen Ping underestimate him.

Of course, Wen Ping didn't know that it was Zhuge Liang beside Zhou Cang who played him.

But this account is recorded on Zhou Cang's head.

"Wen Yu!"

"In!"

"You lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to sit in Jingling, Jingling is the foundation of our army, and you can't afford to lose!"

"No!"

"The rest of the departments, immediately order the generals, two hours later, pull out the camp to the east, I will cut off Zhou Cang's head, hang it on the head of Xiangyang City, snow the humiliation of the past!" Wen Ping shouted angrily, and the killing intent was like thunder.