"Quick!"

"Check the weapon!"

"Count the number of people, report the number of each queue!" ”

"Prepare for the march!"

“……”

Jingping First Army, Jingping Battalion, Shuofang Battalion, Second Battalion, are all the main battalions, the main force of the three battalions has nearly 10,000 soldiers, he moved quickly, from the military order to the preparations, less than half a day, the vanguard has been opened.

The Jingping Battalion is the main battalion of Jingping, which has been continuously expanded over the years, and Chen Zhi has personally trained him, and his strength has become stronger and stronger, second only to the Shuofang Battalion of the first combat battalion of the Jingping Army.

In this battle, the Jingping battalion was the vanguard.

Under the leadership of the main general Chen Zhi, the rapid march three hours ago, arrived at the outskirts of Longzhong, twenty miles to the north, and began to temporarily camp, observe the terrain, and formulate an offensive strategy.

"Report!"

The scout returned to report: "The Jingzhou army found the traces of our army and retreated three miles away, and the main force of soldiers and horses was stationed on Longzhong Mountain!" ”

"Probe!"

"No!"

The scout returned to continue his investigation.

"The military marquis!"

"In!" The military marquis of the Jingping battalion are on standby.

"Start attacking!"

Chen Zhi said: "The tentative attack on the periphery is gradually approaching Longzhongshan.

"No!"

The marquis of each battalion of the Jingping battalion received the order.

In less than two hours, the Jingping battalion had swept away some obstacles in the northern part of Longzhong Mountain, smoothly entered Longzhong Mountain, and confronted the main force of the Jingzhou army.

"Our offensive is like a bamboo, but the Jingzhou army just won't go, that's what it means to defend to the death!"

Chen Zhi stood at the foot of the mountain, raised his head slightly, looked at the soldiers on display on the mountain, and raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "Where is Niugai's Shuofang camp now?" ”

"We've arrived at the West River!"

"Order Niu Gai to cross the river immediately!" Chen Zhi ordered: "After crossing the river, there is no need to wait, just start the attack, attack head-on!" ”

After crossing the West River, it is the northeast of Longzhong.

It was a war zone belonging to the Jingzhou Army.

This is a cross-regional offensive.

"No!"

"In addition, the second battalion was ordered to speed up the march, and before evening, it was necessary to attack Longzhong Village, break into the villages, and block the western front of Longzhong Mountain!"

"No!"

One military order after another was issued.

The offensive began.

"Kill!"

"Charge!"

"Jingping Erlang, I am invincible!"

Jingping's First Army faced each other head-on, while the two battalions on the left and right flanks marched together to attack Longzhong, Longzhong Village became a battlefield, and Longzhong Mountain also became a meat grinder.

……

Liu Pan, a general of the Jingzhou Army stationed on Longzhong Mountain.

Liu Pannai is Liu Biao's son.

He is one of Liu Biao's most trusted people, before guarding the city, but Wen Ping led the troops to withdraw to the city to rest, and now all the defenses in the city have been taken over by Wen Ping himself, and the five thousand soldiers he led are all stationed in Longzhong Mountain.

He took over the Jingzhou Army's first line of defense against the herdsmen's army, so he was very careful and stationed the three battalions under his command in three directions to deal with each other.

"Report to Gongzi, the vanguard of the herdsmen has crossed the West River and is attacking the northeast slope of Longzhong Mountain!"

"Lin Yue!"

"In!"

"You lead a battalion to block the West River, and you must not allow them to set foot on Longzhong Mountain."

"No!"

Captain Lin Yue was considered a general under Liu Pan, and he gave up his orders and left.

"Childe, Longzhong Village was attacked by the herdsmen from the west, and now it has entered the village, and the queue of our army stationed in the village has been broken up, and now it has retreated!"

"Give up!"

Liu Pan said in a deep voice: "The whole army is stuck in Longzhongshan!" ”

"No!"

The generals commanded.

"Has this been reported to the city?"

"It's been reported!"

"In that case, we can only wait for the result!" Liu Pan squinted his eyes and said, "As long as there is no news from Xiangyang for a day for us to withdraw, we can only defend Longzhongshan!" ”

"No!"

The generals nodded in response.

……

Xiangyang City.

"It's coming so fast!" Liu Biao stood on the West City Gate, where there were still some traces of the aftermath of the war, and his eyes looked at the direction of Longzhong in front of him, with a gloomy expression.

"What should come will come, we can't avoid it!"

Kuai Liang said softly: "It is inevitable that Xiangyang will fall into war, and now, we can only win this battle as much as possible and defeat them!" ”

"Zhongye!"

"In!"

Wen Ping stood up.

"In your opinion, can Liu Pan keep Longzhongshan?" Liu Biao said worriedly.

"The heart of the herdsman's attack on Xiangyang has been made clear and cannot be hidden!"

Wen Ping already had a vision on the battlefield, and did not take into account Liu Pan's identity as Liu Biao's son, so he let go and said: "But if they want to attack Xiangyang, they must take Longzhong, and only by eating Longzhong can they have no worries, so they must do their best, Longzhong, may not be able to keep it!" ”

"Pan'er is quite brave!" Liu Biao said softly.

"But there are not enough troops!"

"What then?"

"I have asked Zhang Hu to lead a group to reinforcements, but it is difficult to say whether it can rely on Longzhong or not!" Wen Ping said: "Unless I personally lead the army out of the city, otherwise we will not be able to keep the formation outside sooner or later, my lord, my opinion is that when the situation is inviolable, it is appropriate for them to withdraw the main force and stick to Xiangyang, which is the right way!" ”

"No way!"

Liu Biao said coldly: "I can't be so embarrassed in Jingzhou, if they besiege the city, what face do I have to see the people of Xiangyang, and I can't give up on the periphery!" ”

"Lord!"

Wen Ping also wants to persuade him.

"Needless to say!" Liu Biao is sometimes very stubborn, he is a son of Confucianism, and he is also quite famous in Shilin, good face is his shortcoming, and during this period of confrontation, he does not think that the Jingzhou army must retreat to the city in order to compete with the herdsman, and in the suburbs of the city, it can also be fought, so he resolutely does not prepare to withdraw the whole army.

"Then let's see!"

Kuai Liang said.

"What about the trolls?" Liu Biao asked.

"The main force of Jiangxia is fighting with the herdsman army, but at noon, the battle line withdrew from the upper reaches of the Han River, along the small river channel downstream, and entered Tanxi!" Wen Ping replied.

"The herdsmen and sailors took the initiative to withdraw to Tanxi?" Liu Biao was a little puzzled.

"They're trying to divert our trolls!"

Kuai Liang said: "As long as our naval army is not on the battlefield, they can relax their vigilance on the water, so that they can attack with peace of mind!" ”

"Huang Zu is useless!"

Liu Biao was a little dissatisfied with Huang Zu: "Jiangxia sailors are so elite, but they are entangled by the mere pastoral army sailors, what use do you want them!" ”

"Lord, there is still a part of the Jiangxia Army in Nancheng now, and they can defend the city for us!"

"Hopefully!"

……………………………………………………………………………………

On the mountain.

Mu Jing is also paying attention to the battle of Longzhongshan.

This is a local battle.

But it was also a harbinger of an offensive, a tentative battle against each other, from which they could see many, many things.

"Within three days, will Chen Zhi be able to break through Longzhongshan?"

The corners of Mu Jing's mouth raised a touch of playfulness.

"It should work!"

Chen Gong said: "As long as he sees Chen Zhi not letting go, if he reserves some strength for the follow-up war, then the time will drag on a little longer, and if he wants to fight quickly, I am afraid that the casualties will be greater." ”

"What if Deng Long goes south?"

"Deng Long is now more concerned about whether he can defend the defense area in the north, he doesn't dare to go south!" Chen Gong is determined.

"Why?"

"In the past, Deng Long had a clan to rely on, and he could be unscrupulous, but now, he can't, even if Liu Biao trusts him, he knows very well that if he doesn't have military power in his hands, he will soon be taken down by those people in Jingzhou, so he is more selfish!"

"You can take advantage of it!"

"Say it's falling?"

"No!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "It's hard to say that a general like him will surrender, but there is still some hope for separation!" ”

"I'll arrange a little!"

Chen Gong's eyes lit up, and there was a treacherous smile on his face.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

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When the decisive battle of Xiangyang began, an earth-shattering war in the Central Plains also kicked off.

At the beginning of May, the Son of Heaven suddenly ordered hundreds of officials in Weiyang Palace, took the stage to swear, gathered the power of the imperial court, ordered a crusade against the ministers who were not subordinate, and ordered the Taishi Dong Zhuo to be the general, and led his troops out of the customs to recover the lost territory of the imperial court.

The so-called ministers who are not subordinate refer to the two princes.

One is Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao.

The second is the later general Yuan Shu.

Cao Cao was in charge of Yanzhou, since he won the million yellow turbans in Qingzhou, his power grew rapidly, Yuan Shu led Yuzhou and Nanyang, and now he also got Jiujiang, and the soldiers were strong and strong.

The two princes both occupied the Central Plains.

Since the imperial court moved the capital to Chang'an, the deterrent power has plummeted, and all places do not respect its holy order, so this battle, to fight, they directly selected the two major princes of the Central Plains to fight.

Dong Zhuo even claimed to have sent 500,000 troops, and his momentum was strong.

On 21 May, Dong Zhuo led his army to Bishui Pass.

On May 23, Dong Zhuo joined Lu Bu in Chenliu.

On May 26, Huangfu Song, the commander of the central army who had captured Wancheng Pass, went north to Chenliu alone to meet Dong Zhuo.

On May 30, the Xiliang Army and the Guanzhong Army opened the deployment of the entire front, from Chenliu downward, through Yingchuan and Nanyang, and advanced with all their might from west to east, attacking the city and conquering the territory, and being invincible.

Cao Jun and Yuan Jun were caught off guard, their defense was insufficient, and they were defeated and retreated.

…………………………

May 30th, morning.

Yuyan border.

A small town.

"Lord, it's been investigated, the town is safe!"

"You guys are on guard outside, I'll go in by myself!" Cao Cao said calmly.

No one knew that Cao Cao, who was in Xiaoguan in Xuzhou, would appear here.

"Lord, Yuan Highway is cunning, we should be careful!"

A young scribe said in a deep voice.

"At this time, he should know the severity!"

Cao Cao thought about it, and still had some concerns, so he said, "Jun Ming will go in with me!" ”

"No!"

The fierce man stood up, full of cold breath.

This is a strong general recovered by Cao Cao when he was in Yanzhou.

This person can break the stream and chase the tiger, and he is unstoppable.

It was called by Cao Cao, and there was an ancient evil wind.

He is Dian Wei.

Cao Cao took Dian Wei and walked into the town.

There was no one in the town at this time.

A stone pavilion, a man, and a military general next to him.

"Mengde, it's too late!"

This man is Yuan Shu, the rear general, and he is warming the wine and opening his mouth indifferently.

"Highway, you invite me to go south, I must prepare!" Cao Cao sat down and knelt in front of Yuan Shu, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth.

The two princes of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, under the circumstance that no one in the world knows, meet in a small and nameless town.

"Don't say it, I beg you, if you don't want to, you can not come!" Yuan Shu said coldly.

"It's coming!"

Cao Cao shrugged: "I always want to hear about the highway, what do you think!" ”

"Takami doesn't have it, but I have an opinion!"

Yuan Shu said: "Our alliance, how? ”

"Alliance?"

Cao Cao squinted: "You are now a soldier with a wide range of food, do you need to form an alliance with me as a eunuch?" ”

Cao Cao always knew that Yuan Shu looked down on him, because he was born in a family of eunuchs, so in the past, in the capital, he was only friendly with Yuan Shao, and rarely had dealings with the sons of families like Yuan Shu.

However, at that time, they were all hot-blooded young people, and they were upright rangers, and they had some interactions with each other.

"We've been fighting for so long, let you believe me, I guess you can't do it!"

Yuan Shu said softly: "But there are evil wolves attacking outside, at this time, whether it is your Yanzhou or my Yuzhou, shouldn't they work together to drive them away, and then compete with each other?" ”

Everyone in the world said that Yuan Highway was very talented, but as Yuan's sister-in-law, he still had a city government, and he would not lose to ordinary princes in terms of vision and overall situation.

It's just that he did one thing wrong in history, so he was beaten down to eighteen layers of hell.

He tried to be the emperor when he had no strength, which is why his performance in history was far inferior to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, because of this, he withdrew early from the drama of the princes competing for hegemony in the late Han Dynasty and became a stepping stone for Cao Cao to dominate the Central Plains.

"Since the imperial court has made up its mind to recover the Central Plains, it is also a good thing!"

Cao Cao could still laugh at this time, enough to see that his city was far ahead of Yuan Shu, and after he smiled indifferently, he said: "We are all Hanchen, if the Han can grow stronger again and recover the world, why not be beautiful!" ”

In a short period of time, he lost the foundation of Chen Liu, and at this time, even the campaign to attack Xuzhou was released, and all the soldiers and horses gathered and prepared to return to Yanzhou to fight with the imperial court, which was bound to win.

If it was said that before Luoyang was not burned down, he might have tried to believe in the imperial court, but now, he has borne the fate of too many people, and the imperial court is not the imperial court he imagined, in his opinion, it is the Xiliang army.

So this battle is unavoidable.

Of course, here, he had to press Yuan Shu.

"Cao Mengde, don't say these nice words!" Yuan Shu also knew Cao Cao somewhat, he didn't believe what Cao Cao said, he didn't believe half a sentence, he said coldly: "Now Dong Zhuo wants to eat Yanzhou and Yuzhou in one bite, if you want to surrender, you will surrender a long time ago, and cooperating with me is your only way!" ”

"That's not necessarily, I can ally with my primordial brother, can I?"

Cao Cao said calmly.

"Since there is nothing to talk about, then I won't accompany you!"

Yuan Shu stood up with a long body, looking like he was about to leave.

"Why should Brother Highway be so impatient!"

Cao Cao wanted to suppress Yuan Shu, but he also knew in his heart that the current environment and the current situation were not conducive to Cao Jun, and he could only ally with Yuan Shu to solve the crisis in the Central Plains, otherwise he would really let the Xiliang Army come in, and they would all have to fight chickens and eggs.

"Cao Mengde, I just can't see the hypocritical faces of Er and Yuan Benchu!"

Yuan Shu said sarcastically.

"Huh!"

Cao Cao didn't take it seriously at all, he said directly: "The alliance can, but there must be rules, at the beginning, we also fought the herdsmen in the alliance, but you Yuan Highway didn't make a move, but pushed all of us to death, I remember!" ”

At the beginning, the Kanto heroes fought against the herdsmen.

is the most slippery head of Yuan Shu.

In this battle, the strength of the princes of all sizes was damaged, but the more Yuan Shu fought, the more troops he had, which is why after the end of the Battle of Kwantung, he was able to have enough troops to take Nanyang Runan and swallow Yuzhou in one go.

"You've got a good memory!"

Yuan Shu sneered: "But Meng De should know that this time is different from the past, he Dong Zhuo wants my Yuzhou, I naturally fight with him, if the attack on Nanyang has been lost, if there is no Yuzhou, how can I Yuan someone stand in the world!" ”