Jingling City, the entire Jingzhou military camp, was gloomy and had very few voices, just like a wounded wolf, silently licking its wounds, licking while feeling the boundless humiliation.

In the middle of the camp, the big tent of the Chinese army.

Wen Ping's hair was scattered, his eyes were blood-red, and the breath of the whole person became cold: "I actually lost to a young man!" ”

He clearly saw the commander in chief.

The teenager.

Those eyes, a nightmare that I can't seem to forget in my life.

"General!"

In the silence, the two lieutenants walked in and bowed.

"Say!"

Wen Ping took a deep breath, he was not the kind of person who was sunk by a blow after all, he could afford to lose.

"Battle losses are 11,267 soldiers!"

"How so?"

Wen Ping's eyes widened.

"General, this is a record of not returning to the camp, in fact, I estimate that the battle loss in this battle should be about eight thousand, our rout at the rear, let them slaughter the way of beheading, naturally the loss is very large, as for the others who did not return to the camp, they should be deserters!"

Deputy General Han Po has been with Wenpin for many years, and he has always been dealing with some military affairs for Wenpin, and rarely goes to war with the army.

"Deserters?"

Wen Ping couldn't help laughing at himself: "I didn't expect that there would be deserters under my Wen Ping!" ”

Since ancient times, the appearance of deserters is not a very new thing.

But he is the most confident in himself.

Wen Ping never thought that there would be such a thing as a deserter under his command, he has always been very good to the soldiers, whether it is a recruit or a veteran, he is very concerned, and he will not beat and scold the soldiers at every turn, and has always maintained a high image in the hearts of the soldiers.

Can ...... now

"General, the defeat in this battle is extremely tragic, and it is normal for deserters to appear, they are not blaming the general, but more so, they are afraid of death!" The other lieutenant general, who was silent for a moment, said the key.

"With my more than 20,000 troops, but less than 7,000 herdsmen were defeated!"

When Wen Ping heard this, he calmed down, and there was a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's my fault, I can't blame anyone!" ”

Defeat is defeat.

Be affordable.

"General, the pastoral army has defeated us, our combat effectiveness has been lost, even if there are more than 10,000 troops left, but in a short period of time, we will definitely not dare to send troops, the army is unstable, and if we lose another battle, the whole army will inevitably be wiped out, they should also know this, will they choose to go south to Jingzhou City!"

Adjutant General Han Po asked suddenly.

"This family is not worried!"

Wen Ping shook his head: "The shepherd army is insufficient, they don't dare to go south, they have more than enough defense, and they don't attack enough, unless they go south, but I don't think they have the courage!" ”

Lost the first battle, but he still has the basic thinking judgment.

"Pass the order, rest and recuperate, just stick to Jingling, and don't worry about the rest!"

Wen Ping said.

"No!"

The two lieutenants took the order and turned to leave.

Wen Ping gritted his teeth, spread out his pen and ink, and then wrote a military newspaper, sealed it with fire paint, and handed it to his own soldiers, asking him to expedite eight hundred miles, and he must be sent back to Xiling as soon as possible.

In this battle, he lost.

Naturally, he had to bear Liu Biao's monstrous anger.

…………………………………………………………

A day and a half later.

evening

Jiangxia, Xiling.

"Impossible!" Liu Biao held the military newspaper in his hand, his pupils were as wide as copper bells, and his expression was full of disbelief.

"General Wen's handwritten letter, lord, I'm afraid this thing is true!"

Kuai Liang stood beside him, and his expression was also a touch of gloom.

The good situation was ruined.

The remnants of the pastoral army thought that it was not enough to be troubled, but like a wild dog driven crazy, they jumped up fiercely and bit the Jingzhou army hard.

It doesn't really matter if you win or lose this battle.

The shepherd's forces are there, and they can't make huge waves.

As long as there is no infighting between the Jiangdong Army and the Jingzhou Army, it is a sure thing to clean them up.

But the significance of this battle is huge.

Between victory and defeat, it is the difference in morale,

The morale of the herdsmen who have fallen to the bottom will regain their morale, and in terms of the fighting strength of the shepherds, when their morale recovers, they will be like a piece of dog skin plaster, which is not difficult to clean up, but it is difficult to get rid of it.

This will affect the battle situation in the entire Jingzhou.

You must know that Liu Biao gave up the entire Jiangxia at the cost of losing the hearts of the people, in exchange for the relationship with the Jiangdong Army Alliance, and let the Jiangdong Army sit on his warship.

If it's just defense, you're at a loss.

He wants offense.

At the very least, Xiangyang and even Nanyang must be taken back, so that Jingzhou can have some hope, otherwise it will continue to be eaten away like this, and even if Jingzhou survives this battle, it may not be able to survive the next battle.

"Wen Zhongye, you are too disappointed, a Jingzhou general, with nearly 30,000 elites, but was defeated by 7,000 soldiers and horses in the Mujun Region, the enemy commander is still a young general, incompetent, too incompetent, you really deserve to die!"

Liu Biao was furious.

If Wen Ping is here, he will have the heart to kill Wen Ping.

As the saying goes, the more important you are, the more disappointed you are.

"Lord, don't be impatient!"

Kuai Liang persuaded Liu Biao and said: "Until now, it is useless to pursue it, and now we have to think about how to end this Jingzhou Campaign!" ”

"End the Battle of Jingzhou?"

Liu Biao frowned.

"If Jingzhou continues to fight like this, we will lose more than we gain!" Kuai Liang said: "If there is no opportunity to attack Yizhou, we must end the Jingzhou campaign as soon as possible and recuperate, which is the best policy!" ”

"But now, Wuling has not been completely taken back, Xiangyang has not been captured, and the remnants of the herdsmen have not been taken, how can it be over!"

"The key is the remnants of this herdsman's army!"

Kuai Liang arched his hand and said: "This force is the foundation of Jingzhou, the pillar of the pastoral army, as long as they are completely annihilated, Xiangyang they will not be able to stop us, once we take Xiangyang back, Nanyang will be dangerous, then Wuling will not have to fight at all, I believe that the pastoral army will automatically withdraw its troops!" ”

If there is no Jingzhou, Wuling is a piece of territory hanging outside for the pastoral army, and it is impossible for them to let their troops protrude all the time, and be used as a target by the Jingzhou army, and they can fight whenever they want.

"That's right!"

Liu Biao reacted suddenly, and he said in a deep voice: "Order Cai Mao and them, gather the main force as soon as possible, and solve Xi Zhicai, they were not able to completely annihilate the herdsmen before, and now give them another chance, they must take down Xi Zhicai's head!" ”

"No!"

After a scribe drafted the order, asked Liu Biao to seal it, sign it, and then let it be sent out.

"Lord, there is still a worry!"

"What are you worried about?"

"The scout spies we sent to Guanzhong have no news, it shouldn't be, I suspect something has happened in Guanzhong!" Kuai Liang has been thinking about this matter for the past few days, but the main force of the pastoral army is in Guanzhong, and at this time, they should have already gotten the news.

If they get the news and send some reinforcements south, it may not be a big problem to win the battle at that time, but it will be a little difficult to retake Xiangyang City.

"What will happen?"

Liu Biao said coldly: "Even if Jingzhou loses, does he still dare to wave the main force of the army to the south, I don't believe that he will give up the competition for the entire Guanzhong because of Jingzhou, and that is the Son of Heaven, Mulongtu is ambitious, doesn't he want to take charge of the imperial court, take Chang'an, and then take the Son of Heaven, the imperial court will listen to him, and when the time comes, Jingzhou may not be looked down upon by him!" ”

"I'm afraid that there are some things that our corpus can't do, the battlefield is unpredictable, and Mu Longtu is a person who is used to taking the sword sideways!"

Kuai Liang arched his hand and said: "Just in case, we must let Zhang Yun go north as soon as possible, in addition, although Wen Ping was defeated, there should still be a lot of troops in his hands, with Zhang Yun's main force, Wen Ping plus Deng Long's troops, it is not difficult to recapture Xiangyang, the most important thing is speed!" ”

Deng Long had already led his army north.

Wen Ping's troops were defeated, but he had 30,000 troops, even if half of them were lost, there were still more than 10,000 soldiers who could fight, so there was no need for him to attack the fortifications, as long as he waved his flag and shouted, he could help in the counterattack on Xiangyang.

The key is still the main force of Zhang Yun's Changsha Army.

Zhang Yun's main force is the key to whether he can do his homework in Xiangyang, and if he recaptures Xiangyang, Jingzhou will have the capital to fight again with Jiangdong and the herdsman, otherwise Jingzhou will become a battlefield for the two hegemons.

"You have a point!"

Liu Biao stood up, paced back and forth, thought for a while, and said: "Then give a serial military order, order Zhang Yun, you must rush to Xiangyang as soon as possible!" ”

………………………………

The entire Jingzhou was reduced to a battlefield, and from Wuling to the north, all the way to the sky.

Yangyang County.

A from Nanyang along this, along the eastern territory, enough to open up Nanyang, Xiangyang, Jiangxia three places of Chi Road, is under construction, for this Nanyang Xiangyang two armies, conscription tens of thousands of people to build Chi Road.

This made many people in the two counties surprised, on the left and right of the construction of the road, there were many people onlookers, after all, it was the fun of the people of Yan and Huang to watch the excitement, they watched, sometimes whispered.

"Now that we are at war with Jingzhou, they still recruit so many people to build roads?"

"I heard from the county that it was going to recruit people's husbands, but it didn't seem to be so fast, why are there so many people's husbands!"

"It should have been recruited from Nanyang first, and this road was built from Nanyang!"

"That's how it should be."

"Hey, I heard that this road was proposed by Wancheng, whether it is a war or not, it is always a good thing to build a road, and the government is also for the sake of the people!"

"If you want me to say, it's best not to fight!"

"Don't think about so many good things, how can there be no war!"

"I don't know when the peace will be restored!"

"If you want me to say, in fact, the Minghou Mansion is not bad, although the reputation of the Minghou is not very good, but over the years, I have seen that they have governed well, you see, in the past, Xiangyang, more than ten years will not build a road, but in just a few years, how many roads have been built, just this one, I support the Minghou Mansion!"

"Minghou Mansion is still good to us little people, last year we planted crops, those big officials also personally came down to guide us how to plant, at first it was not the same thing, and then when it was harvested, I knew that the yield per mu was a lot more, and there was no need to starve this year!"

“……”

The sound is sometimes high, but it is low.

Mu Jing wore the clothes of an ordinary man and wore a certain straw hat, walked past the crowd, the corners of his mouth slightly raised a relaxed and happy smile, he didn't think about a private visit, just by the way, but he could hear some sounds that made him happy.

"Over the years, what I have done is actually not in vain!"

Mu Jing thought so.

But a young man beside him looked a little uncomfortable.

"The people are always the most simple!" Even if Xu Shu has his heart set on the Minghou Mansion, he can't eliminate the negative impact of Shilin on Mujing, but the response of the people makes him very entangled, right, wrong, true, false, sometimes it's really hard to make a conclusion.

Mujing is in Shilin and is notorious.

Everyone knows that Mu Long wants to recruit people, either tie up or rob, and he has no respect for the scholar at all, so the scholar also looks down on him, most of them are known as tyrants, and they don't think that this is a master.

But the people's response was to tell Xu Shu thoroughly, Mu Jing won the hearts of the people, he didn't have a good background, nor was he a Confucian like Liu Biao, who had the reputation of Jingzhou Eight Horses, he was born as a thief, but he could win the hearts of the people.

Why?

He couldn't figure it out.

Gradually, he began not to think about it, because he had already made a firm choice, it was not wrong to choose the Minghou Mansion and Mujing, even if he was not tolerated by Shilin, he was worthy of the people.

"Lord, Jingzhou battle report!"

Jiang Wan walked quickly, walked to Mu Jing's side, and said in a low voice.

"Let's go!"

Mu Jing walked quickly, walked out of the crowd, and walked down the road, the people who built the road were all herdsmen, it seemed that they were knocking and beating, but in fact, they moved down without leaving a trace.

Under the eyelids of many people, they are heading towards Jiangxia.

There is more than a mile down, there are mountains on the left and right, and there is a mountain stream in the middle, this road will pass through between the mountain streams, the mountain streams are not big, and they can't accommodate too many people, and basically no one will walk in to see the excitement.

The temporary headquarters of the pastoral army stands here.

In order to hurry, every thirty miles, the herdsmen would set up a temporary headquarters to direct the soldiers to smoothly cross the sea and the south.

"Lord!"

Huang Zhong was looking at the map, and when he saw Mu Jing, he quickly stood up.

"Jingzhou battle report, have you read it?"

Mu Jing handed the battle report in his hand to Huang Zhong.

"Look!"

Huang Zhong said: "I just watched it, so I'm deducing, Zhuge Liang's tactics!" ”

Next to him, there is a small sand table of about one meter in all directions, and on the small sand table, many small flags are inserted, which is a sand table for practicing tactics.

"Is there a result?" Mu Jing asked.

"I can't do it!"

Huang Zhong said: "Fight more with less, I also have a chance to win, but the chance is not big, after all, the battlefield of frontal fighting, one person's effect is not big, I can only control the local battlefield, it is impossible to affect the overall battlefield, as long as their battle formation is enough to take into account, I will definitely not be able to break through, so drag on, less than a day, our army must be withdrawn, otherwise it will be because of excessive physical exertion, and they will be defeated by their counterattack, of course, if I can take advantage of the situation to kill the enemy's main general, then their army formation will also collapse, I will win!" ”

His style of battle is different, this is a brave style of fighting.

"But Zhuge Liang did it!" Mu Jing felt a little bit of emotion.

He didn't expect that this Wolong, who had been out of the mountain for more than ten years, would still be so able to toss, and he thought that Jiangdong's betrayal would lead to the defeat of the pastoral army and would give him a lot of blows, but he used a great record with his backhand to tell the world his name.

"Gold is always gold, and it shines wherever it is!"

Mu Jing was very lucky, he ran to Longzhong and ate Zhuge Liang, otherwise such a talent would be given to others, and he would cover his chest and cry for several days.

In troubled times, talent accumulation is the strategic capital.

"The battle report said that Zhuge Liang used the Eight Golden Locks to break the three talents of Wenpin, I think, it is unlikely!" Huang Zhong is also a general who has studied the military formation, otherwise with just one martial art, he can only stay by Mujing's side at most, and it is impossible to lead the troops to fight.

"Why?"

"Intuition!"

"You have a gut feeling too!"

"People on the battlefield, who doesn't have a little intuition, the Eight Gates Golden Lock is a military formation that requires greater control, even if Zhuge Liang can control it best, he can't break the three talents, and the three talents are immeasurable!"

"What do you think!"

"It's hard to say!"

"Then don't guess, when you finish this stop, you will pull him Zhuge Liang down in front of the door and talk!" Mu Jing waved his hand, not entangled in this matter, and went straight to the point: "At our speed, when will we enter Jiangxia!" ”

"I'm about to enter the Green Forest Mountain!"

Huang Zhong squinted, put his gaze back on the map, and said in a low voice: "The key is whether we can successfully cross the Green Forest Mountain, there is a great possibility of being found here!" ”