On the 13th day of the eighth month of the summer calendar, in the south of Beishan, Zang Ba set up an ambush with light troops to block the information exchange of Song Qian's department.

At the time of the third watch, Cao Ren woke up from sleep and wandered in the camp on the bank of the river.

At this moment, he is on the east bank of the river, on the west side of the north mountain, and the north side is also on the bank of the Huaishui.

"What are the enemy forces doing?"

"There is no change."

The eldest son, Cao Tai, kept vigil and was puzzled when he answered: "Pan Jun's camp did not send a large army to attack, and Song Qian's troops on Bagong Mountain did not move. It's just that there are several guerrillas who intrude from time to time, trying to break through the blockade to communicate with Song Qian, but they have been shot away by Zang Xuangao. ”

Cao Ren drank tea, listening to the blink of an eye, the night was silent at the moment, there was only the sound of the wind, the sound of the trickling river, the sound of horses' hooves near and far, and the gentle sound of the night patrol.

Frowning, could it be that Song Qian is really ready to change banners?

This is a very possible thing, the Jiangdong Army has been too miserable in the past two years, even worse than Xiaoyaojin, although Xiaoyaojin is embarrassed, but less than 5,000 people died in battle; In the past two years, nearly 100,000 people have died in the hands of Guan Yu and Tian Xin.

Jiangdong's generals have been replaced one after another, and the veterans have also fallen layer by layer.

Still a little incredulous, Cao Ren muttered: "There is no general in Jiangdong, with Song Qian as the vanguard, you can know its embarrassment...... Can Song Qian's army have a fire signal at night? ”

"Back to his father, Song Qian's command only set up more torches at the intersection, and there was no abnormality. Not only was there no fire at night, but there was also no smoke yesterday evening. The flag arrangement is as usual, and there is no change. ”

Cao Tai reported in detail: "Zang Xuangao sent someone to report, saying that he suspected that Song Qian was missing, and Pan Jun sent guerrillas to break through the blockade of our army, intending to inquire and explore Song Qian's situation. ”

Cao Ren closed his eyes and pondered, thinking about Song Qian's change in mentality, this is an old general who is almost the same age as himself, and he is by no means an impulsive, reckless young general who is eager for a chance to perform.

The old general is old and has little materialistic desires, so he rarely thinks about himself when facing a choice, and he definitely gives priority to the heirs and clans, and knows how to weigh better.

Does Song Qian have any intention of raising troops to join him...... There must be this, but there are big concerns.

Do you want to go and persuade Song Qian by yourself and give a personal promise to urge this veteran to raise troops to surrender?

But his own head is more important than this local war, but even if Song Qian captures himself in confusion, Sun Quan will not kill him, this is a real mortal enmity with the Cao family.

National enmity, it is still possible to talk about it with more chips; Revenge ...... No need to talk about it.

The front line, about fifteen miles away from the Wu army to win, Zang Ba is a battalion, and Cao Ren is also eight miles away, and the ambush soldiers arranged by Zang Ba are scattered at various intersections of Bagong Mountain.

From time to time, there were fights, and only the knights of the Wei army carried out the battle with open fire at night, transporting the Wu soldiers or dead bodies captured in battle everywhere to the camp where Zang Ba was located.

General Yin Li's interrogation was completed, and when he found Zang Ba with a roll of bamboo slips, it was already dawn.

Beside the bonfire, Zang Ba flipped through the bamboo slips, the content was the establishment of the new army under Pan Jun's department, and sure enough, it was the establishment of the five armies of the Han army, and there were 96 battalions of the new army, except for two battalions serving as Sun Quan's guards, the remaining 94 new military camps had been assembled here.

Yin Li said on the side: "The attackers tonight are the thieves Wu General Xu Sheng and Shenwu General Luo Tong's Second Division. According to the words of the captured officials, it seems that Pan Jun did not trust Song Qian. Originally, Pan Jun promoted Luo Tong as a striker, and he didn't like the veteran Song Qian. ”

Zang Ba looked at the many compilations and names on the bamboo slips, but smiled and said: "Pan Jun will also be tricky, twelve hours, eight quarters every hour." The 96th battalion of the new army was organized into 12 divisions, led by 12 regular generals and 24 lieutenant generals. ”

"Faintly has the shape of Xiahou Xin's military rank, Pan Jun, this thief, is really a good thief."

It's not good to call Tian Xin, Xiahou is an honorific title, and he is called Xiahou alone, and he is a little sensitive; Calling the name directly has the meaning of humiliation, neutralizing it, it is also appropriate for Xiahou Xin, which is much more appropriate than Xiahou Xiao.

At this time, the orange-red sun gradually rose, and after Zang Ba carefully studied and analyzed the twelve generals of the new army and a small number of impressions of Zhonglang generals on the bamboo slips, he said to Yin Li: "Today, whether Song Qian surrenders or not, Cao Ren will definitely order our army to attack the enemy in the south." This is not a good thing, so be cautious. ”

Yin Li nodded heavily, hesitated slightly, and then said: "I will command the front army, and Xuangao can stay in the camp, and you must not move lightly." ”

Zang Ba wanted to speak, but Yin Li lowered his eyebrows and admonished: "Since the surrender of Guan Yunchang, the generals of Mount Tai and the Bao clan are all in danger. When Emperor Wu was in power, his generation wanted to rule the world's counties, soldiers and horses with a strong person. Xuangao was also affected by the Qingzhou Army and other departments, and was repeatedly suspicious of the imperial court. ”

"If it weren't for the strength of the Han army, if it weren't for Sun Quan's repeated demons, how could I keep the Qu Jian under my command?"

"Xuan Gao is fine, even if the world changes, my wife and children can be unharmed. If Xuangao is in danger, how can we wait for Qingxu outsiders to survive? ”

The Xuzhou Army is not the Xuzhou Army of Zang Ba, from the Lu Bu period, to the Cao Cao period, and then to the present, the entire Qingxu Erzhou was once handed over to Zang Ba to manage military affairs, in fact, Zang Ba has always been just an alliance leader, the leader of the Xuzhou Army, and the Qingzhou Army has no deep relationship.

Below Zang Ba, the leader of the alliance, is a friend named like Yin Li; Ma Chao and Han Sui are the leaders of the alliance of the generals of Guanzhong, and Zang Ba is the leader of the generals in Xuzhou, but the generals in Xuzhou are more united and have never had an incident.

Zang Ba just sighed in the end, he not only had a good relationship with Liu Bei, but also had a good relationship with Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.

As long as he lives, the people of Xuzhou will have a bright future.

As long as he lives, Sun Quan will never want to set foot in the core area of Xuzhou.

Otherwise, with Cao Pi's generosity, it is also possible to transfer Xuzhou to Sun Quan.

No one could figure out Sun Quan's thoughts, and no one could figure out Cao Pi's thoughts.

It's normal for these two people to do anything strange.

If there is really a change in the world, and he sees Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei alive, then Xuzhou will be able to smoothly transition.

But will the world change?

Prepare for the feather and fly, but lack a field.

Look at Liu Bei, who has the foundation of Jingnan, and pressed Cao Cao, who has most of the world, to fight, and he has not been defeated.

It seems that it will only take two or three years to create the great cause of Gaozu.

Take a look, from the battle of Gaozu and Xiangwang Pengcheng to Han Xin's sweep of Hebei and Qilu, and finally the next battle was determined to be a complete victory...... How many years did it take?

Maybe in his lifetime, he can see the banner of the Great Han Huode fluttering again in the land of Qingxu.

Think about Liu Bei's actions when he got Xuzhou several times, after Lu Bu usurped Xuzhou, Liu Bei led the army to resist Yuan Shu outside and ran out of food, and would rather cannibalize the officials than infringe on the people of Xuzhou; After getting Xuzhou for the second time, seeing that Cao Cao personally led a large army to Xuzhou, Liu Bei didn't even say anything superfluous, so he ran to Hebei and let Xuzhou be handed over to Cao Cao peacefully.

Not to mention anything else, when Liu Bei's Han army banner arrived in Xuzhou...... Do you have a choice?

I don't have a choice, and I don't want to make a choice, just follow my conscience and do things according to my will, and I must be very happy.

This kind of happiness is like hijacking a prisoner's car with his partner to save his father.

Even if you die because of this, you will be happy and have no regrets.

But Cao Ren, Cao Pi, and Cao Zhi will give themselves a chance? Will Xuzhou people be given a chance?

In short, we must speak of conscience.

Pan Jun's camp raised the tent and beat the drums when the sky dawned, and six of the twelve generals arrived at the tent one after another.

There are Ziwu general Xu Sheng, Shenwu general Luo Tong, Chenwu general Sun Xi, Weiwu general Sun Cheng, Youwu general Zhou Cheng, and Xuwu general Jiang Xiu.

There is also a long history, Sun Quan's son-in-law Liu Su; The left supervises the military academy captain Zhuge Ke, and the right supervises the military academy captain.

There were 16 battalions of more than 10,000 new troops stationed in Tun on Bagong Mountain, with Song Qian, the general of Chouwu, as the main general, and Sun Xing, the general of Wuwu, as the deputy.

two partial armies, the right governor, Yinwu general Quan Cong, with the deputy general Siwu general Sun An; Teng Tan, the governor of the left department and the general of Maowu, and Chen Biao, the deputy general of Haiwu.

The Dawu New Army has a scientific establishment, a rigorous system, excellent training, and sufficient food.

Aside from the fact that morale is a little low, there seems to be no shortcomings.