North of Jingzhou, Xinye Town.

When Lu Ren and Zhen Mi were arguing in Yizhou, the war on Jingzhou's side was already burning.

At the beginning, Liu Bei adopted Lu Ren's suggestion and came to Xinye to settle down in advance, and then worked hard to develop in Xinye for a period of time. Later, although the main force was transferred to Jiangxia according to Lu Ren's plan, and at the same time, a lot of Xinye's population was also moved, but Xinye did not become an empty city because of this.

Because of the earlier relationship between the Mizhu merchants to earn military funds for Liu Bei, Xinye actually became an important turnover point for mutual market transactions between the northern and northern parts of Jingzhou. Although the population was moved away by Liu Bei, there are still about 100,000 people scattered all over Xinye. In addition, Lu Ren's plan at that time was to let Liu Bei leave a part of his troops in Xinye, one to guard against the north, and the other to serve as a reinforcement station in the north when Liu Bei captured Xiangyang, so Xinye still left about 5,000 soldiers and horses with him. In the Xiangyang Change, Zhao Yun brought 3,000 elites, and now he has brought them back to temporarily resist the vanguard of Cao's army, buying time for Liu Bei's strategic transfer.

Xinye Mansion, Zhao Yun, who had just rushed back from a hurried march, didn't bother to rest, so he directly called the scout over to inquire about the military situation. According to the return of the horses, Cao Cao's vanguard Cao Ren and Cao Hong led 20,000 horses and horses to target Xinye, which was only less than three days away from Xinye.

"Three days!?"

Zhao Yun's face changed drastically, and Cao Jun's marching speed was not ordinarily fast. It is said that it is three days, but it is not possible that Cao Jun will be able to come to the city on the day when he suddenly comes on a rapid march, and Zhao Yun will not even have time to prepare here.

Zhao Yun set his eyes on Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang spread out the map on the table without thinking about it. After a long time, Zhuge Liang straightened up and nodded slightly.

Zhao Yun asked, "Does the military advisor have a good strategy?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "In Xinye Town, there are not many soldiers and the city corridor is not strong, so it must not be defended!" ”

Zhao Yun said: "But if we don't defend the city, how can we resist Cao Jun?" ”

Zhuge Liang muttered: "According to my plan with the lord that night, we only need to block Cao Jun for a few days. If we hold the city to the death, it will not be difficult to block it for a few days, but Cao Cao's army can surround Xinye at any time and anywhere, and we will not be able to get out at that time. Moreover, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were tens of thousands, and some of them were randomly divided to besiege Xinye, and the large army could also take Xiangyang directly through the bypass. The lord is now transporting money, grain and grass, and if we can't contain Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, it will only ruin the lord's big business. ”

Zhao Yun said with some understanding: "What does the military advisor mean is that instead of sitting in Xinye, it is better to abandon the city and attack?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Yes, we only have 4,000 foot soldiers and 1,000 light cavalry, and it is no different from sitting and waiting to be killed, so it is better to use the advantages of our army's brisk and familiar with the surrounding geography to flexibly change, and quickly escape with a single blow, and not to fight hard with Cao Cao's army." And in this way, we can also put the target of the invasion as much as possible on the grain and grass of the vanguard of the Cao army. ”

Zhao Yun touched his chin and closed his eyes slightly: "And if we play well, we can still lead Cao Bing's nose and let them always follow behind us......"

Zhuge Liang said: "Yes, the key is the word 'citation'. It's just that this plan may be able to hide from Cao Ren, and Cao Cao's personal words are mostly useless. However, it is no problem to let Cao Jun's vanguard stay in the Xinye area for ten days. ”

Zhao Yun said: "Without further ado, I will go to mobilize soldiers and horses, and the military advisor may wish to go to someone to send a list of documents, saying that Cao's soldiers are coming soon, so that the people can quickly leave the city and move south, so as to avoid the impact of war." ”

In just half a day, the originally peaceful Shinno Castle became chaotic. As soon as the people heard that Cao Bing might be killed in Xinye at any time, they were about to flee south with their carts and families. Because the scene was too chaotic, Zhao Yun had no choice but to divide a thousand foot soldiers out to maintain order, and ordered the deputy general who led the thousand foot soldiers to return Liu Bei directly after escorting the people to Xiangyang.

Then Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang led 4,000 people and carried a month's rations out of the north gate of Xinye City, and disappeared in an instant......

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Two days later, Bowangpo.

20,000 Cao army vanguard, Cao Ren led the team in the front army, and Cao Hong escorted the grain cart in the rear army. Several lieutenants on Cao Ren's side are Li Dian, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang.

After walking for a while, Li Dian patted his horse and came to Cao Ren's side and persuaded: "General, although we have been ordered by the prime minister, we will take Jingzhou directly as a vanguard. However, there are not many soldiers left in Fancheng, so Liu Bei needs to be prevented from taking advantage of the situation. ”

Cao Ren snorted very dissatisfied, because he didn't know how many times Li Dian persuaded him. I wanted to ignore Li Dian, but after all, I couldn't hold my face, and I frowned and replied nonchalantly: "Man Cheng, I think you are too worried." A few days ago, it was reported that there were only 5,000 soldiers and horses in Xinye Town, which could attack Fancheng, and Zhao Yun brought another 3,000 people during the Xiangyang Rebellion, which means that there are only 2,000 defenders in Xinye now. Now we have 20,000 soldiers, as a vanguard, if we can't capture the small city of Xinye, which has only 2,000 defenders, we won't get the first success, and you and I will be disgraced under the ridicule of people. ”

"That's what you say......"

Cao Ren waved his hand impatiently, and Li Dian couldn't say any more. After calling the guide, the 20,000-strong army had already entered Bowangpo, and if you walked a few steps faster, you might be able to reach the foot of Xinye Castle at night. Cao Ren laughed and said, "Pass the order, all the sergeants speed up their pace, maybe we can capture Xinye City before it gets dark and rest!" ”

Cao Jun immediately increased the speed of his march. After walking for a while, Li Dian saw the surrounding terrain clearly, and rushed over again to persuade Cao Ren: "General, this Bowangpo is surrounded by grass and trees, and now it is the autumn season, and the trunks and grass are dry, in case Liu Bei ambushes his soldiers and horses here and lights a fire, our army will be in danger!" ”

Cao Ren was quite unhappy at the moment, but after seeing the environment of Bowangpo clearly, he also listened to Li Dian's dissuasion, and ordered loudly: "The front team stops, and the back team slows down!" Keep the grain cart away from the grass and trees! ”

Not to mention how the 20,000 Cao soldiers acted according to the order, Zhuge Liang, who was ambushed on the mountain, shook his head silently after seeing it from afar, and said in his heart: "Cao Cao's soldiers and horses really live up to their reputation, it seems that this plan is difficult to reap the full success." ”

Zhao Yun on the side said: "Cao Bing only walked into the forest and grass...... Strategist, do you want to let go of this fire? ”

Zhuge Liang looked at it for a while, and said decisively: "Release!" How much can be burned! General Zilong, after the fire starts, you will speed a thousand elite cavalry to pretend to rob and kill, and then retreat in the direction of Xinye, and lead Cao Ren to Xinye Empty City as much as possible. I will lead the 3,000 foot soldiers here to find an opportunity to incinerate the grain and grass of Cao's army with rockets. I may not burn much, but it is intended to provoke Cao Ren, and I will escape at night. General Zilong led Cao Ren to Xinye and then went to ...... by small road"

Zhao Yun replied in a low voice: "Fancheng? ”

"Yes. General Zilong's 1,000 elite cavalry was fast and fast, and it was not difficult to get rid of Cao Ren's army. After we take Fancheng for a while, we will make trouble behind Cao Ren's army, so that he has no intention of moving forward. ”

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It's dry, watch out for candles!

Cao Ren was also relatively cautious, but because of his absolute superiority in strength, he caused some arrogance, and did not withdraw the forty percent of the soldiers and horses that had entered Bowangpo in front of him from the danger area in time. It wasn't until the fire in the grass and jungle hit that Cao Ren was shocked and hurriedly ordered his men and horses to evacuate backwards.

In the firelight, Zhao Yun's white horse and silver spear rushed out with a thousand elite cavalry first, specifically picking out the Cao army who was dodging the chaotic fire, but in a moment, more than a thousand Cao soldiers had died under the swords and guns of this thousand elite cavalry. Cao Ren was furious, but Li Dian hurriedly gathered up the chaotic troops and rearranged the formation in the weaker part of the fire.

The opponent's formation has been organized, and it is difficult to cause any damage to Cao Jun with the fire, Zhao Yun looked at the situation and felt that it was almost enough, so he used a gun to make a move, and a thousand elite horsemen gathered in the slope fire. Glancing at Cao Jun's queue, Zhao Yun sneered and shouted, "Retreat!" Rush through the fire and retreat to Shinno! ”

The rear team changed to the front team, and a thousand elite horsemen began to retreat in the direction of Xinye Castle to Bowangpo.

Cao Ren was about to attack sharply, but Li Dian rushed over to grab him and persuaded: "General, there are only more than 1,000 enemy generals, and I am afraid that this posture is just to lead you to the shortlist!" ”

"Shortlisted! How many soldiers can he have!? ”

"Soldiers and horses are not enough to worry about, but this fire!"

Cao Ren was suffocated, he could not care about anything else, and the fire plan was indispensable. After thinking about it, he called the guide to the horse and asked, "Let me ask you, can you avoid Bowang and go to Xinye?" ”

"The eastern side of Bowangpo is less wooded and grassy, and the surrounding area is flat. There are no roads, and the distance is about half a day. ”

Li Dian said: "The general might as well take the flat land to the east." Although it is far away for half a day, it is much safer, and it is good to camp in Pingchuan at night. ”

"Good! Pass the order down, bypass Bowang, and go straight to Xinye! ”

Zhuge Liang nodded after seeing Cao Bing's actions on the hillside, and quietly waited for the opportunity for his team to attack, and said secretly in his heart: "I hope that General Zilong can react quickly after discovering it, and lure him in front of Cao Ren again." It's a pity I can't catch up with him now......"

Cao Jun lined up into a long snake formation and began to hurry, and the "snake head" gradually became farther and farther away from the Bowang slope. Seeing that the grain cart of Cao's rear army had been slowly revealed, Zhuge Liang also slowly drew his long sword, preparing to raid the grain cart as soon as the time came, shoot a few rockets and then sneak into the forest to escape.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing in the distance, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves and neighing, and he was overjoyed: "General Zilong is really both civil and military!" Seeing that Cao Ren did not chase and kill directly from Bowangpo, he guessed that it must be through Pingchuan in the east, and rushed there to lure Cao Ren again. Okay, I'll wait a little longer! ”

However, it was said that after Zhao Yun crossed the Bowangpo, he found that Cao Ren had not caught up, and that he had been guarding here for several years, and he knew that there was a Pingchuan in the east for marching, so he crossed through the small mountain pass in the middle of Bowangpo, and it did not take long to meet Cao Ren's vanguard. If you don't have anything to say, let's fight!

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(PS It's a little bit missed in the middle of yesterday's two times.,Today's bottle adjusted the order.,I hope you'll forgive me for those who are still reading this broken book.") (To be continued.) )