The battle went so smoothly that it boiled down to two things. First, after equipping the ordnance of the Wu army, the combat effectiveness of the barbarians has been greatly improved, the range of the standard bow and crossbow is long, the rate of fire is fast, and the barbarians led by Wei Ba are no longer the barbarians who fight with bamboo bows and wooden crossbows in the impression of Wei Jing and others, but a well-equipped regular army, and the combat effectiveness is not under the ordinary Wu army. The second is that the battlefield chosen by Wei Ba is very good, although he ran a little farther, he has achieved unexpected results. Wei Jing knew that Lu Xun was in Yuanling, but he didn't know that Wei Ba had also arrived in Yuanling, and he didn't expect Wei Ba to run so far to ambush him, and he was caught off guard. Faced with an arrow array like dark clouds pressing down on the city, the Wu army, which was completely defenseless, was severely damaged and lost the possibility of counterattacking.

After only an hour, the battle was all over, clean and clean.

After winning the first battle, the barbarians screamed with excitement, their fear of Lu Xun was swept away, and their awe of Wei Ba became higher and higher. They don't know the specific strength of the two sides, they only know that Liu Bei's vitality was greatly injured in the first battle back then, and even the barbarian king Shamoke was killed on the battlefield, and now he is facing the challenge of Wei Ba and does not dare to go out of the city, which is clearly the best proof that he is afraid of the might of the divine general, and is no longer the terrible auxiliary general.

With such a god general leading, even Lu Xun didn't dare to face the battle, and Wei Jing was nothing.

Caught Wei Jing again, Wei Ba's subordinates began to screen and persuade the captives to surrender, and the barbarians and Shanyue who were willing to surrender were singled out, and those who were unwilling to surrender were not reluctant, leaving them some food and letting them ask for more blessings. As for the warship and the materials on board, it became Wei Ba's trophies.

What made Wei Ba happiest were those large and small warships, with which he no longer needed to rely on transport ships to march.

After dealing with everything, sitting on Wei Jing's handsome boat, Wei Ba asked Liao An to be invited. Liao An came with Wei Jing, but he knew that Wei Ba would be ambushed here, so he found an excuse to get off the ship early and was safe and sound. When he saw Wei Ba, he was just about to kneel down and salute. Wei Ba walked out from behind the case. He held his arm with both hands and smiled affectionately: "Mr. Ziping, don't be polite." Come, please take a seat. ”

"Thank you, sir." Liao An was still a little embarrassed. But more than that, happy. Liao Li once said. Although Wei Ba has no knowledge. But he, like Liu Bei, is tolerant of people and dares to use people. He was able to ask Zhuge Liang for Liao Li. And as soon as he saw Liao Li, he gave him a heavy responsibility and handed over more than half of the property in the treasury to Liao Li, which is proof. As a self-proclaimed scholar who has a bit of talent and wants to make meritorious contributions, Liao An is of course very yearning for such a Shangguan.

"This time I was able to win with one blow, and I couldn't do without the help of my husband." Wei Ba said straight to the point: "However, the war here is not over yet. If my estimation is correct, Lu Xun's own troops will soon arrive in Linyuan. Sir, I would like to ask you to come back to Linyuan and keep an eye on this detachment. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, this is what I should do." Liao An smiled calmly. For him, such a thing was too easy, and as long as he relied on his identity as the master of the mansion, it was easy for him to understand the movements of the Wu army in transit. As long as he relayed the news to the detailed work arranged by Wei Ba, the detailed workers would use their way to transmit the news to Wei Ba, and he could be said to be in no danger at all.

"Thank you so much, sir." Wei Ba waved his hand, and Nanhu and Qing Suo'er brought over some belongings. "A little courtesy, not a respect, please smile at Mr."

Liao Anxi was in his heart, but his face refused to show too much joy, he nodded reservedly, discussed it with Wei Ba again, and then turned to leave, not even taking those belongings in person - these rough jobs were done by the people Wei Ba arranged for him.

Sending Liao An away, Wei Ba took advantage of the warship to return to Yuanling. In the battle of Qinglangtan, he won easily, almost without any losses, defeated more than 1,000 reinforcements led by Wei Jing, and also captured a large number of supplies. Now, the prestige of his god is in full swing, and without him having to come forward in person, those fanatical barbarians took the initiative to become lobbyists, and easily persuaded more than 300 soldiers to surrender.

Wei Ba once again felt the importance of fooling the people.

The people sent by Lu Xun walked forward very cautiously, the more they walked, the more panicked they became, and the more they walked, the more bottomless they became. They had walked fifty or sixty miles, and they had not yet seen the shadow of the enemy. They didn't know if Lu Xun was wrong, Wei Ba didn't come here at all, but went somewhere else. They were also worried that Wei Ba was waiting to ambush them somewhere in front, and they became more and more nervous, more and more frightened, and the speed of their progress became slower and slower.

When the scouts discovered Wei Ba, Wei Ba had already settled Wei Jing's return trip. When they saw the warships laid out in the water, these Wu troops knew that their mission had failed, and Wei Jing had been defeated by Wei Ba's men. Without saying a word, they turned around and ran, running all the way back to Yuanling City and reporting the news to Lu Xun.

Lu Xun was silent, feeling a little depressed. After Xiangyang, he was once again tricked by Wei Ba. Although the offensive and defensive sides were not equal, Wei Ba had more initiative than him, but Wei Jing was defeated by Wei Ba in front of his eyes, for him, this was undoubtedly a humiliation of more practical significance than heads-up and scolding.

In addition to the humiliation, Weijing's defeat made his situation even more difficult. Wei Jing was going to pick up Bu Qi, and if Wei Jing was defeated, Bu Qi would be even more dangerous. If he sat idly by, the army of Buqi would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

If it had been before, he might have been happy with the result. When the Jianghuai system is hit, his position will be more stable. But now the situation is different, Lu Dai's Xuefeng Mountain camp is lost, no matter whether Lu Dai's main force can be safely withdrawn, he has temporarily lost his combat effectiveness. If Buqi is intercepted by Wei Ba again and suffers heavy losses, Wu's forces in Jingzhou will be severely damaged, how will they face the possible offensive launched by Shu Han in the future?

He couldn't watch this happen, he had to do his best to save Bu Qi and the others, and this was the purpose of his here.

But he didn't have any soldiers. With only 2,000 people, he didn't have enough confidence to go out of the city and face Wei Ba head-on. With the city as his back, he can also control the emotions of his subordinates, and once he leaves the city, he is worried that the barbarians who have been recruited will scatter in a hurry, or even turn against him.

To some extent, Wei Ba's identity as a god general is more lethal than the war knife in his hand.

Lu Xun pondered for a long time, and sent scouts to meet Buqi, telling him that Wei Jing had been defeated and that Youyang would no longer have any more people to answer. If his loss is not big and he can still support it, he will return to Xiling directly. If not, then retreat to Yuanling and join him.

Lu Xun's decision was very timely, and a day later, the stronger Wei Ba returned to Yuanling City and surrounded Yuanling again. Like a spider, he is entrenched in the center of the web, patiently waiting for every move in the web, ready to attack and capture the prey. And Lu Xun is like a moth tightly entangled in a spider's web, although he is not dead, he can't break free.

However, Lu Xun knew, and Wei Ba also knew, that all this would soon be reversed, and once Lu Xun's troops arrived at Yuanling, Lu Xun would have an absolute advantage, and all the advantages and victories he had achieved before would be as disillusioned as a bubble.

Lu Xun was waiting in the city, and Wei Ba was waiting outside the city.

……

Bu Qi held on to his sword, panting, looking at the pile of rubble blocking the valley in the distance, and his hands and feet were numb with anger. After withdrawing from the Three Valleys, the road of retreat for more than a month, he walked so hard. Zhao Tong and the others are like an unbroken soul, haunting him all the time, making him unable to breathe.

Every day is dying people, every moment is dying people. At first, the soldiers who were only patrolling and guarding were attacked, but as time went by, the enemy army became more and more rampant, and even dared to approach the army in broad daylight to launch a sneak attack. They use poisoned crossbows to carry out sneak attacks, and if they are shot, it is almost impossible to survive. Watching one by one, who were also attacked by the enemy who was also in the shadows, turn into a corpse with a blue face and a hideous face after a painful struggle, every soldier was under great psychological pressure.

Bu Qi knew that the army was on the verge of collapse, and these people could turn into beasts at any time, and maybe the next moment they would raise their butcher knives against him.

That's not all Bu Qi is worried about. Zhao Tong's grappling greatly slowed down his speed, and he walked for a month, but only half of the distance was walked. With only the remaining surplus food, he couldn't return to Youyang safely.

The morale is low, the food is about to run out, and the battle-hardened Buqi is also a little panicked. He had never been in such a passive situation, and he had never faced such a difficult opponent. He had fought with the barbarians in Jiaozhou, he had also fought with the barbarians in Guiyang and Lingling, and he had also fought with the barbarians in Wuxi, but the previous barbarians were not as ferocious and insidious as the enemy in front of them. At that time, the barbarians roared and roared away, although terrible, they did not have much strategy, and the equipment was far from as good as it is now, they only used their advantages by instinct.

However, Zhao Tong has enough intelligence to give full play to these advantages. When his intellect and the advantages of the barbarians are combined, it becomes a nightmare for Buqi.

Bu Qi knew that this was an impossible task when he received Sun Quan's order, but he always thought that even if he couldn't exterminate these barbarians, he could at least get out of the way. Now that he had found out that he had been wrong, it was almost an unrealistic fantasy to get out of the way, and the battle was far more dangerous than he had imagined.

In the final analysis, it was they who underestimated Wei Ba, and it was they who underestimated Zhuge Liang. Obviously, in terms of understanding these barbarians, Zhuge Liang is better than them. In terms of understanding Wei Ba, they are even more out of reach. If he knew that Wei Ba was so difficult, he would not have let Wei Ba leave Xiling City in the first place.

It's a pity that it's too late.

Buqi's heart was like the canyon that went back, blocked by countless boulders, very suffocating, and uncomfortable. He sighed secretly and beckoned to Jia Tong in the distance.

Jia Tong ran over, carrying the bloody knife in his hand: "General, let me go into battle, I still have strength." ”

Bu Qiu shook his head: "No, I have a more important task for you. (To be continued......)

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