Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 665
The defenders are distributed everywhere, which is good news, but the other defenders are fine. One city is east and the other is west. For the time being, there is no need to worry about it. The outer city of Jinxiang is blocking the advance of the cavalry of the heavenly army. In the direction, they must be annihilated first!
After a short rest for the night, before dawn the next day, Wang Zheng raised his tent and beat drums, and summoned all the generals to discuss: "This Jinxiang city is stuck outside the city like a nail, and it is really an eyesore. Who will pull it out?"

As soon as the words fell, all the generals pleaded for orders one after another, and Wu Niu opened his voice loudly, shouting loudly: "General, let me go, let me go!"

"Okay." Wang Zheng thought for a moment, this idiot is a fifth-rank soldier no matter what, and just as he was doing a lot of bidding, he nodded: "The Tanma newspaper said that there are [-] defenders in this city, so I will send you another [-] cavalry soldiers." , together with the previous men and horses, there are a total of thousands of riders, going to take this city for this general."

"promise!"

Wu Niu roared excitedly, and was about to turn around to order the soldiers and horses, but was stopped by Wang Zheng: "Wait a minute, I have something to explain."

"What else does the general want?"

"In the morning, you took down the weak hill within an hour, which is considered a first achievement, so I will let you be the vanguard again, but this Jinxiang is different."

Wang Zheng said: "One is that the city has a high wall and is hard to capture. The other is that it is the outer city of Jiangling. The distance between the two cities is only a few miles, and reinforcements can arrive at any time. Therefore, if you succeed in the attack, it is of course good to conquer the city quickly. But if the enemy is prepared and cannot be overcome quickly, then don't rush for success!"

Seeing that Wu Niu blinked his eyes, obviously not understanding his implication, Wang Zheng sighed secretly, and could only clarify his words: "No matter how good our soldiers are at fighting, there are only five thousand soldiers in our army. Now that the army is going deep alone, if you are not careful, you will be killed." If you will fall into the predicament of being besieged by the enemy, you should cherish your soldiers and don't act recklessly and lose them for nothing."

"Even if you can't conquer the city, if you can draw out the defenders in Jiangling City, and wait for the general to lead the main force to attack, it will be a great achievement, remember?" The implication is that Wu Niu's mission this time is Not only to destroy the enemy, but more importantly, to lure the enemy.

Wu Niu finally understood now, and nodded repeatedly. "General, I know and remember."

"Then let me tell you," Wang Zheng asked, "If you are attacking the city and the news spreads, and the army and horses in the city come to help you, what should you do?"

"how to respond?"

Wu Niu scratched his head, thought for a long time, then looked up at Wang Zheng, and said with some uncertainty: "If this is the case, I will shrink my formation and fight while retreating. To lure the enemy to pursue, just wait for the general to lead the troops over?"

Ok?
Wang Zhengda was surprised: "You came up with this yourself?"

"That's right, the general just said, don't attack by force, but also take good care of the soldiers. If the enemy reinforcements come, I will definitely not be able to take the initiative to fight." Wu Niureng said angrily: "Since we can't fight, then either Defend, or retreat, I thought, retreating directly is definitely not enough, wouldn't it destroy the prestige of our army?"

"Haha, it seems that you have made some progress in the past few years." Wang Zheng was very pleased, and nodded again and again: "Yes, it is necessary to fight and retreat, but you must keep in mind one thing: when luring the enemy, don't go south. Retire, no matter how many soldiers and horses are dispatched from Jiangling, you will go to the northeast."

"Retreat to the northeast?"

Now Wu Niu was surprised, "But isn't our current position in the south of Jiangling? If the general goes to fight Jiangling, shouldn't he go from south to north?" In other words, the large army led by Wang Zheng is They are going to Jiangling from the south, so why did they lure the Jingzhou army to the northeast?
"You are going to attack Jinxiang. Once the defenders learn about it, they will be able to guess that it is not just your way."

Wang Zheng smiled and said: "If you retreat to the south, they will definitely be vigilant, or they will not dare to pursue you for fear of our army setting an ambush, so if you want to lure the enemy, you must not go south, so I will make you go northeast face to face."

"Oh?" Wu Niu suddenly realized, and asked again: "Then why go to the northeast?"

"Don't ask any more." Wang Zheng's face was confident and calm, as if he was holding a pearl of wisdom, "The general has his own clever plan, so you just act according to the plan."

"Here!"

After Wu Niu led the team to leave, Wang Zheng called another captain named Zheng Yu from the Tianzhu Camp, and whispered a few words to him. Zheng Yu was stunned at first, then clasped his fists knowingly, and ordered another 1000 troops. , quietly left the formation to go.

When these two groups of troops left one after another, Wang Zheng's headquarters had less than [-] troops. It was obviously difficult for such troops to take down a big city like Jiangling, but Wang Zheng didn't care at all, and just waved his hands to signal The pawns continued to move forward, and by noon, a majestic city had clearly appeared in the field of vision of the heavenly army.

For the defenders in Jiangling, the enemy's surprise attack was too fast. It is well known that the Yangzhou army invaded Jingzhou, including Changsha's beacon smoke everywhere, Linxiang's rapid fall, and Nanjun. I said it, but the point is, isn't Hanshou still safe and sound?
From Hanshou to Jiangling, you have to go through the three cities of Linyuan, Zuotang, and Chanling, not to mention the natural danger of the Yangtze River.
Because of this, the people of Jiangling did not expect that at this time, a cavalry army from Yangzhou would suddenly come to the city. Not only that, but the opponent seemed to be well prepared and brought a lot of siege equipment along with the army!
After being surprised, they panicked, but seeing the commotion inside and outside the city at the same time, those people who were farming outside the city immediately dropped their farm tools and ran all over the mountains and fields into the city, but the defenders in the city could not care about them at this time, and quickly The suspension bridge was pulled up and the city gate was closed tightly. The warning drums and horns sounded from the top of the city, and countless soldiers rushed to the top of the city in a hurry under the urging of the officers, unfurling their bows and crossbows.

Not long after, a Guo character general flag was erected at the top of the city, and then a group of military generals appeared with a middle-aged man dressed as a prefect, and shouted condescendingly from the top of the city, "Who is coming? Report your name."

Seeing this very familiar scene, Wang Zheng couldn't help but smiled slightly. Speaking of which, he hadn't personally attacked the city for a long time. It was a long time since such a scene. He sized up the middle-aged man at the top of the city, and asked the left and right: "Where is this?" Is it Guo Yong, the prefect of Nanjun?"

He can see clearly at such a distance, but other people don't have this ability, but Wang Zheng has to answer, and the captain of the guard cavalry has to open his eyes for a long time, and he is still a little uncertain: "I think it's here. people."

"Hey, nobody." After searching for a long time in the memory, he couldn't find any invisible boss, but Wang Zheng still asked: "How is this person's reputation?"

Captain Na replied: "Judging from the information collected by the Benming Division, although the combat effectiveness of the pro-army under this person's command is good, he does not seem to be a capable soldier."

Wang Zheng became more reassured, and immediately looked away from the top of the city, and began to arrange the generals, distribute the troops, and spread out the siege equipment such as catapults, crossbow carts, and rams.

Everything was ready, when Guo Yong asked again, Wang Zheng smiled mockingly, and waved his hand directly to send an order: "Bai Ben will answer the prefect."

As soon as the words fell, a rock-throwing machine with an adjusted angle was pushed forward, and the stretched rope shrank violently, throwing the stone bullet at the other end of the cross arm directly!

Amidst the deafening roar, the first shot landed squarely on the city wall, causing the flag to be rolled upside down, and many stones and bricks were shaken off. The wind blew up and sprinkled the dust all over Guo Yong's head and body. Shocked, he retreated in a hurry, leaving behind soldiers all over the city wall, hurriedly carrying all kinds of defense equipment.

However, Wang Zheng was not prepared to start attacking the city right now, he just stared at the city for a moment, then turned around and ordered: "Every camp is set up, let's cook first."

At this time, Hanshou on the other side.

When Wang Zheng led his army across the Yangtze River, Wenpin of Hanshou also received urgent reports one after another from the rear.

"The Yangzhou army crossed the Nantang River and suddenly appeared in the north of Zuotang."

"The Yangzhou army raided Chanling, and the guards were unprepared, outnumbered, and wiped out."

"After Kecheng, the Yangzhou army crossed the Yangtze River that night and entered the territory of Nanjun. Then the troops were divided into three groups, all the way to the northwest, and rushed to Zhijiang. The one went to the northeast, went directly to Huarong, and the other went to thousands of cavalry. They are heading towards Jiangling quickly!"

"The enemy's vanguard has reached Chengjin Township outside Jiangling, and the battle has already begun on the front line."

"Guo Yong, the prefect of Nanjun, sent an envoy to ask for help. The bandit army is already approaching the city. The situation cannot be delayed. General Wen, please come back quickly!"

One military newspaper after another made the Hanshou army's commander's tent resound with exclamation after another.

"At this time, there are more than [-] Yangzhou troops under Linyuan City alone, and outside Yiyang City, they are now being attacked by Huang Zhong's troops. In addition, the Linxiang enemy must stay behind. How can there be another force crossing the river? Went to Nanjun?"

No matter how young and mature Wenpin is, at this time, his color could not help but change. He hurried down to the hall and grabbed a messenger who came to report the news, "How many soldiers and horses are there in the Yangzhou Army along this journey, and who is the general who leads the army?"

"Report to General." The messenger said: "The flag of the vanguard of the thieves attacking the weak hill is a Wu character. Guo Taishou guessed that it might be Wu Sheng, a general under Wang Zheng's command. In addition, the number of the main force of the enemy army has not yet been found out, but since you dare Invading Jiangling, the army can be divided into three groups, and it is estimated that seven to eight thousand people are the minimum."

Seven 8000 people
Wenpin's thoughts changed sharply. Could it be that Nanchang sent reinforcements to enter the country again?Why is it that the scouts on his side didn't find anything?Then he asked sharply: "Who led the army to Zhijiang? Who led the army to Huarong? Who led the army to the Jiangling city?"

"None of the three armies and horses carried flags. I don't know who the generals are."

Today is different from the past, no matter how courageous Wang Zheng is, he will not choose to take the initiative to declare his own banner, especially in the case of a lonely army, if people know that he, Xuzhou Shepherd, is under Jiangling City, as the saying goes, capture the thief first, capture the king, I am afraid All enemies will do whatever it takes to keep him in Gangneung forever!
Therefore, this surprise attack on Jiangling was not only classified as a top secret within the Heavenly Army, but only a few people knew about Wang Zheng personally taking command.

The military situation is urgent, not only Wenpin, but even Wang Can and others beside him are all pale.

"If there is a mistake in Jiangling, Xiangyang will also be in danger!"

Wang Can took two steps forward, grabbed Wenpin's cloak, and said anxiously: "Zhongye, the matter is urgent. The Yangzhou army is now approaching Jiangling and has begun to attack the outer city. It should immediately raise troops to help!" "

Just as Wen Pin was about to reply, he caught a glimpse of all the generals in the hall, all of whom were anxious and ashen-colored, and what's more, they were sweating profusely. He suddenly came to his senses, let go of the messenger's skirt calmly, and didn't answer the king's question yet. Charm, but slowed down and started pacing in the hall with hands clasped behind his back.

After turning around twice, he returned to the messenger, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "I already knew about this matter, and thanks to you reporting the letter in time, yes, yes, come here, and reward him with a thousand dollars." Then he said softly: " You have worked hard all the way, let's step back and rest first."

"Here."

When the messenger left the account, Wenpin returned to the main position, looked at the crowd, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

This burst of laughter was really beyond everyone's expectations, Wang Can asked in surprise, "The Yangzhou army is now deep in the hinterland, the situation is so critical, Zhongye doesn't think of a way to retreat from the enemy, why are you laughing?"

"I laugh at the fact that the Yangzhou army can't get rid of the thieves, they are reckless and foolish."

"what?"

Now everyone is stunned, the enemy has slipped to the rear of Nanjun under our noses, and they still say they are reckless?
Wenpin calmly analyzed to everyone: "According to the military report, the total number of Yangzhou troops crossing the river is about seven or eight thousand, and they are all cavalry. The Yangzhou army was cavalry, so they moved very quickly. They rushed from Changsha to Jiangling in just a few days. It is true that the Han River Plain is flat and suitable for cavalry, but they forgot one thing. A strong city, a great city!"

"There is a saying in the art of war, cavalry is used to attack, and infantry is used to attack tough areas. Without infantry, no matter how many cavalry come, how can Jiangling be conquered quickly? Cut it off, then the nearly ten thousand enemy troops will die, and the bandits have no plans to come here, why don't I laugh?"

This analysis is also reasonable, the generals thought for a moment, they couldn't help but nodded, their complexions softened a little.

"Not only that, the surprise attack on Jiangling by the bandit army seems to be a good move, but it is actually a wrong move!"

Wenpin continued clapping his hands and laughing: "If one mistake is made, the whole game will be lost. This move will not only ruin this nearly ten thousand cavalry for me, but also directly reverse the situation in Changsha!" Then, looking around, he said loudly and loudly: "Masters, our army's victory is within sight."

Where does this come from?

All the generals looked at each other, and one of the captains couldn't help but said: "This time the bandit army attacked me in Changsha, even Kelinxiang, Hunan, Liling, Luoxian and other cities, it is really powerful and powerful, just like the general said, The enemy cavalry crossing the river poses little threat to our Jiangling, but Linxiang and other cities are now under the control of the rebel army, and it is hard to get, why does the general say that our army is in sight of victory?"

"Lieutenant Wu, think about it, since Xu Fang dared to let this lone army go deep and seize Jiangling, he must be the elite of the Yangzhou army."

Wenpin smiled and said: "As long as our army can wipe them out, the Yangzhou army will suffer a great loss in strength and morale, won't it? After being hit by this, let's ask the bandit army in Linxiang, Liling, Luoxian and other places, How can there still be fighting spirit? Our army will take the prestige of victory and make persistent efforts to take back the cities of Linxiang.

Under the witty remark, not only the military school captain, but also the rest of the people nodded their heads in agreement, "The general sees thousands of miles, and we bow down!"

"Such a heaven-sent opportunity, don't miss it!"

Wenpin didn't say much anymore, and immediately stood up against the case, drew his sword and shouted: "Pass my general order, let Guo Taishou defend the defense according to the danger, be sure to hold back the enemy, and then tell him."

"I will personally lead [-] tigers to help Nanjun immediately, and work together with him to completely wipe out this group of bandits!"

(End of this chapter)