Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 698
After the war, Wang Zheng ordered the army to be assembled. In addition to the troops he brought to Dangyang, the army that set up an ambush included 2000 people from the Wang Xiong and Wu Niu tribes. The total number was actually no more than 3000.

It can be said that it was a brilliant victory with 3000 troops, and even the main general Guan Yu was killed by Wang Zheng himself, and the casualties were less than a thousand.

Of course there is a reason for setting traps cleverly, but the most important thing is that before the start of the war, Wang Zheng once again threw out a huge amount of experience points accumulated for many days, which promoted many soldiers in this army and horses again, resulting in Before the decisive battle, nearly half of the 3000 troops had Tier [-] arms!
However, Wang Zheng had no time to feel distressed or celebrate his achievements at this time, he only ordered to record the achievements of the generals, allocate a team to deal with the prisoners, and immediately ordered the troops to go out of the mountains to quickly support the Gan and Ning troops who were holding down the defenders in Jiangling City.

On the way to Jiangling, the generals and soldiers under his command were all beaming, and Wu Niu, who had avenged his vengeance, was even more excited, his face was flushed with excitement, and he had the rare courage to catch up with Wang Zheng. General, in today's battle, we not only killed Guan Yu, but also swallowed his soldiers and horses. Now the enemy's strength has been greatly weakened, just like in Jiangling City. At this time, there are only 3000 to [-] people. Colonel Gan Ning is very strong. You are brave, you will surely win the city!"

"The final general has a suggestion. Kaiyang County is also in our hands right now. Instead of helping them break Jiangling, why don't we just go north and attack Xiangyang? Couldn't it be done in one battle?"

If Xiangyang can really be captured, it can be done in one battle. Even speaking, the combat style of Wang Zheng's army often pursues beheading actions, such as attacking Pi, breaking Beihai, and even going south to Jiangdong to capture Yangzhou.

But what if you can't take it?
People like Wu Niu and Wu Xiong didn't pay much attention to Xiangyang, but Wang Zheng, a later generation, was different.

That's Xiangyang!

And they are still a lone army right now, even counting the captives captured in several battles, and even including the newly arrived Wang Xiong tribe, the total number is less than five thousand. Wang Zheng may still be a little confident, but if he encounters a tough battle, he can upgrade at any time.
It is still a city like Xiangyang with a nearly perfect defense system, a super city with sufficient equipment and food, and the future No. [-] pass in China. The disadvantage of the number of people will be infinitely magnified, and the chances of winning are really not great!
Besides, Xiangyang is located in the extreme north of Nanjun, and attacking this city means that it has penetrated into the hinterland of Jingzhou. If the battle is unfavorable, or the strength is too damaged, there are many people who will fall into a place of eternal doom!
So upon hearing this, Wang Zheng shook his head, pondered for a moment and said: "There are many soldiers in Jingzhou. Compared with the enemy, our army's strength is not superior. If you want to take Jingzhou, you must not underestimate the enemy, let alone be persistent." The gains and losses of one city and one place.”

Wu Niu was taken aback: "General, why?"

"We don't have many troops. Once there are more cities, why don't we continue to divide our troops, so that our army's strength will be dispersed, and we will not be able to concentrate all our strength to defeat the Jingzhou army one by one."

At this time, Wang Xiong also rode his horse and came over, he heard the words thoughtfully, and said: "What does the general mean, should we still focus on killing the enemy in Nanjun?"

"good."

Wang Zheng said in a deep voice: "After capturing Jiangling, don't leave too many defenders in the few cities that have been captured before. Concentrate your forces, first solve the Wenpin Department on the Tang side, and then consider sending troops northward to attack. It is not too late to attack Xiangyang."

Wang Zheng didn't want to attack Xiangyang now. In fact, there was another reason. Xiangyang's neighbor was Nanyang, the largest county in the world!

Nanyang has gathered nearly half of the population and wealth of Jingzhou. There must be a lot of troops here, and Nanyang is adjacent to Yingchuan. Although Wang Zheng has long been mentally prepared, there is a high probability that Cao Cao from Xudu will participate in this Jingzhou hunt, but he can It is also good to let the opponent enter the field later.

If he wants to occupy Xiangyang, it will be like a thorn in Xu Du's back. Cao Cao will definitely not allow it. I am afraid that the army will be mobilized immediately, and after beheading Guan Yu, the impact will definitely be Liu Bei and Zhang. Fei is furious and will come to revenge at any time
If facing the enemy on three sides, even with the powerful weapon of cavalry and slashing, Wang Zheng would feel a little worried.

People are worthy of self-knowledge, contentment without humiliation, and knowing that they will stop. Wang Zheng thought to himself: "A gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall. Besides, he can't chew too much." "

The subsequent development of the war was lackluster.

Because most of the troops were taken by Wang Zheng to encircle and suppress Guan Yu, and Gan Ning only had 2000 men, it would be difficult for him to take down Guo Yong's troops in Jiangling. As soon as the army arrived, a part was sent to surround Xiangyang City Gate to prevent any more defenders from coming out; the rest of the troops surrounded them on all sides, like chopping melons and vegetables, and easily killed the Guangzong army that had repeatedly left the city to harass them. clean.

Seeing that his family worked so hard, and the direct line of troops who had been trained for many years were wiped out in one battle, the prefect Guo Yong was filled with grief and indignation, and immediately vomited blood for three liters. Soon after, the city of Jiangling fell. After Guo Yong was captured, he would rather die than surrender. He didn't even see Wang Zheng's face, so he was hacked by the furious Wu Niu.

This last siege seemed to be an easy victory, but in fact, it has been dormant for a long time, with a lot of foreshadowing. The so-called good fighters have no great achievements.

After capturing Jiangling, Wang Zheng was still not satisfied, and the next day he personally led the army to Huarong in the east. When the soldiers approached the city at night, they did not choose to attack the city immediately. Instead, they found a hidden place far away and rested all night. Suddenly launched an offensive.

He first used the captured armor to disguise some soldiers, pretending to be Guo Yongbu who was taken out from Jiangling, and wanted to save some effort to earn the city gate, but was seen through by the county magistrate of Huarong. I can't be resourceful." Wang Zheng, who was a little annoyed and became angry, broke the defense directly, simply learned the method of his own leader Wu Sheng, and then ordered his subordinates to hang Guo Yong's head high, along with the heads of countless Jingzhou soldiers.

In fact, some of these heads belonged to Guan Yu's Yuzhou Army.

Wang Zheng is indeed not a bloodthirsty person, but in the case of a lonely army going deep, it is definitely not enough to bring too many prisoners. He is willing to promise the Yuzhou Army that "the surrender will not be killed", which is already rare in Guan Yu's face. In several battles, the prisoners of the Jingzhou Army were all "handled".

It's a pity that these people are as proud as Guan Yu, and would rather die than be a thief.
Well, they are all good men, they are all tough, Wang Zheng admires and appreciates them very much.

However, I can only order that all beheads beheaded!

All of a sudden, in front of the heavenly army's horse formation, all the eyes could see were tall poles, and thousands of human heads on the poles, with their eyes open, closed, in pain, or in shock, went around the city bloody and bloody.
The dense crowd of people with ferocious faces made this summer morning suddenly look as gloomy as if it were resisted by a forest, and the cold wind howled.

The morale of Huarong's defenders was greatly depressed, and they all trembled. After barely holding on for half a day, the city declared its fall.

Wang Zheng left [-] soldiers to defend the city, and dealt with the prisoners by the way, while the other soldiers continued to rush to Yidao, the last nearby city that still belonged to the Jingzhou army.

Several days had passed by now, and the county lord of Yidao had already received countless reports, knowing that not only Jiangling City, but also nearby Huarong, Dangyang, and Zhijiang had fallen into the hands of the Yellow Turban bandits. The soldiers and horses in his city were the least one, only more than a thousand people. When they heard that Wang Zheng's army was coming here, they immediately abandoned the city and fled.

So far, all five cities in Linjiang in South County have fallen. After hearing the news, Jingzhou was shocked.

Not long after, another piece of explosive news caught the attention of the entire Han world.

In May of the second year of Jian'an, Wang Zheng abandoned his sword and used a saber in Yuquan Mountain near Dangyang County. In a one-on-one battle, he defeated Leng Yansaw with an ordinary single saber and beheaded Guan Yunchang!
"This beast is really tyrannical!"

Staring at the battle report in his hand, Cai Mao felt his hair stand on end, and broke out in a cold sweat.

Although he has been the highest military general in Jingzhou for many years, he was originally a son of a noble family and he was pampered since he was a child. In addition, Jingzhou has been in peace for many years. The Yellow Turban bandits did not cause much trouble at the time. Speaking of it, I really can't be regarded as a person who "has experienced fighting".

This is also in the original history. Cai Hao took the whole Jingzhou to vote for the certificate, and he was an old friend with Cao Cao, so he didn't get a high status. It was far inferior to Zang Ba and Zhang Xiu in the same situation, and even worse It is Wenpin of the Jingzhou Department.

"The yellow turban bandits are so mad." Kuai Yue who was at the side snorted coldly and said, "This king bandit kills a lot. He doesn't just cut off the heads of his enemies. I heard that he doesn't even spare his own people."

"how to say?"

"I heard that when Liu Bei competed with Liu Bei for Xuzhou, in the battle of Xiapi, all the yellow scarf bandits retreated without support, but he cut off their heads and hung them in front of the battle!"

"This..." Cai Mao was startled, and immediately asked: "It is common to hang the enemy's head since ancient times, and it is to intimidate the enemy. Why is this hanging the head of your own soldiers and horses?"

"Of course it's to intimidate your own soldiers and horses, forcing them to serve him to the death."

Hearing this, Han Song on the side was thoughtful, and immediately asked: "Speaking of this, this is actually a strict law to rectify the soldiers, but the method is so cruel, isn't Wang Zheng afraid that his subordinates will turn against him?"

Today's princes, even civil and military officials, are mostly from noble families. After reading so many historical books and military books, they naturally understand the reason why military orders are like mountains, and they also know that a well-disciplined army will definitely be more powerful, but it is easy to do. Difficult, especially in troubled times, soldiers and horses are the greatest capital to settle down. Therefore, most of the military laws of many princes are just for display. Fall lightly.

"I can't even think about this matter." Kuai Yue said in a deep voice, "The king's bandit army is everywhere on the hills, with different people's hearts, but so far, there has been no rebellion. Hey, it's true."

Cai Mao was not as leisurely as they were. He was restless at this time, stood up, walked back and forth, and felt his legs go weak, "So cruel, so tyrannical"

Although Kuai Liang is a scholar, he is much stronger than Cai Mao in terms of courage, but he didn't think about the head, but frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Jiangling and Huayang are all lost now. The southern gate of our army is wide open, and right now there is only one gate of Yicheng. If this city is lost again, the bandits can drive straight in. It's not a good thing! "

The more Kuai Liang thought about it, the more startled he became, and immediately started to shoot the case, and immediately asked people to bring a map and spread it on the case.

Strictly speaking, in addition to Yicheng, there are actually two strongholds in the south of Xiangyang. One is Bian County, which is located to the east of Yicheng, a hundred miles away, and the other is Yuguo County, which is located to the west of Yicheng, two miles away. It's more than a hundred miles, but these two are small cities with very few garrisons. There are a few hundred people symbolically. .

Kuai Liang's words reminded Cai Mao and others that they gathered around and looked at the map.

"Look, gentlemen." Han Song also had a dignified expression: "The king's thief now has Huarong, not to mention one more stronghold, and one more ferry, which can directly echo Changsha Linxiang on the opposite bank, and also connects to Dongting. If you stay behind, you can reject our army's civil and employment department!"

"If we let him get Yicheng again, then Nan can respond to Jiangling and reach Dangyang. He lives in front of him and threatens my confidant in Xiangyang at any time. If Huarong is his shield, then Yicheng is his spear. He can attack and defend. When this At that time, the situation of our army is very bad."

As he spoke, he looked around and said, "What's your opinion?"

The situation is obvious, whether you have a high opinion or a low opinion, there are nothing more than two countermeasures.

Some people think that Yicheng should be reinforced, just now the city has also fallen to the bandits, while others think that the army should be dispatched immediately to retake Jiangling, Kaiyang and other cities. He listed the favorable conditions for attacking Yicheng:
"The king's thief won the city, and his foothold is unstable. This is one of them."

"Wang Bandit went deep alone, so he didn't carry much food and grass with him, and the grain reserves in Jiangling and Huarong were only enough for half a month. Although he didn't have many troops, they were all cavalry, which consumed a lot of food. The second thing is."

"Guo Yong, although Guan Yu was defeated, the reinforcements sent by our army did not suffer too much damage. In addition to the defeated soldiers in various cities, and then summoned the strong and strong people in these places, there are at least 5000 to [-] people. Sending a team can form a front and rear flank attack, and this is the third."

"With these three benefits, the general thinks that this time is the opportunity to destroy the thief." The man cupped his hands to Cai Mao and said, "The king thief is now in Jiangling, if he can catch him in one fell swoop, this is a world-class feat." , When it shines through the ages, it is expected that the generals will all die, and the three armies will use their lives!"

Hearing this sentence, not only Cai Mao's expression changed, but everyone beside him also showed deep thinking expressions at the same time.

Go!
Wang Zheng is now in Jiangling!

Even better, he didn't bring many troops!
If this man can be captured alive
Don't say anything about meritorious deeds that will shine through the ages, the coaches of the Xuzhou Army and the Yangzhou Army have been captured, and the crisis in Jingzhou will not be resolved immediately?

(End of this chapter)