Han counter current

The Jingzhou army has not dared to fight back until now. If he is allowed to manage well, he might really be able to occupy these places.

In addition, the [-] soldiers and horses almost all get food in situ, and Cao Cao does not need to transport food and grass from Xuchang or the Central Plains.

By going in and out like this, Cao Cao saved [-] soldiers and horses in rations, which is really rare for Cao Cao who lacks food and grass.

At the same time, Chen Dao, the vanguard general sent by Liu Bei, had led his army to Wuling and defeated the defenders in the city twice. Suddenly, Chen Dao's name spread in the south of Jingzhou.

The prefects of Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang had been in contact for a long time, and they decided to fight for independence only after they passed each other.

Therefore, before this, there was an offensive and defensive agreement between them. If one side was in trouble, the other two would send troops to support it.

These three places are far away from the Central Plains and have experienced few wars, so although the territory is large, there are not many soldiers and horses. The three counties add up to 5000 people.

The soldiers and horses of Wuling were bullied by Chen Dao in such a way that they were only able to defend the city in an instant. At the same time, the prefect of Wuling did not forget to send a distress letter to his allies, hoping to get their support.

Just when Chen Dao led his army to block the gate of Wuling City, Lingling and Guiyang finally decided to send troops. The two places combined had a total of [-] soldiers and horses, which was not a small number in the south of Jingzhou.

It's a pity that the sergeants in the south of Jingzhou lacked combat experience and no powerful generals, so when the reinforcements from these two places set off, they didn't even realize that Zhang Fei had been eyeing them for a long time.

Zhang Fei only has 500 soldiers and horses in his hands, which does not sound like a lot, but there are [-] elite cavalry.

At night, after Jingnan's soldiers and horses set up camp to rest, Zhang Fei started to move.To attack the crowd with a few, it is natural to take advantage of the right time and place.

Zhang Feijun has been fighting for many years, so he naturally knows these reasons.After most of the soldiers and horses in the camp were asleep, Zhang Fei personally led [-] elite troops to attack.

"Kill, kill them all without leaving a piece of armor..."

In the Jingnan army's camp, Zhang Fei's loud voice rang out, and the enemy soldiers who were closer to him were all lying on the ground trembling in fright.

The 20 cavalry under his command, in a team of ten or [-], rushed back and forth in the camp. At the same time, there were thousands of torches swaying outside the camp. It seemed that there were more soldiers and horses to kill. Come in.

After dawn, a branch was approaching Wuling. When Chen Dao heard the news, he immediately dispatched [-] soldiers to hunt it down.

"Quickly open the city gate, we are the reinforcements from Guiyang, we were attacked by the enemy on the way, quickly open the city gate..."

"What, the reinforcements are here, not good, it seems that the reinforcements have also been defeated, what should we do?"

On the tower, the captain guarding the city looked at the hundreds of rout soldiers in the distance, his face was full of disappointment. Could this be the reinforcements he was waiting for? It would be better not to come.

More than 200 paces away, Chen Dao brandished his long spear and led his [-] elite men to march forward rhythmically, beheading and driving the routs while beheading them.

"I am Zhao Hu, General of Guiyang, and my cousin is Zhao Fan, Prefect of Guiyang. Open the city gate for me, or I will make you look good."

"Hey, let them in, we can't afford to offend the prefect of Guiyang."

Finally, the city gate slowly opened, and the rout soldiers gathered at the gate rushed in, even the defenders inside the city were thrown into chaos.

"Don't mess up, don't mess up, go to the left, fast,,,,,,"

"Come here, what are you calling for? Listen to me. I am Zhang Fei, a general under the command of General Zuo. General Zuo has already led an army of [-] troops to kill him.

This Wuling has already been captured by me, the wise ones should put down their weapons quickly, otherwise I want you to look good, your captain is in my hands, don't mess around. "

The lieutenant who defended the city wanted to maintain order, but Zhang Fei, who was hiding in the crowd, snatched him over. Now, not only was he himself a prisoner, but even his subordinates did not dare to mess around.

After a while, Chen Dao led his army to arrive and together with Zhang Fei took control of the city gate. After killing a group of enemy troops who wanted to resist, most of the defenders at the city gate chose to surrender.Wuling was captured just like that.

Chapter 608

The fall of Wuling was beyond the expectations of Guiyang and Lingling prefects. According to the information they received, Liu Bei led [-] soldiers and horses and was still on the way.

Chen Dao, who arrived early, was just Liu Bei's vanguard, with only 500 soldiers, all infantry. He had never heard of organized cavalry, and, in the south of Jingzhou, he had never seen organized cavalry. The cavalry galloped by.

Therefore, when Chen Dao led his army to defeat Wuling's soldiers and horses, it seemed that the situation was urgent, but the other two prefects were not in a hurry.

After sending reinforcements, they were all waiting for the news of victory, but the five hundred elite cavalry led by Zhang Fei broke all their cognition and expectations.

Not long after, Liu Bei, who had been marching slowly halfway, suddenly led the remaining soldiers and horses to speed up, and entered Lingling City before the Lingling prefect made arrangements.

And Zhang Fei also led [-] elite cavalry and [-] infantry to arrive. For a while, Liu Bei occupied a lot of territory in the south of Jingzhou.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang had just left Changsha. Since Liu Bei received food, grass and supplies from Liu Pan and three thousand soldiers and horses went south, he has been visiting the local aristocratic families in Changsha.

It took a lot of effort to build momentum for Liu Bei. With the connections of Zhuge's family and Zhuge Liang's own eloquence, the local aristocratic family's impression of Liu Bei couldn't be better.

The preparatory work has been done, whether it will be effective or not depends on luck.Zhuge Liang felt that there were no other obstacles in Changsha, so he set off for Xiangyang.

After all, in his original plan, if he wanted to help Liu Bei gain a foothold, he had to compete in Xiangyang in the end.

In addition, Zhuge Liang made arrangements in the Xiangyang area a long time ago, in order to wait until the Ming Lord he wanted to be loyal to appeared, so that he could offer his first big gift.

An extremely intelligent person like Zhuge Liang would never fight an unprepared battle, let alone speak big words, because he had already made some preparations before he said every word.

People in the world only know the beauty of these smart people in front of others, but seldom see the time these smart people put in carefully and patiently behind their backs.

This kind of people is actually quite scary, because not many people can understand them, and, from the beginning of their layout, they have great plans and ambitions.

"Report, report, report to the Prime Minister, General Wancheng Lejin to report..."

A fast horse galloped past, and Cao Jun's soldiers on the road gave way automatically, and Cao Cao, who was riding on the horse, reined in the horse.

"Bring it quickly,,,,,,"

The princes from all over the country were in a panic, but Cao Cao led [-] elite troops to the north at this time. Not many people knew that he was sending troops at this time. For the Yuan brothers in the north, this was definitely not good news.

"Chen Feng wants to seize Hanzhong?"

After reading the secret report, Cao Cao's face was full of clouds. This time he secretly sent troops to the north in order to capture Qingzhou in one fell swoop and prepare for the unification of Hebei.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to make a big commotion in the north of Xiangyang, confuse the world, and also disturbed Chen Feng and Liu Biao's audiovisual.

However, he did not expect Chen Feng to be so ambitious and courageous that he chose to attack Hanzhong at this time.

"Sure enough, as Feng Xiao said, now is the time to compete with Chen Feng, I want to go north, and he is also trying to expand his territory south.

If I can capture Qingzhou and Jizhou before he goes south, I can send troops to take Bingzhou in one fell swoop and cut Chen Feng's territory into two parts.

In this way, it is difficult for him to take care of both ends, and he is busy fighting in two directions, which will eventually exhaust his vitality.

However, if Chen Feng is allowed to go south to develop his strength first, and then catch his breath, then I think it will be difficult to go north.

There are quite a few experts around Chen Feng, who actually agree with Feng Xiao's ideas, hum, but, Chen Feng, I don't believe that I will lose to you. "

After thinking about it, Cao Cao didn't delay any longer. Before Wancheng's letter was sent to him, he would definitely send a copy to Xuchang first.

In Xuchang, with his military adviser Xun Yu sitting in the battle, and Guo Jia also recovering from illness in Xuchang, Cao Cao believed that they would make proper arrangements.

At least, before he took Hebei, the military division he stayed in Xuchang would find a way to slow down Chen Feng's pace.