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Chapter 340

It is the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, and the sky has just dawned, the vegetation is frosty, and the coolness invades, but at this time Zhang Jin, who is standing on the watchtower of the gate, is covered with fine sweat.

In his field of vision, groups of soldiers of Liu Jing's army, wearing hoods, armors, and holding weapons, were continuously walking out of the morning mist. There are 27 to 1000 people, and the force is as high as [-].

The Jiaozhou army came out in full force, but only 4000 people. The difference in strength between the two sides was huge, even if there were not [-], there were [-].

In addition to an astonishing number of infantry, Liu Jing also has a large cavalry, about a thousand cavalry.

The Jingnan area never produced horses, but the horses that Liu Jingjun rode were all tall, fat and strong. At first glance, they were good horses from the north. It didn't take much thinking to know that these must be Liu Biao's "legacy".

Zhang Jin also has cavalry under his command. His state headquarters is located in Jiaozhi, which is adjacent to the southern and central counties. Among them, the Dianchi area in Yizhou County is the former site of the Dian Kingdom. It has always been rich in good horses. The so-called "Dianchi horse", also known as the Nanzhong horse.

As the lord of a state, it is not difficult for Zhang Jin to obtain horses from Nanzhong. What's more, the generals of Jiaozhou also have a lot of good horses. When he sent troops from Jiaozhi a few months ago, Zhang Jin had more than a thousand horses under his command. There are only about [-] war horses for combat, and the rest can only be used for riding instead of walking.

What I have to say is that horses are far more delicate than humans. During this trip to the north and traveling thousands of miles, nearly [-] horses died, and now there are only [-] horses left, and the loss rate is close to [-]%.

The infantry is not as good as Liu Jing, and the cavalry is not as good as Liu Jing, but this is not what scares Zhang Jin the most. What scares him the most is Liu Jing's water army that haunts the right side of the army formation, above the deep water.

This means that after Liu Jing has invested far more troops than his own in the frontal battlefield, he still has spare power.Although Zhang Jin suspected that Liu Jing's move was to disturb the morale of his own army and so deployed suspicious soldiers, he had to increase troops to the right wing and be on guard.

The so-called don't be afraid of [-], just in case, once the battle between the two sides falls into a stalemate, Liu Jing sends a navy to land and attack from the flanks, if one's own side is unprepared, it will inevitably end in disaster and defeat.

Before that, Zhang Jin had contempt for Liu Jingduo, thinking that he was an underachiever in the south of the Yangtze River, and he was lucky enough to defeat Liu Biao's army and steal the three counties of Jingnan with the help of God.

Zhang Jin thought to himself that holding the emperor's edict in his hand and leading the strong army in Jiaozhou, Liu Jing was by no means an opponent.

Now that Zhang Jin no longer has a trace of arrogance in his heart, he will be deceiving himself and others when he talks about capturing Lingling and Guiyang counties.Zhang Jin was even mentally prepared for defeat.

Liu Jing didn't know that his opponent was timid before fighting. After he arrived at the battlefield with an army of infantry and cavalry, he faced the Jiaozhou Army standing behind the battalion, and implemented the deployment that he had planned yesterday:

With Han Guang as the left governor, Du Apu, Shan Rixun, Ou Xiong, etc., 4000 people are the left wing; Cai Sheng is the right governor, Gan Ning, Ma Zhou, Xi Zhen, etc., 4000 people are the right wing; Chu Fang was the former governor, with Feng Xi, Gao Xiang, Huo Du, Huo Jun, Wei Yan and other original Jingzhou troops in the center;

The candidates for the three governors were finally finalized by Liu Jing after careful consideration.

Chu Fang was a famous general in Jingnan, who was highly valued by Sun Jian in the past. The year before last, he entered Linxiang with a horse, and was listed by Zhang Xian as "the magistrate of Luo County, the captain of the northern part of Changsha, and supervised all the battalions in Linxiang." magistrate.He also lived up to Zhang Xian's kindness, led the officials and people in Changsha, and defended Linxiang to the death, making the Jingzhou army invincible for years.In the battle of Ling County, Liu Jing also asked Chu Fang to control Han Guang, Cai Sheng, and Ma Zhou.Chu Fang can be said to be the second largest general in Liu Jing's army after Liu Zong.

The Chinese army is undoubtedly the main force in this battle, and it is mainly based on Jingzhou surrendered troops. Only when Chu Fang personally sits in the town can Liu Jing feel at ease.

Han Guang was born in Liangzhou. He was a confidant general of the later general Yang Ding.He has been in the army for more than ten years, and has fought hundreds of large and small battles. In terms of command experience, everyone under Liu Jing's command is far inferior to him.In fact, Han Guang was the best candidate for the former governor, but Liu Jing gave up considering that he, as the governor of Liangzhou who surrendered Jingzhou to fight, would be inappropriate after all.

With Han Guang's ability, as the left governor, commanding 4000 people is more than enough, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is overqualified.

Chu Fang and Han Guang's ability, experience, and achievements...the generals under Liu Jing's command are rarely compared to others. They serve as the department commanders, and all the generals are convinced. Compared with them, Cai Sheng seems a little lacking in confidence.If you simply compare abilities, not to mention Gan Ning, who has been famous for thousands of years, even Shan Ridao, who was born in Jingman, may not be inferior to him.

But on the whole, Cai Sheng is the most suitable candidate. First of all, he has fought with the Jiaozhou Army for more than a month, and he has a better understanding of the enemy. This alone is enough to make him ahead of others.Moreover, Cai Sheng and Ma Zhou are both known by Liu Jing from Jianghu, and they can be called confidantes and minions. Liu Jing's relationship with them can be compared to Sun Quan's relationship with Lu Meng and Pan Zhang.Liu Jing naturally wants to cultivate them vigorously, hoping that they will be able to shoulder the shoulders and send great things to them in the future.

The foundation of Liu Jing's army was carefully crafted by his brother Liu Xiu who spent several years of hard work. From the very beginning, he followed the path of a regular army, so the formation was rigorous and organized.

Firstly, use "straightness" and "skills" to delineate the ground, formulate the combat position, secondly determine the ranks, the order and density of the teams have a fixed number, and then set up the table and watch the flag... After the formation is formed, the battle will begin.

It was Liu Jing's first time commanding tens of thousands of people to fight. Even though he has been a man for two lifetimes and has always had a stable personality, he couldn't help feeling a little excited.

He didn't want to sit in the back of the car, he stepped on Chiji, and supervised the battle before the battle. His brother Liu Liang held the flag and followed closely behind. Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Lai Gong and others also rode their horses.

Liu Jing went from west to east, wherever he passed, mountains roared and tsunamis rang in his ears, not everyone in the army knew him as the commander, but without exception they all knew the commander's flag.

"Wei Liaozi" said: "Gold, drums, bells, and flags, the four have their own laws." The command in the army is nothing more than these four things, and the flag is the most important thing. "Huainanzi" says : "Those who hold the command of the army will lead to chaos if they make false accusations."

For the flag, the front of the flag is the front, the back of the flag is the rear, the left of the flag is left, and the right of the flag is right.Those who do not hear the order and arbitrarily cut off the front, back, left, and right.

Liu Jing walked all the way, and he was very satisfied to see that his army was well-organized and morale was high, especially in stark contrast to the noisy Jiaozhou army on the opposite side.

The Jiaozhou Army was relatively small in number, so it was divided into front and back.

(End of this chapter)