Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1309 The Battle of July

In July, the summer is hot.

On the Yangtze River.

Large ships are sailing, with fleets of tens of miles in front and back.

"Does Jiangdong intend to cross the border?"

Standing on the deck of the ship, Zhang Liao stared ahead with a gleam of coldness in his eyes.

"no!"

Zhuge Liang stood beside him, shook his head, and said in a low voice, "The scouting boats have scouted all the waters of the border, and there is no trace of the Jiangdong warship."

"Don't take it lightly!"

Zhang Liao came from Yudu this time, and as a deputy privy envoy, he took full power to command the entire eastern defense line, mainly to prevent warships from Jiangdong from crossing the border.

The northern campaign is in full swing.

If it is to suppress the intention of the Mu army to go north, then Jiangdong must send troops to harass it, so it will be a matter of time before Jiangdong crosses the border.

"The last general has set up a series of twelve water villages, and in each water village, put a trilogy of troops, stretching from the entire Yangtze River to the Chibi Water Village!"

Zhuge Liang has always been cautious in his actions. The Violent Bear Navy's combat effectiveness is not very strong, but it has a geographical advantage. Unless Jiangdong can reach the Chibi boundary in one go and uproot the twelve water villages, it will be difficult for them not to be discovered.

Jiangdong may have such fighting power.

However, they may not be mentally prepared for an all-out battle with the Mu army, so this arrangement is the safest way at present, at least it can force the Jiangdong army to be unable to advance or retreat.

"well done!"

Zhang Liao nodded, and then, on behalf of the Privy Council, asked about some military affairs: "What is the progress of the current reorganization of the Stormy Bear Navy?"

"It's still a little messy!"

Zhuge Liang smiled wryly: "The instructors are stationed, the scholars have a flamboyant personality, and they do things flamboyantly. There are many warriors in the army. There have always been disputes between civil and military forces. Recently, there have been more disputes. All the battalions have quarreled with me!"

If it weren't for the whole army.

Zhuge Liang really wanted to have a fight with Jiangdong.

Test the combat effectiveness of the Stormy Bear Navy.

But the entire army has already suppressed the Violent Bear Navy and put too much effort into it. The Violent Bear Navy has no more experience to put above war, so at this time they can only set up a water fortress for defense.

"This is a normal thing!"

Zhang Liao said in a low voice: "Actually, I know that many of your high-ranking officers are suspicious of the master's intentions, thinking that the instructor is the supervisor of the army, and it is to supervise your fighting. However, I think that the master's strategy is to Your future!"

"What do you mean?"

The current Zhuge Liang has not yet reached the state where he shoulders the military and political power of a country, and is so wise that he is almost a monster. He is only a young man, so in fact, he has not grasped the artistic conception of many things.

On the contrary, Zhang Liao is different.

Zhang Wenyuan came out of Bingzhou, fought on the battlefield for more than ten years, saw the prosperity and ruin of the Central Plains, and also saw the impermanence of war, step by step to today, his life experience is richer than anyone else.

And he's not a simple warrior.

Zhang Liao is a wise general, he is familiar with military books and historical annals, his wisdom has been honed to be smooth.

"Is Gao Zu wise?"

Zhang Liao asked.

"Establishing the Han Dynasty, ruling all the people in the world, and establishing peace for 400 years, of course it is considered wise!" Zhuge nodded.

"But at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, heroes were killed one after another, but Gaozu was led by a fool?"

Zhang Liao asked.

"This statement is a little too much!" Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and said: "Sometimes from the perspective of the court, Gaozu did nothing wrong. If Gaozu didn't kill people, would the Marquis of Huaiyin be rebellious, and would the great Han be divided? Whether the world will reappear in the chaos, no one knows!"

"My lord just wants to avoid that one day, he will repeat the mistakes of his ancestors, and he doesn't want to kill the heroes!" Zhang Liao said softly.

"The end will understand!"

Zhuge Liang is also a shrewd person, he knows everything, and can infer other things from one instance. He sighed, and said softly: "My lord, this is also a good intention. He put shackles on us and set up a life-saving talisman for us. ah!"

Since ancient times, what military generals fear most is not dying in battle.

But the master is overshadowed by meritorious deeds.

The general will be outside, and the military orders will not be accepted.

This sentence, sometimes, is not necessarily a good thing. Once it is suspected, it is treason, and most of the consequences of treason are bad.

"Others don't need to support the lord in this matter, but we must support the lord, and we must do better!" Zhang Liao patted Zhuge Liang's shoulder lightly and said with a smile.

"That's natural!"

Zhuge nodded: "The final general guarantees that within the next three months, the instructor will be integrated into the generals of all ministries!"

Up and down.

First of all, he has to establish a good relationship with the military instructor of the Stormy Bear Navy, so that he can set an example. Even if he hates that nagging scholar who is almost in his 40s, I am afraid he must also establish a good relationship.

"Report!"

Suddenly a fast horse came galloping from the shore, the scouts got off the horse, boarded the boat in a small boat, and reported to Zhang Liao: "Report to the Privy Envoy Zhang, General Zhuge Zhonglang, and our scouts found traces of the Jiangdong Army in Changsha!"

"what?"

Zhang Liao's complexion changed slightly: "When did it happen?"

"Yesterday morning!"

Scout report.

"map!"

Zhang Liao let out a low growl.

"exist!"

The guards on the left and right spread out a map, and directly put the entire Jingxiang terrain front in front of him.

"It's careless!"

Zhang Liao looked at it and said in a low voice.

"It's not just Mr. Zhang who is careless, but we are all careless!" Zhuge Liang's complexion was also not very good: "Wenpin's second army should not be far from Changsha!"

Changsha.

That is one of the main cities of Jingxiang, the state city of Shazhou, and it is also a city that Minghou Mansion pays more attention to.

I thought it was safe.

But I forgot Jiaozhou.

From the direction of Jiaozhou, plus the Jiangdong infantry, and the marching road in the east of the flank, it was enough for them to push their troops directly to the city of Changsha.

"Jiangdong is a surprise for us this time!" Zhang Liao raised a cold smile, and said with a gloomy smile, "We have been guarding against Jiangdong's navy, but we seem to have forgotten that Jiangdong is not only Sailors!"

The Jiangdong navy is the best in the world.

So no matter whether it is Zhang Liao or Zhuge Liang, they just deployed heavy troops on the Yangtze River. Even though the Violent Xiong Navy was still resting, during the rectification, they still pulled out the soldiers and deployed defenses.

He just didn't want to give the Jiangdong army the opportunity to drive straight in.

But this time, the Jiangdong Army did the opposite.

Attacked Changsha.

"Dare to attack us by land, Jiangdong is indeed courageous!"

Zhuge Liang said: "I'm afraid that Wenpin's second army will not respond in time and rescue in time because of the rest. If Changsha is breached by then, we will fall into a passive position!"

Now they are anti.

Jiangdong is attacking.

Whether it is defense or offense, it is in the hands of the Mu Jun. If the Mu Jun wants to, he can also attack and change flexibly.

But if Changsha falls.

It will bring a big shock to the Jingxiang five states.

At that time, in order to calm the hearts of the people, appease the world, and to give an explanation to the Minghou Mansion, the Violent Bear Army will have to go out in full force, and it is bound to retake Changsha.

"We need the main branch to go south!" Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said.

"What if it is to tune the tiger away from the mountain?"

Zhang Liao said suddenly.

"Even so, we can't sit idly by, because we can't lose Changsha!" Zhuge Liang said firmly.

"Row!"

Zhang Liao nodded: "I'm going south, you hold here, as for the strength, I'll transfer troops from the First Violent Bear Army!"

The first battalion of the Violent Bear Army has the main battalion in Xiazhou.

It is mainly to defend the counties in Xiazhou.

It doesn't take long to dispatch.

"Ok!"

They made up their minds and moved quickly.

At the same time, the news of Jiangdong's dispatch of troops hastened, and it was sent directly from the border to the Privy Council of Yudu, and then handed over to Zhaoming Pavilion...

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The night was bright and full of stars.

Yudu.

Under the night sky, this shimmering city, like a relic of the sea, exudes bright light, illuminating half of the sky.

Yudu seldom has a curfew.

So the night market is booming.

Of course, because of the night, the incidents of theft and robbery are still a little close, and the law and order will be worse.

However, the nearest six gates have set up a lot of security booths on the street, and there are people on duty every night, and after several major security rectifications, the security has improved a lot.

Zhaoming Pavilion.

In the attic, the lights are bright.

Mu Jing doesn't like to work at night, but sometimes the protagonist is a little helpless, when encountering something, he can only finish it, otherwise you can delay until the next day, but the place can't be taken off.

After all, the report submitted is a policy relative to the locality, which is related to the well-being of the people. If it is delayed for a day, it will be affected for a day. Timeliness is very important.

After he finished processing today's playbook, Huang Zhong came.

"My lord, the news just came back from the east that the Jiangdong Army did not take the Yangtze River waterway, but attacked Changsha by land!" Huang Zhong, as the privy envoy of the Privy Council, commanded the military of the Minghou Mansion, and he never returned every day. The government is now a period of war, so even day and night are in the Privy Council.

"When did this happen?"

Mu Jing froze for a moment and asked.

"Two days ago!"

Huang Zhong replied.

Mu Jing couldn't help laughing, a bit darkly: "Are they too careless, and they were killed to the city of Changsha?"

"The main reason is that we didn't expect that Jiangdong would give up their advantage and attack us from land, so we were caught off guard by them!"

"Incompetent!" Mu Jing said coldly: "For generals, they are incompetent!"

Huang Zhong remained silent.

"never mind!"

Mu Jing stood up, pinched the bridge of his nose, and he just vented his emotions, but he didn't blame the frontline generals, after all, he was shocked by this matter.

"Since they've come to your door, let's have fun with them!" Mu Jing said, "You give me a private password, give it to the Violent Bear Army, and tell them that I don't care about the process, I just want the result, if Changsha is lost , all accountable!"

"promise!"

Huang Zhong nodded.

"What's happening in the north?"

Now that it's all said and done, Mujing is simply delaying for a while, instead of rushing back to the backyard to enjoy life like in the past, he first understands the current battle situation.

Start in June.

The battle has begun.

It is now July, and no one knows what direction the Great War in the North will go.

Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei are all in today's world. A generation of heroes is not an easy way to save money. No matter who has a better chance of winning, no one can be said to be sure to lose.

"Cao Cao is ready to go north!"

Huang Zhong reported the news gathered recently, saying: "The army gathered on Yuguandu is ready to cross Hebei at any time, and it feels like a decisive battle with Yuan Jun!"

"Apart from these?"

"There are some other news, such as Qingzhou, Qingzhou, General Yuan Jun Wenpin, and Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan, led an army of more than [-] main forces, and are planning to attack Xuzhou!"

"Where are you?"

"Should have entered Langya!"

"What about Xuzhou's reaction?"

"Cao Ang has already led the army to go north. As for when the fight will start, we don't know yet, but it is undeniable that Yuan Jun may take the initiative this time, and Cao Jun may not be able to stop it!"

Huang Zhong said.

"You think too simple!" Mu Jing didn't think that Cao Cao would make such a simple mistake, he said in a low voice, "How do you know that in Qingzhou, Cao Mengde has no other ambitions!"

"But according to our information, the soldiers and horses of Cao Jun in the south are definitely not Yuan Jun's opponent!" Huang Zhong said.

"Isn't there still a north side?"

"north?"

"From Youzhou, can we surprise Qingzhou?" Mu Jing asked.

It's not how far-sighted he is, but the answer that history books have given him. In history, when Gongsun Zan was sitting in Youzhou, he even sent Tian Kai to enter Qingzhou.

Isn't Liu Bei's vision as good as Gongsun Zan's?

There must be movement in Youzhou.

"Speaking of Youzhou, the Jieqiao was fought. Liu Bei came to the front line and stormed the Jieqiao. However, after several days of fierce attack, there was no progress. Logically speaking, the main force of Yuan's army is in the south, and Jieqiao should not have such a force. ah!"

Huang Zhong was puzzled.

"Liu Xuande is also an old fox!" Mu Jing sneered, "Why would he fight with all his strength? If he breaks through the boundary bridge, what will happen?"

"Yuan Shao has no choice but to divide his troops to go north..." Huang Zhong replied, and he realized it while talking: "So, he can suppress the rhythm, that is, let Yuan Shao not divide his troops, save his own strength, and then be able to fight for the north. The position of the overlord!"

Here comes the problem again.

"But doesn't Cao Cao know what he's thinking?" Huang Zhong asked.

"Cao Cao must know!"

Mu Jing sneered: "But even if he knew, he wouldn't bother, because he doesn't have to be afraid of Liu Xuande's Youzhou troops. Although Youzhou is strong, it is not on the same level as the Central Plains of Hebei. It is a desolate place with few people. , The land is scarce, the food is scarce, and the troops are also few. The reason why he wins over Liu Bei is not to let Liu Bei send troops to conquer Hebei, but to consume Liu Bei's troops on the one hand and contain Hebei's troops on the other hand!"

"Humph!"

Mu Jing sneered: "These old guys are all calculating and shrewd, none of them are simple!"

To be honest, Mu Jing often felt that his brain cells would die piece by piece when he fought against them.

"What about Guanzhong?"

Mu Jing asked.

"No movement yet!" Huang Zhong said.

"wrong!"

Mu Jing paced back and forth, saying: "If I were Cao Cao, I would definitely attack Guanzhong first. The calmer Guanzhong is, the more wrong it will be!"

The reason why he made Xi Zhicai go north in a hurry.

Just afraid of missing the opportunity.

Because he felt that it was impossible for Cao Cao to leave Guanzhong for too long and focus on the war on the banks of the Yellow River. If he wanted to defeat Hebei, Guanzhong was an unavoidable hurdle.

(End of this chapter)