Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1429 Sneak Attack Eight

"But there is one thing, we have to pay attention to it. Xi Zhicai knows my identity very well. Why is that? It's not him himself, but Jing Wusi behind him!" Pang Tong's eyes were a little gloomy. There is no warmth at all, it's icy cold, and the cold killing intent is concentrated: "The Ming army actually knows the internal situation of our army well. This matter is definitely a bad news for my Yan country!"

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

This principle is correct on the battlefield. Only those who know each other can keep the meaninglessness of this game of chess in the dark. Those who are also kept in the dark will inevitably be punished.

"Mr. Pang means, our soldiers, someone went to inform the Ming army and sold your situation?"

The generals peek at each other.

"But there are very few people who know the identity of Pang Junshi!"

There was a thin sound.

The scene was a little cold and silent.

"It's too early to talk about whistleblowing!" Pang Tong took a deep breath of air, and said softly: "But we still need some means to internally, otherwise, we will suffer a lot in the future!"

"Ming has Jingwu Division, which penetrates every hole!"

Zhang Xiu said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to find out the spies of Jingwu Division!"

He suddenly said: "If Mr. Li is here, there is hope!"

The Mr. Li he was talking about was not an ordinary person, but a counselor that Liu Bei trusted very much.

But Zhang Xiu knows.

That was the number one counselor under the command of Mr. Xiangguo in the past, a fierce man who escaped with death and took refuge in Liu Bei after the money was shelled out.

It was also his persuasion that he chose to join Liu Bei at the beginning.

This person is not only good at planning, but also good at dispatching spies to inquire about news. He himself controlled the spy network in Xiliang in the past. Naturally, he was divided by Jia Xu a lot, but he still has a lot of value and influence.

If he showed up to help on the battlefield, he would be able to counteract the all-pervasive spies of Jing Wusi of the Ming Army.

"Mr. Li has a heavy responsibility. Eldest brother won't let Mr. Li go south at this time. We can only find a way by ourselves. Although Jingwu Division's spies are powerful, they are not without signs!"

Zhang Fei shook his head.

He knew a little, but he didn't know much. People who were never willing to use their brains, their trust in Liu Bei was engraved in their bones. Whatever Liu Bei said, he didn't want to ask more.

What he has to do is to do his own thing well.

"Get ready, let's screen in the army first, find one, kill one, and kill him until he bleeds like a river!" Zhang Fei gritted his teeth and decided to show his demeanor. No matter whether his brother would punish him or not, he would The army cannot be the first to make trouble.

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Xi Zhicai came down from the Sunset Pavilion and went straight back to Luoyang City.

At this moment, his heart was still pounding.

It was impossible to say that he wasn't nervous, especially under the killing intent of Zhang Fei and Zhang Xiu, he couldn't hold it anymore.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Yan Army in Youzhou are more or less reasonable and know how to measure interests.

This can be regarded as a relatively successful lobbying case.

"How about it?"

Zhang Liao waited for a long time in the city, and even with his calm temper, he seemed a little anxious, not because he was afraid of failure, but because he was afraid of...

He shouldn't have let Xi Zhicai take risks.

After all, Xi Zhicai has a different identity.

As a member of the Zhaoming Pavilion, Xi Zhicai is one of the few high-level figures in the Ming Dynasty. If something goes wrong, a large number of people may be buried with their heads.

At that time, Zhang Liao might not have any good fruit to eat. Even if Mujing thinks highly of him, he might freeze to the end after making such a mistake.

"General Zhonglang, Xi's political participation is back!"

The Marquis of the city gate cupped his hands and reported.

"Back? That's good!"

Zhang Liao was taken aback for a moment, and was immediately overjoyed. He went to the headquarters to meet Xi Zhicai in person.

His heart of about 56 has calmed down a lot.

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Xi Zhicai returned to the headquarters. He looked at Zhang Liao apologetically, and said with a wry smile, "This time I am self-willed. It is indeed a little risky, and if I fail, the loss outweighs the gain!"

This time, he did it on his own.

Otherwise, Zhang Liao wouldn't be so worried and angry.

You must know that nowadays, when the two armies are fighting, fighting is a normal thing, and beheading prisoners is also a common thing. There are many dangers, and many people have no way to make themselves safe forever.

Xi Zhicai, a literary scholar, entered the main camp of the enemy army alone, and was able to escape alive, which is already pretty good.

"As long as you know!"

Zhang Liao looked at Xi Zhicai with complicated eyes. He sometimes has complicated feelings about Xi Zhicai. Although Xi Zhicai is a literati, he has the courage of a general.

He said in a low voice: "Even if this matter is over, can there be any gains?"

"There are still gains!"

At this time, Xi Zhicai smiled and said: "I have already persuaded the Yan army in Youzhou to find a way to withdraw. Even if they don't help us, they probably won't help Zhou army in Hebei either!"

"Are you so sure?"

Zhang Liao frowned.

"rest assured!"

Xi Zhicai said confidently: "I'm sure that Youzhou's ambitions are too big, and their actions are not secretive, so if they have a clue, they won't act rashly!"

He paused, and continued: "And more importantly, Youzhou Yanguo already had the intention of hurting both of us, so how could it be so easy to send troops!"

In fact, this time, Xi Zhi went deep into the enemy camp, the most important thing was to test Yan Jun's mind.

As expected.

The general of the Yan army, even Zhang Fei, who was called a reckless man, was able to stabilize his mentality at critical moments and did not get angry on the spot, which has proved many things.

"But Yan Jun is allied with Zhou Jun after all?" A Zhonglang general asked in a low voice: "If he sends troops to you!"

"Fight as soon as you send troops!"

Zhang Liao and Xi Zhicai looked at each other.

At this time, they actually only had guesses, they were not sure, and no one could guarantee whether Yan Jun had created a scene for them.

So they do have to prepare for the worst.

"Is there any news from the north?" Xi Zhicai asked suddenly.

"The news that Jing Wusi sent back several times, but at present, it is still a bit vague!"

Zhang Liao said: "I have decided to fight one battle first. This time, I will mobilize the main force of the three armies, but I will not move any of the five main battle battalions!"

Xi Zhicai understood the meaning instantly.

Several independent fighting battalions have the strongest combat effectiveness, and they are well coordinated. The charge of the Black Armored Cavalry Battalion, the guard and inquiry of the Bird Scout Battalion, the Modao Battalion, and the Zhanhu Battalion are all attacking forces.

If they are suppressed, it means that there is something that they need to do in person.

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The pressure of the siege of Luoyang became stronger and stronger, and the Hebei Zhou army continued to press up, with more and more troops, and almost blocked the surrounding area of ​​Luoyang's northern suburbs.

The Ming army also pulled the main force to the top of the city one after another.

The two armies confronted each other, and the momentum suddenly became tense.

But at this time, it was suddenly reported that under the command of the Ming army, Zhaoming's third army continued to march for dozens of miles, and encountered a general of the Yan army at Hangu Pass, and the two sides fought.

Then Zhaoming's third army withdrew from Hangu Pass, went straight to Henan Road, and was already close to Luoyang.

"Hangu Pass has given up!"

"why is that?"

This made many people on the Luoyang battlefield confused.

The Ming army's operation, the more you look at it, the more you look at it with your back to the wall, but it feels different, so many people also shine their strange eyes on him.

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At the eastern foot of Mang Mountain, at the intersection of the Yellow River and the Luoshui River, there is a mountain called Wangyue.

Wangyue Mountain is shaped like a crescent moon.

It is a very good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Yuan Shao and Tian Feng finally chose to use this place as a granary. It was because of two reasons. First, this place is close to the battlefield, and the transportation is very simple. nice place.

"Today, how much grain and grass will be brought over from the north bank!" On this day, Yuan Shao still did not launch an attack, but promised to come to this hillside, rein in his horse on the mountainside, and scan the surroundings with his eyes, while the waves of the Yellow River On one side is Luoshui, which is constantly flowing.

This place is indeed good, and it is a good granary for Zhou Jun's main camp.

People have already started to bring food and grass over in a steady stream. As long as the food and grass fill up the granaries here, then the Hebei Zhou army will have enough momentum to attack Luoyang.

"Eight thousand cars!"

Tian Feng replied in a low voice.

A total of 1 vehicles of grain, as well as ordnance, will be transported into this newly established granary.

"How many are left?"

"There are four thousand cars left!" Tian Feng replied in a deep voice, "Currently, Yecheng's reserves are insufficient, and we have lost the land of Qingzhou, which was the place of the Fourth World War, and it is also a natural granary. , is already in jeopardy!"

He was a little worried that once there was a problem with this granary, it would be a very heavy blow to Zhou Jun.

But building a granary from here is an inevitable thing, otherwise there is no way to guarantee the logistics of food, then there is no need to fight this battle at all, and you can just admit defeat.

"What do you say about Jushou?" Yuan Shao gritted his teeth. There were many servants and generals under his command. In government affairs, Jushou and Xun Zhan presided over the overall situation for him. In military affairs, there were Tian Feng, Feng Ji and others.

As for the generals, there are quite a few, Ju Yi, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Yan Liangwen Chou, etc., are all giants of the world.

He fought this time.

That was the importance he attached to Luo Yang.

The land of Guanzhong is related to the future hegemony. Now the Xudu imperial court in the Central Plains, and the southwest is even more powerful. If he can't win Guanzhong at this juncture, he has no competitiveness at all.

In the rear, he was handed over to his eldest son Yuan Tan and Jushou.

The main reason is that Ju Shou is there, so he can rest assured.

He can only let Ju Shou take care of the matter of food and grass. As for counting on Yuan Tan, he has no such idea.

"Ju Shou will find a way!" Tian Feng replied: "We in Hebei are now fighting with our backs. If we can't win this battle, the time for Zhou Guojian to collapse is not far away!"

Zhou Guo was established for a short period of time. Once this battle fails, Hebei will lose Qingzhou again, and it will be a bit lingering. At that time, the morale of the army will really be lost, and the hearts of the people will be lost.

"Looks like we can't wait any longer!"

Yuan Shao's mood also became very heavy.

The strength of the Hebei army is very strong, but the consecutive defeats also affect the mentality. Once the mentality jumps, the army's morale will be gone, and the fighting will will be extinguished.

At that time, no matter how strong the army is, it will be just a paper tiger.

He has to be stronger.

"Pass me the military order, attack immediately!"

Yuan Shao ordered.

But at this time, suddenly, another message came back, disrupting his deployment all of a sudden.

"The main force of the Ming army appeared at Mengjinkou!"

This news made Yuan Shao hesitate.

Mengjin is the ferry of Luoshui, and it is also a battleground for military strategists in the east of Luoyang, facing Hulao Pass.

Wei Jun at Hulao Pass.

The Wei army couldn't hold on, which didn't affect the battlefield at all, but suddenly the Ming army sent troops to Mengjin. Does that mean that they were guarding against the Wei army.

Could it be that the Ming army has news that the Wei army will send troops.

This time, the situation became very complicated.

At the same time, Hulao Pass also received news.

"Meng Jin?"

Xia Houyuan cried out gloomyly: "Are the Ming army crazy? I don't want to provoke them, but they are here to guard against us. How strong are they?"

Everyone knows that the Ming army is weak.

Suddenly the main force was separated, stationed in Mengjin, and they made a lot of noise in the market. Now, even if he wanted to know, it would be impossible.

"General, could it be that the Ming army is preparing to attack Hulao Pass?"

There is a ministry that will come up with such an idea.

"Dare they?"

Xia Houyuan never doubted the Ming army's adventurous spirit, but at this time, did the Ming army really have the ability to go against the sky and send troops to attack instead of defending?

The strength of the Ming army is very weak if you want to lose it. If you attack aggressively at this time, it will definitely be a disadvantage for them.

"Set up the scouts for me first, keep an eye on Meng Jin, I will know every move!"

Xia Houyuan paced back and forth, trying to figure out what the opaque army was thinking. This was something he had been worrying about all along. He had to guess what the transparent army was thinking before he could have a chance to fight.

"promise!"

The scout captain took the lead.

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Luoyang City.

Ming Army Command.

"The main force of the third army is starting to withdraw!" Zhang Liao ordered in an orderly manner.

"tonight?"

"Correct!"

Zhang Liao squinted his eyes and said coldly: "It's tonight, but we have to make some noise to cover the main force of the third army!"

Zhaoming's third army went northward, and after crossing Hangu Pass, it did not directly enter Luoyang, but went directly to Mengjin, with the purpose of focusing all eyes on Mengjin.

"Where are you going to fight?"

Xi Zhicai asked.

"front!"

Zhang Liao thought for a while and said, "I will personally lead the troops, attack the main force of the Zhou army at night, and fight a happy battle. We must let them know that we are not purely defensive!"

"also!"

Xi Zhicai nodded: "Then I will personally arrange for the Third Army to withdraw their troops!"

(End of this chapter)