Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 743
The battle of Longzhong was fierce.

Chen Dao's three battalions attacked together, and on the first day they forcibly pushed the front line to the foot of Longzhong Mountain.

At this time, some Xiangyang reinforcements also came out, but the [-] soldiers led by Zhang Hu were blocked by Zhou Cang's general Pei Yuanshao on the trail in the western suburbs.

The next day, Chen Dao continued his onslaught and took the lead.

Jingping battalion advances.

Forcibly tore apart the Jingzhou Army's line of defense, rushed into the mountain, and fought chaotically with the Jingzhou Army on the mountain.

Longzhong Mountain was reduced to a Shura field.

Longzhong was not completely captured that day. In the evening, Liu Pan's main force still defeated the Jingping camp, which was not standing firm, and drove the Jingping camp down the mountain.

The two sides called for money to withdraw their troops.

Night falls.

under the mountain.

Chen Dao's battle armor was stained with blood, and he didn't care at all. Under the light of the oil lamp, his cold eyes were like lightning, he stared at the topographic map of Longzhong Mountain, and said, "I'm going to lead the army to attack at night and go to the mountain stream on the left. Trail!"

"Will it be too risky!"

Du Feng, the commander of the second battalion, asked softly.

"Time is running out, the only thing we can do is take risks!" Chen Dao said in a cold voice, "Since I have issued a military order with my lord, I must capture Longzhong Mountain as soon as possible. I will fight tonight, and there will be no retreat!"

"Yes!"

The captains took orders.

The night is quiet, time passes bit by bit, Longzhong Mountain is very quiet.

"Longzhong can't hold it anymore!"

Liu Pan's eye bags are a bit heavy, and his spirit is not very good. After all, he was under a lot of mental pressure during this bloody battle. The Mu army's attack was too fierce. After two days of bloody battle, more than [-] soldiers were lost. , once the casualties exceed half, the army's morale cannot be suppressed at all.

"My lord, what does Jingzhou say?" a military lord asked.

"The reinforcements can't come!"

Liu Pan said: "So we have to withdraw!"

He also wanted to stick to Longzhong, but it was obvious that he couldn't hold the position. If he continued to hold on, he could only sacrifice in vain. He was not willing to sacrifice in vain.

So withdrawing troops was his only solution.

"Where to withdraw from?" Someone asked.

The current Longzhong is surrounded by the Mu army, especially in order to stick to it, they retreated to Longzhong Mountain, actively contracted the battle circle, and let the Mu army's troops pull in. If they want to get rid of it, they have to break out of the siege by force.

"North!" Liu Pan said, "Breakout from here is the best chance!"

Boom boom boom! ! ! !
At this time, a sudden sound came from outside.

"what happened?"

Liu Pan asked: "Go and see if the Mu army is attacking!"

"Report to the company, our left camp is flooded!" A military marquis rushed in and said, "The elite soldiers of the Mu army rushed in from the slope and burned our left wing!"

"Damn!"

Liu Pan's pupils changed color: "I still can't prevent them from attacking at night!"

Although he arranged for people to defend, he did not expect the soldiers of the Mu army to take the greatest risk and kill them from an impossible place. However, his left wing was insufficiently defended, and the left wing guarded by the soldiers collapsed.

"Get out now!"

Liu Pan was a decisive person. He said loudly: "I have ordered all the soldiers to cross the river from the direction of Xihe in the north to break through the encirclement and kill them by force!"

A battle between siege and breakout started.

It took a full five hours.

About noon on the third day, the battle of Longzhong ended.

Liu Pan escaped.

But almost all the soldiers under his command were wiped out. Thousands of soldiers broke through the siege and were intercepted and killed three times by Jingping's First Army. In the end, only a few hundred remnants swam across the West River and went north to enter Deng Long's camp. Only then did he escape the pursuit of Jingping's first army.

The midday sun was fierce.

Mu Jing rode a horse and slowly entered Longzhong.

Chen Dao really took less than three days to take down Longzhong Mountain, which made him very satisfied, but this battle was not easy, the casualties of the Jingping First Army were at least over a thousand.

The Mu army is different from the Jingzhou army. The Jingzhou army recruits young and strong soldiers, while the Mu army is leaving with a strategy of elite soldiers. Each of them is a soldier who has gone through a bloody battle on the battlefield. The casualties are so heavy that it is enough to make Chen Dao feel sad and angry for half a month. time.

"The last general, Chen Dao, greets the lord!"

Chen Dao was cleaning the battlefield, when he heard that Mu Jing had arrived at Longzhong Mountain, he immediately came to greet him.

"well done!"

Mu Jing praised and said: "This battle was well fought!"

"It's just fighting with the lives of the soldiers, the last general dare not claim credit!"

"It's your credit, it's yours!"

Mu Jing shook his head, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "You are also a battle-tested general, there are some things that I don't need to comfort you!"

"My lord, don't worry, on the battlefield, our soldiers never complain!"

Chen Dao said in a deep voice.

"very good!"

Mu Jing nodded: "How is the result?"

"The Jingzhou army had [-] soldiers, killed [-], captured [-], and the rest escaped. The general of Jingzhou, Liu Pan, didn't catch him and let him escape!"

"Continue to clean up the battlefield, send the prisoners back to Fancheng, and give you ten days to rest!"

Mujing said.

"Yes!"

Chen Dao took the order.

"Chen Sheng, Huo Ping!"

"exist!"

"Ming Mo Dao Battalion will enter Longzhong Mountain immediately and build a frontline headquarters!" Mu Jing climbed up Longzhong Mountain, looked ahead, and said, "From now on, I will stand here and fight Jingzhou!"

Longzhong is not far from Jingzhou.

Fight head-on.

"Yes!"

The two took orders, turned around and left immediately, took Modaoying, entered Longzhong Mountain, and began to build the headquarters, digging deep, building fortifications, and building here as a fortress.

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"Failed!"

In Xiangyang City, Liu Biao inexplicably felt a depressing aura rushing towards his face. He climbed to the top of the city, looked in the direction of Longzhong, and said gloomyly.

"Liu Pan has only a few hundred remnants of soldiers, and they fled into Deng Long's promise!"

Kuai Liang said.

"waste!"

Liu Biao drank coldly.

He had always had high hopes for Liu Pan, but he didn't expect that after three days he couldn't hold on, and the Mujun broke through Longzhong Mountain and faced Xiangyang City directly. This made him feel as if there was a gloomy atmosphere in his heart.

"My lord, without the support of Longzhong, our defense line outside the city may not be able to stop the Mu army for a long time!" Kuai Liang said.

"Does the Mu army have the strength to attack the city?"

"Looking at the strength of the troops, they are not enough, but in terms of strength, I think they can attack the city, and the possibility of breaking in is not small. We have to be careful not to lose too many troops on the outskirts of the battlefield!"

Kuai Liang replied.

The shepherd army has few troops, but the shepherd army has a strong combat effectiveness.

This is their most intuitive feeling after playing so many games.

"Look again!"

Liu Biao squinted his eyes, looked ahead, and said, "I really want to see how strong the Mu army is and how long it will take to clean the periphery of Xiangyang!"

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On June [-], Mujing moved the headquarters from Xishan, Deng County, to Longzhong, Xiangyang.

The main force of the Mu Army's three armies began to surround Longzhong and deploy Xiangyang City.

On June [-]rd, Mujing ordered Zhoucang's Violent Bear Army to attack the northern suburbs of Xiangyang and fight Deng Long's tribe. After the battle, the two sides seemed to be evenly matched, but Deng Long's troops lacked morale and were defeated in the middle of the battle. It took two miles to the back to stabilize my footsteps.

Xiangyang also ordered that Deng Long must stick to the northern suburbs.

The battle between the Violent Bear Army and the Deng Long Department of Jingzhou began.

At the same time, on the afternoon of June [-], the warships of the Mujun Navy and the Jingping Second Army sailed out of Tanxi, entered the Han River, and then attacked Xiangyang's moat, forcing Jiangxia's navy to withdraw from Tanxi to defend the city.

Under the fierce attack of the Mu army, the fronts outside Xiangyang were pulled out one by one, and the entire battlefield had begun to tilt in the city of Xiangyang.

On June [-]th, a confidential letter was handed down from Nanyang.

"Nanxiang can't keep it!"

Mu Jing sighed helplessly: "The Guanzhong army's front is too strong. Yuan's army in Nanyang is retreating steadily, and it can't stop it. We, with only one battalion left, can't hold it. Lei Bo was defeated in Wancheng. After that, only Xinye is left, and now they are staring at Nanxiang, and they can't bear it!"

Guan Zhongjun was a surprise factor.

Huangfu Song used Nanyang to operate, he had expected it, but it was hard for him to accept it. After all, Nanxiang had been operating for a long time. Once it changed hands, it would be much more difficult to regain it in the future.

"The Guanzhong army is so fierce, we can only avoid the edge temporarily!"

Chen Gong comforted Mu Jing, and said with a wry smile.

The Guanzhong army is the main force of the imperial court. Although it was suppressed by Xiliang, Huangfusong is still there.

"I'm worried about the soldiers and bandits!" Mu Jing said, "It's nothing to let Nanxiang out, but in the chaos, soldiers and bandits are everywhere, and the days when Nanxiang finally settled down, I'm afraid it will be difficult to calm down!"

After all, Nanxiang is a city under the command of the Marquis of Ming Dynasty, and it is also the main city of Nanyang. There are many people living there.

"My lord, I can't think of so much."

Chen Gong said calmly: "I used to think that the world could be peaceful, but in this troubled world, walking all the way from Luoyang, all I saw was killing. Only by killing to stop killing can the world be peaceful!"

At that time, he was dedicated to the Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao was charged with a secret edict to seek thieves. He abandoned his official position and ran with him. However, the incident of the Lu family made him feel the cruelty of troubled times for the first time.

He became Mujing's prisoner.

In prison, he began to examine the world and change his mind.

And let him give up the big man completely.

It was because of the fire in Luoyang back then.

This fire completely burned the loyalty of many people to Han Ting, and he was one of them.

As the Mu clan escaped from Guanzhong and went all the way south, he was deeply touched by the bones in the wild. He wanted a peaceful and prosperous world even more, but he also knew that peace cannot be expressed, it can only be expressed.

"You're right, you can't think so much!"

Mu Jing restrained his mood for a while: "As long as Li Yan can keep Wudang and Shandu, and stabilize our rear, thank God!"

"My lord, a secret letter from Secretary Jing Wu!"

At this time, a messenger from Jingwu Division came in and handed over a secret letter.

"It's another purple-level secret letter!"

Mujing opened it and took a look, the corners of his mouth inadvertently raised a slight arc: "Gongtai, take a look!"

"They meet at this time, there is nothing else, must be an alliance?"

Chen Gong took a look, his eyes sparkled slightly.

The news written on it was that a spy buried in Runan discovered the matter of Yuan Shu going north to meet Cao Cao, so he rushed to pass the news down.

"Unexpected, but reasonable!" Mu Jing said: "Now the situation in the Central Plains is like this. Whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shu, they are all heroes in the world. I am not surprised that they can put aside their past grievances and join forces. !"

"Having said that, in the past few years, how many soldiers have been injured by each other at the hands of each other, and the life and death enmity is nothing more than that. Now that they say that they form an alliance, they form an alliance. I admire their minds!"

Chen Gong sighed.

He almost followed Cao Cao back then, but he didn't know Cao Cao very well. Now it seems that he is indeed a rare overlord in troubled times.

"Their alliance is a good thing for us, it will make me less pressure on the north!"

Mu Jing pondered for a while, and said: "It's best to pull Yuan Shao in, and then we jump in too. Everything pays attention to a name. The court suppresses them in the name. They mainly win over enough princes, and they can also use the name to counter the court. These days, the majority decides!"

The imperial court designated them as ministers who were not ministers.

They can also send troops to the court in the name of the king.

As for who in the world trusts whom, it depends on whose influence is heavier.

For example, before, the princes of the Kwantung took the right name, because they are all over the world, and they can influence too much, so they say that King Qin is King Qin, and they say that the Mu clan is a national thief, and the Mu clan can only bear this bad name.

"I'm afraid this is not so easy!"

Chen Gong said: "Now that Yuan Benchu ​​wants to take Youzhou wholeheartedly, will he choose to fight against the imperial court?"

It is no secret that Yuan Shao wanted Youzhou.

The relationship between him and Liu Yu was not very good. Jizhou had enough soldiers and food, and they wanted to go north, but they could do it. They just worried that Youzhou had a capable Liu Bei.

"Not always!"

Mu Jing said with a smile: "We are beyond our reach, so let's not talk about them, but Cao Cao will let him go. In such a big battle, Cao Cao must find a way to draw them in. Only by pulling him in can he fight against the court!"

"That depends on Cao Cao's ability!"

Chen Gong said in a deep voice.

"Now that they have jumped out, we are more relaxed. The Guanzhong army in Nanyang doesn't care about us anymore. It's a good time for us to attack Xiangyang!"

Mujing looked ahead, and the faintly visible Xiangyang City seemed to be within his reach. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, and a stern smile hung on his lips: "Pass my military order and order all ministries to attack freely. In half a month, I will Sweep the periphery of Xiangyang!"

"promise!"

Chen Gong personally went to deliver the order.

The Mujun began to attack frequently.

On June [-]th, Zhou Cang and Chen Dao made a joint attack. The Jingping First Army and the Violent Xiong Army attacked Deng Long's troops.

The war fought for two days.

Deng Long's tribe suffered a great loss, leaving behind three thousand corpses and retreating to the city.

June [-].

Chen Dao, Zhou Cang, Zhang Liao, sent out troops from all three sides to clean up the southeast. On some small waterways, they used both banks as ambushes. After repeated attacks, the Jiangxia Navy could only withdraw all the warships from the small river and put them all under pressure. On the Han River.

On June [-]th, Mu Jing ordered that the army besiege Xiangyang with the west as the main force and the south and north as the auxiliary.

At this moment, Xiangyang has entered the most embarrassing and humiliating moment. In the city and on the Han River, they clearly have three points stronger than the Mu army, but they are blocked by the Mu army, and they dare not go out of the city to fight, and they are trapped in a siege. .

(End of this chapter)