Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 896
Hanyang City.

This is a city located between Yizhou County and Qianwei County.

The main force of the Dongzhou Army led by Zhang Ren is stationed here. Two groups of troops under his command have entered Yizhou County all the way, and marched all the way in the direction of Qieran, Zangcang County.

He, Zhang Ren, personally sits in Hanyang.

He is waiting for the latest news from the headquarters before he can determine how to fight the next battle.

"General Zhonglang, news came back just now that the first battalion was ambushed by the river and retreated for thirty miles!"

"Thirty miles?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ren's eyes flickered coldly: "The ones who can retreat my first battalion for thirty miles are not those soldiers from Yizhou County, are they barbarians?"

"Correct!"

Yang Huai nodded and said: "Meng Jie, the younger brother of the barbarian king Meng Huo, personally led the troops. Five thousand elite rattan armor soldiers killed more than two-tenths of the first battalion. They were forced to retreat for thirty miles to avoid the sharp edge!"

"The rattan armor soldiers of the barbarian army are really difficult to deal with!"

Zhang Renchang sighed.

"The first battalion is currently stationed on Lingsu Mountain, waiting for our reinforcements. They were defeated in the first battle. They are short of food and medicine. It is difficult to support them. We must send troops to reinforce them!" Yang Huai said.

"The main force cannot move!"

Zhang Ren shook his head: "Currently the headquarters has not given an order on whether to attack the county or attack Yizhou first. At this time, we can only wait for the news, so we cannot mobilize the main force, but we can send the logistics battalion and my personal guards. The battalion is transferred up, the logistics battalion transports strategic materials, and the guard battalion has not many soldiers, but they are all elite, and they can resist for a while!"

"promise!"

"What about the east?"

"The third battalion is approaching Zangcai, but Lancheng is heavily suppressed, and they just entered Zangcai, and they feel unacceptable. More than [-] soldiers in the battalion have fallen ill. The military doctor judged that they still want to be poisoned by the miasma. There is nothing they can do at the moment, so they can only suspend and rest!"

"miasma?"

Zhang Ren clenched his fists and said, "We are about to face the biggest problem!"

"What should we do now?"

"My lord's establishment of a medical department in Jiangzhou is more or less intended to prepare for this battle. Report the situation and let the lord make a decision!" Zhang Ren said in a deep voice: "I believe he will have a way!"

It is not only trust in him, but also a test. Although Zhang Ren submits under pressure, he is not convinced. Now it depends on how capable Mu Jing is. No one will surrender to a person who has no ability.

"it is good!"

Yang Huai nodded.

"We can't just wait like this!" Zhang Ren stood up, thought for a while, and said: "The Battle of the Southern Expedition is a protracted battle. We need to conquer the four counties of Nanzhong step by step and unify them. We only need war, and we also need logistical support, starting tomorrow, order the soldiers of all ministries to start the work of reclaiming wasteland and reclaiming land, I want to farm in Hanyang!"

"promise!"

Yang Huai responded.

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Jianwei Jiangyang, the headquarters of the Southern Expedition.

Mu Jing lingered around the huge sand table, and the thoughts in his mind were very clear. Although he was not very familiar with history, he had also heard of Zhuge Liang's southern campaign. For the southern campaign, the most important thing is not to fight desperately, but to need means.

"Since you can't lure them out, let's fight first!"

Mu Jing said in a deep voice.

"Shock?"

Xi Zhicai narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "Entering Zangcang is very dangerous to us. You should have heard of this place. There are many forests with miasma and poisonous gas. If we use this place as a battle, we lack geographical advantages and will be defeated instead." They win more with less!"

He paused, and then added: "Although Zhu Bao's troops are not many, but if they are not sure, they can't directly fight us. He must have a certain bargaining chip in his hand, and it is very likely that he will deploy it in Qilan City." A big net, waiting for us to get in!"

"I agree with what the play Sima said!"

Chen Gong clasped his hands and said: "My lord, it is not rational to take the initiative to attack Zang Cang. In fact, we can put an army and horses to block the way in and out of Zang Cang, prevent them, and attack Yizhou with all our strength. As long as Yizhou is captured, I don't believe Zhu Bao. Dare to be our enemy!"

"There are too many variables!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "The goal of this battle is to advance steadily. To put it bluntly, I don't mind spending two years on this battle. My goal is not to win, but to completely win the battle." Therefore, we have to eat every bite of the rice, so that the foundation can be stabilized, so that there will be no changes!"

"I agree with what the lord said!"

Huang Zhong said: "What Zang Zang relies on is nothing more than their special terrain. We only need to overcome the terrain and deal with them, and it is easy to deal with them. And now we don't have mountain camps. The soldiers and horses of Zhanhu Camp and Wuxi Man can be mobilized. , we will definitely not be able to stop us!"

"Then what if Meng Huo and Yong Kai attack us when we attack Zang Cang?"

Xi Zhicai asked.

"I can't wish for it!" Mu Jing sneered: "What I hope most is that they dare to come out, as long as they dare to come out, I dare to have a bloody battle with them with one against two!"

Their biggest reliance was that the Mu army was not familiar with the terrain here.

If they dared to go out of the Yizhou Army and start a war with Yongchang County, then Mu Jing would be happy to challenge them. Even if he only had one soldier left in his hand, he would still dare to fight head-on with those people.

Everyone looked at each other, but thought that what Mu Jing said was reasonable, and Xi Zhicai was a little shaken.

"That's right!"

Xi Zhicai nodded and said: "Maybe I was too cautious and overestimated these barbarians. They were indeed mountain tigers in Yizhou County and Yongchang County, but after leaving this mountain, they are just a tiger without teeth. , Hunting them is still very simple!"

"Attack Zang first!"

Mu Jing said: "I ordered Huang Zhong to be the chief general, the Zhanhu Camp, the Wuxi Barbarian Army, and the Dongzhou Army must obey his orders!"

It is not without reason that he attacked Zang Cang County first.

One of the more important reasons is that Cang County is close to Jiaozhou, and it is also the road for Yizhou to open up the sea. If Yizhou wants to develop in the navy, it is impossible to rely solely on the Yangtze River waterway, even if it gives Jingping Navy another ten years , and can't beat the Jiangdong Navy.

The elite who can only be trained in the sea, Mu Jing will dare to compete with the Jiangdong navy in the future.

The current Jiangdong is different from the Jiangdong in history. There is a fierce tiger sitting in Jiangdong. Sun Jian, the Jiangdong tiger, is neither Sun Ce nor Sun Quan. His prestige can win the hearts of the entire Jiangdong people in an instant.

In the article Taowulue, both Sun Ce and Sun Quan are inferior to Sun Jian. Sun Ce is more than brave, but he is not as stable as Sun Jian, while Sun Quan is more than feminine, but he is pioneering subsidies.

In terms of strength, their brothers are incompatible, that's because one mountain cannot hide two tigers, but if this mountain has a fierce tiger, it's another matter. The present Jiangdong, in Mu Jing's heart, is definitely the future enemy.

The most important thing is the Jiangdong water army. To defeat Jiangdong, you must fight the water army.

Therefore, in order to plan ahead, Mu Jing must take down the Kaihaikou in the southwest, and establish a powerful navy on the sea, so that he can compete with Jiangdong in the south in the future.

"The last general takes orders!"

Huang Zhong bowed to the leader and took orders.

"Han Sheng, we don't have much time, so hurry up, understand!" Mu Jing instructed.

"promise!"

"My lord just sent a report from the Dongzhou Army!"

"Report, submit it!"

"promise!"

Mu Jing opened the report that Zhang Ren personally sealed the lacquer, looked at it, and it didn't wrinkle slightly, and after a while, he said: "It seems that the situation of Zang Zang is a little more complicated than we imagined!"

"miasma?"

"Some soldiers have been poisoned!"

All the generals in the headquarters looked at it, and their hearts suddenly became heavy.

"Where is the head of the medical department?" Mu Jing asked.

This time, Zhang Ning stayed in Jiangzhou. Now Zhang Ning is no longer Zhang Ning in the past. He is the second wife of the Marquis of Ming Dynasty.

A housewife should be dignified and virtuous, even if it is just a pretense, it must be seen by others. This will have a great impact on the reputation of Minghou Mansion.

But for going south, what Mujing is most worried about is the miasma, poisonous gas and other things like snakes, rats, rats and ants, so there must be a medical expert in charge, even the Luo army doctor is not close, so he asked Zhang Zhongjing, the head of the medical department, to go south in person .

Zhang Zhongjing is very happy, he has traveled all over the world in recent years, and he is particularly interested in some snakes, insects, rats and ants in the southwest, and he thinks that the most unknown medicinal materials in the world are the northeast and southwest.

So for the trip to the southwest, he came without hesitation, and brought most of the strength of the medical department.

"Master, are you looking for me?"

Hearing the summons, Zhang Zhongjing came in quickly. Some of the medicine dregs in his hands hadn't been wiped off, and the pungent smell made everyone in the hall feel very irritated.

Mu Jing smiled, what he wanted was this kind of talent who was crazy about medical skills, and he said with a smile: "When we were attacking Zang, there were some small troubles, there were a lot of miasma and poisonous substances lingering in the area, let us take a step forward It's difficult to get in, so I hope that the doctor can come up with a solution!"

"Zang Zang?"

Zhang Zhongjing's eyes were burning brightly: "I went there five years ago, and I was very interested in this place. There are several places in Zangcai where there are some rare medicinal herbs that can't be found in the whole world. I will go there myself. !"

"Go by yourself?" Mu Jing shook his head: "No, it's too dangerous, Mr. Zhong Jing, you can't take the risk yourself!"

"My lord, I have been exposed to those miasmas once. These uniquely formed breaths are of great help to my research on typhoid fever. Even if my lord doesn't ask, I will go to the miasma in person in the future!"

Zhang Zhongjing cupped his hands, and said in a deep voice: "I also ask my lord to complete it!"

"OK then!"

Mu Jing let out a low voice: "Han Sheng!"

"exist!"

"Mr. Zhongjing is a talent I value very much, and he is also a doctor respected by the whole world. A person who can overcome life and death problems is more important than your life. This time he should not be allowed to take risks, but the situation is urgent. , I can only let him go there in person, but you have to promise me that no matter what the circumstances, Mr. Zhongjing’s safety must be guaranteed, and if there is any problem with him, I will settle the score with you!”

Mu Jing instructed.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely protect Mr. Zhongjing!" Huang Zhong nodded.

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After half a month.

Cang County.

Qilan City.

Zhu Bao sat paralyzed on the high seat, with disheveled clothes and a wine cup in his hand, while a group of singers and dancers danced in the hall.

"Master Prefect!"

A panicked figure rushed in.

"What's going on?"

Zhu Bao looked at the visitor dissatisfied, and said darkly.

As the local emperor of Zangzang, he is here to kill with one word, and no one dares to disobey his orders.

"Master Taishou, something is wrong. Our spies discovered that there is an ancient miasma forest that someone passed through on Qianwei's road leading to Zangzang!"

The middle-aged man knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "The three hundred soldiers we guard outside the ancient forest have been shot to the ground!"

He is the head of the prefect's mansion, Zhu Bao's elder brother, and one of Zhu Bao's think tanks. His name is Zhu Kan.

"what?"

Zhu Bao jumped up suddenly: "How is this possible?"

The reason why he is not afraid of the southern expedition of the herdsmen is that there are natural dangers in Zangtan, and there are not many ways to enter Zangtang. There is only one way to enter from Qianwei, which must pass through the ancient forest of miasma. Unless there is a special wind direction, you can pass through. As long as you send people to guard the entrance and pinch this throat, the enemy will have millions of soldiers, and you will not be afraid.

But he didn't expect that someone would pass through the miasma ancient forest so soon.

"Have you found out where the enemy is?"

"I must have passed Pingyi City!"

Zhu Kan said.

"Pass my order, beat the drums and gather the generals, and order all the city gates to close the city gates from today onwards, and no entry or exit is allowed!" Zhu Bao pushed a beautiful girl beside him, and his whole person's breath became violent: " All the young and strong people in the city have gathered, no one can shirk, or they will be killed without mercy!"

He wants to stick to Qilan City.

"Yes!"

"Send another envoy to Yizhou County to ask for help, and tell them that if they refuse to save them, then I will raise the army and surrender!" Zhu Bao was violent, but he was not stupid. He knew very well that he couldn't stop Mu Mu military.

The people in the Central Plains are so powerful, they have soldiers and horses, and the siege of the city is only overnight. If there is no reinforcement from Yizhou County, they will definitely lose.

So he could only force Yizhou County to come for reinforcements.

"Yes!"

Zhu Kan nodded.

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And Lancheng, and even the entire Zangcang County, moved quickly.

"Your Majesty has an order to recruit young and strong guard Qilan, you must not shirk it!"

The notice was pasted up, and the county soldiers came to the door and carried the young men away.

"My lord, hold your hand high, you took our man away, our family will starve to death!"

"Men must go to defend the city, no one says it's useless!"

"My lord, our child is only 11 years old, how can we fight a war, why don't we go to old age!"

"It's hard for you, an old fellow, to walk two steps. The prefect said that anyone over ten years old is considered a male, let alone 11 years old, even if he is ten years old, he must go to defend the city!"

"..."

The population of Zangzhang is not large, and the population of Lancheng is even smaller. At this time, there are actually not many males in total. The elite have already been conscripted to serve as county soldiers, and the rest are crooked melons and jujubes.

But Zhu Bao never let go of any opportunity to enhance his strength.

In just two days, he recruited five thousand young men.

Although most of these people are eleven or twelve-year-old teenagers, they also have a certain prestige, and the folk customs here are tough, even eleven or twelve-year-old people have strong individual strength. In addition to his current soldiers and horses, The Zangzang army under his command has reached 5000 people.

Almost all the young and strong people in Zangcang have been seized by him under his banner to fight for him as the county city of Zangcang, and the place of Lancheng is also tightly guarded.

At this time, the vanguard of the shepherd army had already entered the bank of the river less than fifty miles away.

The war is about to start!
(End of this chapter)