Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 518 It's better to come early than coincidentally, the war breaks out!
After the main force of the Mu army left the city wall of Nanzheng, they quickly withdrew from their core fortress, Nanshuixiang City. After withdrawing from Nanshuixiang City, the army marched eastward along the bank of the Han River.

They marched quickly and hastily.

Because they have been able to give up most of their luggage, they look like deserters during the march, and they have already lost the neat formation when they came. The queue is long, in twos and threes, and the formation is not in formation.

"It's chaotic here, will it be too much? During the march, such a situation will definitely affect the morale of the army. If it turns out to be fake, it will really be self-defeating!"

Mu Jing lived in the army, looked at the disorganized formation, and asked.

"will not!"

Zhang Liao said confidently: "My lord, I just saw the phenomenon, and I couldn't see the connection between our soldiers. Although they are scattered, they are scattered and rhythmic. We are not defeated by one blow, within an hour, I can gather them together and regroup!"

"All right!"

Mu Jing didn't say much anymore: "You are so confident, just do what you say!"

"Report to my lord, report to General Zhang!"

The scouts came from behind, jumped off their horses, and reported: "The Hanzhong army is out of the city!"

"Out of town?"

Mujing and Zhang Liao looked at each other, and they could see the surprise in their eyes.

After doing so much, it is nothing more than to let the Hanzhong army go out of the city to fight.

However, neither Mujing nor Zhang Liao himself dared to say absolutely that the Hanzhong army would go out to fight. It must be said that the Hanzhong army is now in Nanzheng, and they are already invincible. Can't go wrong.

Under such circumstances, not being greedy for merit is meritorious service.

So even Zhang Liao, who was very calculating, was still apprehensive. Hearing that the Hanzhong Army had dispatched troops at this time, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Pass my military order, continue to withdraw troops, hurry up!"

Zhang Liao said loudly: "Before sunset, we have to withdraw thirty miles away!"

Withdrew thirty miles away, at least fifty miles away from Nanzheng. This distance was the most suitable distance calculated by Zhang Liao. After the fight, it was too late for the Hanzhong army to return to the city quickly.

"promise!"

The generals took orders, and the soldiers of all ministries began to accelerate.

……

Under Zhang Lu's strong order, the Hanzhong Army gathered as many as [-] soldiers and horses in one breath. Of course, there were only about [-] elite soldiers among them, but the momentum of this force was strong enough.

It was Zhang Lu who led the army in person, with great momentum to swallow mountains and rivers.

As soon as they left the city, they rushed for twenty miles, heading straight for Nanshui Township, but they missed.

"It's quick enough to withdraw!"

At this moment, Zhang Lu was wearing a battle armor, with a sword on his waist, and his hand was on the hilt of the sword. His eyes were looking far away, and his voice was cold: "But he thinks he can escape in this way, then they are too whimsical." !"

"However, it is easy to come back and difficult to come back. Now that I have come, this time, I want to keep the Dragon Herding Picture!"

He gritted his teeth and said bitterly.

He had never hated a person so much, but for this remnant of the Mu family, Mu Jing who became famous all over the world as a young man, he hated it to the core.

Think about it.

He, Zhang Lu, has plotted against Hanzhong for many years. Ever since Zhang Xiuyuan left Hanzhong, he has been accumulating strength in secret. Easy to get.

But at this time Mu Jing came, and Mu Jun was as strong as a violent bear. He fell ten times with one force, and forcibly tore a hole in the iron barrel in Hanzhong. First he went to Fangling, and then fought Shangyong. After the city, he attacked the west city in the wind and snow, drove straight in, and beat himself for a while, but he was powerless to fight back. However, in about three months, he had already approached the city and hit Nanzheng.

At this moment, Zhang Lu even doubted himself for a while, whether he was just a waste, sitting on the land of Hanzhong, but he didn't even have the strength to fight back.

Now that he has a chance, how can he not beat him to death.

He wanted Mujing not to get out of Nanzheng and Hanzhong, so that he could establish his prestige in Hanzhong and make him a real vassal with Hanzhong in his hands, standing among the vassals of the world.

"Yang Song!"

"exist!"

A thin young man stood up and stood by with his hands folded.

"Order your soldiers to set off immediately, bite the tail of the shepherd army for me, never let them out of your sight, but don't attack, he enters, you enter, he counterattacks, you retreat, you can't fight them Opportunity!"

Zhang Lu has already confirmed that Mu Jun has no food and grass, so he used the most stupid method, exhausted, exhausted, as long as Mu Jun ran out of ammunition and food, then Mu Jun would be a toothless tiger. Can lose without fighting.

"As ordered!"

This young man led [-] troops, including cavalry, and set off quickly, out of Nanshui Township, all the way to the east, and directly pursued the soldiers and horses.

"Yang Ang!"

"exist!"

"Order your troops to go along the north and take a small path. I have already ordered Zhang Ying to lead his troops to fight back. Zhang Ying is in the south and you are in the north. In this position, wait for them to attack. Directly attack from both sides and cut off the enemy." Their array!"

Zhang Lu is very accomplished in military strategy. Now that he has determined that the Mu army is going to escape, he has calculated the route and will not confront the Mu army. , broke them up and made them more messy.

"promise!"

Yang Ang led the troops away.

Zhang Lu personally led the main force and also left Nanshui Township, but the march was very slow. They conserved their strength and waited for the opportunity to encircle and wipe out the Mu army with one blow.

……

On the day when the Hanzhong army went out of the city to pursue the Mu army, it was in the southeast direction.

"Finally came out!"

Huang Zhong and Xi Zhicai were panting.

Jiange is a dangerous place, if Xi Zhicai hadn't ventured into the capital and kidnapped Pang Xi, Huang Zhong's main force would probably have spent a lot of troops trying to pass through this pass.

It is definitely a miracle to get out of Jiange and enter Hanzhong so smoothly.

"This Pang Xi should have understood him with a sword. It is a shame and a shame to be driven away by him!"

After Huang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, he said bitterly.

After walking through the Jiange, he was chased by the troops led by Pang Xi for hundreds of miles. He didn't even dare to fight, for fear of being dragged by Pang Xi. The useless marching and running for his life made him a little unhappy. If the army was not the most important thing, he would Just kill one and turn around.

"Pang Xi still can't kill him!"

Xi Zhicai said with a wry smile: "We have already placed Liu Yan together. In order to capture Chengdu, Liu Yan knew that we escaped, but he couldn't send troops to chase him. In the final analysis, it is not time for the lord and Liu Yan to turn against each other, even if we can win Hanzhong, we still need Liu Yan's support!"

Hanzhong is sandwiched between Guanzhong Yizhou and Nanyang. Although it is a county, it is actually a good place where the three sides intersect.

"Anyway, we have already entered Hanzhong, and the pursuers have stopped. Pang Xi is still sensible, he dare not chase into the land of Hanzhong!"

Xi Zhicai continued: "We have to cross the river as soon as possible and enter the battlefield. I don't know what happened to the Nanzheng battlefield!"

"The scouts have been released in advance, it may take time to cross the river!"

Huang Zhong said in a low voice.

In front of them is the Han River, crossing the Han River, and entering the range of Nanzheng, which is equivalent to entering the battlefield. Once entering the battlefield, it is difficult to cover up their deeds, so a quick decision must be made.

"The key is to cross the river!"

"Crossing the river overnight!"

Xi Zhicai pondered for a while: "The movement of crossing the river is too great. Only by crossing the river overnight can we cover up our tracks. The boats that can be collected are collected. In addition, the soldiers are asked to cut wood and bamboo, and use local materials. Start crossing the river, you must cross the Han River before dawn!"

"it is good!"

Huang Zhong nodded: "I'll make arrangements now!"

……

In the evening, the setting sun shines, the sky is burning with clouds, and the light of sunset covers half of the sky, but although this scene is beautiful, it goes away very quickly.

into the night.

The night is vast, and there is a curved half moon in the starry sky.

"We're camping here!"

On a flat slope with a mountain backed by water, Zhang Liao gave an order: "Pass down my military order, one battalion per mile, each battalion should stand alone, and no troops can be gathered, but the scouts must communicate with each other. If there is any trouble, report it immediately!"

"promise!"

The soldiers of all ministries quickly took orders.

"Zhengfang, where is the main force of Huang Shao's Yellow Turban Army?"

"One is in the south and the other is in the north. Now it is less than ten miles away from us, forming a triangle shape!" Li Yan directly drew three points on a marching map. The three points formed a triangle. Walk eastward, and then there are two points in the north and south, which look like a triangle, but are actually an arc-shaped encirclement.

"Order, tell them to withdraw another five miles!"

"Withdraw for five miles?" Li Yan said in a low voice: "In this way, our encirclement circle is a little weak!"

"On the frontal battlefield, the force of the arc encirclement is very small!"

Zhang Liao stared at the marching map, and said: "The more we are at this time, the more we must be careful not to show our tails. Zhang Lu seems to be brave and diligent, but he is definitely a cautious person, even if he shows a trace He will notice even silk's tail, if he escapes into Nanzheng City, all our previous efforts will be wasted!"

"What the general said is very reasonable!"

Li Yan nodded in agreement, and took the order to leave.

After Li Yan left, Zhang Liao was still studying the details of the deployment of troops. Under the light of a campfire, he looked at the marching maps and calculated the strength of each part of his army clearly: "Fifth The battalion is here, the Shangyong battalion is here, and the seventh battalion of the Yellow Turban Army is diagonally opposite to a small river. The main force led by Huang Shao himself must enter this area...the final battlefield must be delimited here, so..."

At this time, Mu Jing came over with a bowl of sticky rice porridge. Although the burning of grain was only an illusion, it was a fact that the grain supply of Mu Jun was cut off. Now the grain supply is less than three days. Among them, if they can't defeat the Hanzhong army, they will really run out of food.

"Have a bowl!" Mu Jing handed the porridge to Zhang Liao.

"Drink, my lord, I'm not hungry!"

Zhang Liao quickly pushed his hand, shook his head, and said in a low voice.

"I tell you to drink it, you drink it, you will have strength when you are full!" Mu Jing not only handed the bowl of porridge to Zhang Liao, but also took out a hard rice cake, saying: "I can give you more food." I count on you to defeat them, don't faint from hunger halfway!"

"Please rest assured, my lord. Even if Zhang Liao faints from hunger, he will defeat them before he faints from hunger. This is up to Zhang Liao's head. How dare he agree? The military order has been issued. Either they are defeated, or I, Zhang Liao, will die!"

Zhang Liao didn't pretend anymore, he ate gruel and rice cakes in two or three bites. There wasn't much food, so he could only maintain one meal a day. He didn't eat at noon, and he had already been hungry for a whole day. Only then did he feel refreshed. few.

"We have already withdrawn and opened up the battlefield. When will you start the fight?" Mu Jing looked at the marching map and asked.

It seems easy to strike back, but it is very time-sensitive.

The timing is wrong, half the effort.

"tomorrow!"

Zhang Liao said firmly.

"Tomorrow?" Mu Jing squinted his eyes slightly when he heard the words, with a look of confusion in his eyes: "It's a little too hasty, so they must fight hard, and they are afraid that if they fight, they will be seriously injured, and they won't be able to stop it." Take them back to the city!"

He thought for a while, and said: "I've thought about it, and according to the time, Huang Zhong and Xi Zhicai should also lead their troops up, and it will take a day or two at most, why don't we wait, wait two more days, there will be theirs With our strength, we are infallible!"

"Can't wait!"

Zhang Liao shook his head: "I just discovered that our layout is too focused on traces. Withdrawing fifty miles is already the limit. If you want to travel a hundred miles, some things cannot be hidden, such as the morale of the army. Erlang's formation, as long as the marching generals have some experience, they will feel that this is not a rout, once they understand it, it will be difficult to force them to fight again!"

"You are right!"

Hearing this, Mu Jing pondered for a while, and said, "It should be broken, and it will be disrupted instead!"

……

The next day, early in the morning.

The officers and men of the herding army started to bury pots and cook food early in the morning, which was rare at ordinary times, but today was special, all the camps were very lively, the cooking smoke billowed up, and the cooks were busy.

"Two hours later, Yuanwei Mountain, I will personally lead the Jingping Second Army to face the Hanzhong Army's pursuers, and pass on my military order to encircle Huang Shao!" After eating and drinking, Zhang Liao began to gather the generals. Great deployment.

"Yes!"

Mu Jing sits firmly on the Diaoyutai, the morale of the generals is high, and the will is united.

Iris Mountain, close to the road, is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Yang Song led an army of [-] people and camped here. It was a full [-] miles away from Mujun. He thought it was a safe distance. Is there any movement?"

"Report to the general, the Mu army should be pulling out the camp at this time!"

"We will also break out of the camp!"

Yang Song said: "No matter what, we must hang them!"

"promise!"

Daying began to pack things.

But half an hour later, a scout galloped over: "General, something is wrong!"

"what happened?"

Yang Song frowned.

"The enemy army is attacking our camp. All the scouts outside have been killed. I am the only one who escaped. Now the enemy army is less than five miles away from us. It will take half an hour at most to reach our camp!"

"what?"

Yang Song's pupils changed color.

"They fought back!"

"How many troops?"

"How do we respond!"

All the captains suddenly became chaotic.

"Calm me all!"

Yang Song took a deep breath, he is a civil servant, and the civil servant commands the army. Although he has no force, he is resourceful and calm. At this moment, he knows very well that he cannot withdraw. Once he withdraws, he will be beaten to death.

(End of this chapter)