Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 409 The War Continues 2
As soon as the next day dawned, Ji Ling led four thousand cavalry in light clothes and left the large army. The marching speed of the four thousand cavalry was much faster than that of the twenty thousand army. Come down, it depends on their performance.

In fact, there were other reasons why Ji Ling led four thousand cavalry to leave the main force.As the number one general under Yuan Shu's command, Ji Ling naturally wanted to suppress other generals in every aspect.

A hot-blooded man needs to have big ambitions and a big appetite.This is Ji Ling's code of conduct. This expedition has basically established Ji Ling's position among Yuan Shu's generals. Therefore, if this time is just a small fight, even if he wins, Ji Ling will find it boring.

As long as the big troops follow the plan, they can take down the two granaries of Anfeng and besiege Anfeng City within a day without any accidents. Such a credit may not be considered small in the eyes of those generals, but in Ji Ling It seems that this is simply not worth mentioning.

Compared with Yiyang, Anfeng is still small. Although Anfeng is known as a small granary in the south of Jingzhou, this only means that Anfeng is a grain production base, but most of the real grain is stored in a big city like Yiyang. Among them, those who stay in Anfeng are only [-] to [-]% of the grain produced by Anfeng.

Therefore, even if Anfeng is captured, it will not hurt Jingzhou. At most, Liu Biao will only punish those generals, but he will not express anything else.Compared with the interests of the entire Jingzhou, Anfeng is really nothing.

This truth was analyzed by Yan Xiang for Ji Ling.After seeing the key to this, Ji Lingna's determination to lead the cavalry to fight alone became even firmer. This time, the conquest of Jingzhou will either return in vain or return in triumph.

In fact, Ji Ling knew in his heart that as long as he took down Anfeng, he would have made meritorious service, even if Anfeng was brought down by Chen Lan, Chen Ji and the others, but he was the main general of this expedition, even if he was not in command of the army, This greatest contribution cannot be escaped.

Perhaps it was because of this confidence that Ji Ling insisted on dividing his troops so much. He was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity that would make him powerful in Jingzhou. so easy.

A day later, about 4000 people from Yan Xiang abandoned their luggage and rushed to Anfeng. As for the luggage in the rear, Ji Ling had already ordered [-] soldiers to take care of it, which saved the main force from worrying about the future.

As soon as he arrived in Anfeng, Yan Xiang followed the plan non-stop. Chen Lan and Chen Ji led [-] soldiers to attack two granaries. Yan Xiang gave them a death order to complete the granary. Chen Lan, Chen Ji and Chen Ji had the opportunity to lead the army alone, so of course they were very excited. After the two of them took the order, they immediately ordered all the sergeants to set off.

Regarding the remaining [-] sergeants on his side, Yan Xiang and Li Feng decided to rest in place for half an hour after discussing for a while.As for Anfeng City, they didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack it. In fact, according to the original plan, they didn't plan to attack Anfeng City either.

The key to besieging and attacking reinforcements is to let the opponent send reinforcements, so this Anfeng City must not be captured for the time being.What's more, Anfeng might not have reacted when his side marched in a hurry. Yan Xiang needed someone in Anfeng City to send a letter to Yiyang, otherwise the play would not be realistic.

After resting for half an hour, Li Feng came down and the army continued to set off, trying to surround Anfeng City before dark. Regarding this battle, Yan Xiang knew in his heart that the key to victory or defeat was Ji Ling. If the enemy was fooled, You can gain something on your own side. If the enemy army ignores Anfeng's side, then all the efforts on your side will be in vain.

Just when the main force arrived in Anfeng here, Ji Ling was leading four thousand cavalry to advance in a low-key manner.

The formation of [-] cavalry is not smaller than that of [-] troops. The key is because of these [-] horses. When has there been such a scene of thousands of horses galloping in Jingzhou, let alone [-] cavalry marching in formation.

If you advance blatantly, there is no guarantee that you will not attract the attention of the enemy scouts. Even if you make a detour, it will easily arouse the suspicion of the local people.

In order to ensure the secrecy of the march, Ji Ling had to lead the army to detour. In this way, it would take at least four times the distance. Army confrontation is just a part of the war, and this march is also an important part.

Not to mention that the war on Anfeng's side has just ignited, and on Yiyang's side, Cai Mao has just led 3000 soldiers into Yiyang City. It was determined that Cai Mao's status was unshakable.

Originally, Cai Mao was only in charge of the water army. When such a big war broke out this time, Cai Hao should have been arranged to fight against the Jiangdong water army. After all, this is what Cai Hao is good at. He arranged to be here.

The battle between Liu Biao and the big families in Jingzhou has almost never stopped, even if it is an ordinary military transfer, there may be some other meanings in it.For example, this time, Cai Mao was assigned to Yiyang City to resist the Huainan Army, which already foreshadowed something.

Liu Biao's method is indeed relatively clever. After Cai Mao was transferred from the navy, it must be difficult to make a difference. The Huainan army is basically an infantry army, and the leading generals will not be so stupid that they will fight desperately for the Jingzhou navy. It was arranged in the wrong place.

For this transfer, Cai Mao had already guessed Liu Biao's thoughts.The Cai family is the largest family in Jingzhou. From the day Liu Biao took over Jingzhou, the struggle between the two has continued. This is an irreconcilable matter, after all, the interests of the two are not the same.

However, Cai Mao also knew in his heart that even if he was the largest family in Jingzhou, if Liu Biao was determined to suppress the head of his family, he really had no power to fight back.

It's not that Liu Biao's power is enough to suppress the Cai family. The key is that there are too many aristocratic families in Jingzhou, and other aristocratic families are happy to see the Cai family suffer. Will miss such an opportunity.

After thinking about it, Cai Mao led the army to Yiyang to take office, and at the same time, he was trying to find a way to deal with the situation that might arise next.Liu Biao not only sent him to Yiyang this time, but also sent someone to monitor him.

Xiaowei Wenpin led [-] elite soldiers to fight with the army. This does not mean that Wenpin came to help Cai Mao. Wenpin was born in a poor family and did not have a family to rely on. In this matter, he was more likely to gain Liu Biao's trust. Although Cai Mao has always been Wenpin's immediate boss, without Liu Biao's order, Cai Hao dare not do anything to Wenpin.

It would be a lie to say that Cai Mao is not in a hurry now, he understands that the Cai family is too popular, Liu Biao just wants to take this opportunity to weaken the power of the Cai family, if there is really no way out, Cai Mao feels that he can only rely on marriage.

Not long after entering Yiyang, Cai Mao had just taken over the [-] defenders in Yiyang, and Anfeng's request for help came. Cai Mao felt that the request for help came too anxiously, and his side had just arrived.

Faced with Anfeng's request for help and his subordinates' call for a fight, Cai Mao only replied that this matter should be discussed in the long run, and that the reinforcements would set off at another day.

The soldiers must not be convinced by this order, but Cai Mao is the chief general, and they have to obey even if they are not convinced. Even if Wenpin repeatedly challenged him to fight, he was finally suppressed by Cai Mao.

Cai Hao naturally has his own ideas, and he must not make any big mistakes here. It doesn't matter if he loses Anfeng, as long as Yiyang doesn't have an accident, and the Cai family also needs to keep a low profile. On the contrary, making a small mistake may be a trivial matter for the Cai family. At least Liu Biao has an excuse to punish the Cai family, but he will not punish too severely.

Generals like Wenpin naturally don't understand the scheming tactics among the aristocratic families. They are thinking about the brothers in the same robes over there in Anfeng, and the war over there, but the chief general just doesn't give orders. Rescue, how can they not be in a hurry.

Yiyang's side has entered a state of combat readiness, but no battle has occurred.On Jiang Xia's side, the flames of war are almost raging now.

Facing Sun Jian, an old opponent, Huang Zu didn't want to confront him head-on at all. He didn't dare to fight this Jiangdong tiger from the bottom of his heart. Huang Zu ordered the gates of the city to be closed tightly, and the soldiers of each battalion stood firm.

It has to be said that although Huang Zu was not very courageous, the orders he made were very wise at this critical moment.The field battle with Sun Jian was purely looking for abuse, Huang Zu would not be stupid enough to do this, he just wanted to rely on the city wall to resist Sun Jian.

When Sun Jian led his army to reach Fancheng, what he saw was the closed city gate. Seeing such a scene, Sun Jian just sneered. He dismounted and retreated to the river bank to camp and prepare to attack the city tomorrow.

When his subordinates asked for a battle to take down Fancheng in one go, Sun Jian ordered his subordinates not to rush forward lightly. The army came from a long distance, and the soldiers were exhausted. Now is not the time to attack the city.Although this reason is normal, it does not conform to Sun Jian's style. If it were the past, Sun Jian would definitely attack the city with all his might, but this time, Sun Jian did not do so.

Only Huang Gai knew in his heart that his master was waiting for the young master. Since the two armies were divided, Sun Jian had told Huang Gai that whether he could win Fancheng at the lowest cost this time would depend on whether Sun Ce could rise up. to the effect.

If Sun Ce really just hid in the dark and refused to send troops, then Fancheng still had to rely on his own side to attack, but this must be a bad strategy, but if Sun Ce could harass or even restrain Huang Zu's troops, Fancheng would definitely not be able to do so. Self-defeating.

However, Huang Gai remembered that his lord's order to the young master at that time was to be patient and wait until the right time to appear, but now his lord has said this again, which is obviously the opposite of what he said before, and Huang Gai was almost confused .

After thinking about it carefully, Huang Gai felt relieved, this is his lord testing the young master.At the same time, Huang Gai felt relieved when he thought that Cheng Pu had been assigned to the young master's side. It seemed that his master already had a perfect plan, and this Fancheng would probably be captured smoothly.

(End of this chapter)