Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 159

What embarrassment is, now Zhao Feng has fully realized it.Seeing Zhang Fei's expectant expression, Zhao Feng was about to report the battle situation to him, when Pang Tong took a deep breath and stepped forward, "Three generals, it's all because Tong's poor planning made the success almost impossible."

"What's going on?" Zhang Fei was a little puzzled when he heard the words. Pang Tong sighed and told the story of the battle in detail. Zhang Fei's face became more and more serious when he heard it, and finally he slapped his thigh and said: " Boy Zhao, you are so confused. Isn’t that how you designed Cao Cao back then, and now you are also falling for this trick.” After speaking, he shook his head repeatedly and sighed endlessly.

"Three generals, this is all the fault of the general. This plan is my decision, and it has nothing to do with General Zhao. I will meet the lord face to face to plead guilty." Pang Tong said with some embarrassment.It's not easy for Zhao Feng to let him take the blame alone, so he also said: "I am the chief general, and I am responsible for the crime. Please also ask the three generals to report the crime to the master."

Zhang Fei looked at the two people in front of him, and sighed after a long while, "Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs, so why do you blame yourself? Besides, the Jiangdong Army also killed and injured thousands of people. It was a tie, but not a defeat." It’s okay, it’s okay!” Seeing that something was wrong with the two of them, Zhang Fei also changed the subject and said, “You just said that it was cavalry who robbed the camp?”

"Exactly, we also captured dozens of cavalrymen and about [-] war horses." Pang Tong knew that Zhang Fei didn't want to embarrass them, so he stopped dwelling on the topic of guilt while being grateful.Hearing what they said, Zhang Fei frowned and said, "When Sun Quan occupied Jiangdong that day, his cavalry was only two or three thousand. How could there be so many cavalry?"

"Old General Huang is currently interrogating the captured cavalry, and we'll find out soon!" Pang Tong said, and Zhang Fei nodded.Zhao Feng looked at the three people in the tent, hesitated for a moment and said: "Three Generals, Shi Yuan, we really underestimated Sun Quan!"

Zhang Fei and Pang Tong nodded silently when they heard the words. In fact, they were not the only ones who underestimated Sun Quan this time, even the Liu Bei Group in Shouchun. Destroy the enemy in one fell swoop.He didn't want Zhang Fei to fall into the conspiracy first, and then the plan that he thought he was sure of was completely broken, which made Zhao Feng have to face up to the enemy in front of him again.

"The only plan for now is to report to the lord in Shouchun first. After all, the Jiangdong Army has so many cavalry, but we are all infantry, so we will inevitably suffer." Pang Tong said.Although the words were a little tactful, both Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei understood that they were going to ask for help from the headquarters.

"By the way, Shi Yuan, why is there no news about Xingba leading his army to attack Jiaozhou?" Zhao Feng suddenly thought of another question and asked hastily.Gan Ning took the water route, and he could reach Jiaozhou in ten months at most, so news should have come early.

"Jiaozhou is full of miasma, and you have to wait until winter before the army can enter Jiaozhou. General Gan and I agreed to break Yulin and Jiaozhi first, then go to Gaoliang and Guanzhu, and finally join Huo Zhongmiao, the prefect of Cangwu. I just don’t know if Huo Zhongmiao can persist until the arrival of General Gan’s army. If Cangwu is lost, then we can only enter Jiaozhou from Guiyang or Wuling.” Pang Tong said with some uncertainty.

"Cangwu has many mountains, and the city is steep. General Huo is good at defending the city, so he will be safe. Sun Quan's army is all in Jiangdong, and Jiaozhou has only 3 or [-] horses at most. It is absolutely impossible to break Cangwu." Zhao Feng said to Huo Jun's defense of the city. He is still very confident in his ability. At the beginning, I gave him five thousand elite soldiers. If he can't defend Cangwu like this, then he should stop messing around.

"That's good, general. At present, Wu County is difficult to attack in a hurry. Although Sun Yi of Xindu County has a small force, he has cavalry under his command, so it is also difficult to defeat. In my opinion, I would like to ask my lord to send cavalry to come here." , we will first attack Poxindu, Poyang and other places; at the same time, we will order General Ji Ling, who is in Guiyang, to send troops to Luling, join forces with us, and then go to Kuaiji. Separate Wujun from isolation. At that time, let's see how Sun Zhongmou can ascend to heaven while guarding the isolated city!" Pang Tong said viciously at the end.Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng nodded silently. It is indeed a bit aggrieved that this battle has been fought so far.At that moment, Zhao Feng wrote a memorandum, detailed the military situation to Liu Bei, and at the same time ordered the whole army to retreat [-] li.

"Third brother was hit by a poisoned arrow, Bo Tao retreated [-] miles, and suffered a small defeat in the melee at night?" Liu Bei looked at the military report just delivered in his hand, his tone was full of surprise.Not to mention him, even Lu Su and the others couldn't believe it.I remember how Zhao Feng used his troops like a god when he attacked Jiangdong, crossing the Yangtze River skillfully, planning to capture Danyang, bloody battle god Tingling, and separating Zhou Yu from the enemy, he almost solved Jiangdong by three times and five divisions.Now, in the face of Sun Quan, whose strength has been greatly reduced, he has suffered consecutive defeats, which makes it hard for everyone to believe.

"One general is incompetent and killed the three armies. My lord, this must be caused by Zhao Botao's incompetence. Please punish him, my lord, to thank the three armies!" An aide of Liu Bei stepped forward and remonstrated.He was none other than Wang Can and Wang Zhongxuan who had nothing to do to write articles and make things difficult for Zhao Feng.This old man was very famous in Jingxiang, Liu Bei couldn't deal with him, so he had to enlist him as an aide in his Taiwei's mansion, and let him come to Shouchun to serve, so as not to disturb the audience when he was fine in Jingzhou.Now that he had the opportunity to throw Zhao Feng into trouble, how could Wang Can be polite?
"Zijing, what do you think?" Liu Bei didn't answer Wang Zhongxuan's provocation directly, but asked Lu Su. You should ask Lu Su about this kind of thing.

"My lord, if it is true that General Zhao said that Sun Quan has a large number of cavalry, then things will be a bit strange. The only plan for now is to call in cavalry to help in the battle, otherwise it will be very difficult to fight with the infantry." Sun Quan dealt with it!" Lu Su thought for a while and said.Liu Bei nodded in agreement. The cavalry was the strongest in the cold weapon era, and Liu Bei naturally knew this. "At the moment there is no fighting in Jingzhou, Qingzhou and Yuzhou, so Zilong will lead [-] Jingzhou cavalry and [-] infantry to go south to help Bo Tao." Liu Bei thought for a while.Since the ceasefire between Cao and Liu, Liu Bei has not dared to relax his vigilance. Wei Yan guards Qingzhou, Guan Yu guards Jingzhou, Zhang Liao guards Yuzhou, and is always ready to deal with Cao Cao's sudden attack.Zhao Yun was in Jingzhou for a while, busy helping Guan Yu drill the Jingzhou [-] cavalry into shape. Now that this matter has come to an end, he can free up his hands to help the Jiangdong battle.What's more, the weather in Jiangnan and Qingzhou is very different. If Baima Yicong is transferred from Qingzhou to Jiangnan, it will be troublesome on the one hand, and it may cause non-combat attrition of horses due to acclimatization.

"My lord, you can also order General Ji Ling to leave Guiyang and cross the Ganshui River to attack Luling. It is reported that Luling was garrisoned by Sun Kuang's army, and the number of defenders was no more than [-]. General Ji was originally the prefect of Luling, and he recovered Luling should not be a problem." Lu Su remonstrated again.

"That's right, Bo Tao mentioned it in his letter." Liu Bei nodded.To say that Ji Ling has been really depressed recently, she went to Shangyong to help deal with Zhang Lu, but as soon as she left, Pan Zhang took over her territory on the back, and now she can’t go back to Luling, so she replaced Zhao Feng in Jingnan How depressing it is to practice the new army recruited just this year.At that moment, Liu Bei issued two orders in succession, asking Ji Ling and Zhao Yun to lead their troops into action respectively.

"Zilong, Zhao boy, Jiangdong is counting on you." Zhang Fei poked his head out of the carriage at the gate of the Xuzhou army camp outside Wujun city, and "educated" Zhao Feng and Zhao Yun, as well as Pang Tong and others who came to see him off.Zhao Feng and the others naturally nodded repeatedly, and then the third master reluctantly returned to the car and hurried back to Shouchun.There is no way, the frontline medicinal materials are scarce, and Zhang Fei is still poisoned, but he can only ride a car and not ride a horse.

"I have Zilong coming, I don't have to worry about anything!" Now that Zhang Fei is gone, among the generals, Zhao Feng, the left general, is the most senior, so he should be in charge of all affairs, and everyone sat down in the big tent to discuss matters.

"Bo Tao, I heard that Sun Quan actually has cavalry?" Zhao Yun immediately asked the question he was most concerned about as soon as he sat down.As the No. 1 cavalry soldier in Liu Bei's army, Zhao Yun's understanding of horses is also rare in the world. He thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of where Sun Quan could get the horses to form the cavalry.

"Exactly, Old General Huang tortured those cavalrymen the day before yesterday, and finally figured out what happened." Zhao Feng laughed, and then Huang Zhong told everyone what happened.According to the captured cavalry, these war horses were brought by Sun Quan from the mountains of Jiaozhou and the bordering Yunnan after Sun Quan arrived in Jiaozhou.These horses are small in size, not to mention compared with Xiliang, Youzhou or Bingzhou horses, even compared with Shandong horses, their sprint ability and strength are obviously inferior. In addition, there are not many talents under Sun Quan who can train cavalry, so this Compared with the Fengyun cavalry or the Baima Yicong trained by Zhao Yun, the combat effectiveness of Zhi cavalry is definitely far worse.Even so, in the battle the day before yesterday, these cavalry also caused Zhao Feng, who only had infantry, to suffer a lot.

"Jiaozhou can still produce horses?" Zhao Yun asked in disbelief.Zhao Feng looked at the astonished Zhao Yun in front of him, but he was planning in his heart.After hearing what the captives said that day, I realized that these horses should be the Guangxi pony and the Yunnan Dian horse that later generations said.These horses are not capable of sprinting and are too small to be used as cavalry.However, these horses have good endurance, good load and can walk on mountain roads, so they are generally used for transportation.On the famous ancient tea-horse road, those caravans mostly used these Yunnan horses.At present, Liu Bei's army is still relatively nervous about horses. After defeating Sun Quan, getting more of these horses from Jiaozhou can also alleviate the needs of the army a little.

Historically, Dian horses and Guangxi pony horses were officially accepted by mainstream groups during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Although there were records before, few people paid attention to them.Unexpectedly, Sun Quan's fuss made the world see this species more than a hundred years in advance.

"Zilong has arrived, and General Ji Ling is also attacking Luling. I will take Xindu and Poyang first, and divide Sun Quan's encirclement. He will do it." After Zhao Feng briefly arranged the mission, he ordered the army to attack Xindu County.He wasn't worried that Sun Yi would not be able to defend himself. Based on his knowledge of Sun Yi, this person was definitely the kind who was easily irritated.What's more, meeting Zhao Feng who is good at psychological offensive, it's hard for Sun Yi not to be irritated.

(End of this chapter)