The Nameless of the Common Clans

"General, everyone is in danger!" The messenger hurried in and saluted Cui Geng.

"Aren't the people Ji Ling led?" Cui Geng frowned.

"I don't know, general, but An Zhong is really in danger. The rebel army is attacking fiercely. If we don't rescue them, An Zhong may not be safe!" the deputy general said, shaking his head.

Cui Geng nodded and said: "Our army does not have enough troops. You can quickly lead a thousand soldiers and horses to Anzhong. Remember, there is no need to fight the bandit army. You only need to make a huge noise to scare Ji Ling away! If If Ji Ling retreats, you can lead his troops back. If Ji Ling refuses to retreat, you can lead his troops into the city to guard Anzhong when he withdraws his troops."

Cui Geng's own troops only have 5,000 troops. In addition to the more than 10,000 troops and horses left behind in Nanyang, they have to guard various cities. Now the Yuyang camp has gathered only Cui Geng's troops. Although he has Nanyang troops and horses for the time being, He has the power to dispatch, but after all, they are not his own soldiers. They are not easy to use, and they cannot all be gathered here. Therefore, Cui Geng is very cautious in using his troops. Even if he feels that the new field is empty at this time, he does not send troops hastily.

If you win, you will get a Xinye City, but if you lose, Nanyang will not be protected. In comparison, let alone the current unknown enemy situation, even if Liu Bei opens the gate of Xinye to him, Cui Geng will not take it.

As long as Zhang Liao and Wei Yan come back and Nanyang has sufficient troops, more things can be done. Therefore, Cui Geng hopes more to scare Ji Ling away and keep the people safe. This Yuyang is not an isolated city.

"Here!" the deputy general agreed and hurriedly left.

After the deputy general left, Cui Geng found another general and said in a deep voice: "Immediately send someone to find the main force of General Zhang Liao, tell him that Liu Bei has launched troops, and ask him to come back as soon as possible!"

"Here!"

After arranging these, Cui Geng began to arrange people to strengthen the city wall and prepare to face Liu Bei. The current situation was not right. No matter how he thought about it, Ji Ling should not have pulled out all Xinye's soldiers and horses to attack Anzhong, although careful work failed. There was useful information, but Cui Geng felt that if he attacked Xinye at this time, there might be a large number of troops waiting for him in Xinye City.

On the other side, the deputy general led a thousand soldiers and horses out of the city and rushed all the way to Anzhong. At sunset, Kankan arrived at Anzhong. Ji Ling had not withdrawn his troops yet, and was still attacking with his troops. It seemed that he wanted to capture Anzhong. A battle to the death.

The people can't live in a small town, and it's rare for eight hundred soldiers to defend it for a day. The lieutenant didn't dare to neglect, and immediately made a posture of coming to support with a large army.

Soon, Ji Ling learned from the scouts that the Nanyang Army was coming for reinforcements, but he was not too surprised. He seemed to have known about it for a long time. After receiving the report, he quickly asked: "How many soldiers and horses have come from the other side?"

"It's too far away, so I haven't seen it clearly, but judging from the dust, I'm afraid there are three thousand men and horses under my command!" The scout didn't get close to count them in detail, and could only give an ambiguous answer at this time.

"Three thousand people?" Ji Ling nodded when he heard this and said, "Ming Jin withdraws his troops and we will fight again tomorrow."

With three thousand men on his side, Ji Ling couldn't let go and attack the city. Besides, in today's battle, his own soldiers suffered a lot of casualties. Now that the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, and they are fighting now, he may be the one who suffers the loss. It's better to withdraw our troops for the time being and wait until tomorrow to build up enough morale before fighting against the opponent.

"Here!" Someone immediately began to send orders to all parties to withdraw their troops.

After Ji Ling returned to the camp, he immediately summoned his personal guards and said, "You set off immediately, rush back to Xinye, and inform the military advisor that the bandit army has sent troops to rescue Anzhong, and that the military advisor can send troops to attack Yuyang."

"Here!"

This is also Chen Gong's strategy. No matter how the opponent chooses, if they have the advantage in strength, they can break through the opponent's defense line as quickly as possible and maximize their own strength advantage.

The guards quickly got up and rushed to Xinye overnight to report the battle to Chen Palace.

"Without further delay, go out and attack Yuyang immediately!" After Chen Gong learned the news, he looked at Chen Dao beside him and said: "Uncle Zhi, you go first and attack the city immediately after arriving at Yuyang. In addition, I will If there is an expert in Yuyang, if you think you can break the city, you can send a signal and contact the expert in the city to help break the city. In short, this battle needs to be fast! "

Chen Gong’s goal is Wancheng. As the county seat of Nanyang, Wancheng’s significance is not only political, but also military. Wancheng is also of great significance. As long as Wancheng is captured, it is south of Hengshan Mountain and west of Zhongyang Mountain. , most of Nanyang fell into Liu Bei's hands, and it was these places that Zhuge Liang wanted to capture. There were two mountain ranges, Zhongyang Mountain and Hengshan Mountain, which were relatively easy to defend. Wancheng was crucial here.

"Here!" Chen Dao accepted the order, turned around and left, sending troops overnight to Yuyang in order to defeat Yuyang in a battle.

Liu Bei's actions were not unpleasant. From the time he decided to send troops under Zhuge Liang's persuasion, to Chen Gong secretly sending troops into the new wilderness, to Ji Ling deliberately sending troops to pacify the crowd and lure Cui Geng to attack, it only took ten days, but Chen Mo The reaction was beyond Chen Gong's expectation. Cui Geng's appearance in Nanyang was not good news, and it also gave Chen Gong a sense of urgency. Chen Mo had obviously noticed or begun to pay attention to Nanyang's problems. Cui Geng was probably just If reinforcements from the army that came earlier arrived in Nanyang, it would not be good news for Liu Bei. Nanyang must be captured.

This time, Xinye is even more empty. Liu Bei's main troops have not yet officially set out on the road. The 5,000 vanguard troops brought by Chen Gong and Chen Dao, combined with Ji Ling's troops, are all the troops that Xinye can use at present. If At this time, Cui Geng suddenly sent a group of troops to kill him, and Xinye was really intercepted by the opponent.

It's a pity that Cui Geng couldn't be so accurate. It was rare for him to be able to take precautions against the opponent's troop deployment.

Chen Dao led 5,000 elite soldiers and marched at night. After arriving at Yuyang before dawn, he did not stop but chose to attack the city directly. The darkness before dawn is the darkest time of the day and the most sleepy time. On the top of Yuyang City, the soldiers in charge of vigilance were confused and noticed something climbing up. They almost instinctively swung their weapons and chopped it.

"Bang~"

The harsh sound of weapons clashing awakened the soldiers around. A surprise attack turned into a strong attack. The combat quality and vigilance of the Guanzhong Army exceeded Chen Dao's expectations. Under such circumstances, the opponent was able to respond in time. And judging from the resistance in the city, the opponent had a lot of troops. Cui Geng was the first to put on armor and rushed to the city wall to command the soldiers to fight after hearing the alarm.

Although Chen Dao was powerful, the soldiers defending the city were not as weak as imagined. After a fierce battle until dawn, they failed to attack the top of the city. Although the walls of Yuyang were not high, Chen Dao did not bring too many siege equipment in order to hurry on his way, so he naturally suffered a loss. After seeing that it was difficult to conquer, Chen Dao decisively ordered to withdraw his troops.

Looking at the retreating Jingzhou army, Cui Geng breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered people to clean up the battlefield.

On the other side, in Chen Dao's army, looking at the heavily guarded Yuyang in the distance, a general frowned and said: "General, there are many defenders in this city."

"Let someone inform the military advisor about this." Chen Dao nodded. Judging from the number of Yuyang defenders, Chen Gong obviously guessed wrong. As for whether the opponent's reinforcements had arrived or Ji Ling was deceived yesterday, Chen Dao did not know, but at this moment, without enough siege equipment, it was obviously not appropriate to continue the siege.

Chen Dao sent out all the scouts in the military camp. Now that the enemy situation is unclear, he must first determine the enemy's approximate strength and the specific strength of the troops that went to support Anzhong yesterday. Chen Dao estimated that Ji Ling must have been deceived. If the enemy's main force came to support, the enemy would not just defend if they had sufficient troops. At least they should send troops to test the strength of Xinye.

On the other side, after hearing the news, Chen Gong prepared to come to the front line to supervise the battle in person. His judgment was similar to Chen Dao's, but Yuyang must be taken as soon as possible. Before Chen Mo's troops returned to Nanyang to support them, Wancheng must be taken first.

Almost all the able-bodied men in Xinye were recruited by Chen Gong to carry food and supplies. At the same time, in order to avoid Xinye being empty and cut off by the enemy, Chen Gong sent two letters in a row, urging Liu Bei to send troops to Xinye as soon as possible, at least not to leave the rear empty.

After receiving the message from Chen Gong, Liu Bei quickly ordered Liu Hu to lead 2,000 soldiers to Xinye first to prepare to meet the army. At the same time, Liu Bei personally led the army with Zhang Fei, Liu Pan, Wen Pin, Wang Wei and other generals.

Nanyang must be taken.

As long as Nanyang is taken, Zhuge Liang can use many strategies. He can attack the Central Plains to the east, attack Hanzhong and Shu to the west, and threaten Jingzhao by going west through Wuguan. The strategic significance of this land is too important. Once this opportunity is missed, it is almost impossible to meet it again.

"Brother, Kong Ming is too cautious. He only wants Wancheng. In my opinion, now that Chen Mo's rear is empty, we might as well go straight to Luoyang. Isn't it fun?" On the road to Xinye, the 40,000 Jingzhou troops plus the civilians responsible for transporting supplies were more than 100,000, and the momentum was quite magnificent. Zhang Fei walked beside Liu Bei and said dissatisfiedly as he walked.

"We haven't even secured Jingzhou. If it weren't for this rare opportunity, Kong Ming wouldn't have come up with this plan. As for Luoyang..." Speaking of this, Liu Bei sighed. If Luoyang was really that easy to take, Cao Cao would have succeeded long ago. How could he take advantage of it?

Liu Bei is no longer in his prime. Taking Nanyang, Liu Bei thinks it is feasible with Nanyang's current state and his own military strength. Liu Bei is not a fool. If Zhuge Liang directly boasted that he would take Luoyang, Liu Bei would have to doubt whether he had found the wrong person. If he wanted to take Luoyang further, at least now Liu Bei dared not think about it.

"Brother, don't worry. It's just Nanyang. Not to mention that Lu Bu has left, even if he is still here, I want to see what he can do to dare to call himself the best in the world!" Zhang Fei patted his chest and said. Zhang Fei felt a little regretful for not being able to fight Lu Bu. Now there is not even Zhang Liao in Nanyang, which makes Zhang Fei full of confidence~

Sorry, it took me a long time to write this. I will continue to write. There will be two updates today. It can't be less. Just forgive me for the time. Lao Wang is in a good state now. He can play games well, but it is a bit difficult to write quickly.