At The Beginning of The Game, The Five Tiger Generals Were Intercepted

Jingzhou, Nanjun, Zigui City.

This is one of the few cities between Chuankouyufu in the Three Gorges and Jiangling, an important town in Nanjun.

Zigui is different from other important towns in South County. It is more like a military fortress, with a small number of people living there.

Due to the existence of the Yangtze River, from Yufu to Jiangling, you can go down the river and travel thousands of miles a day!

But since ancient times, it has been a gain and a loss.

Thanks to the Yangtze River, the water and soil resources on both sides are luxuriant, and the originally not high-rise mountains are completely covered by dense jungles.

If a soldier wants to march on land, the difficulty is more than a hundred times that of going by water!

The mountains were extremely peaceful, except for the people hunting, there were hardly any figures to be seen.

Zigui City is the first checkpoint between Yufu and Jiangling. From here, it is the real ups and downs of mountains.

If you want to enter the Nanjun Plain, you need to walk about 200 miles of mountain roads, pass through the important town of Yiling, and then climb over Huya Mountain.

Therefore, Yufu has the mouth of the Three Gorges as a natural barrier, and Jiangling also has dense forests of hundreds of miles as a dangerous pass!

In history, Liu Bei eventually hated Yiling because he was occupied by Lu Xun.

At this moment, in the dense forest twenty miles away from Zigui City, people are constantly thronging.

These people moved extremely sensitively, and the trees, weeds, and uneven terrain did not affect their actions at all.

No matter who it is, they can't help but exclaim when they see such a vigorous person.

What's more surprising than that!

There are as many as thousands of people walking on the ground in these mountains and dense forests!

The leader is ugly in appearance, but his eyes are piercing.

It is the rear military division of one of the five military divisions of the Qin State, the military division of the Eastern Army, and Pang Tong, the military division Zhonglang!

Those extremely agile people around are the barbarians under the command of the Eastern Army.

Zhu Meng returned to Nanzhong to recruit Nanzhong warriors, but did not bring these soldiers back.

Therefore, the remaining barbarians in the battle against Yongliang were brought back by Huang Zhong.

"Military division, it has been found out that Zigui City is unprepared, and there are very few soldiers."

The person standing in front of Pang Tong and reporting his face was flushed, which was extremely inconsistent with his calm demeanor. It was Wei Yan who was promoted by Liu Zhang to be a miscellaneous general after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Pang Tong thought for a while, then immediately made up his mind.

"Divide the troops into two groups, let General Meng Da lead the army to detour to the rear of Zigui City, Chief Wen, you will lead the army to attack yourself."

"Remember, be sure to fight down!"

Wei Yan was overjoyed immediately, he didn't expect such a big credit to be picked up by himself.

"Military division, don't worry!"

Under the leadership of Wei Yan, thousands of barbarians kept moving forward, and soon lost their tracks under the cover of the dense forest.

The corners of Pang Tong's mouth rose slightly, and a strong fighting spirit burst out of his eyes.

This time the Eastern Army's military division led the troops to return to the fish, not by any order from Chang'an, it was entirely the Eastern Army's spontaneous behavior.

When Huang Zhong and Pang led the army to Yizhou, Liu Zhang did not issue specific requirements.

Therefore, when the commander-in-chief Huang Zhong and the military adviser Pang Tong agreed, they could wait for the opportunity and enjoy the right to make emergency decisions.

In fact, Liu Zhang has already expressed his thoughts cryptically. As long as the fish is recovered and large-scale casualties are not caused, he will not ask too much.

This time the barbarians of the Eastern Army attacked Zigui, which was entirely Pang Tong's idea.

As a native of Jingzhou, Pang Tong was well aware of the geographical terrain along the line from Jiangling to Yufu, and he was even more aware of the difficulty of attacking it head-on.

Even the Eastern Army in its heyday would find it difficult to break through head-on.

It is also very difficult to rely on the navy to force a landing.

As long as the port is heavily guarded, it is almost the same as a city, and it is as difficult to break through the front.

Qin State's national policy has been set, and the next step is to attack Jingxiang, so as the military division of the main battle army, it is natural to plan as soon as possible.

This time Jingnan and Jingbei broke out in a war, which gave Pang Tong an opportunity to fish in troubled waters!

It's just that Pang Tong does not agree with Cai Mao's continuous victories in leading the army and threatening Jiangling like a broken bamboo.

From the moment he learned that Cai Mao sent troops from Xiangyang, Pang Tong knew that Cai Mao was finished, and the power of the Mufu in Jingbei Prefecture was about to suffer a serious blow!

Anyone can know that this 50,000 army is already the last force of Jingbei forces.

Once defeated, Jingnan will replace Jingbei and become the new Lord of Jingzhou from now on!

Pang Tong knew Zhuge Liang's abilities clearly. If he were allowed to completely control Nanjun, he would definitely turn Nanjun into a flawless iron barrel!

At that time, if the Eastern Army wants to pierce the iron barrel, it may have to pay an unacceptable price.

As a military division of the Eastern Army, one must not sit back and watch the enemy become stronger while one's own side does nothing.

At this time, the Eastern Army had a total of nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses, less than half of that in its heyday.

But it was enough for Pang Tong.

His goal this time is very simple, to take down the strategic depth of the two hundred li mountainous area, and push the Yu defense line to the Yiling line.

Take Yiling and rely on the city for defense, and Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang use Huya Mountain as the boundary!

Pang Tong concluded that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's thoughts must be on Cai Mao at this time, so all military deployments will also revolve around Cai Mao.

Cai Mao's 50,000 troops, 30,000 infantry, and 20,000 cavalry are also a force that cannot be ignored!

Especially the 20,000 cavalry, once galloped, the power is quite amazing.

How many soldiers and horses does Jingnan have in total?

It is not difficult for Zhuge Liang to eat Cai Mao's 50,000 people, but it will definitely not be too easy.

At least mobilize most of the troops under your command!

Under such circumstances, how could they care about Zigui and Yiling?

I am afraid that most of the military forces in these two places have been withdrawn.

Wei Yan's report just now also confirmed Pang Tong's guess.

As long as Yiling is captured, all future initiatives will be on the Qin army's side.

Even if Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang took over the entire South County, they would still feel uncomfortable all day long.

Huang Zhong immediately expressed support for Pang Tong's strategic ideas.

In view of Liu Zhang's strategy of substituting defense for attack and developing with peace of mind, and the current situation of the Eastern Army, Huang Zhong could not give Pang Tong too many troops.

Sending troops means transporting food, and it is necessary to dispatch civilians.

And the more troops sent, the harder it is to control the situation.

If all 60,000 troops are dispatched, after Yiling is captured, will they be able to resist taking Jiangling?

In this way, they will inevitably fall into the quagmire of war, and if they are not careful, they will encounter disaster.

Pang Tong naturally understood this truth, and only dispatched five thousand barbarians, as well as Wei Yan and Meng Da as generals.

Although the purpose of this battle was a sneak attack, Huang Zhong had already promised Pang Tong that after taking down Zigui and Yiling, he immediately dispatched the Wushe Battalion to defend the city and save the victory!

Pang Tong closed his eyes and rested his mind, feeling the excitement in his heart.

Pang Tong has been looking forward to this day for so many years!

When he heard Liu Zhang's admiration and origin for Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong was still disappointed for a while.

If you are a colleague with Zhuge Liang, you will have no chance to tell the difference.

But Zhuge Liang was so proud that he followed Liu Bei and accompanied him to start a grassroots business!

This undoubtedly gave Pang Tong a chance!

Fighting openly and secretly, plotting and plotting, crouching dragon and phoenix chick!

Suddenly, Pang Tong suddenly opened his eyes, bursting out a burst of light.

"Kong Ming, the battle between the two of us begins here!"

(end of this chapter)