The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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"Ling" means the big earth mountain. Huailing is a highland because it is close to the Huai River, so it gets this name.

Although Liu Deng and Pan Zhang's troops were infantry, they marched very fast. When they entered the border of Huailing County, the county did not know that Guangling soldiers had entered.

It was not until Liu and Pan were less than 20 miles away from Huailing that the guards in the county learned of the incident. They were shocked and ordered to close the county gate.

As soon as the county gate was closed, when the guards were chaotically climbing the city wall and the guards, they saw smoke and dust in the distance. Not long after, a cavalry of more than a hundred people came under the banner of Guangling. This cavalry was Chen Ji. Song.

Chen Ji arrived outside Dexian County and saw that the garrison on the city's head had not been deployed. He felt a little pity, and said to himself, "If I could have arrived two quarters earlier, it is expected that the county gate has not been closed yet, maybe I will Can take advantage of the thief's unpreparedness, rush in, and take the city lightly and skillfully."

It's just a thought.

Chen is also an old soldier, and he also knows that it is difficult for the army to completely cut off the news, so that the enemy does not know. The so-called "take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, cover and attack the city" is too difficult, and it may not be possible to do it once in a hundred times. , it is rare to see such a situation where "the soldiers and horses arrive at the city, and the city is still hurriedly deploying the garrison".

Following Liu Deng's order, Chen ordered the knights in the song to gallop around the city and shouted to the city: "Xu Xian, the general of the Xinghu army, is ordered by the Marquis of Yingyin, General Xingjianwei, and Xun Gong, the prefect of Guangling, with 30,000 cavalry. , according to the decree of heaven, and following the public opinion of Xiapi. Today, I **** Duke Xiangle of Xiapi to enter and take office. We are the pioneers of General Xu, and we are the part of Liu Deng, the captain of the bandit school. The army will come soon. Abandon the rebellion, open the city to meet you, and you will not make any mistakes, just like the city is stubbornly resisting, when the city is broken, it will be slaughtered as an example to the future!"

When the soldiers and people in the county heard about it, the soldiers and soldiers were good, but the soldiers and people could not speak, and they were immediately panicked.

Chen Ji took the knights of this song to circle the city twice, and saw that the county had four gates, one for the east, one for the south, one for the west, and one for the north. About ten miles away from the south gate, there is a large lake. There is a mountain beside the lake called Nushan. This lake is called Nushan Lake because of its wide surface and shimmering waves. I am afraid that there are no less than 100,000 acres. Apart from this mountain and lake, there are no big mountains, forests and lakes in the vicinity of the east, west and north gates. Only a few dozen miles away, the Huai River can be seen in the distance.

Chen then galloped back to the east gate with his soldiers and looked at the front of the city, and saw that the guards on the city wall were still preparing their defenses in a mess. , I heard that there are more internal supporters in the county, and it should not be difficult to get this city." Gu looked at the road, saw the smoke rising from a distance, and knew that the main force led by Liu Deng and Pan Zhang was about to arrive, so he turned to the left and right again. Said, "Go to the North Gate and the West Gate and a few people, check the terrain carefully, and see where it is best for me to ambush."

Chen is one of the middle and senior officers in Liu Deng's department. In fact, in this vanguard force, he can be said to be the third person under Liu Deng and Pan Zhang, second only to Liu and Pan. Therefore, he is very clear about the battle plan for the battle against Huailing. Liu Deng and Pan Zhang's battle plan can be roughly divided into three steps: the first step is to rest for two hours after the troops and horses are ready, and then in the evening Before starting the siege of the city, the first one was to attack the east gate. The first battle was to be fought until nightfall; the second step was to wait until nightfall, and Pan Zhang led more than a hundred warriors to sneak outside the south gate of the city, and Que Xuan arranged for the attack. The inner should mainly focus on the south gate, and they will meet Pan Zhang and others to enter the city in the middle of the night; after the above two steps are completed, the next step is the third step, that is, Liu Deng leads the brigade into the city to eliminate the defending enemy, and at the same time, try to eliminate the escape from the city as much as possible. Chen Ji and his cavalry were responsible for the task of "destroying as much as possible the enemies who escaped from outside the city".

So, in order to be able to complete the task best, Chen of course needs to choose the best ambush location first.

Outside the east gate will be the battlefield of Liu Deng's department, and there is Pan Zhang outside the south gate, and only the north gate and the west gate are left for Chen to choose.

Although the weather at the end of the first month was still quite cold, the sun was already quite warm around noon. In order to rest his horsepower, Chen ordered all the soldiers to dismount and sit on the ground. The sun was shining on their bodies, gradually dispelling the chill brought by the gallop. Remove away.

Chen Ji also dismounted.

Since Xun Zhen, he has been riding in the camp most of the time, and the long-term battle has not only caused him to suffer many injuries, but his mount has also been replaced several times due to death or disability. After the war, Xin Ai specially asked him to pick out Dong Bing's war horses that he captured. The horses are gentle and docile, they run fast and flat, and they can charge and cross obstacles in daily drills. He likes this war horse very much. .

After dismounting, he first touched the horse's cheek lovingly, then while stroking its temples, he softly "shush" and let it lie down and rest, and then sat cross-legged on its side, still habitually. He stroked the horse's temple with one hand, and finally raised his eyes to look at the city head again.

Many flags were erected on the top of the city, including the flag of Tao Qian, the flag of Zherong, the flag of Xuzhou soldiers, and the flag of Xiapi County soldiers. Among these colorful flags, Chen Ji focused his attention on the flag. On a small black flag.

On this flag were written the words "School Captain Wu".

This "School Captain Wu" is the defender of Huailing County.

Chen Ji said in his heart: "Wen Jun's love words: This Wu Xiaowei is a native of Zherong and a native of Danyang. He is quite brave and has a quick temper. Junhou often said to me: 'As a general, you should be cautious first'. No matter how brave this Captain Wu is, it is not difficult to deal with only one 'impatient temper', and our army still has Que Xuan's inner response?" He looked up at the sky~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It was noon, Then I thought to myself, "If things go well, maybe tomorrow morning at the latest, this Huailing County should change hands!"

Thinking of this, he did not feel much joy, because the attack on Huailing was the first battle to take down Pi and the East China Sea. The soldiers of Guangling have been recharged for a long time, and their fighting spirit is high. Que Xuan's henchmen responded, and it was not difficult to win.

"It's not difficult to win Huai Mausoleum,..." Chen Ji turned his eyes to the north, where the Huai River was dozens of miles to the north, and Xu County was another forty or fifty miles after crossing the Huai River. Taking Xu may not be easy."

And the first key to taking down the battle of Pi is exactly "crossing Huai and taking Xu".

The county guard Wu Xiaowei was at the top of the city, and when Chen Ji looked at the tower, he was also watching Chen Ji's cavalry.

Seeing that more than a hundred cavalrymen dared to dismount outside the city, they all sat on the ground struttingly, Captain Wu's initial panic when he saw Guangling soldiers and horses arriving under the city turned into anger, and said: " How dare you underestimate me like this!" Anger rose from his heart, he held down his waist sword and shouted loudly to the left and right, "Xun Guangling, in the name of an imperial edict, came here for no reason, it is contemptible. Also! Order the cavalry in Qi City, and order three hundred soldiers, open the east gate of the city, follow me out of the city, and destroy the hundred or so bandit soldiers first!"