Zhuge Liang¡¯s expression suddenly changed. Wei Yan asked in confusion, ¡°Why did you change your expression, sir?¡±
"Chang Wen, immediately move the barracks and soldiers to the four city gates, and be sure to take strict precautions." Zhuge was silent for a moment, and then ordered: "Liang suspects that Pang Tong's night attack is just a bait, and the real person who wants to take action has not yet appeared."
"How is that possible?" Wei Yan was shocked after hearing this, but he was also a person who liked taking risks. After thinking about it for a moment, he realized that he no longer hesitated and turned back to the city. After a while, the sound of rapid horse hooves could be heard from the city.
Leaving aside the mobilization of troops and horses inside Jiangling City, Huang Zhong and Wenpin led troops to pursue Pang Tong outside the city, but they were still unable to catch up with Pang Tong. Seeing Pang Tong right in front of them, they just couldn't capture him, which made the two Jingzhou generals very angry.
Angry emotions can easily make people lose their composure. This was the case with the second general at the moment. He was not even aware that he had already left the city for nearly five miles and had reached a valley.
"Huang Zhong, Wenpin, you two have fallen into our military advisor's plan!" Suddenly, laughter rang out in the valley, and the laughter continued to echo. At the same time, flying arrows fell from all directions, creating a black cloud on the heads of the Jingzhou soldiers.
"Hansheng, no, there's an ambush here." Wenpin reined in his horse and stopped, and a flying arrow narrowly missed him. He dodged the arrow, but many of his soldiers were not so lucky. Suddenly, people in the valley screamed and called for help.
"Withdraw, withdraw the troops!" Mr. Huang reacted quickly. He turned his horse's head and ordered to the surrounding soldiers: "Don't panic, withdraw from the valley."
"Want to leave?" In the valley, Ding Feng raised the sword in his hand and sneered: "Young men, follow me and charge down!"
There are probably tens of thousands of Jiangdong troops ambushing here. After giving the order, they swayed, raised their swords and guns, and rushed down.
The sky was dark and the light in the valley was not very good. Huang Zhong and other Jingzhou soldiers could only see the crowds of people around them. From the bottom of the valley to the top of the mountain, they all seemed to be Jiangdong's son. For a while, many people were completely chilled, even if they moved they were very nervous. reluctantly.
"Kill~~" One side is full of momentum, while the other side is demoralized. Although the number of soldiers on both sides is not much different, the battle situation is already one-sided. No matter how Huang Zhong and Wenpin shout, they can only affect dozens of soldiers around them, with little effect. .
"Hey, all the soldiers, follow me and fight back!" Pang Tong, who had been running for his life before, turned around at this moment, shouted coldly, and with the remaining thousand soldiers around him, turned and fought into the hinterland of the valley.
Although Pang Tong is a scribe, he has been walking around the Hanzhou County for many years, and his body and bones are no worse than ordinary warriors. And during the war, he dared to travel to various places, so his skills are naturally not bad. Sitting on horseback, he rushed into the Jingzhou army and raised his hand to chop, and scarlet red overflowed.
"Hansheng, after this is over, you lead the troops to withdraw." If there is such a chaotic fight now, it is obvious that everyone will die in the valley, Wenpin pulled Huang Zhong's horse and said loudly. "You are the general of Jingzhou, how can you stay behind?" Huang Zhong was not someone who was greedy for life and fearful of death. He slapped Wenpin's mount hard and shouted: "I, Huang Zhong, are guarding this place. Please retreat as soon as possible!"
It was useless for Wenpin to refuse at this time. The horse was in pain and was already running towards the road. Many Jingzhou soldiers saw Wenpin running away and fled backwards. In this way, a great defeat was inevitable.
Ding Feng ambushed here to capture Jingzhou soldiers and horses in one fell swoop. Now that Wenpin was about to escape from the valley, he naturally had to be intercepted. But before he could catch up with Wenpin, a steel knife slashed at him, and at the same time, a word floated: "Don't even think about it!"
"Dang~~" The two swords collided in the air. With the help of his horse, Huang Zhong forced Ding Feng back a few steps.
"Old guy, you are looking for death!" The way forward was blocked, Ding Feng glared at Huang Zhong angrily, and at the same time waved his hand in an unkind manner, calling on the surrounding Jiang Dong men to attack Huang Zhong together.
Perhaps fighting generals among generals will not attack their mounts because they cherish their horses, but small soldiers will not. In their eyes, military merit is the most important. If anyone can capture the opponent's general alive on the battlefield, then he can become a general himself. Not far away.
Suddenly, nearly ten spears stabbed Huang Zhong's crotch mount at the same time. Although Huang Zhong reined in his horse to dodge, he still could not avoid the all-round attack. Turning over and dismounting, Huang Zhong's mount had been pierced with several holes in his crotch.
"Give me back my horse!" Huang Zhong was really furious now. He waved the long knife in his hand, which could almost bring out a strong wind. More than a dozen pawns who wanted to take advantage of him failed, and after just one or two breaths, they were killed. Huang Zhong swept out.
Ding Feng also knew that he would not be able to escape unless he got rid of the old guy in front of him. He no longer hesitated and started fighting Huang Zhong with a knife. In terms of combat prowess, Ding Feng was not Huang Zhong's enemy, but with so many Jiangdong men around him, Huang Zhong could not and did not dare to attack without reservation, so the two of them fought for a long time.After several rounds, it was a dead heat.
And after Huang Zhong's delay, Wenpin had also escaped from the valley, and now he couldn't catch up even if he wanted to. Seeing this, Ding Feng vented all his dissatisfaction on Huang Zhong and drew the sword three minutes faster than usual.
Wenpin fled, but Pang Tong did not pursue him. Instead, he plundered the formation for Ding Feng and commanded his soldiers to deal with the remaining Jingzhou soldiers around him. Although some Jingzhou soldiers and horses ran away with Wenpin, they were only a small number. Most of them are still dejected soldiers who are trapped in the valley, unable to advance or retreat, but have lost their will to fight.
At this time, Jiangling City, several miles away, was also fighting fiercely. As Pang Tong's last move and the most important step in this attack, Ling Tong led eight thousand Jiangdong elites and rushed out half an hour after Wenpin and his two men left the city.
Originally, according to Pang Tong's calculations, the defense in the city should be very low at this time, and it was very possible to capture the city. Who would have thought that Ling Tong had just started to attack the city, and Wei Yan had already deployed the defense line at the top of the city.
It was impossible to retreat at this point. Although Ling Tong was surprised that Pang Tong's plan was seen through, he was ready to take a gamble. He personally led the troops to charge into the city and fought with Wei Yan.
"Compared with the troops and horses that attacked the city, the number of soldiers left for Wei Yan in Jiangling City was not many, only 5,000. Three thousand of them were new soldiers who had only participated in one battle. If Zhuge hadn't thought in advance that there would be troops and horses to attack again, Wei Yan asked himself that there would definitely be trouble with Jiangling's defense.
However, even with Zhuge's reminder, Wei Yan was not at ease with his own soldiers, otherwise how could he have personally responded to the enemy at the top of the city when the war started, and allowed Ling Tong to easily rush to the top of the city.
"With me, Wei Yan, you still want to take the city?" Wei Yan sneered, steadying Ling Tong's spear: "It's not too late to retreat now. You are still young. It's not worth losing your life like this."
Wei Yan's words of pointing out the younger ones from the elders made Ling Tong feel angry. How could he give up with his fiery temperament? Even if he had the intention of retreating, he would forget about it under Wei Yan's squeeze.
"Stop talking nonsense, I will take your head tonight." Ling Tong stabbed coldly with his spear and responded to this at the same time. As he spoke, his movements were not slow. When he saw the spear being held by Wei Yan, he immediately pulled it back and swept it in a circular motion.
On the top of the city, not only the two were fighting to the death, but many soldiers from Jiangdong also came to the top of the city to fight with the soldiers from Jiangling. Both sides had their own victories and defeats, but no one could take the lead in achieving an overwhelming victory.
According to common sense, since the night attack failed, Ling Tong should decisively withdraw his troops. However, under Wei Yan's repeated provocations, he forgot what he should do. Until Wenpin fled back in embarrassment, Ling Tong still did not withdraw his troops.
"Chang Wen, please don't let Ling Tong go. I'm here to help you." Seeing the battle at the top of the city, Wenpin immediately gave up the idea of ??returning to the camp to plead guilty. The first thing he did now was to capture the other general.
It was very difficult for Ling Tong to deal with Wei Yan. If he had not been surrounded by soldiers to protect him, he would have been defeated long ago. Now that there was another Wenpin, it was difficult for Ling Tong to defeat four hands with two fists. However, in three or four moves, the spear was Picking, the shoulder and abdomen were injured successively.
At this time, even if Ling Tong wanted to escape, it was too late. Two long knives were standing at the side of his neck. What was waiting for him was to become a prisoner of Jiangling.
A great victory in the valley made Pang Tong and Ding Feng angry. Although Wenpin left, Huang Zhong was left behind. This battle was indeed a brilliant one.
But after waiting for a long time, Ling Tong didn't come back. The two knew immediately that something was wrong. And when news came out from Jiangling on the next day that Jiangdong general Ling Tong had been captured, Pang Tong was even more furious.
"Now we can only return Huang Zhong to Jiangling in exchange for public achievements." Ding Feng pounded the tree trunk with his fist, and Ding Feng sighed and spoke.
Pang Tong also smiled bitterly and nodded at this. What else could he do? He couldn't leave Ling Tong alone. You must know that Ling Cao was still waiting for them to return to the camp ten miles away.
A plan ended up like this. Pang Tong felt that he had lost all face and handed over all military affairs to Ding Feng. He left Jiangling with only two or three followers and returned to the barracks he had set up after withdrawing his troops.
And the Jiangling War ended here. The story of the war was quickly spread by the scouts from all sides.
In Wuji City, Zhen Yao held the Jingzhou battle report and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "Pang Tong and Zhuge fought fiercely. In Jiangling City, the Sun and Liu families actually invested a total of nearly 100,000 troops. In the end, they only managed to win." There are only twenty to thirty thousand left."
For Zhen Yao, Ling Tong and Huang Zhong are not the focus of his concern. The combat prowess of Jiang Dong and Jing Xiang, as well as the comparison of their various strengths, are what Zhen Yao is most passionate about.
"My lord, just this one battle has depleted Jingxiang and Liu Pan." At this time, Guo Jia said with a smile: "Although Jiangling was saved, we lost the opportunity to fight for the world again."? possible. "
Indeed, with Liu Biao's old capital and 50,000 to 60,000 veterans on hand, plus 20,000 to 30,000 newly recruited troops, Liu Pan was quite capable. But now, one Jiangling has lost 50,000 soldiers and horses, and what is left now are almost all newcomers with low combat power. What qualifications does he have to stand out now that the situation in the Han Dynasty has been decided.
"This battle, it seems that Jingzhou won and Jiangling was saved, but in fact it was a big defeat, Zhuge Kongming, that's all." Chen Deng stroked his beard, shook his head and commented.
After Chen Denggang finished speaking, Xu You also spoke: "When will Jiangdong be defeated? The dangerous and remote area of ??Yangzhou may not be able to support such a war within three years."
After saying this, everyone in the venue laughed loudly.