Chapter 221 Battle of Wancheng 1

Wancheng, after two days of training, the soldiers and horses of Wancheng have been completely controlled by Wei Yan at this time. These three thousand soldiers and horses have completely become soldiers in Jingzhou, or Liu Qi's soldiers and horses.

At this time, the three thousand soldiers on the campus looked at Wei Yan with admiration. In the past two days, Wei Yan's methods have emerged one after another. At this time, nearly half of the 30 people who were originally appointed as the captain by him have been replaced, and those who have been promoted are those who are highly prestigious or brave soldiers in the army.

In two days, Wei Yan's means really made these 3,000 soldiers unable to resist, and he was in great awe of Wei Yan in his heart.

At this time, Wei Yan also looked at the 3,000 soldiers and horses in front of him with an excited face. Since that day, Pang Tong has directly put these 3,000 soldiers and horses under Wei Yan's command, and transferred the former flying tiger guards under Wei Yan's command back to Gan Ning.

It can be said that the generals of these three thousand soldiers and horses will basically always be Wei Yan. Unless Wei Yan makes any major mistake, no one can take Liu Qi away. And Wei Yan also became a powerful general among the many generals under Liu Qi. Although there were not many 3,000 people, it was enough for Wei Yan.

He is confident that he will rely on 3,000 soldiers and horses to fight for Liu Qi and attack the city.

In two days, Pang Tong not only completely controlled Wancheng, but also the family in Wancheng were convinced by him and did not dare to have any dissentment. The 3,000 flying tiger army Dao'er Wancheng came from Xiangyang late last night, and with the original 3,000 flying tiger army and 3,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Wei Yan in Xiangyang City, the number of soldiers and horses in Wancheng increased to nearly 10,000.

However, the general of the Flying Tiger Army who came to Wancheng to reinforce this time was not Wang Yi. Originally, Liu Qi planned to let Wang Yi be the commander of the Flying Tiger Army to reinforce Wancheng, but he thought that Wancheng already had two generals, Gan Ning and Wei Yan, and it was really a waste to send Wang Yi to Wancheng, so the 3,000 Flying Tiger Army that came to Wancheng this time was Fei. A young general of the Tiger Army was directly under Gan Ning's command after arriving in Wancheng.

As for the two counties of Thornyang and Nieyang, the magistrates of the two counties immediately went out of the city and returned to attach after seeing Wei Yan's soldiers and horses. At this time, the two counties have been handed over to Wu Xiong by Pang Tong. Wu Xiong did not disappoint Pang Tong. In just two days, Wu Xiong controlled all the military power of the two counties in his hands, and there were nearly a thousand people. .

However, because Xun Wenruo arrived in Fancheng, the soldiers and horses in Fancheng were mobilized frequently, so that Wancheng, who had just calmed down for two days, was on guard at this time, and anyone could feel the solemn atmosphere in the air.

The original Xuanwei Hou Mansion has been occupied by Pang Tong and others at this time. At this time, Pang Tong, Gan Ning and Wei Yan, who had just arrived, gathered here in the hall of the mansion.

"Military division, if Xun Wenruo has moved troops, he obviously wants to fight tacitly. It's better to give him a head-on attack one by one to give him a long memory." Wei Yan respected Pang Tong a lot because Pang Tong put the 3,000 soldiers and horses of Wancheng under his command.

Just now, there was a lot of news that Xun Wenruo had gathered troops and horses in Fancheng, and Zang Ba, the general of Shangyong, also came to help under the order of Xun Wenruo. Obviously, he wanted to take advantage of Pang Tong and others's stable foothold in Wancheng to subdue Wancheng.

"General Wei, don't be impatient. The situation is not clear yet. It's not easy to be in a hurry." Pang Tong shook his head and said, "Although Wancheng has been controlled by us, there are still some families in the city that are openly attached to it, but once Cao Bing comes, they will definitely defect secretly and have to prevent it. And now Jingzhou and Cao Cao can't have too much conflict, otherwise the eldest son's plan may be affected."

"Although the lord has now formed an alliance with Yuan Benchu from Jizhou, Yuan Benchu is the main force to attack Cao Cao after all. If Jingzhou and Cao Cao fight on a large scale at this time, people in the world will laugh at Jingzhou for consuming Cao Cao's strength for a paper alliance, and this time coming to Wancheng, the lord It has been ordered that you only need to teach Cao Jun a small lesson and let them retreat in the face of difficulties. When Cao Cao and Yuan Ben fought for the first time, it was not too late to send troops. Pang Tongdao.

It is better to attack Hanzhong and Yizhou sooner rather than later. Historically, Liu Bei took Yizhou and conquered Hanzhong, but it was more than ten years later than Cao Cao's split. In the past ten years, Cao Cao's strength has been expanding, and the land of several states behind Cao Cao has been relatively stable in recent years, and the accumulated power is far from being comparable to Liu Bei's hasty capture of Yizhou and Hanzhong.

And Jiangdong Sun's family also developed for more than ten years before Liu Bei took Yizhou. It can be said that the State of Shu in the Three Kingdoms was the weakest and the worst, which is one of the earliest reasons for the demise of the Shu Han Dynasty.

And Liu Qi wants to take Yizhou and Hanzhong as soon as possible, so that he can compete with Cao Cao. Otherwise, it will be too late for Jingzhou to start fighting everywhere after the unification of the north. Now the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is about to break out, which is a good time. Liu Qi's intention to attack Yizhou and Hanzhong can be seen by only a few people in today's world except Zhuge Liang.

The reason why Liu Qi formed an alliance with Yuan Shao is not to paralyze all the princes in the world. The most important thing is to paralyze Cao Cao. The battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao has already occupied the weak position. Maybe he has mobilized soldiers and horses from all over the country. If he maimed Fan Cheng and Shangyong's soldiers and horses at this time, it will only make Cao Cao vigilant and send more soldiers and horses, while Liu Qi The plan may also be affected by this.

"Please also ask the military commander to order." Gan Ning, although Wei Yan did not know Liu Qi's plan, he also knew what Liu Qi was secretly planning. At this time, he heard Pang Tong say that although his words were unknown, he also knew the importance of the matter. Naturally, he would not force himself to send troops.

"Ha ha, the two generals don't have to be tied up because of this. I have a plan for this matter. There are now nine thousand soldiers and horses in Wancheng. Naturally, Xun Wen will not come to fight hard. If I expected it well, he will definitely take the two counties of Thornyang and Nieyang first, cut off the food and fodder in Wancheng, and force us to fight with them. Therefore, he still needs General Wei Yan to lead three thousand soldiers and horses under his command to the two counties of Thornyang and Neyang, and General Gan only needs to lead The Flying Tiger Army is stationed in Wancheng. As long as Xun Wenruo knows that he can't take Wancheng in a short time, he will naturally retreat. Pang Tong waved his hand and said indifferently.

"Bear by the way, don't forget to ask General Wu Xiong to come to Wancheng as soon as possible after General Wei Yan arrives at Thornyang. I still have something important to tell him." Pang Tong looked at Wei Yan and said, "As for how to defend General Wei in the two counties, he can make his own decision."

"No." Wei Yan bowed and said. Two days ago, he rushed to Thornyang to take the Flying Tiger Army, but this time he took the soldiers and horses he trained. Although the results were not obvious in the two days, these 3,000 soldiers and horses were originally the remaining elites in Zhang Xiu's hands for years.

Just as Pang Tong was arranging the defense, Xun Wenruo from Fancheng was also dispatching troops.

In the general's mansion in Fancheng, Xun Wen Ruo'an sat on the main seat and looked at the deputy general below, looking a little gloomy. After he arrived in Fancheng, he knew that Fancheng's general Man Chong was actually arrested by Gan Ning in Wancheng. He didn't know about Pang Tong, and he didn't know how much talent Pang Tong had, but he had heard of Gan Ning's name.

The extraordinary talent of full pet is also one of the talents under Cao Cao's command. More importantly, he is full of both literary and martial arts. He is not only intelligent, but also his martial arts are very favored by Cao Cao. It can be regarded as one of the few generals under Cao Cao's command who can be alone, but this person was actually arrested by Gan Ning. It is.

Man Chong's trip to Wancheng is also Cao Cao's messenger. Although there is no official letter, Gan Ning and others will not know, and he did not hear Liu Qi ask him when he was in Xiangyang. The two armies fought without killing each other. Gan Ning did this clearly to clear Cao Cao's wings.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Fancheng now?" Xun Wenruo looked at the deputy general in front of him and asked.

"To the military division, there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses in Fancheng at this time." This deputy was promoted by Man Chong, and he was also calm. Seeing Xun Wenruo's question, he hurriedly answered.

"Huh? Isn't there 5,000 soldiers and horses in Fancheng? When did it become three thousand?" Xun Wenruo frowned and said that he knew all the soldiers and horses under Cao Cao's command. Fancheng was also an important barrier against Liu Biao's harassment. How could there be only 3,000 soldiers and horses?

"A few days ago, Sikong sent people to ask General Manchong to persuade Zhang Xiu to return to Shun. At the same time, he also drew 2,000 soldiers and horses from Fancheng. Now there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses left in Fancheng. The deputy general explained.

"Oh, how many soldiers and horses are there at this time?" Xun Wenruo suddenly realized that Cao Cao's move clearly showed that the war was not far away. He remembered that Shangyong deployed 10,000 soldiers and horses in order to prevent Liu Biao and Zhang Lu. When he sent someone to Shangyong, he asked Zang Ba to mobilized 5,000 soldiers and horses, but he didn't know if Shangyong still had any left.

"The last general didn't know that General Zang Ba was less than 20 miles away from Fancheng at this time, and he would definitely arrive within two hours." The deputy general bowed.

"Well, go down. When General Zang Ba arrives, he will come to see me immediately." Xun Wenruo waved his hand to let the deputy retreat.

"No." The deputy general bowed and left.

After the deputy general left, Xun Wenruo got up and looked at the map hanging on the wall and fell into meditation. According to the calculation, there are at least 8,000 soldiers and horses in Wancheng at this time, which can be said to be comparable to the soldiers and horses in his hand, but there are 6,000 Flying Tiger Army in Wancheng. The Flying Tiger Army is the elite among the elite, which is far from what ordinary soldiers such as Fan Cheng can resist.

This makes Xun Wenruo quite helpless. The head-on confrontation is definitely not the opponent of the Flying Tiger Army, and if the Flying Tiger Army defends the city, it is even more impossible to capture Wancheng.

"Ask the military division, General Zang Ba is looking for a meeting outside." A soldier stood at the door and bowed.

"So fast." Xun Wenruo was slightly surprised. He turned around and said outside the door, "Let him in."

Not long after, a burly man came in quickly, and his armor rumbled, and even Xu Chu beside him was shocked by him.

"The last general will see the military division." When Zang Ba saw Xun Wen Ruo bowed and saluted.