Chapter 205 Take Wancheng

In a mountain forest more than 40 miles south of Wancheng, 3,000 soldiers and horses are quietly hiding here. The darkness in the mountain forest can't see their fingers. Through the tall trees, shadowy figures can be seen. These people sit silently in the mountain forest in armor.

Suddenly, a figure shook like a civet cat in the night. When the figure stopped from time to time, it turned around and carefully checked the situation behind him. After many temptations, it was finally confirmed that no one followed, the figure suddenly flashed into the mountain forest. There was no road in the mountain forest, only a path opened by the mountain people who usually went up the mountain to fight firewood. The bumpy road slowly spread upwards around the mountains and forests.

At a corner of the path, the figure suddenly floated into the dense forest beside it. The figure was unusually quiet in the dense forest, but did not stop until it stopped on a rock.

The rock was not shrouded in a dense forest. With the help of the moonlight, it was possible to see several figures sitting together on the rock. Seeing the men in black coming, several people quickly stopped to discuss and look at the people in black.

"General." The man in black whispered.

"Well, how's the situation in Wancheng?" The voice is strong and steady, and it is Gan Ning Gan Xingba, the leader of Jinfan Thieves.

"General, everything is going well. All three hundred people have sneaked into Wancheng, which is not noticed." The man in black said in a low voice.

"What has happened in Wancheng recently?" The speaker was a young man in cloth, who was ordered by Liu Qi to recover Wancheng.

There are a total of 3,000 people on this trip, and there are also hundreds of Jinfan thieves. These 3,000 people are all secretly transferred by Liu Qi from the Flying Tiger Army. Except for Liu Biao and Wang Wei, no one knows. Three thousand people are already the maximum of Liu Qi's mobilization. No matter how many, it will be seen, especially Jia Xu has to defend in Xiangyang at this time.

This time, the recovery of Wancheng is a major compan and Liu Qi aims to let Pang Tong make contributions, so this recovery of Wancheng is led by Pang Tong. Naturally, there is no problem with Liu Qi's order of the Flying Tiger Army. Even if Ji Yanming of the Flying Tiger Army is dissatisfied, he will not hesitate to execute the military order, but the Jinfan thief is outside after all. For a long time, he was more or less unrestrained. If it hadn't been for Gan Ning's pressure, I'm afraid no one would have obeyed Pang Tong's orders.

Seeing Pang Tong speak, the man in black glanced at Gan Ning. Seeing Gan Ning looking at himself calmly, the man in black said reluctantly, "There are more than 4,000 soldiers and horses in Wancheng. Now, except for the 1,000 people scattered at the gates, the remaining 3,000 people are all in the barracks in the city. There is no two-hour shift at the gate. . "

"What about the others?" Pang Tong said with a blank face that what the man in black said was not valuable news. At this time of war, there were relatively more soldiers guarding the gate. Although there were more than 200 people in a city gate dozens of times as much as usual, there is really nothing strange now. These more than 200 people are just a guard, and there is no soldiers in the face of siege. Function.

"There is no other news." The man in black frowned and said that the information he tried his best to find out was so ignored by Pang Tong, and the anger in his heart could be imagined.

It seemed that he did not hear the complaint in the words of the man in black, and Pang Tong was silent. Before long, another man in black came closer.

"See the military division, general." The man in black came to several people and saluted.

"Well, tell me about your insituation." Pang Tong was relieved and looked at the man in black and asked.

"Since the occupation of Zhang Xiu, a curfew has been imposed every night in Wancheng. No one can go out except Zhang Xiu's cronies. And just yesterday, Cao Cao's messenger had arrived in Wancheng, hoping that Zhang Xiu would return to his obedience. However, it was said that Zhang Xiu drove the messenger out of the mansion in anger after seeing the messenger, but did not drive them out of Wancheng. The man in black bowed and said.

"Is there anything else?" Pang Tong looked at the man in black and asked, with a smile in his voice.

"This night, Zhang Xiu's house was brightly lit, and it didn't calm down until not long ago. It should be Zhang Xiu's banquet for the big family in the city." The man in black thought for a moment.

"I know how many people have sneaked into Wancheng now." Pang Tong asked after meditating for a while. Zhang Xiu's banquet should be some families in Wancheng. In recent years, the situation in Wancheng has become increasingly stable, and the family that has left before has gradually returned to Wancheng.

"More than 200 people under General Gan's command have all sneaked into Wancheng, and the Flying Tiger Army has also sneaked into nearly 100 people." The man in black said doubtfully.

"Well, you two sneaked into Wancheng again and informed the people in Wancheng that the flying tiger army was guarding around Zhangxiu's mansion tonight, and no one person could enter the house. As for the 200 people under the command of General Gan, 20 people guarded Cao Cao's messengers. The others grabbed the south gate of Wancheng at the third update, but they must take the south of Wancheng at the outside. The door." Pang Tong said in a low voice.

"No." The second man in black left immediately after receiving the order.

"No!" The first man in black said with some shame. It was not that he was not unaware of what the man in black said just now, but he didn't take these things to heart until the second man in black said it.

After the two men in black left, Gan Ning arched his hand to Pang Tong and said, "Thank you, these guys are getting more and more stubborn. If it weren't for you, I really didn't know how to punish these guys."

Before Gan Ning left Jingzhou, Liu Qi said to Gan Ning alone that everything on this trip was based on Pang Tong and asked him not to interfere. He was still somewhat unconvinced. Although Liu Qi must have his reason for doing this, he was still a little uncomfortable for him to listen to a young man.

However, there was no mistake in the day and night of the army on this road, and even the resting place of the army every day was clearly calculated, which made Gan Ning a little convinced by Pang Tong and no longer ignored Pang Tong as before. After that, the two got along with each other and had a similar temperament. After a few days of getting along with each other, the two were already confidants.

Jinfan Thief has no strict military discipline in the first place. In the past few months, he has fought several victories with Liu Qi, and they are even more arrogant. Liu Qi has told him many times, but Gan Ning has no specific way. He didn't expect to let Pang Tong punish him today.

"Ha ha, this is just the beginning. These people are not small in ability, but they are not small-tempered. If they don't beat their arrogance as soon as possible, they will make a big mess sooner or later." Pang Tong shook his head and smiled.

"Shiyuan is so confident that he must be able to take back this Wancheng today." Gan Ning was clear about the problem of the Jinfan thief and didn't care about Pang Tong's words.

"Yes, it is not difficult to recover Wancheng. The difficulty is how to take down Thornyang with lightning, and even take back Fancheng occupied by Cao Cao. If Fancheng can be recovered, Fancheng and Wancheng can form a barrier to temporarily block Cao Cao's army. At that time, Jingzhou will be foolproof. Pang Tong shook his head and said a little absent-mindedly.

Zhang Xiu's control of Wancheng's impact on the surrounding cities is very obvious. Now although several counties around Wancheng nominally listen to Liu Biao, they secretly rely on Zhang Xiu. If they take Zhang Xiu, these counties may have sudden changes, and at that time, they may jump over the wall.

"Oh, this is troublesome. Once the news of taking back Wancheng comes out, Thornyang and other places will definitely panic, and they may give Cao Cao a good opportunity." Hearing Pang Tong's words, Gan Ning also felt a little tricky.

They only came to Wancheng this time with more than 3,000 soldiers and horses. Although there are many more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, it is indeed a little difficult to block the news, and even if they occupy Wancheng, they can't distinguish too many soldiers and horses to take back Thornyang and other places.

You should know that Fancheng is only 20 miles away, and Shangyong is less than a hundred miles away from Wancheng. If Thornyang, Nieyang and other places revolt again, Wancheng will suddenly become a lonely city, and maybe it will be cheaper for Cao Cao.

"Don't worry, there are fewer than a thousand soldiers and horses in Thornyang and Nieyang, and there are no decent figures. It only takes General Wei Yan to lead 500 people to deter them. The key is not to connect them with Cao Cao's forces. Pang Tong turned his head and looked at Wei Yan behind them and said, "General Wei, you lead a thousand soldiers and horses to guard the four gates at the third time, and no one is allowed to escape. After General Gan takes Zhang Xiu, you lead five hundred people to go to Thornyang and Nieyang overnight. You must control these two places in your hands. This matter is of great importance. You should be careful. Be careful not to make any mistakes.

This time, Liu Qi came to Wancheng specially asked Wei Yan to follow Pang Tong. Liu Qi did not specify how Wei Yan is. On this way, Pang Tong also knows Wei Yan. This person is greedy and does everything better than others. The reason why Pang Tong said his worries in front of so many people today is to Wei. I listened to it.

"The military division is relieved. Wen Chang dares not delay the master's affairs." Wei Yan said solemnly that there is no one who is convinced by him except Liu Qi. Although he is a little surprised by Pang Tong's methods, he is not too impressed.

Seeing that Wei Yan is so complicated, he is not entangled. He has his own way to make him obedient, but now he has no time to deal with this matter, and he doesn't want to be self-defeating and ruin Liu Qi's major event because of this matter.

"General Wu, you stay and help General Wei. When everything in the city settles down, you will guard the four gates so that General Wei can leave." Pang Tong looked at Wu Xiongdao. He was still worried about the gate. It was not difficult for Wu Xiong to guard the four gates with some small means.

"No." Wu Xiong didn't show his face, but he was indeed a little disappointed. Since he followed Liu Qi, he hasn't made any credit. It seems that there is no hope this time. He is very clear about his talents. He is far worse than Xu Shu, Pang Tong and others. Even Ma Liang and others are slightly inferior, so she does not complain that she is just trying to do her own things.

Gan Ning knows a lot about Wu Xiong and naturally knows his mood, but Liu Qi has a lot of talents, and the territory he controls is indeed a little small. Many generals who have made military achievements have no place to use it, so Wu Xiong is even less.

However, he believes that soon, when Liu Qi really controls Jingzhou, these problems will definitely be solved!!