After going through all kinds of hardships, Wei Yan finally found Pang Tong.
As for this meeting, needless to say, the atmosphere of meeting again after a long separation——
As soon as Wei Yangang saw Pang Tong, he knelt on one knee in front of him and apologized:
"Commander...Wei Yan rushed in rashly! He even caused the army to be ambushed here. Please punish him, military counselor!"
When Wei Yan first arrived, he did feel that he was a thorn in the side of the army, but after experiencing many things, Wei Yan had gained some experience.
At least now he won't insist on admitting his mistakes.
Pang Tong looked at Wei Yan, who was almost asking for forgiveness, and finally sighed and waved his hand:
"I also underestimated them. We are still not out of the crisis, and judging from their strategies, the other party has definitely planned it for a long time..."
Although he was very reluctant to admit it, Pang Tong now had to confirm that they were indeed set up together.
The key thing that made him feel strange the most was that such a group of unorganized and undisciplined bandits were able to defeat them in such a short period of time with what turned out to be not a very complicated strategy.
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It's hard to say whether there was any expert guidance behind this.
And speaking of experts...
"This group of Shanyue people...could it be that they have surrendered to Lu Xun and the others a long time ago?"
"When we were still in Chaisang, I remember Zhang Zhao saying that the relationship between the Shanyue people and Jiangdong's senior officials was not good - at least Sun Quan, Sun Ce and the others were certainly indispensable for the Shanyue people's decline to this day."
"…unless…"
"unless?"
Pang Tong was talking to himself on the side, while Wei Yan was confused.
It seemed that Pang Tong had thought of a possibility, and his eyes became sharp:
"Unless the people who advise the Shanyue people are not from Jiangdong..."
"Ah! Military advisor...do you mean that Cao Cao and the others are already here?"
Wei Yan suddenly trembled. No wonder he felt like he was being ambushed from all sides when facing the Shanyue people.
If Cao Jun was really behind the scenes, the level of these Shanyue people would be different from that of ordinary county soldiers.
"No...it's not just Cao Jun...if it were Cao Jun, their style would never be so restrained and unpredictable. With such an invisible style now, I can only think of one person..."
Pang Tong didn't make it clear, but as Liu Beifang's general and counselor, the answer was already obvious.
Yi Xiaotian…
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Facing the still unknown enemy, Pang Tong decided to act as cautiously as possible.
But this also played into the hands of Peng Hu and Fei Zhan.
It was not because Peng Hu and Fei Zhan outmaneuvered an opponent of Pang Tong's level in terms of resourcefulness, but because in Pang Tong's situation, he had too many things to consider.
One thing he is thinking about right now is whether to give up the Southern Expedition quickly, rejoin Liu Bei and others as soon as possible, and remind Liu Bei to always pay attention to the opponent's movements, because the opponent's trump card may be far beyond their imagination.
But on the other hand, the reason why Pang Tong was unwilling to give up and continue the southern expedition was for the same reason - if the other party really had an expert like Yi Xiaotian giving guidance behind them, then why did they just send these Shanyue people to stop them?
With just these people, did Yi Xiaotian really think that he would be defeated?
The pride of being a genius made Pang Tong believe in his inner feelings even more.
So after struggling in every possible way, he decided to collect as much information as possible to ensure the accuracy of his guess.
He felt that this was a cover-up used by Lu Xun and others, which meant that Lu Xun and others wanted to rely on this way of pretending to make them timid and buy time to call for help.
In fact, the situation on Lu Xun's side was precarious.
But it can only be said that Pang Tong did guess the possibility of the enemy delaying time, but he did not guess the deep meaning behind this delay.
Also, no one probably thought that the reason why Lu Xun and others, who were clearly at an absolute disadvantage, were delaying time was not to find a way out - but to catch them all in one fell swoop.
In short, as time goes by, although Pang Tong is steadily advancing the position, in fact, with the advancement of their army, Peng Hu Feizhan and the others who are hiding in the secluded forest have slowly withdrawn from their territory.
The task has been exceeded.
Waiting for Pang Tong's next level is the gift that Yi Xiaotian left for him.
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Just when Pang Tong and others were trapped in the Dahua Mountain area, the trip of Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others seemed to be extremely smooth.
They passed through Yixian and Shexian all the way. As Zhuge Liang had judged before, the defenders in the city were basically paper. Not only were their own combat effectiveness worrying, but even their equipment was barely adequate.
Under the elite infantry and cavalry that Liu Bei had accumulated for two or three years, such a weak defense was unable to cause any obstruction to them.
Not to mention, there is also a navy led by Wu Ban and Chen Shi in the north - Chen Shi is a general who has been following Liu Bei since the Red Cliff period. He was silent at first, but later he emerged in the process of defending Jiangling.
, especially the ability to control water divisions.
The other Wu class is after the Mingmen. The elders are all those who were generals in the court. He also has a clan brother who may be more famous. He is Wu Yi, who now plays a big role beside Liu Zhang. The two brothers
They were both good at commanding the naval forces. Now, while Guan Yu stayed at Jiangling and took charge of Jiangxia's defense, the two of them took on the important task of leading the naval attack on Liu Bei's side.
With such cooperation, the advance of Liu Bei and others was naturally unstoppable.
Xindu County fell quickly, and it didn't take more than two days. However, with a top strategist like Zhuge Liang leading the team, everyone did not rush directly to use Xindu as a springboard to attack Wu Hui's base camp.
On the day he captured the new capital, Liu Bei led his army all the way north to join forces with Chen Shi's naval forces who had arrived at Wu Ban in Ruxukou.
Needless to say, their next goal is Jianye.
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Since they had already joined forces with the navy, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang took advantage of the situation and boarded the boat and headed down the river.
The so-called invincible navy in Jiangdong back then seemed to have lost its former glory with the passing of Zhou Yu.
Listening to Wu Ban and Chen Shi's rather relaxed report, Liu Bei felt indescribably comfortable.
"I never thought that the navy of Soochow would be easily defeated by us one day."
On the deck, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang stood side by side. Liu Bei sighed to Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang did not reply.
In fact, it was basically proven in the battle a year ago that Jiangdong was at a disadvantage facing the elite navy led by Guan Yu.
The reason why Liu Bei is sighing like this now is mainly because after listening to Wu Ban's report, he found that now they not only have the upper hand, but also feel vaguely comfortable. This is the most gratifying thing.
