"The three generals don't have to worry about this. They are said to be vanguard and rearguard. In fact, they are just arrangements during the attack on Yong'an."
"Besides, there is something that the Third General should not be clear about, right?
The reason why we don’t need you to be the vanguard is because we don’t need the three generals to come forward in this battle.”
"As the saying goes... you can't kill a chicken with a bull's knife."
Pang Tong raised his eyebrows and explained leisurely.
This sentence fell into Zhang Fei's ears, but Zhang Fei was puzzled for a while.
"Commander Pang, how do you say this?"
Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei looked at each other and asked briefly:
"Well, it's already time. It doesn't hurt to tell the three generals about it, right?"
"Kong Ming, what do you think?"
Liu Bei also looked at Zhuge Liang, seeming to give him the decision-making power.
I saw Zhuge Liang gently shaking his feather fan, closing his eyes slightly and thinking:
"Well, let's talk to the three generals."
When Pang Tong heard Zhuge Liang's answer, he walked up to Zhang Fei with a smile and whispered to him.
Zhang Fei was still a little angry at first, but after hearing a few words from Pang Tong, his pupils quickly shrank, with an expression of disbelief on his face:
"real or fake?
So you had already planned it?"
Pang Tong waved his hand and did not insist on taking the credit:
"The main contributor to this matter is Fa Xiaozhi. Without his mediation, our plan would not have gone so smoothly."
"In addition, apart from our own role, we would not be able to succeed without the cooperation of our opponents. In short, the three generals are fine for the time being. When we really face a tough battle later, that is when the three generals can really show their talents."
Zhang Fei scratched his head, pouted a little naively and said:
"Well...then I understand."
"I'm really sorry for you all just now. I was just a little anxious... Well, if there's nothing else to do, I'll go back to the camp."
"Third General, move slowly!"
Pang Tong raised his hand to Zhang Fei, and Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei also nodded to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei coughed twice in embarrassment, and walked down the city with a somewhat shaky step.
As for what happened with Pang Tong and Zhang Fei...
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Five days later, Liu Bei's entire army was dispatched.
Huang Zhong and Chen Dao each led 15,000 troops and horses up the river. They first arrived at Zigui. After notifying the surrounding defenders of the information, they rushed directly to Yong'an without stopping.
The journey from Zigui to Yong'an is mostly by water, which is indeed a shackle for Liu Bei's army, which currently does not have an elite navy. However, Huang Zhong and Chen Dao advanced steadily and rapidly, and they did not seem to have any worries at all.
In early July of the 17th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei's army appeared less than fifty miles east of Yong'an City.
Wu Yi, who was the governor of Badong at the time, and the chief secretary Pang Le responded quickly. First, they sent people to rush to inform Chengdu of the invading Liu Bei army. In addition, they quickly began to evacuate the people, planning to occupy Yong'an and Baidi.
Mountain, and launch a resolute offensive and defensive battle with the opponent.
At this time, Badong County has a total of 10,000 garrison troops. With the logistics of the county soldiers, it can barely gather a team of 13,000 people. Moreover, Badong has abundant reserves over the years. It really wants to start a tug-of-war with Liu Bei's army.
If so, they will definitely not suffer.
Even without the above advantages, Baidi Mountain and Baidi City, a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, will not be able to withstand an enemy force several times the number of their defenders for a period of time as long as the generals who defend the city do not make big mistakes.
Next words.
Under such a situation, the first battle between the two sides seems to be about to begin.
...At this moment, Yi Xiaotian and his party, who had just arrived at Yihan City in Brazil County, learned of the incoming Liu Bei army just after entering the city.
At that time, Yi Xiaotian and others had just found a tavern to rest. Before the dishes were even served, someone on the street outside the door shouted loudly:
"Liu Bei is here! Liu Bei is here!"
Yi Xiaotian was naturally confused. They had clearly left Yong'an a few days ago. At that time, Liu Bei's army had not been seen yet. How come they arrived in Yihan and heard that Liu Bei had already arrived?
information?
Many drinkers and diners had the same reaction as Yi Xiaotian and others, and everyone looked confused.
There was so much joy in the streets, and suddenly the emotions outside the venue were a bit uncontrollable.
Pedestrians walked faster obviously, and some vendors couldn't sit still anymore and simply packed up their things to go home. I don't know if they were planning to flee or something...
Fan is sitting at the table... She is still wearing a headscarf, half-covering her face, trying not to cause trouble to Yi Xiaotian and others.
But speaking of it, it is true that Fan is the only woman in their table who has no fighting ability. Although she was born into a noble family, she has hardly experienced any wars. Seeing that the war is coming, she is of course very nervous:
"Sir, what exactly is this..."
"Don't panic, find someone to ask about the situation first."
Yi Xiaotian shook his head. He couldn't give a definite answer until there was no definite information.
He spotted someone hurriedly passing by outside the door. It seemed to be a vendor coming from the city gate. Yi Xiaotian motioned to Cao Ang to stop him, but he didn't expect that Cao Ang actually dragged the person in.
The vendor who was kidnapped out of thin air was frightened, especially when he saw the people at the table in front of him - the two strong men on the left and right were more than a head taller than him. He thought he had encountered some robbers, and he wanted to kill him on the spot.
Kneel down and beg for mercy.
Yi Xiaotian quickly slapped Cao Ang's hand and asked him to put him down first, then walked up to him with a slight apology and asked softly:
"I'm sorry, brother, didn't I scare you? Don't get me wrong. We didn't mean to hurt you. We just want to ask you whether the news that Liu Bei has arrived is true or false?"
Of course Yi Xiaotian's face is much kinder.
After the vendor calmed down and saw the young master-like Yi Xiaotian in front of him, he suddenly felt something was in his hand... When he lowered his head, he saw that it was a piece of broken silver the size of a fingernail.
How could he be afraid now? He even said that even if the other party was a bad person, for the sake of the money, he had to answer the other party well:
"First of all, Liu Bei must not have reached Yihan yet. Don't worry about this. But I advise you to leave Yihan City as soon as possible. Who doesn't know that Wu Yi, who is guarding Badong, has been flirting with Liu Bei all the time? If
Liu Bei will come to us tomorrow, and that is not something unpredictable."
"Hey, this young master, it's not like we are afraid of anything... Liu Bei has always been eyeing Yizhou... We ordinary people have been mentally prepared for a long time."
"Everyone is well prepared to flee now. After all, if Badong falls, our small town of Yihan will be even less able to hold it. It will be a matter of time before Liu Bei captures it."
