Nanyang, Wancheng.

Zhao Guang quickly walked into the prefect's mansion. In the lobby, Pang Tong was reminiscing with the prefect Pang Shanmin of Nanyang.

Pang Shanmin was Pang Tong's cousin. In fact, he did not follow Liu Bei, but defected to Cao Cao. He had been helping Cao Ren under Cao Ren's command to manage his internal affairs. Guan Yu captured Xiangyang and captured Pang Shanmin alive. Thinking of Pang Tong, he did not harm him, but sent him to Hanzhong and handed over to Liu Bei forfeiting.

Although he is not as top strategist as Pang Tong, he is definitely not weak. After being persuaded by Pang Tong to surrender, he stayed with Liu Bei for a while. Liu Bei cherished his talent. After Ma Liang and Guan Yu were transferred to Chang'an, he ordered Pang Shanmin to serve as the prefect of Nanyang. Over the past six months, Nanyang has been quite prosperous under the governance of Pang Shanmin. Of course, there is also the foundation left by Ma Liang at the beginning.

"Prime Minister, the Lord of the House!" Zhao Guang bowed to the two of them, "The beacon fire ignited in the Juancheng area, and Wei troops appeared."

"Finally ready?" Pang Tong said with a smile on his lips.

"Shi Yuan, now there are only 20,000 troops in Nanyang. How many people do you bring this time?" Pang Shanmin looked at Pang Tong with some concern. The original garrisons in Nanyang are now mostly stationed in Luoyang. If there are no reinforcements, even if there is the defensive system made by Liu Yi back then, it is still very difficult to defend Nanyang. There must be tens of thousands of people on the Great Wall alone, otherwise it will be impossible to take care of it. It is better to have 20,000, not to mention other important roads such as Baidushan Camp, Shizigang Camp and Shicheng to defend.

"One hundred thousand army." Pang Tong shook the feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry, I'm here to deal with Cao Wei. Dingguo can lead the army to be responsible for the Great Wall defense. As for the rest, there is no need to worry. Xingguo and Anguo have already made arrangements."

Liu Yi personally traveled all over the mountains and rivers of Nanyang to create the most detailed sand table, and then designed various passes and cities, which were supervised by his disciples, providing an effective defense circle for Nanyang. Now he has helped a lot. Even if Cao Wei sent troops, Pang Tong could still make arrangements without hesitation.

"Here!" Zhao Guang agreed and took the order and left.

Although he took over the defense of Nanyang, it was naturally impossible to take over the defense of Guan Yu as he was when Guan Yu was in charge of Nanyang. Although he was not under the control of Pang Shanmin, he was not as high as Pang Shanmin. Moreover, Pang Tong had taken over the military affairs of Nanyang here at this time. He, the top leader of the Nanyang army, now only has the right to obey orders.

When Pang Shanmin heard that there were 100,000 troops, he breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Han Dynasty was booming, with Guanzhong's capture, there were many places to be prepared for. The 200,000 troops that left Sichuan were all arranged to guard the borders in various parties, and Chang'an had to retain enough troops to prevent emergencies. After all, the two cities have not been built yet, and there must be enough troops around the court to protect them. Even if no force could bypass the important places where the Han army was stationed, it should be ignored.

After all, the emperor is there. If the garrison is not strong enough and the emperor has an accident, the newly emerging man may be in a dispute again.

The reason why Liu Bei's handover of power to Liu Chan was smooth was that Liu Bei had already decided to be the heir of Liu Chan, and announced in front of the ministers that with the five of them assisted, the handover of power was relatively smooth. And there is another point that Liu Chan has no competitors, and his younger brothers are still children. How can he compete with Liu Chan for the position of heir? But if Liu Chan had any accidents now, it would be difficult to deal with. Not to mention that all the officials in the court had their own interests tied up, even if the five of them were probably not able to work together to support one master. The blow would be absolutely devastating for the man who had just made some progress.

It is probably the limit of the Han Dynasty to be able to mobilize a hundred thousand troops to Nanyang. No wonder Sun Quan came to attack and Pang Tong did not react at all.

Pang Tong is waiting for the Wei army's attack.

Looking at Pang Shanmin who was relieved, Pang Tong gently waved his feather fan. If he told Pang Shanmin, among the 100,000 army, including the 30,000 army of Guan and Zhang, who were stationed in Ba County, I wonder what his cousin would think.

However, at present, Pang Tong felt that the 70,000 army he brought, plus Zhao Guang's 20,000 troops and Guancheng built by Liu Yi's disciples were enough.

"The victory of this battle is not in Nanyang." Pang Tong stood up with his feather fan, shook his head and sighed.

"Where is that?" Pang Shanmin looked at Pang Tong in confusion. This was the main force of the Han Dynasty and Cao Wei, and it was also the main battlefield for the two families to compete.

"In Hetao!" Pang Tong smiled and said, "Boyuan is doing something now. If he can succeed, Hetao will be owned by my great man. Hetao will be threatened by Bingzhou and Youzhou. Cao Wei cannot provide too many troops to defend this area. This game is very wonderful. The place where the winner is decided is outside the chessboard!"

"Shi Yuan has great talents, can he still be unable to defeat the Wei army?" Pang Shanmin said in confusion.

"The Wei army is coming in a fierce battle this time, with strong troops. Although our army has strong military armor, there are many enemies and fewer enemies. It is still acceptable to occupy the territory and defend the city. But if we send troops to fight..." Pang Tong shook his head and sighed: "I'm afraid it's not easy."

It is not only a matter of military strength, but also a reason for the military branches. The proportion of cavalry in Cao Wei's army is not low now. Although the Han Dynasty won Xiliang and had a horse source, the days were still short and it was difficult to form a cavalry that fought against Cao Wei. If he abandoned the city and did not defend and took the initiative to attack, the difference in military strength was huge, and there was also a lack of restrictions on the military branches, Pang Tong was not sure to win.

"So, Shiyuan is going to focus on guarding?" Pang Shanmin said with a wry smile.

"Yes." Pang Tong nodded. Before the great man appeared enough cavalry, he was still at a disadvantage on the battlefield of the Central Plains. This is also an important reason why they said it was difficult to pacify the Central Plains in a short period of time.

Only after completing one's own shortcomings is the time for true unity of the world.

Is Liu Yi?

Pang Shanmin can’t say anything about Liu Yi, after all, there is not much intersection, but a craftsman can reach this point and even affect the world situation. From this point of view, Pang Shanmin still admires Liu Yi quite a lot.

...

In Shicheng, Guan Xing looked at the wolf smoke that was constantly igniting in the distance, and his expression was very calm. Over the years, he had experienced countless battle formations, failed, and even captured. Of course, he was more proud. Therefore, after the initial impulse of passion was smoothed down, what was settled down was a calmness that would not appear in people of this age.

A person's temperament is generally related to experience or experience. With more experience, he will naturally have experience. Although Guan Xing is young, his experiences over the years are much more exciting than others.

"General, the enemy is less than thirty miles away from our army now, and the troops cannot be settled for the time being, but there must be tens of thousands!" The general came over and bowed to Guan Xing and said.

"It must be tens of thousands?" Guan Xing frowned and looked at the general: "How many tens of thousands are there? 20,000? 30,000? 100,000. 200,000? Are you the general on the first day?"

The Han army was very rigorous in collecting intelligence. Now, the first lesson of military strategy in various academies is the importance of intelligence. This kind of problem will not occur in generals sent by the academies. However, generals of the military level of the subordinate generals are now served by experienced generals. At least so far, no disciples from any academy have reached this level.

"I'll go and explore this!" The general hurriedly said when he heard this.

"Remember, don't be fooled by the other party's tricks of increasing troops and reducing stoves. If you don't know how to explore, find a few generals from the academy." Guan Xing glanced at him and said.

"Here!" The general nodded quickly, then stood up and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Guan Xing suddenly remembered something and looked at the general and said, "Send someone to notify General Zhang Bao, and then he said that the main force of the Wei army had appeared in the area of ​​Shicheng."

The general was a little puzzled, but he didn't ask much, so he agreed immediately and turned around and left.

As for why we should notify Zhang Bao? Ask for help?

Of course not. Now the two of them are responsible for guarding. They each have 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard the city, so they still have this confidence.

The two are brothers, but they have been compared since childhood, and they even compete with each other. When facing a great enemy, they can cooperate tacitly, but if they are separated like now, they will inevitably compete with each other. There is no other intention to send someone to notify Zhang Bao, just telling Zhang Bao that he will be able to achieve the first achievement in this battle!

It was a kind of demonstration, which was common between them.

When it was getting dark, the general came to report again: "General, it has been discovered that the person who came was the vanguard army of the Wei Dynasty, the chief general was Zhang Hu, the force was 10,000, and the error was no more than one thousand."

The word error was passed down from the generals of the academy. Generally, you must first learn mathematics when learning military tactics. The first three volumes of Tiangong's creation of objects are basically mathematics. These three volumes are the three must-read volumes for learning military tactics. The word error also leaks here. Now it is something that must be used in the military statement.

"You defend the city on my behalf!" Looking at the sky, Guan Xing said directly: "Notify the Tengjia Army to assemble and go to war with me. Last time my father released Zhang Hu Yima, this person dared to appear. This time, I can't blame me!"

The Fuji Armor Army has great disadvantages, but if it is a surprise attack, it can often achieve great achievements. After all, in a very short time, the enemy cannot see the weakness of the Fuji Armor Army at once. Therefore, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang both believed that the Fuji Armor Army did not need to gather together. Now they are scattered among the various armies, and there are not many. For example, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, this time, there are thousands of Fuji Armor Army followers, in order to play a role of raid or cut off the back when necessary. As for the front battlefield, this kind of military service that is easily seen through is not suitable as the main force.

"Here!"

Guan Xing raised his big sword and stepped down the city wall. A thousand vine armored troops had gathered and stood at the gate of the city. The battle formation of thousands of people looked a little thin, but at this moment it gave people a sense of suffocational oppression. Those who could become vine armored troops must be brave and good at fighting in the army. The momentum of thousands of people, not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary generals may not be able to withstand it.

"Let's go!" Guan Xing turned over the horse, without saying much, raised his arms and shouted, and a thousand people battle formations came out from the city gate to face the Wei army vanguard who came from afar!
Chapter completed!